Or Despisest Thou the Riches of His Goodness and Forbearance and Longsuffering

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[00:02] Here we go. Sabbath [00:09] peace. Peace. It's another opportunity for us to come together and hear and learn of the word of truth as given to [00:15] us by the most high God. All honor goes to the father through the son whose name is Yahushua. In him lies the only hope [00:22] for salvation. We know that it is obtained by grace through faith, not of works, lest anyone should boast. given [00:27] freely as a gift to all who obey him. We understand that if you do not obey him, it is made manifest or made obvious that [00:34] you do not believe. In this state, you should expect no good thing from the most high. However, anything that you do [00:40] get, whether it be a gift of tongues, a gift of prophecy, or any supernatural experience that you may have, it can and [00:46] it will be used against you in the day of judgment. With that said, peace to the saints that are not in the room, to [00:52] the saints watching in on the camera, to the saints in the chat, to the saints scattered around the world that we don't even know about, but no peace to the [00:59] wicked. The only thing we say to them is repent that they might [01:06] live. Um, so last week we finished up uh first [01:11] or we finished up Corinthians. So, we finished up all of Corinthians. We see that in the book of [01:16] Corinthians, Paul was talking to a group of people that, you know, it wasn't all peachy, right? So, we see in Galatians, [01:23] he was talking to some people that that that that he was having some conflict with. And also in in Corinthians, he was [01:30] having conflict, right? So, it's a few things that he needed to address. He he felt the need to defend himself, show [01:36] his position to kind of let them know like, "No, I don't even need y'all." You know what I'm saying? Like, I'm not depending on y'all. I'm not asking for [01:43] y'all for nothing because y'all trying to take away. You know what I'm saying? If y'all do that, y'all gonna try to use it against me. So, it's a lot of things [01:50] throughout that that that those books that um he used to teach to make [01:56] examples and we saw that's like it's a good example of his masterful teaching. And so, we about to continue that on in [02:02] the book of Romans, right? In the book of Romans, he does he has much similar [02:08] teaching, but this one is not as contentious. Right? So, Romans is not quite as contentious. Um, but he still [02:15] lays out a lot of solid and good information. In Romans, it it feels as if he's talking not just not primarily [02:23] to Gentiles in this one, but kind of splitting it. Some of it's more directed at Israelites, some of it some some of [02:29] it's directed at Gentiles, it seems like. So, we'll we'll try to read through it and uh try to make sense of [02:36] what he's saying, see what we can pick up, see what we can. So, let's go to uh [02:41] this is Romans chapter 1. Romans chapter 1 and let's start off [02:46] in verse one. This Romans chapter 1 verse one. [03:00] Paul, a servant of Yahosua the Messiah, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, which he hath [03:07] promised of four by his prophets in the holy scriptures, concerning his son Yosua the Messiah, our master, which was [03:14] made of the seed of David according to the flesh, and declared to be the son of God with power according to the spirit [03:20] of holiness by the resurrection from the dead. by whom we have received grace and [03:26] apostilhip for obedience to the faith among all nations for his name. Among [03:31] whom are among whom are ye also the called of Yahosua the Messiah. To all [03:37] that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints. Grace to you and peace [03:42] from God our father in the Lord Yahosua the Messiah. Right? So now he's addressing his uh his [03:50] commentary specifically. Right? So he's letting them know all y'all that are saints that are in Rome, right? He's not [03:56] writing this to Christians. He's not writing this to no darn Muslims. He's writing this specifically to saints, [04:03] right? So these are people that are set apart in the Messiah. Right? Keep [04:12] going. First, I thank my God through Yosua the Messiah for you all that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole [04:19] world. For God is my witness whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his son that without ceasing I make [04:26] mention of you always in my prayers making request if by any means [04:31] now at length I might have a pro prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you. Right? So he's looking he [04:38] hasn't been to Rome yet. So in these other letters he's usually talking to people that he's already been to and [04:44] then he leaves and then he writes back. In this case he hasn't been to Rome yet. So he's looking like, you know what I'm [04:49] saying? I can't wait to get there. Keep going. Watch this. For I long to see you that I may impart unto you some [04:55] spiritual gift to the end you may be established. That is that I may be comforted together with you by the [05:02] mutual faith both of you and me. Now I would not have you ignorant, [05:08] brethren, that often times I proposed to come unto you, but was let hitherto that [05:13] I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles. [05:18] I am dead both to the Greeks and to the barbarians, both to the wise and to the unwise. So as much as it is in me, I am [05:26] ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also. For I am not ashamed [05:31] of the gospel of the Messiah. For it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believes to the Jew first [05:37] and also to the Greek. To who first? The Jew first. He said to the Jew first. So [05:42] the way we would understand this is to the Israelite first. Right? He said for the Israelite [05:49] first and then after that to the Gentile, right? Keep going. For we'll [05:54] talk a little bit about that a little later, but right now let's keep going. For therein is the righteousness of God [06:00] revealed from faith to faith as it is written, the just shall, right? So he said to the to the Israelite first and [06:07] then to the Gentile. And then he follows that up by saying, for therein is the what? [06:18] For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from the fa from faith to faith. Right? So he's saying the [06:24] righteousness of God was revealed to the Jew first and then to the Gentile. [06:31] Right? So he's saying Jew first because the Jew came first because that's where [06:37] the righteousness of God was revealed. What is he talking about? Mount Si. He's [06:43] talking about the law, right? So he's saying the law was first, the righteousness, right? Yah's [06:50] standard was first introduced to the Israelite, right? So therefore, he's [06:56] saying the salvation has to come to the Israelite first and then after that to the [07:04] Gentile. Keep going. Watch this. [07:10] For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who hold the [07:15] truth in unrighteousness. Because that's what may be known of God is manifest in them. For God has shown it to them. For [07:22] the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are [07:27] made, even his eternal power and godhead, so that they are without excuse because that right. So what he's saying [07:33] is he's saying there's wrath that's from God and it's being held up, right? And [07:40] it's designed to come after those who hold the truth in unrighteousness. In [07:45] other words, people who know that God want them to do one thing, but then they [07:52] participate in unrighteousness. Then he continues to say it's obvious that God [07:58] exists is pretty much what he's saying because you can see it in the natural world, right? Read it again. I just want [08:04] to make y'all make sure y'all understand what he trying to say. For the wrath of God is revealed [08:10] from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who hold the truth in [08:15] unrighteousness because that which may be known of God is manifest in them. For God has showed it unto them. For the [08:22] invisible, right? So he says that is that which may be manifest of God. In [08:27] other words, that which is obvious of God, right, is there like it's there cuz [08:32] the most high God has made it available to you, right? But watch what he say [08:38] next. For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the [08:44] things that are made, even his eternal power and godhead, so that they are without excuse. Right? So he's saying if [08:50] you look around you see the invisible things of God. So the things about God [08:56] that you cannot see you see them represented in creation in the things that were made. Right? So all the stuff [09:03] that you see the sun the moon all the stuff in the world he says you can see the invisible principles of God in all [09:10] of creation. So what is his point? His point is that salvation got to go to the [09:16] Jew first and then to the Gentile and wrath comes on everybody who know the [09:21] truth but still behave in unrighteousness. And so then the next thought would be no but how you know [09:28] they know the truth maybe they don't know. So he's he's addressing that point by saying now everybody know because [09:34] everybody can look around and everybody can see that although you can't see God, [09:40] you can see his fingerprint on everything in the world. Right? In other words, he's saying there are no way that [09:46] anybody can look at this and objectively and logically settle in their brain, oh [09:51] this was an accident. All this stuff just happened just because it happened. He's saying no. Clearly, you can see the [09:58] fingerprint of the most high God on all of creation, right? And so, he's saying because of that, it leaves people with [10:05] no excuse because at the very least, you supposed to ask a question like, man, who made this and what would that person [10:12] what whoever made this? What do they want me to do? Right? But people don't [10:17] ask that question. And he's his point is that people don't ask that question because they're holding the truth, [10:24] right? They know that there's a truth out there. They holding it and then they continue in unrighteousness. And those [10:31] are the people that the wrath is coming down on. Right? The people that know the truth or know that there's truth out [10:37] there, won't search it out, won't try to figure it out, but they just continue in unrighteousness. Right? Hold we got grab [10:44] uh grab uh Psalm 19. This is Psalm 19 [10:51] verse1, right? cuz he's trying to explain to her. He's like, look, the invisible things of God [10:58] because we can't see God, right? So, his point is basically like, well, nobody can see God. But he's [11:05] saying that's not an excuse. You not being able to see God is not an excuse because you can see his nature in all of [11:12] nature, right? You can see who God is through all of creation which he [11:17] made. So, he's saying there's no logical person that can just sit here and be like, "No, man. Ain't no God." God don't [11:24] exist, our life is meaningless, or we create our destiny, and all this wild stuff that everybody be saying. He's [11:31] saying those are not logical thoughts. And he's telling you that it don't matter how convincing a person is when [11:36] they say it. Those are people who know the truth, but they hold it in [11:42] unrighteousness. Right? They hold the truth, they contain it, and continue in unrighteousness. And he said, "For that [11:48] reason, wrath is coming upon the earth." Right? This is Psalmapter 19:1. Watch what the book say. The heavens declare [11:55] the glory of God and the firmament. The heavens do what now? Declare the glory of God. So that mean when you look up [12:02] and you see the heavens, he's talking about the sky, right? So when you look up and you see the heavens, he's saying [12:08] the sky is telling you that God has the glory. He's saying that's what the sky [12:15] is communicating to people. So we may look at it and be like, "No, that atheist really just don't believe [12:21] because God has never shown itself." That's our mouth talking, right? But Paul is telling us, "No, no, no, no, no. [12:28] That's not how it work." The sky is telling them that God God is living. And that atheist or any of us who who at any [12:35] point didn't believe at that point that we didn't believe, he's telling us that the sky is telling us what the truth is, [12:42] and we're choosing to ignore it and hold and hold on to unrighteousness. Keep going. Watch this. [12:49] And the firmament shows his handiwork. Day unto day utterth speech, and night [12:55] unto night showeth no un day unto day utter speech, and night unto night [13:01] showeth knowledge. There is, right? So he's saying basically the sky day after [13:07] day, every day is telling you this is amazing. Someone made it this way. This [13:13] is amazing. This is not an accident. This is amazing. A powerful God must [13:18] have created this, right? Like every day, every time you look at this stuff, that's the message it's sending to you. [13:25] And so it take a long time for us to look at that and be like, "No, this was just an accident. No, this just happened [13:32] randomly over billions and billions of years, right? He's telling you the the whole like all [13:40] of nature is telling you what's happening and you are choosing to block it out and believe a lie. Right. Keep [14:02] going. You mute. [14:11] you there, bro? What it freezing? [14:20] All right, I'm back. All right, [14:27] this Psalm 19 verse what? We are on verse three. [14:33] is Psalm 19:3. Watch the book [14:42] [Music] [14:51] say okay. Uh there is no speech nor language where their voice is not heard. [14:56] They're not. He said, "Don't matter what country you in. Don't no matter what language you speak, everybody can look [15:03] at it and understand what what the sky is telling us, right? What the what the [15:09] what the sky is trying to explain to us. And what the sky is explaining is the glory of God. So it's like no matter [15:15] what your language is, you speak Spanish, the sky speak your language, right? You can see the glory of God in [15:22] the sky, right? Keep going. Their line is gone out through all the earth, and [15:27] their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the son, which is as a bridegroom coming out [15:34] of his chamber, and rejoices as a strong man to run a race. His going forth is [15:40] from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it, and there is nothing hid from the heat [15:47] thereof. The law of Yahweh is perfect, converting the soul. The testimony of Yahweh is sure, making wise the simple. [15:55] Right? So he's saying these are the things that give testimony to the most [16:01] high God's greatness and his glory. Right? He said the sky makes it [16:08] clear. So Paul's making the point that even if a person says, "Oh, I didn't [16:14] know. I didn't know there was a God. I didn't know I was supposed to obey him. I didn't know what he wanted me to do." [16:20] He's saying that's no excuse because the evidence is all around you. Like you got [16:25] to think about it. It's like imagine like somebody taking you to Antarctica and they say look it's a free trip to [16:32] Antarctica to a po point like there's a place in Antarctica that there's no animals, no nothing. No nothing has ever [16:39] been there. No human being. This is the very first time that we're going. Right. [16:45] And you sign up for it. You say, "Okay, yeah, I want to go. I definitely want to go." And then when you go there, you turn on your flashlight and you looking [16:52] and then you hit a corner and you see a grill. You know what I'm saying? A Weber grill set up right there. You know what [16:58] I'm saying? A circle with a fire lit on it. You know what I'm saying? Then you look, what are you going to say? Oh wow. [17:05] Over millions of years, this Weber grill just, you know what I'm saying? Randomly, you know what I'm saying? Just [17:11] randomly came together and evolved itself right on top of the snow. [17:18] Right. And then somehow the fire got there because it uh spontaneously [17:24] combusted. You know what I'm saying? Like you just look at it and you come up with this whole wild theory to prove [17:29] that that this Weber grill came here like automatically when it's a lot more [17:36] feasible to just say, "Oh, we thought we was the first ones here, but we weren't. [17:41] Clearly, there was somebody else here and they brought a Weber grill with." Right? That's how it looks when you look [17:47] at the world. It's like everything is so perfectly put together. Like how in the world do you got [17:54] atmosphere? What they call atmosphere and you got oxygen. If you go too high, you can't darn [18:00] breathe. Like that's an accident. How is that an [18:07] accident, right? You got you got you got situations where water in the sea you [18:15] cannot drink, but there's so much of it, right? But wait a minute, then the sun [18:22] causes that water to evaporate and then it turns into a cloud and that cloud somehow blows in the wind [18:31] away from the sea and somehow it goes to the top of mountains. They got a whole bunch of ice [18:37] on it. And then those clouds suddenly begin to snow on the mountains. They got [18:43] a whole bunch of ice on it. Then the ice that's on the mountain starts to melt little by little. And then that turns [18:49] into this river. And what do you know? The salt water that was in the sea is [18:55] now running down a river without the salt. And guess what? We can drink [19:02] now river water. All this technology we got, we getting [19:07] the water, we got the purified water, we got distilled water, we got all this [19:13] stuff that they've been selling us for years. Then a couple years ago, you know what they said? Ah, that water's not too good for [19:19] you. You know why? The pH balance is off. You know what I'm talking about? [19:25] So, guess where they had to go to get the right pH balance? You have to drink natural [19:31] spring water. Oh, you mean the same stuff we've been drinking since ancient [19:38] times? Because we look at it like, "No, this is random." No, it ain't nothing [19:43] random. You know how complicated this stuff is? You know how many how many things have to happen at exactly the [19:49] same time to make this like possible, this whole existence that we have possible? There's no way that it's rand. [19:55] It's ridiculous to think it's random, right? However, that's what they have to [20:00] tell us because they make a fool out of us. Matter of fact, grab uh grab Psalm [20:06] Jump on back to Psalm 14. Watch this. This is Psalm [20:12] 14:1. This is Psalm 14:1. Watch what the book say. [20:28] The fool hath said in his heart, "There is no God." Who said it? The fool. He [20:33] said, "You are a fool if you think there is no God." That's crazy. He said, "The [20:38] fool has said in his heart, there is no God." What else? They are corrupt. They have done [20:45] abominable works. There is none that doeth good. Yahweh looked down from heaven upon the [20:51] children of men to see if there was any that did understand and seek God. They are all gone aside. They are all [20:57] together become filthy. There is none that doeth good. No, not one. Right? He said, "Not one of y'all do the right [21:04] thing. None of us excluding no by all y'all are filthy. All y'all going away. [21:12] Don't none of y'all seek understanding." Right? But he said of [21:18] those only the ones that's an absolute fool would say there is no [21:27] God. A lot of us saying there is no God with our actions all the [21:34] time. Let's go back. This is uh Romans chapter what? 1 verse [21:39] what? Uh should be about 20. Verse 20. This is Romans chapter 1 verse 20. Watch [21:45] the book [21:55] say, "For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are [22:00] clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and godhead, so that they are [22:06] without excuse." because that when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were [22:12] thankful, but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Right? So, this is [22:17] important. He's saying, look, what he's trying to I just need [22:23] y'all to understand what he's saying, right? What the the picture that he's trying to paint is he's saying, listen, [22:28] the blessing go to the Jew first and then it goes to the Gentile. But then he talks about wrath. Like he's like, but [22:34] that ain't the whole story. It's not like everybody going to get blessed. Some people is going to get wrath. The [22:40] wrath is going to go to the people who although they had an opportunity to have truth, they decided to stay in [22:48] unrighteousness. And now he's anticipating the next argument. The argument is going to be, well, how do [22:54] you know they had an opportunity to know truth? Maybe they never knew. Maybe they were ignorant. Maybe nobody ever told [23:00] them. And so then he's saying you can kill that noise because anybody that can [23:06] see the sky, anybody that experiences nature in any way, whether they see it, feel it, taste it, hear it, whatever, [23:13] he's saying you have evidence that there is God. So from there, what you've done is [23:21] you've decided to leave that alone. Right? So then he goes on to explain how [23:27] nature testifies of God, right? And then he goes on to talk about the people who [23:35] knew that, right? They understood God, knew that God created this stuff, but [23:42] then still gave that away and turned away from it. Now watch what he say again. [23:48] Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools and changed. Now go back uh one verse. [23:55] because that when they knew God, they glorified him not as God. Neither were right. So although I have evidence and [24:01] the world is telling me that there is God, I decided not to give him glory. So [24:07] then what happened as a result? Neither were they thankful but became vain in their imaginations and their [24:14] foolish heart was darkened. Right? So after that their foolish heart was darkened. Why would he call say that [24:20] their heart was foolish? [24:25] Didn't we just read in Psalm 14, a fool says in his heart, there is no God. So [24:33] this is what he's talking about. He's saying their foolish heart was darkened because they knew that there was a God, [24:39] but they glorified him not as God and they were not thankful. Instead, their [24:46] foolish heart was darkened. And then what happened to them? Professing themselves to be wise, they [24:52] became fools and changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made [24:58] like unto corruptible man and to birds and for-footed beasts and creeping things. Right? So he's saying basically [25:04] they started to worship images and worship animals and worship are images of animals. So he talking about idol [25:10] worship, right? Where people will build they'll build an idol as opposed to you know what I'm saying? Just like if you [25:16] go to uh India and different places, you going to see them worshiping bulls, right? You know what I'm saying? [25:23] Some places they worship they worship frogs. There's some places they worship [25:29] insect images of insects. Not that it's not like they worship an actual bull. No, they they got a gold bull on their [25:37] neck or a gold bull hanging on their you know what I'm saying? Hanging on their uh dashboard or anything like that. [25:42] These are the images that they bow down to, that they give honor to and give respect to from ancient times, right? [25:49] This has always been the case from ancients time. They worship bull. Why do you think they made uh we don't have to [25:54] get it, but in uh in Exodus chapter 32, why do you think they made uh Yah a [26:00] golden calf, right? The bull and the calf and [26:06] the and the cow, those were seen as like the strong animal. That's so that [26:12] represented like a strong, helpful, resourceful animal. So they saw that as [26:17] God in a lot of cultures. Again, that's not just our people that that was worship worshiping a [26:22] calf. That's many nations in in ancient Greece, they was worshiping calves, [26:29] right? Gentile all over worshiping calves and worshiping bulls and stuff like that. [26:39] So we knew that there was a God, didn't glorify him as God. And so then our dark [26:44] heart got traded in, right? Our dark, foolish heart was made dark. And then [26:51] after that, we were given over into our our a prop um a reprobate mind, right? [26:58] Keep going. Watch this. Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lust of their own hearts to dishonor [27:04] their own bodies between themselves who changed the truth of God into a lie and [27:09] worshiped and served the creature more than the creator who is blessed forever. Amen. For this go for this cause God [27:17] gave them up to vile affections for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature. [27:24] Right? So he said he basically saying he gave them up to like a mindset that's just didn't make no sense to the point [27:31] where they started to be gay. Right? He's explaining this to you. He said even they women don't even like sir come [27:37] to natural affection. So he talking about homosexuality. Right? Keep going. And likewise also the men leaving the [27:43] natural use of a woman burned in their lust towards one another. Men with men working that which is unsemly and [27:50] receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was meat. Mhm. Even as they did not like to retain God in [27:56] their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind to do the things which are not convenient. [28:01] Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness, full of envy, murder, [28:08] debate, deceit, malign, whisperers, backbiters, haters of God, despiteful [28:13] proud boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents without understanding, covenant breakers without [28:21] natural affection, and im imp placeable, unmerciful, who knowing the judgment of [28:27] God, that with that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasures in [28:33] them that do them. Right? So now he goes and he's explaining to you all what the [28:39] sinners do. Then he shifts and he says, "And then there's people who know that [28:45] these things are wrong and that they shouldn't do, but they still do them." Watch what he go. Therefore, you are [28:51] inexcusable, oh man, whoever thou art that judgest. For when you judge [28:57] another, you condemn yourself. For thou that judgest doest the same things. But [29:03] we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things. And thinkst thou [29:09] this, oh man, that judge them which do such things, and does the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God, [29:16] for despise thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering, not knowing that the [29:22] goodness of God leadth thee to repentance. Right? So he's telling you, he's like, "Okay, look, you who judge [29:27] people and you do the same thing, do you think you going to escape the wrath of God?" So yeah, I'm talking about the [29:33] wrath of all these sinners. But you think you professing yourself and acting like, you know what I'm saying, you [29:39] could look at somebody else and be like, man, God going God going to get them. They what they doing is wrong, this, [29:45] that, and another. And you giving a judgment about what they doing, but at the same time, you doing the same thing. [29:51] He looking like, do you think you going to escape? You think you going to escape the wrath of the most high God? You [29:57] think that's how it's going to play out? So he said, no, no, no, no, no. That's not how it's going to go. Then he's [30:02] explaining their mindset. It's important to understand the way Paul is. Paul is not talking about what people are [30:08] consciously thinking. He's telling you what's happening underneath the surface. [30:13] Right? So he's telling you when you think you don't believe in God, he's telling you, well, no, actually you do. [30:20] You know what I'm saying? You think you don't, but in reality you do. What's really going on is you looking up at the [30:26] sky. You know this is evidence of God, but you denying it and just want to continue in unrighteousness. Now, in [30:32] that person's mind, that's not how they looking at it. In that person's mind, they looking at the sky and looking at [30:37] it like, "Huh, I wonder how this came about. H it must be random." Like, in [30:43] their mind, they just saying, "It's random." But Paul's telling you what's happening in your heart. Your heart is [30:49] no, that's evidence of God, and you just denied it. So, the same thing is happening later. He's saying these are [30:54] the people who judge in unrighteousness. So, he's saying, even though you think you telling people, "Oh, no, y'all [31:00] messed up. if y'all wrong, this that and another and you judging them. He said in reality, what's really happening is your [31:06] butt is despising the grace of the most high God, the forbearance of the most [31:12] high God. So what does that mean? Right? What he's saying is the most high God is [31:17] looking at you. He got all this wrath. You're telling people, well, they doing something wrong, but you're doing the [31:24] exact same thing that they doing, right? So he's saying God is preventing this [31:29] wrath from hitting you. And he's saying the nerve of you when God could have killed your butt a long time ago, the [31:36] nerve of you to play with God to look and tell somebody else they doing something wrong, but you're doing the [31:41] same thing. Right? So he says if you do that, then you know God is keeping it keeping [31:48] the wrath of God against you. He's keeping it from hitting you. And you despise, you hate the fact that he [31:55] haven't whooped your butt yet. You hate it because you trying, you egging them on by doing that. That's what he's [32:01] saying pretty much is that God is trying to show you favor and mercy, but you hate the mercy. You're beg. In other [32:08] words, you're begging for God to whoop your butt right now by doing the things that you do. Now, most people who are [32:14] doing that, that's not what's in their mind consciously in their mind. They think, "Ah, I'm just falling to [32:20] temptation. I'mma get my life together soon. In their mind, that's what they think. I'mma get my life together soon. [32:27] I'mma clean this up soon. I mean, God just got to give me a little bit more time. God ain't done with me yet. That's [32:32] that's what's happening in that person's mind. But Paul is not telling you what's on your mind. Paul's telling you what's [32:39] in your heart. He's telling you, look, when you behave this way, that means in your heart, you hate the fact that God [32:46] is giving you grace. You hate the grace. You don't think you hate the grace. You [32:52] think you appreciate the grace. You think you thankful that God is giving you another chance. You thinking God [32:58] every time you wake up, oh, just thank me for waking me up this morning. That's what you think. You think you doing [33:04] something good, but then you get up and start sinning again. And Paul's telling you in reality, you hate the grace that [33:11] God has given you. Right? Keep going. Watch this. [33:20] But after thy hardness and impenitent heart, treasure up unto thyself wrath against When he say hardness and [33:26] impenitent heart, he's talking about a heart that's hard and impenetrable, right? You can't get nothing through it. [33:32] So another it's like it's like when our our parents used to call us hard-headed. That's what he basically saying. He's [33:37] saying, you know what I'm saying? You hardheaded. Except we looked at our ancient people. We looked at the heart as our u like like the same way we look [33:44] at head today. That's how we looked at heart. You know what I'm saying? The heart represented our thoughts and our insides, our soul, right? So he's like, [33:51] "Man, you got a hard heart." In other words, I can't penetrate it. Most high God can't. He said, "No matter what I [33:56] do, no matter how the sky speak to you, no matter if I send a prophet, no matter if I send a man of God, no matter if I [34:03] send a woman of God, like no matter what I do, nothing gets through to you. You [34:08] won't hear me no matter what." That's a hard heart, right? Keep going. [34:14] against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God, who will render to every man according to [34:19] his deeds, to them who by patient continuence in welloing seek for glory [34:25] and honor and immortality, eternal life. But unto right, so he's saying, if you have welloing, in other words, if you [34:31] behave righteously, then he has eternal life for you. Watch this. [34:38] But unto them that are contentious and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath. [34:44] Right? So you have wrath for the ones that obey unrighteousness. Right? But then watch how watch the order again. [34:50] Tribulation and anguish upon every soul of man that doeth evil of the Jew first and also of the Gentile. [34:57] For glory, honor, and peace to every man that workketh good to the Jew first and also the Gentile. Right? And so that's [35:03] what the grace of God do for us. Right? The grace of God is holding back [35:09] that very wrath that goes to the Jew first and then also to the Gentile. He's holding back that wrath, trying to give [35:17] us a chance to get it right. But we despise it. Grab uh grab [35:23] Genesis 38 for me. Then we going to jump on back. This is Genesis chapter 38, right? We despise [35:31] that wrath. We hate it. Not not the rap. Sorry. We despise the [35:37] grace. We despise the mercy. Every time we disobey, Paul is telling us in our [35:42] heart, we despise the mercy. We hate it. [35:51] It's Genesis chapter 38. Give me verse 15. Watch what the book say. When Judah saw her, he thought her to be a harlot [35:57] because she had covered her face. Mhm. Turned unto her by the way, and said, "Go, go to, I pray thee. let me come in [36:04] unto thee, for he knew not that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said, What will thou give me that thou mayest come [36:12] in unto me? Then he said, I will send thee a kid from of the flock. And she said, well, thou give me a pledge till [36:18] you send it. Right? So you like, okay, well, give me a pledge then. He want payment. See, y'all remember this, [36:25] right? This is this is uh uh what's her name? Tamar. Tamar, right? This is [36:30] Tamar, right? So Tamar was Judah's uh [36:36] daughter-in-law, right? And Judah had what was it? Three sons, I think. Uh [36:42] two, two sons. He had one son that married Tamar, right? I think it's [36:48] three. You might be right. And then that son died. Then it was another son that [36:54] that that Tamar was like, "Give me your next son because we never had babies." [37:00] So then he gave her the next son, but the next son was looking like, "Yeah, I don't want to go into this woman." They [37:05] probably thought, you know what I'm saying? They probably thought like, "He's the one that's killing everybody. I ain't about to touch that woman." So [37:10] he didn't want to go into her or he went into her, but he didn't want to he didn't want to give her a baby. So he had sex with the girl, but did wouldn't [37:17] give her a baby. So he spilt his seed on the ground. So the most high God killed him. So now Judah looking like, "Man, I [37:25] don't want to give you my youngest boy. He too young." Yeah. right? He too young. I don't want to [37:31] give you my youngest one. So he look like, "No, he too young. We going to wait." But then even when he got older, [37:37] he didn't give him to her. So then Tamar went and she dressed and disguised herself and then she pretended to be a [37:45] prostitute, right? She presented herself to him as a prostitute. And so he looking like, "All right, you know what [37:51] I'm saying? What it take?" You know what I'm saying? What it take for me to get up in there? She covering herself up with a veil and all that. You know what [37:56] it take? You know what I'm saying? What it take to get up in there? He looking like, you know what I'm saying? What you going to give me? What? He say he going [38:01] to give her a ax. Kid or a goat? He going to give her a a goat. A kid of a [38:06] goat. A little baby goat. He like, "I should cover it." She like, "All right, for sure." He like, "I'll send it to [38:12] you." She like, "Okay, but you got to give me some type of pledge." You know what I'm saying? Like, give me something now and when I get the goat, when you [38:18] bring the goat, I'll give it back to you just just so you know you you don't just take something from me and never give [38:24] never never pay up. So, what he give her? Let's see. And he said, "What pleasure shall I give [38:29] thee?" And she said, "Thy signate and thy bracelets and thy staff that is in [38:34] thine hand." And he gave it to her and came unto her and she conceived by him. Right? So he gave her the signate. In [38:41] other words, like a signature. That's this is something that that folks would know that it's him. You [38:48] know what I'm saying? So this is his signature. You know what I'm saying? His staff. He gave it all to her. Right. and [38:56] then had sex with her. Then watch this. And she arose and went away and laid by [39:01] her veil and laid by her veil from her and put on the garments of her [39:07] widowhood. And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend, the Adulomite, to [39:13] receive his pledge from the woman's hand, but he found her not. Then he asked the men of that place, saying, [39:19] "Where is the harlot that was openly by the wayside?" And they said there was no [39:25] harlot in this place anymore. Right. So they looking like we ain't got no darn harlots over here. We don't mess with [39:30] that type of stuff. So dude look like n I could not just I'm telling you there was a harlot here. They looking like we [39:37] don't know nothing about that. He trying to give her the goat like he promised. He ran off with his s his his his [39:43] signate and with his staff, right? And just got loose. He looking like where is [39:48] she? They looking like man I don't know. Watch this though. And he returned to Judah and said,"I cannot find her." And [39:55] also the men of the place said that there was no harlot in this place. And Judah said, "Let her take it to her, [40:02] lest we be shamed. Behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her." And [40:07] it came to pass about 3 months after that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar, thy daughter-in-law, hath played the [40:13] harlot, and also behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, "Bring her forth, and let her be burnt." [40:20] Right. So Judah looking like what? My daughter-in-law is a He just [40:26] slept with somebody and she ain't married to him. Oh no. She we going to burn her butt. So he said bring her. We [40:33] about to burn her cuz he don't know that he slept with his own daughter-in-law. Right. Watch this. When she was brought [40:40] forth, she sent to her father-in-law saying by the man whose these are am I [40:45] with child. And she said, discern, I pray thee, whose are these? the signate [40:50] and bracelets and staff. And Judah acknowledged them and said, "She hath been more righteous than I, because I [40:56] have gave her not to Sheila, my son." He knew her again no more. And it came to [41:02] pass in the time of her travail that behold twins were in her room. And it came to pass when she travailed that the [41:08] one put out his hand, and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, "This came out first." [41:15] And it came to pass as he drew back his hand that behold his brother came out and she said, "How hast thou broken [41:21] forth? This breach be upon thee. Therefore his name is called FZ." [41:27] Right? So now she ended up having twins by her father-in-law. But when he saw [41:32] her, right, when she proved to him who she was pregnant by, and it ended up being him, he said, "Oh, you are more [41:39] righteous than me." Right? because he's telling her to do one thing and ready to condemn her [41:47] for one thing when he was participating in the same act. He wasn't ready to [41:52] condemn the harlot that he thought he slept with. But when his daughter-in-law is a harlot, he's ready to condemn her. [42:00] Right? And that's what that's what what Paul is talking about. Paul's talking about, listen, you think you going to [42:07] get away with it? Do you think the wrath of God is not on you? Where you think you could just set other people up when [42:13] you committing the same things, you approve it of one person and then when the next person do it, you condemn them [42:20] and you think the most high God got love for you instead of wrath that's that's [42:26] pouring down for you. He said, "Man, you despise his mercy." That's what he's saying. You [42:32] despise his mercy. Let's go back where we leave off in [42:40] Romans, right? It's important that we see this stuff and we understand it. When Paul is talking, a lot of time we [42:46] we trick ourselves into thinking that he's talking about what we consciously think in our mind. No, the whole book [42:52] tell you that people lie to their darn self. That's all your mind do. That's all your heart do is lie to you. You you [42:59] get lied to by your heart. You can't trust that stuff. Paul's telling you [43:04] what's going on beneath the surface. He telling you how you feel in a way that you don't even know you [43:12] feeling. This is Romans chapter 2 verse what? 11. This is Romans chapter 2 11. [43:19] Watch what the book say. For there is no respect of persons with God. For as many as have sinned without law shall also [43:26] perish without law. And as many have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law. For not the hearers of the law are [43:32] just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified. For when the Gentiles which have not the law do by [43:39] nature the things contained in the law, these having not the law are Oh, we got grab Numbers chapter 14 real [43:47] quick. This is Numbers chapter 14. Give me verse 13. [44:10] This is numbers chapter 14 verse 13. Watch what the book [44:19] say. Give me some water. Hey, brother. [44:27] And Moses said unto Yahweh, "Then the Egyptians shall hear it, for thou broughtest up this people in thine in [44:34] thy might from among them, and they will and they will tell it to the inhabitants of the land, for they have heard that [44:40] you, Yahweh, art among this people, and that you, Yahweh, are seen face to face, [44:46] and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that thou goest before them by daytime in a pillar of cloud, and in a [44:53] pillar of fire by night, No, it's right. So, this is after the most high God told Moses, "I'm about to kill every one of [44:59] them." Right? And Moses is trying to appeal to God like, "Man, look, if you do this, [45:05] all these great things that you done, these people going these people going to look at you weird. You going to hurt your own reputation." Watch it. Keep [45:11] going. Now if thou shalt kill all this people at as one man, then the nations which [45:18] have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying, Because Yahweh was not able to bring this people into the land which he [45:24] swore unto them, therefore he has slain them in the wilderness. And now I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord [45:30] be great according as thou hast spoken, saying, Yahweh is long-suffering, great [45:36] in mercy, forgiven iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the [45:41] fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation. Pardon, I beseech thee, the [45:47] iniquity of this people, according to the greatness of thy mercy. And as thou has forgiven this people from Egypt [45:52] until now, and Yahweh said, I have pardoned according to thy word. But he [45:57] said, "I have pardoned according to thy word." But watch this. But as truly as I live, all of the earth shall be filled [46:02] with the glory of Yahweh. Because all those men which have seen my glory and my miracles which I did in Egypt and in [46:09] the wilderness, and have tempted me now these 10 times, and have not hearkened to my voice, surely they shall not see [46:15] the land which I swear unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it. But my servant [46:22] Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and has followed me fully, him will I bring into the land thereof uh [46:28] the land where unto he went, and his seed shall possess it. Now, the Amalachites and the [46:34] Canaanites dwelt in the valley tomorrow, right? So, what he what the most high God is telling them there is, okay, [46:40] listen, I'm about to kill all these people. Moses like, no, man, you don't want to do that. It's going to be a setup. These people going to think [46:45] different of you. He's like, you know what? I've pardoned according to your word, but surely none of these boys is [46:53] going to see the land. Why is that important? Because we, [46:59] our ancestors, got to walk around in the wilderness as if we were God's [47:06] people just for us to die right there in the wilderness. and he waited for us to [47:12] die and then moved on and brought another group into the promised land. [47:18] Right? So we think that we walking around here and God got his mercy on us [47:23] and he waiting but he counting and you just saw him. He said this 10 times they [47:28] rebelled against me. He's counting that whole time. One 2 3 four five. We don't [47:35] know. He not telling us each time. Hey Phil, that's time number one. Hey, hey, [47:41] Phil, that's time number two. You better cut it out. You only got 10 now. We don't get that type of insight. We just [47:47] living our life thinking, "Oh, God going to give me another chance. Oh, thank you God for waking me up and giving me another opportunity to get it right. Oh, [47:54] thank you God for never leaving my side." All this stuff that the Christianity and taught us, all this stuff we keep saying and repeating, [48:00] giving ourselves comfort, but in reality, at any moment, he might get to [48:05] 10 on your butt. And once he gets to 10, he's done. There is no turning back. The [48:13] wrath is coming. Whether it come immediately or later, there is no coming back. And that's this is the point that [48:19] Paul is making. Like we've seen the points that Paul is making. We've seen throughout scripture, right? Paul is [48:26] just putting it in new term for us so that we can understand it. But we've already seen how God [48:31] behaves. Let's go back. This is Romans. What? Where we leave off? [48:37] Um uh verse 14. Uh no through 14. This [48:43] is Roman chapter 2 14. Watch [48:49] this. Where' my [48:56] water say? Romans chapter 2 verse 14. Watch what the book say. For when the [49:02] Gentiles which have not the law do by nature the things contained in the law, [49:07] these having not the law are a law unto themselves, which show the work of the law written in their hearts, their [49:13] conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the meanwhile accusing or else [49:19] excusing one another. In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Yahosua according [49:25] to my gospel. Behold, thou art called a Jew, and resist and rest in the law, and [49:31] maketh thy boast of God, and knowest his will, and approved and approvest the [49:38] things that are most excellent, being instructed out of the law, and are confident that thou thyself, are a guide [49:45] of the blind, and a light of them which are in darkness, an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babies, which hast [49:51] the form of knowledge, and the truth in the law. Thou therefore, which teacheth another, [49:56] teachest thou not thyself? Thou that preachest a man should not steal, does thou steal? You that say a man should [50:03] not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You that hate idols, do you commit sacrilege? You are, you that [50:10] makest thy boast of the law, though breaking the law, dishonor thou God. Dishonorth thou God? For the name of God [50:17] is blasphemed among the Gentiles to you, as it is written. For circumcision, For circumcision verily proof it profitth if [50:26] wait for circumcision verily profitth if you keep the law but if thou be a breaker of the law thy circumcision is [50:32] made uncircumcision right so remember what he said in Galatians right in Galatians he said [50:38] whether you pretty much what he says whether you circumcise or uncircumcised it's meaningless right and so here he's [50:46] saying look circumcision is a great profit to anybody body who actually [50:52] keeps the law. But if you a breaker of the law, it becomes uncircumcision. So [50:57] in in other words, he's saying if you your butt is circumcised and then you end up breaking the law, then you might [51:03] as well be uncircumcised. Right? And remember why he's able to say that. He's able to say [51:08] that because Moses told us, "Cursed is any man who does not continue in [51:14] everything that's contained in this law to do them." Right? So in other words, anybody [51:21] who doesn't continuously do the law is cursed. The moment you stop doing the law, you cursed. The moment you break [51:27] the law, you're cursed. So what he's saying is the same law that curses you [51:32] when you break it is the same law that commands you to get a circumcision. Right? So if you get a circumcision, but [51:39] you break one of the other laws, well now you still are a lawb breaker and now you're still cursed. Therefore, the [51:45] circumcision doesn't profit you in it. So, he's saying, "Yeah, it does profit [51:51] you if you Yahushua." Cuz remember, Yahosua got circumcised. And Yahosua [51:56] also kept all of the law without breaking it. So, it profited him much. [52:01] He was able to raise from the dead and given the power to raise us from the dead. But outside of that, it [52:09] profits you nothing if you break the law. Right? Keep going. Therefore, if [52:14] the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for [52:19] circumcision, and shall not uncircumcision, which is by nature, if it fulfill the law, judge thee, who by [52:26] the letter and circumcision does transgress the law. For he is not a Jew, [52:31] which is one outwardly, neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh, but is a Jew which is of the [52:37] inward, and circumcision is that of the heart in the spirit, and not of the letter, whose praise is not of men, but [52:43] of God. Right? Now, you got to ask yourself if you know the law. Those of us who know the law, right, you got to [52:51] ask yourself, you got to say, is what Paul just taught of the law or is that [52:57] of the spirit? of the spirit. It has to be of the spirit cuz [53:03] it's not of the law. You ain't going to see nothing in the law that tell you you [53:08] don't have to be circumcised, just do the rest of the laws. That's not the testimony of the [53:16] law, right? The testimony of the law in uh we just read it. What was it? [53:24] Leviticus, I don't know. I can't remember. But testimony of the law, you got to be circumcised on the eighth [53:30] day, right? When your mama have have a baby, she going to be [53:35] unclean, right? And if she waits seven days and on the eighth day, she can take [53:40] you to be circumcised because she unclean for the first. Then she could take you to be [53:47] circumcised on the eighth. Then after that, guess what got to happen? She unclean again. You got to continue in [53:53] her uncleanness. You know what I'm saying? That's [53:59] law. That that wasn't negotiable. When when we don't have to get it, but when [54:04] when Joshua was taking us into the land, what you think was happening? We about [54:10] ready to take over all of Jericho. Or or where we go first? I think it was Jericho, right? We about ready to take [54:16] over all of Jericho. But guess what happened? Joshua was like, "No, no, no. Hold on." Most High God said, "I got to [54:22] circumcise everybody before we go." Everybody had to be circumcised right there outside of outside of Israel, [54:29] outside of Canaan before we went over. That's not He wasn't talking about circumcision on the darn heart. He [54:35] talking about the foreskin of your flesh, right? Before a war, we had to do [54:41] this, right? Y'all remember Moses? Most High God gave Moses the whole plan all through what is that? Chapter 4. Exodus [54:48] chapter 4. Chapter Yeah, chapter 4, I think. M and there then sent Moses to go talk to Pharaoh. On his way there, he [54:56] about to kill Moses until Moses' wife circumcised his kids. And that's the only point that the [55:02] most high God let Moses go. And Moses was about to rescue the [55:08] whole nation, right? So you not law that Paul is talking about. And that's why [55:13] it's important for y'all to understand that. This is where people get this stuff messed up. They think that Paul is [55:19] teaching law. No, he's not teaching law. They think that what Yahosua is teaching [55:24] is the same thing as what Moses teaching. No, it's not the same thing. Yahosua made it clear that he's [55:30] not. He's not teaching the same thing. Yahosua is talking about spirit and truth. So, what do you think Paul is [55:36] talking about who was sent by Yahosua? Spirit and truth. He's not talking about law. So now he's telling [55:42] you, don't you know that the real lawkeeper is the one who does what [55:49] Yahosua says? That's pretty much what he's telling you, right? He said, "If there's [55:56] somebody who does what the law says but is not circumcised, don't you know that he is [56:02] the one who is a Jew inwardly?" Right? The only reason he can [56:08] make that proclamation is because Yahushua who is a Jew, right, will cause [56:15] everybody to re be reborn and born again after his own [56:20] likeness. So he says you become a Jew inwardly because Yahosua is going to resurrect you after the manner of a Jew. [56:27] No matter what nation you from, no matter who you are, Yahosua who is a Jew will then be able to bring you [56:35] back. Right? Keep going. [56:41] What advantage then has the Jew or what prophet there of the circumcision? Right? So he asked the question, right? [56:47] Because like you have to understand when Paul's writing this, he says something and then he's anticipating the argument [56:53] that people are going to have back. So after he just got done telling you there's no profit to being circumcised [57:00] if you break the law and the uncircumcised person is just as good as [57:07] you circumcised person if they keep the law. Right? So then he asked a question [57:14] cuz he anticipate the next person going to be like okay so what you saying then it ain't it ain't no difference between [57:20] a Jew and a Gentile. You just saying everybody the same. God showed up to us but everybody the same. So he [57:26] anticipating that and so he answered that question next. He says okay what advantage you you going to ask me what [57:32] advantage does the Jew have? Watch it. Read it again. What advantage then has the Jew or what profit is there of [57:39] circumcision? Let's see what he say. Much in every way. He said much in every [57:45] single way. So now you us as a reader and as like [57:51] the Christians got to deal with it. Christians skip over all this, right? But the Christian got to deal with this [57:57] because if if Paul is telling you you right, there's no difference between the [58:03] Jew and the Gentile because it's really about who obeys, right? That's factual. [58:10] But then he comes back and says, "Well, what advantage has the Jew, right? what profit and he says much [58:18] in every single way. So that means that although you it's true that me being [58:25] circumcised won't save me if I don't obey Yahushua and me being uncircumcised don't condemn me if I obey Yahushua. [58:32] Right? While both of those are true, he still says the Jew or the Israelite has [58:38] the advantage. Right? Let's read about why we have the [58:44] advantage. Relax, boy. Because that unto them were committed [58:49] the oracles of God. For what if some did not believe, shall their unbelief make the faith of [58:55] God without effect? Right? He said, because the oracles of God was committed to us. That's the word of God, right? [59:03] So, we were given the word of God. Therefore, it gives us an advantage is what he's saying. He's saying we are [59:10] more familiar with the word. It's part of our nature. So that gives us an advantage over the gentile. But then he [59:18] comes back because he knows people are going to have an argument against that. So naturally if you say well Hebrews [59:25] have an advantage because God gave them the word. Okay. So Hebrews you trying to [59:30] say Hebrews going to be automatically saved because they got the word. What if the Hebrew don't believe? So he's [59:37] anticipating that question because he knows that there are some Hebrews that don't believe. But watch this. Watch [59:43] what he say. Or what if some did not believe? Shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect? God forbid. [59:49] Yay, let God be true, but every man a liar as it is written that thou mayest be justified in thy sayings and mightest [59:56] overcome when thou art judged. Right? So he's saying just because a Hebrew has an [60:02] advantage in every way because the word was given to him that doesn't mean that [60:08] the Hebrew has to believe it. He cannot believe it. But just because the Hebrew don't believe it don't mean that God's [60:14] word is less true. Right? So he's saying listen it's all about who does what God says. If you [60:21] do what God say it doesn't matter whether you circumcised or not circumcised. So then what's the [60:27] advantage of being a Jew? Well, there is an advantage of being a Jew because you have a head start on what God says. [60:34] Okay, but what about the Jew that don't believe? Well, if the Jew don't believe, [60:39] that makes the Jew a liar. That doesn't make God a liar, right? God's word is [60:44] still true. The advantage is still there for the Jew. He just chose not to handle it responsibly. Right? So, that's what [60:51] he's trying to explain right now. Keep going. But if our unrighteousness commend the [60:57] righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who takes vengeance? [61:03] I speak as a man. God forbid. For then how shall God judge the world? For if [61:08] the truth of God has more abound through my lie unto his glory, why yet am I also [61:14] judged as a sinner? Right? So he's saying he's saying because remember before he said, "Let every man be a liar [61:21] and let God be true." Right? So he's saying if it makes God look more true [61:28] because some people lie. Right? And think about it. Think about the examples that we have in our scripture. The [61:34] biggest one is Pharaoh, right? It made Pharaoh look great. I mean, I'm sorry. [61:41] It made God look great because Pharaoh, who everybody thought was the greatest, [61:46] right? He lied about letting the people go. So because Pharaoh, who everybody [61:53] thought was the greatest, was a liar and then got defeated by God, that elevated [61:59] God and made God look great to everybody. That that's what put Yahweh on the map for the whole world in that [62:05] time period. Right? So then the logical argument against Paul, what Paul is [62:10] saying is is okay, well Paul, if what you saying is true, that let every man be a liar and let God be true. If that's [62:17] the case, then why don't we all just lie? Because technically when we lie, we [62:22] giving God glory based off of what you saying, Paul. Right? And Paul is saying, "No, no, no, no, no. It don't work like [62:29] that." Read it again. But if our unrighteousness commend the [62:35] righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who takes vengeance? I speak as a Right. So they saying, "Is [62:42] it appropriate that God judges us if what if if our unrighteousness makes him [62:48] look more righteous?" Right? If if us doing the wrong thing just highlights [62:54] how right God was the whole time cuz God say, "Man, they ain't going to listen to me." And then we don't listen to them. [63:00] And then God says, "See, I told y'all I know everything." And that brings more glory to God because he predicted that [63:06] we wasn't going to listen. So they saying basically he's anticipating the question back saying that people going [63:12] to look at what I just said and be like well technically we helped God out by not listening. Watch what Paul response [63:19] is. God forbid. He said God forbid what? For how then shall God judge the [63:25] world? For if the truth of God has more abound through my lie unto his glory, why yet am I judged as a sinner? and not [63:33] rather as we be slanderously reported and as some affirm that we say, "Let us [63:38] do evil that good may come whose damnation is just." What then? Are we better than [63:44] they? No. And no wise. For we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles [63:49] that they are all under sin as it is written. Right? So he's saying everybody is under sin, Jews and Gentiles. Right? [63:58] So the question is, well, why don't we just keep sinning? Because by doing that, the grace of God and and the [64:05] righteousness of God is made more obvious. And he said, now that's foolishness, right? But he said, but [64:12] everybody is under sin. Keep going. Watch this. As it is written, there is none [64:19] righteous, know not one. There is none that understands. There is none that seeks after God. They are all gone out [64:25] of the way, and they are all together become unprofitable. There is none that do as good, know not one. Their throat [64:32] is an open supplr, and their tongues they have used deceit. The poison of asps is under their lips lips, whose [64:39] mouth is full of cursing and bitterness. Their feet are swift to shed blood. Destruction and misery are in their [64:45] ways, and the way of peace they have not known. There is no fear of God before their eyes. Now we know that the things [64:52] that what things soever the law saith it saith unto them who are under the law and that right so anything that the law [64:58] is saying is saying it to those that are under the law in other words it's saying it to the Hebrews right it's saying it [65:05] to our people because we have the advantage much in every way I'm listen [65:11] all everything that he's saying going to tie back to what he said in the very first chapter and y'all probably don't remember but in the very first chapter [65:18] he said peace to the Jew first and then to the Gentile. In the second chapter, [65:24] he said to the Jew first and then to the Gentile, talking about o or people who [65:29] obey and then get everlasting life and then talking about also people who disobey and then get indignation. Both [65:37] of those he said to the Jew first and then to the Gentile. Right? Then he said, "What advantage has the Jew?" He [65:43] said, "Much in every way." Because the oracles, in other words, the word of God was given to the Jew. Right? Now, watch [65:51] what he's saying here. It sayeth, we know that whatsoever [65:57] things saith the law, it saith it to them who are under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world [66:03] may become guilty before God. Therefore, right, so then since the word was given [66:08] to the Jew first, right, the Jew has advantage in much in every way. But also [66:17] everybody is made a sinner under that law. But guess who it started [66:23] with? It started with the Jew first. So both sides of it, the benefit and the [66:30] punishment starts with us first. Hold we grab grab uh grab uh uh [66:38] Ezekiel chapter 37 real quick. This is Ezekiel chapter 37. [66:50] the way Paul write like you have to really pay attention. He's weaving all these ideas, but it all ties together [66:58] perfectly, right? Perfectly. Literally from the first chapter where he's telling you the sky is testifying, [67:04] right? He's giving you the two different ways that people interact with God. He's talking to Israelites at the same time [67:11] as talking to Gentiles. So, the Israelites interacted with God through the word because the word was given to [67:18] us. So, we have an advantage because the most high God has given us descriptions [67:23] of information. It's built into our laws, our culture. We were just raised [67:28] in we were just born into it, right? We didn't have to go seek God [67:33] out and do all this extra stuff. Our our ancestors were just born into it. They [67:38] were they were born and they had to keep the law of the land. And the law of the land was based off of the most high God. [67:44] It had teachings of the most high God. That was our advantage, right? But then [67:50] he also described the Gentiles and the Gentiles had to get it from the sky, from the sun. They had to look at nature [67:57] and discern who God was, right? So they didn't have that [68:02] advantage. But at the same time, under the law, everybody is made a sinner, [68:09] right? In other words, because we read, remember what we read in in uh Psalm 14. Psalm 14, he said he look around. He [68:16] looking like, "Man, nobody is doing what they supposed to do. Nobody is seeking [68:21] understanding. All of them is filthy. No, not one." Right? So, he's telling us [68:28] everybody is a sinner. It ain't just the Jews and it ain't just the Gentiles. Everybody is a sinner. But because the [68:35] word went to the Hebrew first, guess what? It went to us first. We the first [68:41] ones to know that we sinners. Meanwhile, the Gentiles just running around. They don't even realize that they breaking [68:46] God's law. We were the first one to be condemned, right? But we were also the [68:51] first one with the opportunity to succeed. This is Ezekiel chapter 37. [68:59] Give me verse uh 15. [69:06] The word of Yahweh came again unto me, saying, "Moreover, you son of man, take thee uh take thee one stick and write [69:12] upon it for Judah, and for the children of Israel, his companions. Then take another stick and write upon it for [69:18] Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel and his companions, and join them one to another [69:25] into one stick, that they shall become one in thine hand." Right? So remember, we had Judah. This is why this is why [69:31] Paul is using the term Jew, right? Because remember there were [69:37] two tribes Judah and then the tribe of or kingdoms rather. There was the kingdom of Judah and the kingdom of [69:44] Israel, right? The kingdom of Israel had the the 10 or 11 tribes in it, right? [69:50] Remember Benjamin was the first king of Israel and then it split after [69:55] Solomon, right? And so then, huh? Saul was the first king. He was from [70:01] Benjamin. What' I say? You said Benjamin. I said, oh, I said, yeah. So, yeah. Saul [70:08] was the first king from Benjamin, right? And then after that, after Solomon, the [70:14] kingdom split. And so, you had two kingdoms, Judah and then you had Israel. [70:19] But all of us were Israelite people. But the people in Judah, we began to call Jews. [70:26] Israel the the uh the kingdom of Israel got wiped off by the king of Assyria. So [70:31] remember the nation Assyria came and they they took us and they took us to another land and they took us as slaves. [70:38] Right? So then the kingdom of Israel was almost disowned. They took on identities of [70:46] different nations. They were scattered across all the nations. Right? And then [70:51] you only had the kingdom of Judah left who began to be identified one way by [70:56] Jews. That's why he's saying Jews. But now in this prophecy, he's saying take [71:01] Judah and Joseph, right? In other words, the rest of Israel and put them [71:06] together. He calls them Joseph because he's saying Joseph is the leader, right? The representative of the rest of the [71:12] tribes and Judah is the representative of his. And he said he put these together. He's talking about a staff, a [71:18] stick. He's saying you take two sticks and you putting them together. And he's giving you that visual of he's him [71:24] saying that although Israelites were split, he said there's going to be a time that we recombine. Right? Keep [71:32] going. And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, what will thou show us? What what [71:38] meanest by these? Say unto them, thus says Yahweh God, behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of [71:44] Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel, his fellows, and will put them with him, even with his with the stick of Judah, [71:51] and make them one stick, and they shall be one in my hand. And the sticks where upon thou writest shall be in thine hand [71:56] before their eyes, and say unto them, thus says Yahweh God, Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among [72:02] the heathen, where they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land. And I [72:08] will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel. And one king shall be king to them all. They [72:13] shall be. Now, who is this promise to? Uh Ezekiel, Israel and Judah. This [72:21] promise is to Israelites. It's not to Gentiles. So this is the advantage, [72:28] right? The advantage is this stuff is promised to [72:33] us, right? But that don't mean that just because we don't believe it, the promise [72:39] is null and void. And that's the point that Paul is trying to make. Right? Paul [72:44] Paul is trying to explain that this thing that we have condemns [72:51] everybody. And anybody who obeys Yahosua will be [72:56] saved. But that doesn't mean that there's no advantage to being a [73:01] Israelite. He's just saying that everybody has an opportunity and anybody can get it, [73:07] right? Anybody can be saved if you obey. Anybody can go to hell if you don't obey. Anybody can burn the fire rather [73:13] if you don't obey, right? But he's saying that doesn't mean there's not an advantage to [73:20] being a Hebrew, right? To being a descendant of the [73:25] Israelites. Go back to Romans. Let's see what we got. [73:53] It's Romans chapter 3. What? What verse? 19. It's Romans chapter 3 verse 19. What [73:59] did the book say? Now we know that whatsoever the law said, it says unto them who are under the law, that every [74:05] mouth may be stopped and all the world may become guilty before God. Therefore, by the deeds of the law, there shall no [74:11] flesh be justified in his sight. For by the law is the knowledge of sins. But now the righteousness of God without the [74:18] law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets. Even right, so now the law gave a standard of [74:25] righteousness of which no human being has kept. Right? So therefore, everyone [74:31] is condemned under the law. Now, the law was only given to the Israelites. [74:37] Right? I just want y'all to picture it. The Israelites are getting special treatment from God. God didn't treat [74:44] there's there's billions of people on earth. He chose about a million of them. And he said, "I'm gonna treat y'all [74:52] special." So when if you if you objectively looked at that and say that's not fair, God, [74:58] because they got special treatment. So what God is saying is even though I gave [75:04] them this special treatment, every single one of them fell beneath my law. [75:11] In other words, none of them lived up to my standard even when they gave when I gave them special [75:17] treatment. Right? So then by that same logic he says now the whole world is [75:24] condemned. I gave them every advantage and they still didn't do it. So now I [75:29] can justify condemning the whole world. Right? Keep going. [75:38] But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifest being witnessed by the law and the prophets. Now, this same [75:44] law that gave the standard of the righteousness and these same prophets that spoke to the righteousness, that [75:52] same law told you this is what it looks like. And then you have Yahosua who is [75:58] the righteousness outside of the law who met that standard. And the prophets prophesied about him, right? Keep going. [76:06] Even the righteousness of God, which is by faith, Yahosua the Messiah, unto all and upon all them that believe. But [76:12] there is no difference. For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God, being justified freely by his grace [76:19] through the redemption that is the Messiah Yahosua, whom God has set forth to be a propitiation through faith in [76:26] his blood to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past. The remission of sins that are in the [76:32] future that are past. The remission of sin that's past, present, and future. That are past. The book say the [76:39] remission of sins that have already passed. Y'all cannot make a fool out of [76:45] God. So don't also make a fool out of yourself. Right? You have to turn away [76:51] from all sin. Not some of them. It ain't going to be like, "Oh, well, I I could stop committing most of the sins, but [76:58] God gonna cover me on the rest." That's not how this work. Any sin that Yahosua told you that will defile you in the [77:05] kingdom, you have to turn away. Anything that Paul told you won't make it into [77:10] the kingdom, you have to turn away. Anything that John told you in Revelations that is outside of the [77:16] kingdom, you have to turn away. Otherwise, those sins will prevent [77:23] you from getting into the kingdom and you will remain condemned. All of us have already been condemned by the law. [77:29] Whether we keep the law, not keep the law, whether we read the law, don't read the law, doesn't matter. the lost at the [77:36] standard of righteousness. It's not like a situation where it's like, "Oh, well, I didn't know about it." It don't [77:42] matter. If you walk up to a door of a house and you didn't know that you needed a key, but when you turn the [77:48] knob, guess what? It's locked. Does it matter that you didn't know that you needed a key? Can you speak to that lock [77:53] and be like, "Oh, well, nobody told me that I needed a key to get in." And then the lock said, "Oh, my bad. Let me open it for you." No. To get in, you need the [78:01] key. Whether you knew that or not, that's the facts. You need the key to get in. So in this case, the key is the [78:08] law. You got to be able to keep that law flawlessly. Only one person could did that, and that's Yahosua. So now, he's [78:15] the only person that got the key to this door. If you want to get into the door, you have to get in his [78:22] way. And if he tell you the only way you get in is to turn away from all sins that defile you, well, by golly, guess [78:29] what you better be doing? Otherwise, you outside the door because you don't have a key. There's no way for you to get in [78:36] and you can't complain to get in. The only thing you could do is get a key, which you already blew that cuz you [78:42] already sinned. Everybody already sin. So, you already blew that. So, then your next option is turn away from the sins [78:47] that defile you. Turn away from the sins that that Paul tell you won't get into the kingdom. Turn away from the sins [78:53] that John and Revelation tell you won't get into the kingdom or are going to be outside of the kingdom. Right? If you [78:58] turn away from those sin, you can open up that door. Right? Keep [79:10] going. To declare, I say at this time his righteousness, that he might be just and the justifier of him which believe [79:17] in Yahosua. Where is the boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? Or of [79:22] works? Nay, but by the law of faith. Therefore, we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of [79:29] the law. Is he right? So, now this is when people say not by works, not by [79:34] works. A lot of people think he's talking about you don't have to do anything. It ain't about what you do. It [79:40] ain't about your actions. It ain't about all that. It's like that's not what the book is tell. He's telling you right here works of the law. He's telling you, [79:48] you cannot get into the kingdom by being circumcised or by wearing fringes or by [79:54] or by um um um um making sure that you're not mixing the cotton on your clothes. Those are not the things that's [80:01] going to get you into the law. Those are righteous. Don't get me wrong. All those things are righteous. All those things [80:07] are are God's standard. However, the way that you get into the kingdom is by [80:12] turning away from the sin that Yahosua told you. So that's what he's talking about when he says the law of faith. [80:18] He's giving you two separate laws. He's talking about the law of Moses versus [80:24] the law of faith. The law of faith is what's going to get you into the kingdom. The law of Moses will get you a [80:30] key as long as you've never sinned. But if you've sinned, you blew it. You will [80:37] never get that key. You'll never be able to get into that door unless you obey the law of faith. Then Yahosu will open [80:44] the door for you because you don't have a key. Right? Keep going. Is he the God of the Jews only? [80:51] Is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also. Seeing it is one God [80:57] which shall justify the circumcision by faith and uncircumcision through faith. Do we then make void the law through [81:03] faith? God forbid. Yay, we establish the law. [81:17] What shall we say then, that Abraham our father as pertaining to the flesh hath found? For if Abraham were justified by [81:24] works, he hath whereof to glory, but not before God? For what saith the scriptures? Abraham believed God, and it [81:30] was counted unto him for righteousness. Now him that workketh is the reward not [81:36] reckoned of grace but of debt. But right so notice what he's saying. This is very important. He said if somebody works [81:45] right the reward that they get is not grace but it's debt. So he's saying [81:52] Abraham believed and righteousness was credited to him. Right? If you got a [82:00] grace period on your bill, you got a phone bill, right? And they gave you a [82:05] grace period, what does that mean? Does that mean that you owe them or they owe [82:11] you? Right? If you if if you got a phone bill and they got you on a grace period, [82:17] that means that you owe them and they're not billing it. They're not saying that that is due yet. They not going to call [82:23] it a late payment yet. They're giving you grace. So that's what he's saying. He's [82:28] saying, "Look, if God had to credit righteousness to to to Abraham, that [82:34] means that Abraham didn't earn that righteousness yet." That means Abraham [82:40] owes Yah, right? So then the other way has to [82:45] be opposite also then. So then if Abraham did earn righteousness, right? [82:52] That means that Yah would owe Abraham. So watch what he say. [83:02] For what said the scripture, Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. Now to him that [83:08] workketh in this reward, not reckoned of grace, but of debt. But to him that workketh not, but believed on him that [83:15] justified the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. Even as David also described the blessedness of the [83:21] man in whom God imputth righteousness without works, saying, "Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose [83:27] sins are covered. Blessed is the man whom Yahweh will not impute sin." Come at this blessedness then upon [83:35] the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also. For we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for [83:41] righteousness. How was it then reckoned? When when he was in circumcision or in [83:46] uncircumcision? Not in circum right so remember when did Abraham get circumcised [83:53] was that uh 15 Genesis 15 in 17 right so in 15 we don't have to get it but in [84:00] Genesis 15 that's when the Most High God let's get it real quick this Genesis chapter [84:12] 15 Genesis chapter 15 let's do verse one real [84:25] [Music] Hey, after these things, the word of [84:32] Yahweh came to Abraham in a vision, saying, Abram in a vision, saying, "Fear not Abram. I am thy shield and thy [84:38] exceedingly great reward." And Abra, right, I am thy exceedingly great reward. Right? Paul's making a case [84:46] Abraham ain't earned nothing at this point. So if the reward is given to [84:51] Abraham and he haven't earned it, he haven't done nothing to deserve it. That means Abraham is getting a [84:58] loan, right? Let's see if that that makes sense. Keep going. And Abram said, Yahweh God, what will thou give me, [85:05] seeing I go childless and steward of my house is this Eleazar of Damascus? And [85:10] Abram said, Behold, to me thou has given no seed. And lo, one born in my house is [85:15] mine heir. And behold, the word of Yahweh came unto him, saying, This shall not be [85:22] thine heir, but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowel shall be thine heir. And he besought and he brought him [85:28] forth abroad, and said, Look now towards heaven, and tell and tell the stars, if thou are able to number them. And he [85:35] said unto him, so shall thy seed be. And he believed in Yahweh, and he counted it to him for righteousness. Right? So [85:42] because he believed him, y'all told him, "Look, your descendants, you ain't going to be able to count them. If you can [85:48] count these stars, you'll be able to count your descendants, right?" And Abraham looked at that and was like, [85:55] "Yeah, I am going to have all of it." And he believed it. So when y'all saw that he believed it, y'all was like, [86:01] "All right, I'mma treat you as if you righteous right now. You're not [86:06] righteous, but I'mma treat you as if you righteous right now." He counted it to him for righteousness. Right now, that's [86:14] in chapter 15. Let's go over to chapter [86:19] 17. It's chapter 17 verse [86:25] one. Actually, jump on down to like Yeah, start at verse one. Let's just read it. And when Abram was 90 years old, 90 [86:33] years old and nine, Yahweh appeared to Abra Abram and said unto him, I am the Almighty God. Walk before me and be thou [86:40] perfect, and I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly. And Abram fell on his [86:47] face, and God talked with him, saying, As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many [86:53] nations. Neither shall thy name be anymore called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham, for a father of many nations [87:00] have I made thee. And I will make thee exceedingly fruitful, and will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee. And I will establish my [87:06] covenant between me and thee, and thy seed after thee in the generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be a god [87:12] unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. And I will give thee I will give unto [87:17] thee, and to thy seed after thee the land wherein thou are a stranger, all the land of the of Canaan, for an [87:24] everlasting possession, and I will be their God. And God shall and God said unto Abraham, "Thou shalt keep my [87:31] covenant, therefore thou and thy seed after thee, and their generations. This is my covenant which you shall keep [87:36] between me and you and thy seed after thee. Every man child among you shall be circumcised. And ye shall circumcise the [87:43] flesh of the first foreskin, and it shall be a token of thy covenant between me and [87:48] you. And he that is 8 days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations. He that is born of [87:54] the house or bought with money of any stranger which is not of thy seed. He [88:00] that is born in thy house and he that is bought with money must needs be circumcised and my covenant shall be in [88:06] your flesh for an everlasting covenant. Right? So the way that you have this everlasting covenant is it has to be in [88:13] your flesh. In other words, the circumcision of your flesh, not your heart, in your flesh. And it applies to [88:20] everybody. Whether it's a stranger, whether it's a servant, whether it's a son, all of the males got to be [88:28] circumcised. Right? Now, this was the instruction. So, this would be considered the works, right? The works [88:36] of the covenant came in chapter 17. But Paul's making the the the case that he [88:42] was already accounted righteousness based off of his faith and believe in the promise. Right? So Paul is saying [88:50] it's not the works of the law that saves. And he's using this as an [88:56] example. But here's what people miss, right? Jump on over to [89:02] um to uh to uh I think it's Genesis 22, [89:10] right? Genesis 22 and probably verse I don't know 14 [89:17] maybe. And Abram called the name of that place Yahwh Y, as it is said to this day, in [89:26] the mount of Yahweh it shall be seen. And the angel of Yahweh called unto Abraham out of heaven the second [89:32] time, and said, By myself have I sworn, says Yahweh. For because thou hast done [89:38] this thing, and has not withheld thy son, thine only son, that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I [89:44] will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven. And as uh go back a little bit. That's not the one I want. Maybe maybe [89:51] it's verse 10. And Abram Abraham stretched forth his hand and took the knife to slay his son. Right? So now he [89:58] about to kill his boy, right? Watch what happened. And he killing his boy because the most high God told him to. But most [90:05] high God saying, "Take your son up there and sacrifice him to me." Right? His own his own his own child, the child that he [90:11] didn't even know he gonna be able to have, right? But since he believed God, the most high God accounted to him for [90:18] righteousness. So then he looked and he's going to take this kid and he's about to kill him, right? Because Yahw [90:24] told him to. But watch what happened. And the angel of Yahweh called unto him out of heaven and said,"Abraham, [90:29] Abraham." And he said, "Here am I." And he said, "Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou anything unto him. [90:36] For now I know that you fear God, seeing thou has not withheld thy son, thine only son from me." Right? So now the [90:44] most high God said in chapter 15, he believed. So then I accounted to him [90:50] righteousness. Right? I gave him I gave him righteousness on a credit card. [90:55] Right? But then here in chapter 22, several chapters later, right, uh probably [91:04] decades later, right, he then says, "All right, now I know for sure that you will [91:12] you going to obey me. Now I know for sure." Right. Grab [91:18] uh Oh, I'm not going to remember this one. This one is it try Genesis [91:25] 18 maybe uh verse uh let me see Genesis 18 maybe verse [91:33] 27 yeah look if I get this one is she on here she ain't even on here if I get [91:38] this one she owe me 17 bucks and Abraham answered and said [91:44] behold now I have taken upon me to speak unto Yahweh which am [91:49] that's not That's not it. Um I'm looking for the part where he say, "Should I tell Abraham what's going to happen?" I [91:56] guess it's before that. It got to be before that cuz that's when he negotiating with him. Hold on. Let's uh [92:02] you want 18:17. This Genesis 18:1 17. Watch what the [92:08] book say. And Yahweh said, "Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do, seeing that Abraham shall surely become [92:15] a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? For I know him that he will command [92:20] his children and his household after him, that they shall keep the way of Yahweh to do justice and judgment, that [92:26] Yahweh may bring upon Abraham that which he has spoken of him. Right? So now at this point, God is saying, I already [92:33] know how he going to do it. Right? I know he going to do it. But then in chapter 22 after it, he says, "Okay, now [92:41] I know." Read it again. This is uh Genesis chapter 22 verse uh verse [92:49] what verse 10 verse 11 hold [93:05] on Genesis chapter 22 I think it's verse 11 and Abraham stretched forth his hand and [93:12] took the knife to slay a son. And the angel of Yahweh called unto him out of heaven and said,"Abraham." And he said, "Here." And he said, "Here am I." And he [93:19] said, "Lay not the hand on the lad, neither do thou anything unto him. For now I know that you fear God, seeing [93:25] that you has not with withheld thy only son from me." Right? So now he's saying, "I know [93:33] it. Now you proven it to me." Right? I knew it before, but now you've proven it [93:40] to me. Right? You followed through. You've actually taken it. You've actually [93:46] obeyed. So there is finished. Right? So this is the Paul. [93:54] This is the point that Paul is making. Let's go back to chapter 4. Where we left leave off. It's Romans chapter 4. [93:59] This is the point that Paul is making. Paul is saying it's not the works of the [94:05] law that will save you. Right? And so for people to think that's strange, he [94:11] gave an example. Don't you realize that most high God already gave uh Abraham [94:18] righteousness on his credit card before Abraham made any payments. He gave him a [94:25] loan first of righteousness. But then he gave Abraham a series of tasks after that. He said, [94:33] "Circumcise, excuse me, ser circumcise yourself. circumcise all of your sons. Circumcise every servant that you have. [94:40] Circumcise everybody around you. And that's the covenant. Abraham did it. He came back later. Abraham did the next [94:47] thing that he told him to do. Right? Then he told him, "Okay, I got something for you. Sacrifice your own [94:54] son. I made you send away Ishmael. That's your only son now. Sacrifice [94:59] him." And Abraham was about to do it. He said, "Okay, for sure. You proved it. You proved it, right? You proved it that [95:07] you'll do whatever I tell you to do. So, at that point, it's done. So, now the [95:12] credit that Abraham had at the beginning, Abraham made a payment on [95:17] that credit card and paid it off when he was about to sacrifice his son, right? [95:22] That paid off all the debt. So then the most high God now says it's confirmed [95:28] the righteousness. So Paul's just saying Yah is able to [95:33] accredit righteousness to each and every one of us even before we commit an [95:38] action only because Yahw already knows that just like he knew about Abraham, I [95:44] know that he going to teach his descendants to follow after me. Right? [95:49] Yah already knows how it's going to play off. So he gives us the credit for righteousness [95:55] upfront. Right? Now, our job is to pay it back by obeying him and doing what [96:03] the book says. That's the piece that people miss. They think, "Oh, see, no, I was saved. [96:09] I'm already saved once saved always." All this weird stuff these people come up with. They ain't none never the case [96:14] if your butt going to disobey. If you continue in disobedience [96:19] and die in it, you wasn't once saved always nothing, right? It always come back to [96:25] the work. Where we leave off this Romans chapter 4 verse what? 11. Let's do it. [96:31] Let's finish off chapter 4. And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of righteousness of the faith which [96:36] he had yet begun uncircumcised, that he might be the father of all them that [96:42] believe, though they be not circumcised, that righteousness might be imputed unto them also. and the father of [96:48] circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of faith, of the faith of our [96:55] father Abraham, which he had, being yet uncircumcised. For the promise that he [97:00] should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham or to his seed through the law, but through the righteousness of [97:07] faith. For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the [97:12] promise made of none effect, because the law workketh wrath. For there were no law. For there, for where no law is, [97:20] there is no transgression. Therefore, it is of faith that it might be by grace to [97:25] the end of the promise might be sure to all the seed, not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of [97:32] the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all. As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations. before [97:38] him whom he believed, even God, who quickens the dead, and calls those things which be not as though they were, [97:46] who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was [97:52] spoken, so thy soul shall thy seed be." And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, [98:00] when he was about a hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah's womb. He staggered not at the promise of [98:08] God through unbelief but was strong in faith giving glory to God. Right? [98:14] Continued in faith, right? Keep going. And being fully persuaded that what he had promised he was able to perform and [98:20] therefore it is imputed to him for righteousness. Now it was not written for his sake alone that it was imputed [98:26] to him, but for us also to whom it shall be imputed if we believe on him that raised up Yahosua our Lord from the [98:32] dead, who was delivered for our offenses and was raised again for our justification. [98:40] That's the end. Yeah. Okay. We'll stop right there. We'll pick up in chapter five next week. [98:47] Paul, Huh? What Paul was spitting. Yeah, buddy. You know what I'm saying? So Paul [98:53] is trying to make the case to us and try to make it very clearly how all of it works, right? The advantage that the [98:59] Hebrew has, how the Gentiles still have an opportunity to see God and they have an opportunity to see how if the law is [99:06] not there, if the law wasn't given to the uh Gentiles, then that there's no there's no unrighteousness to impute. [99:14] But then he also told you that by the um by the gentile doing the things that are [99:20] in the law, right? Even though they didn't have the law, they become a law unto themselves, showing that the [99:26] consciousness knows that God is real and this is the right thing to do, right? So [99:32] he's basically he's setting it up to show you no one has an excuse. No one [99:37] gets by. there's an angle for everybody no matter what situation you in right [99:44] and then that's how everybody is going to be judged right he's saying that righteousness can be accounted to you so [99:51] then it's not the works of the law right because the works of the law [99:56] you only accum accumulate debt of death right but then when the most high God [100:03] accounts righteous to you you have debt of life so Then if you then pay back the [100:10] debt of life, you get resurrected at the end. How do you pay back the debt of life? Well, you turn from lying, you [100:15] turn from cheating, you turn from from uh cussing, you turn from getting drunk, [100:21] right? Getting high, right? You turn from all the sins that defile you and [100:26] then you'll be resurrected. Otherwise, you going to have to pay back death. That's going to [100:31] be a lifelong payment for eternity because you going to be burning. All right. Any [100:46] questions? All right. I missed last week, but we back on the fellowship call tomorrow. Y'all willing. You know what [100:52] I'm saying? Y'all is good to us. So, we got to stay committed. Got to got to stay [100:59] consistent. All right, let's pray out.