1 00:00:03,320 --> 00:00:05,960 Welcome to the Liberty Baptist Sermon Archives. 2 00:00:06,200 --> 00:00:09,040 The message you're about to hear was preached at Liberty Baptist 3 00:00:09,040 --> 00:00:13,040 Church in Easton, MA. You can find out more about us 4 00:00:13,040 --> 00:00:17,280 or contact us at my libertybaptist.org or just look 5 00:00:17,280 --> 00:00:19,760 us up on Facebook. And now we hope that this 6 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:22,040 message from God's Word will be a blessing to you. 7 00:00:24,520 --> 00:00:29,120 Romans chapter #10 tonight. And I'll tell you, I enjoy being 8 00:00:29,120 --> 00:00:32,800 around new believers. I love the opportunity to be 9 00:00:32,800 --> 00:00:35,720 around those who have just accepted Jesus Christ as their 10 00:00:35,720 --> 00:00:37,680 Savior. And one of the reasons is 11 00:00:37,680 --> 00:00:39,440 because of the great joy that they have. 12 00:00:39,440 --> 00:00:43,000 We talked about joy unspeakable and full of glory, the great joy 13 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:44,680 that they have. I think of our sister Belinda 14 00:00:44,680 --> 00:00:46,440 here. We just got saved a few weeks 15 00:00:46,440 --> 00:00:48,720 ago, and I was preaching this morning and talking about 16 00:00:48,840 --> 00:00:51,720 salvation and talking about probably some of those things 17 00:00:51,720 --> 00:00:53,600 that you've heard maybe over and over again. 18 00:00:53,600 --> 00:00:55,360 By the way, we should never get tired of hearing about 19 00:00:55,360 --> 00:00:57,680 salvation. We should never get tired about 20 00:00:57,680 --> 00:00:59,400 hearing how Jesus saved our soul. 21 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:02,520 But I know that you've heard it before, and I'm aware that you 22 00:01:02,520 --> 00:01:04,519 certainly are familiar with the things that I'm saying. 23 00:01:04,519 --> 00:01:07,120 But I kind of just looked over and I try not to look at faces 24 00:01:07,120 --> 00:01:09,240 when I preach because we'll be honest with you, I don't want to 25 00:01:09,240 --> 00:01:12,080 get too discouraged, but I try not to look at faces when I 26 00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:14,120 preach. But I will say, I glanced over a 27 00:01:14,120 --> 00:01:16,480 few times at Belinda sitting over there, right around where 28 00:01:16,480 --> 00:01:19,800 Michelle is, and I saw just her. It seemed like she was kind of 29 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:21,560 eating it up. You know, the idea, the thought 30 00:01:21,560 --> 00:01:25,800 process of this is what Jesus Christ did for me, me and I love 31 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:30,280 to be able to see the joy that new life brings to a believer 32 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:33,480 that is new in Christ. But also there's great joy that 33 00:01:33,480 --> 00:01:37,480 comes from that person to others as well, kind of like a new 34 00:01:37,480 --> 00:01:39,280 baby. You know, whenever you get to be 35 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:42,200 around a new baby, you see even grown men, they're kind of, you 36 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:45,000 know, kind of they kind of all put together go, you know, those 37 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:47,360 kind of things. Well, maybe some of you won't. 38 00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:50,360 OK, that's all right. But the idea is being there's 39 00:01:50,360 --> 00:01:53,120 this joy that that baby brings, you know, that new life. 40 00:01:53,120 --> 00:01:55,960 There's something about it that that just kind of brings joy to 41 00:01:55,960 --> 00:01:58,480 everybody. That some maybe a word we could 42 00:01:58,480 --> 00:02:03,080 use for that is some zeal, some zeal that comes along with this 43 00:02:03,080 --> 00:02:07,120 thought process of someone just receiving Jesus Christ as their 44 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:08,440 Savior. You know, there ought to be some 45 00:02:08,440 --> 00:02:10,960 excitement that comes with being a believer. 46 00:02:10,960 --> 00:02:14,480 And listen, I know that we do kind of settle in as time goes 47 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:18,240 on as a Christian, but we ought to never get over the fact that 48 00:02:18,240 --> 00:02:20,080 we have been forgiven of our sins. 49 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:23,360 We never did get tired of hearing about salvation, get 50 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:26,280 tired of hearing what God has done for us in our lives. 51 00:02:26,280 --> 00:02:29,760 We ought to never get over that. There ought to be some zeal, but 52 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:32,680 within our lives. But I will also say this, when 53 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:35,920 it comes the issue of zeal, when you look sometimes at popular 54 00:02:35,920 --> 00:02:39,920 Christianity, when you look sometimes at that wide umbrella, 55 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:44,520 that wide tent that calls itself Christianity, I will say a lot 56 00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:49,000 of times it's, could I put it this way, mile wide but not 57 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:53,600 really an inch deep, that maybe there's a lot of excitement, but 58 00:02:53,600 --> 00:02:57,200 that's about all there is. Listen, I want Liberty Baptist 59 00:02:57,200 --> 00:02:59,120 Church to be exciting. I want you to be able to come 60 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:02,280 here and to sing the hymns and fellowship with one and hear the 61 00:03:02,280 --> 00:03:05,720 word of God and have your heart stirred and encouraged and, and 62 00:03:05,720 --> 00:03:08,400 leave joyful. But at the same time, we're not 63 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:10,240 just doing it for the sake of doing it. 64 00:03:10,920 --> 00:03:13,480 If you want to do that, call a stand up comedian and have him 65 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:17,040 come up here and be able to have a few sets and we all have a few 66 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:19,680 laughs and we all slap each other on the back and leave. 67 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:22,160 And that's all there is to it. That's what the comedy clubs are 68 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:23,720 doing. And by the way, that's what a 69 00:03:23,720 --> 00:03:27,440 lot of modern Christianity is doing today and calling it 70 00:03:27,720 --> 00:03:30,600 church. No, no, there ought to be zeal, 71 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:33,320 but there also needs to be knowledge as well. 72 00:03:33,640 --> 00:03:36,360 And listen, knowledge is good. But listen, there are some 73 00:03:36,360 --> 00:03:39,480 churches that are knowledgeable about the things of God that are 74 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:41,880 right in their doctrine. They're orthodox about the 75 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:45,200 things they believe, but they're as dry as a truckload of 76 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:48,120 sawdust. But yeah, they're right. 77 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:52,000 They believe, right? They're right about the word of 78 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:55,440 God. But like, doesn't that excite 79 00:03:55,440 --> 00:03:57,440 you? Don't that thrill you? 80 00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:02,200 Doesn't that make you just want to rejoice at what God has done 81 00:04:02,440 --> 00:04:05,520 in all of our lives collectively and what He's done in our lives 82 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:08,320 individually? Well, in our text tonight, Paul 83 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:11,120 thought that ought to be the case, that there ought to be 84 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:13,080 some zeal in the life of believer. 85 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:16,760 Not just excitement, but that that zeal is excitement that 86 00:04:16,760 --> 00:04:20,040 moves someone forward to do something for God. 87 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:23,480 But zeal. Not just for the sake of zeal, 88 00:04:23,880 --> 00:04:26,600 but zeal. According to knowledge that. 89 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:30,640 Both of those are needed in the lives of believers, and I want 90 00:04:30,640 --> 00:04:32,520 us to look at that here tonight. So would you stand please for 91 00:04:32,520 --> 00:04:35,400 the reading God's Word? We'll read the first 5 verses of 92 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:38,600 Romans chapter #10 obviously there are some very familiar 93 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:40,520 verses here in Romans chapter 10, aren't they? 94 00:04:40,760 --> 00:04:42,800 And we're not going to deal with those this evening, but we are 95 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:44,280 going to look at the 1st 5 verses. 96 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:47,880 That is cold good. All right, thank you. 97 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:52,400 All right, brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for 98 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:54,680 Israel is, that they might be saved. 99 00:04:55,240 --> 00:04:58,400 For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God. 100 00:04:58,640 --> 00:05:00,760 But look at this not according to knowledge. 101 00:05:01,280 --> 00:05:05,280 For they be ignorant of God's righteousness, or going about to 102 00:05:05,280 --> 00:05:08,240 establish their own righteousness, not have not 103 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:10,600 submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God. 104 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:15,160 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone 105 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:17,320 that believeth. For Moses describeth the 106 00:05:17,320 --> 00:05:20,960 righteousness which is of the law, that the man which doeth 107 00:05:20,960 --> 00:05:25,600 those things shall live by them. Heavenly Father, be with us this 108 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:27,080 evening as we look at these verses. 109 00:05:27,080 --> 00:05:30,240 I pray to help us to have a zeal that's according to knowledge. 110 00:05:30,240 --> 00:05:32,200 We know Jesus Christ our Savior this evening. 111 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:34,760 I believe. I believe everyone here has 112 00:05:34,760 --> 00:05:37,840 given a testimony of such. And Lord, you know the hearts. 113 00:05:37,840 --> 00:05:41,080 But at the same time, help us to have that right knowledge of 114 00:05:41,080 --> 00:05:44,440 righteousness, but also to have the zeal as well to be able to 115 00:05:44,440 --> 00:05:46,560 live that life as you have called us to. 116 00:05:46,920 --> 00:05:49,360 And we ask it all in Jesus name, Amen. 117 00:05:49,360 --> 00:05:53,400 Thank you may be seated. What was Paul's heartbeat? 118 00:05:53,760 --> 00:05:58,720 What was what got Paul up in the morning and to be able to put 1 119 00:05:58,720 --> 00:06:01,360 foot in front of the other after all of those awful things that 120 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:04,480 we saw just on Wednesday night that he went through in Second 121 00:06:04,480 --> 00:06:07,080 Corinthians chapter #11 what kept Paul going? 122 00:06:07,080 --> 00:06:08,960 There'd be a part of you that would say this. 123 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:11,280 Well, it was to be able to preach into the Gentiles. 124 00:06:11,280 --> 00:06:14,200 And certainly we know that Paul was the one who delivered the 125 00:06:14,800 --> 00:06:17,080 gospel to the Gentiles. It wasn't that he was the first 126 00:06:17,080 --> 00:06:19,720 one, but that he did in a way that really hadn't been seen 127 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:21,680 before on his three missionary journeys. 128 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:24,720 And then his 4th missionary journey, which was really him 129 00:06:24,720 --> 00:06:28,360 being sent to Rome to be able to be put on trial. 130 00:06:28,360 --> 00:06:31,320 But yet he used that as an additional missionary journey, 131 00:06:31,320 --> 00:06:34,440 another reason for him to be able to preach the gospel. 132 00:06:34,440 --> 00:06:37,040 And certainly Paul's heart was to reach the Gentiles. 133 00:06:37,240 --> 00:06:41,320 But I would say that he lays out his heart, his real passion in 134 00:06:41,320 --> 00:06:45,560 verse #1 when he says, brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to 135 00:06:45,560 --> 00:06:49,040 God for Israel is that they might be saved. 136 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:51,200 Now, why would he be talking about this right now? 137 00:06:51,200 --> 00:06:53,280 Well, you can go back back to the previous verse in the 138 00:06:53,280 --> 00:06:57,440 previous chapter verse #33 chapter #9 and it says, as is 139 00:06:57,440 --> 00:07:01,520 written, behold, I lay in Sion a stumbling stone and rock of 140 00:07:01,520 --> 00:07:04,200 offense. And whosoever believeth on him 141 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:06,600 shall not be ashamed. What is he saying? 142 00:07:06,600 --> 00:07:09,760 Well, he's referencing a verse and verses that are found in 143 00:07:09,760 --> 00:07:12,760 several different places, including Isaiah chapter 8 verse 144 00:07:12,760 --> 00:07:17,200 #14 where he's talking about his concern for those who stumble at 145 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:20,560 the name of Jesus Christ. Well, who were the ones that 146 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:22,880 truly stumbled at the name Jesus Christ? 147 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:26,040 It would be Israel, wouldn't it? Israel had a difficulty 148 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:28,600 understanding as a whole. They had a difficulty 149 00:07:28,600 --> 00:07:32,120 understanding how Jesus Christ could be the Messiah. 150 00:07:32,200 --> 00:07:35,400 Certainly there was a great anticipation even upon that 151 00:07:35,400 --> 00:07:38,640 triumphal entry, wasn't there? When they were crying, Hosanna, 152 00:07:38,680 --> 00:07:42,240 hosanna, Lord save us. They were desiring him to not 153 00:07:42,240 --> 00:07:45,320 just be their king, but literally to become the king of 154 00:07:45,320 --> 00:07:48,400 Israel, to overthrow the shackles of the Roman Empire. 155 00:07:48,400 --> 00:07:51,000 Remember we looked a little bit about that this morning, how the 156 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:54,160 Jews felt about the Roman occupation of their land. 157 00:07:54,560 --> 00:07:57,880 And they said, Jesus, come and throw off the shackles, we'll 158 00:07:57,880 --> 00:08:00,920 put you on the throne. But Jesus wasn't there for that 159 00:08:00,920 --> 00:08:03,600 reason, not at that time. What was he there for? 160 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:06,360 Well, he was more concerned about the salvation of souls, 161 00:08:06,360 --> 00:08:09,200 and that's why he went up the hill called Calvary. 162 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:11,880 By the way, it wasn't the Romans who put him there, and it wasn't 163 00:08:11,880 --> 00:08:14,520 the Jews who put him there. Jesus Christ put himself there. 164 00:08:14,520 --> 00:08:17,440 Of course, certainly they were desirous for him to be on the 165 00:08:17,440 --> 00:08:19,520 cross, but Jesus Christ wasn't tricked. 166 00:08:19,520 --> 00:08:21,360 He wasn't fooled. He wasn't cornered into the 167 00:08:21,360 --> 00:08:22,720 cross. What did he do? 168 00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:25,760 He willingly gave himself for you and I. 169 00:08:25,960 --> 00:08:28,520 But there's the Jews and his heart for the Jews is this. 170 00:08:29,080 --> 00:08:32,400 Why don't they get it? Why don't they understand? 171 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:36,360 And in a way Paul understood because, well, he was in the 172 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:40,200 same boat, that Paul had the same thought process that as he 173 00:08:40,200 --> 00:08:42,840 was persecuting the way, which ended up being called 174 00:08:43,039 --> 00:08:45,840 Christianity, as he was persecuting them, he thought he 175 00:08:45,840 --> 00:08:49,160 was doing Jehovah God a favor. He thought he was doing right. 176 00:08:49,160 --> 00:08:51,040 He was zealous in what he believed. 177 00:08:51,040 --> 00:08:53,120 He was zealous in his persecution. 178 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:55,960 The only problem was this is that he wasn't serving God. 179 00:08:55,960 --> 00:08:58,840 He was defying God. And that's why on that road to 180 00:08:58,840 --> 00:09:02,840 Damascus, we see that Paul was told by Jesus Christ. 181 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:06,080 Paul, Paul, why persecute us? Thou me. 182 00:09:06,840 --> 00:09:10,320 Now let me ask you this. When was Paul persecuting Jesus 183 00:09:11,080 --> 00:09:12,960 directly? He never was. 184 00:09:13,320 --> 00:09:15,400 He was persecuting those believers, wasn't he? 185 00:09:15,840 --> 00:09:18,640 But as if Jesus Christ was saying, could we put it this 186 00:09:18,640 --> 00:09:21,320 way? If you were going to do harm to 187 00:09:21,320 --> 00:09:23,480 them? I want you to understand Paul, 188 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:26,640 you're doing it unto me. And So what happened? 189 00:09:26,640 --> 00:09:30,240 Well, we know that that that he was blinded, but yet the scales 190 00:09:30,240 --> 00:09:33,560 fell from his eyes when he understood that Jesus Christ, 191 00:09:33,560 --> 00:09:36,560 the one of which he was persecuting, was truly the 192 00:09:36,560 --> 00:09:38,080 Messiah. Paul got it. 193 00:09:38,080 --> 00:09:40,720 He was a Jew. He was a a Jew among Jews. 194 00:09:40,720 --> 00:09:44,600 He was zealous, A Pharisee, self-righteous in every way. 195 00:09:44,840 --> 00:09:48,080 And he no longer stumbled at the name of Jesus Christ, but 196 00:09:48,080 --> 00:09:50,160 realized that they need to be saved. 197 00:09:50,160 --> 00:09:51,800 And now his heart's desire was this. 198 00:09:52,320 --> 00:09:55,640 Want my fellow countrymen to also understand that they need 199 00:09:55,640 --> 00:09:58,080 to be saved as well? But it says, for I bear them 200 00:09:58,080 --> 00:10:01,840 record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to 201 00:10:01,840 --> 00:10:03,440 knowledge. Now were the Jews zealous? 202 00:10:04,600 --> 00:10:08,360 Were they ever zealous? They love to follow the law. 203 00:10:08,480 --> 00:10:12,040 Now let's strike that and check that a little bit. 204 00:10:12,480 --> 00:10:15,040 They love to say they were following the law. 205 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:19,120 They love to make sure other people were following the law. 206 00:10:19,640 --> 00:10:23,160 They love to add to the law. The Pharisees kept the oral Law 207 00:10:23,160 --> 00:10:25,760 apart from the Word of God. By the way, do you know what's 208 00:10:25,760 --> 00:10:27,360 the word of God? Apart from the Word of God? 209 00:10:28,120 --> 00:10:29,600 Nothing. The. 210 00:10:29,640 --> 00:10:31,640 Oral Word of God is not the word of God. 211 00:10:31,640 --> 00:10:33,480 The Word of God is what we have in front of us. 212 00:10:33,640 --> 00:10:36,360 And the Pharisees, he kept adding and adding and adding and 213 00:10:36,360 --> 00:10:39,960 adding and Jesus kept poking and poking and poking and poking, 214 00:10:39,960 --> 00:10:42,840 trying to show them the fallacy of the things that they were 215 00:10:42,840 --> 00:10:46,080 adding to what they were doing. Oh, they were zealous, those 216 00:10:46,080 --> 00:10:49,280 Pharisees were they were zealous in their persecution of Jesus. 217 00:10:49,280 --> 00:10:52,160 They were zealous in the way that they always were trying to 218 00:10:52,160 --> 00:10:54,200 ask him questions. They were zealous in the way 219 00:10:54,200 --> 00:10:55,920 they handled themselves in the temple. 220 00:10:56,040 --> 00:10:58,480 They were zealous in the ways that they followed the feasts. 221 00:10:58,680 --> 00:11:01,360 And even as you look to the Jews today, one of the things they're 222 00:11:01,360 --> 00:11:04,040 most zealous about is following the feast days and following the 223 00:11:04,040 --> 00:11:07,480 Jewish holidays, and yet not understanding that every single 224 00:11:07,480 --> 00:11:11,160 one of those Jewish holidays that they observe speak of Jesus 225 00:11:11,160 --> 00:11:15,560 Christ, but yet they have no part and no understanding. 226 00:11:15,680 --> 00:11:18,560 And he says this, they're so zealous to do those things. 227 00:11:18,680 --> 00:11:21,720 They'll travel from great distances to come to Jerusalem 228 00:11:21,920 --> 00:11:25,480 to celebrate the feast day, but yet they don't understand why 229 00:11:26,080 --> 00:11:29,640 and they won't get to the real heart of the matter that it's 230 00:11:29,680 --> 00:11:34,280 all about Jesus Christ. Now why is that verse #3 231 00:11:34,280 --> 00:11:38,760 Explains For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and 232 00:11:38,760 --> 00:11:41,400 going about to establish their own righteousness. 233 00:11:42,240 --> 00:11:44,600 Have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God. 234 00:11:45,840 --> 00:11:48,920 The Jews problem, and I would say that this is the problem. 235 00:11:48,920 --> 00:11:52,200 Mankind as well, but particularly of what Paul is 236 00:11:52,200 --> 00:11:56,840 talking about here in reference to the Jews, is that mankind so 237 00:11:56,840 --> 00:11:59,240 often will reject God's righteousness. 238 00:11:59,840 --> 00:12:03,080 But then yet some righteousness does need to be followed. 239 00:12:03,400 --> 00:12:06,040 So what does mankind do? Construct its own righteousness. 240 00:12:07,280 --> 00:12:09,120 I have a quote here from Bill Nye. 241 00:12:09,720 --> 00:12:11,600 You might know Bill Nye is the science guy. 242 00:12:11,600 --> 00:12:14,880 You know, I grew up in a public school when you knew that there 243 00:12:14,880 --> 00:12:17,320 was no science class that day and the teacher brought out the 244 00:12:17,320 --> 00:12:20,080 cart with the television on it and it was time to watch Bill 245 00:12:20,080 --> 00:12:22,560 Nye the Science guy. It was a pretty exciting day. 246 00:12:22,560 --> 00:12:24,200 I'll be honest with you. There wasn't much to get excited 247 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:26,560 about in public school, but that was one thing that I did get 248 00:12:26,560 --> 00:12:28,480 excited about. Now, I didn't understand this at 249 00:12:28,480 --> 00:12:31,400 the time, but Bill Nye, the science guy really doesn't know 250 00:12:31,400 --> 00:12:37,880 a lot about science. He's he graduated with a degree 251 00:12:37,880 --> 00:12:40,880 in aerospace engineering, but a lot of the things that he speaks 252 00:12:40,880 --> 00:12:43,280 of, he really doesn't have knowledge of. 253 00:12:43,280 --> 00:12:46,680 He was a stand up comedian and entertainer more than he is a 254 00:12:46,680 --> 00:12:50,280 scientist. And I also say this, he is very 255 00:12:50,280 --> 00:12:52,760 much an atheist and very much against God. 256 00:12:53,520 --> 00:12:56,080 I, I've watched several conversations that he has had 257 00:12:56,080 --> 00:12:59,320 with Ken Ham, the one who has the Creation Museum and is built 258 00:12:59,800 --> 00:13:03,040 the arc there in Kentucky and that actually respectful 259 00:13:03,040 --> 00:13:04,920 conversations that they've had back and forth. 260 00:13:04,920 --> 00:13:07,440 It's actually very interesting to watch Ken Hammond how he's 261 00:13:07,440 --> 00:13:09,640 handled himself compared to Bill Nye. 262 00:13:09,840 --> 00:13:12,760 But Bill Nye said this and I thought this was interesting and 263 00:13:12,760 --> 00:13:16,600 it really well explains what Paul is saying here in verse #3 264 00:13:17,400 --> 00:13:19,920 Bill Nye said. So as you may know, I am not a 265 00:13:19,920 --> 00:13:22,000 believer. I'm a non believer. 266 00:13:22,320 --> 00:13:25,080 I spend a lot of time trying to understand my place in the 267 00:13:25,080 --> 00:13:29,520 cosmos, and I've reached my own conclusions, but I'm the first 268 00:13:29,520 --> 00:13:32,200 to say that ultimately we are all agnostic. 269 00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:33,880 Now he's speaking for you and he's speaking for me. 270 00:13:34,120 --> 00:13:36,240 To say that we're all agnostic. That's what he says. 271 00:13:36,880 --> 00:13:40,360 This is to say you can't know whether or not there is a giant 272 00:13:40,360 --> 00:13:43,320 entity running the show or choosing not to run the show. 273 00:13:43,760 --> 00:13:46,120 You can't know. Now listen to this. 274 00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:51,040 So we all are. I believe best served by just 275 00:13:51,080 --> 00:13:55,840 living good lives, trying to leave the world better than we 276 00:13:55,840 --> 00:14:00,040 found it now on its face. You could maybe hear those last 277 00:14:00,040 --> 00:14:04,040 couple sentences. We are all best served by living 278 00:14:04,040 --> 00:14:07,720 good lives, trying to leave the world better than we found it. 279 00:14:07,720 --> 00:14:10,280 You could hear that and say, well, OK, maybe he's an 280 00:14:10,280 --> 00:14:13,520 agnostic, maybe he's an atheist, but that's not a bad way to 281 00:14:13,520 --> 00:14:15,600 live. That's certainly not a bad. 282 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:18,040 Credo to be able to live your life by. 283 00:14:18,600 --> 00:14:23,240 But the problem of that is this Bill Nye and anyone who believes 284 00:14:23,240 --> 00:14:24,800 in this way. And by the way, there are great 285 00:14:24,800 --> 00:14:27,840 many more that believe what I just read then Bill Nye the 286 00:14:27,840 --> 00:14:31,640 science guy. But those who have said this. 287 00:14:31,960 --> 00:14:33,600 Well, you know, just be a good person. 288 00:14:34,280 --> 00:14:36,040 Just leave the world better than you left it. 289 00:14:36,080 --> 00:14:38,200 You know, kind of like you learned when you were in the Cub 290 00:14:38,200 --> 00:14:40,800 Scouts to leave the campground better than you found it. 291 00:14:40,960 --> 00:14:44,040 But just do that with the earth. Just leave it in a better shape 292 00:14:44,040 --> 00:14:45,520 than you found it. By the way, if that's the case, 293 00:14:45,520 --> 00:14:48,080 we've all failed. Miserably there's none. 294 00:14:48,080 --> 00:14:49,240 Righteous. No, not one. 295 00:14:49,840 --> 00:14:51,520 And if we look at the world in general, I don't think it's 296 00:14:51,520 --> 00:14:52,600 getting. Better and better. 297 00:14:53,600 --> 00:14:57,360 But the problem with that is just do good and leave it 298 00:14:57,360 --> 00:15:00,240 better. And my question is, by whose 299 00:15:00,240 --> 00:15:06,440 metric is doing good good? Is doing good good? 300 00:15:07,480 --> 00:15:11,320 Well, what is good? Who's going to judge what is 301 00:15:11,320 --> 00:15:14,520 good or not? It could be there's a population 302 00:15:14,560 --> 00:15:18,480 of a country or an area of the world that is very overpopulated 303 00:15:19,200 --> 00:15:23,240 and there is great squalor and very little income. 304 00:15:23,840 --> 00:15:25,760 And perhaps there would be those who would say, you know, what 305 00:15:25,760 --> 00:15:28,400 would be the most important thing to do? 306 00:15:28,400 --> 00:15:32,640 The the most, oh, oh, the most righteous thing to do would be 307 00:15:32,640 --> 00:15:35,280 to make sure that we don't bring children into those environments 308 00:15:35,280 --> 00:15:39,120 so they don't have to grow up in squalor and difficulty disease. 309 00:15:39,120 --> 00:15:42,000 And so would it be better to just, would it be more humane? 310 00:15:42,480 --> 00:15:46,200 Wouldn't it be good to just seek abortions for those children? 311 00:15:47,280 --> 00:15:52,800 Well, we know that the Word of God says, well, no, because the 312 00:15:52,800 --> 00:15:55,600 Bible makes it very clear that life comes at the moment of 313 00:15:55,600 --> 00:15:57,400 conception. Now, how do I know that? 314 00:15:57,760 --> 00:15:58,880 Well, because of the Word of God. 315 00:15:59,680 --> 00:16:02,360 So we remove that. Perhaps someone could be able to 316 00:16:02,360 --> 00:16:03,800 say, well, wouldn't that be good? 317 00:16:04,040 --> 00:16:06,480 Wouldn't it be good if someone is suffering and they're 318 00:16:06,480 --> 00:16:09,560 suffering greatly, to just allow them to take their own life? 319 00:16:10,200 --> 00:16:13,040 I mean, wouldn't that be the compassionate thing to be able 320 00:16:13,040 --> 00:16:15,120 to do? Wouldn't it be best for someone 321 00:16:15,120 --> 00:16:17,120 to decide? And I know we have younger 322 00:16:17,120 --> 00:16:19,560 people here tonight, so I want to be careful what I say, but 323 00:16:19,560 --> 00:16:24,440 wouldn't it be best to let everyone decide who they are and 324 00:16:24,440 --> 00:16:27,400 what their identity is? Wouldn't that be the most 325 00:16:27,400 --> 00:16:30,120 benevolent thing to do? And listen, if we are 326 00:16:30,120 --> 00:16:34,080 establishing listen, our own righteousness, then certainly 327 00:16:34,240 --> 00:16:36,720 there could be compelling cases for these things. 328 00:16:36,880 --> 00:16:39,720 If we're saying what's right and we're saying what's wrong, if 329 00:16:39,720 --> 00:16:42,920 it's humanity in general or if it's the government or just what 330 00:16:43,360 --> 00:16:46,920 the crowd says, if that's what it is, then certainly cases 331 00:16:46,920 --> 00:16:49,760 could be made for all of those things and infinitely more. 332 00:16:49,840 --> 00:16:53,400 But if we realize that it's not about establishing our own 333 00:16:53,400 --> 00:16:56,360 righteousness, it's not about us deciding what's right and wrong, 334 00:16:56,360 --> 00:16:59,480 but it's what the Word of God says and the Word of God as a 335 00:16:59,480 --> 00:17:03,320 reflection of who God himself is, then that is the only 336 00:17:03,320 --> 00:17:05,119 benchmark. That's the only thing that's 337 00:17:05,119 --> 00:17:06,960 righteous. It doesn't matter if it's the 338 00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:10,960 Jews of those days, or the Jews of today, or the agnostics of 339 00:17:10,960 --> 00:17:14,680 today, or the liberals of today, or the conservatives of today, 340 00:17:14,760 --> 00:17:18,000 or whatever group it might be. Listen, righteousness is found 341 00:17:18,040 --> 00:17:21,280 in one place in the Word of God because what is in the Word of 342 00:17:21,280 --> 00:17:24,040 God is a reflection of God Himself. 343 00:17:24,560 --> 00:17:25,920 There's one quote that says this. 344 00:17:26,119 --> 00:17:29,080 We must then say that righteousness of God is evident 345 00:17:29,080 --> 00:17:32,080 in the way He consistently acts in according with His own 346 00:17:32,080 --> 00:17:34,560 character. God always acts righteously. 347 00:17:34,720 --> 00:17:37,360 His every action is consistent with His character. 348 00:17:37,560 --> 00:17:40,040 God is always consistently godly. 349 00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:42,800 God is not defined by the term righteousness. 350 00:17:42,800 --> 00:17:44,240 Now listen, don't, don't let that worry you. 351 00:17:44,720 --> 00:17:48,600 God is not as much defined by the term righteousness as much 352 00:17:48,600 --> 00:17:50,960 as the term righteousness is defined by God. 353 00:17:52,840 --> 00:17:55,000 God is not measured by the standard of righteousness. 354 00:17:55,480 --> 00:17:58,080 God is the standard of righteousness. 355 00:17:59,560 --> 00:18:02,480 That's the key. And there's a group of people 356 00:18:02,480 --> 00:18:03,920 that Paul's concerned about here. 357 00:18:04,600 --> 00:18:08,280 He says they're so zealous. They're so zealous. 358 00:18:08,720 --> 00:18:12,040 They walk to the temple. They'll go great distances for 359 00:18:12,040 --> 00:18:15,520 the feasts. They'll raise a lamb, ensure 360 00:18:15,520 --> 00:18:18,320 it's without blemish. They'll save money to purchase a 361 00:18:18,320 --> 00:18:20,200 lamb if they can't raise one themselves. 362 00:18:20,800 --> 00:18:24,640 They'll erect booths in Jerusalem to to be able to show 363 00:18:24,760 --> 00:18:28,480 what the great journey was from Egypt into the promised land. 364 00:18:28,480 --> 00:18:32,000 They'll do all of these things. But they're establishing their 365 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:34,840 own righteousness. They're not following the 366 00:18:34,840 --> 00:18:38,080 righteousness of God. And isn't this what the 367 00:18:38,080 --> 00:18:40,920 Pharisees kept doing to Jesus? Well, Jesus, if you were 368 00:18:40,920 --> 00:18:44,760 righteous, you wouldn't be picking corn on the Sabbath. 369 00:18:45,800 --> 00:18:48,560 Jesus, if you were righteous, you wouldn't be healing. 370 00:18:48,600 --> 00:18:51,760 On the Sabbath, Jesus, if you were righteous, you wouldn't be 371 00:18:51,760 --> 00:18:54,840 talking to her. If you knew who she was, Jesus, 372 00:18:54,840 --> 00:18:56,720 if you were righteous, you wouldn't be doing the things 373 00:18:56,720 --> 00:18:59,360 that you're doing. They didn't realize that they 374 00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:02,840 were not just talking to someone who was righteous, they were 375 00:19:02,840 --> 00:19:07,680 talking to righteousness. He himself was righteous. 376 00:19:08,040 --> 00:19:11,960 Just as when Pilate said what is truth and he's looking at Jesus, 377 00:19:12,240 --> 00:19:14,960 He wasn't just looking at someone who embodied truth, He 378 00:19:14,960 --> 00:19:20,800 was looking at truth. Jesus Christ was and is truth. 379 00:19:21,960 --> 00:19:25,120 Verse 4 For Moses described the righteousness, which is of the 380 00:19:25,120 --> 00:19:29,360 law, that the man which doeth those things shall live by them. 381 00:19:30,240 --> 00:19:33,440 Here's the problem. Whenever man establishes 382 00:19:33,440 --> 00:19:37,400 righteousness. We'll do good, Bill Nye says. 383 00:19:37,960 --> 00:19:40,080 All right, mankind, live by that. 384 00:19:41,040 --> 00:19:44,040 As I just mentioned a few moments ago, mankind can't even 385 00:19:44,040 --> 00:19:47,760 follow its own rules. Let alone following the 386 00:19:47,760 --> 00:19:52,400 righteousness of God. So if you are to give your own 387 00:19:52,400 --> 00:19:54,840 righteousness, then you must live by it. 388 00:19:55,080 --> 00:19:58,280 And specifically what he's talking about here is that in 389 00:19:58,280 --> 00:20:01,160 Christ is the end of the law for righteousness for everyone that 390 00:20:01,160 --> 00:20:02,680 believe it. I actually skipped verse 4 and 391 00:20:02,680 --> 00:20:06,600 went right to verse 5. But the idea is this is that we 392 00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:08,800 no longer have to live by the law. 393 00:20:08,800 --> 00:20:10,760 Why? Because we never could live by 394 00:20:10,760 --> 00:20:11,720 the law. What was it? 395 00:20:11,920 --> 00:20:15,360 It was our schoolmaster to bring us to Jesus Christ. 396 00:20:15,800 --> 00:20:19,720 It was there to show us how wrong we were and that there was 397 00:20:19,720 --> 00:20:23,440 no salvation in ourselves and that only Jesus Christ could 398 00:20:23,440 --> 00:20:25,400 save us. And that's why when we were 399 00:20:25,400 --> 00:20:28,360 saved, the law is no longer in force. 400 00:20:28,520 --> 00:20:32,280 Now that doesn't mean we don't live holy lives, but we do it 401 00:20:32,280 --> 00:20:34,520 for what reason? But we do it because we love the 402 00:20:34,520 --> 00:20:37,680 Lord and we recognize as holiness, not because we're 403 00:20:37,680 --> 00:20:41,320 trying to follow laws that we never could follow in the 1st 404 00:20:41,320 --> 00:20:45,000 place. Mankind keeps setting up rules 405 00:20:45,880 --> 00:20:47,200 and consistently can't follow them. 406 00:20:48,280 --> 00:20:50,320 Talk about the Jews in the Passover. 407 00:20:50,920 --> 00:20:53,880 I've been invited several times and not ever, ever been able to 408 00:20:53,880 --> 00:20:56,680 have it to be happening or been able to have it happen. 409 00:20:57,000 --> 00:21:00,880 But to go to a Jewish seder. I greatly desire to go to a 410 00:21:00,880 --> 00:21:04,320 Jewish Seder with with Jewish people, not those who believe in 411 00:21:04,360 --> 00:21:07,880 Jesus Christ, but to be able to watch them and to be able 412 00:21:07,880 --> 00:21:09,360 hopefully to give a testimony to them. 413 00:21:09,360 --> 00:21:12,240 And it's never worked out that I've been able to, but it amazes 414 00:21:12,240 --> 00:21:16,520 me that as they get up from the table and they open the door at 415 00:21:16,520 --> 00:21:21,080 the end of the Seder, and they're waiting for the for 416 00:21:21,080 --> 00:21:24,640 Elijah to come. And Elijah is the forerunner to 417 00:21:24,640 --> 00:21:26,600 the Messiah. Well, what did Jesus say? 418 00:21:27,040 --> 00:21:28,680 John the Baptist was that forerunner. 419 00:21:29,280 --> 00:21:34,000 And they're waiting for someone who came and left the scene 2000 420 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:36,800 years ago. They've established their own 421 00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:40,240 righteousness, like the Muslims we've talked about, the Muslims 422 00:21:40,240 --> 00:21:42,880 here in our World Religions and Cult series and Sunday School. 423 00:21:43,720 --> 00:21:50,160 I can tell you 2 unique times, Once on I-95 in Connecticut at a 424 00:21:50,360 --> 00:21:53,800 rest stop there, and another time in a Burger King here in 425 00:21:53,800 --> 00:21:58,680 Easton where I've watched a Muslim who at the time of prayer 426 00:21:59,120 --> 00:22:03,480 turned to the side in the parking lot, put down a rug and 427 00:22:03,480 --> 00:22:05,800 prayed towards Mecca. Now listen, I'll. 428 00:22:05,800 --> 00:22:08,280 Say this, if you're driving on 995 and you need a rest stop, 429 00:22:08,480 --> 00:22:09,760 you need to stop and pray as well. 430 00:22:09,760 --> 00:22:11,680 I mean, all things considered, I-95 is not great. 431 00:22:12,680 --> 00:22:17,240 But I will. Say the devoutness we will stop 432 00:22:17,240 --> 00:22:20,760 in a parking lot, the embarrassment to be able to know 433 00:22:20,760 --> 00:22:24,000 that people are watching you. They don't care, they just want 434 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:26,520 all of them know they're faithful and they point their 435 00:22:26,520 --> 00:22:29,640 bodies. From Bridgeport, CT. 436 00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:35,600 From Fairfield, CT. From Old Lyme, CT and they'll 437 00:22:35,600 --> 00:22:41,480 point their bodies to Mecca. From a Burger King here in 438 00:22:41,480 --> 00:22:45,440 Easton and I watch them in the corner of the parking lot, point 439 00:22:45,440 --> 00:22:51,120 their bodies towards Mecca. Devout mentioned this morning 440 00:22:51,120 --> 00:22:55,400 going to Catholic funerals, the sadness that goes along with 441 00:22:55,400 --> 00:22:58,840 that. I think every Bible believer 442 00:22:58,840 --> 00:23:01,080 ought to go to a Catholic funeral every couple of years 443 00:23:01,520 --> 00:23:05,360 just to remind yourself what we've been saved from and remind 444 00:23:05,360 --> 00:23:09,560 people how remind us how we need to give the Gospel to those who 445 00:23:09,560 --> 00:23:14,040 are following a dead religion. And I say that with no 446 00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:15,760 unkindness towards our Catholic friends. 447 00:23:15,760 --> 00:23:18,600 My desire is for them to be able to come to Jesus Christ. 448 00:23:18,840 --> 00:23:22,640 But I also know that they have been ensnared by those who 449 00:23:22,640 --> 00:23:25,520 believe and have taught and propagated the lie. 450 00:23:26,440 --> 00:23:28,240 And many of them just want to follow Jesus. 451 00:23:28,280 --> 00:23:30,880 They, they, they want to follow him, but they don't realize that 452 00:23:30,880 --> 00:23:32,840 that is the opposite of following Jesus. 453 00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:38,600 But you see the priest with the incense going back and forth, 454 00:23:39,240 --> 00:23:41,680 see people washing themselves with holy water. 455 00:23:42,560 --> 00:23:45,720 You see people who will go through stations of the cross. 456 00:23:46,520 --> 00:23:51,160 We have even here in our church, those who at, at local shrines 457 00:23:51,160 --> 00:23:55,120 over the years who have on their knees, gone from step to step 458 00:23:55,560 --> 00:23:58,360 before they found Jesus Christ. Why? 459 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:02,560 Because they were establishing their own righteousness. 460 00:24:04,160 --> 00:24:06,640 Maybe they had just been taught another way and that that is 461 00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:09,200 what oftentimes is the case, but yet it is their own 462 00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:11,680 righteousness. They need to find Jesus Christ. 463 00:24:11,680 --> 00:24:14,800 I don't know about you, but I find it interesting to drive 464 00:24:14,800 --> 00:24:17,560 through Amish country. And there are many times I've 465 00:24:17,560 --> 00:24:20,680 driven through Amish country in Pennsylvania and a few times in 466 00:24:20,680 --> 00:24:22,320 Oregon as well. Amish cooking. 467 00:24:22,360 --> 00:24:24,880 I'm all right with that. I'll tell you, those guys know 468 00:24:24,880 --> 00:24:26,640 how to cook. They also know how to build 469 00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:29,080 furniture. All things considered, most of 470 00:24:29,080 --> 00:24:31,560 them's last names are Yoder, and that's OK. 471 00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:34,640 They're good people, but you know, they're good people. 472 00:24:36,080 --> 00:24:39,960 But many of them are lost. You say, well, why is that? 473 00:24:40,640 --> 00:24:44,200 Well, of course there is a lot of commonalities, not not 474 00:24:44,200 --> 00:24:46,920 exactly certainly between Mennonites and the Amish. 475 00:24:46,920 --> 00:24:49,840 But listen to this. While Mennonites hold tightly to 476 00:24:49,840 --> 00:24:52,960 the belief that this is from their own teaching. 477 00:24:52,960 --> 00:24:55,440 While Mennonites hold tightly to the belief that we are saved 478 00:24:55,440 --> 00:24:58,400 through God's powerful gift of grace, we don't subscribe to 479 00:24:58,440 --> 00:25:01,120 Eternal Security or Once Saved, Always Saved theology. 480 00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:03,680 And though we believe that we are not, that we are ultimately 481 00:25:03,680 --> 00:25:06,520 saved by God's grace and not through any action or merit on 482 00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:09,280 our own, we also believe that maintaining a right relationship 483 00:25:09,280 --> 00:25:12,160 with Christ means that we're to follow in his footsteps and live 484 00:25:12,160 --> 00:25:15,160 a life that follows his example. Each member of the church has 485 00:25:15,160 --> 00:25:17,280 free will and can separate themselves from the body of 486 00:25:17,280 --> 00:25:19,640 Christ. And live a sinful life, even if 487 00:25:19,640 --> 00:25:22,680 they once were bound to Christ. If that happens, the Church will 488 00:25:22,680 --> 00:25:25,240 continue to pray for them and seek to restore them to 489 00:25:25,240 --> 00:25:27,760 fellowship. But the individual may still 490 00:25:27,760 --> 00:25:30,680 choose to forfeit his or her right to salvation. 491 00:25:32,920 --> 00:25:35,920 Now, there's a line of theology there that basically says this, 492 00:25:36,440 --> 00:25:41,520 your salvation is up to you. Your salvation is up to you. 493 00:25:41,520 --> 00:25:44,680 It's a it's a difficult thing to kind of comprehend, but that 494 00:25:44,680 --> 00:25:47,840 teaching is real. Say, pastor, what, what are you 495 00:25:47,840 --> 00:25:49,760 trying to say? You're trying to, are you trying 496 00:25:49,760 --> 00:25:51,800 to speak badly of all of these different groups? 497 00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:53,400 You know, again, I want to be careful. 498 00:25:53,400 --> 00:25:55,960 If there was someone here who was Amish tonight and I think 499 00:25:56,040 --> 00:25:57,440 looking around, Nope, I don't think so. 500 00:25:58,240 --> 00:26:01,080 If there was someone here tonight that was Catholic or was 501 00:26:01,080 --> 00:26:03,680 watching this later that was Catholic or Jewish or any of 502 00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:05,880 those things, I would never want them to have the impression that 503 00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:09,640 we're mocking them or, or making fun of them, or that that we're 504 00:26:09,760 --> 00:26:12,520 that we think badly of them. No, we want them to know that 505 00:26:12,520 --> 00:26:16,240 there is only one way to Jesus Christ that you can't make your 506 00:26:16,240 --> 00:26:19,440 own righteousness through shunning, as the Amish would do 507 00:26:19,440 --> 00:26:22,600 would be shunning worldly things and not having electricity 508 00:26:22,600 --> 00:26:25,680 unless you do need electricity. And then as I've seen an Amish 509 00:26:25,680 --> 00:26:28,320 country, they don't drive cars, but they'll go in cars where 510 00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:30,840 someone else is driving. And there's these convoluted 511 00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:33,520 laws that they have made and they're doing it all so that 512 00:26:33,520 --> 00:26:36,800 they have a hope that they have a chance of being saved. 513 00:26:36,800 --> 00:26:40,040 And Paul says this. There's so much zeal, but 514 00:26:40,040 --> 00:26:44,560 there's no knowledge. They fall short. 515 00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:50,160 And again, Paul was clear about this, because he was in the same 516 00:26:50,480 --> 00:26:54,080 boat, Acts 91 and two. And Saul yet breathing out 517 00:26:54,080 --> 00:26:56,000 threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the 518 00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:58,400 Lord, went under the high priest, and desired of him 519 00:26:58,400 --> 00:27:01,160 letters to Damascus, to the synagogue's, that if he found 520 00:27:01,160 --> 00:27:04,080 any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might 521 00:27:04,080 --> 00:27:10,640 bring them bound unto Jerusalem. Any yardstick to measure oneself 522 00:27:10,640 --> 00:27:15,320 to salvation, other than the proper yardstick, is not true 523 00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:18,200 salvation. Well, what's the yardstick? 524 00:27:19,240 --> 00:27:20,480 Verse 4. Christ. 525 00:27:21,120 --> 00:27:24,960 Is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone that 526 00:27:24,960 --> 00:27:26,920 believeth? What's the yardstick? 527 00:27:26,920 --> 00:27:28,680 Verse 9. That if thou shalt confess with 528 00:27:28,680 --> 00:27:31,480 my mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart, 529 00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:34,280 that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 530 00:27:34,360 --> 00:27:37,200 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness, and with the 531 00:27:37,200 --> 00:27:39,320 mouth confession is made unto salvation. 532 00:27:39,440 --> 00:27:42,720 For the Scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall 533 00:27:42,720 --> 00:27:44,960 not be ashamed. For there is no difference 534 00:27:44,960 --> 00:27:48,560 between the Jew and the Greek. For the same Lord over all is 535 00:27:48,560 --> 00:27:50,640 rich unto all that call upon him. 536 00:27:50,760 --> 00:27:54,360 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be 537 00:27:54,360 --> 00:27:56,160 saved. Here's some good news tonight. 538 00:27:56,160 --> 00:27:57,440 Do you want some good news tonight? 539 00:27:57,440 --> 00:27:58,760 I hope you want good news tonight. 540 00:27:58,920 --> 00:28:00,320 Here's some good news for tonight. 541 00:28:00,440 --> 00:28:05,080 If you are saved, you have that knowledge, the knowledge that 542 00:28:05,080 --> 00:28:08,320 they did not possess as Jews, the knowledge that those in the 543 00:28:08,320 --> 00:28:10,680 world today and from some of those groups that I just 544 00:28:10,680 --> 00:28:13,320 mentioned, and certainly a multiplicity even more that 545 00:28:13,320 --> 00:28:16,320 believe other things about true or righteousness that's apart 546 00:28:16,320 --> 00:28:19,000 from the word of God. You have that righteousness 547 00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:21,920 tonight, not because you yourself are just so much 548 00:28:21,920 --> 00:28:23,160 smarter than the rest of the world. 549 00:28:23,160 --> 00:28:24,800 We don't think that highly of ourselves. 550 00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:28,600 It's just because we have come to the place where by faith we 551 00:28:28,600 --> 00:28:32,240 believe the gospel, and so now we have the knowledge of what 552 00:28:32,240 --> 00:28:36,120 true righteousness is all about. Now, listen, you may not think 553 00:28:36,120 --> 00:28:37,320 that you have a lot of knowledge. 554 00:28:37,480 --> 00:28:39,960 You might even have the world. Who would tell you that you 555 00:28:39,960 --> 00:28:42,000 don't have a lot of knowledge compared to others? 556 00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:43,920 And listen, I'm not a Mensa candidate. 557 00:28:44,240 --> 00:28:46,160 I never. Graduated with an honorary 558 00:28:46,160 --> 00:28:47,880 doctorate or a real doctorate or any. 559 00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:53,040 I mean no, none of that stuff. But I do know this. 560 00:28:54,520 --> 00:28:56,080 I just trust what the Bible says. 561 00:28:57,360 --> 00:28:59,000 That'll get you pretty far in life right there. 562 00:28:59,480 --> 00:29:02,200 A lot farther than all the doctorates, so they can confer 563 00:29:02,200 --> 00:29:04,960 upon you. That all the world will confer 564 00:29:04,960 --> 00:29:08,200 upon you. That in the great white throne 565 00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:10,720 of judgement will matter nothing. 566 00:29:11,400 --> 00:29:14,600 That when the books are opened and the unsaved see what's 567 00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:20,320 inside and their works are read for hours upon hours, for days 568 00:29:20,320 --> 00:29:23,440 upon days, if time was recorded in those days, in those at that 569 00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:28,200 time, what I imagine would be that length of time, not one of 570 00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:32,280 those things will matter. When we hear, when they hear, 571 00:29:32,840 --> 00:29:35,000 depart from me. I never knew you. 572 00:29:36,680 --> 00:29:40,520 But while you have that knowledge here tonight, I just 573 00:29:40,520 --> 00:29:42,640 want to give you this thought for the last few moments that 574 00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:46,280 we're together tonight. That many have zeal without 575 00:29:46,280 --> 00:29:49,040 knowledge, as it says right here. 576 00:29:49,920 --> 00:29:52,560 But what I'm concerned about tonight for you and for myself 577 00:29:52,560 --> 00:29:55,040 is this. Do we as believers have 578 00:29:55,040 --> 00:30:01,600 knowledge but not zeal? The unsaved have zeal without 579 00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:04,920 knowledge. But do we as believers have 580 00:30:04,920 --> 00:30:09,240 knowledge without zeal? Hey, you believe right here 581 00:30:09,240 --> 00:30:10,880 tonight. At least I'm going to assume you 582 00:30:10,880 --> 00:30:12,840 do. You're in a independent Baptist 583 00:30:12,840 --> 00:30:15,000 Church on a Sunday night. Something good's going on in 584 00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:15,760 your life. Amen. 585 00:30:17,840 --> 00:30:21,720 But I will say this, while the knowledge is wonderful and it's 586 00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:26,720 right and it's what we need, it ought to be coupled with some 587 00:30:26,720 --> 00:30:30,040 zeal as well. And I know I was poking fun a 588 00:30:30,040 --> 00:30:32,800 little bit a while ago, and I hope you didn't take any offense 589 00:30:32,800 --> 00:30:37,200 to that, but I was saying that we sing joy, unspeakable glory. 590 00:30:38,360 --> 00:30:41,280 And you know. We can get into the routine, we 591 00:30:41,280 --> 00:30:43,360 can get into the habit. We sing the old hymns. 592 00:30:43,360 --> 00:30:45,720 And sometimes the old hymns are, well, the old hymns because 593 00:30:45,720 --> 00:30:48,760 we've sang them many times. But there's a reason we sing 594 00:30:48,760 --> 00:30:51,080 them many times and. There's a reason we sing them 595 00:30:51,080 --> 00:30:53,800 compared to a lot of the music that's there to why. 596 00:30:53,960 --> 00:30:54,560 Today. Why? 597 00:30:54,720 --> 00:30:57,720 Because they're rich in doctrine and biblical truth. 598 00:30:57,720 --> 00:31:00,680 They remind us who we are and what God has done for us. 599 00:31:00,680 --> 00:31:05,040 And many of them speak very greatly about God, about Jesus 600 00:31:05,040 --> 00:31:08,200 Christ, and singing about the blood and about the atonement 601 00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:09,120 and about. The cross and we. 602 00:31:09,360 --> 00:31:10,840 Don't want to give those up. Why? 603 00:31:11,240 --> 00:31:13,040 They ought to stir some zeal within. 604 00:31:13,040 --> 00:31:16,480 US. Churches are seeing their 605 00:31:16,480 --> 00:31:20,760 numbers decline year over year. I'm not talking about Liberty 606 00:31:20,760 --> 00:31:22,360 Baptist Church. That's not been the case. 607 00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:25,520 But if you were to look even at Bible believing churches, you 608 00:31:25,520 --> 00:31:29,360 see what oftentimes the decline over time. 609 00:31:30,160 --> 00:31:35,520 Folks stop attending services, believers, they lose their zeal 610 00:31:35,520 --> 00:31:39,840 and they become more zealous for picnics and parties and 611 00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:44,280 afternoon sports leagues or children's sports leagues that 612 00:31:44,280 --> 00:31:48,200 take place on a Sunday morning more so than the House of God. 613 00:31:49,480 --> 00:31:51,520 And by the way, there are parents who wonder why they take 614 00:31:51,520 --> 00:31:54,880 their children to sports leagues for years and years and years. 615 00:31:54,880 --> 00:31:57,080 And when they turned 18, they never darkened the door of a 616 00:31:57,080 --> 00:32:00,320 church again because parents taught those children that it 617 00:32:00,320 --> 00:32:03,640 wasn't really important. Now, I know there's a lot of 618 00:32:03,640 --> 00:32:05,840 factors that go into all those things and listen, you can do 619 00:32:05,840 --> 00:32:08,400 everything right as a parent. You can do everything and which 620 00:32:08,400 --> 00:32:11,720 one of us do, But you could do everything right as a parent and 621 00:32:11,720 --> 00:32:13,440 your children still have to decide their own way. 622 00:32:14,360 --> 00:32:15,920 Please take comfort of what I'm saying this evening. 623 00:32:15,920 --> 00:32:17,720 If your children are not following the Lord the way you 624 00:32:17,720 --> 00:32:20,600 wish that they would know this that they all have to make their 625 00:32:20,600 --> 00:32:23,640 own decisions, but I'm talking about something much more 626 00:32:23,640 --> 00:32:26,560 general here tonight that there's a zeal that says this 627 00:32:26,560 --> 00:32:28,440 just well, maybe the church isn't important. 628 00:32:29,240 --> 00:32:32,120 It's amazing sometimes even as a pastor how how we have to and 629 00:32:32,120 --> 00:32:33,840 I'm not talking to those who are here tonight. 630 00:32:33,840 --> 00:32:35,640 Certainly because what one you're looking at me. 631 00:32:35,840 --> 00:32:38,920 I don't want to make you mad, but more than that, No, I'm just 632 00:32:38,920 --> 00:32:39,960 kidding. More than that is the fact 633 00:32:39,960 --> 00:32:42,480 you're here on a Sunday night. But what I'm saying is it's 634 00:32:42,480 --> 00:32:44,600 amazing to me sometimes that we have to try to convince people, 635 00:32:44,600 --> 00:32:46,600 Hey, we got service. Don't you want to come to 636 00:32:46,600 --> 00:32:48,880 church? Hey, folks, we got church. 637 00:32:48,880 --> 00:32:50,760 It's almost like if I had a maybe a trained monkey on my 638 00:32:50,760 --> 00:32:52,840 shoulder, it's like, you know, you'd patent, you know, a drum 639 00:32:52,840 --> 00:32:54,400 or something like, Hey, don't you want to come to church? 640 00:32:54,440 --> 00:32:59,560 We got, we got fun times here. And it's like, well, maybe we 641 00:32:59,560 --> 00:33:02,680 should just come to church because we get to meet with the 642 00:33:02,680 --> 00:33:05,560 Lord here. Maybe we should come to church 643 00:33:05,560 --> 00:33:10,200 not because we have, you know, ponies after church or because 644 00:33:10,200 --> 00:33:13,600 we got candy giveaways or big things that I'm not against. 645 00:33:13,600 --> 00:33:15,520 Maybe we had an activity after church this morning. 646 00:33:15,520 --> 00:33:17,160 I'm not against those things in and of themselves. 647 00:33:17,160 --> 00:33:20,800 What I'm saying is this, as believers, we ought to have the 648 00:33:20,800 --> 00:33:24,240 zeal to say, hey, it's Sunday morning, I got to go to church. 649 00:33:25,080 --> 00:33:27,640 It's Sunday morning. I get to meet with my Christian 650 00:33:27,640 --> 00:33:31,160 brothers and sisters. It's Sunday night, man, I got to 651 00:33:31,160 --> 00:33:33,240 go back again. It's better than anything on 652 00:33:33,240 --> 00:33:36,200 television than Sunday Night Football or Sunday night 653 00:33:36,200 --> 00:33:39,440 basketball, right? I get to get to hear the word of 654 00:33:39,440 --> 00:33:41,040 God and be with my brother once again. 655 00:33:41,200 --> 00:33:42,800 It's Wednesday night. Boy, I'm tired. 656 00:33:42,800 --> 00:33:44,880 I'm dog tired. I'm tired of work. 657 00:33:44,880 --> 00:33:46,320 I'm tired of the people I work with. 658 00:33:46,320 --> 00:33:48,400 I'm tired of of everything. But you know what? 659 00:33:48,560 --> 00:33:50,240 I'll get to come. To church on Wednesday night and 660 00:33:50,440 --> 00:33:53,160 recharge my batteries and get to be around some people that I 661 00:33:53,160 --> 00:33:55,040 know are going to cuss during church. 662 00:33:55,040 --> 00:33:57,320 And because I've been listening to people cuss at work all day 663 00:33:57,320 --> 00:33:59,640 and they get to be around people that are going to have joy. 664 00:33:59,640 --> 00:34:01,920 Because I've been around people that are, well, they're not been 665 00:34:01,920 --> 00:34:04,640 real joyful all day and people have been angry and upset. 666 00:34:04,640 --> 00:34:07,440 And I, I get to do those things. Listen, there ought to be some 667 00:34:07,440 --> 00:34:10,760 zeal within us as believers. Look at what we have. 668 00:34:11,320 --> 00:34:13,320 Look at what God has given us. I'm not just talking about in 669 00:34:13,320 --> 00:34:16,440 the church, but the fact that he has saved us, that he's 670 00:34:16,440 --> 00:34:19,000 preserved us, that he's helped us. 671 00:34:19,159 --> 00:34:22,320 That everything you own, everything you have, everything 672 00:34:22,320 --> 00:34:25,719 that you are is a gift from God. Then that'll fire us up. 673 00:34:26,760 --> 00:34:28,360 Don't you make a Baptist. Amen. 674 00:34:30,199 --> 00:34:32,360 Yeah, well, it'll make a nine year old girl say Amen. 675 00:34:32,360 --> 00:34:33,320 So that's pretty good. Yeah. 676 00:34:35,800 --> 00:34:38,960 I find often times that Christians today, we want a 677 00:34:38,960 --> 00:34:41,480 temper or zeal kind of like this. 678 00:34:41,480 --> 00:34:42,960 We don't want people to think we're crazy. 679 00:34:42,960 --> 00:34:46,239 I don't want anybody in the workplace to think I'm one of 680 00:34:46,239 --> 00:34:49,159 those crazy Christians. I don't want anybody in the 681 00:34:49,159 --> 00:34:52,600 neighborhood to think I'm crazy because I want my family to know 682 00:34:52,600 --> 00:34:54,880 I'm a believer, but I don't want them to think like I'm over the 683 00:34:54,880 --> 00:34:57,720 top about it. And again, I know sometimes we 684 00:34:57,720 --> 00:35:00,680 can be overzealous in the way we present the gospel, and we do 685 00:35:00,680 --> 00:35:03,880 need to be wise as serpents and harmless as doves as we present 686 00:35:03,880 --> 00:35:05,640 the gospel. But listen, that doesn't mean 687 00:35:05,640 --> 00:35:07,200 there shouldn't be a zeal about you. 688 00:35:08,200 --> 00:35:12,320 You know, there were some people about 10 miles from here, about 689 00:35:12,320 --> 00:35:18,880 60,000 of them, that got to a stadium 3 hours early, paid 690 00:35:18,880 --> 00:35:24,360 $50.00 for their car to park. There was a time that $50 would 691 00:35:24,360 --> 00:35:27,840 get you the front row seat and now it just gets your car on the 692 00:35:27,840 --> 00:35:30,720 property and they'll wait for hours. 693 00:35:30,720 --> 00:35:33,560 By the way, if it had rained all day, they would have sat there 694 00:35:33,560 --> 00:35:36,920 all day. If it snowed all day, they would 695 00:35:36,920 --> 00:35:38,720 have sat there all day. We all know it. 696 00:35:38,720 --> 00:35:40,280 We've seen it on television before. 697 00:35:41,000 --> 00:35:43,400 And they'll go back out on Route 1 and there'll be another 698 00:35:43,400 --> 00:35:48,880 parking lot there for another 3 hours until they get home and 699 00:35:48,880 --> 00:35:52,200 they'll have gotten up early. They'll have spent upwards of 700 00:35:52,200 --> 00:35:56,200 $1000 today. Had believed they won today so 701 00:35:56,200 --> 00:35:59,280 there was a small miracle that took place today that the Pats 702 00:35:59,280 --> 00:36:02,640 won again that they all this takes place and they spent hours 703 00:36:02,640 --> 00:36:05,640 and hours and money and money and some of them probably spent 704 00:36:05,640 --> 00:36:10,040 $20.00 for a a cup of beer and and $15.00 for a hot dog and 705 00:36:10,040 --> 00:36:12,240 they got home and they said this wasn't. 706 00:36:12,240 --> 00:36:20,360 That a great day and we want to kind of simmer down about the 707 00:36:20,360 --> 00:36:24,040 fact that we're believers. I'll tell you this, Pat's win 708 00:36:24,040 --> 00:36:25,200 today. You know what people are going 709 00:36:25,200 --> 00:36:26,360 to say at the workplace tomorrow. 710 00:36:26,520 --> 00:36:29,400 Hey, did you watch Pat's? Did you see the game? 711 00:36:29,960 --> 00:36:31,200 Wasn't it great? People will. 712 00:36:31,480 --> 00:36:35,040 People will advertise. Listen this and listen, I have a 713 00:36:35,160 --> 00:36:37,120 Pat's hat. I have a Red Sox shirt. 714 00:36:37,120 --> 00:36:38,800 I'm not saying you shouldn't have it, but I'm saying this. 715 00:36:39,480 --> 00:36:43,920 We pay to advertise for them. They don't they don't give us 716 00:36:43,920 --> 00:36:46,080 the advertisement and you know, give us some money. 717 00:36:46,080 --> 00:36:47,360 Hey, will you wear that shirt out there? 718 00:36:47,600 --> 00:36:52,240 I'll give them $25 to advertise their team and they are worth $8 719 00:36:52,240 --> 00:36:54,880 billion. That's not even an. 720 00:36:54,880 --> 00:36:57,640 Exaggeration. That's what they're worth now, 721 00:36:57,720 --> 00:37:02,600 $8 billion. But we got a temper the way that 722 00:37:02,600 --> 00:37:06,160 we feel about Jesus to the world, man. 723 00:37:06,160 --> 00:37:09,200 We got to get some zeal. We got to be able to have 724 00:37:09,200 --> 00:37:13,200 something within us. And again, again, why is this 725 00:37:13,200 --> 00:37:15,600 serpents? Because you're not going to go 726 00:37:15,600 --> 00:37:17,920 to the workplace tomorrow and someone's in their their cubicle 727 00:37:17,920 --> 00:37:19,960 and say, Hey, good morning, by the way, you know, Jesus died 728 00:37:19,960 --> 00:37:21,440 for your sins and they just keep walking away. 729 00:37:21,680 --> 00:37:22,680 You know that wouldn't say they'd. 730 00:37:22,680 --> 00:37:25,640 Say what did you just say? Hey, this morning. 731 00:37:25,800 --> 00:37:27,400 Hey, let me tell you about church yesterday. 732 00:37:27,400 --> 00:37:29,080 Like well, well. Actually, I'm on the clock right 733 00:37:29,080 --> 00:37:30,920 now. I got AI got a report. 734 00:37:30,920 --> 00:37:33,120 I got to get done in 30 minutes. Could we maybe talk about that 735 00:37:33,120 --> 00:37:35,680 later? But the Zeal says this, you 736 00:37:35,800 --> 00:37:39,000 know, it was said in the Old Testament, but it was applied to 737 00:37:39,000 --> 00:37:41,440 Jesus. The Zeal of the Lord's eaten him 738 00:37:41,440 --> 00:37:44,280 up. Of course, that was said when he 739 00:37:44,280 --> 00:37:47,440 was turning over the tables. Try, by the way, don't do that 740 00:37:47,440 --> 00:37:49,680 at your workplace tomorrow, OK? And if you own your own 741 00:37:49,680 --> 00:37:50,960 business, you really shouldn't be doing that. 742 00:37:50,960 --> 00:37:52,520 All right, turn it over the tables, although that's your 743 00:37:52,520 --> 00:37:53,760 business. If you get to do it, I guess, 744 00:37:54,040 --> 00:37:58,080 turn over the tables. But the idea is this, just like 745 00:37:58,080 --> 00:38:01,960 Paul, he ached to be able to share the gospel. 746 00:38:02,960 --> 00:38:04,920 He had a zeal that was according to knowledge. 747 00:38:04,920 --> 00:38:07,040 He ached to be able to speak to them. 748 00:38:07,400 --> 00:38:09,800 So what do we do? Well, I can't talk about Jesus 749 00:38:09,800 --> 00:38:11,520 all the time. I literally can't because there 750 00:38:11,520 --> 00:38:13,520 are times I got to talk about budgets and there's times I got 751 00:38:13,520 --> 00:38:15,640 to talk about work and there's times I got to talk about 752 00:38:15,800 --> 00:38:18,160 healthcare decisions and there's times I got to talk about money. 753 00:38:18,360 --> 00:38:20,960 Sure, those things I have to talk about, but I want you to 754 00:38:20,960 --> 00:38:24,360 know my heart's desires as and any chance I get, any 755 00:38:24,360 --> 00:38:26,600 opportunity I get, I want to talk about Jesus. 756 00:38:28,000 --> 00:38:34,040 Paul went to Athens, and when Paul was in Athens, he was going 757 00:38:34,040 --> 00:38:37,000 to wait for his brethren to come and they were to spread the 758 00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:39,280 gospel. But the Bible says he went out 759 00:38:39,280 --> 00:38:40,680 of the marketplaces. And what happened? 760 00:38:41,440 --> 00:38:45,840 Oh man, his spirit. I got to say something, these 761 00:38:45,840 --> 00:38:47,800 people. And before you know it, Paul, 762 00:38:47,800 --> 00:38:49,960 who was just trying to mind his own business, is standing on top 763 00:38:49,960 --> 00:38:53,120 of Mars Hill and giving one of the most exceptional sermons 764 00:38:53,120 --> 00:38:55,080 you'll find in the Word of God. Says you got this. 765 00:38:55,520 --> 00:38:58,040 Tomb over here. It's to an unknown God. 766 00:38:58,520 --> 00:39:00,360 You're so superstitious. You want to make sure you didn't 767 00:39:00,360 --> 00:39:02,160 miss one. I want you to know you did miss 768 00:39:02,160 --> 00:39:03,520 one. I want to introduce you to him. 769 00:39:03,640 --> 00:39:06,360 His name is Jesus. Why Zeal? 770 00:39:07,080 --> 00:39:12,840 I can't hold it in. Listen, as believers, we have 771 00:39:12,840 --> 00:39:17,560 been given the greatest gift that the world has ever seen. 772 00:39:17,920 --> 00:39:20,280 The gift of salvation. You've got it. 773 00:39:20,680 --> 00:39:22,520 I've got it. What do we need to do? 774 00:39:22,520 --> 00:39:24,480 We've got the knowledge. Those others don't have the 775 00:39:24,480 --> 00:39:26,520 knowledge. We have the knowledge. 776 00:39:26,680 --> 00:39:28,520 What do we do? We have zeal. 777 00:39:30,200 --> 00:39:32,960 It's possible to have both zeal and knowledge at the same time. 778 00:39:33,040 --> 00:39:34,960 It does not have to be 1 or the other. 779 00:39:35,600 --> 00:39:38,400 And in their lives it was the Jews. 780 00:39:38,400 --> 00:39:41,200 It was zeal. No knowledge, let it not be said 781 00:39:41,200 --> 00:39:45,520 of us knowledge and no zeal. 1 preacher said this. 782 00:39:45,720 --> 00:39:49,640 I like this, he says. I was impressed several years 783 00:39:49,640 --> 00:39:54,880 ago reading that Eugene Ormondy dislocated a soul, a shoulder, 784 00:39:55,120 --> 00:39:57,560 while directing the Philadelphia Orchestra. 785 00:39:58,360 --> 00:40:01,080 I did not know what they were playing, but he was giving 786 00:40:01,080 --> 00:40:05,120 himself completely to it. And the preacher said I had to 787 00:40:05,120 --> 00:40:09,280 ask myself this, sadly. Did I ever dislocate anything 788 00:40:09,280 --> 00:40:15,480 preaching, even a necktie? No, I'm not saying that one has 789 00:40:15,480 --> 00:40:19,320 to be bombastic within the pulpit, that they always have to 790 00:40:19,320 --> 00:40:21,080 raise their. Voice a certain way that they 791 00:40:21,080 --> 00:40:23,840 always have to pulpit Ear a certain way they have to have 792 00:40:23,840 --> 00:40:25,400 certain movements or they have to. 793 00:40:25,400 --> 00:40:27,360 Preach like me or to preach like someone else. 794 00:40:27,360 --> 00:40:30,640 But I will say this, the preacher better have some zeal 795 00:40:31,720 --> 00:40:33,920 in the pulpit. Why? 796 00:40:34,400 --> 00:40:36,200 Because we better believe what we're preaching. 797 00:40:37,080 --> 00:40:38,480 We better be living what we're preaching. 798 00:40:39,880 --> 00:40:41,160 Do you want that in your preacher? 799 00:40:41,160 --> 00:40:42,920 I hope you do. I imagine you do. 800 00:40:43,720 --> 00:40:46,480 But I will say this, the Lord wants that. 801 00:40:47,360 --> 00:40:51,800 Are you ready? From all of us, not just from 802 00:40:51,800 --> 00:40:54,520 the preacher. Have knowledge. 803 00:40:55,080 --> 00:40:56,760 Where's that knowledge come from? 804 00:40:56,760 --> 00:41:02,600 The Word of God, but also zeal that God has done so much for 805 00:41:02,600 --> 00:41:06,360 us. I want to, in every fiber of 806 00:41:06,400 --> 00:41:09,920 every breath. I want to live for him. 807 00:41:10,200 --> 00:41:15,400 Not because of duty, not because I'm afraid I could lose my 808 00:41:15,400 --> 00:41:18,920 salvation, but because I love him so much. 809 00:41:18,920 --> 00:41:22,600 And I know other people will love him so much if they just 810 00:41:22,680 --> 00:41:26,440 come to know him. If they just got to see him as 811 00:41:26,440 --> 00:41:29,920 we saw him, that they would love him as much as I do as much as 812 00:41:29,920 --> 00:41:32,240 you do. So let's not be people with 813 00:41:32,240 --> 00:41:35,400 knowledge and no zeal. What do we need to have both 814 00:41:35,480 --> 00:41:39,720 zeal and knowledge? Thank you for listening to the 815 00:41:39,720 --> 00:41:42,360 sermon from the pulpit of Liberty Baptist Church. 816 00:41:42,640 --> 00:41:45,960 If this message was a blessing to you, or if there's any way we 817 00:41:45,960 --> 00:41:49,080 can serve you, please let us know by contacting us at 818 00:41:49,240 --> 00:41:53,960 info@mylibertybaptist.org. Or you can visit us this Sunday 819 00:41:54,160 --> 00:41:57,880 at 800 Washington St. in Easton, MA. 820 00:41:58,120 --> 00:42:00,920 May the Lord bless you as you grow in His Word.