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Speaker 1 (00:01):
You're listening to my Bible study with doctor Baruch Gorman,
a ministry of Love Israel dot org. In this episode,
Baruk will teach the Bible verse by verse, translating directly
from the original languages and sharing the Jewish context of
scripture so you can grow deeper in your knowledge of
God's Word. After listening, please visit us at Love Israel

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doctor Baruch.

Speaker 2 (00:32):
When you hear God? What comes into your mind? How
is it that you think of him? One very appropriate
way to think of God is judge. As the Bible says,
it is necessary for everyone to go before the judgment
seat of Almighty God. Now, if you're a believer, where

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you're going to spend eternity is not what's going to
be judge that has already been decided. The moment that
someone accepts the Gospel doesn't matter who he is, who
she is, what their background is, what sins they have committed.
When you trust in God's only plan of salvation, that Gospel,

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you will be eternally saved. You will find God's grace
being sufficient what he achieved for you on the cross
in order to bring you into His kingdom where you
will be for eternity. So we're not talking about in
this message, how is it that I enter into the

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Kingdom of God? Where is it that one is going
to spend eternity? In the passage of scripture that we're
going to be looking at, it is addressed to believers. Therefore,
every believer will be in the Kingdom of God. What
we're talking about is what type of experience are you

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going to have in the Kingdom of God? And the
Bible makes it very clear not every believer is going
to have the same type of kingdom experience. We want
to be, as Messiah taught in Matthew chapter five, we
want to be ones that are great in the Kingdom
of God. And how do we become great in the

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Kingdom of God? Not just a member of the Kingdom
of God, but how do we become great? The answer
is by serving God, by doing the things that God
has called us to do, to being faithful to what
God has said that he wants from each of us.

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So let me ask you a question. When you go
before God on that judgment, how is it that He's
going to think of you? Is he going to say
well done? Is he going to be pleased with you?
Do you have confidence that you are living a life
that is praiseworthy, that God is pleased with And what

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is the foundational truth in order to live such a
praiseworthy life. Well, that's what Paul's going to reveal to
us in this passage of scripture. So with that said,
to out your Bible and look with me to the
Book of Romans and chapter twelve. The Book of Romans
and Chapter twelve. Now, this portion of scripture is often taught,

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it's well known, but we want to see it in
a most literal sense. We're going to pay attention to
the grammar of the texts and the language that Paul
uses so that we can have a fuller understanding of
this passage, so that the objective can be met that

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we will live a well pleasing life, that He will
be pleased by our behavior. So we're not talking about
simply being declared righteous by faith. That is wonderful, that
is necessary, But we're talking about behaving righteously, living in

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a way that brings glory and honor to God. So
what does Paul say here? Look at you would to
verse one Romans Chapter twelve and verse one. He says, Therefore,
now that word therefore demands that we remember what Paul
has just said, what the author has revealed previously. Therefore,

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if we look, we see that Paul has said at
the conclusion of the previous chapter, chapter eleven, he's spoken
about how we are to be ones that glorify him.
He says, to him is the glory forever, So we

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need to live a life that glorifies him. So ask
yourself that question, how am I doing in regard to this?
Am I living a life that brings glory to God?
That He's going to be well pleased with my performance?
And again someone will say, but we're not saved by performance.

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That's right, that's entirely true. We are not saved by
our performance. But we're not talking about how one is saved.
We're talking to believers and whether we are going to
be living a life that God is pleased with, that
is fulfilling the purpose for which he saved us, and

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that is to glorify him. So he says, to him,
be glory, that's the objective. So are we living a
life that is glorifying him, and how do we do that? Well,
look at verse one. He says there therefore, and this
is obviously a very important issue because he says here

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he uses this word in Greek that many times it's
translated I exhort you. That is a word of strong,
strong encouragement. So it's an exhortation, he says, I exhort you, brethren.
That's important because he's speaking to brothers and sisters in

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the faith, fellow believers. Everything that Paul's going to reveal
in this passage of scripture is for believers, those who
are saved, those who will be in the Kingdom of God.
And let me just simply say, you should have assurance
that you're going to be in the Kingdom of God.
Why well, we alluded to one reason. It's not based

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upon me, my performance where I spend eternity in the
Kingdom of God or outseete. The Kingdom of God is
not dependent upon me, but rather it's dependent upon Messiah.
If I receive the work of Messiah by faith seeking

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his grace, I will be in the Kingdom of God,
not dependent upon me. But what He has done in
behalf of me. That substitute that he has become for me.
So by him I am eternally redeemed. And if one
ignores what he's done, then that person is going to

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be eternally lost. That person has no hope whatsoever. So
here in Romans twelf, Paul says, brethren, meaning brothers and sisters,
those who have accepted the Gospel. And he says, I
exhort I encourage, I beseech you, brethren, how well here

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it is. This is what's important, he says. In your
Bible might say by the mercy. It's a word that's
better translated compassion. It speaks of this one looking upon
another and having compassion for that one. And compassion causes.

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It is a word of action, It causes one to
do something. And what it says here by the compassion
of God. God looked at our spiritual condition, and he
saw what that spiritual condition, being lost, being in sin,
being separated from Him, what that would bring about. And

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God was moved so many times in the gospels we
see that the scripture says that your show was moved
by compassion. And every time he was moved by compassion,
he did something. Usually he hilled someone, he brought about restoration,

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He moved too alleviate that pain, that suffering, that discomfort,
and brought about a change that was glorious. And the
outcome of the compassion of God was when he moved
with compassion, the outcome was praise. People glorified God. They

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saw the power of God, the love of God, and
they glorified him. So once more, therefore, I beseech you
a strong word of encouragement. I exhort you, brethren, by
the compassion of God, that we do something. When we

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understand the compassion of God, how he has moved to
change our eternity. It is going to bring about a change.
What is that change? He's going to tell us, He says,
here to present your bodies. This is a word of offering.

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It's a word of sacrifice, so that we present our bodies.
And the implication is we present our lives unto him.
How well, he tells us very specifically, a living sacrifice.
So we're supposed to live a life that is offered

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up to him sacrificially as long as we are alive,
it says, a living sacrifice. So to present your bodies
a living sacrifice. How do I do that? Well? Notice
that next word, it is a word holy. And as
I've said many many times in order to understand that

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biblical concept of holiness, holiness is always connected to the
purses of God. So I live a life offered up
to Him, sacrificially, achieving, moving, wanting to do the purposes
of God. Now here's what I want you to see.

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There's no exception to this. If you have received the
compassion of God. Now there's an inherent relationship between compassion
and grace. God was moved by compassion, and therefore he
made available grace. How did you do that? Through the cross?

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And grace is going to move us to the purposes
of God. I want you to hear that when we
are saved by grace, that grace just doesn't save us.
It does that eternally, but it also will move us,
give us a desire to do the purposes of God.

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Am I saved by doing the purposes of God? You
are not? I am not. We are saved by grace
by what He has done for us. But having received
that grace, that grace is not only going to save us,
but it's going to change us and cause us to
be committed to the purposes of God. So he says

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to present your bodies a living sacrifice wholly meaning according
to the purposes of God. And then we have a
word which means two Greek words, the word for pleasing,
and there's a prefix attached to it, that word which
means well, so well pleasing. To live a life that

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God is pleased with, and He's pleased with it in
an exceedingly manner. That's what we're called to do. So
are you doing that? Do you have a desire to
do that? If you understand the compassion of God, you
are going to want to present your body as a
living sacrifice according to the purposes of God, to be

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well pleasing to God. And then he says, you're reasonable.
It's where we get the English word logical, your reasonable service. So,
having been saved, I am called to serve God. And
the objective of serving God is according to his purpose

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as so I can be well pleasing to him. So
on judgment day, if I do that, if I submit
to that, if I am moved by grace, there is
going to be an outcome that He is going to
be well pleased with me because I lived a sacrificial
life well pleasing to him, and he is going to

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say well done. He is going to recognize me as
his servant. Now move on to verse two. He tells
us what we should do, and now he's going to
tell us what we ought not do. And it is
disastrous if we fail in this, he says verse two,

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and do not be conformed to this age. Now, the
word age represents world and the culture of the world.
So what he's saying, no matter when someone lived, do
not be conformed. That is, do not become alike. Do
not let the world and its character it's culture influence you.

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Do not be changed by the world. We're called as
we live that well pleasing life according to the purposes
of God. We're called to bring change into the world,
not to be changed by the world. This is what
he's revealing. So he says, and do not be conformed
to this age, but but rather b e And it's

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a word of transformation. It's a word. It's the Greek
word where we get the English word metamorphosis, which is
just a long word for change. So he says, be change.
But it's a transformation that change makes us different. It
is distinct from the ways of the world. How is

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it according to the kingdom? So he says, but rather
you be transformed, and the question is how. And notice
what he says. Now, when we look at this next phrase,
there is a difference between the Texas Receptists and the
Greek manuscript called Nesley Allen. Now, normally I like the

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Texas Receptists, but in this case, I think that the
fact that the word 're is not in Nesley Allen's
edition gives us insight into something because many people believe
that it's this that I'm going to be transformed. That's right,
But that transformation, what's the outcome of it? Well, notice

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what he says, but be ye transform by and I
would translate it the renewed mind. Many translations in the
texting Receptor says, be transformed by the renewing of your mind.
But that word you're is not in many manuscripts. Many

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do not have that word your mind, but simply a
renewed mind. Now, that word renewing. I want you to
see another place where it appears. Turn if you would,
to the Book of Titus. The Book of Titus and
chapter three. We're going to look at one verse, verse
five Titus, chapter three and verse five, and we read

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here in this fifth verse talking about our new condition
who we are now in Messiah. And he says that
this transformation, this new identity, came about. He says, not
from works in righteousness. Now does that mean we shouldn't
do righteous work, No, of course not. We ought to

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do righteous deeds, righteous things. But this transformation does not
come about because of our righteous works. It comes through
His righteous work on the Cross. So he says, not
by works in righteousness, which we have done. But according
to here, it is his mercy. Now it's a different

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word than compassion, it's similar, it's a synonym. But he
says here, but according to his mercy. And what came
about that mercy brought about a change, for he saved us,
and he saved us. And this word salvation here just
doesn't mean being members of the Kingdom of God. Does

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it have that aspect? Yes, it does, But it means
more than that, because that salvation has to do with
being healed, being put back into the right condition. And
what he says here that he saved us through the
washing of regeneration. And here's that same word, the renewing

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of the Holy Spirit. Now this regeneration, well, there's a
great scripture that speaks of that. Paul writes it when
he says, if anyone is in Messiah, what's the outcome
of being in Messiah? We receive the Holy Spirit, and
that Holy Spirit brings about regeneration. How do we understand

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that through regeneration we become a new creation. So let's
go back to our verse from from Romans chapter twelve
and look at what he says here in verse verse two,
where he says, do not be conformed to this age,

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but be transformed by the renewed mind. It's not that
my mind is improved, it is altered, it becomes better.
That's not what it's saying. Regeneration and the renewing by
means of the Holy Spirit makes me to be a
new creation. It's not a new and improved, not a better,

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but it's totally new. It's a change, a transformation where
I have a new identity. That's why Paul says, if
anyone is in Messiah, he is a new creation. I'm
a new person. And therefore it's not my mind but

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the renewed mind. And we have several passages that speak
about the mind of Christ. So it's not my mind
is improved. I through regeneration. This renewing by means of
the Holy Spirit. I have a different mind, the mind
of Messiah. And it's only this new mind, his mind,

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that that brings about this transformation in a believer's life. Why, well,
look at the second part of verse verse two four.
And this is a word of purpose. In order to that,
you should document what is the good? And here's that

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same word, well pleasing and perfect will of God. Now
what's he saying through this transformation? I am going to
document And it's the Greek word docu maze. It's a
word of evidence, a word of proof, so as being
a new creation having been regenerated. Not that that old man,

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that old person is dead. If anyone is in Christ,
he's a new creation. The old thing's gone away. Behold,
all is new. So I have a new mind, the
mind of Messiah. Whereby what am I interested in? Here's
what it says that I'm going to buy behavior. Now

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am I saved by this? No? I'm saved by grace,
but by behavior. By behavior, I am going to prove
give evidence through my deeds what is the good and
well pleasing and perfect will of God. Everyone who's truly
saved is going to be committed to God's will and

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not just say yes, God's will is good, but rather,
we're going to demonstrate by action the will of God.
And we are going to show what is the will
of God, why it's well pleasing to him. And this
word perfect means the objective, the destination, the completion. We

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are going to persevere until the will of God is
fulfilled in our life. That's what we're going to be
interested in. So he says, let's move on to verse three.
For I say, by the grace. Notice how grace comes
into play here. For I say, by the grace of

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the one who gave to me. And who's he speaking to?
He says, to all the ones among you, to everyone
who's among you. And he says, it's a warning, do
not think beyond or above what it's necessary to think.

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Now he talked about we need to have a new mind.
This regeneration gives us the mind of Messiah, and we
ought not think beyond what is necessary. And many times,
and I don't mean to be critical, but many times
you hear people talking about dreams. From my standpoint, when

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people talk about dreams, be very very cautious because so
many false teachers, false prophets, they emphasize dreams, and they
tell you things like dream big dreams. Well, where's that
in the Bible? Where is anyone ever commanded to dream
big dreams? Now, God gives us dreams. This word is

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related to the Hebrew word hazone, which is a vision.
It means we want his perspective. And he says, here,
look very carefully, for I say to you by the
grace of the one who gave to me. And he said,
is that everyone among you do not think above or beyond?

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What's this necessary to think? But to think how to
be sober minded, meaning to think in appropriateness to the
truth of God. That's what being sober minded is, being
thoughtful concerning the truth of God. And then he says,
keep reading to each one, as God has proportion a

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portion of faith. Now Here in this context the word
faith is related to related to call. So we need
to think appropriately based upon the measure of faith that
God's given to us in order to completely the call
that we've received from him. It's all based upon and

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the context bears us out God's will for our life.
That we need to think upon God's revelation appropriately. And
he has given us faith that call and the measure
of faith in order to fulfill that call. When it's
all initiates from him. He is the originator of this.

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So it's not I have these big dreams for myself
that's rooted in pride, not upon the revelation of God.
Verse four, he says, for just as in one body,
we have many members. But then many members do not

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all have the same function. So realize, we have to
find out what is our call, and that is based
upon the faith that God has given to us, that
faith to fulfill the call of the Living God upon
our life. So we don't have all the same function. Thus,

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look now to our last verse verse five. Thus, yes,
the many meaning there's many individuals, many parts in a body.
We are in Messiah now here he's talking about the
body of Christ, and he says, within the body of Christ,
we could say the congregation of redeem the Church. There

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are many individuals, many members. But this is what he says.
Look at the last part of verse five. But even
though there's many, he says, but the member, the individual
according to and then he says for one another. Now
I realize that that's choppy, that's kind of difficult to understand,

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but this is what he's saying. Even though in the
body of Christ's the Church, there are many members and
we don't all have the same function. God has not
given us the same call nor the same measure of faith,
but there is something in common that each member. What
do we do we serve? We do according to and

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here's what he says, we do according to for one another.
So we are called to serve one another for the
betterment of what the entire body. That's what we need
to be thinking. And God has transformed us in order
to being a blessing to one another, in order that

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we can assist one another in each person moving more
and more according to the purposes of God and for
the doing of the will of God. This is our
call as believers in Messiah. Shue well until next time,
Shalom from Israel.

Speaker 1 (27:47):
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