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Speaker 1 (00:01):
You're listening to my Bible study with doctor Baruch Korman,
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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and find more great resources. Now enjoy today's message from
doctor Baruke.

Speaker 2 (00:32):
The Bible says for by grace you have been saved,
not of works, lest anyone should boast. Now, I think
that verse is pretty clear. It is by God's grace.
And God's grace was achieved not by you or me.
We played no role in it whatsoever. God's grace was

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achieved by the only begotten Son of God, the divine
Son of God, Messiah is Shuah Jesus Christ. And how
did he achieve it? You know this. He laid down
his life, He went to that tree that crossed, and
he died. He and he alone paid the price. It

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was his blood, and only his blood that could provide
for us purchase in our behalf eternal redemption. So it's
very simple to understand that by grace you have been saved.
The scripture says by works of the law, no flesh

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will be justified. Now, when it talks about the works
of the law, it's talking about good deeds, those things
that God is well pleased with, and good deeds are
our right to do. We should be obedient people, but
our deeds are Obedience is not related to how one

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is saved. And whenever one teaches that it's through faith
and works that one is saved, that one is a
false teacher. We need to realize that it's only by
means of what Messiah did that we can have confidence

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assurance that we are eternally secure by God's grace, by
the faithfulness of Messiah. What he did his work, not
our work. Now does that mean that our works aren't important.
God's uninterested in them? Absolutely not. They are very important,

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but not as a means of our salvation. They do
not play any role in one being saved, being justified,
experiencing forgiveness, entering into this covenant, a new covenant whereby
we receive the privilege of entering into the Kingdom of

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God forever. What we do our actions. Our works have
nothing to do with how one is saved the means
of justification. So why are works important?

Speaker 3 (03:20):
Well?

Speaker 2 (03:21):
Works confirm they they give evidence that one is a
true believer to who not to God. God knows see.
You cannot be saved until you believe in your heart. Yes,
confess with your mouth, but believe in your heart concerning
the work of Messiah, that he died for your sin,

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and that on the third day that God the Father
raised him from the dead. You must believe in a
bodily resurrection of Messiah. You believe you have faith in
his work, his death, burrel resurrection. You are saved, and

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your works can only confirm that to other individuals. God
doesn't need to see it. God knows your heart. So
it's very dangerous. It is very incorrect that that an
increasing number of people within the evangelical movement that they
are teaching that works have something to do with the

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means of one being saved. This and there's no other
way to say it. This is heresy. This is disrespectful too.
What Messiah did perfectly, all sufficiently upon the cross for
all human beings. So our works, they can confirm, they

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can bear witness they manifest our salvation experience, but they
do not play any role in our salvation being achieved.
Take out your Bible and look with me to the
Book of Matthew and chapter twenty five. The Book of
Matthew and Chapter twenty five. We have one more section

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to go through. It is a longer section, but God
willing will get through it in this session. And look
with me if you would to verse thirty one Matthew
twenty five, Verse thirty one, it says, here, but whenever
the son of Man, obviously we're speaking about Yeshuah Jesus

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of Nazareth, but whenever the Son of Man should come
in his glory. Now I would highlight that, underscore it.
Why this speaks of his divinity. You see, human beings,
we can manifest God's glory by righteous conduct, by obedience

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to his will, but we don't have any of her
own glory. It is only when the Holy Spirit works
in my life and I'm simply a vessel and obedient vessel,
then and only then will God's glory be manifested. This
is not what this is saying. It is saying something

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of great significance, and that is this Messiahashul Jesus Christ.
He had the glory of the Father, the glory of God.
Why this speaks to his divinity. So the scripture says,
whenever the Son of Man should come in his glory

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and all the holy angels with him. Now this term
holy angels. Some Bibles leave out the word holy, because
some Greek manuscripts do not have it, But the best
one does. So if you're looking at the Texas Receptis
and not some other Greek New Testament, it will indeed

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have the term holy as in holy angels, and it
just simply speaks to his angels being committed to the
purposes of God. Then what will he do? Look at
the second part of verse thirty one. Then he will
sit upon his throne of glory. What throne are we

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speaking about? The kingdom throne? And once more, his throne
also is a glorious throne. It has that same glory
as God the Father. So this speaks, as I said,
to the divinity of Messiah. Once more, then he will

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come and sit upon his throne of glory. And then
verse thirty two, and he will gather before him all
the nations. Now what are we say speaking about of
this time. Are we speaking about the rapture the blessed hope?

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We are not. We are talking about here the second Coming.
Why because we're going to see undeniably that this scripture
has to do with judgment. Remember what Messiah taught. He
says when he came the first time, and I'm speaking
about two thousand years ago, he did not come to

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condemn the world, but rather to save the world. Look
at what it says in John chapter three, verses sixteen,
seventeen and eighteen. He came not to condemn, not to judge,
but to save. But the second time, when he comes
at the end of this age, he's coming to judge.

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And that's what this scripture has to do with. So
it says he's going to do something, and he will
gather before him all the nations, and he will separate
them from one another, just as a shepherd will separate

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the sheep from the goats. So notice there's only two
categories sheeps and goats, only those two. And that speaks,
as we'll see later on, to the only possibilities, two
possibilities for where one will spend eternity, and that eternity

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is going to be an eternity of consciousness. That means
people will think, they will have feelings, they will have thoughts,
they will have an existence for eternity. But the question
is where, And there's only two possibilities, two locations. And
there's one for the sheep and there's one for the goats.

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Look now to verse thirty three, and he will stand
the sheep on his right side, but the goats upon
the left, and then the king I would underscore that,

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Why well, king refers to Messiah. In fact, many times
in Hebrew we use the phrase melik hamascher king, Messiah,
the anointed one, Messiah or Christ. That's what the term
Christ is. The anointed one most frequently has to do

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with the king who's been anointed to rule. And this
is who we're speaking about, Yashure, who is the king.
And we read in verse thirty four, then the king
will say to the ones on his right, come the
ones blessed of my father. Now times, when sharing from

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God's word, I emphasize the grammar, and there are two
very significant grammatical characteristics in this word where it says
the blessed ones. We're dealing with one Greek word, and
what's unique about it The grammar has two unique characteristics.

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First of all, this word is in the perfect tense.
What does that speak of? That this blessing is something
that God's been doing in the past. To the sheep
true believers, it's something that happens right now. If you're
a believer, God is blessing. God is working, he's edifying,

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he's building. What does the scripture say, the good work
that He's began in you. He is faithful. It's a blessing,
his faithfulness to complete it. So God has bless He
is blessing, and this blessing will go on into the future.
And the context tells us for all of eternity now.

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The second important characteristic is that it's in the passive,
meaning this your being blessed, did not have anything to
do at this moment with you. You're not blessing yourself.
You're not an instrument of your own blessing. But who
is God is, And that's why he says Look very carefully,

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he will say, too, and this is the king. To
those on his right, come, oh, blessed ones of my father,
and you will inherit the kingdom that has been prepared
for you from the foundation of the world. Now, think

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about that God has prepared a kingdom from the time
of the foundation of the world. Think about how marvelous,
how magnificent this kingdom is. That God has prepared it
so long ago with you in mind. And you, no

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matter who you are, no matter what you've done, no
matter what sin, what crime you have committed, if you
ask for forgiveness, and you confess the name Yeshuah, Jesus
of Nazareth, accepting what he did upon that tree, that cross,
the fact that he poured out his blood for your redemption.

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If you receive that, stating it and believing in your
heart that this one who died upon the cross also
was risen from the dead on the third day, you
believe that you are forgiven you by God's grace, have
been justified. You will be in the Kingdom of God.

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And this is what he's promising, this kingdom that has
been prepared from before the foundation of the world. Verse
thirty five four and Messiah speaking to those blessed ones
on his right the sheep, he says, four, I was
hungry and you gave to me to eat. I was

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thirsty and you gave me drink. I was a stranger,
and you took me and gathered me in naked, and
you clothed me sick, and you visited me. I was
in prison and you came to me. So we see something.

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Those who have been blessed by God, they manifest that
blessing through what acts such as this, feeding the poor,
clothing the naked, visiting those who are sick, visiting those
who are in prison. That is what a true believer does.
That is how we manifest that we are blessed by God.

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But it's not how we get blessed by God, how
we get saved, how we get justified, Not at all.
That all has to do with Messiah's free gift. It's
grace that saves us, not of our works, but our
works manifest not to God. God knows our heart. It

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manifests it to others so that we can bear it
testimony that we can show by our faith that we
are a new creation. So it's for testimony to the world,
not to him. He doesn't need that. He knows whom
he has saved. Now keep reading. Notice what it says

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in the second part of this section, verse thirty seven,
the righteous ones are they righteous? Well, here's the wrong answer,
they're righteous because of all the good works they're doing. No,
this is false. It is because they are righteous that

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they do these good works, not the other way around. See,
the scripture tells us that through faith that you have
the righteousness of Messiah, perfect righteousness. Impute it given to you,
and that is going to manifest itself out with righteous living,

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with being concerned for justice, being a blessing to others.
But it is not through these deeds, these works, that
you become righteous. That is a false teaching. So he
says once more, verse thirty seven. Then the righteous answered him, saying, Lord,

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when did we see you hungry and we fed or
thirsty and we gave drink? And when you did we
see a stranger and we took you in or naked
and clothed. And when verse thirty nine, you did we

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see sick or in prison, and we came to you
verse forty the king. And notice twice he's no longer
speaking himself as the son of man, but as the king.
When he came the first time, he came as the

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son of man. This expression having to do with a
servant one who's going to inherit all things. But when
he comes the second time, He's coming as the King
of kings, the Lord of lords. And that's why keep
reading in verse thirty thirty forty. Actually the king answer,

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and he will say to them, truly, I say to you,
from what you have done to one of these, the
least of my brethren, to me you have done. Now,
I would underline that verse because it tells us something.
As you do to one of the least of his brethren,

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it is as though you have done it to him.
You know when that tells me, It tells me that
we should be generous, that we should be individuals, that
minister help, bless love, support, give to those who are
at need. And what's the context. Those who don't have food,

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don't have drink, those who are naked, those who who
are in prison, those who are sick, that we should
reach out to them and provide this the sussenance for
their life that manifests the righteousness that God has placed

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within us. Again, it's not the means or the cause
of you being righteous. It's the blood of Messiah that
made you righteous, not your deeds. Your deeds can only
confirm that the righteousness of Messiah has indeed been been
imputed into you through God's grace, through faith, not of works.

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The works testify of it to the world. So he
says this to the righteous ones, the sheep believers. Now
look at verse forty one. Then he will say also
to the ones on his left, go away from me,

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the ones who are cursed. Now, notice two possibilities, either
those who are blessed or those who are cursed, nothing
in between. So realize something. You are going to be
identified by by Messiah. Everyone's going to come before him.

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There is a judgment day, and he's either going to
call you a sheep or a goat. You are either
going to be blessed or you're going to be cursed.
And those blessings are eternal, but the curses are also eternal.
And you're going to find there's only two possibilities, two

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locations where everyone is going to spend eternity. There's a
place for the sheep and there's a place for the goats. Now,
if you're wise, you are going to want to ensure
that you're a sheep. You're going to want to be
blessed of God. You're gonna want that blessing now, tomorrow

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and forever. You don't want to be cursed by God.
You want to be blessed by him. You want to
be a recipient of the promises of God. So he
says verse forty one, last part to those on his left,
he says, go away from me, the ones who are

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cursed into and don't miss this into eternal fire, that
which was prepared for the devil and his angels. So
he's going to either see you as his child, as

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his follower, or you are going to be liking with
the devil and his angels. And where are they going.
Here's one place, and that is a place of eternal fire.
Now let's just pause for a moment realize something. There
are those who say that they believe in the New Testament,

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but they never deal with passages like this. They never
deal with the fact that the scripture says Messiah speaking,
and he says, go away from me, those who are
cursed into eternal fire. This is damnation, this is hell,

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to the place that has been prepared for the devil
and his angels. Why look at verse forty two, for
there's nothing to show that they had faith. These things
don't save you, but they confirm to others you have
been saved. For I was hungry, and he says, here,

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for I was hungry and you did not give to
me to eat. I was thirsty and you did not
give to me drink. I was a stranger and you
did not gather me up, that is, take me in,
he says, naked, and you did not clothe me sick
and in prison, and you did not visit me verse

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forty four. Then these also will answer him, saying, Lord. Now,
even though they call him Lord, they have never made
that decision. They are false believers. They say, Lord, when
did you we see hungry or thirsty, or a stranger,

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or naked or sick or in prison, and we did
not minister unto you Verse forty five. Then he will
answer them, saying, truly, I say.

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To you, what you did not do to the least
of my brethren, nor did you do to me?

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And let me pour you out something. There's an emphasis. Literally,
it says, what you did not do to one of
these leasts of the brethren, nor did to me, and
this is emphatic, its emphasized, nor to me did you do?
Verse forty six. And these they will will depart into

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eternal punishment. Now. Notice it's not just a punishment and
then it's over. But it says eternal punishment, and this
corresponds with what eternal fire? This is real. You might say, well,
you know, it's hard for me to understand and believe

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that there's a God that would condemn individuals to an
eternal punishment of being burned up continuously, this ongoing fire
forever and ever. Well, you may have trouble getting your
mind around it, but that's what the scripture says. And

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I assure you this is factual. Don't be foolish to
allow your human intellect to disagree with a perfectly wise
That's what the scripture says, a perfectly wise, eternal God,
who created all things, who sets all the laws, both

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natural laws and also spiritual laws. So he says, and
these will will go away into eternal punishment. But the
righteous ones, and again, how as one made righteous by
grace through what Messiah did. Our works do not play

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a role in us being righteous. They only document the
righteous work of Messiah in us. They manifested, so he says.
But to the righteous ones, he said, this into eternal life,
and this eternal life is a kingdom life. Learn a

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very important truth. This word eternal is an adjective that
best describes the Kingdom of God. So this is where
you're going to want to be forever. You know, heaven,
the scripture says the first heaven and the first Earth departed.

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We're not spending eternity in heaven, but we're going to
spend eternity and what the Book of Revelation calls the
New Jerusalem. It's a kingdom experience whereby we are going
to inherit the promises of God. We are going to
be recipients of God's good will for his people. This

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blessed God. So again you have a choice. You could
either be blessed eternally or cursed eternity. Everyone's going to
spend either eternity in the Kingdom of God or in
eternal fire. No other possibility possibility. Make the right decision,

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accept the grace of God, believe in the Gospel, and
you will be eternally saved.

Speaker 1 (27:47):
Thank you for joining us today from my Bible study
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