Wednesday Service #34 The Book of Romans 1-3 By Josh Monday

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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Ladies and gentlemen, Welcome to Wednesday Service, episode thirty four.
I am your host, Josh Monday. If you know me,
I'm a Christian rapper, devoted husband, father, and amby veteran
and this is brought to you by Cold of Conspiracy Podcasts.
Thank you so much for joining me. And we just
finished last week Wednesday Service. We finished the Book of
Acts and today we're going to be starting the Book

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of Romans, which is awesome. And first before we start,
we always like to give shout outs. Let's do that.
Angela Kelly, thank you, Josh Fashing, thank you, and Jacon
forty four to twenty thank you for commenting on last
week's Wednesday Service. And then on Sunday Service, we have

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two comments, so if we could, guys, if you want to,
if you guys haven't watched Sunday Service yet, it's actually
First Samuel thirteen through seventeen and it actually deals with
David and Goliath, so definitely check that one out. We
got two comments on that one. We got with White,
thank you so much, really appreciate you, brother. And MDMP

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twenty two, once again, thank you so much. I really
appreciate you leaving a comment. Let's go ahead and jump
into the intro to the Book of Romans. Okay, so
we'll start that before we jump into chapter one. So

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the Book of Roman is the Apostle Paul's longest and
most influential letter, considered by many to be the clearest
and most systematic explanation of Christian theology written to a
church he had never visited. Paul's message served as a
foundational text on the Gospel, the nature of salvation, and
how believers are to live. Author background in context for

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the author the Apostle Paul a former Pharisee named Saul
of Tarsus who once persecuted Christians before his radical conversion
experience with the risen Jesus. Now Saul is actually he's
a Benjaminite, just like King Saul was a Benjamite. We're
going over King Saul in actually for Samuel right now.

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And just let you know that Saul of Tarsus, which
becomes the Apostle Paul, is named after King Saul the Benjamite.
So I thought that was kind of interesting. Let's go
ahead and give you the date and setting. Paul wrote
Romans around a d. Fifty seven while staying in Corinth
at the end of the third Missionary Journey audience. The

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letter was addressed to the Church in Rome, a mixed
community of Jewish and Gentile Christians. Tension and disunity existed
between these groups, particularly concerning Jewish laws and traditions. You guys,
can imagine having jew and Gentile together as Christians. Some
would be leaning more towards the following the law, some

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would be leaning more towards state by grace through faith.
So you know, you'd see that tensions would be definitely existing.
Right purpose, Paul wrote to unite the divided Jewish and
Gentile believers around the essential Gospel message. He also sought
support from the Roman Church for his future missionary journey Okay.

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Central themes the righteousness of God. The core theme of
Roman is the revelation of God's judging and saving righteousness
through the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Paul argues that everyone
both jew first right then Gentile, is guilty of sin
and falls short of the glory of God. God provides
a solution through the atoning death of Jesus on the Cross,

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offering sinners a path to be declared righteous through faith.
Key theological insights universal sinfulness Romans one through three. Paul
establishes that all humanity, whether gentile or Jew, is under
God's wrath due to a sin and rebellion. No one
is justified by the works or obedience of the law.

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Justification by faith Romans three, chapter three, and chapter four.
And just let you know, when I said Romans one
through three, I meant Romans Chapter one through three is
for universal sinness. Justification by faith is Romans Chapter three
through four. The righteousness of God is revealed through faith
in Jesus Christ, not through adherents of the Law of Moses.

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Paul uses Abraham as the ultimate example, noting that God
credited righteousness to Abraham because of his faith long before
the Law was given. And then new life in Christ
Romans Chapter five through eight covers This section contrast covers
the contrasts of reign of sin and death introduced by

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Adam with the reign of grace and life. Through Christ.
Believers are declared righteous and have the power of the
Holy Spirit to live a new life from the enslavement
of sin. And then God's plan for Israel Romans Chapter
nine through eleven. Paul addresses the question of Israel's adherent
rejection of the Gospel. He affirms that God's promise to

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Israel have not failed and that in a mystery, Israel's
temporary rejection has opened the door to the Gentiles. Ultimately,
all Israel will be saved living the Gospel Romans chapter
twelve through sixteen. The final section provides practical instructions on
Christian living. Believers are called to present their bodies as

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a living sacrifice to practice love, humility, and service to
others with the church and society. Paul emphasizes unity between
Jewish and Gentile believers, urging them to welcome one another
in Christian fellowship. A men to that. So so we'll

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start out in Romans one. Let me go ahead and
pull that up real quick, share screen. Cool. Sorry, my
dog is a trying to chew on something. She's about
to be loud. Don't do that, Dougie. Okay, let's go

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to Romans in Romans chapter one. Sorry, it took me
a little bit there, all right, So just let you
know letters back then they actually, you know, for us,
we write dear whoever the letters to, and then we

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do the whole letter, and then at the bottom we
would put it from Paul. Right. But back then, since
there was like in scroll form, so the letter would
come in a scroll form. What happened is they would
write the person that is, uh, they're not, They wouldn't
right who they're addressing in the beginning. They would actually
say the one that's addressing. So that's why in Romans

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Won it starts out with Paul, a bond servant of
Jesus Christ. Because you got to understand that this is
a letter, an actual letter written to the Roman Church.
And I do want to let you know before we
start too, that Paul didn't start the Roman Church. The
Roman Church was started by I think in second I
think it was a chapter two of of of Acts

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is where you know, I think where maybe it got started,
you know, so I can kind of look that up
really quick. Well, I don't know if they well when
I when I looked it up, they don't know the
exact time that it started. But they do know that
Paul didn't start it, okay, that the church was already
there before, you know, because Paul he didn't travel there.

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He traveled there via the Roman government. Right, that's what
he's doing right now, because he traveled there because he
chose to go in front of Caesar, and he he
ended up getting traveling to Rome that way, right, so
he got a free free boarding pass via the Roman government.

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So yeah, so anyways, so just let you know, back then,
they would start with their name, not the person of
the letters of tended two like we do, because they
were written in scroll form, and it's not practical to
put your name at the bottom of the scroll where
you have to roll the scroll all the way out
to find out who wrote it, right, So that's why
you see Paul doing that here in Romans chapter one.

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So let's go ahead in and then let me just
do it an intro only for Romans chapter one. The
other intro I did was for the whole entire Romans.
So Romans chapter one. Romans one provides a compelling introduction
to the core messages of Christianity, the Gospel, faith, righteousness,
and God's wrath against sin. It challenges us to embrace

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the power of the Gospel in our lives, to live
by faith, and to understand the serious consequences of turning
away from God's truth. Fair warning to everybody that's about
to listen to me read the Book of Romans it's
kind of like a spiritual punch to the gut in
some ways, kind just like when you read the James
right when you read James, the Book of James, because

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you just kind of reality checks you, you know. So
that's kind of how Romans is. You know, as I've
gone through and I've read Romans before, but I haven't
read it from a teaching standpoint, and I haven't read
it from since I've kind of gained this attraction of teaching,
you know, and Romans is so far is very interesting

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to me. So we'll go ahead and start out. Hold
On wrote Romans when sixteen seventeen. Okay, so we'll start
out with Romans one, Chapter one. Paul, a bond servant
of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle separated to

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the Gospel of God, which he promised through his prophets
in the Holy Scriptures concerning his son Jesus Christ, our Lord,
who was born of the seed of David according to
the flesh, and declared to be the son of God
with power according to the spirit of holiness, by the
resurrection from the dead. Through him, we have received grace

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and apostleship for obedience to the faith among all nations
for his name, among whom also are called of Jesus Christ.
So that's just the first six verses, and there's a
lot here, but it says, it says this is very important,

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and it says separated to the Gospel of God, which
he promised before through his prophets and the holy scriptures.
So let's understand that portion right there, that's going to
be a Romans one, verse one, and verse two. Now
understand that Paul, he used to be a pharisee, and

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the word pharisee means set apart. And back in the
day they used to when they were pharisees, they used
to have, you know, their robes on real tight, and
when they would walk by a gentile, they didn't even
want them to touch them. They didn't want to get
that bad juju, that sinful man. I don't want him
to touch me. They wanted to be separate from other people.

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They thought they were separate or set apart, or holy,
that's what they thought they were. They thought they were
more holy than thou, you know, because they were supposedly
following the law. But as you see, Jesus pointed out
that they were far from following any type of law,
because they would try to follow the law on the outside,

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but they were rotten on the inside, so they wanted
to look holy on the outside. They felt holy. They
see a gentile like, I don't want to I don't
want to touch that gentile. Don't don't bring that gentile
in the in the temple. He's not holy. But they
thought they were set apart. And it's pretty you know,
that are set apart or separate from right. But as

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you see right here, it says separated to the Gospel
of God, which he promised through his prophet in the
Holy Scriptures. So I thought that was pretty interesting how
what pharisee means. And then you see how Paul is
saying that he's separated to the Gospel of God, right,
So that's awesome. You kind of see the effect that
what the Gospel has on someone like Paul the apostle

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who was capturing Christians and he was killing them, and
he was actually there when Steven got stoned to death,
you see, and then Jesus just changed his life, right,
so he was a straight pharisee, and look where he's
at now, you know. So a beautiful transformation and I
think we should definitely appreciate that it says concerning his

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son Jesus Christ, our Lord, who was born on the
Sea of David. I'm just kind of going over these
verses again and declared to be the son of God
with power according to the Spirit of Holiness, by the
resurrection from the dead. Through him, we have received grace.
So through Jesus we have received grace an apostleship for

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obedience to the faith among all nations for his name,
meaning because of what Jesus did on the cross, that's
why we received grace. It says through him, we have
received grace and apostleship for obedience now to the faith
among all nations for his name, among whom you are

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also called of Jesus Christ. So understand something. We have grace.
Who do we have grace from? Because because of Jesus,
we have grace from God the Father, because of what
Jesus did on the cross, because God the Father sent
his son Jesus to die on the cross. So we

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are to receive that grace. And it says apostleship for
obedience to the faith among all nations for his name,
among whom you also recalled of Jesus Christ. Now let's
go ahead and go to Romans one, chapter seven. To
all who are in Rome beloved of God called, it says,

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called to be saints. Oh, is that what it's supposed
to say? Well, if you understand that the original manuscript
actually didn't say to be saints, it says to all
who are in Rome beloved of God, called saints. We
need to understand something here that the Catholic Church would

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tell you. No offense to Catholics. I have somebody that's
trying to like have me convert and speaking to me.
The Catholic Church would say that a that someone has
to be canonized and become a saint, and and they have,
you know, and it's usually after they're dead. But what
the Bible says is that we are all saints. Saints

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are the people that are living, the people that are saved,
the church. The church are the saints. So when it
says called to be saints, they added the to be
because the translators didn't know what to what to put
right there. But they're actually called saints. Okay, that's what
it's supposed to say. And I actually got this from

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from another pastor that I was listening to and I
think it's important to point out saints biblically are not
people that are dead, that that that priest and popes
and uh good Samaritans choose to be saints. That's not
what it is, or the church doesn't choose who's a saint. Biblically,

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the people that are saved and alive are the saints.
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and
the Lord Jesus Christ. Okay, grace to you, Peace from
God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. So
all right, now we have it, says desire to visit Rome.

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This is Romans one, verse eight. First, I think my God,
through Jesus Christ, for you all that your faith is
spoken of throughout the whole world. For God is my
witness whom I serve with my spirit in the Gospel
of His Son, that without seizing I make mention of

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you always in my prayers, making request if by some
means now at last, I may find a way in
the will of God to come to you. So I
think it's important that we understand that what he's the
way he's speaking of Jesus, the way he knows he's

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showing you that Jesus is the mediator between us and
God the Father. Jesus is the high priest, right, because
before we would need the high priest to speak to
God for us, right, And so before we would need
the high priest, right, we'd have to go into have
the high priest go into the temple. He's the only

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one that could speak to God. Right. But what do
we have now? Because we went over Leviticus, we saw
all that. So he says, first, I think my God
speaking of God the Father through Jesus Christ. So what
do we do? We pray through Jesus to speak to
God the Father, because Jesus is the bridge between us
and God the Father. Right. It says that your faith

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is spoken of throughout the whole world. For God is
my witness whom I serve with my spirit in the
Gospel of His Son, that without seizing I make mention
of you always in my prayers. So it's nice because Paul,
he's praying for the Romans, right, the Roman Church, making
request if by some means now I last, I may
find a way in the will of God to come

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to you, for I long to see you, that I
may impart to you some spiritual gift, so that you
may be established, that is, that I may be encouraged
together that with you, by mutual faith, both you and me.
So this is telling you that Paul has a desire
to visit Rome. Right, And it says in verse thirteen. Now,

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now we're in Romans one, verse thirteen. Now, I do
not want you to be unaware of brethren, that I
often plan to come to you, but was hindered until now,
that I might have some fruit among you. Among you also,
just as among the other gentiles, I am a debtor
both to Greeks and to barbarians, both the wise and unwise.

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So as much as in me I am already to
preach the gospel, I am ready to preach the gospel
to you who are in Rome. Also, so he wants
to come bearing you know, you know them by their fruits.
What he says that I might have some fruit among you. Also,
he wants to obviously have some converts among them also,

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just as among the other gentiles. He says, I am
a debtor both to Greeks and to barbarians. Right. So
barbarians were because Greeks were kind of like the Jews.
The Jews had like Jews and Gentiles. Well, Greeks had
Greeks and barbarians, right, So what Paul is saying, I'm

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a debtor both to Greeks and barbarians, to the wives,
to the ones that be up there debating him in
Rome over here, like, oh, you want to talk about
philosophy or I don't know, I'm just gonna make it
some crazy voice and the unwise. Right, So whether you're
you're intelligent, you want to speak to me, debate me,
and do all this stuff, and to the unwise. So

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he's trying to cover all bases, so as so much
in me, I am ready to preach the gospel to
you who are in Rome also, so love that and
the just by faith, the just live by faith. This
is going to be Romans one, verse sixteen. For I
am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ. For it

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is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes,
for the jew first and also for the Greek. For
it and the righteousness of God is revealed from faith
to faith. It is written, the just shall live by faith. Okay,
So I got a few things for these verses is here.

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So the power of the Gospel, So in Romans one,
verse sixteen states I am not ashamed of the Gospel
because the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes,
first to the Jew, then to the Greek. The Gospel
is the divine power that brings salvation to all who believes,
transcend transcending cultural and ethnic boundaries. Okay, that's what he's

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saying right there. That's why he said to the Greek barbarian,
to the wise unwise, excuse me. That's why right here
he's saying first to the Jew, to the Jew first,
and also to the Greek. And if you notice, when
Paul goes to a city, first he goes to what
he goes to the synagogue, and he goes and preaches

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in the synagogue. Then he goes to preach to the
other people. Because God came to the Jew first, gave
them the opportunity for and they obviously fel miserably. Okay,
I'm not trying to talk bad about anybody that's Jewish,
but I'm just saying, uh, they felt miserably just like

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we all fell. And uh they that's why, you know,
he came to the Jew first. And then we were
reading the Old Testament, we're seeing even in Samuel. Uh,
just recently I was reading that that he asked, uh,
the Jews, you know that, or not the Jews, but
the I would call them the Israelites. He asked that

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he was he had he had the Israelites. Uh. He
told them that if you choose, if you choose a
human king, then then you are you know, you're choosing
you're choosing a human king over me, because God was
reigning over them, and he's you know, he had Samuel
actually say it twice and they still said, yeah, we

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want a human king instead of God. So he told Samuel,
they're not denying you, Samuel, they're denying me, you know.
And God was obviously disappointed by that. But you see
what's going on with them. They teeter toddy, teeter totter
where they where they believe, and then all of a
sudden they go to bail, They go to astroot they believe,
they go to bail. You kind of see that going

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on throughout the Book of Judges. You see that going
on with the Viticus. You see that going on. I'm
not Leviticus, but you know numbers Deuteronomy. You're seeing that
how they're going back, they're going forth, even when in Exodus,
when you know they Moses goes up to speak to
God for forty days and forty nights, comes back, and
what do they have, their worship being a calf, you see.
And I'm not saying that we're perfect or anything like that,

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and we don't screw up. But he did go to
the Jew first, and then he opened it up to
the gentile right, So for the Jew first and then
also for the Greek. It says for in the righteousness
of God, as you feel from faith to faith, it
is written, the just shall live by faith. And the
interesting thing about this verse Romans one seventeen is what

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sparked the Protestant Reformation, okay, because it says the just
shall live by faith, and Martin Luther's understanding of Roman seventeen,
which states the righteous shall live by faith, was a
transformative moment that led to the Protestant Reformation, shifting his
view from God's punishing justice to his justifying grace freely

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given through faith in Christ, a concept he called justia
alunum of alien righteousness is or alien righteousness. This theological breakthrough,
occurring during his Tower experience, established the doctrine of justification,
I could probably check out what the tower experience was.

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What was Martin Luther's tower experience was a pivotal moment
in his life and the Reformation, occurring between fifteen oh
eight and fifteen eighteen while studying the Blackcoister Tower in Wittenberg.
During his time grappled with the concept of God's righteousness
and his own sinfulness. He initially understood the righteousness of

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God as a source of fear condemnation, making him feel
unworthy and alienated from God. However, through intense study of
Romans seventeen, he realized that God's righteousness is not a
standard humans must achieve, but a gift freely offered to
those who have faith. This revelation transformed his understanding of salvation,
leading him to believe that it is obtained through faith
in Christ's sacrifice, not through works or rebirth. That where

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he felt like he had entered paradise through open gates,
he realized that the righteousness of God was not a
source of fear, but a source of love and grace,
and that the scriptures, once seen in as condemning, now
offered comfort and hope. This experience therefore became foundational to
his doction of justification by faith alone, and the Tower experience,

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there was some steps that you have to walk up,
and as you're like kneeling on the steps, I guess
it's knocking off This is the Catholic right trying to
be saved by works. It's knocking off time in purgatory.
That's something that this pastor was talking about. And so
Martin Luther, actually that's what he was doing, is he

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was studying Romans seventeen while he was at this Tower experience,
and he was you know, obviously in the Catholic religion
back then, I'm not really too familiar with what they're
doing now. But it was a doction of saved by
faith and works right, and that's why he was feeling

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like that. So what was Luther's struggle with the passage
before his breakthrough? Luther initially interpreted the righteousness of God
in Romans one seventeen as God's active inherent justice used
to punish sinners, which caused him spiritual toruma and anxiety.
And I'm not trying to go off on like a
tangent to talk about Martin Luther. I'm not a Lutheran
or anything like that. I'm just trying to tell you,

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guys that this verse Roman's one point seventeen kind of
giving you some history and some context about this verse. Okay.
In particular, his eventual understanding, his breakthrough, came when he
realized that righteousness of God was not God's own perfect righteousness,
but a righteousness that God imputes or gives to believers
through grace and faith. Yeah, and the cornerston of theology,

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the understanding of justification by faith alone, rooted in Romans
one point seventeen, became the central principle of Luther's theology
and the foundation of the Protestant Reformation. Okay, so this
verse is very important, you know, very important. So let's
go ahead and continue. And then also, I have a

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revelation of God's righteousness. Romans one point seventeen reveals, for
the Gospel reveals the righteous of God that comes by faith.
This verse emphasizes the righteousness as a gift from God
received through faith, not by works. Okay, So now let's
go ahead and go to Romans chapter one, verse eighteen.

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For the wrath of God is revealed from Heaven against
all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppressed the truth
in unrighteousness, because what may be known of God is
manifest in them. For God has shown it to them.
For since the creation of the world, his invisible attributes

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are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made,
even His eternal power and Godhead. So that without excuse,
because through although they knew God, they did not glorify
him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in
their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. So I

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just want to let you guys know that he's saying
for since the creation of the world, his invisible attributes
are clearly seen. Meaning let me see.

Speaker 2 (28:58):
If I have a here.

Speaker 1 (29:03):
Kind of uh intelligent design, you know, you can kind
of tell he's he's saying that he's leaving his invisible,
invisible attributes aecurely the scene he created the moon, sun, stars,
place them in the firmament. Uh you see the moon,
sun and stars every single day. Uh you see that
there's that the that the trees, they actually they breathe

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in carbon dioxide and breathe out oxygen. We breathe in oxygen,
breathe out carbon dioxide. It's kind of a nice system
we have the water system, which is perfect then, and
I'm in the water industry. Uh, we have we have things. Obviously,
Our DNA is is I mean, it's there's it's information. Okay.
The more and more they find out about DNA, the

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more and more they find out this this is like
a language. Okay. Like if if I came to you,
uh and I told you, hey, uh, you know if
I asked you where did the Spanish language come from?
And you just said, oh, just poofed out of nowhere,
like no, no, no, someone had to have created that. It
takes a mind to create information. It takes a mind

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to create language. And DNA for example. I don't want
to get too much into this, but DNA for example,
is a language. Right. So there'll be a lot of
scientists and people that try to build block walls between
you and your faith and between you and the Book
of Genesis, and there'll be a whole lot of evolution thisss,

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big bang theory that you know. So just want to
let you guys know, stay strong in your faith. Don't
allow anybody to knock you off of you of your faith, okay,
because we can easily stand against any of that stuff.
Because all that is a theory. First of all, thirteen
point eight billion years ago, thirteen point six billion years ago,

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the stars were formed, four point six billion years ago,
the Sun was formed four point five billion years ago,
the Earth was formed, and then the Earth started orbiting
the Sun and then the stars and that, you know
what I mean, like all these different things that they say,
and then evolution happened millions upon millions of years ago.
There was dinosaurs twenty five million years ago. Of course
they know all this stuff, right, and then you know

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the dinosaurs boom and asteroid hit. Dinosaurs all died, and
then the human race started and maybe a million years ago,
and then you know, the first human writing was six
thousand years ago. What hold on? First of all, where'd
all those dead bodies go? Second of all, why did
writings start only six thousand years ago? Well, probably because
that's when the humans actually were created, was sixty six

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hundred years ago, like the Bible states right, not saying
it's sixty six hundred exactly, maybe sixty five somewhere in there.
But yeah, a lot to this, you know. But when
it comes to the creation God does you can't see
God's invisible attributes through his creation we see we see
the you know when we look through you know, in

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a microscope. And our fingers, you know, each individual person
has a different finger figerprint, which is beautiful. Our eyes,
I mean are just amazing, you know, to be able
to see our spirit, you know, our soul, are our minds,
I mean, the human body is this beautiful God We've

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created in God's image, which is amazing. So there's so
much to this, you know, and just this verse right here,
what it's saying for since the creation and the world,
since the creation of the world, his invisible attributes are
clearly seen being understood by the things that are made,
even his eternal power and Godhead, so that they are

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without excuse. Because although they knew God, they did not
glorify him as God nor were thankful, but became futile
in their thoughts and their foolish hearts were darkened. That's
kind of enough on that area. I don't want to
get too crazy. Let me see what I have in
here in my notes about that section, Romans twenty one
through twenty three describes humanity's wilful ignorance and idolatry, for

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although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God
nor gave thanks to him. But they became futile, and
they're thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts. This passage
highlights the consequences of turning away from God. It says,

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professing this is a Romans one twenty two. Professing to
be wise, they became fools and changed the glory of
the incorruptible God into an image made like a corruptible
man and birds and four footed animals and creeping things.
So there's a lot of people that are professing to

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be wise, but they became fools. Now, I don't want
to be offensive to anybody, but there's a lot of
people that feel like they're wise as far as knowledge
about the world. You know, they have all this worldly
knowledge and they feel like they're wise. They want to
talk to you about it. I you know, I get
a lot of it in the comment sections of some
of the videos I put out, you know, where they're

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just you know, no, this is the way it really is.
You know, I learned this in science class, and this
is how this is how it really is. Oh, this
what you're saying is not true, because you know, I mean,
you know, Copernicus said this, and uh, and Albert Einstein
says this, and and all these people that they never met,
they don't even know that they're trusting in, you know,

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and they're mad at me when I'm trusting in God
and I'm trusting in what the Bible says. They're over
here trusting what Copernicus wrote, or you know, Albert Einstein
or some guy that they have no relationship with at all,
you know, and they're fighting tooth and nail about this information.
You know, a lot of atheists and stuff. People will
be professing to be wise, but they became fools. If

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you are not, if you don't know the Bible, which
is the word of God, which is the truth, then
you are definitely a fool. I'm not trying to be
mean to people that are atheists or anything like that.
But you might think that you're wise, knowing worldly knowledge.
All that stuff is cool, but it's not going to
get you anywhere when it comes to when you die

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and you're in front of God and you're like God.
But the thing is, I know calculus, Lord, I learned
exactly how to break down the theory of evolution. What
do you mean, I don't get to go to heaven.
You see what I mean, It's not going to do
anything because you might profess that you're wise, but really
you're just a fool because you did not believe in

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Jesus Christ. You do not believe in God, so you
are definitely a fool. Okay. I'm only speaking to people
that are atheists right now. Okay, But anyways, so it's
this is what Paul's talking about. He's not talking about
atheists nowadays. He's obviously speaking to this generation at this time,
but it definitely will carry over to people nowadays. Okay.

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So yeah, and is talking about consequences of turning away
from God. How many people do you, guys see right now,
whether you're young kids or they're adults or people in
the conspiracy community, A lot of them, I know. They
believe in a creator, but they don't believe in the Creator,

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so they are uh, turning away from God, the true God.
So I see it a lot, guys. I see it
a lot in our community, in our Christian and not
in our Christian community, sorry, in our Christian and conspiracy community. No,
but mostly in the conspiracy community. I see a lot
of new age, a lot of people that believe in pantheism,

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talking about I need to ask the universe for them,
you know, for this to manifest and all this stuff.
And you know what, we got to pray for these
people that are that are pray for them. We got
to pray for them. You know, it's important. Let's go
ahead and continue. Now we're gonna learn about God's righteous judgment.
We're in Romans one, verse twenty four. Therefore God also

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gave them up to uncleanliness and the lust of their
hearts to dishonor their bodies among themselves, who exchanged the
truth of God for the lie and worshiped and served
the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.
How often do you see people worshiping the creation? What

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about witchcraft? They're worshiping plants and they're worshiping the earth,
and they're worshiping nature instead of worshiping God. What about
people that are astrologers that are just staring at the sky,
staring at the heavens And the book of Deuteronomy it
warns against worshiping the stars and the sky. Yes, God

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made it for us and it's beautiful. What did God
make the moon, sun? And the stars for well, it
says it in the Book of Genesis. He made it
to light up the earth. But he doesn't want you
to worship the stars. He doesn't want to work you
to worship Jupiter, Mars, Venus, Neptune. What are all those names?

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They just happen to be Roman gods. Wow, So he
doesn't want you to do that. He doesn't want us
to worship the creation, or the or the creature. Where
some people are they worship a bull, they worship an owl.
I mean there's I mean you go through. I mean
that they worship the sun, which is a creation. It's

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not the creator. Okay. The Sun is not the creator.
A bull is not a creator. Bail is not a creator. Okay.
Astaroth is not a creator. All these different gods that
are out there, they're not the creator. Zeus is not
a creator. No, these are These are fallen angels, plain
characters that people are worshiping, Apollo, Sadder, all these things. Okay, guys,

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So we just got to be real careful here Romans
verse twenty six. For the reason God gave them up
to vile passions, for even their women exchange the natural
use of what is against nature. Likewise, the men leaving
the natural use of the women burned in their lust

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for one another, men with men committing what is shameful
and receiving in themselves the penalty of their air which
was due. Now, I just want to tell you, guys,
escape for this reason, God gave them up to vile
passions for even their women exchange natural use for what
is against nature. Likewise, to see women are getting with

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women here we have lesbianism. And then likewise the men
leaving their natural use of women burn in their lust
for one another, men with men committing what is shameful
and receiving in themselves the penalty of their air which
was due. Do we understand this right here? Guys? That

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since they were worshiping the creators I mean sorry, they
were there worshiping the creature or the created, then God
gave them up to their vile passions. Right, And we
got to be careful because we have we have vile
passions that we have too, and we need to make
sure we say no to that. Okay, when when you
start thinking of when when you start getting tempted? Uh?

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It says in James four seven, resist the devil and
he will flee. Right, So let's go to that really quick, James,
for it says this, therefore, submit to God, resist the devil,
and he will flee from you. Draw near to God,

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and he will draw near to you. Okay, understand that.
So when you're worshiping the creature or the creator instead
of the Creator, what happens. You're not drawing near to God.
You're not submitting yourself to God. So it's written right here, James,
Jesus's brother is telling you right here, he's telling you

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that if you submit to God, resist the devil, he
will flee from you. That's all you have to do.
When you're being tempted, or you have any vile passions
that are coming up, or any type of temptation, resist
you have you have to say with authority. No, I
don't know if you guys remember that movie Planet of

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the Apes. Okay, there's a there's a scene. There's a
scene there and Planet of the Apes where the main character,
the monkey or the ape, sorry, not the monkey, that
the ape. He's getting like prodded, like getting electricated by
these two men and they're kind of pushing them he's
and he's pushing them, pushing the ape into this area

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that he doesn't want to go, and he's like they're
prodding him, brought in him, and all of a sudden,
the ape says no. And then everybody stops and looks like,
did he just speak Whenever you're being tempted. I'm not
saying that anything about planting of the apes, but he
says that no, really loud and with authority, just like
he said that. That's the way you have to say

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no when you're tempted in your mind. Believe me, it works.
I do it. Okay, So instead of kind of feeding
it when you start getting tempted, like feeding it and
letting it come in and not capturing the thought, allowing
it to kind of digest and coming to your head

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and then all of a sudden, no, no, no, just say
no right away in your mind. Believe me, it works.
But just so you guys know, it is written that
therefore submit to God resists the devil, and he will
flee from you. All you have to do is say no.
He cannot give you more than you can handle. He
can't continue to just you cannot continue to temp temp temp,

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temp temp until you give up. It says here that
if you resist the devil, he will flee. Will he
come back tomorrow and maybe try it again, probably maybe
a new trick up a sleeve or a demons will
try to do that to you. But understand something, Resist
the devil and he will flee. It is written by James,
Jesus's brother right here. Okay, understand that, So understand this too. Okay,

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So women getting with women, like I know, there's some
women that get lustful and they're at parties or they're
like at a club or something and then they kiss
another woman. That it's not right. It's just as bad
as men kissing a man. Okay, in God's eyes, it's
telling you right here in Romans one, verse twenty six.
And then what it says here likewise, also men leave

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in their natural use of women, burning in their love
from one another, men with men. Now this is in
we're talking about Rome. Also in Greece. I mean this
is there's prostitution, there's prostitute house, there's you know, there
is gay. You know, gay's the lesbians there. Right, So
that's what he's saying. But he's saying that's committing what

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is shameful and receiving in themselves the penalty of their air,
which was due a lot of you know aids. I
know there's two people that I know that are homosexual
that were One of them I was friends with from
the military, and then the other one's friends with my wife.
Two people I know that that are gay, I only

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know a total of three people like that are actually
that not in my circle anymore, but that have been
in my circle. Three people I know that are that
are homosexual, and two of them have HIV Okay, so
there's definitely a penalty of air which is due, So
you gotta be careful with that. I have another friend
that that I'm that I'm really cool with the as

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a podcast host. I don't want to mention his name,
but that I'm really cool with, you know what I mean.
And I treat people whether you're gay, lesbian, black, white, whatever,
I don't even care, dude. I treat everybody with respect
and with love. I don't know what caused somebody to
be like that, but I'm not the judge. But all
I could do is when I when i'm when I'm

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faced with verses like this, I have to preach and teach.
I have to teach the truth. And that's what I
have to go by. Okay, let's continue. But a sin
is a sin when we start talking about this other
stuff right here, that's stuff that people that are straight do.
So we can't just say, oh, these gay people are
doing this, well, you know, and then we're doing stuff too.

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So we got to make sure that we are on
the hoop and up here. Let's let's check this one out.
Romans one, verse twenty eight. It says, and even as
they did not to retain God and their knowledge, God
gave them over to a debased mind to do things
which are not fitting. Being filled with all on righteousness,
sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness, full of envy, murder, strife, deceit,

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evil mindness. They are all whispers, backbiters, haters of God, violent,
proud boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving, unforgiving, unmerciful, who,
knowing the righteousness of judgment of God, that those who

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practice such things are deserving of death. Not only did
it do the same, but also approve of those who
practice them. So understand everything that I mentioned there, All
of us have probably done a lot of these things here.
Now you might say I never murdered anybody, but if
you look, what Jesus says is that when you slander somebody,
that's like murdering your brother. Okay. Also, if you think

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of something, it's just like you did it, are like
you're doing it. So you got to make sure that
you're very careful. Sexual immorality, that's something that I mean,
how many people do that on a daily basis. Covetousness
that's basically let's say if your neighbor gets a Lamborghini
or a Corvette and you're standing in your front yard

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with your Honda a cord going, oh dang, I wish
I had that, or I would or you know, you
covet someone's neighbor's wife, or you cover it their their house.
Don't want to do that, and that's actually just a
thought in your mind, that's not actually doing anything. Maliciousness
malice is basically you're you're thinking about doing something to

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somebody else and then you go and do it. It
says full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil mindus. Okay,
there's a lot there's some people that had that are
evil like that, you know, they're evil all the time.
They're whisperers, backbiters. Okay, so whispers are people talking behind

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people's back, Haters of God. I mean, don't we see
that now here? If you go out to if you
go and watch street preachers preach, you know you're gonna
see that. There's a lot of haters of God. And
there's a lot of people that I think are filled
with demons that are not able to handle when they

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hear the gospel message and they can't handle on street
preachers around. There's a lot of haters of God. There's
a lot of atheists. There's a lot of scientists. There's
a lot of people that believe that there is no God, right,
and they're trying to prove God wrong through naturalism, through
Big bang theories, evolution, all this stuff, right, we talked
about it earlier. Then there's people that are violent. I mean,

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did you guys see like twenty twenty just recently where
there was riots on the street, where there's people fighting,
people not wearing a mask, getting punched in the face,
people taking vaccines, not taking vaccines, fighting amongst families, Democrats, Republicans, Trump,
well for Trump, all right, for Biden and then all

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of a sudden, oh he stole the election. All this
crazy stuff happening. I mean, you guys see that it's happening.
It's very prevalent. Now. Paul wrote this in fifty seven.
Ad Okay, this is the type of stuff you know
that it's Holy Spirit inspired, right, it's timeless. Proud. How
many people are proud? How many people are boasters. There's
people that, for example, that they'll do like a charity

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and philanthropy, and they're like, oh, I they donated a
million dollars to charity. And then the people are out
there clapping or I'm auctioning off my Mercedes so I
could give it to charity. Oh what's clapping? And and uh.
And then it says inventors of evil things? I mean,
what's whose inventors of evil things? Well, I'll give you
an inventor of an evil thing would be the invention

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of uh, you know, like only fans or porn hub
or h and venting blowtorch are not blow torchs. But
what does that think called a flamethrower that kills people? Uh?
Inventor of a rocket, I mean not a rocket, but

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you know, a nuke or inventor of anything that's that's
like evil, right. Also, disobedient to parents. That's a big thing.
Back in the day, you're disobedient to your parents too
many times. Guess what they would do to you in
the Old Testament you would get stoned to death. Now
so many people are disobedient to parents. And it's very

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tough because so many people are reading, uh you know,
watching the iPads, and they're watching these shows that you
can't really control what they're watching so much. And they're
watching kids be disrespectful to their parents or disrespectful to
each other, so they learn that type of stuff, you know,
and it's it's very hard. We got to make sure
we're we're filtering what what they're or our kids are watching.

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Under discerning, Oh man, how many people are undiscerning guys
where you know, they tell you, they tell you, uh,
you know, Trump is gonna save the world. They're gonna
tell you the vaccines are gonna save the world. And uh,
you know Biden is the best, I mean whatever, man,
Uh people think that Trump's the best too.

Speaker 2 (51:20):
Man.

Speaker 1 (51:21):
It's just it's just a you know, ah, undiscerning for sure.
I don't want to talk get political, But I'm just
I'm just giving an example. You know, we gotta be discerning.
We got to allow allow the Holy Spirit to be
our moral compass. We got to allow the Bible to
be our moral compass. We got to allow we got
to build that shield of faith, right so we could

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dodge the wiles of the devil. We got to make
sure we have that helmet of salvation. We got to
have that breastplate of righteousness. We got to have the
the belt of truth, right, and then the and then
the sandals are our gospel. Uh, the salvation are the
gospel message, right, so and then our what's our sword?
I mean our sword is the word of God. We

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got to make sure we have that right, so the
full armor of God. Untrustworthy, you know, we got to
have integrity. How many people are untrustworthy? I mean I've
talked to a lot of bosses and people nowadays, like
contractors that come and they work with with our water company, right,
They're like a Nope, whether it's an electrician company or

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a pump company that's that's installing a pump, or or
you know another company that's dealing with one of our
treatment plan and what do they tell me that the
people nowadays in this generation, no offense to anybody that
that's that's part of this generation, but a lot of
them say that there it's hard to find good workers

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that are trustworthy. And then it says unloving. This is
very important, you know, unloving. We got to make sure
that there's a lot of people that are unloving. I mean,
I've seen videos of uh, you know, I used to
watch a lot of crime shows and and a lot
of stuff pops up on my Instagram where I'm watching
people pull up and start arguing with each other, pulling

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out guns, shooting each other over nothing, over pride, right
over pride. They're shooting each other over twenty bucks, They're
shooting each other over a drug deal, shooting each other
over nothing, fighting with words, and killing people because for

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a gang killing people for certain things like it's it's insane.
Unloving is it's the stuff. That's what I'm telling you.
These verses are timeless because it's we're seeing it unforgiving, unmerciful, unforgiving.
We're seeing that a lot unmerciful. It says, who knowing

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the righteousness of God's the judgment of God that those
who practice such things are deserving of death. So we
got to avoid all of these this whole list right
here we need to avoid as Christians, we need to
avoid it. Not only do the same, but also approve
of those who practice them. So not only is it

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bad to do these things, but it's also bad to
approve of those who practice them, so condoning it. So
if you're seeing people do it, then you know you're
seeing people do it, and you're not like kind of

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letting them know, you know, especially if it's a another
Christian doing any of this stuff and you're not letting
them know, then you are approving of it, right, So
it's it's a condonement. So also it says here violent
like that's why wars, But I'm so glad that I'm
not in the militarymore wars that they're so violent, you know,

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I saw this video of these uh Ukraine and Russian guy.
They fought to the death with a knife, so violent.
It's terrible. So we got to be careful, okay, of
all these things. So I would suggest that you kind of, uh,

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snap a picture of this or what do you want
to whatever you want to do, save it in your phone,
make sure that you have it where you know, we
got to make sure that we we because it says
here that those who practice such things are deserving of
death right now. It doesn't mean that those who practice

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this are deserving of dying right now. It means deserving
of death, meaning like you know, not to have eternal life.
So just we've got to be careful. So I'll go
into my notes, it says Romans Won twenty four thirty
two outlines the consequences of rejecting God as he gave
them over to the desires of their hearts. This section

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underscores the reality of God's judgment on sin and the
moral decline that follows when people reject his truth. That's
what it is is all these people that are doing
all these things, they're rejecting God. Because if you were
walking with God and walking in the will of God,
every single person on this earth, then all of these

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things wouldn't even exist. If everybody was walking in God's will,
everybody believed in God, and everybody was trying to you know,
was saved, and everybody was walking in the will of God,
you know, which obviously God's will is not for you
to do. Sexual morality, wickedness, covidus on any of that stuff,

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then none of this stuff would would exist on the earth.
If everybody was walking with God and reading the Bible
every single day and walking in God's will, maybe there
would be a little bit of sexual morality, because that's
something that's really tough for people not to do. You know,
marry somebody, you know, you know, maybe it sets before marriage,
little things like that, because you know, but I'm just saying,

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but would you see murder, strife, to see evil mind
us all these different things. No, there will be no
haters of God because everybody would be loving God and
doing God's will, and wouldn't be God's will for sexual
morality to happen. And I'm not saying that, but I'm
saying that there would probably be a couple of things here.
But yeah, we got to understand. So let me close that.

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What happened to that God's righteous judgment, God's righteous judgment,
I'll just look and a little dig a little deeper
into that is a central theme in the Bible, reflecting
His holiness, justice, and sovereignty. It underscores the moral order
of the universe, where God as the ultimate judge, holds

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individuals and nations accountable for their actions. This entry explores
the biblical basis of God's righteous judgment, its characteristics, and
its implications for humanity. Okay, so all right, yeah, I
just want to give you guys kind of what the
biblical definition of that is. So we are finished with

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the chapter. Now, I'm not telling you guys that if
you guys do any of these things that you cannot
repent from them. Anything that I mentioned right there. That's
what most of us have done a whole bunch of
our lives, you know what I mean, Like, are not murder?
But you know, have we been disobedient to our parents? Yeah?

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A lot of us have. Have we been untrustworthy in
the past at some point? Yeah, probably a lot of
us have. Have we been undiscerning? Of course, because we
didn't have the Holy Spirit to discern were we haters
of God? We might not have like blatantly said we
hate God. But if we are disrespecting God and sinning,
then we are basically being haters of God. Have we
been boasters? Of course? And of evil things? I've invented

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wraps off the top of my head that were definitely evil.
So I've been in a unforgiving, Yes, unmerciful. Of course
I've been like that before in my life. I was
always pretty a nice, pretty nice guy. But there's a
lot of these things on this list that I could say, yeah,
I have done. So That's why we need Jesus Christ.
We need him. We needed him to die on the

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cross for our sins. We needed to be saved by
grace through faith. How did we receive grace through what
Jesus did on the cross? Okay, but we have to
watch out as Christians. We cannot be practicing these things witchcraft,
we can't do wickedness, we cannot be sexual, immorality. We

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cannot be practicing these things as Christians. Okay, we cannot
because then you are just being a hypocrite. Okay, And
it's something that I have to face as a teacher
at I have to make sure that I watch what
I do even more than probably you guys would have to,

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even though I want you guys to be watching everything
that you do as well. But because I'm trying to
teach you guys, I can't be senior. I cannot be
a hypocrite. I cannot be like the I can't be
like the Pharisees that Jesus was talking to right, can't
be that I'll be judged more because I'm teaching you, guys,
So I gotta be careful. Okay, So let me go

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over some practical applications for the chapter. And guys, don't
be crapped out or feeling crazy about the portion I
just went over. Okay, we're say by grace through faith,
we have faith in Jesus Christ and and and if
you believe in let me just do this real quick. Okay,

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hold on if you believe One Corinthians fifteen, verses one
through four, it says, moreover, brethren, I declare to you
the gospel which I preached to you, which you also received,
in which you stand by which also you are saved

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if you hold fast that word which you preached unto
you unless you believed in vain, for I delivered to
you first of all that which is received, that Christ
died for our sins. You believe that according to the scripture,
that he was buried, and that he rose again the
third day according to the scriptures, and that he was
seen by Cephus and by the twelve. As long as

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you believe that right, that Christ died for our sins,
according to scriptures, that he was buried and that he
rose again. Since he did that, such a blessing. Okay,
but that's the gospel. It says, I declare to you
the gospel, which is the good news that Christ did that. Okay,
So we got to make sure we know that. But
let me go over some practical applications. Now, embrace the

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gospel boldly, like Paul, we should not be ashamed of
the gospel. Share your faith with confidence, knowing it is
the power of God for salvation. Amen. Another one is
lived by faith. Trust in God's righteousness, and live by faith,
understanding that our standing before God is based on faith
and not on our own efforts. You can't earn your

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way to heaven. The only one that earned our way
to heaven is what Jesus did on the cross. He
became our high priest. He is our mediator between us
and God. And you know, we got to understand that
we cannot make it to heaven on our own merit.
Everything that we do is just filthy rags, okay. Guard

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against idolatry is another one. Examine your life for anything
that may take the place of God in your heart,
prioritize worship and gratitude towards God. Next one is recognized
the consequences of sin. Okay, acknowledge the seriousness of sin
and its impact on our lives in society, seek God's
forgid giveness, and strive to live according to his will.

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I think I kind of talk to you guys about
Matthew seven, verse fifteen. I believe it is. I think
I talked to you guys about it. On let me see.
Oh no, it's not Matthew seven fifteen. Let me just

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pull this verse up really quick. Guys. Uh, what vers
is it? Okay, it's gonna be Matthew seven. Oh sorry, guys,

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you have to excuse me. Matthew seven twenty one through
twenty three. Matthew seven twenty one through twenty three. I
never knew you. And first of all, this is sent
chills down your spine when you hear this. But it
says in Matthew seven twenty one, it says not everyone
who says me, Lord Lord, shall enter the Kingdom of heaven,

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but he who enters the will of my father in heaven.
Many will say to me that day, Lord Lord, have
you not prophesized? Have we not prophesized in your name,
cast out demons in your name, and done many wonders
in your name. And then I will declare it to them.
This is Jesus speaking. I never knew you. Depart from me,

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you who practice lawlessness. Okay, So when it says here
that seek God's forgiveness and strive to live according to
his will. And then go to this verse right here
where it says, not everyone who says to me, Lord
Lord shall enter the Kingdom of heaven, but he who

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does the will of my Father in heaven. So Jesus
is saying as well that you, Lord Lord, like not
everyone who says to me, Lord Lord, shall enter the
Kingdom of heaven, but the ones that will enter are
the ones who are doing the will of my Father

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in heaven. Many will say to me that day you
know that they prophesize in his name. Right, So that
means that they This is people that are probably believers, right,
but probably something is going on with them, cast out
demons in your name and done many wonders in your name.
What's going on with them? They're not walking according to

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the will of his father. And also they are practicing lawlessness. Okay,
they are practicing lawlessness. Practicing lawlessness is going back to Romans.
This is just a portion too. This is not everything.
But this is like when I go back to Romans one,
verse twenty eight through thirty two. Understand that this const's

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consequences to all these sins. You're practicing lawlessness. You don't
want to be doing these things and then going to
heaven and being like and then God saying Lord, and
then you know, Lord, Lord, Remember I prophesies in your name.
I remember, right, the Bible studies in your name. But
he says, to part from me, I never knew you,
you who practice lawlessness. We got to be careful, you know,

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we got to be very careful that portion right there.
Like I said, since chills down your spine that you
would even see a verse like that. Let's go ahead
and continue Habikok two, verse four. Behold the proud his
soul does not upright in him, But the just shall

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live by his faith. This Old Testament reference reinforces the
principle of living by faith One Corinthians one, verse eighteen.
For the sitch of the cross is foolishness to those
who are perishing, but to us who are being saved,
it is the power of God. This verse echoes the
power of the Gospel mentioned in Romans one, verse sixteen.

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Psalms fourteen, verse one, the fool says in his heart
there is no God. They are corrupt, their act are
their acts are vile. There is no one who does good.
This Psalm's parallels the description of humanity's rejection of God
in Romans verse one. Okay, so let's go ahead and

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go now. Like I said, I'm not trying to scare you, guys,
but this this is how Romans is. You know, this
is just it is what it is. We're gonna go
through the whole entire Bible, the good, the good, it's
all good. We're gonna go over everything, the adventures. We're
gonna go over the law. We went over, you know,
the Vidicus. We over some stuff that's very hard to teach,

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that takes a lot of time and effort for me
to study, like Romans. This is no joke, guys. When
I'm like studying Romans, it's like, man, it's it's no joke.
It's a lot. I mean literally, pastors are going just
in verse one, some of them have our to two
hour presentations just on Romans chapter one, and we're over

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here doing We're already to chapter two, now you know.
So here we go. We're going to be at Romans
chapter two, and what I'll do first is going to
be the intro to Romans two. Romans two challenges us
to introspect and identify our own faults before judging others,
recognizing God's judgment as righteous and impartial. It emphasizes the

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critical importance of inward transformation over outward compliance to religious laws,
underscoring the need for a heart changed by God's spirit.
This reminder encourages us to live authentically and humbly before God. Okay,

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excuse me, okay, Romans two, Verse one, Let me take
some drinks really quick. God's righteous judgment there are inexcusable.
Therefore you are inexcusable, Oh man, whoever you are, and

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who judge, for in whatever you judge another, you condemn yourself,
for you who judge, practice the same things. So in
the danger of hypocrisy and Romans to verse one, Paul warrens,
therefore you have no excuse, o, man, whoever you are,
when you judge others, At whatever point you judge another,

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you are condemning yourself because you This highlights the hypocrisy
of judging others while committing similar sins. Yeah, so Jesus
also talks about this, which is going to be take

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the plank out of your own eye, which is Matthew seven,
verses three through five. Matthew seven, verses three through five.
There's a lot of stuff in Matthew seven that's correlating
with the Romans, isn't it. Matthew seven, three through five.

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It says it says judge. No, I'll just read from
verse one. It says, do not judge, judge not that
you may be judged, or with the judgment you judge,
you will be judged, and with the measure you use.
This is Matthew seven, verse one. Okay, just letting you
guys know, and it will be a measure back to you.
Now we're in a verse three. And why do you

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look at the speck in your brother's eye, but do
not consider the plank in your own eye? Or how
can you say to your brother, let me remove the
speck from your eye and look, a plank is in
your own eye, hypocrite, First remove the plank from your
own eye. Then you will see clearly to remove the
speck from your brother's eye. Do not give what is

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holy to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before swine,
lest they trample them under their feet. Turn and tear
you to pieces. So Jesus just definitely correlates with exactly
what Paul's saying here in Romans two, verse one, where
he says, therefore, you you are inexcusable a man, whoever

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you are, who judge, for whenever you judge another, you
condemn yourself. For you who judge, practice the same things.
So it's kind of similar to the Pharisees when they
were telling Jesus, you know, oh, you can't do this
or you can't do that. The Scribes, the Pharisees, the
Saddesties were telling Jesus, hey, you can't do that, and

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Jesus knew that they cannot hold the law. You know,
they cannot hold the law, and they were trying to
judge Jesus right. So it's kind of similar to what
we need to be, how we need to be with
our brothers and sisters in Christ, and also how we
need to be with any human being on earth. We
cannot sit there and tell people what they can and

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can't do while you're practicing the same things. That's another
reason why me as a teacher, I have to make
sure I watch what I do, because I can't tell
you what you should be doing. When I have a
plank in my own eye, you know, I'm trying to
take the speck out. You guys's eye will have a
giant plank in my own. I have to take the
plant big plank out for me to see clearly is

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what Jesus is saying. So it's like I have to
make sure that I stand clear. So this this these studies,
it assists me greatly doing these studies. Let's look a
little deeper into the danger of hypocrisy. Hypocrisy in a
Biblical context refers to the act of pretending to have virtues,

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moral beliefs, or religious principles that one does not actually possess.
It is a form of deceit and in sincerity, often
characterized by a dispensy discrepancy between one's public persona and
private conduct. The term originates from the Greek word hypocris,

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which means acting or playing a part. Wow. Yes. The
Bible addresses the issue of hypocrisy extensively, particularly in the
teachings of Jesus Christ and the New Testament. Jesus frequently
rebukes the Phariseason scribes for their hypocritical behavior. In Matthew

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twenty three twenty seven through twenty eight, Jesus declares, woe
to you scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You were like
the whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside, but
on the inside you were full of dead men's bones
and every kind of impurity. In the same way, on
the outside you appear to be righteous, but on the
inside you were full of hypocrisy and wickedness. Just let

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you guys know me, I'm just like you guys. Okay,
So some people would say, like, oh you know, oh man,
you know, you know, great guy, blah blah blah. I mean,
I try to be the best that I could be,
but I'm not. I'm just like I said, My works
are just like you guys's works. To God, they're just
to filthy rags. So all I'm trying to do is

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teach the Word of God, bring people to the Gospel,
and try to bring people to getting saved. Ultimately, I'm
trying to take people from the conspiracy community and from
the Christian community as well, and make sure that I
have them reading the Bible and keeping them and keeping
the Bible, making it alive and making people happy and
assisting them. But I'm trying to use sometimes I use

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the conspiracy right here as debate and to try to
get people to start reading the Word of God. Right
But yeah, I'm trying to attract as many people to
the Word of God as they can. But we have
to be careful with being hypocrites because look what Jesus
says right here. He dislikes them so much for what
they are doing, so we have to make sure that

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we're very safe. The Old Testament, the Old Testament. The
Old Testament also warns against hypocrisy. In Isaiah twenty nine thirteen,
the Lord says, these people draw near to Me with
their mouths and honor me with their lives, but their
hearts are far from me, and their worship of Me
is but rules top by men, saying that the worship

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of Him are through the laws, but not even the
laws that God is trying to have them follow, but
the rules and traditions top by men. That's exactly what's
happening with certain churches out there, Okay, certain denominations, certain
people right now that are trying to that are like
fill the traditions. This passage highlights the danger of external

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religiosity without genuine devotion. We need to have a relationship,
not a religion. Consequences of hypocrisy. Hypocrisy is a dangerous
because it undermines the integrity of one's faith and witness.
It can lead to spiritual blindness and self deception, as
seen in Matthew seven verse five, which I already went

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over about taking the plank out of your own eye
before taking the specket of someone else's impact on the church.
Hypocrisy can have a corrosive effect on the church and
the broader community. It can lead to a loss of
credibility and trust, as believers are called to be authentic
and transparent in their walk with God. And Galatians two thirteen,

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Paul confronts Peter for his hypocritical behavior, noting the other
Jews joined him in his hypocrisy so that their hypocrisy
even Barnabas was led astray. This incident underscores how hypocrisy
can influence others negatively. Excuse me, call to authenticity the
Bible calls believers to live authentically and to align their

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actions with the professed beliefs. In James one point two,
it has written, be doers of the word, and not
hears only, otherwise you are deceiving yourselves. This exhortation emphasizes
the importance of genuine faith expressed through consistent actions. And
then in Jesus, in Matthew six 't one, he warns,

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be careful not to perform your righteous acts before men
to be seen by them. If you do, you will
have to reward. You will have no reward from your
Father in heaven. This instruction highlights the importance of sincerity
to one's spiritual practices. The conclusion, the danger of hypocrisy
is reoccurring throughout scripture, serving as a warning to believers

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to examine their hearts and motives. By striving for authenticity
and integrity, Christians can avoid the pitfalls of hypocrisy and
live lives that are truly reflect the teachings of Christ.
So important, Let's go ahead and continue Romans two verse two.

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But we know that the judgment of God is according
to truth against those who practice such things. And do
you think this, oh man, you who judge those practicing
such things and doing the same, and you will escape
the judgment of God. Or do you despise the riches
of His goodness? Forbeyance and long suffering, not knowing that

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he's the goodness of God, leads you to repentance. But
in accordance with the hardness of your impotent heart, you
are treasuring up for yourselves wrath in the day of
wrath and revelation of the righteousness judgment of God. Of
the righteous judgment of God, who will render to each

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one according to his deeds, eternal life to those who,
by patient continuance in doing good, seek by glory, honor
and immorality. But those who are self seeking and do
not obey the truth, will obey on righteousness, indignation and wrath,
tribulation and anguish on every soul of man who does evil,

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of the Jew first and also to the Greek. But glory, honor,
and peace to everyone who works what is good, to
the Jew first, and also to the Greek. For there
is no partiality with God. So no partiality, meaning that
there's no partiality between Jew and Greek anymore. Okay, there's

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no partiality. Okay. And then also it says that the
righteous justin of God, who will render to each one
according to his deeds, eternal life to those who, by
a patient continuance and doing God's good, seek doing good,

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seek for glory, honor, immortality. But to those who are
self seeking and do not obey the truth. You see
what it's saying here. You're self seeking, meaning the same
thing that Jesus was talking about when he was warning
about hypocrisy, where you're trying to do stuff in front
of others, You're not going to get your reward in heaven.
Paul's kind of talking about the same thing. Here. It says,

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do not obey the truth, but obey on righteousness, indignation
and wrath, tribulation and anguish on every soul of man
who does evil, of the Jew first and also to
the Greek. But glory, honor, and peace to everyone who
works what is good. So what do we want to
strive for? To do what is good? Right to the

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Jew first and also to the Greek. For there is
no partiality with God. So let's go ahead and check
out my notes real quick. So God's impartial judgment states
for God does not show favoritism. This verse underscores the
theme of God's impartiality, emphasizing that his judgment is based

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on truth and righteousness, not on external factors or human distinctions.
Meaning it doesn't matter if you're the President of the
United States, it doesn't matter if you're the senator, or
you know, the principle or the mayor or something like that.
That's only human distinction. God doesn't care about that. Okay,

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there's no partiality, right, So doesn't matter. Like it's not
external nor is it human distinctions. Let's go ahead and continue.
So we got Romans two, verse twelve. For as many
as we sin, for as many as have sinned without law,
law will also perish without law. And as many as

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have sinned in law will be judged by the law.
For not the hearers of the law are just in
the sight of God, but the doers of the law
will be justified. For when gentiles who do not have
the law by nature, do the things in the law, these,
although not having the law, are a law to themselves,

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who show the work of the law written in their hearts,
their conscience also bearing witness and between themselves their thoughts,
accusing or else excusing them. In the day that God
will judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according
to My Gospel. Wow. So the role of the law

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in Romans two thirteen explains, for it is not the
hearers of the law or the righteous before God, but
the doers of the law who will be declared righteous.
This teaching emphasizes the importance of not just knowing the law,
but living in it, living it out in obedience. Wow.

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The role of the law. The Law reveals, which we've
kind of gone over the law before, but the law
functions as a tutor. Functions as a tutor or guardian
leading people to Christ. It prepares the way for the

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coming of the Messiah by underscoring the need for a savior.
Galatians three twenty four explains, so the law became our
guardian to lead us to Christ and that we might
be justified by faith. This sacrificial system within the law
foreshadows the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus Christ, who fulfills the
law's requirements and offers redemption through his death and resurrection

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continually and fulfillment in Christ. While the ceremonial and civil
aspect of the law were specific to Israel and its
historical context, the moral principles endure. Jesus Christ fulfills the law,
as he states in Matthew five point seventeen, do not
think that I have come to abolish the Law or
the prophets. I have come not come to abolish them,
but to fulfill them. Believers are called to upholl the

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moral teachings of the Law through the empowerment of the
Holy Spirit, leaving out the righteousness that the law intended.
In summary, the law serves as a covenantial framework, a
moral guide, a revelation of God's holiness and human sinfulness,
and a tutor leading to Christ. It finds its ultimate
fulfillment in Jesus, who embodies the righteousness the Law demands

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and offers grace to those who believe. Wow, and understand
that Paul is talking to some Jews that are trying
to follow the law and are not understanding that we're
saved by grace through faith. And he's also talking to
the Gentiles or the Greeks. Okay, So when he's speaking,
that's why says from when gentiles who do not have

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the law by nature do the things in the law,
these not having the law are law to themselves who
show the work of the law written in their hearts.
And what is he talking about? What is he talking about? Well,
definitely Jeremiah. I've gone over this verse before for you, guys.

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Is it Jeremiah thirty one. Let me look this up
real quick. Sorry, guys, I just thought of it.

Speaker 2 (01:25:39):
Jeremiah jever maya, Jeremiah thirty one, thirty one through thirty four.

Speaker 1 (01:25:51):
Yes, I was right. I was right there, very close.
So you can connect this verse to what Paul says
there where he says that the gentiles have it written
the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness,
and between themselves their thoughts, accusing of their excusing them

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or else excusing them. And the day when God will
judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ. According to
my Gospel, it says, Behold, this is Jeremiah thirty one,
verse thirty one. This is talking about the new covenant. Behold,
the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will
make a new covenant with the House of Israel and
with the House of Judah. Not according to the covenant

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that I made with their fathers in that day that
I took them by the hand and led them out
of the land of Egypt my covenant, which they broke,
though I was a husband to them, says the Lord.
But this is the covenant that I will make with
the House of Israel. After those days, says the Lord.
I will put my law in their minds and write
it on their hearts. And I will be their God,

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and they will be and they shall be my people.
No more shall every man teaches neighbor and every man
his brother, saying know the Lord, for they shall know me,
from the least of them to the greatest of them,
says the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity and
their sin. I will remember no more. Okay. So it's

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basically what the whole point here was when it was
talking about the law being written on their hearts, very
similar to the New Covenant here that Jeremiah thirty one,
It talks about Jeremiah thirty one, thirty one through like
thirty four thirty five right here where let's talking about
God bringing a new covenant. Very interesting. I think you
can connect these two verses. Let's go back here, okay.

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And then also we have the Conscious of the Gentiles.
Romans two fourteen through fifteen reveals that even those without
the law have a conscience that bears witness to God's standards. Indeed,
when gentiles do not have the law but nature, but
do by nature things required by the law, they are

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the law themselves. Okay, let's see. I think that's everything.
God's impartial judgment the thing cool. All right, let me go.
We'll go in and continue reading Romans two, verse seventeen.

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Indeed you are, this is the Jews, guilty as the gentiles.
Indeed you are called a Jew, and the rest of
the law. And and make your boast in God, and
know his will, and approve the things that are excellent
being instructed out of the law, and are confident that
are yourself a guide to the blind, a light to
those who are in darkness, and an instructor of the foolish,

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a teacher of babes or babies, having the form of
knowledge and true in the law. You, therefore, who teach another,
do you not teach yourself? You who preach that a
man should not steal? Do you steal? You who say
do not commit adultery? Do you commit adultery? You who
are at horror idols? Do you rob temples? You who

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make your boast in the law, do you dishonor God
through breaking the law? For the name of God is
blaspheming among the gentiles because of you, As it is written,
circumcision to no avail. For circumcision is indeed profitable if
you keep the law. But if you are a breaker

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of the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision. Therefore, if
an uncircumcised man keeps the righteous requirements of the law,
will not his uncircumcision be countered as circumcision, And will
not the physically uncircumcised if he fulfills the law. Judge,
who are judge you who even with your written code

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and circumcision or a transgression of the transgressor of the law.
For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly,
Nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh.
But he is a Jew who is one inwardly. And
circumcision is that of the heart and the spirit, not
in the letter, not in the letter, whose praise is

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not from men but from God. So Romans two twenty
nine concludes. But a Jew is one out inwardly, and
circumcision is a matter of the heart by the spirit,
not by the letter. This points to the necessity of
inner transformation over mere external compliance. Okay, so the true circumcision.

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The true circumcision refers to a spiritual understanding of circumcision.
As the presenter of the New Testament, particularly in the
writings of the apostle Paul. This concept contrasts with the
physical act of sas circumcision, which is the sign of
the covenant between God and Abraham and his descendants, and
the New Testament, the focus shifts from physical to the spiritual,

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emphasizing a circumcision of the heart. Philippians three, verse three,
I'll go over a few things that we guys can
understand this, for it is he who for it is
for it is we who are the circumcision, We who
serve God by his Spirit, who boast in Christ Jesus,

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and who put no confidence in the flesh. Here Paul
identifies believers in Christ as the true circumcision, highlighting a
spiritual transformation rather than a physical ritual. This verse underscores
the idea that true worship and identity in God are
not based on external rights, but an inward change brought

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about by the Holy Spirit. And then in Romans two
twenty eight through twenty nine, which we already read through.
Paul further elaborates that true Jewish identity and circumcisions are
matters of the heart performed by this spirit rather than
adher from the letter of the Law and then Colossians two,
verse eleven, in him, you were also circumcised in putting

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off your sinful nature, with the circumcision performed by the Christ,
by Christ and not by human hands. This passage emphasizes
the believers to undergo a spirical circumcision through Christ, which
involves a removal of the sinful nature, signifying a deeper,
transformative work of salvation. What's the theological significance? The concept

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of true circumcision is central to understanding the transition from
the Old Covenant to the New Covenant. Under the Old Covenant,
physical circumcision was a sign of belonging to God's chosen
people Israel. However, with the coming of Christ and the
establishment of the New Covenant, the focus shifts to a
spiritual relationship with God that transcends ethnic and ritualistic boundaries.

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The true circumcisions signifies a heart transformed by faith in
Jesus Christ, marked by the endwelling of the Holy Spirit.
It represents life that is no longer bound by the
flesh or the law, but is instead characterized by a
new creation in Christ. Second Corinthians five, verse seventeen. The

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spiritual circumcision is available to all who believe, jew and
gentile alike, uniting them as one body in Christ. What
is the practical implications for believers? The true circumcision calls
for a life of genuine faith and obedience rooted in
the spirit rather than external observance. It challenges Christians to

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examine their hearts and motives, ensuring that their worship and
service to God are sincere and spirit led. This understanding
encourages a focus on inner transformation and a personal relationship
with God rather than mere adherents of religious rituals. In summary,
the true circumcis is a profound theological concept that redefines

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what it means to be part of God's people. It
emphasizes the importance of a heart transformed by spirit, highlighting
the essence of the new covenant established through Jesus Christ.
Bottom line is, you know, well, we kind of went

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through it already. That's a lot we went through already.
It's a spiritual circumcision. You know it's it's spiritual. Now
what the New Covenant is, what it's saying. So let
me see Romans three is pretty quick. I think will

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go over Romans three. Okay, guys, let me go over
some practical applications. Examining your heart regularly assess your own
life for areas of hypocrisy. Are there ways in which
you judge others while failing to address similar issues in
your own life. Next one is live out your faith.
Strive to be a doer of the word, not just

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a hear Seek to apply biblical principles in your daily
actions and decisions. Cultivate a sensitive conscience. Be attentive to
the Holy Spirit's conviction in your life, allowing him to
guide you in your righteousness. Another one is focus on
inner transformation. Prioritize spiritual growth and heart transformation over mere

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outward religious practices. Change what's on the inside. Integrity you know,
is you need to putty to build integrity and character. Right.
Some additional scriptures that we could connect would be James
one twenty two through twenty five. This passes reinforced. The

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reinforces the importance of being doers of the Word, not
merely hears. Echoing the message of Romans two thirteen Matthew
seven verses one through five, which we already talked about,
Jesus is teaching on judging others. Compliments Paul's warning against
hypocrisy and Romans twelve are Romans two, verse one, and

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then First Samuel sixteen, verse seven. This verse reminds us
that God's look at the heart, aligning with Romans two
twenty nine emphasis on inward transformation. Amen, Amen, Amen to
all that. Romans chapter three intro Romans three underlines our
universal need for grace due to the inherent sinfulness we

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all share. However, it also announces the marvelous news of
God's righteousness granted through faith in Jesus Christ. It reminds
us that no matter how far we fall, God's grace
is more abundant, His forgiveness is always available, and His
righteousness is ours through faith, calling us to live in
the light of this incredible grace. Men, all right, So

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let's go ahead and get into Romans three. God's judgment
defended Romans three, verse one. What advantage then has the
jew are? What is the profit of circumcision? Much in
every way, chiefly because to them. We're committed to the
oracles of God. For what if some did not believe,

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will their unbelief make the faithfulness of God without effect?
Certainly not. Indeed, let God be true, but every man
a liar? As it is written that you may be
justified in your words, and you may overcome when you
were judged. So if you're circumcised but you don't believe
in God, do you think that you're still going to

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be saved because you're circumcised. No, that's what he's saying
right there. It doesn't matter. Okay, let's go ahead and continue.
And this is also an awesome verse if you ever
want to use this. God be true, and every man
a liar. That's so true. Where does God's truth come

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from the Bible? If someone's trying to teach you something
that's against the Bible. Let God be true, every man
a liar. Let's continue. We're gonna be a Romans three
verse five. But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God,

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what shall we say? Is God unjust? Who inflicts rap?
I speak as a man? Certainly not? For then how
will God judge the world? For if the truth of
God has increased through my lie to his glory? Why
am I also still judged as a sinner? And why
not say let us do evil? Let us do evil,

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that good may come as we slanderously reported as some
affirm that we say their condination is just, and all
have sinned. Let's go ahead and go there. This is
going to be Romans three, verse nine. What then, are
we better than they? Not at all. But we have

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previously charged both Jews and Greeks that they are all
under sin, for it is written. And let me find
out where this is coming from here, real quick. Excuse me.
Let's see there's no righteous cinner, it says, for it
is written. Let me find out where this is. I

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think this is in the Psalms. But let me just
make sure there is no righteous not one. Yeah, it
is Psalms It Psalms fourteen, verses one through three, fifty
three one through three as well. So let's check that

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out real quick. Psalms, Psalms fourteen one through three. It
says the fool has set in his heart there is
no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works.
There is none who does good. Let me see if

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there's this is in there Romans three, and then also
it's Psalms fifty three one through three. So if you
guys want to look through verses up Psalms fourteen one
through three, and also Psalms fifty three one through three,
we'll go ahead. And this is what Paul is quoting here.

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It says it as it is written. There is none righteous,
no not one. There is none who understands. There is
no one who seeks after God. They all have turned
to side. They have together become unprofitable. There is none
who does good, no not one. Their throat is an
open tomb. With their tongues they have practiced to see

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the poison of asps is under their lips. Whose mouth
is full of cursing and bitterness. Their feet are swift
as shed blood. Destruction and misery are in their ways,
and the way of peace they have not known. There
is no fear of God before their eyes. Okay, okay,

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so we'll go we'll check out the universality of sin.
So in Romans three, verses ten through twelve, states that
no one writes us, not one. There's no one who understands,
there's no one who seeks God. All have turned away.
They have all together become worthless. There's no one who
does good, not even one. This passage underscores the universal

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nature of sin, affirming that all humanity is in need
of salvation, and all humanity is in need of a savior. Okay,
all jew gentile, barbarian, wise, unwise, everybody, Okay, every single
person on this earth, President, King, whatever, all of us. Okay,

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we'll go ahead and continue in Romans three, verse nineteen.
Now we know that whatever the law says, it has to.
It says to those who are under the law, that
every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may
become guilty before God. Therefore, by the deeds of the law,
no flesh will be justified in his sight. For by

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the law is the knowledge of sin. So that's so
the law will show us. That's what it says. By
the law, you have knowledge of sin. So if you're
breaking the law, then you know that you are sinning.
That's how you have knowledge of sin. And the law
should be written on our hearts. Right, So that's what

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it says in Jeremiah thirty one thirty one through thirty four. Okay,
so it says here the purpose of the law explains Therefore,
no one will be justified in his sight by works
of the law, for the law merely brings awareness of sin.
The law serves as a reveal our sinful The law

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serves to reveal our sinful nature and our inability to
achieve righteousness on our own. That's why we needed Jesus,
because he lived the perfect life, which we cannot do.
He fulfilled the law right and he made it so
that we're able to We're able to pray to God.

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He's the mediator. You know, before everybody couldn't just go
and pray to God. You know, they had to have
the high priests pray to God and talk to God.
They used to have to have the prophets go and
speak to God. And now we're able to just pray,
which is such a blessing, you know, such a blessing.

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I'm sorry, my eyes are burning. I to deal with
chlorine today again. All right, let me go ahead and
beyond Romans three, verse twenty one. God's righteousness through faith.
But now the righteousness of God, apart from the law,
is revealed being witnessed by the Law and the prophets.
Even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ

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through all and on all who believe, there is no difference,
for all have sinned and falls short to the glory
of God. Amen to that all of us have fell
short right, being justified freely by His grace through the
redemption that is in Christ, Jesus, whom God set forth
as a propriatione propriet wait propetition by his blood through

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faith to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his forbeyance God
has passed over the sins that were previously committed, to
demonstrate at the present time his righteousness that we might
be just and the justifier of one who has faith
in Jesus. Okay, so righteousness through faith. So in Romans

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three twenty four it declares that his righteousness from God
comes through faith in Jesus Christ. To all who believe,
there is no distinction, for all have sinned and falls
short for the glory of God, and are justified freely
by grace. This highlights the central message of the Gospel.
Salvation is a gift of grace received through faith. Okay,

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and righteousness through faith. I'll just go over a biblical
definition or a little portion here. Righteousness through faith as
a foundational doction in Christian theology, emphasizing that individuals are
made righteous before God not by their own works or
adherence to the law, but through faith in Jesus Christ.
This concept is a central is central to the teachings

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of the apostle Paul, and is a key tenet of
the New Testament, okay, the Biblical foundation. In Romans three
twenty two, Paul writes, and the righteousness from God comes
through faith in Jesus Christ, who believed there is no distinction,
and kind of went over that, and then later we'll see.
In Romans four to three, Paul adheers to the Old
Testament patriarch Abraham, stating Abraham believed God and was credited

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to him as righteousness. This citation from Genesis fifteen sixteen
illustrates that even before the Mosaic Law, righteousness was accounted
to individuals based on their faith in God. So even
before the law came it was bathed on, it was
based on faith in God. The role of the law
was given in the Old Testament serves to reveal sin

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and the need for their savior. Romans three twenty states, therefore,
no one will be justified in the sight by works
of the law, for the law merely brings awareness of sin.
The law highlights humanity's inability to achieve righteousness through their
own efforts, pointing instead to the necessity of faith in Christ. Okay,

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already went over that, So let me just make sure
that I'm don't lose my spot here. Faith in Christ
central to the doctrine of the belief that Jesus Christ's
sacrificial death and resurrection provides the means for righteousness. Romans
five to one declares, Therefore, since we have been justified
through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord

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Jesus Christ. This peace with God is a result of
being justified and declared righteous through faith and christ atoning work.
The gift of grace righteousness through faith is described as
a gift of grace from God. Ephesians two Versus eight
through nine emphasizes, for it is by grace you have

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been saved through faith, and is not of yourself. It
is a gift of God, not by works, so that
no one can boast. This passage highlights the salvation and
righteousness are not earned, but are freely given by God
to those who believe living out righteousness. While righteousness is
received through faith. It has also lived out in the
believer's life. James two seventeen states, So to faith by itself,

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for it does not result, and action is dead. Faith
what that works is dead. Okay is what it says
in James two seventeen. Genuine faith produces a transformerve behavior,
leading to a life that reflects the righteousness of God.
So works are a byproduct of faith. If you continue
reading in Ephesians two a through nine, it says that

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God actually sets up works for you to do ahead
of time. People never read that portion. We got to
continue reading. It says, for by grace you have been
saved through faith. Okay, For by grace, grace from who,

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grace from God the Father. You have been saved through faith,
faith in whom, faith in Jesus Christ, faith in God,
and faith in the Holy Spirit. Right, And that not
of yourself. It is a gift of God, not of works,
lest anyone should boast, For we are His workmanship, created
in Christ Jesus, for good works which God prepared beforehand,

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that we should walk in them. So we actually prepared
good works for us to do ahead of time. He
said that He prepared him beforehand that we should walk
in them. Some people don't walk in them though, that's
why it says that we should walk in them. Doesn't
say that we will walk in them. It says that
we should. So there's good works that are prepared, they're
presented for us to do, and some of us fail

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and don't do them. When you need to understand that, Okay,
And then what's the theological implications? The doction of righteousness
through faith has profound implications for Christian theology and practice.
It affirms that the sufficiency of Christ's work on the
Cross and the believers reliance on God's grace rather than
personal merit. It also fosters a sense of humility and

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gratitude as believers recognize their dependence on God's provision for
their righteousness. Conclusion, righteousness through faith is a central theme
and the New Testament, emphasizing the believers are justified before
God not by their own efforts, but through faith in
Jesus Christ. This doction underscores the grace of God and
the transformative power of faith and the life of a believer. Okay,

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just want to go over that with you, guys. It's
very important. And then in Romans three twenty six, states
he did this demon. He did this to demonstrate his
righteousness at the present time, so that we might be
just and justify those justified. The one who has faith
in Jesus God is both just and the justifier, maintaining

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his holiness while providing a way for sinners to be
reconciled to him. That's in verse twenty six. Okay, so
now we're on Romans three, Verse twenty seven. Boasting excluded
is what the title says. Where is boasting? Then it

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is excluded by what law of works? No, by the
law of faith. Therefore we conclude that a man is
justified by faith apart from the deeds of the law.
Or is he the God of the Jews only? Is
he not also the God of the Gentiles? Yes, the
gentiles also, since there is one God who will justified

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the circumcised by faith and uncircumcised through faith, do we
then make void the law through faith? Certainly? Not, on
the contrary we established the law. Wow wowow wow. That's
a very important portion there that we need to make
sure we see. He says, do we avoid the law

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through faith? No? Certainly not on the contrary we established
the law. Man. That's something that we should definitely understand
because do we make the do we make do we

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then make void the law through faith? Certainly? Not on
the contrary, we establish the law through faith? Right? Wow? Okay, well, okay,
so very interesting that that portion right there. I'm going
to have to do a little study on. Okay, try
to get back to you guys next week on where

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it says that about this portion right here, because this
is pretty important, yes to the Gentiles. Also, since there's
one God who will justify the circumcised by faith and
the uncircumcised through faith, do we then make void the
law through faith? Certainly? Not on the contrary, we established
the law. Wow. Okay, all right, let's go over some

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practical applications. And I'm sorry, I don't know about that
portion down there. It's just I need to study it.
I didn't get the chance to get all the way
to chapter three when it comes to my studies because
I was doing so many samples this week and had
chlorine leagues and all this stuff. I was taken care of.
But you know what, next week, I'll be studied up
and ready for Romans chapter four. Okay, So acknowledge your

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need for a savior, one of the practical applications. Recognize
that there is no amount of good works. Let me
just stop screenshare. Recognize that there's no amount of good
works that can earn your salvation. It is only through
faith in Jesus Christ that we are justified. Embrace humility.
Understanding that we have sinned should Understanding that all have

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sinned should lead us to humility and a reliance on
God's grace rather than our own efforts. We cannot earn
our way to heaven. What Jesus did on the cross
is how we get to heaven. Right. We have to
have faith in that. For by grace you are saved
through faith. Right, it says share the gospel as the

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next one. The message of justification by faith is central
to the Christian faith and should be shared with others
who are seeking truth and hope. Live in gratitude. Let
the knowledge of God's grace and mercy inspire a life
of gratitude and service to Him and others. AMN. And

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let's look at some additional scriptures that connect We already
went over one of Pheasans two, verses eight through nine.
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and
not of yourself. So there is a gift of God,
not of works, lest anyone should boast. Next one is
Galatians two, verse sixteen, Know that a man is not
justified by works of the law, but by faith in Christ.

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And then Psalms fourteen, verses one through three echoes the
sentiment of Romans three regarding the universal sinfulness of youmanity perfect.
Thank you guys so much for tuning in. Hope you
guys enjoyed that study as much as I did, and
next week I will be in Romans four. I would

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do my very best to have to be studied up
on it ready to go. Hopefully you guys enjoyed it.
If you did, please comment on Spotify if you guys
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If you could also on Patreon, if you guys could
definitely comment below too, I really appreciate it, but like
I always do, I end this in prayer. So let's
do that. So, Father God in the name of Jesus,
studying Romans. There's so much to this and I want

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you to I'm just asking that you please help me, Lord,
to teach this subject and to teach this to the
best of my ability, and help people be like a
sponge and soak up what you're teaching here. Lord, so
much Holy spirit inspired scripture that we're trying to that

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we're trying to learn. Lord, so much scripture we're trying
to learn, and for me, it's a lot, you know.
So I just want to see if you can help me,
assist me, lead me to the right notes, and lead
me to the right pastors that are preaching on the subject,
so that I can learn as much as I can.
That way, when I come and I teach, I'm able

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to teach to everybody the best of my ability. Lord.
Anyway that's out there that's struggling with any of the
sins that we were mentioning, Lord, or anything that's going
against you, Lord, I ask that you please break those
chains any temptation that's happening. Lord, help us to resist
the devil so that he will flee. Help us to
live in your will. Lord man, we read some very

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powerful stuff and we need to be living in your will.
So please assist all of us to live in your
will and show us how to live in your will.
Show us what your will is. Sometimes we don't even
know how to even live in your will because we
don't even know how to get to that point, and
we need your help. Lord. Please assist all the people

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that are listening, assist me to live and do your will.
I give you full control over me and anybody that's listening.
I hope that they would give full control over themselves
to make sure that they're doing your will. Lord, help us.
Thank you. We love you so much and we appreciate
you in Jesus name. Amen. Thank you guys so much
for tuning in. I really appreciate you guys. See you

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