Datasets:
willtheorangeguy
/
2024-HCC-Transcripts

Dataset card Data Studio Files
xet
 Community
text
stringlengths
7
443
[456.90 --> 459.08] I have been crucified with Christ.
[459.44 --> 461.80] I no longer live, but Christ lives in me.
[462.40 --> 470.18] The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, gave himself for me.
[470.18 --> 474.30] I do not set aside the grace of God.
[474.38 --> 477.62] That's an interesting, I do not set aside the grace of God.
[477.70 --> 478.48] Why do you say that?
[478.60 --> 480.62] Because some people are setting aside the grace of God.
[481.26 --> 486.64] For if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing.
[486.64 --> 489.60] All right.
[490.56 --> 496.14] Paul is showing the heart of the gospel here, the centrality of the gospel, and the power
[496.14 --> 496.78] of the gospel.
[497.60 --> 500.80] And he's doing that with what are we justified by.
[502.26 --> 503.36] That's the heart of the gospel.
[503.72 --> 506.98] Justified means to be made right with God.
[507.78 --> 514.10] And Paul's approach is very different from the religious approaches of his day around him,
[514.42 --> 515.58] including the Judaizers.
[515.58 --> 517.88] Other approaches basically say this.
[518.44 --> 523.02] If you want to be right with God, obey the divine laws.
[524.04 --> 525.84] That's what all the religious folk were doing.
[527.00 --> 528.90] Observe at ceremonies and rituals.
[529.56 --> 532.90] And if you believe and then obey, you're good.
[533.24 --> 534.42] You're justified.
[535.32 --> 536.36] You're right with God.
[536.96 --> 539.58] That's not what Paul is saying.
[540.38 --> 544.96] He said the person is not justified by works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ.
[544.96 --> 547.32] That's the heart of the gospel.
[549.16 --> 551.52] Of course, the gospel requires that we obey God.
[551.62 --> 553.54] That's why he had that little thing in verse 17.
[553.98 --> 555.22] Does Christ promote sin?
[555.30 --> 556.16] No, of course not.
[556.22 --> 556.92] That's not what we're saying here.
[557.14 --> 558.90] So yes, obey God.
[559.10 --> 562.10] But there's an order, one that Paul shares.
[562.10 --> 567.66] And then there's that other way in the case of the group saying, you must be circumcised.
[567.80 --> 569.38] You must eat certain ways.
[569.70 --> 571.84] It's the gospel plus group.
[571.84 --> 576.24] And again, these are folks who believe in the Messiah, that Jesus is the Messiah.
[576.88 --> 579.20] They accepted that.
[580.16 --> 583.78] But you have to obey the works of the law.
[583.96 --> 586.04] Circumcision, dietary laws, and so forth.
[586.04 --> 594.50] Part of this group's position involved not pushing against the dominant culture of the day.
[594.58 --> 595.50] There was some fear there.
[595.90 --> 596.48] Against Rome.
[596.60 --> 598.52] Against the Pax Romana, the Peace of Rome.
[599.00 --> 603.80] Where basically it said, you can have your little faith thing.
[603.96 --> 605.30] Your little private faith thing.
[605.56 --> 607.30] Just acknowledge Caesar as Lord.
[607.62 --> 609.20] And keep your faith to yourself.
[609.52 --> 610.02] And we're good.
[610.14 --> 610.62] Carry on.
[610.68 --> 611.30] Do whatever you want.
[611.38 --> 611.76] Circumcise.
[611.86 --> 612.02] Whatever.
[612.18 --> 612.66] We don't care.
[612.66 --> 614.56] Just don't mess with us.
[615.72 --> 616.96] Don't make waves.
[618.00 --> 619.72] Kind of sounds familiar, doesn't it?
[620.70 --> 620.96] Right?
[621.12 --> 622.28] Just don't make waves.
[622.40 --> 623.96] Just don't push your thing on me.
[624.72 --> 628.20] But another problem is the order of things.
[628.28 --> 630.00] And that's kind of what I'd like to talk about.
[630.30 --> 631.48] One scholar said this.
[631.54 --> 638.40] He said, the central point at issue between Paul and these other teachers concerned the order of these three steps.
[638.72 --> 642.48] Those teachers who said you have to do circumcision and the dietary laws and all the laws said,
[642.48 --> 644.14] Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ.
[644.32 --> 644.46] Okay.
[644.74 --> 644.92] Okay.
[646.04 --> 647.50] Keep the law of God.
[647.78 --> 648.22] All right.
[649.02 --> 649.92] And then you're saved.
[651.94 --> 654.56] Paul's saying, believe in the Lord Jesus Christ.
[654.82 --> 655.14] All right.
[656.24 --> 657.42] And then you're saved.
[657.96 --> 658.22] Uh-huh.
[658.90 --> 659.98] And then keep the law.
[659.98 --> 664.46] Now, there's a huge difference there.
[665.86 --> 667.10] There's a huge difference.
[668.30 --> 670.38] The common ground, there is common ground in Jesus.
[671.14 --> 678.34] But rather than the ordinary religious approach where you obey and then you get saved, the gospel is saying, you're saved.
[678.34 --> 681.10] Therefore, follow and obey.
[682.82 --> 684.08] Let me ask you a question.
[684.44 --> 698.24] Do you ever think if I obey a little bit better, God will love me just a little bit more and he'll give me a little bit more of what I want?
[700.80 --> 701.64] Anyone here?
[701.98 --> 702.54] Or just me?
[702.54 --> 703.14] Right?
[705.02 --> 705.38] Right?
[707.38 --> 709.44] Yeah, now we've got a few laughs.
[709.50 --> 709.76] You're right.
[710.60 --> 714.14] We all fall into that trap to some degree.
[714.90 --> 715.06] Right?
[715.88 --> 717.28] Now, here's the other way.
[717.28 --> 730.12] We could also say, because I'm fully accepted and loved by God through Jesus' sacrifice, I therefore, out of gratitude and desire to grow and flourish, obey.
[732.54 --> 734.08] I hope you're starting to hear the difference.
[734.38 --> 740.24] Those are two radically different approaches and there are profoundly different motives at work.
[740.24 --> 745.90] If you obey to be saved and accepted, then your obedience is anxious and selfish.
[748.10 --> 749.12] How is it anxious?
[750.10 --> 751.80] Well, you're never sure it's enough.
[754.36 --> 757.96] I hope I did enough to score enough points to please God.
[758.46 --> 759.54] There's no end to that.