Wearing the Beautiful Lens of God’s Grace

00:00 pray father we ask that you the father
00:04 of glory give us the spirit of wisdom
00:07 and revelation and the knowledge of your
00:12 son Jesus Christ open up the eyes of our
00:17 understanding tonight father I pray that
00:22 you would show us father the love that
00:27 you have in your heart for us and that
00:30 each one of us could become rooted and
00:32 grounded in your love and begin to
00:34 experience the length and the width and
00:37 the height and the depth of your love so
00:41 that we could enter in and experience
00:43 the fullness of who you are and what you
00:49 meant
00:49 for us to have in you this eternal
00:55 happiness that exists between you the
00:59 Father the Son and the Holy Spirit in
01:03 Jesus's name Amen so tonight's talk is
01:08 entitled wearying the beautiful lens of
01:11 God's grace as a believer in Christ God
01:16 gives each one of you a choice of what
01:19 lens you aware when do you meditate not
01:23 only on the Psalms but all the Word of
01:27 God and your choice of what lens you
01:32 wear will dramatically impact every
01:36 other choice that you make in life as
01:38 well as your destiny this red lens that
01:44 we talked about last week represents the
01:48 new covenant the covenant of God's
01:51 abundant grace and truth
01:53 like John 1:17 says and this black lands
01:59 represents the Old Covenant the Covenant
02:04 of the law according to Hebrews 813 this
02:10 Old Covenant has become a
02:13 so late last week in session two var
02:16 study of Psalm one entitled choices
02:19 determined destiny I introduced you to
02:23 this lands the lands of the new covenant
02:27 represented by these red colored glasses
02:29 and I affectionately call these glasses
02:33 the rose-colored glasses because the
02:37 good news of Jesus Christ will always
02:41 seem too good to be true
02:44 remember the two men on the road to
02:46 Emmaus they had just heard the good news
02:52 that Jesus Christ had risen from the
02:55 dead that he was alive just like he said
03:01 that this good news was way too good for
03:05 them to believe it they couldn't wrap
03:07 their minds around it so they're on the
03:10 road to Emmaus and Jesus is walking by
03:13 their side their vision is totally
03:15 obscured they can't see the good news of
03:21 Jesus Christ but from God's perspective
03:25 the good news of His Son Jesus Christ is
03:29 exceedingly abundantly above all that
03:34 you'll ever think and you'll ever
03:35 imagine in your life it is so good that
03:39 you're going to spend the rest of your
03:41 life discovering who Jesus Christ is God
03:47 himself has placed such great confidence
03:50 in the good news of His Son Jesus Christ
03:54 the power of Jesus's blood to cleanse
03:58 you from all unrighteousness and to
04:01 transform you into the very likeness of
04:03 His Son Jesus Christ
04:05 along with bringing redemption story to
04:09 all of creation that God Himself is
04:12 eternally happy and guess what
04:16 God's happiness prevails between the
04:20 father and the son the Holy Spirit and
04:24 his happiness flows out and
04:27 his kingdom for all to experience and as
04:31 you wear the red glasses and begin to
04:34 read the Psalms and all the scripture
04:36 you'll be able to experience the
04:39 happiness that is in the heart of our
04:42 Father in the heart of us the son Jesus
04:45 Christ and as you begin to experience
04:51 the state of happiness it'll become like
04:53 a river inside of you and flow out of
04:56 you into the world around you so how can
05:00 you enter into the state of happiness
05:04 the first word described in Psalm 1 is
05:08 blessed it sets the tone for all of
05:15 Psalm 1 and the entire songs blessed it
05:20 means happy happiness many times over
05:24 it's only by putting on this red lens
05:28 that you're going to be able to
05:29 experience the happiness of God
05:34 these glasses are to be put on in a
05:39 similar fashion that you would put on 3d
05:43 glasses in a movie theater so that you
05:47 can hear so that you can feel so that
05:50 you can see that you can experience what
05:53 is passing before your eyes in the Word
05:56 of God so that you can become United
06:00 with the word who is Jesus Christ the
06:05 word that became flesh it is through the
06:09 lands of God's grace that you'll see
06:12 your beautiful Savior and Lord you will
06:17 see all the pain and suffering King
06:20 Jesus went through on the cross as he
06:24 took your place and became sin became a
06:29 curse on your behalf
06:33 so that you could receive his garments
06:36 of salvation and his robe of
06:39 righteousness at the cross his clothing
06:44 was taken away so that you could clothe
06:48 yourself with him
06:50 when the first Adam sinned the glory of
06:54 God his divine nature departed from
06:57 Adams spirit Adam became spiritually
07:01 naked Jesus came into the world to
07:06 clothe mankind once again with his own
07:09 glory to restore mankind back to his
07:12 original design through his perfect
07:16 obedience and through your choice of
07:19 being baptized into Christ Galatians
07:23 3:27 says for all of you who were
07:27 baptized into Christ have clothed
07:31 yourself with Christ see yourself
07:36 clothed today and Jesus's royal garments
07:39 of salvation and his royal robe of
07:42 righteousness that he has given to you
07:45 as a free gift of His grace see yourself
07:49 totally clothed once again in his glory
07:54 Romans 5:19 says for it's by one man's
07:58 disobedience many were made sinners so
08:02 also by one man's righteousness many
08:05 will be made righteous come and
08:10 experience the power of Jesus's blood
08:15 pulsating through your veins causing
08:18 resurrection life to flow from your head
08:20 to your toes Leviticus 17:11 for the
08:26 life of the flesh is in the blood and I
08:29 have given it to you upon the altar to
08:31 make atonement for your souls for it is
08:35 the blood that makes atonement for your
08:38 souls
08:39 watch your sin and all of its ill
08:44 effects being washed away
08:46 and the river of blood the river of His
08:49 grace where he has planted you just like
08:52 he said in Psalm 1 verse 2 Hebrews 10
08:58 through 12 chapter 10 verses 10 through
09:01 12 says our sins are washed away and we
09:05 are made clean because Christ gave his
09:08 own body as a gift to God he did this
09:12 once for all time old Jewish religion
09:17 leaders they stand every day killing
09:20 animals and giving gifts on the altar
09:23 they give the same gifts over and over
09:27 and over again these gifts cannot take
09:31 away sin but Christ gave himself once
09:35 for sin and that is good for ever after
09:40 that he sat down at the right hand of
09:43 God as you boldly stand in the life
09:47 given to you through the blood of Jesus
09:50 Christ holy as he is holy there is
09:55 absolutely nothing that can separate you
09:59 from his expanse of love his love that
10:04 he desires you to experience in your
10:07 heart in your mind and in your life so
10:10 God beckons you in Hebrews 4:16 come
10:14 boldly to the throne of His grace that
10:17 you would obtain the mercy and find
10:21 grace to help in your time of need
10:24 at the throne of His grace you'll be
10:29 able to see the superior reality of who
10:32 God is the one whom you have given your
10:37 yes to to love and serve both here on
10:41 this earth and for all eternity also
10:44 you'll be able to see who you truly are
10:47 and as one who has been redeemed by the
10:51 blood of Jesus Christ and from this
10:55 reality and only from this reality
11:00 you will be able to fulfill God's call
11:03 in Psalm 1 you can never fulfill
11:08 someone's instruction through your own
11:11 self-righteousness through your own
11:13 merits of obeying the law perfectly this
11:17 would not allow you to stand in the
11:20 final judgment as Psalm 1:5 says
11:24 therefore the ungodly shall not stand in
11:28 the judgment nor sinners in the
11:30 congregation of the righteous it is only
11:33 Jesus Christ through the way of Jesus
11:37 righteousness like Psalm 1 verse 6 says
11:41 that you will not perish like the
11:44 ungodly but rather experience eternal
11:47 life prosperity in your spirit your soul
11:52 and your body Psalm 1 verse 6 for the
11:57 Lord knows the way of the righteous but
11:59 the way of the ungodly Shall Perish so
12:05 when the ways of the world cry out for
12:08 your affection to talk like they talk to
12:13 walk like they walk and to mock like
12:16 they mock like the ungodly do in verse 1
12:19 of Psalm 1 you will have already tasted
12:24 and seen the blessed man whom God
12:27 introduced you to in the very first
12:29 phrase of this first song in this book
12:34 of praises the Psalms you'll hear God's
12:37 words of wisdom beckoning you not to go
12:41 the way of the world but to go the way
12:44 of the word you will hear Jesus's word
12:47 from the Sermon on the Mount speaking
12:49 directly into your heart Matthew 7:13
12:53 through 14 enter by the narrow gate for
12:57 wide is the gate and broad is the way
13:01 that leads to destruction and there are
13:04 many who go in by it because narrow is
13:08 the gate and difficult is the way which
13:12 leads
13:13 to live and there are few who find it
13:17 you have received an invitation in Psalm
13:21 1 from the King of Kings and invitation
13:24 far better than anything that the world
13:28 offers to you you have been given an
13:31 invitation to journey through life and
13:35 all eternity with the Blessed man with
13:39 Jesus Christ with the word of God made
13:42 flesh the one who calls you his beloved
13:45 Psalm 1 it presents two choices two
13:50 roads you can travel on the roads the
13:57 way of the righteous is the way of the
14:00 righteous one the way of the unrighteous
14:05 is the way of the unrighteous one Satan
14:10 himself with which it's often reflected
14:14 in the way of the world if you want to
14:18 enter into fellowship with father God
14:21 into his kingdom of love there is only
14:26 one way you can't travel on two roads
14:31 that are going in opposite directions
14:34 and expect to get to your destination
14:37 can you your destiny in life is Jesus
14:42 Christ
14:43 remember choices determine destiny you
14:47 have two choices in life
14:51 the choice of Jesus the way of the word
14:56 or the choice of Satan the way of the
15:00 world choose Jesus for his words are
15:05 words of eternal life John 668 Jesus
15:12 declares that he is preparing a place
15:15 for you in heaven will you choose the
15:20 way of life that leads to this
15:24 destination Jesus said
15:27 John 14:6 I am the way the truth and the
15:33 life no one comes to the Father except
15:38 through me no matter what the cost are
15:42 are you are you willing to follow Jesus
15:48 who is the way and the truth in the life
15:52 his way leads to the greatest love you
15:56 could ever experience his love will
15:59 always give you a distaste for the
16:02 things of the world the lesser things of
16:05 life the counsel of the ungodly the path
16:09 of the sinners and the seat of the
16:11 scornful will you come and follow him
16:15 jesus knows his way is not easy it's not
16:20 the easy road in life for he is the one
16:23 that said the gate is narrow and
16:26 difficult is the way which leads to life
16:30 but oh oh the happiness the delight in
16:35 following God's Way his instructions
16:40 his words it's time for you to see it
16:45 experience God's in miserable
16:50 unfathomable love for you so come and
16:54 spread out your roots by the rivers of
16:57 His grace become firmly rooted
17:00 strengthened and empowered by his love
17:04 jesus loves you so profoundly He loves
17:09 you so deeply
17:12 that willingly in agreement with a
17:15 Redemption plan of his father that was
17:19 made from the beginning of time Jesus
17:22 changed the Passover meal script knowing
17:26 full well what that meant for his life
17:31 Jesus he didn't have to say yes to this
17:36 but he chose to go the way of his father
17:39 for it's always willing to say what his
17:42 father said and to do what his father
17:46 told him to do Philippians 2:8 he
17:51 humbled himself and became obedient to
17:55 the point of death even death on the
17:59 cross
18:00 therefore he said first Corinthians
18:04 11:25 this cup is a new covenant in my
18:10 blood this do as often as you drink it
18:14 in remembrance of me the Passover script
18:19 was forever changed Jesus suffered died
18:23 and rose again so that you could be
18:26 given the new and better script for your
18:29 life the best grip anyone could ever
18:31 write for your life it is a script Jesus
18:35 obtained for you through his own sinless
18:41 life are you willing to come for this
18:45 great exchange provided through the
18:48 cross your sin for his righteousness are
18:54 you willing to live from this new script
18:58 Jesus Christ has written for you
19:01 where he has made you a new creation and
19:05 told you all things become new for you
19:11 in him is only through the great
19:15 exchange of the Cross you're thin for
19:18 Jesus's righteousness that you will
19:21 become like him like the tree mentioned
19:24 in Psalm 1 verse 3 you have been invited
19:29 back into the Garden of Eden into God's
19:32 kingdom his kingdom of love to live for
19:35 ever and ever and ever with him hear
19:39 God's voice as he calls you to walk and
19:43 talk with him once again in the Garden
19:46 of Eden his kingdom hear him call
19:50 today to meditate on his word
19:56 day and night remember Jesus is the word
20:01 of God that is his name so go past the
20:06 words in the Bible and start talking and
20:10 walking with the man Jesus Christ as a
20:15 believer in Jesus Christ you have Jesus
20:19 the Word of God the treasure dwelling in
20:22 you the earthen vessel so that you and
20:26 everyone else may be able to see and
20:28 behold the excellency of the power of
20:32 Jesus's blood the power of God
20:36 second Corinthians 4:7 but we have this
20:40 treasure in earthen vessels that the
20:44 excellence of the power of God may be in
20:50 us and not of us if you choose however
20:58 to continually not value the Word of God
21:06 by meditating and abiding in it you may
21:11 not experience this great treasure that
21:15 dwells within you you may not experience
21:19 the Blessed man that song one phrase one
21:24 is talking about and you might not
21:27 experience all the spiritual blessings
21:30 that are for you that are existing in
21:32 the heavenly places in Christ Jesus
21:36 when good news comes you shall not
21:40 experience it for you have chosen to go
21:42 after the lesser things the ungodly
21:45 things not knowing your true identity
21:47 and Jesus Christ and living according to
21:51 your true identity
21:53 in him what happens to you you become
21:58 like a shrub in the desert Jeremiah 17 6
22:04 or you become like the shaft which the
22:06 wind drives away psalm 1 verse 4 i'm not
22:12 speaking now about you losing your
22:15 eternal salvation i am speaking about
22:20 not you not experiencing the fullness of
22:24 your salvation is that possible
22:27 yeah it's possible i am speaking about
22:32 you not becoming like that tree in psalm
22:35 one that flourishes by the river of life
22:39 bearing good fruit like it is written in
22:44 psalm 1 verse 3 what would have happened
22:49 to these two men on the road to emmaus
22:52 if they had not invited Jesus to come
22:57 and abide with them for a while would
23:01 Jesus have opened their eyes so that
23:04 they could see and understand and
23:06 experience him I don't think so I
23:09 believe they would have missed out on
23:11 everything that Jesus had in his heart
23:14 for them if they did not say these words
23:17 come and abide with me this is what I'm
23:21 talking about when I say you may not
23:24 experience the good when it comes you
23:28 may not experience the fullness of your
23:32 salvation if you are going to go after
23:35 the lesser things so put on the
23:41 rose-colored glasses as you look into
23:43 the mirror each morning so that you can
23:47 walk in your true identity and Jesus
23:51 Christ in His righteousness join the
23:57 Apostle Paul as he said in Galatians
24:00 2:20 verse 21 I have been crucified with
24:06 Christ it's no longer I who live but
24:10 it's Christ who lives within me and the
24:14 life that I now live in the flesh I live
24:18 by faith in the Son of God who loves me
24:23 and gave himself up for me therefore I
24:29 am NOT going to take the righteousness
24:32 that Jesus Christ has given to me in
24:36 vain Paul said that what do you say for
24:42 yourself will you identify that you have
24:46 been crucified died and buried and rose
24:48 again with Jesus Christ and as he is so
24:52 are you in this world put on the
24:56 beautiful lens of God's grace as she
24:59 come before God's throne of grace as you
25:04 pray and as you sing Psalm 1 Hebrews
25:09 4:16 says let us therefore come boldly
25:15 to the throne of grace that you may
25:20 obtain mercy and find grace to help in
25:25 your time of need so you guys have just
25:29 heard a little bit of what has happened
25:33 to my understanding concerning someone
25:37 as I put on the rose-colored glasses and
25:42 told the Lord would you abide with me
25:45 would you walk and talk with me as you
25:50 begin your journey in Psalm 1 allow this
25:55 beautiful lens of God's grace to
25:59 dramatically impact how you think and
26:04 how you feel about God yourself your
26:11 life your circumstances and the world
26:14 around you I believe that by wearing the
26:18 rose-colored glasses you will gain a
26:21 fresh perspective that you will begin to
26:24 experience the love of God and the love
26:28 of His Son Jesus Christ
26:30 like never
26:31 ever before Ephesians 3 17 through 19
26:36 says that Christ may dwell in your
26:40 hearts through faith that you being
26:43 rooted and grounded in love may be able
26:48 to comprehend to understand with all the
26:52 saints what is the width the length the
26:57 depth and the height of his love to know
27:02 the love of Christ which passes all your
27:07 knowledge and it's for a purpose so that
27:12 you would be filled up with all the
27:15 fullness of God so why don't you join me
27:20 right now stand up and we're gonna be
27:23 cite Psalm 1 aloud I want you to keep in
27:27 mind as we recite Psalm one of out loud
27:30 all that you have just heard put on
27:34 these rose-colored glasses this
27:38 beautiful lens of God's grace and
27:41 consider hear his voice go beyond the
27:45 words that you are speaking and see
27:48 Jesus here Jesus feel G's experience
27:53 Jesus and unite your heart and life with
27:57 Jesus so let us all declare this out
27:59 loud together and we're gonna go take it
28:01 slow okay so that the words can kind of
28:04 go deeply in you blessed is the man who
28:09 walks not in the counsel of the ungodly
28:12 nor stands in the path of sinners nor
28:18 sits in the seat paths scornful but his
28:22 delight is in the law of the Lord and in
28:27 his law he meditates day and night he
28:32 shall be like a tree planted by the
28:35 rivers of water that brings forth its
28:39 fruit in its season whose leaf also
28:42 shall not wither
28:45 and whatever he does he shall prosper
28:48 the ungodly are not so but are like the
28:53 shaft which the wind drives away
28:57 therefore the ungodly shall not stand in
29:01 the judgment nor sinners in the
29:04 congregation of the righteous for the
29:08 Lord knows the way of the righteous but
29:11 the way of the ungodly Shall Perish
29:15 pretty powerful be seated the next
29:21 section of this talk is the influence of
29:24 the Old Covenant law on Psalm 1 because
29:29 you may never have worn these
29:33 rose-colored glasses as you have read
29:36 Psalm 1 it may be hard to understand or
29:41 internalize all that Jesus is offering
29:44 to you in this Psalm that's ok that's
29:49 why you're here in this class choices
29:52 determine death day you're here because
29:56 you are hungry and thirsting after his
29:59 righteousness and Jesus says in Matthew
30:03 5:6 blessed are those who hunger and
30:08 thirst for righteousness for they shall
30:12 be filled this is God's Word this is his
30:18 promise you shall be filled because
30:23 someone was written during the time of
30:26 the Old Covenant you may have heard and
30:28 understood Psalm 1 partially through the
30:32 lens of the Old Covenant and even as you
30:37 read it just now despite all that you've
30:40 just heard what I've just said to you
30:42 tonight the influence of the law is so
30:46 strong this black lens that it'll try to
30:50 overshadow the fullness of God's grace
30:54 being offered to you in soul why
31:00 therefore without realizing it you may
31:04 have questioned deep deep down in your
31:06 heart you might not say it but your
31:09 question if you are very very honest
31:12 with yourself that maybe just maybe
31:14 you're not qualified to be blessed
31:18 especially tonight especially after
31:21 something you've done perhaps just
31:26 perhaps you can see the possibility or
31:29 the actuality of you walking in the
31:32 counsel of the ungodly in some area of
31:36 your life perhaps you can see the
31:40 possibility or the actuality of standing
31:44 in the path of the sinners in some area
31:48 of your life where you have tried to
31:50 gain victory despite your war against
31:54 the sin perhaps you can see the
31:58 possibility or the actuality of you
32:01 mocking to some degree those you
32:05 perceive to be more holy than yourself
32:07 maybe they pray more read their Bible
32:10 more fellowship a little bit more with
32:12 one another practice different
32:14 disciplines that you aren't practicing
32:16 and you so you mock them or you might
32:21 mock those who you perceive are not as
32:24 holy as you are the redactor the one who
32:28 compiled all the Psalms seems to have
32:32 made a conscious effort for the filter
32:35 that's the Book of Psalms this
32:38 collection of Psalms to be understood in
32:41 a similar fashion to the law books the
32:44 five books of Moses Genesis Exodus
32:47 Leviticus numbers and Deuteronomy the
32:52 collection of Psalms is divided into
32:54 five books just like the Pentateuch the
32:57 five law books of Moses each book ends
33:03 with a special doxology telling you that
33:07 this is the end of the book so I have
33:10 listed the five books there you have
33:12 Psalm
33:12 through 41 psalm 42 through 73 that's
33:16 booktube but three Psalm 74 through 89
33:20 book four Psalm 90 through 106 book five
33:24 Psalm 107 to 155 books in the Psalter
33:29 therefore when Psalm 1 2 speaks about
33:32 delighting in the law of the Lord and
33:36 meditating on his law day and night the
33:41 redactor more than likely was referring
33:43 not only to the five books of Moses
33:46 known as the law books but also to the
33:49 five books comprising the collection of
33:52 Psalms the Hebrew word for law is Torah
33:58 the reference to the law of the Lord or
34:01 the Torah of Yahweh refers to the Mosaic
34:04 law as recorded in the Pentateuch but at
34:08 a later time the tour of Yahweh came to
34:12 refer to the entire Old Testament
34:15 although the general meaning of the law
34:18 the tour is now seen as God's
34:20 instruction not just legal ordinances
34:23 the overall tone of psalm 1 is very
34:26 similar to that of the books of the law
34:28 the Pentateuch Psalm 1 under the Old
34:33 Covenant focuses on the blessedness of
34:35 the one who is obedient to God's law
34:40 contrasting it to the state of the
34:41 person who is not obedient and suffers
34:45 subsequent destructive consequences this
34:50 focus reminds the reader of Deuteronomy
34:53 27 through 28 where there is an
34:56 extensive list of blessings and curses
34:59 which are completely contingent upon
35:02 man's ability to obey the Old Covenant
35:06 laws one of the words that kept popping
35:10 out to me as I was reading through this
35:13 list of blessings and curses in
35:15 Deuteronomy 27 and 28 was this word all
35:18 a l:l in reference to how many commands
35:24 God required a
35:26 person to fulfill dorami 27:1 keep all
35:32 the commandments which I command you
35:36 today what do you think all means some
35:40 or all dear on me 28 1 through 2 if you
35:46 diligently obey the voice of the Lord
35:49 your God to observe carefully all his
35:53 commandments which I command you today
35:55 dot dot dot and all these blessings
36:00 shall come upon you and overtake you if
36:03 you do all Dharana me 28 15 but it shall
36:10 come to pass if you do not obey the
36:13 voice of the Lord your God to observe
36:15 carefully all his Commandments and his
36:19 statutes which I command you today that
36:23 all these curses will come upon you and
36:26 overtake you ah what does a new covenant
36:32 now state about the law Paul points out
36:36 in Galatians 3:10 that those who depend
36:40 on the law to make them self righteous
36:43 before God must keep all every word of
36:48 the law perfectly so they D do not come
36:52 under the curse of the law Galatians
36:56 3:10 in the New Living Translation but
37:00 those who depend on the law to make them
37:02 right with God are under his curse for
37:06 the scripture says cursed is everyone
37:10 who does not observe and obey all the
37:14 commands that are written in God's book
37:17 of the law so why such a harsh harsh
37:23 judgment for not keeping all if you just
37:26 do one tiny sin why so harsh
37:34 because the law reflected God's standard
37:39 of holiness which means you had to obey
37:43 it perfectly
37:44 that's his standard if you fail to obey
37:50 only one aspect of the law you are found
37:55 guilty of all because God's standard of
38:00 holiness was not met James 2:10 for
38:05 whoever shall keep the whole law and yet
38:08 stumbles in one point he is guilty of
38:12 all you don't wanna wear these glasses
38:17 you've gotta put on these glasses the
38:21 beautiful glasses of God's grace that
38:24 covers all your sin even when you make
38:29 mistakes and don't match up to the law
38:33 perfectly for those who are in Christ
38:36 that is therefore the New Covenant
38:39 points out that no one can ever achieve
38:44 the blessing of the law through his own
38:47 self righteous acts or by their own
38:50 effort no matter how hard they tried
38:54 because they cannot keep all of the law
38:57 it was totally impossible to do it so
39:01 why are you trying Romans 3:23 all have
39:07 sinned and fall short of the glory of
39:09 God what was the purpose of the law the
39:13 law is purpose was to act like a harsh
39:16 disciplinarian through the usage of
39:19 strict rules and regulations to make
39:22 people behave properly so they could
39:25 measure up to God's standard of holiness
39:27 the law was help was to help man realize
39:31 they could never meet God's standard of
39:33 holiness because they could never obey
39:36 it perfectly but in the fullness of time
39:41 the law pointed mankind to Jesus Christ
39:46 the only one
39:48 who could live a sinless life and only
39:52 by our faith in Jesus Christ can you can
39:57 we ever be justified just as if you had
40:03 never sinned just as if you met all the
40:09 requirements of the law perfectly
40:12 Glacius 324 therefore the law was our
40:17 tutor to bring us to Christ that we
40:20 might be justified by faith but after
40:24 faith has come we are no longer under a
40:29 tutor hallelujah you're no longer under
40:34 the Old Covenant law as a new covenant
40:37 believer it is sin for you to relate to
40:40 God on the basis of how well you have
40:44 obeyed or disobeyed the Old Covenant law
40:47 remember he said it was obsolete the law
40:51 itself is not sin however if you come to
40:55 God and the basis of the law rather than
40:57 on the basis of the shed blood of Jesus
40:59 Christ for your justification and your
41:02 sanctification you have sinned against
41:06 God Galatians 3:12
41:09 the law is not of faith Romans 14:23
41:14 whatever is not of faith is sin under
41:20 the law people get what they deserve
41:22 according to their obedience or
41:24 disobedience according to their
41:25 performance they're doing under the New
41:28 Covenant believers in Jesus Christ get
41:30 what Jesus deserve through his sinless
41:34 life is on the basis of you believing in
41:37 Jesus Christ and Jesus is righteousness
41:41 Jesus getting everything right not you
41:44 that you are made righteous any
41:47 departure of yours from the
41:50 righteousness of Jesus Christ back to
41:52 the law is virtually saying that Christ
41:56 died in vain Galatians 2:20 1 Oh
42:02 do not set aside the grace of God for if
42:04 righteousness comes through the law then
42:08 Christ died vain you're basically saying
42:11 it was useless for Christ to die Psalm 1
42:15 as viewed through the lens of the law
42:17 the main point expressed by Psalm 1
42:21 which represented the entire soldier in
42:24 the belief of the Jews at the time of
42:26 its writing is that the blessedness or
42:29 happiness of the righteous man is
42:32 contingent upon a man's first person's
42:36 obedience to the law the Torah God's
42:39 instructions the two main qualification
42:42 for the bless of state for the righteous
42:44 man are seen in Psalm 1 verses 1 & 2 the
42:48 first qualification is lifts list of
42:51 three things you are told not to do
42:54 you're told not to walk in the counsel
42:56 of the ungodly you're told not to stand
43:00 in the path of sinners and you're told
43:02 not to sit in the seat of scoffers the
43:04 second qualification is a list of two
43:07 things you're told to do you're too old
43:09 to delight in the law of the Lord and to
43:11 meditate on is law day and night if you
43:14 meet all of these qualification 100%
43:18 perfectly without a flaw then you could
43:23 be like the tree and prosper in whatever
43:25 you do if you don't meet according to
43:28 the Old Covenant law these three
43:31 qualifications and these other two
43:33 qualifications perfectly then you come
43:36 under its curse you'll be like the shaft
43:39 driven by the wind and you will perish
43:43 the righteous man is directly contrasted
43:48 to the unrighteous man the unrighteous
43:51 man's character is seen by the fact that
43:54 he does walk in the counsel of the
43:56 ungodly and stands in the path of
43:58 sinners and sits in the seat of the
43:59 scoffer the unrighteous man's destiny is
44:03 described in verses 4 through 6 the
44:08 ungodly are not so they're not like that
44:11 tree they're not producing good fruit
44:15 they're not prospering in all their ways
44:19 then righteous man's destiny is like the
44:23 shaft which to the wind drives away then
44:26 godly man's destiny is that he shall not
44:29 stand in the judgment or in the
44:31 congregation of the righteous then the
44:35 ungodly the unrighteous man's destiny is
44:38 that he shall perish if you meditate on
44:42 someone through the lens of the law of
44:45 the Old Testament a veil will be over
44:49 your eyes you will not be able to see
44:53 the saving grace available in Jesus
44:58 Christ 2nd Corinthians 3:14 states this
45:03 but their minds were blinded for until
45:07 this day the same veil remains unlifted
45:10 in the reading of the Old Testament
45:12 because the veil is taken away in Christ
45:17 but even to this day when Moses is read
45:21 a veil lies on their heart nevertheless
45:26 when one turns to the Lord the veil is
45:31 taken away the veil is taken away only
45:34 in Christ only in Christ through this
45:39 beautiful lands of God's grace are you
45:42 able to see that you're no longer under
45:46 the curses of the law listed in
45:49 Deuteronomy 27 through 28 that you're no
45:54 longer having to have that perfect right
45:58 behavior getting everything 100% correct
46:01 missing not one jot or tittle Christ has
46:08 redeemed you from the curse of the law
46:10 according to Galatians 3:13 Christ has
46:13 redeemed us from the curse of the law
46:15 having become a curse for us for it is
46:18 written cursed is everyone who hangs
46:21 upon a tree that the blessing of Abraham
46:24 would come upon the Gentiles through
46:27 Christ Jesus
46:29 that we might receive the promise of the
46:32 Spirit through faith
46:34 so believers in Christ under the new
46:37 covenant of God's grace it's time to
46:41 stop viewing God yourself and the world
46:45 around you
46:46 through the lens of the Old Covenant
46:49 represented by these black glasses it's
46:55 time to throw away the old movie script
46:58 in your life that's condemning you
47:00 telling you that you're not good enough
47:02 that you're not qualified enough to
47:06 receive God's blessings it's time you
47:10 say no to the lie that says that you
47:13 cannot come to God's throne of grace in
47:15 your time of need to receive His mercy
47:18 and his help father I thank you and I
47:26 praise you and I bless you I pray that
47:28 the word father the seed that has gone
47:31 forth tonight would penetrate the very
47:35 depths of our heart father and then you
47:38 would start washing away father the
47:42 darkness that comes through the
47:44 understanding of the Old Covenant father
47:47 and that this week and the oncoming
47:50 weeks as we study someone that you Lord
47:56 through your grace and your mercy in
47:58 your help would open up the eyes of her
48:00 understanding so we can see the glory
48:04 the beauty of your son
48:07 Jesus Christ what he has truly done for
48:10 us through his saving grace taken away
48:17 every sin washing it away so that we
48:23 Lord God come and fellowship with you
48:28 and enter into the happiness that's
48:32 existing there between you and your son
48:35 Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit so we
48:39 can experience the happiness
48:42 kingdom the blessings of your kingdom
48:44 and though this river of grace would
48:47 flow through our hearts and flow to
48:50 those in need all around us in Jesus
48:54 name Amen and amen