The Foundation of Our Liberty, Part 2B

10 to 13 June 14, the book of Galatians gives believers solid to Sharon today we are reminded that the approval of the Christian is based solely on the right to define what we are talking about we talk about justification. That is when you receive the Lord Jesus Christ as your Savior Almighty God makes a declaration he makes a declaration not based on what you did the Mexican rice not based on what you are what you have been what you hope to be a what you promise to be the moment you receive Jesus Christ as your personal savior. Almighty God declares you not guilty. He declares you absolutely declares you accepted in him and once he has accepted ours once he has approved the laws. Once you not able to grasp God's divine approval of laws is the nonacceptance of his divine love for us. We don't have to spend the rest of our life trying to be accepted or trying to be approved of him and what is the responsibility you have to make it possible for Almighty God, to declare us free, liberated from trying to live up to anything to be made acceptable Borge man has one primary responsibility look in the 16th verse of Galatians. They were going the wrong what is a safe knowing that a man is not declared righteous, not justified, not made acceptable or approved by good things that he does, but by me in Jesus Christ and all through this verse we see the same thing over and over and over again.

I want to turn to Romans chapter 3 in the several verses you want to notice. If you will look if you will, in verse 28 therefore we conclude on the basis of a long argument that a man is declared righteous, accepted at say redeem a man is declared righteous by faith listed by Faye without anything he can add to his faith.

He says we are justified by faith listed by faith without any these works good behavior, any actions or attitudes that would merit anything from God unanswered question.

A man can't merit God's approval before he is saying.

Amen. They cannot merit God's approval after he say listen I watch this after he say is there any way for man to merit God's approval within himself. No way. Because, listen to everything that he has within him. That is good comes from home. It comes from God and what is it within that is good is the righteousness of God given to through Jesus Christ, I want to see is this you will hear knobs and over and over and over and over again. Listen the loss man is justified, declared righteous by grace through faith. What is he knew he looks to the cross and he receives and accepts what Jesus Christ did for him. He said I accept that in the moment except that he's accepted.

He's already loving and innocent, but he's accepted accepted. The Bible says how that lost sinful man is accepted in the beloved declared righteous because of his relationship to Jesus.

That's how men get say, but if you recall, tobacco regulations and beginning in chapter 5 in verse one and we sit in the very beginning that he is Paul's warning to those Galatian Christians who had received the Lord Jesus Christ as their Savior then they were slipping back into trying to keep them all and adding to it as if they can add something to God's approval is. He says stand fast therefore in the liberty listen. Rob is nothing but like being a little red in Jesus stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. I will show you what bondage is you wanted it receive the Lord Jesus Christ as your personal savior and get to work. Brother quickly. That's bondage we tell people listen if you want on your plate and get to work because you become a Christian. After all, if you say you need to get to work regardless of the I want to serve the Lord not because I gotta get his approval. Not because I think I ought to, not because I must surely know, unless God tracked me down and partly one because I'm not living up to his expectations. Once you get liberated your motivation is to be obedient to God to worship him to praise him that if anything else comes along you will get in on what you know you don't come to church is about to sink. You got to do this, you got that you go to the use of an hour.

The minute you mean to tell me that God doesn't expect me to serve him. I'm simply saying that what God wants out of your life and my life is a life yielded to him surrendered to him. He'll take care of all the service he will show you what ought to be done. He will delegate your responsibility.

He will equip you and then visit it will be the overflow. Listen the overflow of what overflow of loving him devoted to him worshiping him. I'm simply saying that when God's people are liberated, they are not. Serve God they want to serve the God and they serve the Lord out of the overflow and the joy of the presence of Jesus Christ in their life's approval to elicit is how you can detect if you are working. Listen. Be good, not committing certain things that you have a problem with a few getting rid of all that because you won't God's approval. I will tell you friend you wasting your time expending your energy and it is a futile endless fight because first of all you working at something you don't have to work.

If he has listen, knowing what he knows about you and Almighty God has declared you righteous and at the view, knowing what he knows of you and that is an eternal act when he says the client righteous. How could you ever get into a position your life that you no longer accepted usually listen to me now. The reason we come up with the other will not accept is because we missed the meeting at its own atonement since I was accepting what he did not without the nasty something.

How long does the effect of the atoning death of Jesus Christ last headlines that led a turn on the watchlist.

If his atoning death last eternally and my justification is based on my acceptance of that then how long is my justification and my acceptance before God going to last is going to last as long as the atoning death of Jesus Christ is the come back by faith and watch this if you slip down to verse chapter 4. Listen to this chapter 4 Romans verse one what shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, I found 488 listen at night, here's here's his reasoning. If Abraham were justified by works by doing good.

He has reason to glory in himself, but not before God for what saith the Scriptures, Abraham believed God, and listen. It was chalked up to it was not counted to it was reckoned under him. It was applied to his account.

What was Abraham believed God, and it was counted on to him for righteousness. That is God declared Abraham righteous accepted and approved on the basis of one thing he should keep the law. Why didn't you keep the law. It wasn't given at that time CC he says Abraham believed God, and it was accounted in the righteousness is that it wasn't Abraham was doing good. What he knew, Abraham believed the testimony of God and believing the testimony of God. God said, Abraham at major righteous all right how are you and I closed in the righteousness of God in Jesus Christ is the every single thing that you and I receive.

How does it come by faith I listen. He says look in verse four now unto him that works to be good is the reward not accounted are reckoned of grace, but a bit. Here's what I want you to see your acceptance before God and your approval under him cannot be works and grace is no way you works and grace are like all-in-one you can mix. He says now if it's about work, then you being paid. If it's by grace. Listen now unto him that works is the reward not reckon the grace that is if the righteousness comes to you as a result of work that is in God's grace and what is God's paying his debt.

I think about this. If God rewards you for your good works to make you acceptable than God's and that he's gonna pay off the debt you you perform the works of God's indent. He says, is not a good bit of grace, that is that everything that comes our way comes through faith. Verse five but to him that work is not not depending on his works.

Not trying to be good to get God's approval, but believes on him that justify the one the ungodly. Hearsay is what God takes his faith and accounts it under him for righteousness. That is, God accepts after the and approves our faith and in so doing, he approves about so what is missing here is this there is anything you and I can do to be made acceptable in the eyes of God. There is anything you and I can do to gain his favor. There is anything you and I can do the work of brownie points with God. We can do any of that. He says it all comes by grace through faith that not of ourselves that is of God. He says you not have been declared righteous by what the grace of God through the blood of Jesus.

That's his provision of grace, his provision of blood and our response is simply to believe is what I want you to say God has a whole liberated life for you and me.

It's only going to come when you and I will and to accept the liberty that comes in knowing Jesus Christ not seeking approval not living up to laws not trying to keep the commandments, but living by faith in Jesus Christ, then the power within us to obey him as an overflow of the presence of Christ in her life. You see, here's the offer. Every single thing God offers you and me all he wants us to do the same. I believe, therefore I accept my hope is built on nothing less then Jesus blood and what righteousness I dare not trust the sweetest frame or anything but holy WHO Ella holy lean on Jesus is all trusting him yes to something if you have not you've never been saved on to have a say, listen, watch this. What is it come from Jesus who provided Jesus, who motivated you want Jesus whose paid the price Jesus who does the work Jesus. How do you receive that salvation. I believe Jesus Christ died for my sins. I believe that he is the son of God. I believe that father you accepted his death as payment for my sin I receive salvation in Christ. Nasty something can you tell me anything else you have to do other than received by faith because you see when you are expressing thing you believing what God said about some about the work. Some perform how you and I receive God's acceptance, Lord, you said I am accepted in the beloved. That is because of our relationship. Jesus Christ you've accepted me.

I'm on the family I've been adopted in the kingdom. I accept that this is if you are able to accept by faith that you are now, once and for all and forever accepted in the islands. God I want say something. It's going to be like God flings open the door to your life and you going to be able to see God work in your life that you have never seen him work before, but I tell you the thing that hangs up more people than anything else is they can't quite believe that God has totally, absolutely and completely, and unquestionably accepted them just the way they are the master question on the basis of the teaching of the Word of God. What can you do what must you do to have the approval and acceptance of God as a child of other than Billy not one single different none of the free. You have to live up to anything in which it is have to do is real simple display poison. Let me ask you this. Who is the one who tells you to doubt the devil. Initially, what is really your study you as to simple and the first thing he'll do is he'll say this if you don't think I would approve you the way you live. You know what you said whatever you say, praise the Lord, you are exactly right say amen but he has approved of me because the way helium and now I have his life and if I have his life. I have his approval, and if I have his approval. I have his acceptance that settles it.

Site once brought the measures how long are you accepted how long you have his approval. How long are you one in Christ Jesus for ever and ever and ever and ever. What's this if he ever proved you on the basis of what Jesus did and accepted his death is sufficient payment. You know what God would have to do in order to reject you. He would have to reject his only begotten sons work on the cross, God the father would have to reject his son before he can ever reject you.

Once you have accepted the work of this when you are able to accept our righteousness in Christ Jesus and accept our approval under him.

It was going to happen. This can affect our relationship to ourselves and relationship to God and our relationship to the people because, listen once you are able to grasp that all mining God has accepted you on the basis of who he is, what difference does the world's rejection make when you have the approval of Almighty God and he says it all comes by believing I will ask you one simple question. Are you willing tonight to stand before God and tell him Lord I accept my eternal acceptance. I accept my everlasting justification. I accept my forgiveness. I accept my liberty in Christ. I accept my position as a child of God, never to be rejected by the fall never have to worry about eternity. I accept that all of them personally in the my life here and now and forever. I accept your work and the promise that you've given. If you cannot accept it.

Remember this is not because God has provided absolutely totally perfectly complete and fully let me ask you, can you tell them tonight.

Lord I accept my acceptance and you on the basis of what goodness, what I'm going to be one accept your acceptance of me on the basis of what he did. You accepted that you said on the base event except that'll be the first big step in getting liberating in your relationship with Jesus Christ.

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