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The Book of Romans is so rich in information that some Churches take a whole year to preach through it. Here we start our seven-part simplified overview with the first two chapters. Quainton Baptist Chapel's Ken Smythe returns to Chartridge's pulpit for this opening sermon.
Chartridge Mission Church was founded in 1844 and remains in the village of Chartridge, just outside Chesham, in the picturesque Chiltern Hills of Buckinghamshire, England, UK.
We are a friendly fellowship and would love you to visit us in person. Join us for our Sunday service at 6 pm, followed by refreshments.
Our Church is wheelchair friendly, with an accessible toilet.
Chartridge Mission Church, Chapel Lane, Chartridge, Chesham, Buckinghamshire, HP5 2TH
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Recorded on Sunday, 6th July 2025.
Join us for our Sunday service at 6 pm.
www.Chartridge.UK
The Friendliest Fellowship.
The Book of Romans is so rich in information that some Churches take a whole year to preach through it. Here we start our seven-part simplified overview with the first two chapters. Quainton Baptist Chapel's Ken Smythe returns to Chartridge's pulpit for this opening sermon.
Chartridge Mission Church was founded in 1844 and remains in the village of Chartridge, just outside Chesham, in the picturesque Chiltern Hills of Buckinghamshire, England, UK.
We are a friendly fellowship and would love you to visit us in person. Join us for our Sunday service at 6 pm, followed by refreshments.
Our Church is wheelchair friendly, with an accessible toilet.
Chartridge Mission Church, Chapel Lane, Chartridge, Chesham, Buckinghamshire, HP5 2TH
Support our work at Chartridge Mission Church:
Donations via Stewardship.org.uk:
https://www.stewardship.org.uk/partners/20005300
Cheques can be made payable to Chartridge Mission Church and sent to the above address for the attention of Pastor Barry Kempson.
Recorded on Sunday, 6th July 2025.
Join us for our Sunday service at 6 pm.
www.Chartridge.UK
The Friendliest Fellowship.
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00:00Designed to be holy, be calm in thy soul.
00:09Each thought and each temper be in its control.
00:18Thus led by its spirit to cottons of love.
00:26Thou soon shalt be fated for service above.
00:38So I want to talk about Romans tonight, which is what I have been asked to talk about.
00:44Romans was written by Paul, as we know, because in the very first sentence, Paul.
00:50He identifies himself as Paul.
00:53But Paul was not a nice man.
00:57Paul, to look at, when I was reading up about Paul, he had a pregnant attitude or pregnant presentation,
01:07which immediately thinks, you know, he's not a slim, strong man.
01:11He's a bit portly, maybe a bit bulbous, but not a man that you say, oh, yeah, let me listen to him.
01:18He's not an attractive person, from what I can understand.
01:25His physical appearance was not inspiring.
01:30He was very, very clever.
01:32He was sharp.
01:33He was quick.
01:34And his apprehension of things was very, very quick.
01:42He would appreciate something and immediately grasp the purpose and the meaning of whatever it was.
01:49And had a very deep understanding of what it was,
01:53more so than just a natural, superficial understanding that lesser people would have.
01:59All the expressions that he used in writing, now we see most of the New Testament,
02:04a large part of the New Testament is written by Paul, are copious and fluent.
02:10He speaks in a manner which is attractive.
02:14And it's also magnetic.
02:17What's he going to say next?
02:18How's it going to happen?
02:19How's he work this out?
02:20What does it do?
02:21And it becomes difficult sometimes to the point that Peter says some of the things that he's written are hard to understand.
02:29When you consider that Peter, one of the apostles, was with Jesus for three and a half years,
02:35and then he was with him for 40 days as Jesus spoke about the kingdom of heaven.
02:41And Paul wrote things that is hard for him to understand.
02:46And so the Lord is gracious to us.
02:47He gives us a certain leeway, I think, in understanding the basics of the scripture that we have been given.
02:56But those basics are sometimes even beyond us as we fail to adhere to them and to obey them
03:03and to walk according to the directions that we've been given.
03:07His affections, he was warm and zealous.
03:10He was a lovely, warm man.
03:12And, you know, you can't tell a man by the color of his coat, but you can tell him when he speaks.
03:17And by his response to you, he was engaging and he really worked well with people.
03:24He was also bold and daring.
03:28And this made him, this character representation that we have of him,
03:34made him a very keen and a bitter persecutor, not a man to be an enemy of,
03:40which the people of the way were,
03:44to the point that he went and started persecuting believers in Christ,
03:49even to the point of locking women and children up in jail,
03:53persecuting them and creating havoc.
03:55The beginning of the book of Rome is that we have here.
04:01Let me read just the first seven verses.
04:04Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle,
04:09separated to the gospel of God, which he promised before through his prophets in the Holy Scriptures,
04:15concerning his son Jesus Christ, our Lord, who is born of the seed of David, according to the flesh,
04:21and declared to be the son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness,
04:25by the resurrection of the dead.
04:29Through him we have received grace and apostleship for obedience to the faith among all nations for his name,
04:35among whom you also are the called of Jesus Christ.
04:39To all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints,
04:43grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
04:47And we know that this book has been addressed to the church in Rome,
04:52but equally it could have been addressed to a church anywhere,
04:56because it is relevant for humankind, not only for one particular geographical church in an area
05:05and not pertinent to anyone else.
05:09Now, Paul being the man he was, he describes himself as a bondservant.
05:16A bondservant is not a servant.
05:19A bondservant is more than a servant.
05:23A bondservant has been bought and paid for and he's bonded to the owner.
05:29Paul describes himself as such a man.
05:32He said that he, in the past,
05:35says that if anyone thinks he may have confidence in the flesh,
05:40I am more so.
05:40Circumcised the eighth day of the stock of Israel,
05:44of the tribe of Benjamin,
05:46a Hebrew of the Hebrews,
05:48concerning the law, a Pharisee,
05:51concerning zeal, persecuting the church,
05:55concerning the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
06:00That who's who Paul,
06:01sorry, sorry, that's in Philippians.
06:02I didn't mention the name.
06:03Philippians chapter 3 and verse 5 and 6.
06:09That is who he was.
06:11He was a man to be reckoned with.
06:14He was in the higher ranks of the Pharisees.
06:18He was, I believe, he was going and had been targeted to be the chief rabbi
06:24when he was taken on his way in a zealousness to persecute the believers.
06:32So he had life going for him.
06:34He sat at the feet of Gamaliel,
06:36which wasn't a cheap and an easy thing to do,
06:40indicating that his family were wealthy.
06:44They could afford to send him to Jerusalem to be taught by the best of the best.
06:49And he was the best of the students there,
06:53a Hebrew of the Hebrews.
06:55He had everything going for him.
06:57He had a glittering future ahead of him.
06:59It was glorious.
07:00We read later on in the scriptures that he became a tent maker to earn a living,
07:08indicating that he had been disinherited by his family.
07:12His mom and dad did not want to know him anymore.
07:15He speaks once of his mother, never speaks of his father.
07:18We know he had a sister.
07:20But other than for those one or two mentions in the scripture,
07:25we know nothing else of his family.
07:27And so we get hints by reading here and there,
07:30adding things together in the scripture,
07:32as the scripture does.
07:33It doesn't give you a whole story,
07:35just whoop, and then it's done.
07:36But you pick up,
07:37it's like a jigsaw puzzle that we have to piece together
07:40to understand what the real story is with this thing.
07:44For instance, in what I'm reading here,
07:47in Philippians, we find out what his past was,
07:49in a sense, to a certain extent.
07:51And we find out where he is now.
07:53He calls himself a bondservant of Christ.
07:56A bondservant.
07:58One who's been paid and bought for,
08:00who is owned by the owner.
08:03And in this particular instance,
08:05it is Jesus Christ.
08:07Paul was called to be an apostle.
08:12Separated.
08:12Now, when you're called to do something,
08:16you should answer the calling,
08:19whatever it may be.
08:21Andy, come over here and give me a hand, please.
08:24And Andy would probably come and give me a hand,
08:26unless he was so occupied he couldn't leave it.
08:29But he would say,
08:30well, I can't do it right now,
08:31I'll be with you shortly.
08:33Paul has been called.
08:34He's answered that calling.
08:36And it was a calling that,
08:38had he refused,
08:40I believe that he would not have been successful in his business of being a Pharisee.
08:48I believe that he would have probably come to a sticky end.
08:55That is only my personal belief,
08:57because how can one turn away from the living God with a thing like that as what happened to Paul and say,
09:02I reject you.
09:04He was thrown from his horse and he met the Lord Jesus,
09:08who told him that he would be paying for what he had done,
09:12but also, too, to go and do what he needed to do.
09:16But he was called to be an apostle.
09:18Now, in the churches nowadays,
09:20we have pastors and we have preachers and we have apostles and we have prophets and we have evangelists.
09:26And people like to be titled Mr., Mrs., Preacher, Apostle, Bishop, whatever it might be.
09:42Paul never bothered about that.
09:44He says he's a servant.
09:46He's called to be an apostle and separated to the gospel of God.
09:50What he has been given is an opportunity and a job, an occupation to present the gospel of God,
10:03the message of God, which God has promised through his prophets in the scriptures.
10:12Paul wasn't an idiot.
10:13He knew what the scriptures said, for he had studied them
10:16and he had used the scriptures in his quest now to go and persecute the believers.
10:24But interestingly, Paul, with all his great and wonderful knowledge,
10:30was not able to use that to the point that he could stand up in defense of Jesus
10:35and say, but the scriptures are revealing this and this and this.
10:38He was, as much as all the rest of the Pharisees,
10:42he was blinded to the reality of the Messiah who had come to Jerusalem.
10:47And so with all the learning that he had,
10:50he was in error with what he was doing
10:53because he didn't know the scriptures to the full extent that he ought to have.
10:59And so now he's bowed his knee to the Lord Jesus Christ
11:03and he's now presenting the gospel of God, which had been given.
11:09That gospel is the message that we have.
11:13In other places, Paul speaks about, according to my gospel.
11:19Well, when he says my gospel, it's not a case of him having a specific gospel.
11:24The my gospel is the message that I have, which I am giving to the churches.
11:30That is what it is.
11:31And he says, according to my gospel in places.
11:34And all that he's speaking about is concerning the Lord Jesus Christ,
11:39who was born of the seed of David, according to the flesh.
11:44What he highlights here is the law.
11:47He was born according to the flesh.
11:49A man and a woman both shall be joined together and they shall become one flesh.
11:54That is what the law of nature says to us.
11:57It's just a natural occurrence when two of the opposite sex come together.
12:04And he was born of the seed of David with power, according to the spirit of holiness,
12:11by the resurrection from the dead.
12:14We know that that is what set the Lord Jesus Christ apart from everyone else when he rose from the dead.
12:19But before that, when he was going through the towns and the villages in Judea and Samaria,
12:27people were reviling him.
12:29Some of them followed him.
12:31But to the large extent, they were going to persecuting and trying to persecute him.
12:37But Paul's job is now to go and present the gospel that he has been given to the Roman church,
12:45which was in Rome, to which he wanted to get to,
12:48but had been hindered and could not get there until such time as was pertinent and he was able to do.
12:58And so with Paul going and beginning his introduction to the book of Romans,
13:04he concentrates on doctrine for the first 11 chapters.
13:13And then the last final chapters are on the practical aspects of what he has been speaking.
13:21In verse 5 of chapter 1, where I got up to verse 4,
13:28So Paul is addressing this specifically to the church of Rome
13:49and also recognizing that even though the church was not planted by him,
13:55it was a church, an established church,
13:57and he recognizes that the adherents to that church are saints,
14:03as we believe that we are saints
14:06and believe that we are the called of God as well as they.
14:11And these people that are called to be saints
14:13have something to live up for in their calling
14:19that they are and belong to God.
14:22In the rest of chapter 1, I'm going to be jumping around
14:27because I haven't got my head around this whole thing altogether.
14:31But in the rest of chapter 1, let me read from verse 8 to 17.
14:37First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all,
14:41that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.
14:44For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son,
14:48that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers,
14:52making a request if by some means, now at last,
14:55I might find a way in the will of God to come to you.
14:57For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gifts
15:01so that you may be established,
15:02that is, that I may be encouraged together with you
15:05by the mutual faith, both of you and me.
15:08Now I do not want you to be unaware, brethren,
15:10that I often planned to come to you,
15:12but was hindered until now that I might have some fruit among you also,
15:16just as among the other Gentiles.
15:19I am a debtor both to Greeks and to barbarians,
15:22both to wise and to unwise.
15:23So as much as is in me,
15:25I am ready to preach the gospel to you who are in Rome also.
15:29For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ,
15:32for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes,
15:35for the Jew first and also for the Greek.
15:38For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith,
15:42as it is written, the just shall live by faith.
15:45Just so far for the time being,
15:48expressing his desire to get there
15:51and acknowledging that he was not able to get there,
15:55he goes on into verse 16,
15:58declaring that he's not ashamed of the gospel of Christ.
16:05That's a very telling statement,
16:08because if you're not ashamed of somebody,
16:10whatever your situation or circumstance may be in,
16:13you will declare what is right and what is just and what is true.
16:17If somebody says to me,
16:19who are you?
16:19I can say who I am truthfully and honestly,
16:22declaring who I am and what do you do.
16:24And I can give them my profession because I know what I'm doing.
16:27And I'm able to support what I'm saying.
16:31But if I'm trying to
16:32be someone who I'm not,
16:38I won't be sure of myself.
16:40I won't be able to convince the hearer
16:42of who I am,
16:45of my truthfulness,
16:46of my honesty.
16:47But his declaration here is,
16:49I'm not ashamed of the gospel of Christ.
16:52He knew what the gospel of Christ is.
16:54He believed it intimately.
16:56He had seen Jesus die.
16:59He had seen Stephen die.
17:03And he was hot-footed to kill the rest of the believers
17:07until he was thrown off his horse
17:09and realized that Jesus is, in actual fact, God.
17:13Now, he says, he's so sold out to Jesus,
17:16if I can use that word,
17:18which I don't really like,
17:19that he's not ashamed of that message of Christ.
17:24For it is the basic line of salvation for everyone.
17:29And he differentiates here between the Jew first
17:32and also for the Greek.
17:35Paul was a Jew.
17:38He was born a Jew.
17:39Salvation is of the Jews alone,
17:42only through the Jews.
17:46And so he says the salvation,
17:47the gospel,
17:48the message is for the Jews first
17:50and then for the Gentiles.
17:54But the power of God
17:55is in the salvation,
17:58which is given in the gospel of Christ.
18:00That salvation power is available,
18:03but it is only available
18:04in the spirit to those who would have it.
18:08And for those who would have it,
18:09God has empowered us
18:12and enabled us
18:13to present that gospel
18:16to everyone to whom we feel led
18:19and have an understanding
18:21of who and what we are supposed to do.
18:23But it is not accepted.
18:25If it is not accepted,
18:26then God's power will not be used
18:28because God is a,
18:30may I say,
18:30a gentleman.
18:31God is gentle.
18:33He says to us in the book of Malachi,
18:35what does the Lord God require of you
18:38but to do justly,
18:39to love mercy
18:39and to walk humbly with your God.
18:42And so he doesn't force himself on anyone,
18:44but it is the gospel of God,
18:47the gospel of Christ
18:48for the power of salvation
18:50to everyone who believes,
18:51for the Jew first
18:52and also for the Greek.
18:55For in it,
18:56the righteousness of God is revealed.
18:59Now we know that there is no righteousness
19:01in mankind,
19:02there is no righteousness in the world.
19:04But God's righteousness
19:05is revealed through the word
19:07if we knew it
19:08in its complete entirety
19:09that God is righteous
19:11and he's just
19:12and he's holy
19:13and he expresses himself
19:15in many ways
19:15in such a manner
19:16through the Bible
19:18and expects the believers
19:21to do so in such a manner as well.
19:24Paul is convinced of this
19:25to the point that he went
19:28and went through many, many hardships
19:31to be able to give the gospel out
19:34to wherever he was called
19:36and to wherever he was sent,
19:39faithfully imparting the word
19:41to the believers
19:42where he came to.
19:46Paul held that righteousness
19:48of the Lord
19:50and expressed that righteousness
19:52in his own conduct
19:53to the believers.
19:55But that righteousness,
19:56we're told,
19:57is revealed from faith to faith.
19:59We always say
20:00and we complain
20:01about our little faith.
20:03But when Jesus was asked
20:05about the faith,
20:06he said,
20:07if you have faith
20:08as small as a mustard seed,
20:10it is sufficient.
20:12Increase our faith.
20:13We just need faith.
20:15Don't try and quantify it
20:17as large faith,
20:17little faith,
20:18whatever it might be,
20:20but faith is faith.
20:22And from faith to faith,
20:23it's written here
20:24as we read it,
20:25whether you have a little faith
20:27as a beginning baby believer
20:29or whether you have a faith
20:30of somebody
20:31that has been saved
20:32for 50, 60 years,
20:33their whole life,
20:34that gospel righteousness
20:36is revealed
20:37as in will
20:38the believer
20:39is able to accept
20:41the revelation
20:42of the word
20:43which has been given to them.
20:45But Paul's job
20:46is to reveal that gospel
20:48to everyone
20:48to whom he has been sent,
20:51particularly in the instance
20:52that we are talking about
20:53to the Romans
20:54that they might be able
20:56to understand
20:57who God is
20:58and what he is doing.
21:01In verse 18
21:02of chapter 1,
21:04verse 18
21:05to the end
21:06of chapter 1,
21:08he itemizes
21:09what God
21:11is doing
21:12and what the state
21:14of God is
21:14concerning mankind.
21:17How God
21:18has been revealed
21:20from heaven.
21:21Heaven has revealed
21:22God to everyone.
21:24There's no one
21:25who is able to say
21:26that they do not know God.
21:28There's an inherent belief
21:30and understanding
21:30in their souls
21:31about eternity.
21:34Many times
21:35you hear of confessions
21:36on deathbeds
21:37when people
21:37who all their lives
21:39have not known God
21:40or worshipped God
21:41but have been enemies
21:42of God
21:43and cried out to God
21:44on their deathbeds.
21:45Why would they do that?
21:46All of a sudden
21:47you'd wonder.
21:48But that is what happens.
21:50And so God
21:50is revealed
21:51from heaven
21:52against all ungodliness
21:53and all unrighteousness
21:55of men
21:55who suppress
21:56the truth
21:57and unrighteousness
21:58which is what
21:59is happening
22:00and it was happening
22:01then,
22:02it's happening nowadays.
22:03So the Bible
22:05is a living word,
22:06something that we
22:07can take for granted
22:08that it is timeless
22:09and what is relevant
22:10in those days
22:11is relevant
22:11nowadays as well.
22:13in verse 21
22:15he says,
22:16though they knew God
22:17they did not glorify
22:18him as God
22:18but became futile
22:20in their thoughts
22:20and their foolish hearts
22:21were darkened.
22:22That is the situation
22:24that we have
22:24and that is the situation
22:25that they had
22:26then
22:27in the same
22:28situation
22:29as we are now.
22:31And so
22:32the conclusion
22:33of that
22:33to verse 24
22:34would be
22:35God would give them
22:36over to uncleanness
22:37and to impurity.
22:40As he goes on
22:41from 25 to 30
22:43he speaks about
22:44the continued
22:46manner
22:48and nature
22:48of the men
22:49and how
22:50they just
22:51decreased
22:53from
22:54from bad
22:55to worse
22:56to worse
22:57to worse
22:57until eventually
22:58there was
22:59no hope
23:00left for them.
23:01The doctrinal parts
23:02of the instructions
23:04that we have
23:05it concerns
23:07a way of salvation
23:08which is trying
23:09to tell them
23:09and I'm trying
23:10to speak
23:11about it now
23:11not by the Gentiles
23:17works of nature
23:18nor by the Jews
23:19works of the law
23:20for both
23:21are subject
23:21to the curse.
23:23And what has
23:24happened here
23:24in verse
23:2518
23:26to
23:2732
23:29was
23:30the
23:31curse
23:31coming upon
23:32these people
23:33who did
23:33not know God
23:34or refused
23:36to know God
23:37when God
23:37had been
23:38mentioned
23:38and spoken
23:39to them
23:39or not
23:40even that
23:40but turned
23:41away from God
23:42refusing even
23:43the knowledge
23:45in themselves
23:46that they had
23:47of God
23:47about who
23:48God was.
23:50The Jews
23:52the Gentiles
23:53and the law
23:55were the three
23:56things that
23:56he was going
23:58to discuss
23:58and would
23:59continue to
24:00discuss in
24:01chapter 2
24:01here after
24:02he had finished
24:03introducing
24:04himself
24:04about God's
24:06wrath on
24:06the unrighteousness
24:07of men
24:08but highlighting
24:09the righteousness
24:10of God
24:10in the gospel
24:12that he had
24:13given us.
24:16Now only by
24:17faith in Jesus
24:18Christ
24:19is it possible
24:20to be able
24:21to come
24:22to Christ.
24:23There are three
24:24steps
24:24to the paths
24:25of salvation
24:26peace with God
24:27sanctification
24:28and then
24:29glorification
24:30and that
24:31he was
24:31is also
24:32what he is
24:32saying about
24:33faith to
24:34faith and
24:34that the
24:35just shall
24:35live by
24:36faith.
24:37We live
24:37by faith
24:38in the
24:38Lord Jesus
24:38Christ.
24:39We stand
24:40here today
24:40waiting and
24:41understanding
24:42that God
24:43is working
24:43with us
24:44and through
24:44us in
24:45various ways
24:45and circumstances
24:46and situations.
24:48We are being
24:49sanctified.
24:50One day
24:51we will be
24:51glorified when
24:53God has got
24:53his work done
24:54and he's
24:55finished with
24:56us.
24:57So with
24:58Paul what
24:59he's doing
24:59now highlighting
25:00the fallen
25:01state of
25:01man as I
25:02said he's
25:02already we
25:03already know
25:04and see what
25:04is happening
25:05nowadays and
25:06when we compare
25:06it with that
25:07that we have
25:08read so far
25:09in chapter
25:10one it's
25:11exactly the
25:12same.
25:12Time hasn't
25:13made any
25:13difference to
25:14it.
25:16In chapter
25:17two we
25:18have three
25:20things that
25:22are highlighted
25:23about what
25:25God is
25:26speaking about
25:27his judgment
25:28the Gentiles
25:29and the
25:29Jews and
25:30writing
25:32primarily to
25:33the Jews
25:33and also
25:34addressing what
25:35was happening
25:36in that Roman
25:37church where
25:37there was a
25:38schism between
25:38the Jews and
25:39the Gentiles
25:40the Jews still
25:41thinking that
25:41they were the
25:42special and
25:43only people
25:44of God
25:45because they
25:45had the law
25:46they were
25:47ostracizing as
25:48well the
25:48Gentiles and
25:49so there was a
25:50schism between
25:52the two groups
25:53but Paul is
25:57now writing
25:57to try and
26:00convince the
26:01Jews of
26:02their
26:03incorrectness
26:05of the
26:06understanding
26:06that they
26:07had.
26:07Having come
26:08to the end
26:09of chapter
26:09one with
26:10all the
26:10things that
26:11God has
26:11spoken about
26:12about how
26:12men were
26:14denying
26:15God and
26:16they were
26:17reaping the
26:18destruction of
26:19their own
26:20bodies here
26:21because of
26:21their practices
26:22in chapter
26:23two Paul
26:25begins saying
26:26you are
26:27inexcusable
26:29oh man
26:29whoever you
26:30are who
26:31judge.
26:32Now this
26:33I believe is
26:34written because
26:35of the Jews
26:36who were saying
26:37to the Gentiles
26:37well you guys
26:38are no good
26:39you're absolutely
26:40rubbish but
26:42he begins
26:43with an
26:43accusation
26:44and a
26:46statement that
26:47the Jews
26:47are inexcusable
26:49because of
26:50their attitude
26:51because of
26:51their ways
26:52because of
26:52their presumptuousness
26:53of what
26:56they were
26:57trying to
26:58do.
26:59There are
26:59three degrees
27:00of light
27:01that we have
27:02in the
27:02gospel for
27:03men.
27:04It's the
27:04light of
27:05nature.
27:05The Gentiles
27:06have
27:07sinned
27:10without
27:10the law
27:12shall be
27:14judged
27:14without the
27:14law.
27:15The light
27:16of the
27:16Jews
27:16the Jews
27:17will be
27:18judged as
27:18many as
27:19have
27:19sinned
27:19in the
27:20law
27:20shall
27:21be
27:21judged
27:21by
27:22the
27:22law
27:22and
27:23the
27:23third
27:23is
27:23the
27:23light
27:24of
27:24the
27:24gospel
27:24in
27:25verse
27:2616
27:26when
27:28Paul
27:28spoke
27:29about
27:29the
27:30secrets
27:31of
27:31man
27:31by
27:32Jesus
27:32Christ
27:32according
27:33to
27:33his
27:33gospel
27:34as
27:34many
27:35nothing
27:36speaks
27:37more
27:37terror
27:38to
27:38sinners
27:38or
27:39more
27:39comfort
27:40than
27:40saints
27:41when
27:42God
27:42shall
27:43judge
27:43by
27:43Jesus
27:44Christ
27:44that
27:45is
27:45what
27:46Paul
27:46is
27:46coming
27:47to
27:47to
27:47try
27:48and
27:48convince
27:48the
27:49Jews
27:49and
27:49the
27:49Gentiles
27:50that
27:50neither
27:51count
27:51for
27:52anything
27:52whether
27:53you're
27:53a Jew
27:54or
27:54Gentile
27:54though
27:55salvation
27:56of the
27:56Jews
27:57is
27:57of the
27:58Jews
27:58neither
27:59Jews
27:59nor
27:59Gentiles
28:00count
28:00for
28:00anything
28:01except
28:01a
28:02relationship
28:02with
28:03Christ
28:03Jesus
28:04for
28:04Jesus
28:05was
28:05a Jew
28:06and
28:07Jesus
28:07has
28:07now
28:08created
28:09a way
28:10by which
28:10the
28:11two
28:11groups
28:11can
28:12be
28:12brought
28:12together
28:13the
28:15Jews
28:16who
28:16are
28:16wanting
28:17now
28:17to
28:17use
28:20the
28:20law
28:20they're
28:22using
28:22it
28:22by
28:22judgment
28:23and
28:24by
28:24using
28:24this
28:25judgment
28:25they
28:25are
28:26exercising
28:27a
28:28situation
28:29in which
28:30God
28:30will judge
28:30them
28:31as well
28:31by what
28:32they are
28:32judging
28:32other
28:33people
28:33by
28:33because
28:34he
28:34says
28:34but
28:34you're
28:34doing
28:35the
28:35same
28:35thing
28:35as
28:35those
28:36you're
28:36not
28:36any
28:37better
28:37off
28:38than
28:38the
28:38Gentiles
28:39because
28:39they
28:40do
28:40the
28:41things
28:41as
28:41they
28:41can
28:42believing
28:43in
28:43you
28:43you
28:43do
28:44the
28:44things
28:44that
28:44you
28:44can
28:45believing
28:45in
28:46what
28:46you
28:46in
28:46your
28:47past
28:47neither
28:48of
28:48the
28:48two
28:48work
28:49it
28:49is
28:50only
28:50through
28:50Christ
28:50that
28:51something
28:51comes
28:52the
28:53Gentiles
28:54who
28:55had
28:55nothing
28:55before
28:56now
28:56have
28:56Christ
28:57the
28:57Jews
28:58who
28:58had
28:58the
28:58law
28:59all
28:59the
28:59law
28:59before
29:00are
29:01not
29:01wanting
29:01to
29:01relinquish
29:02the
29:02law
29:02because
29:03of the
29:03power
29:03it
29:03gave
29:04them
29:04because
29:04of
29:04the
29:04knowledge
29:05it
29:05gave
29:05them
29:05and
29:06change
29:06from
29:06having
29:07the
29:07law
29:07to
29:08belief
29:08in
29:09Christ
29:09we
29:10have
29:11a
29:11similar
29:11problem
29:11all
29:12the
29:12time
29:12it's
29:12easy
29:13to
29:13see
29:14something
29:14one
29:15and
29:15one
29:15makes
29:15two
29:16there's
29:16a
29:16law
29:17of
29:17mathematics
29:17and
29:18it's
29:18easy
29:18to
29:19understand
29:19but
29:20when
29:20you
29:20walk
29:21by
29:21faith
29:21when
29:22you
29:22believe
29:23that
29:23something's
29:23going to
29:23happen
29:24and
29:24there's
29:24no
29:25righteous
29:26thing
29:27to
29:28support
29:28your
29:29judgment
29:29and it
29:29happens
29:30which
29:31is
29:31what
29:31God
29:31is
29:31saying
29:32that
29:32the
29:32just
29:33shall
29:33live
29:33by
29:33faith
29:34we
29:34will
29:34be
29:35able
29:36to
29:36overcome
29:37death
29:38and
29:38hell
29:38overcome
29:39an
29:40emptiness
29:40in
29:40the
29:40future
29:41because
29:41of
29:42the
29:42hope
29:43that
29:43we
29:43have
29:43through
29:43faith
29:44in
29:44Christ
29:44so
29:45the
29:45Jews
29:46now
29:46in
29:46chapter
29:462
29:47despising
29:48the
29:48riches
29:49of
29:49his
29:49goodness
29:49in
29:49verse
29:504
29:50his
29:51forbearance
29:52and his
29:52long
29:52suffering
29:53not
29:54knowing
29:54that
29:54the
29:54goodness
29:55of
29:55God
29:55leads
29:56you
29:56to
29:56repentance
29:57but
29:57their
29:58hearts
29:58were
29:58hard
29:59their
29:59minds
29:59were
29:59hard
30:00they
30:00didn't
30:00want
30:01to
30:01leave
30:01their
30:01past
30:02often
30:02time
30:03we
30:03don't
30:03want
30:03to
30:04leave
30:04our
30:04heritage
30:05behind
30:05because
30:06we
30:07know
30:07who
30:08we
30:08are
30:08we
30:08understand
30:09it
30:09and
30:10we're
30:10not
30:10quite
30:10sure
30:11what
30:11we're
30:11going
30:11into
30:12but
30:13if
30:13we
30:13do
30:13that
30:13then
30:14we
30:14are
30:14not
30:14exercising
30:16that
30:16faith
30:16towards
30:17God
30:17that
30:17he
30:17is
30:18expecting
30:18and
30:18wanting
30:19of
30:19us
30:19all
30:20the
30:21prophets
30:21in
30:21the
30:21Old
30:21Testament
30:22were
30:22men
30:22that
30:22had
30:23been
30:23called
30:23out
30:23from
30:24their
30:25walk
30:25to
30:25proclaim
30:28the
30:28word
30:28of
30:29God
30:29to
30:30their
30:31detriment
30:32in the
30:33lives
30:33in which
30:33they
30:34were
30:34living
30:34because
30:34they
30:35were
30:35persecuted
30:35they
30:36were
30:36killed
30:36Stephen
30:38said
30:38which
30:39of
30:39the
30:41prophets
30:41was not
30:41killed
30:42by you
30:42they
30:43were
30:43all
30:43killed
30:43because
30:44of what
30:44they
30:45were
30:45proclaiming
30:45in
30:46the
30:46faith
30:46that
30:46they
30:46had
30:47so
30:47that
30:48was
30:48the
30:48content
30:49of
30:49the
30:49Jews
30:50they
30:51were
30:51despising
30:51the
30:52riches
30:52of
30:52God's
30:53goodness
30:53even
30:53now
30:54and
30:54refusing
30:55to
30:55hear
30:55the
30:56message
30:56of
30:56the
30:56gospel
30:56that
30:57Paul
30:57was
30:58now
30:58writing
30:58to
30:59them
30:59about
30:59which
30:59they
31:00heard
31:00and
31:00which
31:00they
31:01knew
31:01but
31:01they
31:02were
31:02combining
31:02the
31:03gospel
31:03with
31:04the
31:04law
31:04to
31:05the
31:05point
31:05that
31:06they
31:06were
31:06saying
31:06you
31:06need
31:07to
31:07be
31:07circumcised
31:08to
31:08be
31:08able
31:09to
31:09pacify
31:11God
31:12and
31:12to
31:12walk
31:13according
31:13to
31:13the
31:13law
31:14that
31:14you
31:14can
31:14worship
31:15him
31:15the
31:15way
31:16that
31:16he
31:16wants
31:16whereas
31:17circumcision
31:18we are
31:18told
31:18counts
31:19for
31:19nothing
31:19it's
31:19a
31:19circumcision
31:20of
31:20the
31:20heart
31:21which
31:21counts
31:22not
31:22of
31:22the
31:22flesh
31:23and
31:24that
31:24is
31:24what
31:24their
31:25holdup
31:25was
31:26they
31:26could
31:26not
31:27understand
31:27that
31:28and
31:28they
31:28could
31:28not
31:28come
31:29to
31:29terms
31:30with
31:30that
31:31truth
31:33and
31:34he
31:34calls
31:34it
31:35in
31:35verse
31:355
31:35an
31:36impenitent
31:36heart
31:37but
31:37also
31:38you
31:38treasuring
31:39up
31:39for
31:39yourself
31:39wrath
31:40in
31:40the
31:40day
31:40of
31:41wrath
31:41and
31:41revelation
31:42of
31:42the
31:42righteous
31:43judgment
31:43of
31:43God
31:44what
31:45they
31:45were
31:46doing
31:46was
31:46basically
31:47refusing
31:48God's
31:49righteousness
31:49and
31:50refusing
31:51his
31:51offer
31:52of
31:52eternity
31:53through
31:55faith
31:55for the
31:56law
31:57that they
31:57had
31:58which
31:58they
31:58had
31:59had
31:59for
31:59thousands
31:59of
32:00years
32:00and
32:00which
32:01had
32:01proved
32:02to
32:02be
32:02inconsequential
32:04and
32:05unprofitable
32:06and to
32:08each
32:08one
32:08he
32:09is
32:09going
32:09to
32:10render
32:10according
32:11to
32:11his
32:12deeds
32:12if
32:13they
32:13carried
32:14on
32:14with
32:15the
32:15law
32:15but
32:16if
32:16they
32:16went
32:16to
32:17eternal
32:17life
32:18they
32:19would
32:19get
32:19it
32:19by
32:20doing
32:20good
32:21and
32:21seeking
32:21glory
32:22honor
32:23and
32:23immortality
32:24it's
32:25a
32:25similar
32:25situation
32:26in the
32:26world
32:27that we
32:27have
32:27today
32:28convincing
32:28people
32:29that
32:30faith
32:30in
32:30God
32:31is
32:31all
32:32that
32:32we
32:32need
32:32to
32:32do
32:33to
32:34have
32:34eternal
32:35life
32:35but
32:36people
32:36are
32:36content
32:37with
32:37this
32:37situation
32:38they're
32:38content
32:38with
32:38their
32:39jobs
32:39they're
32:39content
32:40with
32:40their
32:40acquisitions
32:41they're
32:41content
32:42with
32:42their
32:42homes
32:43they're
32:43content
32:43in the
32:44luxury
32:44that
32:44they have
32:45and say
32:45and they've
32:46said
32:46why do we need
32:47God
32:47we don't need
32:49God
32:49we have
32:49enough
32:49we're
32:50okay
32:50and when
32:51you try
32:52and speak
32:52to them
32:53about
32:53tomorrow
32:54and the
32:54next
32:54day
32:54they turn
32:56away
32:56and said
32:57don't bother
32:57us
32:58the
32:58Jews
32:59the Jews
32:59were
32:59saying
32:59basically
33:00the
33:00same
33:00thing
33:00we
33:01are
33:01Jews
33:01we've
33:02got
33:02the
33:02law
33:02we've
33:03been
33:03circumcised
33:04we've
33:04got
33:05the
33:05law
33:05and we
33:05carry
33:05on
33:06and we're
33:06going to
33:06do it
33:07according to
33:07what we
33:08understand
33:08and we're
33:09not going
33:10to change
33:10but God
33:11says
33:11that they
33:12are storing
33:12up
33:13wrath
33:13because
33:14of their
33:15hard
33:16heartedness
33:17we have a
33:18similar thing
33:19in Africa
33:19and I think
33:20I've told
33:20you about
33:21it before
33:21where the
33:22black man
33:23is very
33:24very
33:24spiritual
33:25in all
33:25his ways
33:26and will
33:27gladly
33:28accept
33:29any
33:29stories
33:29about
33:30Jesus
33:30and will
33:31gladly
33:32bow his
33:34knee to
33:34the Lord
33:35Jesus
33:35Christ
33:36but will
33:36not
33:37relinquish
33:37the
33:38Sangomas
33:39and the
33:39witch
33:39doctors
33:39which they
33:41believe
33:42have all
33:42the power
33:43so they
33:43will accept
33:44any God
33:45but not
33:46Jesus
33:46only
33:4790%
33:48of them
33:48are like
33:49that
33:49and few
33:50are the
33:51ones that
33:51really turn
33:52away
33:52from
33:53their
33:54historical
33:57worship
33:57of these
33:58ancestral
33:59gods
33:59to the
34:00Lord
34:00Jesus
34:00Christ
34:01but to
34:02those who
34:02are self
34:03seeking
34:03in verse
34:048
34:04and do
34:04not
34:05obey
34:05the
34:05truth
34:06he
34:06says
34:06but obey
34:08unrighteousness
34:09indignation
34:10wrath
34:12tribulation
34:13on anguish
34:14on every
34:15soul
34:16of the
34:17Jew first
34:17and also
34:18of the
34:19Greek
34:19there is
34:20no one
34:21who is
34:21immune
34:22from
34:22God's
34:23dispensation
34:24of grace
34:24that he
34:25has
34:25brought
34:26upon
34:26the
34:27world
34:27as we
34:28have
34:28it
34:28now
34:29we
34:29have
34:30been
34:30given
34:30the
34:31truth
34:31as Paul
34:32was
34:32given
34:32the
34:33truth
34:33and he
34:33became
34:34that
34:34bond
34:34servant
34:34doing
34:35only
34:35the
34:35will
34:36of
34:36God
34:36he
34:36had
34:37left
34:37the
34:37status
34:37that
34:38he
34:38had
34:38he
34:38had
34:38left
34:38the
34:39position
34:39that
34:39he
34:39had
34:40had
34:40and
34:40he
34:40had
34:41now
34:41become
34:41a
34:41target
34:42of
34:42these
34:42Jews
34:43that
34:43he
34:44was
34:44trying
34:44to
34:44convert
34:45and
34:45every
34:45which
34:45place
34:46that
34:46he
34:46went
34:46to
34:46he
34:47would
34:47go
34:47to
34:47the
34:48synagogue
34:48first
34:48to
34:49fulfill
34:49the
34:50call
34:50of
34:51the
34:51Jew
34:51first
34:51and
34:52then
34:52the
34:52Gentiles
34:53until
34:53eventually
34:54one
34:54day
34:54he
34:55turned
34:55away
34:56because
34:56they
34:56had
34:56rejected
34:57him
34:57after
34:58nearly
34:58killing
34:58him
34:59and
34:59so
34:59God
35:00is
35:00working
35:01in
35:01the
35:01times
35:04and
35:05in
35:05the
35:05situations
35:05through
35:06the
35:06different
35:06dispensations
35:07all the
35:08way
35:08with
35:08the
35:08same
35:09story
35:09leaving
35:10us
35:10with
35:10the
35:11word
35:11that
35:11he
35:11has
35:11given
35:12us
35:12to
35:12be
35:12to
35:13understand
35:13that
35:13whether
35:14you
35:14are
35:14Jew
35:15or
35:15Gentile
35:15nothing
35:16counts
35:17except
35:17for
35:17righteousness
35:18through
35:18faith
35:18in
35:19Jesus
35:19Christ
35:19that
35:20is
35:21the
35:21bottom
35:21line
35:22of it
35:22and
35:23he
35:23carries
35:24on
35:24comparing
35:25now
35:26in
35:26verse
35:2612
35:27and
35:2713
35:27for
35:28as
35:28many
35:28have
35:28sinned
35:29without
35:29the
35:29law
35:30will
35:30perish
35:30without
35:31the
35:31law
35:31and
35:32as
35:32many
35:32have
35:33sinned
35:33in
35:33the
35:33law
35:34will
35:34be
35:34judged
35:35by
35:35the
35:35law
35:36those
35:37who
35:37have
35:38sinned
35:38without
35:39the
35:39law
35:39would
35:39be
35:39the
35:40Gentiles
35:40and
35:41they
35:41are
35:42going
35:42to
35:42perish
35:43without
35:43the
35:43law
35:44but
35:45those
35:45who
35:45have
35:45sinned
35:46in
35:46the
35:46law
35:46will
35:46be
35:47used
35:48as
35:48a
35:49judge
35:49against
35:50them
35:50but
35:51not
35:51the
35:51hearers
35:52of
35:52the
35:52law
35:52are
35:52just
35:53in
35:53the
35:53sight
35:53of
35:53God
35:54but
35:54the
35:54doers
35:55of
35:55the
35:55law
35:56will
35:56be
35:56justified
35:57so
35:57if
35:57they
35:57are
35:57wanting
35:58to
35:58continue
35:58by
35:59the
35:59law
35:59they
35:59have
35:59to
36:00do
36:00the
36:00law
36:00and
36:01that
36:02is
36:02what
36:02is
36:03important
36:04for
36:04us
36:04as
36:04well
36:05we
36:05cannot
36:05fulfill
36:06God's
36:06law
36:07in
36:07any
36:07way
36:08it
36:09is
36:09impossible
36:09the
36:10Bible
36:11shows
36:11us
36:11that
36:12over
36:122000
36:12and
36:13more
36:13years
36:13up until
36:14the
36:15time
36:15of
36:15the
36:15crucifixion
36:16of
36:16Jesus
36:16how
36:17they
36:18found
36:18it
36:19impossible
36:19to
36:20fulfill
36:20the
36:21law
36:21of
36:21God
36:21Hebrews
36:22tells
36:23us
36:23that
36:23the
36:24blood
36:24of
36:24bulls
36:25and
36:25goats
36:25cannot
36:25take
36:27away
36:27our
36:27sins
36:28cannot
36:29justify
36:29us
36:30but
36:30the
36:30blood
36:31of
36:31Jesus
36:31is
36:31all
36:32that
36:32was
36:32able
36:32to
36:34and so
36:35in
36:35verse 17
36:36he goes
36:36on
36:36and he
36:37said
36:37you
36:37are
36:37called
36:38a Jew
36:38and
36:38you
36:39rest
36:39on
36:39the
36:39law
36:39and
36:40you
36:40make
36:40your
36:40boast
36:41in
36:41God
36:41you
36:42know
36:42his
36:42will
36:43you
36:43approve
36:44the
36:44things
36:44that
36:44are
36:44excellent
36:45and
36:45instructed
36:46out
36:46of
36:46the
36:47law
36:47and
36:47now
36:47confident
36:48that
36:49you
36:49are
36:49doing
36:49all
36:50these
36:50things
36:50and
36:51he
36:51says
36:52then
36:52do
36:53you
36:54do
36:54the
36:54same
36:55things
36:55in
36:56verse
36:5622
36:56do
36:57you
36:58not
36:58commit
36:58adultery
36:59you
36:59who
36:59say
37:04he
37:14goes
37:14on
37:15then
37:15to
37:15the
37:15end
37:16of
37:16chapter
37:172
37:17speaking
37:18about
37:18the
37:18circumcision
37:19saying
37:20the
37:20circumcision
37:21is
37:21of
37:22no
37:22avail
37:23there
37:23is
37:23no
37:24point
37:24in
37:24having
37:24it
37:25there's
37:25no
37:25purpose
37:26no
37:26reason
37:27it
37:27is
37:27not
37:28going
37:28to
37:28benefit
37:28us
37:29when
37:29we
37:29stand
37:30before
37:30Christ
37:30at
37:31the
37:31end
37:31of
37:31the
37:31day
37:31the
37:32antagonism
37:33between
37:33the
37:34Jews
37:34and the
37:34Greeks
37:34it
37:37still
37:37carries
37:37on
37:38because
37:41the
37:41Jews
37:42still
37:42think
37:42they
37:43have
37:43the
37:43law
37:43they
37:43still
37:43think
37:44they
37:44have
37:44the
37:44right
37:44but
37:45there's
37:45no
37:45ways
37:46that
37:46they
37:46are
37:47going
37:47to
37:47be
37:47able
37:48to
37:48fulfill
37:49the
37:49law
37:50in
37:50the
37:50sight
37:50of
37:50God
37:51it
37:51is
37:51only
37:52by
37:52faith
37:52in
37:52Jesus
37:53Christ
37:53that
37:53we
37:54are
37:54able
37:54to
37:54do
37:54it
37:55so
37:55Paul
37:55being
37:56this
37:56bond
37:56servant
37:56of
37:57Christ
37:57and
37:57called
37:58to
37:58be
37:58apostle
37:58separated
37:59to
37:59the
37:59gospel
38:00of
38:00God
38:00is
38:01fulfilling
38:01part
38:03and
38:03parcel
38:03of
38:04what
38:04he
38:04was
38:04writing
38:05to
38:05the
38:05Jewish
38:08Roman
38:09church
38:10which
38:10was
38:10Jew
38:10and
38:11Gentile
38:11mixed
38:12and
38:12trying
38:12to
38:13settle
38:13the
38:13differences
38:14between
38:14the
38:14two
38:15of
38:15them
38:15that
38:16they
38:16might
38:16be
38:16able
38:17to
38:17have
38:17fellowship
38:18one
38:19with
38:19the
38:19other
38:19but
38:20it
38:20is
38:20all
38:20through
38:21obedience
38:21to
38:22faith
38:22that
38:23they
38:23are
38:23able
38:23to
38:24do
38:24that
38:24and
38:24only
38:25through
38:25obedience
38:26to
38:26faith
38:26that
38:27they
38:27are
38:27able
38:28to
38:28do
38:28that
38:28they
38:29are
38:29ignorant
38:30and
38:30they
38:30need
38:30to
38:30be
38:31taught
38:31about
38:31it
38:31which
38:32is
38:32what
38:32he's
38:32trying
38:32to
38:32do
38:33by
38:34letter
38:35to
38:35them
38:35which
38:36will
38:37open
38:38their
38:38eyes
38:39and
38:39give
38:39them
38:40an
38:40understanding
38:41the
38:42letter
38:42to
38:42the
38:43Romans
38:43written
38:43by
38:43Paul
38:44was
38:45because
38:46he
38:46could
38:46not
38:46get
38:47to
38:47them
38:47as
38:47he
38:47wanted
38:48to
38:48he
38:48did
38:48get
38:49to
38:49them
38:49later
38:49on
38:50but
38:51though
38:51it
38:52wasn't
38:53written
38:54I forgot
38:54to
38:54mention
38:55it
38:55wasn't
38:55written
38:56by
38:56Paul
38:56it
38:57was
38:57written
38:57by
38:57Tertius
38:58dictated
38:59by
39:00Paul
39:01to
39:01him
39:01when
39:02he
39:02was
39:02resident
39:03in
39:03Corinth
39:03at
39:04a
39:04house
39:05of
39:05a
39:05believer
39:06called
39:06Gaius
39:07and
39:08so
39:08we
39:09ourselves
39:10in
39:10Romans
39:11in
39:13the
39:13book
39:13of
39:13Romans
39:14and
39:15particularly
39:16the
39:16first
39:16two
39:17chapters
39:17I
39:17think
39:17the
39:18highlight
39:18is
39:19that
39:19the
39:20righteousness
39:20of
39:20God
39:21is
39:21revealed
39:21from
39:22faith
39:22to
39:22faith
39:23neither
39:24the
39:24law
39:25nor
39:25circumcision
39:26nor
39:27anything
39:27else
39:28is
39:29relevant
39:29to
39:30us
39:30other
39:30than
39:31an
39:31historical
39:32interest
39:33of
39:33what
39:34Paul
39:34was
39:34saying
39:35to
39:35them
39:35and
39:35what
39:35they
39:36were
39:36holding
39:37their
39:38faith
39:38and
39:38their
39:38belief
39:39and
39:39their
39:39trust
39:40on
39:40was
39:40the
39:40works
39:41that
39:41they
39:41were
39:41trying
39:41to
39:42do
39:42and
39:43he
39:43was
39:43saying
39:43it's
39:44from
39:44faith
39:45to
39:45faith
39:45the
39:45power
39:46of
39:46the
39:46gospel
39:46of
39:48Christ
39:48it
39:49is
39:49the
39:49power
39:49of
39:50God
39:50to
39:50salvation
39:51for
39:51everyone
39:52who
39:52believes
39:52it
39:53is
39:53only
39:53that
39:54that
39:54is
39:54accepted
39:55in
39:55God's
39:56sight
39:56his
39:57son
39:57that
39:57Jesus
39:58sent
39:58to
39:58die
39:59on
39:59the
39:59cross
39:59we
40:00recognize
40:00that
40:01and
40:01we
40:01understand
40:02that
40:02and
40:03yet
40:03often
40:03times
40:04we
40:04and
40:04ourselves
40:05still
40:06err
40:07on
40:08the
40:08side
40:09of
40:10we
40:10need
40:10to
40:10do
40:11something
40:11we
40:11need
40:11to
40:12do
40:12something
40:12but
40:13unless
40:14we
40:14are
40:14driven
40:14by
40:14the
40:15Lord
40:15to
40:15do
40:15it
40:15in
40:16our
40:16hearts
40:16and
40:16we
40:16find
40:17that
40:17we
40:17are
40:17doing
40:17it
40:18out
40:18of
40:18a
40:20sense
40:20of
40:20duty
40:21and
40:21of
40:22necessity
40:23but
40:23you
40:24don't
40:24want
40:24to
40:24do
40:25it
40:25it
40:26doesn't
40:26count
40:26it's
40:27not
40:27going
40:27to
40:27help
40:27us
40:28in
40:28the
40:32beginning
40:32in
40:34Habakkuk
40:35chapter
40:352
40:36these
40:36varying
40:37degrees
40:37of
40:37faith
40:38that
40:38we
40:38have
40:38and
40:39so
40:39we
40:39need
40:39to
40:40try
40:40and
40:40look
40:40at
40:41how
40:41strong
40:42one's
40:42faith
40:43is
40:43or
40:44try
40:45and
40:45measure
40:45one's
40:46faith
40:46by
40:47what
40:47we
40:47think
40:47but
40:48just
40:49to
40:49see
40:50that
40:50faith
40:51is
40:51being
40:52exercised
40:52by
40:53believers
40:53unto
40:54Christ
40:55in
40:55whatever
40:56circumstance
40:57or
40:57situation
40:58that we
40:59may
40:59find
41:00ourselves
41:00in
41:00believing
41:01that all
41:02things
41:02work
41:02together
41:03for
41:03good
41:03to
41:03those
41:04who
41:04love
41:04God
41:04and
41:04are
41:05according
41:05to
41:05his
41:05purpose
41:06life
41:07is
41:07hard
41:07and
41:07life
41:07is
41:08difficult
41:08and
41:08it's
41:08getting
41:09harder
41:09and
41:09harder
41:10we
41:10get
41:10sick
41:11we
41:11get
41:11delayed
41:12we
41:12get
41:13ostracized
41:14but
41:15God
41:15knows
41:16all
41:16these
41:16things
41:17and
41:17he
41:18is
41:18with
41:18us
41:18to
41:18enable
41:20us
41:20to
41:20manage
41:21the
41:21circumstances
41:22and the
41:23situations
41:23that we
41:24land
41:24or find
41:25ourselves
41:26landing
41:26in
41:27the
41:27just
41:28shall
41:28live
41:28by
41:29faith
41:29we
41:33are
41:33the
41:33just
41:33and
41:35we
41:35have
41:35faith
41:36and
41:36we
41:36shall
41:36live
41:37by
41:37the
41:37faith
41:37all
41:38we
41:38need
41:38to
41:38do
41:39is
41:39continue
41:39exercising
41:40that
41:41faith
41:41as we
41:42meet
41:43here
41:43in a
41:44place
41:44like
41:44this
41:44on a
41:46Sunday
41:46night
41:47there
41:48there
41:48is
41:48no
41:48glory
41:49here
41:49there
41:50is
41:50nothing
41:50to
41:51move
41:52Chesham
41:53and
41:54Chartridge
41:54and
41:55Wendover
41:55and say
41:56look what's
41:56happening
41:56there
41:57a little
41:58community
41:59a few
41:59believers
42:00and yet
42:01God
42:01is
42:01with
42:02us
42:02God
42:03is
42:03helping
42:04us
42:04God
42:05is
42:05empowering
42:05us
42:06God
42:07is
42:07keeping
42:07it
42:07this
42:08church
42:08is
42:08still
42:08open
42:09and
42:09though
42:10there
42:10are
42:10few
42:10it
42:11is
42:11still
42:11carrying
42:11on
42:12and
42:12so
42:13we
42:13just
42:13have
42:14to
42:14have
42:14faith
42:14being
42:15just
42:16in
42:16God's
42:16sight
42:16through
42:17believing
42:17in
42:17Jesus
42:18Christ
42:18that
42:19he
42:19will
42:20provide
42:20and
42:20supply
42:21the
42:22needs
42:22the
42:23direction
42:24the
42:24hands
42:25and
42:26everything
42:26necessary
42:27which
42:28is going
42:28to bring
42:29us
42:29through
42:29to
42:29the
42:29kingdom
42:30of
42:30heaven
42:30it's
42:31not
42:31only
42:31for
42:32tonight
42:32it's
42:32for
42:32future
42:33that
42:33we
42:34meet
42:34driven
42:34by
42:35the
42:35Lord
42:35doing
42:36what
42:36he's
42:36wanting
42:36us
42:37to
42:37do
42:37we
42:38have
42:38been
42:39called
42:39also
42:40to
42:41be
42:41apostles
42:42to
42:42be
42:42messengers
42:43of
42:43Christ
42:44to
42:44be
42:44separated
42:44to
42:45the
42:45gospel
42:46but
42:46often
42:47times
42:47we
42:47mix
42:48our
42:48lives
42:48up
42:48I
42:49know
42:49with
42:50me
42:50myself
42:51I
42:51have
42:51to
42:51work
42:52and
42:52you
42:53find
42:53yourself
42:54muddling
42:55now
42:55what
42:55is
42:56God's
42:56and
42:56when
42:56is
42:56work
42:57work
42:58and
42:58how
42:58can
42:58I
42:59do
42:59all
42:59this
42:59and
42:59get
43:00it
43:00all
43:00sorted
43:00out
43:00and
43:01get
43:01it
43:01all
43:01worked
43:02out
43:03and
43:03the
43:04right
43:04way
43:04to
43:04do
43:05things
43:05but
43:06God
43:06is
43:07able
43:07and
43:07he
43:07makes
43:08things
43:08possible
43:09for
43:09man
43:10to
43:10be
43:10able
43:10if
43:11you
43:11are
43:11convinced
43:12in
43:12your
43:13heart
43:13that
43:13you
43:13are
43:13God
43:14and
43:14he
43:15is
43:15your
43:15God
43:15and
43:16you
43:16are
43:16working
43:16with
43:17him
43:17and
43:17for
43:17him
43:18he
43:19will
43:19condone
43:20and
43:21help
43:21us
43:21in
43:22our
43:22efforts
43:22whether
43:23they
43:23are
43:24little
43:25faith
43:25exercises
43:26or
43:26large
43:27faith
43:27exercises
43:28as long
43:28as
43:28faith
43:28is
43:29being
43:29exercised
43:30for
43:30without
43:31faith
43:31we are
43:31told
43:31in
43:32Hebrews
43:32it
43:32is
43:32impossible
43:33to
43:33please
43:33God
43:34for
43:35he
43:35who
43:35believes
43:36must
43:36believe
43:37that
43:37he
43:37exists
43:37and
43:38he
43:38earnestly
43:38rewards
43:39those
43:39who
43:40come
43:41to
43:41him
43:42we
43:43also
43:43know
43:44from
43:44Hebrews
43:45is
43:46that
43:46faith
43:47is
43:47the
43:47substance
43:48of
43:48things
43:49hoped
43:49for
43:49and
43:49the
43:50evidence
43:50of
43:50things
43:51not
43:51seen
43:51had
43:52Paul
43:52not
43:53written
43:53this
43:53book
43:54of
43:54Romans
43:56to
43:56the
43:57Romans
43:57they
43:58wouldn't
43:58have
43:58had
43:59any
43:59direction
44:00historic
44:02direction
44:02to guide
44:03them
44:03and to
44:04bring
44:04them
44:04through
44:04from
44:05where
44:05they
44:05were
44:05but
44:06with
44:07this
44:07that
44:07first
44:08part
44:08that
44:08we
44:09have
44:09read
44:09oftentimes
44:10we're
44:11in
44:11the
44:11same
44:11sort
44:11of
44:11situation
44:12in
44:13our
44:13churches
44:14the
44:14modern
44:14day
44:14churches
44:15the
44:17youngsters
44:17are
44:17going
44:18the
44:18way
44:18they
44:18want
44:19to
44:19go
44:19the
44:20old
44:20folk
44:20are
44:21stayed
44:22and
44:22they
44:22don't
44:23want
44:23to
44:23change
44:23from
44:24what
44:24we
44:24are
44:25used
44:25to
44:25doing
44:25it's
44:28a
44:28difficult
44:28situation
44:29but
44:29we're
44:30in
44:30the
44:30same
44:30situation
44:31if
44:31we
44:31walk
44:31by
44:32faith
44:32then
44:33God
44:34will
44:34make
44:34it
44:35work
44:35and
44:36I
44:36believe
44:36that
44:36we
44:37are
44:37walking
44:37according
44:38to
44:38faith
44:38I
44:39believe
44:39that
44:40he
44:40is
44:40blessing
44:40particularly
44:41Chartridge
44:42because
44:42against
44:43all odds
44:44Chartridge
44:44is still
44:45going
44:45and I
44:45thank you
44:46all
44:46for
44:46supporting
44:47it
44:47but
44:47against
44:48all odds
44:48Chartridge
44:49is still
44:50going
44:50and so
44:51may the
44:51Lord
44:51give us
44:52grace
44:52to be
44:53able
44:53to
44:53just
44:54stand
44:55believing
44:56that God
44:56is doing
44:56the work
44:57that
44:57he
44:58is
44:58wanting
44:58us
44:59to do
44:59Amen
45:00to
45:01time
45:02to
45:02be
45:03holy
45:04speak
45:06of
45:06the
45:07Lord
45:08O
45:10mighty
45:11hang
45:11always
45:13and
45:14feed
45:15on
45:15his
45:16word
45:17May
45:18be
45:19praise
45:19of
45:20those
45:20children
45:21now
45:23who
45:23close to
45:24a
45:24week
45:26forget
45:28in
45:28nothing
45:30is
45:32blessing
45:32to
45:33seek
45:35Take
45:36time
45:37to
45:37be
45:38holy
45:39the
45:40world
45:41rushes
45:42on
45:43Spend
45:45much
45:46time
45:46in
45:46secret
45:48with
45:49Jesus
45:50alone
45:52By
45:54your
45:55king
45:55to
45:56Jesus
45:57like
45:59him
46:00thou
46:00shalt
46:00be
46:01Thy
46:03friends
46:04in
46:04thy
46:04condam
46:06his
46:08likeness
46:08shall
46:09sing
46:10Take
46:11time
46:13to
46:13be
46:13holy
46:15let
46:17him
46:17be
46:17thy
46:18guide
46:19and
46:21run
46:22not
46:22before
46:23him
46:24would
46:26ever
46:26return
46:28be
46:29in
46:30joy
46:30or
46:31his
46:31sorrow
46:32still
46:34for
46:35the
46:36Lord
46:37and
46:39looking
46:39to
46:40Jesus
46:41still
46:43trust
46:44in
46:44his
46:45word
47:17I've waited for the Shabbat.
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