WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.439 --> 00:00:06.559 Thanks for joining us here today on Pastor Rick's Daily Hope, 2 00:00:06.839 --> 00:00:11.119 the audio broadcast ministry of Pastor Rick Warren. Today we 3 00:00:11.160 --> 00:00:15.119 continue in a series called the Seven Greatest Words of Love. 4 00:00:15.640 --> 00:00:19.359 There are seven words in particular that Jesus spoke during 5 00:00:19.399 --> 00:00:22.760 his final hours on the cross that hold the keys 6 00:00:22.839 --> 00:00:28.039 for finding fulfillment in your life, relationships, and even your career. 7 00:00:28.640 --> 00:00:31.719 Right now, here's Pastor Rick with the final part of 8 00:00:31.760 --> 00:00:34.439 a message called the Word of Victory. 9 00:00:35.159 --> 00:00:38.359 In the Old Testament, the sacrificial system was the way 10 00:00:38.399 --> 00:00:42.119 that people said they were sorry for their sins, and 11 00:00:42.200 --> 00:00:45.399 there were sacrifices made. And the Bible says, now that 12 00:00:45.479 --> 00:00:48.079 Jesus Christ has died on the cross, there is no 13 00:00:48.240 --> 00:00:52.960 need to offer any more sacrifices because Jesus was the 14 00:00:53.039 --> 00:00:55.880 ultimate sacrifice for everything you've ever done wrong. 15 00:00:56.280 --> 00:00:59.359 Now, let me explain this in implication of it. Some 16 00:00:59.439 --> 00:00:59.840 of our. 17 00:00:59.719 --> 00:01:03.520 Friends, some of you right here in our church are 18 00:01:03.640 --> 00:01:07.959 Christians who believe about the second Coming, that for before 19 00:01:08.120 --> 00:01:11.359 Jesus Christ can come back, that a temple has to 20 00:01:11.359 --> 00:01:17.359 be built in Jerusalem and the sacrificial system restarted before 21 00:01:17.480 --> 00:01:21.719 Jesus can come back. But the Bible just said there's 22 00:01:21.760 --> 00:01:25.840 no need for any more sacrifice, so that's irrelevant. There 23 00:01:25.879 --> 00:01:28.040 is no need for the temple to be built. 24 00:01:27.879 --> 00:01:30.640 Because the sacrifice has already been made. 25 00:01:30.719 --> 00:01:34.359 There will never again be a need for sacrifices in 26 00:01:34.400 --> 00:01:37.560 the Temple in Jerusalem, never never never never never never 27 00:01:37.640 --> 00:01:38.840 never never never again. 28 00:01:40.319 --> 00:01:41.280 It doesn't have to happen. 29 00:01:41.719 --> 00:01:46.079 Why because the Bible says Jesus was the sacrifice and 30 00:01:46.120 --> 00:01:48.920 there will never ever again be any need for any 31 00:01:48.959 --> 00:01:52.200 other sacrifice. Now, some of you have felt guilty over 32 00:01:52.239 --> 00:01:54.760 something you've done wrong, and you believe God has forgiven you, 33 00:01:54.799 --> 00:01:56.920 but you haven't really felt God has forgiven you, and 34 00:01:56.959 --> 00:02:00.319 you keep trying to pay off your sin. Maybe if 35 00:02:00.319 --> 00:02:03.079 I go on a piece trip, that'll pay off my sin. 36 00:02:03.959 --> 00:02:06.120 Maybe if I go to church, that'll pay a fe 37 00:02:06.159 --> 00:02:08.879 off my sin. Maybe if I tie, then I can 38 00:02:08.919 --> 00:02:11.360 get rid of this gill. And you're trying to pay 39 00:02:11.400 --> 00:02:14.159 off your sin when it's already been paid for. 40 00:02:15.680 --> 00:02:18.759 That's good news, that is good news. 41 00:02:19.240 --> 00:02:24.840 The sacrifice was final, it was complete, and it is finished. 42 00:02:25.039 --> 00:02:27.919 To tell us Diy, there will never be anything else 43 00:02:28.120 --> 00:02:30.919 you could ever ever do to pay for your sins 44 00:02:31.080 --> 00:02:37.319 because it's already all been paid for. No need to 45 00:02:37.360 --> 00:02:41.520 try to keep repaying for your mistakes. I remember one 46 00:02:41.520 --> 00:02:43.680 time reading about a lady who was an elderly woman 47 00:02:43.719 --> 00:02:47.879 and she went to her insurance company and she walked 48 00:02:47.919 --> 00:02:49.080 in and said, how can we help. 49 00:02:48.879 --> 00:02:49.199 You, ma'am? 50 00:02:49.240 --> 00:02:51.960 She said, well, my husband died five years ago and 51 00:02:52.560 --> 00:02:55.719 I can't afford to keep paying his insurance life insurance premiums. 52 00:02:56.879 --> 00:03:00.400 I just can't afford to do it anymore. And I said, men, 53 00:03:01.360 --> 00:03:06.240 you don't need to. It's been paid off. It's done, 54 00:03:06.960 --> 00:03:09.759 and now you get to benefit from it. He died, 55 00:03:11.159 --> 00:03:13.960 and because he died, you are now going to benefit 56 00:03:14.039 --> 00:03:16.639 from his death. You don't have to pay anything anymore. 57 00:03:18.360 --> 00:03:22.159 And that's what Jesus did for you. Now, there's one 58 00:03:22.199 --> 00:03:26.800 other use of the word to tell us stye that 59 00:03:26.840 --> 00:03:29.199 I didn't mention, and that it was often used as 60 00:03:29.240 --> 00:03:33.080 a battle cry, and in war when armies would go 61 00:03:33.120 --> 00:03:37.599 to battle and they had won the battle and they 62 00:03:37.639 --> 00:03:41.479 had completely defeated the enemy, the soldiers would shout to 63 00:03:41.560 --> 00:03:46.360 tell us die, it's done, we're finished, it's paid in full, 64 00:03:47.159 --> 00:03:47.599 we won. 65 00:03:48.479 --> 00:03:49.280 It's all ours. 66 00:03:49.560 --> 00:03:53.639 And these are the last two meanings of this in 67 00:03:53.719 --> 00:03:56.400 your life. Number four, The fourth thing that happened when 68 00:03:56.479 --> 00:04:00.439 Jesus said, it is finished. Was he defeated the fear 69 00:04:00.680 --> 00:04:04.960 of death. He defeated the fear of death. Now this 70 00:04:05.000 --> 00:04:09.400 is a universal fear. Nobody is exempt from it. Everybody 71 00:04:09.439 --> 00:04:12.639 has some fear of death. But Jesus broke that power. 72 00:04:13.319 --> 00:04:15.639 And this was a battle cry. It was a shout 73 00:04:15.840 --> 00:04:20.600 of a victorious conqueror when he says, I have defeated death, 74 00:04:20.959 --> 00:04:22.759 and I have proved to you you don't have to 75 00:04:22.759 --> 00:04:24.480 be afraid of it, because I'm going to come back 76 00:04:24.519 --> 00:04:27.360 to life. And if I am the resurrection, you can 77 00:04:27.399 --> 00:04:30.399 be resurrected. And believing in me, death is not the end, 78 00:04:30.560 --> 00:04:33.040 and you don't need to fear it anymore. A couple 79 00:04:33.120 --> 00:04:37.720 verses Romans five seventeen, the sin of one man, Adam 80 00:04:37.879 --> 00:04:38.800 caused the death to. 81 00:04:38.759 --> 00:04:39.759 Rule over all of us. 82 00:04:40.639 --> 00:04:43.920 But all who received God's wonderful, gracious gift of righteousness 83 00:04:44.160 --> 00:04:51.079 will live in triumph over sin and death. Through this 84 00:04:51.160 --> 00:04:54.720 one man, Jesus Christ triumph over sin and death. Look 85 00:04:54.720 --> 00:04:57.399 at the next verse he Brews chapter two, fourteen fifteen. 86 00:04:57.879 --> 00:05:03.319 Jesus became flesh and blood by being born in human form, 87 00:05:04.399 --> 00:05:08.000 for only as a human being could he die, and 88 00:05:08.120 --> 00:05:11.879 only by dying could he break the power of the 89 00:05:11.959 --> 00:05:17.959 devil who had the power of death. And only in 90 00:05:18.000 --> 00:05:20.959 this way how Jesus died on the cross, could he 91 00:05:21.120 --> 00:05:25.480 deliver those set us free, deliver those that's you and me, 92 00:05:26.120 --> 00:05:29.240 who have lived all their lives as slaves to the 93 00:05:29.279 --> 00:05:30.519 fear of dying. 94 00:05:32.360 --> 00:05:33.839 I don't have to be afraid of death anymore. I'm 95 00:05:33.879 --> 00:05:34.680 not afraid of death. 96 00:05:35.360 --> 00:05:39.759 I can honestly say I'm afraid of pain, but I 97 00:05:39.800 --> 00:05:43.399 am not afraid of death, because death is just a transfer. 98 00:05:43.439 --> 00:05:45.319 And I know where I'm going, and i know I'm 99 00:05:45.319 --> 00:05:48.040 supposed to be there, not here forever, and I'm looking 100 00:05:48.079 --> 00:05:49.639 forward to being there since more and more of my 101 00:05:49.720 --> 00:05:54.160 friends and parents and relatives are there. And he breaks 102 00:05:54.199 --> 00:05:56.439 the fear of death, He defeats the fear of death 103 00:05:56.519 --> 00:05:59.199 when he says it is finished. By the way, do 104 00:05:59.240 --> 00:06:02.079 you know what is the symbol of this though you 105 00:06:02.079 --> 00:06:07.839 don't have to fear death. It's baptism. Baptism. In the Bible, 106 00:06:07.959 --> 00:06:10.800 every time you see the word baptism used, it's used 107 00:06:10.839 --> 00:06:15.000 to refer to a burial and a resurrection. The Bible 108 00:06:15.000 --> 00:06:17.959 says by in baptism, we're buried with Christ. And in 109 00:06:18.000 --> 00:06:20.720 baptism we're raised with Christ, which is why we do 110 00:06:20.800 --> 00:06:22.560 it the way they did it in the Bible. We 111 00:06:22.560 --> 00:06:24.839 don't sprinkle water, we don't pour on water. We do 112 00:06:24.879 --> 00:06:26.920 it the way that they did it with Jesus, because 113 00:06:26.959 --> 00:06:30.000 it's a picture of a death, a burial, and resurrection. 114 00:06:30.279 --> 00:06:32.480 Every time the word baptism is used in the Bible, 115 00:06:32.639 --> 00:06:35.959 it refers. In fact, the word means to put underwater baptizo. 116 00:06:36.920 --> 00:06:39.959 And so just as Jesus Christ died, was buried in 117 00:06:40.000 --> 00:06:43.040 the ground three days and rose again and broke the 118 00:06:43.079 --> 00:06:44.959 power of death, And we don't have to be afraid 119 00:06:44.959 --> 00:06:47.399 of death anymore because we know you can be resurrected 120 00:06:47.399 --> 00:06:50.600 from it. Jesus died, was buried three days, rose again. 121 00:06:50.959 --> 00:06:53.079 That you know, I take you, or one of our 122 00:06:53.120 --> 00:06:55.600 pastors takes you, puts you under the water, leaves you 123 00:06:55.639 --> 00:07:02.120 there three days, raises you. I'm just seeing if you're listening, 124 00:07:03.639 --> 00:07:07.160 raises you up again. And that is a symbol that 125 00:07:07.600 --> 00:07:09.920 I have died to my old way of life. All 126 00:07:09.959 --> 00:07:13.120 my sins are forgiven, they're washed away, they're forgiven, they're 127 00:07:13.120 --> 00:07:15.680 wiped out, and I'm being raised to live a brand 128 00:07:15.759 --> 00:07:20.040 new life. And I don't have to fear death all right, 129 00:07:20.199 --> 00:07:22.759 number five now the fifth one. And I really love 130 00:07:22.839 --> 00:07:25.319 this one. I appreciate it so much. Is that when 131 00:07:25.399 --> 00:07:27.439 Jesus Christ died for us on the cross, one of 132 00:07:27.439 --> 00:07:29.720 the things he said is free from that he liberates 133 00:07:29.720 --> 00:07:34.439 from He finished was this. He destroyed Satan's power to 134 00:07:34.560 --> 00:07:43.120 control me on the cross. He destroyed Satan's power to 135 00:07:43.240 --> 00:07:46.839 control me, to control my mind, to control my life, 136 00:07:46.879 --> 00:07:51.600 to control my destiny. You don't understand this, and I 137 00:07:51.600 --> 00:07:53.560 don't have time to get into it fully right now. 138 00:07:53.639 --> 00:07:56.800 But there was this cosmic war going on on the 139 00:07:56.839 --> 00:08:03.319 cross and God versus Satan. And from a human standpoint, 140 00:08:03.399 --> 00:08:05.879 when Jesus is dying on the cross and bleeding, it 141 00:08:05.959 --> 00:08:10.920 looks like Satan's winning. It just looks and a lot 142 00:08:10.920 --> 00:08:16.360 of times the world looks like Satan's winning. But God 143 00:08:16.360 --> 00:08:19.199 has a bigger perspective and he had Satan. 144 00:08:18.920 --> 00:08:21.240 Had no idea what was going on at this moment. 145 00:08:21.839 --> 00:08:27.319 When Jesus died on the cross, Satan thought, man, I'm good. 146 00:08:28.360 --> 00:08:32.600 I've put Jesus to death. I've killed the Messiah, I've 147 00:08:32.720 --> 00:08:35.799 killed the savior of the world. Now all of those 148 00:08:35.840 --> 00:08:37.759 people are gonna come to hell with me. 149 00:08:39.279 --> 00:08:42.440 He thought he had won he thought. 150 00:08:42.559 --> 00:08:45.440 Now the audacity, the foolish was thinking that you can 151 00:08:45.480 --> 00:08:49.519 fight God and win, because three days later Jesus arises 152 00:08:49.559 --> 00:08:55.919 from the dead and he says I'm back, and Satans go, oh, no, 153 00:08:57.639 --> 00:09:00.679 we have no idea what we've just got ours into. 154 00:09:02.120 --> 00:09:04.519 And one of the things that God did on the 155 00:09:04.600 --> 00:09:09.240 cross is he destroyed Satan's power. When Jesus said it 156 00:09:09.320 --> 00:09:15.639 is finished, Satan should have said I'm finished because his 157 00:09:15.759 --> 00:09:20.519 days are numbered. Now, let me be frank. If you 158 00:09:20.559 --> 00:09:22.600 don't have Jesus Christ in your life, you don't have 159 00:09:22.600 --> 00:09:25.639 the power God in your life. You are defenseless against 160 00:09:25.639 --> 00:09:29.200 the devil. He can just swip slap you around, do 161 00:09:29.240 --> 00:09:31.440 anything you want. You have no power on your own. 162 00:09:32.679 --> 00:09:35.720 You are not anywhere near as powerful as Satan. And 163 00:09:35.720 --> 00:09:37.399 if you don't have God's spirit in your life, you 164 00:09:37.440 --> 00:09:43.960 have zero defense, zero power, zero armory against Satan's while 165 00:09:44.080 --> 00:09:47.639 he can just whip you around, he can manipulate your emotions, 166 00:09:47.879 --> 00:09:50.600 he can mess with your mind, he can get you 167 00:09:50.679 --> 00:09:51.559 addicted to all. 168 00:09:51.480 --> 00:09:52.080 Kinds of stuff. 169 00:09:52.080 --> 00:09:54.559 He's got all kinds of power, and you are flat 170 00:09:54.600 --> 00:09:59.519 out powerless. You have no defense, zero, not a none 171 00:10:00.399 --> 00:10:02.879 against the devil. If you don't have God in your life, 172 00:10:03.120 --> 00:10:06.000 you have none. But when you get God's spirit in you, 173 00:10:06.039 --> 00:10:08.159 the Bible says, greater is He that is in you 174 00:10:09.519 --> 00:10:11.240 than he that is in the world. 175 00:10:12.039 --> 00:10:13.399 Now let me again be frank. 176 00:10:13.799 --> 00:10:17.960 Satan has two favorite tools to whip you around. One 177 00:10:17.960 --> 00:10:21.879 of them is temptation and the other is condemnation, and 178 00:10:21.919 --> 00:10:24.879 he loves to use them both. And the way he 179 00:10:24.960 --> 00:10:29.200 uses temptation is he minimizes the sense that's no big deal. 180 00:10:29.600 --> 00:10:31.480 Don't come on, everybody does this, you know, go ahead 181 00:10:31.480 --> 00:10:34.600 and do this thing, rebel against God. You're smarter than God. 182 00:10:34.840 --> 00:10:36.679 You know, it'll make you happy more than God does. 183 00:10:36.799 --> 00:10:39.600 And He's given you all these thoughts in your mind. 184 00:10:40.159 --> 00:10:42.279 You don't have to speak aloud. He just puts these 185 00:10:42.279 --> 00:10:45.720 ideas in your mind, just like God. When Satan puts 186 00:10:45.720 --> 00:10:47.840 an idea, it's called temptation. When God gives you an idea, 187 00:10:47.840 --> 00:10:51.399 it's called inspiration. When you have an idea, it's called stupidity. 188 00:10:52.759 --> 00:10:53.600 I'm just kidding. 189 00:10:53.720 --> 00:10:58.000 I'm just just kidding. But Satan's but no, this is 190 00:10:58.000 --> 00:10:59.320 no big deals, no big deal. 191 00:10:59.480 --> 00:11:02.639 And then the moment you do that particular sin, you 192 00:11:02.639 --> 00:11:05.600 know what he does. He reverses strategy and instead of minimizing, 193 00:11:05.679 --> 00:11:09.440 and he maximizes. You did that? Are you kidding me? 194 00:11:09.679 --> 00:11:12.879 God will never love you again. It's over. You're dead, 195 00:11:13.120 --> 00:11:15.840 You're done for your head. God could never use you. You'll 196 00:11:15.759 --> 00:11:17.639 never be blessed. What kind of person do you think 197 00:11:17.679 --> 00:11:20.519 you are? How big is it God that is so big? 198 00:11:20.559 --> 00:11:23.759 You could never never be forgiven for that? See a strategy. 199 00:11:24.559 --> 00:11:28.440 Minimize the sin before you do it, maximize it afterwards. 200 00:11:28.759 --> 00:11:30.639 Temptation, condemnation. 201 00:11:32.039 --> 00:11:33.799 And what did Jesus Christ do on the cross when 202 00:11:33.799 --> 00:11:37.279 he said his finished? He defeated temptation and condemnation. Look 203 00:11:37.320 --> 00:11:43.080 at this. The Bible says that Jesus destroyed the irresistible 204 00:11:43.159 --> 00:11:45.759 power of temptation. He now gives you the power to 205 00:11:45.799 --> 00:11:48.159 resist it. In fact, he promises to give it. 206 00:11:48.200 --> 00:11:51.039 Colossians, chapter one. God has freed. 207 00:11:50.799 --> 00:11:55.200 Us from the power of darkness and brought us into 208 00:11:55.279 --> 00:11:57.320 the kingdom of his dear son. 209 00:11:57.600 --> 00:12:01.159 It's a fatal blow to Satan. He said. A minute, Rick, you. 210 00:12:01.159 --> 00:12:03.559 Said, God has freed us from the power of darkness. 211 00:12:04.639 --> 00:12:08.440 And you're thinking, well, it seems to me that Satan's 212 00:12:08.440 --> 00:12:13.000 still pretty much alive right now. Yes, but he's on 213 00:12:13.159 --> 00:12:16.519 borrowed time now I've tried to think of the best 214 00:12:16.559 --> 00:12:19.919 illustration to explained to you the predicament that Satan is 215 00:12:19.960 --> 00:12:23.120 in right now, between now and the end of history. 216 00:12:23.840 --> 00:12:26.200 And the only thing I can give you this and 217 00:12:26.279 --> 00:12:30.320 it's a little gory, is from growing up. I grew 218 00:12:30.399 --> 00:12:32.159 up in an area that had a lot of farms, 219 00:12:33.320 --> 00:12:35.799 and a lot of farms raised chickens. And actually, when 220 00:12:36.080 --> 00:12:38.559 my parents lived in Portland, we actually had a chicken 221 00:12:38.559 --> 00:12:43.600 coop and we raised chickens. Now, there's sorry, this may 222 00:12:43.600 --> 00:12:45.120 be a little gory, but there are only two ways 223 00:12:45.240 --> 00:12:48.240 killed chicken. You chop its head off or you ring 224 00:12:48.279 --> 00:12:48.799 its neck. 225 00:12:49.720 --> 00:12:50.159 Okay. 226 00:12:50.360 --> 00:12:52.559 Now, when I was a little kid and my dad 227 00:12:52.559 --> 00:12:54.799 would do this ring Dad, it just grossed me out. 228 00:12:55.080 --> 00:12:58.840 When it became a teenager, I thought it was hilarious. Okay, 229 00:12:58.919 --> 00:13:01.360 it was the funniest thing I ever seen. Okay, and 230 00:13:01.440 --> 00:13:03.320 I just thought, wow, that come on, let me do 231 00:13:03.360 --> 00:13:06.200 it dad. You know, when you're a kid, you know. 232 00:13:06.519 --> 00:13:10.039 But but this I have seen this many, many, many 233 00:13:10.080 --> 00:13:13.360 times as kid growing up, that when a chicken loses 234 00:13:13.399 --> 00:13:15.799 its neck, either by wringing it or chopping it off, 235 00:13:16.559 --> 00:13:18.960 it will then run around the yard for another three 236 00:13:19.080 --> 00:13:22.879 or four minutes. That's where you get the phrase running 237 00:13:23.000 --> 00:13:26.720 like a chicken with its head cut off. He's dead 238 00:13:26.879 --> 00:13:37.159 and doesn't know it. It's the only illustration I could 239 00:13:37.159 --> 00:13:44.559 think of. And at the Cross, Jesus whacked off the 240 00:13:44.600 --> 00:13:45.240 head of Satan. 241 00:13:48.759 --> 00:13:52.000 He's running around with his head cut off. He's dead 242 00:13:52.039 --> 00:13:52.879 and doesn't know it. 243 00:14:00.120 --> 00:14:02.720 If you have Jesus Christ in your life, Satan has 244 00:14:03.039 --> 00:14:05.600 zero power over you except the. 245 00:14:05.480 --> 00:14:07.039 Areas you choose to give him. 246 00:14:08.320 --> 00:14:11.679 And when you choose to give in through resentment and 247 00:14:11.720 --> 00:14:14.799 guilt and worry and fear, then you give him what's 248 00:14:14.840 --> 00:14:18.679 called a foothold in your life. But otherwise he can't 249 00:14:18.720 --> 00:14:22.200 touch you. He cannot harm you. Satan cannot harm me. 250 00:14:23.840 --> 00:14:27.519 I'm hid with God in Christ, and I am protected. 251 00:14:27.799 --> 00:14:31.200 I'm not afraid of Satan. I am afraid of listening 252 00:14:31.279 --> 00:14:32.960 to some of the stupid things he says and actually 253 00:14:33.000 --> 00:14:36.639 believing them. I ought to be afraid of that, because 254 00:14:36.639 --> 00:14:39.120 he can only if you have Christ in your life. 255 00:14:39.159 --> 00:14:42.120 He can only affect you by suggestion. He cannot come 256 00:14:42.159 --> 00:14:42.399 at you. 257 00:14:42.440 --> 00:14:44.360 Hold on now. If you don't have God in your life, 258 00:14:44.480 --> 00:14:48.080 you're vulnerable. You're wide open. 259 00:14:48.679 --> 00:14:50.960 But when Jesus Christ died on the cross, one of 260 00:14:50.960 --> 00:14:55.879 the things he did was he defeated the power of 261 00:14:55.919 --> 00:14:57.320 Satan to manipulate you. 262 00:14:57.440 --> 00:14:58.919 Does Satan tent me? Yes? 263 00:14:59.080 --> 00:15:00.960 But I now have a p inside of me. It 264 00:15:01.000 --> 00:15:02.919 gives me the energy to say no, and I didn't 265 00:15:02.960 --> 00:15:06.960 have that power before. And then not only does he 266 00:15:07.000 --> 00:15:08.720 have temptation, he has condemnation. 267 00:15:08.799 --> 00:15:11.000 Now look at this verse, second verse. 268 00:15:11.600 --> 00:15:15.480 Jesus destroyed Satan's leverage to accuse you Colossians two fifteen. 269 00:15:16.720 --> 00:15:21.360 God took away Satan's power to accuse you. God took 270 00:15:21.399 --> 00:15:25.519 away Satan's power to accuse you of sin, and he 271 00:15:25.639 --> 00:15:29.480 openly displayed to the whole world christ triumph at the Cross, 272 00:15:30.240 --> 00:15:32.960 where your sins were all taken away. 273 00:15:33.080 --> 00:15:33.919 Now what does that mean? 274 00:15:36.320 --> 00:15:38.639 Before I sin, sayings it's no big deal. Then I 275 00:15:38.639 --> 00:15:42.440 send it's a big deal. God will never never love you, 276 00:15:43.679 --> 00:15:45.120 and I say, you're a liar. 277 00:15:45.559 --> 00:15:48.879 Go to hell. You could tell Satan to go to hell, 278 00:15:49.720 --> 00:15:51.159 nobody else but just Satan. 279 00:15:52.000 --> 00:15:57.240 Okay, his accusations don't work on you, because the Bible 280 00:15:57.240 --> 00:16:00.720 says there is therefore now no condemnation for those who 281 00:16:00.799 --> 00:16:01.320 are in Christ. 282 00:16:01.440 --> 00:16:01.840 Jesus. 283 00:16:03.159 --> 00:16:06.200 If Jesus paid for all of my sins on the cross, 284 00:16:07.159 --> 00:16:11.159 including the ones I haven't done yet, And Satan comes 285 00:16:11.159 --> 00:16:13.759 to me and says, Warren, you are such a jerk. 286 00:16:14.840 --> 00:16:16.679 You did this, and you did this, and you did that. 287 00:16:16.720 --> 00:16:19.399 I just go But it was paid for on the cross. 288 00:16:20.840 --> 00:16:24.720 I'm a trophy of God's grace and so are you. 289 00:16:24.960 --> 00:16:29.559 So his accusations don't stick. He can't manipulate me anymore 290 00:16:29.720 --> 00:16:33.279 by accusation. Does that make sense? And he can't manipulate 291 00:16:33.360 --> 00:16:36.519 you anymore, because everything you've ever done wrong and everything 292 00:16:36.559 --> 00:16:38.879 you ever will do wrong if you put your trust 293 00:16:38.879 --> 00:16:41.399 in Christ has been forgiven. And Satan goes, oh, I 294 00:16:41.440 --> 00:16:45.600 accuse you of this, And Jesus the defense attorney steps 295 00:16:45.600 --> 00:16:49.279 in and said, out of order, in admissible evidence. 296 00:16:50.000 --> 00:16:51.200 It's already been cleansed. 297 00:16:51.240 --> 00:16:54.559 It's already I canceled the payment, I paid the debt, 298 00:16:55.200 --> 00:16:57.000 I satisfied the justice. 299 00:16:56.759 --> 00:16:57.720 To tell us die. 300 00:17:00.120 --> 00:17:03.679 Do you understand the significance of what I'm saying. The 301 00:17:03.720 --> 00:17:08.680 difference between our faith and every other religion or faith 302 00:17:08.680 --> 00:17:11.440 in the world is the difference between just two words 303 00:17:12.160 --> 00:17:20.160 do and done. Every other religion says you gotta do this, this, this, this, this, this, this, 304 00:17:20.240 --> 00:17:22.559 gotta do do do do do in order to make. 305 00:17:22.440 --> 00:17:26.680 God like you Christianity. 306 00:17:26.799 --> 00:17:29.720 The Bible says it was all done for you on 307 00:17:29.799 --> 00:17:32.599 the cross. You don't have anything to it. You can't 308 00:17:32.640 --> 00:17:36.279 add to it. It's done to tell Ustye, it's finished. 309 00:17:38.200 --> 00:17:42.599 So let me summarize. Jesus fulfill the scripture what God 310 00:17:42.599 --> 00:17:48.160 had promised to do. He satisfied the law and in 311 00:17:48.200 --> 00:17:52.440 his own justice. I did what God required. He paid 312 00:17:52.440 --> 00:17:55.519 off the debt that I owed, a massive death that 313 00:17:55.559 --> 00:17:58.720 I could never possibly pay off on my own, my penalty, 314 00:17:58.799 --> 00:18:02.079 took my penalty. He defeated the fear of death and 315 00:18:02.200 --> 00:18:04.799 destroyed Satan's power to control me. Is that a reason 316 00:18:04.799 --> 00:18:05.400 to celebrate? 317 00:18:06.880 --> 00:18:08.079 Yeah? 318 00:18:08.119 --> 00:18:14.599 And I'm sure that the Father said, well done, well done. 319 00:18:14.759 --> 00:18:17.720 Now these are the five things that give us hope. 320 00:18:17.759 --> 00:18:21.039 This is the uniqueness of the Christian hope. These things 321 00:18:21.039 --> 00:18:24.240 give us hope. But not only that. There's hope for 322 00:18:24.319 --> 00:18:28.759 your future too. Look at the next verse. Philippians one 323 00:18:28.920 --> 00:18:32.279 six says this. You can be certain of this, and 324 00:18:32.440 --> 00:18:34.319 let me stop. Do you remember last week I talked 325 00:18:34.319 --> 00:18:38.240 about three kinds of hope. There's wishful hope, which is 326 00:18:38.240 --> 00:18:41.440 just you're just wishing. There's expectant hope. You have a 327 00:18:41.480 --> 00:18:43.880 reason to expect some them, and then there's certain hope. 328 00:18:44.039 --> 00:18:45.519 And that's the kind of hope God wants you to 329 00:18:45.519 --> 00:18:48.000 build your life on. This is a certainty, This is 330 00:18:48.039 --> 00:18:53.519 a certain hope. Right here you can be certain of this. God, 331 00:18:54.039 --> 00:18:58.799 who began his good work within you, will continue his 332 00:18:58.960 --> 00:19:01.200 work until it is finally. 333 00:19:00.839 --> 00:19:04.440 What circle that word start? Put an arrow by it. 334 00:19:05.119 --> 00:19:07.960 Who God, who began his good work in you, will 335 00:19:07.960 --> 00:19:11.720 continue his work in you until it is finally finished 336 00:19:12.680 --> 00:19:17.880 on the day when Christ Jesus comes back again. Now, 337 00:19:17.920 --> 00:19:20.079 is there anything in there about you doing something? No, 338 00:19:20.200 --> 00:19:23.839 it's all about him doing something. It's all about his work. 339 00:19:25.640 --> 00:19:28.240 One time I was asked by a man. I was 340 00:19:28.279 --> 00:19:31.279 out on the patio and I actually learned this response 341 00:19:31.279 --> 00:19:35.240 from a guy named L. Moody, previous generation pastor. But 342 00:19:35.319 --> 00:19:36.920 a man came up to me and he said, he's 343 00:19:36.960 --> 00:19:39.680 pretty frantic. I gus, I just want to know what 344 00:19:39.839 --> 00:19:42.680 do I need to do? I said, what do you mean? 345 00:19:43.319 --> 00:19:47.359 What do I need to do to get into heaven? 346 00:19:47.599 --> 00:19:54.400 And I said, sorry, you're too late. He said, are 347 00:19:54.400 --> 00:20:00.160 you kidding me? No, I'm sorry you're too late. What 348 00:20:00.160 --> 00:20:01.119 do you mean it's too late? 349 00:20:01.240 --> 00:20:04.440 What do I need to do? You're too late? 350 00:20:06.400 --> 00:20:11.799 It was all done two thousand years ago. You just 351 00:20:11.839 --> 00:20:15.720 need to accept it. You can't do anything to get 352 00:20:15.759 --> 00:20:19.960 into heaven. You couldn't be good enough to get into heaven. 353 00:20:21.240 --> 00:20:24.319 But you could accept what Jesus did. 354 00:20:25.640 --> 00:20:28.160 I started this message by saying that you're going to 355 00:20:28.240 --> 00:20:31.000 end your life with unfinished business. 356 00:20:31.240 --> 00:20:32.079 But there's one. 357 00:20:31.920 --> 00:20:35.880 Thing that's definitely been finished for you, and it's the 358 00:20:35.960 --> 00:20:42.359 last person your outline Ephesians two eight. Saving is all 359 00:20:42.759 --> 00:20:47.839 his idea. Saving is all his idea, and it's all 360 00:20:47.920 --> 00:20:48.400 his work. 361 00:20:48.440 --> 00:20:49.279 It's God's work. 362 00:20:50.240 --> 00:20:54.920 All we do is trust him enough to let him 363 00:20:54.920 --> 00:21:01.319 do it. It is God's gift from start to finish. 364 00:21:01.799 --> 00:21:07.039 Do or done, that's your choice. It's bow our heads. 365 00:21:07.720 --> 00:21:11.079 Would you pray this in your heart and mean it 366 00:21:11.119 --> 00:21:15.039 with every bone in your body. Dear Jesus Christ, thank 367 00:21:15.079 --> 00:21:19.079 you that you did it all. Thank you that you 368 00:21:19.119 --> 00:21:23.400 did it all. Everything I need to get to heaven, 369 00:21:24.359 --> 00:21:28.559 to be forgiven, to have a purpose for living, you 370 00:21:28.599 --> 00:21:34.240 did it all. Thank you for those three words, it 371 00:21:34.319 --> 00:21:39.319 is finished. Thank you that it's all done. Thank you 372 00:21:39.359 --> 00:21:44.160 that you've fulfilled the promises of God. You satisfied the 373 00:21:44.319 --> 00:21:48.880 justice of God. Thank you that you defeated the fear 374 00:21:48.920 --> 00:21:52.759 of death. Thank you that you paid off my debt. 375 00:21:54.000 --> 00:21:57.319 Thank you that you destroyed Satan's power to manipulate me. 376 00:22:00.039 --> 00:22:03.359 I want to live in those truths for the rest 377 00:22:03.400 --> 00:22:06.559 of my life. And I thank you that what you 378 00:22:06.640 --> 00:22:11.039 began in my life, you said, we can be certain 379 00:22:11.720 --> 00:22:14.319 that you will bring it to completion. You will finish 380 00:22:14.359 --> 00:22:20.079 it on the day that you return. And so really 381 00:22:20.200 --> 00:22:25.920 with all my heart, I thank you. And in many ways, Lord, 382 00:22:25.960 --> 00:22:28.240 like David said in Psalm one sixteen, what can I 383 00:22:28.319 --> 00:22:34.279 offer the Lord that always done for me? And you say, 384 00:22:34.400 --> 00:22:40.680 just offer me your heart, offer me your life. If 385 00:22:40.680 --> 00:22:42.960 you've never invited Christ in your life, said Jesus Christ, 386 00:22:43.039 --> 00:22:45.400 I ask you to come into my life and do 387 00:22:45.480 --> 00:22:48.000 what I cannot do for myself and could never do. 388 00:22:49.359 --> 00:22:52.519 I need a savior, and I know I would never 389 00:22:52.599 --> 00:22:56.400 be good enough to be in a perfect place. So 390 00:22:56.480 --> 00:23:02.000 I'm trusting you. Thank you for the work of Christ. 391 00:23:03.279 --> 00:23:04.960 And Jesus name. I pray this prayer. 392 00:23:05.480 --> 00:23:14.119 Amen, Hi, this is Pastor Rick. If you just pray 393 00:23:14.200 --> 00:23:17.480 to accept Jesus Christ into your heart, Congratulations, you're now 394 00:23:17.519 --> 00:23:20.279 my brother or sister and the Lord. And you need 395 00:23:20.359 --> 00:23:22.599 to tell somebody, and why don't you tell me write 396 00:23:22.599 --> 00:23:26.160 to me Rick at Pastorrick dot com. Just email me 397 00:23:26.319 --> 00:23:29.720 Rick at Pastorrick dot com and tell me your story. 398 00:23:29.880 --> 00:23:32.160 I would love to read it. And by the way, 399 00:23:32.200 --> 00:23:34.759 I'll send you some free material to help you start 400 00:23:34.799 --> 00:23:37.559 in your new journey with the Lord God bless you. 401 00:23:40.839 --> 00:23:44.519