WEBVTT 1 00:00:05.200 --> 00:00:05.559 Welcome. 2 00:00:05.639 --> 00:00:09.720 Just hand Away Tagalog Sermon podcast, your daily Dawson, inspiring 3 00:00:09.759 --> 00:00:13.599 from heartfelt tagalog sermons from different pasters and speakers all 4 00:00:13.640 --> 00:00:16.679 over the Philippines. We've hopen this podcast finds you in 5 00:00:16.800 --> 00:00:21.839 good shape and now here's your message. 6 00:00:22.480 --> 00:00:26.960 Welcome everyone, Welcome to our five PM service. Yes, we 7 00:00:27.000 --> 00:00:29.640 are live. We are here at the center right now. 8 00:00:29.879 --> 00:00:33.840 We are actually continuing our Gospel Explain series and we 9 00:00:33.920 --> 00:00:37.880 are already at our week nine. Imagine that for nine 10 00:00:38.000 --> 00:00:40.840 weeks we have been studying the Word of God. We've 11 00:00:40.880 --> 00:00:44.759 been studying Romance, and we have been studying how Paul 12 00:00:44.920 --> 00:00:49.240 is unpacking what it is to really understand the gospel. 13 00:00:49.439 --> 00:00:50.880 You know, a lot of us might be saying a 14 00:00:50.920 --> 00:00:54.119 gospel Alampon. I've heard that it's been shared to me. 15 00:00:54.600 --> 00:00:58.000 But it's very important for us to slowly unpack it 16 00:00:58.079 --> 00:01:00.679 why so that we will be a able to live 17 00:01:00.719 --> 00:01:04.200 out the right gospel. You know, last week I shared 18 00:01:04.640 --> 00:01:07.280 the Word last week and one of the things, or 19 00:01:07.319 --> 00:01:09.239 one of the main points that I shared was this 20 00:01:09.879 --> 00:01:13.079 that God chose you. God chose you, and that's why 21 00:01:13.120 --> 00:01:16.000 he has forgiven you. God chose you because he loves 22 00:01:16.040 --> 00:01:18.959 you so much. He has actually forgiven you for the 23 00:01:18.959 --> 00:01:21.560 things that you have done in the past, and so 24 00:01:21.599 --> 00:01:23.879 he has given us a clean slate. The Bible says 25 00:01:23.879 --> 00:01:27.079 He has made your sins as far as the East 26 00:01:27.400 --> 00:01:30.719 Avenue is from the West avenue, Macabil and Duluja, and 27 00:01:30.799 --> 00:01:34.079 it's very far from each other. But the question some 28 00:01:34.120 --> 00:01:37.120 of us are still thinking about today. You may be 29 00:01:37.319 --> 00:01:41.480 a new believer, or you may be a believer for decades. Now, 30 00:01:42.000 --> 00:01:45.840 the question that we ask is, Lord Bagnon, I've been 31 00:01:45.879 --> 00:01:50.000 reading my Bible. I've been faithful. Lord. I actually attend 32 00:01:50.040 --> 00:01:52.879 all the services, the online services. I make time to 33 00:01:53.519 --> 00:01:56.760 have my devotion, I attend the victory group. But why 34 00:01:56.920 --> 00:02:00.920 is it that there's this one sin that I feel 35 00:02:00.959 --> 00:02:05.319 like I don't have power to overcome. Why is it 36 00:02:05.359 --> 00:02:08.560 that there's this one sin that I can't break free from? 37 00:02:08.719 --> 00:02:11.240 Why is it that there's this one sin that always 38 00:02:11.240 --> 00:02:13.479 pops out when there's a new season in my life? 39 00:02:13.479 --> 00:02:15.560 Why is it there's just one sin that I can't 40 00:02:16.639 --> 00:02:19.879 I can't get free off. Lord, You've forgiven me for that, 41 00:02:20.680 --> 00:02:23.560 but why is it still there? Why is it still 42 00:02:23.599 --> 00:02:26.719 bothering me? You know, this is a concern of the 43 00:02:26.800 --> 00:02:29.919 church before, during the time of fall, but it is 44 00:02:30.039 --> 00:02:32.680 I believe a church. I believe we are still going 45 00:02:32.680 --> 00:02:36.360 through today. You know, this pandemic actually allowed us to 46 00:02:36.479 --> 00:02:40.360 see your old sinfulness, not in some of you and 47 00:02:40.439 --> 00:02:42.840 I myself, No, I realized when I was locked in 48 00:02:43.159 --> 00:02:52.039 there were hints of the old mean share because I 49 00:02:52.400 --> 00:02:55.719 might lose what I have. But you know what, this 50 00:02:55.840 --> 00:02:59.000 pandemic not only has brought out the old sinfulness of 51 00:02:59.039 --> 00:03:06.280 our past, but it actually birth new ones. Nona, you know, 52 00:03:06.400 --> 00:03:09.360 I believe God wants to encourage you today as we 53 00:03:09.479 --> 00:03:13.400 unpack Romance chapter six, and Paul actually starts with this 54 00:03:13.560 --> 00:03:17.400 Romans chapter six, verse one. He says, well, then should 55 00:03:17.400 --> 00:03:20.879 we keep on sinning so that God can show us 56 00:03:20.919 --> 00:03:24.240 more and more of his wonderful grace? And that is 57 00:03:24.280 --> 00:03:27.800 the question. And so if God is merciful, if God 58 00:03:27.919 --> 00:03:31.000 is loving, if God has forgiven me of all my sins, 59 00:03:31.159 --> 00:03:33.759 you know, God shows you even at your worst, the 60 00:03:33.759 --> 00:03:37.120 Bible says, and so he will just forgive me. You know, 61 00:03:37.159 --> 00:03:39.800 some of us might think that way, We would rationalize 62 00:03:39.800 --> 00:03:42.719 it and say, bahaa man, I need to live out 63 00:03:42.759 --> 00:03:46.039 my life with this one thing. Bahanaman. It's there forever 64 00:03:46.120 --> 00:03:49.520 that I can no longer overcome. Maybe the Gospel is 65 00:03:49.919 --> 00:03:52.599 tell me that what is important is really a place 66 00:03:52.599 --> 00:03:55.520 for me in heaven with Jesus. But you know what, 67 00:03:56.159 --> 00:03:59.159 the Gospel is more than that. And I believe that 68 00:03:59.319 --> 00:04:02.039 as we go through the next verses, as we go 69 00:04:02.120 --> 00:04:05.840 through one to twelve, today, I believe God will set 70 00:04:05.840 --> 00:04:08.719 captives free. I believe God will allow us to see 71 00:04:08.719 --> 00:04:12.120 what it really means. Verse two, it says, of course not. 72 00:04:12.360 --> 00:04:17.360 It was a very straight answer of Paul, Hello, why 73 00:04:17.399 --> 00:04:20.199 would you think that way? You know, I've been married 74 00:04:20.199 --> 00:04:25.360 for eleven years. We celebrated our anniversary yesterday. And one 75 00:04:25.399 --> 00:04:28.120 of the things that I came to a conclusion with 76 00:04:28.199 --> 00:04:31.920 when I was having our date known like date comny 77 00:04:31.959 --> 00:04:34.839 pansa bahhi like take out lahame. You know, I realized 78 00:04:34.839 --> 00:04:37.399 my wife has grown to be more patient. My wife 79 00:04:37.439 --> 00:04:40.399 has grown to be more understanding and loving for the 80 00:04:40.439 --> 00:04:45.120 past eleven years. But do I actually abuse that? Do 81 00:04:45.240 --> 00:04:49.439 I say to myself and so I can do wrong things? 82 00:04:49.439 --> 00:04:51.720 Because why she will forgive me? You know, we do 83 00:04:51.800 --> 00:04:54.800 not respond that way as people of God. We actually 84 00:04:54.879 --> 00:04:58.000 want to be better ourselves. We want to actually respond 85 00:04:58.040 --> 00:05:00.920 in why because we have received so much and that's 86 00:05:00.920 --> 00:05:03.839 why Paul is saying, of course not. You should not 87 00:05:04.040 --> 00:05:07.040 continue the life of sin. He says, since we have 88 00:05:07.319 --> 00:05:11.480 died to sin, and how can we continue to live 89 00:05:11.720 --> 00:05:14.839 in sin? What Paul is saying is that the issue 90 00:05:14.879 --> 00:05:17.959 that you went through before, Remember I saved you, Saben 91 00:05:18.000 --> 00:05:21.800 the Lord say, oh, the issue that almost broke your marriage, 92 00:05:21.800 --> 00:05:25.959 the issue that almost made you bankrupt because of Casino, 93 00:05:26.040 --> 00:05:32.199 that issue of being unfaithful to your wife. Remember it 94 00:05:32.240 --> 00:05:34.680 was not worth it. You remember you went to me. 95 00:05:35.639 --> 00:05:37.720 And so God is saying, why would you want to 96 00:05:37.759 --> 00:05:41.600 continue to do live life like that? So very excited 97 00:05:41.639 --> 00:05:44.560 going on, I'm eating my words, and so allow me 98 00:05:44.639 --> 00:05:52.120 to unpack this word of God today. You know, Paul 99 00:05:52.279 --> 00:05:56.759 wants us to know a lot of things today. He 100 00:05:56.879 --> 00:05:59.120 starts with verse three. It says in the ESV version, 101 00:05:59.600 --> 00:06:01.199 do you not know? 102 00:06:01.720 --> 00:06:01.839 What? 103 00:06:01.879 --> 00:06:05.759 Does that mean? It's very important for us to know why, 104 00:06:06.199 --> 00:06:10.040 because knowing is half the battle. If you remember that 105 00:06:10.480 --> 00:06:14.000 cartoons type in your chat box what that is, Knowing 106 00:06:14.120 --> 00:06:16.920 is half the battle. If we don't know what it is, 107 00:06:17.040 --> 00:06:20.439 we won't be able to respond right. And so for Paul, 108 00:06:21.000 --> 00:06:24.480 he starts with, we need to know. You know, there 109 00:06:24.480 --> 00:06:27.279 are three people that are tuned in right now. One 110 00:06:27.439 --> 00:06:31.079 is they think they know, the other is they really 111 00:06:31.079 --> 00:06:33.680 don't know, and the other one is they have forgotten. 112 00:06:34.480 --> 00:06:38.920 We all are part of these three segments. And I 113 00:06:38.959 --> 00:06:42.560 believe this word is timely for you. Say that with me. 114 00:06:42.639 --> 00:06:44.720 Wherever you are, You may lie down in your couch, 115 00:06:45.079 --> 00:06:47.639 you may actually cooking dinner right now, just say that 116 00:06:48.160 --> 00:06:51.639 this word is for me today. As we continue, it 117 00:06:51.680 --> 00:06:54.920 says you need to know that all of us have 118 00:06:55.079 --> 00:07:00.560 been baptized into Christ. Jesus were baptized in his death. 119 00:07:00.600 --> 00:07:03.439 What does that mean? Paul was actually just saying that 120 00:07:03.480 --> 00:07:07.680 we are already dead to sin and alive in Christ. 121 00:07:08.160 --> 00:07:10.240 We're actually going to talk about this for the next 122 00:07:10.279 --> 00:07:13.920 few minutes. What does it really mean to be dead 123 00:07:13.959 --> 00:07:16.920 to sin and alive in Christ. We need to know 124 00:07:17.000 --> 00:07:20.720 this as people of God because it will determine how 125 00:07:21.160 --> 00:07:24.519 we'll live our lives. So what does it mean? Verse four, 126 00:07:24.560 --> 00:07:29.839 he says, for we died and we were buried. You know, 127 00:07:30.399 --> 00:07:33.439 a person who is dead needs to be buried. You 128 00:07:33.480 --> 00:07:36.319 can't be buried if you are alive. And what do 129 00:07:36.360 --> 00:07:39.399 we see? And when something is dead, that may be 130 00:07:39.439 --> 00:07:41.759 a plant, that may be a person, that may be 131 00:07:42.279 --> 00:07:46.879 whatever that is what do we see. You know, it's lifeless. 132 00:07:47.000 --> 00:07:49.720 It does not respond when you talk to it. It 133 00:07:49.759 --> 00:07:55.120 won't respond. Why it's dead already. And that's why Paul 134 00:07:55.240 --> 00:07:57.959 was saying that we need to bury the dead. It's 135 00:07:58.000 --> 00:08:03.360 not responding anymore. You know. Going through this, studying, this 136 00:08:03.480 --> 00:08:08.079 preaching all throughout this week, I actually was praying, Lord, 137 00:08:09.240 --> 00:08:12.319 how do I actually preach this? And God reminded me 138 00:08:12.480 --> 00:08:15.720 of my old self that I would say to you 139 00:08:15.800 --> 00:08:19.000 that my dead self, the dead francis the dead to sin. 140 00:08:19.839 --> 00:08:22.240 You know, I went back memory lane and this is 141 00:08:22.240 --> 00:08:30.240 what I realized. Lord, Wow, I couldn't imagine living that 142 00:08:30.399 --> 00:08:37.000 life until today. It gives me the goose bumps now, 143 00:08:37.759 --> 00:08:41.320 and I'm thankful for it because those things that I 144 00:08:41.399 --> 00:08:43.960 never want to remember, those things that haunted me in 145 00:08:44.000 --> 00:08:49.639 my lives, are already dead. The Bible says it was buried, buried, 146 00:08:50.399 --> 00:08:54.840 It says buried with Christ. By baptism. Paul now actually 147 00:08:54.879 --> 00:08:59.399 talks about baptism. What is baptism. It's actually immersion when 148 00:08:59.519 --> 00:09:04.360 when on the Baptist baptized Jesus and Binaptaiza are you 149 00:09:04.360 --> 00:09:09.039 would actually rise? But the baptism that Paul was talking 150 00:09:09.039 --> 00:09:12.879 about was the life of Jesus and the death of Jesus, 151 00:09:12.919 --> 00:09:16.159 and that he actually rose again. I remember when I 152 00:09:16.399 --> 00:09:19.240 was in Macau Cominilla, Tim and our team went to 153 00:09:19.279 --> 00:09:23.039 Macau for ten days. We were able and privileged to 154 00:09:23.919 --> 00:09:28.120 witness and actually baptize the new people who were part 155 00:09:28.159 --> 00:09:31.440 of victory Macau. And one of them I still remember 156 00:09:31.440 --> 00:09:34.080 his name is names Jiggy big guy. He's a I 157 00:09:34.080 --> 00:09:37.120 think around six to one. And guess what we were 158 00:09:37.120 --> 00:09:41.799 actually baptizing him in a baptub in our hotels. And 159 00:09:41.840 --> 00:09:46.240 so when Jiggy went in and said, pastor Baha in 160 00:09:46.360 --> 00:09:49.360 the Omalubug and late Alabast would go Baha me my 161 00:09:49.519 --> 00:09:52.840 e one me my ew and Acelana in Dina who goes, 162 00:09:53.759 --> 00:09:57.480 you know, bad water. Baptism is an internal reality of 163 00:09:57.519 --> 00:10:01.240 what crisis is done. It's a public generation. But when 164 00:10:01.320 --> 00:10:06.120 we receive and accept and know the story of Christ, 165 00:10:06.200 --> 00:10:09.200 what we're saying is that we identify with him, we 166 00:10:09.399 --> 00:10:13.320 are part of him. And that's why when he was submerged, 167 00:10:13.679 --> 00:10:17.960 when he was baptized, he was actually once again raised 168 00:10:18.039 --> 00:10:21.480 from the dead, it says, and just Christ was raised 169 00:10:21.480 --> 00:10:25.360 from the dead by the glorious power of the Father 170 00:10:25.639 --> 00:10:31.039 now we also may live new lives. Very important to 171 00:10:31.080 --> 00:10:34.840 know today. What does it mean to be dead to 172 00:10:34.919 --> 00:10:39.480 sin and alive in Christ? It's this that God has 173 00:10:39.600 --> 00:10:43.080 given us new life. We have new life in Jesus. 174 00:10:43.559 --> 00:10:47.720 Say that with me wherever you are, new life in Christ. 175 00:10:47.879 --> 00:10:49.639 Why is that very important? You know a lot of 176 00:10:49.720 --> 00:10:52.720 people when they go to God, when they accept God, 177 00:10:52.799 --> 00:10:55.360 the invitation of God, what would they do. They would 178 00:10:55.360 --> 00:11:00.480 want the forgiveness, Lord, forgive me, I want to free 179 00:11:00.559 --> 00:11:04.759 me from this, and so they would receive Christ just 180 00:11:04.799 --> 00:11:07.799 like an altar call. But what happens. They just want 181 00:11:07.799 --> 00:11:11.720 the forgiveness, but they continue with the old life. They 182 00:11:11.840 --> 00:11:15.080 just want the forgiveness of God, but they don't embrace 183 00:11:15.200 --> 00:11:18.480 the new life. One of the stories that I've always 184 00:11:18.519 --> 00:11:21.720 share is one of our Victory Weekends where there was 185 00:11:21.720 --> 00:11:26.840 this girl in Green Hills way back who actually was 186 00:11:26.919 --> 00:11:29.480 excited to get baptized. But at the same time, as 187 00:11:29.519 --> 00:11:34.440 soon as she was submerged, nonilu blum a too big 188 00:11:34.600 --> 00:11:37.559 a maya. We would raise her, you know, we would 189 00:11:37.559 --> 00:11:39.759 tell them, you know, let this is a celebration, so 190 00:11:39.799 --> 00:11:44.120 you have to actually declare, shout freedom, I'm free. And 191 00:11:44.240 --> 00:11:48.960 everyone was celebrating but this one particular woman, as soon 192 00:11:49.039 --> 00:11:53.639 as she was actually raised a picture of being raised 193 00:11:53.679 --> 00:11:58.120 with Christ, she actually cried, cried, and you would see 194 00:11:58.159 --> 00:12:00.879 in her face that it was not a crime. It 195 00:12:00.960 --> 00:12:03.519 was not tears of joy, but there was sadness. There 196 00:12:03.600 --> 00:12:06.639 was sorrow, and she was going through a hard time. 197 00:12:07.440 --> 00:12:10.080 We were concerned, and so one of the victory group leaders, 198 00:12:10.120 --> 00:12:14.440 her victory group leader, actually talked to her, ministered to her, 199 00:12:15.399 --> 00:12:18.679 and we learned this. She was so sad, she was crying. 200 00:12:18.720 --> 00:12:21.919 You know why. You want to know why? Thank you 201 00:12:22.399 --> 00:12:26.200 for the three people that said why. It's because she 202 00:12:26.399 --> 00:12:30.320 knew that as soon as she was raised from that water, 203 00:12:30.799 --> 00:12:35.080 it was also a signal to start a new life. 204 00:12:35.559 --> 00:12:38.600 It was for her to decide to leave the relationship 205 00:12:38.679 --> 00:12:41.480 that she was in. It was a wrong relationship that 206 00:12:41.519 --> 00:12:43.960 she had to leave. It was a wrong relationship that 207 00:12:44.000 --> 00:12:47.519 she had to break free from. You know what, only 208 00:12:47.679 --> 00:12:51.159 through a new life that comes from Jesus that we 209 00:12:51.200 --> 00:12:56.480 can live lives away from our pasts. Amen. Not only 210 00:12:56.519 --> 00:13:02.039 that verse six, it says we now, yeah, and Manipabasa, 211 00:13:02.240 --> 00:13:07.679 we know that our old sinful selves were crucified with Christ, 212 00:13:08.200 --> 00:13:13.159 so that sin get this. Paul says, lose its power 213 00:13:13.559 --> 00:13:16.720 in our lives. We are no longer slaves to sin. 214 00:13:17.480 --> 00:13:21.840 Sin might lose its power in our lives. You know, 215 00:13:22.279 --> 00:13:26.200 to be slaves is to be powerless. To be slaves 216 00:13:26.279 --> 00:13:29.320 is to be overpowered by the master. And so the 217 00:13:29.399 --> 00:13:33.039 question is who is the master? In our past it 218 00:13:33.200 --> 00:13:37.399 was Sin? But you know what, Jesus turned off that switch. 219 00:13:38.039 --> 00:13:41.200 Jesus killed the power that no matter how high the 220 00:13:41.360 --> 00:13:44.919 voltage of sin, there is that how much how you 221 00:13:45.039 --> 00:13:49.120 are controlled by sin, the vaccina moga. You know what, 222 00:13:49.240 --> 00:13:53.399 God killed that power. He turned it off. One of 223 00:13:53.440 --> 00:13:55.840 the things that I've experienced during this pandemic was actually 224 00:13:55.879 --> 00:13:59.559 to change the battery of our car. And so what 225 00:13:59.639 --> 00:14:03.919 happened months before the pandemic, we were able to engine 226 00:14:04.120 --> 00:14:07.320 wash our car and so it's really clean. Soplin is 227 00:14:07.320 --> 00:14:09.639 in love. It's just having a men. Know, when Indian 228 00:14:09.639 --> 00:14:11.759 bug starts a big behin Indian battery. I popped the 229 00:14:11.799 --> 00:14:14.159 hood and I saw it was very clean. It was 230 00:14:14.279 --> 00:14:17.240 it actually I felt like it was new. But you know, 231 00:14:17.279 --> 00:14:19.440 when I called Moto light and when they got there, 232 00:14:19.480 --> 00:14:23.279 this is what he said, sir, put in battery klana, 233 00:14:23.320 --> 00:14:27.279 not in balatan. So Indian putting and jumps start Cri Lana. 234 00:14:27.440 --> 00:14:31.480 It's dead. You know, it has no power. It actually 235 00:14:31.559 --> 00:14:34.960 won't allow your car to move forward. It actually ough't 236 00:14:35.000 --> 00:14:38.399 allow your car to turn on. There, it won't allow 237 00:14:38.440 --> 00:14:42.000 you to do anything. Why because it's dead. The battery 238 00:14:42.240 --> 00:14:44.600 is dead. Why am I saying this? You know, the 239 00:14:44.639 --> 00:14:48.559 battery actually looks like it had power, but the reality 240 00:14:48.639 --> 00:14:52.679 is it didn't have any It's just that baggage that 241 00:14:52.799 --> 00:14:56.799 it's there. It's useless already. And so what am I saying? 242 00:14:56.840 --> 00:15:00.559 You know what? Sin has lost it power? And this 243 00:15:00.600 --> 00:15:03.080 is a very powerful moment. If you're at home, if 244 00:15:03.159 --> 00:15:07.600 you're with someone, say this with me. Sin has lost 245 00:15:07.720 --> 00:15:10.840 its power over my life. I want you to declare 246 00:15:10.879 --> 00:15:17.840 that once again, Sin has lost its power in my life. 247 00:15:18.000 --> 00:15:20.279 You know, when you compare the two batteries, the new 248 00:15:20.320 --> 00:15:22.320 one and the old one, it was the same model. 249 00:15:23.159 --> 00:15:24.799 You know, you would look at it and you feel 250 00:15:24.799 --> 00:15:28.840 like oho. But you know what, God has turned off 251 00:15:28.840 --> 00:15:33.559 the power of the enemy. God removed the power from them. 252 00:15:34.639 --> 00:15:37.639 Why is that very important? I want to show you 253 00:15:37.720 --> 00:15:41.440 a picture of the cross. Do you see that? You 254 00:15:41.480 --> 00:15:45.399 know this cross actually has sins that are nailed on 255 00:15:45.440 --> 00:15:49.120 the cross. And this is what Christ not did. If 256 00:15:49.159 --> 00:15:53.279 you are able to read those sins, whatever has been 257 00:15:53.279 --> 00:15:57.320 a struggle in your life, you know, the enemy is 258 00:15:57.360 --> 00:16:01.480 actually sharing to you that it's not actually crucified. As 259 00:16:01.519 --> 00:16:05.120 if it is, it still has power, but really it 260 00:16:05.360 --> 00:16:09.919 does not. There is no power in those sins anymore. 261 00:16:09.960 --> 00:16:12.639 Why it's been nailed on the cross, it's stuck there, 262 00:16:12.759 --> 00:16:18.639 it's been buried, it's been wiped out clean. Sin has 263 00:16:18.720 --> 00:16:26.039 no more power in your life. Again, sin has no 264 00:16:26.120 --> 00:16:29.759 more power in your life. You know, when it tells 265 00:16:29.799 --> 00:16:33.600 you to do things and you listen to it, it 266 00:16:33.840 --> 00:16:36.600 actually doesn't have any power. The question is are you 267 00:16:36.679 --> 00:16:40.000 still listening to that voice? As you continue verse seven, 268 00:16:40.080 --> 00:16:44.279 it says, for when we died with Christ, we were 269 00:16:44.360 --> 00:16:50.240 set free from the power of sin, not only sin, powerless, 270 00:16:50.360 --> 00:16:56.799 what else? Because power? Paul says, we are set free. 271 00:16:57.279 --> 00:17:00.720 You know, slaves, when they are free, they can do 272 00:17:00.840 --> 00:17:04.000 anything they want. But some of you might say, lemon 273 00:17:04.079 --> 00:17:10.279 bro the most sabini. You know, the devil made me 274 00:17:10.359 --> 00:17:12.880 do it. Hello, why are you doing it? It has 275 00:17:12.960 --> 00:17:16.599 no power over you. You know I learned this. No, 276 00:17:16.880 --> 00:17:19.640 just like what I've been preaching today, we need to 277 00:17:19.720 --> 00:17:22.279 know this. Why because if we don't know. We don't 278 00:17:22.319 --> 00:17:25.960 know what to do best example, And I love sharing 279 00:17:25.960 --> 00:17:29.400 this testimony because this is my personal testimony. You know, 280 00:17:29.440 --> 00:17:32.720 I've been a believer for quite some time. But there 281 00:17:32.799 --> 00:17:34.880 was this one sin I was talking about a while ago. 282 00:17:34.920 --> 00:17:38.200 There's this one sin that actually I kept it from 283 00:17:38.279 --> 00:17:43.200 everyone Lata. I actually did it while nobody's there, so 284 00:17:43.240 --> 00:17:48.039 that nobody will get hurt. Alamna man Lord beginning as 285 00:17:48.079 --> 00:17:54.279 having to okuru diba. That's how I rationalized it. I 286 00:17:54.440 --> 00:17:58.799 was actually addicted to smoking. I smoked a lot, as 287 00:17:58.839 --> 00:18:01.480 in soul Brah, I smoke three packs a day of 288 00:18:01.559 --> 00:18:05.359 the tents no, and I was so consumed by it, 289 00:18:05.480 --> 00:18:09.599 but that even though I wanted to quit, I couldn't. 290 00:18:09.920 --> 00:18:16.960 I would always say, yohana sah, you got turned them by. 291 00:18:17.160 --> 00:18:21.880 But taanato, it's gonna kill me, you know, said this 292 00:18:21.960 --> 00:18:26.319 afternoon as you have done diriching. You know, I was 293 00:18:26.400 --> 00:18:29.960 addicted to it. I could not get free from it, 294 00:18:30.079 --> 00:18:33.039 even though it was not good for me. Imagine that. 295 00:18:33.839 --> 00:18:37.200 But you know, when I learned that there's freedom in Christ, 296 00:18:37.519 --> 00:18:40.000 I learned that it is not by my might that 297 00:18:40.119 --> 00:18:44.319 I can win this battle from this addiction, but only 298 00:18:44.480 --> 00:18:48.079 through Christ. When I learned that it was Christ's battle 299 00:18:48.480 --> 00:18:50.759 for me. When I learned that I needed to be still, 300 00:18:51.000 --> 00:18:53.400 when I learned that I needed to surrender it to God. 301 00:18:53.480 --> 00:18:56.279 You know what happened, miraculously when I prayed to God. 302 00:18:56.319 --> 00:19:01.200 The next day, there's no craving. Otoma practically stopped. I 303 00:19:01.400 --> 00:19:04.200 was not. I didn't experience being a cold turkey, a 304 00:19:04.279 --> 00:19:08.319 hot turkey, a lempo whatever. I was free from it. 305 00:19:08.400 --> 00:19:12.119 And guess what I actually the next day, I actually 306 00:19:12.160 --> 00:19:16.519 developed an allergy when I smell smoke. Imagine that from 307 00:19:16.559 --> 00:19:20.880 being in bondage to smoking to being free. You know, 308 00:19:21.000 --> 00:19:26.319 sin has no more power in our lives. We need 309 00:19:26.359 --> 00:19:30.240 to know this. Sin has no more power. And you 310 00:19:30.519 --> 00:19:35.839 have been set free. We have been set free by Christ. 311 00:19:36.599 --> 00:19:39.440 You know. The problem is some of you have been 312 00:19:39.480 --> 00:19:43.119 set free, but you feel like you're still in that cage. 313 00:19:43.759 --> 00:19:46.359 Some of you are set free already, but you feel 314 00:19:46.400 --> 00:19:51.200 like Indiannam and Telegray. You know what God is reminding 315 00:19:51.200 --> 00:19:54.400 you today. You need to know this, that you have 316 00:19:54.559 --> 00:19:57.519 been set free. And so if the enemy is telling you, 317 00:19:57.559 --> 00:20:02.559 turn off that preaching now. Macgjosi, you know what that's 318 00:20:02.559 --> 00:20:06.400 a lie. You know whenever you hear these words India. 319 00:20:09.839 --> 00:20:12.200 But I need to carry this sin, but I just 320 00:20:12.240 --> 00:20:14.880 need to hide it forever. You know what, that's a 321 00:20:14.960 --> 00:20:18.640 lie and it's not you talking. It's the enemy deceiving 322 00:20:18.680 --> 00:20:23.279 you and lying to you. Why And that's why it's 323 00:20:23.359 --> 00:20:26.279 very important if you can actually save you know. One 324 00:20:26.279 --> 00:20:29.200 of the powerful verses that I hold on to is 325 00:20:29.240 --> 00:20:33.119 this found in James Practical Faith. James four, verse seven 326 00:20:33.160 --> 00:20:37.359 says submit yourselves therefore to God. We go back to 327 00:20:37.400 --> 00:20:41.720 God and say, Lord dicto. Just like my story and 328 00:20:41.799 --> 00:20:45.359 how I got I broke free from that addiction. And 329 00:20:45.400 --> 00:20:52.960 the important part is this, resist the devil, Resist the devil. Devil, Oh, 330 00:20:53.039 --> 00:21:01.680 my Lord, forgive me, resist the devil life. Oh, thank 331 00:21:01.720 --> 00:21:05.200 you Lord. Na going back to the spirit. They need 332 00:21:05.200 --> 00:21:09.640 this STRUCTI on a calaban. His name is devil, indeed devil. 333 00:21:10.200 --> 00:21:15.640 Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Isn't 334 00:21:15.640 --> 00:21:20.359 that encouraging that we can actually live our lives away 335 00:21:20.400 --> 00:21:25.039 from the enemy. Resist him and he will flee. He 336 00:21:25.119 --> 00:21:32.920 has no Powerada, no less than I am. As we 337 00:21:32.960 --> 00:21:36.480 continue verse nine, and Paul gives us a proof of 338 00:21:36.559 --> 00:21:39.000 why we need to know this and what is the 339 00:21:39.000 --> 00:21:41.200 most important part that we need to know. Verse nine, 340 00:21:41.599 --> 00:21:46.759 He says, we are sure of this because Christ was 341 00:21:46.880 --> 00:21:50.440 raised from the dead and he will never die again. 342 00:21:50.480 --> 00:21:54.000 That's very important. He did it once. Death has no 343 00:21:54.079 --> 00:21:59.119 longer Death no longer has any power over him. Verse ten. 344 00:21:59.559 --> 00:22:04.160 When he he died, he died once to break the 345 00:22:04.279 --> 00:22:08.759 power of sin. You know, Jesus dying on the cross 346 00:22:09.160 --> 00:22:13.200 was more than enough. He doesn't need to die and 347 00:22:13.279 --> 00:22:17.440 die again. He just needs to defeat it one time. 348 00:22:18.359 --> 00:22:21.920 You know what. We are partakers of that victory, it says, 349 00:22:22.279 --> 00:22:27.039 But now he lives. We live for the glory of God. 350 00:22:27.559 --> 00:22:30.279 He lives for the glory of God. This is a 351 00:22:30.400 --> 00:22:34.559 very important part that we need to know. Paul says, 352 00:22:34.599 --> 00:22:38.359 we need to know this that Jesus has won the victory. 353 00:22:38.480 --> 00:22:42.079 It's very important that he has not only did it 354 00:22:42.200 --> 00:22:45.759 to forgive you, but to give you a free new 355 00:22:45.839 --> 00:22:48.799 life and to free you from sin. And he turned 356 00:22:48.880 --> 00:22:54.279 off the power of sin. John eight, verse thirty. Success. 357 00:22:54.480 --> 00:22:59.039 So if the sun sets you free, you are truly free. 358 00:23:00.240 --> 00:23:02.400 I'm gonna say this, and I hope you get this. 359 00:23:02.640 --> 00:23:06.319 You know, the enemy in calabanat In is one of 360 00:23:06.359 --> 00:23:11.599 the great deceivers. And even though Talon Nasha sore loser Yan, 361 00:23:12.119 --> 00:23:15.519 so he will do his best to distract you, to 362 00:23:15.599 --> 00:23:18.799 get you off your game, so that you will also 363 00:23:18.920 --> 00:23:22.160 lose in life. But you know what, God has already 364 00:23:22.200 --> 00:23:27.200 won the victory. Flee, resist the devil, and he will 365 00:23:27.240 --> 00:23:32.799 flee from you. Amen, it's the devil. Okay, it's not devil, 366 00:23:32.839 --> 00:23:38.000 all right, as you can tinue you. Verse eleven, Paul says, 367 00:23:38.160 --> 00:23:40.480 not only do we need to know? He starts with this, 368 00:23:40.839 --> 00:23:44.559 so you should also consider yourselves to be. What does 369 00:23:44.599 --> 00:23:48.839 that mean? Consider yourselves to be? It's not only knowing, 370 00:23:49.160 --> 00:23:52.400 but also believing. Why Because to know is to have 371 00:23:52.480 --> 00:23:54.759 it here in your mind, but to believe is to 372 00:23:54.799 --> 00:23:57.920 have it here in your heart. The Bible says we 373 00:23:58.039 --> 00:24:01.400 need to consider ourselves as if we are already victorious. 374 00:24:01.400 --> 00:24:06.359 Why because that is the reality. To consider yourselves that 375 00:24:06.440 --> 00:24:10.480 we are no longer in the power of sin. We 376 00:24:10.559 --> 00:24:14.279 have changed power. Who is the master of your life? Now? 377 00:24:14.680 --> 00:24:18.640 It's not sin anymore, it's Jesus. You know. I remember 378 00:24:18.680 --> 00:24:26.079 the story of a Christian no and he actually went 379 00:24:26.240 --> 00:24:34.240 in a one way street pandemic man the money quite 380 00:24:34.240 --> 00:24:50.960 one way milium Basna traffic enforcer answer w w j D. 381 00:24:52.480 --> 00:24:57.359 What would Jesus. Do it's just Christian Sabina brother, yeah, 382 00:24:58.880 --> 00:25:15.200 brother with Saba beatitudes. The boss as a beatitude. Blessed 383 00:25:15.279 --> 00:25:18.920 are the merciful, so that you will also receive mercy. 384 00:25:19.559 --> 00:25:25.160 So sab traffic enforces to mataua tapos mini antik it. 385 00:25:26.359 --> 00:25:29.920 Do you want to know what the traffic enforcers said 386 00:25:29.920 --> 00:25:32.759 to this Christian? You guys want to know. If you 387 00:25:32.759 --> 00:25:34.720 want to know, just type it. I want to know. 388 00:25:35.039 --> 00:25:39.039 I'm gonna tell you this is what he said. The 389 00:25:39.079 --> 00:25:44.200 Bible also says sin no more. You know, the Bible 390 00:25:44.640 --> 00:25:49.160 will tell us that we can live our lives free 391 00:25:49.200 --> 00:25:53.440 from sin. Yes, sin is there in front of us. Yes, 392 00:25:53.480 --> 00:25:57.240 we are not perfect. Yes we will sometimes fall down, 393 00:25:57.319 --> 00:26:00.839 Yes we will. We're not perfect until we meet Christ. 394 00:26:01.000 --> 00:26:04.240 Not But you know what, we can actually live our 395 00:26:04.279 --> 00:26:09.000 lives stop sinning. We can actually have that choice not 396 00:26:09.279 --> 00:26:12.160 to continue to sin. Why because it has no power 397 00:26:12.880 --> 00:26:17.720 over us anymore. We are already free from sin verse twelve. 398 00:26:18.400 --> 00:26:21.039 And before I read this verse and this is our 399 00:26:21.119 --> 00:26:24.039 last text. You know. Not only is Paul saying that 400 00:26:24.079 --> 00:26:27.079 we need to know that we are already dead to 401 00:26:27.119 --> 00:26:29.839