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“ Summary, Part 3 (final) ” VI. ABIDING SIN DISTRESSING THE SAINTS UNTIL THEIR RECONSTITUTION (Rom 7:13-16) [51:13]. We have a tendency to violate God’s law, even when we don’t want to. Only glorification will free us from this. The law is good, but it doesn’t save us: it reminds us of our fallen state. CLOSING PASSAGES [54:55]: 1. Heb 12-22-23 – the saints who have gone before us have spirits made perfect before the throne of God. They are no long distressed by sin, and they won’t be when their glorified bodies are joined to them. 2. Phil 3:20-21 – it is easier for the Lord to transform our bodies than our natures, but that He will do the former means that He will do the latter.
Ian Migala (11/2/2015)
from Minneapolis, Minnesota
“ Summary, Part 2 ” A. HOW IS THIS DONE [29:23]? 1. BY A GLORIOUS CONTRASTING MANIFESTATION OF HIS OWN GLORY (Is 6:1-5, Lk 5:3-8, Job 42:1-6). When God’s holiness is plain to us, it becomes plain that we can never compare to it. His awesomeness can only put us on our knees. 2. BY THE SPIRIT-QUICKED APPLICATION OF HIS WORD (Acts 2, 1 Cor 2:9-12) [35:05]. The believers repented in the face of the power of the Pentecost. Their response to this was cutting conviction. The Holy Spirit’s workings show us our true selves. V. DEPRAVITY PARDONED AND MORTIFIED IN THE REGENERATE [40:30]. How does a child of wrath become an object of God’s love? He quickens our spirits by His sovereign grace and grants us pardon; He will not condemn us (Eph 2:1; Titus 3:3-7; Rom 4:7, 8:1). Rom 6:5-7, 11-14 – the first stop in mortification is to realize that God has cleansed us; we are no longer slaves to sin. Remember who you are in Christ. Rom 8:12-13 – if we don’t put sin to death, sin will put us to death. The strength to put sin to death is by the Spirit, not by our own strength. The way of the flesh is the way of death. Mortification is the way of life for the Christian. The sons of God are led by the Spirit of God.
Ian Migala (11/2/2015)
from Minneapolis, Minnesota
“ Summary, Part 1 ” In 1 Cor 2:4-10, Paul explained to the Corinthian church that his message was supported more by the gospel’s power than by intellectually stimulating arguments. Conveying the deep things of God requires this. As fallen beings, though we’re quick to embrace God’s good promises, we reject the truth of our spiritual state without understanding its foundational essence in the gospel. Good news implies bad news. Yet so deep is our depravity that we deny that there even was a flood. Continuing from last week, we move on to IV. DEPRAVITY SEARCHED OUT AND DISCOVERED BY THE SPIRIT [starting at 14:30 of the audio]. In Jer 10:23, the prophet tells speaks of our spiritual state. Though we can direct our physical steps, we are blind to our fallen spirits walking us away from God. We’re conscious, but our consciousness is incomplete (1 Cor 2:14; 2 Kgs 8:7-13; Mal 2:13-14, 3:8; Jn 9:39). We should always be wary of talking about “what we would never do”. And we should be wary of religiosity, which only dresses our depravity in transparent trappings. He with light who still lives in darkness is especially condemned. Jer 17:9 – we don’t understand the capacities of our own hearts, yet God searches them and shows us what they contain. Job 40:6-14 – the Lord alone has the power to humble us.
