Your Day in Court [Part 2]

Pastor author and Bible teacher Alan Wright only one who can condemn you only one who can bring a charge against you instead I Alan Wright to another message of good news that will help you see your life in a whole new light excited for you to hear the teaching today.

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Do not forget your law please my cause and redeem me the scene, the famous scene of Daniel were that we see the ancient of days, says in Daniel seven I looked thrones were placed in the ancient of days took his seat and his clothing was white as snow stream of fire shooting came out from him thousand thousand served him and says he sometime said the court sat in judgment, and the books were opened.

Isaiah chapter 43 said I am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, how not remember your sins put me in remembrance. Let's argue together courtroom language set forth your case, you may be proved right.

Micah 6.

What the Lord says arise, plead your case before the mountains. I even think the scene in the opening chapter of Job where there's this scene and God is, is there in the says that the sons of God came before him, and Satan also came to them and the Lord said to Satan, from where you come in.

Is there that Satan begins to kind of prosecute his case against Joe Jesus used the courtroom language. Matthew chapter 10 we said everyone acknowledges me before men also acknowledge before my father is in heaven. That's courtroom language.

He said in John 16.

Nevertheless I tell you it is to your advantage that I go away from the do not go away, the helper will not come to you will. The word for the Holy Spirit to advocate the Paraclete is a common Greek term for a defense counselor in the court proceeding.

John chapter 8, the Pharisees said to Jesus, your bearing witness about yourself, your testimony is not true. Jesus answered, even if I do bear witness about myself, my testimony is true for I know where I came from, but you do not know what I'm going where I came from.

You judge according to the flesh, I judge no one see all the languages courtroom language and then Paul uses this kind of judicial language.

First Corinthians chapter 4, but with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you or by any human court. If I do not even judge myself from not aware of anything against myself and and so he goes and as I've said John the apostle in his little epistle of first John over and over, especially in this text in chapter 2 of first John uses my little children, I'm writing these things to you so that you may not sin.

But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate there's that word in the Paraclete we have we have a defense counselor with the father, Jesus Christ the righteous will of the Scriptures help to make sense of this main image of the courtroom that so pervasive how Romans eight and Revelation 5. Remind me so much of this, the Romans eight text is a text that is declaring that we are justified is declaring in a very real sense that here's the scenario that there is a prosecuting attorney. Satan, the word Satan is means accuser who is making accusations that have in this courtroom. No no grounds and what happens is that in this heavenly courtroom scene.

You and I are the defendant and we appear before the judge and the prosecuting attorney. The accuser is making all kinds of accusations based on all our sins and all of our crimes against God and our defense attorney.

In this scenario is Jesus himself, the one who has died for us, who is our advocate and so the defense attorney essentially says to the judge, Your Honor, we hear these markings in rantings from the prosecutor, but I need to remind you that the defendant cannot be tried on these matters because this case has already been tried and someone else was convicted and paid the crime and Jesus holds out his hands inside his feet and the judge sees the wounds and indeed recognizes that capital punishment has already been meted out that there's already been the ultimate payment for all of the send of you. The defendant and that the judge simply says this sends already been paid for and so therefore this this has no basis to even be in this courtroom and the gavel comes down and says not guilty. There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. Justification is so glorious. It is the heart of everything that we believe theologian Lewis Brokaw said it is the judicial act of God in which he declares on the basis of the righteousness of Jesus Christ, that all the claims the law are satisfied with respect to the center all the claims of the wall are satisfied. A lot of these words of old preacher Charles Spurgeon. He said my soul sit down. I dislike right there whenever someday your souls all anxious in your running around on the inside trying to figure out life sometimes just say my soul sit down my soul sit down and behold the justice of God is bound to punish sin see that punishment all executed upon thy Lord Jesus, and fall down in humble joy and kiss the deer feet of him whose blood has made atonement for the it is in vain. When conscience is aroused to fly to feelings and evidences for comfort.

This is a habit which we learned in Egypt of our legal bondage. The only restorative for a guilty conscience is a site of Jesus suffering on the cross was Spurgeon saying is you don't get comfort from feeling like your righteous you don't get comfort by feeling as if you are innocent you get comfort by fixing your eyes on the author and the finisher of your faith, the Lord Jesus Christ who has paid all of your debt taken all of the punishment that was due to you and fixing your eyes upon the judge says not take and seeing that this is your status in the world now in the world, God is just, and he is the justifier in this image from Revelation 5 is a courtroom image, but now it's not about being declared guilty or not guilty. It is instead an image of probate court or a will is to be verified, attested to opened up and released. This is a scroll that John sees is of utmost value that whatever it is that is contained in the words in the front and the back of this scroll, assemble a metaphor that it is something of such precious value when there's no one able to open it up. John begins in Revelation 542 begins to weep loudly because no one was found worthy to open the scroll. What was in this scroll, what was in the last will and testament of the Lord God. What was it that was the inheritance that was described here. You have to go back to the beginning of days you have to go back to hear God say to Adam and Eve that they were made in his own image, you have to hear him say to them, be fruitful and multiply that your life is to be fruitful is to be full of fruit is to be full of joy full productivity not to hear him say have dominion in the earth. You have to hear God talking to them about what it is to be the head and not the tail to be the ones that were made a little lower than the angels, all that's in the scroll the inheritance for the Christian your nose in the scroll, you have to go back in and sit in on the conversation between God and Abraham and hear him tell Abraham to look your eyes to the skies and count the stars if you could count them so would your descendents be. So is your life in this earth.

You are blessed Abraham that JAlan Wright will have more teaching in a moment from today's important series ministries for quite some time now. Every one of his messages. Cass hadn't really hit home, and special rates in gratitude of more than simply the most powerful messages each year. The first time together in one special gift to Alan Wright Ministries this month. Alan Wright's top 10 CD album Digital you ready for some good news gift to discover God's grace afresh with Alan Wright's top 10. The first decade.

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You have to hear the Lord say that if my people will obey me. They will be my treasured people they'll be a priesthood, a nation of priests to me yet to hear all the promises that are rewards for obedience to the people never could fulfill the calls of their disobedience. You have to go and sit on the conversations that David had with the Lord at Mount Zion. You have to be there when David danced before the art can hear the inward testimony of the Holy Spirit that is reminding David of the promise that God made to David that someone from your family will dwell on the throne forever and that my steadfast love that tested the covenantal love of God when ever depart from you I'll never leave you. I'll never stop loving you, David.

You got understand that's in this scroll, and all the promises that were spoken through the prophet Isaiah, the promise of even when you are exhausted. When you feel that you are about to fall but you will spread your wings like an eagle and you will soar the promises, the comfort, comfort my people.

The promises of restoration that were spoken through the prophet Jeremiah that this is what the Lord says I will restore. I will restore the fortunes of Jacob's tanks. I will have compassion on his dwelling, but the palace will stand in its proper place to hear the words that were spoken through the prophet Malachi to test me in this and see if I don't open up the windows of heaven and pour out a blessing so great upon you that you cannot contain it, and then you have to listen to everything Jesus ever said listen to him teaching by the sea of Galilee and telling the masses of people to gather around him such delicious words that truly could say to them, do not be anxious about tomorrow is not a single sparrow that falls to the ground without my father's permission. You need not worry as well. You have to hear Jesus tell his disciples you'll do the things that I do even greater things than that you will do all of that is in this scroll, you have to hear every one of the promises it was spoken throughout the Scriptures and the apostle Paul who is saying that we are more than conquerors in Christ, not to see that every one of the promises there, yes and amen in Jesus Christ. All of those promises. All of the riches. All of the spiritual treasures everything that is good from God all wrapped up in that scroll as part of the inheritance for the people of God.

Oh that the eyes of your heart would be enlightening. If you would know the glorious hope of your calling and the glorious inheritance that you have amongst the saints. This is why John was weeping on the Isle of Patmos.

We had this vision because nobody was able to open up at scroll.

Also, imagine that this is seen in which the first on the lane you come to.

How hard could it be to open up scroll seminal sealant may try to open up this is all a metaphor. But he can open up and then maybe maybe maybe even Gabriel comes over to have that school Is like is like King Arthur sword. It's like Cinderella slippers like now. Now you guys trying and then maybe Adam comes as I was the first man I can open it up know you fell into sin. You can open it, and Moses calms Lisa's. I spoke with God like face-to-face and he tries open. He can't open it and David night and they remind him of Bathsheba, and as I know somebody would have to be perfect. If they don't open the scroll, so I never send is only one who is authorized to open. This is all attention turns upon God himself who seated upon the throne. They think it must be God. He's the one who's going to open it in the Lord says no because is not my inheritance I given this inheritance to the people. This is what was promised. All of humanity, human being have to open it and all they haven't says yes, but that would require a perfect human being. There isn't a perfect human being and less there would be a God man who was perfect in every way. Never send yet it paid a perfect sacrifice on behalf of all humanity and human being to come and open it and this was the scene of the probate court in the heavens when John was a mile apart. Most and he was weeping. I think he wasn't as weeping in his vision.

He was literally weeping for what he saw. There's no one to open the scroll until verse five. One of the elders said to me, we know more about the lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, has conquered, so he can open the scroll and its seven seals between the throne and the four living creatures, and among the elders. I saw a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain for an interesting thought that this Greek word actually means a little lamb he saw a little lamb, they're expecting the huge tie-in to come and rip it open, but instead a little lamb stained with blood all throughout his wool looking like it just been killed, he came and they sang a new song where the are you to take the scroll and open it seals, for you were slain by your blood you ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation. No one is left out and you have made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they shall reign on earth in the land opens up the inheritance for anyone who would receive Christ not only have a day in court in which the judge says fully and finally not guilty, but you also have your day of probate court in which you realize that the richest inheritance of eternal proportion is also for you, for you are a co-heir with Christ simply by being in Christ, you are recipient Paul says of every spiritual blessing you what these two texts of these two scenes of courtroom and the heavens have in common. They are all about who's got proper standing army by that site. If you built a fence 2 feet over into your neighbors yard your neighbor would have standing to bring the charge against you. You and I wouldn't have standing because it's not our your heart, the one who is send against is the one who has standing who have we sinned against. Well, there's a sense in which we sinned against one another and send against ourselves but is like David said in Psalm 51 after his great cities. It is against you, Lord, and only you that I have sent that in a very real sense is important to understand theologically all sin is against God, for he is our Creator. So it's very important to note this and noted well. Even Satan himself, though he is raging with accusation has no standing to bring a charge against the Christian do not send against help you not sinned against Satan not even send against other people, you send against God. There's only one person in the cosmos who has standing to bring a charge against the elect is what Paul means he said bring any charge. Nobody has standing to bring the accusation except God himself and God the one who has standing has surrendered his standing instead has become to us. The person of Jesus, and died in our place. So the only one who can condemn you only one who can bring a charge against you instead died for you and Revelation 5 is also about who has the standing to be able to open up the scroll, you can't open it. I can't open it arc Angels can't open it. Moses can't open it. The apostle Paul can't open it.

Only one person in the cosmos could open it and that is this little lamb was slain on your behalf. Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world, not just so your sins could be forgiven and declared not guilty, but also so you could receive the inheritance that God had planned for you from the beginning of time. All this is to say that judgment day. In one sense for the Christian has already come and yet it still will come but at the final judgment day you can understand that your case is already been dismissed so there can be no prosecution against you and you will on that day discover, despite any of your own worthless feelings that the scroll has indeed been opened and that God is withholding no good thing from you for all eternity. So what this means is that you can tell every mocking voice, whether it be your own voice of self-condemnation, which is one of our greatest battles of the angst of our soul is constantly condemning ourselves some point in your life. You gotta say, sit down, soul, and fix your eyes upon the judge and hear him say not guilty. Sit down, soul.

You have no standing to bring this prosecution against me.

And even if the tormenting voice of hell itself came to you even if you had to say to every demon and how you could say it. Sit down and be silent. You have no standing.

My sin was never against you, it was only against God, the judge, and God, the judge has justified. There is no charge. Therefore, that can be brought against me. Isn't it that we use the idea of judgment day to try to curb sin by telling people he ought to be a little bit afraid when, in fact, of Mauer, the power of the gospel is found in just the opposite. The assured and be confident in other words, this is why it is good news to say God is a judge and you will have your day and going and that's the gospel days teaching your day in court.

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Cass hadn't really hit home, and special rates, ingratitude of more than a symbol of the most powerful messages each year. The first time together in one special album when you make a gift to Alan Wright Ministries this night we went to Alan Wright's top 10 CD album Digital are you ready for some good news. Gift to discover God's grace afresh with Alan Wright's time at the first decade, 877-544-4860 877-544-4861 come to our website past Rowan.like so Alan I hear a lot of legal and court room type discussion throughout Scripture really in it that it paints a wonderful picture because I think it puts it in in terms that I can understand even apply in the world I live in. And what good news to know that it's been paid for. And so when when it's time to stand before the judge. The declaration is in our favor. It's a very important image of the Scriptures. This idea of being in a courtroom, and God is the judge and what what it does. I think in your heart when you begin to see this in all of its spiritual ramifications is it grants you. This incredible assurance and assurance insurance and assurance that you not have any fear about meeting your maker. Look forward to the great anticipation delight. So your day in court is not a thing to be feared as the day that you ultimately and finally declared before all the heaven that is not guilty if the day in which your inheritance that you've already received. But it's all consummated and fully released to you. Yes, the last will and testament of Jesus Christ is validated in probate court and yours. Your co-heir with Christ is what we can find out. We have our day in court. Find out how blameless we have been reckoned to be held righteous.

We are through the imputed righteousness of Christ and just how spiritually rich. We are forever. What day today's good news message is a listener supported production Alan Wright Ministries