Romans Chapter 7:7-9

This book for diagnosing problems that poison you well is what is houses. I got this problem, as he threw the bottle problems with me from from about December when Obama knows nothing wrong about looking to cross the bridge with the senior pastor of the bridge cruising with your when it comes to God not only tells us what how to make it right today pastor the hostess understand how to guide them to God's word and be changed, as he continues. Chapter 7 but didn't. The devil is able to implement so many Christians today because they simply don't know the Bible about God's word. That's why we want to send you Pastor David's message Romans recorded in the heart of ancient this eye opening. Teaching will show you that the historical act of the Bible Romans from our way of saying thank you for your gift today to help more people on this station and beyond cross the bridge for to go to cross the bridge.com to request a copy. Again that's crossed the bridge. Now, here's David McGee is teaching what the Bible or in Romans chapter 7 with verse seven. What shall we say, is the law said certainly not on the contrary, I would not of known sin except in the law. For I would not have known covetousness last. The law had said you shall not covet.

So pausing was a Bible bad because it points out her son is in no way no way is the North Carolina translation. He say no, certainly not in one tender thing is is when ever somebody begins to criticize the Bible almost every time is because they're trying to get off the hook so to speak that there there feeling convicted and so the child that you know all well what about us as residents, all the Bible that I watch Discovery Channel right and you know it's it's all there so many translations that's a classic and I usually answer will actually go back to Lieberman break the original, all in the ever classic is filled with contradictions and you may never hear about next time somebody uses your Bible with next time somebody uses that only go all really, would you show me one done this and without exception, people go there in their okay well I just want to help you work through this. Show me there and there you know they're in there what somebody told me, and you believe them without checking it out agreement for your cell that gullible if you do this, and somebody presents a problem in your unable or unequipped. Please just call the churches I hastily say that I'm not sure the answer is that we got that little asked the pastor button on the website and click send an email will be glad to help you like some people get off the hook so to speak, contradictions contradict read this thing from cover to cover numerous top there's no contradictions in the difficult passages to comprehend there's no contradiction this is. You shall not covet. Think she'll contradictions what is on convicted about governing like an interesting commandment was an interesting because it's an attitude of the heart. It's not necessarily an action company obviously can lead to an action with the last commandment is similar to the first and that is a condition of the heart have no other gods before me. That's an attitude of the heart you have something before the Lord is not necessarily an action now you'll feel do you do things that will show that God is not first, but assigned to the heart same thing. The company sent to the heart what is coming coming is something you should have basic now obviously includes lust and sexual activity will serve you if you want something that's not yours. You want something that doesn't really belong to you.

We had the video on tithing.

Understand when you don't time you are walking and coveting what is the first fruit belongs to God and if you think that first 10% belongs to you here won't think something that's not yours that's coveting Jesus deals with this. He talked to some guy in Mark chapter 10 and he says now as it was going out on the road, one came running to form an African good.

What shall I do that I may inherit eternal life. So Jesus said to him, why do you call me good, no one is good but one that is God stop there for just a second when not in this passage will limit. Make a couple, when he says, why do you call me good, no one is good but one, that is God. He is trying to lead him to the understanding that Jesus is in the God that he indeed is the Messiah machine G the coming and so he says hey why do you call me good. There's only one good that is God really misses it. Verse 19 and he continues, he said you know the commandments not commit adultery, do not murder do not still do not bear false witness, not brought. Honor your father and mother it's it's interesting the ones he leads out he easily he puts in those kind of relationship commandments with one another relationship with God, but with one another. Verse 20 and he answered and said to him, teacher, all these things have I For my you not really down the street. Then Jesus looking at him love them and said one thing you lack go your way. So whatever you have and give to the poor you will have treasure in heaven. Come, take up the cross and follow me.

But he was sad at this word went away sorrowful.

Great possession and that's what any materialism in that we all need to give everything away that we have gotten graciously recommends a 10% here. But in this these annual here's the problem the sky so materialistic God. Jesus is you gotta get over that you get over that. Sadly enough he didn't, there some scholars.

Some commentators actually believe this might've been Mark himself reports is like an eyewitness, and later we found out that found out that Mark was of substance or means. His mother had a large enough place to accommodate people in Jerusalem, but again that's not a passage timeout this coming morning. Something that you should not have in the Bible says that's not good that's not right. You should not covet. It's an attitude of the heart and the Bible points out that there's something wrong something wrong with what some or all of the bottled new sunroom with seat if I go to a doctor and he tells me I'm sick. The problem is not with the doctor. The problem is I have a sickness or an illness that that point I say waddle like doctors, only doctors are likely they they always tell you they tell me I'm sick when I got will print maybe need to hear and at that point they want to avoid doctors will some people treat Christianity and the Bible like a void about as it tells me what's wrong with this will better avoid trying to help you see my go take my car to mechanic and they look at a go well yesterday when you your alignment is is all out here and we need to do something that will hello are you to tell me my car doesn't drop straight there telling me what they know not tell me what they think they've got equipment that they usually go once out of alignment.

Thanks and argue with them but it still will be out of alignment. The Bible says hate your life in essence is out of alignment.

You can sit here and argue with a book like that but you know what telling you what he thinks he's telling you what he knows in this book he knows these things they say what. Here's the problem.

James chapter 1 verse 23 talks about this is to review just listen and don't obey speaking of the word got is looking is like looking at your face in the mirror but doing nothing to improve your appearance.

You see yourself walk away and forget what you look but if you keep looking steadily in the God's perfect all the law that set you free. And if you do what it says and don't forget what you heard that God will bless you for doing the word of God is. It's like a mere but you hold up and granted you know if you have a rough night of your out later whatever.

Or maybe don't feel well. Or maybe a blemish or something. You got the mirror. No sooner as you get older you just don't enjoy mirrors as much is there anywhere I because things are happening but anyway so what you look up and go out only well I'll just avoid mirrors all day. You can't really do that is mirrors like everywhere. Granted, sometimes you look in the mirror and you see something you can't do anything about it really when you look in the God's word. You see some things you can't do anything about lesion estate if you will, of desperation.

Now I think some people stop shortly go okay will you know the Bible is filled with dues and don'ts well I guess even twisted perverting what you can look at it like that but see the Bible is is tell you what's wrong so that then you can make it right. Think too many Christians think the point is to make you understand you've done all, is the point want to make you feel this bad. Possibly can before you get out of is not my goal that is not my goal.

That shouldn't be any Christians goal to make somebody feel that a granite is retarded about this. There's a sense of being well a little uncomfortable and that maybe a sense of lunch really doing what I'm supposed to be doing. That sense of being uncomfortable. You have to understand I'm okay with that as a as a teacher of God's word as a matter fact at certain times. That's going to happen now. At some point some people go well. I like this you've offended and you take what I term the bait of Satan and you run off instead of addressing issues that are in your life. I don't want to leave you in that state. My goal is not to make you feel that my goal is freedom understand the problem. So then you can address it and find a solution. Life lesson here God's word not only tells us what is wrong, but how to make it right. God's word not only tells us what is wrong, but how to make it right. Like that cool diagnostic tool you can look yourself up to that meeting goes well you not firing on all eight spark plugs airborne. Here's an issue. And here's a mission you need to address these things now that the Bible in the in the incredibly spiritual sense is a diagnostic tool and what I mean by that is, you know, if I go into the garage and political wealth runner will be rough times I could skip and maybe you know and they go well change the tires is wanting to address the problem.

They want to address the problem. They wanted look at what the problem is diagnosed with the promise guess what this book friend diagnoses the problem at that point then you got a choice do I listen what it says a lot of people.

That's where a lot of people miss liquor promises I got this problem. Problem is, either with the Bible problems with me problems with the Bible problems with me problems about a lot of people knew that a lot of people do that water well their leaders among the churches are some wrong with me this summer on the church. Either something wrong with that passerby knows here that that is wrong with the pastor listen well of me. Others along with him just hunky-dory. If I don't have any problem. So is is that the case for several of the Bible, knows nothing wrong about it's interesting talking to people's and I do this at some time till people born. I met Monica well I don't believe the Bible teaches time. You know what I immediately known slices daytime I've never taught one bridge that I don't think about it, they just. Instead, I get 15%. Another one comes up while I think about this is okay to drink and get you know what I notices I say that they drink and they get here and asked whether Samet I understand that I used to do the same thing. I used to try to validate my behavior. Third, God, to enjoy every praise you Lord, thank you Jesus. But I was trying to twist Scripture so mom so I could fit my behavior and it is the same where taken out of context so our opinion of the word of God can be altered by our behavior that we want to engage and be careful that this part of going verse by verse. You can't make it almost impossible to twist Scripture to make it mean something that was not intended to communicate your listening to Pastor David McGee on cross the bridge will be back with more powerful insight from God's word in just a moment but first so many people today are losing faith simply because they don't know how much real evidence there is for the truth of the Bible.

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It's interesting something can happen. That makes me feel compelled to touch a door or apartment or something. You know what it is.

If I walked by, and it has a sign do not touch wet paint.

Now all set on going the other two don't know. Look at me like that. Will Pastor you paint on your hand. Now man. We do not touch visits with dozen liquid see we have even thought about touching that bench until we see that wet paint Sunday we go all but suddenly because it says do not that we want to touch. I can go to my kids don't want to attempt what can you know what website that's the way I member.

Here's a classic I'm growing up that going to Greenwich for that. He said don't touch that fence fence fence or cinema. This you don't touch anyone five seconds he turned around.

I thought I grabbed it. It was an electric man he was trying to tell me what that meant until he said don't touch it seems he said don't touch it. Guess what I want to grab that for about two that's what happens with the Bible about Moses don't move this and in some of his regular Internet actually done that before. I wonder what that is like to do that. I don't. The law awakens something in us.

If you just don't do this now; is it really wet paint is the fence really electric understand that that's part of the nature that we do with. There's a fallen, sinful nature that you and I are doing with even after we come to Jesus were still doing well and were still going through it.

Not you know and I know enough talk to theologians you should know better. Talk to psychiatrist and psychologist to argue about the sinful nature about knowing thing. When I talked to psychiatrist, psychologist, and they say that you know it automatic when I say although I don't believe in sinful human nature.

You know they don't have kids they don't because you can't have kids not believe in the sinful human nature because it first time your little precious angel comes and she would live in the last to you and you think would you learn that your mother just given his is just that fallen human nature and really change in ourselves is beyond our unaided will.

We can't do that leaves us in a really desperate place because we can't really change ourselves. We can change ourselves a little bit but really not a lot we certainly can change ourselves from the inside out to me. We know what to do. We know how to live a perfect lecture 102. There's that constant irritation we have to be honest about that constant irritation to be better than we are not only in Christian them. That's outside of Krishna. People want to be better than they are inside the truth of the Bible with the power of the spirit we can do that we can yield the guidance that illness is but there's a tendency to yield the sin. James describes like James 115. Then, when desire has conceived gives birth to sin and sad when it is full-grown, brings forth death. The Bible points out where we said when we sent Allison and it does it with just an incredible accuracy dozen. Some of you share that you come in here and some mornings or evenings or whatever and then you listen to the teaching and have had some if you come up minutes like you were in the car with on the way to church. I wasn't just the Lord knows the word points out what's wrong. At that point you go over there something wrong with me friend there something wrong with all there something wrong with you there something wrong with me this summer on the person beside you and you and in front of.

That's the reality. The Bible points that see what's the solution you can just go through life avoiding the word of God.

He can't go through life avoiding mirrors. I guess you can try but when it be better to go to the one who can help you here today. Verse nine says I was alive once without the law, but when the commandment came, sin revived and I died was really that some of these parts room is a kind of become a difficult week at the dig into this verse and the new living translation Roman 79 a new living translation says I same verse. I felt fine when I did not understand what the wall demanded when I learned the truth. I realize that broken the law and was the center doomed to die. There's that moment as you look into the word of God where it's kind of that moment when you look at Eagle haven't done that than this.

This is a problem that's a problem and I don't know what to do.

You don't have to live the way you are right now you can be set free.

You can walk filled with the joy of the Lord, but the admitting that there's a problem is part of the solution you don't know until your center that you need a Savior, but in that moment you realize that you broken God's law and you really can't make it up and you you can't do perfect in that moment of despair Hope walks in the form of Jesus Christ says you know what I won't forgive you. I know you're not perfect software which I forgot when I got I I am perfect minute. You can't read this book and think you're perfect please writing to those who think they can be like this to the wall are those who are proud unbelievers who don't believe in the law and don't think they said. Martin Luther said this, he said if they would know the law. They would also note or sent by not say what you know this is a deep theological book, but I like what Mark Twain says they were talking about the Bible and he said you know it's not the part of the Bible that I don't understand the bothered is the part that I do understand see and while there are deep theological things in here are some real basic stuff of light love God, love people.

That's really enough if you're going to be honest today. That's enough to realize you know what you don't do that. I don't we don't do so now that we just talk about how bad we feel, how is messed up. Now we look to Jesus and Jesus please help us but admitting again something is wrong. As part of the solution.

People think the goal of Christianity's make people feel that it's not that's not real Christianity. Some people measure church service on how bad they feel when they leave as they walk out the really miserable.

I was really good. I feel horrible I feel like were members can walk under my car without ducking here because I'm just Bentall.

I want to do that. But again, realizing there's a problem as part of the solution.

Doing the things I'm just doing 90 Jesus to do this friend you know for sure that your sins have been forgiven. You can know right now own Legion. A short simple prayer simply telling God you're sorry and asking him to help you to live for him. God wants you to pray this prayer so much that he died to give you the opportunity and the ability to ask him to forgive you.

Please pray this prayer with me out loud right now.

Dear Jesus, I believe you died for me that I could be forgiven and I believe you were raised from the dead that I could have a new life not done wrong things I have sent and I'm sorry.

Please forgive me of all those things. Please give me the power to live for you. All of my days in Jesus name, amen it friend if you prayed that prayer according to the Bible. You've been forgiven you've been born again, congratulations for you just made the greatest decision that you will ever make. God bless you, if you prayed that prayer with David for the first time we'd love to hear from you.

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