Today is Your Day

real life presents the Jack Kibs podcast with intention and boldness to proclaim truth equip the saints and impact our culture. God gave the law to not make us better but to show us how bad we are. Is God's law pure and awesome and holy absolutely? Should we not seek to perform it and do it? Yes, but not to think it's gonna give you salvation. I said it last week I got in trouble for it so I'll say it again. Nowhere in the Old Testament is salvation promised to anyone. It's only prophesied to come. You can get the outlines of this podcast by going to Jack Kibs.com slash podcast. Today if this podcast lifts you up and encourages you to live a more fulfilled life in Christ then make sure you leave us one of those five star ratings. To us that's like saying amen or yes then that rating will encourage others to listen. Now open your hearts to what God's word has to say to you. Here is Jack Kibs. Today's your day my friend at least it can be because of what you're learning right now today. You've heard that now learn this. Verse 24 is beyond our I believe it's beyond our ability to comprehend. I personally believe this being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. Verse 24 is in my opinion the Holy of Holies of truth. If you could dream up a path of forgiveness you couldn't dream this one. It's beyond your dream. It's beyond your wildest expectations being justified freely. You have to remember this word in the Greek language is being watch everybody are you guys with me. You're very quiet and don't tell me you're listening that you look kind of sleepy today. The word being here in the Greek language is being perpetually ongoing. It's a very cool statement. You begin justified the moment you come to faith. You're justified and all the way through life until you breathe your last breath you're justified. Wow God does that for me yes he does it for you because he's got a big problem. He wants you with him but he's holy and you're not. So how does God maintain his holy character and his integrity without compromise. He's just if he's just he can't turn his back he can't turn his eyes away and act like you didn't commit adultery or rob a bank or have a dirty prideful thought. That's got to be dealt with. What does he do he's got a problem. How does he retain his character of being just and justify the ungodly. It's got to be big. It's got to be amazing being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, Messiah Jesus, Yeshua Hamashiyah, verse 25, whom God set forth. Wow the word set forth is put on display. Think of that. Put on display. A propitiation by his blood. In some of your study Bibles the word propitiation don't let the word scare you it is a big word. You don't you don't read it every day. Propitiation is both in this context of Scripture is both a person and a place. Hear me out. Especially those of you who know your Old Testament. You say wait a minute Jack the mercy seat propitiation the place of the blood that's the lid that goes on top of Stephen Spielberg's Ark and Raiders of the Lost Ark. That's true the lid with the chairman on top right. That said remember on the day of atonement blood was sprinkled upon that and put upon that lid so that when the glory of God looked down he saw a watch. Please get this. Do you guys remember what's inside the the box? What's inside the Ark? The law. Thank you. Somebody simply went right to it. Aaron's rod that butted manna and the 10 Commandments but we're going regarding the 10 Commandments right now. The law. The laws in the box and on top of the lid of gold, Acacia Wood, overlaid with gold are two cheruban bowing their face down toward the lid with their wings touching in the middle. I got to I gotta tell you they'll do respect Stephen Spielberg's rendering of the Ark of the Covenant is geniusly brilliant and extremely biblically accurate. Go look at that picture. The angels are looking down and they would be looking at the blood and above that the glory of God would appear. The chicana glory of God would appear and he would cover the sins of the nation for the whole year. Yom Kapoor. The day of atonement. Are you with me? Are you tracking? So watch this. The glory of God is here. The blood is here. Where's the law down here? This is holy. I'm not. I need blood to shield me from the law. That blood that shields me from the law pleases God but only the blood of himself could please him because he only is holy, pure and righteous and just. Does that make sense? A good man could not have died for us my friend. The best man in the world could never have died for us. God's problem was he had to come into the world and become incarnate like you and I and live among us so that he would fulfill the law. Jesus lived a perfect life. He absolutely by merit fulfilled the demands of the law and then he turned around and assumed our guilt and then his blood read the book of Hebrews carefully. The Bible tells us that he took his blood and presented it upon the ark that is in heaven above of which Moses made a copy on earth. Are you hearing me? Are you excited? I hope you're excited. My goodness. I need to calm down actually. I'm getting so I should pace myself. There's three more services. I have to just calm down. We learned in verse 24 that there's a recreation from God and I did this deliberately. I could have I could have said with a dash, R E dash creation, recreation. But recreation means recreation. Did you know that? When you go on vacation you're supposed to recreate. That means recreate. Learn that there's a recreation from God, a rest. There's a rest to the believer. See we're justified freely. Don't let the word free fool you. We are dumb Southern Californians. If somebody comes along and says I can I can put shingles on your roof for 500 bucks and another guy comes along and says I can put shingles on your roof for 500,000 bucks. We're tempted by that. What decision am I going to make here on this? We think we think the more we pay the better off it's going to be. That's not always true. By the way, contractors will tell you that depending upon the zip code they're going to go do that estimation changes the price of the job. I had a contractor tell me that I so much true. Just remember this now we get to that point where that that which is free. It's free to us. Cost God everything. This is as maybe as far as we'll go here. I have to show you this regarding the fact that God recreates gives us recreation being justified freely by his grace. How Lindsay said he invented the acronym of grace. God's riches at Christ expense. Grace means unmerited favor in the Greek language. It means that God gives you something that you could never earn. You can't buy it. You can't be good enough. Just the word carous alone indites every legalist on the planet. The word grace insults pride. The man the woman who says I've got my my life's put in order. I'm doing pretty good. Then explain to me the grace of God. You see God paid to afford you and I grace at his own expense. I want to show you something which is so precious. It actually shocked me when I found this out. I actually found it out by accident. It's a long time ago June 11th 20 or 2000. I can't remember that for a back. Judge centels rent dispute with own money. Fairfax Virginia. Judge Donald McDonnell. How do you say that's name? Donahoe. None of you know it either. So Judge Donald handles about 150 landlord tenet disputes a day. But the verdict he gave a death couple facing eviction was unique. The case involved Deborah Morris and Lewis Swan who were taken to court by their landlord because they were $250 short on their rent. After hearing arguments the judge abruptly left the courtroom then returned a minute later holding to $100 bills and $150 bill and said consider it paid. He said leaning over the bench and handing in his own money to the landlord's stunned attorney on Friday. As a sign language interpreter translated Morris pressed her hands to her chest. I couldn't say a word. It said Morris 48. It just blew me away. As a sign language interpreter. The couple married in October learned only recently that their married status meant a drop in Morris's disability benefits. What a rip off Virginia is was without the aid they couldn't pay their $630 a month rent. Morris said Judge Donald what's his name? 55 years of age declined to be interviewed only in America said prosecutor Robert Herron. Herron. Huh whatever his name is. I've heard of judges suspending judgments. I've never heard of a judge chipping in. And that's pretty cool because listen if an earthly judge can chip in the holy heavenly judge he does more than chip in. Okay you can't pay your debt back to God. You can't pay your bill back to God. God is the one who says I'll pay for it. I'll pay for it and he does that. We're going to end right here. I'm going to ask you right now today where are you with Jesus Christ on these matters? Where is your heart on these matters? Today's your day if you think about it. Listen this is what you've heard. That by the works of the law no flesh can be justified in the sight of God. That by the keeping of the law you wind up finding out that it cannot be kept. In other words you break it before you even get started because God gave the law to not make us better but to show us how bad we are. Is God's law pure and awesome and holy? Absolutely. Should we not seek to perform it and do it? Yes but not to think it's going to give you salvation. I said it last week I got in trouble for it's I'll say it again. Nowhere in the Old Testament is salvation promised to anyone. It's only prophesied to come through the prophets. Moses himself said you're not listening to me Israel. You're not listening to me but I tell you what? God will raise up a prophet like unto me. Him you shall listen to. Moses said that prophesying about faith and God's atoning work everything that we've seen in life in God's word was pointing to Jesus. Psalm 40 says behold in the volume of the book it is written of me and if you study Psalm 40 it's speaking about the Messiah. Micah chapter 5 verse 2 said the Messiah will be born in Bethlehem. Dear friends listen there's no prophecies of Joseph Smith. My Mormon friends listen there's no prophecies of Joseph Smith. Listen my Catholic friends there's no there's no popory. That's a real word what do you're thinking of the other thing popory it's the papacy is also referred to anyway. The Old Testament doesn't promise an earthly priest coming to be able to set you free. Think of it. So what will you do? God's word says that if you believe that Jesus Christ died and rose again and if you confess that with your mouth you shall be saved. So that's too easy. It's too easy to the person who's not getting it. The person who's getting it says oh my gosh thank you for throwing me a lifeline. The person who says that's all you go to do say that and keep I can I can say that and then go do it everyone come back next Sunday and say it again what a deal no you didn't get it no now I'm talking about me in a believer for realsies where God moves into your life God moves in personally because I don't have the time to tell you how the Bible says there would be a day when the temple would have to be destroyed there's no temple in Jerusalem and God says in his word I will no longer dwell in the temple made with stone I will dwell in your hearts by the way he said that first of Jeremiah then he said it again in Ezekiel and it's spoken again in Romans and in first great things. God must have lived inside of you. He says the body I've given you the body I've made you I want that body of yours to be my temple doesn't that make sense I'm gonna honestly come on it makes perfect sense it really does don't pass up this opportunity to know the God that if Abraham were standing here today he'd say he'd say what's wrong with all you people believe believe like me Abraham would say Abraham would shout to us from his book the just shall of my faith this Jack Kibb's podcast as well as all the broadcast outreach opportunities are listener supported will you consider partnering with us through a special gift go to jackhibb's.com to learn more and stay connected