Nov. 21, 2024

James 1:19-27 A New Interpretation Pt 3

James 1:19-27 A New Interpretation Pt 3

An attempt to build a new interpretation of James 1:19-27

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An attempt to build a new interpretation of James 1:19-27

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Looking at our world from a theological perspective. This is

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the Theology Central podcast making Theology Central. Do you have

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your pencils plural? Do you have your pencils? Remember, what's

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the minimum amount of pencils you should have on your

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person at all times? Three boxes? There's two, one, two

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and three. You should have three boxes of pencils on

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your person at all times, or you should be arrested,

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thrown in gel, lose your citizenship. I don't know what

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else should happen. You should just be banned from something significant. Right,

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But do you have your pencils? Plural? Do you have

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them sharpened? Do you have a sharpener? I look right here,

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have my pencil sharpener right here, a little handheld pencil

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sharpener right here, right, I have a pencil sharpener. I

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have three boxes of pencils, because that's the godly way.

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And I have a completely empty notebook because ladies and gentlemen,

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it is time to use those pencils, use that pencil sharpener,

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and use that notebook. As we are going to formulate

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a new interpretation of James Chapter one versus nineteen through

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twenty seven. And we're going to do that right after

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I say good afternoon everyone. It is Thursday, November the

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twenty first, twenty twenty four. It is currently four fifty

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three pm Central time, and I'm coming to you live

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from the Theology Central Studio located right here in Abilene, Texas.

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And well, we're running a little late in some ways.

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Like I wanted to do this broadcast like hours ago,

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it didn't really happen. But I'm hoping even though I

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didn't do this, maybe at the time I thought maybe

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I should have waited a little longer. But this is

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the time that is available. So we're not gonna worry

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whether it's the right time. We're not gonna worry whether

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it's the wrong time. We're gonna be worried about Can

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I formulate a new interpretation of James one nineteen through

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twenty seven that is accurate and true to the text.

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It is consistent with the language, with the context, with

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the history. It's it's consistent with the theology of the Bible.

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It's one that makes sense. It's not heretical, but it

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is truthful. Can I do that? Well, I'm hoping I can't.

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Now the question may be, why do you feel the

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need to create a new interpretation of James one nineteen

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through twenty seven. I mean, the church has been around

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for two thousand years. There's been probably twenty three thousand

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different interpretation interpretations offered. Why do you feel that you

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need to come up with a new one. Well, simply put,

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now I'm really simplifying this is because I believe every

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interpretation of James one nineteen through twenty five typically ends

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with this, Hey, as a believer, you now have power.

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You now have been set free. You now can keep

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the law. You can say yes to God and no

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to sin. You can do it. You basically can be

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almost perfect. And if for some reason you're not keeping

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the law, you're not being obedient, and you're not doing this,

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and you're not doing this, and you're not doing this, well,

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it proves you were never saved. And that basically creates

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major problems. Right. The first problem that creates is obvious,

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it's inconsistent with reality. Telling everyone they have the power

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and they can keep the law. When Christians live in

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a perpetual state of sin is a denial of reality.

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Number two. Inevitably, what you turn Christianity into is justification

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being proved by action that you are doing. When your

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justification should be proven by the finished work of Jesus

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Christ and the action he did for you. Well, because

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of the way James has been handled over and over

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and over and over, I feel like we have to

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come up with a new interpretation. Now here's how we're

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doing this, all right, Okay, We are focusing in on

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two really two important phrases, all right. The first one

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is found in James one twenty one, wherefore lay apart

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all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness

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the ungrafted word, which is able to save your souls.

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The first thing we're worried about is that phrase in

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grafted word. The second is in verse twenty five. But

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whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty and continue

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it therein, he being not a forgetful here, but a

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doer of the work. This man shall be blessed in

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his deed. So we have two phrases in grafted word

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and Law of liberty. We are zooming in to those

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two phrases. We are going to try to identify what

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these things are and what that means for us, and

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what it means for the text at large. So we're

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gonna zoom in. Then we're gonna zoom out. With those

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interpretations in place, then go nineteen twenty twenty one, twenty two,

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twenty three, twenty four, twenty five, twenty six, twenty seven,

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and see if my interpretation then works and the context

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of those verses. That's what we're going to attempt to do,

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all right, so that you understand that, Now, what have

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we done so far? Well, I've given you the text

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James one nineteen through twenty seven. You're supposed to be

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reading it and reading it and reading it. We examined

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and listened to a sermon on James one nineteen through

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twenty seven where it attempted to interpret the law of

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liberty and the ungrafted word, and well had some interesting

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things to say. Then looked at how these things have

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been interpreted throughout all of church history, and then we

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looked at how AI attempted to interpret it. Then I

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challenged all of these interpretations on the basis of what

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number one. They tell everyone, Hey, you can do it,

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you can do it, you can keep the law, even

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though reality says the opposite. So I challenged it, and

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because I think basically it turns justification into a justification

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based off an infused righteousness, not an imputed righteousness, which

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is again a denial of everything as a non Catholic

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we supposedly believe. So because of that, I challenged it.

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AI offered us some alternative interpretations, which we worked through

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in the last broadcast. That brings us to right now.

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I'm going to begin in this episode to start building

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a new interpretation. Now Here is what I did. I

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spent thirty minutes typing out basically my ideas, my perspective.

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I'm gonna call it my hypotheses, my theory. I gave

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it to AI. I said, examine this, okay, after we've

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already been talking. I mean, and AI and myself have

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been going back and forth on James one nineteenth twenty

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seven for like an hour. So then finally, based off

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all of that conversation, I'm like, well, here's what I think,

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and then we're gonna look at how AI breaks down

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my interpretation and then we can see what we think.

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All right, are you ready for that? Here we go.

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And I'm not gonna go back and review everything else.

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But if you take all of the other interpretations, they

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always basically end with you've now been set free. You

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can keep the law of God. And that's where the

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problems begin, all right. No matter how they interpret what

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the ingrafted word is or the law of liberty, it

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doesn't matter how they interpret it, they end up with

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the same thing. Somehow You've been given now supernatural. I

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know they wouldn't necessarily say it that way, but that's

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basically what it boils down to. So I gave Ai

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my interpretation. Here is AI's initial response, speaking of me

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and my hypotheses. It says this, your hypothesis is an

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intriguing alternative interpretation, and it aligns with certain Biblical themes

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while staying true to the text emphasis on receiving the

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ungrafted word with meekness. Then Ai said, let's explore the

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idea that the ingrafted word. Now here's where my interpretation

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comes in. Ai is going to explore my idea that

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in James one twenty one, receive with meekness the engrafted word.

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My hypothesis is. My interpretation is that the ungrafted word

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refers to the law of God written on the heart

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in light of biblical theology and James context. So AI

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is going to interpret my hypothesis that when we see

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the ungrafted word that is talking about the law written

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on our hearts. That's that's the law of God written

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on your heart, my heart. And AI is going to

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examine this in light of biblical theology and the context

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of the Book of James. All right, so we're gonna

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look at its analysis. It's critique, it's perspective on my interpretation.

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So just let me I'll just make it very clear.

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My interpretation is when we when we read in James

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one twenty one, wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity

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of naughtiness and see with meekness. The ungrafted word, the

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ungrafted word that it's referring to is the law of

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God that is written on your heart. Everyone has it

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written on their heart. Everyone not everyone in a sense

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receives its message. Some pushes it down or blames the

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guilt on how they were raised or what. But the

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law of God is there, and it's constantly saying, you're guilty,

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You're guilty, You're guilty. You can't keep it, you can't

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do this, you can't. It's there. That's my interpretation, right,

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So let's look at how AI interpreted my interpretation right now,

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that's key. So my perspective on the ungrafted word is

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really different than on everyone's. I'm different than everyone at

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this point, all right, and especially the way I'm going

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to approach this is, this is what Ai said. Number one,

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the law written on the heart, biblical basic is what

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it says or biblical basis. I should say, the law

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written on the heart the biblical basis for my claim.

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I made the claim. Now remember I typed out my interpretation.

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So all Ai is doing is taking my interpretation and

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it's going to outline it. Then it's going to it

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and now analyze it. Okay, So here's basically breaking it down.

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Romans chapter two, verses fourteen through fifteen speaks of the

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law being written on their hearts. Let's go to Romans

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chapter two. Romans Chapter two, verse fourteen. Romans Chapter two,

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verse fourteen. For when the gentiles which have not the law,

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that is, in a sense, the external law, the law

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of Moses, these gentiles would not have it. They don't

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have anything about it, do by nature the things contained

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in the law. These having not the law or a

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law unto themselves, which show the work of the law

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written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness and

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their thoughts, the meanwhile accusing or else excusing one another.

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Everyone has the law internally written on their hearts. Oh,

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there may be the external law of Moses, but that's

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not ingrafted right. See, the external law of Moses is

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outside of us, but there's a law inside of us.

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And even if someone has never been to church, they

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don't know God, they'd never read the Bible, there is

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this thing in grafted in them. And I believe the

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ungrafted word is that law. Ai said that Romans two

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fourteen through fifteen speaks of the law being written on

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their hearts, referring to the innate moral sense within all people,

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including gentiles. Everyone has this this natural law. Law reveals

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God's standard and condemns sin, leading to guilt and accountability

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before God. Every single person, deep down, they know they're guilty.

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They know there's something not right. They may not be

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able to verbalize it, they may not be able to

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explain it, but they just know that they don't really

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live up to something they know. And again, they may

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disguise it, they may reject it. They may blame other

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people for it. They may blame their parents, they may

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blame religion. They may blame society. They may blame their teachers,

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but they and they may want to break free from it,

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they may want to reject it, right, But it's the

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receiving of the message it gives. And what is that message?

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You are a sinner. There is a standard. You do

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not keep that standard, you are condemned. Now, at this point,

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AI did something I was a little bit shocked by,

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because it's breaking down my interpretation. And this is where

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I got a little confused. AI then references two passages

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of scripture that I would never reference. AI quotes Jeremiah

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thirty one thirty three and Ezekiel thirty six twenty six

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through twenty seven, which promises a new covenant where God's

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law is written on the hearts of his people, enabling

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a deeper awareness of sin and a call to repentance. Now,

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let me say right here, I do not believe the

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ungrafted word has anything to do with Jeremiah thirty one

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or Ezequel thirty six, unless I'm going to interpret James

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chapter one, Unless I'm going to interpret the ungrafted word

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as purely a reference to Israel. If I'm gonna say

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the ingrafted word is specifically referencing Israel, and not anybody else. Well,

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then I could bring in Jeremiah thirty one thirty three

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and Ezekiel thirty six, twenty six through twenty seven, which

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promises a new covenant and God's law written on their hearts.

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But this is God's law written on their hearts and

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Israel in a way that leads to perfect obedience. Ezekiel

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and Jeremiah. That's new covenant language, and it basically says

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they're gonna put away their idols and I'm gonna be

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They're God, They're gonna be my people, and they're basically

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they're gonna walk in my commendments. There you're going to

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obey me. It speaks of it as being a definitive thing.

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then I got problems If I'm going to say that

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this has any application to us, then there is a

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law written on our hearts. And the law that's written

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on our hearts condemned, it convicts, it's not it doesn't

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produce righteousness. It just produces guilt. Now it may produce, now,

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to be fair, it may cause us to try to

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think that there's right and wrong and try to. That's why.

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of right and wrong, fair not fair, bad, good, evil.

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right and wrong is corrupted because of our sinful nature.

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So so I don't know why AI quoted Jeremiah thirty

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one thirty three and is Sequl thirty six, because that's

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a completely separate thing. That's a completely different context. So

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then AI said this about my interpretation, The ungrafted word

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in this view, speaking of my view, could be the

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universal moral law implanted by God into all humanity, functioning

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as a witness to God's holiness and our sinful all.

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Right now, I like that, Okay, I like the way

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it states that. So, according to my view, the ungrafted

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word is the universal moral law that is implanted by

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God into all of humanity, and it functions as a

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witness to God's holiness and our sinfulness. Or I would

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state this, it's a witness that there is a there's

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a morality, there's some standard. We don't know where this

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morality comes from. That's why even an atheist will be like,

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that's wrong, and they will judge this and look, what

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are you judging where is your morality coming from? There

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is an innate sense of morality. That's because God's law

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has been written on our hearts. It's engrafted. Some people

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reject it, some people don't understand it. James talks about

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receiving it all right. So number one, the law is

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written on the hearts, and the basis for that is

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Romans two fourteen through fifteen. I would not quote Jeremiah

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thirty one or Ezekuel thirty six, completely different situation, completely

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different context. It's for Israel, and it's for something they've

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not yet experienced, because once this law is written on

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their hearts, they get the land. So yeah, we could

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go take those passages apart. We've talked about them so

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many times, so I don't know why Ai quoted them,

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but ill here in a minute, you're going to see

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that I told Ai, I don't know why you're doing that.

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I think that that's wrong. And you can you'll read,

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you'll hear what Ai had to say. So Ai summarizes

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my view at this point that the ungrafted word is

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the view in this view is the universal moral law

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implanted by God into all of humanity, functioning as a

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witness to God's holiness and our sinfulness. I would say,

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serving as a witness of a universal standard of morality,

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that there's some sense of right and wrong coming from somewhere.

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Number two condemnation leading to the cross. The law's role

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in guilt and not Please know what it says here,

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this ingrafted word, which is able to save your souls.

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There is something very critical that leads to salvation, and

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that is guilt. That is condemnation. You've got to be broken,

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You've got to see your guilt before we're going to

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move towards salvation. So what is the law's role in guilt? Well,

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the ungrafted word, as the law written on the heart,

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would naturally condemn, expose in, and produce guilt Romans three

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twenty Galatians three twenty four. This guilt, when received with

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makeness humility, could lead a person to seek forgiveness and

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salvation in Christ. Makeness here implies an acknowledgment of sin,

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surrender to God's judgment, and an openness to his grace.

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That's why you have to receive it with meekness. Please

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note the text Romans one again twenty one. Lay apart

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all filthiness superfluity of naughtiness and receive with meekness the

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ingrafted word. In other word, you know you're a sinner.

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that sin, and justify that sin. Or you can say,

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you know what, I'm going to turn from this sin.

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And again this is kind of a mental thing in

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your mind. I'm kinda and a turning from this sin

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at least the way I think, And you know what

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I'm going to do. I'm gonna receive this word that

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says this stuff is wrong. I know I'm doing something wrong,

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and that's in the word that's been ingrafted into God's law.

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Meekness here implies an acknowledgment of sin. It's a surrender

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to God's judgment and an openness to his grace. See

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the meekness here. Of receiving the word with meekness, you're

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acknowledging your sin. You're acknowledging that guilt. Now, how does

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this lead to salvation? If the ungrafted word is the

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internalized law, then receiving it with meekness would mean responding

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to the conviction of sin by turning to Christ for redemption.

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The word's ability to save your soul lies not in

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the law itself, but in its role as a tutor

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that leads to Christ. Now this corresponds with Galatians chapter three,

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Galatians chapter three. Everyone knows this verse Galatians chapter three,

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verse twenty four. Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to

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bring us under Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

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See when I am broken, humbled, receive this word of

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judgment and condemnation, I receive it, Then the word will

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that word, that law will then take me, bring me

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and drive me to Christ, because that's where salvation is found. Now,

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while the word often refers to the Gospel and the

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New Oh, hang on. So that's so number one, I

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was already ready to jump ahead. Here. Number one the

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law written on the heart. So my basic premise of

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my entire argument is that the ingrafted word is the

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law written on the heart, the moral law written on

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the heart, and that comes from Romans two fourteen through fifteen.

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Number two, This law brings condemnation leading to the cross.

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And so if you humbly that means broken, fill the guilt,

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receive the word. It will save yourself. But please, now

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it's in grafted. So whatever review you say, this is

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something that's inside of us, and I will emphasize that

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more and as we move forward. Number three, the support

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of this view from the context of the Book of James.

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it's just taking my interpretation and trying to break it

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into an outline. So we have to look at how

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uses the word word, it wouldn't refer to the law.

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It would refer to the Gospel. That's how many would argue.

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So do I have any basis for saying the ungrafted

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word is the law? Well, the ingrafted word being the Gospel.

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Now wait a minute, is that ingrafted in us? Like? Okay,

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arguments for both sides of this. There is no dispute

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that the moral law is ingrafted in our hearts because

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the Bible says that, and it's true for jew and gentile.

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context of James. The word often refers to the Gospel,

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and the New Testament James may be expanding its meaning

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to include God's moral law. Or broader revelation. In this case,

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the ungrafted word could be God's moral witness within us

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that convicts us and directs us to salvation. Right now,

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that doesn't prove my point, it says, because it acknowledges

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that typically in the New Testament the word word refers

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to the Gospel. So you could make an argument against

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me here, but it says receiving with meekness James one

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twenty one connects the ingrafted word with repentance lay apart

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all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness. Right, So, if receiving

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the ungrafted word is connected to repentance, that tends to

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me to be more law gospel is I believe law

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says I must, I must turn, and I am condemned.

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may may help me out. I'm not seeing it proves everything.

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the law. So it seems that what they're saying is that, well,

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the word it could have an expanded meaning now typically

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it's really about well, it's about sin, it's about you

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need salvation. It's about guilt, so that would seem to

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be putting it more in connection with law. It's just

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let's see if I can prove this as we move forward.

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look at the passage, you've got laying apart filthiness, superfluity

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of naughtiness, receive the word which is able to save yourself.

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That it's all about leaving sin and running to God.

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And the law is what makes you see your sin

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and drives you to God. Does that work? I don't

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know what We'll see. Number four the law and the

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law of liberty. Now, remember we're trying to understand the

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ungrafted word. I interpret the ungrafted word as being what

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the moral law written on our hearts. So then how

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does this fit with in verse twenty five. But whoso

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looketh into the perfect law of liberty and continue if

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therein then how does that fit with the law of liberty? Well,

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if the ingrafted So now we're going to look at

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the law and the law of liberty. If the ungrafted

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word is the law written on the heart, then the

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law of liberty in James one twenty five could represent

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the Gospel as the fulfillment of that law. The transition

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from condemnation to freedom comes through recognizing our guilt, receiving

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grace and responding and faith. So my belief is it's

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showing you the entire process. I'm guilty, I'm a sinner.

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What do I do? I receive that message, I receive

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that word. I don't deny it. I receive that word.

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I say yes, I'm a sinner, and I allow it

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to be my schoolmaster and take me right to Christ.

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Then it is able to save my soul. So I

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don't need to be so. Then guess what? But be

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ye doers of the word and not hearers only deceiving

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your own self. Hey, don't just hear the message that

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you're guilty, allow it to take you to Christ. Don't

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just be a hearer, be a doer in the sense

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of what does that law do? It condemns me and

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it says you need Just think if you think about

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Moses law, the Mosaic law. You've got the moral law,

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which what does what? You're a sinner, you're a sinner,

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you're condemned. What does the ceremonial law point to? You

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need a substitute, You need a sacrifice. You need a substitute,

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you need a sacrifice. So then what do you do?

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What do I do? What is the work that we

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are to do? We are The work that God calls

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us to do is to believe on the Lord Jesus

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Christ and be saved. Is that not a scripture? Is

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that not a scripture? What is the work that we

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are to do? The work and a sense is to

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believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. So we are not

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to just be a hearer of that message. Side, Hey,

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that message inside is like you're guilty, You're guilty. Well

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what do I do with that? What do I do?

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Is I go to Christ. I follow the law as

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it takes me directly to Christ, and then I believe

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on him. Don't just be a hero of her of it.

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Do something. Let it take you to where you need

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to go. Run to the cross. Now, if we go

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with my view that the ingrafted word is the law

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written on my heart that condemns and the law of

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liberty is the message of Christ fulfilling that law for me, well,

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then this creates a progression. The ungrafted word exposes sin

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and guilt. Humility leads us to Christ and salvation. The

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law of liberty becomes the Gospel standard by which we

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now live freed from the condemnation of the law. See

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it's a progression. It's a progression. See. So what do

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we do. We receive with meekness, the ungrafted word, that's

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the moral law that's written on my heart. I'm condemned,

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not condemned, and I receive it with meekness, which is

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able to save my soul. Be a doer of the

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word and not hear only deceiving my own self. Don't

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just hear it. Just allow it to take me where

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it's supposed to take me Verse twenty three. For if

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any be a hearer of the word and not a doer,

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he's likened to a man beholding his natural face in

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a glass. For he beholdeth himself and goeth his way

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and straightway, getteth what manner of man he was. So No,

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if you really look at that law written into it,

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if you really allow yourself to receive it and look

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at it, then you're going to don't be like a

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man that just says, Oh, the law says, I'm a guilt,

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I'm a guilt, I'm a sinner. I'm guilty, and don't

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and don't do anything. No, let it take you to

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the cross. Hey, don't be a person who looks in

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00:30:21.559 --> 00:30:25.480
the mirror and goes man alive. I am messed up today.

456
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My hair is messed up, my face is messed up.

457
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And don't and just walk away. No, no, no, When

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you look, when you receive the law that's written inside

459
00:30:35.319 --> 00:30:37.880
of you, look at that mirror and go, what do

460
00:30:37.920 --> 00:30:43.799
I do? What do I do? You run to Christ.

461
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But whosoever looketh into the perfect law of liberty. That's

462
00:30:49.440 --> 00:30:51.759
what you need to do. You look in, you look

463
00:30:51.799 --> 00:30:53.279
in the mirror, and then what do you do? You

464
00:30:53.440 --> 00:30:55.759
run to the law of liberty. What is the law

465
00:30:55.839 --> 00:31:01.039
of liberty? The law of liberty is the Gospel which said, yes,

466
00:31:01.079 --> 00:31:05.359
you're messed up, Yes you're a sinner, Yes you deserve hell.

467
00:31:05.880 --> 00:31:09.839
But guess what Christ kept the law for you. That's

468
00:31:09.880 --> 00:31:13.519
the law of liberty. It creates a progression. The ungrafted

469
00:31:13.559 --> 00:31:16.359
word is the law on the heart, which exposes sin

470
00:31:16.480 --> 00:31:21.480
and guilt. Humility leads me to Christ and salvation. And

471
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the law of liberty becomes the Gospel standard by which

472
00:31:24.319 --> 00:31:31.000
we are freed from the condemnation of the law. The

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00:31:31.119 --> 00:31:33.920
law and the law of liberty, if we understand them

474
00:31:33.960 --> 00:31:36.319
as being the one is the moral law written on

475
00:31:36.400 --> 00:31:38.680
my heart. The law of liberty is the news and

476
00:31:38.720 --> 00:31:41.400
the proof that God has fulfilled the law on my behalf.

477
00:31:41.680 --> 00:31:46.920
Then there's a progression through the text. So what is

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00:31:46.960 --> 00:31:52.559
the strength of my hypothesis? According to AI, here's the

479
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number one strength with my view, it is consistent with reality.

480
00:31:57.720 --> 00:32:01.799
This interpretation avoids the the idea of claiming freedom from

481
00:32:01.839 --> 00:32:06.839
sin and a practical sense. I see, it's the my

482
00:32:07.559 --> 00:32:14.440
view acknowledges reality. My view, Hang on, here we go.

483
00:32:15.279 --> 00:32:19.440
My view acknowledges, Hey, we are sinners and we're not

484
00:32:19.640 --> 00:32:22.440
set free in a practical way. We are going to

485
00:32:22.440 --> 00:32:25.680
continue to sin. But what's our hope? The law of liberty?

486
00:32:25.799 --> 00:32:27.759
What does it tell me? I got to continue in

487
00:32:27.799 --> 00:32:30.440
that law of liberty, which says Christ has kept it

488
00:32:30.480 --> 00:32:33.839
off for me. So now I've been set free from

489
00:32:33.920 --> 00:32:39.480
the condemnation of sin. And it highlights that that that

490
00:32:39.839 --> 00:32:44.160
the law of God still continually exposes my sin and

491
00:32:44.240 --> 00:32:46.480
drives me to the law of liberty. The law of

492
00:32:46.519 --> 00:32:49.279
God continually condemns me, and it's the law of liberty

493
00:32:49.319 --> 00:32:53.480
that content continues to tell tells me what what's that

494
00:32:53.599 --> 00:32:56.039
Christ has taken care of it for me, So it's

495
00:32:56.039 --> 00:33:00.079
consistent with reality. Number two, it honors linguistic context. The

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00:33:00.119 --> 00:33:05.880
word and grafted suggests something already present. The law written

497
00:33:05.880 --> 00:33:10.200
on the heart fits this description as an innate moral

498
00:33:10.279 --> 00:33:15.839
witness implanted by God. So it says that my view

499
00:33:16.279 --> 00:33:22.079
honors the linguistic context. It's the ungrafted word. It's inside

500
00:33:22.119 --> 00:33:25.839
of you. It was put there, you were born with it.

501
00:33:25.880 --> 00:33:29.000
That's why a kid before you gave it, they even

502
00:33:29.039 --> 00:33:33.039
know anything else that's not fair, that's not right. They

503
00:33:33.079 --> 00:33:36.240
have this innate sense of fair, right, justice. Where does

504
00:33:36.240 --> 00:33:41.920
it come from. It's the moral law written on their hearts.

505
00:33:45.279 --> 00:33:50.599
So my view, according to AI, is consistent with reality.

506
00:33:50.799 --> 00:33:53.240
That's a big one to me. Whatever view we come

507
00:33:53.319 --> 00:33:55.880
up with, I can't create this view that ladies and gentlemen,

508
00:33:56.000 --> 00:33:58.519
you're now free and you can keep the law when

509
00:33:58.519 --> 00:34:02.400
nobody does that immediately, Anyone who gives me that kind

510
00:34:02.400 --> 00:34:06.200
of interpretation, I know it's fraudulent because reality says so

511
00:34:06.720 --> 00:34:11.400
I'm being I'm honoring the linguistic context. It's the ungrafted word,

512
00:34:11.679 --> 00:34:16.880
it's implanted, it's there. It's not teaching I hear, it's

513
00:34:16.880 --> 00:34:19.679
something put inside of me. Well, what was put inside

514
00:34:19.679 --> 00:34:22.639
of me? The ingrafted word was inside all of us,

515
00:34:22.840 --> 00:34:25.199
and that is the law of God's moral law. That's

516
00:34:25.280 --> 00:34:32.920
inside everyone. Number three, Another strength of my hypotheses is

517
00:34:33.480 --> 00:34:38.480
it preserves the tension. James calls for action but never

518
00:34:38.519 --> 00:34:42.559
implies perfection. If the ungrafted word is the condemning law

519
00:34:42.559 --> 00:34:44.920
that drives us to grace, then living according to the

520
00:34:45.000 --> 00:34:48.280
law of liberty becomes a striving response to God's mercy,

521
00:34:48.559 --> 00:34:51.719
not a claim of sinless freedom. So I can preserve

522
00:34:51.800 --> 00:34:54.760
the tension. The text says do this, do this. I

523
00:34:54.800 --> 00:34:56.320
know I'm never going to do it, but I think

524
00:34:56.400 --> 00:34:59.159
if we follow, and I'll have to do some more

525
00:34:59.199 --> 00:35:02.719
work on this. Think if you follow it. Ai admitted

526
00:35:02.960 --> 00:35:08.239
that I'm creating just a natural progression of thought. I'm

527
00:35:08.239 --> 00:35:12.800
a sinner. Receive the word that says I'm a sinner,

528
00:35:12.880 --> 00:35:16.320
acknowledge it. Turn to that word, accept its message. It's

529
00:35:16.360 --> 00:35:18.960
able to save my soul. And then what be a

530
00:35:19.039 --> 00:35:23.559
doer of it? Look into the mirror of it, and

531
00:35:23.599 --> 00:35:25.960
what is the if I'm doing And if I'm looking

532
00:35:25.960 --> 00:35:27.840
into the mirror, what is that going to do? It's

533
00:35:27.880 --> 00:35:29.599
going to drive me to the law of liberty. And

534
00:35:29.639 --> 00:35:31.039
what do I see when I look into the law

535
00:35:31.079 --> 00:35:34.400
of liberty? Hey, you're a sinner. You can't keep the

536
00:35:34.480 --> 00:35:42.480
law Christ did so for you. See, it creates that progression.

537
00:35:43.599 --> 00:35:45.519
We just go to this text and say, hey, if

538
00:35:45.519 --> 00:35:47.920
you don't do this, you don't do this, You're not saved. No,

539
00:35:49.719 --> 00:35:54.000
if I reject the law, that's telling me I'm a sinner,

540
00:35:54.320 --> 00:35:57.480
and I will not accept the fact that I'm a sinner,

541
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and if I will not go to the cross, yeah,

542
00:36:00.079 --> 00:36:07.960
then I'm not saved. Number six. What are some of

543
00:36:07.960 --> 00:36:13.360
the potential challenges to my view? Well, does James equate

544
00:36:13.480 --> 00:36:18.519
the Word with the law? Now this is where my

545
00:36:18.960 --> 00:36:25.000
view is a little weak. AI says, it's plausible. James

546
00:36:25.039 --> 00:36:28.199
often refers to the Word as God's revealed truth, particularly

547
00:36:28.360 --> 00:36:33.960
the Gospel. However, he does not exclude the broader understanding

548
00:36:33.960 --> 00:36:40.920
of God's revelation. So it's plausible, but it's a little hard. Now,

549
00:36:40.960 --> 00:36:43.599
what I'm going to put forth is my argument. And

550
00:36:43.639 --> 00:36:47.000
here in a minute I give AI. My argument is this,

551
00:36:47.840 --> 00:36:52.480
James is written or what mid forty a D forty

552
00:36:52.480 --> 00:36:55.440
four forty five forty six a D. It's the one

553
00:36:55.440 --> 00:36:57.599
of the earth, it's the I think the earliest New

554
00:36:57.639 --> 00:37:01.679
Testament writing meaning it's very much in the context of

555
00:37:01.719 --> 00:37:06.079
the Old Testament mindset, and it's written to Jews. So

556
00:37:06.159 --> 00:37:10.320
the real question should be when you see the word word,

557
00:37:11.280 --> 00:37:13.400
if we look in the Old Testament, is the word

558
00:37:13.480 --> 00:37:16.920
word ever used to refer to the law and as

559
00:37:17.000 --> 00:37:18.639
the law referred to as the word in other words,

560
00:37:18.639 --> 00:37:23.360
as word and law interchangeable. If it's interchangeable in the

561
00:37:23.599 --> 00:37:29.760
Old Testament, then law could very much be the meaning

562
00:37:29.800 --> 00:37:33.760
implied here, considering the historical timeline in which the book

563
00:37:33.840 --> 00:37:38.599
was written. That's an argument that I will make. AI

564
00:37:38.760 --> 00:37:42.639
says that my view could be too negative. Some might

565
00:37:42.760 --> 00:37:47.719
argue that my interpretation emphasizes condemnation at the expense of

566
00:37:47.920 --> 00:37:51.880
joy and hope. Yet the text focus on humility and

567
00:37:51.920 --> 00:37:55.559
repentance fits my framework. Well, so it says a lot

568
00:37:55.599 --> 00:37:59.880
of people may say it's too negative, it's all about sin, condemnation,

569
00:38:00.360 --> 00:38:03.119
you can't keep the law. But it says that if

570
00:38:03.159 --> 00:38:07.360
you actually look at the text, humility and repentance fits

571
00:38:07.400 --> 00:38:15.079
the framework. And guess what else mind fits reality? Now

572
00:38:15.159 --> 00:38:18.840
I think mine actually leads to hope. You can't do

573
00:38:18.920 --> 00:38:22.559
it Christ did. What Christians always want is they want

574
00:38:22.599 --> 00:38:25.199
the hope of now that you're a Christian, you basically

575
00:38:25.239 --> 00:38:28.559
have superpowers and now you can do it. Well, guess what,

576
00:38:28.880 --> 00:38:31.519
that's a fraudulent hope and it's a false comfort. Have

577
00:38:31.639 --> 00:38:38.360
we not talked about that a lot lately? So what

578
00:38:38.559 --> 00:38:45.159
is AI's conclusion? Ai concludes it this way, that my

579
00:38:45.360 --> 00:38:52.119
interpretation offers a nuanced view that aligns with the reality

580
00:38:52.159 --> 00:38:57.639
of ongoing sin and the philological role of the law.

581
00:38:59.440 --> 00:39:02.039
All right, so let me read this again. According to Ai,

582
00:39:02.159 --> 00:39:05.920
my interpretation offers a nuanced view, a nuanced view that

583
00:39:06.039 --> 00:39:10.559
aligns with the reality of ongoing sin and the philological

584
00:39:10.679 --> 00:39:14.039
role of the law. So my view is nuanced, but

585
00:39:14.159 --> 00:39:17.440
it aligns with reality of ongoing sin. Ongoing sin is

586
00:39:17.440 --> 00:39:20.559
a reality. You can create an interpretation that denies it,

587
00:39:20.719 --> 00:39:28.639
but my interpretation acknowledges it, and my interpretation is aligns

588
00:39:28.679 --> 00:39:31.079
with the philological role of the law. What the law

589
00:39:31.159 --> 00:39:34.559
is supposed to do, It reveals, it condemns, and it

590
00:39:34.679 --> 00:39:37.719
drives me to Christ if I will meekly and humbly

591
00:39:37.840 --> 00:39:41.000
receive it and then do what it's supposed to do.

592
00:39:41.000 --> 00:39:43.239
Do I'm supposed to do what it tells me to do.

593
00:39:43.599 --> 00:39:47.800
Run to a substitute, run to someone to save me

594
00:39:47.880 --> 00:39:53.480
a sacrifice. The ungrafted word as the law written on

595
00:39:53.559 --> 00:39:57.280
the heart, emphasizes guilt and condemnation, but it leads to

596
00:39:57.360 --> 00:40:00.719
the cross and salvation when received with meetness. It is

597
00:40:00.760 --> 00:40:05.039
not a promise of practical perfection, but a call to humility, repentance,

598
00:40:05.039 --> 00:40:10.159
and faith in Christ finished work. This hypothesis fits james

599
00:40:10.159 --> 00:40:16.840
emphasis on practical faith while respecting the broader biblical narrative.

600
00:40:20.599 --> 00:40:23.400
So AI did not have a lot of criticism on

601
00:40:23.480 --> 00:40:28.119
my view. Now, the main weakness that points out is, well,

602
00:40:28.480 --> 00:40:32.039
the word word, that's the Greek word lagos. Can we

603
00:40:32.119 --> 00:40:36.079
make that law everybody wants to make a gospel? I

604
00:40:36.119 --> 00:40:42.800
don't think that works, especially considering James has written in

605
00:40:42.840 --> 00:40:45.639
forty something AD. There's not even a New Testament, right,

606
00:40:45.880 --> 00:40:51.679
there's no New Testament canon at this point. So what

607
00:40:51.800 --> 00:40:54.239
I did at this point is I challenged Ai because

608
00:40:54.280 --> 00:40:58.000
remember it quoted Jeremiah thirty one, thirty three and Ezekiel

609
00:40:58.039 --> 00:41:00.760
thirty six, and I'm like, what are you doing? Just

610
00:41:01.159 --> 00:41:06.760
stop that? Right? So AI responded with, you're absolutely correct

611
00:41:07.400 --> 00:41:11.280
that the promises in Jeremiah thirty one and Ezekiel thirty

612
00:41:11.280 --> 00:41:14.559
six were given specifically to Israel, referring to the New

613
00:41:14.599 --> 00:41:17.719
Covenant and its future fulfillment for the nation of Israel.

614
00:41:18.400 --> 00:41:25.639
Excluding those references allows for a sharper focus on universal

615
00:41:25.800 --> 00:41:30.559
human experience the Law written on the Heart from Romans

616
00:41:30.639 --> 00:41:35.840
chapter two, while staying consistent with a contextual and philological

617
00:41:35.960 --> 00:41:40.920
distinction between Israel and the Church. Here's a refine, here's

618
00:41:40.920 --> 00:41:45.199
a refined interpretation based on that perspective. So then what

619
00:41:45.280 --> 00:41:50.639
Ai did is like, hey, you're right, Ezekiel and Jeremiah,

620
00:41:51.320 --> 00:41:53.559
if we put them in their proper context, we should

621
00:41:53.559 --> 00:41:56.639
not use this, and making a reference to the ingrafted word,

622
00:41:56.760 --> 00:42:00.920
we should not, right. So It's says, I'm going to

623
00:42:01.000 --> 00:42:04.280
give you now a refined interpretation, and so this is

624
00:42:04.280 --> 00:42:08.079
what it does. Now. It tries to refine it. The

625
00:42:08.159 --> 00:42:11.880
ungrafted word as the law written on the heart Romans two,

626
00:42:12.280 --> 00:42:17.519
fourteen through fifteen. It's an innate moral witness. The ungrafted

627
00:42:17.519 --> 00:42:20.320
word refers to God's moral law, which is universally written

628
00:42:20.320 --> 00:42:23.679
on the hearts of all people, not the New Covenant

629
00:42:23.719 --> 00:42:27.760
promises to Israel. The law reveals God's standard and convicts

630
00:42:27.800 --> 00:42:31.679
all of sin, condemnation and guilt. When people recognize their

631
00:42:31.679 --> 00:42:34.760
inability to meet the standard. It produces guilt and points

632
00:42:34.760 --> 00:42:39.519
them towards their need for salvation. So the ungrafted word

633
00:42:39.679 --> 00:42:41.880
is the law written on the heart. Number two, Receiving

634
00:42:41.920 --> 00:42:45.719
with meekness leads to salvation. Conviction of sin. The ungrafted

635
00:42:45.719 --> 00:42:49.719
word exposes sin and drives individuals to acknowledge their inability

636
00:42:49.719 --> 00:42:54.039
to meet God's demands, a response with humility. Receiving it

637
00:42:54.079 --> 00:42:59.119
with meekness implies a repentant and humble acknowledgment of sinfulness

638
00:42:59.360 --> 00:43:03.639
and a willing to turn to God's solution. God's solution

639
00:43:03.800 --> 00:43:08.119
faith in Christ. So the ingrafted word the receiving with

640
00:43:08.199 --> 00:43:12.920
meekness fits perfectly together The focus in James practical faith,

641
00:43:13.119 --> 00:43:17.000
not just intellectual agreement. While James emphasizes action, this does

642
00:43:17.039 --> 00:43:20.440
not imply perfection. Instead, it shows that true faith flows

643
00:43:20.440 --> 00:43:23.519
from an awareness of sin, repentance, and a desire to

644
00:43:23.559 --> 00:43:26.440
align one's life with God's revealed will. Now what I

645
00:43:26.480 --> 00:43:30.320
would say, it shows a desire to run to the solution,

646
00:43:30.920 --> 00:43:37.599
which is Christ. The ungrafted word as universal as universal

647
00:43:37.679 --> 00:43:41.440
and individual. This interpretation highlights how all people are confronted

648
00:43:41.440 --> 00:43:45.639
with God's standard, but believers respond uniquely by embracing Christ

649
00:43:45.719 --> 00:43:49.519
through that confrontation. Now, what is the role of the

650
00:43:49.599 --> 00:43:54.079
Law of liberty in this framework transition from condemnation to freedom?

651
00:43:54.719 --> 00:43:57.840
The Law of liberty represents the Gospel which liberates from

652
00:43:57.880 --> 00:44:02.360
the condemnation of the ungrafted world. It doesn't negate God's standard,

653
00:44:02.480 --> 00:44:06.280
but fulfills it in Christ. James describes it as perfect

654
00:44:06.440 --> 00:44:10.199
because it reflects the completed work of God and Christ Jesus,

655
00:44:10.559 --> 00:44:14.840
freeing us from laws the law's penalty. There is therefore

656
00:44:15.000 --> 00:44:18.719
now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

657
00:44:20.320 --> 00:44:23.559
The Law of liberty does not suggest believers are now

658
00:44:23.559 --> 00:44:26.360
practically free from sin, but rather that they are free

659
00:44:26.400 --> 00:44:30.000
from its condemnation. Believers strive to live in alignment with

660
00:44:30.079 --> 00:44:34.519
this law even as they fall short. So this shows

661
00:44:34.519 --> 00:44:37.360
a transition from condemnation to freedom, and it shows an

662
00:44:37.400 --> 00:44:41.840
ongoing struggle. So why should we exclude Jeremiah and Ezekiel?

663
00:44:42.239 --> 00:44:46.960
While the audience in context, both passages explicitly address Israel

664
00:44:47.280 --> 00:44:50.159
and their future restoration tied to the fulfillment of the

665
00:44:50.199 --> 00:44:53.320
New Covenant, Applying them directly to the Church would risk

666
00:44:53.400 --> 00:44:57.400
conflating God's specific promises to Israel with his broader work

667
00:44:57.440 --> 00:45:03.639
in humanity, avoiding misapplication. Excluding these references maintain a clear

668
00:45:03.800 --> 00:45:08.880
distinction between God's program for Israel and the universal application

669
00:45:08.960 --> 00:45:12.639
of truths like those found in Romans Chapter two, verses

670
00:45:12.679 --> 00:45:18.920
fourteen through fifteen. So what is the conclusion? According to Ai,

671
00:45:19.840 --> 00:45:24.079
the ungrafted word is best understood as the universal, innate

672
00:45:24.119 --> 00:45:26.719
moral law written on the hearts of all people, which

673
00:45:26.760 --> 00:45:29.559
convicts of sin and drives them to the cross when

674
00:45:29.559 --> 00:45:33.840
received with humility. The law of liberty reflects the Gospel

675
00:45:33.880 --> 00:45:37.159
that frees from condemnation while calling believers to live in

676
00:45:37.199 --> 00:45:43.320
response to God's grace. This interpretation avoids fraudulent promises, false

677
00:45:43.360 --> 00:45:47.119
claims of victory, and it aligns with the reality that

678
00:45:47.159 --> 00:45:51.239
we all experience. And it maintains a clear distinction between

679
00:45:51.400 --> 00:46:06.480
Israel and the universal and universal truths. So how does

680
00:46:06.480 --> 00:46:16.440
that all work? I think it works perfectly. The ungrafted

681
00:46:16.480 --> 00:46:22.039
word is the law written on our hearts. It condemns,

682
00:46:22.199 --> 00:46:25.880
it condemns, It condemns, it condemns. It will tell you

683
00:46:26.519 --> 00:46:30.119
that you're filthy, and that you are struggling with the

684
00:46:30.159 --> 00:46:33.440
superfluity of naughtiness, and all of those things. It will

685
00:46:33.920 --> 00:46:37.679
condemn you. Now, you can either just accept that and

686
00:46:38.039 --> 00:46:40.440
not do anything about it. You can deny it, you

687
00:46:40.480 --> 00:46:43.360
can project it. You can then condemn other people while

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excusing yourself. You can play all of these games, or

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you can humbly, with meekness receive it and it will

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be able to save your soul. But how's it going

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to save your soul? Well, you have to take it

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and not just be a ear of it, but a

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doer of it. And that doer will say, run to Christ,

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run to the cross, believe in the Lord Jesus Christ,

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and that will be saved. You can't just look at

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it and say, man, I'm messed up and then just

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leave the house. You gotta be like, man, I'm messed up?

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What do I do? What do you do? Who's whoever

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looketh into the perfect law of liberty? You run to

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the law of liberty? And what do you see when

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you look into the law of liberty? Christ has kept

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it all for you. He's fulfilled all the law. Therefore

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you're free. You're free, indeed from condemnation. You're free indeed

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from the condemnation of the law. Again, remember the weakness

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that's typically that AI said, my view can the only

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weakness that pointed out, well, that it could be too negative,

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but I don't care if people think it's too negative

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because it's in life with reality, and I think it

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actually leads to hope personally. But the biggest weakness was

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and grafted Why the word word doesn't refer to the law.

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So I said, well, wait a minute, AI, When was

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James written? So AI said this, you're right to point

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out that James like likely one of the earliest New

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Testament books, dated around forty four to forty nine AD.

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It was written in context where the New Testament canon

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did not yet exist, and the Jewish scriptures the Old

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Testament or the primary source of divine revelation. This historical

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proximity to the Old Testament provides strong justification for exploring

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whether the word in James one twenty one could refer

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to the Law of God or other aspects of God's

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Old Testament revelation. So it says, let's examine some Old

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Testament support for interpreting the ungrafted word the way that

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I have right. So number one Old Testament usage of

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word and its relation to the law. In the Old Testament,

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the term word is often used broadly to refer to

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God's revelation, including his commands, statutes, and moral law. All right, now,

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I'm going to bring some of these over Psal one nineteen.

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This Psalm, a meditation on God's Law, often uses word

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interchangeably with law, statute, commands, and precepts. Did you hear that?

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Some one nineteen often uses the word word interchangeably with law, statutes,

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and commandments and precepts. So that's that's one of the longest.

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That's the longest, I think the longest chapter in the

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entire Bible. That is the longest, and it constantly uses

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it that way. Your word is a lamp to my

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feet and a light to my path some one nineteen,

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one oh five. Your word I have hidden in my

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heart that I might not sin against THEE. In this context,

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word refers specifically to God's revealed law and moral instruction.

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So when the word is a lamp to my feet

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and a light to my path, the word I have

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hidden in my heart that I might not sin against THEE.

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The word is referring to God's revealed law moral instructions.

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That's what it's referring to. Deuteronomy, chapter thirty, verse fourteen.

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But the word is very near you in your mouth

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and in your heart, that you may do it. Here,

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Moses speaks of God's law described as being near and internalized.

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This language closely parallels James's imagery of the ungrafted word

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being implanted and received. The law of God. It's inside

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of you. Now, meekly receive it. And what do you

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do when you receive it? You do what it tells

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you to do. Run to Christ. It's your schoolmaster, it's

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your teacher. It's your tutor taking you to the answer. Hey,

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you've got a problem. You need help, Well, let me

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get you to the answer. It's the cross, it's his blood,

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it's imputed righteousness. The idea of God's law being implanted

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or internalized is not foreign to the Old Testament. Deuteronomy

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chapter six, verse six says these words that I command

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you today shall be on your heart. The law is

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to be internalized, shaping the inner life of the believer.

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Psalm chapter forty, verse eight. I'd delight to do your will,

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Oh my God, your law is within my heart. This

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statement directly links that the law with an that links

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the law with an internal, heart based reality. While these

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passages do not use the term and grafted explicitly, they

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convey the idea of God's law being deeply rooted in

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the individual, influencing behavior and thought. Next, in the Old Testament,

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God's law or word has a dual role conviction of sin.

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The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul.

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The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.

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The law reveals God's standard and brings awareness of sin.

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Similar to Romans Chapter three, verse twenty. For by them

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your Servant has warned, and in keeping them there is

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great rewards Psalm nineteen eleven, a preparation for repentance. The

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law is meant to lead God's people to a humble

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dependence on His mercy. This aligns with james call to

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receive with meekness theft word. How James reflects these Old

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Testament themes. James audience was likely Jewish Christians are those

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familiar with Jewish scripture. They would naturally associate the word

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word with the law of God as revealed in the

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Old Testament. Did you hear that the original context? The

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original recipients, when they heard the word word, they wouldn't

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be the Gospel. They would immediately connect it to the

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law of God that supports my view. Ladies and gentlemen.

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James focus on practical righteousness, caring for the poor, controlling

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the tongue, showing no partiality, Mirror's Old Testament teaching on

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living according to God's law. The connection between looking into

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the perfect law of liberty and the ungrafted word makes

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sense if both refer to the divine standard found in

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the Law, which convicts of sins and drives people to humility.

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If James uses the word with an Old Testament framework,

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the ungrafted word could refer number one to the law

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of God's to the law of God, God's moral revelation

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written on the heart. Number two a condemning reality. Like

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Paul's use of the law in Roman seven, the ungrafted

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word may primarily function to expose sin. Number three, a

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call to grace. Receiving the law with meekness leads to

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recognition of guilt and ultimately to a salvation through God's provision.

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In Christ, the Old Testament provides strong support for interpreting

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the ungrafted word in James one twenty one as the

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Law of God. The law written on the heart and

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internalized it reveals sin, brings conviction and leads to repentance

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and salvation. When received with humility. This interpretation fits james

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historical context, the audience's familiarity with the Jewish scriptures, and

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the broader biblical theology of the law's role in convicting

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and driving sinners to grace. It also preserves the tension

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between God's perfect standard and human inability to achieve It

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emphasizes the necessity of God's provision for salvation. So once

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Ai has said, well, wait a minute, wait a minute,

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wait a minute, don't just listen to what Christians say.

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Let's put it in its historical context. This is Old Testament,

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and it was like, well, be readers would have understood

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the ungrafted word to mean law, that would not have

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understood it to mean gospel. So then it makes sense.

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We've got to be confronted with this law. This law

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exposes our sin. So what do we need to do.

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We need to receive with meekness the ungrafted word. Why

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it's able to save your soul without condemnation. There can

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be no salvation unless you're going to be saved from

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something other than sin. Salvation is about saving you from sin.

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What shows you your sin when you receive the ungrafted word,

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which says you're a center you're a center. You're a center.

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You're a center. You're a center, You're a center. And

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you're like, man, I'm a sinner. What do I do? Well,

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this word is going to save your soul. How don't

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just be a hear of it? Be a doer of it?

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The law says you are guilty. But what does the

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law do? According to Paul, it takes you to christ

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go with it, follow it, do what it tells you

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to do. It tells you to run. And if you'll

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think about the Law of Moses, that's why there was

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two parts. You had the moral law, do this, don't

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do this, do this, don't do this. At the same

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time you had all of these ceremonial laws. Why did

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you need ceremonial laws because you're never keeping the moral law.

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So you need an animal sacrifice, you need blood, you

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need to kill another animal, you need to shed more blood.

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Why because you're constantly felling the moral law. So what

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does the law inside of us? Do? It condemns us,

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It condemns us. So what do we do with it? Well,

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we got to run to a sacrifice, to a substitute,

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to a righteousness which we do not have. And so

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then where do we look. We look into the perfect

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law of liberty, and what is that The law has

844
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been fulfilled. Christ has done it for me. Christ has

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done it for me. And whoever looketh into the perfect

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Law of liberty and continueth therein him, being not a

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forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man

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should be blessed in his deed. When you look to

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the fact that Christ has done it all for you, you

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are blessed with all spiritual blessings in Christ Jesus. You

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are blessed because you are in Christ. Fifty eight minutes. Now,

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is my interpretation perfect? I'm not saying it is. Am

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I saying that it's dogmatically right, not even coming close

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to asserting that. What I've tried to do is give

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you an interpretation that is true to the language, true

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to the context, true to the historical setting, and one

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that actually corresponds to reality and does not create this

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fraudulent reality and does not destroy a justification by an

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imputed righteousness by basically claiming you prove your salvation by

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what you do or don't do. No, my salvation is

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proven by what Christ did. Period. Now, I'm not saying

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it's perfect. But I think we're onto something and you'll

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see that. My view is. I don't think you're going

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to find anybody else presenting my view. I could be wrong.

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Now you're free to go check you've got the sermon's

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two point oh apps, start working on listening to sermons

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on the ingrafted word and the law of liberty. Go

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to town. I think you're not going to hear anything

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like I have presented. I could be wrong, but I

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don't think you will. Now that doesn't mean I'm right,

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and make it very clear. In fact, when you kind

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of leave the majority and you're way over here by yourself,

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there's a high probability I'm wrong. But I just know this.

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I know all of these other views clearly aren't right either,

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because they almost constantly put forth this idea of what

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we can do that does not correspond to reality and

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almost inevitably turns proof of salvation not into what Christ did,

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but what you do, which destroys the whole concept of

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salvation by an imputed righteousness. All right, I wish I

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could say something rather profound. That was a lot of work.

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My head actually hurts pretty bad right now, So I

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think I'm just gonna stop, all right. You may need

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to sharpen another pencil. Now you can write your critique

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and your reasons why I'm all wrong, or you can

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start typing everyone. Have a great night, God bless