The Choice Between Two Ways

00:00 hi my name is Sue Burdullis and i'm the
00:03 director of the Camarillo Healing Rooms
00:05 I want to welcome everyone to our eighth
00:07 and final session on our series of Psalm
00:10 1 in titled choices determine destiny
00:14 tonight's lesson is entitled your choice
00:18 between between two ways in life each
00:24 one of us is confronted with two
00:26 fundamental choices these choices are
00:31 clearly seen in someone in the garden
00:35 when we see the two trees and in a
00:39 garden on Calvary when we see Jesus
00:44 hanging between two men and these two
00:48 men had these two fundamental choices
00:51 represented to them after that we're
00:55 going to take a look at the two
00:57 fundamental choices in the very first
01:01 verse of Psalm 1 and at the very end
01:07 we'll have a personalized declaration
01:11 that will be making of Psalm 1 followed
01:14 by westeros bees song that he has went
01:19 ahead and written on someone so welcome
01:22 let us pray
01:25 father we thank you for what you have
01:27 taught us in the psalm 1 series help us
01:31 in applying what we have learned to the
01:33 choices we make every day in our life
01:36 strengthen us to choose your way and not
01:40 our own way tonight we ask you that you
01:44 fill us with the knowledge of your will
01:46 in all wisdom and spiritual
01:49 understanding
01:50 help us to labor in our prayers
01:53 fervently for ourselves and others so
01:56 that we may stand perfect and complete
01:59 and all of your will God amen
02:04 choices choices choices every day we are
02:08 confronted with choices and every choice
02:12 we make
02:13 affects our destiny in life in someone
02:17 god clearly presents us with two
02:20 fundamental choices the choice of going
02:23 God's way or the choice of going the way
02:27 of the ungodly which is our way or the
02:30 way of Satan these two choices have two
02:34 entirely different destinations one way
02:38 leads to eternal life and the other way
02:40 leads to eternal death soul one is
02:44 discussed in previous sessions draws our
02:46 attentions to the very beginning of time
02:49 where Adam and Eve were presented with
02:52 these with these basic two fundamental
02:55 choices that we see in Psalm 1 a choice
03:00 between two trees that represented two
03:03 very different spiritual realities the
03:07 name of one tree was called The Tree of
03:08 Life just as its name stated it
03:12 represented life and it had the ability
03:15 to impart life not just any old life but
03:19 the life of God himself and His Son
03:23 Jesus Christ Jesus Christ is always the
03:26 physical man manifestation of God and
03:29 that is why we see actually the Tree of
03:32 Life representing Jesus Christ in the
03:36 garden the Tree of Life
03:38 Jesus Christ was and still is God's
03:42 number one choice for you and I for
03:44 mankind the name of the other tree was
03:47 called the tree of the knowledge of good
03:49 and evil just as its name is stated it
03:53 opened the door for not only good but
03:56 for evil to come into the world
03:59 something God never intended or planned
04:02 for mankind or for the world the tree
04:06 was man's choice for himself Adam and
04:09 Eve ignored God's command and chose what
04:13 they decided they chose what was good
04:15 but they thought was good for themselves
04:19 but they were in for quite a surprise
04:21 because they encountered lots of evil
04:26 when they chose to go their own way they
04:29 came into the knowledge of the law of
04:33 God which judged them and mankind for
04:37 God's standard from God's standard of
04:39 holiness apart from God's grace apart
04:45 from Jesus Christ unfortunately Adam and
04:48 Eve came under the influence of Satan
04:52 under the influence of ungodly counsel
04:57 when they made their choice to eat from
04:59 the forbidden tree they disobeyed God's
05:04 love commandment that was there for
05:07 their protection so that they would not
05:09 encounter evil would not encounter death
05:11 and we all know that the judgment for
05:14 their sin in any sin is death Romans
05:18 6:23 says for the wages of sin is death
05:22 but the gift of God is eternal life in
05:26 Jesus Christ doesn't Romans 6:23 really
05:29 describe these two trees the wages of
05:33 sin is death the tree of the knowledge
05:35 of good and evil what had happened if
05:37 you ate it death and it says here in
05:41 Romans 6:23
05:43 the gift of God is eternal life in Jesus
05:46 Christ our Lord
05:47 so the tree of life was the gift of God
05:50 there it was standing in the Garden of
05:53 Eden but man Adam and Eve chose the tree
05:58 of the knowledge of good and evil this
06:02 vase here represents what Adam and Eve
06:06 spirit man looked like before they
06:10 sinned their life was filled with the
06:14 very life of God himself but the moment
06:18 that they chose to disobey God's
06:20 commandment the light within them went
06:24 out and what happened was they
06:27 encountered darkness in their spirit man
06:31 they encountered death so when we are
06:35 born into this world our spirit man
06:39 doesn't look like it could have if Adam
06:42 and Eve had not sinned but rather our
06:45 spirit man looks like this this
06:49 represents our spirits devoid of the
06:54 life of God when Adam and Eve made that
06:59 choice their union with God was
07:01 completely severed so we have death Amy
07:06 and flooded their lives and it flooded
07:10 all of their descendants lives which
07:14 goes way down to you and I and it came
07:18 in to the world all the evil that you
07:24 see in the world stem from this one
07:29 choice that Adam and Eve made from
07:33 eating the tree of knowledge of good and
07:35 evil the carnage of evil is everywhere
07:42 today there are broken lives and broken
07:46 marriages shootings killings happening
07:49 worldwide we see him in schools now
07:54 churches marketplaces everywhere it's
07:59 happening Wars rumors of wars natural
08:03 disasters floods fires earthquakes and
08:08 just recently we had the cyclone in
08:10 Mozambique killing many people all forms
08:14 of sicknesses and diseases are
08:16 increasing causing people to be crippled
08:20 and not enter in to the very life that
08:23 God has designed for them all of God's
08:27 creation has been affected by this evil
08:30 that entered in through the first Adam
08:33 who chose to go his own way as people
08:37 continue to choose for themselves what
08:40 they believe is good or evil rather than
08:45 following God's standard his word evil
08:48 will continue to escalate until Christ's
08:52 return
08:53 but you and I we have a choice of
08:57 whether or not we will perpetuate evil
09:00 and death through our own lives by
09:02 accepting or rejecting Jesus Christ and
09:06 his instructions His commandments of
09:10 love to us Roman numeral 2 God's choice
09:15 Jesus Christ the way the truth and the
09:19 life in someone god exhort you not to
09:22 follow in the steps of the first Adam
09:25 but to follow in the steps foots
09:27 footsteps of the Blessed man Jesus
09:30 Christ that's all declare Psalm 1 verse
09:34 1 out loud together blessed is the man
09:38 who walks not in the counsel of the
09:41 ungodly nor stands in the path of
09:44 sinners nor sits in the seat of the
09:47 scornful going God's Way begins by
09:51 receiving Jesus Christ into our heart
09:54 who is the way the truth and the life
09:57 but it's imperative that in every
10:01 decision we make every day that we
10:05 continue to choose Jesus Christ as the
10:08 way the truth and the life rather than
10:12 choosing for yourself what you think is
10:15 good or evil and the only way you know
10:19 God's Way as we've learned in this
10:22 lesson and have the courage and strength
10:24 to follow it is by meditating on God's
10:27 Word day and night and praying it in the
10:32 beginning God presented mankind with the
10:34 gift of Jesus Christ the Tree of Life
10:37 which stood in the midst of the Garden
10:39 of Eden in the beginning of the book of
10:43 Psalms God's miniature Bible God
10:47 prophetically presents you and I with a
10:49 gift of His Son Jesus Christ the Tree of
10:53 Life just like you know I've discussed
10:56 with you these last seven weeks in our
10:59 study of Psalm 1 Jesus Christ is the
11:02 only way to God for mankind to enter
11:06 back
11:06 into the Garden of Eden where the
11:09 cherubim remember that from last week
11:11 where he stood with his flaming sword
11:13 guarding the way of the Tree of Life
11:17 Jesus
11:18 he took the flaming sword on the tree of
11:23 Calvary do you guys remember him getting
11:25 pierced he took it in his side on our
11:32 behalf on the behalf of our sin mankind
11:36 sin and he did this to make a way for
11:42 you and I to enter back in to the garden
11:45 the place the heavenly Garden the place
11:49 where he resides into his presence the
11:53 presence of our Heavenly Father the only
11:56 solution to mankind's greatest problem
11:59 sin and its punishment of death is Jesus
12:03 Christ
12:04 in the garden as Adam and Eve ate from
12:07 the forbidden tree sin and death entered
12:09 into the world Jesus Christ the last
12:13 Adam paid mankind sin debt in a garden
12:18 on a tree the tree of Calvary John 19:41
12:25 says this now in the place where he was
12:28 crucified there was a garden I had never
12:32 seen that before
12:33 so we are here we have the first Adam
12:36 falling into sin in a garden concerning
12:40 a tree and Jesus Christ the last Adam in
12:45 a garden providing redemption for me and
12:50 kind sin on a tree at Christmas time we
12:56 celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ with
12:59 what a tree an evergreen tree
13:02 representing the everlasting life that's
13:05 in Jesus Christ one of my girlfriends
13:08 what she does with her Christmas tree is
13:10 they decorated in all for Christmas
13:14 representing the everlasting life of
13:17 Jesus Christ and after Christmas is done
13:19 she starts to
13:20 for Easter when Jesus we celebrate Jesus
13:24 going to the cross and dying on the tree
13:27 of Calvary so she takes her Christmas
13:30 tree and cuts off all the branches and
13:32 she does this every year and she has
13:35 this trunk and she lets it dry out and
13:40 then she forms it into a cross at Easter
13:45 for me this is a beautiful picture of
13:48 the Tree of Life Jesus Christ giving his
13:53 life dying on the tree of Calvary so
13:57 that you and I could have eternal life
14:01 Roman numeral three three trees on
14:04 Calvary's Hill in a garden once again on
14:09 Calvary's Hill stood three tree crosses
14:13 in the midst of these three tree crosses
14:17 stood the tree of life stood Jesus
14:21 Christ on either side of Jesus hung two
14:24 thieves being punished for their crime
14:28 one on the right hand and the other on
14:32 the left hand these two men represent
14:35 the fundamental choice of mankind just
14:39 like we see in Psalm one the choice of
14:42 going your own way which leads to death
14:46 or the choice of going God's Way Jesus
14:50 Christ which leads to eternal life
14:53 both of these criminals hanging on
14:56 either side of Jesus heard the crowd
15:00 they heard the same crowd the people the
15:03 rulers the soldiers mocking Jesus saying
15:08 if you are the King of the Jews save
15:12 yourself who one of the criminals
15:15 hanging on the tree thought that sounds
15:19 right he believed what everyone was
15:23 saying about Jesus Christ and he adds in
15:27 if you are the Christ save yourself and
15:29 us
15:32 his choice regarding who Jesus Christ
15:37 was led him to everlasting death just
15:42 like Adam and Eve's choice led them to
15:45 death Psalm 1 6 says this the way of the
15:52 ungodly if you choose the way without
15:55 God without Jesus Christ you shall
15:59 perish the other criminal hanging on the
16:03 tree on the other side of Jesus Christ
16:06 realized his sin he came in and greement
16:10 with the truth about who Jesus Christ
16:13 was his choice led him to everlasting
16:16 life Luke 23:43 41 record what this
16:23 criminal says he rebuked the other guy
16:28 that was hanging on the tree that had
16:30 just joined the mockery of the crowd and
16:33 he says do you not even fear God then he
16:40 said to Jesus Lord remember me when you
16:44 come into your kingdom
16:46 what was Jesus response to this man Luke
16:52 23:43 records Jesus's response assuredly
16:57 I say to you today you will be with me
17:01 in paradise what's paradise it's the
17:05 heavenly garden his choice allowed him
17:14 to enter in to eternal life he was
17:19 hanging on a tree of death the first
17:21 death physical death but because of his
17:24 choice he entered in to eternal life
17:30 what is your choice regarding Jesus
17:33 Christ will you choose life eternal life
17:37 or will you choose death eternal death
17:43 God's will for your life
17:45 is that you
17:46 leave in Jesus Christ his name and be
17:50 adopted back into his family Ephesians 1
17:53 5 through 6 says this having
17:56 predestinated to adoption as sons by
17:59 Jesus Christ to himself according to the
18:02 good pleasure of his will don't you love
18:06 that it's God's good pleasure it's his
18:09 will and he takes pleasure in inviting
18:13 you back into his family through His Son
18:16 Jesus Christ to the praise the glory of
18:20 His grace by which he made us accepted
18:23 in the beloved Roman numeral for in
18:28 Christ right before we began this series
18:32 in January I was walking out of the
18:35 Nashville Airport to go visit my son and
18:38 I'm meditating on Psalm 1 as I'm
18:42 dragging my luggage and just thinking
18:46 about it inside and all of a sudden this
18:50 little word starts popping out and
18:52 getting highlighted in my mind the word
18:55 in I'm going god I've never saw that
18:59 before and it just changed it couldn't
19:04 gave direction for this whole study and
19:06 I save that to last but this is why I
19:09 called it choices determine destiny I'm
19:14 gonna go ahead and read verse 1 and
19:16 verse 2 of Psalm 1 emphasizing this word
19:20 in that stood out that day
19:23 blessed is a man who walks not in the
19:26 counsel of the ungodly nor stands in the
19:31 path of sinners nor sits in the seat of
19:37 the scornful verse 2 but his delight is
19:42 in the law of the Lord and in in his law
19:49 he meditates day and night so God gives
19:53 us a choice in Psalm 1 in the very first
19:55 two verses whether we want to take our
19:58 place
19:59 in Jesus Christ by meditating in his
20:03 word day and night or we can take a
20:08 place that's totally separated from
20:11 being in Christ and in his word which is
20:15 basically and no one really wants to
20:17 think about this in our choices it's
20:20 taken our place in Satan ok walks not in
20:24 the counsel of the ungodly is speaking
20:27 about somebody that is ungodly counsel
20:32 is counsel that does not include or
20:36 consider Jesus Christ in his word and
20:39 that's why we get all the evil in this
20:41 world once you take your place in Jesus
20:48 Christ meditating on his word day and
20:50 night you'll be able to live in your two
20:53 identity in Jesus Christ in your
20:57 character description of verse one and
21:01 soul one so if you look at someone verse
21:05 one a little bit differently as you read
21:07 this think about it is this is who I am
21:12 in Jesus Christ blessed this is the man
21:16 who walks not in the counsel of the
21:19 ungodly I don't walk in the counsel of
21:22 the ungodly that's not who I am nor do I
21:25 sit in the path to sinners no do I stand
21:30 in the path of sinners nor do I sit in
21:32 the seat of the scornful
21:34 that's not my identity so I'm not going
21:36 to be there did you know that Jesus
21:40 Christ began his Sermon on the Mount
21:42 with a character description of the
21:45 blessed man the same way Psalm 1 begins
21:51 just different wording the character
21:56 description that Jesus gave in Matthew -
22:00 five verses 3 through 10 is known as the
22:03 Beatitudes each beatitude begins just
22:06 like Psalm 1 begins blessed yes and we
22:12 have 8b out
22:13 to that Jesus describes I would have
22:17 loved to have actually spent more weeks
22:19 on this someone just to go into the
22:21 Beatitudes because they parallel psalm
22:24 one very well and compliment it that we
22:27 just didn't have the time for it this
22:29 time
22:30 maybe if I write a book right Roman
22:36 numeral five walking in the counsel of
22:38 Christ not in the counsel of the ungodly
22:43 let us take a look at verse one psalm 1
22:47 blessed is the man who walks not in the
22:50 counsel of the ungodly nor stands in the
22:53 path of sinners nor sits in the seat of
22:56 the scornful not walking in the counsel
23:01 of the ungodly is echoed by the Apostle
23:04 Paul in Romans 8:5 when he says that
23:07 those who are in Jesus Christ live
23:10 according to the spirit and do not set
23:14 their minds on the things of the flesh
23:17 the things of death why because there's
23:21 a holy union that we have with the mind
23:24 of Christ
23:25 enabling us to think God thoughts to be
23:29 spiritually minded the evidence of godly
23:34 thoughts is life it's peace you need to
23:40 have your mind constantly renewed to
23:43 God's Word through your meditation on it
23:45 day and night allowing it to impart the
23:49 life of Christ
23:50 we're death once reigned as you do this
23:53 you'll be able to to prove what is the
23:56 good and acceptable and perfect will of
23:59 God
24:00 Romans 12:1 through 2 says this and
24:03 don't be conformed to this world but
24:06 what be transformed by the renewing of
24:10 your mind why so that we can prove what
24:14 is the good and acceptable and perfect
24:16 will of God
24:18 what is a good and acceptable and
24:21 perfect will of God
24:23 it's that you be healed one on
24:27 percent is that you would prosper in
24:30 your finances is that your relationships
24:33 would be made whole that there would be
24:36 light and love and every aspect of your
24:39 life that's a good and acceptable and
24:42 perfect will of God
24:43 how do we get there by being transformed
24:46 day by day through our meditation on the
24:50 Word of God not conforming ourselves to
24:53 the way the world thinks just like that
24:56 criminal that was hint hang next to
24:59 Jesus he heard all the mocking that was
25:02 happening Jesus Christ if you were
25:05 really God why didn't you just go ahead
25:07 and you know save yourself and save us
25:11 sometimes when things don't go right
25:13 what do we do
25:15 we say similar things God if you're
25:18 really God why didn't you do this X Y Z
25:23 in my life and just then we've departed
25:26 from the Living God and His Word for us
25:28 what we need to do instead of doing that
25:31 is going back and declaring and decree
25:34 in the Word of God and asking his help
25:37 and his strength so that we hold fast
25:40 the confession of our faith question do
25:45 you know that you have the mind of
25:48 Christ
25:48 1st Corinthians 2:16 but we have the
25:53 mind of Christ did you know that God
25:58 exhort you to think just like he thinks
26:00 Philippians 2:5 let this mind be in you
26:05 which is also in Christ Jesus what does
26:09 it look like to not walk in the counsel
26:13 of the ungodly Colossians 3 and
26:17 Ephesians 4 gives us a good picture of
26:19 that I'll just read a portion of
26:22 Colossians 3 beginning worth with verse
26:24 5 therefore put to death your members
26:28 which are on the earth fornication
26:31 uncleanness passion evil desire in which
26:35 you're you yourselves once walked when
26:38 you lived in them
26:40 put on the new man who is renewed in the
26:44 knowledge according to the image of him
26:47 who created him Ephesians 4:22 through
26:51 24 put off concerning concerning your
26:55 former conduct the old man which grows
26:59 corrupt be renewed in the spirit of your
27:02 mind and put on the new man who's the
27:05 new man Jesus Christ which was created
27:08 according to God and true righteousness
27:09 and holiness walking worthy of the
27:17 calling of who you are
27:20 in Jesus Christ is the way that you walk
27:26 not according to the counsel of the God
27:29 and godly Roman numeral six stands in
27:33 Christ not in the path of sinners as you
27:38 walk according to God's Word you'll find
27:40 yourself standing more and more in the
27:43 path of righteousness and not in the
27:46 path of sinners where you once stood
27:48 they're only two paths in life the paths
27:52 of life and the paths of death the path
27:55 of the righteous which leads to life and
27:58 the paths of the unrighteous the ungodly
28:01 which leads to death and you get to
28:05 choose which pathway you're on Jesus
28:09 Christ is on the pathway of
28:10 righteousness Satan is the one that
28:13 would love to escort you down the path
28:15 the sinner's path too often we don't
28:20 understand the gravity of our decisions
28:22 no one wants to stand with Satan so we
28:28 don't think when we make a choice that's
28:31 against God that we're really standing
28:33 with Satan himself I saw this really
28:38 clearly in the passage years ago and
28:41 it's just always has stood out in my
28:43 mind and it happens the week before
28:46 Jesus is crucified they come to get
28:49 Jesus and they say you know he's it
28:53 they've just
28:53 gotten out of this time Jesus praying in
28:56 the garden of gethsemane and they go are
28:59 you Jesus of Nazareth and Jesus knowing
29:03 that if he stood in his identity he
29:06 would be crucified and he says I am he
29:13 Peter though in that same chapter they
29:19 come to him and says are you one of his
29:23 disciples and he says I am NOT and it
29:31 actually says these words right after
29:34 that it says that Peter was standing
29:38 with them who was he Peter standing with
29:45 he was standing with it under the
29:49 influence of Satan and ungodly counsel
29:52 he was standing in the path of sinners
29:57 where was Jesus standing when he stood
30:01 in his identity he stood in the path of
30:05 righteousness in Psalm 1 verse 6 it says
30:10 the Lord knows the way of the righteous
30:16 he walked it himself in a very difficult
30:20 situation so in first Timothy 6:12 when
30:24 it says fight the good fight of faith
30:26 lay hold of eternal life to which you're
30:29 called and confess the good confession
30:31 in the presence of many witnesses it
30:35 says I urge you in the sight of God who
30:38 gives life to all things and before
30:40 Jesus Christ and what did Jesus Christ
30:43 do he even did this he witnessed the
30:46 good confession before Pontius Pilate
30:51 what is the good confession it's the
30:54 Word of God choosing to agree with the
30:59 word no matter what anything else that
31:03 transpires in front of you no matter
31:05 what anyone else
31:07 adament Eve can you imagine the demonic
31:10 influence that came over them the
31:12 darkness that shadowed them to cause
31:15 them to their mind to be skewed so that
31:19 they couldn't really think clearly it
31:23 says that the god of this age has put a
31:26 veil has blinded the minds and I
31:31 wondered if that's what happened to Adam
31:33 and Eve that some way that their mind
31:35 was blinded so that they're just going
31:37 like yes so you didn't whatever you want
31:40 you want all my goods you want my gold
31:42 my silver you know and sometimes when we
31:44 make decisions we just do it blindsided
31:47 like that and that's why Jesus when we
31:50 see how he felt temptation in the
31:54 wilderness it was through prayer and
31:56 fasting in the Garden of Gethsemane how
31:59 was he able to carry through with this
32:01 main job assignment in life to be
32:03 crucified on the cross he prayed and
32:07 pray and the disciples like Peter ended
32:11 up falling asleep and I'm not saying you
32:14 know that any of us you know would ever
32:16 have to go through what Jesus did but do
32:19 we do all in different degrees and one
32:21 of the keys to being able to triumph and
32:24 walk down and the path of righteousness
32:28 to stand in the path of righteousness is
32:31 prayer and much prayer and continued
32:35 prayer and standing on the Word of God
32:37 and continuing to stand on the Word of
32:40 God Ephesians 6:10 tells us finally my
32:45 brethren be strong in the Lord and the
32:47 strength of his might put on the full
32:49 armor of God that you may be able to
32:52 stand against the wiles of the devil
32:55 it's only by standing in Christ standing
33:01 in our true identity standing in the
33:05 character description of who we are
33:07 believing it and obeying it thinking it
33:12 saying it hearing it walking in it
33:16 standing in it sitting in it
33:21 Roman numeral seven sits in the heavenly
33:24 places not in the seat of scoffers
33:27 that's the last phrase of verse one
33:31 Psalm one nor sits in the seat of the
33:34 scornful why would you want to sit in
33:39 the seat of the scornful when you have
33:42 been given a first-class seat in heaven
33:46 far above every principality power might
33:51 and Dominion that seat was purchased by
33:55 Jesus's precious blood that seat comes
34:01 with many rights and many privileges of
34:04 yours this seat
34:07 far outweighs anything you would ever
34:09 get on one of the best airlines on the
34:12 earth everyone's like I would love to
34:14 fly first-class as a Christian you get a
34:17 fine first-class in heavenly places
34:25 that's not wine we have a heavenly seat
34:30 were seated in Christ Ephesians 1:20
34:36 Jesus is seated at the right hand of the
34:38 Father in the heavenly places
34:40 Ephesians 2 4 through 6 but God because
34:47 of his great love in which he loved us
34:49 he raised us up together and made us sit
34:55 together in the heavenly places in
34:58 Christ Jesus that's something you can go
35:01 home and you can meditate on have it
35:04 your vision of where you are truly
35:07 seated in life do you know why Jesus is
35:11 seated triumphantly as king and priest
35:14 in the heavenly places John 19:30 tells
35:18 us his work is finished and you are
35:22 seated in the finished work of the Cross
35:25 this means that you get a declare the
35:29 end before you actually see it here
35:33 on earth you got to declare the end from
35:35 the beginning Romans 4:17 God gives life
35:40 to the dead and calls those things that
35:43 do not exist as though they did so you
35:46 sit up with Jesus in the heavenly places
35:49 for him it's already reality that you're
35:52 whole and healed your families whole and
35:55 healed so you just get a call out what
35:57 he is declaring and what he's saying and
36:02 you get it pray from that position as
36:05 you're praying in camarillo Healing
36:07 Rooms as you're praying in your homes
36:13 you to declare what has already been
36:18 finished through Jesus is victorious
36:21 work of the Cross I'll throw this in
36:28 when is this by His stripes you were
36:30 healed were healed that's past tense but
36:37 I have I have I have what do you have I
36:47 have the life of Jesus Christ in me I
36:52 have the Word of God that's eternal that
36:56 will never fade away I have what Jesus
37:01 says I have and I will do what he calls
37:05 me to do for I am United with him
37:16 sitting in the seat of scoffers goes way
37:19 beyond sitting the Akane class I'm in
37:22 the airplane this seat is one of the
37:24 lowest places on earth a person could
37:27 ever be seated it is not only using your
37:30 mouth to completely contradict and mock
37:32 Jesus Christ in his way but it's sitting
37:35 down on Satan's throne ruling and
37:38 reigning was Satan himself accusing and
37:41 condemning others that's a way to
37:43 picture it next time you want to
37:46 complain or accuse or condemn sitting
37:51 this seat leads to eternal death Matthew
37:54 27 36 through 37 sitting down they kept
37:58 watch over him there and they put over
38:01 his head the accusation ridden against
38:04 him this is Jesus the King of the Jews I
38:09 just wanted to cover one more time this
38:12 word delight because when it tells us to
38:15 delight ourselves in the Word of God
38:19 that is so key when you like enter in
38:23 and you're reading the word and praying
38:25 the word allow yourself to feel great
38:29 pleasure and delight job 20 to 25 and 26
38:33 says this yes the almighty will be your
38:36 gold and precious silver for then you
38:39 will have your delight in the Almighty
38:42 and lift up your face to God and
38:45 something I hadn't covered so far and I
38:48 wanted to throw it in but we know about
38:50 fruit bearing it comes from a life of
38:52 abiding in Jesus Christ Jesus said I am
38:56 the vine you are the branches he who
38:58 abides in me and I in him bears much
39:00 fruit for without me you can do nothing
39:03 in Psalm 1 verse 3 he shall be like a
39:08 tree planted by the rivers of living
39:10 water which bears fruit and it's season
39:14 abiding in Jesus Christ one of the main
39:17 activities of abiding in Jesus Christ is
39:21 there's there's two components you abide
39:25 in Christ that means one of the main
39:27 things you do is talking
39:28 with Jesus Christ and allowing Christ to
39:31 abide in you
39:32 that means you receiving and listening
39:35 and allowing his word to go deep into
39:38 your heart and out of that Union comes
39:42 fruit okay
39:44 so in John 15 - it says you're gonna
39:49 bear more fruit verse 8 john 15:8 you're
39:53 gonna bear much fruit John 15:16 I chose
39:57 you that your fruit should remain and
40:00 then I have a couple scripture there
40:03 that as you abide in Jesus Christ your
40:05 prayer life is going to be dramatically
40:07 affected in John 15:7 says if you're
40:10 gonna abide with Christ whatever you
40:12 desire and when you ask in prayer it
40:14 shall be done wow that's a deep way of
40:18 going deep in prayer is by abiding in
40:21 Christ in John 15:16 whatever you ask
40:24 the Father in my name he will give you
40:26 that comes from the abiding relationship
40:28 with our Father and His Son Jesus Christ
40:32 what kind of fruit do we bear we bear
40:35 our inward fruit where are the fruits of
40:37 the Holy Spirit love joy peace patience
40:40 kindness goodness faithfulness and
40:41 self-control Galatians 5:22 through 23
40:44 but we also bear outward fruit and
40:47 there's many verses that talk about that
40:49 John 436 and he who reaps receives wages
40:53 and gathers fruit for eternal life that
40:56 both he who sews and he who reaps may
40:59 rejoice together let's all stand what
41:05 we're gonna do is we're going to declare
41:07 what I have written out as a
41:09 personalization of Psalm 1 a declaration
41:12 so you can declare someone just like it
41:15 is or you can insert your name in it and
41:18 then I just paraphrase to add what we
41:21 have learned in this course about
41:22 someone to just make it come maybe a
41:26 little bit more alive of what we have
41:28 studied and then after that we will sing
41:30 someone together so let's start
41:33 declaration of someone my life is in
41:36 Jesus Christ in the Blessed man
41:39 therefore I choose to
41:42 walk in God's wisdom and counsel for
41:44 every decision rather than in the
41:48 counsel of the ungodly those who ignore
41:51 God's Word and ways I choose to stand in
41:56 the full armor of God in the path of his
41:59 righteousness rather than the path of
42:02 sinners those who do not know the way
42:06 the truth and the life I choose to take
42:10 my seat in Christ in the heavenly places
42:13 rather than in the seat of those who
42:16 doubt and mock my Lord and Savior
42:19 because I have discovered that my
42:21 greatest delight is in Jesus Christ the
42:25 word of God
42:26 I meditate on his word day and night
42:29 talking with him about all he has said
42:32 and done I am like the tree of life
42:36 created in His image and likeness
42:39 planted by his rivers of living water
42:42 drinking in his never-ending supply of
42:46 love bearing the everlasting fruit of
42:49 his character and his works my leaves
42:53 turned to face the Sun soaking in His
42:56 goodness and grace hence I am blessed
43:00 and prosperous in whatever I do
43:02 unfortunately those who have not chosen
43:06 this life that Jesus offers are like a
43:09 dried up tumbleweed driven and tossed by
43:13 the winds in the day of judgment they
43:16 will be burned in the like of fire and
43:19 here on this earth they won't find
43:22 pleasure among those who believe the
43:25 truth the way of the righteous leads to
43:28 everlasting life with God the way of the
43:32 unrighteous leads to everlasting death
43:35 so you can take that home and declare it
43:38 out and it's very important that you do
43:40 it out loud any