 Okay, so the recording is on. We're going to just pray together and Get started with our class today. Okay. Let me ask Subashish, would you like to please pray with us and we can get started Let me follow one thing at a lot. We thank you a lot. We thank you master for this beautiful morning Thank you for bringing us together Lord to learn about you your word Sincerely pray for pastor as Lord he's teaching us Lord. I pray that you anoint with your power the Holy Spirit Lord Whatever Lord you will seek Lord you may on this one and apply in our life. Thank you Lord Jesus. I may pray amen Thank you, thank you everyone. Good morning, okay, so we are in this Exciting journey of discovering who we are in Christ our identity in Christ and We've been you know, taking things step-by-step spending time Looking at the scriptures and getting to know our identity in Christ and I just want to remind you that as We discover who we are in Christ The goal is for you and me to learn how to live out of our Identity and how to live out of this inheritance that we have in Christ Jesus, you know That life everyday life flows out of this. So that's our goal And of course, we need to know the truth so that we can live out of the truth and so everything that be Study that we discover I want to encourage you personally to say God, I want to live in it. I want to walk in it and You know God will deal with each of us in different areas of our lives and Build us up so that we can live out of these truths one of the things that I Want to encourage each of us to do is to Continuously affirm your identity and your inheritance in Christ that means If you can do it every day, maybe sometimes even you know a few times a day or Affirm these truths about yourself You know when you even when you look at the life of Jesus many times he affirmed who he was He said I am the way the truth in the life. I am the bread of life. I am the light of the world I am the good shepherd. I am the door You know, so he was declaring who he Is and was and the Bible teaches us, you know to affirm that I'm just going a little away. I'll come back to the lecture notes But can somebody read for us? by Lehman Chapter one verse six. There's only one small chapter in the book of Philemon. So that's just before Hebrews in the New Testament So if you go to by let me type this here One chapter so usually they say Philemon 6 or to be more precise we could say Philemon chapter one or six Could somebody read that for us, please And I pray that the fellowship of your faith may be Come effective through the knowledge of every good thing which is in you for Christ's sake Okay, so in Verse six he's saying I want the fellowship of your faith to become effective by The acknowledgement The recognition the acknowledgement of Every good thing which is in you in Christ So you and I need to acknowledge which is to recognize as truth as fact Every good thing that is in us in Christ So you acknowledge it you affirm it. I you know you say I am a new creation. I have the life in the nature of God in me I Was darkness but now I'm light I Am in Christ and he is in me He's the wine. I'm a branch on the wine and I Am the righteousness of God in Christ and I can access I can come boldly before the throne of grace I have been sanctified in Christ and I'm set apart and holy unto God and I like this, you know, we will discover so many things But you acknowledge Every good thing which is in you in Christ Don't you don't need to talk about all your weaknesses Everybody knows it. Talk about the good things that are in you that are in Christ acknowledge the good things right so as we Continue in this study as we begin to discover different things pick that of yourself acknowledge the good things that are in you in Christ The devil may only want you to see a weakness because when you keep focusing on your weakness that cripples you that incapacitates you that Keeps you from moving forward But God wants you to acknowledge the good things that are in you because you are in Christ Jesus who acknowledge that and And and and you know declare those things about yourself. Okay So last week we had a very interesting class. We were talking about being sanctified and Towards the end of the class. There were so many different questions on Different different, you know different things Which are all related to living a holy life living a sanctified life And so we tried to answer that Answers many of those questions as possible Did we leave anything unanswered from last week in relation to living sanctified living holy in Christ for the any questions? No, okay. All right, so I think we covered everything. Okay, so Let's go ahead with this quickly review them you move forward. So I'm gonna share the PDF right so we're talking about Sanctified being holy we talked about Christ our sanctification Being sanctified in Christ. We've been set apart And so we actually start off from a place of holiness and we live that out We are saints or holy ones in Christ We are a holy temple collectively. We are a holy people We have been sanctified, but we are also being sanctified of living out That sanctified life we covered all this last week And we're sanctified by the word of God and the Holy Spirit as God works in us By his word and by his spirit and then we were talking about this, you know living sanctified in Christ We have to possess our wrestle Ourselves our bodies in holiness and honor Now we when we walk in love we walk in holiness we said that And we thought we were discussing this, you know, we we have sanctified standards and values and this is where We are renewed in our we are transformed in our life The way we live by the renewing of our mind. So we said that We talked about You know that our sanctified life actually reveals the virtues of God Let's just pick up a few the last few things that we wanted to look at and then we will close off this chapter Could somebody read for us? Second Timothy chapter, so second Timothy chapter 2 Versus 19 to 21. So that's right on in your pdf Second Timothy chapter 2 19 to know I just want to finish a few more things so that we will go to the next chapter Could somebody read this for us, please go ahead Second Timothy chapter 2 was 19 to 21 Nevertheless the solid foundation of God stands having this seal The Lord knows those who are his and let everyone who names the name of christ Depart from iniquity But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver But also of wood and clay some for honor and some for dishonor Therefore if anyone cleanses himself from the latter He will be a vessel for honor Sanctified and useful for the master prepared for every good work amen yeah, thank you so again these verses are talking about being sanctified and you know, but they are in the context of you know Serving God because this whole book or especially the book the epistle of paul second first and second timothy paul is writing to a young man a young young man Whom he has nurtured And now he is in the ministry I know paul refers to timothy and says timothy does the work of the lord just as I do So he's nurtured him up to that place and so now here he's giving him to speaking to him about the ministry But I just want you to follow what's happening here in these three verses paul has in his mind a great house A great house you can imagine, you know a big Building a big building a great house, you know a great not only in the sense of you know The size of the building but you know a very honorable esteemed house And a great house In a very noble house, you know, so a big building, but it's a great house So as he talks about this he's having this picture in a big building and as he's thinking about this he starts off with the foundation He says and of course he's talking about the house of god Right and he says, you know, this great house has a solid foundation. It has an unshakable foundation Okay This is god's house. God's house has unshakable foundation. What is that foundation? He says, you know, this foundation Is characterized by two things so having this seal this mark this This inscription or this, you know, this this foundation of this great house of god Has these two, you know inscriptions on it. That means it is telling us two very important things What is it? First it says god knows those who are his so god the foundation of god's house is God knows those who belong to him right So that's the first foundation. So you and I Are established in that god knows you god knows me That's the foundation of his house. He knows his people He knows each one. Okay, that's a solid foundation. You and I are part of that house but There's another important part to this foundation And that found the foundation is solid. I mean you can't Alter this you cannot change this The other aspect of the solid foundation of god's house is Everyone who names the name of christ Must depart from sin So that's the second part And everyone who names that means if you are actually speaking and bearing the name of jesus You depart from sin And this is foundation to the house of god of being part of the house of god So this is what we've been we've been talking about of living sanctified living Holy and this is foundational to the house of god This is what god's house is this great house of god is built on That god knows his people and everyone known by god bears his name Does not live in sin they depart from iniquity It's foundation But then not only does he give us that understanding but then he says, okay, let's go into the house When he commented house, of course, he says in a great house that all kinds of utensils Some utensils are for noble purposes some for you know dishonorable. So example I'm just an example. Okay There's a trash can And there are there could be many trash cans So people throw trash in it and then they collect it and they throw it out So, you know, you could think of those, you know, those Trash cans as You know meant for okay Dishonorable use, you know, I'm just giving example, right? So paul has in his mind This great house and there are all kinds of things there But he says look There are vessels or utensils that are very noble that are very You know that the people and the master of the house would use In a very noble way in a very honorable way. So you can imagine You know, if they're having a great feast or a great meal And you know, they'll bring out the best utensils and they will You know serve food on those things. So he's having that picture in his mind a big house He's talked about the foundation of his garden to the house. He's talking about the utensils And when he's talking about the utensils, then he applies it to us as believers in verse 21 He says Okay, if you want to be, you know, those those utensils that are, you know, used for very honorable purposes Here's what you need to do He says if anyone that means this is available to all believers If anyone Cleanses himself Okay, so you are purging yourself. You're separating yourself. Now notice At the very beginning of this chapter We said That God has separated us We have been sanctified But now It's almost like the tables are turned And God is saying now I want you to do something I want you to cleanse yourself Or to keep yourself clean to purge yourself to separate yourself from Things that are dishonorable Right, so God has done his part Of setting each of us apart to himself. He knows us But now he's saying I want you to live that way live a set apart life Cleanse yourself from the latter. The latter is anything that is dishonorable Right anything that is dishonorable you separate yourself from that Then what will happen? You will be like one of these utensils of honor Right, you will be a vessel of honor that the master house is going to use And what about the vessel of honor? First of all It is sanctified I mean, it's it's been set apart, but who's setting up the part you are setting yourself apart. That's the context God has already sanctified you but now you and I But the desire to be a vessel of honor Are sanctifying ourselves. It's a deliberate action from our part. We are sanctifying ourselves and So a vessel of honor is a sanctified vessel. It's also useful vessel So when you when you when you when you look at the creek there when it says useful, it means three things Okay, uh, the the word useful there it is fit to be used fit to be used Okay, it is profitable, uh, it is so let me say it's easy to use and thirdly it is profitable to be used So this word useful In that word it has these three connotations. It's fit to be used It's easy to be used And it's profitable to be used So when it says What is a vessel of honor a vessel of honor is a sanctified vessel A vessel of honor is a useful vessel the father the master says hey that's fit That's easy And that's profitable. I mean that's the right utensil for me to use it use in this case, you know, so you're ready for use and you're prepared You're prepared and again the word prepared has two things one you're equipped Secondly, you're Prepared and it's you're ready. You're willing right So there's talking talking about equipping talking about readiness. You're equipped and you're ready for every good work So what I want us to take away from this passage is that being sanctified is part Is is is is an important part of being In the house of god and of being a vessel of honor That the master wants for every good work Okay for every good work So If you and I I'm sure all of us there. That's one of the reasons why we're in bible calls. We are spending time Learning and studying because we want God to work through us and do every good thing he wants to do through us But in order to do that we live sanctified And of course we are becoming useful and becoming prepared You know be learning how to do that God has already sanctified us but now he's inviting us To cleanse ourselves and says okay. You keep yourself clean You purge yourself So that I can work through you For every good thing that he wants to do through you. Okay, so sanctified Being sanctified vessels an important part of being a vessel of honor and Lastly, I think this is the last point or yeah two points here is When we live sanctified lives, we will face persecution or we people will laugh at us You know Example is if you are a young person in college or school or college and you know you are Living a holy life Your friends may laugh at you your friends will invite you to do all the wrong things and and you say no I don't want to be a part of it. I I sorry. I cannot go with you. I cannot you know Participate in those things. I said, why not and you know, they may make fun of you But you are going to take your stand Now as adults It could happen differently. Maybe in our places of work or in the people that we You know move around with They may say things they may Sometimes even counsel us to do wrong things or give us advice in certain things that are Not, you know, they're not pleasing to God and then you are making you and I we make a deliberate choice No, no, no, I will not do that. I will not go down that path I will not do those kinds of things and as we make those deliberate choices What'll happen? They may laugh at us and Jesus, you know while he said said Sanctify he prays he's praying here for us. He's sanctified them by your word And then he says, you know, I have sent them into the world As you said either well, I have sent them also into the world And what'll happen? He says the world Hey would hate them, right? So the world doesn't Deal kindly with people Who have the word of God who live by the word of God the world doesn't Necessarily of course will not understand us. I would not Treat us well. So there's there's the hate and the persecution and sometimes they Make fun about our stand on certain things But Jesus warned us, you know You're having my word The world is going to hate you And it's part of living sanctified in Christ and Paul, you know says this All who desire to live godly in Christ will suffer persecution. So we must be prepared I don't let the pressure Of persecution or people You know, uh the People making fun of you and so on cause you to give up on living sanctified for Christ right and Lastly, we also see that God is at work To sank he is sanctifying us completely Right, so that our whole spirit soul and body is blameless So what is god doing in your life in mind? He's working to sanctify us Completely every part of our being whole spirit soul and body Whole spirit soul and body our entire being is to be kept blameless Right, and uh, so that's what god is working so that we come to this place Maybe a living blameless before god spirit soul and body Okay, so that brings us to the end of this this whole Our lesson on sanctification I'm going to pause here to see if there are any questions And before we get into the next chapter Okay, so what did we learn in this lesson that god In Christ you are sanctified In Christ you are a holy person. God has already done that for you. He's such a part Now he says in your everyday life on earth I want you to live a sanctified life live a holy life by the empowering of his word and his spirit in your life And then of course there are the outcomes of that which is We are transformed Our wrestles of honor we reveal the word choose of our god and We may face persecution, but we stand firm through those things Okay, any questions on this chapter before we move into the next everything's clear. Okay Silence means everything is okay Um, but if you have questions feel, uh, please don't hesitate to ask All right, I'll be ready to go to the next chapter So somebody's trying to come into class let them let me Let them come in let them join. Okay All right, uh, let me so the next chapter Is on a truth called identification identification and uh This is a very powerful truth And I want us to try and understand the truth Of identification Paul introduces this truth for us in roman chapter five So if you could turn the needle roman chapter five and Let us read I would like somebody to read for us roman chapter five versus 12 to 19 Now this is not in your notes So I'm just kind of introducing it and then we will get into the notes because the main part is in roman six but before he actually starts talking about that he introduces this truth in roman chapter five So could somebody please read for us roman chapter five versus 12 to 19 Therefore just as through one man sin entered the world And death through sin and does death spread to all men This all sinned for until the law the law sin was in the world But sin is not imputed where there is no law nevertheless Death reigned from adam to moses Even over those who have not sinned according to the likeness of the transgression of adam Who is the type of him who was to come? But the free gift is not like the offense For if by the one man's offense many died Much more the grace of god and the gift by the grace of the one man Jesus christ abounded to many Okay, good somebody read verses 16 To 19 somebody else Versus 16 to 19. Thank you roslyn somebody could read versus Verse 16 the gift is not like that which came through the one who's For on the one hand the judgment arose from one position But on the other hand the free gift arose from many transgressions resulting in justification For if by the transgression of the one death reigned through the one Much more those who receive the abundance of grace And of the gift of righteousness will reign in life Through the one jesus christ So then as through one translation They resulted condemnation to all men even so through one act of righteousness They resulted justification of life to all men Sorry, thank you so in these verses For the very first time Paul introduces the truth of identification And very interestingly he never writes about this anywhere else Except in first Corinthians 15 a little bit. We will look at it Maybe you'll look at it. I'm not sure but This is the only place he's actually bringing this out for us in all of his episodes And I will summarize it for you and but I encourage you to read these verses Think about it study it what he's saying is One man adam One man adam he sinned and because of adam sin Death came into this world So adam's disobedience sin came death came And there was condemnation on all so in adam all die In adam all are in subject to sin Satan sickness Condemnation the consequences of sin anything and everything that represents death So sin is the beginning death is the finality And in between are all the other issues There are the products of sin leading to death, which is sickness Everything everything in between sin and death one man sinned One man was disobedient sin came into this world And all the things came in because of sin ultimately resulting in death But then he says in verse 14 adam was a type of him who was to come So he's not the real man He's only a type of prototype The real man is the Lord from heaven He's read for two in 1 Corinthians 15 As the last adam As the second man Garden of Eden was the first Adam Jesus Christ is the last Adam Garden of Eden he was a first man Jesus Christ the second man In the first man Everybody is brought under sin Everything that comes because of sin ultimately resulting in death sin condemnation death But he says There's a solution In the last Adam are the second man Everybody who comes in everybody believes in this Those of us who believe In the last Adam and the second man We have the free gift The free gift brings us the grace of God The gift of righteousness Puts us in a place where we reign in life And we have fullness of life So In Adam we all die In Christ We're all made alive In 1st Corinthians 15 he says Just as we have born the image Of the earthly and I'm looking at verses 45 to 49 in 1st Corinthians 15 Uh 1st Corinthians 15 45 to 49 again So it says First man Yeah, we we bear the image of the natural We all die In the last Adam the second man We bear the image of the heavenly man. We have life from heaven We have eternal life So this is identification The entire human race The entire human race is identified in one man And what happened to the one affects the whole human race One man i'm repeating One man was disobedient sin Judgment condemnation and death Passed to the whole human race The whole human race became recipients Of what happened to the one man But there came another man This man is the last Adam Why is he the last Adam? Because in him Everything ends What started in Adam comes to an end in Christ Sin condemnation death comes to an end. He's the last Adam He's the second man Why is he second man There's something new begins in him Which is different from the first man In the second man We have received the free gift We receive abundance of grace We receive the gift of righteousness The first man put us in subjection To sin, sickness, Satan and death The second man Makes us kings in life That's Romans 5 17 which we just read He gives us a free gift Which brings the grace of God The righteousness of God And makes us kings in life We rule in life That means in Christ we become rulers In Adam we have become slaves We were made slaves We were brought in subjection In Christ we are made rulers We are put in a place of dominion Over everything Adam brought us under In one man, Adam Everybody's brought to subjection to sin Condemnation and death In the second man Or the last Adam All of us who believe in him Receive the free gift Receive grace Abundance of grace Receive the gift of righteousness Received The authority To rule and reign Have dominion In this life We are identified in the second Man So We have to learn to live Out of The second man Or the last Adam In the last Adam The first Adam stops That's why he's called the last Adam So when we are Identified with Christ Nothing of the first Adam Permitted to continue In us Now of course in the natural We have the physical body which God created In the very beginning And this body will die physically But God will give us glorified bodies But in the spirit Everything that came from the first Adam Seizes In the last Adam Things are different now And we are in the last Adam The second man Are you with me so far? Any questions? Everybody's very quiet Is that yes or no? Yes first of all Okay, you understood? Okay, so He introduces this truth of identification I see Shani says Can you repeat that again? So in Romans 5 I'm just going to repeat In a very concise way In Romans 5 Versus 12-19 Paul is beginning to unveil To us The truth of identification Identification means What happened to one man Affects the entire human race Who are connected to that one man Okay So There is Adam The first man He was disobedient And because of his Disobedience, what happened? Sin came into this world Romans 5 verse 12 The very first verse we read Sin came into this world And because of that there was condemnation Or judgment And because of that there was also death So His disobedience Because of his disobedience Every human person Right? Is broad unsubjection to sin Sickness, Satan and death Because we're identified in that one man What happened to him Affects the whole human race But then The Bible says There is The Another man The second man This is Jesus Christ He's referred to as The last Adam And so this is from 1 Corinthians 15 45-49 The last Adam Why is he called the last Adam? Because he is an end Full stop Comes to a close end Full stop In the last Adam That is Jesus Christ So The reign of sin Sickness, Satan, death That came in through the first man Comes to an end Comes to an end in the second Adam And in the second Adam What do we have? We read in this passage We receive the free gift Of God What is the free gift of God? It brings us Abundance of grace The grace of God It brings us the gift of righteousness It brings us the life Of God And It puts us in a place of Dominion and authority We become rulers in life We reign in life It says We all have We all have our identity In the first Adam That was the beginning We were born of Adam's race But when we were born Again, when we became new creation Our identity shifted Our identity shifted From the first Adam to the second To the last Adam Or the second man Today our identity comes from The real man Jesus Christ And in Christ We receive The free gift of God Abundance of grace The gift of righteousness The life of God And we reign in life We have authority and dominion In life That is Identification That is what God has done For all of us I hope it's Clear For all of us So he introduces Sonny, is that clear? Or do you have any more questions? Yes, that was fine, thank you That was clear Paul introduces this truth To us He says, hey All of us are Believers He's not just talking about the world And Jesus All of us who believe in Jesus We are identified With the last Adam Who is the second man He's the real Adam was a prototype Jesus is the real He identified in him And so what do we have? We have the free gift of God And we have the grace of God Then he says You know He goes into chapter 6 now So I've just summarized chapter 5 He goes into chapter 6 And so let us read Can somebody read Chapter 6 Verse 1 and 2 So now I'm actually following the notes Right, the PDF But now we will get into Chapter 6, Romans chapter 6 Verse 1 and 2 please Somebody could read that Romans chapter 6 verse 1 and 2 What shall we say Then shall we go On sinning that grace may increase By no means We died to sin How can we live In it any longer So Paul has told us Chapter 5 Remember when the New Testament The Bible wasn't written In chapter 1 It was written as 1 continues A long Letter, it was written with a continuous flow of thought So In chapter 5 He has just finished telling us Look, we are identified In The second man, the last Adam And We have grace We have God's free gift Of righteousness He has made us to reign And live all these wonderful things That have happened to us And then he asks the question Chapter 6 verse 1 So Should we then Just continue and sin So that grace can abound Meaning God has been so good to us He has given us a bonus of grace So should we just keep on sinning So that God can just keep on pouring his grace And he says Hey, wait a minute I need to tell you something more About identification And it's really something more That's verse 2 He says Of course not We are not going to continue sinning Because There's more to this identification Because We have died To sin And if we have died to sin We can't live in it Anymore So A simple analogy That I use Every time I talk about this You think about a man who was Alcoholic He was just totally Bound by his addiction to alcohol Just imagine From morning till evening he just drinks He just ruins his life Drinking and let's say this man is dead He dies You've got his body And around his dead body You place all his Favorite Alcoholic beverages He's not going to move even his little finger By Because he's dead So Paul is saying How can we who are dead Live in sin any longer We are dead You put it all around this We are not going to respond We are dead But then he says hey Paul What do you mean We are dead When did we die When he just told us In Christ we've got the free gift of God In Christ we have Abundance of grace And righteousness And eternal life And dominion And we are going to rule in life When did we die Okay Paul goes back to the same Truth of identification And he says Because we are identified with Jesus In as much as we have Received the free gift of God Received grace and righteousness And eternal life and dominion Some more things God did We are Identified with Christ In his crucifixion In his barrio In his resurrection In his ascension And in his exaltation Or a seating At the right hand of God Now the truth of identification I'm just going to say a few things And I don't know how break time is coming up The truth of identification Is very interesting Adam The first man, Adam Lived About 6000 years ago We are here 6000 years later What happened to him Affects us today And we were Identified with Adam In his disobedience Christ Died 2000 years ago We were not around at that time But the Bible is telling us We were identified with Christ And what he did Affects us today So the truth of identification is What happened to Christ Affects me today There is a spiritual reality in that And I walk in it We walk in it experientially In everyday life And Not only are we blessed by his His obedience, because his obedience Has brought us The free gift of God God's abundant Christ The gift of righteousness, eternal life And dominion and authority But also When Christ died You and I died When Christ was buried You and I were buried You and I were resurrected When Christ ascended You and I ascended And when Christ was seated At the right hand of the Father You and I were seated At the right hand of the Father Now we were not around 2000 years ago But in the mind of God We were there What happened to Christ Affects us today That is because of identification So we are going to take a break We will come back and read the scriptures Here in Roman 6 Where Paul explains this for us And we will read the scriptures And then we will talk about what it means What does it mean How do we live out of this truth Of Identification And we will have some time for questions I know this may be a little Stretching our spiritual understanding a bit But Just take some time to digest it And it is very powerful Let's take a break And we will come back Pick this up