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0:01Today's an episode where I get a little
0:03worked up because we're talking about
0:05the sufficiency of Christ.
0:07And it matters to me. So many people are
0:10told to put their faith in their faith
0:12or put their faith in their
0:12faithfulness. We don't even know what
0:13faith is. The object of our faith is our
0:15faith or the object of our faith is our
0:17faithfulness.
0:18And so I play a clip from D.A. Carson
0:20that will bring you to tears. It's
0:22wonderful. It's a It's an explanation of
0:25the gospel of what it really means that
0:27Jesus is the object of our faith.
0:30I I hope this encourages you in the way
0:31in which it does to me. Stay tuned.
0:35Ever read the Bible and walk away
0:37feeling like you're failing? No matter
0:38how hard you try, you're never measuring
0:41up. That's not a motivation problem.
0:43That's a reading problem. Most people
0:45have never been taught how to read the
0:46Bible the way Jesus taught it. So when
0:49they hear things like be perfect, deny
0:51yourself, take up your cross, they
0:53assume it's all about trying harder. But
0:56what if that's not what Jesus was doing
0:58at all? What if the law isn't meant to
1:00fix you, but to reveal your need for a
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1:46>> Thanks for joining us for another
1:47episode of Theocast. I'm Jon Moffitt.
1:49I'm the pastor of Grace Reformed Church
1:51in Spring Hill, Tennessee. And today I'm
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3:06theology. This is not an academic book.
3:08So, if you're new to reformed theology
3:10or um
3:12you you don't feel like, "Man, I don't
3:13not very good at reading academic
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3:17book is. So,
3:18uh paperback, Kindle, it's going to be
3:20an audiobook pretty soon. So,
3:23let me jump into this. Um
3:25I've been doing a lot of critique videos
3:27and I wanted to show you a video that
3:29just is so amazing.
3:31Beautiful representation of the gospel.
3:33D. A. Carson is just a sweet man.
3:36Um you know, the Lord has used him in so
3:39many ways. I got to meet him years and
3:41years ago. He and I sat next to each
3:43other at a dinner and my wife was just
3:46taken back by just how kind he was.
3:48Uh just the embodiment of a man humbled
3:51by Christ and could talk about the
3:53wonders and the glory of Jesus. And this
3:55is a great example of that. When you get
3:57pray for him, I know he's no longer in
3:59ministry, he's struggling with his
4:01health. But man, this clip is probably
4:04one of my favorite clips just when
4:06thinking about the sufficiency of who
4:08Christ is for us.
4:10Um before
4:12uh well, I'm going to play it. I just
4:13I'm going to play it and let you hear it
4:14and then we're going to comment about it
4:15because what he's saying is so
4:16important. It's so important for the
4:19believer to understand especially those
4:21If you're listening to this and you
4:23struggle with like, do I have enough
4:24faith or
4:26my faith is really weak or how could God
4:28save one someone like me who I struggle
4:30so much? This is for you. So, let's
4:33listen to this. I wanted to point out
4:35something good and then let's comment
4:37about it.
4:39Picture two Jews
4:42by the name of
4:44Smith and Brown, remarkably Jewish
4:46names.
4:51The day before the first Passover
4:54having a little discussion in the land
4:56of Goshen.
4:59And Smith says to Brown
5:02boy, are you a little nervous about
5:03what's going to happen tonight?
5:06Brown says
5:08well
5:11God told us what to do through his
5:12servant Moses. You don't have to be
5:13nervous.
5:15Haven't you slaughtered the the lamb and
5:17daubed the two door posts with blood,
5:19put blood on the lintel? Haven't you you
5:21done that? You're all ready and packed
5:22to go. You're going to eat the the whole
5:24Passover meal with your family.
5:27Of course I've done that. I'm not
5:29stupid.
5:31But
5:32it's still pretty scary when you think
5:33of all the things that have happened
5:34around here recently, you know, flies
5:36and river turning to blood and
5:39it's pretty awful.
5:41And and and now there's a threat of the
5:43firstborn being killed, you know? It's
5:46all right for you, you got three sons,
5:47I've only got one. And I love my Charlie
5:50and and and and and the angel of death
5:52is passing through tonight. Do you you
5:54know? I I know what what God says. I've
5:56put the blood there, but but it's pretty
5:58scary. I'll be glad when this night is
5:59over.
6:03And the other one responds, "Bring it
6:05on. I trust the promises of God."
6:09That night the angel of death swept
6:12through the land.
6:14Which one lost his son?
6:21And the answer, of course, is
6:24neither. Mhm.
6:29Because death doesn't pass over them
6:32on the ground of the intensity or the
6:36clarity of the faith exercised.
6:40But on the ground of the blood of the
6:44lamb. That's what silences the accuser.
6:48>> [applause]
6:49>> Yeah, amen.
6:51The blood silences the accuser of the
6:54brothers as he accuses us before God.
6:58He silences
6:59our consciences when he accuses us
7:02directly.
7:04How many times do we writhe in agony
7:07asking if God can ever love us enough,
7:10if God can ever care for us enough after
7:12we've done such stupid, sinful,
7:14rebellious things after being Christians
7:16for 40 years? Come on, man. What are you
7:19going to say? What are you going to say?
7:19God, I I tried hard, you know? I did I
7:21did my best. It was a it was a bad
7:23moment.
7:25No. No. No. No.
7:27I have no other argument. I need no
7:29other plea. IT IS ENOUGH that Jesus died
7:32and that he died for me. Yes.
7:34We overcome him by the blood of the
7:36lamb. There is the ground of all human
7:39assurance before God. There is the
7:41ground of our faith, not guaranteeing
7:45intensity of faith, so fickle are we.
7:48Mhm. It's not [clears throat] the
7:49intensity of our faith, but the object
7:51of our faith that saves. They overcome
7:53him on the ground of the blood of the
7:56lamb.
7:57Amen. God be praised. Man, so good.
8:00So good, man.
8:02I It's been a while since I listened to
8:04the whole clip. I purposely didn't want
8:05to hear it. I wanted to hear it fresh
8:07and new, and man, it still hits
8:10to this day.
8:11Um
8:13Sometimes you wonder like what what
8:15should I listen to that can encourage
8:17me? That would be That would be a clip
8:19that you want to
8:20you'd want to put in there for
8:21encouragement.
8:23All right, let's um
8:25let's unpack this because
8:27this is so vitally important for so many
8:31Christians. This is the thing thing I've
8:33been trying to address for so many
8:35years, uh specifically recently,
8:39about this type of preaching that robs
8:42the believer of their hope because of
8:45the intensity of their obedience or
8:48their faith.
8:49Um man, what he says there is just
8:53biblical truth that has been pounded by
8:57the reformers and needs to be reclaimed
9:00today. Like this doctrine is the
9:03essential doctrine that we have to have,
9:05otherwise we have nothing. So,
9:08um I'm going to try not to get super
9:10intense here.
9:12So, let's break down this illustration.
9:14The point of it was is that the doorpost
9:18covered by the blood is what the death
9:21angel passed over, okay?
9:24So, what did he see? He saw the blood
9:27and said, "This house is covered." And
9:30passed over.
9:31And I love the illustration because you
9:33got one guy who's like, "I'm not worried
9:35at all, man. This is awesome. This is
9:36going on." And you have another guy is
9:38like, "Have you seen what's going on
9:39around here? And this is crazy."
9:41I mean, we've got we got all kinds of
9:43wild stuff. Seen the plagues and people,
9:46you know, dying and I don't know, man.
9:48This is um this is a little strange.
9:51And he asked him a very important
9:53question. He was like, "Yeah, but you
9:53put the blood over the door, right?"
9:54He's like, "Well, yeah. I mean, I did
9:56that, but I mean, this is still like
9:58this is hard. This is I'm worried, you
10:00know. I don't know."
10:02And then
10:03I love that moment where he pauses and
10:05he just says,
10:07"And which son died?"
10:11Neither.
10:12Neither of them.
10:14Because the requirement was met.
10:16And that is when he says the object of
10:19our faith is what saves us, not the
10:22intensity of our faith in the object.
10:25This is so important. Uh I have used
10:27this illustration for so many times, but
10:30whether it's a roller coaster ride or um
10:32airplane, if you've ever sat next to
10:34somebody and they just don't have faith
10:36in the object like you do. Like I love
10:38roller coasters. There's not really one
10:39that scares me. I I I'm not Well,
10:41carnivals, that's different, you know.
10:43That's not a roller coaster. That's a
10:44death trap. But
10:45>> [laughter]
10:45>> we're talking about like a professional,
10:47you know, like a place that's this is
10:49what they're known for. Um
10:51I have been in roller coasters where the
10:53person next to me thinks they're going
10:54to die and then I'm just like having a
10:58you know, having a having a blast.
11:00I put my faith in the object. They
11:02obviously put their faith in the object
11:04because they got on the ride, right? But
11:06their experience is different from mine.
11:07That's what he's describing. Is that
11:09sometimes our experiences doesn't always
11:12match the power of the object. And that
11:16doesn't mean there's something wrong
11:18with us.
11:19Because at the end of the day, did you
11:21put your faith in the object? Now, does
11:24it waver at times? Does it feel stronger
11:27in some moments and weaker than others?
11:30It's not based upon your performance.
11:33And I think it's so important
11:35that when Christ on the cross cried out,
11:38"It is finished." He cried that out
11:41letting you know that his shed blood
11:44that he poured out for you and his life
11:47which he lived for you was completed on
11:50the cross.
11:51And that's the object of your salvation.
11:54That is the source of your salvation.
11:56Now, how you trust it
11:59is going It doesn't uh determine
12:02how whether it saves you or not.
12:05Right? So, like the sometimes we think
12:07that we have to have perfect peace. Oh,
12:08sorry. Perfect faith.
12:10Perfect faith which means there's never
12:12a moment of doubt, there's never a
12:13moment of sin, there's never a moment of
12:15faulty or failure. And that's how one is
12:19saved. Well, then
12:20then you're involved in your salvation.
12:23You just are. You got a percentage of
12:25involvement. You have a reason to boast.
12:27I believed and I had perfect faith and
12:31you didn't. Well, no. That's That's the
12:34whole point of the illustration. The
12:35ground of our salvation, how we get
12:39saved is Jesus Christ. I think this is
12:41so important to understand. You are not
12:43saved by your faith
12:45and it's just as important to believe
12:47that you're not saved by your
12:48faithfulness.
12:50Man, I've I've been saying this for
12:52years and years and years, but you know,
12:54this is this is pietism and lordship
12:56salvation and this a constant uh
12:58legalism where we're emphasizing
13:00faithfulness.
13:01And I just did an episode with uh Fire
13:05uh critiquing Fire Mike's uh Fire Mike
13:07Smith where he's talking about Catholics
13:09believing in faith alone, sola fide, and
13:11then he gives his explanation and it's
13:12not. He says you're saved by your
13:14faithfulness. It's uh faith working
13:16itself out in love and if there is no
13:18love which is faithfulness, obedience,
13:19then there is no salvation. The object
13:22of your faith is not your
13:24king, it's not your savior. The object
13:27of your faith is your performance or
13:30it's your affection or it's your desire
13:33or it's your intensity.
13:36And I'm telling you the more that you
13:38look to Christ and understand he will
13:40hold you fast. He will never let you go.
13:43He will never be separated from you. How
13:45many times did Paul have to say it? When
13:47you were dead in your trespasses and
13:48sins, he came to you. When you were his
13:50enemy, he came to you. It's not
13:52transactional. There is nothing
13:55transactional about your relationship to
13:57God whatsoever.
14:00He laid his life down for you before you
14:03ever even knew about it. He laid his He
14:06came to earth and laid down his life for
14:08you.
14:09And now he is presenting himself as this
14:13savior to you in in so many ways all
14:17throughout scripture. The entire Bible
14:19is one big narrative teaching you that
14:21you can trust the sufficiency of the
14:23object of your salvation, Jesus Christ.
14:26And this is what needs to be preached.
14:27This is what needs to be taught to our
14:29children. This is what discipleship
14:31needs to be about, the sufficiency and
14:33the power of Jesus Christ. Instead, what
14:35are we emphasizing? Law and obedience
14:37and faithfulness. Those are important.
14:40They are the response to the gospel. But
14:42those who are free and those who are
14:44safe and those who are secure, they
14:47become the ones who are the loudest in
14:49obedience because why? Because they have
14:51nothing to fear.
14:54What is What does it say? Perfect love
14:56cast out fear. God's love for us,
15:00the way in which God loves us, which is
15:03unconditional, sacrificial, never
15:06ending,
15:07that love casts out this fear of like I
15:11don't know if I'm saved and it liberates
15:14us to go and lay our life down for
15:15Christ.
15:17You're not saved because you laid your
15:19life down for Christ. You're saved
15:20because Christ laid his life down for
15:22you.
15:24Now, go lay your life down.
15:27But, it has nothing to do with your
15:29salvation. We can never connect our
15:32actions to our salvation. It can't be
15:34the ground or the foundation. Now, it
15:36can be modes of encouragement, for sure.
15:41But, man, if you're going to examine
15:43something, if you're in the faith,
15:45there's only one way you're in the
15:46faith. It's if Jesus saved you.
15:50You know what it's even that whole
15:51section I did I've done a whole section
15:53on examining cuz people like, "Oh, Paul
15:55tells us to examine ourselves." Well,
15:56then go hear my episode on that and my
15:58critique of
16:00Philip Anthony Mitchell,
16:02who also does this, and Paul Washer. I
16:03did multiple So, just go to there's a
16:05whole the section on YouTube and our
16:07website on Lordship salvation. Just go
16:09there and look at that and you could
16:10watch those episodes. I deal with all
16:12examining's sections. It's
16:15It's not what you think it is. It's so
16:17sad that we turn these episodes or these
16:19um passages into that.
16:22Then he goes on
16:24and he and he really begins to emphasize
16:26towards the end of this video
16:28about it's
16:30it's so important that it's
16:35our emotional
16:37experience, our
16:40sense of dedication
16:42is not our hope of
16:45salvation.
16:48You will never be dedicated enough.
16:50You'll never be intense enough.
16:53You will never be faithful enough.
16:55You will never be enough. That's why I'm
16:57excited about this new book I have
16:58coming out called Enough for Christ.
17:00You'll never be enough.
17:03Because he's enough.
17:06And the weaker you become,
17:09the stronger he is.
17:13Because you stop you stop looking
17:14looking unto Jesus, the author of your
17:17faith. What?
17:19Not you the author of your faith?
17:21Not you the founder of your faith, and
17:23not you the perfecter of your faith.
17:25Looking unto Jesus, the author and
17:29perfecter, the founder and finisher.
17:32He starts it in you, and he So, listen,
17:35it's not like, "Hey, he gave you faith,
17:36don't lose it.
17:38Don't fumble it. Don't mess it up."
17:41And people are like, "I don't know if I
17:42have it. Are you Like, if if you ever I
17:45mean, let me let me just help someone
17:46here. If you ever say, "I don't know if
17:47I have faith in Jesus."
17:52You're probably the most saved person on
17:53the planet.
17:57What? Yeah, you're probably the most
17:58saved person on the planet.
18:00I don't know if I have faith in Jesus.
18:04Do you want to have faith in Jesus?
18:05Well, yeah.
18:07Do you want to be saved? Yes.
18:10Do you think he can save you? Do you
18:12believe that Jesus has the power to save
18:15dead sinners?
18:17Yes.
18:21Do you know you can't do that unless the
18:24Spirit opens your eyes to believe that?
18:26Well, there are many who who Even the
18:29demons believe. No, no, no, no. Don't
18:31don't don't misquote that passage. We're
18:32going to do a whole episode on that.
18:33But, that's not
18:35That is not what that passage means.
18:39That That word doesn't mean what you
18:41think it means. So, the quote The
18:42quote's always a mad.
18:44Listen.
18:46God is so tender and patient with those
18:48who are weak and meek and mild
18:52and struggle. Paul talks about this. He
18:55says, "In my moments of weakness is when
18:57I see the strength of my king." If
19:00you're new to Theocast, you may not have
19:01heard of this word. It's called pietism.
19:04You ever felt like the Christian life is
19:06a heavy burden versus rest and joy? That
19:10you wake up worrying about how well
19:12you're going to perform instead of
19:13thinking about what Christ has done for
19:15you. It's dread versus joy, really.
19:18That's pietism. Pietism causes
19:21Christians to look in on themselves and
19:23find their hope not in what Christ has
19:25done, but what they're doing.
19:28And we have a little book for you. It's
19:29free. We want you to download it and
19:31we're going to explain the difference
19:32between pietism and what we call
19:34confessionalism, or reformed theology,
19:36really. How it is that we walk by faith
19:39seeing the joy of Christ. And when Jesus
19:41says, "Come to me and I will give you
19:42rest." What does that look like? You can
19:45download it at our website. Just go to
19:47theocast.org. It's somewhere along the
19:49way we have said strong Christians are
19:52the true saved ones. It's like, "No."
19:53Paul's like, "No, it's the weak."
19:55Go to Corinthians.
19:57Who Who is it that God chose?
20:01He chose the weak,
20:03the broken,
20:04those who have no influence, those who
20:07have no power.
20:09If you look at your life and you're
20:10like, "Man, my I I there's nothing
20:11really about my life that that really
20:13reflects."
20:15Then you you're probably you're probably
20:19a candidate for to stop and say, "Then
20:21why do you even want to know Jesus?"
20:24Because God is drawing those who are
20:26weak and broken and meek and can't save
20:28themselves. That's who he saves. He
20:31saves the least of us. He saves the
20:34weak. He saves those who cannot save
20:36themselves. If you're over here like
20:38patting yourself on the back because you
20:40know, you've done all this stuff, then
20:43maybe you should worry. But if you're
20:45ever saying, "I can't do anything. I
20:47can't I can't do this.
20:49I'm so weak. I struggle."
20:52Let me encourage you.
20:54You're not the author of your faith.
20:57You're not the founder of your faith.
21:00And you are not going to perfect it and
21:02you're not going to finish it.
21:04He gives it to you and he completes it
21:06for you, cuz he's the object. He's the
21:09source. He's the power.
21:11The gospel is not here's power for you
21:14so you can save yourself. The gospel is
21:16the power of God unto salvation. It
21:19saves you, and the gospel is not a
21:21concept, it's a person. The gospel is
21:24Jesus. It is Jesus for you.
21:27And so this is so important. This
21:29illustration
21:30which brings me to tears almost every
21:32time I watch it by D.A. Carson. It is so
21:35vitally important that it if you're in
21:37this moment where you're like, I just I
21:39just don't know. Maybe I won't make it.
21:42Let me encourage you, dear believer. If
21:44you are putting the smallest fraction of
21:47faith
21:48in Christ, then you are safe and secure.
21:52Then you are okay.
21:54And you need to trust that and be good
21:56with that.
21:58And you need to go to a place that will
22:00present that to you. Go to a church that
22:03will preach to you the sufficiency of
22:05Christ.
22:07That will teach you the object of your
22:09faith.
22:10And that will not point to you as the
22:12founder of your faith. For you, that is
22:15the protector of your faith. For to you
22:18as the finisher of your faith.
22:21They will say, "Look unto Jesus."
22:23I mean, there's so many passages that
22:25just constantly warn us to look to
22:28Christ. I mean, I love this about James,
22:30right?
22:31Where James is correcting their wicked
22:33ways, and then he says to them, "But he
22:36gives more grace."
22:38Because it's grace that restores us.
22:40It's what grace that sustains us. Paul
22:43tells the Galatians, he says, "How is it
22:45that you began by the spirit, and you
22:47think you're going to protect per-
22:48perfect yourself by the flesh?" He says,
22:51"The way in which you began is the way
22:53in which you continue. How did you
22:55begin? He gave me my faith. He's the
22:58author of it. He
23:00authored it in me. He gave it to me.
23:03He goes to them, "What makes you think
23:04you're going to continue in any other
23:06way?"
23:07Grace.
23:08By faith.
23:10Faith in what? The grace of a king who
23:13perfectly laid his life down for you.
23:16Obeyed and then died. And now reigns as
23:19your great king. That is the
23:21sufficiency.
23:22>> [snorts]
23:22>> So, I don't I never get tired of talking
23:24about this at every angle that is there.
23:26From the wonder of what he has done to
23:28what it does to us. So, dear believer,
23:31go back and listen to this clip and be
23:33reminded once again
23:35that the blood that washes over me and
23:37my confidence and my rest is the same
23:39blood that washes over you. And you
23:41might be sitting there and saying, "I
23:43wish I had the confidence of John.
23:45I wish I had the confidence of these D.
23:47A. Carsons and these big heroes. I wish
23:49I had that."
23:51Man, I must not be saved cuz I don't
23:53have that.
23:54I'm not saved by my confidence.
23:59You're not saved by your confidence.
24:03That means you're saved by your faith.
24:06You're putting faith in your faith.
24:08That's just as bad as putting faith in
24:09your faithfulness. Don't put faith in
24:12your faith.
24:13Well, I don't know if I have faith.
24:15What is faith? Let's talk about that for
24:17a moment. What is faith?
24:19Faith,
24:21biblically defined,
24:22is trust in a source outside of you,
24:27outside of your capacity.
24:29That's what faith is. Faith is the
24:31object of things not seen but hoped for,
24:33right? Like we want this. We have a
24:35hope. And our hope is what? Grounded in
24:39reality. And though, what is that
24:40reality? Jesus Christ. Well, who's Jesus
24:43Christ? He is the son of God who became
24:46a man who could take your place in
24:48obedience because Adam failed and then
24:50died for your sins because you're a
24:51sinner and rose again defeating death,
24:54meaning that you don't have to die and
24:56you don't no longer have to live
24:57righteous because you can't because the
25:00first Adam failed and the second Adam
25:01succeeded, and so he's offering this to
25:04you saying, do you think that that can
25:06save your soul from the pits of
25:10destruction under God's wrath? Do you
25:12think that me is enough?
25:16When Jesus says, I am the way, the
25:17truth, and the life. No one can come to
25:19the Father but by me. Do you think it's
25:21enough? The road is narrow and no one
25:22can find it. What road?
25:24Because they think there's multiple
25:25paths to the Father. He's like, no,
25:26there's one.
25:29There's only one. Father,
25:31good teacher, what must I do? It's like,
25:33what do you need to do to be saved? Oh,
25:35okay. Here's what you need to do. Be
25:38perfect. You be perfect.
25:41You want to know what you need to do?
25:44You be perfect.
25:46And the rich man walks away. Why? Cuz he
25:49isn't perfect. And then what does the
25:50disciples say about the rich young
25:52ruler? Jesus, well, if he can't be
25:54saved, who can be saved? Because they
25:55assumed his righteousness was the
25:57blessings of God upon his life, his
25:59wealth was the result of his
26:01righteousness, and they said, well, man,
26:03if that dude can't be saved. And Jesus
26:05says, with man, it is impossible. If you
26:08sit there and you say
26:11I talk about this in my book about law
26:12gospel distinction.
26:14If you sit there and say that the rich
26:16young ruler
26:17was unwilling to give up his wealth,
26:19that's why he wasn't saved, you didn't
26:22listen to Jesus.
26:25If the man gave up his wealth, he saved
26:28himself. And what does Jesus say? With
26:30man, it is impossible, but with God, all
26:32things are possible.
26:35Man, I got a little heated about this
26:37because I want to liberate you. There's
26:39these these people who are sitting here
26:41and you're just you're drowning in grief
26:45and despair, and the and the accuser
26:47comes night and day and he's pointing
26:49out his sins to you, and he's telling
26:51you you're never going to be enough.
26:53You're never going to have enough faith.
26:55Hear me, dear believer. Come to Jesus,
26:59all you are heavy laden by your wicked
27:03ways, by the ways in which you have
27:05failed Jesus Christ, by the way you are
27:06not faithful enough, by the way you do
27:08not have enough faith.
27:10Don't put your faith in your faith. Do
27:11not put your faith in your faithfulness.
27:13Put your faith in the object of Jesus
27:15Christ who says, "I will give you rest.
27:19My salvation is enough for you.
27:22I am the way, the truth, and the life.
27:25And if you come to me
27:27through faith,
27:29is saying Jesus,
27:31"I want you to save me.
27:34I can't do it.
27:36I want you to keep me, sustain me,
27:40and I want you to change me.
27:42I can't do it."
27:44Now that, my friend,
27:47will change you. Because you've given
27:49[snorts] up.
27:50You've given up on your faith. And you
27:53And you've given up on your
27:54faithfulness.
27:55And you've looked to Jesus.
27:58And you can have every reason and every
27:59confident to trust that he is
28:01sufficient.
28:03Not long episode today, a little bit
28:05passionate one, but
28:06I wanted to just put this out for an
28:08encouragement to you.
28:10Hopefully this will be something that
28:11you listen to again. If you find
28:12yourself weak, or if you know someone
28:14who's struggling, send this to them.
28:17Encourage them.
28:18And if you want to know what to do from
28:20here, like after you hear this, our book
28:22on rest, very encouraging. You can
28:23download that. I should have a new book
28:25out very soon on enough in Christ. But
28:28honestly, this book here, every single
28:30chapter I am pushing you towards seeing
28:34how Christ is sufficient in all of
28:36scripture.
28:37Every single page you can learn how
28:40Christ is wondrous for you. He is for
28:44you,
28:45the sinner.
28:46And you can learn how to read that way
28:48and trust it and the Bible becomes a
28:50magical book of wonder because you're
28:52looking to see who Jesus Christ is for
28:54you in the covenants, in the blessings,
28:57in the law and the gospel, in the old
29:00and the new, and it's a supernatural
29:02power. By the way, that's what you want.
29:05You don't want a fleshly power where you
29:07have to do the work. You want a power
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29:14Christ. chapter in here is the cosmic
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29:19the Bible because it's the only way you
29:21have to faith in something that's
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