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The Seven Keys To Christian Living—Part 6 | Episode #348 | Encore Episode #019 · Reflections On The Word With Richard Kay

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to today's edition of Reflection on the Word with Richard K.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Chuck Christie, and today we are asking you to
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  Speaker 1: spend a few moments of your time with us each
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  Speaker 1: day as Richard shares from God's work with notes, quotes,
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  Speaker 1: and stories, along with some of his own personal experiences,
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  Speaker 1: to confirm for you God's great love for us, that
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  Speaker 1: his compassion for us never fails, and that He has
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  Speaker 1: a great faithfulness toward us in every regard. In Lamentations,
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  Speaker 1: Chapter three, verses twenty two and twenty three, we read,
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  Speaker 1: because of the Lord's great love, we are not consumed,
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  Speaker 1: for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning.
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  Speaker 1: Great is your faithfulness. Now, if you miss a portion
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  Speaker 1: of today's broadcast or would like to recommend it to
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  Speaker 1: a friend, you can hear this program anytime online at
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  Speaker 1: Talknetwork Radio dot com. Well, now here's Richard with today's reflection.
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  Speaker 2: In the evening of the first day of the week,
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  Speaker 2: the disciples were gathered together with the door's locked because
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  Speaker 2: of their fear of the Jews. Then Jesus King stood
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  Speaker 2: among them and said to them, peace to you. Having
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  Speaker 2: said this, he showed them his hands and his side,
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  Speaker 2: so The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. Jesus
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  Speaker 2: said to them again, peace to you. As the Father
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  Speaker 2: has sent me, I also send you. After saying this,
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  Speaker 2: he breathed on them and said, received the Holy Spirit.
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  Speaker 2: If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them.
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  Speaker 2: If you retain the sins of any, they are retained.
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  Speaker 2: John Chapter twenty, verses nineteen through twenty three. As we
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  Speaker 2: continue in our series the Seven Keys to Christian Living,
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  Speaker 2: we have already come to understand that the principles that
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  Speaker 2: are applied in THEA X Keys or the X keys
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  Speaker 2: first exalting God's names, second expecting God's grace, thirdly expressing
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  Speaker 2: God's love, and now the action that changes the world,
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  Speaker 2: the forgiveness of sin. You see in this particular passage
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  Speaker 2: unlike any other area that has been applied in scripture.
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  Speaker 2: Jesus says to his followers, this is who I am,
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  Speaker 2: because he shows them his hands and his side. Why
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  Speaker 2: would he do that? Because they were gathered in this room,
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  Speaker 2: locked in fear that they were going to be next
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  Speaker 2: to be executed for following him. Jesus knew this, and
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  Speaker 2: he knew they needed a peace that was greater than
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  Speaker 2: anything that circumstances could provide. And so he said to
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  Speaker 2: them peace, I give you as the Father has sent me,
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  Speaker 2: I also send you. Now that is a very strong statement,
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  Speaker 2: as the Father has sent me, Jesus said, so I
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  Speaker 2: am sending you. Did that not mean that because the
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  Speaker 2: Father sent Jesus to die on a cross to pay
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  Speaker 2: the price for the sins of all man? Did that
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  Speaker 2: not mean that that was also going to be expected
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  Speaker 2: of many of his followers? It did, And so the
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  Speaker 2: empowerment of the Holy Spirit was vital to them being
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  Speaker 2: able to continue the work that God sent Jesus to
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  Speaker 2: teach them to do, to use the keys to the
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  Speaker 2: Kingdom of Heaven, and to demonstrate that wherever he sent them.
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  Speaker 2: You see in this passage Jesus says the very same
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  Speaker 2: thing that he was actually executed for. What was the
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  Speaker 2: reason that they were so upset with Jesus? Because Jesus
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  Speaker 2: said he had the power to forgive sin? And what
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  Speaker 2: was it that the Pharisees said to him, no one
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  Speaker 2: but God has that power. So they didn't recognize that
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  Speaker 2: Jesus was God in the flesh standing before them, and
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  Speaker 2: he truly had and has continually the power to forgive sin.
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  Speaker 2: But now this becomes more of a directive. You see,
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  Speaker 2: he breathes on his followers and he says to them,
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  Speaker 2: I'm giving you the peace that my father gave me.
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  Speaker 2: This is the peace that would transcend all the circumstances
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  Speaker 2: that the world could bring. It was the peace that
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  Speaker 2: would allow him to go to the cross and not
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  Speaker 2: hold the sins of those who actually crucified him to
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  Speaker 2: their charge. Some of his last words from the cross was, Father,
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  Speaker 2: forgive them, for they know not what they do. And
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  Speaker 2: now Jesus is preparing his followers to be able to
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  Speaker 2: extend that same forgiveness. He did that by proclaiming to
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  Speaker 2: them that he breathed on them and the Holy Spirit
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  Speaker 2: empowered them to do his works. You see, Jesus needed
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  Speaker 2: to allow us to come into the understanding of what
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  Speaker 2: the enemy had done. You see, the enemy accuses constantly
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  Speaker 2: all sinners. What does he do? He reminds us constantly
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  Speaker 2: of what we have done and how unworthy we are
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  Speaker 2: to be able to expect anything from God. And yet
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  Speaker 2: God demonstrates his love for us by placing his only
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  Speaker 2: son on the cross of Calvary to pay the price
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  Speaker 2: for our sin and In so doing, he renders forgiveness
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  Speaker 2: to all who receive him. This is a critical point
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  Speaker 2: in understanding and using the keys to the kingdom. You see,
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  Speaker 2: there's one thing to comprehend that God is holy. There
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  Speaker 2: is still another thing to understand or be begin to
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  Speaker 2: comprehend his grace. There is the expression of God's love
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  Speaker 2: demonstrated by his sacrificial death on the cross, and then
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  Speaker 2: because of that, the power to forgive sins. You see,
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  Speaker 2: we no longer have to go through a confessional and
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  Speaker 2: have some man say that this is what you need
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  Speaker 2: to do to gain forgiveness. God has already made the
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  Speaker 2: way for forgiveness for those of us that have received him.
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  Speaker 2: We have, because of his commissioning, the authority and power
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  Speaker 2: in his name to forgive the sins of others. Ritical
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  Speaker 2: in understanding what we are to do to expand the
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  Speaker 2: Kingdom of God here on this earth, you see, the
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  Speaker 2: proof of this is that when we pray and we
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  Speaker 2: ask God to bring heaven to earth, there is no
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  Speaker 2: sin in heaven. If He brings heaven to earth, he's
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  Speaker 2: bringing the forgiveness that cleanses us of all sin. We
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  Speaker 2: are to convey that message that God has provided the means,
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  Speaker 2: by His grace, not our works, so that others can
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  Speaker 2: receive forgiveness. If you realize you have, by God's authority,
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  Speaker 2: the power here on earth to forgive sin, think about
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  Speaker 2: what it means for others who are locked in sin. Remember,
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  Speaker 2: you're using the keys to the kingdom to release those who,
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  Speaker 2: just as we were, are sinners locked in sin, who
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  Speaker 2: need to be unlocked, unbound so that they can receive
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  Speaker 2: the Kingdom of heaven. How do we demonstrate that? We
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  Speaker 2: do it by being obedient to show that others sin
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  Speaker 2: can be removed. And when we confront that, we should
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  Speaker 2: always say to others, your sins have been forgiven because
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  Speaker 2: of the sacrificial work done on the cross of Calgary.
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  Speaker 2: We convey to them the good news what is called
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  Speaker 2: the Gospel, because we know the forgiveness of sins, and
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  Speaker 2: because we know that we can use the key to
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  Speaker 2: release others who are locked in sins bondage.
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  Speaker 1: Richard will be right back in a moment to wrap up.
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  Speaker 1: But if you've just joined us, you've been listening to
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  Speaker 1: to wrap up today's message.
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  Speaker 2: Remember you have been given the authority. As God sent
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  Speaker 2: his son into the world, he forgave sin because of
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  Speaker 2: what is love demonstrated on the cross. Can we do
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  Speaker 2: any less? We are the ones that he a peace to.
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  Speaker 2: As the Father has sent me, I also have sinned you.
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  Speaker 2: And after saying this, breathing on them and saying, receive
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  Speaker 2: the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any,
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  Speaker 2: they are forgiven them. If you retain the sins of any,
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  Speaker 2: they are retained. It does not limit God's capacity to forgive,
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  Speaker 2: but it increases yours. As a believer. Learn how to
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  Speaker 2: use the key of forgiveness. Of sin and that is
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  Speaker 2: today's on the Word.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you Richard. Join us again tomorrow when we continue
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  Speaker 1: with the next edition of Reflections on the Word with
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  Speaker 1: Richard k or Richard and the entire team. This is
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  Speaker 1: Chuck Christie saying thanks for listening to this edition of
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  Speaker 1: Reflections on the Word.