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The Seven Keys To Christian Living—Part 4 | Episode #346 | Encore Episode #017 · 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: Well, it is by grace God's remarkable compassion and favor
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  Speaker 2: drawing you to crust, that you have been saved, actually
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  Speaker 2: delivered from judgment and given the eternal life through faith.
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  Speaker 2: And this salvation is not of yourselves, not through your
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  Speaker 2: own effort, but it is the undeserved gracious gift of God,
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  Speaker 2: not as a result of your works nor your attempts
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  Speaker 2: to keep the law, so that no one will be
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  Speaker 2: able to boast or take credit in any way for
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  Speaker 2: his salvation. That is from Ephesians chapter two and verses
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  Speaker 2: eight and nine from the Amplified Bible. As we continue
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  Speaker 2: our series seven Keys to the Kingdom, we arrive at
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  Speaker 2: the second key, which is to expect God's grace. As
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  Speaker 2: we have read in Ephesians two, eight and nine, it
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  Speaker 2: is by grace that we are able to be drawn
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  Speaker 2: to Christ. Do you know that we do nothing to
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  Speaker 2: earn the right to come to God. It is his
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  Speaker 2: unmerited favor. In some cases we are more than sinners.
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  Speaker 2: And yet while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
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  Speaker 2: Because of that work that was accomplished by our Savior
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  Speaker 2: and Lord, we are able to not only expect God's grace,
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  Speaker 2: but to extend God's grace. You see, learning the use
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  Speaker 2: of the keys of the Kingdom has to do with
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  Speaker 2: how we have had it applied in our own life.
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  Speaker 2: To be able to offer someone grace must be as
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  Speaker 2: a result of receiving grace ourselves.
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  Speaker 3: How do we do that well?
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  Speaker 2: One of the methods is to allow people to understand
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  Speaker 2: that we are all sinners. Nobody is righteous, not even
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  Speaker 2: one person, and yet because of God's unmerited favor is
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  Speaker 2: grace is showered down upon us and we can come
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  Speaker 2: to the knowledge of who his son actually is. Earlier
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  Speaker 2: in our series, we talked about recognizing who Jesus is.
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  Speaker 2: We don't recognize Jesus just because of what we've read,
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  Speaker 2: and we certainly don't recognize him only.
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  Speaker 3: Because of what others say about him.
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  Speaker 2: But because of God's grace poured out upon us, we
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  Speaker 2: are encouraged to exercise faith, not intellect, faith that allows
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  Speaker 2: us to receive God's grace in forgiveness. Because of that,
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  Speaker 2: we are able to use the key as we recognize
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  Speaker 2: that we are no better than anyone else. It is
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  Speaker 2: only because of God's grace. It is his compassion towards
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  Speaker 2: us that gives us the ability to be compassionate for others.
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  Speaker 2: Remember God's remarkable compassion and faith is what drew us
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  Speaker 2: through Christ. It is through that means that we've been
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  Speaker 2: delivered from judgment and given eternal life. We've been saved
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  Speaker 2: through faith by God's graces. And remember this salvation is
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  Speaker 2: not of ourselves. It's not through our effort, but it
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  Speaker 2: is the undeserved gift of God. It's not a result
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  Speaker 2: of our works or our attempts to keep the law
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  Speaker 2: or to be good persons. It is only recognizing that
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  Speaker 2: we are sinners in need of a savior, one who
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  Speaker 2: can forgive us, one.
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  Speaker 3: Who will provide grace in our.
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  Speaker 2: Time of need, one who has made a way for
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  Speaker 2: us to use the keys to the Kingdom of Heaven.
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  Speaker 2: For it is by grace God's remarkable compassion and favor
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  Speaker 2: drawing you to Christ, that you have been saved, actually
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  Speaker 2: delivered and from judgment, and given eternal life through faith.
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  Speaker 2: This salvation is not of yourselves, not through your own effort,
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  Speaker 2: but it is the undeserved gracious gift of God, not
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  Speaker 2: as a result of your works nor your attempts to
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  Speaker 2: keep the law. So that no one will be able
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  Speaker 2: to vote or take credit in any way for this salvation.
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  Speaker 2: This scripture is the hinging one on the difference between
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  Speaker 2: working into a place where God recognizes our goodness. We
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  Speaker 2: can never be good enough, we can never be righteous enough,
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  Speaker 2: we can never be learned enough. It is only by
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  Speaker 2: His grace so The second key in the Keys of
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  Speaker 2: the Kingdom is to expect God's graps.
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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: Reflections on the Word with Richard K. You can hear
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  Speaker 1: this message in its entirety again online as well as
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  Speaker 1: Richard's entire archive at Talknetwork Radio dot com. We would
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  Speaker 1: like to acknowledge our theme song, how Great Is Thy Faithfulness,
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  Speaker 1: from the America's twenty five Favorite Hymns album unless otherwise.
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  Speaker 1: Express scriptures are read from the Holman Christian Standard Bible,
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  Speaker 1: which is published by Homan Bible Publishers in Nashville, Tennessee.
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  Speaker 1: Additional resources used for Reflections on the Word with Richard
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  Speaker 1: K include Great Is Thy Faithfulness by Our Daily Bread
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  Speaker 1: and printed by Discovery House Publishers. Again, here is Richard
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  Speaker 1: to wrap up today's.
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  Speaker 4: Message, and we pray that each day we can extend
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  Speaker 4: God's grace to those who are just like us center
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  Speaker 4: in need of a safety.
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  Speaker 2: As we look at the seven key, we begin to
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  Speaker 2: understand when we recognize the holiness of God, we are
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  Speaker 2: so undeserving to stand in his presence, but because of
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  Speaker 2: his grace his unmerited favor. We are able to be
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  Speaker 2: drawn to a savior who is Christ, the Lord. We
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  Speaker 2: are able to receive our salvation not because we earned
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  Speaker 2: it or because we work for it, but because God
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  Speaker 2: loves us enough to give his son to die in
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  Speaker 2: our place. That gives us a means of not only
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  Speaker 2: expecting God's ruths, but extending it.
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  Speaker 3: And that is today's Reflections 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.