TIME OUT with Pastor Ben Talley - August 3rd 2020

Whitten Baptist Church

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Good morning, y 'all My name is Benjamin Talley. I'm one of the associate pastors here at Wynton Memorial Baptist Church And this is another timeout

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Our timeout today is coming from Romans chapter 8 one of the greatest chapters in the

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Bible So it says in Romans chapter 8 verses 31 through 35

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What's up, Billy? How are you, man? Says what then shall we say to these things if God is for us?

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Who can be against us? He who did not spare his own son, but gave him up for all of us

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How will he not also with him graciously give us all things? Who shall bring any charge against God's elect?

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Is it it is God who justifies Who is it who is to condemn?

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Christ Jesus is the one who died More than that who was raised and who is it at the right hand of God who indeed is interceding for us?

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Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation or distress or Persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?

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so Paul is saying First and foremost that man we have security in Christ We have we have great security in Christ.

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Hey, Billy. How are you, man? How's Debbie? I've been praying for y 'all So So what what security do we have in Christ he says what then shall we say of these things

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If God is for us who can be against us. I want you to remember this. Okay. God has become our greatest support in Christ Through being justified in Christ.

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We are justified in Christ Always remember justification is just as though I've never sinned

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That's how God looks at us. God looks at us As Though we have never sinned

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We are justified before God That's what the first part of Romans is all about our first part of Romans chapter 8 is all about so he says

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What then shall we say these things if God is for us who can be against us? God has become our greatest support in Christ.

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He is not against us anymore I hate to hear that man.

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I'm really praying for her So God has our back.

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What's up, Deborah? God has our back. He is for us. He is no longer against us.

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He is looking out for us He is in our right corner. He is our biggest fan

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He is rooting us on along the way of Following Christ along that narrow road.

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God is for us. So that's the first thing. I want you to remember. What's up, Steve? What's up, brother?

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So Remember that God is your greatest supporter in Christ. He is for you.

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He is in your corner He is rooting you on in fact Zephaniah Says that he is rejoicing over you.

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He rejoices over you and that's such a blessing to remember Second thing

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I want you to remember is that God has given us all good things for life and godliness in Christ We know that from 2nd

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Peter, but it's even re -established here It says that he who did not spare his own son his own son

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But gave him up for us all how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?

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We have to remember that God owns everything. He owns the cattle on the on a thousand hills and he owns a thousand hills

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You know, so God owns all things the the word says in 1st

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Corinthians that they the earth is the Lord's and all it contains so Everything belongs to God and and he gives us all good things

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All good things. He works out the good for for all those who love him and are called according to his purpose

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He is the giver of all good things all good and perfect gifts come from above come from the father of lights

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So that's another good thing to remember From this passage and then thirdly

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I want you to remember this He says who shall bring any charge against God's elect is it it is

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God who justifies? Makes us as though we've never sinned who is it who is to condemn?

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So if God justifies who's there to condemn? No one can condemn us there is no condemnation for us in Christ and then he says

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Christ Jesus is the one who died more than that who was raised who is who is at the right hand of God who indeed is interceding for us

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Now if you ever read Zechariah and and you see that Zechariah is standing before God and Satan is there accusing him

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And God says look this man's without fault. He's mine. I'm cleansing him

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He basically gives him a new robe a new tunic and and says he's mine.

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He's he's secure He's justified God justifies us and he sits there

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Interceding for us before the father. That's a blessing man. God is interceding for us

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Constantly Christ is making intercession for us over our lives

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So that's another great thing to remember another thing and lastly is it says

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In in the last part of verse 35, it says who shall separate us from the love of Christ shall tribulation or distress or Persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword

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Now that word distress is is is an interesting word you know the word depression isn't necessarily in the

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Bible, but It may be in modern translations But the word distress can also mean depression hardship worried depression

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All those words kind of intercede like intermingle I said depression will distress hardship

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Sadness, you know things like that that that all intercede so it says depression can't separate us

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Persecution can't separate us famine can't separate us nakedness can't separate us sword all that So all that cannot separate us from the love of God So God has placed us in his loving arms and never to be removed in Christ So I'll go over to those points again.

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It's it this is the things I want you to remember God has number one has become our greatest support in Christ Secondly, God has given us all good things for life and godliness in Christ third

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God has removed all charges Against us in Christ and fourthly

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God has placed us in his loving arms never to be removed in Christ now those are some

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Very beautiful things to remember from Romans 8 31 through 35 guys

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It's a beautiful day to be alive in Jesus. It's a it's a great day to be alive in Jesus Christ Things are good

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Billy brother. I'm praying for you, please Be have your have your phone close to you.

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I will be calling you Guys, I'm praying for you I'm thinking about you.

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All of you are in my prayers Amanda. I'm praying for you and I'm thinking about all if you need anything