Host addresses economic hardships under the Biden administration, urging listeners to leave five-star reviews to combat shadow banning and expand ministry reach. Theologically, he rejects the "good news/bad news" framework, arguing Scripture contains no bad news for believers; instead, the law serves as a holy mirror revealing sin while pointing to Christ's finished work. Conversely, the law remains condemning only for unbelievers under God's wrath. Ultimately, this hermeneutic ensures all believers rejoice in the law's righteousness, guiding them through Christ rather than facing condemnation. [Automatically generated summary]
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Law, Gospel, and Good News00:06:33
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Jesus said, Man cannot live on bread alone, but from every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.
You're listening to Daily Truth.
I do believe that virtually every text in the Bible can fall into one of those two major categories.
This is an indicative, meaning it's the incentive, the motive, the gospel motivation for obeying the commands of God.
And this other text is primarily falls underneath the banner of an imperative.
It is a command from God.
It's law.
Now, the disclaimer that I would add to that is that I don't believe that there is a good news, bad news hermeneutic in Scripture.
I believe there is a law and gospel hermeneutic that's not just rooted in the ears of the hearer.
It's not just relative to the one who is receiving God's message, but there actually is a hermeneutic of law and gospel in the text itself, in the Bible.
indicatives and imperatives, motives, commands, law or gospel and law.
However, all that being said, I wouldn't call it this good news slash bad news hermeneutic because for the one who is in Christ, even the law is good news.
It is good news.
It's not entirely good news.
The law of God is bad news in the sense that no man will be saved by works as done unto the law, which is what the Apostle Paul says abundantly, clearly in the book of Romans.
So if you're looking at the law of God as a way of justifying yourself before a thrice holy God, if you're looking at the law of God as a means of achieving your own salvation by your own works, your own will, your own flesh, then certainly the law of God is nothing but bad news.
The law of God condemns every single human being before God's throne.
God is holy and each of us have fallen short of his glory.
All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.
However, for the Christian, the one who's been born again and received perfect, finished forgiveness on account of Christ Jesus for the Christian, we are able to look at the law of God and not merely see condemnation, but rather knowing that through faith, not by works so that no man can boast, but by the gift of God, by grace alone, through faith alone in Christ alone, we have received Christ's righteousness.
We've been clothed in Christ's righteousness, and therefore the law no longer condemns us.
There is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
But the law, as Connor just preached a moment ago, it guides us.
So we no longer look to the law in its first use and stand condemned.
We do see the law as a mirror revealing our sin and our continual need for Christ and his forgiveness.
But we don't see in the law of God a reflection of us standing as condemned sinners before a holy God.
We know that we have been forgiven.
We have been washed.
We have been reconciled to God by the blood of Christ's cross.
And so for the Christian, we look to the law of God as a reminder of how we've fallen short, but how Christ has bridged the gap.
It's a reminder of the beauty and the majesty of the gospel.
It's a reminder of God's forgiveness.
It's a reminder of love, which covers a multitude of sins.
And that's in its first use of the law of God.
But in its third use, the law of God is also a lamp unto our feet.
It's a light unto our path.
It's a compass.
It's a guide.
It shows us the way in which we should walk.
And therefore, we can say, as David says, I delight in the law of God.
So I don't like the language of, you know, there's good news and bad news.
You know, part of the scripture is bad news, part of it's good news.
No, for the Christian, it's all good news.
The law of God is something that the Christian delights in.
It shows us how to live in the world.
It shows us how to walk through various trials, what decisions, what wisdom we should apply in various situations.
The law of God is good, holy, and righteous.
And so we rejoice in the law of God.
So, law, gospel, hermeneutic, or imperative, indicative.
Indicative hermeneutic, not just rooted relative to the hearer, the person, but actually rooted in the text itself.
Yes, I would agree with that basic premise that there actually is um, a Law Gospel paradigm in the text, but that is not.
That should not be uh, truncated into saying there is therefore a bad news.
Good news, hermeneutic in the text, law Gospel in the text yes um, but I would call that good news.
Good news, hermeneutic in the text.
They're both good.
The law of God is good.
It is only truly bad news for the person who does not have faith in Jesus.
And that's one of the things that we're going to see in our text today.
So the first point is I want us to focus on the gospel.
I want us to see the voice of affirmation that we receive for those who are in Christ Jesus through faith.
The blood of Christ that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
But later we'll see, as I've already began to espouse, we'll see that good news is in the ear of the hearer, at least to an extent.
At least to an extent, the person who is in Christ is able to hear certain truths of the Scripture as good news, as good news.
Whereas the unbeliever who presently, according to Scripture, stands underneath the just wrath of God, stands underneath God's condemnation by their continual rejection of God's Son Jesus Christ and his finished work for the elect, that person, the unbeliever, is going to hear certain things as bad news.
Hearing Truth in a Recession00:01:48
They're going to be turned off by certain things.
Whereas the Christian is able to look at those same truths and rejoice.
The Christian is able to look at those same things and rejoice.
Can I be frank with you for just a second, right here at the end?
Look, some of you guys, you're financially supporting this ministry, and from the bottom of my heart, I say thank you.
I cannot thank you enough.
However, some of you, you just, you can't afford it.
In fact, some of you, you shouldn't afford it.
Let's be honest.
I mean, we're living in Joe Biden's ridiculous economy.
Our nation, And our totalitarian political elites lost their minds over the last three years due to COVID.
We have written checks that we simply cannot cash.
It doesn't matter if people change the definition of a recession.
We are living in a recession right now, regardless.
Some of you are struggling to afford a carton of eggs at the grocery store.
You cannot support financially this ministry at this time, nor should you.
But you could still help us tremendously.
I am asking you, please, if you're willing to do so, take one minute of your time.
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