Dale Partridge - April 05, 2023


Nothing Happens Outside of God's Control - Dale Partridge


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9 minutes

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1,525

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In the wake of the recent mass shooting at a Christian school in Nashville, Pastor Ken teaches us that God is sovereign over all things, including the most difficult moments of our lives. God is not the cause of our suffering, but works all things together for the good of his people.

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00:00:00.000 You can't divide faith in God from faith in Christ.
00:00:05.600 It's a Trinitarian gospel that we have here.
00:00:08.760 We have a Trinitarian God and a Trinitarian gospel.
00:00:12.020 And so this is just accentuating
00:00:14.160 a different portion of the gospel
00:00:17.820 is that we have God the Father,
00:00:19.240 we have God the Son, God the Holy Spirit,
00:00:21.180 all playing unique roles in the Trinitarian gospel
00:00:23.780 and the redemption of God's people.
00:00:26.420 But we need to also believe in God,
00:00:28.420 the raiser of Jesus Christ, our Lord from the dead. So Paul continues in verse 25 by bringing
00:00:34.200 further identification to Jesus. He says, he who was delivered over for our transgressions and
00:00:39.440 raised for our justification. Now, this passage, one, it's a very famous passage of scripture,
00:00:45.660 but it echoes Luke's recording of Peter's sermon in Acts 2.23 that says, quote,
00:00:53.060 quote, this Jesus delivered up
00:00:55.440 according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God,
00:00:58.700 you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men.
00:01:02.620 God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death
00:01:05.900 because it was not possible for him to be held by it,
00:01:08.700 end quote.
00:01:09.680 Acts 4, 27 through 28 says,
00:01:13.540 quote, for truly in this city,
00:01:15.440 there were gathered together against your holy servant,
00:01:18.000 Jesus, whom you anointed,
00:01:20.100 both Herod and Pontius Pilate, 0.98
00:01:21.520 but along with the Gentiles and the people of Israel to do whatever your hand and your plan 0.76
00:01:26.580 had predestined to take place." End quote. So here we see this profound reality 0.57
00:01:31.320 that Christ was delivered over for our transgressions by the predetermined plan of God.
00:01:39.300 And like the book of Job, this teaches us that God has sovereign control over our lives,
00:01:45.040 over all things, including the wicked actions of men.
00:01:50.020 And he is not the cause of those wicked actions,
00:01:54.860 but permits them to occur in a way
00:01:56.540 that works all things together for the good of his people.
00:02:00.860 Now, this means that Herod, Pontius Pilate, 0.81
00:02:03.260 the Gentiles and all the people of Israel
00:02:05.380 had gathered together against Jesus,
00:02:07.260 but they did so according to God's predestined plan
00:02:10.700 for the gospel.
00:02:12.500 And so this should remind you
00:02:13.960 that nothing happens outside of God's control.
00:02:17.400 And this should give us hope and rest and peace.
00:02:20.100 And even in the darkest moments of our life,
00:02:23.060 God is working out his purposes
00:02:24.420 for the good of his people to the glory of his name.
00:02:26.400 And we know this because when our life is getting difficult,
00:02:31.640 we know that God will use absolutely every bit of it.
00:02:36.260 There's no evil thing that can happen to you
00:02:38.900 that God has not approved or permitted to occur
00:02:42.740 because he is sovereign over the entire world.
00:02:46.300 But God turns our trials into triumphs.
00:02:49.600 He turns our suffering really into strength
00:02:53.560 that actually happens through sanctification.
00:02:57.080 Now, these are difficult things to deal with.
00:03:00.560 I remember a story from John MacArthur
00:03:01.780 that his wife had gotten a terrible car accident
00:03:05.500 and broke her neck.
00:03:08.600 And he ran in to the hospital
00:03:11.400 and his son said, there's been an accident.
00:03:15.240 And John MacArthur said to his son,
00:03:17.780 son, there is no accidents, keep praying.
00:03:20.860 And can we take our theology of a sovereign God
00:03:26.680 into those very difficult moments?
00:03:29.840 Just yesterday, there was a shooting
00:03:31.420 at a school in Nashville
00:03:32.500 at a Presbyterian school, Christian school.
00:03:38.560 I believe the pastor of the Presbyterian church
00:03:41.040 that it was connected to, his daughter was killed there.
00:03:45.400 And these are the moments
00:03:46.900 that we have to take very seriously.
00:03:49.760 We have to be anchored now
00:03:51.580 into the promises and truths of God
00:03:54.160 because when those things come,
00:03:56.780 when those moments of death and tragedy come,
00:04:00.200 we will be anchored down into the promises of God.
00:04:03.620 It doesn't mean that we don't have absolute tragic mourning.
00:04:07.920 It doesn't mean that we don't weep.
00:04:09.440 It doesn't mean that we don't even have questions,
00:04:13.340 but it does mean that we will be anchored down to Christ
00:04:16.480 even in the most treacherous storms.
00:04:19.980 And that's why it's important
00:04:21.100 because if God can use the murder of his son
00:04:24.700 for the greatest good of all humanity,
00:04:27.300 then God can use all the tragedies in our life
00:04:30.740 for the good of our own sanctification
00:04:34.840 and also for the church.
00:04:36.940 It's a difficult concept to grasp
00:04:38.940 and there are many theological implications around it,
00:04:41.380 but it's something to be thinking about.
00:04:43.780 Now, it's difficult for Gentiles to understand
00:04:47.980 the theological significance of this verse
00:04:51.340 because we often miss how Christ is fulfilling
00:04:54.180 the old covenant sacrificial system
00:04:56.600 that's being seen here in the text.
00:05:00.880 Christ was handed over by God in the same way
00:05:04.080 that Isaac was handed over by Abraham, 0.96
00:05:06.980 but unlike the son of Abraham,
00:05:08.760 the son of God was actually slaughtered.
00:05:11.480 His slaughter was that of the perfect spotless lamb
00:05:15.960 whose blood was sprinkled on the altar 0.90
00:05:18.420 to atone for the sins of his people.
00:05:20.000 And so there's lots of old covenant imagery
00:05:23.500 that's very important.
00:05:24.480 Hebrews 9, 12 says of Jesus,
00:05:27.480 quote, he entered once for all into the holy places,
00:05:30.800 not by means of the blood of goats and calves,
00:05:33.820 but by means of his own blood,
00:05:36.440 thus securing an eternal redemption, end quote.
00:05:40.100 First Peter 1, 18 through 19 says,
00:05:43.100 quote, knowing that you were ransomed
00:05:44.500 from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers,
00:05:47.240 not with perishable things such as silver or gold,
00:05:50.900 but with the precious blood of Christ,
00:05:53.740 like that of a lamb without blemish or spot.
00:05:58.680 But Christ, the best part about this
00:06:00.660 is that Christ did not stay dead.
00:06:03.060 He did not, he bled for us and he died for us,
00:06:05.220 but he did not stay dead.
00:06:06.700 The text says, quote,
00:06:07.900 he was raised by God for our justification.
00:06:11.840 Paul wants us to see how our justification hinges
00:06:15.400 upon the resurrection of Jesus.
00:06:18.040 Now, because the wages of sin is death,
00:06:21.060 if Christ stayed dead,
00:06:22.720 it would have been evidence
00:06:23.980 that Christ had sin of his own to pay for.
00:06:27.700 Essentially that he was dying at the expense of his own sin.
00:06:30.480 Christ died for our sins.
00:06:32.220 He did not die for his sins.
00:06:33.980 And because the wages of sin is death
00:06:35.860 and Christ had no sin, Christ could not stay dead
00:06:39.300 and therefore had to be resurrected.
00:06:41.440 And he was essentially vindicated or exonerated,
00:06:45.120 validating that he was a sinless and perfect sacrifice,
00:06:47.980 the spotless lamb without sin,
00:06:50.860 and that his death essentially was unjust.
00:06:53.420 And so Christ died again for the sins of his people,
00:06:56.280 not for his own sins.
00:06:57.460 This is also what made it possible
00:06:59.440 for the resurrection to occur.
00:07:01.460 It's also connected to the reality
00:07:04.300 that Jesus was born not of Joseph,
00:07:08.200 but born of the Virgin Mary by the spirit of God.
00:07:11.980 He was not born of the seed of Adam,
00:07:15.320 that that original sin had came down through man
00:07:19.060 and everybody's born with sin and that's why everybody dies.
00:07:23.240 But Christ was not born of man,
00:07:24.700 but born of the spirit of God,
00:07:26.320 making him sinless from birth, 0.73
00:07:28.640 which allows him to live perfectly as the second Adam 0.95
00:07:32.560 who had no sin, unlike the first Adam
00:07:35.860 and was able to keep the law perfectly 0.51
00:07:37.700 and die without sin and validating his sinlessness
00:07:41.880 through the resurrection.
00:07:42.740 So there's lots of theological content
00:07:44.460 that's connected there.
00:07:46.140 But more than that, through his resurrection and ascension,
00:07:48.360 he now makes intercession for us, for our transgressions.
00:07:53.260 Isaiah 53, 12 says, quote,
00:07:55.400 therefore I will divide him a portion with the many 0.99
00:07:58.480 and he shall divide the spoil with the strong
00:08:00.460 because he poured out his soul to death
00:08:02.740 and was numbered with the transgressors.
00:08:05.240 Yet he bore the sin of many
00:08:07.900 and makes intercession for the transgressors."
00:08:11.180 End quote.
00:08:11.920 Romans 8, 34 says,
00:08:14.240 "'Who is to condemn?
00:08:15.300 Christ Jesus is the one who died.
00:08:16.880 More than that, who was raised?
00:08:19.400 Who is at the right hand of God?
00:08:21.980 Who indeed is interceding for us?'
00:08:24.000 End quote.
00:08:24.840 Hebrews 7, 25 says,
00:08:27.160 Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost
00:08:30.800 those who draw near to God through him
00:08:32.880 since he always lives to make intercession for them."
00:08:36.920 End quote.
00:08:37.900 So ultimately the resurrection of Christ presents Jesus
00:08:42.620 as our high priest who ascended to heaven
00:08:45.840 and sits at the right hand of God the Father,
00:08:47.520 where he's eternally alive, making intercession
00:08:51.600 for the sins of his people through his own blood.
00:08:54.600 And so this is an amazing image and visual
00:08:59.060 that we need to understand. 1.00
00:09:00.700 It's difficult, again, as Gentiles, 1.00
00:09:02.560 not having a Hebrew structure 1.00
00:09:04.360 or maybe a rich comprehension of the sacrificial system
00:09:07.320 that was laid out in the old covenant.
00:09:09.040 Charles Hodge sums up this verse really well
00:09:12.360 when he says, quote,
00:09:13.880 "'Christ was delivered for our offenses
00:09:16.300 and raised again for our justification. 0.59
00:09:18.840 The immediate design of the death of Christ
00:09:21.280 was to make satisfaction for our sins,
00:09:23.880 And the immediate design of his resurrection
00:09:26.040 was to secure our justification.
00:09:28.280 He was treated as a lawbreaker
00:09:29.880 that we might be treated as righteous."
00:09:33.180 So this is good news.
00:09:34.120 This is the gospel.
00:09:35.100 This is some of the mechanics of the gospel.