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Episode: “Golgotha — Grace”

From the traditional site of Christ’s crucifixion, Zola explains how the Messiah’s death utterly satisfied the Law.

Series: “Tell It On The Mountains”

A biblical panorama as seen from strategic scriptural mountaintops. Featuring the teaching and music of Zola Levitt. Additional commentary by Jerusalem journalist David Dolan.

Transcript

Caption transcript for Tell It On The Mountains: “Golgotha — Grace” (6/9)

00:02 [ music playing ]
00:23 ♪ TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAINS ♪
00:25 ♪ TELL THE STORY OF THE LORD. ♪
00:28 ♪ STANDING FOR THE ♪
00:30 ♪ PEOPLE AND EXALTED. ♪
00:33 ♪ AND PRAISE HIM ♪
00:34 ♪ IN THE VALLEYS ♪
00:35 ♪ SING HIS PRAISES ♪
00:36 ♪ BY THE SEA. ♪
00:38 ♪ TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN ♪
00:40 ♪ SO THAT ALL MIGHT KNOW. ♪♪
00:57 SHALOM, HELLO AGAIN.
00:59 AND WELCOME BACK TO OUR TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN'S SERIES.
01:02 THE MOUNTAIN WE'RE COVERING TONIGHT IS NOT LARGE,
01:04 BUT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
01:06 WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT GRACE AND WHERE WE GOT IT,
01:09 GOLGOTHA, CALVARY AND THE PLACE OF THE SKULL,
01:12 THE REAL PLACE OF OUR LORD'S CRUCIFIXION.
01:16 ACTUALLY, THERE'S CONTROVERSY OF JUST WHICH LITTLE HILL NORTH
01:18 OF THE TEMPLE MOUNT NORTH OF WHICH HE WAS CRUCIFIED.
01:21 BUT THAT'S NOT THE IMPORTANT POINT,
01:24 BUT THE FACT THAT HE REALLY DID PAY FOR OUR SINS IN FULL.
01:28 AND WE GO TO THE GARDEN TOMB THERE IN JERUSALEM WHICH LOOKS
01:32 VERY LIKE WHAT IS DESCRIBED IN SCRIPTURE AND THE CALVARY
01:35 WE LOOK AT IS A BURIAL GROUND
01:37 AND IS BY A PUBLIC ROAD AND JUST ADJACENT TO
01:41 THE CITY WALL AND SO FORTH.
01:43 THE SIGNIFICANCE IS OVERWHELMING AND WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS THAT.
01:48 DAVID DOLAN WILL BE WITH US AGAIN, OUR JOURNALIST FRIEND,
01:50 WHO WILL GIVE AN INTERESTING COMMENTARY
01:52 ON THE KORAN AND AN ISLAM VIEW
01:57 OF GRACE AND WORKS FOR SALVATION.
02:00 AND NOW, TO JERUSALEM.
02:03 [ music playing ]
02:13 WELL, AS PART OF OUR MOUNTAIN SERIES,
02:15 WE HAVE COME TO THAT RATHER UGLY ROCK CALLED GOLGOTHA,
02:20 THE PLACE OF THE SKULL.
02:22 ON TOP OF IT, NOW, IS A MUSLIM BURIAL GROUND.
02:25 IT SEEMS TO HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A BURIAL GROUND.
02:29 PEOPLE SUPPOSE THEY SEE A SKULL IN THE CONFIGURATIONS
02:33 OF THE GROUND AND MAYBE YOU DO.
02:36 BUT THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT THIS IS A VERY GOOD SITE
02:40 FOR THE ORIGINAL CALVARY.
02:42 IT IS VERY CLOSE TO THE CITY WALL.
02:44 THERE'S ANOTHER SITE VERY NEARBY THAT'S ALSO
02:48 A HILLY AND ROCKY PLACE.
02:50 BUT THIS ONE IS ONE THAT MANY PILGRIMS COME TO,
02:55 TO REMEMBER THE CRUCIFIXION OF JESUS CHRIST.
03:00 AND WITH THAT CAME A NEW PHENOMENA
03:03 IN WORLD SPIRITUAL AFFAIRS CALLED GRACE
03:06 AND THAT IS OUR SUBJECT NOW.
03:08 GRACE IS SOMETHING GOD DOES TO FORGIVE EVERY SINGLE SIN.
03:15 IT NEVER FAILS.
03:17 AND IT IS WITH THE BELIEVER, HIS ENTIRE LIFE AND HE DOES NOT
03:22 HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT HIS SINS.
03:25 I SAY ALL OF THAT AS THOUGH --
03:27 I MEAN, I KNOW IT'S NOT SOMETHING NEW.
03:29 BUT YET ALTHOUGH WE'VE READ IT AND ALTHOUGH WE STUDY IT,
03:32 WE SOMETIMES DON'T ACT LIKE IT.
03:35 THAT IS, THERE ARE A LOT OF DENOMINATIONS, CHURCHES,
03:40 GROUPS OF CHRISTIANS WHO DEPEND ON SIMPLY
03:43 NOT SINNING TO PLEASE GOD
03:45 AND WHO PREACH THAT PERFECTION OF THE SAINTS.
03:50 THAT IF WE COMMIT A SINGLE SINS AS CULTISTS,
03:54 "IT WOULD BE BETTER TO DIE."
03:56 I QUOTE REVEREND MOON ON THAT.
03:58 YOU ARE HEARING BUSES BEHIND ME AND CROWDS AND WELL AND GOOD.
04:02 THAT WAS THE IDEA.
04:03 WHEN THE LORD WAS CRUCIFIED HERE,
04:04 IT WAS TO BE SEEN BY ALL.
04:06 THE ROMANS DIDN'T DO THIS IN SECRET.
04:08 IT WAS TO TERRORIZE AN OCCUPIED POPULATION
04:12 THAT PEOPLE WERE CRUCIFIED AND WE SHOULDN'T FORGET THAT
04:16 CRUCIFIXION NORMALLY TOOK THREE DAYS.
04:18 AND SOMEONE ON PUBLIC DISPLAY LIKE THIS,
04:22 A PUBLIC ROAD RUNNING BY THE TEMPLE WALL,
04:25 WOULD BE SEEN DYING BY INCHES,
04:27 BY HIS FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND NEIGHBORS
04:29 AND SO ON FOR ALL THAT TIME.
04:32 JESUS WAS ONLY ON THE CROSS FOR SIX HOURS
04:34 BUT HE HAD A FEAST TO KEEP.
04:36 THAT NIGHT WAS THE FESTIVAL OF UNLEAVENED BREAD.
04:38 AND THIS BREAD IS MY BODY.
04:40 THAT'S ANOTHER LESSON.
04:41 I WANT TO TALK ABOUT HOW GOD ESTABLISHED GRACE
04:45 AND THE IDEA OF TOTAL FORGIVENESS OF SIN.
04:48 IN JEREMIAH 31:34, HE MAKES A PROMISE CONNECTED
04:54 WITH THE NEW COVENANT.
05:13 EXACTLY THE SAME VERSES ARE REPEATED IN HEBREWS 8:8-12
05:17 AS IF TO SAY WHATEVER TESTAMENT YOU'RE READING,
05:19 REMEMBER, GOD HAS PROMISED TO FORGIVE EVERY SINGLE SIN.
05:23 I TALKED TO A CHRISTIAN TEACHER ONCE WHO SAID,
05:25 "I'LL NEVER SAY TO GOD, I'LL NEVER DO THAT AGAIN, LORD,"
05:30 BECAUSE HE WILL SAY ACCORDING TO HIS WORD AGAIN,
05:33 "DO WHAT AGAIN?
05:34 "I DON'T REMEMBER."
05:36 WHAT AM I STRESSING HERE, THAT WE SHOULD SIN MORE,
05:38 THAT GRACE MIGHT ABOUND?
05:40 NO.
05:41 PAUL ASKED THAT QUESTION AND ANSWERED IT.
05:42 HE SAID, "GOD FORBID."
05:43 IT'S NOT A LICENSE.
05:44 BUT THE FACT IS, THE CROSS PAID OFF
05:48 EVERY SINGLE SIN AND THAT'S ALL THERE IS TO THAT.
05:50 THERE AREN'T ANY SINS IT DIDN'T PAY.
05:52 THERE AREN'T ANY DELIBERATE SINS,
05:54 OR WILLFUL SINS OR ACCIDENTAL SINS
05:57 OR THIS KIND OR THAT KIND AS MEN IN CHURCHES HAVE ALWAYS HELD.
06:03 THE BIBLE CONTAINS NO HIERARCHY OF SINS,
06:05 NO HIERARCHY OF MOTIVES.
06:08 WHEN WE SIN, WE ARE FORGIVEN.
06:11 THAT'S ALL.
06:13 AND WHEN WE SIN, WE ARE ABLE TO COME TO THE LORD IN CONFESSION.
06:17 IT TROUBLES US.
06:18 OUR SIN TROUBLES US.
06:19 OBVIOUSLY IF WE READ THE LIFE OF JESUS CHRIST
06:21 AND SEE HOW FAR SHORT WE FALL OF THE WAY HE LIVED IN THIS FLESH,
06:28 WE -- WE ARE CONVICTED.
06:29 AND WE COME BEFORE THE LORD.
06:35 IT DOESN'T SAY IF WE CONFESS ENOUGH HE'LL FORGIVE US.
06:37 OR IF WE HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN ANY SIN.
06:40 AS THE OLD TESTAMENT SAYS ON THE DAY OF ATONEMENT,
06:43 WE'RE EXPECTED TO HAVE 24 HOURS OF AFFLICTING THE SOUL.
06:46 AND TO FAIL TO AFFLICT THE SOUL IS TO COURT THE DEATH PENALTY.
06:51 THAT IS, TO BE CUT OFF FROM AMONG THE CHOSEN PEOPLE
06:53 AND I REFER TO THE SECOND DEATH.
06:56 A PERSON VIOLATING THE LAW OF CONFESSION
06:58 ON THE DAY OF ATONEMENT TECHNICALLY DID NOT HAVE
07:00 TO RETURN TO THE TEMPLE.
07:01 HE WASN'T JEWISH ANYMORE.
07:03 HE WASN'T CHOSEN ANYMORE.
07:06 IT'S A FREE GIFT, TOO.
07:08 AND LEST ANY SHOULD BOAST, EPHESIANS 2:8,
07:09 THE HEART OF THAT DOCTRINE, IT'S THE FREE GIFT OF GOD.
07:14 I DIDN'T EARN IT.
07:16 A SPOTLESS MAN WALKED UP THIS HILL CARRYING THE CROSS
07:19 AND LEFT AN ACCOUNT OF FORGIVENESS
07:22 COMPLETELY UNTOUCHED SO THAT I COULD DRAW ON IT
07:24 AND YOU COULD DRAW ON IT AND THE WHOLE WORLD OF SINNERS
07:25 COULD DRAW ON IT TO SATISFY A JUST GOD WHO IS ALSO MERCIFUL.
07:32 TO CONTRAST LAW AND GRACE,
07:33 SOMETIMES WE DON'T REALIZE THE CONTRAST.
07:36 GRACE IS NOT APPRECIATED BECAUSE THE CHURCH DOESN'T
07:39 TEND TO STUDY THE OLD TESTAMENT
07:41 AND DOESN'T REALIZE HOW THE LAW WENT,
07:43 HOW THINGS WERE.
07:44 BUT MILLIONS OF PEOPLE FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS
07:47 LIVED UNDER DIFFICULT LAWS LIKE THE LAW OF THE DAY OF ATONEMENT,
07:50 LIKE BLOOD SACRIFICE, LIKE FASTING AND CEREMONIAL DAYS
07:56 THAT REQUIRED LONG JOURNEYS
07:58 IF YOU LIVED OUTSIDE OF JERUSALEM AND SO ON.
08:00 AND THEY DID THIS TO DEMONSTRATE THEIR FAITH
08:03 AND INDEED, THEY WERE SAVED
08:04 WHEN MESSIAH CAME AND COULD SEE THOSE FULFILLED ACCOUNTS.
08:08 BUT THERE ARE DIFFERENCES OF LAW AND GRACE.
08:11 FOR ONE THING UNDER THE LAW, GOD DEMANDS.
08:13 IT WAS VERY CLEAR DISCIPLINARY KIND OF LAW.
08:18 AND UNDER GRACE, GOD GIVES.
08:21 HE GIVES IT FREELY.
08:23 WE ACQUIRE IT WITH SALVATION.
08:25 UNDER THE LAW WHICH CAME FROM MOSES WERE THERE WORKS.
08:28 THERE WERE THINGS YOU HAD TO DO, EXTERNAL PERFORMANCES.
08:32 UNDER GRACE, THERE'S FAITH AND LOVE
08:34 AND THERE REALLY AREN'T ANY PERFORMANCES.
08:36 WE ARE GIVEN GIFTS WITH WHICH TO ACCOMPLISH OUR WORKS,
08:39 OUR SERVICE FOR THE LORD.
08:41 BUT OUR SALVATION DOESN'T HANG IN THE BALANCE.
08:44 WE WILL SEE THAT IN THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST,
08:46 ONLY OUR WORKS ARE JUDGED.
08:47 OUR SINS ARE FORGIVEN.
08:48 WE ARE STILL SAVED.
08:50 TECHNICALLY, ONE COULD GO TO HEAVEN
08:51 WITHOUT A SINGLE GOOD WORK, HE WOULD CERTAINLY STILL BE SAVED.
08:55 ONE COULD GO TO HEAVEN WITH AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT
08:57 OF GOOD WORKS -- WELL, HE WOULDN'T EVEN GO TO HEAVEN.
09:00 BUT IN THE CASE OF AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF GOOD WORKS,
09:02 BUT NO SALVATION, THE SCRIPTURE DOESN'T ALLOW
09:05 THAT THAT PERSON GOES TO HEAVEN.
09:10 THE LAW WAS FOR THE RIGHTEOUS.
09:12 IT REALLY STRESSED PERSONAL RIGHTEOUSNESS,
09:16 SELF-MADE MORAL LIVING.
09:21 GRACE SEEMS TO BE FOR THE SINFUL.
09:23 IT DOES NOT VALUE PERSONAL DISCIPLINE
09:27 IN THE SENSE OF MY PUTTING FORTH OF SOME PRETENSE
09:31 OF BEING A BETTER CHRISTIAN OF THIS PERSON,
09:34 A MORE MORAL MAN THAN THAT PERSON.
09:36 IN FACT, THAT'S JUST INCORRECT CHRISTIANITY.
09:40 IT'S INTERESTING TO SEE WHILE THE OLD TESTAMENT
09:43 IS ALMOST IN ITS ENTIRETY A LAW BOOK,
09:46 THERE'S NOT A SINGLE LAW IN THE NEW TESTAMENT.
09:49 [ music playing ]
10:06 [ music playing ]
10:16 COME WITH ZOLA AND SEE THE LAND OF ABRAHAM,
10:19 ISAAC AND JACOB.
10:20 EXPERIENCE THE HOLY LAND.
10:23 FOR TOUR INFORMATION WRITE:
10:37 AND WE NOW LIVE IN AN AGE OF GRACE.
10:40 THE AGE OF GRACE, NOT JUST THE CHURCH,
10:42 EVERYBODY LIVES IN THE AGE OF GRACE
10:43 BUT YOU HAVE TO ASK FOR GRACE TO USE IT.
10:46 AND GOSH, THAT'S EASY.
10:49 GOD DIDN'T MAKE IT HARD TO BE SAVED.
10:52 IN A MOMENT, ANY ONE OF US KNOWS HOW TO BOW HIS HEAD AND SAY,
10:55 "I BELIEVE IN YOU.
10:57 "FORGIVE MY SINS.
10:58 "LIVE THROUGH ME.
11:00 "REMAKE MY LIFE."
11:01 HOWEVER YOU WANT TO PUT THAT.
11:02 GOD KNOWS YOUR HEART.
11:03 YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY A FORMULA PRAYER.
11:05 BUT COME TO BELIEF IN HIM AND TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS GRACE
11:09 IN THIS AGE IS JUST EVERYTHING.
11:13 IT'S THE WAY WE GO ON FROM HERE.
11:15 IT'S THE WAY WE GO TO THE KINGDOM
11:16 AND ON TO ETERNITY WITH GOD.
11:19 AND IN THE KINGDOM, THERE WILL BE A PERIOD OF LAW AGAIN.
11:21 AND WE STRESSED THAT IN OUR OTHER PROGRAMS,
11:24 THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT CONTAINS THE LAW FOR THE KINGDOM.
11:26 AND IT'S A TOUGH LAW.
11:28 BUT FOR THIS MOMENT WHAT IS SO SIMPLE TO COME TO FAITH,
11:33 TO COME TO SALVATION AND THE LIFE GIVEN IS SO WONDERFUL.
11:40 EXCUSE ME.
11:41 I HAVE WRITTEN MY TESTIMONY MANY TIMES.
11:43 AND IT'S AVAILABLE THROUGH OUR MINISTRY.
11:46 IN A SIMPLE WORD I EXPERIENCED IT MYSELF
11:50 AND UNTIL IT HAPPENS TO YOU, YOU JUST CAN'T DEVALUATE IT.
11:53 IT IS WONDERFUL.
11:55 GRACE WILL LAST UNTIL THE JUDGMENT SEAT FOR THE CHURCH.
11:59 THOSE IN THE CHURCH GO TO HEAVEN IN THE RAPTURE
12:02 AND IN THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST, THEIR WORKS ARE STUDIED.
12:06 GRACE STILL OBTAINS BECAUSE THEIR SINS ARE FORGIVEN,
12:09 OF COURSE.
12:10 AND IT DOESN'T EVEN COME UP.
12:12 WE TALKED ABOUT IT IN ANOTHER CONTEXT OF ANOTHER PROGRAM.
12:14 OUR WORKS ARE DIVIDED INTO TWO CATEGORIES,
12:18 WHETHER THEY BE OF GOLD, SILVER AND PRECIOUS STONES OR WOOD,
12:22 HAY AND STUBBLE.
12:23 AND SO WE ARE TRIED AS IF BY FIRE IT SAYS.
12:27 A TORCH IS PUT TO THESE WORKS AND SYMBOLICALLY THE WOOD,
12:31 HAY AND STUBBLE BURNS AWAY AND THE PRECIOUS JEWELS
12:34 ARE NOT HARMED.
12:35 AND WE ARE LEFT WITH REWARDS.
12:37 AND THAT IS THE CHRISTIAN WALK IN A NUTSHELL.
12:40 OUR SINS DON'T BOTHER US ANYMORE.
12:41 THEY HAVE FORGIVEN AND FORGOTTEN AND WE
12:43 GET ON WITH OUR WORKS ACCORDING TO OUR GIFTS.
12:45 ONE PERSON WHO HAS A BEAUTIFUL VOICE IS A SINGER.
12:48 ONE WHO TEACHES WELL IS A TEACHER.
12:51 ONE WHO PRAYS WELL IS AN INTERCESSOR AND SO ON.
12:54 AND THE NEW TESTAMENT LISTS OUT A NUMBER OF GIFTS.
12:58 SOMEONE ONCE CALLED INTO MY RADIO PROGRAM AND SAID,
13:01 "A SPIRITUAL GIFT IS SOMETHING YOU DO SUPER NATURALLY WELL."
13:05 I THOUGHT I WOULD PASS IT ON BECAUSE THAT'S VERY TRUE.
13:09 THE MOST ORDINARY PEOPLE, LIKE THE GALILEAN TRADESMEN
13:14 AND FISHERMEN THAT THE LORD CHOSE TO BE HIS DISCIPLES.
13:17 SOMEHOW BECOME GIANTS IN SOME CERTAIN AREA IMPORTANT
13:20 TO GOD IN THIS BATTLE.
13:22 EVERY ARMY HAS SPECIALISTS
13:24 AND THE CHRISTIAN ARMY IS NO DIFFERENT.
13:27 IT'S MADE UP OF PEOPLE OF VARIOUS GIFTS
13:29 AND VARIOUS TALENTS, EACH IN HIS OWN NICHE.
13:32 WELL, WE GO TO THE JUDGMENT SEAT WITH A RECORD
13:35 OF WORKS WHETHER THEY ARE GOOD OR BAD
13:37 AND THEY ARE TAKEN CARE OF THERE.
13:38 AND THEN WE REALLY ARE PERFECT.
13:41 OUR SINS FORGIVEN AT THE CROSS; THE BAD WORKS JUST BURNED AWAY,
13:45 STERILIZED AWAY, TEMPERED AWAY
13:47 IN THAT JUDGMENT SEAT.
13:49 AND WE ARE THEN THAT VIRGIN BRIDE ESPOUSED TO CHRIST THAT
13:52 PAUL PROMISED IN II CORINTHIANS.
13:56 THE IDEA IS THAT WE ARE ALWAYS BEING
13:59 PERFECTED DAY BY DAY IN HIS LIKENESS; UNTIL HE COMES.
14:04 BUT THAT IS THAT GREAT PERFECTING MOMENT,
14:08 THAT JUDGMENT SEAT IN HEAVEN.
14:10 WE THEN GO ON TO MARRY THE LORD IN OUR WEDDING
14:13 AND COME BACK HERE TO OCCUPY OUR KINGDOM.
14:17 IT SHOULD BE STRESSED THAT WORKS ARE ONLY CONSIDERED
14:20 IN THE JUDGMENT SEAT WHEREAS ON EARTH WE ARE SOMETIMES DOING
14:26 SO MUCH TO AVOID SINNING THAT WE'RE NOT DOING WORKS.
14:31 THAT IS, THE KIND OF PERSON HOW DOES THE EXPRESSION GO
14:34 OF SUCH HEAVEN BEARING AS OF NO EARTHLY USE.
14:38 PEOPLE THAT RETIRE AWAY FROM LIFE ON EARTH.
14:42 ARE THERE REALLY GOOD SOLDIERS WHO STAY AWAY FROM THE BATTLE
14:46 IN ORDER TO NOT SOIL THEIR UNIFORM?
14:49 THAT'S A QUESTION.
14:51 I DON'T MEAN TO PREACH, JUST TO TEACH IT.
14:53 BUT GRACE IS AN UNDER-APPRECIATED PHENOMENA
14:55 IN THE CHURCH, BECAUSE IT CAN ONLY
14:56 BE UNDERSTOOD IF CONTRASTED TO LAW.
14:59 AND THE CHURCH HAS NOT BEEN READING ITS LAW,
15:01 ITS OLD TESTAMENT.
15:02 SO AS THE PHILOSOPHER SAID,
15:05 "ANYTIME THOSE WHO HAVE NOT READ HISTORY
15:08 "ARE CONDEMNED TO REPEAT IT."
15:10 IT'S APPARENT THAT THOSE WHO HAVEN'T READ THE OLD TESTAMENT
15:12 ALSO ARE CONDEMNED TO REPEAT IT.
15:14 THEY SIMPLY MAKE A NEW RELIGION OF LAWS.
15:16 NEW LAWS.
15:17 NEW LAWS ABOUT DRESS CODES.
15:20 LAWS ABOUT SPEAKING OUT IN CHURCH.
15:23 LAWS ABOUT HOW TO PRAY.
15:25 ABOUT ODDS AND ENDS OF THINGS THAT ARE NOT REALLY
15:30 GIVEN AS LAWS ANYWHERE TO THE CHURCH.
15:32 THERE ARE NO LAWS TO THE CHURCH AS WE STRESSED.
15:35 I WROTE THAT SENTENCE -- I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS
15:37 15 OR 20 YEARS AGO IN ONE OF MY BOOKS,
15:40 "THERE ARE NO LAWS IN THE NEW TESTAMENT."
15:41 AND I WAITED FOR PEOPLE TO OBJECT
15:43 OR GIVE ME TECHNICALITIES OR ADMONISHMENTS
15:47 OR COMMANDMENTS ET CETERA.
15:49 NOTHING EVER CAME.
15:51 IT'S VERY TRUE.
15:52 IT'S NOT A LEGAL SYSTEM.
15:53 IT'S A GRACIOUS SYSTEM AND THE CHRISTIAN WALK,
15:56 DONE PROPERLY, IS MOST GRACEFUL.
16:01 HOW COULD WE GET ALL THIS?
16:04 LIKE THIS.
16:07 AT CALVARY.
16:08 IT WAS PURCHASED.
16:10 IT WAS A BRIDAL CONTRACT WITH A VERY HIGH BRIDE PRICE.
16:14 IT TOOK THE BLOOD, THE BODY AND SUFFERING
16:17 OF A PERFECTLY INNOCENT MAN.
16:19 IT TOOK HIS LIFE.
16:21 HE EVEN SAID, "LET THIS CUP PASS FROM ME."
16:24 HE DID NOT WANT TO DRINK THIS WEDDING CUP
16:25 BECAUSE IT WAS AGONIZING.
16:30 BUT, DRINKING IT AND PAYING THE PRICE
16:33 HE PROVIDED FOR US THIS AMAZING GRACE,
16:38 THIS STUFF WE WALK THROUGH IN THIS LIFE THAT GIVES US
16:41 PERFECT FORGIVENESS AS WE UTILIZE OUR WORK
16:44 TO ACCOMPLISH OUR MINISTRIES FOR THE ONE WHO DIED FOR US.
16:52 AS WE'VE SAID, THE SITE OF OUR LORD'S DEATH
16:54 HERE AT CALVARY HAS CHANGED CONSIDERABLY OVER THE YEARS.
16:59 DAVID DOLAN JOINS US NOW JUST ACROSS THE STREET
17:02 FROM CALVARY WITH HIS PERSPECTIVE ON THE SUBJECT
17:05 OF GRACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
17:08 I'M STANDING AT THE BASE OF CALVARY,
17:10 RIGHT NEXT TO THE GARDEN TOMB.
17:12 ZOLA SPOKE ABOUT GRACE FROM THERE AND HE ALSO MENTIONED
17:15 THE ARAB BUS STATION RIGHT BEHIND ME.
17:17 MOST OF THE ARABS ARE MUSLIMS THEY BELIEVE
17:20 IN ALLAH AND THE KORAN; THEIR HOLY BOOK.
17:24 IN THE KORAN, ALLAH IS PICTURED AS COMPASSIONATE AND MERCIFUL.
17:27 BUT HE'S ALSO VERY, VERY STERN.
17:30 HE SEEMS TO PERFECT JUDGMENT OVER MERCY.
17:33 THEY'RE ARE MANY, MANY WARNINGS ABOUT HELL
17:35 IN THE KORAN AND IN FACT MANY
17:36 MORE THAN PASSAGES ABOUT HEAVEN.
17:39 ALLAH SEEMS TO BE ANGRY AND ALMOST VENGEFUL.
17:42 HE COMMANDS THAT WAR BE USED TO SPREAD THE ISLAMIC FAITH.
17:46 HIS POWER AND HIS WRATH ARE EMPHASIZED MUCH MORE
17:49 THAN HIS COMPASSION AND HIS MERCY.
17:51 SALVATION IN THE KORAN SEEMS TO BE BY WORKS AND NOT BY GRACE.
17:56 THERE IS NO ASSURANCE OF SALVATION.
17:59 GRACE IS MENTIONED DEFINITELY AND ALLAH IS COMPASSIONATE.
18:02 HE DOES FORGIVE SIN.
18:04 BUT WORKS ARE MENTIONED FAR MORE OFTEN.
18:06 A MUSLIM MUST EARN HIS SALVATION.
18:09 COMPASSION IS TAUGHT.
18:10 BUT SINCE POWER AND WORKS ARE EMPHASIZED
18:13 FORGIVENESS IS NOT NEARLY SO CENTRAL AS IT IS IN THE BIBLE.
18:17 ETERNITY CONSISTS OF A VERY SENSUAL HeAVEN
18:20 WITH LITERAL MANSIONS.
18:22 WOMAN ARE THE SERVANTS OF MEN
18:24 GIVING THEM PLEASURE AND EARTHLY DELIGHTS.
18:26 IN FACT, HEAVEN IN THE KORAN SEEMS TO BE VERY MUCH CLOSER
18:29 TO THE EARTH THAN THE TRANSCENDENT HEAVEN
18:33 AS PICTURED IN THE BIBLE.
18:35 THE HEAVEN WHERE JOY AT BEING IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD
18:38 IS EMPHASIZED.
18:40 THE KORAN'S HEAVEN AND CENTERED ON MAN.
18:42 THE BIBLE'S ON GOD AND ON THE SON OF GOD
18:45 WHO OVERCAME SIN AND DEATH ON CALVARY.
18:49 [ music playing ]
18:50 ♪ "WHY HAS GOD FORSAKEN ME," ♪
18:54 ♪ CRIED OUT ALONE ♪
19:00 ♪ THEN WITH HIS LAST BREATH, ♪
19:04 ♪ HE WEPT, ♪
19:06 ♪ "IT IS DONE." ♪
19:11 [ music playing ]
19:41 [ orchestra music playing ]
20:12 ♪ JESUS, ♪
20:14 ♪ REMEMBER ME, ♪
20:17 ♪ WHEN YOU GO HOME. ♪
20:22 ♪ FOR MY SALVATION ♪
20:27 ♪ MUST COME FROM YOU ALONE. ♪
20:32 ♪ I SEE IT IN HIS TEARS, ♪
20:37 ♪ IN HIS ANGUISH AND PAIN. ♪
20:42 ♪ WHAT GREAT LOVE ♪
20:45 ♪ IT CAUSED MY SALVATION ♪
20:52 ♪ TO GAIN. ♪
20:54 ♪ JESUS, ♪
20:55 ♪ REMEMBER ME, ♪
20:58 ♪ WHEN YOU GO HOME. ♪
21:04 ♪ FOR MY SALVATION ♪
21:08 ♪ MUST COME FROM YOU ALONE. ♪♪
21:24 DAVID'S DISCUSSION OF THE MUSLIM CONCEPTION OF WORKS
21:28 FOR SALVATION IS VERY FAMILIAR.
21:31 THERE ARE PEOPLE WORKING ON THEIR SALVATION
21:33 IN A HUNDRED WORLDLY RELIGIONS.
21:36 THE PROBLEM IS PEOPLE DOING WORKS TO PLEASE
21:39 THEIR CONCEPTION OF GOD BEGIN TO BEHAVE IN REMARKABLE WAYS.
21:44 AND I GUESS THE MOST REMARKABLE IS THE IDEA OF SOME MUSLIMS,
21:51 INCLUDING TERRORISM AS A RELIGIOUS WORK
21:55 AND THEY REALLY DO AND IT'S PERHAPS TAUGHT
21:57 BY A SHEIK WHO PREACHES KILL THE INFIDEL.
22:03 AND THESE BECOME HOLY WORKS.
22:05 A GOOD EXAMPLE IS AGAIN THE CONTRACT
22:08 ON THE AUTHOR, SALMAN RUSHDIE.
22:10 THERE IS A VAST REWARD; MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND SO FORTH
22:14 TO ASSASSINATE A VIRTUALLY INNOCENT MAN
22:17 WHO WOULD NOT SET OUT TO INSULT ANYBODY'S GOD AND SO FORTH.
22:22 AND IT BECOMES AN ACT OF GOD TO KILL PEOPLE.
22:27 SOLDIERS IN THE WARS AGAINST ISRAEL WERE CAUGHT
22:31 WITH SHIRT POCKET BOOKLETS, PARTICULARLY THE EGYPTIANS.
22:34 IN ONE OF MY EARLIER BOOKS I PUBLISHED A WORK BY AN EGYPTIAN
22:37 OFFICER WHO WAS TELLING THE ENLISTED MEN,
22:39 MEN WHO COULD BARELY READ OR WRITE, YOU KNOW,
22:43 "KILL THE JEW WHEREVER YOU FIND HIM.
22:44 "IT'S A PLEASING WORK TO GOD," AND SO FORTH.
22:49 WORKING -- ANYONE WORKING ON SALVATION
22:51 DEVELOP CERTAIN CHARACTERISTICS THAT ARE COMMON
22:54 NO MATTER WHETHER HE'S IN SOME ODD DENOMINATION
22:57 OF CHRISTIANITY OR MUSLIM OR ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD,
23:01 THEY BECOME VERY WORLDLY,
23:04 THIS WORLD ORIENTED DOING WORLDLY WORKS.
23:06 THEY BECOME VERY RELIGIOUS IN THE SENSE OF SPIRITISTIC
23:10 THINGS ARE ALWAYS IN THEIR MIND.
23:12 THEY TALK THAT WAY, ACT THAT WAY,
23:13 PERHAPS THEY ESCHEW SIN.
23:15 THEY HAVE A WONDERFUL HOLY LIFE --
23:18 LOOKING, HOLY-LOOKING LIFE IS WHAT I'M SAYING,
23:20 SELF-MADE MORALIST.
23:22 THE GOSPEL WAS FULL OF THEM.
23:24 AND THEY BECOME QUITE UNBIBLICAL.
23:25 THEY CAN NEVER QUOTE THE SCRIPTURE.
23:27 IN FACT, THEY DEFAME THE SCRIPTURE ALL OF THE TIME.
23:29 PROTESTANT DENOMINATIONS THAT DON'T USE THE BIBLE
23:33 IN THE CHURCH TEND TO BECOME NOT UNBIBLICAL, BUT ANTI-BIBLICAL.
23:37 THEY SAY THINGS THAT ARE OBNOXIOUS OF THE BIBLE.
23:42 THE FIRST OF WHICH ISRAEL IS REPLACED BY THE CHURCH.
23:47 WE DON'T HAVE THIS ORIGINAL PEOPLE ANYMORE.
23:49 WE'RE THE NEW CHOSEN PEOPLE.
23:50 GOSH, I COULD LIST OUT THROUGHOUT THE REST
23:52 OF THE PROGRAM DENOMINATIONS THAT HAVE SAID THAT.
23:55 I DON'T MEAN JUST PROTESTANTS OR CHRISTIAN
23:58 OR ANYTHING, CHOSEN PEOPLE COME FROM UTAH,
24:00 THEY COME FROM JAPAN AND SO FORTH.
24:05 ALL OF THIS IS -- IS COUNTERED TO THE
24:08 SIMPLE BIBLICAL MESSAGE OF FREE SALVATION,
24:10 THE GIFT OF THE GOD WHICH YOU SIMPLY ASK FOR.
24:15 THEY USED TO SAY WHEN I WAS WITH CAMPUS CRUSADE,
24:17 OUR PROBLEM IS TO GET THE SIMPLICITY ACROSS.
24:20 THE COMPLEXITIES TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES.
24:22 WE ONLY HAVE FOUR SPIRITUAL LAWS TO EXPLAIN.
24:25 AND IT WAS TOUGH TO GET PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THEM,
24:27 SIMPLE AS THEY WERE.
24:28 WELL, WE HAVE GONE MOUNTAIN TOP TO MOUNTAIN TOP
24:30 TRYING TO EXPLAIN A FEW BIBLE PRINCIPLES.
24:32 WE HAVE BEEN TO MOUNT MORIAH
24:34 WHERE WE DISCUSSED THE COVENANT WITH ABRAHAM,
24:36 THE BEGINNING OF ALL REDEMPTION.
24:39 WE WENT TO MOUNT SINAI, WHERE WE DISCUSSED THE LAW
24:41 AND CONTRASTED IT WITH GRACE.
24:44 WE WENT TO GAMALIA AT GALILEE WHERE WE
24:46 DISCUSSED THE ROMAN ASSAULT THERE AND AT MASADA
24:50 IN CONNECTION EVEN WITH THE HOLOCAUST,
24:52 ANOTHER ASSAULT ON THE CHOSEN PEOPLE,
24:54 MUCH MORE RECENT BY WAY OF TALKING HISTORY AND WISDOM.
24:59 MOUNT TABOR, WE TALKED ABOUT PROPHECY.
25:02 SO MUCH WAS GIVEN THERE, SO MUCH FULFILLED THERE
25:04 AND IT'S STILL SITTING, THE MOUNTAIN IS IN THE
25:07 MIDDLE OF THE VALLEY OF ARMAGEDDON,
25:08 GOING TO BE THE SITE OF OUTWORKING END-TIME
25:10 PROPHECIES IN OUR OWN FUTURES.
25:13 WE WENT TO THE MOUNT OF BEATITUDES
25:15 WHERE WE DISCUSSED THE MESSIAH.
25:18 HE IS OUTSTANDINGLY PRESENTED THERE OF COURSE
25:21 THERE ON THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT.
25:23 AND WE WENT TO GOLGOTHA ON TONIGHT'S PROGRAM.
25:26 THERE WE TALKED ABOUT GRACE BECAUSE THERE IS
25:29 WHERE IT WAS OBTAINED AND PAID FOR AND FROM THERE,
25:33 GIVEN FREELY TO ANYONE WHO ASK.
25:35 NOT TO THOSE WHO WORK ON IT.
25:37 BUT TO THOSE WHO ASK FOR IT, FOR NOTHING.
25:40 GOSH, I TOLD THIS STORY.
25:41 I WROTE A BOOK WITH THE BRILLIANT BIBLE EXPOSITOR.
25:46 PROFESSOR BAYER LUNGAR, MANY YEARS AGO FROM DALLAS SEMINARY.
25:50 AND HE STRESSED TO ME, FAITH PLUS NOTHING EQUALS SALVATION.
25:56 THAT WAS AN EQUATION WE PUT IN THE BOOK.
25:58 NOTHING ADDED TO FAITH HELPS GET SALVATION.
26:03 SO IT WASN'T FAITH PLUS WORKS AND IT WASN'T
26:05 FAITH PLUS PUBLIC REPENTANCE OR HOLY BAPTISM
26:08 OR THIS FORMULA OR THAT FORMULA.
26:11 WHATEVER, FAITH PLUS NOTHING EQUALS SALVATION.
26:14 IF YOU BELIEVE, SAY TO GOD SAVE ME AND YOU'RE SAVED.
26:19 I KNOW IT.
26:19 I DID IT.
26:22 UPCOMING PROGRAMS, WE ARE GOING TO MOUNT ZION.
26:24 AND THERE WE WILL DISCUSS THE CHURCH,
26:25 THERE WE BELIEVE IT WAS FOUNDED AND THE
26:27 MOUNT OF OLIVES WHERE WE WILL DISCUSS THE KINGDOM,
26:30 LOOKING THERE AT THE EASTERN GATE WHERE
26:32 WE'RE ALL GOING TO MEET
26:33 AND COME THROUGH WITH
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27:21 IT'S EXPENSIVE.
27:22 AND SHA'ALU SHALOM YERUSHALAYIM.
27:24 PRAY FOR THE PIECE OF JERUSALEM.
27:27 [ music playing ]
27:32 ♪ TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN, ♪
27:35 ♪ TELL THE STORY OF THE LORD. ♪
27:41 ♪ HE CAME TO YOU ♪
27:43 ♪ AND SUPPED WITH YOU ♪
27:46 ♪ AND WHISPERED TO YOUR SOUL. ♪
27:50 ♪ HE LOVED AND SAVED YOU ♪
27:54 ♪ AND HE CAME ♪
27:56 ♪ INTO YOUR HEART. ♪
28:00 ♪ NOW, TELL IT ♪
28:02 ♪ ON THE MOUNTAINS ♪
28:03 ♪ IN THE CITY OF OUR GOD. ♪
28:08 ♪ TELL THE STORY OF THE LORD. ♪
28:12 ♪ IN THE CITY OF OUR GOD. ♪♪
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Episode 6 of 9 in series

Production Code: 270

Type: Episode

Play Time: 28:32

Year: 1993

Series code: VTM

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Host: Zola Levitt

Guests: David Dolan

Air dates: 1993-Oct-17, 2000-Feb-06, 2003-Mar-02

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