1 00:00:05,271 --> 00:00:16,750 Okay, Simul Iustus et Peccator, which means at the same time saint or justified and sinner. 2 00:00:18,651 --> 00:00:19,486 Sinner and saint. 3 00:00:20,253 --> 00:00:22,822 This is a hallmark of our Lutheran faith. 4 00:00:23,356 --> 00:00:24,591 Simul Iustus et Peccator. 5 00:00:24,591 --> 00:00:35,335 Because what Luther teaches in this simile is that the one who is justified in Christ is at the same time a sinner who sins in all of his actions. 6 00:00:39,105 --> 00:00:40,707 This gets mixed up a lot. 7 00:00:41,574 --> 00:00:43,843 People think, yeah I understand the Simul Iustus et Peccator. 8 00:00:44,110 --> 00:00:45,912 That means I'm a sinner and I'm a saint. 9 00:00:46,146 --> 00:00:49,849 Sometimes I do really sinful things and other times I do really good saint things. 10 00:00:50,784 --> 00:00:51,051 Wrong. 11 00:00:51,518 --> 00:00:52,485 They don't understand it. 12 00:00:52,485 --> 00:00:54,054 That's not what this is teaching. 13 00:00:55,522 --> 00:01:05,231 Simul Iustus et Peccator is not I'm walking along, no I'm walking in saint ways, now I'm over here in the sinner column, now I'm back in the saint column, well now I'm in the sinner column. 14 00:01:05,465 --> 00:01:05,765 Wrong. 15 00:01:06,066 --> 00:01:07,333 Wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong. 16 00:01:08,301 --> 00:01:17,210 What Simul Iustus et Peccator means is that you are top to bottom all the way through everything you do, all the way saint, all the way sinner, all the time. 17 00:01:18,411 --> 00:01:19,913 That's what the Simul Iustus et Peccator. 18 00:01:20,613 --> 00:01:22,782 So, is sin part of me? 19 00:01:23,183 --> 00:01:23,950 Yeah, I'm a sinner. 20 00:01:26,152 --> 00:01:27,554 And am I justified? 21 00:01:27,987 --> 00:01:31,057 Yeah, I'm forgiven in Christ all the way, all the time. 22 00:01:31,891 --> 00:01:32,992 Not a back and forth thing. 23 00:01:34,094 --> 00:01:47,207 So when I stand up in church, and it's one of those rare occasions when I'm really paying attention and I'm really listening to this sermon, my mind is not wandering, I'm really sincere, and I stand up and I pray with the whole heart and I sing the hymns. 24 00:01:47,207 --> 00:01:49,008 Am I serving God? 25 00:01:49,409 --> 00:01:49,676 Sure. 26 00:01:50,110 --> 00:01:51,144 Is this a God pleasing action? 27 00:01:51,411 --> 00:01:51,611 Sure. 28 00:01:51,744 --> 00:01:52,312 Is it sinful? 29 00:01:52,912 --> 00:01:53,113 Yep. 30 00:01:55,048 --> 00:01:56,316 So you're a sinner doing it. 31 00:01:56,850 --> 00:01:59,953 And if we probe a lot far enough we'll find something wrong with it. 32 00:02:00,019 --> 00:02:02,755 You probably felt good about doing it and kind of proud of it or something. 33 00:02:02,856 --> 00:02:04,424 We'll find something somewhere, not right. 34 00:02:04,991 --> 00:02:06,759 Just give me a minute or two, we'll find it. 35 00:02:07,026 --> 00:02:07,260 Alright? 36 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:09,462 Because you're a sinner, you can't help it. 37 00:02:10,063 --> 00:02:11,264 You sin in everything you do. 38 00:02:12,799 --> 00:02:15,535 Conversely, suppose you're out kind of wasting time. 39 00:02:16,436 --> 00:02:17,971 Not doing God's will, sinning. 40 00:02:18,171 --> 00:02:18,838 Yeah, you sinned. 41 00:02:19,005 --> 00:02:23,376 But you see, in Christ you're still forgiven and all of your actions become forgiven. 42 00:02:23,476 --> 00:02:29,349 And even your half-hearted, half-baked attempts, even those get God's grace and are forgiven and God says, good work. 43 00:02:29,749 --> 00:02:30,150 Cha-ching. 44 00:02:30,750 --> 00:02:31,985 Count it in the plus column. 45 00:02:32,685 --> 00:02:33,486 What's with that? 46 00:02:34,220 --> 00:02:35,488 It's just the way mercy is. 47 00:02:35,588 --> 00:02:37,724 It's how God is because you're a saint all the way through.