From the 3ABN Worship Center
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it's the Ten
Commandments Weekend 2008:
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The Constitution of Grace.
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Good morning and happy Sabbath!
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All of you sound good
and you look beautiful.
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It's good to be here
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on the Sabbath
day. Welcome to Part #2
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of our Ten Commandments Weekend.
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And we have much
to be thankful for.
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First, there was a storm
predicted to come through here
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last night, and the storm came -
but it didn't come through HERE.
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And we can praise
the Lord for that.
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The hard weather went to the
north and a little to the south
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but it didn't
come nigh our dwelling.
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And we can thank
the Lord for that.
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And second we are very,
very thankful that Shelley Quinn
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has been resurrected,
dare I say, from her sick bed.
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We've prayed her through,
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and she is ready
and raring to go.
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Now this is a
woman who is a talker.
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She speaks in
public and does a fine job.
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And she hasn't spoken a word
in public for well over 10 days,
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so she's got a lot to say.
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And it's all good; it's
all from the Word of God.
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So it's good to be
here. It's a good day;
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it's a beautiful day.
Let's bow our heads in prayer.
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Father, we thank You so
very much for the Sabbath.
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We thank You for the
Commandments that include
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this very
special day, the Sabbath.
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We thank You for the
rest that it affords us.
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We thank You for the
opportunity to sit with You,
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turn off the cares of the
world, and turn our minds and
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our hearts towards Jesus.
We ask, Lord, that You would be
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with the speaker.
You have brought her here
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and You have given
her words for us to hear.
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Give us open and
receptive hearts.
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Bless all that shall be said and
done during the course of this
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very special day. We
love You, we praise You,
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we thank You. In
Jesus' name, Amen.
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Just a couple of years
ago we were doing a broadcast
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from Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania.
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Reuben Carr, you know that name,
invited us to his church there.
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And at that church we met
Nadean Edwards and her husband
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and fell in love with her
right off. Her Christian spirit,
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her love for the Lord, and
the talent God has given her
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to sing. And so we call upon
Nadean now to minister to us
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in song: 'Tis So
Sweet To Trust In Jesus.
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'Tis to sweet
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to trust in Jesus.
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Just to take
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Him at His word.
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Just to rest
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upon His promise,
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Just to know
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thus saith the Lord.
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O, 'tis to sweet
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to trust in my Jesus.
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Just to take
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Him at His word.
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O, just to rest
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upon my God's promise.
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Just to know
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thus saith the Lord.
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Jesus, Jesus,
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how I trust Him.
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How I've proved
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Him o'er and o'er.
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Jesus, Jesus,
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precious Jesus.
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O for grace
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to trust Him more.
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Oh, I'm so glad
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I've learned to trust Him.
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Precious Jesus,
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my Savior - oh - and my Friend.
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And I know - oh, I
know, I know, I know
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that He is with me;
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And He'll be with me
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yes, He'll be with me
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to the end.
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Oh, Jesus
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my Jesus, oh,
precious, precious Jesus.
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Hallelujah, hallelujah,
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praise to my Jesus.
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Oh,
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I'm so glad I
learned to trust You, Lord,
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my precious Jesus,
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O for grace
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to trust Him more.
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Oh, Jesus, Jesus,
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how I trust You.
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How I've proved You
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over and over again.
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Jesus, Jesus,
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my precious Jesus.
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Thank You for the grace
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thank You for the grace
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thank You for Your grace, Lord,
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to trust You
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more.
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There are any number of words
and adjectives we could use
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to describe Shelley Quinn.
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Teacher, preacher,
author, tall Texan...
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and they all apply.
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But I think the best thing
that can be said about anyone
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who is a child of God is that
they are in love with the Lord
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and that the Lord loves them
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and that they are used of God.
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Shelley is indeed a
student of the Word,
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and when she speaks she comes
from an experience with God.
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And so I ask from you, for her,
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your prayerful and
undivided attention.
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Sister Shelley Quinn.
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Thank you, C.A.
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You know, when he said
that I hadn't spoken in public
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for the last 10 days...
actually, I haven't spoken
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hardly at all for the
last 10 days. Not just because
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my voice sounded like a bullfrog
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but because I talk with my hands
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and I was too
weak to move my hands.
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And, you know, I didn't realize
how much I spoke with my hands
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until recently. I was
doing a revival series in Texas
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and afterwards this
little gentleman came up to me.
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And he said: "Where
did you learn to sign?
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It's so beautiful! "
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And I said: "I wasn't signing,
I just talk with my hands. "
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But I do want to thank you all
so much for all of your prayers.
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J.D. would come home every
evening, the last few evenings
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and say: "Honey,
everybody's praying for you. "
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So, thank you so
much for your prayers.
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Now, let's go to
the Lord in prayer.
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Heavenly Father,
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we come to recognize You as
a holy and righteous Father.
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And Lord, we DO
praise Your name.
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We enter into Your gates
with thanksgiving in our hearts.
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We thank you for
our Lord Jesus Christ.
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We thank You for Your
Holy Spirit and for Your Word.
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Lord, we thank You for
Your Constitution of Grace.
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We come today to ask that
You would send Your Holy Spirit
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to be our
teacher. Help us, Lord,
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as we go through
this Bible study.
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Help us each and every one
to recognize our great need
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for our Savior. In
Jesus' name, Amen. Amen.
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You know, I am always
amazed that the Lord uses me
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to speak through me because
I certainly don't feel worthy.
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But all it is... God
doesn't look for people
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who have the talent, He
looks for the people like Isaiah
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who say: "Here I
am, Lord, send me. "
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So, it's a privilege to be
taking part in this third annual
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Ten Commandments Weekend.
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And what we're talking about
is God's eternal and infinite
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love as outlined in His eternal,
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infinite law of
love: the Ten Commandments.
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The first table - the
first four Commandments -
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have to do with our
relationship with God.
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With our
responsibility toward God.
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And this is how we learn to
love the Lord our God with all
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of our heart,
soul, mind, and strength.
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The second table - the last
six of the Ten Commandments -
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is about our
responsibility toward mankind.
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Toward... and what
our relationship is to be
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with mankind. This is how to
love your neighbor as yourself.
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So, when we think
about the Ten Commandments,
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was Mount Sinai the
first time that God spoke these
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Ten Commandments? No! But
there are people who believe
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that it's true that He never
spoke them until He gave them
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to them on Mount Sinai.
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And if we do a review of
the history of the generations
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before they got to Mount
Sinai, we see that all of the
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Ten Commandments were in place.
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In fact, the Bible
says that God by nature
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wrote these Commandments
on the hearts of the people.
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Listen to what He says
in Romans 2 verses 13-15:
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"For not the hearers of the
law are just in the sight of God
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but the doers of the
law will be justified.
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For when gentiles,
who do not have the law,
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by nature do things
that are in the law,
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these, although not having
the law, are a law to themselves
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who show the work of the
law written in their hearts.
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Their conscious... conscience...
also bearing witness. "
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I want to use
someone... he's not an Adventist
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but I want to use
this source to prove to you
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that Adventists aren't the
only ones who believe that the
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Ten Commandments were given
by God well before Mount Sinai.
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And this is Matthew Henry -
who is one of the most famous
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Bible commentators
and expositors. For over
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three hundred centuries
his works have been probably
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some of the best-sold works
and you will find them in the
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libraries of nearly
every Protestant pastor.
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And writing on
the Ten Commandments,
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here's what he said:
First he said that God spoke
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then audibly with "a
great deal of dreadful pomp. "
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It was almost a
fearful thing to the people.
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But then this is
what Matthew Henry wrote:
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"This law, given on Mount Sinai,
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God had given to man before.
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It was written in
his heart by nature.
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But sin had so defaced the
writing that it was necessary
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in this manner to
revive the knowledge of it.
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That's what God was doing was
reviving the knowledge of it.
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Please turn in your
Bibles to Exodus chapter 20.
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And what we are going to do
right now is just revive our
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knowledge of the Commandments
that we looked at last night:
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the first two Commandments,
and then I'll be speaking on the
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Third Commandment.
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Exodus 20 and we
begin with verse 1.
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The Bible says: "And God
spoke all these words saying "
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Now let's stop
there for a second.
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We need to take note that
what follows is the beginning
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of the Ten Commandments
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spoken by the voice of
the Lord. This is His preamble
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to His Constitution of Grace.
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So look at verse 2.
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"I am the Lord your God
who brought you out of the land
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of Egypt, out of
the house of bondage. "
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What is God wanting to
establish in our hearts here?
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He's saying: I am your
Deliverer. I am delivering you
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out of darkness and into My
light. I am cutting you free
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from the cord of the
wicked that binds you.
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Now listen and learn from My
law of love, My holy principles
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of My universal government.
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The constitution of My
grace, My divine directive
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that sustains, maintains, and
upholds My universal dominion
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over all that I have created.
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You see, My
Commandments are ten promises
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of what I will do in your
life if you will just surrender
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control of your life to
Me. So listen and learn.
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Verse 3: "You shall have
no other gods before Me. "
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How does this reflect His grace?
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He is saying: I will cause
you to know My love for you
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and understand My
power. I will be your Father.
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I will be the
object of your worship
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when you come to know Me.
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Verse 4: "You shall not
make for yourself a carved image
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or any likeness of
anything that is in heaven above
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or that is in earth beneath
or that is in the water under
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the earth. You shall not bow
down to them nor serve them. "
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He's saying: I am delivering
you from false worship.
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Because you will know
Me by personal experience,
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you'll not be like the
pagans. Your worship will differ
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from those who create their
own gods rather than to worship
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their Creator God.
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And verse 7, which is
our topic for this hour,
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Exodus 20 verse 7:
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He's saying: By My grace
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I will empower you
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to live a life
that is worthy of Me
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and worthy of My name.
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Your life will be marked by
reverence for Me in contrast
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to being marred by malice,
deceit, vanity, and emptiness.
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You shall not take the name
of the Lord your God in vain
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for the Lord will
not hold him guiltless
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who takes His name in vain.
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There are serious consequences
for breaking this Commandment,
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for taking God's name in vain.
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Why are we held guilty
if we take His name in vain?
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What acts do we
commit that amounts to
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taking His name in vain?
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To understand we must understand
the majesty of the lawgiver
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as Nehemiah did when he
said in Nehemiah 9 verses 5-6.
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Nehemiah 9 verses 5-6. He said:
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You know, in Deuteronomy
28:58 we find out what God...
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what our attitude - He wants our
attitude to be toward His name.
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He says: "Fear " -
stand in awe and reverence
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of this glorious and awesome
name - "the Lord your God. "
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The Bible refers
to God by many names.
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Many names. And they
all reflect His character.
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They all represent the
glory of God and how He revealed
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His character to His people
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including His word and
His law which is a transcript
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of His character. Now,
while you're in Exodus, turn to
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chapter 33- Exodus
33- and we'll see a time
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when God revealed
His glory. Exodus 33.
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Let's begin with verse 17.
This is a conversation that
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God had with Moses after Moses
had slung those first tablets
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of the Ten Commandments to
the ground and broken them.
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Exodus 33:17. "The
Lord said to Moses,
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I will also do this
thing that you have spoken
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for you have found grace in My
sight and I know you by name. "
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And he, Moses, replied:
"Please, show me Your glory. "
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Then He, God, said: "I will make
all my goodness pass before you
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and I will proclaim the
name of the Lord before you.
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I will be gracious to
whom I will be gracious,
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and I will have compassion on
whom I will have compassion. "
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But He said: "You cannot see
My face, for no man shall see Me
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and live. " And the Lord
said: "Here is a place by Me,
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and you shall stand
on the rock. " Praise God
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for our Rock, Jesus Christ!
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"So it shall be while My glory
passes by that I will put you
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in the cleft of the rock... "
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He hideth my soul in
the cleft of the rock.
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"and will cover you
with My hand while I pass by.
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Then I will take away My
hand and you shall see my back
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but My face shall not be seen. "
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Now continuing on in the next
chapter - Exodus 34 verse 1:
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"The Lord said to
Moses, cut two tablets of stone
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like the first ones, and I
will write on these tablets
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the words that were on the
first tablets that you broke. "
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Who wrote the
second set of tablets?
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God did! It was always and
only by His finger because man
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was not supposed to
touch His Ten Commandments.
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And He said: "So be ready in
the morning and come up in the
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morning to Mount Sinai and
present yourself to Me there
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on the top of the mountain. And
no man shall come up with you
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and let no man be seen
throughout all the mountain.
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Let neither flocks nor
herds feed before that mountain.
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So he, Moses, cut two tablets
of stone like the first ones.
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Then Moses rose early in the
morning and went up Mount Sinai
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as the Lord had commanded
him. And he took in his hand the
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two tablets of stone.
Now the Lord descended
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in a cloud and
stood with him there
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and proclaimed the
name of the Lord. "
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Moses said:
"Show me Your glory. "
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God proclaimed His name.
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"And the Lord passed before
him and proclaimed THE LORD,
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THE LORD GOD,
MERCIFUL AND GRACIOUS,
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LONGSUFFERING AND
ABOUNDING IN GOODNESS AND TRUTH.
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Keeping mercy for thousands.
Forgiving iniquity and
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transgression and sin. By
no means clearing the guilty.
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Visiting the iniquity of
the fathers upon the children
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and the children's children
to the 3rd and 4th generation. "
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Now, what was Moses'
response to this revealed glory?
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"Moses made haste, and he
bowed his head toward the earth
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and worshiped. Then he
said: If now I have found grace
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in your sight, oh Lord, let
My Lord, I pray, go among us
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even though we are
a stiff-necked people
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and pardon our
inequity and our sin and take
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as Your inheritance. "
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God proclaimed His name
as representing His glory,
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His character. That's
why His name is so exalted.
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And let's look at what
David wrote in Psalm 138
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verses 2 and 3. Psalm 138:2-3.
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And I believe the
Amplified Version is
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going to be on the screen here.
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David prayed:
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"In the day when I
called You answered me;
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you strengthened me with
strength in my inner self. "
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Why does God magnify His
Word even above His name?
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Because in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with God
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and the Word WAS God.
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And He became flesh
and tabernacled among us.
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We have to recognize the
majesty of the name of God
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which represents His character.
So when we take His name in vain
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we are slandering His character.
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Now I... as I
was looking at this
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and thinking about this message,
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I thought... am I
preaching to the choir?
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Do any of us take
God's name in vain?
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You know, I know that last
year when I did Commandment #9
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I thought... I'm not
guilty of bearing false witness.
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Until I studied it out in depth
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and I found myself
before the Lord saying:
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"Oh, Father, God, forgive
me every time I have repeated
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a rumor. Lord,
forgive me for the things
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that I did not see in Your law.
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I was looking at the
letter of the law and not the
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spirit of the law. "
And, you know something,
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even as... I mean, I would
have never thought that I took
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the name... the
Lord's name in vain.
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But as I began to study
this I found myself saying:
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"Oh, Father God, forgive me.
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There are days that I feel like
I've taken Your name in vain. "
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And you know, this is the beauty
of getting deep into the Word
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of God. When we study
His law, what happens is
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that mirror that Jim was talking
about, the law being a mirror
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it... it becomes... the deeper
we study the more we realize
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there's dirt on our own
face. And the beauty of it is
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we recognize our
great need for a Savior.
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That's what it's all about.
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Hebrews 4:12 says:
"The Word of God is alive
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and active and sharper
than any two-edged sword. "
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Even to the point of judging
the intentions of our hearts
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and our thoughts. So,
what I've come up with
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and this is...
boy... a really, um...
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condensed study
from what I had first.
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I was looking through
this, and as I began to study
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I told J.D.:
"I've got a book here! "
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But I want to give
you four categories
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of taking the
Lord's name in vain.
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And we are going to just kind
of skim over the first three
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quickly because of
the limitation of time.
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I want to really concentrate
on the fourth category.
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First, when we most frequently
think of someone taking
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God's name in vain, we think
of the ungodly, disrespectful,
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unbelieving, sacrilegious person
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who uses God's name
as an irreverent byword.
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A curse word.
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Second, swearing falsely is
also taking God's name in vain.
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Not performing
our oaths to the Lord.
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That's taking His name in vain.
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Third, becoming wearied by
the requirements of true worship
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and offering less
than our best to God
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is taking His name in vain.
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Number four: hypocrisy.
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Dishonest,
double-minded behavior.
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Insincere, empty
talk; not walking the talk.
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Deceitful rebellion against
God's governing regulations.
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In other words, disobedience.
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That's taking
God's name in vain.
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So let's look at those
first... those four categories.
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First, those ungodly, irreverent
people who use His name
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as a byword. You know,
in my professional career
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just right out of college...
I have almost always been the
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only woman on an all-male team.
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And frequently I
would... my male counterparts
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would fit into
this first category.
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They would use God's
name in an irreverent way.
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And when they came to know
me and as I voiced my opinion
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most often - almost always -
they would respect my opinion
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and respect me. And they would
not do this in my presence.
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But I worked for a company...
the last company I actually
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worked for before going
into full-time ministry,
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where the director of
development was a computer
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programmer. He
was... a software company.
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And this man used God's
name in vain in that irreverent
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byword all throughout the day.
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And everybody was very
intimidated by this man because
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if you got on his bad
side, he would not help you
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and you could not do your job.
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And he was the
program/computer developer.
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But I was so grieved that
I couldn't help but speak up.
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And when I told him
what it meant to me -
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the name of the Lord - and
how I felt when he did this,
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rather than respecting me
he ramped up his behavior.
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He got worse!
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And so... You know,
this is something that
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as he ignored my request, I
realized this is the one that
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God would say is
an enemy against God.
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Look at this: Psalm 139.
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Psalm 139, verses 19 and 20:
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So each time he would do
this, I determined in my heart
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that I wasn't just
going to let it go by.
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And what I would say every time
he would use the name of the
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Lord in vain around me I'd say:
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"The name of the Lord is
great and greatly to be praised.
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Give glory to His holy name. "
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Amen.
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And I want to tell you, this
irritated him beyond no end.
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And so finally one day
he came to me and he said:
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"I'm tired of you doing that. "
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And I said:
"You've got to be kidding.
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You're upset by
me saying this? "
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And I sat and I
talked with him more.
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And you know, this
man became a good friend,
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and he did not take the name
of the Lord in vain any more.
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Not just around me, but he
quit taking the name of the Lord
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in vain around others.
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And God gave me
favor with this man.
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As Christians we need
to be especially careful
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to reverence God's name.
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We need to take
caution not to use His name
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as a byword in careless
phrases as "Oh, my God. "
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Or "God only knows. "
Or, "I swear to God. "
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We've got to be careful
not to use His name lightly
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in jesting. You know...
I know that you all have
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received these... Some
of you may have sent me
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some of these so forgive me.
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People are sending a lot
of jokes about Jesus and Satan
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and they'll say:
"Oh, these are cute. "
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Oh please don't
send those to me.
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They grieve my soul
because the name of the Lord
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is great and
greatly to be praised.
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And we need to give
glory to Him that is due glory.
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Never... As
Christians we need to be careful
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never to offer a prayer
in a robotic, jesting manner.
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Casually repeating
canned and clever phrases.
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That's taking His name in vain.
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Prayer is a great privilege,
and when we come to Him
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we should pause for just
a moment as we think about
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this great God who tell
us we can call him Abba.
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You know, Jesus taught us
in Matthew 6:9 how to pray.
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He said: "In this
manner therefore pray,
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Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be Your name. "
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What does it
mean to be hallowed?
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It means to be kept holy.
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Jesus was saying:
"Our Father in heaven
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Your name is to be kept holy. "
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And He did.
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Jesus did!
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In John 17 when He
was praying in the garden
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before we went
to... to Gethsemane,
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in John 17
verse 11, just listen.
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He says: "Now I am no longer
in the world but these are in
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the world and I
come to You, Holy Father.
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Keep through Your name
those whom You have given Me
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that they may be
one as We are one. "
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It goes on in verse 25:
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"O righteous Father,
the world has not known You
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but I have known You, and these
have known that You sent Me. "
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Jesus addressed His
Father as holy and righteous.
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Should we not also, likewise,
worship in the same manner?
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The second category of
taking God's name in vain is
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swearing falsely.
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Not performing
our oaths to the Lord.
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Look to the screen and you'll
see Leviticus 19 and verse 12.
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Leviticus 19 and verse 12 says:
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God wants us to be serious.
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Let our yes be
yes and our no be no.
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You know, Jesus picked
this up in Matthew 5:33.
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He says: "Again you have heard
it said that it was said to
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those of old you shall not
swear falsely but shall perform
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your oaths to the Lord but I
say to you do not swear at all.
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Neither by heaven
for it is God's throne
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nor by the earth
for it is His footstool
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nor by Jerusalem for it
is the city of the great king
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nor shall you swear by your head
because you cannot make one hair
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white or black. " I
guess that was before Loreal.
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"But let your yes be
yes and your no be no
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for whatever is more than
these is from the evil one. "
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Oh how cautious we need to be.
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The third category of
taking His name in vain
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is when we become wearied by
the requirements of true worship
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and offer less than our best.
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I have to tell you, this
is the one that got to me.
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As I studied this out I thought
Lord, I let my schedule get
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so crammed that sometimes
I'm going off to do a revival
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series somewhere and
I'm studying on the plane
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to get the message. And I feel
like sometimes I'm giving God
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less than my best.
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But look... Turn if
you will to Malachi,
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the last book of the
Bible... Old Testament...
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the last book of
the Old Testament,
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Malachi chapter 1.
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Malachi chapter 1.
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We are going to begin in verse
6 and here God is speaking of
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offering polluted things.
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In Malachi 1 verse 6,
this is the Lord speaking:
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He said: "A son honors his
father and a servant his master.
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If then I am the
Father, where is My honor?
00:34:29.40\00:34:32.28
And if I am the
Master, where is My reverence?
00:34:32.38\00:34:35.03
saith the Lord of Hosts. To
you priests who despise My name.
00:34:35.24\00:34:39.21
You say 'In what way
have we despised Your name? '
00:34:39.41\00:34:43.93
You offer defiled food on
My altar but say 'In what way
00:34:44.13\00:34:48.24
have we defiled you? '
00:34:48.34\00:34:49.81
By saying the table of
the Lord is contemptible.
00:34:50.01\00:34:53.47
And when you offer the blind
as a sacrifice, is it not evil?
00:34:53.68\00:34:57.61
And when you offer the lame
and the sick, is it not evil?
00:34:57.81\00:35:01.43
Offer it then to your governor.
Would he be pleased with you?
00:35:01.63\00:35:05.01
Would he accept you favorably?
says the Lord of Hosts.
00:35:05.21\00:35:07.93
But now entreat God's favor
that He may be gracious to us.
00:35:08.13\00:35:12.37
While this is being done by
your hands, will He accept you
00:35:12.47\00:35:15.64
favorably? says
the Lord of Hosts.
00:35:15.74\00:35:17.89
Who is there even among you
who would shut the door so that
00:35:18.09\00:35:22.65
you would not kindle
fire on My altar in vain.
00:35:22.75\00:35:26.26
I have no pleasure in
you says the Lord of Hosts.
00:35:26.47\00:35:29.12
Nor will I accept an
offering from your hand. "
00:35:29.32\00:35:32.26
Now let's take that apart.
00:35:32.46\00:35:34.09
The priests and the people
had found God's requirements
00:35:34.29\00:35:37.59
for sacrifice and
worship contemptible.
00:35:37.69\00:35:40.60
Are we not a holy
nation, a royal priesthood?
00:35:40.80\00:35:44.53
Is this not also
applicable to us?
00:35:44.73\00:35:47.19
And when they found the
requirements for worship
00:35:48.99\00:35:53.52
contemptible, God found their
acts of worship contemptible.
00:35:53.56\00:35:57.95
In fact He said: "Who
among you would shut the door? "
00:35:58.15\00:36:01.69
Shut the door to the
church? Don't offer...
00:36:01.89\00:36:05.53
Don't kindle and
offering in vain to Me.
00:36:05.93\00:36:09.55
I'd rather the doors be shut.
00:36:09.75\00:36:11.57
God help us.
00:36:11.77\00:36:13.70
Have we forgotten the
reverence due a holy God?
00:36:13.90\00:36:19.67
Have we become so overly-
familiar with Him that we forget
00:36:21.02\00:36:24.93
to stand in awe and
honor of Almighty God?
00:36:25.03\00:36:30.26
Has church become a social club?
00:36:30.46\00:36:33.36
Do we come to honor and worship
Him in truth and in spirit?
00:36:35.51\00:36:38.86
Or do we come to be entertained?
00:36:39.06\00:36:41.58
Or even worse, to be wearied
00:36:41.78\00:36:44.02
because the
sermon went too long?
00:36:44.12\00:36:46.02
Do we criticize the
message from scripture
00:36:47.48\00:36:50.37
when we are called to
magnify the Word of God?
00:36:50.47\00:36:53.85
Let's continue on Malachi 1:11.
00:36:54.05\00:36:56.54
God is speaking and He says:
"From the rising of the sun
00:36:57.77\00:37:00.11
even to its going
down, My name shall be great
00:37:00.21\00:37:03.27
among the Gentiles. In every
place incense shall be offered
00:37:03.37\00:37:08.07
to My name and a pure offering.
For My name shall be great
00:37:08.17\00:37:12.08
among the nations
says the Lord of Hosts. "
00:37:12.18\00:37:13.91
God's telling them:
"I've got a solution. "
00:37:14.21\00:37:16.45
If my people won't correct
their behavior, I'll raise up
00:37:16.65\00:37:20.68
a people who will.
00:37:20.78\00:37:21.92
I'll raise up a people who
worship Me with gratefulness
00:37:22.22\00:37:26.83
and purity in heart.
00:37:26.93\00:37:28.04
Continuing on in Malachi 1:12
00:37:28.24\00:37:31.15
"But you profane
it, " - My name -
00:37:31.36\00:37:34.66
"You profane My
name in what you say.
00:37:34.76\00:37:37.72
The table of the Lord is defiled
and it's food is contemptible.
00:37:37.82\00:37:42.33
You also say 'Oh,
what a weariness '
00:37:42.53\00:37:45.96
and you sneer at it
says the Lord God. "
00:37:46.16\00:37:49.53
The priests profaned
and perverted sacred things
00:37:49.73\00:37:53.13
sneering at them. They provoked
God by profaning His holy name.
00:37:53.23\00:37:57.31
Taking His name in vain.
00:37:57.41\00:37:58.95
And perhaps they
started in full-time ministry
00:37:59.15\00:38:01.80
with the right heart
and the right spirit,
00:38:01.90\00:38:04.25
but somewhere along the line
they became polluted with pride.
00:38:04.45\00:38:07.86
Obviously, they weren't
reflecting on or acknowledging
00:38:08.26\00:38:11.87
their own spiritual condition
because they had the audacity
00:38:11.97\00:38:15.04
to speak back to God and say:
How did we profane Your name?
00:38:15.14\00:38:18.52
They sneered at the offering
by which they were to live.
00:38:19.98\00:38:23.41
They thought it was too
little, too plain for them,
00:38:23.62\00:38:28.06
contemptible. They
thought that they deserved more
00:38:28.26\00:38:31.56
because they
served in the temple.
00:38:31.66\00:38:33.71
Continuing in verse 11:
"You bring the stolen, the lame
00:38:34.11\00:38:38.77
and the sick; thus
you bring an offering.
00:38:38.87\00:38:41.38
Should I accept this
from your hand? says the Lord.
00:38:41.58\00:38:44.29
But cursed be the deceiver
who has in his flock a male
00:38:45.76\00:38:51.35
and takes it out but sacrifices
to the Lord what is blemished.
00:38:51.45\00:38:56.68
For I am a great King,
says the Lord of Hosts.
00:38:56.88\00:39:00.49
And My name is to be
feared among the nations. "
00:39:00.69\00:39:03.97
The people had reckless
regard for the holy ordinances.
00:39:04.17\00:39:08.24
The sacrifices that they brought
00:39:08.44\00:39:10.55
and the sacrifices that
were accepted were substandard.
00:39:10.75\00:39:15.23
It was not their best.
00:39:15.43\00:39:16.50
They felt it was enough
just to come to the altar
00:39:16.70\00:39:19.57
of sacrifice, and surely
they didn't need to bring an
00:39:19.87\00:39:22.70
acceptable offering.
00:39:22.80\00:39:24.23
Surely they didn't need to
read their Sabbath School lesson
00:39:24.44\00:39:26.48
before they came
to Sabbath School.
00:39:26.58\00:39:28.23
He is a holy God whom we
should worship in holiness
00:39:30.09\00:39:34.75
and reverence, in
spirit and in truth.
00:39:34.85\00:39:37.60
The people and the
priests had become wearied
00:39:37.80\00:39:41.82
by real worship.
Their offerings, God says,
00:39:42.02\00:39:46.58
were offered in vain
for God was not pleased
00:39:46.68\00:39:49.70
with their acts of
taking His name in vain.
00:39:49.83\00:39:53.03
You know, the Jews were
jealous for the name of God.
00:39:53.43\00:39:57.46
They were fearful of
mispronouncing the name
00:39:57.56\00:40:00.15
so they had the Tetragrammaton.
00:40:00.26\00:40:03.19
And the Tetragrammaton
was 4 Hebrew letters -
00:40:03.29\00:40:07.90
I believe that will
be on the screen here -
00:40:08.10\00:40:09.67
And it's... There were
two words that they used.
00:40:09.87\00:40:13.84
The first was YHWH.
00:40:13.94\00:40:17.69
Yahweh is what we
assume it's pronounced.
00:40:17.89\00:40:20.88
They had removed
all of the vowels.
00:40:20.99\00:40:23.70
And what Yahweh means is I AM.
00:40:23.91\00:40:27.98
This is from a Hebrew
verb that means to be.
00:40:28.19\00:40:33.49
But they had a second,
and that was JHVH: Jehovah.
00:40:33.69\00:40:39.19
And this was from a
combination of two Hebrew words:
00:40:39.40\00:40:42.69
Lord and God.
00:40:42.72\00:40:45.86
So Jehovah means Lord God.
00:40:46.06\00:40:48.23
The Jews did not
pronounce the Tetragrammaton.
00:40:48.43\00:40:51.89
Yet... Bear with me
because I do not want to
00:40:52.09\00:40:58.06
in any way offend any of our
Jewish audience that might be
00:40:58.17\00:41:03.42
tuning in right now.
00:41:03.52\00:41:04.94
But I Corinthians 6:17 says
00:41:05.14\00:41:07.69
that those who are in Christ
are one in spirit with Him.
00:41:07.89\00:41:11.19
The Bible tells
me in Romans 8:15
00:41:12.19\00:41:14.80
that He has put
His Spirit in my heart.
00:41:15.00\00:41:18.41
It says: "You did not receive
the spirit of bondage again
00:41:18.61\00:41:21.77
to fear but you received
the spirit of adoption by
00:41:21.87\00:41:25.21
whom you cry out Abba Father. "
00:41:25.31\00:41:27.93
My spirit's from
Him, it is of Him,
00:41:28.13\00:41:30.66
so I believe with all of
my heart that I have the right
00:41:30.86\00:41:35.69
to call on the name of the Lord.
00:41:35.89\00:41:37.97
And it's not mispronouncing
the name of the Lord
00:41:38.17\00:41:42.02
that slanders His name,
00:41:42.12\00:41:45.16
defaming it, profaning it.
00:41:45.36\00:41:47.30
It is our ACTS
that slander His name.
00:41:47.50\00:41:53.07
When the Jewish nation - being
so cautious not to mispronounce
00:41:54.46\00:41:59.59
His name... Listen to what Paul
told them in Romans chapter 2.
00:41:59.69\00:42:02.70
You don't have to turn there.
00:42:02.90\00:42:04.08
But Paul told the Roman Jews:
"Indeed you were called a Jew.
00:42:04.18\00:42:06.77
You rest on the law
and make your boast in God.
00:42:06.97\00:42:09.58
You know His will and approve
the things that are excellent
00:42:09.78\00:42:12.69
being instructed out of the law
00:42:12.79\00:42:14.75
and are confident that
you yourself are a guide
00:42:14.95\00:42:17.15
to the blind. A light to
those who walk in darkness.
00:42:17.25\00:42:20.40
An instructor of the
foolish, a teacher of babes,
00:42:20.60\00:42:23.89
having the form of knowledge
and truth in the law. "
00:42:24.09\00:42:27.42
Says a lot about the law of
God right there, doesn't it?
00:42:27.62\00:42:29.71
"You, therefore,
who teach another...
00:42:29.91\00:42:32.89
do you not teach yourself?
00:42:33.09\00:42:35.40
You who preach that a man
should not steal, do you steal?
00:42:35.60\00:42:39.88
You who say do
not commit adultery,
00:42:40.08\00:42:42.32
do you commit adultery?
00:42:42.52\00:42:43.81
You who abhor
idols, do you rob temples?
00:42:44.01\00:42:46.72
You who make your boast in
the law, do you dishonor God
00:42:46.92\00:42:52.03
through breaking the law? "
00:42:52.13\00:42:54.10
Can he ask us that
very question today?
00:42:55.23\00:42:57.86
"For the name of God is
blasphemed among the Gentiles
00:42:58.06\00:43:03.88
because of you
as it is written. "
00:43:04.08\00:43:06.83
As a Christian,
when we go into public...
00:43:07.13\00:43:12.53
Let me start that over.
00:43:12.83\00:43:14.49
As a Christian in our
home, are we blaspheming
00:43:14.70\00:43:19.73
the name of the
Lord taking it in vain?
00:43:19.83\00:43:22.28
Do our children see us arguing,
00:43:22.39\00:43:25.59
fighting, no love?
00:43:25.79\00:43:29.30
Do they see us doing the
very things that we tell them
00:43:29.51\00:43:32.44
not to do? That's
taking God's name in vain.
00:43:32.54\00:43:35.57
And if we are
Christian in the business world
00:43:35.87\00:43:38.52
or you just go out to Wal-Mart
- wherever you are going -
00:43:38.62\00:43:42.37
people are watching.
00:43:42.57\00:43:46.04
And your behavior, if
you get inpatient in line
00:43:46.25\00:43:49.95
and you think you're
entitled to better treatment
00:43:50.05\00:43:52.59
and you get all puffed up,
00:43:52.69\00:43:55.04
you're taking
God's name in vain.
00:43:55.24\00:43:59.50
You're profaning the name of the
Lord, and that causes people to
00:43:59.60\00:44:02.88
blaspheme the name of God.
00:44:02.98\00:44:05.43
Now very quickly, the
fourth category: hypocrisy.
00:44:05.63\00:44:09.80
Dishonest, double-minded
behavior. Insincere, empty talk.
00:44:10.10\00:44:14.68
Deceitful rebellion against
God's governing regulations.
00:44:14.78\00:44:18.44
The third commandment when
it said "You shall not take the
00:44:18.64\00:44:21.13
name of the Lord your God in
vain, for the Lord will not hold
00:44:21.23\00:44:24.35
him guiltless who
takes His name in vain. "
00:44:24.45\00:44:28.47
That word vain in the
Hebrew is shav: S-H-A-V.
00:44:28.67\00:44:33.94
Here's Vine's Expository
Dictionary... this is how
00:44:34.24\00:44:38.33
it explains that word vain.
00:44:38.43\00:44:41.24
Deceit, deception, malice,
falsity, vanity, emptiness.
00:44:41.44\00:44:45.96
That's what's taking
the Lord's name in vain.
00:44:46.16\00:44:48.70
Strong's defines it this way:
emptiness, vanity, falsehood,
00:44:48.90\00:44:52.67
nothingness,
emptiness of speech, lying,
00:44:52.77\00:44:56.29
worthlessness of conduct.
00:44:56.39\00:44:58.33
Wow! That's taking
God's name in vain.
00:44:58.54\00:45:02.36
Let's look on the
screen at Mark chapter 7.
00:45:03.76\00:45:07.97
We are going to read
just a few verses here.
00:45:08.17\00:45:10.25
Mark chapter 7. We'll
begin with verses 6 and 7.
00:45:10.35\00:45:15.06
This is Jesus speaking.
00:45:15.26\00:45:17.18
He's going to prove to them
that hypocrisy is the essence
00:45:21.15\00:45:24.47
of taking God's name in vain.
00:45:24.58\00:45:26.63
in vain... which in the
Greek means to no purpose...
00:45:40.47\00:45:43.57
Now skip down to
verse 9. He says:
00:45:49.10\00:45:51.72
verse 13
00:45:56.04\00:45:57.30
Oh how cautious we need to be
00:46:06.35\00:46:10.58
that we are not
taking God's name in vain.
00:46:10.68\00:46:14.79
Something that's
even more alarming.
00:46:15.29\00:46:17.71
I want to put
another one on the screen:
00:46:17.81\00:46:18.97
Matthew 7 verses 21 through 23.
00:46:19.07\00:46:22.21
This one ought
to alarm all of us.
00:46:22.41\00:46:24.73
This ought to get each one
of us to checking our spiritual
00:46:24.93\00:46:28.05
pulse. Matthew 7:21-23:
00:46:28.15\00:46:31.39
He says: "Not...
" This is Jesus...
00:46:31.79\00:46:35.96
These who thought they
were in full-time ministry,
00:47:07.83\00:47:12.11
thought they were
doing the word of the Lord,
00:47:12.41\00:47:15.31
professing the name of the Lord,
working in the name of the Lord.
00:47:15.41\00:47:18.63
Jesus says: "I don't know you. "
00:47:18.83\00:47:22.20
You see professing the name
is not what qualifies us for
00:47:22.40\00:47:25.67
heaven. Obedience by His
grace, by His divine power,
00:47:25.77\00:47:31.28
His supernatural
power for assistance.
00:47:31.38\00:47:34.33
THIS is what qualifies us,
00:47:34.54\00:47:37.11
equips us to enter
the kingdom of heaven.
00:47:37.31\00:47:40.51
Listen to this. You know
this scripture very well.
00:47:40.71\00:47:43.20
This whole passage. I
John 3, verses4 through 8.
00:47:43.40\00:47:46.39
"Whoever commits sin
also commits... " What?
00:47:46.59\00:47:51.80
"lawlessness. "
And sin is lawlessness.
00:47:52.00\00:47:56.77
When we break the
law of God that's sin.
00:47:56.97\00:48:00.32
"And you know that He was
manifested to take away our sins
00:48:00.53\00:48:03.83
and in Him there is no sin.
00:48:03.93\00:48:06.48
Whoever abides in Him" -
in Christ - "does not sin.
00:48:06.68\00:48:13.12
Whoever sins has neither
seen Him nor known Him. "
00:48:13.35\00:48:17.15
Now let me stop for a second
00:48:17.25\00:48:18.82
because this is something that
could really put a guilt trip
00:48:19.02\00:48:22.58
on us. And I have to
explain that this word sin
00:48:22.68\00:48:26.31
in the Greek...
this is a linear verb.
00:48:26.41\00:48:28.79
So He is saying here...
00:48:28.99\00:48:30.81
A linear verb is one that just
starts here and it just keeps
00:48:31.01\00:48:33.70
on going. He is
saying that anyone who abides
00:48:33.80\00:48:37.68
in Christ will not
make a habit of sinning.
00:48:37.78\00:48:42.74
He will not
continue on in sinning.
00:48:42.94\00:48:45.60
Doesn't mean that you will never
fall short of the glory of God.
00:48:45.70\00:48:48.65
I fall short of the
glory of God every day.
00:48:48.75\00:48:51.80
How about you?
00:48:52.00\00:48:53.98
But He goes on and
He says in verse 7...
00:48:55.29\00:48:57.73
I John 3 and verse 7:
00:48:57.83\00:49:00.04
"Little children,
let no one deceive you.
00:49:00.24\00:49:03.62
He who practices
righteousness is righteous
00:49:03.82\00:49:08.16
just as He is righteous.
00:49:08.36\00:49:10.44
He who sins is of the devil,
for the devil was sin from the
00:49:10.64\00:49:13.54
beginning and for THIS purpose
the Son of God was manifested
00:49:13.64\00:49:17.38
that He might destroy
the works of the devil. "
00:49:17.58\00:49:20.94
See, those who were
calling on Him "Lord, Lord, "
00:49:21.14\00:49:23.82
they were calling on
Him in pretense only.
00:49:23.92\00:49:27.74
They weren't
walking in obedience to Him.
00:49:27.94\00:49:30.39
They weren't
walking in surrender to God.
00:49:30.49\00:49:32.88
They were not
really His followers
00:49:33.08\00:49:35.78
because they did not practice
the Father's revealed will.
00:49:38.38\00:49:42.65
Perhaps even deceiving
themselves into thinking
00:49:42.85\00:49:46.41
that what they offered...
their own form of worship
00:49:46.61\00:49:49.68
that they offered... was enough.
00:49:49.78\00:49:51.29
Yet they refused
to practice His will.
00:49:51.49\00:49:56.89
In II Timothy 2:19
Paul writes and says:
00:49:57.70\00:50:02.40
"The Lord knows those who
are His. Let everyone who names
00:50:02.51\00:50:07.22
the name of Christ
depart from iniquity. "
00:50:07.32\00:50:12.01
If we profess the name of the
Lord, we must live according to
00:50:12.21\00:50:16.91
that profession. We need to
depart from our lawless ways.
00:50:17.01\00:50:21.28
Otherwise we are
nothing more than hypocrites
00:50:21.48\00:50:23.69
who are taking His name in vain
00:50:23.79\00:50:27.44
practicing a useless religion.
00:50:27.64\00:50:29.88
Let's look at
Leviticus 22 and verse 31.
00:50:30.19\00:50:34.51
Leviticus 22 and verse 31.
This will be on the screen.
00:50:34.71\00:50:37.84
And the Bible says:
00:50:37.94\00:50:39.63
He is saying My authority
entitles Me to your honor
00:50:53.10\00:50:55.80
and your respect; my power
entitles Me to your reverence.
00:50:55.90\00:50:59.04
"I am the Lord
who SANCTIFIES you. "
00:50:59.14\00:51:01.83
By the power of His
grace He will make us holy.
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"Who brought you out
of the land of Egypt. "
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He's our Redeemer.
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"To be your
God: I am the Lord. "
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Now do these
words sound familiar?
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He's repeating the preamble
to His Constitution of Grace.
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And He promises by His
grace that He will sanctify us
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and we will not hypocritically
take His name in vain.
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For God's Commandments become
His promises of what He will do
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in us if we will
surrender to Him.
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Now, let's look at this.
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I Corinthians 15:10.
I love this scripture
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because it's all about grace.
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I don't want to leave you
with this heavy feeling today.
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It's all about grace!
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It's all about coming to
the Lord in surrender and saying
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"Father I need you. I recognize
my sinfulness as a sinner.
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Work in me to will and to act
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according to
Your good purpose. "
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I Corinthians 15:10:
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The grace of God is more
than just unmerited favor.
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The grace of God is
His divine assistance;
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His supernatural
power for salvation.
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Jesus Christ is your
greatest gift of God.
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Christ in you...
your ONLY hope of glory.
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The Holy Spirit is the
second greatest gift of God
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who works in us and
allows God to do abundantly more
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than we could ever think or ask.
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And the Word of God... the
sanctifying, transforming power
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of the Word of God is
another gift of His grace.
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Do we call Him Savior and refuse
to accept His gift of salvation
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by grace? That's taking
His name in vain, isn't it?
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He says in Ephesians 2:8:
"By grace you've been saved"
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not... "by faith, not by works
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that you should boast. "
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But he goes on and then he says:
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"It's a gift from God, and
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we are His
workmanship" prepared...
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"created in Christ Jesus
to do the good works that
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He prepared
beforehand that we should do. "
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Do we call Him Lord and
refuse to as He commands us?
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That's taking His name in vain.
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Look at what He
says in I John 2.
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I John 2 verses 3-6
which will be on the screen.
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"But whoever keeps His
word, truly the love of God is
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perfected in him. By this
we know that we are in Him.
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He who says he abides in
Him ought also himself to walk
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just as He walked. "
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You know, I want to share...
I'm running out of time;
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there's so much more to this.
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But I just want to
share this story with you.
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When the Lord first gave me
life affirmations from scripture
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back in 1996 and as I began...
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God taught me to
speak His word over my life,
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God brought me so close
to Him because doing this
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rewires your computer. Helps
you to think about yourself
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as God thinks about you.
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And I knew that He
said in Isaiah 55 verse 11
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that "His word does not return
to Him void but accomplishes
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every purpose for
which He sent it. "
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I knew that he
says in Jeremiah 1:12
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"I am watching over
My word to perform it. "
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I knew in Romans
4:17 that He says:
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"I am the God that gives life
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to the dead and calls things
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that are not as
though they already were. "
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But as I was speaking this word
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over my life,
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I would often just feel like
"Oh Lord, I'm not there yet.
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Help me. " And one
day I went to this wedding
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and it was a beautiful wedding.
And at the reception afterwards,
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it was a Catholic wedding,
my first Catholic wedding.
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But it was gorgeous.
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And at the reception afterwards,
the dinner, they had a dance.
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And there was a little girl
that had been the flower girl.
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And, oh, she had this long
beautiful hair with ribbons
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flowing through her hair and she
was in this long, flowing gown.
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And her daddy took her out right
toward the end of the dinner.
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Her daddy took her out
onto the dance floor after
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the married couple had danced
first. Then this father and his
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little girl got
out on the dance floor,
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and everybody
hushed and was watching.
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And what he did was he took her
little feet and put them on his
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highly polished shoes. And then
he took his hands in her hands
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and he began just
taking her around the room.
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And she was in perfect
harmony with her father,
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and her face was beaming.
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And I thought to
myself... I don't know if I ever
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experienced a moment
like that with my father.
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It's a fairly common ritual.
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But I don't know, because
my father was killed in a plane
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crash when I was 6 years old.
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But I want to
tell you something.
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I'll never forget the day
that I experienced that moment
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with my heavenly Father.
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I was praying and I was
claiming Galatians 5:25.
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That "Because I am in Christ
I am... live by the Spirit and
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I also walk by the
Spirit. Not running ahead;
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not lagging behind. "
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And then I began to weep
before the Lord and I said
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"Father, I know I'm not walking
in step with Your Spirit.
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Help me. HELP ME. "
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Now, this was nearly 6
months after this wedding.
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And then what
happened was as I was praying
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suddenly in my mind I saw
these two huge hands come down.
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And He took my
hands... put my feet.
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I really didn't see a body.
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But He took my feet
and put them on His feet
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and His hands had a
hold of me gently but firmly.
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And He began
twirling me about the room.
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And suddenly what was
impressed upon my mind was this:
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When I tell you to walk
by My Spirit, I am not...
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My Spirit's not over in
the corner barking out orders.
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Do it like this, Shelley Quinn.
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My Spirit is leading you.
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"For I am the Lord your God
who brought you out of Egypt. "
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And all of these Ten
Commandments God is saying
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"My grace is sufficient for you.
For my power is made perfect
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in your weakness. "
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This is My
Constitution of Grace.
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This is what I will do for you.
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Hallelujah and glory to God.
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