In a world
surrounded by darkness,
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there is a voice that
whispers to every young heart,
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urging them to find
the treasure of truth.
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Those who follow the path
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will discover eternal riches
beyond their wildest dreams.
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Join us now for an
"Amazing Adventure,
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A Journey for life with Jesus."
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Good evening again, friends.
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Welcome to "Amazing Adventure,
A Journey for Life with Jesus."
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Again, welcome all of
those here at our local site.
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We are glad you are here,
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are you glad to
be here this evening?
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Yeah. All right.
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We've been having a wonderful
time studying God's word.
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We have another
great lesson tonight
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that Pastor Doug
would be sharing with us,
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a very important lesson.
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For those of you
who are watching,
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for more
information on the lessons,
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if you haven't ordered them yet,
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you'll need to go the
Amazing Facts Kids website
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and you can order the
study guides right there
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on the website and we'd be
happy to send that out to you.
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Well, friends have you
enjoyed singing our theme song
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from night to night,
"Life is an adventure." Yeah.
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All right, let's stand
together as we sing once more.
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Every day with Jesus
makes us want to sing.
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Life is an
adventure following the King
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Everyday with Jesus
makes us want to sing
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Walking in the
spirit, He will lead the way
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With His word to guide
us glowing deep inside us
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Nothing can divide
us following the King
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Life is an
adventure following the King
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Everyday with Jesus
makes us want to sing
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Conquering with
kindness everywhere we go
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Voices we are
raising, Jesus we are praising
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Life is so
amazing following the King
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Life is so
amazing following the King
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Please remaining standing
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for our scripture
reading and prayer.
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We've got Justin,
who would be doing
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our scripture
reading for us tonight.
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Justin, what is the
scripture reading tonight?
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I'm reading Revelation 22:14.
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"Blessed are those
who do His commandments,
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that they may have the
right to the tree of life,
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and may enter through
the gates into the city."
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All right, thank you very much.
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Our prayer is coming to
us by Mickey, Mikey, Mikey.
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Let's bow our heads as we pray.
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Thank you Lord
for this good day.
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Please bless us all here,
we love You Jesus, amen. Amen.
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Thank you very much, you
may all be seated. Thank you.
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I'm going to invite Pastor
Doug Batchelor to come forward.
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We have some Bible questions
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and we have three
video Bible questions tonight
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and then one written question.
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So if you're
ready, we'll get started.
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I'm excited, we'll
wait and see. Okay.
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Let's go with the first
video question for tonight.
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Hi, my name is Gabriel,
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and I am 8 years
old and my question is.
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Why didn't God
let us have contact
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with other people
in other solar systems?
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That's a good question.
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How many of you believe that
there is life in other planets,
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in other worlds and galaxies.
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There probably is, you
know the Bible teaches,
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that not only did
Jesus make our world,
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the Bible tells us
in the Book of Hebrews
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and in the Book of Colossians,
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that God through
Christ made the worlds.
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When you put an 's'
on the end of the word,
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what does that mean? Plural.
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Worlds, and then you can read
in the Book of Job Chapter 1,
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there was a day
when the sons of the God
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came to present
themselves before the Lord.
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And as Satan came
and God said to Satan,
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"Where did you come from?"
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He said, ''I came from earth."
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So this meeting isn't on earth,
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because he came from
earth, so there are angels,
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we all know that, right?
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So God has other
life in other worlds,
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probably in other galaxies.
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It's a very big universe.
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How come we can't talk to them?
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First of all, I don't believe
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that the UFOs that
people claim that they see
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are aliens from another
planets coming to visit us.
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I think most of those
are optical illusions.
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I remember flying along,
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we got a little airplane
in the Batchelor family,
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with little fan out
front called the propeller,
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and my wife and I and the kids
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were flying one
day and I saw a UFO.
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And that was just space ship,
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red space ship
out there in the sky.
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And I thought and I
got to get-I didn't know
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whether to fly the
other way and run for cover,
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but I'm very curious.
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So I wanted to see what it was.
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So we started
flying, I said, what is it?
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I got to find
out what they speak,
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may be we could talk
to these space creatures.
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Started flying over
there, got closer and closer,
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and you know what it was?
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Someone had one of these
big red Mylar party balloons
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that were helium
filled, and floating out there
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in the middle of the
sky with the sun hitting,
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it looked like a spacecraft.
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I thought it was far away,
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but it was a little
balloon that was closer.
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So I don't
believe that the UFOs,
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but the reason we can't talk
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to the un-fallen sinless
creatures in other worlds,
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is because we have sinned
down here and it's a disease
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and it's like our
world is quarantined,
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you all know what that means.
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You know
sometimes you have a cold
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and your mom and dad want you
to stay away from everyone else,
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so they don't catch your cold.
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Well, this world's
got a cold, it's sick.
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And so the reason, we can't
talk to the un-fallen worlds
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is because we're sick.
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When you're in a hospital, and
you got a contagious disease,
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the only one that you get to see
is the doctors and the nurses.
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While God's a doctor and
the angels are the nurses.
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That's the only one we can
see until we're healed from sin,
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then we'll get to this,
that these other worlds.
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All right, very good. We
have another video question.
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And we're ready
for that at this time.
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Hi, my name is
Jazmine, I am 8 years old.
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My question is, was
Jesus really born on Christmas?
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Was Jesus really
born on Christmas?
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I think she means, December 25,
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what we typically think of
this Christmas, probably not.
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Now how do I know
that from the Bible?
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And you'll have to write
some of these things down.
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In Luke 3, it tells us,
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Jesus was baptized
about his 30th birthday.
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As He began to
be 30 years of age,
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that's when He was baptized.
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And that makes sense because
that's when you had to begin.
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He had to be 30
before He could be a priest.
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Kind David began to
reign when he was 30.
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Joseph was 30 when
he began to lead Egypt.
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Christ began His ministry at 30.
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Then you can
also read in the Bible
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that the shepherds were out
in their fields with the flocks.
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Well, in Jerusalem
around December 25th its cold
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and the shepherds are not out
in the fields with their flocks,
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they're all hurdled
up inside the sheepfold.
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So that probably
wasn't the right season
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and then there's another reason,
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Caesar Augustus issued a census,
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so that the whole world could go
to their hometown to be taxed.
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No king or Caesar would do that
at the coldest time of the year,
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when there was no food in
the fields for the people.
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They usually did that
during the harvest time.
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Jesus was probably
born sometime in the fall.
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But since we don't
know the exact day,
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December 25th is
probably as good a day as any
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to celebrate
His birthday, right.
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Are we commanded in the Bible
to celebrate His birthday? Yes.
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No, there's no
command in the Bible.
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It says in Romans 14,
"If one man regards a day,
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do it to the Lord, if you
don't regard the day, you don't.
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No command that you have
to remember His birthday.
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But there are some things
He commanded us to remember,
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we'll talk about that later.
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All right, we have a
question that someone is asking.
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Is it wrong to pray or
talk to your guardian angel?
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Well, there is no
example in the Bible
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of someone being told
to pray to their angel.
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We're told to pray to God.
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Matter of fact, even
Jesus said, when you pray, say,
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our Father, which are in heaven.
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We address our prayers to God.
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God often uses the
angels to answer our prayers,
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and it's good for
you to be conscious
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that God has angels around you,
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but I don't think
too many of you know
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the name of your
guardian angel, do you?
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So you probably have to give him
a nickname or say, 'Hey, you.'
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Or something like that.
So, that won't be very nice.
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But so there's no real command
or example of anyone talking
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to the guardian angel,
Balaam talked to his donkey,
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but the angel of the
Lord appeared to him,
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so there are angels that
appear to people in Bible
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but I don't think
we're encouraged anywhere
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to pray to them or talk to them.
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Our last video
question for this evening.
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My name is Keona
Walsh and I want to know,
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is the animals
going with us to heaven?
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Are animals going
with us to heaven?
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Well, you might be
wondering more specifically,
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will our pets that we
love, go to heaven with us.
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How many of you have some
pet that you love, you got.
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How many have a dog? Cats?
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Hamster? Boa Constrictor?
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I've had all kinds of pets.
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We've had in our house,
horses and dogs and cats
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and birds and mice and snakes.
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We called it little
bitty baby, Rosy boa, that big.
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He looked like a
worm, but he was a snake,
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very cute and had him
for pet for a little while.
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So we've had a lot of
pets, we had this one dog,
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it was such a great
dog, we named him Spot.
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Took us forever to think
of that name, not really.
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And he protected the kids for
years of loyal, wonderful pet,
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and of course you know,
dog get old and they die.
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They don't live as long
as people, it's very sad.
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So you might wonder
will they be in heaven.
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There's no scripture that says,
our pets will be in heaven.
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But there are
scriptures that say,
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there will be a lot
of animals in heaven.
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In Isaiah 11, another
places and in the new earth,
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God's going to have the animals
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just like when He
first made the world.
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Did God make animals? Yes.
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Is He going to have the animals
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again in the Garden
of Eden in the new world?
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Sure, He will.
Will your pets be there?
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Bible doesn't say but don't be
surprised, God can surprise us.
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He's going to
make everybody happy.
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Talking about pets, Pastor
Doug, I found something today.
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I drove by a field and
I found a pet cemetery.
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You know that there's
pet cemeteries out there?
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And I went in
there, I didn't steal this,
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but I asked the person there,
if I could borrow this stone.
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And this is in
loving memory for Coco.
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Now, I don't know who Coco is,
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whether that's a
dog, a cat, a bird.
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Kind of date there,
I think its probably
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the date of Coco's deceased.
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Yes, 1997. About 10 years ago.
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So do you think God in
heaven could create a Coco,
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whatever that might be, a
dog or a cat, for this person.
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A new glorified Coco.
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Okay, very good. He could do it.
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All right, well, thank you again
for bringing in your questions.
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Those of you who are watching,
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if you'd like to email us
a question, you can do so.
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Go to Amazing Facts Kids website
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and there is a link to
email your questions to us.
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I'm going to invite the
Amazing Adventures singers
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to come forward.
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They have a special
song they are gonna sing,
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"Wait on the Lord."
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Ask, and it shall be given
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Seek, and ye shall find
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Knock, and it
shall be opened unto you
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Opened to God's love
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He have not because he asked not
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So ask and see he see can find
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For the Lord gives
the things in His time
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Wait on the
Lord Wait on the Lord
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Wait on the
Lord Wait on the Lord
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Wait I say wait on the Lord
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Wait on the
Lord Wait on the Lord
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Wait on the Lord Wait,
wait, wait upon the Lord
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Ask, and it shall be given
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Seek, and ye shall find
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Knock, and it
shall be opened unto you
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Opened in God's time
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We have not because we asked not
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So ask and seek and find
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For the Lord gives
the things in His time
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Wait on the
Lord Wait on the Lord
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Wait on the
Lord Wait on the Lord
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Wait I say wait on the Lord
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Wait on the
Lord Wait on the Lord
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Wait on the Lord Wait,
wait, wait upon the Lord
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Amen, Beautiful job.
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Thank you so
much to our singers.
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How is everybody tonight?
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Good. Good to see you.
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I want to welcome our
friends that are watching
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all different
parts of North America
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and the world and we are
having an Amazing Adventure.
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Tonight we've got a
very important study.
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Our lesson is talking about
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the ''Code of the
King'', the "Code of the King."
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And tonight I'm
going to tell you,
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where the most
important treasure
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in the world is located.
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You think I'm
kidding. I'm serious.
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It's the most
valuable treasure in the world.
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Now, when you
think about the code,
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I'm not talking about
like a spy secret code,
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I'm talking about a
code that a person lives by.
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It's a set of guidelines.
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Some of the features
or prominent statements
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that guide them.
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You know, during the
time of the medieval knights,
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the knights have
this code of honor
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that they would live by.
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Matter of fact that
someone had a little list here,
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what some of the code
statements of those knights
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from the time of
King Arthur would live by.
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Defending those who
could not defend themselves.
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Caring for the
orphans and the widows.
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Showing respect for God.
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Obeying those in authority.
Always telling the truth.
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Being fair and
honest with everyone.
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And never
turning from the enemy.
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This was the code of honor that
they would die to defend them,
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they had it memorized.
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Do you know that God has a code?
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And God's code, it's
the Christian code of honor,
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is the most
important code in the world.
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Now I told you
a few minutes ago,
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that I was going to
give you the most important,
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I'll tell you
where the most important
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treasure in the world is.
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And it's closer than you think.
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Let's get into
our lessons tonight,
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and I'm going to tell you
where some gold is located.
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Question number
one in your lesson.
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How did the law or the
''Code of the king'' come to us?
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Now if you got your lessons,
I hope you're following along,
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that's question number one.
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It says in Exodus 31:18,
and this is talking about
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when Moses went
up to Mount Sinai
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and he received
the Ten Commandments.
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It says "And when He
had made an end of speaking
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with him on Mount Sinai,
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then He gave Moses two
tablets of the testimony,
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tablets of stone,
written with the finger of God."
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This is talking about what?
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What was written
with the finger of God?
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The Ten Commandments.
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This was the most
important code in the world.
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Because most of the time,
when the Lord spoke to us,
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He spoke through
angels or He impressed men
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with His Holy Spirit and
they wrote some things down.
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But what's different
about the Ten Commandments?
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You know, what's different
about the Ten Commandments?
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God wrote them
with His own finger.
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God spoke them
with His own voice.
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You can read this, Exodus 32:16,
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"And the tablets
were the work of God,
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and the writing was
the writing of the God,
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graven upon the tablets."
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This was written with
the very fingers of the Lord.
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Now that's very important.
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"So he declared
to you His covenant
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which He
commanded you to perform,
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even Ten Commandments,
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and he wrote them on
two tables of stone."
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Now there's no other time
in the history of the world,
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when God audibly
spoke to a nation,
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when He wrote
something with His own finger.
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Well, of course,
Jesus one time wrote
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in the dust of the temple floor.
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But when God gave
the Ten Commandments,
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He wrote it with His own finger.
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And He cut out these stones
and He gave them to Moses.
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Then what did Moses do with
the Ten Commandments, who knows?
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What did he do?
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Brought them down the mountain
and where did he put them?
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He put them inside
the Ark of the Covenant.
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This beautiful
golden box that was made.
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Now, do you know what?
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I'm going to tell you
where that is right now.
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Do you know that Ark?
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That golden box has
been missing for 2, 500 years
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and a lot of people
have wondered where it was
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and people have gone on
expeditions looking for it,
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they even made movies about it,
talking about where is the Ark?
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If you found this, you
gonna be a millionaire.
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You would be a billionaire.
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It would be the most
valuable treasure in the world,
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if you could have
this Ark of the testimony.
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I want to tell you where it is?
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The Bible says, back
in the days of Jeremiah,
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King Nebuchadnezzar
was getting ready to come
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and to conquer Jerusalem.
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God told Jeremiah, the prophet,
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that the city would be
destroyed and the temple,
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where the Ark of
the Covenant was kept,
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was going to destroyed also.
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And Jeremiah knowing that,
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knowing that the
temple and everything
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was going to be destroyed,
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at night he with
some of the loyal priests,
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they took the Ark
out of the temple,
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and they hid it in the cave,
somewhere underneath Jerusalem
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and they sealed the opening.
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And only a handful of
priests knew where it was.
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Only a few people knew
what had been hidden there.
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Well then Nebuchadnezzar
came, he destroyed the city,
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he burned the temple.
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It tells in the Bible about
all the articles of the temple
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that he carried off
but it never mentions
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the Ark of the Covenant.
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And that tells us that it's
still there somewhere hidden,
00:20:49.47\00:20:54.34
but it's even that
treasure is even closer
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than you think and now
I'm going to tell you tonight,
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how you can know how
to find the treasure.
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Would you like
to know that? Yes.
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Okay, well, you keep listening
and I'll be telling you.
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Question number two.
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Why did God give
the Ten Commandments?
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The answer is in the Bible.
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If you look in
Galatians 3:24, it says,
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"The law was our tutor
to bring us to Christ."
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The purpose of the law is
to help us get to know the Lord
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and to bring us closer to Him.
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Now we're going to talk about
the Ten Commandments tonight,
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because this is
the code of the king,
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and it's very important lesson.
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Are the Ten
Commandments something
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that should
make us happy or sad?
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Happy. Happy.
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The Bible says
that, Proverbs 29:18,
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God says in the
book, in the Bible,
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"Happy is he who keeps the law."
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Now if I go out
there on the street
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and I steal from somebody,
00:21:48.83\00:21:50.05
and I'm in jail because I stole.
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Am I going to be
happy in jail? No.
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Or if I go out
there and, you know,
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I break one of the law,
if I were to kill somebody
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and I'm in jail, may
be on death row in Texas.
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Would I be very happy? No.
00:22:05.14\00:22:06.52
The people who break
the law are not happy.
00:22:06.55\00:22:08.88
The devil wants you to think.
00:22:08.91\00:22:10.25
Ah, you're going to be
happy if you break the law.
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Obeying the law is too
hard, so just break it. No.
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The Bible says, happy are
those, that obey God's law,
00:22:17.14\00:22:20.65
but we can't do it without
His help. Proverbs 3:1-2.
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It says "Keep my
commands, for length of days
00:22:25.27\00:22:29.31
and long life and
peace they will add to you."
00:22:29.34\00:22:31.81
Not only will you be peaceful,
not only will you be happy,
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it says 'length of days'
what is that mean? Long life.
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When you obey the Lord, you
stay out of the lot of trouble.
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Chances are you're going
to live a lot longer too.
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And again Exodus 19:5,
00:22:46.57\00:22:48.81
"Now therefore, if you will
indeed obey My voice", God says,
00:22:48.84\00:22:53.23
"and keep My covenant,"
meaning the commandments,
00:22:53.26\00:22:55.81
"then you will be
a special treasure
00:22:55.84\00:22:58.19
to Me above all people."
00:22:58.22\00:23:00.23
Now we are talking
about treasure tonight.
00:23:00.26\00:23:03.31
There's not only a treasure
in the Ark of the Covenant.
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There's a treasure in this room.
00:23:06.97\00:23:08.35
There is a treasure right there,
those of you who are watching.
00:23:08.38\00:23:12.22
You are a treasure to God.
00:23:12.25\00:23:14.23
How do you know,
what makes gold valuable?
00:23:14.26\00:23:17.28
Do you know why
diamonds are valuable?
00:23:17.31\00:23:19.21
Why are rubies valuable?
00:23:19.24\00:23:22.20
Do you know, because they
are rare, they are precious?
00:23:22.23\00:23:27.97
When some pays a
lot for something,
00:23:28.00\00:23:29.90
that means it's valuable.
00:23:29.93\00:23:31.94
You know there is a
painting that Van Gogh painted.
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And back when he was alive,
nobody paid anything for it,
00:23:36.11\00:23:38.87
but afterwards, someone started
paying millions of dollars
00:23:38.90\00:23:42.02
for his paintings
and the Van Gogh painting
00:23:42.05\00:23:43.75
now is worth
millions of dollars,
00:23:43.78\00:23:46.83
because they are so valuable,
00:23:46.86\00:23:48.06
they are so, so
much is paid for them.
00:23:48.09\00:23:50.65
What was the
most expensive price
00:23:50.68\00:23:53.73
ever paid for
anything in the universe?
00:23:53.76\00:23:57.82
Do you know?
00:23:57.85\00:23:58.88
Now the problem is if I call on
you here, in Richardson, Texas
00:23:58.91\00:24:01.87
they're not going to
hear you on my microphone.
00:24:01.90\00:24:03.89
What was the most--
I'll ask some of you.
00:24:03.92\00:24:05.33
What was the most
expensive gift, in the back?
00:24:05.36\00:24:08.76
Leonardo da Vinci. No,
it's not Leonardo da Vinci.
00:24:08.79\00:24:12.49
The price Jesus paid for us.
00:24:12.52\00:24:14.47
That's right, the
price that Jesus paid for us.
00:24:14.50\00:24:18.33
What's more valuable?
00:24:18.36\00:24:22.71
Mountain of gold, where a person
00:24:22.74\00:24:25.21
who can make a mountain
of gold, what's worth more?
00:24:25.24\00:24:27.80
The mountain of gold or
the person who can make it?
00:24:27.83\00:24:31.65
The person who can make
it. So what's worth more?
00:24:31.68\00:24:34.96
Diamonds or a person
who can make diamonds?
00:24:34.99\00:24:37.99
The person who
can make diamonds.
00:24:38.02\00:24:39.67
The most valuable gift
in the world is when God
00:24:39.70\00:24:43.11
who made everything that's
worth anything gave Himself.
00:24:43.14\00:24:49.17
He paid the highest
price ever paid for you.
00:24:49.20\00:24:54.17
So how valuable are you to God.
00:24:54.20\00:24:57.44
And He says that
when we trust Him
00:24:57.47\00:24:59.63
and we're willing to obey Him,
00:24:59.66\00:25:01.02
we become a very
great treasure to Him.
00:25:01.05\00:25:04.29
He's looking through this world
for people who would trust Him.
00:25:04.32\00:25:07.24
Question number three.
00:25:07.27\00:25:09.40
You might be
wondering, why can't we see God?
00:25:09.43\00:25:13.37
Well, I think you can see
God in the things that we make,
00:25:13.40\00:25:16.32
but after Adam and Eve sinned,
they couldn't see God anymore.
00:25:16.35\00:25:20.08
The Bible tells
us in Isaiah 59:2,
00:25:20.11\00:25:23.34
"But your iniquities--" You know
the word 'iniquities' means?
00:25:23.37\00:25:25.91
It mean sins.
00:25:25.94\00:25:27.63
"Have separated
you from your God.
00:25:27.66\00:25:30.91
And your sins have
hidden His face from you."
00:25:30.94\00:25:34.78
Remember we
showed the illustration
00:25:34.81\00:25:36.06
with a light last night,
and that very bright light.
00:25:36.09\00:25:39.49
You remember when I shined the
light on girl's face up here.
00:25:39.52\00:25:43.19
Even though she couldn't see
the light, she felt the heat.
00:25:43.22\00:25:46.69
God is so bright
and God is so glorious.
00:25:46.72\00:25:49.88
If God were suddenly to
appear in this room right now,
00:25:49.91\00:25:52.10
what do you think would happen?
00:25:52.13\00:25:54.32
Even Moses who
is a holy man said,
00:25:54.35\00:25:57.12
he couldn't talk
to God face to face.
00:25:57.15\00:26:00.12
God said, "If you look at
My face, you won't even live."
00:26:00.15\00:26:02.75
So the reason that
we can't see God is
00:26:02.78\00:26:04.46
because He loves us and His
brightness would destroy us.
00:26:04.49\00:26:08.01
But when we're
cleansed from our sins,
00:26:08.04\00:26:10.18
and He gives us our new bodies,
00:26:10.21\00:26:11.47
we'd be able to see Him
face to face, the Bible says.
00:26:11.50\00:26:15.00
But right now, we can't.
00:26:15.03\00:26:16.40
So His law is
there to protect us.
00:26:16.43\00:26:18.85
In Romans 3:23, it tells
us that we have all sinned.
00:26:18.88\00:26:24.68
How many is that? Everybody.
00:26:24.71\00:26:27.77
How many people
in the world today?
00:26:27.80\00:26:30.06
Over 6 billion, I
think it's like 6.7 billion.
00:26:30.09\00:26:33.60
So you know how many of
those have sinned? 6.7 billion.
00:26:33.63\00:26:38.31
Everybody in this room,
everybody who is watching,
00:26:38.34\00:26:41.31
we've all sinned.
00:26:41.34\00:26:42.97
And what is the penalty for sin?
It's very serious it's death.
00:26:43.00\00:26:47.81
And God wants to save us, that's
why Jesus died on our behalf.
00:26:47.84\00:26:51.80
But after He
died for us, He says,
00:26:51.83\00:26:54.69
"Look I'll give you power
and I'll give you new heart
00:26:54.72\00:26:56.82
but you must trust Me
and be willing to obey Me."
00:26:56.85\00:26:59.59
The law is not there
to restrict our freedom.
00:26:59.62\00:27:02.29
The law is there to keep
us safe and to protect us.
00:27:02.32\00:27:06.53
Some children
went on a school trip.
00:27:06.56\00:27:08.47
You ever gone on a
trip with your school?
00:27:08.50\00:27:10.88
They went to the zoo.
And you've been to the zoo?
00:27:10.91\00:27:13.75
And at this zoo,
they had the lion's cage,
00:27:13.78\00:27:16.98
this is few years ago
and then they had a barrier,
00:27:17.01\00:27:20.23
they had a hedge, that separated
the path from the lion's cage,
00:27:20.26\00:27:24.38
and there was a sign there,
it said, "Don't cross the hedge.
00:27:24.41\00:27:27.38
Don't get near the lion's cage."
00:27:27.41\00:27:29.66
But some of the boys
looked and said, that old lion,
00:27:29.69\00:27:32.22
he's just laying there snoring.
00:27:32.25\00:27:34.95
I'm not afraid of that lion.
00:27:34.98\00:27:36.48
So couple of
the boys, they said,
00:27:36.51\00:27:38.20
I'm going to go get
up to the lion's cage
00:27:38.23\00:27:41.04
and I'm going to look
at him through the cage,
00:27:41.07\00:27:43.07
I want to get closer.
00:27:43.10\00:27:44.20
So they snuck through the little
hedge of leaves and bushes,
00:27:44.23\00:27:48.13
and they went
above by the lion's cage
00:27:48.16\00:27:50.18
and right then, the
zoo keeper was watching.
00:27:50.21\00:27:53.13
He said, "you boys,
get away from that cage."
00:27:53.16\00:27:55.59
And right when the zoo keeper
said that, the lion jumped up,
00:27:55.62\00:27:59.31
he saw them, he snapped
like a bolt of lightning,
00:27:59.34\00:28:02.08
he ran for the cage he
stuck his paws and his claws
00:28:02.11\00:28:05.59
through the cages
and he swiped at the boys
00:28:05.62\00:28:08.60
and they just got away
from him by a hair's breadth.
00:28:08.63\00:28:13.70
They thought that they could
play there by the lion's cage.
00:28:13.73\00:28:16.40
Let me ask you?
00:28:16.43\00:28:17.85
Where those kids
glad that there was a cage
00:28:17.88\00:28:20.47
to stop the lion
from reaching them? Yes.
00:28:20.50\00:28:23.75
Should they have
listened to the sign that says,
00:28:23.78\00:28:25.72
don't cross the hedge? Yes.
00:28:25.75\00:28:28.29
Was it there to
keep away their happiness
00:28:28.32\00:28:30.40
or to protect their happiness?
00:28:30.43\00:28:33.93
The devil is
like a roaring lion.
00:28:33.96\00:28:36.30
He's going around wanting
to see who he can devour.
00:28:36.33\00:28:40.08
And he doesn't want
you to obey God's law.
00:28:40.11\00:28:42.48
But God's law is
there to protect you
00:28:42.51\00:28:45.45
and to keep you safe.
00:28:45.48\00:28:47.94
Now you trust
God and you obey Him,
00:28:47.97\00:28:51.94
you're going to save
yourself from a lot of heartache
00:28:51.97\00:28:53.90
and a lot of
people get in trouble
00:28:53.93\00:28:55.20
because they think,
I'll just disobey this once.
00:28:55.23\00:28:58.65
And Jesus is very
merciful, and He'll forgive us
00:28:58.68\00:29:00.96
but when we disobey
the law of the King,
00:29:00.99\00:29:03.43
it makes the Lord sad,
it makes the angel sad.
00:29:03.46\00:29:07.12
And it makes the
devil mad, when you obey.
00:29:07.15\00:29:09.92
So what do you want to do?
00:29:09.95\00:29:11.27
You want to make the Lord happy
00:29:11.30\00:29:12.55
or you want to
make the devil happy?
00:29:12.58\00:29:14.24
Lord happy. Obey the Lord.
00:29:14.27\00:29:16.67
You can't do it without His help
00:29:16.70\00:29:17.77
but with His help,
you can do everything.
00:29:17.80\00:29:20.06
Now we got to go back and talk
a little about a definition.
00:29:20.09\00:29:22.88
Number four. What is sin?
00:29:22.91\00:29:26.07
And why did we need a law?
00:29:26.10\00:29:28.86
Well it tells us in I
John 3:4 "Sin is lawlessness."
00:29:28.89\00:29:36.65
That means, when we
sin, we are breaking the law.
00:29:36.68\00:29:39.02
Sin is the
transgression of the law.
00:29:39.05\00:29:41.66
Whenever we talk about sin,
00:29:41.69\00:29:43.55
it means we are
breaking God's law.
00:29:43.58\00:29:45.16
Do you know, it's very sad,
00:29:45.19\00:29:46.64
I'm going to tell
you something, right now.
00:29:46.67\00:29:50.06
That it just makes
me ashamed, even sad.
00:29:50.09\00:29:53.06
There are some
Christians who believe
00:29:53.09\00:29:55.65
that we don't have to keep
the Ten Commandments anymore
00:29:55.68\00:29:58.38
that God doesn't really care.
00:29:58.41\00:30:00.05
That because Jesus saves us
by His grace, it doesn't matter.
00:30:00.08\00:30:03.25
Well, that's not true.
00:30:03.28\00:30:04.49
It is true we are not
saved by keeping the law,
00:30:04.52\00:30:07.01
but if we love the Lord,
00:30:07.04\00:30:08.46
we will keep His
commandments we want to.
00:30:08.49\00:30:11.17
We are not saved by the law,
00:30:11.20\00:30:13.13
but you cannot get to heaven
deliberately breaking God's law.
00:30:13.16\00:30:16.78
It's so important
you understand that.
00:30:16.81\00:30:19.26
The purpose of the
law, it says in Romans 3:20
00:30:19.29\00:30:22.76
"By the law is
the knowledge of sin.
00:30:22.79\00:30:25.56
It's the law that
shows us what our sins are.
00:30:25.59\00:30:27.91
Now I need a
couple of volunteers,
00:30:27.94\00:30:30.44
to go into the mystery
chest for me tonight, all right.
00:30:30.47\00:30:36.18
Here's a young
lady, you can come up
00:30:36.21\00:30:38.58
and what, you can
come on up here, all right.
00:30:38.61\00:30:40.88
Go ahead, we're not done.
00:30:40.91\00:30:41.98
Just we're going to give some
more of you a chance tonight.
00:30:42.01\00:30:45.05
All right, let's
start with you. Is that Ash?
00:30:45.08\00:30:48.53
Ashton. Ashton.
00:30:48.56\00:30:49.76
why don't you reach in the chest
00:30:49.79\00:30:50.82
and see if you find something
that reflects in there, okay.
00:30:50.85\00:30:54.62
And you come over
here Balboa and just stand,
00:30:54.65\00:30:56.73
you can turn
around facing the people.
00:30:56.76\00:30:58.66
Is it something
that reflects in there.
00:30:58.69\00:31:01.96
I hope there is. Okay.
00:31:01.99\00:31:08.13
Let's see what we got
going on here. All right.
00:31:08.16\00:31:13.69
Now, would it bother
you if I went through
00:31:13.72\00:31:16.94
the rest of the meeting
with this on my forehead,
00:31:16.97\00:31:19.22
would that
distract you a little bit.
00:31:19.25\00:31:20.53
Yeah. No.
00:31:20.56\00:31:21.78
Some of you say,
no, it didn't bother me.
00:31:21.81\00:31:25.51
What I used to do is
I used to take a pen,
00:31:25.54\00:31:27.40
I draw something on my
head to illustrate this
00:31:27.43\00:31:29.45
and one day I
grabbed a wrong kind of pen
00:31:29.48\00:31:31.99
and it was a permanent marker.
00:31:32.02\00:31:33.57
And so now I use tape for this.
00:31:33.60\00:31:36.26
Are you-do you
know that I have no idea
00:31:36.29\00:31:38.23
what I look like right now.
00:31:38.26\00:31:40.14
Have you ever talked to somebody
and while they're talking,
00:31:40.17\00:31:43.16
if they just got
done with the lunch
00:31:43.19\00:31:44.23
and haven't
brushed their teeth yet
00:31:44.26\00:31:45.35
and they got a big piece of like
00:31:45.38\00:31:46.64
parsley on their
teeth and they're smiling.
00:31:46.67\00:31:48.99
Got big green leaf there
00:31:49.02\00:31:50.61
and you can't hear
what they're saying,
00:31:50.64\00:31:51.87
all you could think is,
00:31:51.90\00:31:53.06
what you got big old
green thing on their teeth.
00:31:53.09\00:31:56.76
And I remember I had a meeting
with a man during lunch one time
00:31:56.79\00:32:00.38
and he had a white shirt on
and he had spaghetti for lunch
00:32:00.41\00:32:02.80
and he spilt big old blob
of spaghetti sauce on shirt.
00:32:02.83\00:32:06.54
And the whole time I am
talking to him, all I think is,
00:32:06.57\00:32:08.29
I kept looking at this big
spaghetti sauce on his shirt,
00:32:08.32\00:32:11.47
it was distracting because
it just didn't look right.
00:32:11.50\00:32:13.90
So if I would've keep
this for the rest of the lesson
00:32:13.93\00:32:15.54
like this, you won't
be hearing what I'm saying
00:32:15.57\00:32:17.35
because, you'd say,
00:32:17.38\00:32:18.52
'Why is he got that
big old spot on his head.
00:32:18.55\00:32:21.18
And just in
case you're wondering
00:32:21.21\00:32:22.77
this is not the
mark of the beast
00:32:22.80\00:32:24.35
that Pastor Doug has
on his head right now.
00:32:24.38\00:32:27.04
Now there's something
wrong with my appearance,
00:32:27.07\00:32:31.16
but I don't see
it, did you know that.
00:32:31.19\00:32:33.18
I can try, but I can't see it.
00:32:33.21\00:32:39.86
What do I have to
do if I want to see it.
00:32:39.89\00:32:41.44
Look at the mirror.
00:32:41.47\00:32:43.22
Okay, Ashton's got
something here for me.
00:32:43.25\00:32:45.81
So when I look in this mirror,
00:32:45.84\00:32:48.67
oh, my, it's bigger
than that I thought.
00:32:48.70\00:32:50.98
Big black square on my forehead.
00:32:51.01\00:32:53.73
You wouldn't go out to
school like this, would you?
00:32:53.76\00:32:55.86
No. This is not appropriate.
00:32:55.89\00:32:58.29
Now someday this-- I
might start a new fad,
00:32:58.32\00:33:00.42
the way things are today,
anything is possible, right.
00:33:00.45\00:33:03.30
So I felt okay until
I looked in the mirror.
00:33:03.33\00:33:07.26
And so since it was
the mirror that showed me
00:33:07.29\00:33:09.97
the big spot on my
head, then it would make sense
00:33:10.00\00:33:12.75
that the mirror would
take it off, right. No.
00:33:12.78\00:33:15.72
So, still there, didn't help.
00:33:15.75\00:33:23.39
The mirror is
going to show it to me,
00:33:23.42\00:33:24.63
but it's going to help
us, that's not very nice,
00:33:24.66\00:33:26.62
it's just been critical.
00:33:26.65\00:33:28.35
So if I felt okay,
until I looked in the mirror,
00:33:28.38\00:33:33.25
the answer now would be
just to throw the mirror away
00:33:33.28\00:33:36.58
or to put it
down and to break it.
00:33:36.61\00:33:38.90
Is that the answer?
And then everything's okay.
00:33:38.93\00:33:41.63
I don't have
this mirror anymore,
00:33:41.66\00:33:42.79
I don't see the spot, right.
00:33:42.82\00:33:45.05
You're enjoying this, ah. Okay.
00:33:45.08\00:33:47.63
Balboa in the box, you're
going to see something red,
00:33:47.66\00:33:49.60
you want to get that out for me.
00:33:49.63\00:33:52.51
So this is going
to show me my problem
00:33:52.54\00:33:54.36
but it's not
helping me with my problem,
00:33:54.39\00:33:56.08
I need something
else to help me, don't I.
00:33:56.11\00:34:00.60
What you got in
there, very good. Okay.
00:34:00.63\00:34:04.83
Let's pretend this
as a spot, like dirt.
00:34:04.86\00:34:09.07
The mirror might show
you the dirt on your face,
00:34:09.10\00:34:12.00
but it's not
going to wash it away.
00:34:12.03\00:34:14.25
You need something
else to wash it away.
00:34:14.28\00:34:15.97
Matter of fact, you might
even use something like this,
00:34:16.00\00:34:18.37
and you go up there and
you say, all right well,
00:34:18.40\00:34:20.21
I've cleaned it off. Huh.
00:34:20.24\00:34:22.92
Isn't he handsome?
00:34:22.95\00:34:26.84
This, what does this
represent, who knows?
00:34:26.87\00:34:30.14
This is the blood of Jesus
and this is the law of God.
00:34:30.17\00:34:36.73
The purpose of the law
of God is show us our sins,
00:34:36.76\00:34:41.04
but it doesn't
take our sins away.
00:34:41.07\00:34:43.25
It's Jesus and His blood
that takes our sins away.
00:34:43.28\00:34:46.53
Thank you very much, let's give
them the hand for their helping.
00:34:46.56\00:34:48.95
So you see this
picture of the little girl
00:34:54.10\00:34:56.18
up there on the screen.
00:34:56.21\00:34:58.29
You look in the law and you see
that we've got sin in our lives.
00:34:58.32\00:35:03.24
But the law can't
take our sins away,
00:35:03.27\00:35:05.74
it's only Jesus that
can take our sins away.
00:35:05.77\00:35:08.96
Psalm 19:7 says,
00:35:08.99\00:35:10.94
"The law of the Lord is
perfect, converting the soul."
00:35:10.97\00:35:14.59
When we look at the law of God,
we say, ooh, I need some help,
00:35:14.62\00:35:17.76
I've not been honest,
may be I've been stealing,
00:35:17.79\00:35:20.98
may be I've been
using bad language
00:35:21.01\00:35:23.18
and you realize,
I need Jesus' help.
00:35:23.21\00:35:25.31
The devil doesn't want you
to know about the law of God.
00:35:25.34\00:35:28.51
Because when you
know about the law of God,
00:35:28.54\00:35:30.42
then you realize you need Jesus.
00:35:30.45\00:35:32.14
You know about your sin,
you need a Savior from sin.
00:35:32.17\00:35:35.64
Matter of fact, it
says that, Romans 7:7,
00:35:35.67\00:35:38.76
"I would not have known about
sin except through the law.
00:35:38.79\00:35:42.68
For I would not have
known about covetousness
00:35:42.71\00:35:45.18
unless the law had
said, "You shall not covet."
00:35:45.21\00:35:49.09
So the Bible is telling us
that the law is there to help us
00:35:49.12\00:35:52.07
realize we need Jesus.
00:35:52.10\00:35:53.85
In James 2, you know everybody's
ultimately judged by the law.
00:35:53.88\00:35:59.05
The law of the God is the mirror
00:35:59.08\00:36:00.20
that shows if
your face is clean.
00:36:00.23\00:36:02.61
See once I washed my
face, I look back in the mirror,
00:36:02.64\00:36:06.63
to see if everything was okay.
00:36:06.66\00:36:08.63
Ultimately, everyone
is judged by the law.
00:36:08.66\00:36:10.63
James 2:12, "So speak and so do
00:36:10.66\00:36:14.43
as those who will be
judged by the law of liberty."
00:36:14.46\00:36:18.49
It's called the law of liberty
because when you obey the law,
00:36:18.52\00:36:20.73
you're not in the
jail, you're free.
00:36:20.76\00:36:23.18
Those who disobey the
law, where are they? Jail.
00:36:23.21\00:36:25.97
They end up in jail or
prison, right. Romans 3:31.
00:36:26.00\00:36:30.74
"Even though Jesus forgives
us from our sins by His blood,
00:36:30.77\00:36:34.92
the sacrifice of
Jesus did not give us
00:36:34.95\00:36:37.04
permission to break God's law.
00:36:37.07\00:36:39.40
Paul says in Romans 3:31
"Do we then make void the law."
00:36:39.43\00:36:42.92
In other words,
do we break the law,
00:36:42.95\00:36:44.75
through faith? Certainly not!
00:36:44.78\00:36:47.27
"On the contrary,
we establish the law."
00:36:47.30\00:36:50.22
Some people think,
well, since Jesus died,
00:36:50.25\00:36:52.77
He's given us permission
to break the Ten Commandments.
00:36:52.80\00:36:55.51
Is that true? No.
00:36:55.54\00:36:57.20
No but there are even
Christians who think that,
00:36:57.23\00:36:59.62
now that Jesus has
died, we don't need to obey
00:36:59.65\00:37:01.78
the Ten Commandments anymore.
00:37:01.81\00:37:03.94
That's a
dangerous thing to teach.
00:37:03.97\00:37:06.89
Matter of fact,
Solomon, the wisest man
00:37:06.92\00:37:09.04
who ever lived, he said this.
00:37:09.07\00:37:11.49
Last thing he said in
his book called Ecclesiastes.
00:37:11.52\00:37:14.79
"Fear God and
keep His commandments,
00:37:14.82\00:37:18.01
for God will bring
every work into judgment,
00:37:18.04\00:37:21.38
including every secret
thing, whether be good or evil."
00:37:21.41\00:37:25.77
Have you ever done something you
didn't think anybody saw you.
00:37:25.80\00:37:30.32
Did someone see you.
00:37:30.35\00:37:32.32
You know something you
got to be careful about today.
00:37:32.35\00:37:35.47
We are living in a
day where there are
00:37:35.50\00:37:36.53
video cameras everywhere.
00:37:36.56\00:37:37.59
I mean we got lots of cameras
here in this church right now,
00:37:37.62\00:37:40.65
broadcasting this series,
00:37:40.68\00:37:41.89
but even when you're
driving down the streets,
00:37:41.92\00:37:43.62
when you are walking
down through the supermarket,
00:37:43.65\00:37:45.79
when you're going to the bank,
you look up everywhere you look,
00:37:45.82\00:37:48.29
there's little cameras
watching you everywhere now.
00:37:48.32\00:37:51.06
And lot of people have
done some really silly things
00:37:51.09\00:37:53.39
and they didn't know
someone was video taping them.
00:37:53.42\00:37:56.43
But, you know,
video camera recording
00:37:56.46\00:37:58.15
what you're doing is not new.
00:37:58.18\00:38:00.40
Ever since the beginning,
the Lord has videod everything.
00:38:00.43\00:38:04.81
You have never really
got away with anything.
00:38:04.84\00:38:07.29
Whether it was a cookie you took
00:38:07.32\00:38:08.55
that you
weren't supposed to take
00:38:08.58\00:38:10.18
or something that you said,
you weren't supposed to say.
00:38:10.21\00:38:13.54
God knows everything.
00:38:13.57\00:38:15.06
That's why it's
important for us to confess
00:38:15.09\00:38:16.92
and be honest with
God about our sins.
00:38:16.95\00:38:19.02
He'll forgive us everything,
because that's why Jesus came,
00:38:19.05\00:38:23.84
to provide mercy
and a new beginning.
00:38:23.87\00:38:26.24
Number 5.
00:38:26.27\00:38:27.84
Why did God choose
these special laws?
00:38:27.87\00:38:30.36
The Ten Commandments.
00:38:30.39\00:38:31.91
Answer, Psalm 40:8,
00:38:31.94\00:38:34.51
"I delight to do
Your will, O my God,
00:38:34.54\00:38:37.57
Your law is within my heart."
00:38:37.60\00:38:39.97
You see the law of God reflects
00:38:40.00\00:38:43.00
what God's plan
is, what His will is.
00:38:43.03\00:38:44.12
Matter of fact, the law
of God tells us who Jesus is.
00:38:44.15\00:38:48.59
The law is a perfect reflection
of Jesus, His character.
00:38:48.62\00:38:52.49
Let me give you an example
00:38:52.52\00:38:53.61
and you might want to
write some of these verses now.
00:38:53.64\00:38:56.36
The Bible tells us, God is good.
00:38:56.39\00:38:59.38
It says the law is
good in Romans 7:12.
00:38:59.41\00:39:02.79
The Bible says that God is
holy, it says His law is holy.
00:39:02.82\00:39:06.81
God is just, His law is just.
God is perfect, God is love.
00:39:06.84\00:39:11.77
God is righteous, God is truth,
God is pure, God is spiritual,
00:39:11.80\00:39:16.34
God is immutable,
and God is eternal.
00:39:16.37\00:39:18.68
Everything it says about God,
00:39:18.71\00:39:20.41
it says the very
same things about the law.
00:39:20.44\00:39:23.24
So those who say, I
don't like the law of God.
00:39:23.27\00:39:25.50
I don't like the
Ten Commandments.
00:39:25.53\00:39:27.99
Who are they really rejecting
00:39:28.02\00:39:29.14
when they rejecting
the law of God? God.
00:39:29.17\00:39:32.72
When you reject
the code of the King,
00:39:32.75\00:39:35.28
you're rejecting the King.
00:39:35.31\00:39:37.96
That's why this is the
most important treasure.
00:39:37.99\00:39:39.94
What was the law of
God written on? Stone.
00:39:39.97\00:39:43.55
You know what Jesus is sometimes
called, 'The rock of ages.'
00:39:43.58\00:39:48.66
Jesus is the rock of ages.
00:39:48.69\00:39:50.93
He is something that
is enduring and durable.
00:39:50.96\00:39:54.28
Matter of fact, that's our next
question, question number 6.
00:39:54.31\00:39:57.81
Does God ever change,
00:39:57.84\00:40:00.30
or Do His commandments ever
change, the Ten Commandments."
00:40:00.33\00:40:04.63
Oh, no the Bible is very clear.
00:40:04.66\00:40:06.69
Malachi 3:6, God says,
00:40:06.72\00:40:10.31
"For I Am the
Lord, I do not change."
00:40:10.34\00:40:13.10
You know why some people change
because they made a mistake.
00:40:13.13\00:40:16.17
Does God ever make mistakes? No.
00:40:16.20\00:40:18.31
He's perfect. He
never needs the change.
00:40:18.34\00:40:21.33
If something's
wrong in this world,
00:40:21.36\00:40:22.62
does God need to change,
00:40:22.65\00:40:23.68
or do our hearts need
to change? Our hearts.
00:40:23.71\00:40:26.38
The purpose of
the plan of salvation
00:40:26.41\00:40:28.11
is to change us and
make us new creatures.
00:40:28.14\00:40:30.53
It's not because God's changing.
00:40:30.56\00:40:32.71
Matter of fact, Isaiah 40:8,
00:40:32.74\00:40:34.89
"The grass will
wither, the flowers will fade,
00:40:34.92\00:40:37.73
but the word of our God stands"
00:40:37.76\00:40:40.08
for how long? "Forever."
00:40:40.11\00:40:42.33
And Jesus said, "Even the
heaven and earth will pass away,
00:40:42.36\00:40:46.21
but My words will
by no means pass away."
00:40:46.24\00:40:49.30
All right, I need a
couple of more volunteers,
00:40:49.33\00:40:52.01
young lady,
right here is it Emma.
00:40:52.04\00:40:54.23
Yeah, you come on
up and let me see,
00:40:54.26\00:40:56.50
get some for a--
what's your name, Alexia?
00:40:56.53\00:40:59.73
Yeah, Alexia
you come on up here.
00:40:59.76\00:41:01.29
Who hasn't?
00:41:01.32\00:41:02.62
Okay, you are right
here, you're close the aisle,
00:41:02.65\00:41:05.41
I got three of you and now
I'm doing the best I can. Okay.
00:41:05.44\00:41:08.31
Look in there and see
if you find something pink.
00:41:08.34\00:41:11.79
In the chest. Who
wants to go first?
00:41:11.82\00:41:13.79
There's three, so you can--
00:41:13.82\00:41:15.06
one of you can reach
and wave to the camera
00:41:15.09\00:41:16.60
when you go in there.
00:41:16.63\00:41:17.68
Oh, see your camera
again, everything's recorded.
00:41:17.71\00:41:21.48
You see, get all
three of them out there,
00:41:21.51\00:41:23.63
there should be three. Okay.
00:41:23.66\00:41:26.37
And you're sharing with
your friends right here.
00:41:26.40\00:41:31.24
Let me see if I
can borrow this out.
00:41:31.27\00:41:32.30
I'll get a couple more
volunteers real quick here.
00:41:32.33\00:41:35.36
I can see here. All
right come up here, buddy.
00:41:35.39\00:41:38.95
What's your name, Johnny?
You want to hold this for me?
00:41:38.98\00:41:43.48
Okay. All right.
00:41:43.51\00:41:45.46
We got something written here.
00:41:45.49\00:41:48.78
You know what I
like about these boards.
00:41:48.81\00:41:50.10
Who knows why
these boards are neat?
00:41:50.13\00:41:53.52
Used to be, if you
wrote on piece of paper,
00:41:53.55\00:41:55.24
you can take your
rubber eraser like that,
00:41:55.27\00:41:56.88
you can erase things a
little bit, but let me see,
00:41:56.91\00:41:59.87
you make a muscle
here, make a muscle for me.
00:41:59.90\00:42:01.50
You know how to make
a muscle. Pretty good.
00:42:01.53\00:42:04.31
All right let me see if you're
strong enough to erase that.
00:42:04.34\00:42:07.01
Go ahead. Look at
that, let's get it all clean.
00:42:07.04\00:42:09.98
You can make it all disappear,
just spare my thumbs, okay.
00:42:10.01\00:42:13.52
All right very
good look at that.
00:42:13.55\00:42:15.59
So it's easy to
erase, all right girls.
00:42:15.62\00:42:17.79
You need to stand aside
just a little bit for a second.
00:42:17.82\00:42:21.50
No, right behind you
here, all right, here we go,
00:42:21.53\00:42:25.25
stand back, stand back.
00:42:25.28\00:42:29.89
What do you
think that's made of?
00:42:29.92\00:42:33.66
Now is the spare
from the cemetery.
00:42:33.69\00:42:36.92
No, we didn't take
it without permission,
00:42:36.95\00:42:39.84
but that is an
engraving in granite.
00:42:39.87\00:42:42.82
Are you girls have
some erasers there?
00:42:42.85\00:42:45.05
I want to see if you
can erase that. Go ahead.
00:42:45.08\00:42:47.93
I haven't tested, it
may work I don't know.
00:42:47.96\00:42:51.99
Let me know how you're doing.
00:42:52.02\00:42:54.90
Have you ever used
those erasers before?
00:42:54.93\00:42:57.58
I bet Johnny, he's pretty
strong, he can probably do it.
00:42:57.61\00:42:59.59
You want to try.
00:42:59.62\00:43:00.65
You want to try with
one of the rubber erasers.
00:43:05.37\00:43:07.99
Yeah, I mean that's not a bad
idea worked on the other board.
00:43:08.02\00:43:12.93
All right, what do you think,
00:43:12.96\00:43:13.99
how long you guys
gonna have to work on that.
00:43:14.02\00:43:16.79
It's not going to go away. No.
00:43:16.82\00:43:18.44
You guys want to keep
those erasers as a memento.
00:43:18.47\00:43:20.74
You can sell them
on eBay, it might be
00:43:20.77\00:43:21.96
worth something, aren't they.
00:43:21.99\00:43:24.74
You got it Johnny,
you give your eraser
00:43:24.77\00:43:26.22
back to that lady right there.
00:43:26.25\00:43:28.07
You guys know, what
I'm going to say now.
00:43:28.10\00:43:30.37
You can go down, thank you very
much, we appreciate their help.
00:43:30.40\00:43:33.67
Was the law of
God written on paper?
00:43:38.10\00:43:41.34
Was the law of God
written on a scroll?
00:43:41.37\00:43:44.30
Was it written on
an erasable board? No.
00:43:44.33\00:43:47.37
What was it written on? Stone.
00:43:47.40\00:43:50.30
When God wrote it on stone,
00:43:50.33\00:43:51.88
did He plan on
erasing it or changing it? No.
00:43:51.91\00:43:54.65
It's eternal, it is never to
change, like His own character.
00:43:54.68\00:43:58.65
And that's one
of the biggest lies
00:43:58.68\00:44:00.35
that the doctrines of devils
00:44:00.38\00:44:02.08
that God's law is
going to be done away with.
00:44:02.11\00:44:04.67
"All of His
commandments stand for ever.
00:44:04.70\00:44:07.07
Jesus said do not think
00:44:07.10\00:44:09.13
that I have come to destroy
the Law or the Prophets."
00:44:09.16\00:44:11.92
This is Mathew 5:17, "I did not
come to destroy but to fulfill."
00:44:11.95\00:44:16.80
So the law of God is something
He wants to last forever
00:44:16.83\00:44:20.94
and I want to go on
to our next question
00:44:20.97\00:44:23.01
because I'm
running out of time here.
00:44:23.04\00:44:25.40
Even Jesus, now
what is a Christian?
00:44:25.43\00:44:27.61
A Christian is a follower
of Christ, isn't that right.
00:44:27.64\00:44:30.79
Did Jesus keep the law?
00:44:30.82\00:44:33.01
He did, He said, "I kept
My Father's commandments."
00:44:33.04\00:44:35.39
Number seven.
00:44:35.42\00:44:36.45
What are the Ten
Commandments all about?
00:44:36.48\00:44:40.02
How many of you have
memorized the Ten Commandments.
00:44:40.05\00:44:42.63
Any of you know them by heart.
00:44:42.66\00:44:44.29
Could you do all
10. That's pretty good.
00:44:44.32\00:44:47.94
Do you know there used to
be that a good Jewish boy,
00:44:47.97\00:44:51.08
he not only knew
the Ten Commandments,
00:44:51.11\00:44:53.35
he knew every chapter
in the Book of Deuteronomy.
00:44:53.38\00:44:57.90
And we should at least know
00:44:57.93\00:45:00.03
how to memorize
the Ten Commandments.
00:45:00.06\00:45:01.63
I put an abbreviated list of
the Ten Commandments up here,
00:45:01.66\00:45:05.53
so that you can get the preview.
00:45:05.56\00:45:07.74
There's more to it and
you can find this in Exodus 20
00:45:07.77\00:45:10.87
and you read through
the whole chapter there.
00:45:10.90\00:45:12.42
You'll also find
it in Deuteronomy 5.
00:45:12.45\00:45:15.54
It says "For the
first commandment,
00:45:15.57\00:45:17.89
thou shalt have
another Gods before me."
00:45:17.92\00:45:20.67
First four commandments
deal with your love for God.
00:45:20.70\00:45:23.51
"You shall not
make any graven image."
00:45:23.54\00:45:26.01
"You should not take the name
of the Lord, your God in vain."
00:45:26.04\00:45:29.60
"Remember the Sabbath
day, to keep it holy."
00:45:29.63\00:45:32.68
Then the last
six commandments deal
00:45:32.71\00:45:34.75
with our
relationships with one another.
00:45:34.78\00:45:36.84
"Honor your father and
mother." "Thou shalt not kill."
00:45:36.87\00:45:40.38
"Thou shalt not
commit adultery."
00:45:40.41\00:45:42.60
"Thou shalt not steal."
00:45:42.63\00:45:44.17
"Thou shalt not
bear false witness."
00:45:44.20\00:45:46.60
"Thou shalt not covet."
00:45:46.63\00:45:47.91
That's the summary
of the Ten Commandments.
00:45:47.94\00:45:50.65
And let me get some--
can you mind coming up here
00:45:50.68\00:45:54.60
for just a second, I
just need someone close
00:45:54.63\00:45:56.24
so I just called you up right.
00:45:56.27\00:45:57.97
And your name is? Samson.
00:45:58.00\00:45:59.37
Samson, okay. Good
name. You are strong also.
00:45:59.40\00:46:02.48
You get teased
probably about that, okay.
00:46:02.51\00:46:04.61
You got two arms,
just want to check,
00:46:04.64\00:46:06.04
how many fingers you have.
00:46:06.07\00:46:07.49
You got 10 fingers. All right.
00:46:07.52\00:46:09.31
The Bible says, the law
of God is summed up in love.
00:46:09.34\00:46:13.25
God is love, right.
00:46:13.28\00:46:15.43
Love to God, that's his arm,
00:46:15.46\00:46:18.47
loved your fellow
man, that's his arm.
00:46:18.50\00:46:21.46
You got 10 fingers,
I could do this myself,
00:46:21.49\00:46:24.41
it's much more
fun doing with him.
00:46:24.44\00:46:26.12
You got 10 fingers.
00:46:26.15\00:46:28.36
Each one of these does something
because this does something.
00:46:28.39\00:46:31.83
If I take his arm away, how
much do his fingers do? Nothing.
00:46:31.86\00:46:36.68
Without love for God, can
you keep those commandments,
00:46:36.71\00:46:40.81
and without love for your
fellowman you can't keep these.
00:46:40.84\00:46:44.11
So you got these two arms,
love God, love your fellowman
00:46:44.14\00:46:47.12
and when you really
love God and your fellowman,
00:46:47.15\00:46:49.34
you'll demonstrate
it, then in your actions.
00:46:49.37\00:46:52.23
Thank you very good.
00:46:52.26\00:46:53.34
Samson, I
appreciate that. Good job.
00:46:53.37\00:46:55.15
Mathew 19:17, Jesus said.
00:46:59.42\00:47:03.21
Who said this? Jesus.
00:47:03.24\00:47:05.28
"If you want to enter into
life, keep the commandments."
00:47:05.31\00:47:09.82
A young rich ruler came to
Jesus, he said, what must I do?
00:47:09.85\00:47:14.09
He said, you need to
keep the commandments.
00:47:14.12\00:47:15.46
But you don't
keep them to be saved.
00:47:15.49\00:47:18.00
You keep when
your heart is changed.
00:47:18.03\00:47:20.75
No matter how hard you try,
00:47:20.78\00:47:22.18
if you're trying
to keep God's law
00:47:22.21\00:47:23.65
without God
inside, it's impossible.
00:47:23.68\00:47:26.34
You need to have the Lord
in you, living through you,
00:47:26.37\00:47:29.91
and that's how you're
be able to keep His law,
00:47:29.94\00:47:31.82
of loving Him
with all of your heart,
00:47:31.85\00:47:34.02
and loving your
neighbors as yourself.
00:47:34.05\00:47:35.95
When you love the
Lord with all your heart,
00:47:35.98\00:47:37.75
you're going to keep
the first four commandments.
00:47:37.78\00:47:40.04
When you love your
neighbors as yourself,
00:47:40.07\00:47:41.89
you'll keep the last
six. Isn't that right?
00:47:41.92\00:47:44.79
1 John 2:3-4 "Now by
this we know that we know Him,
00:47:44.82\00:47:51.16
if we keep His commandments."
00:47:51.19\00:47:53.12
A lot of people say,
well I know the Lord,
00:47:53.15\00:47:55.72
but they're not obeying God.
00:47:55.75\00:47:57.52
It goes on to say,
"He who says, I know Him,
00:47:57.55\00:47:59.87
and does not keep His
commandments, is a liar,
00:47:59.90\00:48:03.22
and the truth is not in him."
00:48:03.25\00:48:04.95
You're going to
meet people who say,
00:48:04.98\00:48:06.27
oh, yes I love the Lord
00:48:06.30\00:48:08.58
but they don't obey God
or keep His commandments.
00:48:08.61\00:48:11.69
And I think that's the
dangerous thing to say.
00:48:11.72\00:48:14.41
You know I told you, I was gonna
tell you where the treasure is.
00:48:14.44\00:48:20.18
You're listening.
00:48:20.21\00:48:21.89
In the Middle East,
in the land of Israel,
00:48:21.92\00:48:25.30
it's called the holy land,
00:48:25.33\00:48:26.76
there is the city
called the holy city.
00:48:26.79\00:48:29.09
And in that city,
there was a place years ago,
00:48:29.12\00:48:31.72
called the holy temple,
and in that holy temple,
00:48:31.75\00:48:35.03
there was the holy place.
00:48:35.06\00:48:37.30
And in the holy
place of the temple,
00:48:37.33\00:48:39.17
you went in and then you went
into the holy of the holies.
00:48:39.20\00:48:41.92
And there was one thing
in the holy of the holies,
00:48:41.95\00:48:44.37
who knows what that was?
00:48:44.40\00:48:47.62
The Ark of the
Covenant, that golden box.
00:48:47.65\00:48:50.06
How many of you like
to find that golden box.
00:48:50.09\00:48:52.50
It's why, would
the gold be valuable.
00:48:52.53\00:48:55.93
Yes, But what's
the most valuable thing
00:48:55.96\00:48:58.08
about the Ark of the Covenant?
00:48:58.11\00:49:00.15
What was inside the
Ark of the Covenant?
00:49:00.18\00:49:05.02
The code of the
King. You know what?
00:49:05.05\00:49:08.63
I have the Ten Commandments,
I've got the treasure.
00:49:08.66\00:49:13.09
Everyone wants to
find the golden box
00:49:13.12\00:49:15.00
and they're not interested
in the rocks in the box.
00:49:15.03\00:49:17.82
The valuable
thing was not the gold,
00:49:17.85\00:49:20.02
it was the words in the box.
00:49:20.05\00:49:23.57
And you got the treasure.
00:49:23.60\00:49:25.16
How many of you have the
Bible? Do you have the Bible?
00:49:25.19\00:49:27.60
You got the code of
the King right here.
00:49:27.63\00:49:29.90
The most valuable thing that God
00:49:29.93\00:49:31.72
ever gave to this
world was His word.
00:49:31.75\00:49:34.72
And the most valuable
part of the Word of God
00:49:34.75\00:49:37.01
is the law of God
spoken by His voice.
00:49:37.04\00:49:39.26
It's an
expression of His love for us
00:49:39.29\00:49:41.35
and how we should
love our fellowman.
00:49:41.38\00:49:43.75
And if you want to be
His child and His warrior,
00:49:43.78\00:49:46.19
He wants you to live by that.
00:49:46.22\00:49:48.98
You know, they've got the
shrimp that swim in the ocean.
00:49:49.01\00:49:52.58
And when the shrimp
live close to the shore,
00:49:52.61\00:49:55.43
and the waves are crashing,
they keep spinning around.
00:49:55.46\00:49:58.47
But there is a way they
can figure out which side is up
00:49:58.50\00:50:00.82
when they spun around.
00:50:00.85\00:50:03.15
When they shed
their skin, they mold,
00:50:03.18\00:50:05.36
they shed their skin
several times a year.
00:50:05.39\00:50:07.77
They swim down to the
bottom of the beach there
00:50:07.80\00:50:10.11
and they grab one
little rock, a little stone
00:50:10.14\00:50:12.31
and they put it in the crevice
that they got in their head.
00:50:12.34\00:50:15.72
So you could say they
got rocks in their head.
00:50:15.75\00:50:18.65
And they put that
piece of sand in there
00:50:18.68\00:50:20.19
and it's called status stone
00:50:20.22\00:50:22.44
and it helps them
keep their balance.
00:50:22.47\00:50:25.28
But, you know, our
scientists did an experiment,
00:50:25.31\00:50:27.24
it's kind of funny.
00:50:27.27\00:50:28.47
He took a bunch of shrimp
and put them in an aquarium
00:50:28.50\00:50:31.10
and he put little iron
filings, little iron and sand
00:50:31.13\00:50:34.59
in the bottom of the aquarium,
00:50:34.62\00:50:36.62
and when the
shrimp were ready to mold
00:50:36.65\00:50:39.67
and they went
down to the bottom,
00:50:39.70\00:50:41.00
they picked up a piece of iron
00:50:41.03\00:50:42.72
and they stuck
it in their crevice,
00:50:42.75\00:50:44.04
so they all had
little pieces of iron sand
00:50:44.07\00:50:45.82
because that's all they have.
00:50:45.85\00:50:47.38
Then the scientist put a
magnet on top of the aquarium,
00:50:47.41\00:50:51.22
and he turned it on, so
the shrimp wouldn't know
00:50:51.25\00:50:53.82
what was up or down anymore.
00:50:53.85\00:50:55.75
And the shrimp when he
turned on the electric magnet,
00:50:55.78\00:50:58.20
they were all swimming
like this, they flipped around,
00:50:58.23\00:51:00.47
started swimming upside down.
00:51:00.50\00:51:04.49
And then the scientist took
a shrimp from another aquarium,
00:51:04.52\00:51:07.16
that didn't have
iron in his head,
00:51:07.19\00:51:08.55
he had a regular
rock in his head,
00:51:08.58\00:51:10.45
and he dropped him in
00:51:10.48\00:51:11.52
and he was the only
one swimming right side up,
00:51:11.55\00:51:14.44
because he had a
real rock in his head.
00:51:14.47\00:51:16.64
Well, then he had
the outside forces.
00:51:16.67\00:51:19.27
You know a lot of
people in this world
00:51:19.30\00:51:20.71
are swimming
upside down, aren't they?
00:51:20.74\00:51:23.81
Because they don't have
the law of God in their hearts.
00:51:23.84\00:51:26.57
The Bible says, "Thy
word I've hidden in my heart
00:51:26.60\00:51:29.12
that I might not sin."
00:51:29.15\00:51:31.05
God wants you to have
His word in your heart.
00:51:31.08\00:51:33.84
How can we keep, number
eight, the Ten Commandments?
00:51:33.87\00:51:38.31
Without Jesus how
much can we do? Nothing.
00:51:38.34\00:51:41.66
But how much can
we do through Jesus.
00:51:41.69\00:51:44.50
Through Jesus could
Peter walk on water.
00:51:44.53\00:51:47.31
Through Jesus could
David killed Goliath.
00:51:47.34\00:51:49.89
Through Jesus could Samson slay
a whole army by himself. Yes.
00:51:49.92\00:51:53.48
Through Jesus all
things are possible.
00:51:53.51\00:51:55.72
Through Jesus can
you obey God? Yes.
00:51:55.75\00:51:58.50
Is the devil stronger
or is God stronger? God.
00:51:58.53\00:52:01.96
If a devil can tempt
you to sin, the question is,
00:52:01.99\00:52:04.47
can Jesus keep
you from sin. Yes.
00:52:04.50\00:52:07.70
If you ask Him, He can,
if you love Him, He can.
00:52:07.73\00:52:11.83
The penalty for sin is
very dangerous. It's death.
00:52:11.86\00:52:16.06
And that's why it's so important
that we trust the Lord.
00:52:16.09\00:52:18.74
But the gift of God is
eternal life through Jesus.
00:52:18.77\00:52:22.27
He's offering you all
that gift of everlasting life.
00:52:22.30\00:52:26.92
A man was driving
down the road one day
00:52:26.95\00:52:28.89
and he was going little too
fast, and you know, pretty soon,
00:52:28.92\00:52:32.60
he saw the police car
behind him and he pulled over.
00:52:32.63\00:52:36.52
And when the policeman got
out and he started to walk over,
00:52:36.55\00:52:39.25
he thought oh, no, here I go,
00:52:39.28\00:52:40.80
another ticket,
all these policemen.
00:52:40.83\00:52:42.80
And he looked in
his rearview mirror
00:52:42.83\00:52:43.95
and he could say, oh, the
policeman, well, that's Bob.
00:52:43.98\00:52:46.34
He goes to my church.
00:52:46.37\00:52:48.08
The highway patrolman
went to the same church
00:52:48.11\00:52:49.73
as John who was speeding.
00:52:49.76\00:52:52.15
And Bob came over.
He said 'Hi, John.'
00:52:52.18\00:52:55.04
And he's really embarrassed,
00:52:55.07\00:52:56.10
now he's going to probably
give me a ticket anyway and--
00:52:56.13\00:53:00.32
he said, oh, you know,
I'm sorry I was going so fast,
00:53:00.35\00:53:02.43
see I was in rush to get home.
00:53:02.46\00:53:03.75
I spent such a busy day
and I've got so much to do
00:53:03.78\00:53:05.59
and the football game is on
and Bob walked away from the car
00:53:05.62\00:53:10.12
and began to write,
and John was thinking
00:53:10.15\00:53:12.79
oh, he's going to
give me a ticket anyway.
00:53:12.82\00:53:15.41
But why didn't he
asked for my license?
00:53:15.44\00:53:17.77
Few minutes later Bob,
the policeman came back.
00:53:17.80\00:53:20.74
He said, thank you very much.
00:53:20.77\00:53:22.12
He handed a note through
the window and John drove away.
00:53:22.15\00:53:25.71
He's little bit mad,
and then he pulled over,
00:53:25.74\00:53:27.98
he said, wait
this isn't a ticket.
00:53:28.01\00:53:29.99
And he opened it
up and he looked,
00:53:30.02\00:53:32.05
and it was a note
from Bob, the policeman
00:53:32.08\00:53:34.90
and it said "John, I
used to have two children.
00:53:34.93\00:53:39.12
I had a little girl, 6 years old
00:53:39.15\00:53:41.31
and she was hit by
someone speeding and I lost her.
00:53:41.34\00:53:44.59
The man who is driving
too fast, he just paid a fine
00:53:44.62\00:53:48.46
and he spent a
few months in jail.
00:53:48.49\00:53:50.59
He said I'm having
problems, forgive them.
00:53:50.62\00:53:53.27
May be by forgiving
you right now for speeding,
00:53:53.30\00:53:55.62
it will help me a little
bit, would you please slow down.
00:53:55.65\00:53:59.51
Oh, when John read that,
00:53:59.54\00:54:01.83
he thought that
man lost his child
00:54:01.86\00:54:03.98
to someone who was speeding.
00:54:04.01\00:54:06.17
And I've got
children at home that I love.
00:54:06.20\00:54:08.91
When he pulled
back out on the road,
00:54:08.94\00:54:10.32
he drove away was he speeding?
00:54:10.35\00:54:13.88
He saw how much his sin
of speeding hurt somebody.
00:54:13.91\00:54:18.58
And because of
love for his friend
00:54:18.61\00:54:20.25
and because of his
friend's mercy for him,
00:54:20.28\00:54:22.71
he said, I'm going to slow down.
00:54:22.74\00:54:25.16
Our sins and our disobedience,
does it hurt Jesus?
00:54:25.19\00:54:29.68
Did it cost Jesus
something. He wants to save you.
00:54:29.71\00:54:34.51
He wants you to
have everlasting life.
00:54:34.54\00:54:36.97
The last question is.
Don't you want to be like Jesus?
00:54:37.00\00:54:40.65
Jesus obeyed the
Father and He says,
00:54:40.68\00:54:42.61
if you follow Him,
you can be like Him too.
00:54:42.64\00:54:44.85
He'll give you a new heart.
00:54:44.88\00:54:46.68
How many of you
want that new heart?
00:54:46.71\00:54:48.91
To be able to have the power
00:54:48.94\00:54:50.11
in the Holy
Spirit and do God's will.
00:54:50.14\00:54:51.71
He will help you
tonight. We're going to ask Him.
00:54:51.74\00:54:54.84
Matter of fact
let's pray right now.
00:54:54.87\00:54:57.21
And those who are
watching, you and your groups,
00:54:57.24\00:54:59.12
let's pray together.
00:54:59.15\00:55:01.11
Father in heaven,
we're very thankful
00:55:01.14\00:55:03.47
that You've sent us
the code of the King,
00:55:03.50\00:55:05.24
the greatest treasure
in the world in Your Word
00:55:05.27\00:55:08.87
and the greatest amount ever
paid was paid for our lives.
00:55:08.90\00:55:12.66
You paid for these
children and you love them Lord.
00:55:12.69\00:55:15.36
Help them to invite
Jesus into their hearts
00:55:15.39\00:55:17.84
and to know all of their sins
00:55:17.87\00:55:19.32
and
disobedience can be forgiven.
00:55:19.35\00:55:21.35
Give them joy help us
be ready for your return
00:55:21.38\00:55:24.61
and continue to
bless these meetings,
00:55:24.64\00:55:26.72
we ask in Jesus' name, amen.
00:55:26.75\00:55:30.55
All right friends, now
you know the Bible says,
00:55:30.58\00:55:33.74
in Revelation 22, I'm ending
with our scripture reading.
00:55:33.77\00:55:37.68
It says in verse
14, "Blessed are those
00:55:37.71\00:55:40.69
who do His commandments
that they may have the right
00:55:40.72\00:55:43.66
to enter through
the gates of the city
00:55:43.69\00:55:46.21
and eat from the tree of life."
00:55:46.24\00:55:47.76
Blessed, last thing
it says in the Bible.
00:55:47.79\00:55:50.30
And I want that
blessing on each of you.
00:55:50.33\00:55:52.23
Don't forget to tune in.
When is our next meeting?
00:55:52.26\00:55:55.28
Tomorrow night our lesson is
00:55:55.31\00:55:57.25
''Dealing with
only one lifeboat."
00:55:57.28\00:55:59.65
You really going to enjoy it.
00:55:59.68\00:56:01.01
And so you can
still bring your friends.
00:56:01.04\00:56:03.00
You all coming back
here in Richardson, Texas.
00:56:03.03\00:56:05.67
You want everyone to
come, let's invite everybody.
00:56:05.70\00:56:08.13
God bless you
till tomorrow night.
00:56:08.16\00:56:09.96