AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY. 00:00:04.63\00:00:07.14 >>DID YOU KNOW IT'S AGAINST THE LAW TO DOZE OFF UNDER A HAIR 00:00:10.54\00:00:14.01 DRYER IN FLORIDA? TO PLAY HOPSCOTCH ON 00:00:14.04\00:00:16.75 SUNDAY IN MISSOURI? TO HUNT CAMELS IN ARIZONA? 00:00:16.78\00:00:21.08 TO INSERT A PENNY IN YOUR EAR IN HAWAII? 00:00:21.12\00:00:24.09 TO TIE A GIRAFFE TO A TELEPHONE POLE IN ATLANTA? 00:00:24.12\00:00:27.62 TO CATCH MICE WITHOUT A LICENSE IN CLEVELAND? 00:00:27.66\00:00:30.83 TO PUT A SKUNK IN YOUR BOSS' DESK IN MICHIGAN? 00:00:30.86\00:00:34.50 TO DETONATE A NUCLEAR WEAPON WITHIN CHICO, CALIFORNIA CITY 00:00:34.56\00:00:37.77 LIMITS, WHICH CARRIES A PUNISHMENT OF $500.00? 00:00:37.80\00:00:41.47 TO BATHE LESS THAN ONCE A YEAR IN KENTUCKY? 00:00:41.50\00:00:44.01 TO PAWN YOUR DENTURES IN LAS VEGAS? 00:00:44.04\00:00:47.51 YES, THERE ARE ABOUT TWO MILLION LAWS IN THE U.S. 00:00:47.54\00:00:51.28 AND IF A PERSON COULD REVIEW THEM AT A RATE OF ABOUT TWO A 00:00:51.31\00:00:54.08 DAY, YOU'D BE QUALIFIED TO ACT AS A LAW-ABIDING CITIZEN IN 00:00:54.12\00:00:57.89 ABOUT 6,000 YEARS. YET THE LORD WAS ABLE TO SUMMARIZE THE ENTIRE 00:00:57.92\00:01:03.09 DUTY OF MAN TO GOD IN JUST TEN SIMPLE PRECEPTS THAT CONTAIN 00:01:03.12\00:01:07.66 ABOUT 325 WORDS. JESUS SAID GOD'S LAW BOILS DOWN 00:01:07.73\00:01:12.50 TO TWO CRUCIAL PRINCIPLES: LOVE FOR GOD AND LOVE 00:01:12.53\00:01:16.24 FOR OUR FELLOW MAN. JOIN ME NOW, FRIENDS, AS WE 00:01:16.27\00:01:19.67 CONSIDER THE RELEVANCE OF GOD'S LAW IN OUR LIVES TODAY. 00:01:19.71\00:01:27.98 >>SO TONIGHT WE HAVE A VERY IMPORTANT PROGRAM AND IT'S 00:01:28.02\00:01:30.39 DEALING WITH THE SUBJECT OF THE LAW OF GOD. 00:01:30.42\00:01:33.25 NOW, THE TITLE OF THE SERIES IS THE LAW OF THE LAMB BECAUSE 00:01:33.29\00:01:36.19 JESUS IS GOD THE SON, AMEN? >>AMEN. 00:01:36.22\00:01:39.49 >>GOD PUT HIS WORD - THE TEN COMMANDMENTS - ON TWO TABLES OF 00:01:39.53\00:01:43.97 STONE. THIS IS THE LAW OF THE LAMB. 00:01:44.00\00:01:46.77 IT IS WRITTEN BY THE LORD - BY HIS OWN FINGER. 00:01:46.80\00:01:49.50 NOW, WHERE DID THE TEN COMMANDMENTS COME FROM? 00:01:49.54\00:01:52.54 WE ALWAYS PICTURE, YOU KNOW, MOSES UP ON TOP IN THE MOUNTAINS 00:01:52.57\00:01:54.71 THERE. SOME HAVE GOT PICTURES OF MOSES 00:01:54.74\00:01:56.88 IN THE THEIR MIND - HE'S WRITING THE LAW - BUT YOU READ, IN THE 00:01:56.91\00:02:00.48 GOSPEL OF JOHN, 'ALL THINGS THAT WERE MADE WERE MADE 00:02:00.52\00:02:03.22 BY HIM.' WHO IS THAT? >>JESUS. 00:02:03.25\00:02:06.92 >>IT'S TALKING ABOUT JESUS, AND HE'S THE ONE WHO'S RESPONSIBLE 00:02:06.96\00:02:10.79 FOR GIVING US THE LAW. SO SOME PEOPLE THINK THAT 00:02:10.83\00:02:14.20 THE LAW OF JESUS IN THE NEW TESTAMENT IS DIFFERENT FROM THE 00:02:14.23\00:02:17.17 LAW OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT. 00:02:17.20\00:02:19.93 IT'S THE SAME GOD THAT GAVE BOTH LAWS. 00:02:19.97\00:02:23.51 SO THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSION, EVEN AMONG CHRISTIANS TODAY, 00:02:23.54\00:02:26.44 ABOUT 'WHAT LAW DO WE KEEP?' 'WHICH LAWS WERE 00:02:26.47\00:02:30.18 NAILED TO THE CROSS?' AND 'HOW DO CHRISTIANS RELATE 00:02:30.21\00:02:32.98 TO THE TEN COMMANDMENTS WITHOUT BEING LEGALISTS?' 00:02:33.01\00:02:36.58 AND THEN THERE'S THAT QUESTION: 'IS OBEDIENCE LEGALISM?' 00:02:36.62\00:02:41.42 INTERESTING QUESTION - SORT OF A RHETORICAL QUESTION. 00:02:41.46\00:02:44.19 HOW DOES THIS ALL RELATE TO REVELATION? FOLLOW ME. 00:02:44.23\00:02:47.30 IF YOU GO TO REVELATION CHAPTER 14, VERSE 9, IT TELLS US THERE 00:02:47.36\00:02:51.37 THAT "THEN A THIRD ANGEL FOLLOWED THEM, SAYING WITH A 00:02:51.40\00:02:53.74 LOUD VOICE, 'IF ANYONE WORSHIPS THE BEAST AND HIS IMAGE, AND 00:02:53.77\00:02:58.61 RECEIVES HIS MARK ON HIS FOREHEAD OR ON HIS HAND, THE 00:02:58.64\00:03:02.34 SAME WILL DRINK THE WINE OF THE WRATH OF GOD, WHICH IS POURED 00:03:02.38\00:03:06.38 OUT FULL STRENGTH INTO THE CUP OF HIS INDIGNATION.'" HERE'S 00:03:06.41\00:03:10.45 ONE OF THE MOST FEARFUL CURSES AND PLAGUES PRONOUNCED IN THE 00:03:10.49\00:03:13.72 BIBLE - IT'S ACTUALLY IN THE NEW TESTAMENT - AND IT'S PRONOUNCED 00:03:13.76\00:03:17.46 AGAINST THOSE WHO WORSHIP THE BEAST. 00:03:17.49\00:03:20.20 AND YOU CAN READ ON, IT SAYS, "HE SHALL BE TORMENTED WITH FIRE 00:03:20.23\00:03:22.83 AND BRIMSTONE IN THE PRESENCE OF THE HOLY ANGELS AND IN THE 00:03:22.86\00:03:25.87 PRESENCE OF THE LAMB." GOING DOWN A LITTLE FURTHER 00:03:25.90\00:03:29.94 IN THAT SAME CHAPTER, IT WILL CONTRAST THE ONES WHO ARE NOT 00:03:29.97\00:03:35.14 WORSHIPING THE BEAST AND IT SAYS, "HERE IS THE PATIENCE OF 00:03:35.18\00:03:38.45 THE SAINTS" - THIS IS VERSE 12 - REVELATION 14:12 - "HERE IS THE 00:03:38.48\00:03:41.98 PATIENCE OF THE SAINTS: HERE ARE THOSE WHO KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS 00:03:42.02\00:03:45.52 OF GOD AND THE FAITH OF JESUS." NOTICE IT DOESN'T SAY 'FAITH 00:03:45.55\00:03:49.59 IN JESUS' - IT SAYS 'FAITH OF JESUS'. 00:03:49.62\00:03:53.43 NOW THAT'S A CHARACTERISTIC YOU FIND THROUGHOUT REVELATION - 00:03:53.46\00:03:56.30 THOSE WHO ARE WORSHIPING THE BEAST ARE BREAKING ONE OF THE 00:03:56.33\00:03:59.37 COMMANDMENTS BECAUSE THE BIBLE SAYS YOU'RE ONLY TO WORSHIP GOD 00:03:59.40\00:04:02.40 AND YOU'RE NOT TO PRAY TO IDOLS. AND IT TALKS ABOUT MAKING 00:04:02.44\00:04:05.91 AN IMAGE TO THE BEAST. LOOK, FOR INSTANCE, IN 00:04:05.94\00:04:08.41 REVELATION 13:15, "HE WAS GRANTED POWER TO GIVE BREATH 00:04:08.44\00:04:13.35 TO THE IMAGE OF THE BEAST. THAT THE IMAGE...SHOULD BOTH 00:04:13.38\00:04:16.42 SPEAK AND CAUSE AS MANY AS WOULD NOT WORSHIP THE IMAGE OF 00:04:16.45\00:04:20.46 THE BEAST TO BE KILLED." WELL, IF YOU'RE A BELIEVER IN 00:04:20.49\00:04:23.93 GOD AND YOU'RE COMMANDED TO DO IMAGE WORSHIP, WHAT DO YOU DO? 00:04:23.96\00:04:27.23 WHAT WOULD BE WRONG WITH IMAGE WORSHIP? 00:04:27.23\00:04:30.10 IS THERE A COMMAND THAT FORBIDS US FROM IMAGE WORSHIP? 00:04:30.13\00:04:34.00 IS THAT ONLY IN THE OLD TESTAMENT? 00:04:34.04\00:04:36.27 OR DOES JOHN, ALSO IN THE NEW TESTAMENT SAY, 'MY LITTLE 00:04:36.30\00:04:38.67 CHILDREN, KEEP YOURSELF FROM IDOLS'? 00:04:38.71\00:04:41.81 AND SO, THIS IS A COMMANDMENT YOU FIND GOING ALL THE WAY 00:04:41.84\00:04:44.78 THROUGH THE BIBLE. WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE 00:04:44.81\00:04:47.42 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE SAVED CHRISTIAN AND THE LAW, IF WE'RE 00:04:47.45\00:04:52.19 GOING TO BE READY FOR THE LAST DAYS AND WHAT'S COMING. 00:04:52.22\00:04:54.26 >>AMEN. >>AND, AGAIN, IT GOES ON TO SAY 00:04:54.29\00:04:56.52 - REVELATION 13:15, THAT THOSE THAT DO NOT WORSHIP THE IMAGE 00:04:56.56\00:05:00.66 OF THE BEAST WOULD BE KILLED. THEN YOU JUMP, NOW, 00:05:00.70\00:05:04.30 TO THE BOOK OF DANIEL. AND, IF YOU LOOK IN DANIEL 3, 00:05:04.33\00:05:06.90 VERSE 10, SOME OF YOU REMEMBER THAT DANIEL HAD THREE FRIENDS 00:05:06.94\00:05:09.80 NAMED SHADRACH, MESHACH, AND ABEDNEGO - AND THEIR HEBREW 00:05:09.84\00:05:14.01 NAMES WERE HANANIAH, MISHAEL, AND AZARIAH - THEY REFUSED TO 00:05:14.04\00:05:18.31 BOW DOWN AND WORSHIP THE IMAGE OF THE KING AND THE KING HAD 00:05:18.35\00:05:21.08 SAID WHOEVER DOES NOT WORSHIP THE IMAGE WILL BE KILLED. 00:05:21.12\00:05:23.99 DO YOU NOTICE THE ECHO COMING FROM DANIEL INTO REVELATION? 00:05:24.02\00:05:28.26 VERY SIMILAR LANGUAGE. 'THOSE WHO DO NOT WORSHIP THE 00:05:28.29\00:05:30.86 IMAGE OF BABYLON WOULD BE KILLED. 00:05:30.89\00:05:33.60 WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT BABYLON IN OUR NEXT 00:05:33.63\00:05:35.20 PRESENTATION. THEY SAID, 'WE CANNOT BOW DOWN 00:05:35.23\00:05:37.93 TO YOUR IMAGE, OUR LAW FORBIDS IT' - THE LAW OF GOD. 00:05:37.97\00:05:42.87 THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO KNOW FOR THE LAST DAYS. 00:05:42.90\00:05:45.71 "AND WHOEVER DOES NOT FALL DOWN AND WORSHIP SHALL BE CAST INTO 00:05:45.74\00:05:48.64 THE MIDST OF A BURNING FIERY FURNACE." 00:05:48.68\00:05:50.75 THEY FACED A TREMENDOUS TEST. WHAT HAPPENED? 00:05:50.78\00:05:53.15 DID GOD PRESERVE THEM? >>YES. 00:05:53.18\00:05:55.05 >>BECAUSE THEY PUT THE LAW OF GOD FIRST. 00:05:55.08\00:05:56.42 THEY STOOD UP FOR GOD AND HIS WORD AND GOD STOOD UP FOR THEM. 00:05:56.45\00:05:59.19 JESUS, HIMSELF, WENT INTO THAT FIERY FURNACE WITH THEM AND 00:05:59.22\00:06:02.79 AIR-CONDITIONED IT. HE PRESERVED THEM. 00:06:02.82\00:06:05.66 THE ONLY THING THAT WAS BURNED WERE THE ROPES THAT HAD BOUND 00:06:05.69\00:06:07.60 THEM. THEN YOU GO TO DANIEL CHAPTER 6 00:06:07.60\00:06:10.93 - REMEMBER, THERE'S A PARALLEL BETWEEN DANIEL AND REVELATION. 00:06:10.97\00:06:13.47 THE KING - KING DARIUS - MAKES A LAW AND HE MAKES "...A ROYAL 00:06:13.50\00:06:17.01 STATUTE AND [TO MAKE] A FIRM DECREE, THAT WHOEVER PETITIONS 00:06:17.04\00:06:20.01 ANY GOD OR MAN FOR THIRTY DAYS, EXCEPT YOU, O KING, SHALL BE 00:06:20.04\00:06:26.92 CAST INTO THE DEN OF LIONS." THERE - A FIRST COMMANDMENT 00:06:26.95\00:06:30.79 - WHAT DOES THAT SAY? - FIRST OF THE TEN? 00:06:30.82\00:06:32.92 'THOU SHALT NOT HAVE OTHER GODS BEFORE ME' - RIGHT? 00:06:32.95\00:06:36.99 DANIEL SAID, 'I'M SORRY, GOD'S LAW FORBIDS ME FROM MAKING YOU 00:06:37.03\00:06:39.93 MY GOD, KING DARIUS. I'M PUTTING THE LAW OF GOD AHEAD 00:06:39.96\00:06:44.30 OF THE LAW OF MAN.' >>AMEN. 00:06:44.33\00:06:45.87 >>DOESN'T PETER SAY WE OUGHT TO OBEY GOD RATHER THAN MEN? 00:06:45.90\00:06:49.30 IS THE DAY COMING, IN THE FUTURE, ACCORDING TO PROPHECY, 00:06:49.34\00:06:52.31 WHEN THE BEAST POWER IS GOING TO BE COMPELLING PEOPLE TO WORSHIP 00:06:52.34\00:06:55.94 SOMETHING GOD FORBIDS? SO DO WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE 00:06:55.98\00:06:59.28 RIGHT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE LORD AND THE LAW, IF YOU'RE 00:06:59.31\00:07:02.62 GOING TO BE A BIBLE CHRISTIAN? BECAUSE IT SAYS A LOT HERE 00:07:02.65\00:07:06.39 ABOUT THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD. SO LET'S DELVE INTO OUR LESSON 00:07:06.42\00:07:09.86 TO GET A RIGHT UNDERSTANDING OF THE LAW, WITHOUT TURNING INTO 00:07:09.89\00:07:13.23 LEGALISTS AS WE STUDY THESE THINGS IN THE LIGHT OF PROPHECY. 00:07:13.26\00:07:18.00 QUESTION #1: CAN GOD'S MORAL LAW BE AMENDED OR REPEALED? 00:07:18.03\00:07:24.41 NOW, I SHOULD PROBABLY TELL YOU, WHEN WE SAY 'MORAL LAW' - WE 00:07:24.44\00:07:26.81 DON'T HEAR THAT PHRASE MUCH ANYMORE, BUT IT WAS THE TERM 00:07:26.84\00:07:29.98 THAT WAS USED FOR MANY YEARS BY CHRISTIANS TO DESCRIBE THE TEN 00:07:30.01\00:07:33.08 COMMANDMENTS - BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY LAWS IN THE BIBLE - THERE'S 00:07:33.11\00:07:36.12 CIVIL LAWS IN THE BIBLE, THERE WERE GOVERNMENT LAWS, THERE WERE 00:07:36.15\00:07:40.32 HEALTH LAWS, THERE WERE CEREMONIAL LAWS, AND THEN THERE 00:07:40.36\00:07:44.19 WAS THE MORAL LAW, WHICH WAS THE LAW OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. 00:07:44.23\00:07:48.40 AND I REMEMBER, GROWING UP, THAT ANY SCHOOLBOY USED TO KNOW MOST 00:07:48.43\00:07:52.43 OF THEM BECAUSE, IN PUBLIC SCHOOL IN CALIFORNIA WE HAD THE 00:07:52.47\00:07:57.24 TEN COMMANDMENTS ON THE WALL IN OUR SCHOOL. 00:07:57.27\00:07:59.84 DOES ANYONE ELSE REMEMBER THAT? I SEE A FEW HANDS. 00:07:59.87\00:08:02.81 I GUESS I'M GETTING OLD. I SEE - ANYWAY - SOME OF YOU REMEMBER 00:08:02.84\00:08:04.95 THAT? PUBLIC SCHOOL - TEN COMMANDMENTS ON THE WALL. 00:08:04.98\00:08:08.32 AND YOU WONDER IF THE EPIDEMIC OF CRIME COULD BE CONNECTED WITH 00:08:08.35\00:08:11.15 OUR SAYING, 'OH, WE WOULDN'T WANT THE KIDS ACCIDENTALLY 00:08:11.19\00:08:14.39 KEEPING THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE A BAD 00:08:14.42\00:08:17.16 INFLUENCE - RELIGIOUS INFLUENCE.' NO. 00:08:17.19\00:08:21.36 CAN GOD'S LAW BE CHANGED? PSALM 89, VERSE 34, "MY COVENANT 00:08:21.40\00:08:25.97 WILL I NOT BREAK, NOR ALTER THE THING THAT IS GONE 00:08:26.00\00:08:30.24 OUT OF MY LIPS." GOD MADE A COVENANT. 00:08:30.27\00:08:32.37 IT'S CALLED 'THE OLD COVENANT' BUT THE LAW HAS NOT BEEN 00:08:32.41\00:08:36.38 CHANGED. YOU'LL FIND OUT ABOUT 00:08:36.41\00:08:38.58 THAT A LITTLE LATER IN THE PRESENTATION. 00:08:38.61\00:08:41.02 YOU CAN ALSO READ IN PSALMS 111:7, HE SAYS, "ALL HIS 00:08:41.05\00:08:45.42 COMMANDMENTS ARE SURE. THEY STAND FAST FOREVER AND EVER." 00:08:45.45\00:08:50.33 IN FACT, IF YOU'VE NEVER DONE IT BEFORE, I'D ENCOURAGE YOU TO 00:08:50.36\00:08:53.23 READ ONE LITTLE CHAPTER IN THE BIBLE, IT'S CALLED PSALM 119. 00:08:53.26\00:08:57.63 I'M TEASING - IT'S THE LONGEST CHAPTER IN THE BIBLE - THE WHOLE 00:08:57.67\00:09:01.87 CHAPTER IS 'HOW I LOVE YOUR LAW'. 00:09:01.90\00:09:05.27 IT'S ALL ABOUT LOVING THE LAW. PEOPLE DON'T USUALLY PUT LAW 00:09:05.31\00:09:07.71 AND LOVE TOGETHER, DO THEY? IT'S LIKE THEY'RE OPPOSITES. 00:09:07.74\00:09:13.05 BUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU REALLY LOVE THE LORD, YOU LOVE HIS LAW. 00:09:13.08\00:09:16.42 ALL HIS COMMANDMENTS ARE SURE. THEY STAND FOREVER. 00:09:16.45\00:09:18.69 YOU CAN READ MALACHI, CHAPTER 3, VERSE 6 - GOD SAYS, "FOR I AM 00:09:18.72\00:09:21.96 THE LORD. I CHANGE NOT." 00:09:21.99\00:09:24.86 JESUS CHRIST IS THE SAME YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND FOREVER. 00:09:24.89\00:09:28.40 AND SO, HIS LAW IS ETERNAL IN NATURE - THE MORAL LAW. 00:09:28.43\00:09:31.87 NO, THE REASON THAT I DON'T BELIEVE THAT GOD'S TEN 00:09:31.90\00:09:34.90 COMMANDMENT LAW CAN CHANGE IS BECAUSE THE BIBLE DEFINITIONS 00:09:34.94\00:09:38.57 FOR THE TEN COMMANDMENT LAW ARE THE SAME DEFINITIONS THAT ARE 00:09:38.61\00:09:41.91 GIVEN FOR GOD HIMSELF. AND SO, IF YOU'RE TRYING TO DO 00:09:41.94\00:09:45.28 AWAY WITH THE TEN COMMANDMENT MORAL LAW, YOU'RE GOING TO START 00:09:45.31\00:09:49.22 FINDING YOURSELF TRYING TO DO AWAY WITH THE CHARACTER OF GOD. 00:09:49.25\00:09:52.79 LET ME ILLUSTRATE: THE BIBLE SAYS 'GOD IS GOOD' - YOU CAN 00:09:52.82\00:09:58.53 FIND THAT IN LUKE 18:19. WELL, THE BIBLE SAYS, 00:09:58.56\00:10:01.90 'THE LAW IS GOOD'. THE BIBLE SAYS 'GOD IS HOLY' - 00:10:01.93\00:10:06.80 THE BIBLE SAYS 'THE LAW IS HOLY' - ROMANS 7:12. 00:10:06.84\00:10:11.31 THE BIBLE SAYS, IN DEUTERONOMY 32, VERSE 4, 'GOD IS JUST'. 00:10:11.34\00:10:15.34 THE BIBLE SAYS 'THE LAW IS JUST' - ROMANS 7:12. 00:10:15.38\00:10:19.15 THE BIBLE SAYS THAT GOD IS PERFECT, GOD IS LOVE - THE BIBLE 00:10:19.18\00:10:23.42 SAYS THAT THE LAW IS PERFECT, THE LAW IS LOVE. IT SAYS THAT 00:10:23.45\00:10:28.16 GOD IS RIGHTEOUS - AND I'M NOT GOING TO READ ALL OF THESE 00:10:28.19\00:10:31.09 VERSES TO YOU - HE IS TRUTH, HE IS PURE, HE IS SPIRITUAL, HE IS 00:10:31.13\00:10:34.76 UNCHANGEABLE, HE IS ETERNAL - EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE THINGS 00:10:34.83\00:10:37.80 THAT DESCRIBES GOD, IT ALSO IS USING TO DESCRIBE THE LAW. 00:10:37.83\00:10:42.04 NOW, THAT SHOULD NOT SURPRISE YOU IF YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN 00:10:42.07\00:10:44.37 BECAUSE ONE OF THE NAMES FOR JESUS IS 'THE WORD'. 00:10:44.41\00:10:48.84 AND ONE OF THE NAMES FOR THE LAW IS 'THE WORD'. 00:10:48.88\00:10:52.01 THE LAW IS, OF COURSE, THE WORD OF GOD WRITTEN BY GOD'S OWN 00:10:52.05\00:10:54.55 FINGER. IT'S ETERNAL IN NATURE. 00:10:54.58\00:10:58.72 NOW WHAT ARE YOU THINKING RIGHT NOW? 00:10:58.75\00:11:01.79 WHEN I'M TALKING ABOUT THE LAW, DO YOU HAVE GOOD, WARM FEELINGS? 00:11:01.82\00:11:04.86 OR DOES THE WORD 'LAW' MAKE YOU NERVOUS? 00:11:04.89\00:11:08.33 WHEN YOU THINK OF THE LAW, DO YOU FEEL PEACE OR DO YOU FEEL 00:11:08.36\00:11:11.90 GUILT? >>PEACE. 00:11:11.93\00:11:13.77 >>THINK ABOUT THAT. I'M NOT GOING TO SAY ANYMORE. 00:11:13.80\00:11:16.71 ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE, WHAT IS SIN? 00:11:16.74\00:11:20.48 THERE'S A FEW DEFINITIONS FOR THE SIN. 00:11:20.51\00:11:22.44 THE BIBLE SAYS ANYTHING NOT OF FAITH IS SIN, ALL 00:11:22.48\00:11:24.25 UNRIGHTEOUSNESS IS SIN - YOU CAN READ IN ROMANS 3:20, "BY THE LAW 00:11:24.28\00:11:29.32 IS THE KNOWLEDGE OF SIN." SO WE LEARN ABOUT 00:11:29.35\00:11:32.59 SIN BY THE LAW. WELL, THAT WOULD MAKE YOU THINK 00:11:32.62\00:11:34.42 THAT 'I DON'T WANT THE - 'I DON'T WANT THE LAW BECAUSE IT'S 00:11:34.46\00:11:36.52 GOING TO TELL ME ABOUT SIN. I DON'T WANT TO KNOW ABOUT MY 00:11:36.56\00:11:39.13 SIN; I ALREADY FEEL GUILTY ENOUGH, SO IF I LOOK AT THE LAW, 00:11:39.16\00:11:41.76 I'M GOING TO FEEL BAD.' NO, IT'S NOT YOUR ENEMY. 00:11:41.80\00:11:45.13 ANOTHER DEFINITION - A REALLY GOOD DEFINITION THAT YOU'RE 00:11:45.17\00:11:47.70 GOING TO FIND HERE IN THE BIBLE - 1 JOHN CHAPTER 3, VERSE 4, IT 00:11:47.74\00:11:51.47 SAYS - AND THIS IS ALMOST LIKE IT'S RIGHT OUT OF A DICTIONARY, 00:11:51.51\00:11:54.34 'SIN IS THE TRANSGRESSION OF THE LAW.' AND SO, DO WE STILL HAVE 00:11:54.38\00:12:00.12 SIN IN THE WORLD TODAY? IT MUST STILL HAVE LAW. 00:12:00.15\00:12:04.75 SIN IS THE TRANSGRESSION OF THE LAW - WHAT LAW? 00:12:04.79\00:12:07.46 AND THAT'S THE NEXT QUESTION, TO WHAT LAW DOES 1 JOHN 3:4 REFER? 00:12:07.49\00:12:13.03 WELL, YOU CAN READ - THE ANSWER TO THAT YOU CAN REALLY GET FROM 00:12:13.06\00:12:15.40 ROMANS 7:7 - I KNOW I'M GIVING YOU A LOT OF SCRIPTURE, BUT I 00:12:15.43\00:12:18.37 WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR UNDERSTANDING ABOUT THIS SUBJECT 00:12:18.40\00:12:21.07 IS REALLY ROOTED IN THE WORD. HE SAID, 'I HAD NOT KNOWN SIN 00:12:21.10\00:12:25.61 BUT BY THE LAW, FOR I HAD NOT KNOWN LUST EXCEPT THE LAW HAD 00:12:25.64\00:12:29.28 SAID, 'YOU SHALL NOT COVET.' NOW, WHEN PAUL SAYS 'YOU SHALL 00:12:29.31\00:12:33.48 NOT COVET,' WHERE DO YOU FIND THAT? WHICH COMMANDMENT IS THAT? 00:12:33.52\00:12:39.59 COMMANDMENT #10 - IT SAYS, 'THOU SHALL NOT COVET' - SO PAUL IS 00:12:39.62\00:12:42.92 SAYING, 'I WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN ABOUT SIN IF IT WASN'T FOR THE 00:12:42.96\00:12:45.36 LAW.' AND THEN HE'S REFERRING, OF COURSE, TO THE MORAL LAW - 00:12:45.39\00:12:47.86 THE TEN COMMANDMENT LAW. AND DO WE HAVE PROBLEMS WITH LAW 00:12:47.86\00:12:52.53 KEEPING IN THE COUNTRY AND THE WORLD TODAY? 00:12:52.57\00:12:54.54 >>YES. >>OH, IT'S PRETTY SERIOUS. 00:12:54.57\00:12:56.71 I THINK I QUOTED THIS, ACTUALLY, SAME QUOTE TO YOU IN AN EARLIER 00:12:56.74\00:13:00.58 PRESENTATION - THAT "EVERY HUNDRED HOURS, MORE YOUTH DIE IN 00:13:00.61\00:13:03.21 U.S. STREETS THAN WERE KILLED IN THE PERSIAN GULF WARFARE" - 00:13:03.24\00:13:06.31 U.S. NEWS AND WORLD REPORT . 00:13:06.35\00:13:08.75 ANOTHER REPORT TELLS US THAT THE AVERAGE 18 YEAR OLD HAS 00:13:08.78\00:13:13.05 WITNESSED 200,000 VIOLENT ACTS ON TELEVISION, INCLUDING 40,000 00:13:13.09\00:13:19.79 MURDERS - BY THE TIME HE'S 18 YEARS OLD - A YOUNG PERSON. 00:13:19.83\00:13:24.00 SO, IF WE ARE CHANGED BY BEHOLDING AND, IF PEOPLE ARE 00:13:24.03\00:13:28.84 SPENDING ALL THIS TIME BEHOLDING EVIL, THEN IS THAT GOING TO HAVE 00:13:28.87\00:13:32.27 AN IMPACT ON US? AND IT'S ALSO AFFECTING THE MORALS. 00:13:32.31\00:13:37.05 I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THAT - IT'S JUST GONE EPIDEMIC NOW - 00:13:37.08\00:13:40.32 SOME OF YOU PROBABLY HEARD ABOUT 2015, THERE WAS A WEBSITE 00:13:40.35\00:13:43.62 CALLED ASHLEY MADISON AND SOME PEOPLE THAT WERE REALLY UPSET 00:13:43.65\00:13:47.22 WITH WHAT THE GOAL OF THIS WEBSITE WAS: TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE 00:13:47.26\00:13:50.73 TO HAVE AFFAIRS. THEIR MOTTO WAS, 'LIFE IS SHORT. 00:13:50.76\00:13:54.00 HAVE AN AFFAIR.' AND PEOPLE COULD GO AND REGISTER THERE - 00:13:54.03\00:13:57.57 AND A LOT OF MARRIAGES WERE BREAKING UP BECAUSE OF THIS 00:13:57.60\00:13:59.83 WEBSITE. THEY ACTUALLY HAD A 37 MILLION-PEOPLE REGISTER - 00:13:59.87\00:14:05.77 >>WOW. >>5.5 OF THEM HAD REGISTERED 00:14:05.81\00:14:08.38 AS WOMEN, SO IT WAS NOT JUST A PROBLEM OF THE MEN BUT, 00:14:08.41\00:14:11.68 PREDOMINANTLY, IT WAS THE MEN. AND THE GROUP SAID, 'IF YOU 00:14:11.71\00:14:15.72 DON'T TAKE DOWN YOUR WEBSITE, WE'VE HACKED ALL YOUR 00:14:15.75\00:14:17.75 INFORMATION, WE'RE MAKING IT PUBLIC.' WELL THEY DIDN'T TAKE 00:14:17.79\00:14:20.89 IT DOWN AND THESE PEOPLE WERE NOT JUST THREATENING, THEY DID 00:14:20.92\00:14:24.29 MAKE PUBLIC 25 GIGABYTES OF COMPANY DATA - THE PERSONAL 00:14:24.33\00:14:29.63 INFORMATION AND NAMES OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAD BEEN 00:14:29.66\00:14:32.43 USING THAT WEBSITE. >>WOW. 00:14:32.47\00:14:36.24 >>BUT THAT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE. THERE'S ONLY 300 MILLION IN 00:14:36.27\00:14:39.04 NORTH AMERICA - A LOT OF THEM ARE KIDS - 37 MILLION PEOPLE - 00:14:39.07\00:14:42.54 >>WOO! >>WOW. 00:14:42.58\00:14:44.35 >>INVESTIGATING HOW TO HAVE AN AFFAIR. 00:14:44.38\00:14:48.78 DO YOU THINK WE HAVE TOO MUCH LAW IN THE CHURCH? 00:14:48.82\00:14:51.39 OR MAYBE PEOPLE AREN'T HEARING ABOUT THE LAW OF GOD? 00:14:51.42\00:14:54.26 OH, BY THE WAY, THAT'S THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT - 'THOU 00:14:54.29\00:14:55.92 SHALT NOT COMMIT ADULTERY'. THE BIBLE SAYS THAT ADULTERERS 00:14:55.96\00:15:01.20 WILL NOT BE IN THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. 00:15:01.23\00:15:04.87 >>DON'T GO ANYWHERE, FRIENDS. IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS WE'LL 00:15:04.90\00:15:06.84 RETURN AND COMPLETE THIS PRESENTATION. 00:15:06.87\00:15:09.37 YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE BIG DEBATES IN THE CHRISTIAN WORLD TODAY HAS 00:15:09.40\00:15:12.34 TO DO WITH 'HOW DOES A CHRISTIAN RELATE TO THE LAW OF GOD?' 00:15:12.37\00:15:16.64 NOW, CLEARLY, SOME THINGS WERE NAILED TO THE CROSS AND A 00:15:16.68\00:15:19.08 CHRISTIAN DOES NOT NEED TO KEEP THE OLD COVENANT. 00:15:19.11\00:15:21.98 BUT WHAT ABOUT THE TEN COMMANDMENTS? 00:15:22.02\00:15:24.05 AFTER ALL, THEY'RE NOT CALLED 'THE TEN RECOMMENDATIONS' OR 00:15:24.09\00:15:26.96 'THE TEN SUGGESTIONS' OR 'GOD'S TEN GOOD IDEAS.' WE HAVE A 00:15:26.99\00:15:31.09 SPECIAL LESSON WE'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU AND IT'S CALLED 00:15:31.13\00:15:33.93 WRITTEN IN STONE . EVEN IN THE TITLE YOU CAN 00:15:33.96\00:15:36.36 UNDERSTAND THE TEN COMMANDMENTS WERE WRITTEN BY THE FINGER OF 00:15:36.40\00:15:39.23 GOD IN STONE SO, OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS IMPORTANT. 00:15:39.27\00:15:42.64 IF YOU'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND THIS SUBJECT AND MUCH MORE RELATED TO 00:15:42.67\00:15:45.21 IT, THEN MAKE SURE AND SEND FOR THIS FREE OFFER AND YOU'LL BE 00:15:45.24\00:15:48.64 BLESSED. TO GET YOUR FREE COPY, CALL THE PHONE NUMBER ON YOUR 00:15:48.68\00:15:51.81 SCREEN AND ASK FOR OFFER #111. AND, AFTER YOU READ THIS 00:15:51.85\00:15:56.18 INCREDIBLE RESOURCE, MAKE SURE AND SHARE IT WITH A FRIEND. 00:15:56.22\00:15:58.92 LET'S GET BACK NOW TO TODAY'S PRESENTATION AND LEARN SOME MORE 00:15:58.95\00:16:02.39 AMAZING FACTS FROM THE WORD OF GOD. 00:16:02.42\00:16:05.99 >>GOD WANTS US TO KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS. 00:16:06.03\00:16:07.86 HE'S PRETTY CLEAR ABOUT THAT. NOW, THE BOTTOM LINE IS 00:16:07.86\00:16:09.76 A CHRISTIAN FOLLOWS WHO? WHAT DOES THE WORD 00:16:09.80\00:16:11.70 'CHRISTIAN' MEAN? A CHRISTIAN IS SUPPOSED 00:16:11.73\00:16:14.10 TO BE A FOLLOWER OF CHRIST. WHAT DID JESUS DO? 00:16:14.14\00:16:17.47 DID JESUS KEEP THE TEN COMMANDMENTS? 00:16:17.51\00:16:19.04 >>YES. >>HE SAID SO. 00:16:19.07\00:16:21.58 HE SAID IN JOHN 15:10, "I HAVE KEPT MY FATHER'S COMMANDMENTS." 00:16:21.61\00:16:25.65 THAT WOULD CERTAINLY INCLUDE THE TEN, RIGHT? 00:16:25.68\00:16:28.45 SOME ARE SAYING, 'WELL, JESUS ONLY KEPT THE TEN COMMANDMENTS 00:16:28.48\00:16:30.45 BECAUSE HE'S A JEW. WE'RE CHRISTIANS NOW. 00:16:30.49\00:16:32.35 HE SAVED US FROM THE LAW.' HAVE YOU EVER HEARD THAT BEFORE? 00:16:32.39\00:16:37.13 YOU KNOW, WHEN I FIRST STARTED READING THE BIBLE AND - YOU 00:16:37.16\00:16:42.70 KNOW, MY MOTHER WAS AN ACTRESS. SHE WAS ACTUALLY IN THE 00:16:42.73\00:16:44.53 MOVIE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS . AND I EVEN - BEFORE I WAS A 00:16:44.57\00:16:47.57 CHRISTIAN I REMEMBER SEEING THAT CHARLTON HESTON MOVIE. 00:16:47.60\00:16:50.21 SHE HAD A VERY LITTLE PART - I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK SHE WAS 00:16:50.24\00:16:52.61 A, YOU KNOW, FAMOUS ACTRESS. 00:16:52.64\00:16:53.94 WHENEVER MY KIDS AND I WATCH IT I SAY, 'THERE'S GRANDMA! 00:16:53.98\00:16:55.98 THERE SHE GOES.' (LAUGHTER) IT'S A REALLY SHORT SCENE, BUT I GET 00:16:56.01\00:16:59.25 TO SAY SHE WAS IN THE MOVIE, AND THAT MAKES ME FEEL PRETTY GOOD. 00:16:59.28\00:17:02.38 SO, I KNEW, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE TEN COMMANDMENTS WERE, BUT I WAS 00:17:02.42\00:17:11.33 SURPRISED, AFTER BECOMING A CHRISTIAN, TO HEAR CHRISTIANS 00:17:11.36\00:17:14.60 TELLING ME, 'OH, BUT WE'RE SAVED BECAUSE OF JESUS. 00:17:14.63\00:17:17.57 JESUS KEPT THE LAW SO WE DON'T HAVE TO.' AND I THOUGHT, 00:17:17.60\00:17:19.33 'REALLY? YOU MEAN HE DIED AND TOOK OUR 00:17:19.37\00:17:24.54 PENALTY TO GIVE US A LICENSE TO SIN?' 00:17:24.57\00:17:27.71 I THOUGHT HE DIED - DIDN'T THE ANGEL TELL MARY TO SAVE US FROM 00:17:27.74\00:17:30.41 OUR SINS, NOT IN OUR SINS? SIN IS MY PROBLEM. 00:17:30.45\00:17:35.85 I WANT TO BE SAVED FROM MY SIN. I DON'T WANT TO BE SAVED TO 00:17:35.88\00:17:38.12 CONTINUE WITH THESE THINGS THAT CAUSE ALL THESE 00:17:38.15\00:17:40.09 PROBLEMS IN MY LIFE. I WANT TO BE DELIVERED 00:17:40.12\00:17:42.36 FROM THESE THINGS. BY THE WAY, IN THE BOOK OF 00:17:42.39\00:17:44.59 REVELATION, IT'S ALL A BOOK ABOUT VICTORY. 00:17:44.63\00:17:47.23 IF YOU READ THE MESSAGE THAT JESUS GIVES TO EACH OF THE 00:17:47.23\00:17:49.66 CHURCHES - REVELATION CHAPTER 2 AND 3 - SEVEN MESSAGES, SEVEN 00:17:49.70\00:17:52.40 CHURCHES - DO YOU KNOW WHAT HE SAYS TO EVERY CHURCH IN EVERY 00:17:52.43\00:17:54.17 AGE? 'TO HIM THAT OVERCOMES, TO HIM 00:17:54.20\00:17:56.94 THAT OVERCOMES, TO HIM THAT OVERCOMES - DO YOU THINK JESUS 00:17:56.97\00:17:59.71 WOULD SAY THAT SEVEN TIMES AND THEN SAY, 'IT'S NOT REALLY 00:17:59.74\00:18:02.94 POSSIBLE.' OF COURSE HE WANTS US TO BE OBEDIENT. 00:18:02.98\00:18:07.22 WHAT'S THE ALTERNATIVE? JESUS WOULD HEAL SOMEBODY; HE'D 00:18:07.25\00:18:10.55 SAY, 'GO AND SIN NO MORE OR LEST A WORSE THING COME 00:18:10.59\00:18:12.42 UPON YOU.' WHAT IS SIN? TRANSGRESSION OF THE LAW. 00:18:12.45\00:18:15.26 SO, WHEN HE SAID TO MARY MAGDALENE, 'GO AND SIN NO MORE.' 00:18:15.29\00:18:17.86 OR HE SAID TO THAT PARALYTIC THAT HE HEALED, 'GO AND SIN NO 00:18:17.89\00:18:20.16 MORE LEST A WORSE THING COME UPON YOU.' HE WAS TALKING ABOUT, 00:18:20.20\00:18:22.90 YOU KNOW, MARY ALMOST GOT STONED - ASSUMING SHE WAS THE WOMAN 00:18:22.93\00:18:26.23 CAUGHT IN ADULTERY. WE'RE NOT SURE OF THAT - 00:18:26.27\00:18:28.54 BUT HE SAID, 'DON'T DO THAT. IT COULD KILL YOU. 00:18:28.57\00:18:32.94 DON'T - SIN IS BAD. IT HURTS YOU.' JESUS SAID, 'I'VE 00:18:32.97\00:18:36.81 KEPT MY FATHER'S COMMANDMENTS. YOU CAN READ IN 1 PETER 2:22 - 00:18:36.85\00:18:40.18 IT SAYS JESUS "WHO COMMITTED NO SIN. 00:18:40.22\00:18:43.49 NOR WAS DECEIT FOUND IN HIS MOUTH." 00:18:43.52\00:18:45.55 SIN IS THE TRANSGRESSION OF THE LAW. 00:18:45.59\00:18:47.76 JESUS COMMITTED WHAT? NO SIN. 00:18:47.79\00:18:50.66 JESUS PERFECTLY KEPT THE FATHER'S COMMANDMENTS. 00:18:50.69\00:18:53.46 NOW, WE HAVEN'T. ALL OF US HAVE SINNED. 00:18:53.50\00:18:57.40 WE ALL STRUGGLE WITH TEMPTATION AND SIN EVERY DAY, AMEN? 00:18:57.43\00:19:00.24 >>AMEN. >>IT'S A CHALLENGE. 00:19:00.27\00:19:02.14 BUT BECAUSE WE ALL STRUGGLE AND WE OFTEN FALL, DOES THAT MEAN WE 00:19:02.17\00:19:05.61 SHOULDN'T MAKE EVERY EFFORT, BY GOD'S GRACE, TO DO HIS WILL? 00:19:05.64\00:19:10.05 AND WHAT IS THE WILL OF GOD? NOT EVERYONE THAT SAYS, 'LORD, 00:19:10.08\00:19:14.65 LORD' WILL ENTER THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN, BUT THEY THAT DO THE 00:19:14.68\00:19:18.45 WILL OF MY FATHER IN HEAVEN.' WHAT IS THE WILL OF GOD? 00:19:18.49\00:19:21.86 'LORD, I LOVE TO KEEP YOUR LAW - I LOVE TO KEEP YOUR 00:19:21.89\00:19:24.83 COMMANDMENTS. YOUR LAW IS WRITTEN IN MY 00:19:24.86\00:19:27.66 HEART.' PSALM 119 - I THINK THAT'S VERSE 45. 00:19:27.73\00:19:31.70 THE LAW OF GOD - HE SAYS, 'I LOVE TO DO YOUR WILL. 00:19:31.73\00:19:34.40 YOUR LAW IS IN MY HEART.' THE WILL OF GOD IS THE LAW OF GOD. 00:19:34.44\00:19:38.74 THE LAW OF GOD IS THE WILL OF GOD. 00:19:38.77\00:19:40.08 IT'S GOD'S WILL THAT YOU DON'T KILL EACH OTHER. 00:19:40.11\00:19:43.75 IT'S GOD'S WILL THAT YOU DON'T COVET - THAT YOU DON'T COMMIT 00:19:43.78\00:19:47.05 ADULTERY, RIGHT? AND SO, IF YOU LOVE HIM. 00:19:47.08\00:19:52.49 SO HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE SINNED? >>ALL. 00:19:52.52\00:19:55.36 >>WE JUST SORT OF ALLUDED TO THIS - YOU CAN READ, OF COURSE, 00:19:55.39\00:19:57.49 IN ROMANS 3:23, "FOR ALL HAVE SINNED AND COME SHORT OF THE 00:19:57.53\00:20:01.23 GLORY OF GOD." WE'VE ALL BROKEN GOD'S LAW. 00:20:01.26\00:20:04.80 AND THE PENALTY FOR SIN, OF COURSE, IS VERY SERIOUS. 00:20:04.83\00:20:07.60 THE BIBLE SAYS, 'ALL WE LIKE SHEEP HAVE GONE ASTRAY; WE HAVE 00:20:07.64\00:20:10.47 TURNED, EVERY ONE, TO HIS OWN WAY. 00:20:10.51\00:20:13.04 AND THE LORD LAID UPON HIM THE INIQUITY OF US ALL.' SO ALL OF 00:20:13.07\00:20:17.45 US HAVE SINNED. NONE IS RIGHTEOUS, NO, NOT ONE. 00:20:17.48\00:20:21.82 WHAT IS THE PUNISHMENT FOR LIVING A LIFE OF SIN? 00:20:21.85\00:20:26.12 YOU CAN READ THERE, IN ROMANS CHAPTER 6:23, "THE WAGES OF SIN 00:20:26.15\00:20:31.26 IS DEATH." HOW COME WE'RE NOT DEAD YET? 00:20:31.29\00:20:35.33 IT'S BECAUSE JESUS, BY HIS DEATH, HE'S BOUGHT US TIME TO 00:20:35.36\00:20:38.73 MAKE A DECISION AND HE BOUGHT ETERNAL LIFE FOR THOSE THAT WILL 00:20:38.77\00:20:41.44 ACCEPT HIS SACRIFICE IN THEIR PLACE. 00:20:41.47\00:20:44.24 BUT WHY DID HE DIE? FOR SIN. WHAT IS SIN? BREAKING THE LAW. 00:20:44.27\00:20:50.61 WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO DO THE THING THAT HURT JESUS SO MUCH? 00:20:50.65\00:20:55.88 YEAH, SIN IS WHAT KILLED HIM - SIN IS WHAT HURT HIM. 00:20:55.92\00:20:59.49 WHEN GOD TOLD ADAM AND EVE, IF YOU EAT THE FORBIDDEN FRUIT, "IN 00:20:59.52\00:21:03.69 THE DAY THAT YOU EAT OF IT YOU SHALL SURELY DIE." 00:21:03.73\00:21:07.66 THE PENALTY FOR SIN IS DEATH. 00:21:07.66\00:21:09.46 FOR US TO CONTINUE, WILLINGLY LIVING LIVES OF SIN - YOU READ 00:21:09.50\00:21:13.50 IN HEBREWS CHAPTER 10:26, IT SAYS, IF WE CONTINUE TO SIN 00:21:13.54\00:21:18.07 WILLFULLY, AFTER WE'VE RECEIVED THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUTH - SO 00:21:18.11\00:21:21.44 PEOPLE STUMBLE AND FALL, AND THAT'S ONE THING, BUT TO 00:21:21.48\00:21:24.18 CONTINUE IN KNOWN, WILLING SIN AFTER YOU KNOW GOD'S WILL, IT 00:21:24.21\00:21:28.35 SAYS THERE'S NO MORE SACRIFICE FOR SINS, BUT ONLY A CERTAIN 00:21:28.38\00:21:30.75 FEARFUL LOOKING FORWARD TO OF JUDGMENT AND FIERY INDIGNATION 00:21:30.79\00:21:34.36 THAT WILL DEVOUR THE ADVERSARIES. 00:21:34.39\00:21:35.92 IT'S A DANGEROUS THING TO TAMPER AND PLAY WITH SIN. 00:21:35.96\00:21:39.69 WOULD YOU LET YOUR KIDS PLAY IN THE STREET? 00:21:39.73\00:21:41.86 WHY, BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT THEM TO HAVE ANY FUN? 00:21:41.90\00:21:44.57 OR BECAUSE YOU LOVE THEM? SO WILL GOD WITHHOLD ANYTHING 00:21:44.60\00:21:48.14 GOOD FROM HIS PEOPLE, OR IS HE ONLY WANTING US TO STAY 00:21:48.17\00:21:51.01 AWAY FROM WHAT HURTS US? SIN IS DEADLY. 00:21:51.04\00:21:53.51 IT'S POISON. NUMBER 7: DO THE TEN 00:21:53.54\00:21:57.61 COMMANDMENTS STILL APPLY TO NEW TESTAMENT CHRISTIANS? 00:21:57.65\00:22:01.18 THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS I WANT TO MAKE 00:22:01.22\00:22:03.15 CLEAR IN THIS PRESENTATION. ABSOLUTELY. 00:22:03.18\00:22:07.16 MATTHEW 19, VERSE 17, HE SAID, "IF THOU WILL ENTER INTO THE 00:22:07.19\00:22:10.59 LIFE, KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS." AND THE RICH YOUNG RULER 00:22:10.63\00:22:14.86 SAID TO JESUS, 'WHICH?' AND JESUS BEGAN TO RECITE 00:22:14.93\00:22:18.43 THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. IS THAT PRETTY CLEAR? 00:22:18.47\00:22:21.10 I MEAN, IT'S RIGHT FROM THE MOUTH OF JESUS. 00:22:21.14\00:22:23.14 AND CHRIST SAID, 'DO NOT THINK THAT I'VE COME TO DESTROY THE 00:22:23.17\00:22:26.17 LAW AND PROPHETS. I DID NOT COME TO DESTROY BUT TO FULFILL.' 00:22:26.21\00:22:29.81 AND SOME THINK THAT MEANS, WELL, THAT MEANS 'DO AWAY WITH'. 00:22:29.84\00:22:31.95 NO, FULFILL MEANS TO FILL FULL. MATTER OF FACT, A LITTLE LATER - 00:22:31.98\00:22:37.89 OR EARLIER, ACTUALLY, IN THE SAME BOOK, WHEN JESUS CAME TO 00:22:37.92\00:22:41.46 JOHN THE BAPTIST TO BE BAPTIZED, JOHN SAID, 'OH, YOU'RE THE 00:22:41.49\00:22:44.46 MESSIAH. YOU NEED TO BAPTIZE ME.' AND 00:22:44.49\00:22:46.96 JESUS SAID, 'SUFFER IT TO BE SO NOW, FOR THUS IT BECOMES US TO 00:22:47.00\00:22:49.70 FULFILL ALL RIGHTEOUSNESS.' NOW, DOES THE WORD 'FULFILL' 00:22:49.73\00:22:53.80 MEAN 'DO AWAY WITH'? WOULD JESUS HAVE SAID TO JOHN, 00:22:53.84\00:22:59.01 'YOU NEED TO DO THIS TO DO AWAY WITH ALL RIGHTEOUSNESS'? 00:22:59.04\00:23:01.91 NO, IT MEANS 'TO COMPLETE; TO FULFILL' ALL RIGHTEOUSNESS. 00:23:01.94\00:23:05.05 CHRIST - JESUS SAID, 'DON'T THINK I'VE COME TO DESTROY LAW 00:23:05.08\00:23:09.08 AND PROPHETS, WHOSOEVER THEREFORE SHALL BREAK ONE OF THE 00:23:09.12\00:23:11.72 LEAST OF THESE COMMANDMENTS AND TEACH MEN SO, HE WILL BE SPOKEN 00:23:11.75\00:23:14.72 OF AS LEAST IN THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. 00:23:14.76\00:23:16.76 BUT WHOEVER WILL DO AND TEACH THEM, HE WILL BE CALLED GREAT IN 00:23:16.79\00:23:19.96 THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.' AND SO, CHRIST WAS VERY CLEAR ABOUT THE 00:23:20.00\00:23:24.07 LAW. HE SAID, 'DO NOT THINK THAT I'VE 00:23:24.10\00:23:26.20 COME TO GET RID OF IT.' I'VE GOT MORE VERSES ON THAT IN A MINUTE. 00:23:26.23\00:23:30.47 HE SAID, 'IF YOU LOVE ME' - DO WHAT? 00:23:30.51\00:23:34.84 'KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS.' >>AMEN. 00:23:34.88\00:23:36.81 >>AGAIN, REVELATION 22 - THIS IS A REVELATION SUBJECT - "BLESSED 00:23:36.85\00:23:41.18 ARE THEY THAT DO HIS COMMANDMENTS." 00:23:41.22\00:23:43.69 IS IT A CURSING OR A BLESSING? >>BLESSING. 00:23:43.72\00:23:46.19 >>IT'S A BLESSING. GOD - I'M TALKING ABOUT A 00:23:46.22\00:23:48.19 BLESSING TONIGHT, FRIENDS. YOU GET THIS SUBJECT, 00:23:48.22\00:23:50.99 YOU'LL BE BLESSED. HOW IS IT POSSIBLE TO 00:23:51.03\00:23:53.40 KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS? THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. 00:23:53.43\00:23:56.80 ROMANS 8:3 AND 4, "GOD SENDING HIS OWN SON...CONDEMNED SIN IN 00:23:56.83\00:24:03.20 THE FLESH: THAT THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE LAW MIGHT 00:24:03.24\00:24:06.54 BE FULFILLED IN US, WHO WALK NOT AFTER THE FLESH BUT AFTER THE 00:24:06.57\00:24:10.98 SPIRIT." ALL OF US KIND OF FEEL THE WAR 00:24:11.01\00:24:13.45 BETWEEN THE SPIRIT AND THE FLESH WITHIN AND, THROUGH THE POWER 00:24:13.48\00:24:16.42 OF CHRIST, WE DON'T HAVE TO BE CONTROLLED BY THE FLESH. 00:24:16.45\00:24:19.49 BUT YOU CAN BE BORN AGAIN. GOD GIVES YOU A NEW HEART 00:24:19.52\00:24:21.89 - THAT'S THE NEW COVENANT. PHILIPPIANS 4:13, "I 00:24:21.92\00:24:25.19 CAN DO" - HOW MUCH? >>ALL. 00:24:25.23\00:24:26.59 >>"I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST WHICH STRENGTHENETH ME." 00:24:26.63\00:24:31.07 HE WILL GIVE YOU STRENGTH THROUGH HIS WORD AND THROUGH HIS 00:24:31.10\00:24:33.77 SPIRIT, TO RESIST TEMPTATION, TO GET VICTORY, TO BE OVERCOMERS, 00:24:33.80\00:24:37.37 TO LIVE A NEW LIFE. >>AMEN. 00:24:37.41\00:24:39.81 >>I WAS DOING A TV PROGRAM - IT WAS ACTUALLY A CHRISTIAN STATION 00:24:39.84\00:24:43.58 WHERE I WAS DEBATING SOME OTHER MINISTERS ON THIS SUBJECT. 00:24:43.61\00:24:48.12 AND ONE OF THEM SAID, 'NOBODY CAN KEEP THE LAW.' AND I SAID, 00:24:48.15\00:24:53.29 'I'LL AGREE THAT WE'VE ALL SINNED, BUT I DON'T AGREE THAT 00:24:53.32\00:24:55.52 NOBODY CAN KEEP THE LAW.' I ASKED HIM, I SAID, 'DO YOU 00:24:55.56\00:24:58.53 BELIEVE THAT THE DEVIL CAN TEMPT US TO SIN?' 00:24:58.56\00:25:00.73 HE SAID, 'YES.' I SAID, 'DO YOU BELIEVE THAT JESUS CAN KEEP US 00:25:00.76\00:25:03.53 FROM SIN?' THE PASTOR SAID, 'NO.' I SAID, 00:25:03.57\00:25:07.94 'SO YOUR DEVIL'S BIGGER THAN YOUR SAVIOR?' 00:25:07.97\00:25:11.21 I READ, 'GREATER IS HE THAT IS IN YOU, THAN HE THAT IS IN THE 00:25:11.24\00:25:15.21 WORLD.' AND THAT 'I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST.' AND 00:25:15.24\00:25:18.95 'JESUS CHRIST IS THE AUTHOR AND THE FINISHER OF OUR FAITH.' AND 00:25:18.98\00:25:22.92 SO THERE'S - IT BREAKS MY HEART, YOU KNOW? 00:25:22.95\00:25:25.79 IT'S DOCTRINES OF DEVILS WHEN EVEN PASTORS ARE TELLING PEOPLE 00:25:25.82\00:25:28.99 - I HEAR IT ON THE RADIO AND, IF YOU WERE DRIVING WITH ME IN THE 00:25:29.02\00:25:31.16 CAR YOU'D REALLY PROBABLY BE ENTERTAINED BECAUSE I GET - I 00:25:31.19\00:25:33.73 START TALKING TO THE RADIO - I'LL HEAR - I LISTEN TO 00:25:33.76\00:25:36.60 CHRISTIAN STATIONS AND I'LL HEAR PASTORS - PEOPLE CALL THEM WITH 00:25:36.63\00:25:39.23 A BIBLE QUESTION: 'PASTOR IS IT NECESSARY TO KEEP THE LAW?' 00:25:39.27\00:25:42.14 HE'LL SAY, 'NO, WE'RE NOT UNDER THE LAW, WE'RE UNDER GRACE NOW. 00:25:42.17\00:25:44.64 WE ONLY NEED TO KEEP TWO COMMANDMENTS: LOVE THE LORD AND 00:25:44.67\00:25:47.21 LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR.' (LAUGHTER) 'BECAUSE JESUS GAVE US A NEW 00:25:47.24\00:25:51.15 COMMANDMENT.' AND JESUS SAYS, 'A NEW COMMANDMENT I GIVE UNTO YOU' 00:25:51.18\00:25:55.55 AND THEN HE WENT ON TO SAY, 'LOVE THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR 00:25:55.58\00:25:57.85 HEART AND LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.' WHAT WAS JESUS DOING 00:25:57.89\00:26:01.29 WHEN HE SAID THAT? QUOTING MOSES. 00:26:01.32\00:26:05.89 IT'S IN DEUTERONOMY CHAPTER 6 AND IT'S IN LEVITICUS 19:18. 00:26:05.93\00:26:09.70 JESUS IS SAYING, 'A NEW COMMANDMENT' AND THEN HE'S 00:26:09.73\00:26:11.80 QUOTING MOSES. THE IDEA OF LOVING THE LORD AND 00:26:11.83\00:26:14.77 LOVING YOUR NEIGHBOR IS THE ESSENCE OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. 00:26:14.80\00:26:18.27 THE TEN COMMANDMENTS ARE ALL ABOUT LOVE. 00:26:18.31\00:26:19.74 GOD IS LOVE. IT'S AN EXPRESSION OF HIS LOVE. 00:26:19.77\00:26:21.51 FIRST FOUR COMMANDMENTS DEAL WITH LOVE FOR GOD; LAST SIX 00:26:21.54\00:26:24.35 COMMANDMENTS DEAL WITH LOVE FOR YOUR FELLOW MEN. 00:26:24.38\00:26:26.38 THE WHOLE LAW IS SUMMARIZED IN LOVE. 00:26:26.41\00:26:28.58 IF YOU LOVE GOD, YOU WON'T BREAK THE FIRST FOUR. 00:26:28.62\00:26:31.05 IF YOU LOVE YOUR FELLOW MAN YOU'RE NOT GOING TO KILL HIM. 00:26:31.09\00:26:32.92 YOU'RE NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT HIM. 00:26:32.95\00:26:34.26 YOU'RE NOT GOING TO LIE ABOUT HIM. 00:26:34.29\00:26:35.59 YOU'RE NOT GOING TO STEAL FROM HIM. 00:26:35.62\00:26:36.93 'LOVE IS THE FULFILLING OF THE LAW' PAUL SAYS. 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