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01:02 >>THIS PRESENTATION IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE FRIENDS OF THE
01:05 AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY. 01:09 >>ONE OF THE MORE BIZARRE LAW IN MINNESOTA FORBIDS ANY GAME WHERE 01:14 PARTICIPANTS CHASE A GREASED PIG IN ORDER CATCH IT. 01:18 IT'S ALSO ILLEGAL TO THROW KNIVES AT MEN WEARING STRIPED 01:22 SUITS IN NATOMA, KANSAS. IN WEST VIRGINIA, USING YOUR 01:27 FERRET FOR HUNTING CAN LAND YOU IN JAIL FOR UP TO 100 DAYS. 01:32 AND, YOU BETTER NOT TRANSPORT ICE CREAM IN YOUR POCKET IN 01:35 KENTUCKY. IT'S AGAINST THE LAW TO GATHER 01:38 SEAWEED AT NIGHT IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. 01:41 AND, IN VERMONT, A WOMAN NEEDS WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM HER 01:43 HUSBAND BEFORE SHE CAN LAWFULLY WEAR FALSE TEETH. 01:48 DOESN'T IT SEEM LIKE HUMANS EXCEL AT MAKING THINGS 01:50 UNNECESSARILY COMPLEX? ON THE OTHER HAND, GOD'S MORAL 01:55 CODE IS STREAMLINED, SIMPLE, AND TOTALLY PRACTICAL. 01:59 THE TEN COMMANDMENTS ARE ALSO A PERFECT REFLECTION OF THE LOVING 02:03 CHARACTER OF GOD TO HELP US TO SEE SIN IN OUR LIVES AND TO 02:07 POINT US IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. SO JOIN ME TODAY AS WE LOOK 02:11 DEEPER INTO THIS ESSENTIAL LAW OF LOVE. 02:19 >>YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT I'D GIVE YOU A LITTLE AMAZING FACT AT THE 02:21 BEGINNING. FOR YEARS, AS THESE ANCIENT SHIPS WOULD MAKE THEIR 02:25 WAY ACROSS THE OCEAN, ONE OF THE ONLY THINGS THAT KEPT THOSE 02:28 SHIPS FROM SINKING WAS ROCKS. NOW YOU MIGHT BE SURPRISED, 02:33 'HOW DO ROCKS KEEP A SHIP FROM SINKING?' 02:36 BUT MANY OF THE ANCIENT SAILBOATS, THEY UNDERSTOOD THAT 02:40 WHEN THEY HAD A TALL MAST AND THAT LEVERAGE WHEN THEY WERE IN 02:43 THE WIND AND THE WAVES, TO GIVE THEM THE BALLAST AND THE CENTER 02:47 OF GRAVITY THEY NEEDED TO PREVENT THEM FROM CAPSIZING, 02:51 THEY WOULD TAKE VERY CAREFULLY CHOSEN STONES THAT WOULDN'T 02:54 CRACK AND TURN INTO GRAVEL, THEY'D PLACE THEM, 02:57 STRATEGICALLY, ACROSS THE BOTTOM KEEL OF THE SHIP - AND THEY WERE 03:01 CALLED BALLAST STONES - AND IT GAVE THE SHIP A CENTER OF 03:06 GRAVITY - KEPT IT FROM CAPSIZING IN THE WIND AND IN THE WAVES AND 03:10 IT'S BEEN INTERESTING TO GEOLOGISTS. 03:13 AS THEY'VE GONE TO DIFFERENT PORTS AROUND THE WORLD, THEY 03:16 WILL FIND - IN THE CARIBBEAN, FOR INSTANCE, AND PROBABLY ON 03:18 THE COAST OF FLORIDA, ALL OF THESE INTERESTING GRANITE 03:21 STONES. NOW, IF YOU'RE A FLORIDIAN, DO 03:23 YOU HAVE ANY GRANITE IN FLORIDA? NO, EVEN THE ROADS ARE 03:27 MADE OF CORAL HERE, RIGHT? EVERYTHING'S CORAL. 03:29 BUT THEY FOUND, IN THE PORTS, THEY - MATTER OF FACT, THE 03:32 HIGHEST MOUNTAIN IN FLORIDA, I THINK, IS AN OVERPASS, RIGHT? 03:35 (RAUCOUS LAUGHTER) THE FREEWAY - THEY FOUND, IN THE PORTS, THESE 03:39 GRANITE STONES AND THEY SAID, 'HOW'D THEY GET HERE? 03:42 AND THEY WERE IDENTIFIED WITH ROCKS THAT YOU'D FIND IN ITALY 03:45 OR SPAIN OR PORTUGAL OR FRANCE OR ENGLAND - IT'S BECAUSE, WHEN 03:48 MANY OF THE SHIPS CAME OVER THEY TOOK SOME OF THEIR BALLAST 03:51 STONES, THEY'D DUMP THEM OUT AND THEY'D ADD CARGO THAT THEY PUT 03:54 LOWER IN THE HOLD AND IT GAVE THEM STABILITY. 03:58 IT KEPT THEM FROM CAPSIZING. IT KEPT THEM FROM BLOWING 04:01 OVER AND SINKING - A STONE. AND, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED A 04:05 BALLAST STONE IN YOUR LIFE. SO, TONIGHT WE HAVE A VERY 04:09 IMPORTANT PROGRAM AND IT'S DEALING WITH THE SUBJECT 04:12 OF THE LAW OF GOD. NOW THE TITLE OF THE SERIES IS 04:15 THE LAW OF THE LAMB , BECAUSE JESUS IS GOD THE SON. AMEN? 04:19 >>AMEN. >>GOD PUT HIS WORD - THE TEN 04:23 COMMANDMENTS - ON TWO TABLES OF STONE. 04:26 THIS IS THE LAW OF THE LAMB. IT IS WRITTEN BY THE 04:28 LORD, BY HIS OWN FINGER. NOW, JAMES USES AN ILLUSTRATION 04:32 WHERE HE SAYS, 'THE LAW OF GOD IS LIKE A MIRROR; WHOSO LOOKS 04:36 INTO THE PERFECT LAW OF LIBERTY AND CONTINUES THEREIN, NOT BEING 04:40 A FORGETFUL HEARER, BUT A DOER OF THE WORK, THE SAME MAN WILL 04:43 BE BLESSED IN WHAT HE DOES.' AND YOU CAN SEE THE REFERENCE 04:46 THERE FOR JAMES 1:23. AND THEN, IF YOU'RE WONDERING 04:48 WHAT LAW OF LIBERTY IS JAMES TALKING ABOUT, HE THEN GOES ON 04:52 TO QUOTE FROM TWO OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. 04:55 SO, LET ME SEE IF I CAN ILLUSTRATE WHY THIS WOULD BE 05:00 IMPORTANT USING THE PRINCIPLE THAT JAMES WAS TALKING ABOUT 05:10 THERE. ALRIGHT, NOW, DO YOU SEE ANYTHING DIFFERENT? 05:13 >>YES. >>LET'S SUPPOSE THAT THIS IS 05:17 DIRT. I DON'T SEE IT. 05:23 NOW YOU SEE THAT I'VE GOT A PROBLEM. 05:26 I WENT UP TO A GUY IN THE AIRPORT - NEVER MET HIM BEFORE - 05:28 BUT HE WENT THROUGH SECURITY - YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO TAKE OFF 05:31 YOUR JACKET AND PUT YOUR JACKET BACK ON - AND HIS COLLAR WAS ALL 05:34 FLIPPED AROUND - HE DIDN'T KNOW IT. AND, YOU KNOW, YOUR IQ LOOKS 05:36 LOWER WHEN YOU WALK AROUND LIKE THAT. (LAUGHTER) 05:38 AND NO GUY - NO GUY WANTS THAT TO HAPPEN AND SO, I SAID, 'HEY, 05:42 PARDON ME, BROTHER,' - I SAID - 'LET ME HELP YOU WITH THIS.' 05:44 YOU KNOW, AND I FIXED HIS COLLAR. 05:46 AND HE LOOKED AT ME REALLY STRANGE. 05:47 I THOUGHT, 'I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN TO MEDDLE,' - I SAID - 05:49 'YOUR COLLAR WAS FLIPPED AROUND BACKWARDS.' I WALKED AWAY, I 05:51 WENT IN THE RESTROOM, MY COLLAR WAS FLIPPED AROUND BACKWARDS - 05:55 (RAUCOUS LAUGHTER) I'D GONE THROUGH SECURITY TOO. 05:59 HE'S LOOKING AT ME AND THINKS, 'BOY, REMOVE THE MOTE FROM YOUR 06:02 OWN EYE BEFORE YOU - YOU'VE GOT A BEAM IN YOUR OWN EYE, YOU'RE 06:06 FIXIN' MINE.' SO, I DON'T SEE ANYTHING WRONG WITH ME. 06:12 I DIDN'T SEE MY JACKET WAS MESSED UP THAT DAY. 06:15 IF I'M GOING TO SEE IT - WHEN DID I NOTICE THAT MY COLLAR WAS 06:17 ALL CALLYWAMP - WHEN I LOOKED IN WHAT? 06:20 I WISH I HAD A MIRROR. IT JUST SO HAPPENS I'VE GOT 06:24 A FRIEND IN HIGH PLACES. ALRIGHT, SO, I FEEL OKAY NOW. 06:30 I FEEL JUST LIKE I DID TEN MINUTES AGO, BUT YOU SAY 06:31 SOMETHING'S CHANGED. I'VE GOT SOMETHING WRONG. 06:35 IT'S DIRT. IT'S SIN, RIGHT? SO, I GO LIKE THIS AND I 06:40 LOOK AND I THINK, 'OH, WOW. THAT'S EMBARRASSING. 06:42 THAT LOOKS REALLY SILLY. I DON'T FEEL SO GOOD ANYMORE. 06:46 I FEEL LIKE SOMETHING'S WRONG.' OBVIOUSLY I FELT GOOD BEFORE I 06:50 LOOKED IN THE MIRROR, SO WHAT'S WRONG IS THE MIRROR. 06:55 IF I JUST GET RID OF THE MIRROR, EVERYTHING'S OKAY. 06:58 >>NO. >>RIGHT? 07:00 >>NOPE. >>BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU EVER HEARD 07:03 THE EXPRESSION 'IGNORANCE IS BLISS'? 07:06 THERE'S A LOT CHRISTIANS WHO ARE GOING BY 'IGNORANCE IS BLISS'. 07:09 THEY SAY, 'GET RID OF THE LAW. I DON'T WANT TO LOOK AT THE LAW. 07:11 LAW MAKES ME FEEL BAD.' BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S LOOKING IN THE LAW 07:15 THAT GIVES YOU CONVICTION - THAT MAKES YOU SAY, 'WOW, SOMETHING 07:18 NEEDS TO BE DONE.' AND THEN THERE'S SOME WHO THINK, 'WELL, I 07:21 FELT OKAY UNTIL I LOOKED IN THE MIRROR SO, SINCE THIS SHOWED IT 07:24 TO ME, THIS SHOULD PROBABLY BE WHAT TAKES IT AWAY. 07:28 AND SO, HOW AM I GOING TO DO TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, TAKE IT OFF 07:31 WITH THE MIRROR?' IS THAT WHAT THE 07:32 FUNCTION OF THIS IS? >>NO. 07:34 >>THIS IS - IT SHOWS IT TO ME BUT IT DOESN'T TAKE IT AWAY. 07:37 SO IT'S USELESS. JUST GET RID OF IT. I'LL FEEL BETTER. 07:41 THE FUNCTION OF THE MIRROR IS NOT TO TAKE IT AWAY, IT IS 07:43 SIMPLY TO SHOW ME THAT I'VE GOT SOMETHING WRONG. 07:45 SO LET'S SUPPOSE THIS IS DIRT - THIS IS A SIN. 07:48 THIS DOESN'T TAKE IT AWAY, IT'S SIMPLY SUPPOSED TO SHOW ME. 07:52 SO WHAT DO I DO TO TAKE AWAY MY SIN? 07:54 WHAT CAN WASH AWAY MY SIN? 07:56 >>NOTHING BUT THE BLOOD OF JESUS.' 07:57 >>THE BLOOD - BOY, I WISH I HAD AN 07:58 ILLUSTRATION FOR THAT. THANK YOU, MRS. BATCHELOR. 08:03 SO, THIS IS THE LAW; THIS IS THE BLOOD OF CHRIST. 08:07 I NEED THIS TO SAY, 'OH, I'VE GOT A PROBLEM. 08:09 I'M CONVICTED.' AND THEN, I DID THIS ONCE WITH PERMANENT MARKER 08:13 AND IT DIDN'T WORK VERY WELL. I SAID - THEN I LOOK IN 08:17 THE MIRROR AND I SAY, 'OH, EVERYTHING'S OKAY. 08:21 I FEEL BETTER.' AND SO, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THIS NOW, WHERE 08:25 I HAD A PROBLEM WITH IT BEFORE. 08:27 SOME PEOPLE HATE THE LAW BECAUSE IT'S CONVICTING THEM THAT 08:30 THERE'S SOMETHING THEY'RE DOING WRONG. 08:32 AND THEN THEY SAY, 'I HATE THE LAW.' THE PROBLEM'S NOT THE LAW. 08:34 THE PROBLEM IS YOU NEED THE BLOOD OF JESUS - 08:36 >>AMEN. >>TO TAKE AWAY THE SIN. 08:38 YOU'LL HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE LAW THEN. 08:41 THE LAW IS SIMPLY SUPPOSED TO POINT YOU TO JESUS. 08:43 NOW, IF YOU GET RID OF THE MIRROR, YOU WILL NOT SEE YOUR 08:46 SIN AND THE DEVIL WILL HAVE YOU LIVING UNDER THE ILLUSION THAT 08:50 EVERYTHING'S FINE AND YOU'LL BE DOING WHAT I JUST DID, PREACHING 08:53 WITH A BIG MARK ON YOUR FACE - AND EVERYONE SEES IT BUT YOU AND 08:58 YOU'RE LIVING IN A DREAM. ARE THERE PEOPLE, WHEN CHRIST 09:01 COMES, THEY'RE GOING TO SAY, 'LORD, LORD,' - AND HE'S GOING 09:04 TO SAY, 'I DON'T KNOW YOU.' >>THAT'S RIGHT. 09:06 >>WHY DOES HE SAY, 'I DON'T KNOW YOU'? 09:08 HE SAYS, 'DEPART FROM ME YOU WORKERS OF INIQUITY.' YOU KNOW 09:11 WHAT THAT WORD 'INIQUITY' IS? YOU READ IT IN THE 09:13 GREEK - 'LAWLESSNESS'. A LOT OF PEOPLE, THEY KNOW 09:16 JESUS' NAME AND THEY SAY, 'OH, I TAUGHT IN YOUR STREETS, I DID 09:18 MANY WONDERFUL WORKS.' HE'LL SAY, 'I DON'T KNOW YOU. 09:21 DEPART FROM ME, WORKERS OF INIQUITY. 09:24 WHY DO YOU CALL ME 'LORD, LORD' AND DO NOT THE THINGS THAT I 09:26 SAY?' WHERE'S THE WILL OF GOD? IT'S IN THE LAW OF GOD. 09:32 SO WHAT IS THE OLD COVENANT? BECAUSE, OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE LIVING 09:36 UNDER THE NEW COVENANT NOW, RIGHT? 09:38 YOU CAN READ IN DEUTERONOMY 4:13, "AND HE DECLARED UNTO YOU 09:41 HIS COVENANT, WHICH HE COMMANDED YOU TO PERFORM, EVEN TEN 09:45 COMMANDMENTS, AND HE WROTE THEM UPON TWO TABLES OF STONE." 09:49 SO THE OLD COVENANT IS THE TEN COMMANDMENTS THAT WERE WRITTEN 09:52 ON STONE. AND YOU KNOW WHAT A COVENANT IS? 09:55 A COVENANT IS AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE. 09:59 GOD FIRST SPOKE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS IN THE HEARING OF 10:01 THE NATION OF ISRAEL AND THE PEOPLE SAID, 'ALL THAT THE LORD 10:04 HAS SAID WE WILL DO.' YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU MAKE AN AGREEMENT WITH 10:07 SOMEBODY - YOU SAY, 'LOOK, I'LL SELL YOU MY HOUSE. 10:09 I WANT 300,000 DOLLARS.' AND THEY SAY, 'OH, HOW ABOUT 10:12 280,000?' AND YOU SAY, 'OKAY, WE'LL DO IT FOR 290,000. 10:15 WE'LL SETTLE.' 'ALRIGHT.' YOU MADE A VERBAL AGREEMENT, LET'S 10:19 WRITE IT DOWN. YOU CODIFY IT. THEN YOU GET A COPY OF THE SALES 10:23 AGREEMENT - PURCHASE AGREEMENT - I GET A COPY - ISN'T 10:25 THAT HOW IT WORKS? THAT'S A COVENANT. 10:27 THAT'S ALL A COVENANT IS - IT'S AN AGREEMENT. 10:29 GOD SPOKE IT, THEY SAID, 'ALL THE LORD SAYS WE WILL DO.' GOD 10:32 SAID, 'I'LL GO MAKE THE COPIES.' MOSES WENT UP THE MOUNTAIN, GOD 10:36 GAVE HIM THE AGREEMENT - THE COVENANT - HE SAID, 'HERE'S MY 10:39 LAW.' AND YOU READ DEUTERONOMY 28, HE SAYS, 'IF YOU LOVE ME AND 10:43 YOU KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS' - YOU KNOW, RIGHT IN THE TEN 10:45 COMMANDMENTS IT SAYS, 'LOVE GOD' - IN THE COMMANDMENT ABOUT 10:48 IDOLATRY IT SAYS, 'SHOWING MERCY UNTO THOUSANDS OF THEM THAT LOVE 10:51 ME AND KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS.' SO THE KEY IS LOVING GOD. 10:55 BUT DID THEY KEEP HIS LAW? >>NO. 10:58 >>BEFORE MOSES EVEN CAME DOWN THE MOUNTAIN THEY MADE A GOLDEN 11:01 CALF - THEY DID IT IN THE CONTEXT OF WORSHIP - AND THEY 11:04 HAD A WILD PARTY AND BEFORE THE DAY WAS OVER, IT SAYS, THEY MADE 11:07 THEMSELVES NAKED - IT GOT WAY OUT OF HAND AND THEY BROKE ALL 11:11 THE LAW - THEY WORSHIPED IDOLS AND GOD SAID, 'LOOK, YOU DIDN'T 11:15 KEEP OUR COVENANT.' NOW THAT WAS THE OLD COVENANT WHERE THE LAW 11:20 OF GOD WAS WRITTEN IN STONE. UPON WHAT IS THE 11:24 NEW COVENANT BASED? IT TELLS THAT THE NEW COVENANT - 11:27 HE SAYS, "I WILL PUT MY LAW IN THEIR MIND, AND I'LL WRITE 11:31 THEM IN THEIR HEARTS." THAT'S HEBREWS 8:10. 11:34 NOW, IF YOU HAVE YOUR BIBLES, IF YOU TURN IN YOUR BIBLES TO 11:37 JEREMIAH 31:31, WHERE DO YOU FIRST FIND THE NEW COVENANT? 11:41 NOT IN THE NEW TESTAMENT. WHEN PAUL QUOTES THERE, IN 11:44 HEBREWS, THE NEW COVENANT, HE'S QUOTING JEREMIAH. 11:47 YOU LOOK IN JEREMIAH 31:31, "'BEHOLD, THE DAYS ARE COMING,' 11:51 SAYS THE LORD, 'I WILL MAKE A NEW COVENANT WITH THE HOUSE OF 11:54 ISRAEL, WITH THE HOUSE OF JUDAH, NOT ACCORDING TO THE COVENANT I 11:57 MADE WITH THEIR FATHERS IN THE DAY I TOOK THEM BY THE HAND TO 12:00 LEAD THEM OUT OF EGYPT, MY COVENANT THAT THEY BROKE.'" THEY 12:03 BROKE IT WAY BACK BEFORE JEREMIAH - "THOUGH I WAS A 12:06 HUSBAND TO THEM. BUT THIS IS THE NEW COVENANT 12:08 THAT I WILL MAKE WITH THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL, AFTER THOSE 12:10 DAYS,' SAYS THE LORD." - 'I'LL GIVE THEM 12:12 A DIFFERENT LAW. I'LL CHANGE THE LAW. 12:14 I'LL DO AWAY WITH THE LAW.' NO. IT DOESN'T SAY THAT. 12:17 I'M JUST WONDERING IF YOU'RE FOLLOWING. 12:18 HE SAYS, 'I'LL PUT MY LAW' - SAME LAW - 'IN A DIFFERENT 12:21 PLACE. I'LL PUT MY LAW IN THEIR MINDS 12:25 AND I'LL WRITE IT IN THEIR HEARTS, AND I'LL BE THEIR GOD 12:28 AND THEY'LL BE MY PEOPLE.' SO THE NEW COVENANT IS NOT A CHANGE 12:32 IN THE LAW, THE NEW COVENANT IS A CHANGE IN THE PLACE 12:34 THE LAW IS WRITTEN. GOD WRITES HIS LAW IN 12:37 YOUR HEART THROUGH LOVE. >>AMEN. 12:40 >>DOESN'T LIVING UNDER GOD'S GRACE MAKE KEEPING GOD'S LAW 12:44 NON-ESSENTIAL? YOU'VE HEARD THAT? 12:46 'I'M NOT UNDER THE LAW ANYMORE. I'M NOW UNDER GRACE.' AND THE 12:49 BIBLE TALKS ABOUT NOT BEING UNDER LAW. 12:51 WHAT DOES PAUL MEAN WHEN HE SAYS, 'NOT BEING UNDER LAW'? 12:54 HE DOES NOT MEAN YOU'RE NO LONGER UNDER AN OBLIGATION TO 12:58 KEEP THE LAW - BECAUSE JUST FOLLOW THAT THROUGH. 13:00 DOES THAT MEAN YOU'RE NOT OBLIGATED TO BE HONEST? 13:03 YOU'RE NOT OBLIGATED TO NOT STEAL? 13:06 YOU DON'T WANT TO TURN TO YOUR SPOUSE AND SAY, 'YOU'RE NOT 13:09 OBLIGATED TO KEEP THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT.' DOES ANYONE 13:12 BELIEVE THAT? THAT'S OUTRAGEOUS. 13:15 SO PAUL, CERTAINLY, DOESN'T MEAN THAT. 13:17 HE MEANS, BECAUSE OF THE SACRIFICE OF JESUS WE ARE NO 13:20 LONGER UNDER THE PENALTY OF THE LAW.' - THE WAGES ARE DEATH. 13:26 HE'S NOT SAYING YOU'RE NOT UNDER AN OBLIGATION TO OBEY IT. 13:30 >>DON'T GO ANYWHERE, FRIENDS, WE'LL BE BACK IN JUST A MOMENT 13:32 WITH THE REST OF TODAY'S PRESENTATION. 13:35 WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE BETTER RELATIONSHIPS? 13:37 SILLY QUESTION, RIGHT? 13:38 DO YOU DESIRE MORE JOY AND FULFILLMENT IN YOUR LIFE? 13:42 ARE YOU SEEKING A CLOSER WALK WITH JESUS? 13:45 AND HOW CAN YOU GROW SPIRITUALLY IN TODAY'S HECTIC WORLD? 13:48 WHAT IF I TOLD YOU THAT THE ANSWER TO ALL OF THESE QUESTIONS 13:52 CAN, SURPRISINGLY, BE FOUND IN THE TEN COMMANDMENTS? 13:56 AMAZING FACTS WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU PART 1 OF OUR 13:59 12-PART SERIES LAWS OF LOVE AND LIBERTY . 14:03 IN THIS STIRRING MESSAGE, WE EXPLORE THE AMAZING RICHES THAT 14:07 CAN BE MINED FROM EACH AND EVERY COMMANDMENT, REVEALING THAT 14:10 GOD'S LAW IS STILL A TREASURE TROVE OF WISDOM THAT OFFERS 14:13 INCREDIBLE PROVEN SOLUTIONS TO THE REAL-WORLD PROBLEMS OF EVERY 14:17 DAY LIFE. TO GET YOUR FREE COPY, CALL THE 14:20 PHONE NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN AND ASK FOR OFFER #808 OR 14:24 VISIT THE WEB ADDRESS. AND, AFTER YOU READ THIS 14:26 INCREDIBLE RESOURCE, BE SURE AND SHARE IT WITH A FRIEND. 14:30 LET'S RETURN, NOW, TO TODAY'S PRESENTATION AND LEARN SOME MORE 14:33 AMAZING FACTS FROM THE WORD OF GOD. 14:37 >>I'M DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD ONE DAY - THIS IS A TRUE STORY - AND 14:41 I WAS DEEP IN THOUGHT - GOING TOO FAST - AND I MUST HAVE BEEN 14:45 REALLY DEEP IN THOUGHT BECAUSE I ACTUALLY PASSED - SPEEDING - 14:49 A HIGHWAY PATROLMAN THAT WAS NEXT TO ME. 14:52 (LAUGHTER) AND HE PULLED ME OVER - HE WAS PRETTY NICE - AND HE 14:56 SAID, 'LOOK, YOU WEREN'T GOING THAT FAST, BUT I WAS FOLLOWING 14:58 SOMEONE ELSE AND YOU PASSED ME AND YOU WERE SPEEDING AND I 15:00 THOUGHT, 'WELL, I CAN'T PULL THEM OVER IF YOU'RE JUST' - I 15:03 SAID, 'OH, OFFICER, I AM SO SORRY.' - I SAID - 'I JUST WAS 15:05 ON ONE OF THESE ROADS THAT WAS 70 MILES AN HOUR AND THEN I CAME 15:08 ON - I SWITCHED OFF ONTO THIS HIGHWAY AND I JUST - I REALLY' - 15:11 I SAID - I SAID, 'CAN YOU PLEASE HAVE MERCY?' 15:13 (LAUGHTER) NOW I'VE BEEN - I'M NOT PROUD OF MY DRIVING RECORD 15:21 AND I COULD PROBABLY TEACH TRAFFIC SCHOOL (LAUGHTER) YOU 15:26 KNOW, I KNOW THE LORD'S COMING SOON SO WE NEED TO MAKE HASTE 15:29 AND SO I'VE GOTTEN MORE THAN A COUPLE OF SPEEDING TICKETS. 15:34 AND I SAID, 'PLEASE HAVE MERCY. 15:36 YOU KNOW, MY INSURANCE JUST FINALLY WENT DOWN. 15:38 I'M TRYING TO KEEP IT THAT WAY' - (LAUGHTER) - 'AND I CAN'T GO 15:41 HOME AND TELL MY WIFE THAT I JUST GOT ANOTHER TICKET.' AND I 15:44 JUST CONFESSED, I SAID, 'I'M GUILTY. 15:46 I REPENT. HAVE MERCY. ALL I CAN ASK FOR IS MERCY. 15:49 I DON'T WANT JUSTICE, I WANT MERCY.' (LAUGHTER) AND HE SAID, 15:52 'ALRIGHT.' HE SAID, 'I'M GOING TO WRITE YOU A WARNING.' AND SO 15:55 HE WRITES ME A WARNING. HE SAID, 'ALRIGHT, SLOW DOWN.' 15:58 AND I SAID, 'PRAISE THE LORD.' NOW, I DIDN'T WANT TO PULL OVER 16:01 WHEN HE PULLED ME OVER BECAUSE I WAS IN A HURRY. 16:03 DON'T YOU HATE IT WHEN YOU'RE IN A HURRY AND THEN THE POLICEMAN 16:05 PULLS YOU OVER AND THEN YOU'RE REALLY LATE AND YOU HAVE TO SAY, 16:08 'OFFICER, CAN YOU PLEASE HURRY UP WITH THIS TICKET BECAUSE I'VE 16:09 GOT TO GET GOING?' (LAUGHTER) 16:11 AND I'M GOING TO HAVE TO DRIVE TWICE AS FAST BECAUSE 16:13 YOU PULLED ME OVER.' (LAUGHTER) THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE THINKING. 16:17 AND SO, I HAD TO PULL OVER BECAUSE I BROKE THE LAW. 16:22 AND SO, WHEN I SEE THOSE BLUE AND RED LIGHTS - YOU EVER NOTICE 16:26 WHEN YOU SEE A POLICEMAN - HOW MANY OF YOU AUTOMATICALLY TAKE 16:29 YOUR FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR? YOU MAY BE STOPPED AT A LIGHT 16:33 AND YOU SEE A POLICEMAN, YOU - (LAUGHTER) - AND SO 16:39 I HAD TO PULL OVER. AND FINALLY, WHEN HE GAVE ME 16:41 BACK THE WARNING HE SAID, 'LOOK, I'M GOING TO LET YOU GO. 16:44 I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU A TICKET.' I'M NO LONGER UNDER THE 16:47 LAW, I'M NOW UNDER GRACE. HE'S FORGIVEN ME. 16:51 BOY, IT'D BE REALLY GREAT IF HE SAID, 'LOOK, THERE'S A PENALTY. 16:54 I'M GOING TO PAY YOUR TICKET FOR YOU.' THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN VERY 16:56 OFTEN, BUT THAT WOULD BE REALLY A GREAT ILLUSTRATION IF THAT 16:59 HAPPENED. BUT HE SAID, 'I'M GOING TO LET 17:02 YOU GO.' SO NOW I SAID, 'PRAISE THE LORD, I'M NO LONGER UNDER 17:05 THE LAW. HE SAID I'M FREE.' I BELIEVE HIS WORD THAT I'M 17:08 FREE, WHICH MEANS NOW I GET TO DRIVE 90 MILES AN HOUR. 17:12 SO I REV MY ENGINE AND I PEEL OUT AWAY FROM THE POLICEMAN, 17:15 SPRAY GRAVEL OVER THE HOOD OF HIS CAR AND SAY, 'PRAISE GOD I'M 17:19 NO LONGER UNDER THE LAW, I'M UNDER GRACE NOW.' IS THAT HOW 17:22 YOU DO IT? >>NO! 17:23 >>NO, NO, YOU KNOW WHAT I DID? 17:25 I SAID, 'THANK YOU VERY MUCH, OFFICER.' I TOOK OUT SOMETHING, 17:28 I CLEANED OFF MY REARVIEW MIRROR, I LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW, 17:32 I PUT MY BLINKER ON, I PUT IT IN GEAR, I PULLED OUT VERY SLOW - I 17:38 WAITED 'TIL THERE WERE NO CARS FOR SIX MILES IN ANY DIRECTION - 17:40 (LAUGHTER) - I PULLED OUT VERY CAREFULLY AND I WENT LIKE 45 ½ 17:44 MILES AN HOUR LOOKING BOTH WAYS BECAUSE, PRAISE THE LORD, I'VE 17:47 JUST BEEN FORGIVEN. I AM NOW UNDER GRACE. I AM GOING TO BE 17:49 THE MOST CAREFUL PERSON ON THE ROAD, RIGHT? 17:52 CHRISTIANS, WHEN THEY REALIZE WHAT THEIR FORGIVENESS 17:56 HAS COST, WHEN CHRISTIANS REALIZE WHAT THEIR LAWBREAKING 18:01 HAS COST, SHOULD BE THE ONES WHO ARE THE MOST CAREFUL NOT TO DO 18:06 THE THING THAT CRUCIFIED JESUS, AMEN? 18:09 >>AMEN. >>AND BE OBEDIENT. 18:11 SO, NO, WE ARE NOT UNDER THE LAW, WE ARE UNDER GRACE. 18:16 BUT WHAT DOES PAUL SAY IN ROMANS 6:15? 18:18 "WHAT THEN? SHALL WE SIN BECAUSE WE ARE NOT UNDER THE LAW, BUT 18:21 UNDER GRACE? GOD FORBID." HE SAID, 'DON'T EVEN THINK THAT.' 18:25 AND YET, THAT'S WHAT SOME CHURCHES ARE TEACHING. 18:28 ROMANS 3:31, "DO WE THEN MAKE VOID THE LAW THROUGH FAITH? 18:33 GOD FORBID: YEA, WE ESTABLISH THE LAW." 18:36 WHEN YOU'VE GOT FAITH YOU DON'T MAKE VOID THE LAW, YOU SEAL IT; 18:38 YOU ENDORSE IT, YOU AFFIRM IT. 18:41 INDEED, JESUS SAID, "AND IT IS EASIER FOR HEAVEN AND EARTH TO 18:43 PASS, THAN ONE TITTLE OF THE LAW TO FAIL." 18:48 IS HEAVEN STILL THERE? IS EARTH STILL THERE? 18:51 THEN GOD'S TEN COMMANDMENTS ARE STILL THERE. 18:54 AND I ALREADY QUOTED YOU, 'JESUS CHRIST IS THE SAME YESTERDAY, 18:56 TODAY, AND FOREVER.' SO, ARE PEOPLE SAVED BY KEEPING THE LAW? 19:01 THIS IS A POINT I NEED TO MAKE VERY CLEAR. 19:04 IS ANYONE SAVED BY KEEPING THE LAW? 19:06 I'VE HEARD FOLKS SAY, 'WELL, IN THE OLD TESTAMENT THEY WERE 19:08 SAVED BY THE LAW. NOW WE'RE SAVED BY 19:10 GRACE.' THAT IS NONSENSE. ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD AND 19:15 GOD COUNTED IT UNTO HIM FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS. 19:17 ABRAHAM WAS SAVED BY FAITH. READ HEBREWS 11, IT TALKS ABOUT 19:21 ALL THE OLD TESTAMENT CHARACTERS WHO WERE SAVED BY FAITH. 19:25 THEY WERE SAVED BY FAITH LOOKING FORWARD TO THE MESSIAH. 19:28 WE ARE SAVED BY FAITH LOOKING BACK TO CHRIST. EVERYBODY IS 19:31 SAVED BY JESUS. NOBODY IS SAVED BY WORKS. WE'RE ALL SAVED BY 19:37 FAITH. WE DO NOT KEEP THE LAW TO BE SAVED, WE KEEP THE LAW 19:41 BECAUSE WE ARE SAVED. >>AMEN. 19:43 >>JESUS SAID, 'YOU'LL KNOW THEM BY THEIR FRUITS.' AND IF WE'VE 19:46 GOT THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT, WHICH IS LOVE - AND JESUS SAID, 19:48 'IF YOU LOVE ME, KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS' - EPHESIANS 2:8. 19:52 HE GOES ON TO SAY, "FOR BY GRACE ARE YE SAVED THROUGH FAITH; AND 19:56 THAT NOT OF YOURSELVES: IT IS THE GIFT OF GOD: NOT OF WORKS, 20:00 LEST ANY MAN SHOULD BOAST." I LIKE WHAT D.L. 20:03 MOODY SAID - HE WAS A GREAT PREACHER - HE SAID, "THE 20:07 COMMANDMENTS OF GOD GIVEN TO MOSES IN THE MOUNT AT HOREB ARE 20:11 AS BINDING TODAY AS EVER THEY HAVE BEEN SINCE THE TIME WHEN 20:15 THEY WERE PROCLAIMED IN THE HEARING OF THE PEOPLE." 20:17 AND SOMEONE ASKED BILLY GRAHAM A QUESTION - HE USED TO HAVE A 20:20 QUESTION AND ANSWER THING IN THE DALLAS NEWS WHERE THEY'D MAIL IN 20:23 QUESTIONS - AND THE QUESTION WAS, 'DOES GOD STILL EXPECT US 20:26 TO KEEP THE TEN COMMANDMENTS?' HERE'S THE ANSWER FROM 20:30 DR. GRAHAM, "THE TEN COMMANDMENTS ARE JUST AS VALID 20:33 TODAY AS WHEN GOD GAVE THEM TO MOSES OVER 3,000 YEARS AGO. 20:37 JESUS SAID, 'I TELL YOU THE TRUTH, UNTIL HEAVEN AND EARTH 20:39 DISAPPEAR, NOT THE SMALLEST LETTER, NOT THE LEAST STROKE OF 20:43 THE PEN, WILL BY ANY MEANS DISAPPEAR FROM THE LAW.'" WHAT 20:47 LAW IS IT THEN THAT WAS NAILED TO THE CROSS? 20:50 AND THIS IS WHERE SOME PEOPLE GET CONFUSED. 20:52 YOU CAN READ IN COLOSSIANS 2:14 - NOW YOU NEED TO - YOU MIGHT 20:55 WANT TO TAKE A FEW NOTES - AND THIS WILL BE IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL 20:58 MATERIAL, IF YOU'RE FOLLOWING ALONG - WE'VE GOT A LESSON THAT 21:02 TALKS ABOUT WRITTEN IN STONE AND IT EXPLAINS THE DIFFERENCE 21:07 BETWEEN WHAT LAWS ARE NAILED TO THE CROSS, THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, 21:10 AND THE CEREMONIAL LAWS - COLOSSIANS 2:14, "BLOTTING OUT 21:14 THE" - NOW I UNDERLINED THAT - WHAT'S IT SAY? 21:16 - "HANDWRITING...THAT WAS AGAINST US, WHICH WAS CONTRARY 21:22 TO US, AND TOOK IT OUT OF THE WAY, NAILING IT TO HIS CROSS." 21:27 NOW, IF YOU GO TO EXODUS 32 - LET'S FIND OUT WHAT WAS NAILED 21:31 TO THE CROSS - EXODUS 32:16, "NOW THE TABLETS WERE THE WORK 21:35 OF GOD, AND THE WRITING WAS THE WRITING OF GOD ENGRAVED ON THE 21:38 TABLETS." - GOD WROTE AN ENGRAVING OF THE TEN 21:41 COMMANDMENTS - IT IS GOD-WRITTEN, IT IS NOT 21:43 THE HANDWRITING OF MAN. BUT, WHAT MOSES WROTE, AS 21:48 FAR AS THE CEREMONIAL LAW AND ORDINANCES YOU CAN READ IN 2 21:51 CHRONICLES 33:8 - I WANT YOU TO NOTICE THERE - HE SAYS, "THEY 21:56 WILL TAKE HEED TO DO ALL THAT I HAVE COMMANDED THEM," - SO GOD 22:00 IS SPEAKING - "ALL THAT I HAVE COMMANDED THEM, ACCORDING TO THE 22:02 WHOLE LAW AND" - SO AFTER HE SAYS, 'WHOLE LAW' AND THEN HE 22:05 SAYS, 'AND' - WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? 22:06 AND MEANS WHAT? YOU'RE ADDING SOMETHING TO IT. "AND THE 22:09 STATUTES AND THE ORDINANCES BY THE HAND OF MOSES." 22:15 ORDINANCES, HANDWRITING - THE CEREMONIAL LAWS CONTAINED IN 22:20 ORDINANCES - NOW WHERE DID THEY PUT THE TEN COMMANDMENTS? 22:24 WAS IT - IN THE ARK OF THE COVENANT - WHERE WERE THE 22:27 CEREMONIAL LAWS PLACED? >>ON THE OUTSIDE. 22:29 >>READ IN DEUTERONOMY 31:26, "AND TAKE THIS BOOK OF THE LAW," 22:34 - WRITTEN ON PAPER - "AND PUT IT IN THE SIDE OF THE ARK OF THE 22:38 COVENANT OF THE LORD YOUR GOD. 22:40 THAT IT MAY BE THERE FOR A WITNESS AGAINST THEE." 22:44 YOU REMEMBER WHAT PAUL SAID IN COLOSSIANS? 22:45 HANDWRITING, ORDINANCES, AGAINST US. 22:49 IT IS SO CLEAR, WHEN YOU ARE A JEW, LIKE PAUL, AND HE 22:52 UNDERSTOOD THE OLD TESTAMENT AND HE'S TALKING ABOUT THE 22:55 HANDWRITING OF MOSES THAT WAS IN THE CEREMONIAL LAWS, PLACED 22:58 OUTSIDE THE ARK, TO WITNESS AGAINST US. 23:01 NOT TALKING ABOUT THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. 23:03 BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO LAWS. 23:05 EPHESIANS 2:15, "HAVING ABOLISHED...THE LAW OF 23:09 COMMANDMENTS CONTAINED IN ORDINANCES." 23:13 SO, ARE THERE SOME LAWS THAT ARE NAILED TO THE CROSS? 23:17 CAN YOU NAIL STONE TO ANYTHING? NOT VERY EASILY, HUH? 23:20 IT WAS THE CEREMONIAL LAWS THAT WERE NAILED TO THE CROSS. 23:23 THIS IS THE LAWS THAT CONTAINED THE ANNUAL SABBATHS, THE MEAT 23:28 OFFERINGS, THE DRINK OFFERINGS - SO MANY THINGS THAT REVOLVED 23:30 AROUND THE SANCTUARY AND ITS SERVICES - THE TEN COMMANDMENT 23:33 LAW IS ETERNAL IN NATURE. WAS IT A SIN FOR JOSEPH TO 23:38 COMMIT ADULTERY WITH POTIPHAR'S WIFE? 23:40 >>YES. >>IT WOULD HAVE BEEN. 23:43 YEAH, HE SAID 'HOW CAN I DO THIS TERRIBLE THING AND SIN?' 23:46 THE TEN COMMANDMENTS HADN'T BEEN WRITTEN YET - IT WAS STILL A SIN 23:49 BEFORE THAT HAPPENED. WAS - DID GOD TELL CAIN - HE 23:54 SAID, 'SIN IS AT YOUR DOOR,' WHEN HE WAS THINKING OF 23:56 MURDERING HIS BROTHER. YOU MEAN WAY BACK IN THE GARDEN 23:59 OF EDEN, BEFORE MOSES WROTE 'THOU SHALT NOT MURDER.' 24:01 MURDER WAS A SIN. TEN COMMANDMENTS GO 24:04 ALL THE WAY BACK. THEY'RE ETERNAL IN NATURE. 24:07 THE CEREMONIAL LAWS DID NOT APPEAR UNTIL THE EXODUS AND THEY 24:09 ENDED WITH THE CROSS - THEY'RE TEMPORARY - 24:12 THEY WERE TO HELP US RECOGNIZE JESUS, FRIENDS. 24:14 THIS IS REALLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT SUBJECTS BECAUSE IT'S 24:18 SO STRANGE THAT WE'RE LIVING IN TIME WHERE CHRISTIANS ARE FUZZY 24:21 ABOUT SOMETHING AS BASIC AS THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. 24:24 I WOULD THINK WE'D NOTICE THAT WHEN GOD GATHERS A NATION 24:27 TOGETHER AND HE SPEAKS TO THEM AUDIBLY IN HIS OWN VOICE, ON A 24:32 MOUNTAIN, THUNDER AND SMOKE, THEN HE TAKES STONE - NOT PAPER 24:36 - AND HE WRITES IT WITH HIS OWN FINGER, AND HE SAYS, 'PUT IT IN 24:40 THE MOST SACRED LOCATION IN YOUR NATION' - THE GOLDEN BOX IN THE 24:44 MIDDLE OF THE HOLY OF HOLIES - THE INNER SANCTUM OF THE 24:47 SANCTUARY - HE SAYS, 'THIS IS MY WORD. 24:49 I SPOKE TO YOU MY WILL.' AND FOR CHRISTIANS TO SAY THEY LOVE 24:53 JESUS, WHO HAVE THE AUDACITY TO SAY, 'HE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT 24:58 THAT.' OR 'THAT'S NO LONGER IMPORTANT.' WHERE IN THE WORLD 25:02 DO WE GET THAT IDEA? I'LL BE TELLING YOU WHERE 25:06 THAT IDEA COMES FROM, LATER. BUT FRIENDS, THE BOTTOM 25:08 LINE IS 'DO YOU LOVE ME?' IF YOU KNOW HOW MUCH JESUS LOVES 25:13 YOU - BECAUSE HE DIED TO SAVE YOU. 25:15 I REMEMBER HEARING A STORY ABOUT A MAN, HE WAS DRIVING TOO FAST 25:19 THROUGH THIS SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD AND HE SAW THE RED 25:22 AND BLUE LIGHTS AND HE PULLED OVER AND THE POLICEMAN CAME UP 25:27 AND HE SAID, 'LOOK OFFICER, I WASN'T GOING THAT FAST. 25:31 I KNOW I DIDN'T STOP COMPLETELY AT THE STOP SIGN; I KIND OF 25:33 ROLLED THROUGH IT, BUT I LOOKED AROUND BEFORE I DID AND - AND 25:36 CAN YOU GIVE ME A BREAK? AND AFTER ALL, I'M ALMOST SURE 25:38 YOU GO TO THE SAME CHURCH I GO TO.' AND THE OFFICER 25:43 DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING. HE WALKED BEHIND THE GUY'S 25:45 CAR AND HE STARTED WRITING. HE GOT REALLY MAD - THE DRIVER 25:48 - HE SAID, 'MAN, HE COULD HAVE GIVEN ME A BREAK, YOU KNOW?' 25:50 AND JUST STARTED SLAMMING ON HIS STEERING WHEEL AND THOUGHT, 'OH, 25:52 MY INSURANCE IS GOING TO GO UP.' AND HE WAS ALL UPSET AND HE WAS 25:54 FUMING AND FINALLY THE POLICEMAN CAME OVER, HE TAPPED ON HIS 25:58 WINDOW AND HE JUST ROLLED THE WINDOW DOWN THAT FAR. 26:02 THE POLICEMAN POPPED THE PIECE OF PAPER THROUGH THE CRACK IN 26:05 THE WINDOW - THE GUY WAS BEING VERY RUDE NOW - AND THE 26:08 POLICEMAN GOT IN HIS CAR AND DROVE OFF. 26:10 THE GUY PICKED UP THE PAPER - IT WASN'T A TICKET, IT WAS A NOTE. 26:15 AND THE POLICEMAN SAID, 'I KNOW YOU, BOB.' - AND HE SAID, 'I'M 26:20 GOING TO LET YOU GO TODAY.' - HE SAID, 'I JUST WANT TO LET YOU 26:24 KNOW THAT A SPEEDING DRIVER KILLED MY DAUGHTER FOUR YEARS 26:29 AGO AND I'M REALLY STRUGGLING TO FORGIVE, AND I'M HOPING THAT ONE 26:35 MORE ACT OF FORGIVENESS IS GOING TO HELP ME TODAY. 26:39 PLEASE SLOW DOWN.' SO HERE'S A QUESTION: WHEN THAT GUY PULLED 26:44 AWAY, DO YOU THINK HE DROVE DIFFERENT? 26:49 HE WAS FORGIVEN. EVEN THOUGH THAT OFFICER HAD 26:53 LOST A CHILD TO A SPEEDER. >>WOW. 26:56 >>WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CROSS, JESUS IS HANGING THERE, NOT JUST 26:59 FOR THE SINS OF THE WORLD, HE'S HANGING THERE FOR YOUR SIN. 27:02 >>THAT'S RIGHT. >>HE'S HANGING THERE 27:03 FOR YOUR LAWLESSNESS. AND HE SAYS, 'IF YOU LOVE ME, 27:08 PLEASE DON'T KEEP DOING THE THINGS THAT HURT YOU AND THEY 27:11 HURT ME AND THEY HURT OTHERS.' YOUR DISOBEDIENCE NOT ONLY HURTS 27:14 GOD, IT NOT ONLY HURTS YOU, IT HURTS YOUR NEIGHBOR. 27:18 AND BECAUSE YOU LOVE GOD, AND BECAUSE YOU LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR, 27:21 AND BECAUSE YOU LOVE YOURSELF, YOU WANT TO BE OBEYING GOD'S 27:25 LAW. YOU WILL BE BLESSED. YOU WILL HAVE PEACE. 27:27 WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE THAT PEACE, FRIENDS? 27:29 >>AMEN. >>WOULD YOU LIKE TO ASK HIM 27:31 TONIGHT? HOW MUCH CAN WE DO WITHOUT GOD'S 27:33 HELP? >>NOTHING. 27:35 >>NOTHING. 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