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Stay tuned, your "Amazing
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Doug Batchelor : We've got
a problem and it's called sin.
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And we have an
answer called a Savior.
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We've got a problem with this
disease of sin in our natures,
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and it is deadly, and Jesus came
to take that deadly disease, to
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take the penalty
for that and to save us.
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So I've kind of told you what
the problem and the answer is
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right here at the beginning, but
I always like to start with an
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amazing fact, and so we're going
to go to the screen, and see
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what we learn about this
important subject along the way.
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The largest meteorite that
they've ever found on Earth is
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called the Hoba space rock.
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It was discovered in Namibia
in 1920 when a farmer was
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doing--when he was working
with his plow, and he struck
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something, and he
thought, what is that?
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And he dug around a little
bit and it was a piece of iron.
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But he kept digging and it kept
getting bigger and bigger and
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bigger, until pretty soon
he realized he had found this
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massive rock, they discovered
after a while, it was a
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meteorite over 9 feet long and
maybe 9 feet wide, and largest
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meteorite that
they've ever found.
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Several people have come and
tried to chisel off pieces of
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it, but it is so hard it breaks
virtually every hacksaw blade
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and chisel that they take to it.
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They've never moved it from the
place where it struck the earth
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because it weighs about 66 tons.
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And so it is a massive--a
rock of ages you might say, and
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thousands of tourists
every year come to look at the
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Hoba meteorite.
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You know the Bible tells us that
God, when He gave us the most
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important words, The Ten
Commandments, He wrote it with
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finger on stone representing its
unchanging nature, and that is
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the law of God.
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So we're going to be
talking tonight about this very
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important subject.
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And you know, before we go to
our first question, sometimes we
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like to go out on the streets
and see what we can learn
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about that.
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And so if--at this time, we're
going to go find out what do
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people think about the law,
does it still exist, and maybe
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something about
the answer as well.
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male: I think it's important
that we have laws of society
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because it keeps things
stable by creating a level of
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consistency and knowing
that justice will be served to
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everyone, hopefully, equally,
even though that doesn't
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always happen.
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female: To keep people in line,
to know that somebody's going to
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do something, you know.
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male: You got to keep things in
order, honestly, really, got to
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keep things in order.
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Run around lawless, it's
going to be chaos, you know.
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female: People need guidelines.
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You know, just as a little
child, you know, they need rules
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to follow, and if there are no
rules which are laws, it could
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be chaos.
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male: Not one in particular
that stands out--anything more
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important than the rest.
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female: Probably not
to covet your neighbor.
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Be happy with what you have,
not worry about what everybody
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else has.
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male: Thou shalt
not kill or murder.
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female: I can't name them all,
but thou shall not kill, I'm not
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real sure.
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male: Well, that's as if you
were--to the Jewish religion, if
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you went into the Jewish
religion, because the Old
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Testament's still sort of
believed by Christians, but they
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don't believe--you know, they
obviously believe the Son of God
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came and gave them
a new Bible, so, yeah.
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male: By the law, no.
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female: Yeah.
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male: I'm not
sure, I don't know.
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Doug: Once again, we find that
people's ideas about how do you
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relate to the law of
God are all across the map.
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You know, what we've done
before, it's really interesting,
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is you go out on the street and
you say, "Have you heard of the
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Ten Commandments?"
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People will say, "Yeah."
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"Okay, can you
name them for me?"
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You know, the average person
on the street can only get about
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four out of ten
of the commandments.
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It is incredible.
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When our country was
founded, everybody knew it,
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I remember--and I, you
know, I was raised pretty much
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an atheist, but
I went to several
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public schools,
and when I was a kid
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they had the Ten Commandments
on the wall in public school.
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How many of you remember that?
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Any of the older saints
want to date themselves here?
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You know, question number
one, we'll begin with, and we're
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going to talk about this,
and we've got just a lot of very
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valuable information to share.
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First question, who is
symbolized by the Lamb in
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Revelation chapter 5, verse 6?
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Now if you got your Bibles,
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either on your phone or the
paper version, you at home, you
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may turn to chapter 5, and if
you look in chapter 5, verse 6
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of Revelation, this
is a prophecy subject.
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"And I looked, and behold, in
the midst of the throne and of
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the four living creatures,
and in the midst of the elders,
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stood a Lamb as though it had
been slain, having seven heads
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and seven eyes, which are the
seven Spirits of God sent out
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into all the earth.
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Then He came and He took the
scroll out of the right hand of
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Him who sat upon the throne."
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Well, right away I think that
some of you realize, are you
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expecting to see a lamb
with seven horns and seven eyes?
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And if you get to Revelation
chapter 17, it talks about a
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woman sitting on a beast that's
got seven heads and ten horns.
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Some of you, you get out in the
country, you'll see a sign that
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says deer crossing, it's
got a little picture of a deer.
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You're never going to see beasts
crossing with seven heads and
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ten horns.
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These things are Bible symbols,
but they're not that hard
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to understand.
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If you want to know who the
Lamb is, you can read about this
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right there in
the New Testament.
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It says, Jesus
is the Lamb of God.
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Now what does it mean by the
seven eyes on the Lamb, and the
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seven horns?
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Jesus is the Lamb, seven
eyes represent all-knowing, all
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the time.
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The Bible says, the eyes of the
Lord run to and fro through the
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whole earth.
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And that's in 2 Chronicles,
and you can read--what about the
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seven spirits of God?
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Isaiah 11, verse 2 talks about
the Messiah would have, "The
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Spirit of the Lord will rest
upon Him, the Spirit of wisdom,
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understanding, Spirit of
counsel, might, Spirit of
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knowledge, and
the fear of the Lord."
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These are seven facets or
attributes of God's Spirit, but
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it's one Spirit and there's one
Jesus, it's just telling us that
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he sees everything and he knows
everything, and a horn in the
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Bible represented power.
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Luke chapter 1:68,
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"Blessed be the Lord
God of Israel, he's visited
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his redeemed
people," talks about the horn
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of His power and of salvation.
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And so these symbols that you
find in Revelation are telling
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us different things about
the characteristics of God.
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When you think of the name of
Jesus, we typically say it, it's
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connected with a
Greek translation.
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If you're Spanish, you say
Jesus, Jesus, Hebrew would be
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Yeshua, and it means Savior.
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Jehovah is Savior
is what His name means.
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Revelation, you know
how many names the Lord has?
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He's the Alpha, the Omega, He
is the Door, the Bible says He's
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the Good Shepherd, He's the Way,
the Truth, the Life, He is the
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Living Water, He is the
Vine, and we are the branches.
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He is the Light of the
world, He is the High Priest.
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I mean, there are many names
of Christ that tell us different
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attributes of His character,
because He's God, He's rather
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complicated, you know.
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He's got a lot of
different characteristics.
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So we see this picture there in
Revelation chapter 5, of a Lamb
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that was slain.
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It is the solution for
the problem of a law that
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was broken.
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We'll be talking
about that tonight.
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So next, you can read in John
1, verse 29, we know who the
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Lamb is.
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It says, "John saw," who?
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"Jesus coming towards
him, and he said, 'Behold!
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The Lamb.'"
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So who's the lamb?
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Jesus.
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Abraham is going up the
mountain with his son Isaac.
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Abraham has been told by the
Lord, I want you to offer your
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son as a sacrifice.
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Obediently, he heads up Mount
Moriah, the wood is placed on
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Isaac's back, as the cross
was placed on the back of Jesus.
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And Abraham has the makings
of a fire and Isaac is going, he
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sacrificed with his father many
times before, but something's
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missing today.
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Says, "Father," Abraham
had been unusually quiet.
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He says, "Yes my son."
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He said, "We've got the wood,
and we've got the fire, but
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where is the lamb?"
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And Abraham said, in those words
that have echoed down through
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history, "My son, God
will provide Himself a lamb."
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And when they got to the top of
the mountain, just--Isaac was a
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willing sacrifice as Jesus was.
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He allowed his
father to tie him up.
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And before the knife came
down, God stopped him and said,
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"Abraham, Abraham,
do not harm the lad."
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And He pointed to a ram, a male
lamb, caught by his horns in a
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thicket, and the word there in
Hebrew is a thorn bush, a male
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ram with a crown of thorns.
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Jesus wore a crown of
thorns for you and me.
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Jesus is the Lamb of God that
takes away the sin of the world.
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The whole sacrificial
system all pointed to Christ.
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What can wash away in my sins,
not the blood of lambs and goats
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and bulls, nothing but
the blood of Jesus, amen.
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You know that.
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So Jesus is that Lamb that
you see all through the Bible.
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In the beginning, when Adam and
Eve had sinned, they tried to
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cover their sin with what?
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Fig leaves.
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God said that will not work.
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First of all, it says they made
aprons of leaf, an apron--it was
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like a mini skirt.
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So it was the wrong material
and not nearly enough material.
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People still do that today
with not nearly enough material.
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And it said God gave them
tunics, the word there is robes
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of skin.
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God did not suddenly speak
vinyl naugahyde into existence.
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It was an imitation skin.
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God established a
sacrificial system.
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A lamb needed to die to
cover their nakedness, and Jesus
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needed to die to cover our
nakedness, and Revelation tells
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us that He provides beautiful
white robes of glory for us in
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heaven, amen.
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Prodigal son comes home, the
Father covers his filth with his
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best robe, and Jesus died
to provide those robes for you
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and me.
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Question number two: why was
it necessary for Jesus to suffer
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and die?
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The Bible tells us,
Romans 3:23, "For," how many?
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"All have sinned and fallen
short of the glory of God."
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Second part, it says, "For
the wages of sin are," what?
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"Death."
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We've all sinned, the
penalty is death, but we're
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still alive, why?
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Because God sent His Son
into the world to--for a couple
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of reasons.
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One, to die in behalf of those
who will accept His sacrifice
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and the new heart He
offers, and, why are the wicked
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still alive?
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Jesus died to buy them time to
make a decision, otherwise you
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drop dead the
first time you sin.
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Everybody's alive because
of the grace of God, amen.
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But a lot of people are living
under probation and it's going
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to end unless they turn to
Christ and accept His sacrifice.
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The Bible says
Christ died for our sins.
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We have all sinned.
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We are all guilty and sometimes
we think the sins are just
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little things like, oh, I
ate a cookie between dessert and
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dinner, and I
wasn't supposed to.
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Sin is deadly.
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The Bible says the
penalty for sin is death.
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It's contagious and it's deadly.
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1 Peter 3:18, "For Christ
also suffered once, the just for
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the unjust."
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He is just, He took our place.
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I used to sing a song, it was
He paid a debt He did not owe,
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I owed a debt I could not pay.
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I needed someone
to wash my sin away.
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So what is sin?
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The Bible tells us, what does
Revelation call this plan to
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save people from death?
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This is from prophecy,
Revelation chapter 14, verse 6.
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This is in what they call
the first angel's message of
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Revelation 14, "Having the
everlasting gospel," the word
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gospel means the
everlasting good news.
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The gospel is very good
news because of the bad news.
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The bad news is
the world is dying.
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The whole creation
groans and travails.
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We are dying, from the time
you are born, you're about as
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perfect as you're going to be.
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But from that time, you are
on a conveyor belt to the grave.
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It is a certain thing.
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You have a life to live.
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Someone said once, one life to
live will soon be passed, only
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what's done for
Christ will last.
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Most important thing in life
is to know God in His love and
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share God and His love.
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That's it.
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Two great commandments, love the
Lord with all your heart, love
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your neighbor.
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We've got to learn how to love,
and that's the purpose of the
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plan of salvation.
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The good news is we're dying,
but Jesus said, I don't want
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you to die, I will die for you.
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I will take all of your
sins and die in your place, if
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we believe.
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It's the plan of
salvation called the gospel, the
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good news.
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Sometimes it's so good people
have trouble believing it.
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They say, "How
can I believe that?
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I've got to earn it somehow."
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I remember hearing one time
about this man, he worked in a
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mine and a preacher was doing
an evangelistic meeting, and the
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evangelist was telling these
miners every night, come to
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Jesus, He'll forgive your sins.
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And the minor met the evangelist
afterward and he said, "I don't
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understand how--that
doesn't seem like it's fair.
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I mean, I've got to
do something to earn it.
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How can He just give
it to me, I've sinned."
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And the evangelist said, "You
go to work every day, right, at
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the mine?"
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"Yeah."
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Says, "You take an
elevator way down, don't you?"
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Said, "I do."
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He said, "Do you have
to pay for that elevator?"
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He said, "No."
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He said, "Did someone have to
pay for that elevator to bring
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you back up?"
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"Yes, very expensive."
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He said, "God has paid for
the elevator to get you back up.
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You've gone down, but
He'll bring you back up."
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According to the
Bible, what is sin?
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Jesus came to save us
from sin, what is sin?
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You got several definitions.
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The simplest is found
in 1 John 3, verse 4, "Sin
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is lawlessness."
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If you've got the King James
Version, it says, "Sin is the
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transgression of the law."
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When you break the
law of God, it's a sin.
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Now the Ten Commandments, they
talk about things like don't
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lie, don't rob,
don't kill, don't steal.
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When you disobey
His law, it's sin.
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And the penalty for sin is
death, because it destroys, it's
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a cancer that
destroys all happiness.
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It is completely contrary to the
nature of God and His universe,
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"For by the law," Romans
3:20, "Is the knowledge of sin."
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The law isn't there to save
us from sin, the law shows us
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our sin.
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Question number five: can
God's moral law be changed
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or repealed?
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Now when we talk about the moral
law, we are talking about the
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Ten Commandments.
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There are many
laws in the Bible.
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You've got the civil
laws that Moses gave.
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Many governments of the world
also still follow the civil law.
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In fact, if you go to the
Supreme Court building, right
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there at the very pinnacle on
the outside, you're going to see
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Moses, it's sitting and he's got
the Ten Commandments straddled
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on his lap, because it is
the most concise, complete
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coalescing of God's law that
you're going to find anywhere.
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So answer--Luke 16, verse 17,
Jesus said, "It is easier for a
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heaven and earth to," what?
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"Pass away than for one tittle,"
the word tittle is--it means a
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crossing of a T, for--
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"To fail from the law."
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Heaven and earth
must pass away first.
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You know, in Revelation, it
talks about the ark of God in
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heaven.
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God's got a copy up there.
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You have to get rid of
heaven to get rid of God's law.
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Again, Psalm 89, verse 34, "My
covenant I will not break, nor
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alter the word that is
proceeded from My lips."
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When God gave the Ten
Commandments, He spoke it with
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His own mouth, He wrote it with
His own finger in the presence
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of an entire nation.
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Never before or since has He
done anything like that, where
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people heard the
voice of God speak.
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And what did He--He spoke
the Ten Commandments, so it must
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be important.
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Again, Psalm 111, verse 7 and 8,
"All of his precepts are sure.
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They stand fast for," how long?
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"Forever and ever."
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Malachi chapter 3, verse 6, the
Lord says, "For I am the Lord, I
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change not.
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I do not change."
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God is eternal.
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He wrote His law down.
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Now the reason this subject is
important is you'd be surprised,
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there are even pastors now that
are saying, well, Jesus came to
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do away with the law.
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How many of you have heard that?
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That's what you call
a doctrine of devils.
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You know why the
devil hates the law?
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Because the law
shows us our sin.
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Transgression of the law is sin.
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If people don't think there's
a law, they don't think they've
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got sin, if they don't think
they have sin, who needs Jesus?
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So the devil wants to get rid of
the need for the Savior, so he's
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even got preachers
saying we're not under the law.
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Now the Bible talks about
not being under the law, but it
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doesn't mean you're not under
obligation to obey, it means
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because of Christ we are not
under the penalty of the law,
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but you're not free to disobey
His commandments, Paul says,
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"What shall we continue
in sin that grace may abound?
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God forbid."
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We don't continue to
sin--because we say, "I'm under
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grace now, I can just sin."
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Jesus did not die to
give us a license for sin.
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Because if He could do that, He
didn't need to die, it's because
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there was no other
way, He had to die.
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I'll tell you another
reason God's law cannot change.
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God says, "I do not change."
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The law is an
expression of God's character.
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For example, I've got the slide
up on the screen I want you to
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look at.
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The Bible describes
characteristics of God.
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You'll notice on the left
side here it says God is good.
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Then it also says in another
verse, Romans 7:12, the law
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is good.
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The Bible says God is holy.
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You can read that Isaiah 5:16.
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It says, the law is holy.
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The Bible says that God
is perfect, Matthew 5:48.
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The law is
perfect, Psalm 19, verse 7.
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1 John 4: 8, God is love.
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The law is love.
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We're not done.
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Get your credit
card out, there's more.
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We'll double your order.
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It says, God is righteous,
I'm not even going to read
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all these.
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You can take your
phone out and snap it,
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it's also in your lesson.
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God is righteous, the law is
righteous; God is truth, the law
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is truth; God is pure, the law
is pure; God is spiritual, the
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law is spiritual; God
is unchangeable, the law is
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unchangeable; God is
eternal, the law is eternal.
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So how can any Christian or Jew
say that the law was changed,
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you've got to get rid of God.
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See, the law
doesn't need changing.
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The purpose for the plan of
salvation is to change us, we
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need changing.
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We're the ones who fell.
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The law is there to
show us our need of Christ.
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Question number six, ultimately
Christ is our example, amen.
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Did Jesus keep
the Ten Commandments?
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Answer, yes, he did.
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The Bible says, "For I have
kept My Father's commandments."
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"But wait, Pastor Doug, doesn't
the Bible say that Jesus was
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a winebibber?"
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No, it says his enemies accused
Him of being a winebibber.
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"Well, doesn't it say
that He was a glutton?"
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No, it says his enemies
accused Him of being a glutton.
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The scribes and the Pharisees,
they accused Him of being a
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Samaritan, He
was not a Samaritan.
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They said He was
Beelzebub, He was not.
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They said He was a
deceiver, He was not.
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Some people say, "Well,
Jesus, you know, He didn't keep
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the law."
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Of course He kept the
law, that's why He could die in
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our behalf.
00:22:06.29\00:22:07.62
He was a perfect Savior.
00:22:07.66\00:22:09.69
It says, who committed no sin.
00:22:09.72\00:22:14.00
Jesus committed no sin, He lived
a holy life, so He could be
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our example.
00:22:18.30\00:22:19.83
See, Jesus came
for three reasons.
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He said, I've come
to show you the Father.
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People don't know who
God is, they misunderstand.
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They think God is a great big
sadistic policeman in the sky
00:22:28.74\00:22:31.81
wanting to beat us up every
time we do something wrong.
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And Jesus said, if you've
seen Me, you've seen the Father,
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Jesus was patient, and loving,
and compassionate, and good.
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He came to show us the Father.
00:22:41.96\00:22:44.63
He came to show us how to live.
00:22:44.66\00:22:47.50
He lived 33 and a half years as
a human, face--tempted in every
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way as we are
tempted, yet without sin.
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And He said, the Bible says
He's given us an example that we
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should walk as He walked.
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A Christian is a
follower of Christ, amen.
00:22:59.24\00:23:02.81
And then He came as our
substitute, our sacrifice.
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After He showed us the
Father and after He gives us an
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example, He says, now you're
not going to make it without Me.
00:23:09.25\00:23:12.19
You've sinned, your penalty
is death, but I don't want to
00:23:12.22\00:23:14.46
lose you.
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I love you so much
I will die for you.
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I will take what you deserve and
I will give you what I deserve.
00:23:18.09\00:23:20.93
I will take your badness,
I will give you My goodness.
00:23:20.96\00:23:25.73
I will take your sin,
I'll give you My righteousness.
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He trades places with us,
if we believe it and accept it.
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Without faith, it's impossible
to please God, you must
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believe it.
00:23:36.88\00:23:38.21
It's like, He gives you a check,
if you don't cash it, it does
00:23:38.25\00:23:40.38
you no good.
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You got to take it to the
bank, friends, can you say amen?
00:23:41.75\00:23:44.59
Believe it.
00:23:44.62\00:23:45.95
He committed no
sin, I read this to you.
00:23:45.99\00:23:48.32
1 Peter 2, verse 22, "Nor
was deceit found in His mouth."
00:23:48.36\00:23:53.40
He lived a holy life.
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Are New Testament Christians
required, then, to keep the
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Ten Commandments?
00:23:59.43\00:24:01.17
Oh, I thought--but we're not
under the law, now we're under
00:24:01.20\00:24:03.07
grace, it's okay to disobey.
00:24:03.10\00:24:04.94
What does the Bible
say, from cover to cover.
00:24:04.97\00:24:08.24
Matthew 19, verse 17, "If you
want to enter into life, keep
00:24:08.28\00:24:13.28
the commandments,"
those are Jesus's words.
00:24:13.31\00:24:15.82
John 14:15,
Christ again is speaking,
00:24:15.85\00:24:18.09
"If you love Me,
keep My commandments."
00:24:18.12\00:24:21.59
"Oh wait, but Pastor Doug,
you're thinking, you got the Ten
00:24:21.62\00:24:24.73
Commandments, then you've
got the commandments of Jesus."
00:24:24.76\00:24:27.23
Don't fall for that,
friends, they're the same thing.
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Let me give you a scripture.
00:24:31.10\00:24:32.77
The Bible says all things
that were made were made by Him.
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Gospel of John, right?
00:24:36.91\00:24:39.34
How many things?
00:24:39.37\00:24:41.58
Who wrote the Ten Commandments?
00:24:41.61\00:24:44.08
All things that were made were
made by Him, do you think Jesus
00:24:44.11\00:24:46.51
has said, well, Father, You
got Your commandments, but I
00:24:46.55\00:24:48.55
got mine.
00:24:48.58\00:24:50.32
He said, I and
My Father are one.
00:24:50.35\00:24:53.76
So when He says, "If you love
Me, keep My commandments," it's
00:24:53.79\00:24:57.03
certainly the Ten.
00:24:57.06\00:24:59.13
And He says, "Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
00:24:59.16\00:25:02.33
those that keep the
commandments of God,"
00:25:02.36\00:25:04.67
and the faith of Jesus, right?
00:25:04.70\00:25:08.74
That's Revelation 14, verse 12,
and you can even go to the last
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chapter in the Bible, Revelation
chapter 22, and it says
00:25:12.01\00:25:15.78
blessed--last chapter in the
Bible, blessed are those that do
00:25:15.81\00:25:18.85
His commandments that they might
have a right to enter through
00:25:18.88\00:25:21.22
the gates of the city and
to eat from the tree of life.
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Now, has anything happened
since, the last few moments--is
00:25:24.92\00:25:28.59
a little distracting.
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What is the problem?
00:25:31.33\00:25:34.20
There's something
wrong with my appearance?
00:25:34.23\00:25:36.43
You think so?
00:25:36.46\00:25:38.77
You know, before I came out
here, I'm really careful--you
00:25:38.80\00:25:41.34
can ask Ken, I'm very
fastidious, I brush my teeth, I
00:25:41.37\00:25:43.71
gargle, I deodorize, and I
check my gig line, used to go to
00:25:43.74\00:25:47.01
military school,
New York military.
00:25:47.04\00:25:50.25
So--but you think
there's something wrong?
00:25:50.28\00:25:52.71
Are you aware that I
don't see anything wrong?
00:25:52.75\00:25:56.79
How am I going to see
if there's anything wrong?
00:25:56.82\00:26:00.46
Your testimony, or maybe
I need to see for myself.
00:26:00.49\00:26:03.69
Where am I going
to find a mirror?
00:26:03.73\00:26:05.29
Oh, look here, how convenient.
00:26:05.33\00:26:09.06
All right.
00:26:09.10\00:26:10.40
So I feel pretty good right now,
we've been having a good time
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studying together.
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Oh my, that's not right, I
felt great until I looked in
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the mirror.
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Doug: Friends, I hope you've
been blessed by today's message,
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but really the reason we do
this is so that people might
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know Christ.
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You know, information is
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relationship with Jesus, the
one who died on the cross for
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your sins.
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You must personally accept Him.
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And that's the most
important thing, and why we do
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these programs.
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If you've not asked Him
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encourage you
to do it right now.
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His arms are open wide,
just come to Him as you are, and
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ask Him.
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Doug: Hi friends, I trust
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Doug: Can anybody
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Doug: What you've seen
just now is only part one in
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this presentation.
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Make sure and join us for part
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some of the most important
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complete the
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Until then, God bless.
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