Participants: Pr. Doug Batchelor
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Program Code: AFP000040
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00:08 >> COMING UP NEXT ON "AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS."
00:11 >> THERE ARE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS. 00:14 THE TEN COMMANDMENTS ARE NOT TEN SUGGESTIONS. 00:17 IT'S UNDERSTOOD ALL THROUGH THE BIBLE. 00:18 YOU CAN'T OBEY GOD IF YOU DON'T LOVE HIM. 00:24 >> FOR OVER 40 YEARS, "AMAZING FACTS" HAS BEEN 00:27 DEDICATED TO SHARING GOD'S WORD THROUGH MEDIA. 00:30 THIS PROGRAM FEATURES HIGHLIGHTS FROM SOME OF OUR BEST 00:33 TELEVISION BROADCASTS. 00:36 WE INVITE YOU TO SIT BACK AND ENJOY THIS EDITION OF 00:39 "AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS." 00:43 TODAY'S PRESENTATION IS AN EXCERPT FROM 00:45 "THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL" VIDEO SERIES. 00:53 >> "WHAT IS THE MAIN THING?" 00:55 IN OUR SCRIPTURE READING THAT WE HAD, WE ADDRESSED THE VERSE. 00:59 AND I'LL HAVE YOU TURN THERE WITH ME IN THE BOOK OF MICAH. 01:04 AS A MATTER OF FACT, THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF MY FAVORITE VERSES 01:07 IN THE BIBLE. 01:09 AND BECAUSE OF THAT, IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE NAMED ONE OF 01:14 OUR CHILDREN MICAH BECAUSE THIS VERSE ALWAYS STRUCK ME. 01:18 I LIKE SIMPLE THINGS. 01:21 IT'S SAYING, "LORD, HERE WE ARE, WHAT DO YOU WANT?" 01:25 THAT'S REALLY THE BOTTOM LINE, ISN'T IT? 01:29 "WITH WHAT SHALL I COME BEFORE THE LORD," MICAH 6:6, "WITH WHAT 01:34 SHALL I COME BEFORE THE LORD AND BOW MYSELF BEFORE THE HIGH GOD." 01:38 WHAT DOES HE WANT? 01:39 HOW DO I WORSHIP HIM? 01:40 WHAT DO I BRING HIM? 01:42 "SHALL I COME BEFORE HIM WITH BURNT OFFERINGS, WITH CALVES 01:45 A YEAR OLD," THAT MEANS IN THEIR PRIME, THE YOUNG, THE HEALTHY, 01:49 DO I GIVE HIM THE BEST CALF I HAVE? 01:52 "WILL THE LORD BE PLEASED WITH THOUSANDS OF RAMS?" 01:55 MAYBE IT'S NOT A CALF, MAYBE IF IT'S NOT ONE CALF, 01:58 MAYBE MANY RAMS. 01:59 IS IT--THE HIGHEST OFFERING THEY HAD WAS THE CALF. 02:04 IT'S WHY THEY SAY THEY BROUGHT FORTH THE FATTED CALF. 02:07 IT WAS TENDER. 02:07 IT WAS PRIME. 02:08 IT HAD THE MOST POTENTIAL. 02:10 SOMETIMES, THE MOST NUMEROUS OFFERINGS WERE THE RAMS. 02:13 HE SAID, "IS IT THE QUALITY OF MY OFFERINGS? 02:17 IS IT THE QUANTITY OF MY OFFERINGS THAT YOU WANT? 02:22 "OR TEN THOUSAND RIVERS OF OIL?" 02:26 IS IT THE RICHNESS, THE FATNESS OF THE OIL? 02:29 "SHALL I GIVE MY FIRSTBORN FOR MY TRANSGRESSION?" 02:33 NOW EVERY JEW KNEW THAT THE FIRSTBORN OF EVERY MAN AND 02:37 BEAST BELONGED TO THE LORD. 02:38 THAT DIDN'T MEAN THEY WERE ALL SACRIFICED, BUT IT WAS 02:40 CONSECRATED TO THE LORD. 02:42 IF IT WAS A HUMAN, THEN THEY WOULD MAKE AN OFFERING FOR 02:46 THE FIRSTBORN. 02:47 IF IT WAS AN UNCLEAN ANIMAL, YOUR FIRSTBORN DONKEY WOULD BE 02:51 CONSECRATED TO THE LORD EXCEPT YOU WOULDN'T OFFER A DONKEY 02:54 BECAUSE IT'S AN UNCLEAN ANIMAL. 02:55 SO, THEY'D MAKE A DONATION. 02:57 THANK THE LORD FOR THE FIRSTBORN. 02:59 HE SAYS, "WHAT DO YOU WANT? 03:00 DO YOU WANT THE FIRSTBORN?" 03:01 "THE FRUIT OF MY BODY FOR THE SIN OF MY SOUL?" 03:05 THIS HERE IS EVEN AN ILLUSION OF GOD GIVING HIS FIRSTBORN. 03:09 THEN AFTER HE MAKES THAT STATEMENT, THAT MESSIANIC 03:11 REFERENCE, HERE IS THE MAIN THING. 03:16 THIS ONE VERSE IS THE STUDY OF OUR SERMON. 03:19 I DON'T OFTEN DO THIS. 03:20 USUALLY, I TAKE A LOT OF VERSES AND TALK ABOUT A SUBJECT OR I'LL 03:23 TAKE A STORY AND USE A LOT OF VERSES TO EXPOUND THE STORY. 03:26 THIS IS ONE OF THE FEW TIMES I'M GOING TO DO AN EXPOSITORY 03:30 MESSAGE ON ONE VERSE. 03:33 HERE'S THE VERSE: "HE HAS SHOWN YOU, O MAN, WHAT IS GOOD. 03:37 AND WHAT DOES THE LORD REQUIRE OF YOU? 03:41 BUT TO DO JUSTLY, TO LOVE MERCY AND TO WALK HUMBLY WITH THY 03:47 GOD." 03:48 WELL, THIS VERSE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TODAY IS THE ESSENCE 03:54 OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE COALESCED INTO ONE VERSE. 04:01 NOW, JOHN 3:16 IS REALLY THE ESSENCE OF GOD'S MISSION. 04:06 IT'S WHAT GOD DOES, "GOD SO LOVED" HIS PROVISION. 04:10 IT'S TELLING US THAT HE SO LOVED THE WORLD, WHAT HE DOES TO 04:13 PROVIDE FOR US. 04:14 BUT THIS VERSE IS UNIQUE IN THAT IT SUMMARIZES WHAT DOES THE LORD 04:20 WANT FROM US? 04:21 WHAT IS OUR RESPONSE? 04:23 IS IT THE SACRIFICES? 04:25 IS IT A PILGRIMAGE? 04:27 WHAT KIND OF RITUAL IS IT? 04:30 AND HE BOILS IT ALL DOWN AND HE GIVES US THE MAIN THING. 04:34 SO, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THAT TOGETHER. 04:36 FIRST OF ALL, LET'S START AT THE BEGINNING. 04:40 "HE HAS SHOWN YOU," GOD IS TELLING US WHAT HE WANTS. 04:46 AND HE SAID IT'S NOT A MYSTERY. 04:48 IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE A DEGREE 04:52 IN ROCKET SCIENCE TO UNDERSTAND. 04:54 IT'S NOT THAT COMPLICATED. 04:57 I BECOME EXASPERATED SOMETIMES WHEN I DO EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS 05:00 AND YOU PRESENT THE SIMPLE GOSPEL TO PEOPLE AND THEY COME 05:03 OUT AND THEY START TO DEBATE WITH YOU AND THEY SAY, "WELL, 05:05 YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME BOOKS IN THE BIBLE THAT SEEM TO BE 05:08 MISSING. 05:09 AND HOW DO WE KNOW THESE THINGS WERE TRANSLATED ACCURATELY?" 05:14 AND THEY WANT TO COMPLICATE WHAT IS REALLY A VERY SIMPLE MESSAGE. 05:18 AND THEY SAY, "WELL, IT'S STILL MYSTERIOUS. 05:20 IT'S DIFFICULT. 05:21 WHO CAN REALLY KNOW?" 05:23 MARK TWAIN USED TO LOVE TO SAY, "MOST PEOPLE ARE BOTHERED BY THE 05:27 PASSAGE OF SCRIPTURES THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND. 05:31 BUT THE PASSAGES THAT BOTHER ME ARE THOSE I DO UNDERSTAND." 05:36 "HE HAS SHOWN YOU," YOU KNOW. 05:40 YOU CAN'T STAND BEFORE THE LORD AND SAY, "I DIDN'T KNOW." 05:44 MOST OF US KNOW WHAT GOD WANTS. 05:48 HOSEA 4:6, "MY PEOPLE ARE DESTROYED FOR LACK OF 05:52 KNOWLEDGE." 05:53 "WELL, PASTOR DOUG, THAT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE CONTRADICTING 05:55 YOURSELF. 05:56 HERE IT SAYS THEY DON'T KNOW." 05:56 YOU HAVE TO KEEP READING. 05:58 HE SAYS, "MY PEOPLE ARE DESTROYED FOR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE 06:01 BECAUSE THEY HAVE REJECTED KNOWLEDGE." 06:04 THEY KNEW AND THEY REJECTED IT. 06:07 IT SAYS, "BECAUSE THEY REJECTED KNOWLEDGE, I'LL REJECT YOU FROM 06:10 BEING A PRIEST FOR ME BECAUSE YOU'VE FORGOTTEN," THEY KNEW, 06:15 "THE LAW OF YOUR GOD, I'LL FORGET YOUR CHILDREN." 06:19 IT'S NOT WHAT WE DON'T UNDERSTAND. 06:21 IT'S WHAT WE DO UNDERSTAND. 06:24 ROMANS 1:18, "FOR THE WRATH OF GOD FROM HEAVEN IS REVEALED FROM 06:30 HEAVEN AGAINST ALL UNGODLINESS AND UNRIGHTEOUSNESS OF MEN WHO 06:34 SUPPRESS THE TRUTH IN UNRIGHTEOUSNESS; BECAUSE WHAT 06:40 MAY BE KNOWN OF GOD IS MANIFEST IN THEM. 06:43 GOD HAS SHOWN IT TO THEM." 06:46 HE'S SAYING ALL MEN HE'S SHOWN IT TO, NOT JUST THE NATION OF 06:49 ISRAEL OR NOT JUST THE CHURCH. 06:51 BUT PEOPLE KNOW WHAT GOD WANTS. 06:54 "FOR SINCE THE CREATION OF THE WORLD, THE INVISIBLE ATTRIBUTES 06:57 OF GOD ARE CLEARLY SEEN BEING UNDERSTOOD BY THE THINGS THAT 07:00 ARE MADE, EVEN HIS ETERNAL POWER AND GODHEAD." 07:03 SO, THEY'RE WITHOUT EXCUSE. 07:05 "HE HAS SHOWN THEE, OLD MAN," HE HAS TOLD US WHAT HE WANTS. 07:11 WE CAN'T COME TO CHURCH WEEK BY WEEK AND SAY, "I'M NOT READY TO 07:14 MAKE A COMMITMENT BECAUSE I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHAT GOD WANTS." 07:16 YES, YOU KNOW WHAT HE WANTS. 07:18 HE WANTS YOU. 07:20 IT'S LIKE THAT OLD COUNTRY LOVE SONG. 07:25 IT DATES BACK BEFORE WILLIE NELSON BUT HE DID IT 07:27 AGAIN, "ALL HE WANTS IS YOU, NOTHING ELSE WILL DO, NOT JUST 07:33 A PART, HE WANTS ALL OF YOUR HEART, ALL HE WANTS IS ALL OF 07:36 YOU, ALL HE WANTS IS YOU." 07:38 BUT I'VE NEVER SUNG THAT BEFORE. 07:43 THAT'S NOT TRUE, SORRY. 07:45 THAT'S A SIMPLE MESSAGE, RIGHT? 07:47 THAT'S WHAT THE LORD WANTS. 07:50 DEUTERONOMY 30:11, MOSES AT THE END OF HIS LIFE, THIS IS WHAT HE 07:55 SAYS TO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL IN CASE THEY WERE THINKING, "YOU 07:57 KNOW, WE JUST DON'T HAVE ENOUGH ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SCRIPTURE ON 08:02 OUR SHELF TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE LORD WANTS." 08:05 DEUTERONOMY 30:11, MOSES SAID, "FOR THIS COMMANDMENT THAT I 08:09 COMMAND YOU TODAY IS NOT TOO MYSTERIOUS FOR YOU." 08:15 YOU CAN'T SAY IT'S TOO COMPLICATED, IT'S TOO DEEP. 08:17 NOR CAN YOU SAY, "IT'S AFAR OFF, WE CAN'T REACH IT." 08:21 "IT'S NOT IN HEAVEN THAT WE SHOULD SAY, 'WHO WILL ASCEND TO 08:24 HEAVEN FOR US AND BRING IT TO US THAT WE MAY HEAR IT AND DO IT?' 08:28 NOR IS IT BEYOND THE SEA THAT YOU SHOULD SAY, 'WHO WILL GO 08:31 OVER THE SEA FOR US AND BRING IT TO US THAT WE MAY HEAR IT AND DO 08:34 IT?' BUT THE WORD IS VERY NEAR TO 08:36 YOU; IT'S IN YOUR MOUTH AND IN YOUR HEART THAT YOU MAY DO IT." 08:42 HE HAS SHOWN YOU. 08:45 NOW KEEP IN MIND WHEN MOSES SAYS THIS TO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, 08:48 WHAT WAS THE MOST PROMINENT FEATURE OF THEIR CAMP? 08:54 GOT THE 12 TRIBES ORGANIZED INTO THEIR CLUSTERS AND THEY'RE ALL 08:59 ORGANIZED IN A SQUARE WHERE THE MIDDLE OF THEIR PARADE GROUNDS 09:05 WAS THE SANCTUARY, RIGHT? 09:07 AND IN THE SANCTUARY, THERE WAS A COURTYARD AND THERE WAS 09:10 THE HOLY PLACE AND THE MOST HOLY PLACE. 09:12 AND ABOVE IT, THE SHEKINAH GLORY WAS GLOWING AT NIGHT. 09:16 AND ALMOST LIKE THE WICK OF THAT CANDLE IN THE HOLY OF HOLIES 09:22 WAS A BOX. 09:23 I BELIEVE THE SHEKINAH GLORY CAME UP RIGHT FROM THE HOLY OF 09:26 HOLIES. 09:27 AND IN THAT BOX WAS THE WORD OF GOD. 09:30 SO WHEN MOSES SAID, "DON'T MAKE EXCUSES THAT YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT 09:33 GOD'S WORD IS. 09:34 IT'S RIGHT HERE IN YOUR MIDST." 09:37 YOU HEARD HIM SPEAK THOSE SAME TEN WORDS FROM THE MOUNTAINTOP. 09:41 YOU KNOW HE WROTE IT WITH HIS OWN FINGER IN STONE, SO DON'T 09:45 ACT LIKE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT HE WANTS. 09:47 HE HAS SHOWN YOU WHAT HE WANTS. 09:51 MOST OF US KNOW. 09:53 EVEN PEOPLE WHO CANNOT RECITE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS KNOW THAT 09:57 IT'S WRONG TO STEAL. 10:00 EVEN PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT MEMORIZED ALL TEN COMMANDMENTS 10:03 KNOW ADULTERY IS WRONG. 10:05 THE WORD IS NOT FAR AWAY. 10:07 HE HAS SHOWN YOU. 10:10 AND BY THE WAY WHEN IT SAYS, "HE HAS SHOWN THEE, OLD MAN," 10:12 THAT'S THE INCLUSIVE MAN. 10:13 IT MEANS MANKIND. 10:15 THIS IS NOT JUST FOR MEN. 10:16 HE'S SHOWN THE HUMAN RACE. 10:20 WHAT'S THE NEXT PART OF OUR VERSE? 10:24 "HE HAS SHOWN YOU WHAT IS GOOD." 10:27 YOU KNOW, SOLOMON WHEN HE HAD HIS DREAM AND HE PRAYED 10:34 AND HE SAID, "LORD?" 10:36 WHEN GOD SAID, "WHAT DO YOU WANT?" 10:37 HE SAID, "LORD, GIVE THEREFORE YOUR SERVANT AN UNDERSTANDING 10:41 HEART." 10:42 BY THE WAY, 1 KINGS 3:9, "GIVE THEREFORE YOUR SERVANT 10:45 AN UNDERSTANDING HEART TO JUDGE YOUR PEOPLE THAT I MIGHT DISCERN 10:49 BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL." 10:52 "I WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS GOOD." 10:56 WELL, GOD SAYS, "HE'S SHOWN YOU WHAT IS GOOD." 11:00 HE REVEALED IT TO SOLOMON. 11:01 HE GAVE HIM THAT WISDOM. 11:03 AS A MATTER OF FACT, SOLOMON HAD SO MUCH GOING FOR HIM. 11:08 I MEAN HE HAD A LOT OF GOOD THINGS ABOUT HIM, ESPECIALLY 11:10 WHEN HE WAS YOUNG. 11:11 BUT HE WENT RIGHT AHEAD AND DID THE VERY THINGS THAT GOD SAID 11:14 DON'T DO. 11:15 GOD SAID, "DON'T MULTIPLY HORSES." 11:18 AND THEN IT GOES ON TO SAY, "SOLOMON MULTIPLIED HORSES." 11:21 HE SAID, "DON'T MULTIPLY RICHES." 11:24 AND HE MULTIPLIED RICHES. 11:25 AND OF COURSE, WORST OF ALL, IT SAID, "DON'T MULTIPLY WIVES." 11:30 AND HE WENT AND DID THAT. 11:31 AND THEN WHAT HAPPENED? 11:32 HIS WIVES DREW HIM AWAY. 11:34 HIS MONEY MADE HIM PROUD. 11:35 HIS ARMY, THE SIZE OF ALL THE HORSES IN HIS ARMY, HE BEGAN TO 11:38 TRUST IN THAT INSTEAD OF GOD. 11:39 HE KNEW WHAT TO DO AND WHEN HE PRAYED THAT GOD WOULD HELP HIM 11:45 KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL. 11:48 MOST OF US KNOW WHAT GOD WANTS. 11:51 THE HOLY SPIRIT GUIDES US. 11:52 ECCLESIASTES 2:26, BY THE WAY WRITTEN BY SOLOMON, "FOR GOD 11:58 GIVETH TO ALL MEN THAT IS GOOD IN HIS SIGHT WISDOM AND 12:03 KNOWLEDGE AND JOY, BUT TO THE SINNER HE GIVES TRAVAIL." 12:08 GOD GIVES BLESSINGS TO ALL THOSE THAT ARE GOOD IN HIS SIGHT. 12:13 WE KNOW WHAT GOD WANTS US TO DO. 12:15 DO YOU REMEMBER LUKE 18:18? 12:18 A RICH YOUNG RULER CAME TO JESUS AND HE SAID, "GOOD MASTER, WHAT 12:21 GOOD THINGS SHALL I DO THAT I MIGHT HAVE ETERNAL LIFE?" 12:25 AND THIS WAS A DIVERSIONARY TACTIC. 12:28 HE KNEW. 12:30 HE WASN'T SEEKING FIRST GOD'S KINGDOM. 12:33 HE WAS SEEKING FIRST EARTHLY TREASURE. 12:36 JESUS ANSWERED HIM AND HE SAID, "ONLY GOD IS GOOD." 12:41 HE'S SHOWN YOU WHAT IS GOOD. 12:44 1 CORINTHIANS 13:13, IN THAT GREAT SIMPLE PASSAGE, PAUL 12:50 SUMMARIZES IN THAT CHAPTER OF LOVE WHAT IS THE BEST THING: 12:54 WHAT IS GOOD? 12:55 LOVE IS GOOD. 12:57 "NOW ABIDES FAITH, HOPE, LOVE," THEY'RE ALL GOOD THESE THREE 13:02 "BUT THE GREATEST OF THESE IS LOVE." 13:05 YOU NOTICE WHAT I DID TO YOU? 13:07 YOU DIDN'T EVEN CATCH IT. 13:08 I QUOTED WHERE JESUS SAID, "ONLY GOD IS GOOD." 13:12 AND THEN IT SAID, "THE GREATEST OF THESE IS LOVE." 13:15 AND DOESN'T THE BIBLE SAY, "GOD IS LOVE." 13:18 "HE HAS SHOWN THEE, OLD MAN, WHAT IS GOOD." 13:21 GOD IS GOOD. 13:22 GOD IS LOVE. 13:23 LOVE IS GOOD. 13:25 MOST PEOPLE KNOW. 13:26 WHAT ARE THE TWO GREAT COMMANDMENTS? 13:29 LOVE THE LORD. 13:31 LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR. 13:33 IT'S THIS LOVE RELATIONSHIP. 13:35 THIS IS WHERE MOST OF OUR PROBLEMS COME IN, THESE TWO LOVE 13:37 RELATIONSHIPS, THIS LOVE RELATIONSHIP AND THIS LOVE 13:41 RELATIONSHIP. 13:43 AND I THINK IN ORDER FOR YOU TO HAVE THIS LOVE RELATIONSHIP 13:46 RIGHT, YOU'LL HAVE TO HAVE THESE LOVE RELATIONSHIPS RIGHT. 13:50 AND THAT WORKS BOTH WAYS. 13:52 IN ORDER FOR THESE LOVE RELATIONSHIPS TO BE AT THEIR 13:54 BEST, THIS LOVE RELATIONSHIP NEEDS TO BE RIGHT. 13:59 HE'S SHOWN YOU WHAT IS GOOD. 14:01 GOD IS GOOD. 14:02 GOD IS LOVE. 14:03 LOVE IS GOOD. 14:04 IT'S THE GREATEST. 14:05 IT'S NOT THAT COMPLICATED. 14:08 "AND WHAT DOES THE LORD REQUIRE?" 14:11 THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. 14:13 WE'RE STILL MOVING THROUGH OUR VERSE. 14:15 "HE HAS SHOWN YOU, OLD MAN, WHAT IS GOOD. 14:18 AND WHAT DOES THE LORD REQUIRE?" 14:20 NOW, THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE. 14:22 WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT? 14:24 LORD, WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO? 14:26 PETER--NO PAUL, STRUCK DOWN ON THE ROAD TO DAMASCUS AND STILL 14:30 TREMBLING. 14:31 JESUS APPEARS TO HIM AND HE FINALLY SAYS, "LORD, WHAT DO YOU 14:34 WANT ME TO DO?" 14:36 LORD, WHAT DO YOU WANT? 14:39 THAT REALLY SHOULD BE THE CRY OF EVERY HEART, 14:42 "LORD, WHAT IS YOUR WILL? 14:43 WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR ME TO DO?" 14:45 IS THAT YOUR QUESTION? 14:47 DO YOU SEEK TO FIND THAT OUT? 14:50 I THINK THAT OUGHT TO BE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. 14:52 "HE HAS SHOWN YOU, OLD MAN, WHAT IS GOOD. 14:55 WHAT DOES THE LORD REQUIRE?" 14:56 YOU NOTICE IT DOESN'T SAY, "WHAT DOES THE LORD SUGGEST? 15:00 WHAT DOES THE LORD RECOMMEND?" 15:02 IS THERE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A REQUIREMENT AND 15:03 A RECOMMENDATION? 15:05 YOU BET THERE IS. 15:07 IT IS RECOMMENDED BEFORE A PILOT FLIES THAT HE FILES A FLIGHT 15:11 PLAN. 15:13 IT IS NOT A REQUIREMENT. 15:15 NOW, A REQUIREMENT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN BE PENALIZED 15:19 FOR NOT OBEYING. 15:21 THERE ARE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS. 15:25 THE TEN COMMANDMENTS ARE NOT TEN SUGGESTIONS. 15:28 THEY'RE NOT TEN RECOMMENDATIONS. 15:31 THEY WOULD BE TEN REQUIREMENTS. 15:35 AND YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE WHEN YOU READ THE INFORMATION ON THE BOX 15:43 THAT HAS THE NUTRITIONAL VALUES, THEY'VE GOT YOUR MINIMUM DAILY 15:48 REQUIREMENTS FOR VITAMINS. 15:50 I GUESS SOMEBODY DID SOME RESEARCH TO FIND OUT YOU JUST 15:52 HAVE TO HAVE X-AMOUNT OF CCs OF VITAMIN C PER DAY OR YOU'RE 15:57 GOING TO GET SCURVY OR SOMETHING. 15:59 AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH VITAMIN B-12, THERE ACTUALLY ARE 16:01 PEOPLE WHO SUFFER A LOT OF SIDE EFFECTS FROM THAT. 16:04 MOST OF US GET ENOUGH VITAMIN C, BUT SOME PEOPLE DON'T GET ENOUGH 16:06 POTASSIUM OR B-12 OR SOME OF THESE THINGS. 16:09 AND YOU CAN SUFFER FROM THAT. 16:11 YOU GET YOUR MINIMUM VITAMIN REQUIREMENTS. 16:14 ALL RIGHT, "LORD, WHAT IS THE MINIMUM BASIC REQUIREMENT? 16:18 WHAT IS THE BASICS THAT YOU WANT FROM US?" 16:21 AND I DON'T THINK WE OUGHT TO SHOOT FOR THE MINIMUM, BUT WE 16:23 OUGHT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T GET BELOW IT BECAUSE 16:25 IT'S A REQUIREMENT. 16:26 SEE THE DIFFERENCE? 16:28 DON'T GET BELOW THAT REQUIREMENT. 16:33 DEUTERONOMY 10:12, MOSES AGAIN IS TELLING US, "AND NOW, ISRAEL, 16:40 WHAT DOES THE LORD THY GOD REQUIRE OF THEE?" 16:43 HE ANSWERS OUR QUESTION, "BUT TO FEAR THE LORD THY GOD, TO WALK 16:49 IN ALL OF HIS WAYS, TO LOVE HIM AND TO SERVE THE LORD THY GOD 16:54 WITH ALL OF THY HEART AND TO KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS OF THE 16:58 LORD AND HIS STATUTES WHICH I COMMAND THEE THIS DAY FOR 17:02 THY GOOD." 17:04 YOU MUST DO IT OR YOU'RE UNHEALTHY. 17:07 IT'S A MINIMUM REQUIREMENT. 17:08 LET ME READ THAT AGAIN, DEUTERONOMY 10:12, "FEAR THE 17:11 LORD, WALK IN HIS WAYS, LOVE HIM AND SERVE HIM." 17:15 YOU NOTICE IT DOESN'T SAY, "SERVE HIM AND LOVE HIM." 17:17 BEFORE YOU CAN SERVE HIM, YOU'VE GOT TO DO WHAT? 17:20 IT SAYS, "LOVE HIM AND SERVE HIM." 17:21 YOU KNOW IT EVEN SAYS THAT IN THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. 17:24 IT'S UNDERSTOOD ALL THROUGH THE BIBLE. 17:26 YOU CAN'T OBEY GOD IF YOU DON'T LOVE HIM. 17:28 RIGHT IN THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, IT SAYS, "SHOWING MERCY UNTO 17:30 THOUSANDS OF THEM THAT LOVE HIM AND KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS." 17:34 "LOVE HIM," LOVE FIRST AND THEN WE DO IT BECAUSE WE LOVE HIM. 17:38 THAT'S WHAT THE LORD REQUIRES OF US. 17:42 ANOTHER GOOD MISSION STATEMENT: "FEAR THE LORD THY GOD 17:45 AND REVERENCE HIM. 17:46 WALK IN HIS WAYS. 17:48 LOVE HIM AND SERVE HIM WITH ALL OF YOUR HEART AND ALL OF YOUR 17:51 SOUL AND KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS." 17:55 LUKE 10:27, REMEMBER WHEN THE LAWYER SAID TO JESUS, 18:01 "WHAT IS THE GREATEST OF THE COMMANDMENTS?" 18:05 AND JESUS SAID, "WHAT DO YOU READ IN THE LAW?" 18:07 AND HE ANSWERED HIS OWN QUESTION, "'YOU SHALL LOVE THE 18:09 LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL OF YOUR HEART, WITH ALL OF YOUR SOUL, 18:11 WITH ALL OF YOUR STRENGTH, WITH ALL OF YOUR MIND AND YOUR 18:15 NEIGHBOR IS YOURSELF.' AND HE SAID TO HIM, 'YOU HAVE 18:18 ANSWERED RIGHTLY. 18:19 DO THIS AND YOU'LL LIVE.'" JESUS SAID, "THAT'S IT, EUREKA! 18:24 BINGO!" 18:25 NO, HE DIDN'T SAY "BINGO" BUT YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. 18:30 YOU HIT IT. 18:32 THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. 18:35 "LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL OF YOUR HEART, ALL OF YOUR SOUL, 18:39 ALL OF YOUR STRENGTH, ALL OF YOUR MIND AND YOUR NEIGHBOR AS 18:43 YOURSELF." 18:45 JESUS SAID, "YOU'VE RIGHTLY ANSWERED. 18:47 DO THIS AND YOU'LL LIVE." 18:48 WELL, I'D SAY THAT'S ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS. 18:51 "HE HAS SHOWN YOU, OLD MAN, WHAT IS GOOD. 18:54 AND WHAT DOES THE LORD REQUIRE OF THEE?" 18:57 NOT JUST EVERYBODY ELSE, BUT OF YOU. 19:01 WHAT DOES HE WANT FROM YOU? 19:02 NOT JUST FROM THE CHURCH. 19:03 IT'S NOT JUST THE COLLECTIVE REQUIREMENT. 19:05 YOU'RE NOT GOING TO FILL IN ONE ASPECT, AND I'LL FILL IN ANOTHER 19:09 AND SOMEONE ELSE WILL FILL IN A THIRD. 19:10 AND COLLECTIVELY, YOU KNOW IT'S TEAMWORK. 19:12 THERE'S SOMETHING, A MINIMUM REQUIREMENT OF EVERYBODY. 19:18 HERE IT IS. 19:20 WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO IT NOW. 19:22 THREE BIG PRINCIPLES: DO JUSTLY. 19:27 DO. 19:28 I COULD PREACH A WHOLE SERMON ON "DO." 19:32 TWO WORDS, SPURGEON USED TO PREACH A WHOLE SERMON ON "THE." 19:36 I COULD PREACH A WHOLE SERMON ON "DO," THOSE GOT THREE WORDS. 19:41 I SUPPOSE SOMEONE COULD PREACH A SERMON ON "I," ONE WORD, ONE 19:46 LETTER, OR "A." 19:50 LET'S TALK ABOUT "DO" FOR A MINUTE. 19:52 THERE'S A LOT OF DISCUSSION THESE DAYS ABOUT JUST BELIEVING 19:57 AND WE PLAY DOWN THE DOING. 19:59 BUT WHEN I READ MY BIBLE, JESUS MAKES A BIG DEAL ABOUT THAT 20:03 TWO-LETTER WORD, "NOT EVERYONE THAT SAYS UNTO ME, 'LORD, LORD,' 20:08 WILL ENTER INTO THE KINGDOM BUT THEY THAT DO--" 20:12 THE LORD SAYS THERE'S A MAN THAT HAD TWO SONS AND HE SAYS, 20:15 "GO WORK IN MY FIELD." 20:16 AND ONE SON SAYS, "I'M GOING, FATHER" BUT HE DOES NOT GO. 20:20 AND THE OTHER ONE SAYS, "I'M NOT GOING BUT HE LATER REPENTS 20:22 AND HE GOES." 20:24 AND JESUS THEN ASKS AT THE CONCLUSION, "WHICH OF THE TWO 20:27 DID," OH THAT'S THREE LETTERS NOW, RIGHT, "THE WILL OF HIS 20:30 FATHER?" 20:31 SAME PRINCIPLE. 20:32 IT'S THE ONE WHO WENT, NOT JUST SAYING "LORD, LORD," 20:38 BUT DO WE DO IT? 20:40 WHEN JESUS SEPARATES THE WISEMAN FROM THE FOOL, 20:42 WHAT'S THE BIG DIFFERENCE? 20:44 "THE WISEMAN HEARS THESE WORDS OF MINE AND HE DOES THEM. 20:48 THE FOOLISH MAN HEARS THESE WORDS OF MINE AND HE DOESN'T 20:51 DO THEM." 20:53 AND SO, IT DOESN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 20:55 GOD DOESN'T JUST WANT CHRISTIANITY TO BE A PHILOSOPHY. 20:58 HE WANTS IT TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE DO SOMETHING ABOUT. 21:03 DO WHAT? 21:05 DO JUSTLY. 21:07 THAT MEANS DO WHAT IS RIGHT AS IN "SEEK YE FIRST THE KINGDOM OF 21:14 GOD AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND ALL THESE THINGS WILL BE ADDED." 21:20 IN OTHER WORDS, DOING WHAT IS RIGHT IS: ACT WITH FAIRNESS, 21:25 ACT WITH HONESTY, ACT WITH INTEGRITY. 21:30 YOU DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY WHEN YOU KEEP THE MAIN THING 21:33 THE MAIN THING. 21:34 YOU USE GOOD JUDGMENT. 21:36 JESUS SAID, "DON'T JUDGE ACCORDING TO THE APPEARANCE 21:39 BUT JUDGE A RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENT." 21:41 YOU DO WHAT'S RIGHT. 21:43 IT MEANS HONESTY IN OUR RELATIONSHIPS, NOT GIVING 21:45 PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT OR BEING BIASED BUT DOING WHAT IS JUST. 21:52 SOMEONE ASKED THIS BUTCHER WHAT HAPPENED AFTER HE WAS CONVERTED? 21:59 AND HE SAID, "WELL BEFORE I WAS CONVERTED, I USED TO WEIGH MY 22:01 THUMB." 22:03 SOME OF YOU REMEMBER THE DAYS WHEN THEY HAD THE OLD-FASHIONED 22:06 SCALES AND THE BUTCHER WOULD PLOP THE CHICKEN DOWN ON THE 22:08 SCALE AND HE'D LEAN OVER AND HE COULD PUT HIS THUMB ON THE SCALE 22:12 AND ADD ANOTHER OUNCE TO IT. 22:14 AND THIS BUTCHER SAID, "AFTER I WAS CONVERTED, I DON'T WEIGH 22:15 MY THUMB ANYMORE." 22:17 HE SAYS, "I WAS CHEATING THOSE PEOPLE." 22:19 HE SAID, "NOW, IN FACT, WHAT I DO IS ALL MY CUSTOMERS, I GIVE 22:22 'EM A LITTLE EXTRA TO COMPENSATE FOR ALL THAT TIME THAT I WEIGHED 22:25 MY THUMB." 22:26 HE SAYS, "NOW I'M A CHRISTIAN, I DON'T WEIGH MY THUMB." 22:29 DOING JUSTLY. 22:33 WHO WAS IT THAT SAID, "DISHONESTY IS DISHONESTY 22:35 WHETHER IT'S A DIME OR A DOLLAR"? 22:38 DOING JUSTLY. 22:40 THAT MEANS THAT YOU'RE FAITHFUL IN LITTLE THINGS AS WELL AS 22:46 BIG THINGS. 22:47 DOING JUSTLY. 22:50 I LOVE THIS VERSE. 22:51 YOU WANT ANOTHER GOOD BOTTOM LINE. 22:53 THE SCOUT'S CREED FOR THE CHRISTIAN, PSALM 15:1, 22:59 "LORD," WHAT DO YOU REQUIRE? 23:02 "WHO MAY ABIDE IN YOUR TABERNACLE? 23:05 WHO MAY DWELL IN YOUR HOLY HILL?" 23:07 WHO'S GOING TO BE IN HEAVEN? 23:10 PSALM 15, THIS IS GOOD, YOU SHOULD CIRCLE IT, "HE WHO WALKS 23:13 UPRIGHTLY." 23:14 HE'S A DOER. 23:15 "HE WORKS RIGHTEOUSNESS AND SPEAKS THE TRUTH IN HIS HEART." 23:19 HE DOES WHAT'S JUST. 23:20 YOU NOTICE IN HIS HEART. 23:21 "HE DOES NOT BACKBITE WITH HIS TONGUE." 23:25 HE'S NOT EVEN SPEAKING ILL OF OTHERS BUT HE GUARDS--I LIKE THE 23:29 CHILDREN'S STORY, TALKING ABOUT THE TONGUE AND HOW POWERFUL 23:33 THE TONGUE IS. 23:35 "NOR DOES EVIL TO HIS NEIGHBOR NOR DOES HE TAKE UP REPROACH 23:39 AGAINST HIS FRIEND IN WHOSE EYES A VILE PERSON IS DESPISED BUT HE 23:43 HONORS THOSE WHO FEAR THE LORD." 23:46 HE SEEKS OUT THE COMPANY OF THE JUST. 23:49 HE WANTS TO BE JUST AND HE FINDS PLEASURE IN THE COMPANY OF 23:51 THE JUST. 23:52 HE DOESN'T LOOK FOR BAD COMPANIONS. 23:56 "HE HONORS THOSE THAT FEAR THE LORD, HE SWEARS THROUGH HIS OWN 23:59 HURT AND DOES NOT CHANGE." 24:01 HE'LL MAKE A PROMISE. 24:03 THEN AFTER HE MAKES A PROMISE, HE'LL REALIZE, "HEY, I'M GOING 24:05 TO LOSE MONEY ON THIS DEAL BUT I MADE A PROMISE. 24:07 I'VE GOT TO FOLLOW MY WORD." 24:09 AND HE STILL KEEPS HIS WORD. 24:13 HE FOLLOWS THROUGH. 24:16 "HE SWEARS THROUGH HIS OWN HURT AND DOES NOT CHANGE. 24:18 HE DOES NOT PUT OUT HIS MONEY TO USURY." 24:21 THAT MEANS HE SHOWS MERCY ON OTHERS. 24:23 HE MIGHT LEND THEM, BUT HE'S NOT GOING TO CHARGE THEM INTEREST. 24:26 HE HAS THE RIGHT TO CHARGE INTEREST BUT HE DOESN'T. 24:31 THE BIBLE SAYS, "HE DOES NOT TAKE A BRIBE AGAINST THE 24:33 INNOCENT." 24:35 HE DOES WHAT'S JUST REGARDLESS OF WHAT'S IN IT FOR HIM. 24:39 "HE WHO DOES THESE THINGS," NOTICE IT'S NOT "WHO THINKS 24:43 THESE THINGS," IT'S NOT "WHO BELIEVES THESE THINGS." 24:45 IT'S "HE WHO," WHAT? 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