Participants: Pr. Doug Batchelor
Series Code: AFP
Program Code: AFP000080
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00:08 >> COMING UP NEXT ON "AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS."
00:11 >> NOW THE IDEA THAT THESE MORTAL KINGS, LIKE DARIUS 00:16 AND OTHERS, COULD NOT CHANGE THEIR LAW AND YET THE GOD 00:19 OF THE UNIVERSE IS GONNA CHANGE HIS LAW IS ABSURD. 00:26 >> FOR OVER 40 YEARS, AMAZING FACTS HAS BEEN DEDICATED 00:30 TO SHARING GOD'S WORD THROUGH MEDIA. 00:32 THIS PROGRAM FEATURES HIGHLIGHTS FROM SOME OF OUR 00:35 BEST TELEVISION BROADCASTS. 00:38 WE INVITE YOU TO SIT BACK AND ENJOY THIS EDITION OF 00:41 "AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS." 00:45 TODAY'S PRESENTATION IS AN EXCERPT FROM THE MILLENIUM 00:47 OF PROPHECY VIDEO SERIES. 00:54 >> IT'S A SERIOUS LESSON TONIGHT. 00:58 WHAT'S THE MATTER? 01:03 OH, NO. 01:04 WHAT DID I DO? 01:09 SO YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT I HAVE SOMETHING ON MY FOREHEAD? 01:14 OH. 01:15 I DON'T SEE ANYTHING ON MY FOREHEAD. 01:19 WILL IT DISTRACT YOU IF I GO ON AND TEACH THE LESSON LIKE THIS? 01:23 SOME OF YOU SAY, "OH, IT DOESN'T BOTHER ME." 01:27 HOW ARE YOU GONNA PROVE I HAVE SOMETHING ON MY FOREHEAD? 01:32 I NEED A WHAT? 01:34 WHERE AM I GONNA FIND A MIRROR? 01:36 IN THE BIBLE? 01:40 I NEED A MIRROR. 01:42 LET ME SEE IF I COULD--WHAT DO YOU KNOW, BROTHER JOHN JUST SO 01:46 WHAT HAPPENS TO HAVE A MIRROR AND A MICROPHONE. 01:51 NOW TAKE THE MICROPHONE AWAY FROM HIM. 01:54 OKAY, LET'S SEE NOW. 01:56 I'VE GOT VERY CAREFUL PERSONAL HYGIENE HABITS, AND I WASHED MY 02:03 FACE AND TOOK CARE OF THINGS BEFORE I CAME TODAY AND YOU'RE 02:06 TELLING ME THAT I'VE GOT A MARK ON MY FACE. 02:08 I DON'T SEE A MARK ON MY FACE. 02:13 STILL DON'T SEE A MARK ON MY FACE. 02:16 BUT YOU CAN SEE IF YOU'VE GOT ONE ON YOURS, RIGHT? 02:21 OH. 02:23 HEY, YOU KNOW I FELT RATHER COMFORTABLE UNTIL I LOOKED 02:28 IN THIS MIRROR SO OBVIOUSLY, IF I FELT OKAY UNTIL I LOOKED 02:33 IN THE MIRROR, THE PROBLEM IS I NEED TO GET RID OF THE MIRROR, 02:36 IS THAT RIGHT? 02:37 NO. 02:39 WELL, LET'S SEE HERE, LET'S USE SOME LOGIC. 02:43 IF THE MIRROR COULD SHOW ME THAT THERE'S A SPOT ON MY FACE, 02:46 IT WOULD STAND TO REASON THAT THE MIRROR COULD TAKE IT AWAY. 02:51 WAIT A SECOND. 02:52 YOU MEAN IT'S GONNA MAKE ME FEEL BAD AND SHOW ME THERE'S 02:54 SOMETHING WRONG AND NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT? 02:57 A PERSON COULD COME TO THE PLACE WHERE THEY COULD 02:59 REALLY DISLIKE MIRRORS AND INCIDENTALLY THERE ARE 03:01 SOME WHO DO. 03:03 SO WHAT AM I GONNA DO? 03:08 NOW EVERYTHING'S WORSE? 03:11 WHAT DO I DO? 03:13 WHAT DO I NEED? 03:14 WASH CLOTH. 03:15 WHERE AM I GONNA FIND A WASH CLOTH? 03:22 JOHN, YOU WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO STAY 300 YARDS AWAY. 03:27 >> I HAVE A WASH CLOTH. 03:28 I JUST SO HAPPEN TO HAVE ONE WITH ME. 03:30 JUST SO HAPPEN TO HAVE ONE. 03:37 A RED CLOTH TO TAKE A BLACK SPOT OFF OF A WHITE FACE. 03:42 LET'S WATCH THIS. 03:45 >> I KNEW HE'D WANT TO SAY SOMETHING. 03:48 YOU HAVE NO IDEA THE SCIENTIFIC PREPARATION THAT WENT INVOLVED 03:53 IN DOING THIS. 03:56 HEY, ONE TIME I MADE THE MISTAKE OF DOING THIS 03:58 ILLUSTRATION WITH PERMANENT MARKER. 04:11 NOT BAD, HEY? 04:14 NOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE ILLUSTRATION--NOW I GOT 04:16 A RED MARK ON MY HEAD. 04:18 YOU KNOW WHAT HIS ILLUSTRATES? 04:19 WHAT DOES THIS REPRESENT? 04:21 THE LAW OF GOD. 04:23 THIS IS THE BLOOD OF JESUS AND THIS WAS? 04:26 THE MARK WAS SIN. 04:28 THE PURPOSE OF THE LAW IS SIMPLY TO SHOW US OUR SIN SO WE 04:32 GO TO JESUS FOR CLEANSING. 04:34 YET THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE, EVEN IN THE RELIGIOUS WORLD 04:37 TODAY, WHO ARE TELLING US THAT JESUS DIED TO TAKE AWAY THE LAW 04:42 FROM US WHEN IN REALITY THE LAW IS NECESSARY TO SEND US TO 04:46 CHRIST FOR CLEANSING. 04:48 THE DEVIL HATES THE LAW OF GOD AND WE'RE GOING TO EXPLAIN 04:51 A LOT OF YOUR QUESTIONS ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE LAW, 04:54 THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, THE LAWS THAT ARE DONE AWAY WITH. 04:57 YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND THIS IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND PROPHECY. 05:00 HEY, WAIT, I WANT TO START WITH AN AMAZING FACT. 05:03 THEFT--THE U.S. COMMERCE DEPARTMENT HAS RELEASED 05:06 SOME SHOCKING FIGURES. 05:07 I'LL HELP YOU UNDERSTAND WHY THE TEN COMMANDMENTS 05:10 ARE IMPORTANT. 05:11 ABOUT 4 MILLION PEOPLE ARE CAUGHT SHOPLIFTING EACH YEAR, 05:15 BUT FOR EVERY PERSON CAUGHT IT'S ESTIMATED 35 GO UNDETECTED. 05:20 IF THE ESTIMATES ARE ACCURATE, IT MEANS THAT 140 MILLION 05:23 SHOPLIFTING INCIDENTS OCCUR EACH YEAR IN A NATION OF 05:27 260 MILLION. 05:28 THIS IS JUST NORTH AMERICA. 05:29 ACCORDING TO A STUDY IN WASHINGTON, FEW SHOPLIFTERS 05:33 STEAL OUT OF NEED, 70% OF SHOPLIFTERS ARE IN THE MIDDLE 05:37 INCOME BRACKET, 20% HAVE HIGH INCOME, ONLY 10% WOULD BE 05:42 CONSIDERED POOR. 05:44 NOW I'LL SHARE MORE ABOUT MY PERSONAL TESTIMONY, 05:46 BUT MY MOTHER WAS LEAST MIDDLE CHANCE AND I REMEMBER HER TAKING 05:50 ME TO MACY'S AND BLOOMINGDALE'S AND SHOWING ME HOW TO SHOPLIFT. 05:55 STICK AROUND. 05:58 FURTHERMORE, ACCORDING TO THE INSURANCE STATISTICS, 30% OF 06:02 ALL BUSINESS FAILURES EACH YEAR ARE A DIRECT RESULT OF INTERNAL 06:06 THEFT. 06:08 SECURITY OFFICIALS ESTIMATE THAT 9% OF ALL EMPLOYEES STEAL 06:11 ON A REGULAR BASIS, 75% OF ALL EMPLOYEES IN RETAIL 06:15 ESTABLISHMENT STEAL TO SOME DEGREE TAKING THREE TIMES AS 06:18 MUCH AS SHOPLIFTERS. 06:20 HOTEL MANAGERS DOES COUNT ON IT THAT ONE OUT OF THREE GUESTS IS 06:24 GOING TO STEAL SOMETHING FROM THEIR ROOM. 06:27 IT'S BUILT INTO THE BUDGET. 06:30 THE RESULT OF THIS PLUNDERING PUBLIC IS THAT PRICES 06:33 EVERYWHERE SKYROCKET UP BECAUSE OF PROFIT LOSSES AND INCREASED 06:37 SECURITY OVERHEAD. 06:38 THE MOST ASTOUNDING FACT IS THAT THERE ARE SOME PASTORS 06:42 WHO ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THIS EPIDEMIC OF SHOPLIFTING 06:46 AND CRIME. 06:47 YOU'LL UNDERSTAND THAT MORE AS WE PROCEED A LITTLE FURTHER 06:50 WITH OUR LESSON. 06:52 QUESTION NUMBER ONE, "CAN THE MORAL LAW," 06:55 THAT'S ANOTHER WORD FOR THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, 06:57 "BE AMENDED OR REPEALED?" 06:59 SOME PEOPLE SAY THE LAW OF GOD, THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, 07:01 WERE ABOLISHED WHEN JESUS DIED ON THE CROSS. 07:03 LET'S FIND OUT IF THAT'S TRUE. 07:05 LUKE 16:17. 07:06 SAY THE ANSWERS OUT LOUD WITH ME HERE IN MANHATTAN. 07:09 "AND IT'S EASIER FOR HEAVEN AND EARTH TO PASS, THAN FOR ONE 07:13 TITTLE," THAT'S LIKE A LITTLE DOT OF "I," OF THE LAW TO 07:17 FAIL." 07:18 PSALMS 89:34, "MY COVENANT WILL I NOT BREAK, NOR ALTER 07:25 THE THING THAT HAS GONE OUT OF MY LIPS." 07:27 THIS WAS PART OF THE COVENANT. 07:29 PSALMS 111:7-8, "ALL OF HIS COMMANDMENTS ARE SURE. 07:34 THEY STAND FAST FOREVER AND EVER." 07:39 IS IT SOUNDING ETERNAL TO YOU? 07:41 KEEP READING HERE. 07:42 MALACHI 3:6, ONE OF MY FAVORITES. 07:45 JESUS IS TELLING US IN HIS WORD, "I AM THE LORD, 07:48 I CHANGE NOT." 07:51 HEBREWS TELLS US JESUS CHRIST IS THE SAME YESTERDAY, 07:55 TODAY AND FOREVER. 07:57 CHRIST SAID, "HE THAT HEARS THESE WORDS OF MINE IS LIKE A 07:59 WISE MAN WHO BUILDS HIS HOUSE ON ROCK." 08:03 WHAT WAS THE TEN COMMANDMENTS WRITTEN ON? 08:05 ROCK. 08:06 IT'S AN ETERNAL NATION. 08:07 CHRIST IS CALLED THE ROCK OF AGES. 08:10 NOW THE IDEA THAT THESE MORTAL KINGS, LIKE DARIUS AND OTHERS, 08:15 COULD NOT CHANGE THEIR LAW AND YET THE GOD OF THE UNIVERSE IS 08:18 GONNA CHANGE HIS LAW IS ABSURD. 08:20 KING HEROD MADE A LAW. 08:23 HE TOLD SALOME, "IF YOU DANCE FOR ME, I'LL GIVE YOU WHATEVER 08:25 YOU WANT, UP TO HALF MY KINGDOM." 08:27 SHE SAID, "I WANT THE HEAD OF JOHN THE BAPTIST." 08:29 HEROD DIDN'T WANT TO DO THAT, BUT THE KING'S WORD WAS LAW AND 08:33 SO JOHN THE BAPTIST HAD TO DIE. 08:35 YOU'VE HEARD OF KING AHASUERUS MARRIED TO ESTHER, HE SIGNED 08:39 A LAW THAT ALL THE JEWS SHOULD BE EXTERMINATED AND ATTACKED ON 08:42 A CERTAIN DAY, THEN HIS WIFE LET HIM KNOW THAT SHE WAS A JEW. 08:46 HE COULD NOT CHANGE HIS LAW. 08:48 ALL HE COULD DO WAS WRITE ANOTHER LAW THAT GAVE THEM 08:50 THE RIGHT TO DEFEND THEMSELVES. 08:52 A KING'S WORD WAS LAW AND THE LAW COULD NOT CHANGE. 08:56 IF THESE EARTHLY, VACILLATING MONARCHS COULD NOT CHANGE THEIR 08:59 LAW, WHERE IN THE WORLD DO PEOPLE GET THE IDEA THAT THE 09:01 ALMIGHTY WHO WROTE HIS LAW WITH HIS FINGER AND SPOKE IT 09:04 WITH HIS VOICE WOULD CHANGE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS? 09:08 THEY'RE ETERNAL FOR ALL PEOPLE. 09:09 SOME PEOPLE THINK THEY'RE JUST FOR THE JEWS AND THAT'S ALSO 09:12 EQUALLY ABSURD. 09:14 I'VE GOT A LOT TO SAY, I BETTER GO ON. 09:16 LET ME TELL YOU WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND WHY 09:18 GOD'S LAW IS STILL IN AFFECT. 09:21 THE DEVIL HATES THE LAW BECAUSE BY THE LAW IS THE KNOWLEDGE 09:23 OF SIN. 09:24 WHEN WE SEE OUR SIN, WE THEN GO TO JESUS FOR CLEANSING. 09:28 IF THE DEVIL CAN GET RID OF THE LAW, WE ARE NOT AWARE OF OUR 09:31 SIN, WE DON'T NEED CHRIST. 09:33 DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE LOGIC? 09:34 WE NEED THE LAW, BUT THE MIRROR CANNOT WASH AWAY OUR SIN. 09:37 IT'S THE BLOOD OF CHRIST THAT WE NEED. 09:40 NOW I'VE GOT A SLIDE HERE OR TWO THAT WILL SHOW YOU 09:42 A CORRELATION HERE BETWEEN THE NATURE AND CHARACTER OF GOD 09:46 AND HIS LAW. 09:47 LOOK AT THE SIMILARITIES. 09:49 GOD IS GOOD, LUKE 18:19. 09:51 THE BIBLE SAYS IN ROMANS 7:12, THE LAW IS GOOD. 09:55 THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT GOD IS HOLY. 09:57 IT SAYS IN ROMANS 7:12 HIS LAW IS HOLY. 10:00 GOD IS JUST. 10:01 DEUTERONOMY 32:4, IT TELLS US HIS LAW IS JUST. 10:05 AND I'M GONNA HASTEN ALONG HERE. 10:07 GOD IS PERFECT. 10:08 HE IS LOVE. 10:09 HE IS RIGHTEOUS. 10:10 HE IS TRUTH. 10:11 HE IS PURE. 10:12 HE IS SPIRITUAL. 10:13 HE'S UNCHANGEABLE. 10:14 HE'S ETERNAL AND IT ALSO SAYS HIS LAW IS THE SAME THING, 10:19 LOVE, RIGHTEOUSNESS, TRUTH, PURE AND SPIRITUAL, 10:22 UNCHANGEABLE, ETERNAL. 10:23 ARE YOU GETTING THE PICTURE? 10:25 THE LAW OF GOD IS AN EXPRESSION OF WHO HE IS. 10:29 IT'S AN EXPRESSION OF HIS WILL AND HIS CHARACTER. 10:31 ANY ATTACK ON THE TEN COMMANDMENTS IS, 10:34 IN REALITY, AN ATTACK ON THE PERSON OF GOD. 10:36 JESUS SAID YOU'LL KNOW THE TRUTH AND THE TRUTH WILL 10:38 SET YOU FREE. 10:39 AND THEN CHRIST SAID, "I AM THE TRUTH." 10:41 ANY DEGREE THAT WE EMBRACE OR REJECT THE TRUTH TO SOME EXTENT, 10:47 WE ARE EMBRACING OR PUSHING AWAY GOD HIMSELF. 10:51 THAT'S WHY THESE ISSUES ARE SO IMPORTANT AND THEY'RE GONNA 10:53 PLAY IN A VERY PROMINENT WAY IN PROPHECY. 10:56 NUMBER TWO, ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE, WHAT IS SIN? 11:01 ANSWER 1 JOHN 3:4, "SIN IS THE TRANSGRESSION OF THE LAW." 11:07 AND THEN AGAIN, ROMANS 3:20, "BY THE LAW IS THE KNOWLEDGE 11:13 OF SIN." 11:14 DO WE STILL NEED TO KNOW WHAT SIN IS? 11:17 ABSOLUTELY. 11:18 YOU KNOW WE'RE LIVING IN A SOCIETY WHERE WE'RE ALL BEING 11:21 TOLD, "DON'T FEEL GUILTY. 11:22 GUILT IS BAD. 11:23 NOBODY SHOULD FEEL GUILTY. 11:24 NO MATTER WHAT YOU'RE DOING, DON'T FEEL BAD ABOUT IT 11:27 BECAUSE GUILT IS BAD." 11:28 WELL, GUILT IS BAD. 11:30 JESUS CAME TO TAKE AWAY YOUR GUILT BUT HERE'S PART THAT 11:33 PEOPLE MISS, YOU SHOULD FEEL GUILTY UNTIL YOU HAVE HAD YOUR 11:37 SINS WASHED AWAY. 11:39 NOTHING IS MORE DANGEROUS FOR A PERSON TO WALK AWAY FROM 11:42 THE EMERGENCY ROOM IN TERMINAL CONDITION THINKING THAT THEY'RE 11:46 JUST FINE WHEN TREATMENT IS AVAILABLE. 11:49 YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? 11:50 AND SO FOR THE DOCTOR TO SAY, "IT LOOKS LIKE POISON IVY TO 11:53 ME" WHEN IT'S REALLY CANCER, HE'S NOT DOING YOU A FAVOR. 11:57 BUT I DON'T WANT TO MAKE HIM FEEL BAD. 12:00 YOU'VE GOTTA BE HONEST ABOUT WHAT YOUR CONDITION IS, RIGHT? 12:02 AND IF WE ARE SINFUL AND IF WE ARE GUILTY, YOU NEED TO KNOW 12:06 THAT AND THEN YOU GO TO GOD AND HE TAKES YOUR GUILT AWAY. 12:09 SEE, I DON'T LIVE UNDER A BURDEN OF GUILT FROM ALL 12:11 THE TERRIBLE THINGS I'VE DONE 'CAUSE I BELIEVE THAT HE'S 12:14 FORGIVEN ME. 12:15 I COULD NEVER STAND BEFORE YOU OTHERWISE. 12:17 BUT IF YOU ARE GUILTY, YOU SHOULD FEEL GUILTY 12:20 UNTIL YOU ARE FORGIVEN. 12:21 YOU GOT THAT? 12:22 AND THE LAW MIGHT MAKE YOU FEEL THAT WAY, BUT THAT'S HEALTHY. 12:26 NUMBER THREE, "TO WHAT LAW DOES 1 JOHN 3:4 REFER?" 12:29 WHAT LAW IS IT TALKING ABOUT? 12:31 IS IT THE MORAL LAW, CEREMONIAL LAW? 12:33 TELL US ROMANS 7:7, "I HAD NOT KNOWN SIN, BUT BY THE LAW: 12:38 FOR I HAD NOT KNOWN LUST, EXCEPT THE LAW HAD SAID, 12:43 THOU SHALT NOT COVET." 12:46 THERE IS A LOT OF LAW BREAKING IN THE WORLD TODAY. 12:50 WELL, INCIDENTALLY THAT VERSE IS TELLING US CLEARLY ABOUT 12:54 THE DISOBEDIENCE OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. 12:57 WE CAN SEE THERE'S A LOT OF DISHONESTY, A LOT OF MONEY 13:01 CHANGES HANDS UNDER THE TABLE, A LOT OF IMMORALITY. 13:04 YOU'VE HEARD SOME OF THE INTERVIEWS ON THE STREETS. 13:06 WE WISH WE HAD MORE TIME TO PLAY MORE. 13:08 PEOPLE HAVE THESE REALLY DISTORTED CONCEPTS OF WHAT'S 13:10 RIGHT AND WRONG BECAUSE THERE ARE NO MORAL ABSOLUTES. 13:13 A LITTLE WHILE AGO "TIME MAGAZINE" HAD AN ISSUE, 13:16 "INFIDELITY," ANOTHER WORD FOR MARITAL ADULTERY YOU KNOW, 13:20 "IT MIGHT BE IN OUR GENES." 13:21 IN OTHER WORDS WE'RE NOT RESPONSIBLE. 13:23 AND THE ARTICLE BASICALLY SAYS, "BECAUSE OF OUR ANCESTRY TO 13:25 THE APES AND BECAUSE APES AND CHIMPANZEES ARE NOT ALWAYS 13:29 MONOGAMOUS, WE CAN'T HELP WHEN WE KIND OF FOOL AROUND AND, 13:32 YOU KNOW, CHEAT ON OUR SPOUSES BECAUSE IT'S IN OUR GENES, 13:35 WE'RE NOT RESPONSIBLE." 13:37 THAT SOUNDS LIKE THE POLITICALLY CORRECT ANSWER. 13:41 BUT YOU KNOW THE MEDIA IS TRYING TO TELL US THAT IT 13:43 JUST DOESN'T MATTER, WHATEVER FEELS GOOD, DO IT. 13:46 LOOK AT THESE INTERESTING STATISTICS, HIGH SCHOOL 13:48 PROBLEMS THAT WERE NOTED BACK IN 1940. 13:51 TEACHERS SAID WITH THINGS LIKE TALKING OUT OF TURN, CHEWING 13:54 GUM, THESE WERE THE PRIMARY THINGS THAT THEY OBJECTED TO. 13:57 MAKING NOISE IN CLASS, RUNNING IN THE HALL, CUTTING LINE, 14:02 DRESS CODE INFRACTIONS, LITTERING. 14:04 BY 1990 THESE WERE THE MAJOR CONCERNS AMONG TEACHERS, DRUG 14:08 USE, ALCOHOL ABUSE, PREGNANCY, SUICIDE, RAPE, ROBBERY, 14:13 ASSAULT. 14:15 YOU CAN ALSO LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENED WITH THE DIVORCE 14:18 STATISTICS 1870, THERE WAS 1 DIVORCE 14:21 FOR EVERY 34 MARRIAGES; 1900: 1 IN 12; 14:25 1930: 1 DIVORCE FOR EVERY 6 MARRIAGES; 14:28 1978 TO 1998: 1 IN 2. 14:31 ACTUALLY THAT'S NOT AN ACCURATE FIGURE BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE 14:34 NOW JUST SORT OF SHACK UP AND NEVER GET MARRIED AND THEY HAVE 14:36 NO WAY OF TRACKING THAT, RIGHT? 14:38 WE'RE IN A SOCIETY WHERE WE'RE JUST ACTING LIKE ANIMALS. 14:41 IT'S THE SANCTITY OF MARRIAGE IS EVAPORATING AND THE BIBLE 14:44 TELLS US THAT THAT DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 14:47 DURING THAT TIME PERIOD BETWEEN 1940 AND 1980, 14:52 VIOLENT CRIME HAS GONE UP 560%. 14:55 ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS HAVE GONE UP 400%. 14:58 DIVORCE 400%. 15:00 SINGLE-PARENT HOMES 300%. 15:02 TEENAGE SUICIDE. 15:03 NOW HERE'S MY POINT, WHEN I WENT TO PUBLIC SCHOOL 15:07 IN CALIFORNIA WAS THE LAST TIME I REMEMBER. 15:09 I WAS BORN IN BURBANK, BUT I ENDED UP GROWING UP 15:12 IN MANHATTAN. 15:13 BUT I WAS IN FIRST, SECOND GRADE IN CALIFORNIA. 15:16 THEY HAD THE TEN COMMANDMENTS ON THE WALL IN PUBLIC SCHOOL. 15:20 DOES ANYBODY ELSE REMEMBER THAT, OR AM I THAT OLD? 15:24 NOW THAT'S, "OH, NO, YOU CAN'T DO THAT. 15:27 THAT'S RELIGION AND POLITICS." 15:30 BUT SINCE THERE'S BEEN THIS ATTACK ON THE LAW OF GOD BOTH 15:33 FROM POLITICIANS AND FROM THE POLITICALLY CORRECT AND FROM 15:36 EVEN SOME RELIGIOUS GROUPS, CAN YOU SEE A DETERIORATION 15:39 IN OUR SOCIETY? 15:41 THERE ARE NO ABSOLUTES ANYMORE. 15:42 NOTHING IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT OR WRONG. 15:44 EVERYTHING IS SITUATION ETHICS, WHATEVER FEELS GOOD. 15:46 IT'S LIKE SOME OF OUR INTERVIEWEES WERE CLAIMING. 15:50 AMERICA THE VIOLENT. 15:52 I HEARD JUST RECENTLY THAT FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, 15:55 THERE WERE ABOUT 503 MURDERS IN NEW YORK LAST YEAR. 15:58 THIS YEAR THERE WERE 540. 16:00 IT'S GONE UP ABOUT 38%. 16:02 IT'S MUCH BETTER THAN IT USED TO BE 6 YEARS AGO. 16:05 THEY WERE UP TO 2,000, SO I'M GLAD FOR THE IMPROVEMENT, 16:10 BUT IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ON THE RISE AGAIN. 16:12 THAT'S DISCONCERTING. 16:14 IT'S A VIOLENT COUNTRY. 16:15 YOU'VE SEEN ALL THE THINGS ABOUT THE GUNS AND THE KIDS 16:17 AND THE SCHOOLS AND EVERYBODY'S WANTING TO THINK THAT 16:19 THE PROBLEM IS THERE'S TOO MANY GUNS. 16:21 I DON'T WANT TO ENTER INTO THAT DEBATE, FRIENDS, BUT I STILL 16:24 THINK THAT'S A CRAZY DIVERSIONARY TACTIC. 16:26 YOU CAN KILL PEOPLE WITH KNIVES. 16:30 I'M A PILOT. 16:31 I REMEMBER A FEW YEARS AGO, SOMEONE TRIED TO KILL 16:33 THE PRESIDENT WITH AN AIRPLANE. 16:34 ANY OF YOU REMEMBER THAT? 16:36 OH MAN, THERE'S GONNA BE A 10-DAY WAITING PERIOD BEFORE 16:40 I CAN FLY MY PLANE. 16:42 EVERYBODY WANTS TO, AND AFTER THE WHOLE EPISODE 16:45 WITH O.J. SIMPSON, I THOUGHT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO REGISTER 16:47 YOUR KITCHEN KNIVES. 16:48 DO YOU SEE WHAT I'M GETTING AT? 16:50 IS THE PROBLEM REALLY THERE ARE TOO MANY WEAPONS OR IS IT THAT 16:53 THERE'S NO SELF-CONTROL? 16:55 THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH SELF-CONTROL. 16:57 I'M NOT SAYING THERE ISN'T A PROBLEM WITH PROLIFERATION 17:00 OF GUNS, I THINK THERE IS. 17:02 THE AVERAGE TEENAGER ALSO IN WHAT WE SEE THAT'S HAPPENING 17:05 IN OUR MINDS. 17:06 THIS AVERAGE TEENAGER, 18 YEARS OLD, HAS WITNESSED 17:09 200,000 VIOLENT ACTS ON TELEVISION INCLUDING 17:13 40,000 MURDERS BY THE TIME THEY REACH 18. 17:16 IS IT ANY WONDER THAT THEY'RE CALLOUS AND INDIFFERENT TO THE 17:19 DEATH AND SUFFERING OF OTHERS? 17:20 THE BIBLE SAYS YOU ARE CHANGED BY BEHOLDING. 17:24 QUESTION NUMBER FOUR, "DID JESUS KEEP 17:26 THE TEN COMMANDMENTS?" 17:27 WHAT IS A CHRISTIAN? 17:29 HE'S A FOLLOWER OF CHRIST. 17:31 DID JESUS KEEP THEM? 17:32 ANSWER JOHN 15:10, "I HAVE KEPT MY FATHER'S COMMANDMENTS." 17:39 IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW THAT IF WE FOLLOW HIM, 17:41 WE WILL DO THE SAME. 17:42 NUMBER FIVE, "HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE SINNED?" 17:46 ROMANS 3:23-4, ALL HAVE SINNED AND COME SHORT OF THE GLORY OF 17:51 GOD WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE BEING THAT CAME TO THIS EARTH. 17:54 WHO IS THAT? 17:55 GOD BECAME A MAN, HIS NAME WAS JESUS, YESHUA. 17:58 HE CAME TO EARTH. 17:59 HE LIVED A SINLESS LIFE. 18:01 SOME PEOPLE SAY HE LIVED A SINLESS LIFE SO WE COULD 18:04 GO ON SINNING. 18:05 NO, THAT'S NOT WHY HE DID IT. 18:06 HE DID IT AS AN EXAMPLE ON HOW WE CAN OVERCOME. 18:10 HAVE YOU READ REVELATION 7? 18:12 I'M SORRY, REVELATION 2:3. 18:14 SEVEN TIMES IT SAYS, "TO HIM THAT OVERCOMES, 18:16 TO HIM THAT OVERCOMES, TO HIM THAT OVERCOMES." 18:18 YOU'LL NEVER CONVINCE ME, FRIENDS. 18:21 GOD GAVE ME THE VICTORY OVER SMOKING AND DRINKING AND LYING 18:24 AND STEALING AND I'VE STILL GOT A WAYS TO GO, BUT I BELIEVE GOD 18:27 CAN REALLY CHANGE YOU. 18:29 HE CAN HELP YOU BE DIFFERENT, OTHERWISE WHAT IS CHRISTIANITY? 18:32 IT'S A CLUB? 18:34 IT'S LIKE YOU KNOW YOU'VE GOT INSURANCE THAT'S OUT THERE 18:36 SOMEWHERE BUT YOU KEEP ON LIVING THE SAME LIFE? 18:39 NO, IT'S MORE THAN THAT, MUCH MORE. 18:41 NUMBER SIX, "WHAT IS THE PUNISHMENT FOR LIVING 18:44 A LIFE OF SIN?" 18:45 VERY SERIOUS, THE PENALTY IS DEATH. 18:48 THOSE WHO ARE NOT SAVED FROM THEIR SINS, NOW THERE'S 18:51 TWO ASPECTS OF BEING FORGIVEN. 18:53 WHEN YOU COME TO THE LORD AND YOU ASK FOR MERCY, NO MATTER 18:56 HOW BLEAK OR TERRIBLE YOUR PAST IS, DOESN'T MATTER WHAT KIND OF 19:01 SCOUNDREL YOU WERE, YOU COME TO THE LORD IN FAITH AND YOU 19:04 REPENT AND YOU CONFESS, HE WILL FORGIVE YOU RIGHT THEN 19:07 AND THERE JUST LIKE YOU ARE. 19:09 JUST LIKE YOU ARE IS CALLED JUSTIFICATION. 19:12 BUT THEN AFTER YOU'VE ACCEPTED THIS FORGIVENESS, YOU'RE SO 19:14 GRATEFUL THAT HE'S MADE YOU RIGHTEOUS FOR CHRIST'S SAKE, 19:17 YOU NOW LOVE HIM AND YOU WANT TO LIVE A DIFFERENT LIFE. 19:20 YOU'RE NOT TRYING TO BE GOOD TO BE SAVED. 19:22 HE SAVES YOU JUST LIKE YOU ARE BUT THEN WHEN YOU ARE SAVED, 19:25 YOU WANT TO BE DIFFERENT AND YOU WANT TO OBEY HIM AND DO 19:27 THOSE THINGS THAT PLEASE HIM? 19:29 DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? 19:30 YEAH, THAT SHOULD BE THE MOTIVE. 19:32 NUMBER SEVEN, "SOME SAY THE TEN COMMANDMENT ARE NOT BINDING 19:36 FOR NEW TESTAMENT CHRISTIANS. 19:38 WHAT DOES JESUS SAY ABOUT THIS?" 19:40 HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD THIS BEFORE? 19:42 NEW TESTAMENT CHRISTIANS ARE NOT UNDER THE LAW. 19:44 I'M GONNA EXPLAIN WHAT UNDER THE LAW MEANS AND WHAT IT 19:46 DOESN'T MEAN. 19:47 SAY THE ANSWERS WITH ME. 19:49 MATTHEW 19:17, "IF THOU WILT ENTER INTO LIFE, 19:53 KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS." 19:56 YOU CAN READ JOHN 14:15. 19:59 HE SAYS, "IF YOU LOVE ME," WHAT NEEDS TO BE THE MOTIVE? 20:02 "KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS IF YOU LOVE ME." 20:05 JOHN, I'M SORRY, REVELATION 22:14, "BLESSED--" 20:07 THAT MEANS HAPPY-- "ARE THEY THAT DO HIS COMMANDMENTS." 20:11 THEY MIGHT HAVE A RIGHT TO ENTER THROUGH THE GATES 20:14 AND EAT FROM THE TREE OF LIFE. 20:15 REVELATION 14:12, "HERE IS THE PATIENCE OF THE SAINTS: 20:18 HERE ARE THEY THAT KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD." 20:22 ALL THROUGH THE NEW TESTAMENT IT'S VERY CLEAR, GOD WANTS US 20:24 TO KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS. 20:26 SOME ARE SAYING, "NOW WAIT, DOUG, THOSE ARE THE NEW 20:29 COMMANDMENTS. 20:30 THE NEW COMMANDMENTS ARE LOVE THE LORD AND LOVE YOUR 20:33 NEIGHBOR." 20:34 THOSE TWO NEW COMMANDMENTS ARE A SUMMARY OF THE TEN. 20:38 BUT WHEN SOMEONE SAYS, "I DON'T WORRY ABOUT 20:40 THE TEN COMMANDMENTS ANYMORE 'CAUSE I LOVE MY NEIGHBOR. 20:42 YEAH, I KNOW I KILL AND I STEAL FROM HIM, BUT I LOVE HIM." 20:46 WELL, NO IF YOU LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR YOU'RE GONNA KEEP 20:48 THE LAST SIX COMMANDMENTS AND IF YOU LOVE THE LORD, 20:51 YOU WANT TO KEEP THE FIRST FOUR. 20:52 LOVE IS THE FULFILLING OF THE LAW. 20:54 WHEN YOU REALLY LOVE THE LORD, YOU NATURALLY WANT TO OBEY. 20:57 HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE CHILDREN? 21:00 YOU KNOW THE LAW SAYS YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO MURDER YOUR 21:02 CHILDREN AND THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT'S KEEPING YOU FROM 21:06 MURDERING YOUR CHILDREN, RIGHT? 21:09 YOU THINK ABOUT IT EVERY DAY BUT YOU SAY, "I DON'T WANT 21:11 TO GO TO JAIL FOR LIFE. 21:13 BECAUSE THERE'S A LAW, I BETTER NOT KILL 'EM." 21:16 YOU DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT THE LAW BECAUSE YOU LOVE 'EM. 21:18 AM I RIGHT? 21:19 YOU SEE HOW IT WORKS WITH GOD? 21:20 WHEN YOU REALLY FALL IN LOVE WITH GOD, THE LAW'S NOT 21:22 A BURDEN. 21:23 YOU DON'T THINK--YOU WANT TO PLEASE HIM BECAUSE 21:25 YOU LOVE HIM. 21:26 ALL RIGHT, NUMBER EIGHT, IS THAT WHERE WE ARE NOW? 21:29 "HOW IT IS POSSIBLE TO KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS?" 21:32 IS IT REALLY POSSIBLE TO OBEY GOD? 21:34 ROMANS 8:3-4, "GOD SENDING HIS OWN SON... 21:38 CONDEMNED SIN IN THE FLESH: THAT THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE 21:41 LAW MIGHT BE FULFILLED IN US." 21:45 HE FULFILLS IT IN US. 21:46 PHILIPPIANS 1:6, "HE WHICH HATH BEGUN A GOOD WORK IN YOU WILL 21:52 PERFORM IT TILL THE DAY OF JESUS CHRIST." 21:55 AND THEN YOU GO TO PHILIPPIANS 4:13, "I CAN DO 21:58 ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST WHICH STRENGTHENS ME." 22:02 I REMEMBER DOING A TELEVISION DEBATE WITH A COUPLE OF 22:05 MINISTERS WHO DISAGREED WITH ME AND THEY SAID, "WE DON'T NEED 22:09 TO KEEP THE LAW. 22:10 WE'RE NOT UNDER THE LAW. 22:11 NOBODY CAN KEEP THE LAW." 22:13 I SAID, SO YOU MEAN WHEN GOD ASKS US TO KEEP 22:15 THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, HE'S ASKING THE IMPOSSIBLE? 22:17 "WELL, YES." 22:18 I SAID, NOW WAIT A SECOND. 22:20 DO YOU BELIEVE THE DEVIL CAN TEMPT US TO SIN? 22:22 AND THESE PREACHERS SAID, YEAH. 22:24 I SAID, DO YOU THINK GOD CAN KEEP YOU FROM SIN? 22:31 THEY SAW WHERE THEIR LOGIC WAS GOING. 22:33 THEY WERE BASICALLY SAYING THE DEVIL'S BIG ENOUGH TO GET US 22:35 TO BREAK GOD'S LAW, BUT CHRIST ISN'T BIG ENOUGH TO KEEP US 22:38 FROM BREAKING IT. 22:40 MY BIBLE TELLS ME GREATER IS HE THAT IS IN YOU THAN HE THAT IS 22:44 IN THE WORLD. 22:45 THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT HAVE MORE FAITH 22:47 IN THEIR DEVIL THAN THEIR GOD AND THEY KEEP WANTING TO KIND 22:50 EXCUSES FOR SIN. 22:51 NOW DON'T GET DISCOURAGED. 22:52 I'M NOT PREACHING THAT YOU MUST BE PERFECT BUT I'M SAYING THAT 22:55 IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE A CHRISTIAN, THERE SHOULD BE 22:57 A CONSISTENCY OF OBEDIENCE. 22:59 INSTEAD OF MAKING EXCUSES FOR YOUR SIN, WHENEVER YOU SIN, 23:02 YOU SHOULD BE GRIEVED THAT YOU CRUCIFIED THE SON OF GOD 23:04 AFRESH. 23:05 WE'RE MAKING SO MANY EXCUSES FOR WHAT WE'RE ALREADY VERY 23:08 GOOD AT THAT IT'S A DANGEROUS ATTITUDE FOR CHRISTIANS 23:11 RELATING TO THE LAW OF GOD. 23:13 NUMBER NINE, "WHAT WAS THE OLD COVENANT, AND WHY DID IT FAIL?" 23:22 DEUTERONOMY 4:13, "AND HE DECLARED UNTO YOU HIS COVENANT, 23:26 WHICH HE COMMANDED YOU TO PERFORM, 23:27 EVEN TEN COMMANDMENTS--" ARE YOU THERE YET? 23:32 REMEMBER WHEN MOSES WENT UP THE MOUNTAIN, 23:34 HE GOT THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. 23:35 HOW MANY OF THEM WERE THERE? 23:37 THE OLD COVENANT WAS THE TEN COMMANDMENTS WRITTEN ON STONE 23:40 BY THE FINGER OF GOD AND SPOKEN BY GOD'S VOICE. 23:43 NOW THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE OLD COVENANT. 23:46 YOU REMEMBER AFTER MOSES CAME BACK DOWN THE MOUNTAIN, THEY 23:50 HAD BUILT A GOLDEN CALF AND THEY'D BROKEN ALL TEN OF THEM. 23:54 AND IT SAYS IN HEBREWS 8:8, "FOR FINDING FAULT WITH THEM, 24:00 HE SAITH...I WILL MAKE A NEW COVENANT WITH THE HOUSE 24:03 OF ISRAEL, WITH THE HOUSE OF JUDAH." 24:06 NOW GET THIS, WAS THE FAULT WITH THE OLD COVENANT WITH 24:09 THE LAW OR WITH THEM? 24:12 REMEMBER WHEN GOD GAVE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, THE CHILDREN OF 24:15 ISRAEL SAID, "ALL THE LORD HAS SAID WE WILL DO, WE WILL DO." 24:20 AND THEY DID NOT KEEP THEIR WORD. 24:24 THE NEW COVENANT IS "I WILL WRITE MY LAW IN THEIR HEARTS." 24:28 THE OLD COVENANT IS "WE WILL." 24:31 THE NEW COVENANT IS "I WILL," GOD SAYS. 24:34 THE OLD COVENANT IS WRITTEN ON STONE. 24:36 THE NEW COVENANT IS THE SAME LAW, BUT IT'S WRITTEN WHERE? 24:39 IN THE HEART. 24:40 SEE, THE PROBLEM WAS NEVER WITH THE LAW. 24:43 AND THESE WHO SAY WE'RE NOT UNDER THE LAW, THEY DON'T 24:45 REALLY MEAN THAT 'CAUSE YOU SAY, IS IT OKAY NOW TO USE 24:47 GOD'S NAME IN VAIN? 24:48 NO. 24:49 IS IT OKAY TO STEAL? 24:50 NO. 24:51 IS IT OKAY TO LIE? 24:52 NO, OF COURSE NOT. 24:53 BUT NOW IT MUST BE DONE FROM LOVE. 24:54 WE'RE NOT DOING IT TO BE SAVED. 24:55 WE'RE DOING BECAUSE WE ARE SAVED. 24:58 >> STAY TUNED, PASTOR DOUG WILL BE RIGHT BACK WITH THIS WEEK'S 25:01 SPECIAL FREE OFFER. 25:05 >> HEBREWS TELL USES JESUS CHRIST IS THE SAME YESTERDAY, 25:08 TODAY AND FOREVER. 25:10 CHRIST SAID HE THAT HEARS THESE WORDS OF MINE IS LIKE A WISE 25:12 MAN WHO BUILDS HIS HOUSE ON A ROCK. 25:16 WHAT WAS THE TEN COMMANDMENTS WRITTEN ON? 25:18 ROCK. 25:19 IT'S AN ETERNAL NATURE. 25:20 CHRIST IS CALLED THE ROCK OF AGES. 25:23 NOW THE IDEA THAT THESE MORTAL KINGS, LIKE DARIUS AND OTHERS, 25:28 COULD NOT CHANGE THEIR LAW AND YET THE GOD OF THE UNIVERSE IS 25:31 GONNA CHANGE HIS LAW IS ABSURD. 25:39 >> JOURNEY BACK THROUGH TIME TO THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE. 25:44 DISCOVER HOW A PERFECT ANGEL TRANSFORMED INTO SATAN, 25:48 THE ARCH VILLAIN. 25:50 THE BIRTH OF EVIL, A REBELLION IN HEAVEN, A MUTINY THAT MOVED 25:56 TO EARTH. 25:59 BEHOLD THE CREATION OF A BEAUTIFUL NEW PLANET 26:02 AND THE FIRST HUMANS. 26:04 WITNESS THE TEMPTATION OF EDEN. 26:07 DISCOVER GOD'S AMAZING PLAN TO SAVE HIS CHILDREN. 26:11 THIS IS A STORY THAT INVOLVES EVERY LIFE ON EARTH, 26:16 EVERY LIFE. 26:19 "THE COSMIC CONFLICT," IF GOD IS GOOD, 26:22 IF GOD IS ALL POWERFUL, IF GOD IS LOVE, 26:25 THEN WHAT WENT WRONG? 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