Welcome to Anchors Of Truth,
live from Surprise, Arizona.
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And we do welcome you
to night number two of
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our Anchors Of Truth series,
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the first and
opening series for 2015
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here from beautiful and warm,
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praise the Lord,
Surprise, Arizona.
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Yeah, we just feel so sorry for
the rest of the country tonight.
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Because I know back home, it
was like three degrees today.
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Yea, as in one, two, three.
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- Yeah, right. - It
was very, very chilly.
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And here I think
it was about 70 or 75.
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I don't know, but
it was nice. It was.
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And we don't
want you to feel bad.
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Don't turn us
off, nothing like that.
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But this is a beautiful
place to spend the winter.
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It is a beautiful
place to spend the winter.
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I've been here in the summer,
and it's a wonderful place
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to spend the winter.
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We have done 116
to 120 in the summer.
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- Indeed we have. - Yes, yes.
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But tonight we are in
this beautiful church.
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Pastor Murrell is the pastor.
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And beautiful
people in front of us.
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This is a good
looking congregation, Jim.
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It really is, and we've
got a good group out here
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for a Thursday night.
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Fantastic
support from this church.
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This is an amazing church.
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We want to talk to Pastor
Tull a little bit about it.
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It's only about six years
old, the congregation, totally.
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And they went from zero to this
beautiful church in six years.
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And 160 members, I believe.
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Something like that.
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This church is a
vibrant growing church.
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I had the joy of being
here for their first Sabbath.
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And now we're back again.
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We sort of invited ourselves.
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But Murrell said,
"Come on." So we did.
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And we're just so happy to be
here with you in this beautiful
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Clearview
Seventh-day Adventist Church
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in Surprise, Arizona.
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You got that right.
In Surprise, Arizona.
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So we do welcome our
congregation here in-house
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and our worldwide congregation
to what is the second,
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we may make
this an annual thing,
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Anchors that
focuses on the Jewish work
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and the unique perspective
that our Jewish brethren,
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who have come over to
the Adventist church, bring.
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Last night Dr. Bolotnikov
gave us a very powerful message.
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He's a deep thinker, you know.
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You've got to kind of get on
the same wave link with Sasha.
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And really challenged our minds.
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And tonight we've got another
good friend of our ministry,
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Jeff Zaremsky.
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And Ralph Ringer will introduce
him in just a little bit.
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Again, another deep
thinker and great preacher,
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and leader of the
congregation there in Florida.
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He said he's allergic to
the cold, so he's pastoring
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there in Florida; so we
praise the Lord for that.
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We have a bonus here tonight,
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for those that
are watching live.
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Because after this first hour,
then we have a second hour,
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which is going to
be a panel discussion.
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And so we invite every
single one of you to stay by.
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And those of you that
are home, stay by for that.
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Because we're going to
be talking to some very
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interesting individuals.
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Sasha Bolotnikov
and Jeff Zaremsky,
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and we're going to be also
visiting with Ralph Ringer,
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and talking
about the Jewish work
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and how important it is.
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Right now we're going to
invite Pastor Bolotnikov to
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come forward and
to have prayer for us
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and to lead us in
prayer this evening.
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He is wearing a
very quiet shirt.
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But we won't have
any trouble seeing him.
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And lead us, would you.
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Heavenly Father, we're so
grateful for the opportunity
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to present Your message
here from this beautiful church.
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And we ask You to bless
everyone who participates.
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Bless the speaker, bless
all of us, bless the listeners,
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and the visitors here at
the church and our viewers
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all across the globe
so that the Holy Spirit
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would touch everyone
with the word of truth.
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We pray in the
name of Jesus, amen.
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Amen.
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We've got special
music at this time.
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And pastor Murrell
Tull and his wife, Ginger,
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are a real music team,
but a real pastoral team.
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And we're going to
invite Ginger to come right now.
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And she's going
to be singing for us,
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This Time, is
the name of the song.
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When Ginger finishes her
song, Pastor Ralph Ringer
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will come to introduce
our speaker for this evening.
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Ginger.
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There were the little hills
that seem so hard to climb;
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there were even times I
thought I'd lose my mind.
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But I didn't know
that just around the bend
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stood the greatest hill
that life could ever send.
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And this time You gave
me a mountain, dear Lord;
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a mountain I'm
too weak to climb.
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And this time I need
You like never before.
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Hold my hand, guide my feet;
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help me climb
this mountain steep.
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Through the pouring
rain, the path I cannot see;
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and the falling leaves
say that winter's soon to be.
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Yet in my heart I know
Your way is best for me;
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and these very trials
have brought me to my knees.
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And this time You gave
me a mountain, dear Lord;
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a mountain I'm
too weak to climb.
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And this time I need
You like never before.
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Hold my hand, guide my feet;
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help me climb
this mountain steep.
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And this time You
gave me a mountain;
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a mountain I'm
too weak to climb.
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And this time I need
You like never before.
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Hold my hand, guide my feet;
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help me climb
this mountain steep.
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And this time I need
You like never before.
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Hold my hand, guide my feet;
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help me climb
this mountain steep.
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Amen.
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This evening, Jeff Zaremsky, who
leads two of our congregations,
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and is also the
director of the Shalom Adventure
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outreach magazine
for Jewish people,
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will be our speaker.
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Thank you for
coming out tonight.
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I find it better to
say that in the beginning,
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because at the end not
everyone is always here.
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So it's better to start with
a, "Thank you for coming out."
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What we want to talk about
tonight will have to do with our
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everlasting promises.
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I'll be looking at
that in relation to
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dispensational
theology, replacement theology,
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old and new covenant,
and what still applies today.
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So all these things
we'll wrap together.
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Looking at the
dispensational theology
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and replacement theology.
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I'm not going to talk
about all the aspects of it,
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but in relation to
the everlasting promises
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or the everlasting
covenant the dispensationalists
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basically teach
that the Jewish people
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were God's covenant
people before Christ came,
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and they continue to
be God's covenant people
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after Christ came.
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That God gave the
Jewish people specific promises
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and specific commandments,
and He's given to the Gentiles
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other promises and
other commandments.
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Replacement theology basically
teaches, in relation to
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the covenant, is
that the Jewish people
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were God's covenant
people before the cross,
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before Christ came.
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But then after Christ
came, they were replaced...
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That's where we get the
term, replacement theology.
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...replaced with the church.
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So we're going to
look at this a little bit.
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Let's look at a Bible text out
of Romans chapter 11 verse 17.
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It says, "...some of the
branches were broken off..."
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How many branches?
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Some of the
branches were broken off.
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Now replacement
theology kind of pictures it as
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all the
branches were broken off.
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But it doesn't say
that. It says, "some."
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It doesn't say, "many."
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It doesn't even say, "most."
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It says, "...some of the
branches were broken off..."
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Now who were those branches?
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Who were the
branches that were broken off?
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The Jewish people. Right.
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And so then that's
the, "some of the branches,"
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that were broken off.
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Right? So then the rest
of the branches that weren't
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broken off, who were they?
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The Jewish people as
well. Right, exactly.
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So some of the Jewish
people were broken off,
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the others who are
outside of the, "some,"
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remained a part of the tree.
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And then, "...you,
being a wild olive tree,
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were grafted in among them..."
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Who's the, "you"?
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The Gentiles, that's right.
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Okay, and they were
"grafted in among them."
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Who is the, "them"?
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The Jews.
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Right, so the Gentiles
are grafted in among the Jews.
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With the Jews.
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"...and became a
partakers of the root
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and the fatness
of the olive tree..."
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Who is, "the root and the
fatness of the olive tree"?
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Jesus, right.
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God is the root;
Jesus is the root and the
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offspring of David, right?
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The root of Jesse, comes
from the root of Jesse, right?
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He is the root.
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He gives a parable,
not about an olive tree,
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but about a vine.
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He is the vine, you
are the branches, right?
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So He is the source
and we are the branches.
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So in relation to
replacement theology,
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basically they
cut down the tree.
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They have the tree cut
down to the root, and then the
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wild olives
branches are grafted into it.
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They wouldn't explain it that
way, but basically that's the
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end result of that theology.
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Dispensational theology says
basically there's two trees.
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And again, they
wouldn't explain it that way,
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but they have basically two
different routes of salvation;
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one for the Jews and
one for the Gentiles.
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But we see in the
text itself, Romans 11:17,
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that only some of the
Jewish branches were broken off
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and the Gentile
branches were grafted in
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among them and with them.
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So we have one tree, one full
tree, with Jesus as the root
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and sustaining it all.
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So Jews and Gentiles together.
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Clear enough?
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So both replacement theology
and dispensational theology
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are wrong.
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Now they both have their Bible
text and they both ignore the
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Bible text of the other group.
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And so there's a third option.
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And it's neither one
of those, dispensational
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or replacement theology.
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Even though the
majority of Christianity
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falls into either
one of those two camps.
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But from this text, and many
others, it is blatantly wrong.
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And many problems with it.
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Dispensational theology
lifts the Jews up on a pedestal,
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replacement theology
just throws them in the ditch.
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And so neither one
of those, as we see.
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Let's look at an example here.
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The Israel of God, or
the covenant people of God.
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We have Joshua,
Aiken, and Rahab.
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They all lived at the same time.
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Their stories, their lives,
overlap in the city of Jericho.
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Joshua was the leader of the
Israel nation right after Moses.
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And he, by God's grace, takes
us through the Jordon river,
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brings us up to Jericho.
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He is from the tribe of Ephraim.
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And he's faithful to the Lord.
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And the Bible records, at
the end of the book of Joshua,
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that he was faithful to the
Lord all the days of his life,
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and the people were faithful
all the days that he reigned,
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and all those that
reigned along with him.
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Aiken was of the tribe of Judah.
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He was part of the Israel nation
and part of the Israel army.
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And he was involved
in the attack on Jericho.
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The walls of
Jericho come tumbling down.
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And God had said before
they went into the battle that,
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"This is the first
city, so it's the tithe.
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It all belongs to Me.
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Everything is to be sacrificed.
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Everything is to be killed.
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And all the spoils go to Me.
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It's the first city."
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And Aiken didn't believe
that, didn't agree with that.
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And he decides, he
sees some nice spoils;
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some silver, some
gold, and some nice clothing.
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And he takes that and
he buries it in his tent.
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And God reveals to
Joshua and the Israel nation
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who was stealing and
who was causing problems.
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And it comes out and it
turns out that it was Aiken.
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And so Aiken is cut off and his
family are cut off and killed
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and executed from the nation.
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Rahab was a person
who lived in Jericho,
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a Jerichoitess, a Canaanitess.
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A prostitute living
in the city of Jericho.
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She had heard the stories
of the parting of the Red Sea
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that happened forty years prior.
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She believed
that, and she believed.
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And she heard that Israel
was coming, and she believed
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in the Lord God of Israel.
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And she believed
that God was going to
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work for them and with them.
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And she protected
two spies that came in.
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And they tell her, "If you put
this red cord out the window,
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when we attack the city we
will spare you and your family."
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And she does; she
believes them, and she does.
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And she is spared.
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And there is a Rahab in
the genealogy of the Messiah.
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Whether it's the same
Rahab or not, I don't know.
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But there is a
Rahab mentioned there.
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So which one of these, or
which ones of these, either one,
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are the covenant people
of God, the Israel of God?
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Joshua from the
tribe of Ephraim.
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Faithful commander.
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Is he part of the Israel of God?
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Amen? Okay?
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How about Aiken?
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From the tribe of Judah.
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In the army.
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Of the nation of Israel.
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Is he part of the Israel of God?
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No, he gets cut off.
Right? He gets cut off.
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How about Rahab?
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A Canaanite, Jerichoitess.
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Prostitute.
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Is she a part of
the Israel of God?
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Yeah, she becomes grafted in,
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becomes part of
the nation of Israel.
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She believes, and God
accepts her in, right?
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And so we have
two; Joshua and Rahab,
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a Jew and a Gentile,
part of the Israel of God.
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Part of the saved
that will be in heaven.
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And Aiken, born a
Jew, who will be cut off.
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So we have some, from
that example right there,
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we have some of the
branches being broken off.
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We have a wild olive
branch being grafted in
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among and with Joshua
and the other branches
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and connecting into the root.
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Now when did
this story take place?
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Before or after the cross?
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Before the cross.
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Way before the cross.
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Now both dispensational theology
and replacement theology
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teach that the
covenant people of God
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were the Jewish
people before the cross.
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But here we have a clear example
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that it wasn't flat
across the board that all
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the Jewish people were
the covenant people of God.
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Aiken gets cut off.
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And Rahab gets grafted in.
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We have other stories;
Ruth and the Gibeonites and
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the mixed multitude
that come out of Egypt.
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So God's plan has never
been; the Jewish people there,
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and then someone else later on.
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Like the replacement
theology would teach.
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Or Jewish people then,
and continue Jewish people.
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And some other route
for the Gentile people.
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But God's plan is
and always has been
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for Jews and Gentiles
to be grafted in together
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and among and with
into the root of Jesus.
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Always, from the very beginning.
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So there's no pedestal,
there's no lifting up of
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one over the other.
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There's no putting
down of one over the other.
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But all together
equal in the sight of God.
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The invitation has always been
equal and open to all people
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from the very beginning of time.
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Now there was a little
bit of a methodology shift
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a little bit after
the time of the cross.
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Before the cross, God was using
Jerusalem and the Sanctuary
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there to draw
people to teach them.
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Like the Queen of Sheba.
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She comes to Jerusalem, she
learns about the sacrifices.
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She learns about them pointing
forward to the Messiah to come,
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salvation through the blood.
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After the cross, the
temple is no longer needed,
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the sacrifices
are no longer needed.
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And so the methodology shifts
to where then they're sent out
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to go and make
disciples of all nations.
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It's a little bit
of a methodology shift,
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but not a theology shift.
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Nor an ethnic shift.
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Theology shift like replacement
theology would teach,
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or an ethnic shift
like replacement theology.
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Dispensational would
teach the theological shift.
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And replacement theology,
changing the different laws
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in different ways.
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And replacement
theology would teach
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an ethnic shift taking place.
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It wasn't either of those.
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Just a little bit of shifting
in how to reach the world
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is all that took place.
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So let's look at the
old covenant, new covenant.
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Some will phrase that as
old testament, new testament.
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Because the word,
"covenant," and, "testament,"
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are interchangeable words.
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Which I don't
think are good terms;
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the Old Testament, calling
the first part of the Bible,
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Old Testament, and the
second part of the Bible,
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New Testament.
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Because the Old Testament
is not the old covenant,
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as we'll see here as we
look at some Bible text.
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And so if we use
those terms, Old Testament,
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we are using it to
denounce and put away
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the teachings of the
first part of the Bible.
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Three-fourths of the Bible.
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And again, replacement theology
would use that, "Old Testament,"
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to say, "Well, the Jews
have been done away with."
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And the dispensational
theologists would say,
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"See, the Old
Testament is old covenant.
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And so the law
has been done away."
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And neither one is right.
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The Jews haven't
been done away with,
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as far as being able to
be grafted into God's root,
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be covenanting with God.
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And nor has the law
been done away with.
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So when we use those terms,
Old Testament, New Testament,
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we actually shoot
ourselves in the foot
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to be able to use the text
in three-fourths of the Bible,
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and a good portion
of the New Testament,
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or quotes from the
first part of the Bible.
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And so we'd have to
really black line those out
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if those are old
and done away with.
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So let's look at what the old
covenant and new covenant is.
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Deuteronomy chapter 4 verse 11,
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"He declared to
you His covenant."
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I'm sorry.
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Chapter 4 verse 11, "You stood
at the foot of the mountain,"
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this is Mount Sinai, "and
the mountain burned with fire
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with darkness,
cloud, and thick darkness.
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And the Lord spoke to you
out of the midst of the fire."
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This is before Moses went up on
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Mount Sinai and
received the Ten Commandments.
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God speaking to the people.
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And verse 13, "And He
declared to you His covenant
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which He commanded you to
perform, the Ten Commandments;
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and He wrote them on
two tablets of stone."
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So He declared
to you His covenant.
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Who is the, "His"?
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Who is, "His"? God.
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It's God's covenant.
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That's important right there.
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"His covenant"
is God's covenant.
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And what, in the
verse, is God's covenant?
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"He declared to
you His covenant,
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which He commanded you to
perform; the Ten Commandments."
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So the Ten Commandments
there are the covenant,
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or His covenant.
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God's covenant
that He has given to us
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is His Ten Commandments
that He wrote on stone.
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It's His gift to us.
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Now another term for,
"covenant," is, "testament."
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What would be
another term for covenant?
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What are some synonymous
terms for, "covenant"?
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What is a covenant?
00:23:31.51\00:23:32.84
Agreement, right.
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Promise, right. Promise, right.
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Covenant; accord. That's right.
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Some people covenant
together; marriage covenant.
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Making vows to each other,
making promises to each other.
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So the Ten Commandments
could be looked at as
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God's ten promises
that He has promised to us.
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He has promised us, "I
will meet all your needs
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according to My
riches and glory.
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You won't have to
steal from anyone.
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You won't covet
from anyone else.
00:24:01.17\00:24:03.04
I will give you contentment.
00:24:03.24\00:24:05.84
I will give you love in
your heart and remove hatred
00:24:06.71\00:24:09.14
out of your heart so
that you won't murder anyone.
00:24:09.18\00:24:12.61
I promise you.
00:24:12.81\00:24:14.15
I promise you that I will be
able to find you a job so that
00:24:14.58\00:24:17.29
you'll be able to remember
the Sabbath day to keep it holy.
00:24:17.32\00:24:20.46
I promise you I will give
you so much love for your spouse
00:24:21.42\00:24:23.89
that you will not
commit adultery against them.
00:24:23.93\00:24:27.40
I promise you that I will
be such a wonderful God to you
00:24:28.20\00:24:31.47
that you will not need
any other gods other than Me."
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They are God's promises to us.
00:24:35.60\00:24:38.71
And so it's like a
contract, it's like a warranty.
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And so if it's not working
right, you can go to God.
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You can say,
"God, You promised me
00:24:46.01\00:24:48.02
that You were going
to provide for my needs.
00:24:49.12\00:24:50.45
You promised me that You
were going to find me a job
00:24:50.49\00:24:52.55
so I can keep the Sabbath.
00:24:52.59\00:24:53.92
It's Your Sabbath
and it's Your covenant,
00:24:53.96\00:24:55.59
so You've got to help me.
00:24:55.62\00:24:56.96
You've got to work for me.
00:24:57.66\00:24:58.99
You've got to do something here.
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I am holding You
to Your covenant.
00:25:00.40\00:25:02.76
I'm holding You to
Your promise to me."
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His covenant.
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His Ten Commandments.
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Oh, it's a whole lot
more beautiful that way.
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Now, the new
covenant is actually older
00:25:15.51\00:25:22.55
than the old covenant.
00:25:23.35\00:25:24.69
As we'll see here in a minute.
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Because the Ten Commandments,
how far back do they go?
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Back to the
Garden of Eden, right?
00:25:31.19\00:25:32.83
Right, the Sabbath was there
in the Garden of Eden, right?
00:25:33.36\00:25:35.13
Were they allowed to
steal in the Garden of Eden?
00:25:35.16\00:25:37.17
No, that's what they
got in trouble for, right?
00:25:37.63\00:25:39.23
They took something
that wasn't theirs, right?
00:25:39.27\00:25:40.77
And coveting, that led
to the stealing, right?
00:25:41.04\00:25:43.61
In a sense, they
kind of murdered.
00:25:44.41\00:25:45.74
Right? Eve murdered Adam by
giving him the deadly fruit.
00:25:45.77\00:25:48.54
They had other gods before
them by listening to Satan
00:25:50.65\00:25:53.38
instead of listening to God.
00:25:53.42\00:25:54.75
So the Ten Commandments
were there from the beginning.
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And so God's covenant,
His covenant, is older.
00:25:56.65\00:26:01.26
From the very beginning.
00:26:01.29\00:26:02.72
Now in the Exodus version of
this, Exodus chapter 19 verse 8,
00:26:04.49\00:26:07.80
"All the people
answered together,
00:26:09.80\00:26:12.13
'All that the Lord
has spoken we will do.'"
00:26:12.43\00:26:17.24
So they are, what
are they making to God?
00:26:18.41\00:26:20.71
They're making a promise.
00:26:20.74\00:26:23.58
"All that You say we will do."
00:26:23.78\00:26:27.52
So we're making
a covenant to God.
00:26:28.42\00:26:30.45
And that's before Moses
went up on the mountain.
00:26:31.65\00:26:34.06
So how long did
that promise last?
00:26:34.09\00:26:35.72
Not even six weeks, right?
00:26:37.56\00:26:39.19
After Moses goes
up on the mountain,
00:26:40.50\00:26:42.16
he comes back down,
and in chapter 24 verse 7,
00:26:42.20\00:26:47.27
Moses took the
Book of the Covenant.
00:26:47.77\00:26:50.91
So he went up there,
God gave him His covenant.
00:26:51.64\00:26:54.54
According to the
book, Moses brought it down.
00:26:55.28\00:26:57.65
"Moses took the
Book of the Covenant
00:26:57.68\00:26:59.21
and read it in the
hearing of the people.
00:26:59.25\00:27:01.48
And they said, 'All
that the Lord has said
00:27:01.68\00:27:04.59
we will do, and be obedient.'"
00:27:05.42\00:27:07.82
So we added to it this time.
00:27:07.86\00:27:09.66
"Not only are we going to
do it, we will be obedient.
00:27:10.43\00:27:13.50
We promise you."
00:27:13.53\00:27:14.86
How long did that last?
00:27:15.23\00:27:16.56
Not too long at all.
00:27:17.73\00:27:19.07
Now did God even ask
them to promise Him anything?
00:27:19.80\00:27:22.50
"Moses took the
Book of the Covenant
00:27:24.07\00:27:25.41
and read it in the
hearing of the people."
00:27:25.44\00:27:27.04
It doesn't say,
"What's your response?"
00:27:28.04\00:27:29.78
He didn't ask for a response.
00:27:29.81\00:27:31.15
He didn't ask, "Will
you promise to obey it?"
00:27:31.18\00:27:32.85
He gave them His covenant.
00:27:33.11\00:27:34.85
"And they said, 'All that
the Lord has said we will do.'"
00:27:35.68\00:27:40.16
This is the old covenant.
00:27:40.86\00:27:44.36
This is the old promises
that need to be done away with.
00:27:45.29\00:27:50.33
These are the faulty
promises that are built on
00:27:51.53\00:27:56.54
shifting sands.
00:27:58.94\00:28:00.78
Our promises to God are
like trying to climb up a rope
00:28:00.81\00:28:03.61
made out of sand.
00:28:03.65\00:28:04.98
It just falls
apart in our hands.
00:28:05.31\00:28:08.12
And then in verse 8,
the same chapter, Exodus 24,
00:28:11.25\00:28:14.12
"Moses took the blood and
sprinkled it on the people..."
00:28:14.46\00:28:17.93
How would you like that?
00:28:18.76\00:28:20.10
And amazingly they
came back next week.
00:28:20.60\00:28:21.96
Huh? Would you do that
if we strew some blood?
00:28:22.00\00:28:23.63
He took the blood of
the goats and the rams,
00:28:24.07\00:28:26.07
and he sprinkled
it on the people.
00:28:26.10\00:28:28.34
"...and said, 'This is
the blood of the covenant
00:28:32.57\00:28:35.44
which the Lord
has made with you...'"
00:28:35.64\00:28:38.95
Who made the covenant?
00:28:39.31\00:28:40.65
The Lord.
00:28:41.38\00:28:42.72
He doesn't even
mention their promise.
00:28:42.75\00:28:44.79
He ignores it.
00:28:44.82\00:28:46.15
He doesn't say, "This is
the blood of the covenant
00:28:46.45\00:28:47.86
of the promises we
made to each other."
00:28:47.89\00:28:50.43
"This is the
blood of the covenant
00:28:52.23\00:28:53.90
which the Lord has made with you
00:28:55.60\00:28:58.87
according to
all of these words."
00:28:59.37\00:29:03.30
What words?
00:29:03.34\00:29:04.67
His Ten Commandments.
00:29:05.81\00:29:07.14
The words of His covenant
written in the book, right?
00:29:07.18\00:29:09.18
Now the book of Hebrews
says, "Jesus is the Mediator
00:29:12.41\00:29:17.62
of a better covenant, which was
established on better promises."
00:29:17.65\00:29:23.36
There we see,
"covenant," and, "promises,"
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are interchangeable words.
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Better
covenant, better promises.
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Hebrews 8 verse 7, "For if
that first covenant had been
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faultless, then no place would
have been sought for a second."
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So he's saying that first
covenant had faults with it.
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Right?
00:29:45.38\00:29:46.72
God's Ten Commandments,
is there any fault with
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God's Ten Commandments?
00:29:49.32\00:29:50.65
No, so it's not
God's Ten Commandments
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that's the faulty one.
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Is the rest of the
Bible, the Old Testament,
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or the first part of the Bible,
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is there
anything wrong with that?
00:30:01.13\00:30:02.50
No, the Bible says
that all Scripture is given
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for instruction and
doctrine and for reproof,
00:30:05.97\00:30:09.80
written by holy men of God,
inspired by the Holy Spirit.
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Right?
00:30:14.31\00:30:15.64
So it's not the
first part of the Bible.
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It's not the Torah and
the writings and the prophets
00:30:20.65\00:30:23.25
that had fault in them.
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So that can't be
what the old covenant is.
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So what is the old covenant?
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Well verse 8.
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"...finding fault with them..."
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Who is, "them"?
00:30:37.87\00:30:39.20
The ones who promised. Right.
00:30:40.20\00:30:42.04
That's where the fault is.
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The fault is in their promise.
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Because we don't have
the power in ourselves
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to keep our promises to God.
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And then Paul quotes
from Jeremiah 31 verse 31.
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"'Behold, the days are coming,'
says the Lord, 'when I will
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make a new covenant
with the house of Israel
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and with the house of Judah."
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It's interesting, it says
His new covenant is with who?
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Israel and Judah.
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Not like
replacement theology that says,
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"Well, it's the Gentiles."
00:31:13.60\00:31:14.94
The new covenant is
with Israel and with Judah.
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The Israel of God, which
would include Rahab and Ruth.
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Again, the olive
tree all grafted together.
00:31:20.28\00:31:22.94
Who's making the
covenant in the new covenant?
00:31:25.91\00:31:28.38
"I..." Who's the, "I"?
00:31:29.12\00:31:30.79
God.
00:31:31.22\00:31:32.55
"I will make a new covenant
with the house of Israel."
00:31:32.69\00:31:35.99
He doesn't say,
"Make Me another promise.
00:31:36.02\00:31:38.96
You blew your
old covenant promise,
00:31:39.59\00:31:41.00
you blew your old promise.
00:31:41.03\00:31:42.36
Make Me a new promise.
00:31:42.40\00:31:43.73
Be more determined this time.
00:31:43.77\00:31:45.30
Grit your teeth
even harder this time.
00:31:45.33\00:31:47.30
Promise even on a bigger
stack of Bibles this time."
00:31:47.80\00:31:50.87
He doesn't say,
"Behold, we make a new covenant.
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We wiped that other one
out, we're going to re-draft it.
00:31:55.38\00:31:57.38
And we'll promise
each other all over again."
00:31:57.41\00:31:59.65
He doesn't say that either.
00:32:00.15\00:32:01.48
He doesn't say, "Well,
I'm going to wipe this out,
00:32:01.52\00:32:02.85
I'm going to
wipe these people out.
00:32:02.88\00:32:04.22
I'm going to make a new
promise with new people."
00:32:04.25\00:32:05.62
He says, "I will
make a new covenant."
00:32:07.36\00:32:09.02
God makes the
new covenant with us.
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Just as He did when He spoke
His covenant from Mount Sinai.
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Just as He did when He spoke
to Adam and Eve promising them.
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God's covenant,
God's everlasting covenant,
00:32:21.57\00:32:25.17
that does not fade away.
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Verse 10 same
chapter, Hebrews chapter 8,
00:32:29.08\00:32:30.91
"'This is the covenant I will
make with the house of Israel'
00:32:31.51\00:32:35.08
says the Lord, 'I will
put My laws in their mind
00:32:35.38\00:32:39.65
and write them on their
hearts; I will be their God,
00:32:39.69\00:32:42.59
and they shall be My people.'"
00:32:42.79\00:32:46.03
Who's doing all the work here?
00:32:48.20\00:32:49.53
God.
00:32:50.57\00:32:51.90
"I will put My laws in
their mind and write them
00:32:53.97\00:32:57.61
on their hearts;
I will be their God,
00:32:57.64\00:33:00.48
and they shall be My people."
00:33:01.18\00:33:02.91
We shall be His people
why? Because we promise?
00:33:03.75\00:33:06.55
Because we try real hard?
00:33:07.42\00:33:08.75
Because we're very determined?
00:33:09.65\00:33:11.02
Because we're very good?
00:33:11.75\00:33:13.09
Because God writes
His law in our hearts
00:33:13.89\00:33:17.83
and in our minds.
00:33:18.06\00:33:19.63
His covenant.
00:33:20.10\00:33:21.43
Again, that's His
covenant, that's His desire,
00:33:21.46\00:33:24.00
from the very beginning.
00:33:24.03\00:33:25.37
God's work; God
does His work in us.
00:33:25.40\00:33:28.97
And in verse 13, "In that
He says, 'A new covenant,'
00:33:31.11\00:33:34.44
He has made the first obsolete.
00:33:34.68\00:33:36.81
And now what is becoming
obsolete and growing old
00:33:37.35\00:33:40.22
is ready to vanish away."
00:33:40.42\00:33:43.52
Our old promises, our old
trying, our old resolutions,
00:33:44.42\00:33:48.79
should vanish away
and become obsolete;
00:33:48.99\00:33:52.39
and stop depending on our own
promises and our own self will
00:33:52.59\00:33:56.77
and our own determination
and our own trying,
00:33:56.80\00:34:01.14
and trust in God and
let God work His work,
00:34:02.74\00:34:08.51
His covenant, in us.
00:34:08.54\00:34:11.01
Again, the obsolete growing old.
00:34:12.75\00:34:14.08
That can't be
the Ten Commandments.
00:34:14.12\00:34:15.45
It can't be the Bible.
00:34:15.48\00:34:16.82
It can't be the
first part of the Bible.
00:34:16.85\00:34:18.19
Because those aren't obsolete.
00:34:18.42\00:34:20.06
They aren't done away with.
00:34:20.49\00:34:22.92
And so if you ever
hear anyone saying that
00:34:23.63\00:34:25.83
the first part of the
Bible has been done away with
00:34:25.93\00:34:27.60
or the law has
been done away with,
00:34:27.63\00:34:29.00
well again, tell them
they can't quote then from
00:34:29.20\00:34:30.73
all the parts, you know,
of the Psalms and of Isaiah,
00:34:30.77\00:34:34.27
and these wonderful promises.
00:34:34.30\00:34:35.64
"Oh, you can't quote those.
00:34:35.67\00:34:37.01
You said that's
obsolete, that's done away with.
00:34:37.64\00:34:39.24
That's Old
Testament, that's old covenant."
00:34:39.27\00:34:41.38
No, but they haven't
grown old, have they.
00:34:41.84\00:34:43.58
Those promises are good
and those text are just as
00:34:43.78\00:34:47.02
good today as they
were when they were written
00:34:47.05\00:34:50.09
even thousands of years ago.
00:34:50.12\00:34:51.95
Then in chapter 9,
Hebrews chapter 9 verse 14,
00:34:55.06\00:34:58.09
"...how much more shall the
blood of Christ...cleanse your
00:34:58.13\00:35:01.66
conscience from dead
works to serve the living God?"
00:35:01.70\00:35:07.20
When God gave His
covenant the first time,
00:35:08.50\00:35:10.17
He sprinkled the people with
the blood of the sacrifices.
00:35:10.27\00:35:13.84
Now with better promises, God's
commitment, God's promises,
00:35:14.41\00:35:18.18
God's covenant, He
now offers blood again.
00:35:18.78\00:35:23.18
This time, better blood as well.
00:35:23.49\00:35:26.15
And so certainly the blood
part of the covenant is also
00:35:26.45\00:35:29.06
something that has
vanished away, right?
00:35:29.26\00:35:30.63
We don't need to do the
sacrifices anymore, do we?
00:35:30.66\00:35:32.69
Because He has
become the sacrifice.
00:35:33.23\00:35:34.90
Messiah is the sacrifice.
00:35:34.93\00:35:36.56
Right? And so that
part is definitely part of
00:35:36.87\00:35:39.73
the old covenant aspect.
00:35:39.77\00:35:41.37
Now the sacrifices themselves,
as far as the shadow goes,
00:35:42.37\00:35:45.74
the Sanctuary itself
as far as the shadow goes,
00:35:45.77\00:35:48.34
was their fault with that?
00:35:48.64\00:35:49.98
Was there
anything faulty with it?
00:35:50.01\00:35:51.35
No. It was a perfect shadow.
00:35:51.38\00:35:52.71
But it wasn't
the reality, was it.
00:35:53.25\00:35:55.25
It pointed forward,
it perfectly did its job.
00:35:55.52\00:35:57.65
It perfectly pointed
forward to the Messiah.
00:35:57.69\00:35:59.85
And the Messiah
came just as prophesied.
00:35:59.89\00:36:02.96
So it fulfilled its purpose.
But now its purpose is done.
00:36:03.86\00:36:06.46
It's good to read
to help us understand
00:36:06.73\00:36:08.36
the cross even better.
00:36:08.40\00:36:09.90
But we don't need
to sacrifice anymore.
00:36:10.10\00:36:12.90
So certainly the sacrifices are
part of that, because we have
00:36:13.20\00:36:16.27
the blood of Christ
that cleanses your conscience
00:36:16.30\00:36:21.14
from dead works.
00:36:21.94\00:36:23.38
Who is it that cleanses
our conscience from dead works?
00:36:26.11\00:36:28.48
Christ; His blood.
00:36:30.49\00:36:32.15
He cleanses us.
00:36:32.55\00:36:34.72
Not just outwardly, but
down into the conscience.
00:36:35.86\00:36:39.23
The blood of bulls and
goats couldn't do that.
00:36:40.03\00:36:42.50
But the blood of
Messiah has done that.
00:36:43.03\00:36:45.73
And when was the sacrifice made?
00:36:46.50\00:36:49.84
When did Jesus die for us?
00:36:49.87\00:36:51.34
2000 years ago?
00:36:55.54\00:36:56.88
The Bible says
He's the Lamb slain from
00:36:56.91\00:36:59.11
the foundation
of the world, right.
00:36:59.51\00:37:01.28
So as far as God's concerned,
again, the everlasting covenant
00:37:01.32\00:37:03.82
is older, the new covenant
is older than the old covenant.
00:37:03.85\00:37:07.36
It goes back to the very
beginning even before the
00:37:07.46\00:37:09.36
foundation of the world,
as far as God is concerned.
00:37:09.39\00:37:11.43
His blood was sacrificed;
it was a done deal when
00:37:11.96\00:37:14.33
God made that
decision that He was going to,
00:37:14.36\00:37:16.73
4000 years later, be
that sacrifice for the world.
00:37:16.77\00:37:20.57
So His blood shed forth to
cleanse us, to remove from us
00:37:21.67\00:37:26.81
the dead works, the dead
promises, the dead attempts.
00:37:28.71\00:37:32.88
How good are our works?
00:37:32.91\00:37:34.25
How valuable are our works?
00:37:34.28\00:37:35.82
All our
righteousness is filthy rags.
00:37:36.65\00:37:41.26
And He cleanses us of our filthy
promises, our weak promises.
00:37:41.49\00:37:45.79
Even our best of promises,
how strong can they be?
00:37:48.13\00:37:50.53
Without Christ,
we can do nothing.
00:37:52.60\00:37:55.40
And so there's nothing. Nothing.
00:37:55.44\00:37:58.01
All our promises are nothing.
00:37:58.41\00:38:00.34
Worthless.
00:38:00.51\00:38:01.84
Done away with,
obsolete. Throw them away.
00:38:01.98\00:38:04.31
Trust and hold
God to His promises.
00:38:04.91\00:38:08.58
So let's look at
some of these promises.
00:38:09.38\00:38:13.09
Philippians chapter 1, "He
who has begun a good work in you
00:38:14.29\00:38:17.73
will complete it until
the day of Jesus Christ."
00:38:17.76\00:38:20.36
Who's doing all the work?
00:38:20.70\00:38:22.03
He is.
00:38:22.56\00:38:23.90
"He who has begun a good
work in you will complete it."
00:38:23.93\00:38:28.67
He starts it,
and He completes it.
00:38:29.94\00:38:32.91
He does the
justifying, and He completes it.
00:38:33.21\00:38:36.11
He is the completer.
00:38:36.44\00:38:37.81
Him, not us.
00:38:37.85\00:38:39.31
I don't trust in Him
for what He did on the cross
00:38:39.81\00:38:42.42
and then the rest is up to us.
00:38:42.72\00:38:44.45
He makes a promise to
us, He did something for us,
00:38:44.85\00:38:46.65
and now we've
got to do our part?
00:38:46.69\00:38:49.09
There is a part for us to do.
00:38:49.49\00:38:50.86
Get out of the way.
00:38:52.06\00:38:53.40
Surrender.
00:38:54.20\00:38:55.53
Let Him work in us.
00:38:56.13\00:38:59.70
He has begun the
work; let Him complete it.
00:39:00.34\00:39:03.07
Let Him do it.
00:39:03.41\00:39:04.74
Stop trying to get in there.
00:39:05.11\00:39:06.54
You know, our prayers,
when we pray, "God, help me,"
00:39:07.51\00:39:09.78
who's the
assistant in that prayer?
00:39:12.01\00:39:13.88
God's the assistant, right?
00:39:15.02\00:39:16.65
If God's your
co-pilot, switch seats, right?
00:39:17.72\00:39:20.66
Don't ask Him to help you.
00:39:21.96\00:39:23.29
Say, "God, I can't do this.
00:39:24.49\00:39:26.36
I can do nothing.
00:39:26.80\00:39:28.16
Come inside me.
00:39:29.26\00:39:30.77
Begin Your work and
complete Your work in me.
00:39:31.63\00:39:34.40
And do it for me,
and do it through me."
00:39:34.80\00:39:37.51
Philippians chapter 2 verse
13, "It is God who works in you
00:39:40.41\00:39:44.88
both to will and to
do of His good pleasure."
00:39:44.91\00:39:49.08
Who's doing all the work?
00:39:49.35\00:39:50.69
God.
00:39:51.19\00:39:52.52
It is God who works in
you, both to will and to do.
00:39:52.55\00:39:58.03
What is, "to will"?
00:39:58.06\00:39:59.39
To choose.
00:40:02.03\00:40:03.37
Your will, right? Your will?
00:40:03.40\00:40:04.73
You choose what
you want to go to who.
00:40:04.77\00:40:06.10
You want this to go to
them, and this to go to them,
00:40:06.13\00:40:07.90
and nothing to go to them.
00:40:07.94\00:40:09.37
Right? You know,
you make your choices.
00:40:09.40\00:40:10.74
Your will, right?
00:40:10.77\00:40:12.11
He helps us to choose.
00:40:12.14\00:40:13.71
We can't even choose on our own.
00:40:13.74\00:40:15.54
He gives us the power to choose.
00:40:16.11\00:40:18.21
To both will and to do.
00:40:19.08\00:40:21.92
He gives us the desire,
gives us the power to choose,
00:40:22.28\00:40:25.55
and then He does it
in us and through us.
00:40:25.59\00:40:28.86
That's His covenant.
00:40:29.22\00:40:30.56
That's His promise.
00:40:30.59\00:40:31.93
Not ours.
00:40:32.29\00:40:33.63
And He will do that through us.
00:40:33.66\00:40:36.36
His good works,
not our good works.
00:40:36.56\00:40:38.73
Not our good pleasure.
00:40:38.77\00:40:40.10
He will do His good
pleasure through us.
00:40:40.14\00:40:43.64
And that will
make us the happiest.
00:40:44.57\00:40:46.84
Not our own filthy
pleasures, but His pleasures.
00:40:48.01\00:40:51.58
Philippians 4:13, "I can
do all things through Christ
00:40:51.98\00:40:58.02
who strengthens me."
00:40:58.05\00:40:59.89
Who's doing all the work?
00:40:59.92\00:41:01.26
God. Christ.
00:41:01.76\00:41:03.09
I can do all things
because Christ is the one
00:41:03.39\00:41:05.49
who strengthens me.
00:41:05.53\00:41:06.86
Again, we can do
nothing without Him.
00:41:06.90\00:41:08.46
We can do nothing.
00:41:08.50\00:41:09.90
But with Him, we
can do all things
00:41:10.20\00:41:13.40
through Christ
who strengthens me.
00:41:14.07\00:41:16.00
Hallelujah. Praise the Lord.
00:41:17.61\00:41:21.28
Now that's all, again, the
second part of the Bible, right?
00:41:21.31\00:41:23.24
So well, maybe because
the old promises are old
00:41:23.28\00:41:25.08
and done away with, right,
and He didn't promise those
00:41:25.11\00:41:26.88
good promises then,
they're only in the second part
00:41:26.92\00:41:28.88
after the cross, He
started making great promises?
00:41:28.92\00:41:30.89
Well let's look at the book
of Exodus chapter 31 verse 13.
00:41:31.29\00:41:36.09
"I am the Lord
who sanctifies you."
00:41:36.52\00:41:39.26
Leviticus 20 verse 8, "I am
the Lord who sanctifies you."
00:41:39.46\00:41:43.20
Leviticus 21 verse 8, "I am
the Lord who sanctifies you."
00:41:43.47\00:41:46.97
Leviticus 22 verse 32, "I am
the Lord who sanctifies you."
00:41:47.00\00:41:51.27
I didn't want to wear glasses,
so I printed real large.
00:41:53.38\00:41:56.34
This is my notes,
they look like this.
00:41:56.51\00:41:58.15
Maybe you can help out here.
00:41:58.18\00:41:59.65
Help me out here.
00:42:01.15\00:42:02.48
"I am the Lord...
00:42:02.68\00:42:05.29
...who sanctifies...
00:42:07.72\00:42:09.56
...you."
00:42:10.43\00:42:11.76
Who sanctifies you?
00:42:11.86\00:42:13.29
The Lord.
00:42:14.26\00:42:15.60
The Lord sanctifies you.
00:42:15.63\00:42:17.37
He began the good
work, He justified us,
00:42:17.40\00:42:19.77
and He will complete it.
00:42:19.80\00:42:22.17
He is the Lord
who sanctifies us.
00:42:22.20\00:42:25.17
Sanctification is
the work of a lifetime.
00:42:25.91\00:42:27.84
But it's not our
work of a lifetime,
00:42:27.88\00:42:29.48
it's His work of a lifetime.
00:42:29.51\00:42:31.31
He continues His work in us.
00:42:31.65\00:42:33.25
He continues to grow us,
He continues to convict us.
00:42:33.28\00:42:35.38
He continues to show us
where we're weak and faulty,
00:42:35.42\00:42:37.95
and continues to
perfect us by His grace.
00:42:37.99\00:42:40.66
He does the work.
00:42:40.76\00:42:42.12
In the book of
Leviticus and Exodus,
00:42:42.89\00:42:44.46
"I am the Lord
who sanctifies you."
00:42:44.86\00:42:47.60
God's doing all
the work, not us.
00:42:47.63\00:42:50.13
Leviticus 11:45, "You
shall be holy, for I am holy."
00:42:51.53\00:42:59.27
Leviticus 19:2,
"You shall be holy,
00:42:59.74\00:43:02.31
for I the Lord
your God am holy."
00:43:02.34\00:43:04.91
Leviticus 20 verse 26,
"You shall be holy to Me,
00:43:05.21\00:43:08.42
for I the Lord am holy."
00:43:08.45\00:43:10.79
What's the
reason that we are holy?
00:43:10.99\00:43:12.49
Because of Him.
00:43:13.79\00:43:15.12
Not because of us.
00:43:15.49\00:43:16.83
Not because, "Oh, I've done
better this year than last year.
00:43:16.86\00:43:18.56
I've tried harder and I've
read more and I've prayed more."
00:43:18.59\00:43:21.06
We are holy because He is holy.
00:43:21.93\00:43:24.50
And then He wants to come and
dwell in us and make us holy.
00:43:25.03\00:43:29.54
Not that it's us that's
holy; it's Him that's holy.
00:43:29.90\00:43:32.04
Him living in us,
because we are nothing.
00:43:32.41\00:43:35.28
Without Him we are nothing.
00:43:36.38\00:43:37.71
But it's Him, all Him in
us and through us and for us.
00:43:37.98\00:43:42.52
Psalm 119, "I've
hidden Your word in my heart
00:43:43.18\00:43:46.15
that I might not
sin against You."
00:43:46.62\00:43:49.99
Him in the heart,
His word in our heart.
00:43:51.16\00:43:53.19
He is the living word.
00:43:53.23\00:43:54.56
Him in us, that I
might not sin against You.
00:43:54.60\00:43:59.43
Philippians chapter 2 verse
5, "Let this mind be in you
00:44:01.80\00:44:06.68
that was in Christ Jesus."
00:44:06.71\00:44:09.21
God wants to put His mind in us.
00:44:11.15\00:44:14.48
He wants to cleanse
our conscience from the
00:44:14.52\00:44:16.52
dead works through His blood.
00:44:16.55\00:44:18.19
And He wants to
put His mind in us.
00:44:18.29\00:44:21.82
Now what is the
works that it says there
00:44:22.16\00:44:23.76
for us to do to get His mind?
00:44:23.79\00:44:25.56
Oh, I went too far there.
00:44:29.26\00:44:30.63
Where did it go?
00:44:30.67\00:44:32.00
Oh I'm sorry, I'm
getting ahead of myself maybe.
00:44:33.84\00:44:35.77
Yeah okay, so
let's back up. Sorry.
00:44:38.24\00:44:39.57
Colossians chapter 1 verse 27,
00:44:39.61\00:44:40.94
"...Christ in you,
the hope of glory."
00:44:40.98\00:44:43.95
He wants to come in us.
00:44:44.25\00:44:45.58
That's the hope of
glory; Christ in us.
00:44:45.61\00:44:47.58
Jude 24, "...to Him who is able
to keep you from falling..."
00:44:47.62\00:44:51.79
Do you believe that He is
able to keep you from falling?
00:44:52.09\00:44:54.52
Yes.
00:44:55.29\00:44:56.62
Who is able to
keep you from falling?
00:44:56.66\00:44:58.53
God is able to
keep us from falling.
00:44:59.26\00:45:03.30
Him sanctifying
us, Him sustaining us.
00:45:03.33\00:45:07.07
Him keeping us from falling.
00:45:07.10\00:45:10.44
"...and present you
faultless before the presence
00:45:11.87\00:45:18.35
of His glory with
exceeding joy, to God our Savior
00:45:18.38\00:45:21.28
be glory and
majesty, dominion and power,
00:45:21.32\00:45:23.49
both now and forever more.
00:45:23.52\00:45:25.29
Amen."
00:45:25.92\00:45:27.26
1 John 2 verse 1, "I write
to you so that you sin not."
00:45:32.39\00:45:38.77
Does John believe that God can
give us the power not to sin?
00:45:38.87\00:45:41.54
Yes, he wrote, "I write to you.
00:45:42.57\00:45:44.81
That was the whole
purpose I wrote to you.
00:45:44.84\00:45:46.21
I write to you
so that you sin not.
00:45:46.24\00:45:48.34
He's able to
keep you from falling.
00:45:48.94\00:45:51.01
Present you faultless
before His throne of grace."
00:45:51.48\00:45:54.82
"But if anyone sins, we have
an Advocate with the Father;
00:45:56.28\00:46:03.22
Jesus Christ."
00:46:03.26\00:46:04.63
He doesn't say,
"But when you sin,
00:46:05.63\00:46:08.66
don't worry, you've still got
an Advocate with the Father."
00:46:08.86\00:46:10.93
It says, "I write to
you so that you sin not.
00:46:11.90\00:46:14.57
But if you sin, you have
an Advocate with the Father."
00:46:14.67\00:46:19.27
There is no sacrifice
in the sacrificial system,
00:46:21.38\00:46:23.95
the temple system that God
gave, there is no sacrifice
00:46:23.98\00:46:27.85
for known willful sin.
00:46:27.88\00:46:30.82
All the sacrifices
are for unknown sins
00:46:31.59\00:46:34.59
that become known to
us, that we then confess
00:46:34.99\00:46:39.89
and surrender over to God.
00:46:39.93\00:46:41.36
He is able to
keep us from falling.
00:46:42.96\00:46:44.63
But if we unknowingly sin
and it becomes revealed to us,
00:46:45.30\00:46:48.50
we have an Advocate with
the Father who can cleanse us
00:46:49.30\00:46:52.27
and forgive us.
00:46:53.01\00:46:54.34
Galatians 2:20, "I am
crucified with Christ;
00:46:55.78\00:46:58.98
nevertheless I live.
00:46:59.01\00:47:00.42
Yet not I, but
Christ liveth in me.
00:47:00.45\00:47:03.75
And the life that I now
live, I live by faith in the
00:47:04.35\00:47:06.62
Son of God, who loved
me, and gave Himself for me."
00:47:06.65\00:47:10.29
What is our job?
00:47:11.39\00:47:12.73
"I am crucified with Christ."
00:47:16.23\00:47:18.43
So what's our job?
00:47:18.83\00:47:20.17
To die.
00:47:20.87\00:47:22.20
That's it.
00:47:22.37\00:47:23.71
That's our job.
00:47:23.74\00:47:25.07
Surrender, die, be
crucified with Him.
00:47:25.11\00:47:28.74
And if we're crucified
with Him, when was He crucified?
00:47:29.48\00:47:32.31
From the
foundation of the world.
00:47:34.08\00:47:35.68
Before we were even born.
00:47:35.92\00:47:37.25
We can accept our death
in Him, and be dead in Him.
00:47:37.29\00:47:41.29
Our job is to die.
00:47:42.72\00:47:44.06
"I am crucified with Christ."
00:47:44.36\00:47:46.03
Nevertheless, I live.
00:47:46.49\00:47:47.83
You see me standing here.
00:47:47.86\00:47:49.20
But it's not I.
00:47:49.23\00:47:50.57
It's Christ that liveth in me.
00:47:50.60\00:47:52.33
I live by faith
in the Son of God,
00:47:55.37\00:47:58.07
who loved me and
gave Himself for me.
00:47:58.64\00:48:02.04
Glory to God, and only to God.
00:48:02.41\00:48:04.38
Now to that text in
Philippians 2 verse 5.
00:48:04.68\00:48:07.68
"Let this mind be in you
that was in Christ Jesus."
00:48:07.72\00:48:11.29
He wants to put His mind in us.
00:48:11.52\00:48:13.76
Jesus lived a faultless life,
was able to keep from sinning.
00:48:17.33\00:48:23.43
He was tempted in
all ways like as we are.
00:48:23.47\00:48:25.87
But He did not sin.
00:48:26.23\00:48:27.60
Now if we have the mind
of Christ, does that mean
00:48:27.77\00:48:29.90
we'll never
forget someone's name?
00:48:29.94\00:48:31.41
Does that mean we'll
never get a splinter?
00:48:33.31\00:48:35.38
Some people think of this, you
know, with Jesus sanctifying us
00:48:36.24\00:48:38.68
and perfecting us, and
presenting us blameless
00:48:38.71\00:48:41.32
and faultless before
His Father, they say,
00:48:41.35\00:48:42.68
"Oh, you can't
make any mistake."
00:48:42.72\00:48:44.29
That's not what
it's talking about.
00:48:44.95\00:48:46.29
It's talking about not sinning.
00:48:46.32\00:48:47.66
I mean, Jesus was a carpenter.
00:48:47.76\00:48:49.09
Do you think He
ever got a splinter?
00:48:49.12\00:48:50.46
Ever think He cut
a board too short?
00:48:50.83\00:48:52.49
Yeah.
00:48:54.96\00:48:56.30
He made
mistakes. That's not sin.
00:48:56.33\00:48:57.87
He never chose to
rebelliously disobey His Father.
00:49:00.24\00:49:04.51
I mean, He was a baby.
You think He wet His pants?
00:49:05.41\00:49:06.98
I mean, you think He
pooped in His diaper?
00:49:07.01\00:49:08.34
I mean, you know, He
came in the flesh, right?
00:49:08.38\00:49:10.71
Those who say He did not come
in the flesh are the antichrist,
00:49:10.75\00:49:13.18
the Bible says.
00:49:13.21\00:49:14.55
He came in the flesh.
00:49:14.78\00:49:16.22
But He did not sin.
00:49:16.69\00:49:18.05
He did not choose to disobey.
00:49:18.49\00:49:20.56
Did not
rebelliously hold on to sin.
00:49:20.92\00:49:23.79
And neither do we.
00:49:23.83\00:49:25.16
By God's grace, we
don't have to choose to sin.
00:49:26.93\00:49:29.93
Sin is knowing to
do wrong, and doing it.
00:49:30.67\00:49:32.73
Knowing what's
right, and not doing it.
00:49:32.77\00:49:34.50
We don't have to choose to sin.
00:49:35.34\00:49:37.04
By God's grace, Him sanctifying
us, He gives us the power
00:49:37.07\00:49:40.01
to make the right choice.
00:49:40.04\00:49:41.61
And then by His
grace, to will and to do.
00:49:42.01\00:49:45.45
Him doing it, not us.
00:49:46.25\00:49:48.38
Now we're not going
to run around and say,
00:49:48.95\00:49:50.29
"Oh, I'm
sanctified. I'm perfect.
00:49:50.32\00:49:51.65
I haven't sinned in
three weeks, you know."
00:49:51.69\00:49:53.76
That would be our first sin.
00:49:53.79\00:49:55.12
You know.
00:49:55.16\00:49:56.49
Because we won't be
looking at ourselves.
00:49:56.96\00:49:58.29
We'll be looking at Him.
00:49:58.33\00:49:59.66
Ah, what are we?
00:50:00.30\00:50:01.63
We are nothing.
00:50:01.66\00:50:03.40
We are dead.
00:50:03.43\00:50:04.93
We are crucified with Him.
00:50:05.17\00:50:07.30
So it's not us that's perfect.
00:50:07.70\00:50:09.04
It's Jesus in us.
00:50:09.07\00:50:10.94
"I'm crucified with
Christ; nevertheless, I live.
00:50:11.74\00:50:13.38
Yet not I, but
Christ liveth in me."
00:50:13.41\00:50:15.88
This is the new covenant, this
is the everlasting covenant.
00:50:15.91\00:50:18.05
This is the one
that doesn't go away.
00:50:18.08\00:50:19.81
These are the powerful
promises that we can hold on to.
00:50:19.85\00:50:23.49
1 Thessalonians
5:23, "May the God of peace
00:50:24.12\00:50:26.72
Himself sanctify you completely,
00:50:26.76\00:50:30.13
and preserve you
blameless at the coming
00:50:30.56\00:50:34.40
of our Lord Jesus Christ."
00:50:34.43\00:50:36.00
He is able.
00:50:36.30\00:50:38.03
Okay, so then what
still applies of the Bible?
00:50:38.60\00:50:44.27
If the Old Testament
is not the old testament,
00:50:45.21\00:50:47.64
if it's not the old covenant,
does it all then still apply?
00:50:47.98\00:50:51.08
I've got a little formula here
that I think could apply to...
00:50:52.21\00:50:55.38
Although in Judaism
they determined, Maimonides,
00:50:55.42\00:50:58.85
that there's 613 laws in
the first part of the Bible.
00:50:58.89\00:51:02.52
So whatever, if there is
exactly that, or whatever.
00:51:02.62\00:51:04.73
I think this rule
can apply to all of them.
00:51:04.83\00:51:07.23
If the law was given
to Adam and Eve before sin
00:51:08.50\00:51:13.40
entered this
world, it is eternal.
00:51:13.44\00:51:16.20
It's before limited time.
00:51:16.64\00:51:17.97
Like we're in
this age, you know.
00:51:18.01\00:51:19.44
This age is
eventually going to end.
00:51:19.47\00:51:20.88
Right? We're in limited time.
00:51:20.91\00:51:22.24
Before the sin, they
were in endless time.
00:51:22.28\00:51:25.91
Right? They had a weekly
cycle, but an endless time.
00:51:25.95\00:51:27.88
They were
suppose to live forever.
00:51:27.92\00:51:29.25
So it's eternal if it was
given before this limited time.
00:51:29.38\00:51:32.19
It's eternal.
00:51:32.22\00:51:33.56
And it's universal.
00:51:34.09\00:51:35.42
It was given to Adam and
Eve, the parents of mankind.
00:51:35.46\00:51:37.76
So it's universal to
all mankind, to all people.
00:51:38.29\00:51:40.93
The Sabbath, was that
there in the Garden of Eden?
00:51:42.50\00:51:44.83
Yes. So it's
eternal and universal.
00:51:45.57\00:51:48.17
The circumcision,
was circumcision there in
00:51:50.14\00:51:52.41
the Garden of Eden?
00:51:52.44\00:51:53.78
No, there's no
mention of it there.
00:51:54.24\00:51:55.58
Not until Abraham
2000 years later, right?
00:51:55.61\00:51:57.48
So given to a specific
person for a specific time.
00:51:57.71\00:52:00.08
Right? After sin
had entered the world.
00:52:00.12\00:52:02.32
How about sacrificing?
00:52:02.38\00:52:03.72
Were there sacrifices
in the Garden of Eden?
00:52:03.75\00:52:05.39
No. Outside the Garden of Eden,
but not in the Garden of Eden.
00:52:05.85\00:52:08.62
Right?
00:52:08.66\00:52:09.99
We already talked about it;
00:52:10.73\00:52:12.79
no stealing and
all those other things.
00:52:12.83\00:52:14.16
How about, did God say
what they could eat and not eat
00:52:14.20\00:52:17.57
in the Garden of Eden?
00:52:17.60\00:52:18.93
Yes.
00:52:19.53\00:52:20.87
Yeah, He said you can't
eat from that tree, right?
00:52:20.90\00:52:22.74
They weren't eating any
hippopotamus' or anything,
00:52:24.24\00:52:27.44
you know, right?
00:52:27.48\00:52:28.81
He made some
adjustments as we've gone along,
00:52:28.91\00:52:31.61
but He ruled over what
we could eat and not eat.
00:52:31.65\00:52:33.85
The principles still apply.
00:52:34.52\00:52:35.92
How about the feasts?
00:52:36.92\00:52:38.25
Did they celebrate a Passover
there in the Garden of Eden?
00:52:38.29\00:52:40.26
No. The Passover was not
until 2500 years later, right?
00:52:41.52\00:52:44.49
Those are shadows.
00:52:45.53\00:52:46.86
Not that there's anything
wrong with those things.
00:52:46.90\00:52:48.33
Right? It's wonderful to look at
the shadow to better understand.
00:52:48.76\00:52:53.34
But it's not
eternal and universal,
00:52:54.30\00:52:58.24
in that sense, like the others.
00:52:58.44\00:52:59.91
And I think, again, you
can apply that to all of them.
00:52:59.94\00:53:01.51
And we can know
which parts still apply,
00:53:01.54\00:53:03.14
universal and eternal, and which
parts we're given for a time,
00:53:03.18\00:53:07.02
for a limited time,
for a specific purpose,
00:53:07.05\00:53:08.88
as a shadow pointing to Jesus,
00:53:09.45\00:53:11.72
or for some other
reason and purpose.
00:53:11.75\00:53:13.66
So the first part of the
Bible is not the old covenant
00:53:15.39\00:53:20.26
or the old testament.
00:53:20.46\00:53:22.16
Again, I think we shoot
ourselves, if not in the foot,
00:53:22.36\00:53:26.63
in the head, by
using those terms.
00:53:27.37\00:53:30.11
Because it says
those are obsolete,
00:53:30.81\00:53:32.14
being done away with, faulty.
00:53:32.17\00:53:34.28
And they're not.
00:53:34.78\00:53:36.11
It's one Bible.
00:53:36.34\00:53:37.68
We have one
Bible. Several sections.
00:53:37.91\00:53:39.95
The Torah, the writings,
prophets, gospels, Acts,
00:53:40.25\00:53:45.12
the epistles, Revelation.
00:53:45.32\00:53:47.32
So we've got sections.
00:53:47.89\00:53:49.22
But it's one Bible.
00:53:50.33\00:53:51.66
Filled with
everlasting promises,
00:53:52.69\00:53:55.00
given to us by God,
00:53:55.53\00:53:57.30
that don't change,
because God doesn't change.
00:53:58.20\00:54:00.77
Everlasting promises that we can
rely on and we can hold fast to,
00:54:01.60\00:54:05.37
and we can trust
upon and lean upon,
00:54:05.74\00:54:08.64
and trust in Him.
00:54:09.11\00:54:10.78
So I'd like to
appeal to us today.
00:54:13.62\00:54:15.32
To put our trust totally in Him.
00:54:16.28\00:54:19.25
Not in New Year's resolutions,
not in our promises.
00:54:20.19\00:54:24.83
If you've been
making promises to God,
00:54:25.46\00:54:27.33
"I'm going to do
better this year, God.
00:54:27.86\00:54:29.50
I'm going to read
more in the Bible.
00:54:29.86\00:54:31.23
I'm going to attend
services more regularly.
00:54:31.43\00:54:33.30
I'm going to get
involved in that outreach.
00:54:33.34\00:54:35.20
God, I promise You, this
year I'm going to do better."
00:54:35.24\00:54:37.61
Stop promising,
00:54:38.57\00:54:39.91
and ask God,
live Your life in me.
00:54:41.28\00:54:43.11
Work in me.
00:54:43.95\00:54:45.28
And do in me what
You would have me to do.
00:54:45.51\00:54:47.52
And fulfill Your purpose in me.
00:54:48.05\00:54:50.45
Lead me in prayer.
00:54:51.12\00:54:52.49
Lord, pray through me.
00:54:52.85\00:54:54.19
Lord, help me to
understand Your Word.
00:54:55.02\00:54:56.79
Spiritual things are
spiritually discerned.
00:54:56.83\00:54:59.06
Give me the ability to
understand what I read.
00:55:00.30\00:55:02.46
Give me a love for Your
Word so I want to read it,
00:55:02.56\00:55:05.00
that I desire to read it.
00:55:05.03\00:55:06.37
That I love your law
as my desire all day long.
00:55:07.47\00:55:11.51
Give me that love, come
inside me, give me Your mind.
00:55:12.57\00:55:15.18
Live Your life in me.
00:55:15.58\00:55:17.11
Write Your laws in
my mind, in my heart.
00:55:17.15\00:55:20.12
If you put a CD
into a CD player,
00:55:20.78\00:55:22.85
what's going to
come out of the speakers?
00:55:22.98\00:55:24.49
If it's rap music, what's going
to come out of the speakers?
00:55:26.02\00:55:28.62
Rap music.
00:55:29.16\00:55:30.49
You put beautiful gospel music
in, what's going to come out?
00:55:31.06\00:55:34.30
Beautiful music,
right? Beautiful music.
00:55:34.96\00:55:36.97
Let Him, let His mind be in
you that was in Christ Jesus.
00:55:38.23\00:55:42.34
Jesus, place Your mind in me.
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If you've been
promising to God, I want you to
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surrender that to Him today.
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If you've believe in
dispensational belief
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or replacement theology belief,
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you see now that
both of those are wrong,
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and you want to
surrender that to Jesus,
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"Jesus, I'm sorry for
putting Jews on pedestals or
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putting them in the gutter.
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I'm sorry for thinking the
first part of the Bible was old,
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and referring to it that way.
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Jesus, put Your
words in my mouth,
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put Your theology in my mind.
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Speak through me.
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Live through me.
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Give me Your
thoughts, Your attitude."
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And if there's
some sin in your life,
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something you've
been struggling with.
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Some habit, some
desire, some action.
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Maybe you've been
trying to give it up.
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You've determined to give it up.
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You've strove to give it up.
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But you haven't given it up.
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Give up, and let God.
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Let Jesus work in you.
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Surrender it to Him.
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Confess it to Him.
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Let Him remove it out of you.
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It is His blood that cleanses
your conscience from dead works.
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Let His mind be in you.
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Let Him give you the desire
for the right to will and to do
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of His good pleasure.
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Let Him work in you and
through you and for you,
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and empowering you with
His everlasting promise.
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And stop living
under the old covenant
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of our own weak promises.
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If any of those
areas apply to you,
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or anything else,
as we pray together.
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Our Lord and our God,
Ruler of the universe,
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we praise Your
holy name and thank You
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for Your great promises to us.
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Live in us, through us.
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Crucify us.
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Live Your life out of us.
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Perfect Your will,
and sustain us and hold us
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until your appearing.
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And shine
through us to the world
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for Your honor and glory.
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In Jesus' name, amen.
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