Hello friends, and welcome
to another Wednesday night Bible
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Study here at the
3ABN Worship Center.
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We welcome you with
a hearty Amen. Amen!
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And thank you so much for taking
the time to pause your evening
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and to get your Bibles,
and invite your friends,
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and family members to tune
in tonight as we continue in the
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topic, The Christian Obligation.
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We're going to finish this topic
tonight, and I'm excited to
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announce if the world continues
spinning for another week,
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and all things go according
to God's plan, the next lesson
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is going to be,
The Truth About Jesus.
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Now the reason why I've chosen
that topic is, a lot of people
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might say, Well,
what's not the truth?
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What's the truth
that's not about Jesus?
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Jesus is the truth,
many people might say.
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But the reality is, if the
truth about Jesus were accepted
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then there would
be less non-believers,
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that there will be more
people believing in Jesus.
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You know, the
Bible says, He's the way,
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the truth, and the life.
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I'm kind of going ahead of my
schedule here, because I often
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talk about where to get
the lessons before I do this.
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But it's going to be
a very exciting topic,
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The Truth About Jesus,
covering not only who He is,
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but Bible prophecies
pointing to the accuracy,
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and the confirmation
of the ministry of Jesus.
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And so I'll tell you a little
bit more about that before
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we get into our topic
tonight, after our theme song,
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and after I tell you
where to get the lesson.
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But the first thing is
let's have prayer together.
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Loving Father in
Heaven, we thank You.
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The opportunity is always ours,
and surely the blessing is ours
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also, as we open Your
the word and study together.
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Tonight Lord, come.
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Be our teacher
through Your Holy Spirit.
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Empower our minds to absorb
what You will have us to learn,
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and may the glory for
the knowledge received,
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and the power accompanying
it, go back to You we pray,
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in Jesus' name, Amen.
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Now to get a copy of our lesson,
go to this following website:
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and download lesson
#35, The Truth About the
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Christian Obligation, The Truth
About the Christian Obligation.
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And there at that very same
website you can get the videos
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of the prior lessons, you can
download the lessons themselves.
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But if you want to find out how
to peer the two, what you do is
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you play the video.
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At the very beginning of the
video it tells you what lesson
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it's associated with.
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And you have a number of
Bible studies, at least 35 Bible
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Studies with
more than 108 videos.
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That's 108 hours of video. Amen?
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That's almost an entire...
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If you did nothing, but stayed
in the house all week long;
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that's about
almost an entire week,
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short of sixty hours, obviously.
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But we're going to sing
our theme song tonight before
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we go into our lesson.
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Our theme song is entitled what?
together? Victory in Jesus.
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Let's sing this song together.
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I heard an old, old story,
how the Savior came from glory.
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How He gave His life on Calvary
to save a wretch like me.
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I heard about His groaning,
of His precious blood's atoning.
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Then I repented of my
sin and won the victory.
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Oh victory in
Jesus, my Savior forever.
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He sought me, and bought
me with His redeeming blood.
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He loved me ere I knew
Him, and all my love is due Him.
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He plunged me to victory
beneath the cleansing flood.
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I heard about a mansion
He has built for me in glory,
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and I heard about the streets
of gold beyond the crystal sea,
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about the angels singing,
and the old redemption story,
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and some sweet day I'll sing
up there the song of victory.
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Key change. Oh victory
in Jesus, my Savior forever.
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He sought me and bought
me with His redeeming blood.
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He loved me ere I knew
Him, and all my love is due Him.
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He plunged me to victory
beneath the cleansing flood.
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Amen! Now repeat
the title with me.
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It's on the board. The Truth
About the Christian Obligation.
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Today I received a phone call,
and it is from the company that
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provides us the
extended warranty for our car.
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When we bought our
vehicle we decided...
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Well, you know, they give
you, as many of you might know,
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if you purchase a vehicle
they give you what they call
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a 100,000 mile
power train warranty,
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or some companies 50,000 miles.
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Well, the power train is from
the engine all the way to the
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wheels; that crank shaft, and
all the things connected there.
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And in many cases
nothing goes wrong with that.
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And so you have a warranty that
they'll say, 100,000 miles or
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4 years, whichever comes first.
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I don't know how many
people do a 100,000 in 4 years,
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but the 100,000 mile
warranty for the power train.
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But many of you know that
things that often go wrong
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in your car, if it's going to
happen, it's going to go wrong
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in the first 3 to 4 years.
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And if... What's
the rule they call it?
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The law, Murphy's law?
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I don't know what that means.
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But we've associated that
with if something's going to
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go wrong, it's going to go
wrong according to Murphy's law.
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Who is Murphy? I don't
know how that came about.
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But usually we say, Okay, well
if things go wrong in today's
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cars, a lot of
electronic things could happen.
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You know, the GPS
could stop working.
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And we can't, like in the past,
pull our car side like back in
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the 80's, Bob, right? when you
could just take a little voltage
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tester and test the wires.
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To me, nowadays
everything is so electronic.
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So the guy called me and said,
What I wanted to inform you is
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the benefits of your warranty is
about to expire; the benefits.
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And I said, No,
it's not about to expire.
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He said, Well,
this is the last notice.
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We've called you
many times and told you
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it's about to expire.
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I said, No, it's
not about to expire.
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Hold on please for
our service manager.
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Okay. The
service manager comes on.
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Sir, we want to tell you that
you're about to lose all the
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benefits to the warranty
that came with your car.
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I said, No, I
purchased the extended warranty.
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Oh! The service
person didn't tell me that.
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Well, Sir, we'll
take you off of our list.
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We won't bother you any longer.
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Now, they said that before,
but they have called me over,
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and over, and over, and
over again to sell me a new
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warranty for more benefits.
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And who doesn't want benefits?
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I mean how many of
you don't want benefits?
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Really, when you think about
your job, when you think about
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your job you're often,
Well, what are the benefits?
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What are the health benefits?
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What are my vacation benefits?
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In Europe it's better than here.
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Some people say in
Europe you get four weeks
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vacation the first year.
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In America one week.
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You've got to work hard
to get two weeks, and four,
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well, after about ten years.
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The benefits; we
think of the benefits.
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Now, if the benefits, if
you change the word benefits
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to obligation,
you'll say to your employer,
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You are obliged to
give me X amount of weeks
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a year for vacation.
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You are obliged to fix my car
because I purchased it from you.
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You are obliged to
cover me with health care
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because I work for you.
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And in America right now
there are lots of obligations.
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Now the lesson entitled,
The Christian Obligation,
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to me is better
termed, Christian Benefits.
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So let's go to Psalms 116.
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This has been my
springboard text.
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And what's wonderful about
this text is it puts the word
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obligation in
the better category.
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Now, going back to my original
story that I began with about
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the extended
warranty on my vehicle.
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When I go to the manufacturer,
or to the Toyota particularly,
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or specifically, and my
service intervals come up,
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I am so happy when I go to
the service counter to say,
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I have the extended warranty.
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Do you know what that means?
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That translates into
me paying how much? zero.
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And, you know, it's
so, Oh, okay, great!
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Well, you know, we'll
also wash your car for you.
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There's some extended benefits.
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Is there any
place you want to go?
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They treat you with kid gloves.
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Kind of nice. Because I don't
know of any car manufacturer
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that doesn't want to make money.
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And then some people
say, Don't buy the warranty.
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You know what happens when
you don't buy the warranty?
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Murphy's law kicks in!
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And something goes wrong and
they say, Well, Sir, we told you
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about the warranty.
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I don't know, that's
just how it seems to work.
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So this text, when we think
of our relationship with Jesus,
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Jesus didn't really
have to come to save us.
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He came to save us because
He blanks us; because He what?
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because He loves us.
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And so when you think of all
that the Lord has done for us,
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this text jumps into my
mind when I think about it.
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Oh, I told you guys to
turn to Psalm 116, didn't I?
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And I didn't even turn there.
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Here I am. And
let's look at verse 12,
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and let's read this together.
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What a beautiful passage.
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Alright? The Psalmist writes,
What shall I render to the Lord
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for all His what?
benefits toward me.
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When you think of
benefits, I mean how many
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benefits can you think of?
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I'm going to open it up a
little bit, because I don't
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give you guys an
opportunity to talk too much.
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How many benefit...
What benefit can you think of
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when it comes to Jesus?
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What, what benefit
comes to your mind?
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Health, what
else? Peace, what else?
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Eternal life, the
greatest of benefits.
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What else? protection.
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What else? Well,
Angie said health.
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Huh? Wisdom. Karen said peace.
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Peace again. Knowledge,
hope, faith, strength.
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Does He provide all of our need?
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Does He promise to do that?
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He provides all of our need.
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Ah, what else? What
about His love for us?
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Do you thank God
for His patience?
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Is that a good benefit?
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Do you thank Him
for His forgiveness?
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Is that a benefit? Do you
thank Him for answered prayer?
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Is that a benefit? So
when you think about this
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you can go on and on.
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Do you thank God for His grace?
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What about His grace?
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Do we need grace? Yes.
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What about His salvation? Huh?
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What about His forgiveness?
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Think of... His kindness.
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When you think about all the
benefits, has the Lord ever sent
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you an e-mail when you
asked Him to forgive you
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with the two letters NO?
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Have you ever done that? No.
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So when you think of all the
Lord is willing to do for us,
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this is a very good question.
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And notice, this is a question.
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But, David said, What,
what shall I render to the Lord
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for all His benefits toward me?
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But often times the
Christian life is lived out of,
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What must I do? You
know the rich young ruler,
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what did he ask Jesus?
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What did he ask Jesus?
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What must I do to
have eternal life?
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What do I have to do?
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And sometimes we give our
lives to the Lord by saying,
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What do I have to do to
become a member of your church?
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What do I have to do?
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The Lord has done
more than we can ever do.
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What do you say? Amen!
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And so as we look at this topic
tonight, what we're going to
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talk about
tonight are the benefits,
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but also the empowerment.
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Because when the Lord
says, Okay, here's what I'd like
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you to do for Me, Bob, Karen,
Brother Hutchinson, or Janeck.
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Here's what I'd
like you to do for Me.
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The beauty of the Lord is
He doesn't just request of us,
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in response to our question,
but He also does something else.
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Let's go to question #13.
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There's something else He does.
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And I believe, it is my
firm belief that tonight
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we will finish this lesson.
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Go to Question #13.
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Here it is; look at this.
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And we're talking
about the benefits of God,
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but let's look at the
context of the question.
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Alright? And we are
going to one of the books that
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many of us know...
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Well, Philippians actually is
one of my favorite books in the
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Bible, because I call it the
Olympic, or the athletes book.
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It's a book that is
filled with so many of
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the promises we claim.
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That's your book?
The athletes book.
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It's filled with
so many promises.
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Huh? Isaiah. Oh Isaiah
is filled with promises.
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Well, let's look
at Philippians 4:13.
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And since it's the first
one of our texts tonight,
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you can read it
along together with us.
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We might hear you if you speak
loud enough, or loudly enough.
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Here it is: Philippians
4:13. Together, it says:
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Do you know that...
Let's put that down.
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So is it really possible to
keep the commandments of God?
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How do we keep it? Say
it again: through Christ.
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It would be terrible, Karen, if
He said, Keep My commandments.
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But I don't know how
you're going to do it.
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Look at John 14:15.
This is the... this is...
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Look at John 14:15.
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He says, Keep My commandments.
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But I don't know how
you're going to do it.
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He says, Keep it, and then
I provide you the strength,
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and the power to be
able to accomplish it.
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John 14:15 would be a
pretty mean text if this
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Philippians 4:13 did not also
support what Jesus makes the
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statement about in John 14:15.
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If you love Me,
what? keep My commandments.
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And the commandments
are not multiple choice.
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They're not selective.
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If you love Me,
keep My commandments.
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And then we might ask
the question, How, Lord?
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Have you looked
at the commandments;
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how restrictive
they are sometimes?
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How specific they are?
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How empowering they are?
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And, you know,
somebody once talked about the
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ten commandments
as the ten promises,
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because the ten commandments
are not just thou shall not's.
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But on the heel of the thou
shall not, a blessing comes.
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Look at the blessing.
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The verse that's right after
John 14:15: This is the blessing
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if we keep His commandments.
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Now this is huge because when
you read this text you'll see
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that there's something
Jesus would not do unless we are
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open and honest in
obedience to His commandments.
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Notice what He says in verse 16.
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And I will pray the Father, and
He will give you another helper,
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or Comforter, that He may abide
with you for how long? forever.
00:17:06.15\00:17:11.63
Who is this Comforter? even the
Spirit of truth, whom the world
00:17:11.66\00:17:17.10
cannot receive,
because he neither sees Him,
00:17:17.13\00:17:21.14
nor knows Him, but you
know Him for He dwells with you,
00:17:21.17\00:17:27.31
and will be in you.
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Notice, notice the inflection;
notice the way that Jesus talks
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about the Holy Spirit.
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Look at verse 16. Whom even the
Spirit of Truth, whom the world
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cannot receive because it
neither sees, notice, Him,
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nor knows Him, but you know
Him, for He dwells with you,
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and will be in you.
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Him, Him, Him, Him,
He; all capitalized.
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Speaking of the Holy Spirit as
an actual person of the Godhead.
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That's a whole nother topic.
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I did one on the Holy Spirit,
but that's a whole nother topic,
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because today there's some
people that are struggling as to
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whether or not the Holy Spirit
is a real person of the Godhead.
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Is He just a force?
00:18:08.42\00:18:09.95
Shall the force be
with you, or is He an actual
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person of the Godhead?
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Well, He is an actual
person of the Godhead. Amen?
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Now, but He is a Spirit.
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And that's something that many
of us, we can't equate the two,
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because we think of an
actual person of the Godhead
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with flesh and bones.
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But look at John
4. Let's go there.
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Look at John 4; just giving you
a little bit of extra knowledge.
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Now, let me ask you a question.
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Does God have flesh and bones?
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Will we see God's face one day?
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Okay, so that means He does
have physical features, right?
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Don't be... right? Okay, okay.
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Just want to see
if you are with me.
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Look at John 4. Now the Holy
Spirit is the One who abides
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with you, and will
be with you always.
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But notice John 4. Alright?
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Look at verse 24. What
are the first three words?
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God is what? God is Spirit,
and those who worship Him must
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worship Him in what?
Spirit, and what? truth.
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Is God Spirit? Yes. Oh,
I just wanted to make sure;
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Holy Spirit, God is Spirit.
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Do we see God? Do
we see the Holy Spirit?
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We see the
work. We see the work.
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Jesus became flesh
and dwelt among us.
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See, if He became flesh,
He became the human flesh that
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we have, so that He
could overcome sin as we
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would by the same power.
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Little digression,
but just want to give you
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that additional information.
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So can we really keep the
commandments of God? yes or no?
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Yes! And how do we do it?
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We do it through Christ.
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Let's go to the next one.
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#14, #14. This is a
very interesting one.
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And the question is:
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And, you know, this sounds
crazy, but I was talking to a
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young lady recently, and
she was told in so many ways,
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when she discovered the
truth about the Sabbath.
00:20:27.82\00:20:32.36
She asked her clergy, Well,
why don't we honor the Sabbath?
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And his immediate response
was, It was just for the Jews.
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And she hadn't
studied the Bible enough to
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know, No, no it's not!
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And so this is one of the
excuses that Christians often
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get when they are confronted
with keeping the commandments
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of God, or more particularly,
keeping the Sabbath.
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So the answer is, if we do
honor our Christian obligation,
00:20:54.82\00:21:00.29
we shouldn't just not
lie, steal, commit adultery,
00:21:00.32\00:21:03.32
bear false witness,
dishonor our parents.
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We shouldn't just not do
those things, but we should also
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honor the Sabbath of the Lord.
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Isn't that right?
But let's look at this.
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Aren't the ten
commandments just for the Jews?
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Let's go to 1 Corinthians 7:19,
1 Corinthians 7, and let's look
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together at verse 19.
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Very
interesting! Okay, here I am.
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The Corinthian church, shortly
after the death and ascension
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of Jesus, or the resurrection
and ascension of Jesus,
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the issue continued.
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The Jews continued to impose
upon others, even after the
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ceremonial system had come to
its end, the Jews continued to
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impose on others the
necessity, they believed,
00:21:49.70\00:21:53.91
of keeping the
commandments of God.
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But they also
enjoined with that,
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You've got to be circumcised.
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But look at what the Bible says.
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The Apostle Paul responds
to the Corinthians believers by
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saying the
following. Here it is. He said,
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So how many of us...
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Well, let's go to Romans 13 now.
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Go with me to Romans.
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Let me make sure. Good.
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Romans 13. Okay, here we are.
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So the answer to
this one: Aren't the ten
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commandments just for the Jews?
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What's the answer? Yes or No?
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No, just put no. Wow, Romans 13.
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I want to show
you another one, too.
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Let's start with Romans 13.
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Okay, here we
are. And here it is.
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Verse 8, verse 8. We read
in Romans: Owe no one anything,
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except to love one another.
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For he who loves another has
done what? fulfilled the law.
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Notice this, four of the
commandments: you shall not
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commit adultery, you shall
not murder, you shall not steal,
00:23:14.09\00:23:17.83
you shall not bear false
witness, you shall not covet.
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And if there's any other
commandment, are all summed up
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in this saying, namely,
you shall, together, love your
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neighbor as yourself.
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Notice, notice what comes there
also, not just the benefits that
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we receive from God, but if
we have love for our neighbors,
00:23:37.05\00:23:40.42
then it says to
us, I can't do that.
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If we love someone
more than we love...
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Okay, well, let's put
this the way the Bible puts it.
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If we love someone as
much as we love ourselves;
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love your neighbor as yourself.
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If you love somebody as
much as you love yourself,
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you would not want
the tables to be turned,
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and to do harm to your neighbor.
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Because you wouldn't want
your neighbor to do harm to you.
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Often times we live on the
opposite side of the table.
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We often live where we feel
the right to maybe harm someone,
00:24:12.78\00:24:16.75
but would not want
them to do the same to us.
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So when the Bible says, Love
your neighbor as yourself...
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And look at verse 10, it says,
Love does no harm to a neighbor.
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Therefore, love is the
what? fulfillment of the law.
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Which means if I
love someone that means
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I'm going to uphold it.
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If I love someone
I'm going to uphold it.
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Am I going to destroy it?
00:24:38.21\00:24:39.54
I'm going to uphold it.
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And the word fulfill, it simply
means to accomplish the task.
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When you love someone you
don't say, Well now, let me see,
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Brother Hutchinson, which one?
00:24:50.25\00:24:51.95
Should I covet,
or should I kill,
00:24:52.52\00:24:54.59
or should I lie about him today?
00:24:54.62\00:24:56.62
Oh well, let me
see, which one is worse?
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Well, I won't do those, but...
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You know, we don't do that.
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We don't think of any of
those when we love a person.
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Oh, I couldn't do that.
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Because we are now looking
through the window of LOVE,
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which is what? love.
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And then if the
Lord is in our heart,
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once again the text applies.
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I can do all things through
who? Christ, who does what?
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strengthens me, because
I'll be honest with you,
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do you ever feel
like... I won't use that term.
00:25:19.95\00:25:25.79
Do you ever feel like
getting back at somebody?
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Okay, no response required.
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No one wants to
indite themselves here.
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But in the human sense,
depending on how we might be
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injured, whether emotionally or
mentally, or somebody might take
00:25:38.00\00:25:41.04
something that doesn't belong
to them, that we find out about.
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Sometimes in the human sense,
sometimes we feel, Oh, now that
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I know who did it, you wait!
00:25:47.88\00:25:50.18
And we want to get back.
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But, if we temper that response
by remembering that the tables
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could turn any day.
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But for the grace of God,
the tables can turn any day.
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So we have to remember that
keeping the commandments of God
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is the most important thing.
00:26:07.43\00:26:08.80
It is what matters.
00:26:08.83\00:26:10.17
And all of that could
be done in a response of
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love to our neighbors.
00:26:13.10\00:26:14.44
Now, I said in Romans, right?
00:26:14.47\00:26:17.11
Let's go to Romans 3.
00:26:17.14\00:26:19.17
Let's see why it's
important for all of us to keep
00:26:21.38\00:26:24.68
the commandments of
God, as we know that it's
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not just for the Jews.
00:26:27.08\00:26:28.42
Okay, Romans 3:23, Romans 3:23.
00:26:28.45\00:26:35.82
Matter of fact,
yeah Romans 3: 23.
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Let's look at this.
00:26:43.26\00:26:44.60
We're going to start there.
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For all have what?
sinned and fall what?
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short of the glory of God.
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Look down to verse 29.
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Let's pull out a
couple of passages here.
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Or is He the God
of the Jews only?
00:26:59.08\00:27:02.62
Is He not the God
of the Gentiles? Yes,
00:27:02.65\00:27:07.42
of the Gentiles also.
00:27:07.46\00:27:10.13
And then you go
down to verse 31.
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Do we then make void
the law through faith?
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And what is the
answer? certainly not!
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On the contrary,
we what? establish.
00:27:19.80\00:27:22.60
Another word for
fulfill is establish.
00:27:22.67\00:27:25.41
When you establish a
residence, what do you do?
00:27:25.44\00:27:28.21
There's another
phrase we use in America.
00:27:28.24\00:27:30.38
We settle in. What's another?
00:27:30.41\00:27:32.58
What's below to the trees?
00:27:32.61\00:27:34.68
What at the... We put down
our roots when we establish.
00:27:34.75\00:27:38.75
When we establish a business...
00:27:38.79\00:27:40.52
We're going to be
here for a long time.
00:27:40.56\00:27:43.32
The word establish has
longevity connected to it.
00:27:43.39\00:27:46.29
When we establish a relationship
instead of just selling
00:27:46.33\00:27:49.66
something, people that are
very good at business they say,
00:27:49.70\00:27:53.00
I'm not just into
selling you a product,
00:27:53.03\00:27:54.77
I want to
establish a relationship.
00:27:54.80\00:27:56.44
And that relationship then
breeds trust, and it breeds
00:27:56.50\00:28:01.78
a long term business connection.
00:28:01.81\00:28:05.55
When we establish God's law,
through love, there's a trust
00:28:05.58\00:28:10.89
factor that goes along with it.
00:28:10.92\00:28:12.35
The benefits that God
has established toward us is
00:28:12.39\00:28:16.96
returned now out of
loving service to the Lord,
00:28:16.99\00:28:19.43
and then also
to those around us.
00:28:19.46\00:28:21.13
So when we think about this,
the reason why the commandments
00:28:21.16\00:28:25.53
are not just for the Jews, is
because God is not just the God
00:28:25.57\00:28:29.04
of the Jews, but of the Gentiles
also, which is us, which is us.
00:28:29.07\00:28:36.44
Amen to that? Amen!
00:28:36.48\00:28:37.85
I've never... I don't think I
have Jewish roots, but by faith
00:28:37.88\00:28:41.58
I'm an heir
according to the promise.
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By faith I am an heir
according to the promise.
00:28:43.99\00:28:47.22
Now I kind of gave
you #15, so let's go ahead
00:28:47.26\00:28:50.49
and read it anyhow. Okay #15.
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I put an S on there, but I
should have taken that off.
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That's okay. Does it excuse
us from honoring God's law?
00:29:07.91\00:29:12.45
And what's the answer? No.
00:29:12.48\00:29:14.78
I kind of gave you
that one ahead of time.
00:29:14.82\00:29:17.09
Because the Bible says, Do we
make void the law through faith?
00:29:17.12\00:29:20.89
And the answer
is, Certainly not!
00:29:20.92\00:29:23.19
So instead of putting down no,
what are you going to put down?
00:29:23.22\00:29:26.49
Instead of putting the answer
no, what should you put down?
00:29:26.53\00:29:29.76
Certainly not! Okay.
00:29:29.80\00:29:32.33
Put down certainly not.
00:29:32.37\00:29:34.84
Do we make void
the law through faith?
00:29:34.87\00:29:37.74
Another phrase in the
King James Version, God forbid!
00:29:37.77\00:29:42.51
That, you know, that
sounds so final: God forbid!
00:29:42.54\00:29:47.25
We don't speak that way
anymore, but we do sometimes.
00:29:47.28\00:29:51.92
God forbid if that
would happen to me.
00:29:51.95\00:29:54.19
We fault... But that's the
context in which we use that.
00:29:54.22\00:29:56.42
What we mean is, Hope
that will never happen to us.
00:29:56.46\00:29:59.49
But the response to this is
in a faith based relationship
00:29:59.53\00:30:03.26
we should never look for
reasons to ignore God's law.
00:30:03.30\00:30:06.20
So the Apostle Paul says,
God forbid! Certainly not!
00:30:06.23\00:30:09.90
How could we do that when
we think of all the benefits
00:30:09.94\00:30:13.11
that the Lord has
extended towards us?
00:30:13.14\00:30:15.51
Now when you think
about benefit relationships,
00:30:15.54\00:30:19.28
does anybody want a
relationship with benefits?
00:30:19.31\00:30:22.95
Huh? Right? Can you imagine
you having a relationship,
00:30:22.98\00:30:27.99
and somebody said,
Now, I'm your friend,
00:30:28.02\00:30:29.46
but don't ever
ask me for anything.
00:30:29.49\00:30:30.83
Can you imagine that?
00:30:30.86\00:30:32.66
Wouldn't that be horrible?
00:30:32.69\00:30:34.46
Ah, hey Terry, I need
help. My car broke down.
00:30:34.50\00:30:38.10
Call somebody else.
00:30:38.13\00:30:39.63
But aren't we friends?
00:30:39.70\00:30:41.14
We're just friends in name only.
00:30:41.17\00:30:43.97
Would you do
that? No, not at all.
00:30:44.01\00:30:46.81
We are not islands.
00:30:46.84\00:30:49.14
God has given us the
context to to the word koinonia
00:30:49.18\00:30:52.25
there is fellowship.
00:30:52.31\00:30:53.65
We have
fellowship with one another.
00:30:53.68\00:30:55.22
And fellowship brings into the
circle a Christian obligation.
00:30:55.25\00:30:59.55
So what is our obligation?
00:30:59.59\00:31:01.49
What's the first highest
priority of our obligation?
00:31:01.52\00:31:04.36
Romans 13:8, I just said.
00:31:06.63\00:31:08.53
Owe no one anything except
to what? love one another.
00:31:08.56\00:31:13.87
The highest
obligation is what? love.
00:31:13.90\00:31:17.57
Now for somebody to
say, Janeck, I love you,
00:31:17.61\00:31:19.54
but don't ever
ask me for anything.
00:31:19.57\00:31:21.71
That's not really
a love relationship.
00:31:21.74\00:31:23.78
Jesus brought that
out in the illustration.
00:31:23.81\00:31:26.75
He says, If your
neighbor asks for a fish,
00:31:26.78\00:31:29.68
would you give him a stone? No.
00:31:29.75\00:31:33.25
So if we, being evil...
00:31:34.42\00:31:37.19
Look at that. If we, being evil,
know how to give good gifts,
00:31:37.23\00:31:41.83
how much more would our
Heavenly Father give the
00:31:41.86\00:31:44.93
Holy Spirit to those who ask?
00:31:44.97\00:31:47.04
But now, are you ready for the
conditions of the Holy Spirit?
00:31:47.07\00:31:50.51
Go with me to the book of Acts.
00:31:50.54\00:31:52.07
There are
conditions to everything.
00:31:52.11\00:31:54.54
Don't you think so?
00:31:54.58\00:31:56.64
Any of you have children?
00:31:56.68\00:31:58.81
If you have children that
are acting up, and they come and
00:31:59.75\00:32:02.05
ask for the car keys, are you
going to give it to them? Huh?
00:32:02.08\00:32:06.32
Okay. I didn't think so.
00:32:06.35\00:32:08.99
Nah, if they're acting
up, not if they have a mishap,
00:32:10.49\00:32:13.96
but they're acting
up. We're all human.
00:32:14.00\00:32:16.63
Okay, Acts 5, and I want us
to look at verses 29 and 32.
00:32:17.20\00:32:24.04
Acts 5:29, 32. Okay,
okay, let's look at that.
00:32:24.07\00:32:35.55
Obviously this is after the
apostles are freed from prison,
00:32:39.65\00:32:42.26
and they are brought before a
point of strict investigation.
00:32:42.29\00:32:47.16
Verse 29, Then Peter and
the other apostles answered and
00:32:47.20\00:32:50.33
said,... together... We ought
to obey God rather than men.
00:32:50.37\00:32:56.50
In other words, let's
bring this down to our topic.
00:32:56.54\00:32:59.37
Our obligation is to
who? God, first, above man.
00:32:59.41\00:33:05.78
So if it came down to who
do I listen to, man or God?
00:33:05.81\00:33:12.19
What should our answer be? God.
00:33:12.22\00:33:14.52
Our obligation is to Him first.
00:33:14.56\00:33:16.79
Love the Lord your God
with how much of your heart?
00:33:16.83\00:33:19.26
all your heart. But now
let's look at the condition.
00:33:19.29\00:33:21.70
Because I
brought it into context;
00:33:21.73\00:33:23.26
I brought into the
scenario the Holy Spirit.
00:33:23.30\00:33:25.77
How many of us need the power
of the Holy Spirit in our lives?
00:33:25.80\00:33:28.04
We all do, but there
is a condition to it.
00:33:28.07\00:33:30.11
You see, let's... Let me
lay the foundation before I
00:33:30.14\00:33:32.51
turn you to the verse.
00:33:32.54\00:33:33.88
The Lord does not give anything
to anyone who doesn't see the
00:33:33.91\00:33:38.65
obligation of honoring
Him, of listening to Him.
00:33:38.68\00:33:43.32
It's like a child
come to the parent and say,
00:33:43.35\00:33:47.96
I need the car keys, Bob.
00:33:47.99\00:33:50.33
You need the car keys?
00:33:52.79\00:33:54.13
As many things as I've asked
you to do, you've done none of
00:33:54.16\00:33:56.73
them, and you need the car keys?
00:33:56.77\00:33:58.17
Here's 45 cents; take the
local bus, or find another way.
00:33:58.20\00:34:04.34
You don't ask for benefits
on the heels of disobedience.
00:34:04.37\00:34:08.54
Same thing with God.
00:34:08.58\00:34:10.05
Look at verse 32, Acts 5:32.
00:34:10.11\00:34:13.58
And we are His witnesses... the
Bible says... to these things,
00:34:13.62\00:34:18.35
and so also is the Holy Spirit,
whom God has given to those
00:34:18.39\00:34:26.39
who do what? obey Him.
00:34:26.46\00:34:29.46
Another word for
obey is obligation.
00:34:29.50\00:34:32.57
You see, when we
honor our obligation to God,
00:34:32.60\00:34:36.00
He can trust us with the
power of the Holy Spirit.
00:34:36.07\00:34:40.58
By the way, we
don't use the Holy Spirit,
00:34:40.61\00:34:43.48
the Holy Spirit uses
us, but we make ourselves
00:34:43.51\00:34:45.88
available to the Holy Spirit.
00:34:45.91\00:34:47.32
But we're asking God,
Lord, I need Your Holy Spirit.
00:34:47.35\00:34:50.35
He says, Ah, it comes
to those who are obedient.
00:34:50.39\00:34:54.49
I'm not going to put
you into that realm of
00:34:54.52\00:34:57.39
availability of power.
00:34:57.43\00:34:58.89
Remember the story in the book
of Acts also where one of the
00:34:58.93\00:35:03.33
locals saw the power of the
Holy Spirit as active through
00:35:03.37\00:35:07.74
the apostles lives, and
he tried to get that power?
00:35:07.77\00:35:11.21
And what happened to him?
00:35:11.24\00:35:12.67
Well, the Devil got him instead;
stripped him, ran out into the
00:35:12.71\00:35:17.78
street out of his mind,
because he was not obedient;
00:35:17.81\00:35:20.85
he was not an
obedient servant of God.
00:35:20.88\00:35:22.72
God does not give to those
who disobey Him such connection.
00:35:22.75\00:35:26.32
And the Holy Spirit is power.
00:35:26.35\00:35:28.06
Matter of fact,
without the Holy Spirit you
00:35:28.12\00:35:29.56
really can't do anything.
00:35:29.59\00:35:30.93
Acts 1:8 says, After the Spirit
comes upon you, you shall,
00:35:30.96\00:35:35.60
after you receive the
power, then you'll be witnesses.
00:35:35.63\00:35:38.60
You cannot do anything without
the power of God's Holy Spirit.
00:35:38.63\00:35:42.34
Go to #16, #16. Let's go to #16.
00:35:42.37\00:35:47.41
And here's the question:
00:35:47.44\00:35:48.78
How do we know that?
00:35:57.72\00:35:59.09
Another statement's made, and
if you haven't caught the fabric
00:35:59.12\00:36:03.39
of this lesson yet, this lesson
is actually designed to dispel
00:36:03.43\00:36:07.66
many of the myths told
about the commandments of God,
00:36:07.70\00:36:11.23
many of the myths told
about the commandments of God.
00:36:11.27\00:36:14.87
We're going to go to
Matthew 5 to find our answer.
00:36:14.90\00:36:18.17
Alright? How do we know
that the commandments of God
00:36:18.21\00:36:24.41
are still in force? Here we are.
00:36:24.45\00:36:27.62
Matthew 5, let's begin with
verse 17, the words of Jesus.
00:36:28.92\00:36:32.39
Here's what He said:
00:36:32.42\00:36:33.96
Now this verse is
often misunderstood.
00:37:27.74\00:37:29.64
Now notice... Let's go
back to that in pieces.
00:37:29.68\00:37:32.55
Did Jesus come to
destroy the law? No.
00:37:32.61\00:37:36.85
Matter of fact,
let's go to Isaiah, Isaiah.
00:37:36.89\00:37:44.79
Okay, Isaiah
42:21. Thank You, Lord.
00:37:49.30\00:37:51.70
That's what happens when you're
in a Bible Study like this.
00:37:51.73\00:37:54.67
The Lord brings those
texts right back to my mind;
00:37:54.70\00:37:57.37
brought it right back.
00:37:57.41\00:37:58.74
Look at Isaiah 42. Jesus
fulfilled this verse in this
00:37:58.77\00:38:04.58
statement: He fulfilled Isaiah
42:21, and Matthew 5:17-19.
00:38:04.61\00:38:10.55
Notice what the Bible says in
Isaiah 42:21: The Lord is well
00:38:10.59\00:38:16.49
pleased for His
righteousness sake.
00:38:16.52\00:38:20.60
He will, what's the next
word? exalt, or magnify the law
00:38:20.63\00:38:27.57
and make it honorable.
00:38:27.60\00:38:28.97
Now I'm going to
take both of those words.
00:38:29.00\00:38:30.64
The King James
Version says exalt,
00:38:30.67\00:38:32.81
the New King James says magnify.
00:38:32.84\00:38:34.91
When you exalt
something, you lift it up
00:38:34.94\00:38:38.15
above the crowd, right?
00:38:38.18\00:38:41.48
When you magnify you amplify,
you make it a larger focus.
00:38:41.52\00:38:46.22
I was thinking about bringing
my flashlight. I didn't do that.
00:38:46.25\00:38:49.62
But, magnifying... It's like,
well, you can see part of my
00:38:49.66\00:38:52.99
shirt, but now I'm going
to show you the whole shirt.
00:38:53.03\00:38:55.50
I just
magnified the color green.
00:38:55.53\00:38:57.93
See, by magnify. See, some
people look at the law of God,
00:38:58.00\00:39:01.77
they see, Ah.
they see part of it.
00:39:01.80\00:39:03.14
But then the Lord
says... He comes and shows
00:39:03.17\00:39:04.51
them the whole thing.
00:39:04.54\00:39:05.87
And what He actually
did by magnifying the law,
00:39:05.91\00:39:07.24
here's what He did: you see,
the Jews used to believe that
00:39:07.28\00:39:12.08
you could only violate,
Thou shalt not kill by actually
00:39:12.11\00:39:15.52
taking somebody's life.
00:39:15.55\00:39:17.45
How did He magnify it?
00:39:17.49\00:39:19.35
Somebody tell me. He
said, Even if you're angry,
00:39:19.39\00:39:23.83
without a cause; if you're
angry, or you hate a person,
00:39:23.86\00:39:29.63
it's as though
you have done what?
00:39:29.66\00:39:32.03
as though you've murdered them.
00:39:32.07\00:39:33.87
But He also went
to the other side.
00:39:33.90\00:39:35.64
If you look at a woman to
do what? lust, then He says you
00:39:35.67\00:39:40.04
have done what in
your heart already?
00:39:40.08\00:39:41.41
you've committed adultery.
00:39:41.44\00:39:42.78
So He says, Am I
making it easier,
00:39:42.81\00:39:44.81
or am I making
it more difficult?
00:39:44.88\00:39:46.82
Right, it shows the broadness;
He's not narrowing it down,
00:39:46.85\00:39:52.19
He's broadening it
by saying, Hey this...
00:39:52.22\00:39:54.29
And let's look
at something else.
00:39:54.32\00:39:55.66
Let's go to some of
the other commandments.
00:39:55.69\00:39:57.03
Thou shall not covet.
00:39:57.06\00:39:58.39
Let's look at that one.
00:39:58.43\00:39:59.83
By the way, I believe that the
tenth commandment, Thou shall
00:39:59.89\00:40:02.86
not covet, is the foundation
of all the other nine.
00:40:02.90\00:40:05.73
Because if you covet
another god, then you will have
00:40:07.60\00:40:10.67
another god before Him.
00:40:10.71\00:40:12.04
If you covet another
day, then you have another
00:40:12.07\00:40:14.48
day above the Sabbath.
00:40:14.51\00:40:15.88
And you'll see the coveting
of other things leads you to
00:40:15.91\00:40:19.71
other areas that violate
the other nine commandments.
00:40:19.75\00:40:22.72
Well, let's
look at the coveting.
00:40:22.75\00:40:24.09
If you see something that
doesn't belong to you, and you
00:40:24.12\00:40:31.33
become covetous, you're saying
in your heart, Oh, if I...
00:40:31.36\00:40:35.26
You know, I have things...
00:40:35.30\00:40:36.63
I'll just tell
you this little story.
00:40:36.67\00:40:38.00
I have things around my
house that I have not been
00:40:38.03\00:40:41.30
able to find for years.
00:40:41.34\00:40:43.00
And I've said to my
wife, Honey, it was right here.
00:40:43.04\00:40:47.44
It was right here. I
know it was right here.
00:40:47.48\00:40:53.85
Huh? Famous last words.
00:40:56.52\00:40:59.15
Now there's something
that I have been looking for
00:40:59.19\00:41:01.89
for the last ten years,
and I have not found it.
00:41:01.92\00:41:03.93
So I said, okay, following that
very train of thought I said,
00:41:03.96\00:41:07.26
Okay, well maybe,
maybe I did move it.
00:41:07.30\00:41:10.53
Maybe I did move it.
00:41:10.57\00:41:12.10
But then I started
looking everywhere.
00:41:12.13\00:41:14.04
And my wife knows...
00:41:14.07\00:41:15.40
Honey, can I look real well?
00:41:15.44\00:41:16.77
She says, If it's in
this house, I'll find it.
00:41:18.27\00:41:21.78
And I want to tell
you, this is a broadcast,
00:41:21.81\00:41:25.28
I haven't found it.
00:41:25.31\00:41:27.32
So you know what
I've thought to myself?
00:41:27.38\00:41:29.35
Maybe somebody wanted it.
00:41:29.38\00:41:31.95
Maybe somebody took it.
00:41:31.99\00:41:34.46
And usually, when I can't find
something, I say to my wife,
00:41:34.49\00:41:38.66
Honey, it's not here.
00:41:38.69\00:41:40.03
You sure you
didn't leave it at work?
00:41:40.06\00:41:42.36
Let me go check. And she
finds it on her desk at work,
00:41:42.40\00:41:45.27
or in her car,
or someplace else.
00:41:45.30\00:41:47.70
Because once she
said, It was right...
00:41:47.74\00:41:49.74
I said, Now honey, if it
was here, what? You'll find it.
00:41:49.77\00:41:54.61
When it's not there what happens
is in the covetous spirit...
00:41:54.64\00:41:58.38
See here at 3ABN, Praise
the Lord, we don't have to deal
00:41:58.41\00:42:00.82
with that issue, because for
the most part we've had people
00:42:00.85\00:42:03.18
come visit here at 3ABN, and
people have said, Ah, well,...
00:42:03.22\00:42:07.29
They come to do a program,
or they put their purse down,
00:42:07.32\00:42:10.69
or their wallet
down, or their phone down.
00:42:10.73\00:42:13.19
I said, Don't worry about it.
00:42:13.23\00:42:14.56
It will be there
when you come back.
00:42:14.60\00:42:16.03
Nobody's going to mess with it.
00:42:16.06\00:42:17.53
Don't worry about it.
00:42:17.57\00:42:18.90
And, you know what?
Praise the Lord, we don't have
00:42:18.93\00:42:20.34
that problem here, Amen?
00:42:20.37\00:42:22.14
People are very trustworthy.
00:42:22.17\00:42:23.74
They'll sometimes return...
00:42:23.77\00:42:25.11
Pastor, somebody left it.
00:42:25.14\00:42:26.47
Oh, okay. And we'll find out
what the name is in the wallet,
00:42:26.51\00:42:29.98
and call them with
the purse or the Bible.
00:42:30.01\00:42:31.75
The one thing, the one thing
that has been the most difficult
00:42:31.78\00:42:36.08
for people to come back
and claim is their Bible.
00:42:36.12\00:42:39.22
People often say, I missed
my purse, I lost my phone,
00:42:39.25\00:42:42.02
I can't find my wallet,
but very few people come back
00:42:42.06\00:42:44.79
and say... And we have a lot
of Bibles that are unclaimed.
00:42:44.83\00:42:48.73
And I thought, Wow, they'll
come back and claim their
00:42:48.76\00:42:51.60
phone, but they won't come
back and claim their Bible.
00:42:51.63\00:42:54.40
It's an amazing thing.
00:42:54.47\00:42:56.07
It talks about... Huh?
00:42:56.10\00:42:57.61
They're embarrassed
because they lost their sword.
00:42:57.64\00:42:59.27
Or they're out
there without a sword.
00:42:59.31\00:43:01.14
Embarrassed because
they lost their sword.
00:43:01.18\00:43:02.91
I remember losing my Bible,
and it was the most horrible
00:43:02.94\00:43:05.21
experience I ever had.
00:43:05.25\00:43:06.58
Losing my Bible was the most
horrible experience I ever had.
00:43:06.61\00:43:09.75
Left it at a
church; couldn't find it.
00:43:09.78\00:43:12.35
And I was
miserable till it arrived.
00:43:12.39\00:43:14.92
That's when I was in
the Heritage Singers.
00:43:14.96\00:43:16.83
They sent it to
me Federal Express.
00:43:16.86\00:43:18.33
They said, It will
be there by Monday.
00:43:18.36\00:43:19.76
When the Bible arrived at
the ranch where we lived in
00:43:19.79\00:43:23.80
Placerville, California,
and Federal Express rang the
00:43:23.83\00:43:26.20
doorbell and gave the
Bible to me, everybody cheered!
00:43:26.23\00:43:29.10
Yeah! John is happy again!
00:43:29.14\00:43:31.54
He's got his Bible.
00:43:31.57\00:43:32.94
I don't know how people
could have missed their Bible
00:43:32.97\00:43:35.61
and not feel this loss of
connection to their Bible.
00:43:35.64\00:43:38.51
But, however we got to that
story out of this text is...
00:43:38.55\00:43:41.38
I don't know, but I
think about magnifying some...
00:43:41.42\00:43:45.05
Things that are
important to us we magnify them.
00:43:45.12\00:43:48.72
Isn't that
right? If it's important
00:43:48.76\00:43:50.39
to us we talk about it.
00:43:50.43\00:43:52.16
We give a lot of focus to it.
00:43:52.19\00:43:53.53
God's law is important to Him.
00:43:53.56\00:43:55.86
That's why we magnify the
Lord, and we magnify His law.
00:43:55.90\00:44:01.30
Let's go to #17. So the answer
is, How do we know that the
00:44:01.34\00:44:06.71
commandments of
God are still in force?
00:44:06.74\00:44:08.61
He didn't do away with them.
00:44:08.64\00:44:10.08
He said, I will not!
00:44:10.11\00:44:11.51
I did not come to destroy.
00:44:11.55\00:44:13.21
He did not destroy them.
00:44:13.25\00:44:15.18
He would not destroy them.
00:44:15.22\00:44:17.62
I did not come to destroy.
00:44:17.65\00:44:19.95
I came to
magnify. I came to magnify.
00:44:19.99\00:44:23.86
And I thank the Lord He
didn't come to destroy them,
00:44:25.76\00:44:27.76
because can you imagine the
world today if in fact God's
00:44:27.80\00:44:30.60
law was thrown out?
00:44:30.63\00:44:31.97
What foundation would
we have for our government?
00:44:32.00\00:44:34.24
Because in America many of our
laws are based on the judicial
00:44:34.30\00:44:39.47
integrity of the
commandments of God.
00:44:39.51\00:44:41.24
Whether a person is
atheist, agnostic, or of another
00:44:41.28\00:44:45.81
religion, right now in
America the commandments of God
00:44:45.85\00:44:49.62
are the force of
most of our laws:
00:44:49.65\00:44:52.59
the ten commandments of God.
00:44:52.62\00:44:55.69
Even atheists wouldn't want you
to steal something from them.
00:44:55.72\00:45:00.50
Isn't that funny? Why
would an atheist want us
00:45:00.53\00:45:03.57
to steal something?
00:45:03.60\00:45:04.93
Who said not...
Thou shall not steal?
00:45:04.97\00:45:06.87
Well, they know it's
a wrong thing, but why?
00:45:06.90\00:45:09.87
Because God says it.
00:45:09.90\00:45:11.24
Alright, let's look at #17.
00:45:11.27\00:45:13.68
What? #17, here it is.
00:45:13.71\00:45:16.18
Luke 16:17, Luke 16:17.
00:45:25.85\00:45:32.76
Wow! Luke 16:17. You know,
Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John
00:45:34.33\00:45:40.64
they approach the subjects
from different perspectives.
00:45:40.67\00:45:45.04
This is a very
interesting perspective.
00:45:45.07\00:45:47.91
Alright, here I am in Luke.
00:45:47.94\00:45:51.38
Okay here it is.
And the Bible reads:
00:45:53.85\00:45:59.15
Do you know what a tittle is?
00:46:10.13\00:46:11.63
It's that little, we think of it
as the top of the T, the tittle.
00:46:11.70\00:46:20.94
Jot, dot,
tittle, the top of the T.
00:46:21.94\00:46:26.75
It's easier for the dots to all
disappear, and the tops of the
00:46:26.78\00:46:31.15
T's to be wiped
out, than for one,
00:46:31.19\00:46:33.92
than for the law of God to fail.
00:46:33.96\00:46:38.16
Can the law of God fail?
00:46:38.19\00:46:40.06
No, it will never fail.
00:46:40.10\00:46:41.90
So it can't even...
It could be ignored,
00:46:41.93\00:46:44.67
but it cannot be
violated any more than the law
00:46:44.70\00:46:47.74
of gravity can be violated.
00:46:47.80\00:46:50.47
You cannot violate something
whose force is connected to
00:46:50.51\00:46:55.88
that which is eternal,
or the One that is eternal.
00:46:55.91\00:46:58.98
Is God eternal? Yes.
00:46:59.01\00:47:00.55
Is His law eternal?
00:47:00.58\00:47:02.08
Because it is a reflection
of the character of God.
00:47:02.12\00:47:05.29
And you can no more
get rid of the law of God,
00:47:05.32\00:47:07.66
than you can get
rid of God Himself.
00:47:07.69\00:47:11.76
#18, let's go to #18.
00:47:11.79\00:47:14.73
I actually used the word here,
I actually used the word here.
00:47:16.77\00:47:22.44
Okay, let's look at this here.
00:47:22.47\00:47:23.94
What benefit, okay?
00:47:37.22\00:47:40.79
Psalm 112:1-3. Okay.
00:47:40.82\00:47:51.43
I still have in the back of
one of my old Bibles where I sat
00:47:53.23\00:47:57.24
down one Sabbath afternoon,
before I even discovered the
00:47:57.27\00:48:00.78
Cruden's Concordance, and wrote
down every text that found in
00:48:00.81\00:48:03.95
the Old Testament
about the commandments.
00:48:03.98\00:48:05.55
Okay, Psalm 112:1-3.
Here it is, here it is:
00:48:07.05\00:48:11.65
Isn't that a blessing?
00:48:46.12\00:48:48.09
Go with me to Psalm 1.
00:48:48.12\00:48:50.03
That's a blessing of the Lord.
00:48:50.06\00:48:51.39
It says, If you are
obedient you are blessed.
00:48:51.43\00:48:54.16
Your descendants will
be mighty on the earth.
00:48:54.20\00:48:57.40
The generation of the
upright will be blessed.
00:48:57.43\00:49:00.34
Everyone that comes
after you will be blessed.
00:49:00.37\00:49:03.24
Did I say Psalm
1? Psalm 1, okay.
00:49:03.30\00:49:06.24
Let's go to Psalm 1.
00:49:06.27\00:49:07.61
The first Psalm. Okay.
00:49:08.54\00:49:11.98
We are going to finish this.
00:49:16.08\00:49:17.42
We are going to
finish this, yes we are.
00:49:17.45\00:49:19.29
Okay, look at Psalm 1.
00:49:19.32\00:49:21.32
Twenty-six verses; it
starts with this, look.
00:49:21.36\00:49:24.63
Blessed is the man who
walks not in the counsel of the
00:49:24.69\00:49:30.23
ungodly, nor stands in
the path away of sinners,
00:49:30.27\00:49:34.27
nor sits in the
seat of the scornful.
00:49:34.30\00:49:37.17
But look at verse 2.
00:49:37.21\00:49:39.01
But his delight is in
the what? law of the Lord,
00:49:39.04\00:49:44.61
and in His law he does
what? meditates day and night.
00:49:44.68\00:49:50.02
That means he ponders
by talking to himself.
00:49:50.05\00:49:54.69
Isn't that amazing?
00:49:54.72\00:49:56.06
He meditates. Okay, okay...
00:49:56.09\00:49:58.09
People would think
he's talking to him...
00:49:58.13\00:50:00.36
He's pondering; he's
going over the beauty of the
00:50:00.40\00:50:03.37
commandments of God.
00:50:03.40\00:50:04.73
Look at the blessing,
which comes on the heels of what
00:50:04.77\00:50:06.43
we just read in Psalm 112.
00:50:06.47\00:50:08.27
He shall be like a what? tree
planted by the rivers of waters
00:50:08.30\00:50:12.77
that brings forth its fruit
in its season, whose leaf also
00:50:12.84\00:50:17.28
shall not what? wither.
00:50:17.31\00:50:18.85
And whatever he does...
together... shall prosper.
00:50:18.88\00:50:23.85
Do you want prosperity? follow
God's law and prosperity surely,
00:50:23.89\00:50:27.92
according to
God's word, will follow.
00:50:27.99\00:50:30.39
But now look at the contrast.
00:50:30.43\00:50:31.86
The ungodly are not
so, but are like the chaff,
00:50:31.89\00:50:35.86
which the wind drives away.
00:50:35.90\00:50:38.13
Therefore the ungodly
shall not stand in the judgment,
00:50:38.17\00:50:41.77
nor sinners in the
congregation of the righteous.
00:50:41.80\00:50:45.57
For the Lord knows the way
of the righteous, but the way of
00:50:45.61\00:50:48.54
the what? ungodly
shall what? shall perish.
00:50:48.58\00:50:52.01
Look at the contrast.
00:50:52.08\00:50:53.42
The blessing that comes with
obedience, and the curse that
00:50:53.45\00:50:56.62
comes with
disobedience, they can't stand.
00:50:56.69\00:50:59.25
In other words, what the Bible
means when it says they can't,
00:50:59.29\00:51:01.32
they cannot endure
the investigation of God.
00:51:01.36\00:51:04.23
They can't make it through that.
00:51:04.26\00:51:05.79
Let's go to #19 now.
00:51:05.83\00:51:07.23
#19 the blessing that
comes, you want to add
00:51:07.26\00:51:10.43
that additional Psalm 1.
00:51:10.47\00:51:12.53
Okay. So #18, what is
the benefit that obedience
00:51:12.57\00:51:16.44
to the commandments of God
brings? longevity and blessings,
00:51:16.47\00:51:20.14
family blessings,
material blessings,
00:51:20.18\00:51:23.41
not just spiritual blessings.
00:51:23.45\00:51:25.38
He says your family will be
blessed, your finances will be
00:51:25.41\00:51:28.88
blessed, your
generations will be blessed.
00:51:28.92\00:51:31.75
If you want to pass down
the legacy of righteousness,
00:51:31.79\00:51:34.22
to bless all those that come
after you, be obedient to the
00:51:34.26\00:51:38.19
commandments of God.
00:51:38.23\00:51:39.56
He said that to Abraham.
00:51:41.33\00:51:42.66
If you'll be... Look,
look at the stars of the...
00:51:42.70\00:51:44.83
That's how your
generations are going to be.
00:51:44.87\00:51:46.70
And to this very day that
is very true. #19, here it is:
00:51:46.74\00:51:50.71
Revelation
14:12, Revelation 14:12.
00:51:58.01\00:52:04.75
And to what category?
00:52:04.79\00:52:06.82
Can we find Revelation?
00:52:06.86\00:52:08.86
There it is. Okay,
into what category?
00:52:10.93\00:52:14.66
I'd like us to read this
together, since we all know
00:52:17.90\00:52:20.00
this is one of those clarion
texts; one of those texts
00:52:20.04\00:52:23.27
that you cannot ignore.
00:52:23.30\00:52:24.77
Here it is, together:
00:52:24.81\00:52:26.27
Into what category
does the Bible place those
00:52:37.65\00:52:39.75
that honor God's law?
00:52:39.79\00:52:41.12
What do we call? saints.
00:52:41.16\00:52:42.72
We used to be
sinners, but praise God
00:52:42.76\00:52:45.86
we are now what? saints.
00:52:45.89\00:52:47.60
Can all the
saints say Amen? Amen!
00:52:47.63\00:52:50.00
See, we say we're sinners, but
the Lord said, Wait a minute!
00:52:50.07\00:52:53.54
That's how you were born, but
when you're obedient I take the
00:52:53.60\00:52:57.07
SINN and places SAIN.
00:52:57.11\00:53:00.78
Isn't that wonderful?
00:53:00.81\00:53:02.14
I take away the
SIN and put SAIN.
00:53:02.18\00:53:09.18
Now did you get that?
00:53:09.22\00:53:11.05
Look at the two: SIN.
00:53:11.09\00:53:12.89
He puts a letter
between SIN, A, SAIN.
00:53:13.59\00:53:20.36
We become a part of the A team,
because of the power that God
00:53:20.40\00:53:25.83
works through us to be
obedient to His commandments.
00:53:25.90\00:53:28.17
It also puts us in
the category of obedience.
00:53:28.20\00:53:31.24
Right! But we're
obedient through His strength.
00:53:31.27\00:53:34.21
Ain't that right? We're not
obedient in our own strength,
00:53:34.24\00:53:37.08
because we can do all
things through Christ.
00:53:37.11\00:53:39.78
He's the One that empowers and
makes us capable of obedience.
00:53:39.81\00:53:43.99
We cannot be
obedient in our own strength.
00:53:44.05\00:53:46.05
And I want to go to
the fifth, I want to go
00:53:46.09\00:53:48.06
to the last one here.
00:53:48.09\00:53:49.42
And let's look at this one.
00:53:49.46\00:53:51.89
#20, #20. I think God is happy.
00:53:51.93\00:53:56.40
I can hear Him. The Son
of God is clapping outside.
00:53:56.43\00:53:58.77
I can hear Him
out there saying, Yes!
00:53:59.60\00:54:01.84
He has a deep voice.
00:54:03.14\00:54:04.57
My mother used to say,
Whenever you hear thunder,
00:54:05.77\00:54:07.74
God is moving
His furniture around.
00:54:07.78\00:54:09.34
I didn't know that. I
used to just run under the
00:54:09.38\00:54:12.98
table no matter what.
00:54:13.01\00:54:14.35
And I didn't like lightening,
but now I could handle it.
00:54:16.69\00:54:20.02
My wife still calls me the cloud
watcher, the cloud watcher.
00:54:20.06\00:54:23.36
Honey, we're in the
Midwest; see those clouds?
00:54:23.39\00:54:25.89
Keep your eyes on the clouds.
00:54:25.93\00:54:28.66
Okay, here it is, #20.
00:54:28.70\00:54:32.70
What is it? Here it is: He says,
00:54:38.74\00:54:41.81
There are going to be
a lot of folk in heaven
00:54:48.38\00:54:50.79
because they loved Jesus.
00:54:50.82\00:54:52.99
Notice, because
they loved Jesus.
00:54:53.02\00:54:56.59
You've got to love Him before
you keep His commandments.
00:54:56.62\00:55:00.50
Go quickly now to Isaiah.
00:55:00.53\00:55:03.03
I mean, sorry,
to Exodus, Exodus.
00:55:03.06\00:55:06.20
Now we're going to look
in the commandment itself.
00:55:06.23\00:55:09.94
We're going to look into
the ten commandments themselves,
00:55:09.97\00:55:12.44
and see how this is amplified.
00:55:12.47\00:55:14.28
If you love Me,
keep My commandments.
00:55:14.31\00:55:16.21
Look at this. Exodus 20.
00:55:16.24\00:55:21.68
Alright, and we're going to
go ahead and look at verse 5.
00:55:21.75\00:55:30.83
Exodus 20:5, speaking of
carved images, or graven images.
00:55:30.86\00:55:40.07
You shall not bow down to
them, nor do what? serve them,
00:55:40.10\00:55:46.74
for I, the Lord your
God am a what? jealous God,
00:55:46.78\00:55:52.38
visiting the iniquity of
the fathers on the children
00:55:52.41\00:55:57.09
to the third and fourth
generation of those who do what?
00:55:57.12\00:56:01.72
Hey, notice the contrast?
00:56:01.76\00:56:03.76
If you love Me do
what? keep My commandments.
00:56:03.79\00:56:06.39
But look at the contrast.
00:56:06.43\00:56:08.10
But showing mercy to thousands
of those who do what? love Me
00:56:08.13\00:56:16.50
and what? keep My commandments.
00:56:16.54\00:56:18.47
That last part of verse 6
is almost identical to John 15.
00:56:18.51\00:56:21.88
If you love Me, do
what? keep My commandments.
00:56:21.91\00:56:24.51
Who love Me and
what? keep My commandments.
00:56:24.58\00:56:27.05
So this is not just a
New Testament concept,
00:56:27.08\00:56:29.48
this is an Old... This is right
in the commandments themselves.
00:56:29.52\00:56:32.15
Showing mercy to
thousands of those who love Me
00:56:32.19\00:56:37.03
and keep My commandments.
00:56:37.06\00:56:38.39
So He says now,
Jesus comes personified.
00:56:38.43\00:56:40.73
If you love Me, do
what? Keep My commandments.
00:56:40.76\00:56:43.40
And sometimes people say,
Well, that's a new, that's new.
00:56:43.47\00:56:46.33
No, it's not new. It was right
in the commandments themselves.
00:56:46.40\00:56:49.64
Now let's look at
the last part of it.
00:56:49.67\00:56:51.67
Go to Revelation
22, Revelation 22.
00:56:51.71\00:56:56.24
Revelation 22. Look at this.
00:57:03.45\00:57:05.65
This has got all capstone.
00:57:06.32\00:57:07.66
Revelation 22:14. Remember
Psalm 1, Blessed is the man
00:57:07.69\00:57:11.43
that walketh, who meditates
on God's law day and night.
00:57:11.46\00:57:14.66
Look at this one. If
our obligation was ignored,
00:57:14.73\00:57:18.03
this would not be our benefit.
00:57:18.07\00:57:19.50
Blessed are those who do what?
verse 14, do His commandments.
00:57:19.53\00:57:27.31
They are lived out
in the Christian's life.
00:57:27.34\00:57:29.84
That they may have the
right to the tree of life.
00:57:29.88\00:57:33.35
If you want to have the right
one day? and may enter through
00:57:33.38\00:57:37.15
the gates what? into the city.
00:57:37.19\00:57:40.52
We've been singing
about the city so long.
00:57:40.56\00:57:42.56
There's a land
that is fairer than day.
00:57:42.59\00:57:44.59
We've been singing,
In the sweet by and by.
00:57:44.63\00:57:46.46
We've been singing,
Just over the mountain
00:57:46.49\00:57:48.26
in the promised land.
00:57:48.30\00:57:49.63
Friends, we all want to
be in the promised land,
00:57:49.66\00:57:51.30
so if you love the Lord, your
obligation to His commandments
00:57:51.33\00:57:55.57
would not be a burden.
00:57:55.60\00:57:56.94
The commandments
are not burdensome.
00:57:56.97\00:57:58.67
But if it doesn't make sense,
friend, continue by prayer,
00:57:58.71\00:58:01.84
studying God's word,
and one day it will come
00:58:01.88\00:58:03.91
into A Sharper Focus.
00:58:03.95\00:58:05.78
God bless you.
00:58:05.81\00:58:07.15