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Today, Dr. Byrd speaks on the
topic "The Law of God." And now,
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here he is, speaker/director of
Breath of Life Ministries, Dr.
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Carlton Byrd. Tonight I just
want to talk to you just a
little bit, briefly, about
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commandment-keeping. Everybody
say commandment-keepin g. [Aud.
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response] Now, I recognize that
this is not a popular subject
with many, but as I said
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Wednesday night, you can't be
popular and prophetic at the
same time. We realize that we
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live in a world today where
people don't want to call sin by
its right name, that we want to
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sugarcoat the gospel of Jesus
Christ. But I'm proud to say
tonight that I am not ashamed of
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the gospel of Jesus, for it is
the power of God unto salvation.
We live in a world now where if
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it feels good, do it. Do
whatever you want to do, when
you want, where you want, how
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you want. We live in a world of
lawlessness. We here today, I
live my way, you live your way,
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and as long as your way doesn't
conflict with my way, we're all
right. We live in a world and a
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society that is inflicted with
what I call postmodernism.
Everybody say postmodernism.
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Aud. Reaction] Postmodernism
says there are no absolute
truths. Your truth is your
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truth. My truth is my truth. But
there is nothing that is
absolute. So when then people in
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church, when preachers, when men
and women of God begin to talk
about the commandments of God,
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people then say, "I don't need
to hear all that because I'm
going to live how I want to
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live." Then other people say,
"If you want to talk about
commandment-keepin g, that's an
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Old Testament thing , we don't
have to do that." But then if it
was an Old Testament thing, why
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did Jesus say in the New
Testament, John 14:15, "If ye
love me, keep my" what,
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everybody? [Aud. Reaction]
"Commandments." But then others
say, well, it was done away with
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at the cross. Well, if it were
done away with at the cross, why
does Revelation, the final book
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of the Bible, say in Revelation
12:17, clearly, that after
Jesus' death, God's people,
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God's remnant, are those that
are defined as ones who keep the
commandments of God and have the
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faith of Jesus Christ? So though
we live in 2015, I'm here to
tell you, God's word doesn't
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change. People may change, but
the Word of God stays the same.
Methods change. We don't use
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rotary phones, we use cell
phones, but still God's word is
the same. We don't write as many
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letters as we used to because we
use e-mail, but I'm here to say,
God's word still stays the same.
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Many Christians through the
years have been wrong,
emphasizing the commandments of
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God, however, to the exclusion
of the faith of Jesus. Other
equally sincere Christians have
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been wrong, overemphasizing the
faith of Jesus while at the same
time minimizing the commandments
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of God. But God's remnant
people, the people that God is
coming back for in these last
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and evil days, understand there
is a perfect blend between the
commandments of God and the
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faith of Jesus Christ, that
there is a blend between law and
grace, a blend between
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information and inspiration, a
blend between the Holy
Scriptures and the Holy Ghost. A
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blend between the commandments
and Jesus Christ. God's remnant
people understand that they
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don't keep the commandments of
God in order to be saved, but
rather we keep the commandments
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of God because we are saved. Is
it was in the Old Testament,
people lived and conquered by
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faith. The Bible is clear in
Hebrews, chapter 11, verse 1,
"Faith is the substance of
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things hoped for, the evidence
of things not" what, everybody?
"The evidence of things not"
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what, everybody? [Aud. Reaction]
So then faith's short definition
is believing what you can't see.
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Faith is trusting God, then,
when you cannot trace God. You
see, I've learned in life that
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faith has no way to be tried in
comfort. Faith is not proven in
abundance. You don't prove your
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faith by how much money you've
got, but you prove your faith
when the lights are off. When
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the water is off, when the bills
are due. If your faith is going
to be tried, if your faith is
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going to be justified at all, if
your faith is going to be
tested, then you must go through
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something. Because if you don't
go through something, you don't
have a testimony. In order to
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have a testimony, you must have
a test. So I have tests so that
I might have a testimony.
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Because if you don't have a
testimony, you don't testify but
you test a lie. Do I have a
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witness in this place? [Aud.
Reaction] Hebrews 11, throughout
Hebrews 11, people throughout
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the Old Testament are quoted as
overcoming by faith. By faith
Abel offered a more excellent
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sacrifice than Cain. By faith
Enoch was translated without
seeing death. By faith Noah,
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being warned of God of things
not seen as yet, moved with fear
and prepared an ark for the
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saving of his house. By faith
Abraham, when he was called to
go into a place which he should
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after receive an inheritance, he
obeyed without knowing where he
was going. By faith Moses, when
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he was come to years, refused to
be called the son of Pharaoh's
daughter, choosing rather to
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suffer the affliction with the
people of God than to enjoy the
pleasures of sin for a season.
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By faith the children of Israel
crossed the Red Sea as if it
were dry land. By faith the
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walls of Jericho came tumbling
down. It was by faith. People in
the Old Testament But Old
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Testament folks were saved by
their faith in Jesus, the
Christ, who was the God. See
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someone asks, how can they be
saved by Christ, who had not yet
come but was to come? Remember,
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there cannot be forgiveness of
sin without the shedding of
what, everybody? There has to be
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shedding of blood in order for
there to be forgiveness of sin.
Jesus Christ had not come yet in
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the Old Testament, so it was by
faith that the Old Testament
individuals believed that Christ
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who was to come. In order to
receive forgiveness of sin, you
know what they had to do. They
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had to go to the Old Testament
sanctuary. And in going to the
Old Testament sanctuary, they
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would bring the offering--a
lamp, a goat, a bullock, without
sin, without blemish. And they
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would bring that offering, and
they would bring the offering
and place their hand upon the
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head of that sin offering, slit
the throat of that offering,
blood would spill, transferring
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the sins from the person to the
sin offering. When the blood
would spill it was symbolic that
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their sins were forgiven by the
Christ who was to come.
Understand, the lamb was type;
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Jesus was antitype. The lamb was
a model; Jesus was the real
thing. The lamb was an example;
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Jesus was the real thing. The
lamb was the forerunner, but
Jesus was the real thing,
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because Jesus is the Lamb of
God. Old Testament believers
were saved by faith in Christ
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that was to come. They were not
saved by the works they
performed. They were not saved
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by law-keeping. They were saved
solely by their faith in the
shed blood in Jesus that was to
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come. You see, understand the
Word of God, friends of mine.
Don't tell anybody you got it,
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because you are already saying,
what? God gave the children of
Israel the Ten Commandments
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Before the foundation of the
world, God's plan to save you
and me was already in place. God
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had already saved and rescued
the Israelites from Pharaoh
before he even gave Moses the
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Ten Commandments. Think about
it. Exodus 20, verse 1, if you
read it, it says that "God spake
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all these words, saying, I am
the Lord thy God, which have
brought thee out of the land of
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Egypt, out of the house of
bondage." Then he proceeded with
the Ten Commandment law. He then
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said, "Thou shalt have no other
gods before me." We don't keep
the commandments, again, in
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order to be saved, but we keep
them because we are already
saved. Law-keeping has never
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been a means of salvation. My
righteousness in God's sight,
it's filthy rags. There is only
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one name under heaven whereby I
can be saved, and that's the
name of Jesus. Because there's
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power in Jesus' name. There's
salvation in Jesus' name.
There's redemption in Jesus'
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name. There's healing in Jesus'
name. In the morning we call
Jesus' name. In the noonday we
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call Jesus' name. Late in the
midnight hour we call Jesus'
name. The Bible even says that
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at his name demons tremble.
Jesus, sweet Rose of Sharon.
Jesus, Lily of the Valley.
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Jesus, Fairest of Ten Thousand.
Jesus, problem-solver. Jesus,
Now, in the Old Testament, there
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are two great commandments.
Listen to me good. Two great
commandments. The first is to
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love God, and the second is to
love your neighbor. The first is
to love whom, everybody: Aud:
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God. God. And the second is to
love your what? Aud: Neighbor.
Now, a lot of people think
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that's just a New Testament
thing, but that originated in
the Old Testament, to love God
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and then love your neighbor.
Take your Bibles and go with me
to the book of Deuteronomy. What
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book did I say, everybody? [Aud.
Reaction] Know what you believe,
know why you believe it, know
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where it's found. Deuteronomy,
chapter 6, and we're going to
verse number 4. Deuteronomy,
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chapter 6, and we're going to
verse number 4. The Word of God
says us tonight in Deuteronomy,
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chapter 6, verse number 4:
"Hear, O Israel: TheLordour God
is oneLord: And thou shalt love
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theL God with all thine" what"
Lord thy Aud: Heart "Heart, and
with all thy" what? Aud: Soul
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And with all thy what? Aud:
Might Now understand, that's Old
Testament. That's Deuteronomy.
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Love the Lord with all thy
heart, with all thy might, and
with all thy soul. But then go
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to Leviticus 19. Go to Leviticus
19, and we're going to verse
number 18. Leviticus chapter 19,
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and we're going to verse number
18. The Word of God says to us
tonight in Leviticus 19:18:
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"Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear
any grudge against the children
of thy people, but thou shalt
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love thy neighbour as thyself:"
because "I am theLord."
Commandment one: Love God.
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Commandment two: Love your
neighbor as yourself. In the Old
Testament, love to God and love
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to your neighbor, those were the
bases of the obedience for God's
children. If you look at these
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two fundamental commandments,
you will discover that the Ten
Commandments as recorded in
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Exodus 20 are merely springing
from these two commandments. The
first four of the commandments
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of the ten deal with our love
for God. The final six of the
Ten Commandments deal with our
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love for our fellow man. The
commandments, then, are just a
restatement of what God already
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said in Deuteronomy and
Leviticus. Think about it,
friends of mine. Commandment
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number one: Thou shall have no
other gods before me. Number
two: Thou shalt not make unto
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thee any graven image. Number
three, Thou shall not take the
name of the Lord thy God in
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vain. Number four: Remember the
Sabbath day, to keep it what,
everybody? Aud: Holy. We
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recognize that these four
commandments deal with the
first, which is to love God.
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Then the final six: Honor thy
father and thy mother; thou
shalt not kill; thou shalt bear
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false witness; thou shall not
steal; thou shall not covet.
These deal with our love for our
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fellow man. So let me be clear.
God only has one way or one plan
of salvation. God has always
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saved people by grace. He has
unmerited favor, which means we
get what we don't deserve,
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through faith in Jesus Christ.
God never commanded Old
Testament folks to obey in order
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to be saved. Their obedience was
to spring from a love
relationship. That was Old
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Testament, springing from a love
relationship. Love God and love
your neighbor as yourself.
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Ironically, God does not
contradict himself, because
that's what it was in the old,
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but that's also what it is in
the New Testament. In the New
Testament it was the same thing:
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the people were to love Jesus.
The people were to have faith in
Jesus that had already come. In
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the Old Testament they were
looking to Jesus coming by
faith. In the New Testament they
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looked back, recognizing Jesus,
the Messiah, had already come.
Obedience to God's law was to
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spring from a love relationship
with God. A lot of people think
the New Testament just teaches
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love. That the New Testament
doesn't teach anything about
obedience. Do anything you want.
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Sleep around. Lie around. Cheat
around. Sniff around. Snort
around. Smoke around. Steal
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around. Have a bad attitude. Be
mean. Sow wild oats during the
week and then pray for a crop
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failure when you come to church.
Do anything you want, but just
at the appropriate time show
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love. And then they say, well,
love has nothing to do with
obedience. But Jesus said in
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John 14:15, "If ye love me, keep
my" what, everybody?
Commandments. So then love has
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everything to do with obedience.
Jesus in the New Testament
restates what God said in the
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Old Testament. In the Old
Testament, love God. In the Old
Testament, love your neighbor as
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yourself. But look at what Jesus
says in Matthew 22. Go there,
everybody, and look at verse
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number 36. Matthew, chapter 22,
and go to verse number 36.
Matthew, chapter 22 and verse
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number 36. Look at what Jesus
says in Matthew 22, verse number
36. The Word of God says,
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"Master, which is the great
commandment in the law?" Now,
notice, this question is coming
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from a lawyer who's trying to
tempt Jesus. So Jesus, "which is
the greatest commandment in the
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law?" Jesus said unto him, Thou
shalt love the Lord thy God with
all thy heart, and with all thy
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soul, and with all thy mind.This
is the first and great
commandment. And the second is
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just like it, Thou shalt love
thy neighbour as thyself. On
these two commandments hang all
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the law and the prophets." Jesus
says, don't try to trip me up.
Don't try to get me to lying.
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The Bible from Genesis to
Revelation is saying the same
thing. The Bible in the Old said
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love God. The Bible in the Old
said love your neighbor. The
Bible in the New says love God.
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The Bible in the new says love
thy neighbor. Jesus says, I
didn't come to change God's law.
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In fact, I came to fulfill God's
law. Matthew 5 says, "Think not
that I have come to destroy the
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law and the prophets. I have
come not to destroy, but to
fulfill." Now, people are not
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saved, however, by keeping the
law. But because of the law, we
know sin. If there were no law,
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we would not know sin. Let's go
to the New Testament, go to the
book of Romans. Get some word in
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here, let's teach you, then we
celebrate. Romans, chapter 3,
verse number 20. Romans, chapter
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3, verse number 20. The Word of
God says to us tonight in
Romans, chapter 3, verse number
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20. The Apostle Paul says,
"Therefore by the deeds of the
law there shall no flesh be
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justified in his sight: for by
the law is the knowledge of
sin." But Romans 7:7, Romans
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7:7, the Word of God says, "What
shall we say then? Is the law
sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not
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known sin, but by the law: for I
had not known lust, except the
law had said, Thou shalt not
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covet." The function, then, of
the law, my friends, though
we're not saved by it, the
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function of the law it to point
out sin, to reveal sin, to give
a knowledge of sin. Only Jesus
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can save; the law could never do
that. What do we mean? So I'm
driving down Jordan Lane, and
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there's a speed limit sign that
says, "Speed limit 40 miles an
hour." Do I have a witness in
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this place? I drove down
University Drive, and there's a
sign that says, "Speed limit, 45
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miles an hour." I drive down
Memorial Parkway and there's a
sign that says, "Speed limit, 50
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miles an hour." I drive down
565, there's a sign that says,
"Speed limit, 70 miles per
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hour." Do you see I've got some
experience with speed. Come on,
say Amen. But I would not know
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the speed limits, I would not
know the speed law unless a sign
were posted. I would not know
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the law unless it was posted. We
wouldn't know sin unless the law
pointed it out. But Pastor Byrd,
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you're still saying we're not
saved by keeping the law, we're
saved by Jesus, but the law
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functions to point out sin, so
then if we're not saved by
keeping the law, how then are we
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saved? Go to Ephesians, chapter
2. Ephesians, chapter 2. Get
some word in. Know what you
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believe, know why you believe
it, know where it's found.
Ephesians 2, verse 8 and 9. Go
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to Ephesians 2:8-9. The Word of
God says, "For by" what? Aud:
Grace That means unmerited
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faith. That means you're getting
what you don't deserve. You
deserve a plague of lice, a
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plague of frogs, a plague of
boils. You deserve death. But by
grace are ye saved through
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faith; and that not of
yourselves: it is the gift of
God: Not of works," lest you get
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the big heads. "Lest any man
should" what, everybody? Boast.
So then I'm saying, because of
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Jesus, the law points out sin.
If I didn't have the law, I
would not know sin. Love God,
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first four commandments. Love
your fellow man, final six
commandments. I am saved,
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however, not by my law-keeping,
but I am saved by grace through
faith. So then, Pastor Byrd, if
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I'm saved by grace through
faith, do I have to not even
worry about keeping the law? Do
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I know longer have to keep God's
law? Go to Romans 3:31. Romans
3:31. Does this mean we no
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longer have to keep God's law?
Go to Romans 3:31. The Word of
God says, "Do we then make void
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the law through faith? God
forbid: yea, we establish the
law." We don't make the law
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void. We don't do away with it.
We are saved by grace through
faith. But through the law,
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through the law, by keeping it,
we establish it. So let's go
back to our illustration. True
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story. It happened most
recently. So I'm driving down
Memorial Parkway. I'm going
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north. For by grace are ye
saved. I'm going north, and I'm
on my way to the Oakwood
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University Church. I've got my
Hugo Boss suit on, I can't get a
witness in this place. My Alan
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Edmond shoes on. Got my shirt on
and my bow tie on, and I'm
looking good, I'm looking fine
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for church. I've got my Bible in
the passenger seat, and I'm
looking good. All of a sudden I
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see the lights. And it's not the
light of God, do I have a
witness in this place? The
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"man," that's what they used to
call him. The "man" pulls me
over. "Sir, do you realize you
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were going 73 in a
50-mile-per-hour speed zone?"
"Officer, I didn't know the
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law." "Sir, the law was posted.
You saw the sign right there."
"Officer, I'm so sorry, I'm
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trying to get to church. I am a
preacher at the Oakwood
University Church. See my suit,
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see my shirt, see my bow tie and
my ----, my Bible's right here,
I'm going to church. Can you
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give me grace? I deserve a
ticket, but I'm going to ask you
to give me what I don't
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deserve." "Let me see your
driver's license." Young
preachers in the house, make
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sure you take a picture with a
suit and tie on with your
driver's license so you look
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like a preacher. Come on, say
Amen. [Aud. Reaction] I give him
my driver's license, I'm in my
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church attire, I'm looking good,
I'm praising God, and I'm
praying all the while. Five
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minutes later, the officer comes
back. "Your license checked out.
Your insurance checked out. Sir,
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you're on your way to church?"
"I am." "I'm going to give you
some grace." [Aud. Reaction]
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"I'm giving you grace, I'm
giving you a warning. Slow down.
The speed limit sign is posted.
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You know the law." Three days
later [Aud. Reaction] True
story. I'm leaving the Oakwood
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University Church. I'm leaving
church worship. I've got my suit
on, my shirt on, my bow tie on,
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I'm leaving Wednesday night,
driving down Jordan Lane. The
speed limit is 40 miles per
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hour. I get on Jordan Lane going
south, and there I am at the
intersection of University
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Drive, and I don't know if you
drive like me, but I say to
myself, if the light is red,
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I'll keep going straight. If the
light for turning left is green,
I'll turn left on University.
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The light to turn left is red,
the green light keeps going
through, I go through. I pass
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that Shell station. I pass
Sonic. I pass Stanley O's. I
pass that Chevron gas station. I
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pass Holmes Avenue, and within
sight I see 565. Oh, I'm driving
that Benz, I wish I had a
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witness in this place. All of a
sudden I see the lights. I pull
over. The officer comes to the
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door. "Sir." "Yes, I'm the
pastor of the Oakwood church.
I'm just leaving church, I'm on
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my way home to see my wife and
kids. Can I get some grace?"
"Let me have your license. Let
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me have your insurance." I give
him my license, I give him my
insurance. "I'll be with you in
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a second." I'm praying, I'm
praying, I'm praying. Mind you,
three days earlier I just had a
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warning. The officer comes back
to the car. "Sir, you were going
53 in a 40-mile-per-hour zone.
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The speed limit was posted."
"What about grace?" "No grace.
I'm giving you a ticket."
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"Noooo" "I'm giving you a
ticket. You must keep the speed
limit law, it's posted, it's
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binding, you got grace three
days ago. I saw a warning in the
system for you. You are getting
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