Hello, and welcome to
Behold the Lamb presents.
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I'm Chris Shelton your
host and we are so glad
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that you have tuned in today
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for another wonderful
Bible study in God's word.
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Today's message is entitled
"Deciphering God's Code"
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and it is a first
of a two part series.
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You know, in recent years
there has been so much emphasis
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on deciphering
the Da Vinci Code.
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The Da Vinci Code, is in
great part based on pure fiction
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and mental
surmising of possible events,
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places and meanings.
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Yet, the Bible, the Bible
has been prove it accurate
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through out the study
of history, anthropology,
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and most
importantly through God's spirit
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working literal
miracles in our lives.
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The Spirit of
Prophecy teaches us
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that the Ten Commandments
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are the
transcript of God's character
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and we asked to
retain the same principle
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as we study through the Bible.
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The Ten
Commandments are so much more
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than a simple
list of do and don'ts.
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They revile who God is?
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What He likes and what He
would like for us to become?
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Through the Ten Commandments
God teaches us right from wrong
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and He teaches us
just exactly what sin is.
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The Ten
Commandments are such importance
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that they are the
standard of righteousness
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by which each of
us is to be judged.
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In other words,
we will be judged
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by the character of God himself.
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Do we fully
reflect His character
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or have we chosen to
reject His character?
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With such importance associated
with the Ten Commandments
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it's certainly demands
our attention and study
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as we begin today
"Deciphering God's Code"
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with Pastor Kenny Shelton.
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But first let's
listen to a song entitled
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"He hideth my soul"
as sung by Diane Anders,
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from the 3ABN worship centre.
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A wonderful Savior
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Is Jesus my Lord
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A wonderful Savior to me
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He hideth my soul
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In the cleft of the rock
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Where rivers of pleasure
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I see
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He hideth my soul
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In the cleft of the rock
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That shadows a dry, thirsty land
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He hideth my life
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In the depths of His love
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And covers me
there with His hand
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And covers me there
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With His hand
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A wonderful Savior
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Is Jesus my Lord
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He taketh my burden away
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He holdeth me up
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And I shall not be moved
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He giveth me strength as my day
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He hideth my soul
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In the cleft of the rock
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That shadows a dry
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Thirsty land
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He hideth my life
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In the depths of His love
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And covers me
there with His hand
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And covers me there
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With His hand
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He hideth my soul
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In the cleft of the rock
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And covers me
there with His hand
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And He covers me
there with His hand
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Thanks for joining us
today here at Behold the Lamb.
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Once again we have-- we believe
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that's a very,
very important subject
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and we want you to
get your pencil and paper
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and jot these things down.
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We're going to
cover a lot of material.
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This is very, very
important as we're doing
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this two part series on
"Deciphering God's Code."
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Deciphering God's Code.
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You heard the introduction,
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you know, lot of
people love to read fiction.
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Like to read
things that are not true
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and then try to apply
a lot of things to that.
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We're going to read
from the Word of God.
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We are going to
hear from God today
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and I know you
want to hear from Him
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as we study this
most important subject.
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And we would like to take
just for a moment to thank you
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for your cards and your letters,
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your phone calls, your
support of this ministry
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that we may keep the
gospel going into all the world
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and I hope some of
you take this personally,
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we really just
can't do it without you.
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God uses people, you know,
when He has been using you.
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So, we praise the Lord for that.
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If you have any comments
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and lot of you by
the way have been calling
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and sometimes it's
difficult to get a hold of me
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or things get
turned around or twisted.
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Don't think that we
don't care here, we do.
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You need to just
please call back.
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Please call back.
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If it is
important continue to call
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until you get someone
to answer or to talk to me
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whatever it might be or
someone here in the office
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because that's what's important.
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You help keep
this ministry going.
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We thank you so much for that.
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As usual as we
get into our subject
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we always pray several
times as we're doing the program
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but you know once we begin
here we are going to pray again.
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So I invite you to join me
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and I'm so thankful
that many of you say
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I get down on my knees
and I pray when you pray.
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There are the other who
say we are listening to it
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you know on CD or something
and we're going down the road
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and we are still in
the attitude of prayer.
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Thank you for that.
Let's pray together.
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Shall we?
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Loving Father in heaven,
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we thank you for
the privilege of prayer
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now we ask for the
guidance of thy Holy Spirit.
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Oh, Lord, I pray that
you take this old feeble mind
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and you just energize us
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with the spirit
of the living God.
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May my ears be
open that we will hear
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You speak through the
power of the Holy Spirit
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and may relate what heaven
has in store for us today.
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May we stand behind
the Cross of Calvary
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bless each watcher,
each viewer, each listener.
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We pray that the Holy
Spirit will bring conversion.
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Help us to
understand this subject,
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the importance of it,
how it can change our lives
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and our heart
prepares for heaven.
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I thank you for
that in Jesus name, amen.
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Now, think about as we
study the-- the Word of God.
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It brings to my mind
it's just a little small story
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I don't tell the
whole lot of story
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but sometime,
you know, they fit.
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And this is about a--
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a young boy six
or seven years old
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and you know that
age are very curious
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and he was very curious
and one day he was with mom
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and he was in the house
and he was walking around
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and you know
sometime you see some children
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that age they'll
be walking around
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and they just walk by a drawer
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and for you know
not really any reason
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just open the
drawer and they'll look in
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or they'll just
kind of curiously
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look around things and
see what's going on and so.
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He was going around the house
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and he happened to
see a Bible in the corner.
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And he looked at that Bible
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and he had seen that
Bible had some dust on it.
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We always hear that,
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it was just staying
there no being used and so,
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it's a very
interesting, what does he do?
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Saw the book, saw it had
lot of dust on it in the corner
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and so he just--
he ask a question.
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Evidently he was not familiar.
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He ask his mom he
said is this God's book?
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Is this God's book?
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And mother quickly said,
oh, yes, son, it is God's book.
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He said oh, well,
mom, may we better
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send it back to Him
because we don't use it here.
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I hope some of you heard that
if you're not using it why not.
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So we want to
use the Word of God
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it's not just together dust
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and I think
about the poor little,
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little young man
didn't know any difference
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and his honest thought
was it for not gonna use it
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and if its God's let's
just give it back to Him.
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Why don't we use it
today? Why don't we do that?
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We're gonna do as we
study the Word of God,
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"Deciphering God's
Code," does God have a code?
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Does God have
any kind of standard?
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Well, we're going
to look in the Bible
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and we're going to see.
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And is that
standard, He has a standard,
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He has a code, He has laws
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are they binding
today and who is God
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that He can make
some requirements of me.
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Wow, some people emphatically
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said things
like that who is God?
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Well, today I hope you're saying
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who is God because first of all
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we want to establish
in our study who God is
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and why God has that
authority to speak what He will
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and require what He
will and it's up me, you,
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it's up to us to
accept it or to reject it.
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You know, one of my
favorite may be just simple text
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but one of my favorite
text found in the Bible.
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this gives me hope and I know
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you read it many times found
in the Book of Matthew 1:21
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it says, "Thou
shalt call his name Jesus
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and he shall save his
people from their sins."
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You realize what a
message is in that passage?
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You realize the power
that a companies that promise.
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The promise of a
Savior a promise of one
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that was called Jesus that
He shall come to this world
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and He is going to save
His people from their sins
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because we can't save ourselves.
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No, hope for us.
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And so therefore
as we are looking
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at this subject the
Deciphering the Code
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the Bible says, number one,
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that there's going to be
someone come to this world.
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His name is Jesus
because the world has a problem.
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Man has a problem and
only God can solve that problem
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and He is going to solve it
through His son Jesus Christ.
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It has a lot of meaning I
know that as you study that,
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though Jesus we realize He
died I heard this so often.
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He died not to save
men in his sins but what?
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Oh, good some of have been
studying but from his sins.
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So then man is so simply
lead the errors of his ways.
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He use to what
improve by the grace of God
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and to follow the example
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the Bible says,
it's Jesus Christ.
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We're to take up the cross,
deny self and to follow Him.
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What a wonderful encouraging,
exciting message that is
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and may I say as we deny self,
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take up the cross and follow Him
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we need to obey God.
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Please listen my
brother and sisters,
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obey God at any cost
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regardless of what it
might cost us in this life.
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These are life and death issues.
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It's very
interesting I want you to
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contemplate this
with me if you will.
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I thought on it,
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you know I just
don't have all the answer
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I pray for the Holy
Spirit to give me answers
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but this-- this runs the--
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you know sometime the simple
you know confines the wise
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and you know this was
something that I thought about
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and there's lot of answers to it
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but just listen there
was a -- there was a man,
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a man who having heard the story
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of the cross for
the very first time.
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It's hard to imagine
there are people in the world
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may be I have never
heard the story of the cross
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and so as he heard
this for the very first time
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he asks a question.
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Notice the question, he says,
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what does one
man's death have to do
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with another man's sins?
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Wow.
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what does one
man's death have to do
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with another's man's sins?
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See that may be
an elementary to you
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but man this confound
that this guy I can say wow,
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you know what having
heard this story, that's heavy.
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When you say heavy why?
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Because the human mind
will never ever, ever know
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all the answers about the cross,
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about the atonement,
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about you could say the science,
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the philosophy, the theology
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behind the
sacrifice of Jesus Christ.
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Through the Caesar's
ages we will be learning.
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Good news for
you today, you say,
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oh, I have a hard time learning
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I haven't--
listen, the good news is
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you don't have to
know all this behind it
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but you need to know the
one that hung on the cross.
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All you have to
do the Bible says,
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now we are establishing that
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there is a God
that rules the universe.
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That He is able
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and then in order to
make His government work
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there must be
regulations, there must be laws
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and people fight
that but you know
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the Bible says today by faith
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we just need to touch
the hymn of His garment.
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The garment of
the-- of the cross
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and we will be made whole.
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That's the good news
but we must understand that
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and if we
understand that then I know
00:15:17.93\00:15:20.03
that we will be
willing to follow Christ
00:15:20.06\00:15:23.64
and it will be more
than my wife mentioned
00:15:23.67\00:15:25.84
it will be much more
than bunch of do's and don'ts.
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We love to serve Jesus with
our whole heart and our mind.
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In fact in the very
first verse in the Bible
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when you begin to read
in Genesis 1:1 I love it.
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It says "In the beginning
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God created the
heavens and the earth."
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Notice in the beginning God
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all of a sudden
they're starting to establish
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that what God is in his--
is headship He is in control,
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He is the king,
He is the creator
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and interesting then as
the creator He made man,
00:16:01.10\00:16:05.64
He made the heavens
and He made the earth.
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In fact, in
Genesis 1:26 He said,
00:16:08.14\00:16:10.08
"let us make man
in our own image."
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So he made the heavens
and the earth and he made man.
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Everything he established it
00:16:15.38\00:16:17.02
so certainly there
are rules there are things
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that we must follow
in order to have harmony.
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Harmony with each
other and harmony with God.
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So you might say,
you may have a question,
00:16:27.65\00:16:29.64
does-- does God really
been have the right to set up
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and I know you
don't like the word laws
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but I'm gonna use it any way.
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Now I have a loss or rules
or codes to govern this planet.
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The question is
does He have a right,
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if He has the right
then what is our obligation?
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The Word of God tells us this,
so let's establish who He is,
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who we are and then see
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if you want to set
yourself against Him.
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Book at Jeremiah 10:6, 7
00:17:00.17\00:17:03.60
listen to as I read these
verses oh, they're powerful.
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It simply says here,
let's just condense it down.
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You have your
Bible you can jot it down
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and you read it all.
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It simply says, "God is king"
now notice this as it goes on,
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"He is king and he
is throne is in heaven."
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We serve a God that
sits up on the throne
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that rules the universe why?
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Because He
created it and He what?
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He made man in His
own image, He created.
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Wow, how
wonderful and then it says,
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"There is none like Him."
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If you're looking for
someone like Him today
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oh, you know we need to
by faith into the heavens.
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There's no one like
Him. No, one can compare.
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There's nothing even closely
that we could compare to God.
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So, first of all what are
establishing God has a code.
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Why does He have the code?
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Why does He require us
to follow certain things?
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Let's put it that way.
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Number one, because
He is a creator isn't He?
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He made all of these things.
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It's very
interesting even in this world
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someone will
say, say a business.
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The president or they
have started this business up
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and sometime you
know they'll say dear sir,
00:18:12.66\00:18:14.81
I have started this business.
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You will be careful
this business is mine
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and I want you to do
what I ask you to do.
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Do they have that right?
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Well, they're the owner of it,
they started even in this life
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and they require that of you.
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So you don't say,
well, that's too bad
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I'm not going to do it.
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You know what you
don't have the job.
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Interesting so
we're establishing
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who He is-- He is king,
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He sits on the
throne in the heavens
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and then as we read Jeremiah 10,
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once again but
verses 10 through 12
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it says this "But
the Lord is the true God"
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not a false God's in the world.
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"He is a true God,
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he is the living
God, the everlasting God."
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And then once again it says,
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"He made he created
what this earth by his power,
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he has established
the world by his wisdom,
00:19:01.65\00:19:04.79
he stretched out the
heavens by his discretion."
00:19:04.82\00:19:08.92
He stretched
them out, He created,
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He's in charge, He is the ruler.
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None can stand against him.
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I hope you're getting to
see what we are getting at here
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as we begin to establish
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and trace the
God of the universe
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and the authority that He has.
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One author I was
reading made this statement
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and it's like this
because there's lot of people
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who look at nature
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and they say that nature is God.
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Oh, nature is a wonderful thing
we talked about this morning
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as coming in
here and having prayer
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and starting the
program is how beautiful day,
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blue skies, cool temperature,
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you know grass,
green tress of flowers.
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Just beautiful things of nature
but you know that's beautiful
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but notice the statement says,
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the thing "The
thing made is not the man.
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It is not the
work, but the workman,
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that is counted
worthy of honor."
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Did you get that?
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The thing made is not the man,
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it is not the
work but the workmen
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that is counted worthy of honor.
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So, while nature is an
expression of God's thought.
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It is not what?
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"Though it is not
nature but the God of nature
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that is to be exalted."
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What's the bottom line,
it's not nature to be exalted
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but it's the God of
nature because He is what?
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The Creator of all these things.
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And then as I think
about that and contemplate it
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I read in the Psalm
103:19 it becomes very clear,
00:20:42.28\00:20:47.41
"The Lord has prepared
his throne in the heavens
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and his kingdom
ruleth over all."
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See there can be no question
if we are Bible believers.
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If we believe in
the God of the universe
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that He had prepared
His throne in the heaven.
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No, one prepared
that throne for Him.
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There was no one before Him.
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He is first and
last and best isn't He?
00:21:09.85\00:21:12.35
He prepared His own
throne and He sits and He rules
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and Bible says, over all.
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So, therefore we're establishing
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then that there are
someone who is in control.
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Someone has that authority
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to give us certain
things in this life
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that will help us to
get along with each other
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and make sure that we correspond
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correctly with heaven.
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In the Book of
Psalms there a wonderful
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that continues in Psalms 119:89.
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Again, establishing God it says,
00:21:41.76\00:21:44.00
"For ever, O Lord, thy
word is settled in heaven."
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For ever, thy word
is settled in heaven.
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What does that mean forever?
00:21:52.40\00:21:54.27
Does that mean that
He is not changeable?
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That does mean he is a same
yesterday, today and forever?
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Does that mean that God's--
00:22:00.93\00:22:02.52
God's word is
settled for all times
00:22:02.55\00:22:05.04
and again
unchangeable as God's character
00:22:05.07\00:22:07.78
that He's consistent,
that He is immovable.
00:22:07.81\00:22:12.19
See, that helps me to realize
00:22:12.22\00:22:13.99
that God is faithful in
dealing with me a sinner.
00:22:14.02\00:22:20.67
I need to know that.
Listen to Him please.
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Listen to the word.
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You may think
that God's not faithful
00:22:26.27\00:22:28.54
but I tell you based
on the Word of God today
00:22:28.57\00:22:30.56
that God's character that He
is faithful in dealing with you.
00:22:30.59\00:22:34.79
And so everything that
He might require of you
00:22:34.82\00:22:38.23
is for your-- for your
good because He loves you,
00:22:38.26\00:22:42.26
because He wants to
spend eternity with you.
00:22:42.29\00:22:45.53
What a wonderful God
that we serve unchangeable.
00:22:45.56\00:22:51.60
In fact, as we read Isaiah 9:6
00:22:51.63\00:22:55.95
you realize that God shares
His rulership with Christ.
00:22:55.98\00:23:01.64
Interesting we are
talking about God then we say
00:23:01.67\00:23:05.26
talking about Christ
sharing rulership here.
00:23:05.29\00:23:08.18
Because Isaiah 9:6 says,
00:23:08.21\00:23:10.23
"the government
shall be upon" who?
00:23:10.26\00:23:12.61
"Upon his shoulders."
Please think about that.
00:23:12.64\00:23:16.93
Who was it talking about
here? Talking about Jesus.
00:23:16.96\00:23:19.51
It said "the government in
charge of this earth" what,
00:23:19.54\00:23:23.50
the government shall
be upon His shoulders.
00:23:23.53\00:23:27.54
You know, I read
that beautiful book
00:23:27.57\00:23:29.80
Desire of Ages, 56
00:23:29.83\00:23:32.26
it made this
comment just a small
00:23:32.29\00:23:33.97
but please listen to it.
00:23:34.00\00:23:37.28
Talking about Jesus it said,
00:23:37.31\00:23:39.11
"He desires me
and to behold Him."
00:23:39.14\00:23:42.01
Isn't that beautiful
through out this book?
00:23:42.04\00:23:46.07
This blessed precious book
that many of you are neglecting
00:23:46.10\00:23:49.80
bless your hearts
because you are just too busy.
00:23:49.83\00:23:52.05
Oh, cutting the
lawn you're too busy,
00:23:52.08\00:23:54.92
punning the trees,
00:23:54.95\00:23:56.12
you know, what I'm
talking about here.
00:23:56.15\00:23:58.81
Things that may
be need to be done
00:23:58.84\00:24:00.07
but they're not,
they're not the priority.
00:24:00.10\00:24:03.83
God is speaking to us today
He desires us to behold Him.
00:24:03.86\00:24:09.85
Songs that has been
written about beholding Christ
00:24:09.88\00:24:13.34
as we be behold Him it's
like -- we become changed.
00:24:13.37\00:24:17.23
And so He says, "I
want you to behold me
00:24:17.26\00:24:19.57
but not merley as
the deliverer of Israel,"
00:24:19.60\00:24:24.80
but notice this.
00:24:24.83\00:24:26.27
"But as the
redeemer of the world."
00:24:26.30\00:24:30.75
We have a
redeemer He has redeem Jew.
00:24:30.78\00:24:34.55
What does that
put Him in your life?
00:24:34.58\00:24:36.56
He has redeemed
you from the curse
00:24:36.59\00:24:38.49
as we are the law, death.
00:24:38.52\00:24:41.16
He is your redeemer
does He have a right
00:24:41.19\00:24:43.54
to ask anything in return?
00:24:43.57\00:24:47.00
Many of us are not willing
to give anything in return.
00:24:47.03\00:24:52.05
He has offered us
eternal life we're too busy
00:24:52.08\00:24:55.72
we have too many things to do,
00:24:55.75\00:24:57.27
too many
important things we say.
00:24:57.30\00:24:59.66
There's nothing more
important today than God.
00:24:59.69\00:25:01.94
Put Him first, we have
been talking about that
00:25:01.97\00:25:05.48
put God first and others
second and yourself last.
00:25:05.51\00:25:07.10
You know how that goes.
00:25:07.13\00:25:10.30
It's interesting He wants us to
00:25:10.33\00:25:11.84
and understand
He's our redeemer.
00:25:11.87\00:25:13.10
He wants us to
behold the Cross of Calvary
00:25:13.13\00:25:15.98
and the Bible says He
is going to come again.
00:25:16.01\00:25:18.64
Now, remember we are
looking at establishing
00:25:18.67\00:25:21.50
why He has a right, what He says
00:25:21.53\00:25:25.24
and the power that goes along
and tense what His words say.
00:25:25.27\00:25:30.41
And then we are
required to do something
00:25:30.44\00:25:33.24
rather than say
I'm not interested.
00:25:33.27\00:25:36.33
He has a right.
00:25:36.36\00:25:39.99
Remember if you
work at one place
00:25:40.02\00:25:42.73
and somebody who
works in another place
00:25:42.76\00:25:44.38
try's to tell you what to do
00:25:44.41\00:25:45.53
they really don't
have a right do they?
00:25:45.56\00:25:47.40
Other people say they
don't sign my pay check.
00:25:47.43\00:25:50.21
But the man who
signs your pay check
00:25:50.24\00:25:51.73
when you're working for Him,
00:25:51.76\00:25:52.79
He has a right to
require certain things don't He.
00:25:52.82\00:25:55.14
So let's establish that
00:25:55.17\00:25:56.21
and we will talk
more about it as we go.
00:25:56.24\00:25:58.34
But my Lord and Savior says,
00:25:58.37\00:25:59.72
when He comes again
Revelation 19:16 said
00:25:59.75\00:26:05.12
"he's coming as king of
kings and Lord of Lords."
00:26:05.15\00:26:08.89
So, He is still in control,
00:26:08.92\00:26:10.27
still Creator of
heaven and earth.
00:26:10.30\00:26:11.34
All right He has created
us. He made us in His own image.
00:26:11.37\00:26:15.50
He has a government
right on His shoulders
00:26:15.53\00:26:17.47
the whole world
and so those things
00:26:17.50\00:26:19.42
that are set into motion
and God set them into motion.
00:26:19.45\00:26:23.67
Early Writings page 179,
00:26:23.70\00:26:27.26
this was at His crucifixion
as we just read when He comes
00:26:27.29\00:26:29.95
He's going to be King
of Kings and Lord of Lords.
00:26:29.98\00:26:32.17
If you just think
with me for a moment
00:26:32.20\00:26:35.18
let your mind go
back those of you
00:26:35.21\00:26:36.74
have not being laying
dust settle on this book
00:26:36.77\00:26:39.11
and you have been
reading it and we--
00:26:39.14\00:26:40.56
we go back to Calvary.
00:26:40.59\00:26:42.94
We go back to the crucifixion.
00:26:42.97\00:26:45.37
The time of the crucifixion
00:26:45.40\00:26:47.28
how humiliating
that must have been.
00:26:47.31\00:26:49.86
How sad that must have been
00:26:49.89\00:26:52.53
because those who
were surrounding Jesus
00:26:52.56\00:26:55.37
may I say this,
they were murders.
00:26:55.40\00:26:59.03
They were murders.
00:26:59.06\00:27:00.09
Listen to this article
Early Writings 179 it said,
00:27:00.12\00:27:03.46
"His murderers were greatly
annoyed by the superscription"
00:27:03.49\00:27:09.29
even His murderers were angry
because that superscription
00:27:09.32\00:27:12.75
there above His name
said King of the Jews.
00:27:12.78\00:27:16.67
Interesting, but now
see they didn't like that
00:27:16.70\00:27:22.35
but you know when He comes again
00:27:22.38\00:27:23.77
they're going to be
obligated to see Him
00:27:23.80\00:27:26.53
in all of His kingly power.
00:27:26.56\00:27:28.91
They will see Him come
00:27:28.94\00:27:31.69
not as one
hanging upon the cross
00:27:31.72\00:27:34.57
and at that time they'll bear --
00:27:34.60\00:27:37.32
ask for no evidence,
00:27:37.35\00:27:39.05
no evidence of all of His kingly
00:27:39.08\00:27:41.26
are being king of Israel.
00:27:41.29\00:27:44.76
Interesting, no, no evidence
they were asking for evidence.
00:27:44.79\00:27:50.20
They didn't like the sign
that was king of the Jews.
00:27:50.23\00:27:56.11
But when He comes they're
not going to demand any evidence
00:27:56.14\00:28:01.00
they're going to be overwhelmed
with the sense of His majesty
00:28:01.03\00:28:05.39
and exceeding glory
00:28:05.42\00:28:07.35
and they're going to
be compelled to say this,
00:28:07.38\00:28:09.95
"Blessed is he that
cometh in the name of the Lord."
00:28:09.98\00:28:14.28
Blessed is he that
cometh in the name of the Lord.
00:28:14.31\00:28:18.24
You find that in Psalms 118:26.
00:28:18.27\00:28:22.52
So, with all of this sin
00:28:22.55\00:28:25.78
much more to go
God is in control.
00:28:25.81\00:28:29.53
Who you might think that you're.
00:28:29.56\00:28:32.06
I heard people say
well, I come and I go,
00:28:32.09\00:28:33.93
as I want I do as I please
00:28:33.96\00:28:36.81
don't have to give
an answer to anybody.
00:28:36.84\00:28:38.66
You know don't
be so sure of that,
00:28:38.69\00:28:39.72
the Bible says, you'll.
00:28:39.75\00:28:42.14
You may think for a season
00:28:42.17\00:28:43.95
that you're getting
away with it but you're not.
00:28:43.98\00:28:46.94
There's a king, there a God.
00:28:46.97\00:28:49.53
God is in control and may I
say that God makes the rules.
00:28:49.56\00:28:56.12
God has a code so
what is God's code?
00:28:56.15\00:29:02.69
Could we simply
say God code then
00:29:02.72\00:29:05.08
is simply a set of principles?
00:29:05.11\00:29:07.72
It's a body of laws
00:29:07.75\00:29:11.08
and its rules for
living in this world
00:29:11.11\00:29:15.67
and in preparation
for the next world.
00:29:15.70\00:29:19.35
Does He ever write to
that for that think about it?
00:29:19.38\00:29:23.69
You realize there could
be no orderly government
00:29:23.72\00:29:26.84
without laws are
you still with me?
00:29:26.87\00:29:29.81
There could be no
orderly government without law,
00:29:29.84\00:29:32.22
there can be no peace,
there can be no happiness
00:29:32.25\00:29:35.22
unless society
accepts these laws.
00:29:35.25\00:29:39.07
See laws can be passed for peace
00:29:39.10\00:29:40.65
and you know prosperity
and everything going good
00:29:40.68\00:29:42.71
but if man doesn't aspect
those things what do we have?
00:29:42.74\00:29:44.76
We have chaos just like
we have in this world today.
00:29:44.79\00:29:49.30
Men are not
abiding by those laws
00:29:49.33\00:29:52.04
those who are even
in the government today.
00:29:52.07\00:29:56.78
We need to thank God now,
bring this up for the laws
00:29:56.81\00:30:00.19
the civil laws that we have.
00:30:00.22\00:30:01.32
Those are in
authority we can talk about
00:30:01.35\00:30:02.80
that the local and
the state and government
00:30:02.83\00:30:05.29
even though sometime our
ears tingle just a little bit
00:30:05.32\00:30:08.07
we need to praise God,
they are there for a purpose.
00:30:08.10\00:30:12.33
What would this world
be like today without those
00:30:12.36\00:30:14.78
who were your law
enforcement officers?
00:30:14.81\00:30:17.77
Those are even though
we see a lot of things
00:30:17.80\00:30:19.15
we don't agree so
anybody just jump up in the air.
00:30:19.18\00:30:21.55
You know, what
I'm talking about.
00:30:21.58\00:30:23.01
What a mess it would be.
00:30:23.04\00:30:27.32
In fact, it's very interesting
00:30:27.35\00:30:29.17
Jesus told His followers to obey
00:30:29.20\00:30:34.11
those who were in charge.
00:30:34.14\00:30:35.17
"Render to Caesar the
things that are Caesar's."
00:30:35.20\00:30:38.80
In fact, at one time
He told the disciples
00:30:38.83\00:30:41.09
He said to they should
discharge every obligation
00:30:41.12\00:30:45.23
even if it were
beyond the law of the land
00:30:45.26\00:30:49.37
and what the government require.
00:30:49.40\00:30:51.10
He said go beyond
that you remember that
00:30:51.13\00:30:53.03
as for you're shirt you will
give him your cloth and so on.
00:30:53.06\00:30:57.53
Interesting, go
beyond that where we can.
00:30:57.56\00:31:02.51
Now, notice 1 Timothy
2:1- 3 then we will get--
00:31:02.54\00:31:06.65
we are looking at the
codes God has His requirements
00:31:06.68\00:31:08.98
that He has what Jesus taught.
00:31:09.01\00:31:13.45
1 Timothy 2:1-3 tells us,
00:31:13.48\00:31:15.63
"We should give
thanks, thanks for all men.
00:31:15.66\00:31:19.50
For Kings, and for
all that are in authority,
00:31:19.53\00:31:23.97
that we may lead a
quiet and peaceable life
00:31:24.00\00:31:27.64
in all godliness and honesty.
00:31:27.67\00:31:30.58
For this is good and acceptable
00:31:30.61\00:31:34.37
in the sight of God our Savior."
00:31:34.40\00:31:37.00
For peace
prosperity even in this world
00:31:37.03\00:31:42.27
what would we do today
with out rules and regulations?
00:31:42.30\00:31:47.50
Do you realize people
00:31:47.53\00:31:49.28
cannot even conduct a
business without rules?
00:31:49.31\00:31:55.83
And I'm sure, and I'm
sure you have seen this,
00:31:55.86\00:31:57.69
I have seen a lot of times
00:31:57.72\00:31:58.88
you know what I'm
thankful for this sign
00:31:58.91\00:32:02.09
that out posted sometime
in front of some stores.
00:32:02.12\00:32:05.75
They'll so no shirt,
no shoes, no service.
00:32:05.78\00:32:11.84
What gives them
the right to say that?
00:32:11.87\00:32:15.59
Do they own the business? Sure.
00:32:15.62\00:32:18.05
They pay the bills? Yeah.
00:32:18.08\00:32:20.54
I'm grateful for that too
because sometimes it's well,
00:32:20.57\00:32:23.78
I'll leave it there.
00:32:23.81\00:32:27.20
Now, wait, wait you
know think about these rules.
00:32:27.23\00:32:29.70
There are many rules
and regulations and laws
00:32:29.73\00:32:33.34
that are not always bad.
00:32:33.37\00:32:36.29
They're for the
good of the people.
00:32:36.32\00:32:40.35
Let me give you an example.
00:32:40.38\00:32:43.13
We're talking about
rule but regulations
00:32:43.16\00:32:46.04
what if we didn't have
some kind of regulation set up
00:32:46.07\00:32:50.56
to measure things.
00:32:50.59\00:32:54.40
You guys are--
oh, bit careful here
00:32:54.43\00:32:56.08
how many cheeks
there are in the world?
00:32:56.11\00:33:00.82
There has to be a system set up
so that we can measure things.
00:33:00.85\00:33:07.08
Give you an example,
here such as gallons.
00:33:07.11\00:33:09.93
You know every time I go get gas
00:33:09.96\00:33:11.82
I can't help
because it's like gold.
00:33:11.85\00:33:14.43
That it's so high priced
00:33:14.46\00:33:16.48
I kind of look at the
seal just placed over.
00:33:16.51\00:33:18.38
You see
somebody is been checking
00:33:18.41\00:33:20.19
if they don't take a drop
of my gas that I'm paying for
00:33:20.22\00:33:23.23
and when I get
done putting the gas
00:33:23.26\00:33:24.60
and I kind of get the hose--
00:33:24.63\00:33:26.50
some of you are
not going to get it.
00:33:26.53\00:33:27.67
Kind of rise it up a little
bit because I want every drop.
00:33:27.70\00:33:32.71
And every drop
should measure out exactly
00:33:32.74\00:33:34.73
what the law has said
and come to what a gallon is.
00:33:34.76\00:33:38.20
Anything less so
you see some rules
00:33:38.23\00:33:40.97
and regulations
are good in laws.
00:33:41.00\00:33:43.14
Make sure we get a gallon
00:33:43.17\00:33:45.39
because that's what
we paid for it isn't it?
00:33:45.42\00:33:48.97
Same thing with quart,
when I want a quart of peaches,
00:33:49.00\00:33:51.79
I want the full quart.
00:33:51.82\00:33:54.46
Somebody taken one
my peaches out there,
00:33:54.49\00:33:56.60
well, somebody cutting it down.
00:33:56.63\00:33:57.66
You see what I mean
there's rules and regulations
00:33:57.69\00:34:00.02
and not all of them are bad.
00:34:00.05\00:34:01.98
They are for our own
good and God has some codes
00:34:02.01\00:34:04.37
there for our own good
if we would just listen
00:34:04.40\00:34:07.16
it keeps-- the
honest man honest.
00:34:07.19\00:34:10.28
Oh, I think you know
what I'm talking about.
00:34:10.31\00:34:12.93
These things in the world
00:34:12.96\00:34:14.03
I used them for many, many years
00:34:14.06\00:34:15.27
and we will
continue to a measuring tape.
00:34:15.30\00:34:19.20
Sometime, I have
looked at a board
00:34:19.23\00:34:20.26
looks like about 10
feet and it's actually 12
00:34:20.29\00:34:22.24
and you know what the man
is going to sell me 10 foot
00:34:22.27\00:34:24.43
and he is gonna
charge me for 12?
00:34:24.46\00:34:25.51
No I get my tape
and I, I tape it.
00:34:25.54\00:34:28.95
Oh, its 12 feet.
00:34:28.98\00:34:31.01
So these things are good.
00:34:31.04\00:34:34.71
How about weight?
00:34:34.74\00:34:38.86
I kind of find
this difficult at times
00:34:38.89\00:34:40.73
somebody stays with me here
you go to some of these places
00:34:40.76\00:34:43.96
and you say I want it,
oh, boy, a ton of rock.
00:34:43.99\00:34:47.92
He go get's his little tractor
00:34:47.95\00:34:49.12
and he puts a little bit in
the scoop and he dumps them.
00:34:49.15\00:34:50.97
Now, he didn't get
on any scale at all.
00:34:51.00\00:34:52.85
He said, that's about a ton.
00:34:52.88\00:34:56.00
May be it is. May be it isn't.
00:34:56.03\00:35:00.23
Interesting that we
trust I have never challenged
00:35:00.26\00:35:04.78
I see them do it all the
time, but you see there's laws,
00:35:04.81\00:35:08.48
there's rules
we had those things
00:35:08.51\00:35:10.67
we measure with determine
how much rock makes a ton.
00:35:10.70\00:35:16.09
We don't complain about that,
00:35:16.12\00:35:17.44
we want that the
laws to go into effect
00:35:17.47\00:35:20.47
we want to say I want a ton
00:35:20.50\00:35:22.88
not one rock more
not one rock less.
00:35:22.91\00:35:25.68
Some one follow me,
00:35:25.71\00:35:28.05
so we don't have a
problem with those things
00:35:28.08\00:35:31.66
and how about
any kind of a game.
00:35:31.69\00:35:36.93
You cannot play one
game with out rules.
00:35:36.96\00:35:42.47
You just can't do it.
00:35:42.50\00:35:44.96
The first thing you
do when you sat down
00:35:44.99\00:35:46.65
you'll say well I have
never -- I don't understand
00:35:46.68\00:35:48.30
I have never played this
before and somebody in authority
00:35:48.33\00:35:51.34
somebody just played it
said, here's what we do.
00:35:51.37\00:35:54.86
You do this, this, this
00:35:54.89\00:35:55.96
and if you don't do
that you can't play.
00:35:55.99\00:35:59.03
They call you a cheat
God has some rules too
00:35:59.06\00:36:03.03
and you know if we don't
abide by those we are cheat.
00:36:03.06\00:36:06.75
And we can't play that game,
00:36:06.78\00:36:08.39
we can't be involved
because we won't follow.
00:36:08.42\00:36:12.69
No one wants to
play a game with a cheat
00:36:12.72\00:36:17.41
and so we-- no game
here-- marriage has a lots
00:36:17.44\00:36:22.79
and lots of rules and
regulations as it were.
00:36:22.82\00:36:27.54
Certain rules you must follow
if we are to keep our job.
00:36:27.57\00:36:33.51
I have mentioned
before there are certain ways
00:36:33.54\00:36:36.47
you dress when you to places,
00:36:36.50\00:36:38.12
this is the costume
this is what they wear
00:36:38.15\00:36:40.47
if you don't wear
you don't have a job.
00:36:40.50\00:36:45.25
I like one sign that I see
many times in the rest room
00:36:45.28\00:36:48.95
talks about employees it says,
00:36:48.98\00:36:50.31
simply wash your
hands before you return.
00:36:50.34\00:36:55.39
That's a rule.
00:36:55.42\00:36:58.11
They have it
posted don't they? Why?
00:36:58.14\00:37:01.21
It's for the good
of everyone involved.
00:37:01.24\00:37:04.92
Its good for
all of us to do that
00:37:04.95\00:37:06.07
but you follow my thinking here
00:37:06.10\00:37:07.44
as we are looking at some
not all rules and regulation
00:37:07.47\00:37:09.52
laws are bad before
the good of mankind.
00:37:09.55\00:37:14.10
Good rules and laws
00:37:14.13\00:37:16.32
are the very
foundation of human society.
00:37:16.35\00:37:20.77
We have to have them
00:37:20.80\00:37:23.44
if we are going to
live in peace and harmony.
00:37:23.47\00:37:28.57
See, each man just cannot
do exactly what he wants to do
00:37:28.60\00:37:33.04
when he wants to do it
and there will be harmony.
00:37:33.07\00:37:36.69
What if I wake up in
the morning and I decide,
00:37:36.72\00:37:39.76
well, I get my vehicle
00:37:39.79\00:37:41.97
that I'm gonna
drive in the left way.
00:37:42.00\00:37:46.54
Is that going go over very well?
00:37:46.57\00:37:47.97
Well that may be the last
time I have drive vehicle.
00:37:48.00\00:37:51.06
See what if
some-- what if I decided
00:37:51.09\00:37:53.44
when I pulled
up at the stop sign
00:37:53.47\00:37:54.89
that I'm not
going to abide by that
00:37:54.92\00:37:56.47
I'm just going right on through.
00:37:56.50\00:37:58.71
It may cost you a
vehicle, it may cost you alive,
00:37:58.74\00:38:00.59
and you may kill somebody.
00:38:00.62\00:38:01.91
I'm just saying you
that we have to look at these
00:38:01.94\00:38:05.13
we can't do just what we choose
to do without respect to law.
00:38:05.16\00:38:10.57
We have to keep
that in our mind.
00:38:10.60\00:38:13.23
Interesting we start with rules
00:38:13.26\00:38:15.41
early in the
home with the child.
00:38:15.44\00:38:17.60
You start with rules when
they begin to go to school
00:38:17.63\00:38:20.85
the playground has rules.
00:38:20.88\00:38:23.73
Interesting.
00:38:23.76\00:38:25.16
The government has
rules, the church has rule.
00:38:25.19\00:38:28.67
I know what you
think badly about that
00:38:28.70\00:38:30.31
but you know that
they do the home has rules.
00:38:30.34\00:38:35.61
We shouldn't fight
all of those saying
00:38:35.64\00:38:37.18
because they are for our what?
00:38:37.21\00:38:38.84
Good. For our
own good, praise God.
00:38:38.87\00:38:42.53
Now, what if? You say, what if?
00:38:42.56\00:38:44.34
What if human beings
or some rulers pass laws.
00:38:44.37\00:38:49.91
Remember if the human being
we talk about God is fairy,
00:38:49.94\00:38:52.48
just and good we'll
read more about that but now,
00:38:52.51\00:38:54.83
human beings pass certain
laws it may not be so good.
00:38:54.86\00:38:58.83
In fact, lot of the
laws that are passed
00:38:58.86\00:39:00.94
we say are unfair.
00:39:00.97\00:39:04.32
In every, oh, I like to say this
00:39:04.35\00:39:05.72
but you know I'm just
going to do it any way.
00:39:05.75\00:39:08.61
When it comes
time to paying taxes
00:39:08.64\00:39:10.75
I look at it the income tax,
00:39:10.78\00:39:12.57
you know, the local tax
you talk about the state tax
00:39:12.60\00:39:14.81
and the federal tax
and oh, even the death tax.
00:39:14.84\00:39:21.34
And look they say this
it's not fair misusing.
00:39:21.37\00:39:25.96
So what's my point man
passes rules and regulations
00:39:25.99\00:39:29.38
they have some laws on
there they-- they may be unfair,
00:39:29.41\00:39:33.32
they may be even
cruel to some people
00:39:33.35\00:39:36.32
and they may be
oppressive to other folks.
00:39:36.35\00:39:39.98
But God's not that way.
00:39:40.01\00:39:42.50
You can count on it
because in God's government
00:39:42.53\00:39:46.96
He issues the laws.
00:39:46.99\00:39:49.58
Oh, I read that in
Isaiah 33:22 it says,
00:39:49.61\00:39:55.86
"For the Lord is
our judge" notice this
00:39:55.89\00:39:59.57
and "the Lord is our lawgiver."
00:39:59.60\00:40:02.10
So I can be sure its not man
00:40:02.13\00:40:04.32
that's passing
these things down to me
00:40:04.35\00:40:06.44
it's for my own good.
00:40:06.47\00:40:07.66
But he is the law giver
that gives me encouragement
00:40:07.69\00:40:10.90
because I know He
cares me, I know He loves me.
00:40:10.93\00:40:12.84
I know Christ
came and died for me.
00:40:12.87\00:40:17.72
And I know this that God's laws
00:40:17.75\00:40:19.90
are a reflection
of His character.
00:40:19.93\00:40:23.72
So we can be sure of
that, we can be sure of this
00:40:23.75\00:40:26.75
because Psalms 89:14 says that
00:40:26.78\00:40:31.01
"His righteous and His justice
00:40:31.04\00:40:33.38
are the
foundation of His throne."
00:40:33.41\00:40:35.67
Righteousness and
justice is a foundation of what?
00:40:35.70\00:40:39.73
Of His throne. Could it be?
00:40:39.76\00:40:42.36
Could it be anything else
00:40:42.39\00:40:44.48
if it is the Bible
has not told the truth?
00:40:44.51\00:40:47.39
My Bible says, that His--
He's just, He is righteous,
00:40:47.42\00:40:53.65
this is the foundation,
this is what He builds off of.
00:40:53.68\00:40:58.05
So I can be sure
that, you know, what
00:40:58.08\00:41:00.09
working along with God
is the right thing to do.
00:41:00.12\00:41:02.65
I can-- I can listen to Him
00:41:02.68\00:41:04.40
because I know He
knows what's best.
00:41:04.43\00:41:06.38
I know He has my
best interest at heart.
00:41:06.41\00:41:10.16
See, God's moral
code which is simply what
00:41:10.19\00:41:14.19
surely the Ten Commandments
00:41:14.22\00:41:16.55
the Bible says,
because all we don't want.
00:41:16.58\00:41:18.31
Romans 7:12-14 the Bible says,
00:41:18.34\00:41:22.68
that God's code, God's laws
they are holy, they are just,
00:41:22.71\00:41:28.19
and they are good,
and they're spiritual.
00:41:28.22\00:41:32.34
Wow, that's
heavy and people say,
00:41:32.37\00:41:35.02
well, I read that
they are spiritual
00:41:35.05\00:41:36.22
but now, we are
going to throw them out
00:41:36.25\00:41:37.49
the devil would have
you to throw them out.
00:41:37.52\00:41:39.92
Remember what God has
written for us is for our what?
00:41:39.95\00:41:42.63
Again our own good.
00:41:42.66\00:41:44.16
The Bible says, they're holy
00:41:44.19\00:41:45.40
and they're just
and they're spiritual.
00:41:45.43\00:41:47.82
What a blessing?
00:41:47.85\00:41:50.67
You mean, all of His
commandments, all ten?
00:41:50.70\00:41:53.55
Oh, absolutely, all
His commandments are sure.
00:41:53.58\00:41:56.14
The Bible said
they stand fast forever
00:41:56.17\00:41:58.56
and ever have you read
that in Psalms 111:7, 8?
00:41:58.59\00:42:04.05
I stand fast for ever and
moreover his rules listen,
00:42:04.08\00:42:08.96
His rules are unchangeable
00:42:08.99\00:42:11.35
because it is in harmony
with His unchangeable nature.
00:42:11.38\00:42:17.74
Malachi says 3:6,
00:42:17.77\00:42:19.77
"For I'm the Lord
and I change not."
00:42:19.80\00:42:23.95
It's in harmony
with His character,
00:42:23.98\00:42:25.67
it's His foundation
00:42:25.70\00:42:27.34
so they all must be good so,
who of us had the audacity say
00:42:27.37\00:42:30.31
well, this one here
is and this one is not.
00:42:30.34\00:42:32.54
Does He have a right?
00:42:32.57\00:42:33.60
Oh, absolutely He has a
right we are establishing that
00:42:33.63\00:42:36.80
before we begin to trace
it or some people say well
00:42:36.83\00:42:39.08
there was no law, well,
there is law, there's no sin.
00:42:39.11\00:42:41.98
It's gonna be issues and we're
going to look at carefully.
00:42:42.01\00:42:45.50
We need to look
at through the eyes
00:42:45.53\00:42:47.59
of the Holy Spirit
do the Word of God.
00:42:47.62\00:42:51.53
Luke 16:17,
00:42:51.56\00:42:55.55
I think this was mentioned
here in our opening that
00:42:55.58\00:42:57.78
"Its easier for
heaven and earth to pass"
00:42:57.81\00:43:00.22
we talked about "one jot or
twiddle from the law to fail."
00:43:00.25\00:43:04.38
So, heaven and
earth can pass away
00:43:04.41\00:43:05.73
and it's mentioned its not
so they still must be minding
00:43:05.76\00:43:10.28
because they're good.
00:43:10.31\00:43:11.37
Because God can't
do anything that's bad
00:43:11.40\00:43:13.07
and everything he
does is for our own good
00:43:13.10\00:43:14.82
so, we need to look at it
here. See God calls us today.
00:43:14.85\00:43:21.06
He calls his people
today to listen to these words.
00:43:21.09\00:43:24.86
Please listen
carefully Deuteronomy 30:19, 20
00:43:24.89\00:43:30.22
please listen.
00:43:30.25\00:43:32.19
Jesus-- Jesus says
and God said, I call,
00:43:32.22\00:43:35.48
" I call heaven and earth
to record this day against you,
00:43:35.51\00:43:40.77
that I have set before
you life and death, blessings"
00:43:40.80\00:43:45.80
come on good some of
you are like cursing.
00:43:45.83\00:43:48.98
Now, notice this word,
"therefore choose life."
00:43:49.01\00:43:53.34
God of the universe says today,
00:43:53.37\00:43:55.45
I set before you a
blessing and cursing
00:43:55.48\00:43:57.28
and you choose life.
00:43:57.31\00:44:00.71
Notice this and
He says, "If you do
00:44:00.74\00:44:02.69
that both thou and
they seed may live."
00:44:02.72\00:44:06.22
He is offering
what eternal life,
00:44:06.25\00:44:08.13
right to those who
will be obedient to Him
00:44:08.16\00:44:10.86
and He says this,
00:44:10.89\00:44:11.92
"that thou mayest
love the Lord thy God,
00:44:11.95\00:44:15.83
and that thou
mayest obey his voice."
00:44:15.86\00:44:21.20
So, obedience plays a
part then, doesn't it?
00:44:21.23\00:44:24.93
Recognizing who He is,
recognizing His foundation,
00:44:24.96\00:44:30.25
recognizing Him as redeemer
or sustainer or creator,
00:44:30.28\00:44:35.18
a government He is in control of
00:44:35.21\00:44:39.13
and then He says I'm the same
yesterday today and forever.
00:44:39.16\00:44:42.38
And I said these
things before you today
00:44:42.41\00:44:45.29
listen, to be obedient and live.
00:44:45.32\00:44:49.48
What a wonderful--
00:44:49.51\00:44:50.54
wonderful thought
that is and live not die.
00:44:50.57\00:44:55.32
So as we decipher God's
code it would be well for us
00:44:55.35\00:45:00.23
to do a little
tracing of its beginning.
00:45:00.26\00:45:04.63
So listen to the question,
00:45:04.66\00:45:06.13
did God-- did God have
some kind of a moral code,
00:45:06.16\00:45:12.06
rules, laws before Mount Sinai?
00:45:12.09\00:45:16.66
This is
important for us to trace
00:45:16.69\00:45:18.36
did he have those
before Mount Sinai?
00:45:18.39\00:45:20.96
Many people say oh, no
that's when the law was given
00:45:20.99\00:45:22.78
that's when-- listen
what the Bible has to say
00:45:22.81\00:45:26.98
how can God set up a government
with out any kind of rules?
00:45:27.01\00:45:30.70
How can we set up
any kind of business here
00:45:30.73\00:45:32.48
in this life without some rules?
00:45:32.51\00:45:36.03
And then we're
willing to follow those
00:45:36.06\00:45:37.56
in order to be successful.
00:45:37.59\00:45:42.79
Bible makes us very clear
00:45:42.82\00:45:44.44
and I may be--
jot these things down
00:45:44.47\00:45:45.91
as we go there
simple to many of you
00:45:45.94\00:45:47.62
but you know what
they'll be new to many.
00:45:47.65\00:45:50.87
And the Holy
Spirit the living God
00:45:50.90\00:45:52.35
wants to reach you
00:45:52.38\00:45:54.14
who have not been listening
and not been responding
00:45:54.17\00:45:56.94
because somebody has
been telling you something
00:45:56.97\00:45:59.32
different than what
the Word of God says.
00:45:59.35\00:46:02.19
Bible is very
clear in Romans 4:15
00:46:02.22\00:46:05.08
remember this,
"Where no law is" what?
00:46:05.11\00:46:09.35
"There is no
transgression." Did you get it?
00:46:09.38\00:46:12.91
Keep this in
mind as we go through
00:46:12.94\00:46:14.48
"Where there is no law,
there is no transgression."
00:46:14.51\00:46:21.43
Interesting, some of you
say, I still don't get it.
00:46:21.46\00:46:26.27
Well, let's do the sample right,
00:46:26.30\00:46:28.15
we talked about
this many times before.
00:46:28.18\00:46:30.55
If there is no law
out here on the highway
00:46:30.58\00:46:33.02
for the speed limit
00:46:33.05\00:46:34.08
you can go any
speed you want, can't you?
00:46:34.11\00:46:36.47
Sure, you can.
00:46:36.50\00:46:38.07
Some of you who are
oh, bless your heart
00:46:38.10\00:46:39.54
fisherman and
hunters and so on so forth
00:46:39.57\00:46:41.94
when they say there is a limit
they mean there is a limit.
00:46:41.97\00:46:44.81
When there is no limit,
00:46:44.84\00:46:46.20
catch as many or
whatever that you want to.
00:46:46.23\00:46:49.85
So, where there is no
law then there is no sin.
00:46:49.88\00:46:53.14
So did the law
really God's code exists
00:46:53.17\00:46:55.35
before Mount Sinai
here we're going to see.
00:46:55.38\00:46:57.76
Bible says, in Romans 5:13
00:46:57.79\00:47:00.13
"For until the law
sin was in the world."
00:47:00.16\00:47:04.13
What was it?
00:47:04.16\00:47:06.26
Before the law was
given on Mount Sinai
00:47:06.29\00:47:09.06
there was sin in the world, wow.
00:47:09.09\00:47:12.74
Well, then something must
have existed before that law
00:47:12.77\00:47:15.79
man must have known something
00:47:15.82\00:47:17.40
because where there is
no law, there is no sin.
00:47:17.43\00:47:20.16
So something the Bible
says here, but then it said
00:47:20.19\00:47:23.47
"sin is not imputed
when there is no law."
00:47:23.50\00:47:28.24
So interesting I want you
think about this do you mean,
00:47:28.27\00:47:33.50
do you mean that all the people
00:47:33.53\00:47:35.24
all that took place before Sinai
00:47:35.27\00:47:38.08
people were not
accountable for their sins?
00:47:38.11\00:47:41.56
You mean people were not
accountable until the law came?
00:47:41.59\00:47:46.05
Think about it
for sin is not imputed
00:47:46.08\00:47:49.42
when there is no law.
00:47:49.45\00:47:51.57
So evidently
there must have been
00:47:51.60\00:47:53.26
because sin was imputed
00:47:53.29\00:47:54.79
and we will discuss
that from the word of God so,
00:47:54.82\00:47:57.35
before the Ten Commandment
law written on tablets of stone.
00:47:57.38\00:48:02.19
You see for the
law was given at Sinai
00:48:02.22\00:48:05.55
proving that the law
God's code existed before.
00:48:05.58\00:48:09.17
We're gonna
prove that, God's code,
00:48:09.20\00:48:10.85
His laws existed before
written on tablets of stone.
00:48:10.88\00:48:17.02
Because people use this,
this is important yes, it is
00:48:17.05\00:48:19.09
because people use
this as the excuse.
00:48:19.12\00:48:21.86
We need not make excuses
we just need to be teachable
00:48:21.89\00:48:24.22
and learners in
the school of Christ
00:48:24.25\00:48:26.02
and right given in to His word.
00:48:26.05\00:48:28.76
Let's start with
Adam quickly shall we?
00:48:28.79\00:48:31.79
We can be sure that
00:48:31.82\00:48:33.51
Adam knew the
principles of God's law, why?
00:48:33.54\00:48:37.76
First of all we
say because 1 John 3:4,
00:48:37.79\00:48:40.53
sin is the
transgression of what?
00:48:40.56\00:48:43.14
"Sin is the
transgression of God's law."
00:48:43.17\00:48:46.11
And certainly is
mentioned in Roman 4:15
00:48:46.14\00:48:48.38
we mention where no law
is there is no transgression.
00:48:48.41\00:48:52.85
So if there was no law,
00:48:52.88\00:48:54.18
no principles in the garden then
00:48:54.21\00:48:57.38
how could Adam have sinned?
00:48:57.41\00:48:59.62
Think about if he
did know any better,
00:48:59.65\00:49:01.50
he is not accountable think.
00:49:01.53\00:49:04.74
We know that Adam sinned.
00:49:04.77\00:49:09.77
What is sin?
Transgression of God's law.
00:49:09.80\00:49:11.76
The true law wasn't
written from the mount yet,
00:49:11.79\00:49:13.66
it wasn't given
on tables of stone
00:49:13.69\00:49:15.28
but the Bible
said that Adam sinned.
00:49:15.31\00:49:18.56
Romans 5:12
00:49:18.59\00:49:20.66
"Wherefore, as by one
man" who was that Adam.
00:49:20.69\00:49:25.15
"Sin entered into the world"
00:49:25.18\00:49:27.20
and notice this when
sin entered in it says,
00:49:27.23\00:49:29.30
"And death by sin and so death
00:49:29.33\00:49:32.84
passed upon all men,
for that all have sinned."
00:49:32.87\00:49:39.36
If he didn't have the principles
00:49:39.39\00:49:40.69
of right and wrong a moral code.
00:49:40.72\00:49:44.45
God's government in operation
how could it be called sin?
00:49:44.48\00:49:48.90
Why would he be
kicked out of the garden?
00:49:48.93\00:49:52.38
See once again the
Bible is very clear
00:49:52.41\00:49:54.01
the wages of sin is
good, death Romans 6:23
00:49:54.04\00:50:00.43
and sin was charged against men.
00:50:00.46\00:50:03.19
The Bible, listen, in
Romans 5:14 the Bible says,
00:50:03.22\00:50:06.36
"Sin was charged
against men from Adam to Moses
00:50:06.39\00:50:10.22
and so on and so forth."
00:50:10.25\00:50:12.16
Death reigned
so, if death reigned
00:50:12.19\00:50:15.67
there must have
been some principle
00:50:15.70\00:50:16.92
there must be a law in effect
or they would be no death.
00:50:16.95\00:50:21.77
They wouldn't have
known right and wrong.
00:50:21.80\00:50:23.54
Won't that makes sense
to you? Trace it on down.
00:50:23.57\00:50:27.40
What does all of
this mean once again?
00:50:27.43\00:50:31.49
Man, starting with
Adam knew God's laws,
00:50:31.52\00:50:36.60
His principles, codes.
00:50:36.63\00:50:39.93
Even though they had
not been written on stone,
00:50:39.96\00:50:42.68
God had put them
verbally in with Adam.
00:50:42.71\00:50:46.26
If you trace it down
you'll find that Adam
00:50:46.29\00:50:48.11
and then you know,
00:50:48.14\00:50:49.17
Methuselah and so on so
forth their lives over had 960
00:50:49.20\00:50:53.37
so whatever and
Methuselah the oldest you know.
00:50:53.40\00:50:55.52
They over lapped
several hundred years
00:50:55.55\00:50:57.20
and so on so forth
so, it kept going down
00:50:57.23\00:51:00.05
there is
repeated by the righteous.
00:51:00.08\00:51:01.95
They understood right and wrong
will prove that as we go along.
00:51:01.98\00:51:05.17
They understood
remember, it is the law of God
00:51:05.20\00:51:09.32
that shows the difference
between right and wrong.
00:51:09.35\00:51:12.44
Does that make senses?
00:51:12.47\00:51:13.90
The law of God
points out what sin is.
00:51:13.93\00:51:18.93
We would not
know right and wrong
00:51:18.96\00:51:21.72
if we didn't have
God's moral law, His code.
00:51:21.75\00:51:26.41
The devil doesn't
want you to believe that
00:51:26.44\00:51:28.53
but he is a liar.
00:51:28.56\00:51:30.14
Pay no attention to him.
00:51:30.17\00:51:33.39
God says, I want you
to know right and wrong
00:51:33.42\00:51:35.79
and then you choose,
you, make a decision.
00:51:35.82\00:51:38.98
Let's give a kind
of a quick example
00:51:39.01\00:51:42.97
of what we are talking
about here to show that sin.
00:51:43.00\00:51:46.68
Adam, you remember
the beginning example,
00:51:46.71\00:51:48.66
Adam's son Cain sinned.
00:51:48.69\00:51:53.22
How could Cain
sin when there was no
00:51:53.25\00:51:57.38
Ten Commandment law
written on tables of stone?
00:51:57.41\00:52:00.74
That's what the Bible says,
00:52:00.77\00:52:02.79
so there must be
something to this here.
00:52:02.82\00:52:05.75
Read that in Genesis 4:6,
7 and notice this, remember
00:52:05.78\00:52:11.60
where there was no law
the sin cannot be imputed
00:52:11.63\00:52:14.94
but notice this
Cain's was imputed
00:52:14.97\00:52:19.08
or put against his charge.
00:52:19.11\00:52:20.97
So there must have
been some law involved here.
00:52:21.00\00:52:25.04
What was put to
his account was murder.
00:52:25.07\00:52:28.11
How did he know
he should murder?
00:52:28.14\00:52:31.00
Ten Commandments
weren't written yet.
00:52:31.03\00:52:32.78
But notice Genesis 4:7-11
00:52:32.81\00:52:36.50
this was God simply speaking
to Cain after the murder.
00:52:36.53\00:52:41.92
"If thou doesn't well,
shall thou not be accepted?"
00:52:41.95\00:52:48.61
If you're doing well God
said I'm going to accept you.
00:52:48.64\00:52:50.78
He is saying that to you today,
He is saying that to me today.
00:52:50.81\00:52:52.88
If you do well, you
follow His instructions
00:52:52.91\00:52:56.02
it's going to be well.
00:52:56.05\00:52:58.66
"And if thou doesn't not
well," notice what God said,
00:52:58.69\00:53:04.22
He said "sin lieth at the door."
00:53:04.25\00:53:07.70
Well, how did
they know what sin?
00:53:07.73\00:53:10.27
There was no Ten
Commandment law at that time.
00:53:10.30\00:53:12.46
You follow my
thinking here there was law
00:53:12.49\00:53:15.29
and it was imputed.
00:53:15.32\00:53:16.54
They were charged with it
00:53:16.57\00:53:17.61
because they
knew right from wrong.
00:53:17.64\00:53:20.73
Interesting, and He God
said, now when God speak
00:53:20.76\00:53:25.06
we need to listen my
brothers and sisters, listen,
00:53:25.09\00:53:27.78
"What has thou done?
00:53:27.81\00:53:30.40
The voice of thy brother's blood
00:53:30.43\00:53:32.93
crieth unto me from the ground."
00:53:32.96\00:53:35.71
Now, notice this,
And He says to Cain
00:53:35.74\00:53:38.35
"And now art thou
cursed from the earth."
00:53:38.38\00:53:44.03
You know in
Revelation Chapter 22
00:53:44.06\00:53:46.04
in the last
chapter verse 3 it says,
00:53:46.07\00:53:48.85
"There shall be no more curse."
00:53:48.88\00:53:53.23
Praise God.
00:53:53.26\00:53:55.80
Some how, right some how there
Adam's son Cain was a murdered
00:53:55.83\00:53:59.87
and they knew it was
murder and it was wrong
00:53:59.90\00:54:01.61
and God said to him,
"Sin lieth at the door."
00:54:01.64\00:54:05.38
So they had to
know what is right.
00:54:05.41\00:54:07.94
They had to
know right and wrong.
00:54:07.97\00:54:09.11
They were held accountable
and was charged to them.
00:54:09.14\00:54:13.91
After all you know
there was a big difference
00:54:13.94\00:54:15.94
as we close here
of this first part,
00:54:15.97\00:54:17.47
we are gonna get
in deep as we go.
00:54:17.50\00:54:20.05
There was a big difference
between the two brothers.
00:54:20.08\00:54:23.80
In the New
Testament 1 John 3:12 said,
00:54:23.83\00:54:27.12
"Because his" or
Cain's "works were evil
00:54:27.15\00:54:31.59
and his brother's righteous."
00:54:31.62\00:54:35.25
Interesting how would you know
00:54:35.28\00:54:36.58
that one was evil way
back then before the law
00:54:36.61\00:54:38.91
and one was
righteous if there was no law,
00:54:38.94\00:54:41.19
if there was no more code?
00:54:41.22\00:54:43.53
Oh, friends, you
know that there was,
00:54:43.56\00:54:45.16
we got many, many more examples
00:54:45.19\00:54:46.93
as we go along in our study.
00:54:46.96\00:54:48.74
So I encourage you
be sure you tune in
00:54:48.77\00:54:50.59
you know every
time the program is on
00:54:50.62\00:54:52.31
get your pencil and paper.
00:54:52.34\00:54:53.37
We're gonna have
prayer right now.
00:54:53.40\00:54:55.17
Got some of the
things I believe that
00:54:55.20\00:54:56.40
we talked about today as simple
as that may be to some of you
00:54:56.43\00:54:59.55
is very may be
confusing to some, complex
00:54:59.58\00:55:02.20
and all of a sudden
they are sorting it out
00:55:02.23\00:55:03.46
by the grace of
God and we need to pray
00:55:03.49\00:55:05.56
that the Holy Spirit
will not keep-- you know
00:55:05.59\00:55:07.96
the Holy Spirit will illuminate
these beautiful truths
00:55:07.99\00:55:10.47
that we may step out
and follow God all the way.
00:55:10.50\00:55:13.17
He's creator, He is
redeemer, He is a sustainer.
00:55:13.20\00:55:15.28
He has a right,
it's His government
00:55:15.31\00:55:17.12
He makes the rules and
by God's grace we accept.
00:55:17.15\00:55:19.70
And let's pray, shall we?
00:55:19.73\00:55:20.85
Father in heaven, we thank You
for Your precious word today.
00:55:20.88\00:55:23.49
We pray now for each and
every one of Your followers
00:55:23.52\00:55:26.23
as they heard these words
00:55:26.26\00:55:27.29
that they'll only hear
what they need to hear.
00:55:27.32\00:55:28.91
Conviction will come from
the power of the Holy Spirit
00:55:28.94\00:55:31.72
and will give
them the victory that
00:55:31.75\00:55:32.82
they-- that they need today.
00:55:32.85\00:55:34.39
May we follow Jesus
His example in all things
00:55:34.42\00:55:36.78
and I thank You for hearing
00:55:36.81\00:55:37.84
and answering in
Jesus name, amen.
00:55:37.87\00:55:42.25
Remember jot down the
time that Behold the Lamb is on
00:55:42.28\00:55:45.06
again we should appreciate that
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your phone
calls and your letters
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and your cards and your support
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we needed to continue on
can't say any more than that.
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I think you understand
what I'm talking about
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and so would you
pray and would you pray.
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We'll be praying
for you, you pray for us
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and we'll see you,
bless your heart next time.
00:55:58.61\00:56:03.34
Hello and welcome back.
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You know it's so unbelievable
how something so important
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that God choose to
write it out for us
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with His very own finger
and it has become the object
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of so much confusion
in the Christian world.
00:56:16.45\00:56:19.71
Many Christians
have long claimed
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that the Ten Commandments
were done away with.
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That they were
nailed to the cross
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and literally
millions have claimed
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that they have been
changed in some form or passion
00:56:27.96\00:56:31.90
even though it is recorded
that Christ himself said,
00:56:31.93\00:56:34.74
"Not one jot or
tittle shall in no wise
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pass away from the law,
until all be fulfilled."
00:56:38.13\00:56:41.64
Read it for yourself
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this verses is
found in Matthew 5:18
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and as far as I can
tell, we are all still here
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we are still
living on this earth
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Christ has it
returned for the second time
00:56:51.40\00:56:53.60
not just yet and all
has not been fulfilled.
00:56:53.63\00:56:57.21
We need to study
to show ourselves
00:56:57.24\00:56:59.66
approved on this subject.
00:56:59.69\00:57:01.54
So I know that you're
going to want to join us
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for the second
part of this series
00:57:03.85\00:57:06.08
and we hope that you'll
also desire to contact us
00:57:06.11\00:57:09.86
and order this two part set
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for your very own study library.
00:57:12.63\00:57:14.94
It is a blessing for
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00:57:14.97\00:57:19.08
The set is being offered
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for a love gift
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So all you have to
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at Behold the Lamb
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00:57:26.53\00:57:29.31
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00:57:36.40\00:57:39.18
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00:57:44.74\00:57:46.00
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Dear friends, until next time
may our precious Lord continue
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to richly bless you and yours.
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