Shall we bow our
heads for prayer?
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Father in heaven, As we study
this very important lecture
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tonight, two devastating end
time deceptions, we ask for the
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guidance of Your Holy Spirit.
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Give us clear minds, and
Lord, give us tender hearts
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to understand, and to receive,
that which You have for us.
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Help us to set aside
any preconceived notions,
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and ideas, and help us to hear
Your voice, and only Your voice.
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We pray this in the
precious name of Jesus,
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Your beloved Son, Amen.
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As I mentioned in my prayer,
this evening we are going
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to study two devastating
end time deceptions which have
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captivated
almost the entire world.
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And when I say the entire world,
I'm not only speaking about the
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secular world, I'm speaking
also about the religious world.
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Most of the religious world
has accepted, and teaches these
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two devastating errors
that Satan has prepared
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to deceive the whole
world in the end time.
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Now these two errors are very
closely related one to another.
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They are two separate errors,
but they are not independent.
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They are interlinked, which
means that if you believe one
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of the errors, you will
automatically believe the other,
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because they are very,
very closely connected,
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and if you teach one,
you will automatically teach
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the other as well.
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Lets begin our study in
the book of Romans 3:20,
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Romans 3:20. And the point
that I want to underline now
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as we read this verse,
is that if there is no law,
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there can be no sin.
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This is the first point.
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We're going to follow a
very logical order in our study
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today, so don't get distracted.
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Don't go to sleep on me,
because if you just dose off
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for a couple of minutes, you're
going to lose the sequence
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of what we're going to study.
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My first point is that if there
is no law there can be no sin.
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Now go with me, as I
mentioned, to Romans 3:20.
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The apostle Paul says:
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How do we know sin? by the law.
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By the law is
the knowledge of sin.
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So if you don't have
the law, you wouldn't have
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the knowledge of sin.
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Now lets go also to
Romans 4:15, Romans 4:15.
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Here we find the same basic
idea, but in different words.
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It says there... The apostle
Paul once again is writing.
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He says: Because the law...
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And some people
say, See, the law is bad
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because it brings about wrath.
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Now wait a minute.
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Why does the law bring wrath?
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The law brings
wrath because we are what?
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Because we are sinners.
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If we were not sinners the
law would say, you are okay.
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The law brings wrath
because we are sinners.
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So notice, it says, because
the law brings about wrath.
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And now notice, for
where there is no law
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there is no transgression.
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Can you break a law that
does not exist? Of course not!
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You know, if you come to a
corner and there's no stop sign,
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and you go through the
intersection, and a policeman
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stops you, and wants to
give you a ticket, you can tell
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the officer, Listen officer,
you can't give me a ticket,
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because there is no stop sign.
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It's only when there's a
stop sign, and I violate that
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stop sign, that the officer has
the right to give me a ticket.
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Are you
understanding what I am saying?
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So, in other words,
the law points out sin.
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If there is no law,
there can be no sin.
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Let me give you an illustration.
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Supposing you go to the
office of an Oncologist,
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because you haven't
been feeling too well.
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The Oncologist
examines you very meticulously,
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very carefully, runs some
tests on you, and after running
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the tests he says, I'm sorry to
tell you that you have cancer.
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Now I pray to God
that this wouldn't
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happen with anyone here.
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This is just an illustration.
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But he says, after examining
you carefully, you have cancer.
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Now let me ask you, is
that doctor doing me a favor?
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Do you think the solution to
the problem would be to take a
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baseball bat
and kill the doctor?
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Is getting rid of the doctor
the solution to the problem?
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Of course not! The
doctor points out that I'm sick.
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If there was no doctor
to examine me, I would not
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know that I'm sick, and I would
not know that I need someone
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to heal my illness.
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Are you
understanding what I'm saying?
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In other words, where there
is no law, I don't know sin.
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I don't know I'm sick, and
by the way, therefore I will not
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seek a solution to sin.
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I will not seek a Savior
if I don't feel that I'm sick,
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because the law
tells me that I am sick.
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Now go with me to
Romans 7:7 on this same point.
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Romans 7:7. Here the apostle
Paul uses the example of a
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specific commandment.
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He says this in Romans 7:7.
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Says the apostle Paul.
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How do we know sin?
through the law, it says here.
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How would I know that
covetousness is wrong,
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if there wasn't a law that
says: Thou shalt not covet?
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It's the law that shows me
that covetousness is wrong.
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Are you
understanding what I'm saying?
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So if there is no law, there
can be no sin, because the law
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defines, and points out sin.
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Allow me to give you another
illustration so this is clear.
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Many, many years ago I went
to the Seminary in Michigan.
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And I had to hold down
three jobs to be able to study.
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You know, people who go
to school have to do that.
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And one of my jobs was working
at the furniture factory.
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The name of it was College Wood
Products, and my job was after
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hours I would have to
clean out the chimney.
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You know, they had these spray
machines where they would spray
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varnish on the furniture, and
the excess paint would be sucked
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up by a fan into the chimney,
and the paint would gather
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on the sides of the
chimney inside like dust.
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And it actually
gathered quite a bit of dust.
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So every day, at the end of the
day I would have to go up the
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chimney with a spatula, and I
would have to clean the chimney.
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I remember that they provided
this green mechanics suit,
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and the first day that I
went, I went up the stairs,
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because it had a stairs right
up the middle of the chimney,
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and I was scraping off
all of the excess paint.
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And I had a mask on,
but there was dust going
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all over the place.
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Finished the job, got down, went
home, and when I got to the door
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of the house I knocked.
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My wife opened the door,
and when she saw me at the door
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she was frightened.
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She said, What happened to you?
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And I said, What do you
mean, what happened to me?
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I've been cleaning the chimney.
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She said, Have you looked
at yourself in the mirror?
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I said, No, I didn't
think about doing it.
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I cleaned the chimney
and I came right home.
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She said, You should have looked
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at yourself in the mirror!
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And so I went to the bathroom,
and I looked in the mirror,
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and the only thing that I
had white were my eyeballs,
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and my teeth. And here I
had walked all the way from
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College Wood Products home.
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And people, I passed, people in
the street, obviously I had been
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caught up in my thoughts,
because I didn't see what their
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reaction was. Now let me
ask you this, Would I have known
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that I was dirty if
it wasn't for the mirror?
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Actually, if it
wasn't for my wife!
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I wouldn't have known
that I needed my face cleaned.
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In the same way, folks, I would
not know that I'm a sinner.
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I would not know that I need
healing from the cancer of sin
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unless the law told
me that I am a sinner.
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So much for those who say that
the law was nailed to the cross.
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If the law was nailed to
the cross there can be no sin,
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because where there is
no law, there is no sin.
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Are you understanding me?
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That's point number 1.
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Now let's go to point number 2.
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If there is no sin,
because there is no law,
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there can be no death.
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Lets read what the Bible says.
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Go with me to Romans 5,
Romans 5:12, Romans 5:12.
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Here the apostle Paul says this:
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What does this text say?
that death came in through what?
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Death came in through sin.
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So the law tells you that you
are a sinner, and as a result of
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sin comes what? death.
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Go just to the next
page, Romans 6:23, Romans 6:23,
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and we will read only
the first part of the verse.
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Later on in our study
we will read the second
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part of the verse.
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The apostle Paul says,
inspired by the Holy Spirit:
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So basically if there
is no law, there is no sin.
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If there is no sin, there can be
no what? no death, because death
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is the wages of sin.
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Go with me also to
James 1:15, James 1:15.
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Here we find this same principle
that if there is no sin,
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there can be no death.
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Here James, the
brother of our Lord, says this:
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Desire means when covetousness,
evil desires, this isn't just
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any kind of desire.
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What does sin bring? death.
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And what is it that
reveals sin? the law.
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So what have we noticed so far?
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If there is no law,
there can be no sin.
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If there is no sin,
there can be no what? no death.
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Now, if there is no sin,
and therefore there is no death,
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that must mean that I am
what? that I am immortal.
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You're not
following me, are you?
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Yes? You're
pretty quiet tonight.
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Let's go over that
again, because it's important.
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If there is no law,
and therefore no sin,
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if there is no sin,
and therefore no death,
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then I must be immortal.
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Is that a logical conclusion?
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You don't have to be, you
don't have to have the wisdom of
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Albert Einstein
to figure that out.
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You don't have to be as smart as
king Solomon to figure that out.
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It's a logical conclusion.
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Now, who only, according
to the Bible, is immortal?
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Let's notice what the
New Testament has to say.
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Go with me to 1
Timothy 6:16, 1 Timothy 6:16.
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There is only
one who is immortal
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according to
scripture, and that is God.
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And in this case it's
speaking about Jesus Christ,
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but of course, God
is one in three persons,
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so what is said about Christ
can be said about the Father,
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can be said about the
Spirit, because they are three,
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but they are one.
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And maybe Pastor Finn
can, in the Question and Answer
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session, talk about
the concept of the Trinity:
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three persons, one God.
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1 Timothy 6:16, actually lets
read starting with verse 14,
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so that we can get the context.
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That you keep this commandment
without spot, blameless until
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our Lord Jesus Christ's
appearing, which He will
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manifest in His own time,
He who is the blessed and only
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potentate, the King of kings,
and Lord of lords, who alone
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has immortality, dwelling
in unapproachable light,
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whom no man has seen or
can see, to whom be honor and
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everlasting power, Amen.
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It says that He
alone has immortality.
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Now let me ask you, What part
of alone don't you understand?
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Alone means what? It
means that He is the only one
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who has immortality.
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Only God is immortal,
according to scripture.
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Notice one other text: 1
Timothy 1:17, 1 Timothy 1:17.
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Here the apostle Paul says this:
let's see, it's the 2nd epistle.
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Well, no wonder! 1st epistle
verse 17, chapter 1. It says:
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What's the next word?
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According to the New
Testament, who is the only one
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who has immortality?
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The only immortal one is God.
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Now let's review
what we've studied.
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If there is no law,
there can be no sin.
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If there is no sin,
there can be no death.
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If there is no
death, I am immortal,
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but only God is immortal.
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Now, what is the
inevitable conclusion?
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It's this: that
if man is immortal,
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but only God is
immortal, man must be...
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Say it
louder... Man must be God.
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Let me repeat that again.
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If only God is
immortal, but man is immortal,
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because there is no
law, no sin, no death,
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then man must be God,
because only God is immortal.
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Are you
following what I am saying?
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In other words, there are
two great teachings which lead
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to two gargantuan
errors in the end time.
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The first is the
idea that there is no law.
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That the law was done away with.
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That the law was
nailed to the cross.
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That all of us need to be
just the law unto ourselves.
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And the second one is the
idea that man is by nature what?
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That man is by nature immortal.
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Now lets go through
it again, because this
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is of critical importance.
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If there is no
law, there is no sin.
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If there is no
sin, there is no death.
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If there is no
death, I am immortal.
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But because only God is
immortal, if I'm immortal,
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I must be God. Now let
me ask you, where did these
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two ideas originate?
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Where did these two ideas begin,
that you don't have to worry
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about God's law,
and you are immortal?
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Let's go back to Genesis.
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Let's go back to
Genesis 3:4, 5, Genesis 3:4, 5.
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And actually, I'll start reading
at verse 1 so that we can catch
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the context. It says: Now the
serpent was more cunning than
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any beast of the field
which the Lord God had made.
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And he said to the woman, Has
God indeed said you shall not
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eat of every tree of the garden?
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And the woman said to the
serpent, We may eat of the fruit
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of the trees of the garden,
but of the fruit of the tree,
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which is in the midst of the
garden, God has said, You shall
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not eat it, nor shall
you touch it lest you die.
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And now notice verse 4:
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What is the serpent telling Eve?
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If she's not going to
die, she must be what?
00:20:48.38\00:20:52.37
She must be
immortal, according to this.
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You're not going to die.
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God is lying. You're
going to be immortal.
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But now I want you to
notice verse 5. It says:
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Now let's take a
look at this verse.
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I've dealt with it
before, but I want this verse
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to be absolutely clear.
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Let me ask you, Was the devil
right when he said to the woman,
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that God knows that the day that
you eat of it, your eyes will be
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opened, and you will be
like God, knowing good and evil.
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Was the devil right?
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He was? Let me ask you,
Who is the absolute arbiter
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of good and evil?
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Who defines what is
good and what is evil?
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God does. And what document
has God given us to show
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what is good, and what is evil?
00:22:06.37\00:22:07.40
What? His ten commandments.
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Would you say that
the ten commandments
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define good and evil?
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Did man come up with that
law or did God give that law?
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God did. So who is the
one who defines good and evil?
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It is God, not man.
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God tells Adam and Eve,
It's okay to eat from all these
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trees, but it's bad
to eat from this one.
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And we've already
noticed that in this one command
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are contained all of
the ten commandments;
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in principle all of the
ten commandments are there.
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So God is defining, in
the garden, good and evil.
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Now what is Satan
saying to the woman?
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He's saying, Listen up!
00:22:46.60\00:22:48.53
You think that if you eat from
the tree you're going to die.
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But let me tell you
what's really going on.
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God knows that if you eat
of this tree you're going to be
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just like Him, and you
are going to be able to define
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good and evil without
having to depend on God's
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definition of good and evil.
00:23:09.85\00:23:11.42
Are you
understanding what I'm saying?
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He's saying, Listen,
God has intimidated you.
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He's said that you shouldn't eat
from the tree, because you're
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going to die, but that's just
to scare you so you don't eat,
00:23:19.55\00:23:22.81
because He knows that if you
do eat, then He's going to have
00:23:22.84\00:23:25.68
other God's running around,
and only He wants to be God.
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That's what the
devil is really saying.
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But he says, If you eat from
the tree, not only will you be
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God, but you will be able
to determine what is good,
00:23:36.18\00:23:39.58
and what is evil without having
to depend on God's definition
00:23:39.61\00:23:43.66
of good and evil.
00:23:43.69\00:23:44.74
Let me ask you, Is the
devil attacking the law of God,
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the objective external law
of God? He most certainly is!
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He's saying, You don't
have to accept God's standard
00:23:53.62\00:23:56.50
of right and wrong.
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If you are God, you can
follow your own standard
00:23:57.59\00:24:00.67
of right and
wrong, of good and evil.
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So in these two verses
you have these two ideas:
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you will not die,
and you can be your own
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source of ethical decisions.
00:24:10.95\00:24:13.17
You don't have to
define on God's definition
00:24:13.20\00:24:16.19
of right and wrong.
00:24:16.22\00:24:17.25
If you're God, you can
define what's right and wrong.
00:24:17.28\00:24:20.31
It's an attack on the law, and
besides that you will not die,
00:24:20.34\00:24:25.28
you are what? you are immortal.
00:24:25.31\00:24:28.88
Do you see how these
two ideas are very closely
00:24:28.91\00:24:33.34
linked one to another?
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If you believe one, you will
automatically believe the other.
00:24:35.18\00:24:40.26
These two ideas originated with
Satan in the Garden of Eden.
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The idea that you have to
get rid of God's objective law,
00:24:45.29\00:24:48.89
God's definition
of right and wrong.
00:24:48.92\00:24:50.92
You can choose right
and wrong for yourself.
00:24:50.95\00:24:53.25
You're old enough, you're wise
enough, you're mature enough
00:24:53.28\00:24:56.90
to decide what's good and evil
without having somebody tell you
00:24:56.93\00:24:59.76
that the law tells you
what's right and what's wrong.
00:24:59.79\00:25:02.47
You can come in from inside
and know what's right and wrong.
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And he also says
that you will not die.
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And so notice that we have here:
if there is no law there is no
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sin, if there is no
sin there is no death.
00:25:14.44\00:25:17.89
If there is no
death, I am immortal.
00:25:17.92\00:25:20.65
But because only God is
immortal, if I'm also immortal,
00:25:20.68\00:25:24.99
I must be God. The two great
errors that the devil tried to
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pan off, and
actually did pan off on Eve
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in the Garden of Eden.
00:25:36.14\00:25:37.66
Now let's go back to the book of
Genesis and examine the sequence
00:25:37.69\00:25:42.95
of events that led to
the sin of Adam and Eve,
00:25:42.98\00:25:45.93
and the
consequences of their sin.
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Go with me to Genesis
2:16, 17, Genesis 2:16, 17.
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It says there: Then the Lord
God took the man and put him in
00:25:57.61\00:26:02.11
the Garden of Eden
to tend and keep it.
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In other words,
it's okay to eat from all
00:26:10.20\00:26:11.86
of the trees of the garden.
00:26:11.90\00:26:13.10
What did God say?
Did God give a law?
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Was this law outside man?
00:26:28.02\00:26:30.99
Was it outside man?
00:26:31.02\00:26:33.75
Did God lay
down the ground rule?
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And we've already
studied that this law contained
00:26:35.65\00:26:37.96
all of the commandments.
00:26:37.99\00:26:39.02
Because when Eve
sinned she coveted.
00:26:39.05\00:26:41.38
She stole God's fruit.
00:26:41.41\00:26:42.79
She dishonored
her heavenly Father.
00:26:42.82\00:26:44.79
She chose
another spiritual lover.
00:26:44.82\00:26:47.31
She committed
spiritual adultery.
00:26:47.34\00:26:48.84
She brought
death into the world.
00:26:48.87\00:26:50.66
In other words, she killed.
00:26:50.69\00:26:51.79
All of the
commandments were broken
00:26:51.82\00:26:53.90
when she broke
this one commandment.
00:26:53.93\00:26:55.74
Now let me ask you, When
Eve and her husband, Adam,
00:26:55.77\00:26:59.07
afterwards broke the ten
commandments, was that sin?
00:26:59.10\00:27:02.30
Was what Adam and Eve did sin?
00:27:02.33\00:27:07.57
Lets notice Romans 5,
Romans 5: 12, Romans 5:12.
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Here the apostle Paul, inspired
by the Holy Spirit, says this:
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And we've read
this verse before.
00:27:21.67\00:27:23.53
Let me ask you, did sin come
into the world through one man?
00:27:31.47\00:27:34.84
Yes or No? Who was that man?
00:27:34.87\00:27:36.90
That was Adam. Let me
ask you, In order to be sin,
00:27:36.93\00:27:40.25
must there have
been a law to break?
00:27:40.28\00:27:41.97
Are you with me or not?
00:27:42.00\00:27:45.14
Did Adam sin? What is sin?
00:27:45.17\00:27:49.61
Transgression of the law.
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So was there a law
to break? Of course!
00:27:51.77\00:27:54.37
So there was a law?
00:27:54.40\00:27:56.15
When Adam and Eve broke
the law they what? They sinned.
00:27:56.18\00:28:00.92
And when they sinned
what came in as a consequence?
00:28:00.95\00:28:04.46
Let's read once
again verse 12. It says:
00:28:04.49\00:28:07.90
And then what does it say?
00:28:12.17\00:28:13.99
Do you see the sequence?
00:28:21.75\00:28:22.81
God has a law. Adam
and Eve break the law,
00:28:22.84\00:28:26.72
and that's what? Sin.
00:28:26.75\00:28:28.38
And because Adam and Eve sinned,
00:28:28.41\00:28:30.53
what comes into
the world? death.
00:28:30.56\00:28:33.05
So my line of
reasoning is not mine.
00:28:33.08\00:28:36.50
The line of
reasoning that we've been using
00:28:36.53\00:28:39.54
is in harmony with scripture.
00:28:39.57\00:28:42.74
By the way, you
can read in Genesis 3:6
00:28:42.77\00:28:46.02
about the sin of Adam and Eve.
00:28:46.05\00:28:48.05
Let's go there
just for a moment.
00:28:48.08\00:28:50.10
Genesis 3:6 says this:
00:28:50.13\00:28:53.93
So they sinned, didn't they?
00:29:08.29\00:29:09.61
They broke God's command.
00:29:09.64\00:29:11.13
They sinned, and as a result
God said to Adam, Dust you are,
00:29:11.16\00:29:15.25
and to dust you shall what?
00:29:15.28\00:29:17.76
And to dust you shall return.
00:29:17.79\00:29:20.12
In other words, God
says, Because you broke My law,
00:29:20.15\00:29:22.32
you are going to die.
00:29:22.35\00:29:26.05
Is that contrary to
what the devil said?
00:29:26.08\00:29:29.27
What did the devil say?
00:29:29.30\00:29:31.16
Eat and you won't die.
00:29:31.19\00:29:34.00
Disobey God's law
and you won't die.
00:29:34.03\00:29:36.99
God says you disobey
My law, and you will die.
00:29:37.02\00:29:41.15
Who was telling the truth?
00:29:41.18\00:29:43.01
God was telling the
truth, because Adam died
00:29:43.04\00:29:47.08
when he was 930 years old.
00:29:47.11\00:29:49.09
And if you read the list in
Genesis 5 of all of the great
00:29:49.12\00:29:52.21
heroes up to the times of
Noah, the expression is used,
00:29:52.24\00:29:56.02
and he died, and he
died, and he died, and he died,
00:29:56.05\00:29:59.47
and he died, with the
exception of one: Enoch.
00:29:59.50\00:30:02.42
And later on in our series
we're going to talk about Enoch,
00:30:02.45\00:30:05.62
and why Enoch was translated
to heaven without seeing death.
00:30:05.65\00:30:12.56
He's the only one in the
list that did not actually die.
00:30:12.59\00:30:16.62
Now lets notice what
God did to Adam and Eve
00:30:16.65\00:30:19.76
in consequence of their sin.
00:30:19.79\00:30:21.65
Notice Genesis chapter
3, Genesis 3, and let's read
00:30:21.68\00:30:28.26
starting at verse 23,
Genesis 3: 23. It says here:
00:30:28.29\00:30:36.01
What happened to Adam and Eve?
00:30:48.73\00:30:49.77
They were what? They
were cast out of the garden.
00:30:49.80\00:30:54.50
What was in the garden?
00:30:54.53\00:30:56.11
In the garden
was the tree of life.
00:30:56.14\00:31:01.48
Now listen up. Did Adam
and Eve have to continue eating
00:31:01.51\00:31:06.49
from the tree of life
to continue living? Yes.
00:31:06.52\00:31:09.60
Do you know that
their only source of life
00:31:09.63\00:31:11.61
was in God's tree?
00:31:11.64\00:31:12.67
They had to eat from the tree
to refurbish their strength,
00:31:12.70\00:31:17.67
and to refurbish their life.
00:31:17.70\00:31:18.96
In other words, their
source of life was not inside,
00:31:18.99\00:31:21.00
it was outside in God's tree.
00:31:21.03\00:31:22.32
And do you know that even in
eternity, when God makes a new
00:31:22.35\00:31:26.98
heavens and a new earth,
we read in our last lecture,
00:31:27.01\00:31:31.53
that from month to month
we will go to the Holy City.
00:31:31.56\00:31:36.25
And what will we go
to the Holy City for?
00:31:36.28\00:31:38.54
To eat from the tree of life.
00:31:38.57\00:31:41.89
Even in eternity our source
of life will not be inside,
00:31:41.92\00:31:45.11
it will be where? It
will be outside in God's tree.
00:31:45.14\00:31:49.53
In other words, God has a
tree which served the purpose
00:31:49.56\00:31:52.74
of a battery
charger, if you please.
00:31:52.77\00:31:55.75
In other words,
Adam and Eve had to go
00:31:55.79\00:31:58.76
and charge their battery.
00:31:58.79\00:32:00.13
As long as they were
obedient to God they had access
00:32:00.16\00:32:03.25
to the tree of life.
00:32:03.28\00:32:04.43
But now, because of
their sin, what happened?
00:32:04.46\00:32:07.70
They were cast out
from the Garden of Eden,
00:32:07.73\00:32:11.17
and they could no
longer partake of what?
00:32:11.20\00:32:14.70
of the tree of life,
because they disobeyed
00:32:14.73\00:32:17.45
God's commandment.
00:32:17.48\00:32:18.51
Now let's notice verse 24.
00:32:18.54\00:32:20.88
It says in verse 24:
00:32:20.91\00:32:23.42
No more access to
the tree of life. Notice:
00:32:26.48\00:32:29.77
Whom did God place at
the gate of the garden?
00:32:43.90\00:32:46.93
What were cherubim? angels.
00:32:46.96\00:32:51.16
Now do you notice?
00:32:51.19\00:32:53.20
They broke God's law.
00:32:53.23\00:32:54.97
They sinned. God cast
them out of the garden,
00:32:55.00\00:33:00.20
so that they could not
eat from the tree of life,
00:33:00.23\00:33:04.00
and an angel was
placed at the gate. Follow me?
00:33:04.03\00:33:09.85
And two things came as a
result: first of all, the curse.
00:33:09.88\00:33:15.89
Notice what we find in
Genesis 3:17, Genesis 3:17.
00:33:15.92\00:33:22.76
Then to Adam He said, Because
you have heeded the voice
00:33:23.21\00:33:27.61
of your wife, and have
eaten from the tree of which
00:33:27.64\00:33:31.18
I commanded you saying,
You shall not eat of it.
00:33:31.21\00:33:33.79
What came in as a result of
their sin of breaking God's law?
00:33:39.40\00:33:42.85
The curse. And, by the way,
this word is used three times
00:33:42.88\00:33:47.17
in Genesis 3 and 4.
00:33:47.20\00:33:49.24
It's used of the serpent.
00:33:49.27\00:33:51.01
God cursed the serpent.
00:33:51.04\00:33:52.29
And in Genesis
4:11 He cursed Cain.
00:33:52.32\00:33:55.92
In other words, in consequence
of sin, of them being cast out
00:33:55.95\00:34:00.60
of the garden, now
the curse comes in.
00:34:00.63\00:34:03.18
And, of course, as a result of
the curse, also comes in death.
00:34:03.21\00:34:09.65
God says, Dust you are,
and to dust you shall return.
00:34:09.68\00:34:14.38
So reviewing: Adam
and Eve broke God's law.
00:34:14.41\00:34:18.67
That was sin.
Because of sin they were cast
00:34:18.70\00:34:22.87
out of the garden.
00:34:22.90\00:34:23.93
Angels were placed at
the gate to guard the access
00:34:23.96\00:34:29.15
to the tree of life.
00:34:29.18\00:34:30.21
And then as a result,
comes in the curse and death.
00:34:30.24\00:34:35.97
Now you say, why are you
going through this sequence?
00:34:36.00\00:34:39.95
Because this
sequence is going to be undone
00:34:39.98\00:34:45.29
at the very end of time.
00:34:45.32\00:34:47.23
I want you to go with
me to Revelation 22:14,
00:34:47.26\00:34:52.43
Revelation 22:14, and I want
you to notice this interesting
00:34:52.46\00:34:58.39
verse in conjunction with
what we just read from Genesis.
00:34:58.42\00:35:01.45
It says there in
Revelation 22 and verse 14:
00:35:01.48\00:35:06.05
Who what? the King James
says, keep. Here it says:
00:35:13.20\00:35:17.82
Some people say, Well, Pastor,
but in other versions it says,
00:35:20.34\00:35:24.24
Blessed are those
who wash their robes.
00:35:24.27\00:35:27.12
Actually, both
ideas are in Revelation.
00:35:27.15\00:35:30.13
Revelation 7:13, 14 says,
speaking about the saints who
00:35:30.16\00:35:34.81
go through the tribulation,
it says that they've made their
00:35:34.84\00:35:37.06
garments white in
the blood of the Lamb.
00:35:37.10\00:35:39.06
But also Revelation speaks about
the dragon being enraged against
00:35:39.10\00:35:44.42
those who keep the
commandments of God.
00:35:44.45\00:35:46.61
Both ideas are
present, but what is the best
00:35:46.64\00:35:49.45
translation here?
00:35:49.48\00:35:50.51
I believe that the best
translation is the King James
00:35:50.54\00:35:53.09
translation: Blessed are
those who keep His commandments.
00:35:53.12\00:35:55.65
And we're going to see why,
because really it's an undoing
00:35:55.68\00:35:59.98
of breaking the
commandments in Genesis.
00:36:00.01\00:36:02.24
Notice once again verse 14:
Blessed are those who do His
00:36:02.27\00:36:06.92
commandments. Is that opposite
of what Adam and Eve did?
00:36:06.95\00:36:11.41
What did Adam and Eve do?
00:36:11.44\00:36:14.06
They broke the commandments.
00:36:14.09\00:36:15.80
Is there going to be a group
who keep them? Yes. Now notice:
00:36:15.83\00:36:20.48
Is that an undoing of
what happened in Genesis? Yes.
00:36:25.96\00:36:29.39
Is that the opposite of
what happened to Adam and Eve?
00:36:32.56\00:36:35.17
Yes. And, by
the way, do you know
00:36:35.20\00:36:37.54
who's standing at the gates?
00:36:37.57\00:36:38.72
Notice Revelation
21:12, Revelation 21:12.
00:36:38.75\00:36:44.73
Speaking about the
Holy City, it says:
00:36:44.76\00:36:47.02
Excuse me, who is at
every gate? an angel.
00:36:55.24\00:37:02.50
What are the angels checking?
00:37:02.53\00:37:04.76
They're checking ID.
00:37:04.79\00:37:09.20
So in Revelation you
have a group who keep
00:37:09.23\00:37:12.63
the commandments.
00:37:12.66\00:37:13.69
They're allowed
through the gates by an angel.
00:37:13.72\00:37:17.36
They now have access to what?
00:37:17.39\00:37:21.33
They now have
access to the tree of life.
00:37:21.36\00:37:24.09
And I want you to
notice the two things
00:37:24.12\00:37:26.30
that are no longer present.
00:37:26.33\00:37:27.81
Notice Revelation
22:3, Revelation 22:3.
00:37:27.84\00:37:34.79
Two things that are
absent once they enter the city.
00:37:34.82\00:37:38.30
It says there in Revelation 22:
00:37:38.33\00:37:40.50
...what? Is that an undoing
of what happened in Genesis?
00:37:42.63\00:37:46.42
Of course!
00:37:46.45\00:37:47.48
Notice what else
will not be there.
00:37:55.08\00:37:57.27
Revelation 21:4 says:
00:37:57.30\00:38:00.06
Does Revelation speak
about the undoing of what
00:38:13.95\00:38:17.87
happened in Genesis? Of course.
00:38:17.90\00:38:20.62
Adam and Eve broke the
commandment. They sinned.
00:38:20.65\00:38:23.20
As a result they
were sentenced to death.
00:38:23.23\00:38:25.31
They were cast out of the
garden so that they could not
00:38:25.34\00:38:27.88
eat from the tree of life.
00:38:27.91\00:38:29.06
Angels were placed at the gate.
00:38:29.09\00:38:30.64
As a result you have
the curse, and death.
00:38:30.67\00:38:33.82
In Revelation you have
a group of people who keep
00:38:33.85\00:38:37.09
the commandments of God.
00:38:37.12\00:38:38.32
The angel lets them
through the gates to have access
00:38:38.35\00:38:41.54
to the tree of life, and as
a result you don't have anymore
00:38:41.57\00:38:44.84
curse, and you
don't have anymore death.
00:38:44.87\00:38:47.90
Are you
understanding this point?
00:38:47.93\00:38:49.80
Revelation undoes
what happened in Genesis.
00:38:49.83\00:38:54.10
God will have a people who
will keep His commandments.
00:38:54.13\00:38:57.30
And, by the way, they're
not immortal in themselves,
00:38:57.33\00:39:00.09
because if they were
immortal, why would they have
00:39:00.12\00:39:01.96
to eat from the tree?
00:39:01.99\00:39:03.02
In fact, listen up, if
man was created immortal,
00:39:03.05\00:39:08.36
what good would it have
been for God to forbid him
00:39:08.39\00:39:10.66
from eating from the tree?
00:39:10.69\00:39:11.72
You're not
understanding me, are you?
00:39:11.75\00:39:15.44
If man was by nature
immortal what good would it do
00:39:15.47\00:39:19.70
for God to bar him
from eating from the tree?
00:39:19.73\00:39:21.42
It made no difference
whether he ate or not.
00:39:21.45\00:39:24.75
He was still immortal.
00:39:24.78\00:39:26.09
Furthermore, and this is
even more serious, if man is by
00:39:26.12\00:39:31.90
nature immortal, what did
Jesus come to save us from?
00:39:31.93\00:39:35.06
Did Jesus come to save
us from death? Yes, He did.
00:39:37.86\00:39:40.72
But if we're immortal
what is He saving us from?
00:39:40.75\00:39:43.72
The doctrine of the
immortality of the soul
00:39:43.75\00:39:48.46
makes Jesus unnecessary.
00:39:48.49\00:39:50.91
And it makes the casting out
of Adam and Eve from the Garden
00:39:50.94\00:39:55.70
of Eden unnecessary.
00:39:55.73\00:39:57.58
Are you
understanding my point or not?
00:39:57.61\00:40:00.55
This is a critical point.
00:40:00.58\00:40:02.53
Now I want you to go
with me to Revelation 22:15,
00:40:02.56\00:40:05.48
because somebody might
say, Okay, well the parallel
00:40:05.51\00:40:07.83
is interesting, but does the
text really mean those who keep
00:40:07.86\00:40:11.96
the commandments or
those who washed their robes?
00:40:11.99\00:40:14.16
Well, let's notice the contrast
at verse 15, and you'll see that
00:40:14.19\00:40:17.74
keeping the commandments
is a better translation.
00:40:17.77\00:40:20.28
By the way, if God has a people
in the end time who keep the
00:40:20.31\00:40:22.67
commandments, I guess they
weren't nailed to the cross.
00:40:22.70\00:40:25.24
Hello, anybody out there?
00:40:27.64\00:40:29.34
Why would God say that
He has a people who keep His
00:40:31.50\00:40:33.92
commandments if the
law was done away with
00:40:33.95\00:40:36.79
when Jesus died on the cross?
00:40:36.82\00:40:37.85
Or He doesn't expect Christians
to keep the law anymore?
00:40:37.88\00:40:41.40
Do you know what the problem
is? and I'll be brutally frank.
00:40:41.43\00:40:46.46
People want to get rid of the
Sabbath, and I can't explain it.
00:40:46.50\00:40:52.00
I don't know why, because
it's such a beautiful day.
00:40:52.03\00:40:55.13
Twenty-four hours of
communion with Christ!
00:40:55.16\00:40:57.32
You ask them, Oh, can you
commit adultery then? No, No.
00:40:57.35\00:41:00.07
Can you steal? No, No.
00:41:00.10\00:41:02.72
Can you covet? No.
00:41:02.75\00:41:05.42
Can you worship idols? Never!
00:41:05.45\00:41:08.36
Can you beat up your
parents? Don't even think of it!
00:41:08.39\00:41:12.83
Can you kill? No.
00:41:12.86\00:41:17.11
Can you bear false witness
against your neighbor? No way!
00:41:17.14\00:41:21.47
Can you break the Sabbath? Yeah!
00:41:21.50\00:41:24.23
Now lets be consistent folks.
00:41:26.12\00:41:27.86
Lets be honest with
ourselves, and honest with God.
00:41:27.89\00:41:31.63
I know that there are
preachers out there that teach
00:41:31.66\00:41:35.53
that the Sabbath was
done away with, but the Bible
00:41:35.56\00:41:37.43
does not teach that.
00:41:37.46\00:41:38.49
In fact, I'll give you a reward
if you can show me one text
00:41:38.52\00:41:42.15
in the Bible where it says, Thus
saith the Lord, You shall now
00:41:42.18\00:41:45.36
keep the first day of the
week instead of the seventh
00:41:45.39\00:41:48.26
day of the week.
You won't find it.
00:41:48.29\00:41:49.98
People say, Well, we keep
Sunday because we want to honor
00:41:50.01\00:41:53.45
the Resurrection of Jesus.
00:41:53.48\00:41:54.51
There's no place in the
Bible that says you're supposed
00:41:54.54\00:41:56.44
to keep Sunday because you
honor the Resurrection of Jesus.
00:41:56.47\00:41:58.73
In fact, the Bible says that
it is baptism which commemorates
00:41:58.76\00:42:02.27
the death and the
Resurrection of Christ.
00:42:02.30\00:42:04.02
It is baptism, not Sunday,
but this is an assumption,
00:42:04.05\00:42:08.59
an idea that came into the
Christian church by tradition.
00:42:08.62\00:42:12.73
Now notice Revelation 22:15,
and I'm going to read verse 14
00:42:12.76\00:42:17.87
because I want you
to catch the context.
00:42:17.90\00:42:19.49
It says, Blessed are those who
do His commandments that they
00:42:19.52\00:42:22.16
may have the right to the tree
of life, and may enter through
00:42:22.19\00:42:24.54
the gates into the city, but...
00:42:24.57\00:42:26.46
What does that
word, but indicate?
00:42:26.49\00:42:29.64
There is a group of
contrasts with those who enter,
00:42:29.67\00:42:32.76
who keep the commandments.
00:42:32.79\00:42:33.93
By the way, sorcerers break
the commandment, Thou shall have
00:42:42.12\00:42:44.57
no other gods before Me,
because sorcerers claim to have
00:42:44.60\00:42:47.25
the power to create reality.
00:42:47.28\00:42:49.34
Some versions say fornicators,
or adulterers. And what else?
00:42:54.14\00:42:59.31
Let me ask you, Are
these all violations
00:43:02.87\00:43:05.00
of the ten commandments?
00:43:05.03\00:43:06.06
Which commandment is murderers?
00:43:06.09\00:43:08.83
Thou shalt not kill.
00:43:08.86\00:43:11.24
What about
fornicators, or adulterers?
00:43:11.27\00:43:13.58
Thou shalt not commit adultery.
00:43:13.61\00:43:15.03
How about idolaters?
00:43:15.06\00:43:16.09
Thou shalt not
make any graven image.
00:43:16.12\00:43:18.99
How about he who
loves and practices a lie?
00:43:19.02\00:43:21.05
Thou shalt not
bear false witness.
00:43:21.08\00:43:22.57
That is those who
are outside the city
00:43:22.60\00:43:24.63
are commandment breakers.
00:43:24.66\00:43:27.44
Those who are
inside the city are what?
00:43:27.47\00:43:31.08
are commandment keepers.
00:43:31.11\00:43:33.32
Is that clear? Raise
your hand if that's clear.
00:43:33.35\00:43:36.81
I mean it's there in scripture.
00:43:36.84\00:43:38.81
Now, is Pastor Bohr saying that
God's going to let us into this
00:43:38.84\00:43:43.48
city because we
kept His commandments?
00:43:43.51\00:43:45.68
We earned our
entrance into the city
00:43:45.71\00:43:48.20
by keeping His
commandments. No way!
00:43:48.23\00:43:51.08
Then what am I saying?
00:43:51.11\00:43:55.06
Listen, the only thing that
gives us access to the Holy City
00:43:55.09\00:43:59.70
is the fact that Jesus
bore the curse for our sins.
00:43:59.73\00:44:04.97
Do you remember Genesis 3:21
when Adam and Eve were naked?
00:44:07.25\00:44:11.61
They were actually
covered with fig leaves,
00:44:11.64\00:44:13.04
but they still felt naked.
00:44:13.07\00:44:14.20
What happened in
the Garden of Eden?
00:44:14.23\00:44:17.53
Animals were slain.
00:44:17.56\00:44:21.74
What did those
animals represent?
00:44:21.77\00:44:24.25
They represented the death
of Jesus to cover the shame
00:44:24.28\00:44:29.14
of their nakedness.
00:44:29.17\00:44:30.20
Of course, nakedness represents
living in a state of sin.
00:44:30.23\00:44:33.27
In other words, the only thing
which would allow Adam and Eve
00:44:33.30\00:44:37.89
access again into the presence
of God, was to be covered
00:44:37.92\00:44:42.44
with the skins of the lamb
slain, which represented the
00:44:42.47\00:44:47.73
death of the Lamb of God, who
takes away the sin of the world.
00:44:47.76\00:44:51.52
As it says in Galatians
3:13, Jesus redeemed us from
00:44:51.55\00:44:58.93
the curse of the law.
00:44:59.05\00:45:00.31
Why does the law curse us?
00:45:00.34\00:45:03.46
Because we're sinners!
00:45:03.49\00:45:06.03
See, the law isn't
bad because it curses us.
00:45:06.06\00:45:08.80
It says Christ redeems us
from the curse of the law,
00:45:08.83\00:45:11.78
and how did He do it?
00:45:11.81\00:45:12.84
Becoming a curse for us.
00:45:12.87\00:45:16.60
In other words, Jesus
took my sin upon Himself.
00:45:16.63\00:45:21.15
He was cursed by
His Father in my place.
00:45:21.18\00:45:24.41
He died on a cross paying
for the penalty for my sins.
00:45:24.44\00:45:28.40
And when I come to Jesus and
I see that, and I see what sin
00:45:28.43\00:45:32.64
did to Jesus, I say, Lord Jesus,
Why did this happen to You?
00:45:32.67\00:45:35.73
Why did You cry out, My God, My
God, why hast Thou forsaken me?
00:45:35.76\00:45:39.66
Why, why were You
sweating drops of blood?
00:45:39.69\00:45:43.28
Why did You have that
cup trembling in Your hand?
00:45:43.31\00:45:46.68
Where you said, Father if
this cup can pass from Me,
00:45:46.71\00:45:50.37
which is the cup of God's wrath.
00:45:50.40\00:45:51.87
Why did You say this?
00:45:51.90\00:45:53.58
Why did You go through this?
00:45:53.61\00:45:55.08
Jesus says, The
wages of sin is death.
00:45:55.11\00:45:59.27
When I see Jesus in that way,
I say, Lord Jesus, I love You,
00:45:59.30\00:46:04.16
and I hate sin! It's when I
look at Jesus, and see what sin
00:46:04.19\00:46:11.51
did to Jesus, that I once and
for all want to get rid of sin.
00:46:11.54\00:46:15.69
Let me tell you this, people
who have received Jesus as their
00:46:15.72\00:46:20.83
Savior will, out
of love for Jesus,
00:46:20.86\00:46:24.31
get rid of sin in their lives.
00:46:24.34\00:46:27.49
They will keep the commandments,
not because they have to,
00:46:27.52\00:46:31.58
not because they're ordered
to, but because they're grateful
00:46:31.61\00:46:37.09
to Jesus for what
He has done for them.
00:46:37.12\00:46:40.42
So I would say in the
light of all of the Bible,
00:46:40.45\00:46:43.96
that what Revelation
22:14 is trying to teach is,
00:46:43.99\00:46:47.61
blessed are those who
love Jesus, therefore keep His
00:46:47.64\00:46:51.94
commandments, and enter
through the gates into the city,
00:46:51.97\00:46:55.27
because Jesus said, If you
love Me, keep My commandments.
00:46:55.30\00:47:01.81
He who says, I know Him, and
does not keep His commandments
00:47:01.84\00:47:07.45
is a liar, and the
truth of God is not in him.
00:47:07.48\00:47:11.99
Are there many Christians
in the world today who say,
00:47:12.02\00:47:15.13
Oh, I received Jesus.
00:47:15.16\00:47:16.44
Jesus died on the cross for me.
00:47:16.47\00:47:17.96
And they live like the devil?
00:47:17.99\00:47:19.99
Yes, absolutely, Yes.
00:47:23.19\00:47:26.46
You see, our life
shows whether we have truly
00:47:26.49\00:47:31.85
committed ourselves to Jesus.
00:47:31.88\00:47:33.31
The Bible says we will be judged
by our works, even though we are
00:47:33.34\00:47:39.50
saved by grace through faith.
00:47:39.54\00:47:41.13
The apostle Paul says
we are justified by faith
00:47:41.16\00:47:44.96
without works of the law.
00:47:44.99\00:47:46.11
But then he says, the doers
of the law will be justified.
00:47:46.14\00:47:48.97
The apostle Paul says we are
not justified by works of law.
00:47:49.00\00:47:54.65
But then James says, don't you
know that Abraham was justified
00:47:54.68\00:47:58.05
by works when
he offered his son?
00:47:58.08\00:47:59.93
You say, that's a contradiction.
00:47:59.96\00:48:01.56
No it isn't. You see, Paul
is looking at how we're saved.
00:48:01.59\00:48:05.51
We're save by grace through
faith, whereas James is looking
00:48:05.54\00:48:09.14
at the life of those who
have been saved by faith.
00:48:09.17\00:48:13.81
In other words, Paul is
telling you how you're saved.
00:48:13.84\00:48:17.25
James is telling you
how saved people live.
00:48:17.28\00:48:20.77
Are you
understanding what I'm saying?
00:48:20.80\00:48:24.23
So if we love Jesus,
we're going to obey Jesus,
00:48:24.26\00:48:27.45
because sin nailed Him to
the cross, and so when we come
00:48:27.48\00:48:32.28
to the cross we hate
sin and we love Jesus.
00:48:32.31\00:48:35.13
How about it? The reason why we
sin so much is because we don't
00:48:35.16\00:48:38.19
spend very much
time at the cross.
00:48:38.22\00:48:39.48
We spend most of our time
behind the television set,
00:48:39.51\00:48:41.93
or in front of
the television set.
00:48:41.96\00:48:43.70
I wish it was behind.
00:48:43.73\00:48:45.42
And the television
set confirms our sin.
00:48:45.45\00:48:50.20
It makes us greater sinners,
because it says, Oh, what you're
00:48:50.23\00:48:53.86
looking at, that's normal.
00:48:53.89\00:48:54.92
That's what happens.
00:48:54.95\00:48:55.98
And we're confirmed in our sins,
whereas when we come to the
00:48:56.01\00:48:59.26
cross of Jesus, the
cross o Jesus rebukes our sin,
00:48:59.29\00:49:01.94
and we don't want
anything more to do with sin.
00:49:01.97\00:49:05.37
Notice 2 Timothy
1:10, 2 Timothy 1:10.
00:49:05.40\00:49:12.24
This is a very important verse.
00:49:12.27\00:49:14.27
It says there, the
apostle Paul, once again:
00:49:14.30\00:49:18.17
What has Jesus done?
00:49:33.33\00:49:34.59
He's brought immortality
to light through the gospel.
00:49:34.62\00:49:37.39
Now if we already have
immortality, what use is it for
00:49:37.42\00:49:40.42
Jesus to bring immortality
to to light for the gospel?
00:49:40.45\00:49:43.08
It's absurd! It
doesn't make any sense.
00:49:43.11\00:49:46.95
By the way, do you
know that our only source
00:49:46.98\00:49:49.08
of life is in Jesus?
00:49:49.11\00:49:50.70
In 1 John 5:11, 12, we find John
saying, This is the testimony
00:49:50.74\00:49:58.53
that God has
given us eternal life,
00:49:58.56\00:50:00.58
and this life is in His Son.
00:50:00.61\00:50:01.64
So where is our source of
life? within us, or outside us?
00:50:13.81\00:50:20.11
It is outside us.
00:50:20.15\00:50:22.32
It is in being
connected with Jesus.
00:50:22.35\00:50:26.13
We are not
immortal in ourselves.
00:50:26.16\00:50:29.57
We cannot define what's
right and wrong in ourselves.
00:50:29.60\00:50:33.85
We need the law of God not
only to show us our external
00:50:33.88\00:50:38.13
deeds, we need the law of
God to show us our internal
00:50:38.16\00:50:41.24
thoughts and motivations.
00:50:41.27\00:50:42.76
To rebuke our
sin, if you please.
00:50:42.79\00:50:45.72
Are you
understanding what I'm saying?
00:50:45.75\00:50:47.10
And when the law does that
we realize that we're sentenced
00:50:47.13\00:50:51.17
to death and we cry
out, Who shall deliver me
00:50:51.20\00:50:54.21
from this body of death?
00:50:54.24\00:50:55.52
Ah, the answer comes,
Look at the Lord Jesus.
00:50:55.55\00:50:59.38
He bore your death.
00:50:59.41\00:51:00.67
He took your death upon the
cross, because of your sins.
00:51:00.70\00:51:04.67
And therefore, the law is
upheld, and also eternal life
00:51:04.71\00:51:11.35
depends only and
exclusively upon Jesus Christ.
00:51:11.38\00:51:17.68
Now I want to make absolutely
clear the relationship
00:51:17.71\00:51:23.30
that exists between keeping
the law, and God's grace.
00:51:23.33\00:51:26.86
Let me ask you, when you turn
on your car, and you put it in
00:51:26.89\00:51:34.31
gear, and your car starts
rolling, which of the two wheels
00:51:34.34\00:51:38.87
moves first, the front
wheels or the back wheels?
00:51:38.90\00:51:41.49
Almost always people will say,
that depends whether it's back
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wheel or front wheel drive.
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Wrong! If it's back wheel
drive, when the back wheels move
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the front wheels follow.
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Faith is the power
that moves our life.
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The works are what
follow in consequence.
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Now I'd like to do a
little experiment here.
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Let me ask you, when someone
opens that door in the back,
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which side of
the door moves first,
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the inside or the outside?
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You snickered. I've
had people say the outside,
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and I've had people say the
inside, but actually both sides
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move what? move together.
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It's like two
oars of a row boat.
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Which oar is most important,
the left oar or the right oar?
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Actually, both of them working
together move the boat forward.
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Do you want your life to move
forward? your spiritual life
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to move forward? The only
way is through the oar of works,
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and through the oar of
faith working together.
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Or you could illustrate it this
way: imagine a piece of paper.
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Let's do a
little experiment here.
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If I have a sheet of paper,
and I've got this little sheet
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back here, I want to ask someone
here, Would you please come and
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take away one side
of this piece of paper?
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Anybody want to try and
take one side off of this?
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And some people
say, Well, I'll peel it.
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It still has
two sides. Nice try!
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Can you have a one
sided piece of paper? No.
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You have to have two sides.
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And that's true
of faith and works.
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Faith is the moving power,
works are that which follow.
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Now lets go to Ephesians chapter
2 where this is brought out very
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clearly. Ephesians 2:8, 9.
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Most Christians will read
verses 8 and 9 and they'll stop.
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But we've got to
read verse 10, too.
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It says there in verse 8:
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And people take that and they
say, See, we're saved by grace,
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through faith without works.
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Yeah, but you
need to read verse 10.
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Notice verse 10. It says there:
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By the way, that means
that we've received Jesus
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into our lives.
He's become our Savior.
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And who prepared
those good works?
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Do we do them in our own
power? in our own selves? No.
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So we are saved by
grace through faith.
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We cannot boast, but
in consequence of that
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what follows? works follow.
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Now allow me to
mention something which is very
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terrifying to me, as we
bring this lecture to a close.
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Do you know that there are two
texts, there are more but I'm
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going to mention two of them in
the New Testament that tell us
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that in the end time, the world
is going to be in a terribly
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lawless state. Notice
Matthew 24:12, Matthew 24:12.
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Here Jesus is speaking about
the signs of His second coming,
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and He says
this. Matthew 24: 12.
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That word lawlessness
is the same expression,
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transgression of
the law of 1 John 3:4.
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What is the consequence?
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What is law breaking?
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It's a lack of what? of love.
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I'll only mention
the second passage.
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It's in Matthew 7:21-23.
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We've referred to it before.
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Do you remember that many
will come to Jesus in that day,
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and they'll say, Lord, Lord, did
we not prophesy in Your name?
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Lord, Lord, did we not
do miracles in Your name?
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Lord, Lord, did we not
cast out demons in Your name?
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By the way, are
these Christians?
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Do they profess
to be Christians?
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Of course. They wouldn't
be claiming the name of Jesus
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if they didn't
profess to be Christians.
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And what does Jesus
answer to them? He says:
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Say what? Christians
who practice lawlessness?
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Perhaps these are the Christians
who say that you don't have to
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keep the law because
Jesus kept it for you.
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Folks, the fact is that
these two doctrines have
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overtaken the whole world:
the idea that the law of God
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was done away with,
and man is immortal.
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May God deliver us
from these two great errors.
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