Shall we bow our
heads for prayer?
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Our Father in Heaven, we thank
You for this wonderful day that
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You have given us.
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We thank You for the
privilege of living in a country
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where we can worship
freely, and read Your Holy Word
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freely and obey it.
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We ask that as we open that
word this evening that You will
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be with us through the
presence of Your Holy Spirit.
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Help us to understand
the very important issues
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that we're going to
bring forth tonight.
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We thank You Lord for
hearing our prayer for we ask it
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in Jesus' name, Amen.
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The title of our study today
is, New Age or Ancient Lie?
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And we want to begin our study
at Matthew 6:9, Matthew 6:9.
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There's a very important
principle that is expressed here
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in what is known
as The Lord's Prayer.
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Matthew 6:9.
Here Jesus says this:
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Now why are we beginning
our study with this verse?
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Because this verse has
some very important information
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which will be useful in our
study in understanding our study
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for this evening.
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First of all this verse
makes it very clear that God
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is a personal God,
because we're supposed to
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address Him as Father.
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And so if He's our Father,
we are His sons and daughters.
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We are His children.
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The only way that this can
be true is if God is a person.
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The second point that I want
us to notice is that God is in a
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specific place, which in
the Bible is called heaven.
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In other words, God
inhabits a certain place,
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a certain location, which
in this verse is called heaven.
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Now we're going to notice in our
study this evening many things
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that you've thought about, and
you've heard many times before.
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But I want you to notice
the way that all of the points
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are interconnected, because at
the end of our study we're going
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to talk about a philosophy which
has almost taken over the whole
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world, including
the Christian world.
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I'm talking about
New Age philosophies
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and New Age theologies.
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Now go with me to Genesis 1:1,
and this verse we practically
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don't even have to look it
up, but I'm going to look it up
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in my Bible anyway.
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It has a very important
principle. It says there:
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Now you say, Why
would you read that verse?
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For a very simple reason.
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This verse makes
it very clear that God
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pre-existed the universe.
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In other words, God
existed before His creation.
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God and the
universe are not co-eternal.
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God existed before
the universe was created.
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God is distinct
from His universe.
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God is transcendent.
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That is He is separate from
His universe, from His creation.
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God is the Creator and
the universe is His creation.
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Notice Colossians 1:16,
17, Colossians 1:16, 17.
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This is speaking about
Jesus Christ, and it enunciates
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several very
important principles. It says:
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Is it clear to
you in these verses
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that Jesus
Christ was the Creator?
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Is it also clear to you
that Jesus Christ existed
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before His creation?
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Is it clear to you that
there's a distinction between
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Jesus and His creation?
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That Jesus
transcends His creation.
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He pre-exists His creation.
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He is separate and
distinct from creation.
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He is distinct, in other
words, from the universe.
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Notice another text that
enunciates this same principle.
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You're probably wondering why
I'm underlining this so much.
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You're going to see
before we reach the end
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of our study today. John 1:1-3.
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Now lets stop
there just for a moment.
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It doesn't say, In the
beginning became the Word.
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It says, In the
beginning the Word already was.
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In other words, Jesus
existed before the beginning.
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Before the beginning of what?
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Let's continue
reading verse 2. It says:
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According to this verse, did
Jesus pre-exist His creation?
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Is He distinct
from His creation?
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Does He transcend?
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Is He above His creation?
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Yes, He is distinct and
separate from His creation,
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and the Bible
calls Him our Father.
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Of course, when
He becomes incarnate
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He becomes our brother.
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But as our Creator
Jesus is our Father.
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Now this is a very important
point that we're beginning with
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in our study today.
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Jesus pre-existed His creation.
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He brought
everything into existence.
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He is distinct
from His creation.
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He transcends His creation.
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All things came from Him, which
means that there was a time
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when there was no
universe and only God existed.
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Because if you believe that
the universe has always existed
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you would have to conclude that
the universe is equal to God.
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But scripture makes it
clear that the universe,
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at some point in eternity past,
we don't know exactly when,
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the universe
came into existence.
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It is not eternal.
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It was created. God created it.
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Now I want you to notice
Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:11.
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We're going to go through
creation week and see what it
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was that Jesus created.
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Genesis 1:11. By the way,
when it says here that God said,
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we know that the
person of the Godhead who is
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doing this is Jesus.
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All things were
made through Him,
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and He is before all things.
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And through Him all
things were created.
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And so it says in verse 11:
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Who created the plants?
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Who created the
vegetation? Jesus.
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Is the vegetation
eternal like Jesus is,
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or did
vegetation have an origin?
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Vegetation had an
origin according to this verse.
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Now go with me to
Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:21.
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You could put Jesus
there in the light of John 1.
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Did the fish and the birds have
an origin or a beginning? Yes.
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Who made them? God, or Jesus.
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Go with me to verse
24, verse 24 of Genesis 1.
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Were the beasts of the
field created by Jesus?
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Did they have an origin or a
beginning during creation week?
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Absolutely. Now lets go
to Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:7.
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Here it speaks
about the creation of man.
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And we're told this:
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Is man eternal, or
did man have a beginning?
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It goes without saying
that, according to this verse,
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man did not always exist.
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At some point God, Jesus, in the
light of John 1, created man.
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Now go with me to Isaiah
64, Isaiah 64:8, Isaiah 64:8.
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Here we find an
additional description
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of the creation of man.
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It says there, once again
Isaiah 64:8, But now, O Lord,
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You are our what? father; we are
the clay, and you our potter;
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and all we are
the work of your hand.
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Very close to Genesis 2:7
where it says that God took dust
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from the ground.
Actually, it was clay.
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It was wet dust.
And He formed man.
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The only thing is in
Isaiah 64 it tells us
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that God is our Father.
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In other words,
Jesus is our Father.
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So the book of Genesis makes
it very clear that everything
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in this earth had an
origin; had a beginning.
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And it also clearly reveals that
God, who created these things,
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pre-existed these
things, and actually transcends,
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and is separate and
distinct from His creation.
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Now lets notice
where life originated.
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It goes without
saying that plants are alive,
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and birds and fish are
alive, animals are alive,
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human beings are alive.
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But what was the
source, explicitly,
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of the life of creation?
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Go with me to Acts 17,
Acts 17, and we'll begin
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reading at verse 24.
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Acts 17:24. Here the apostle
Paul is entertaining a dialog
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with the philosophers at Athens.
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You know, the Greeks were
renowned for their philosophy.
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And so the apostle Paul matched
philosophy with philosophy.
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Now I want you to notice
what he says to those who were
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worshipping the
unknown God. Verse 24:
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And now notice this:
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Where did life come from,
according to the apostle Paul?
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It came from God!
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God is the source of our life.
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He is the source
of our existence.
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Now notice what we find
in Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:9.
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God, that is Jesus,
placed in the garden of Eden
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a special tree, and Genesis
2:9 tells us about that tree.
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It says there:
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Now the tree that I
want us to focus on here
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is the tree of life.
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Question, Did man have to eat
from the tree of life in order
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to have his
existence perpetuated?
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Did he have to eat from the
tree of life to continue living?
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He most certainly did.
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You say, How do we know that?
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It's very simple. After Adam and
Eve sinned they were cast out
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of the garden, because God
did not want them to eat from
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the tree of life and
continue living forever.
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Now if they already had eternal
life abiding within themselves
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it would have done absolutely no
good for God to forbid them from
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eating from the tree.
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Notice Genesis 3 on this point.
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Genesis 3:22-24.
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Let me ask you, was
the life of man contingent?
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Do you understand
that word contingent?
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In other words, did man depend
on a source of life outside
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himself? Yes. The life was not
inside, the life was in the tree
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which God planted in the garden.
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In this way God wanted to teach
man that his source of life
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was not within himself.
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His source of life was
outside of him in the tree
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which God had planted.
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In other words, the
life of man was derived.
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The life of man was received
from God, from the Creator.
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It was not inherent.
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It did not
belong to man by nature.
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He could perpetuate his
existence only by partaking of
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the external tree
that God had made.
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Now another very important point
that we find in the book of
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Genesis is that man was created
to have dominion over the earth.
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Notice Genesis 1:26, and
then we'll read also verse 28.
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Genesis 1, and I'll read verse
26 and then I'll go to verse 28.
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It says in verse 26:
Then God said, Let us make man
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in our image,
according to our likeness.
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Let them have what? dominion
over the fish of the sea,
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over the birds of the
air, and over the cattle,
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over all the earth, and
over every creeping thing
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that creeps on
the earth. Verse 28.
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Notice that God created man
to have dominion over creation.
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Let me ask you this then,
was man superior to creation?
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Was he? Was he king of creation?
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Absolutely, because he
was told to have dominion.
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Of course, above and over
man, God had dominion over him.
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But I want you to notice
that man was placed to rule
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over nature, which means that
nature and man are not equal.
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Animals and man
are not the same.
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Plants and human
beings are not the same.
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Planets and human
beings are not the same.
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What I'm saying is
that man was created to have
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dominion over nature.
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He is distinct and separate from
nature, because he was created
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in the image of God.
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Now notice also
Genesis 2:15, Genesis 2:15.
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By the way, this was supposed
to be a loving dominion.
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Man was not supposed
to mistreat the ecosystem.
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In other words, he was
supposed to care for creation.
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He was supposed to care for
the air, and for the rivers,
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and for the earth, because
this was going to be his home.
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He was to care for creation,
not because creation was God,
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but because creation was made
by God, and it belonged to God.
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Now notice Genesis 2:15,
Genesis 2:15. It says here:
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What did God place Adam in the
garden for? to be the caretaker;
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the one who would maintain the
garden beautiful and in order.
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In other words, man was superior
to creation that God had made.
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He was made to take
care of the ecosystem.
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Are you
understanding what I am saying?
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All of this is of
critical importance,
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we'll notice as we study along.
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God made man. He made a
wonderful body, didn't He?
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Now notice what the
apostle Paul says in
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1 Corinthians 6:19,
20, 1 Corinthians 6:19, 20.
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You know this is something
that it would be a good idea for
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Christians to read
on a regular basis.
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The apostle Paul says, For
do you not know that your body
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is the temple of the
Holy Spirit which is in you,
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whom you have from God,
and you are not your own?
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For you were bought at a
price: therefore glorify God
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in your body, and in
your spirit, which are God's.
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Why was Adam supposed to
take care of the garden of Eden?
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Because it was God's.
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Why, according to the
apostle Paul, are we supposed to
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take care of our
body? because it is God's.
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Don't forget that, because later
on we're going to find that
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New Agers believe that
we're supposed to take care of
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the body, and we're
supposed to take care of nature,
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not because they are
God's, but because they are God.
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There's a difference!
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Now, let's notice a few
other things about creation.
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Genesis 2:16, 17,
Genesis 2: 16, 17.
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This God who gave life
to man, who created nature,
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who placed Adam and Eve as
caretakers of His creation,
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or rulers over His creation,
had a law which He expected
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Adam and Eve to obey.
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Notice Genesis 2:16, 17,
Genesis 2:16, 17. It says there:
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Did God have a law that He
expected His creatures to obey?
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Yes or No? Was this law external
to man, or did man just guess
00:24:23.44\00:24:30.93
within himself what
God expected from him? No!
00:24:30.96\00:24:34.57
The fact is that God had a law
outside man, external to man,
00:24:34.60\00:24:40.28
which He expected man to what?
00:24:40.31\00:24:43.23
He expected man to obey.
00:24:43.26\00:24:46.08
Was Adam, and
was Eve accountable
00:24:46.11\00:24:51.73
to God as a
superior? Absolutely!
00:24:51.76\00:24:56.74
Notice that after they sinned
something very interesting
00:24:56.77\00:25:00.67
occurred. Genesis
3:8-11, Genesis 3:8-11.
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Notice that He's calling
Adam to render Him an account.
00:25:08.52\00:25:12.25
Adam is supposed to give God
an accounting of his actions.
00:25:12.28\00:25:16.43
Does this make
God greater than Adam?
00:25:16.46\00:25:18.64
Does this show that
God is separate from Adam?
00:25:18.67\00:25:22.23
That God has a law which He
expects His creatures to obey?
00:25:22.26\00:25:25.80
Absolutely! Now notice
Genesis 3:8: And they heard
00:25:25.83\00:25:30.71
the sound of the Lord
God walking in the garden
00:25:30.74\00:25:32.83
in the cool of the day: and
Adam and his wife hid themselves
00:25:32.86\00:25:36.19
from the presence of
the Lord God among the
00:25:36.22\00:25:38.18
trees of the garden.
00:25:38.21\00:25:39.24
Then the Lord God called Adam,
and said to him, Where are you?
00:25:39.27\00:25:43.85
So he said, I heard your voice
in the garden, and I was afraid,
00:25:43.88\00:25:47.97
because I was
naked; and I hid myself.
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Is God asking Adam to
render Him an account;
00:25:58.70\00:26:02.38
an accounting for
what he's done? Absolutely!
00:26:02.41\00:26:05.63
The accounting is of a
creature to his Creator.
00:26:05.66\00:26:10.69
Notice also Genesis 3:13, when
He comes and speaks with Eve.
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It says there in verse 13:
00:26:16.07\00:26:18.14
The woman said, The
serpent deceived, me and I ate.
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Is God asking Adam and Eve
to render Him an accounting
00:26:29.42\00:26:34.06
for what they
have done? Absolutely!
00:26:34.09\00:26:37.24
For breaking His law;
His external, objective law
00:26:37.27\00:26:41.72
outside of man? Absolutely, Yes!
00:26:41.75\00:26:46.05
In fact, do you know the Bible
in many places says that we as
00:26:46.08\00:26:50.31
creatures will
have to render God an
00:26:50.34\00:26:52.43
accounting for our actions.
00:26:52.46\00:26:54.10
Let's notice
several of those verses.
00:26:54.13\00:26:56.95
Go with me to 2 Corinthians
5:10, 2 Corinthians 5:10.
00:26:56.98\00:27:05.76
Here the apostle Paul presents
this very important principle
00:27:05.79\00:27:09.92
that God is the Creator, and we
as creatures someday will have
00:27:09.95\00:27:14.12
to stand before His judgment
bar, and God is going to hold us
00:27:14.15\00:27:17.83
accountable as to whether
we obeyed His law or not.
00:27:17.86\00:27:21.35
Notice 2 Corinthians 5:10.
00:27:21.38\00:27:24.88
Here the apostle Paul says:
00:27:24.91\00:27:27.22
The judgment seat of whom?
00:27:36.80\00:27:40.60
Who's going to be
our judge? Christ.
00:27:40.63\00:27:45.09
Who is our Creator? Christ.
00:27:45.12\00:27:48.79
Will we have to render an
account to our Creator? Yes.
00:27:48.82\00:27:52.73
By the way, whom did Adam
and Eve render an account to?
00:27:52.76\00:27:55.79
It must have been who? Christ.
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Because we must appear before
the judgment seat of Christ.
00:27:59.22\00:28:02.53
Now notice:
00:28:02.56\00:28:03.59
Must we someday
render an account for our
00:28:13.63\00:28:18.22
actions to our Creator,
to Jesus Christ? Absolutely!
00:28:18.25\00:28:23.19
Notice also John
5:22, 27, John 5:22, 27.
00:28:23.22\00:28:31.36
This theme of us giving an
accounting for what we've done
00:28:31.39\00:28:34.78
to our Creator God is
very abundant in scripture.
00:28:34.81\00:28:38.99
It says there in John 5:22:
00:28:39.02\00:28:42.31
Notice verse 27: It says:
00:28:50.86\00:28:54.11
That is the Father.
00:28:55.84\00:28:56.87
According to the Bible,
who is going to be the judge?
00:29:06.23\00:29:10.25
The judge is going
to be none less than
00:29:10.28\00:29:13.89
Jesus Christ our Creator.
00:29:13.92\00:29:15.74
We will all have to render
Him an account as to a superior.
00:29:15.77\00:29:21.50
Now lets go to
Ecclesiastes 11:9.
00:29:21.53\00:29:25.52
I want this point to be
absolutely abundantly clear.
00:29:25.55\00:29:28.59
Ecclesiastes 11:9, and
here Solomon is speaking
00:29:28.62\00:29:37.17
to the young people.
00:29:37.20\00:29:38.23
He's speaking to
youth, and he says this:
00:29:38.26\00:29:40.87
He's speaking kind of
sarcastically. He's saying:
00:29:44.35\00:29:47.32
In other words, live it up.
00:29:53.38\00:29:54.70
That is have a good
time, but now notice:
00:29:57.42\00:30:01.71
And then chapter 12 and
verse 1 says to the youth,
00:30:10.70\00:30:14.81
because you remember that
God is going to bring you into
00:30:14.84\00:30:17.96
judgment, He says:
00:30:17.99\00:30:19.10
Do you see, once again,
that the idea is that we will
00:30:24.68\00:30:27.93
have to appear before
our Creator in judgment
00:30:27.96\00:30:32.97
to give an account for our
actions, according to scripture?
00:30:33.00\00:30:36.69
By the way, do you know that
we are now in that judgment?
00:30:36.72\00:30:40.43
Go with me to Revelation
14, Revelation 14:6, 7,
00:30:40.46\00:30:46.85
Revelation
14:6, 7. It says here:
00:30:46.88\00:30:50.70
Ha Ha, you're
sharp tonight! It says:
00:31:09.23\00:31:13.70
Do you see how the idea of
judgment is connected to the
00:31:25.18\00:31:28.02
fact that God is the Creator;
that Jesus is the Creator?
00:31:28.05\00:31:30.73
It says, Worship Him who
what? who created the heavens,
00:31:30.76\00:31:34.28
the earth, the seas,
and the fountains of waters.
00:31:34.31\00:31:37.50
Now is this clear that we're
all going to have to render
00:31:37.53\00:31:40.72
an account to God, because
God is going to judge us?
00:31:40.75\00:31:43.67
Jesus is going to judge us?
00:31:43.70\00:31:44.92
Absolutely, the
scripture is clear.
00:31:44.95\00:31:47.52
Now let me ask you, as a result
of sin did man begin to die?
00:31:47.55\00:31:54.31
Man had to eat from the
tree of life to continue living;
00:31:54.34\00:31:59.27
God's tree. But when Adam and
Eve sinned, did they and their
00:31:59.30\00:32:04.10
descendents begin to
die, just like God said?
00:32:04.13\00:32:06.53
So man must not
be immortal then.
00:32:06.56\00:32:09.75
Now notice several
verses on this point.
00:32:09.78\00:32:12.75
Genesis 2:17, I don't
even have to look this one up.
00:32:12.78\00:32:17.54
It says in Genesis 2:17:
00:32:17.57\00:32:20.43
In the day that you
disobey My law you will what?
00:32:26.01\00:32:29.62
And, of course, God is
saying, I will judge you,
00:32:31.50\00:32:33.94
and if you're found
guilty, in the judgment,
00:32:33.97\00:32:36.99
then you will what?
00:32:37.02\00:32:39.26
Then you will die.
00:32:39.29\00:32:40.56
Did God pronounce
that sentence against Adam?
00:32:40.59\00:32:43.63
In Genesis 3:19 God said to
Adam, Dust you are, and to dust
00:32:43.66\00:32:52.45
you shall what? and
to dust you shall return.
00:32:52.48\00:32:55.66
By the way, how many people
in this world have sinned?
00:32:55.69\00:32:59.80
Anybody here
that's never sinned?
00:32:59.83\00:33:03.03
Don't raise your hand.
00:33:03.06\00:33:05.48
I don't want you to
sin, because you'd be lying.
00:33:05.51\00:33:09.52
The apostle Paul says there
is none righteous, no, not one!
00:33:09.55\00:33:16.07
That's in Romans 3:10,
and he says in Romans 3:23:
00:33:16.10\00:33:21.09
All have sinned and come
short of the glory of God.
00:33:21.12\00:33:25.12
And as a result of disobeying
God's holy law, appearing guilty
00:33:25.15\00:33:30.70
before the judgment battle
of God, to render an accounting
00:33:30.73\00:33:33.85
for what we've done,
the sentence of death is
00:33:33.88\00:33:37.20
pronounced against man.
00:33:37.23\00:33:39.08
And, by the way, the
sentence of death has been
00:33:39.11\00:33:42.42
dictated upon all men,
because all men have sinned.
00:33:42.45\00:33:45.87
Notice Romans 5:12,
Romans 5:12, on this point.
00:33:45.90\00:33:52.43
Here the apostle Paul
explains the consequences of sin
00:33:52.46\00:33:57.20
with the following words:
00:33:57.23\00:33:58.52
Death spread to how many?
00:34:12.88\00:34:14.69
Death spread to all men.
00:34:14.72\00:34:17.57
Let me ask you, is God mortal?
00:34:17.60\00:34:20.79
Can God die? God can't die.
00:34:20.82\00:34:27.57
Do you remember we
read a text where it says,
00:34:27.60\00:34:30.17
that only God has what?
00:34:30.20\00:34:33.62
Only God has immortality.
00:34:33.65\00:34:37.01
Now you're probably saying,
Pastor Bohr, this is a pretty
00:34:37.04\00:34:40.19
negative picture that
you've painted here tonight.
00:34:40.22\00:34:45.15
You know the fact that God
has a law that He holds His
00:34:45.18\00:34:50.08
creatures accountable to?
00:34:50.11\00:34:51.51
We've all disobeyed that
law therefore when we appear
00:34:51.54\00:34:57.35
before the judgment seat
of Christ we're all doomed.
00:34:57.38\00:35:00.97
We're all condemned to
die, because we've sinned.
00:35:01.00\00:35:04.97
You say, Pastor, then how
can anyone in this world ever
00:35:05.00\00:35:10.64
be saved from death?
00:35:10.67\00:35:12.12
The answer is very simple.
00:35:12.15\00:35:15.10
The Creator, according to the
Bible, came down to this earth
00:35:15.13\00:35:20.26
to pay the debt that we owed.
00:35:20.29\00:35:24.53
He came down to this
earth to suffer the death
00:35:24.56\00:35:28.63
which we should suffer
so that we could have life.
00:35:28.66\00:35:31.67
In other words, because of sin,
because of death, Jesus came
00:35:31.70\00:35:38.82
to this earth to pay our debt,
so that we could be redeemed
00:35:38.85\00:35:43.75
from the power of death.
00:35:43.78\00:35:45.41
It was the only way out.
00:35:45.44\00:35:47.16
There was no
other way of escape.
00:35:47.19\00:35:50.78
By the way, have you noticed
that in Genesis 2:17 God said
00:35:50.81\00:35:55.29
to Adam, When you're 930
years old you will surely die?
00:35:55.32\00:35:59.95
What is it that he
said in Genesis 2:17?
00:35:59.98\00:36:04.85
He said, The day that you
eat thereof, you will what?
00:36:04.88\00:36:08.85
You will surely die.
00:36:08.88\00:36:11.22
But Adam did not
die that very day.
00:36:11.25\00:36:12.99
You know, people say,
Well, he began to die.
00:36:13.02\00:36:15.08
He died spiritually, you know.
00:36:15.11\00:36:17.15
And all of those
have an element of truth.
00:36:17.18\00:36:19.48
But God was saying, The day
that you eat from this tree,
00:36:19.51\00:36:22.75
that day you are
going to die; second death,
00:36:22.78\00:36:25.36
eternal separation from God.
00:36:25.39\00:36:27.11
But Adam didn't die that day.
00:36:27.14\00:36:30.56
And so you ask
the question, Why not?
00:36:30.59\00:36:33.68
Very simple. We've
studied this before.
00:36:33.71\00:36:35.66
In Genesis 3:21 it says that God
took the skins God made for Adam
00:36:35.69\00:36:41.97
and his wife, tunics
of skins, and He clothed
00:36:42.00\00:36:47.37
the shame of their nakedness.
00:36:47.40\00:36:49.49
What needed to happen
in order to get the skins
00:36:49.52\00:36:51.71
of those animals?
00:36:51.74\00:36:52.77
Those animals had to die.
00:36:52.80\00:36:56.02
The only way of
getting the skin of an animal
00:36:56.05\00:36:58.09
is by slaying the animal.
00:36:58.12\00:36:59.57
In other words, the very
day that Adam and Eve sinned,
00:36:59.60\00:37:02.29
they appeared
before the Creator.
00:37:02.32\00:37:04.32
They said, We're guilty,
we sinned, we deserve death.
00:37:04.35\00:37:07.99
But God, instead of executing
the sentence of death against
00:37:08.02\00:37:11.74
them, executed the sentence
of death against two lambs.
00:37:11.77\00:37:17.79
You say, but the blood of lambs
and goats can't take away sin.
00:37:17.82\00:37:21.15
You're right! But those
lambs represented Jesus Christ.
00:37:21.18\00:37:27.52
The Creator who would come
and take the place of all of His
00:37:27.55\00:37:31.75
creatures, and suffer on the
cross of Calvary the death that
00:37:31.78\00:37:36.52
His creatures should suffer.
00:37:36.55\00:37:38.27
And Jesus now became accountable
before His Father in our place.
00:37:38.30\00:37:43.89
That's why in John 1:29 it says:
00:37:43.92\00:37:47.59
And as we're told in John 1:14:
00:37:57.89\00:38:00.73
In other words, the only way
that humanity could be redeemed
00:38:05.82\00:38:11.01
from the sentence of death was
if the Creator took the place
00:38:11.04\00:38:16.15
of His creatures, and suffered
the death which they should die.
00:38:16.18\00:38:20.31
There was no other way out.
00:38:20.34\00:38:22.93
Now two or three other things
before we study this world view,
00:38:22.96\00:38:29.42
this totally radically different
world view of pantheism.
00:38:29.45\00:38:33.73
Do you remember that
in the garden of Eden,
00:38:33.76\00:38:36.94
and this is just review,
the devil came and he told Eve,
00:38:36.97\00:38:41.65
You will not surely die.
00:38:41.68\00:38:47.19
And then he said, God actually
knows that the day you eat
00:38:47.22\00:38:55.47
of this tree, your eyes will be
opened, and you will be like God
00:38:55.50\00:39:01.70
knowing good and evil.
00:39:01.73\00:39:03.21
Now he's not saying
you're going to be little Gods.
00:39:03.24\00:39:06.49
He saying, You are going to
be God, just like He is God.
00:39:06.52\00:39:12.05
Some versions translate
it, You will be like God's.
00:39:12.08\00:39:16.24
The word there is Elohim,
the very same word that appears
00:39:16.27\00:39:18.86
in Genesis 1:1: In the beginning
God created the heavens
00:39:18.89\00:39:22.65
and the earth. The
translation needs to be God.
00:39:22.68\00:39:24.76
You will be like God; you
will be God's in yourselves.
00:39:24.79\00:39:28.43
You won't have to
depend on that individual,
00:39:28.46\00:39:31.18
who claims to be God,
who intimidated you saying,
00:39:31.21\00:39:34.98
Don't eat from the tree, because
if you eat you're going to die.
00:39:35.01\00:39:37.93
He knows very well
you're not going to die,
00:39:37.96\00:39:39.71
is what the devil is saying.
00:39:39.74\00:39:40.97
He knows that you're
going to be just like Him,
00:39:41.00\00:39:43.04
and God doesn't
want any rivals around.
00:39:43.07\00:39:45.03
He doesn't want any competition.
00:39:45.06\00:39:48.13
So the devil is
sharing two lies:
00:39:48.16\00:39:50.98
1. You're not going to die.
00:39:51.01\00:39:52.60
2. You don't have to obey God's
law, because you can be a law
00:39:52.63\00:39:57.09
unto yourself. Now
let me ask you something.
00:39:57.12\00:40:02.01
Why do we worship God?
00:40:02.04\00:40:09.75
Because the Bible
says that God is the what?
00:40:09.78\00:40:13.99
He's the Creator.
00:40:14.02\00:40:15.63
Notice Psalms 95 very quickly.
00:40:15.66\00:40:18.28
Psalm 95, and let's read verses
1 through 6, and we'll do this
00:40:18.31\00:40:24.04
very quickly. Psalm 95:1-6.
It says: O come, let us sing
00:40:24.07\00:40:30.98
to the Lord: let us
shout joyfully to the
00:40:31.01\00:40:33.27
rock of our salvation.
00:40:33.30\00:40:34.40
Let us come before his
presence with thanksgiving,
00:40:34.43\00:40:37.19
Let us shout
joyfully to him with psalms.
00:40:37.22\00:40:43.01
For the Lord is the
great God, and the great King
00:40:43.04\00:40:45.48
above all gods.
00:40:45.51\00:40:46.76
In his hand are the
deep places of the earth:
00:40:46.79\00:40:49.76
the heights of the
hills are his also.
00:40:49.79\00:40:52.12
The sea is his, for
he made it: and his hands
00:40:52.15\00:40:55.42
formed the dry land.
00:40:55.45\00:40:56.63
And now notice verse 6: O come,
let us worship and bow down:
00:40:56.66\00:41:02.53
let us kneel
before the Lord our maker.
00:41:02.56\00:41:09.49
Why do we worship God?
00:41:09.52\00:41:11.54
We worship God because
He is our what? our Creator!
00:41:11.57\00:41:16.65
In fact, the passage
that we read a few moments ago
00:41:16.68\00:41:19.47
from Revelation
14 makes this clear.
00:41:19.50\00:41:21.97
Worship the
Creator, in other words.
00:41:33.72\00:41:36.49
We worship God
because God is the Creator.
00:41:36.52\00:41:39.39
Notice that as
creatures, we render God worship
00:41:39.42\00:41:43.87
as a superior, or
One greater than us.
00:41:43.90\00:41:47.10
Now my question is
this: Has God given us a sign
00:41:47.13\00:41:53.05
that He is the Creator?
00:41:53.08\00:41:54.37
Has God given us a
sign that He is the Creator?
00:41:54.40\00:42:00.11
He most certainly has.
00:42:00.14\00:42:01.67
What is the sign of the Creator,
of the distinction between Him
00:42:01.70\00:42:05.50
as God, and us as creatures?
00:42:05.53\00:42:07.48
It is the Holy Sabbath.
00:42:07.52\00:42:10.03
Notice Exodus
20:8-11, Exodus 20:8-11.
00:42:10.06\00:42:19.43
This is the fourth commandment,
which we've read before.
00:42:19.46\00:42:22.50
And I want to notice the
motivation again for keeping
00:42:22.53\00:42:25.99
the Holy Sabbath.
00:42:26.03\00:42:27.06
It says in verse 8:
00:42:27.09\00:42:29.03
And then God explains why.
00:42:47.18\00:42:48.75
Why did God tell His
people to keep the Sabbath?
00:43:01.62\00:43:03.93
Because the Sabbath reminds
His people that He is the what?
00:43:03.96\00:43:08.38
the Creator, and
they are His creatures.
00:43:08.41\00:43:13.17
The observance of the
Sabbath then is a recognition
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on our part that God
is the great Creator.
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He's superior to us.
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We are His creatures.
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We are the work of His hands.
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Every Sabbath when I
come to church I'm announcing
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to the world that the
great Creator God is my Father,
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and I am His creation.
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Now notice Isaiah 66 very
quickly before we turn to speak
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a little bit
about New Age theories.
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Isaiah 66. There are three ideas
here that I want us to notice.
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Isaiah 66:22, 23.
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We're told here by the prophet:
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Is God going to make a
new heavens and a new earth?
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Who do you suppose that's
going to be who's going to make
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a new heavens and a new earth?
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Jesus, of course!
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Jesus is the Creator.
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Jesus is the Redeemer.
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Jesus is the Judge.
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Jesus is coming again.
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Jesus will make a new
heavens and a new earth.
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The Father has given
this planet to Jesus.
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He's one of us!
He's our brother!
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He became
incarnate. And so it says:
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What will be the motivation for
worship in the earth made new?
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The fact that Jesus made what?
a new heavens and a new earth.
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At the beginning the Sabbath
was observed to commemorate
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the creation that was
made at the beginning.
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Now we observe the Sabbath
for that reason, and for another
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one, because Jesus
rested in the tomb on Sabbath,
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and outside His
followers rested with Him.
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And someday very soon,
when Jesus makes a new heavens,
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and a new earth, His
people are going to observe the
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Sabbath in
eternity, according to this.
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And so the Sabbath is a triple
sign of the distinction between
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God and His creatures.
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It points to Him as our
Creator, as our Redeemer,
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and as our final restorer.
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Now, let's talk a little
bit about New Age philosophy,
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which has overtaken,
basically, the world, and many,
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even in the Christian world.
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I'm going to go through
this as quickly as I can,
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but it's very, very important.
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For New Age philosophers God
is an impersonal, immaterial,
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cosmic force of energy that
permeates the entire universe.
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God is not a person in
New Age theology who lives
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in a place called heaven.
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He is not a loving Father
who cares for His creatures.
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You see, in New Age theology,
which is philosophically called
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Pantheism, the idea
that God is everything,
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and everything is God.
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The idea is that
the universe is God.
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God is indistinguishable
from the universe, because God
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is the universe,
and the universe is God.
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In other words, God
is imminent in nature.
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He's within nature.
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And because man is part
of nature, and nature is God,
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man ultimately is what? is God.
00:46:51.27\00:46:55.41
There is no distinction
between creator and creature.
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You see, in New Age
theology, in Pantheism,
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God is not separate or distinct,
or independent, or transcendent
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from His
creation, God is creation.
00:47:09.87\00:47:13.51
According to New Age philosophy
the universe has eternally been
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creating itself by
the process of evolution.
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There's no place for a
personal Creator God, who loves,
00:47:23.90\00:47:28.47
who's distinct from His
creatures, who transcends
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His creation,
because God is creation.
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Now this must mean that if the
universe is God, and man is part
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of the universe, man is God,
and because God is immortal,
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man must be also what?
00:47:46.34\00:47:48.41
Man must have
inherent life within himself;
00:47:48.45\00:47:52.65
he must be immortal.
00:47:52.68\00:47:54.08
Because if the universe
is God, and God is immortal,
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and man is part of the
universe, man is immortal
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as well as being God.
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Where did these ideas come from?
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They came directly
from the garden of Eden.
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Now allow me to read you
a statement from R. M. Buck.
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This is a New Ager.
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His book is Cosmic
Consciousness, Page 14. He says:
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Of the universe.
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In other words, the
universe is entirely immaterial.
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Now this has serious
implications, because if the
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universe, if creation is
God, the New Ager, you know,
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is very much into
taking care of the ecology,
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the animal kingdom, the
air, and the rivers, and so on.
00:49:15.21\00:49:21.41
But it's for the wrong reason.
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You see, we believe
we're supposed to take care of
00:49:22.93\00:49:25.45
creation because
it was made by God.
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The New Ager believes
that nature, you're supposed to
00:49:27.30\00:49:29.71
take care of it
because it is God!
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Christians should be better
ecologists than the New Agers,
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but for a different reason.
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Not because nature is God,
but because nature is God's.
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In other words,
nature belongs to God.
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Now let me ask you, if I am God,
whose law am I supposed to keep?
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Whose? My own!
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After all, what makes
your law greater than mine,
00:49:54.81\00:49:57.79
if we're both
God in this scheme?
00:49:57.82\00:50:01.09
Are you following me or not?
00:50:01.13\00:50:02.17
So New Agers talk
about values clarification.
00:50:02.21\00:50:05.36
They say everybody has
values within themselves.
00:50:05.40\00:50:08.52
All they have to do
is discover the values
00:50:08.55\00:50:11.13
that they need to live by.
00:50:11.17\00:50:12.20
Therefore they say, It
doesn't matter if one wants to
00:50:12.23\00:50:15.02
live a homosexual lifestyle,
another wants to live a
00:50:15.05\00:50:17.88
heterosexual lifestyle.
00:50:17.91\00:50:19.30
If we're both God, what makes
you think that your lifestyle
00:50:19.33\00:50:22.39
is better than his,
or better than hers?
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In other words,
man becomes autonomous.
00:50:25.52\00:50:28.32
Do you know what the
word autonomous means?
00:50:28.35\00:50:31.08
It comes from two Greek
words: altos, which means self,
00:50:31.12\00:50:35.75
and nomos, law,
which means that you are
00:50:35.79\00:50:38.78
a law unto yourself.
00:50:38.81\00:50:40.86
Because if you are
God, according to this idea,
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then whose law are
you accountable to,
00:50:45.27\00:50:48.16
if you're
accountable to God's law?
00:50:48.19\00:50:50.66
You're accountable only to whom?
00:50:50.70\00:50:53.13
You're
accountable only to yourself.
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Allow me to read you a
statement from the book,
00:50:56.55\00:51:00.20
A Crash Course On
the New Age, Page 119.
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This is a very good book,
by the way. The author says:
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So what happens with the
law of God in New Age theology?
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You become a law unto yourself.
00:51:43.63\00:51:47.07
What happens with the
personal, loving Creator?
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There is no such thing,
because you are what? God.
00:51:50.96\00:51:54.76
What happens with the
place where God lives in heaven?
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No such thing,
because God is everywhere!
00:51:58.35\00:52:01.29
He is in everything!
00:52:01.33\00:52:02.90
He is in everyone,
whether they be good,
00:52:02.93\00:52:05.50
or whether they be evil.
00:52:05.53\00:52:06.81
Therefore in New Age theology,
there is no such thing as sin.
00:52:06.84\00:52:13.26
And if there is no sin,
there must not be any what?
00:52:17.48\00:52:22.72
any law, but also
no what? no death.
00:52:22.76\00:52:27.31
Because if you are God, and
God is immortal, you are what?
00:52:27.34\00:52:33.17
You are immortal.
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And then the question comes up.
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Who will you be
accountable before?
00:52:37.74\00:52:40.46
Are you
understanding what I'm saying?
00:52:43.67\00:52:46.32
Who will you have to
render an account to?
00:52:46.36\00:52:48.97
Only to yourself,
because according to this idea,
00:52:49.00\00:52:54.59
everything is God.
00:52:54.63\00:52:55.79
You are God, so all
you have to do is render
00:52:55.83\00:52:58.73
an account to yourself.
00:52:58.77\00:53:00.32
Now I'll tell you, if
I have to judge myself,
00:53:00.36\00:53:02.35
I'm going to
come out pretty well.
00:53:02.39\00:53:04.18
Ya, think I'm going to
condemn myself? Yeah right!
00:53:07.82\00:53:11.62
By the way, from New
Agers, there's no need for
00:53:11.66\00:53:15.39
a Creator God to come to
this world, and take the place
00:53:15.42\00:53:18.44
of His creatures; to die
the death that they should die.
00:53:18.47\00:53:22.04
After all, death doesn't exist!
00:53:22.08\00:53:23.80
For the New Ager, salvation
means to harness that Godhood
00:53:26.24\00:53:31.18
that you have inside,
and somehow tap into it,
00:53:31.21\00:53:34.91
so that you can
discover your Godhood.
00:53:34.94\00:53:36.72
And they say that whenever
humanity discovers the divine
00:53:36.75\00:53:40.69
spark of Godhood within,
then society will regenerate
00:53:40.73\00:53:44.63
itself. The world
will become perfect.
00:53:44.67\00:53:46.77
The world will become beautiful.
00:53:46.80\00:53:48.44
And we'll enter what is
called the Age of Aquarius.
00:53:48.47\00:53:52.78
Are you seeing the difference
between these two world views?
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So Christians who
say, I'm immortal.
00:53:59.89\00:54:01.78
Christians don't
have to keep the law,
00:54:04.00\00:54:05.95
Jesus kept the law in my place,
are on very dangerous ground.
00:54:05.98\00:54:12.29
They might not be New
Agers, but the end result
00:54:12.33\00:54:17.74
is basically the same.
00:54:18.12\00:54:19.15
By the way, do you
know that New Agers say
00:54:19.18\00:54:20.87
that you can heal yourself?
00:54:21.16\00:54:23.92
You know they're much into
holistic medicine, so called,
00:54:23.95\00:54:26.94
because they believe that
if you're God you can harness
00:54:26.97\00:54:29.54
your energies to
heal your own body.
00:54:29.57\00:54:31.19
I guess that we won't need to
pray anymore to God to heal us.
00:54:31.22\00:54:34.77
No need for
prayer in this scheme.
00:54:34.80\00:54:37.24
There's no need for
the second coming of Jesus.
00:54:37.27\00:54:39.70
I mean if humanity
is regenerating itself,
00:54:39.74\00:54:43.44
and everybody eventually will
discover the Godhood within,
00:54:43.47\00:54:46.65
then society is going to
become perfect without Jesus
00:54:46.68\00:54:51.34
coming to this world to destroy
those who disobey His law,
00:54:51.37\00:54:55.77
and to establish
a perfect society.
00:54:55.80\00:54:57.69
In fact, in New
Age theology there's no
00:55:01.42\00:55:04.78
reason for the Sabbath.
00:55:04.82\00:55:05.85
How can you have one day
which is holier than the others
00:55:05.88\00:55:11.89
if everything in
the universe is God?
00:55:11.92\00:55:14.33
Everything is equally holy.
00:55:14.36\00:55:15.77
There's no difference
between the holy and the common.
00:55:15.81\00:55:18.01
So when a person sins
it is God who is sinning.
00:55:18.04\00:55:20.66
You're not with me are you?
00:55:20.70\00:55:23.14
You're awful quiet tonight.
00:55:23.18\00:55:25.59
See, there's no sin,
there's no death, you're God,
00:55:25.62\00:55:32.34
there's no prayer, there's
no redemption, there's no second
00:55:32.37\00:55:35.74
coming, there's no law
that you are accountable to.
00:55:35.77\00:55:40.59
These theories totally
sweep away Christianity.
00:55:40.62\00:55:47.67
Allow me to read
you one statement
00:55:47.71\00:55:49.18
as we bring this to a close.
00:55:49.21\00:55:50.68
This is from the book,
Education, pages 227, 228.
00:55:50.71\00:55:58.05
The author is right on target.
00:55:58.08\00:56:00.64
This breathes what
Lucifer said in heaven,
00:56:47.35\00:56:52.34
I will be like the Most High.
00:56:52.37\00:56:54.36
You will be like Gods!
00:56:54.39\00:56:56.92
You will not surely die!
00:56:56.96\00:56:59.42
And, of course, it
totally obliterates the Sabbath.
00:56:59.46\00:57:03.30
God has given us the Sabbath
folks, as a sign to protect
00:57:03.34\00:57:07.72
us from these theories.
00:57:07.75\00:57:08.96
Because it's the one sign
that makes a clear distinction
00:57:08.99\00:57:13.00
between the
Creator, and His creatures.
00:57:13.03\00:57:15.53
And every time that we keep
the Sabbath, we're announcing
00:57:15.56\00:57:18.63
to the world that we are
creatures, and we are followers
00:57:18.66\00:57:22.78
of the great Creator God.
00:57:22.81\00:57:25.64