Participants: Pr. Doug Batchelor
Series Code: CSH
Program Code: CSH021344
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00:01 (MUSIC) >>WELCOME TO SACRAMENTO CENTRAL
00:45 SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH. WHEREVER YOU'RE JOINING US FROM 00:48 ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AROUND THE WORLD, LISTENING ON RADIO, 00:52 WATCHING LIVE ON OUR WEBSITE AT 'SACCENTRAL.ORG' OR THE VARIOUS 00:56 TELEVISION NETWORKS, IT DOESN'T MATTER. 00:58 WE'RE JUST GLAD THAT YOU ARE TUNING IN AND JOINING US FOR 01:01 ANOTHER CENTRAL STUDY HOUR COMING TO YOU FROM SACRAMENTO 01:04 CENTRAL SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH HERE IN THE CAPITAL CITY 01:07 OF CALIFORNIA. EVERY WEEK WE HEAR FROM YOU - 01:11 YOU LOVE TO SING SONGS WITH US. WE LOVE TO SING SONGS WITH YOU 01:15 AND, OF COURSE, WE ALWAYS OPEN UP GOD'S WORD AND WE STUDY 01:17 TOGETHER. IT'S PART OF OUR PROGRAM. 01:20 SO LET'S START WITH #526 - WONDERFUL SONG IN THE HYMNAL AND 01:25 IT IS A FAVORITE OF MANY PEOPLE: RANDY IN BELIZE, JOY IN THE 01:30 CAYMAN ISLANDS, JAKO IN ICELAND - AND HE HAD SENT - I READ ALL 01:34 THE MESSAGES THAT COME WITH THE SONGS EACH WEEK AND HE HAS BEEN 01:37 WAITING TO HEAR HIS SONG REQUEST AND I SAW THAT SO I SAID, 'OKAY, 01:42 WE'RE GOING TO SING IT FOR EVERYONE IN ICELAND AND 01:45 EVERYBODY ELSE THIS MORNING, JEREMIAH IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA, 01:48 BRANA IN YUGOSLAVIA, AND RAUL IN SOUTH KOREA, AND MANY OTHER 01:52 STATES AND COUNTRIES. IT ONLY HAS TWO STANZAS SO WE'RE 01:57 GOING TO DO BOTH OF THEM. #526 - 'BECAUSE HE LIVES'. 02:01 (MUSIC) 04:43 >>THANK YOU SO MUCH. I KNOW THAT IS A FAVORITE OF 04:45 MANY PEOPLE HERE AT CENTRAL CHURCH AS WELL. 04:48 IF YOU HAVE A SONG THAT YOU WANT TO SING WITH US ON AN UPCOMING 04:51 PROGRAM, IT'S VERY SIMPLE. JUST GO TO OUR WEBSITE AT 04:55 'SACCENTRAL.ORG', CLICK ON THE 'CONTACT US' LINK, AND ANY SONG 04:59 THAT'S IN THE HYMNAL IS RIGHT THERE AND YOU CAN PICK IT AND 05:02 YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND START SENDING IN YOUR CHRISTMAS 05:04 REQUESTS - IT WON'T BE LONG UNTIL WE START SINGING THOSE. 05:08 BUT IF YOU HAVE A FAVORITE, SEND IT IN AND WE HOPE THAT WE CAN 05:12 SING THAT FOR YOU SOON. OUR NEXT SONG, AS WE CONTINUE 05:16 WORKING OUR WAY THROUGH THE HYMNAL SINGING ALL THE SONGS WE 05:19 DON'T KNOW AND SOME OF THEM WE DO, IS #76 - 'O LOVE THAT WILL 05:24 NOT LET ME GO' - SO THIS IS THE ONE WE'RE GOING TO DO TODAY. 05:27 WE'RE GOING TO SING ALL FOUR STANZAS - IT'S NOT VERY LONG. 05:30 THIS IS FROM ANDREW IN AUSTRALIA, ANGELA IN ITALY, 05:34 GLENDA IN FLORIDA, SANDRA IN IDAHO, AND A FEW MORE AROUND THE 05:39 WORLD. #76 - ALL FOUR STANZAS. 05:42 (MUSIC) 07:53 >>WERE YOU PAYING ATTENTION TO THE WORDS THAT YOU JUST SANG? 07:57 WEREN'T THOSE BEAUTIFUL? 07:59 'O JOY THAT SEEKEST ME THROUGH PAIN, I CANNOT CLOSE MY HEART TO 08:05 THEE, I TRACE THE RAINBOW THROUGH THE RAIN, AND FEEL THE 08:10 PROMISE IS NOT VAIN THAT MORN SHALL TEARLESS BE.' 08:15 ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT DAY? 08:20 THIS WORLD IS A HORRIBLE PLACE BUT GOD IS GOOD - THAT'S RIGHT - 08:26 AND ONE DAY YOU TRACE - WHAT DOES IT SAY? - 08:31 THE RAINBOW THROUGH THE RAIN AND ONE DAY IT WILL BE A 08:35 TEARLESS DAY. LET'S BOW OUR HEADS FOR PRAYER. 08:41 FATHER IN HEAVEN, YOU DO HAVE A LOVE THAT WILL NOT LET US GO. 08:52 AND NO MATTER HOW HORRIBLE WE TREAT YOU, YOU STILL LOVE US AND 08:59 I PRAY THAT EACH OF US TODAY THAT CAN HEAR MY VOICE - THAT WE 09:07 WILL FEEL YOU SPEAKING TO US AND THAT EVEN IF WE'RE GOING THROUGH 09:16 PAINFUL SITUATIONS - THAT WE CAN TRACE THE RAINBOW THROUGH THE 09:20 PAIN AND HOLD ON BECAUSE ONE DAY IT WILL BE THAT TEARLESS DAY. 09:31 FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THE HOPE THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US AS 09:33 CHRISTIANS - THAT YOU ARE COMING SOON. 09:38 AND WE LOVE YOU AND I PRAY THAT YOU WILL BE WITH OUR SPEAKER 09:41 THIS MORNING AS HE BRINGS US THE LESSON STUDY. 09:44 WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HIS MINISTRY HERE AT CENTRAL CHURCH, 09:47 AMEN. AT THIS TIME OUR LESSON STUDY IS 09:52 GOING TO BE BROUGHT TO US BY PASTOR DOUG BATCHELOR, OUR 09:55 SENIOR PASTOR HERE AT CENTRAL CHURCH. 09:58 >>HAPPY SABBATH. HOW IS EVERYBODY? 10:02 DEBBIE ALMOST GOT ME CRYING BEFORE I CAME OUT TO TEACH. 10:06 I CHOKED UP. I LOVE THAT SONG. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL SONG. 10:09 'O LOVE THAT WILL NOT LET ME GO.' WELCOME IF YOU'RE VISITING 10:12 SACRAMENTO CENTRAL CHURCH. WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE HERE. 10:15 I WANT TO WELCOME OUR REGULAR MEMBERS - ANY THAT MAY BE 10:17 VISITING, WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOME OF OUR ONLINE MEMBERS THAT 10:21 ARE WATCHING FROM AROUND THE WORLD AND, PERIODICALLY AS I 10:24 TRAVEL, I MEET THEM AND IT'S JUST ENCOURAGING TO KNOW THAT 10:27 WE'RE ABLE TO MINISTER TO THESE FOLKS. 10:29 WE WERE IN - KAREN AND I WERE IN HAWAII A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND 10:32 WE MET SOME FOLKS THERE THAT ARE ON THE REMOTE END OF ONE OF THE 10:35 ISLANDS AND THEY SAID SATELLITE CHURCH IS OFTEN HOW WE ARE ABLE 10:39 TO FELLOWSHIP AND SO I WANT TO WELCOME OUR FRIENDS AND OUR 10:43 ONLINE MEMBERS AND OTHERS THAT ARE PART OF OUR - THE TV SABBATH 10:47 SCHOOL CLASS. WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU TUNED IN. 10:49 IN A MINUTE WE'LL GET TO OUR LESSON. WE HAVE A FREE OFFER, 10:52 AS ALWAYS, THAT KIND OF HELPS ENHANCE OUR LESSON. 10:55 TODAY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ATONEMENT AND PURIFICATION AND 11:00 WE HAVE A SPECIAL OFFER. IT'S A BOOK WRITTEN BY JOE CREWS 11:03 CALLED 'BLOOD BEHIND THE VEIL' AND THIS IS REALLY APPROPRIATE 11:07 FOR OUR LESSON TODAY. WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT 11:09 BLOOD AND CLEANSING IN THE BLOOD. 11:11 AND IF YOU WANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT IDEA OF THE SACRIFICE AND 11:15 THE ATONEMENT, WE'LL SEND YOU A FREE COPY OF THIS - JUST CALL 11:18 THE NUMBER THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN. 11:20 OR YOU MIGHT BE LISTENING ON RADIO - THAT'S 866-STUDY-MORE - 11:24 866-788-3966. THIS BOOK - ASK FOR OFFER #130 - 11:30 IT MAKES IT EASIER WHEN YOU CALL FOR THEM TO KNOW. 11:32 ASK FOR OFFER #130 - WE'LL SEND IT TO YOU. 11:34 WE ONLY ASK THAT YOU READ IT AND THEN PASS IT ON. 11:37 SHARE IT WITH SOMEBODY ELSE. WE WANT TO GET AS MUCH MILEAGE 11:40 OUT OF THE TRUTH AS WE CAN, AMEN? LESSON TODAY IS #5 IN OUR 11:45 QUARTERLY, DEALING WITH THE SUBJECT OF THE SANCTUARY. 11:49 NOW WE KNOW WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING ON TV AND ONLINE 11:52 FROM ALL DIFFERENT CHRISTIAN BACKGROUNDS AND MAYBE YOU'RE 11:55 PART OF A CHURCH - YOU'VE NEVER REALLY STUDIED THE SANCTUARY 11:57 BEFORE. THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT SUBJECT 12:00 THAT YOU'RE GOING TO FIND TAUGHT IN PART OR IN WHOLE OR IN 12:04 REALITY OR SYMBOL ALL THE WAY FROM GENESIS TO REVELATION. 12:09 THE THEME OF THE SANCTUARY - YOU CAN SEE SHADOWS OF THIS ALL 12:14 THROUGH THE STORIES OF THE BIBLE AND MANY OF THE VISIONS IN THE 12:17 BIBLE TAKE PLACE IN THE CONTEXT OF THE SANCTUARY AND SO YOU 12:20 REALLY WANT TO UNDERSTAND THIS SUBJECT. 12:22 IT HELPS US UNDERSTAND SALVATION. 12:24 IF YOU'D LIKE A COPY OF THIS, YOU CAN GO TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD 12:28 SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH AND I BET THEY'LL SHARE ONE WITH 12:30 YOU. YOU CAN ALSO JUST GO TO - TYPE 12:32 IN 'SABBATH SCHOOL' ONLINE - GO TO GOOGLE OR YAHOO AND TYPE THAT 12:35 IN - AND YOU CAN SEE THE STUDY GUIDE ONLINE. 12:38 THAT'S TYPICALLY HOW I STUDY IT, TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH, BECAUSE 12:40 THEN I CAN COPY AND PASTE THE NOTES FROM THERE INTO MY NOTES, 12:43 RIGHT OFF THE INTERNET SO THAT'S KIND OF NEAT. 12:46 ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MEMORY VERSE AND THE MEMORY VERSE IS FROM 1 12:50 PETER CHAPTER 1, VERSES 18 AND 19 - 1 PETER 1:18 AND 19 - AND 12:56 IF YOU WOULD SAY THIS WITH ME I APPRECIATE YOU'RE JOINING ALONG. 13:00 I'M DOING IT FROM THE NEW KING JAMES VERSION HERE IN MY NOTES. 13:03 ARE YOU READY? "KNOWING THAT YOU WERE NOT 13:07 REDEEMED WITH CORRUPTIBLE THINGS, LIKE SILVER OR GOLD, 13:11 FROM YOUR AIMLESS CONDUCT RECEIVED BY TRADITION FROM YOUR 13:14 FATHERS, BUT WITH THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OF CHRIST, AS OF A LAMB 13:21 WITHOUT BLEMISH AND WITHOUT SPOT." 13:24 YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING, HE SAID YOU'RE NOT 13:25 REDEEMED WITH CORRUPTIBLE THINGS LIKE SILVER AND GOLD. 13:30 YEAH, A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT LAST PRETTY WELL IS SILVER AND, 13:33 ESPECIALLY, GOLD. YOU CAN DIG UP GOLD AFTER 5,000 13:36 YEARS AND IT'S STILL GOLD. IT DOES NOT OXIDIZE. 13:40 IT DOES NOT CORRODE. BUT COMPARED TO THE BLOOD OF 13:45 CHRIST, GOLD AND SILVER ARE CORRUPTIBLE. 13:48 AND SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY INTERESTING - THESE THINGS - THE 13:51 HEAVEN AND EARTH WILL PASS AWAY BUT CHRIST AND HIS WORD THEY DO 13:54 NOT PASS AWAY. AND HE SAYS WE'RE REDEEMED WITH 13:58 BLOOD. NOW IN THIS LESSON THERE IS 14:02 QUITE A BIT THAT TALKS ABOUT SACRIFICE. 14:04 NOW THIS IS NOT PLEASANT - I USED TO WONDER, WHEN I FIRST 14:07 BEGAN TO GO TO A CHRISTIAN CHURCH, THEY WOULD SING SONGS 14:12 LIKE 'THERE'S POWER IN THE BLOOD'. 14:14 I THOUGHT, 'WHY WOULD I WANT TO GO TO A CHURCH AND BE PART OF A 14:16 RELIGION WHERE PEOPLE ARE ALL SINGING AND TALKING ABOUT 14:19 BLOOD?' I MEAN, DOESN'T BLOOD SOUND A LITTLE GORY? 14:24 IT SOUNDS VIOLENT AND, YOU KNOW, EVEN FROM THE EARLIEST STAGES OF 14:27 LIFE - HOW MANY OF YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME YOU CUT YOURSELF 14:32 AND NOTICED YOU WERE LEAKING? DID IT KIND OF HORRIFY YOU? 14:39 AND I REMEMBER MY UNCLE HARRY, MY FATHER'S BROTHER, HE WAS 14:43 A LITTLE ROUGH AROUND THE EDGES. 14:46 HE RAN AN INDIAN TRADING POST FOR 40 YEARS, BUT ONE OF THE 14:49 KIDS CAME IN ONE DAY SAYING, 'I'M - I'VE CUT MYSELF' - AND 14:54 THEY'D CUT THEMSELVES AND THEY WERE BLEEDING A LITTLE BIT AND 14:57 HE SAID - HE'D HAVE FUN WITH IT - HE'D SAY, 'WOW! LOOK AT THAT. 15:00 I HAVE NEVER SEEN SO MUCH BLOOD IN MY LIFE!' 15:02 AND HE'D SAY, 'THAT'S REALLY NEAT!' 15:04 YOU KNOW, AND HE'D JUST - THE KIDS WOULD NEVER GET THE 15:06 REACTION FROM HIM THAT THEY EXPECTED - YOU KNOW, SYMPATHY OR 15:09 HORROR OR SOMETHING - AND HE'D SAY, 'LOOK AT ALL THAT BLOOD.' 15:15 I'M SORRY, BUT I'M LAUGHING NOW AND THE REASON IS BECAUSE 15:19 NATURALLY KIDS THINK THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG AND WE THINK 15:23 'THAT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE ON THE OUTSIDE OF MY BODY.' 15:27 AND I THINK WE KNOW - THE BIBLE TEACHES - THAT THE LIFE IS IN 15:30 THE BLOOD. WE'LL HAVE THESE VERSES, ACTUALLY, WE'LL BE 15:32 SHARING - MATTER OF FACT, SOMEONE LOOK THAT UP FOR ME. 15:35 I'M GOING TO GET YOU INVOLVED RIGHT AWAY. 15:36 SOMEONE LOOK UP FOR ME LEVITICUS 17:11. WE'VE GIVEN OUT 15:39 SOME SLIPS - OVER HERE - WHERE'S OUR MICROPHONES? YOU GOT IT? 15:43 TAKE A MICROPHONE TO THAT MAN RIGHT THERE. 15:46 HOLD YOUR HAND UP, RICHARD. AND, I TELL YOU WHAT, 15:48 LET ME SEE - WHO HAS ROMANS 5:9? YOU? 15:53 ALRIGHT, WE'LL PASS IT UP TO YOU. 15:54 YOU'LL BE IN A FEW MINUTES THOUGH. 15:56 ALRIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO TALK - WE'RE TALKING A LITTLE BIT AT 15:59 THE BEGINNING OF THIS - ABOUT BLOOD AND THE IMPORTANCE OF 16:01 BLOOD BECAUSE IT'S MENTIONED QUITE A BIT IN OUR LESSON AND I 16:06 THINK IT'S A SUBJECT WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND. 16:08 ALRIGHT, ARE WE READY FOR RICHARD? WE ARE. 16:11 GO AHEAD RICHARD, WHY DON'T YOU READ THAT FOR US? 16:13 >>"FOR THE LIFE OF THE FLESH IS IN THE BLOOD, AND I HAVE GIVEN 16:18 IT TO YOU UPON THE ALTAR TO MAKE ATONEMENT FOR YOUR SOULS; FOR IT 16:23 IS THE BLOOD THAT MAKES ATONEMENT FOR THE SOUL." 16:27 >>SO WHEN WE'RE SINGING 'POWER IN THE BLOOD', WHAT IS IT THAT 16:30 MAKES ATONEMENT? THE BLOOD. WHY BLOOD? WHY NOT EARS? 16:38 WHY NOT SKIN? WHY NOT BRAIN TISSUE? I MEAN, WHY BLOOD? 16:46 THE BLOOD FEEDS EVERY CELL IN YOUR BODY. 16:50 THE BLOOD CLEANSES EVERY CELL IN THE BODY. 16:53 THE BLOOD IS WHAT TAKES AWAY THE BAD GASES AND SUPPLIES 16:56 THE OXYGEN - FRESH - THE GOOD GASES. 16:58 IT'S THE BLOOD CIRCULATING - THE BLOOD IS THE SAP OF YOUR BODY 17:04 AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EVER SEEN - IT'S NOT PLEASANT, BUT AN 17:09 ANIMAL CUT AND BLEED TO DEATH OR SHOT AND BLEED TO DEATH. 17:15 BUT AS THE BLOOD FLOWS OUT, THE LIFE FLOWS OUT AND WHEN SOMEONE 17:21 POURS OUT THEIR BLOOD - YOU KNOW THE THING THAT HAPPENED TO JESUS 17:24 AT THE VERY END - THEY PIERCED HIM WITH A SPEAR AND WATER AND 17:27 BLOOD RAN OUT. CLEANSING - OF COURSE WATER IS A TYPE OF 17:30 BAPTISM. JOHN EMPHASIZES THAT A LOT IN HIS GOSPEL. 17:34 BUT THE LIFE IS IN THE BLOOD. IF YOU LOOK, FOR INSTANCE, IN 17:37 GENESIS - YOU GOT YOUR BIBLES? LOOK IN GENESIS 9. 17:42 IT'S NOT THE FIRST PLACE YOU FIND BLOOD. 17:44 THE FIRST PLACE YOU FIND BLOOD IS - WHO KNOWS? IN THE BIBLE? 17:48 THE BROTHER OF CAIN, WHAT'S HIS NAME? ABEL. 17:54 IT SAYS 'THE BLOOD OF YOUR BROTHER ABEL CRIES TO ME FROM 17:57 THE GROUND. SO CAIN DID NOT STRANGLE HIM. 18:01 HE DID SOMETHING THAT MADE HIM BLEED. MAYBE HE BLUDGEONED HIM 18:04 OR WE DON'T KNOW, BUT HE STRUCK HIM IT SAYS AND HE 18:07 KILLED HIS BROTHER. 18:08 AND HE SAYS, 'THE BLOOD OF YOUR BROTHER ABEL' - AND IT'S 18:11 INTERESTING THAT IF YOU GO TO - DON'T LOSE YOUR PLACE IN 18:13 GENESIS, I JUST THOUGHT OF ANOTHER VERSE. 18:15 IF YOU GO TO MATTHEW 23, VERSE 35, JESUS, WHEN HE WALKED AWAY 18:20 FROM THE TEMPLE, HE TURNED BACK AND HE SAID SOMETHING THAT 18:22 SHOULD HAVE MADE EVERYBODY SHUDDER. 18:24 HE SAID, 'THAT ON YOU MAY COME ALL THE RIGHTEOUS BLOOD SHED ON 18:28 THE EARTH.' HE SAID, 'ON THIS GENERATION - 18:30 ALL THE RIGHTEOUS BLOOD - INNOCENT BLOOD THAT HAS BEEN 18:32 SHED ON THE EARTH. FROM THE BLOOD OF RIGHTEOUS ABEL 18:38 TO THE BLOOD OF ZECHARIAH, THE SON OF BERICHIAH, WHOM YOU 18:41 MURDERED BETWEEN THE TEMPLE AND THE ALTAR.' 18:43 KING JOASH KILLED THE SON OF JEHOIADA THE PRIEST - ZECHARIAH, 18:48 IN THE TEMPLE, HE SHED HIS BLOOD. AND THESE WERE INNOCENT 18:51 PEOPLE. ABEL WAS INNOCENT. ZECHARIAH WAS - ALL THE INNOCENT 18:54 BLOOD - IT'S LIKE IT HAD BEEN PENT UP AND JESUS SAID THIS 18:57 GENERATION IS GOING TO PAY FOR THAT. 19:00 THERE'S AN ACCOUNT MADE FOR ANY INNOCENT BLOOD IN THE BIBLE. 19:04 THEY HAD A LAW THAT IF A PERSON HAD BEEN FOUND SLAIN - YOU KNOW, 19:09 PERIODICALLY IT HAPPENS IN OUR CULTURE, YOU'LL HEAR ON THE NEWS 19:11 THAT THERE WAS A MURDER. THEY DON'T KNOW WHO'S 19:13 RESPONSIBLE BUT SOMEBODY WAS SLAIN. 19:15 THE BIBLE SAYS THAT THERE IS GUILT UPON THAT LAND UNTIL THE 19:20 GUILTY PARTY IS PUNISHED. AND THEY HAD A WHOLE SACRIFICE 19:24 THEY WOULD GO THROUGH IF THEY COULDN'T FIND THE GUILTY PARTY. 19:26 THEY WOULD OFFER THIS - YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT A SACRIFICE OF THE 19:29 RED HEIFER? THEY'D GO THROUGH THIS SACRIFICE 19:32 AND THIS ANIMAL WOULD BE OFFERED TO TRY TO CLEANSE THE LAND 19:36 BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WERE SAYING, 'LOOK, WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT. 19:38 WE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT AND WE DIDN'T WANT TO BE GUILTY OF 19:40 THIS INNOCENT BLOOD. AND SO, THIS IS THE FIRST 19:43 REFERENCE OF BLOOD - IS TALKING ABOUT THE BLOOD OF ABEL THERE. 19:46 NOW, IN GENESIS, I MENTIONED THAT A MINUTE AGO. 19:50 GENESIS 9, VERSE 4, GOD SAYS TO NOAH, "BUT YOU SHALL NOT EAT THE 19:55 FLESH WITH ITS LIFE, THAT IS, ITS BLOOD." 19:58 - WELL, THE LIFE OF THE FLESH IS IN THE WHAT? 20:03 DO NOT EAT THE FLESH WITH THE LIFE - "SURELY FOR YOUR 20:06 LIFEBLOOD I WILL DEMAND A RECKONING; FROM THE HAND OF 20:10 EVERY BEAST I WILL REQUIRE IT, AND FROM THE HAND OF MAN. 20:15 FROM THE HAND OF EVERY MAN'S BROTHER I WILL REQUIRE THE LIFE 20:20 OF MAN. 'WHOEVER SHEDS MAN'S BLOOD, BY MAN HIS BLOOD SHALL BE 20:24 SHED; FOR IN THE IMAGE OF GOD HE MADE MAN.'" YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT 20:28 ONLY A HEALTH LAW - WHY DON'T WE EAT BLOOD? 20:35 WELL, THERE'S OBVIOUSLY HEALTH PROBLEMS WITH IT. 20:37 DISEASE CAN BE TRANSFERRED FROM ANIMAL TO ANIMAL VIA THE BLOOD. 20:41 BUT BLOOD IS DIFFERENT. IT'S NOT JUST A HEALTH LAW. 20:45 THE BLOOD GOES BEYOND THAT. 20:47 THERE'S SOMETHING SYMBOLIC THERE. 20:49 IT'S THROUGH THE BLOOD OF CHRIST THAT WE'RE CLEANSED. 20:51 THE LIFE IS IN THE BLOOD AND GOD SAYS, 'OF MAN, OF BEAST YOU ARE 20:57 NOT TO EAT BLOOD.' DO YOU ALSO FIND THAT IN THE NEW TESTAMENT? 21:00 IN ACTS CHAPTER 15 DOES IT SAY THAT YOU COMMAND THEM TO ABSTAIN 21:03 FROM? FROM BLOOD. I REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE WORKING 21:07 WITH THE NAVAJOS AND ONE OF THE THINGS - I'D NOT HEARD OF THIS 21:12 BEFORE - THEY MADE BLOOD SAUSAGE. 21:15 ANY OF YOU EVER HEARD OF THAT BEFORE? 21:17 OH - THAT GAVE ME THE CREEPS WHEN I WAS A MEAT EATER - IS THE 21:21 IDEA THAT YOU WOULD MAKE A MEAL OUT OF BLOOD. 21:25 AND THAT'S A GOOD REASON FOR EVERY CHRISTIAN TO AVOID EATING 21:29 ANY MEAT IS BECAUSE MOST MEAT IN AMERICA IS NOT BUTCHERED IN A 21:33 KOSHER WAY - THERE'S STILL BLOOD IN IT. AND IT TELLS US THAT 21:36 THERE'S SOMETHING SACRED ABOUT THAT - THE LIFE IS IN THE BLOOD. 21:41 ALRIGHT, WHO - I THINK I GAVE YOU MIKE - YOU'VE GOT 21:44 ROMANS 5:9. DO YOU HAVE YOUR MICROPHONE? 21:46 WE'RE NOT QUITE READY SO I'M GOING TO READ SOME OTHER VERSES. 21:48 HEBREWS 9:22, "AND ACCORDING TO THE LAW ALMOST ALL THINGS ARE 21:53 PURIFIED WITH BLOOD, AND WITHOUT SHEDDING OF BLOOD 21:58 THERE IS NO REMISSION." 22:00 HOW CAN YOU BE FORGIVEN WITHOUT THE SHEDDING OF BLOOD? 22:04 ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE THERE IS NO FORGIVENESS. 22:07 SO WHEN THEY SACRIFICED LAMBS AND WHEN THE BLOOD OF THESE 22:10 VICTIMS - OR GOATS OR BULLS - IT MIGHT EVEN BE - IF YOU WERE REAL 22:14 POOR AND YOU COULD NOT AFFORD A GOAT OR A LAMB - THE BULL WAS 22:19 SORT OF THE CADILLAC OFFERING. IT WAS THE MOST EXPENSIVE. 22:23 THE POOR PEOPLE WOULD OFFER A CLEAN BIRD LIKE A DOVE. 22:26 WHAT DID JOSEPH AND MARY OFFER FOR JESUS FOR THE PURIFICATION 22:31 AFTER HE WAS BORN? IT WAS A DOVE. 22:33 THAT'S BECAUSE THEY WERE VERY POOR AND - BUT THEY ALL HAD TO 22:38 BE CLEAN ANIMALS. AND THE BLOOD OF THESE ANIMALS 22:43 WAS ALL A SYMBOL FOR THE BLOOD OF CHRIST. 22:46 ISN'T THAT RIGHT? AND FOR HIS CLEANSING. 22:49 ALRIGHT, GO AHEAD AND READ FOR US THEN ROMANS 5:9. 22:52 >>ROMANS 5:9, "MUCH MORE THEN, HAVING NOW BEEN JUSTIFIED BY HIS 22:56 BLOOD, WE SHALL BE SAVED FROM WRATH THROUGH HIM." 23:00 >>ALRIGHT, SO THERE'S A JUSTIFICATION THAT HAPPENS 23:02 THROUGH THE BLOOD. SO HOW DOES THIS WORK? 23:05 YOU REMEMBER THE MODEL OF THE SANCTUARY? 23:08 YOU WALK THROUGH THE DOOR - YOU BEGIN TO APPROACH GOD - THE 23:10 FIRST THING YOU SAW WHEN YOU WALKED IN THE DOOR WAS WHAT BIG 23:14 ARTICLE OF FURNITURE? THERE'S AN ALTAR. 23:18 NOW WHAT HAPPENS AT AN ALTAR? WELL, THERE'S WORSHIPING THAT 23:22 HAPPENS AT AN ALTAR BUT THE JEWISH ALTAR ACTUALLY HAD A FIRE 23:26 GOING ON IT BECAUSE THERE WAS SOMETHING BEING CONSUMED THERE. 23:32 THEY DID NOT TOSS THE ANIMALS ON THE ALTAR ALIVE. 23:36 WOULDN'T THAT BE AWFUL? THERE WAS ACTUALLY COMPASSION. 23:40 THE QUICKEST WAY POSSIBLE IS THEY WOULD TIE THEM UP, THEY 23:44 WOULD CUT THEIR THROATS AND, YOU KNOW, ONCE THE BLOOD IS LOST - 23:48 PRESSURE IS LOST FROM THE BRAIN - UNCONSCIOUSNESS SETS IN ALMOST 23:51 IMMEDIATELY AND THEN THEY WOULD CATCH MOST OF THE BLOOD - THE 23:55 OTHER WAS SPILT UPON THE GROUND AND THAT BLOOD WOULD BE 23:59 SPRINKLED BEFORE THE LORD IN A VARIETY OF WAYS DEPENDING UPON 24:02 WHAT CEREMONY IT WAS - WHETHER IT WAS A DAILY SACRIFICE OR 24:05 WHETHER IT WAS A WEEKLY SABBATH SACRIFICE OR IF IT WAS A DAY OF 24:08 ATONEMENT. BUT THAT BLOOD, BASICALLY, WAS 24:11 PRESENTED TO ATONE FOR THE SINS OF THE PEOPLE. 24:15 AND SO THEY WERE DECLARED FORGIVEN BECAUSE OF THAT BLOOD. 24:19 NOW WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO HOW THAT HAPPENED PRACTICALLY IN 24:22 JUST A MINUTE. UNDER THE SECTION IN YOUR LESSON 24:27 'SIN AND MERCY' THERE'S A STORY I WANT YOU TO TURN TO. 24:33 TURN IN YOUR BIBLES TO 2 SAMUEL 14 AND I'VE GOT TO GIVE YOU 24:37 THE BACKGROUND. THE SON OF DAVID, ABSALOM, WAS 24:43 SEPARATED FROM HIS FATHER BECAUSE HE HAD MURDERED HIS 24:47 BROTHER AMNON. NOW ABSALOM, HE'S GOT A BAD 24:53 ENDING AND OTHER THINGS HAPPEN, BUT AT THIS POINT, AS YOU'RE 24:56 READING YOUR BIBLE, IF YOU DON'T KNOW HOW THE REST OF THE STORY 24:58 GOES, MOST OF US WOULD EMPATHIZE A LITTLE BIT WITH ABSALOM 25:03 BECAUSE AMNON WAS EVEN WORSE THAN ABSALOM IN SOME WAYS. 25:07 AMNON - ABSALOM HAD A BEAUTIFUL SISTER - NOW WE ALREADY KNOW 25:11 ABSALOM WAS A VERY GOOD LOOKING YOUNG MAN AND IT SAYS HE HAD A 25:14 BEAUTIFUL SISTER - HER NAME WAS TAMAR. AMNON HAD A CRUSH ON 25:19 HIS HALF SISTER TAMAR - SAME FATHER, DIFFERENT MOTHER - AND 25:25 HE SEDUCED HER - TRICKED HER INTO COMING INTO HIS ROOM. 25:29 HE THOUGHT SOMEONE WAS TRYING TO POISON HIM, PRETENDED THAT HE 25:30 WAS SICK - HE SAID, 'LOOK, I WANT YOU TO COOK MY FOOD IN 25:32 FRONT OF ME BECAUSE I CAN TRUST YOU.' HE SENT EVERYBODY OUT AND 25:35 HE RAPED HIS SISTER. WELL, ESPECIALLY IN BIBLE TIMES, 25:40 IF THAT HAPPENED IT MEANT THAT YOU WERE DEFILED. THERE'S NO 25:42 RECORD SHE EVER MARRIED. SHE WENT OUT IN MOURNING. 25:44 AND THEN AFTER THAT HE SAID, 'NO, I DON'T THINK I WANT HER.' 25:46 SHE SAID, 'NOW WE NEED TO GET MARRIED.' 25:47 HE SAID, 'NO, I DON'T WANT TO MARRY YOU. 25:49 NOW I ACTUALLY HATE YOU.' IT'S AMAZING HOW QUICKLY THIS 25:52 INFATUATION AND LOVE TURN TO HATE IN THIS STORY - WITHIN A 25:55 FEW VERSES. AND ABSALOM HEARD ABOUT IT. 26:00 HE SAID, 'MY SISTER, DON'T LET THIS DESTROY YOU. 26:03 I'LL TAKE CARE OF IT.' NOTHING HAPPENS FOR TWO YEARS. 26:08 AND AMNON - EVERYBODY FIGURES THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE WAS 26:10 DEALING WITH IT AND THINGS WERE GOING TO BE OKAY. 26:12 ABSALOM THROWS A PARTY BECAUSE HE'S SHEARING SHEEP AND THAT WAS 26:15 THE TIME OF CELEBRATION. 26:16 YOU REMEMBER THE STORY OF NABAL - WHEN THEY'D SHEAR SHEEP THEY 26:18 WERE CELEBRATING, GIVING GIFTS - HE INVITES ALL HIS BROTHERS. 26:20 ALL HIS BROTHERS COME. ABSALOM TELLS HIS BROTHERS, 26:23 'WHEN I GIVE YOU THE SIGNAL' - HE SAID, 'DON'T BE AFRAID. 26:25 I WANT YOU TO RISE UP AND I WANT YOU TO KILL AMNON.' 26:29 HE GIVES THE SIGNAL, THEY DO IT, AND THEN ABSALOM FLEES TO LIVE 26:34 WITH HIS GRANDFATHER IN GESHUR - IN ANOTHER COUNTRY BORDERING 26:38 ISRAEL. HE RUNS AWAY. YEARS GO BY, ABSALOM IS GONE, 26:41 DAVID IS NOW GRIEVING FOR HIS SON BECAUSE HE REALIZES WHY 26:44 ABSALOM DID IT. DAVID DID NOTHING TO PUNISH 26:47 AMNON WHEN HE KILLED HIS BROTHER - WHEN HE RAPED HIS SISTER. 26:50 DAVID REALIZED 'IF I HAD DEALT WITH IT ABSALOM PROBABLY 26:52 WOULDN'T HAVE DONE THIS' AND SO HE'S MISSING HIS SON. 26:55 HE'S WANTING HIS SON TO COME HOME AND EVERY DAY THEY CAN TELL 26:57 HE'S DISTRESSED AND WORRIED ABOUT HIS SON THAT IS SEPARATED 27:01 FROM HIM. NOW, ISN'T THAT KIND OF WHAT SIN IS? DAVID IS A KING. 27:05 HE REPRESENTS GOD. HE'S GOT A SON THAT IS SEPARATED 27:07 AND HE WANTS HIM BACK. SO JOAB KNOWS - JOAB IS NOT ONLY 27:14 DAVID'S NEPHEW, HE'S HIS GENERAL. 27:16 HE SAID, 'DAVID'S NOT HIMSELF. HE CAN'T FOCUS ON THE KINGDOM. 27:19 HE CAN'T FOCUS ON THE WARS WE'RE FIGHTING. 27:20 WE'VE GOT TO GET ABSALOM BACK.' AND SO JOAB TELLS THIS WOMAN - 27:24 HE GETS A WISE WOMAN OF TEKOA - THAT'S A REGION NOT TOO FAR FROM 27:28 JERUSALEM - BUT SOMEONE FROM OUT OF TOWN THAT DAVID WON'T 27:31 RECOGNIZE AND SHE COMES IN ASKING FOR JUDGMENT FROM THE 27:34 KING. THE KING USED TO SIT, SORT OF, 27:37 AS THE SUPREME COURT JUDGE. THERE WERE JUDGES IN EVERY TOWN, 27:40 BUT IF THAT WASN'T SATISFYING YOU COULD TAKE IT TO THE KING. 27:43 HE WAS THE FINAL ARBITRATION. SO SHE COMES BEFORE THE KING AND 27:46 SHE MAKES UP THIS STORY JOAB HAS GIVEN HER. 27:49 SHE SAID, 'YOUR MAIDSERVANT IS A WIDOW. 27:51 I'VE GOT TWO GROWN SONS AND THEY'RE NOT MARRIED. 27:54 THEY WERE OUT IN THE FIELD ONE DAY AND THEY HAD AN ARGUMENT AND 27:56 IT GOT OUT OF HAND AND THEY FOUGHT AND ONE STRUCK THE OTHER 27:59 SO THAT HE KILLED HIS BROTHER. 28:02 AND NOW HE'S HIDING BUT THE NEIGHBORS ARE TELLING US 28:05 'YOU'VE GOT TO TURN OVER YOUR OTHER SON SO THAT WE CAN EXECUTE 28:07 HIM FOR KILLING HIS BROTHER.' AND THEN I WILL HAVE NO HUSBAND, 28:10 I WILL HAVE NO CHILDREN, NO HEIRS AND I'LL BE DESTITUTE.' 28:13 AND SHE'S PLEADING BEFORE THE KING AND THE KING SAYS, 'OKAY, 28:16 THAT'S NOT GOOD.' HE SAYS, 'I'LL FORGIVE YOU.' 28:19 AND SO THERE'S A STATEMENT MADE HERE - NOW I TOLD YOU THAT WHOLE 28:23 STORY TO UNDERSTAND THIS VERSE: 2 SAMUEL 14:9 - I LOVE IT WHEN I 28:27 SEE YOUR HEADS ALL BOB DOWN. THAT MEANS THAT YOUR BIBLES ARE 28:30 OPEN. 2 SAMUEL 14:9, "AND THE WOMAN OF TEKOA SAID TO THE 28:35 KING, "MY LORD, O KING, LET THE INIQUITY BE ON ME AND ON 28:38 MY FATHER'S HOUSE, AND THE KING AND HIS THRONE BE GUILTLESS." 28:41 IN OTHER WORDS, SHOW MERCY TO ME AND, - YOU KNOW, IF A KING 28:46 RENDERS A JUDGMENT WHERE HE SEEMS TO BE CONDONING GUILT, 28:51 THAT JUDGMENT, BIBLICALLY, FALLS ON THE KING. 28:55 AND SO THIS WOMAN OF TEKOA IS SAYING, 'THE JUDGMENT - THE 28:59 GUILT FOR THIS WILL NOT BE ON YOU. 29:00 IF THERE'S ANY GUILT IT'LL BE ON ME. YOU'LL BE INNOCENT.' 29:04 AND SO, BASICALLY, SHE WAS PAINTING A PICTURE FOR THE KING 29:09 TO THEN SEE, 'WELL, IF THAT'S TRUE NOW' - SHE SAYS - 'WHY HAVE 29:14 YOU NOT CALLED YOUR SON ABSALOM TO COME HOME? 29:18 IF YOU'RE GOING TO FORGIVE ME AND SAY THAT MY SON SHOULD LIVE, 29:21 PERHAPS YOU'RE GUILTY IN NOT FORGIVING YOUR SON AND BRINGING 29:25 HIM HOME.' AND IT'S VERY CLEVER THE WAY - 29:28 AND THEN FINALLY DAVID SAYS, 'IS JOAB BEHIND THIS?' 29:32 AND SHE SAID, 'OH, YOU'RE LIKE AN ANGEL OF HEAVEN, KING. 29:34 YOU'RE SO DISCERNING. YOU'RE' - BUT HE FINALLY SAID, 29:38 'OKAY, YOU CAN TELL ABSALOM TO COME HOME.' 29:40 BUT THERE'S A VERSE THAT'S IN THAT SAME STORY THAT, TO ME - GO 29:44 TO VERSE 14 - 2 SAMUEL 14:14. I BET YOU'VE NOT QUOTED OR HEARD 29:50 TOO MANY PREACHERS QUOTE THE WOMAN OF TEKOA. 29:54 SHE MAKES A STATEMENT IN THERE THAT SUMMARIZES THE GOSPEL, "FOR 29:58 WE WILL SURELY DIE AND BECOME LIKE WATER SPILLED ON THE 30:02 GROUND, WHICH CANNOT BE GATHERED UP AGAIN. 30:04 YET GOD DOES NOT TAKE AWAY A LIFE; BUT HE DEVISES MEANS," - 30:09 GOD DEVISES MEANS - "SO THAT HIS BANISHED ONES ARE NOT EXPELLED 30:15 FROM HIM." WE HAVE BEEN BANISHED. 30:18 WE ARE SEPARATED FROM GOD AND FROM HEAVEN AND WE'LL DIE AND 30:22 BECOME LIKE WATER THAT HAS SPILLED ON THE GROUND. 30:24 BUT BEFORE THAT HAPPENS, GOD HAS DEVISED THE MEANS - IT'S CALLED 30:28 THE PLAN OF SALVATION - THAT WE SHOULD NOT BE FOREVER SEPARATED 30:32 OR BANISHED FROM HIM. ISN'T THAT A BEAUTIFUL 30:33 STATEMENT? THAT SORT OF SUMMARIZES THE PLAN 30:36 OF SALVATION. AND SO, WE'RE STILL UNDER THIS 30:39 SECTION ON THE ATONEMENT MADE BY BLOOD. 30:43 SO THEY BRING THEIR OFFERING - AND WE'LL GET TO IT IN A MINUTE 30:45 - THEY LAY THEIR HANDS ON THE HEAD OF THIS OFFERING, CONFESS 30:48 THEIR SINS - THAT SIN WAS THEN TRANSFERRED TO THE SACRIFICE, 30:51 ITS BLOOD WAS SPILT, THE BLOOD WAS PRESENTED AND APPLIED AND 30:56 THAT MADE ATONEMENT FOR THEM. NOW, THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE I 31:01 THOUGHT WAS INTERESTING. LET ME READ SOMETHING TO YOU. 31:04 DEUTERONOMY 21:8, "'PROVIDE ATONEMENT, O LORD, FOR YOUR 31:10 PEOPLE ISRAEL, WHOM YOU HAVE REDEEMED, AND DO NOT LAY 31:13 INNOCENT BLOOD TO THE CHARGE OF YOUR PEOPLE ISRAEL.' 31:17 AND ATONEMENT SHALL BE PROVIDED ON THEIR BEHALF FOR THE BLOOD. 31:21 SO YOU SHALL PUT AWAY THE GUILT OF INNOCENT BLOOD FROM AMONG YOU 31:24 WHEN YOU DO WHAT IS RIGHT IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD." 31:27 GOD TELLS US THAT THERE - YOU KNOW WHAT THE WORD 'ATONEMENT' 31:30 MEANS? IN ENGLISH YOU JUST TAKE THAT WORD, CHOP IT 31:33 UP WITH SOME HYPHENS - YOU'VE HEARD THIS BEFORE - 31:35 IT MEANS 'AT-ONE-MENT'. YOU TAKE THE WORD ATONEMENT AND 31:39 WRITE IT ON A PIECE OF PAPER. WE'VE BEEN SEPARATED FROM GOD 31:42 AND THE PURPOSE OF THE PRIEST WAS TO MAKE ATONEMENT. 31:45 THAT MEANS 'TO MAKE AT ONE THOSE THAT ARE SEPARATED' - 31:48 AT-ONE-MENT. THAT'S ATONEMENT. AND SO, GOD IS WANTING TO BRING 31:52 US BACK TOGETHER. NOW, YOU'LL FIND IN YOUR LESSON 31:57 IT OFTEN CALLS IT THE SIN OFFERING. 32:01 MANY, MANY TIMES YOU FIND THE WORDS SIN OFFERING. 32:03 SIN OFFERING IS NOT ALWAYS THE BEST TRANSLATION BECAUSE SOME OF 32:08 WHAT WE CALL SIN OFFERINGS WERE ACTUALLY PURIFICATION OFFERINGS. 32:12 ONE EXAMPLE - NOW I THREW THIS IN BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF 32:15 PEOPLE HAVE ASKED THIS QUESTION - IT SOUNDS WEIRD - HOW MANY OF 32:19 YOU KNEW THAT IF A WOMAN HAD A BABY BOY SHE WAS DECLARED 32:26 UNCLEAN FOR A WEEK, BUT IF SHE HAD A BABY GIRL SHE WAS UNCLEAN 32:30 FOR TWO WEEKS? AND SHE COULDN'T GO TO THE 32:33 TEMPLE FOR 33 DAYS IF SHE HAD A BOY, BUT SHE COULDN'T GO TO THE 32:37 TEMPLE 66 DAYS IF SHE HAD A GIRL. 32:41 WOULD SOMEONE LIKE TO EXPLAIN THAT TO ME? 32:44 YOU KNOW, PEOPLE - I'VE GOT SOME IDEAS I'LL SHARE WITH YOU, BUT I 32:48 JUST WANTED TO EXERCISE YOUR PURE MINDS. 32:51 SOME PEOPLE HAVE SAID - YOU KNOW, FOR YEARS THEY WOULD SAY, 32:55 'WELL, THAT'S BECAUSE WHEN A WOMAN GIVES BIRTH TO A GIRL THAT 33:00 THERE'S A DISCHARGE LONGER.' THERE'S NO MEDICAL TRUTH TO 33:04 THAT. DR. DEROSE, DO YOU KNOW OF ANYTHING LIKE THAT? NO, OKAY. 33:08 WE'VE GOT SOME DOCTORS IN THE HOUSE, I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM 33:10 THAT. BUT I'VE HEARD PEOPLE SAY THAT. 33:13 THEY JUST MAKE THESE THINGS UP AND THEY BECOME URBAN MYTHS AND 33:16 THEY CIRCULATE. THERE'S NO TRUTH TO THAT. 33:18 OR - AND THEN I'VE HEARD, 'WELL, IT'S BECAUSE OF SIN ORIGINATING 33:24 WITH EVE AND SO THAT THE GIRLS ARE IMPURE. 33:30 YOU GIVE BIRTH TO A GIRL WELL, YOU'VE GOT TO COMPENSATE 33:33 BECAUSE IT'S A GIRL. YOU COULDN'T ACHIEVE A BOY AND 33:36 SO THERE'S TWICE AS MUCH TIME FOR PURIFICATION BECAUSE THEY'RE 33:39 MORE SINFUL.' THAT DOESN'T MARKET VERY WELL. 33:43 LET ME TELL YOU RIGHT NOW. THE BEST ANSWER I HAVE HEARD IS 33:48 THIS IS NOT A SIN OFFERING. THE OFFERING THAT THE WOMAN IS 33:51 MAKING FOLLOWING A CHILD IS A PURIFICATION OFFERING. 33:55 IT SAYS THIS I THINK IN THE LESSON AS MUCH AS WELL. 33:57 AND A PURIFICATION OFFERING IS WHENEVER THERE WAS ANY DISCHARGE 34:01 FROM THE BODY THERE WAS AN OFFERING OF PURIFICATION. 34:04 OBVIOUSLY, IF A COUPLE IS MARRIED - THIS IS GOD'S PLAN. 34:07 HE SAYS, 'BE FRUITFUL, MULTIPLY.' 34:09 IF THEY DO WHAT THEY'RE COMMANDED THERE'S NO SIN IN 34:10 HAVING CHILDREN. ALRIGHT, SO YOU'RE NOT ASKING 34:12 FOR FORGIVENESS FOR HAVING A BABY, RIGHT? 34:15 IF YOU'RE DOING IT BY GOD'S DESIGN IN MARRIAGE. 34:18 SO IT'S NOT A SIN OFFERING IN THAT RESPECT, 34:21 IT'S A PURIFICATION OFFERING. 34:23 THE REASON THAT - THE BEST ANSWER I'VE HEARD FOR ME - THE 34:27 REASON, I'VE HEARD, THAT THERE'S EXACTLY TWICE AS MUCH OF TIME 34:32 WAITING FOR THE WOMAN AS GIVING BIRTH TO A GIRL AS GIVING BIRTH 34:37 TO A BOY IS BECAUSE EIGHT DAYS AFTER THE BOY WAS BORN - 34:42 REMEMBER, SHE WAS TO STAY AWAY FROM THE TEMPLE FOR SEVEN DAYS? 34:45 THAT MEANS ON THE EIGHTH DAY SHE WOULD GO WITH HER SON AND HER 34:48 SON WOULD BE CIRCUMCISED, WHICH REQUIRED THE SHEDDING OF BLOOD 34:52 AND THAT WOULD COMPENSATE FOR THE OTHER HALF OF THE TIME 34:56 BECAUSE YOU HAVE TWO INDIVIDUALS HERE NOW THAT ARE SHEDDING 34:59 BLOOD. AND SO THAT BOY AND THAT SHEDDING OF BLOOD - THE FIRST 35:03 TIME JESUS SHED BLOOD WAS NOT ON THE CROSS, IT WAS IN THE TEMPLE 35:06 WHEN HE WAS EIGHT DAYS OLD, RIGHT? AND THOUGH IT'S MINOR, 35:11 THERE IS SOME SHEDDING OF BLOOD THAT HAPPENS AT CIRCUMCISION. 35:14 AND SO THAT, TO ME, IS THE BEST ANSWER THAT I'VE HEARD IS THAT 35:17 THERE'S SOME CREDIT, BASICALLY, THAT'S GIVEN BECAUSE SHE BROUGHT 35:20 THE MAN-CHILD WHO'S BEING CIRCUMCISED AND THAT'S A TYPE OF 35:23 CHRIST. ANYWAY, TAKE IT FOR WHAT IT IS. 35:26 BUT IT'S A PURIFICATION OFFERING AND NOT SO MUCH A SIN OFFERING. 35:30 NOW, WHO NEEDS SIN OFFERING? EVERYBODY. 35:39 PSALM - SOMEBODY LOOK UP FOR ME JEREMIAH 13:23 - WE GAVE THAT 35:44 OUT. YOU'VE GOT THAT RIGHT THERE? ALRIGHT, HANG ON TO IT. 35:47 JEREMIAH 13:23 - I'LL READ PSALM 14:3, "THERE IS NONE WHO DOES 35:53 GOOD, NO, NOT ONE." YOU CAN READ ISAIAH 53, VERSE 6, 35:59 "ALL WE LIKE SHEEP HAVE GONE ASTRAY." 36:01 YOU CAN READ ROMANS 3:23, "FOR ALL HAVE SINNED AND FALL SHORT 36:06 OF THE GLORY OF GOD." AND THEN YOU CAN ALSO READ 36:08 ROMANS 3:12, "THERE IS NONE WHO DOES GOOD, NO, NOT ONE." 36:13 YOU CAN READ JOB 5:7, "YET MAN IS BORN TO TROUBLE, 36:16 AS THE SPARKS FLY UPWARD." THERE'S MANY MORE THAT I COULD 36:19 READ TO YOU THAT ILLUSTRATE THAT EVERY HUMAN THAT HAS EVER BEEN 36:23 BORN WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE, JESUS, HAS SINNED. 36:27 AND YOU ARE GOING TO READ FOR US - I THINK WE'RE READY. 36:30 YEAH, GO AHEAD AND READ JEREMIAH - WHAT IS IT? - 13:23. 36:34 >>JEREMIAH 13:23, "CAN THE ETHIOPIAN CHANGE HIS 36:37 SKIN OR THE LEOPARD ITS SPOTS? 36:40 THEN MAY YOU ALSO DO GOOD WHO ARE ACCUSTOMED TO DO EVIL." 36:44 >>THE REASON A LEOPARD HAS SPOTS AND AN ETHIOPIAN'S SKIN IS DARK 36:49 IS MELANIN - IT'S COMING FROM THE INSIDE OUT. 36:53 SO THERE'S A PROBLEM ON THE INSIDE THAT IS CAUSING US TO 36:56 SIN. IT'S IN OUR NATURES. 36:59 AND WE CAN'T CHANGE THOSE THINGS WITHOUT SUPERNATURAL 37:02 INTERVENTION AND THIS IS WHAT HE'S TEACHING HERE. 37:06 I HAD A QUOTE HERE FROM SENECA - IT SAYS, 'SOME SINS WE HAVE 37:09 COMMITTED, SOME WE HAVE CONTEMPLATED, SOME WE HAVE 37:12 DESIRED, SOME WE HAVE ENCOURAGED. 37:15 IN THE CASE OF SOME, WE ARE INNOCENT ONLY BECAUSE WE DID NOT 37:17 SUCCEED.' I THOUGHT THAT WAS INTERESTING. 37:21 NOW, THERE WAS ONE SIN FOR WHICH THERE WAS NO SACRIFICE. 37:25 WHAT WAS THAT? THIS WAS ALSO IN YOUR LESSON. 37:28 IT WAS CALLED PRESUMPTUOUS SIN. LET ME READ THIS TO YOU. 37:32 SOMEBODY LOOK UP FOR ME HEBREWS 10:26. 37:35 WHO'S GOT THAT? OVER HERE. JAN, LET'S GET YOU A MICROPHONE. 37:39 SOMEONE OVER THERE GOT A MIC? YOU'RE THE MIC MAN TODAY, OKAY. 37:44 WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT NUMBERS 15, VERSES 29 AND 30, "YOU SHALL 37:49 HAVE ONE LAW FOR HIM WHO SINS UNINTENTIONALLY, FOR HIM WHO IS 37:54 NATIVE-BORN AMONG THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL AND FOR THE STRANGER 37:56 WHO DWELLS AMONG THEM. BUT THE PERSON WHO DOES ANYTHING 37:59 PRESUMPTUOUSLY, WHETHER HE IS NATIVE-BORN OR A STRANGER, THAT 38:03 ONE BRINGS REPROACH ON THE LORD, AND HE SHALL BE CUT OFF FROM 38:07 AMONG HIS PEOPLE. BECAUSE HE HAS DESPISED THE WORD 38:09 OF THE LORD, AND HAS BROKEN HIS COMMANDMENT, THAT PERSON SHALL 38:12 BE COMPLETELY CUT OFF; HIS GUILT SHALL BE UPON HIM." 38:16 THERE WAS NO SACRIFICE THAT IS FOR PRESUMPTUOUS SIN. 38:21 NOW THAT WORD PRESUMPTUOUS SIN DOES NOT MEAN INTENTIONAL SIN BY 38:25 ITSELF. NOW, I WANT YOU TO BE VERY HONEST. 38:28 I'M GOING TO ASK YOU A QUESTION. HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE SINNED 38:34 KNOWING BEFORE THAT IT WAS WRONG BUT YOU DID IT ANYWAY? 38:42 CAN YOU CALL THAT INTENTIONAL? IT WAS, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE - 38:47 YOU'VE GOT MANSLAUGHTER, WHICH MEANS YOU KILL A PERSON BY 38:51 ACCIDENT BUT YOU DIDN'T MEAN TO. YOU DIDN'T GO VISIT THE PERSON 38:53 WITH THIS IN MIND OR IT WAS A CAR ACCIDENT. 38:56 IT'S UNINTENTIONAL KILLING OF HUMAN LIFE - MANSLAUGHTER. 39:00 THEN YOU'VE GOT WHAT THEY CALL PREMEDITATED - THAT MEANS YOU 39:03 PICKED UP YOUR GUN, WALKED OVER TO THEIR HOUSE AND SHOT THEM. 39:05 YOU KNEW EXACTLY WHAT YOU WERE GOING TO DO - YOU PLANNED ON IT. 39:09 EVERYBODY HERE, I SUSPECT, IS GUILTY AT SOME TIME OR OTHER OF 39:12 PREMEDITATED SIN. IS THAT RIGHT? IF THERE IS NO SACRIFICE FOR 39:18 PREMEDITATED SIN, WE MAY AS WELL PACK UP AND GO HOME BECAUSE 39:22 WE'RE DOOMED. IT'S NOT TALKING HERE ABOUT 39:25 THERE BEING NO SACRIFICE FOR INTENTIONAL SIN. 39:28 YOU'LL NOTICE THE KEY WORD HERE - IT SAYS, 'THIS PERSON BRINGS 39:33 REPROACH ON THE LORD.' THIS IS A PERSON WHO IS 39:36 BASICALLY - THEY'RE TAKING AN ATHEISTIC POSITION OF SAYING, 39:40 'I KNOW WHAT GOD WANTS. I DON'T CARE. 39:43 I'M GOING TO DO MY OWN THING.' NOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE SIN - LIKE 39:47 MARY MAGDALENE - SEVEN DEVILS WERE CAST OUT OF HER. 39:50 AND IF YOU READ IN DESIRE OF AGES, IT IMPLIES SEVEN DIFFERENT 39:53 TIMES SHE FELL BACK INTO THE OLD BEHAVIOR AND THE LORD HAD TO 39:58 SAVE HER AGAIN. A PERSON WHO HAS AN ADDICTION 40:02 AND THEY STOP DRINKING. THEY KNOW IT'S WRONG. 40:04 THEY KNOW IT'S BAD. THEY KNOW IT'S HURTING THEM AND 40:06 THEY SLIP. THEY KNOW WHEN THEY PICK UP THAT 40:09 BOTTLE AND TAKE THAT ONE - THAT FIRST DRINK AGAIN - 40:12 THAT IT'S WRONG. YOU CAN CALL THAT PREMEDITATED. 40:16 BUT THEY'RE SINNING BECAUSE OF WEAKNESS. 40:18 SO A LOT OF OUR PREMEDITATED SIN IS BECAUSE OF WEAKNESS. 40:22 WE DON'T WANT TO. WE WANT TO HAVE VICTORY. 40:24 WE WANT TO CHANGE. HE SAYS THERE IS NO SACRIFICE 40:27 FOR THE SIN THAT IS PRESUMPTUOUS 40:30 - MEANING YOU'RE DOING IT AND YOU DON'T CARE AND YOU HAVE NO 40:33 REMORSE AND YOU HAVE NO DESIRE TO BE HOLY. 40:36 NOW THAT'S WHERE OUR VERSE COMES IN. 40:39 GO AHEAD, JAN, READ FOR US HEBREWS 10:26 AND 27 TOO. 40:43 >>"FOR IF WE SIN WILLFULLY AFTER WE HAVE RECEIVED THE KNOWLEDGE 40:47 OF THE TRUTH, THERE NO LONGER REMAINS A SACRIFICE FOR SINS, 40:51 BUT A CERTAIN FEARFUL EXPECTATION OF JUDGMENT, AND 40:55 FIERY INDIGNATION WHICH WILL DEVOUR THE ADVERSARIES." 41:00 >>SO IF A PERSON GOES INTO SIN AND THEY SAY, 'I KNOW IT'S WRONG 41:03 BUT I'M JUST GOING TO KEEP DOING IT.' 41:06 THEY HAVE NO DESIRE FOR VICTORY. 41:08 IT'S NOT THE ISSUE OF THEM SLIPPING INTO SOME ADDICTIVE 41:10 BEHAVIOR, BECAUSE WHETHER IT'S OVEREATING - YOU PICK YOUR 41:13 FAVORITE SIN - I THINK EVERYBODY HERE HAS KNOWINGLY SINNED. 41:17 I KNOW I PROBABLY SHOULDN'T EAT ONE MORE BUT - WE LAUGH ABOUT IT 41:20 AT POTLUCK BUT HEY, WELL, YOU KNOW, IF YOU SHOULDN'T EAT ONE 41:22 MORE AND YOU DO, THE SIN OF GLUTTONY IS A SIN OF THE FLESH, 41:26 RIGHT? IT'S THE LUST OF THE FLESH. AND SO THERE'S A LOT 41:29 OF US - ALL OF US HAVE DONE THAT KIND OF PREMEDITATED SIN. 41:33 BUT HERE HE SAYS, IF YOU SIN WILLFULLY AFTER YOU'VE RECEIVED 41:37 THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUTH - IT'S A WILLFUL - NOT WANTING 41:39 VICTORY - IT'S A WILLFUL GOING IN AND SAYING, 'YOU KNOW, I'M 41:43 JUST GOING TO DO WHAT I WANT TO DO.' 41:45 HOW MUCH SACRIFICE IS THERE FOR THAT? 41:47 ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE 'THERE NO LONGER REMAINS A SACRIFICE. 41:52 SO IT'S ONLY WHEN YOU HAVE REPENTANCE AND REMORSE AND YOU 41:55 WANT VICTORY - THAT'S WHAT SACRIFICE IS GOOD FOR, RIGHT? 41:58 BECAUSE THINK ABOUT IT - WHENEVER YOU BROUGHT THE LAMB 42:00 YOU'D LAY YOUR HANDS ON THE HEAD OF THE LAMB, YOU WOULD CONFESS - 42:03 THERE MUST BE CONFESSION AND REPENTANCE FOR THAT SACRIFICE TO 42:05 DO ANY GOOD. THERE NEEDS TO BE REMORSE. 42:09 SO FOR AN ATHEIST OR PEOPLE THAT ARE DENYING GOD OR JUST LIVING 42:12 IN HIGH-HANDED REBELLION, THAT'S NOT WHAT THE SACRIFICIAL SYSTEM 42:16 WAS FOR. LET ME GIVE YOU ANOTHER ONE. HEBREWS 4 - SORRY, 42:21 HEBREWS 6, VERSES 4 TO 6. THIS VERSE SCARES PEOPLE. 42:24 WE GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS ON THIS. 42:26 "FOR IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR THOSE WHO WERE ONCE ENLIGHTENED, AND 42:30 HAVE TASTED THE HEAVENLY GIFT, AND HAVE BECOME PARTAKERS OF THE 42:32 HOLY SPIRIT, AND HAVE TASTED THE GOOD WORD OF GOD AND THE POWERS 42:35 OF THE AGE TO COME, IF THEY FALL AWAY, TO RENEW THEM AGAIN TO 42:39 REPENTANCE, SINCE THEY CRUCIFY AGAIN FOR THEMSELVES THE SON OF 42:43 GOD, AND PUT HIM TO AN OPEN SHAME." 42:45 IS THIS SAYING IF A PERSON BACKSLIDES THEY CAN'T BE 42:48 FORGIVEN? WHAT ABOUT THE PRODIGAL SON? 42:52 WHAT ABOUT PETER? WHAT ABOUT DAVID? 42:54 WHAT ABOUT MOSES AND ABRAHAM AND ALL THE STORIES IN THE BIBLE OF 42:58 PEOPLE WHO KNEW GOD'S WILL AND THEY SLID AWAY AND THEY REPENTED 43:02 IN THAT FAR COUNTRY AND THEY CAME BACK AGAIN. 43:05 THIS IS TALKING, AGAIN, ABOUT THE HIGH-HANDED REBELLION WHERE 43:09 WHEN GOD GIVES YOU THE BEST THAT HE'S GOT AND YOU SAY, 'I DON'T 43:11 CARE, I'M GOING TO DO MY OWN THING.' 43:13 THE WORD 'FALL AWAY' THERE IS NOT FALL AWAY, IT'S MORE LIKE 43:15 TURNING AWAY. AND SO, THERE'S NOTHING GOD CAN DO. 43:19 IF YOU REJECT THE BEST THAT GOD OFFERS YOU, WHAT ELSE IS HE 43:23 GOING TO OFFER, RIGHT? OKAY, MOVING ALONG. 43:27 'LAYING ON OF HANDS' - THIS IS UNDER THE SECTION OF 43:30 'LAYING ON OF HANDS'. LET ME READ A VERSE, 43:35 HEBREWS 6:1 AND 2. I THINK THIS IS INTERESTING. 43:40 "THEREFORE, LEAVING THE DISCUSSION OF THE ELEMENTARY 43:43 PRINCIPLES OF CHRIST, LET US GO ON TO PERFECTION, NOT LAYING 43:49 AGAIN THE FOUNDATION OF REPENTANCE FROM DEAD WORKS AND 43:52 OF FAITH TOWARD GOD, OF THE DOCTRINE OF BAPTISMS," - NOW 43:56 NOTICE WHAT PAUL IS SAYING - ASSUMING PAUL WROTE HEBREWS. 43:58 PAUL IS SAYING, 'ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES' - HE'S TALKING ABOUT 44:01 ELEMENTARY DOCTRINES - 'LET'S GO ON TO THE MEAT OF THE WORD AND 44:04 NOT JUST THE MILK.' AND HE SAYS HERE, 'LET'S MATURE 44:11 THE DOCTRINE OF BAPTISMS - THAT'S ELEMENTARY - "OF LAYING 44:15 ON OF HANDS, OF RESURRECTIONS OF THE DEAD, AND OF ETERNAL 44:20 JUDGMENT." NOW, WE'VE ALL HEARD, IN 44:21 EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS, SOMEONE TALK ABOUT THE RESURRECTION. 44:24 ISN'T THAT RIGHT? WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BAPTISM. 44:27 WE'VE TALKED ABOUT ETERNAL JUDGMENT. 44:29 THESE ARE ALL FUNDAMENTAL FOUNDATIONAL TEACHINGS. 44:31 BUT, YOU KNOW, I VERY RARELY HEAR, AS A FOUNDATIONAL 44:34 DOCTRINE, THE DOCTRINE OF THE LAYING ON OF HANDS. 44:38 BUT, EVIDENTLY, IN THE TIME OF THE APOSTLES, THEY TAUGHT 44:42 SOMETHING ELEMENTARY ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU LAY HANDS. 44:45 NOW WHERE IN THE BIBLE DO WE SEE PEOPLE LAYING HANDS ON ANOTHER? 44:50 I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT JUST, YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU PUT YOUR ARM 44:51 AROUND YOUR FRIEND. IN A CEREMONIAL FASHION, IN A 44:56 RELIGIOUS FASHION, FOR WHAT PURPOSES WERE HANDS LAID ON? 45:01 HEALING. WHEN A CHILD - THE FIRST-BORN SON WAS BLESSED, 45:10 ORDINATION - DO YOU SEE THE APOSTLES AND THE DEACONS, AND 45:16 THE SACRIFICE. LAYING ON OF HANDS - I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A 45:20 MINI-DOCTRINAL STUDY ON IT. LAYING ON OF HANDS REPRESENTED A 45:25 TRANSFERENCE. A TRANSFERENCE. IT COULD BE 45:30 THE TRANSFERENCE OF SIN. 45:31 FOR INSTANCE, WHEN YOU PLACE YOUR HANDS OR THE HIGH PRIEST 45:35 WOULD PLACE HIS HANDS ON THE HEAD OF A VICTIM AND THEY WOULD 45:39 CONFESS THEIR SINS, THERE WAS A SYMBOLIC TRANSFERENCE OF THE SIN 45:43 TO THAT VICTIM. AND THEN WHEN IT WAS SLAIN, IT WAS SUPPOSEDLY 45:46 SLAIN FOR THE SINS THAT YOU TRANSFERRED. YOU GOT THAT? 45:50 WHEN, AS A FATHER - WHEN JACOB PLACED HIS HANDS ON HIS SONS AND 45:56 HE BLESSED THEM, WHAT DID THAT REPRESENT? 45:58 OR WHEN ISAAC DID IT WITH JACOB? 46:00 IT WAS A TRANSFERENCE OF THIS BLESSING THAT ISAAC HAD RECEIVED 46:05 FROM ABRAHAM AND ABRAHAM FROM TERAH AND ON UP THE LINE - THAT 46:09 THE MESSIAH WAS GOING TO COME THROUGH THAT LINE. 46:12 WHEN MOSES PLACED HIS HANDS ON JOSHUA WAS IT A TRANSFERENCE OF 46:19 SIN OR A TRANSFERENCE OF AUTHORITY? IN THE PRESENCE OF 46:23 ISRAEL NO ONE QUESTIONED THAT GOD HAD CALLED MOSES, RIGHT? 46:27 SO HE HAD THIS AUTHORITY THEY RECOGNIZED. 46:28 THERE WERE TIMES WHEN THEY DOUBTED IT - BUT HE THEN LAID 46:31 HIS HANDS ON JOSHUA BECAUSE HE KNEW HE WAS GOING TO DIE. 46:33 THERE WAS A TRANSFERENCE OF AUTHORITY THAT HAPPENED THERE - 46:37 THAT HE WANTED THEM TO RESPECT AND THEY DID. 46:39 AND SO - AND LIKEWISE, WHEN JESUS PLACED HIS HANDS ON THE 46:43 HAND OF THE APOSTLES. NOW IT'S INTERESTING IN THE 46:46 BIBLE, DO YOU KNOW IT DOESN'T SAY CHRIST LAID HIS HANDS ON THE 46:48 APOSTLES? BUT MOST BELIEVE THAT HE DID 46:52 WHEN THEY WERE SET ASIDE AS APOSTLES. 46:53 IT SAYS IN 'DESIRE OF AGES' THAT HE DID - VERY CLEARLY. 46:56 BUT THEN THE APOSTLES, WHEN THEY LAID HANDS ON SOMEONE TO REPLACE 47:02 JUDAS AND THEY LAID HANDS ON THE DEACONS AND WHEN THEY RECEIVED 47:06 THE HOLY SPIRIT. WHY, WHEN PHILIP WAS PREACHING 47:11 IN SAMARIA, AND THE PEOPLE WERE ACCEPTING HIS PREACHING - 47:15 THEY CALLED FOR PETER AND JOHN AND THEY SAID, 'BUT YOU NEED TO 47:18 COME AND LAY HANDS ON THEM. WHY DIDN'T PHILIP LAY HANDS ON THEM? 47:23 BECAUSE THEY WERE APOSTLES AND THEY HAD THIS DIFFERENT 47:24 AUTHORITY. THEY HAD RECEIVED THE HOLY 47:26 SPIRIT AT PENTECOST FROM JESUS. THEY WERE TRANSFERRING THIS. 47:29 THEY THEN LAID HANDS ON THESE PEOPLE AND THEY RECEIVED THE 47:32 HOLY SPIRIT. AND SO THERE WAS A TRANSFERENCE. 47:34 ANY OF YOU EVER PLAYED A GAME WHERE YOU RUBBED YOUR FEET ON A 47:39 STATIC CARPET AND WENT UP AND TOUCHED SOMEBODY? 47:44 AND THE CHARGE THAT WAS IN YOUR BODY WAS TRANSFERRED TO THEM. 47:51 AND SO - YOU EVER PLAY TAG? YOU EVER THINK - YOU EVER 47:56 ANALYZE THE THEOLOGY OF TAG? THE GAME TAG? 48:00 THERE'S VERY PROFOUND THEOLOGY IN THAT GAME. SOMEBODY IS 'IT' 48:06 AND THEY RUN AROUND TRYING TO TOUCH SOMEONE ELSE. 48:09 AND AS SOON AS YOU TOUCH THEM, THEY BECOME IT AND THEY'VE GOT 48:13 TO RUN AROUND AND TOUCH SOMEONE ELSE, RIGHT? 48:15 AND SO THERE'S THIS LIKE TRANSFERENCE OF BEING IT. 48:18 UNLESS YOU'RE HOLDING HOME BASE THEN - YOU'RE SAFE. 48:23 I THINK THAT'S A GAME THAT MUST BE PLAYED IN EVERY COUNTRY. 48:27 THE RULES ARE REALLY SIMPLE. WELL - SO THAT'S SIMPLY WHAT'S 48:31 HAPPENING WITH THIS LAYING ON OF HANDS. 48:33 SO YOU LOOK, FOR INSTANCE, IN LET ME SEE HERE, YEAH, LEVITICUS 48:39 4, VERSE 27, "IF ANYONE OF THE COMMON PEOPLE SINS 48:48 UNINTENTIONALLY BY DOING SOMETHING AGAINST ANY OF THE 48:51 COMMANDMENTS OF THE LORD IN ANYTHING WHICH OUGHT NOT TO BE 48:56 DONE AND IS GUILTY, OR IF HIS SIN WHICH HE HAS COMMITTED COMES 48:59 TO HIS KNOWLEDGE," - YOU NOTICE THAT? 49:02 YOU COMMITTED A SIN YOU DON'T KNOW BUT IT COMES TO YOUR 49:04 KNOWLEDGE - YOU BECOME AWARE. ANY OF YOU EVER DO SOMETHING 49:06 WRONG AND THEN THE HOLY SPIRIT TELLS YOU LATER? 'OH WOW, 49:11 DIDN'T REALIZE THAT.' AND SOMETIMES YOU NEED SOMEONE LIKE 49:14 NATHAN THE PROPHET TO COME ALONG AND SAY 'THOU ART THE MAN' - 49:17 OR THOU ART THE WOMAN. A PERSON MAY NOT KNOW OF UNTIL THEN. 49:22 AND HE SAYS IF HE DOES ANY OF THOSE THINGS, IT SAYS, "THEN HE 49:26 SHALL BRING AS HIS OFFERING A KID OF THE GOATS, A FEMALE 49:29 WITHOUT BLEMISH, FOR HIS SIN WHICH HE HAS COMMITTED. 49:32 AND HE SHALL LAY HIS HAND ON THE HEAD OF THE SIN OFFERING, AND 49:35 KILL THE SIN OFFERING AT THE PLACE OF THE BURNT OFFERING." 49:38 - THERE WAS A PLACE PRESCRIBED WHERE THEY WOULD DO IT. 49:41 - "THEN THE PRIEST SHALL TAKE" - NOW WHO WOULD LAY THEIR HANDS ON 49:43 IT? THE PERSON WHO WAS GUILTY. 49:46 IT WAS USUALLY A MAN WHO WOULD DO IT ON BEHALF OF HIS FAMILY 49:48 BECAUSE HE WAS THE PRIEST FOR THE FAMILY. 49:50 BUT THAT SIN WAS THEN CONFESSED AND THEN THE SIN WAS TRANSFERRED 49:54 TO THE VICTIM - THAT GOAT OR THAT SHEEP - "THEN THE PRIEST 49:57 SHALL TAKE SOME OF ITS BLOOD" - AND IT SAYS - NOTICE - "KILL THE 50:02 SIN OFFERING AT THAT PLACE" - THE PERSON MIGHT DO IT, THE 50:07 PRIEST OF THE FAMILY MIGHT DO IT, OR THE PRIEST MIGHT DO IT 50:09 DEPENDING ON THE OCCASION. "THEN THE PRIEST SHALL TAKE SOME 50:12 OF ITS BLOOD WITH HIS FINGER, PUT IT ON THE HORNS OF THE ALTAR 50:15 OF BURNT OFFERING, AND POUR OUT THE REMAINING BLOOD AT THE BASE 50:18 OF THE ALTAR." AND SO THAT BLOOD IS BEING 50:20 PRESENTED IN THE SANCTUARY. SO WHERE IS THE SIN GOING? 50:26 SYMBOLICALLY THE SIN IS BEING TRANSFERRED FROM THE GUILTY 50:30 PARTY TO THE VICTIM, FROM THE BLOOD OF THE VICTIM TO THE 50:33 SANCTUARY. SO OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, 50:36 SYMBOLICALLY, THE SANCTUARY IS BECOMING A WAREHOUSE OF SIN. 50:41 DO YOU SEE WHY THEY WOULD HAVE A DAY OF ATONEMENT ONCE A YEAR 50:42 THAT WOULD SYMBOLICALLY CLEANSE - I MEAN, THERE'S NO GREMLINS 50:46 RUNNING AROUND IN THE SANCTUARY THAT ARE SIN. 50:49 THAT SIN IS SYMBOLICALLY BEING TRANSFERRED THERE AND SO THEY 50:52 HAD A SERVICE WHERE THE SIN WAS SYMBOLICALLY SEPARATED FROM THE 50:55 SANCTUARY - IT WAS CLEANSED - THAT WAS THE DAY OF ATONEMENT 50:58 AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT SOME. 51:00 WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT MORE. YEAH, AND SO IT WAS - THE PRIEST 51:04 WOULD REPRESENT THE PEOPLE - THE HIGH PRIEST IN PARTICULAR - AND 51:08 LATER THAT SIN WAS CARRIED AWAY BY THE SCAPEGOAT. 51:11 LEVITICUS 16:21, "AARON SHALL LAY BOTH HIS HANDS" - THIS IS 51:18 THE DAY OF ATONEMENT - "ON THE HEAD OF THE LIVE GOAT, CONFESS 51:22 OVER IT ALL THE INIQUITIES OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL" - SO 51:25 THIS IS NOT ONE INDIVIDUAL BRINGING IT TO A PRIEST, THIS IS 51:29 THE HIGH PRIEST DOING A SACRIFICE FOR ALL OF THE PEOPLE 51:34 - THE WHOLE NATION - PUTTING THEM ON THE HEAD OF THE GOAT. 51:38 HOW CAN ONE GOAT BEAR THE SIN OF A WHOLE NATION? 51:43 HOW CAN ONE MAN BEAR THE SIN OF ALL HUMANITY? 51:49 SO OBVIOUSLY, A GOAT CAN'T DO THAT. 51:51 BUT JESUS, BEING THE CREATOR OF HUMANITY, COULD TAKE THE SIN OF 51:56 ALL HUMANITY. AND SO, THERE WAS A SACRIFICE MADE IN BEHALF. 52:03 AND SO THAT SIN WAS TRANSFERRED YOU CAN READ IN JEREMIAH - AND 52:06 THIS IS IN YOUR LESSON - JEREMIAH 17:1, "THE SIN OF JUDAH 52:09 IS WRITTEN WITH A PEN OF IRON; WITH THE POINT OF A DIAMOND IT 52:13 IS ENGRAVED ON THE TABLET OF THEIR HEART, AND ON THE HORNS OF 52:16 YOUR ALTARS." AND SO HERE THESE THINGS ARE 52:20 RECORDED AND SO THE SIN WAS TRANSFERRED. 52:23 AND THEN THERE'S THE - YOU KNOW, BEFORE I RUN OUT OF TIME - IT 52:27 TALKS ABOUT THE BEARING OF THE SIN AND LEVITICUS 10:16, "THEN 52:32 MOSES MADE CAREFUL INQUIRY ABOUT THE GOAT OF THE SIN OFFERING, 52:36 AND THERE IT WAS - BURNED UP. 52:39 AND HE WAS ANGRY WITH ELEAZAR AND ITHAMAR, THE SONS OF AARON 52:42 WHO WERE LEFT, SAYING, 'WHY HAVE YOU NOT EATEN THE SIN OFFERING 52:45 IN A HOLY PLACE, SINCE IT IS MOST HOLY" - FOR SOME OF THE 52:48 OFFERINGS THE PRIEST WAS TO EAT SOME OF IT. 52:51 NOW WHY DO WE HAVE COMMUNION SERVICE? 52:55 DIDN'T JESUS SAY, 'UNLESS YOU DRINK MY BLOOD AND EAT MY FLESH 52:58 YOU HAVE NO LIFE IN YOU, RIGHT? AND SO THE PRIEST, ON SOME 53:03 OCCASIONS, WAS TO EAT OF THE OFFERING. 53:05 SOME OF THEM WOULD EXPLOIT THIS AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT. 53:08 YOU REMEMBER THE SONS OF ELI? 53:10 THEY WOULD TAKE THE BEST PARTS AND THEY WOULD TAKE MORE THAN 53:12 THEIR PORTION AND GOD CONDEMNED THE PRIESTS. 53:16 HE SAID, 'YOU HAVE BECOME FAT FROM EATING - FROM EXPLOITING 53:20 THE PEOPLE AND TAKING OF THE BEST OF THEIR OFFERINGS." 53:23 AND ELI FELL OVER AND BROKE HIS NECK BECAUSE HE WAS HEAVY. 53:27 THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT SOMETIMES THEY TOOK ADVANTAGE OF 53:30 THE PEOPLE. BUT WHEN THEY DIDN'T DO IT, MOSES GOT MAD. 53:34 THE SONS OF AARON WERE NOT JUST SUPPOSED TO BURN IT, THEY WERE 53:38 SUPPOSED TO EAT SOME OF IT. WHY? THEY WERE TAKING IT UPON 53:42 THEMSELVES. THEY WERE MAKING ATONEMENT. 53:43 THEY WERE SYMBOLICALLY BEARING THE SINS OF THE PEOPLE. 53:46 DID JESUS, WITHIN HIMSELF, TAKE OUR SIN? 53:50 SO THE HIGH PRIEST WOULD SYMBOLIZE THAT AS WELL. 53:53 AND THEN I WANT YOU TO KNOW, UNDER THE SECTION UNDER 53:57 'FORGIVENESS'. IN YOUR BIBLES - IF YOU LOOK IN 54:00 YOUR BIBLE - A FAMILIAR VERSE - IN THE BOOK OF ISAIAH - ISAIAH 54:03 CHAPTER 1 - GO THERE REAL QUICK - AND VERSE 11. 54:07 ACTUALLY, I MIGHT EVEN READ - I MIGHT READ FROM VERSE 10, "HEAR 54:15 THE WORD OF THE LORD, YOU RULERS OF SODOM; GIVE EAR TO THE LAW OF 54:18 OUR GOD, YOU PEOPLE OF GOMORRAH:" - NOW SODOM AND 54:21 GOMORRAH - IS THAT GOOD OR BAD? 54:22 ARE THEY KNOWN FOR HOLINESS OR SIN? 54:25 SO HERE ISAIAH'S USING SOME PRETTY STRONG LANGUAGE AND HE'S 54:29 TALKING TO HIS PEOPLE - "'TO WHAT PURPOSE IS THE MULTITUDE OF 54:32 YOUR SACRIFICES TO ME?'" - WAIT A SECOND, AREN'T WE 54:35 SUPPOSED TO DO IT? HE'S SAYING, WHAT IS IT? - "SAYS THE LORD. 54:38 'I HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF BURNT OFFERINGS OF RAMS AND THE FAT OF 54:42 FED CATTLE. I DO NOT DELIGHT IN THE BLOOD OF 54:45 BULLS OR OF LAMBS OR GOATS. WHEN YOU COME TO APPEAR BEFORE 54:48 ME, WHO HAS REQUIRED THIS FROM YOUR HAND, TO TRAMPLE MY COURTS? 54:52 BRING NOT MORE FUTILE SACRIFICES; INCENSE IS AN 54:56 ABOMINATION TO ME. THE NEW MOONS, THE SABBATHS,'" - 54:59 THESE WERE THE CEREMONIAL SABBATHS - "'AND THE CALLING OF 55:02 ASSEMBLIES - I CANNOT ENDURE INIQUITY AND THE SACRED MEETING. 55:06 YOUR NEW MOONS AND YOUR APPOINTED FEASTS MY SOUL HATES; 55:09 THEY ARE A TROUBLE TO ME, I AM WEARY OF BEARING THEM. 55:12 WHEN YOU SPREAD OUT YOUR HANDS, I WILL HIDE MY EYES FROM YOU; 55:15 EVEN THOUGH YOU MAKE MANY PRAYERS, I WILL NOT HEAR. 55:17 YOUR HANDS ARE FULL OF BLOOD.'" NOW, I'M GETTING READY TO READ 55:21 THE REST OF THIS BUT I'M STOPPING. 55:23 HOW DID GOD FEEL ABOUT THE WHOLE SACRIFICIAL SYSTEM IF IT WASN'T 55:27 COMBINED WITH CONFESSION IN THE HEART, SORROW FOR SIN, AND A 55:31 TURNING AWAY FROM SIN? IT WAS AN ABOMINATION TO GOD. 55:36 IT WAS SO TIRING. IF THEY TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE 55:39 SYSTEM THE WAY HE INTENDED IT - NOW HOW DID HE INTEND IT? 55:43 VERSE 16 - ISAIAH 1:16, "WASH YOURSELVES, MAKE YOURSELVES 55:48 CLEAN; PUT AWAY THE EVIL OF YOUR DOINGS FROM BEFORE MY EYES. 55:53 CEASE TO DO EVIL. LEARN TO DO GOOD. 55:56 SEEK JUSTICE, REBUKE THE OPPRESSOR; DEFEND THE 55:59 FATHERLESS, PLEAD FOR THE WIDOW. 56:01 'COME NOW, LET US REASON TOGETHER,' SAYS THE LORD, 56:03 'THOUGH YOUR SINS ARE LIKE SCARLET, THEY SHALL BE AS WHITE 56:06 AS SNOW; THOUGH THEY ARE RED LIKE CRIMSON, THEY SHALL BE AS 56:08 WOOL. IF YOU ARE WILLING AND OBEDIENT," - HE WANTED THEM NOT 56:14 JUST TO OFFER SACRIFICES AND KEEP OFFERING SACRIFICES, HE 56:18 WANTED THEM, THROUGH THIS SACRIFICE, TO UNDERSTAND HOW 56:20 AWFUL SIN WAS AND TO BE TRANSFORMED. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO 56:24 HELP THEM REALIZE THERE'S TO BE A CHANGE IN THE BEHAVIOR. 56:29 HE SAYS, 'IF YOU DO THAT, YOUR SINS, THOUGH THEY BE LIKE 56:32 SCARLET, THEY'LL BE WHITE AS SNOW; THOUGH THEY BE RED LIKE 56:34 CRIMSON, THEY'LL BE LIKE WOOL.' ISN'T THIS WHAT THE LORD REALLY 56:37 WANTS? HE WANTED NOT JUST THE SACRIFICIAL SYSTEM BUT A 56:40 TRANSFORMATION. HE WANTED THEM TO BE A HOLY PEOPLE. 56:44 I'M OUT OF TIME. I WANT TO REMIND OUR FRIENDS WE 56:46 HAVE A FREE OFFER CALLED 'BLOOD BEHIND THE VEIL' WE'LL SEND YOU 56:49 FOR ASKING. JUST ASK FOR OFFER #130. 56:51 CALL THE NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN, WE'LL SEND IT TO YOU FOR FREE. 56:54 PLEASE READ IT AND GOD BLESS YOU UNTIL WE STUDY AGAIN TOGETHER 56:58 NEXT WEEK. 57:04 >>PAUL AND JESUS BOTH PREDICT THAT CHURCH OF GOD BECOMES 57:09 A FORCE AGAINST GOD. 57:12 >>THE RADICAL FAITH THAT JESUS TAUGHT HAD BECOME THE OFFICIAL 57:15 RELIGION OF THE EMPIRE THAT MURDERED HIM. 57:21 >>THE SPEED WITH WHICH THE EARLY CHURCH TOBOGGANED INTO APOSTASY 57:26 WILL TAKE YOUR BREATH AWAY. (MUSIC) |
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