Participants: Pr. Doug Batchelor
Series Code: CSH
Program Code: CSH021417
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00:45 >>WELCOME TO SACRAMENTO CENTRAL SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH. 00:49 WHEREVER YOU'RE JOINING US FROM - ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND AROUND 00:52 THE WORLD - WE ARE SO EXCITED TO HAVE YOU. 00:54 WHETHER THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME TUNING IN OR YOU ARE A REGULAR - 00:58 AND WE ARE JUST THRILLED THAT YOU HAVE DECIDED TO SPEND THE 01:03 NEXT HOUR WITH US AS WE SING SONGS AND WE OPEN UP GOD'S WORD 01:07 AND WE STUDY TOGETHER. 01:09 TODAY IS NO EXCEPTION - WE ALWAYS START WITH YOUR FAVORITE 01:12 REQUESTS AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT THIS SONG WE'RE GOING TO 01:15 SING, 'A CHILD OF THE KING' IS A HUGE FAVORITE. 01:20 IT'S RIGHT UP THERE - RIGHT BEHIND 'AMAZING GRACE' WHICH IS 01:23 LIKE THE MOST POPULAR SONG REQUEST THAT WE GET. 01:26 BUT 'A CHILD OF THE KING' - THERE MUST HAVE BEEN AT LEAST 01:28 SIXTY REQUESTS FOR THIS SONG SO WE ARE ABSOLUTELY GOING TO SING 01:33 THAT WITH YOU RIGHT NOW. 01:35 SO IF YOU ARE AT HOME, PULL OUT YOUR HYMNALS, JOIN US - #468 - 01:39 'A CHILD OF THE KING' AND OF THOSE SIXTY NAMES I PICKED THE 01:42 MOST EXOTIC LOCATIONS: EDWARD IN BELIZE REQUESTED THIS, MELANIE 01:47 IN CHINA, MELKIUS IN ETHIOPIA, CHARLIE IN FIJI, ELSA IN MACAU, 01:54 BILLY AND MARINE AND LECCA IN NEW ZEALAND, AND FRANCIS IN 01:58 SRI LANKA. SO THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY THAT 02:00 SENT IN THAT REQUEST. I CANNOT SAY ALL OF YOUR NAMES, 02:03 BUT YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE AND SO DOES THE LORD. 02:06 #468 - FIRST, SECOND, AND FOURTH STANZAS. JOIN WITH US. 02:10 (MUSIC) 04:56 >>I LOVE FOUR-PART HARMONY AND IT'S SO EXCITING TO HAVE A REAL 04:59 BASS AND TENOR AND ALTO AND, OF COURSE, THEN YOU GET BROTHERS 05:05 AND THEIR HARMONY ALREADY IS GREAT. SO, I LOVE IT! I LOVE IT! 05:09 I LOVE HEARING FROM SO MANY OF YOU WITH YOUR FAVORITE REQUESTS 05:14 AND, OF COURSE, WE ARE LEARNING OUR NEW SONG WHICH IS #97 05:19 THIS WEEK. NUMBER 97 IS 'THE LORD OF THE 05:23 BOUNDLESS CURVES OF SPACE' AND TWO PEOPLE ACTUALLY DID REQUEST 05:29 THIS SONG. WE'VE NEVER HEARD THIS ONE. 05:32 JAQU IN NEW YORK AND JOYCE IN KENYA - SO WE ARE GOING TO LEARN 05:37 THIS ALL TOGETHER AND WE ARE GOING TO SING ALL FOUR STANZAS 05:40 OF #97. JOIN WITH US. 07:29 >>THE WORDS TO THAT SONG - THAT SECOND STANZA - 07:32 'YOUR MIND CONCEIVED THE GALAXIES AND EACH ATOM'S 07:36 SECRET PLAN.' THE HUGE EXPANSE OF SPACE 07:39 AND THEN THE LITTLE ATOMS AND NO MATTER WHERE YOU FALL INTO THAT 07:44 SPECTRUM - WE'RE DOWN ON THE ATOM SIDE OF IT - THAT HE KNOWS 07:51 EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU AND, YOU KNOW, EVEN THE SPARROW THAT 07:55 FALLS, THE HAIR THAT FALLS FROM YOUR HEAD - HE IS AWARE OF THAT 07:59 AND HE KNOWS THAT. LET'S BOW OUR HEADS FOR PRAYER. 08:04 FATHER IN HEAVEN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LOVING US, FOR BEING 08:08 OUR - TRULY OUR LOVING HEAVENLY FATHER. YOU LOVE US. 08:12 YOU WATCH OVER US AND YOU KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT US AND WE THANK 08:17 YOU FOR YOUR LOVE, FOR YOUR MERCY - AND I PRAY THAT YOU WILL 08:22 SPEAK TO OUR HEARTS TODAY. HELP US TO BE OPEN AND RECEPTIVE 08:27 TO WHAT WE HEAR. BE WITH PASTOR DOUG. 08:31 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HIS MINISTRY HERE AND AROUND THE 08:34 WORLD AND EACH OF OUR EXTENDED SABBATH SCHOOL FAMILY WHEREVER 08:37 THEY ARE. THANK YOU FOR EACH ONE. IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. 08:43 AT THIS TIME OUR LESSON STUDY IS GOING TO BE BROUGHT TO US BY - 08:46 YEP - PASTOR DOUG BATCHELOR. 08:53 >>THANK YOU TO OUR MUSICIANS. DEBBIE SAID THAT LIKE SHE WASN'T 08:58 SURE I WAS HERE - SHE HAD TO LOOK - 08:59 'IS HE HERE? YEAH.' HAPPY SABBATH, FRIENDS. 09:03 GOOD TO SEE EACH OF YOU HERE AND, AGAIN, I WANT TO WELCOME 09:06 THE EXTENDED CLASS THAT IS WATCHING VIA SATELLITE OR 09:12 INTERNET AROUND THE WORLD. WE'VE BEEN TRAVELING A LOT THIS 09:16 SPRING DOING AFCOE - AFCOE STANDS FOR 'AMAZING FACTS CENTER 09:21 OF EVANGELISM' - OR COLLEGE OF EVANGELISM. 09:23 WE TAKE EVANGELISM TRAINING AROUND THE COUNTRY AND LAST WEEK 09:27 WE WERE WITH OUR FRIENDS IN KANSAS CITY. 09:29 WE HAD OVER 1300 PEOPLE SHOW UP. NEXT WEEK WE'RE DOWN IN THE 09:32 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AREA AT THE INDONESIAN CHURCH IN REDLANDS. 09:37 AND SO, THERE'LL BE A LOT MORE THAN OUR INDONESIAN BROTHERS AND 09:40 SISTERS THERE AND WE'RE GOING TO COME TOGETHER AND STUDY SO I 09:43 WANT TO GREET - EVERYWHERE I GO PEOPLE SAY, 'OH, I WANT TO STUDY 09:46 WITH YOU.' WE'RE CONTINUING WITH OUR NEW STUDY DEALING WITH 09:49 CHRIST AND HIS LAW AND IN A MOMENT WE'LL GET TO LESSON #4 09:54 BUT WE ALWAYS OFFER SOMETHING THAT HELPS COMPLIMENT THE LESSON 09:57 AND WE HAVE A FREE OFFER TODAY. IT'S CALLED, 10:00 'A LOVE THAT TRANSFORMS'. THIS REALLY IS A GOOD LESSON. 10:02 IT TALKS ABOUT THE PRINCIPLES OF THE LAW - HOLY LIVING - AND, YOU 10:08 KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT GRACE AND JUSTIFICATION BUT THERE'S ALSO 10:11 SANCTIFICATION. THIS TALKS ABOUT THAT - THE 10:14 POWER OF THAT GRACE AND THAT LOVE TRANSFORMS US. 10:17 WE'LL SEND YOU A FREE COPY OF THIS - 'A LOVE THAT TRANSFORMS' 10:20 - JUST CALL THE NUMBER ON THE SCREEN WHICH IS 866-STUDY-MORE - 10:26 THAT TRANSLATES TO 866-788-3966 - AND WHEN YOU DO, ASK FOR OFFER 10:31 #710. WE'LL BE HAPPY TO SEND THAT TO YOU. 10:34 ALRIGHT, THE LESSON IS 'CHRIST AND THE LAW IN THE SERMON ON THE 10:39 MOUNT'. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. 10:40 I'LL EXPLAIN WHY IN JUST A MINUTE. 10:42 THE MEMORY VERSE IS MATTHEW 5:17 AND 18 - MOST OF YOU SHOULD KNOW 10:46 THAT BUT I'D LIKE YOU TO SAY IT WITH ME - ARE YOU READY? 10:49 AND THIS IS FROM THE NEW KING JAMES VERSION, "DO NOT THINK 10:54 THAT I CAME TO DESTROY THE LAW OR THE PROPHETS. 10:57 I DID NOT COME TO DESTROY BUT TO FULFILL. FOR ASSUREDLY, I SAY 11:03 TO YOU, TILL HEAVEN AND EARTH PASS AWAY, ONE JOT OR ONE TITTLE 11:08 WILL BY NO MEANS PASS FROM THE LAW TILL ALL IS FULFILLED." 11:13 NOW THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT STUDY BECAUSE - HOW MANY OF YOU 11:17 HAVE HEARD BEFORE THAT YES, IN THE OLD TESTAMENT GOD HAD HIS 11:21 LAW AND YOU'VE GOT THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, BUT THEN JESUS 11:24 CAME AND NOW WE'RE LIVING UNDER THE NEW DISPENSATION WHERE 11:29 CHRIST GAVE US A NEW LAW AND THAT THE LAW OF JESUS IS 11:33 DIFFERENT FROM THE TEN COMMANDMENTS IN THE OLD 11:35 TESTAMENT LAW. HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD THAT 11:38 BEFORE - SOME VARIATION OF THAT 11:39 BEFORE? THAT IS CATEGORICALLY NOT TRUE. 11:43 THAT, ACTUALLY, IS A DOCTRINE OF DEVILS BECAUSE IT ALMOST MAKES 11:46 IT SOUND LIKE YOU'VE GOT DIFFERENT GODS. 11:49 YOU'VE GOT THE GOD IN THE LAW OF THE OLD TESTAMENT AND THEN JESUS 11:51 CAME TO REALLY STRAIGHTEN THINGS OUT. 11:53 THEY WERE SAVED BY WORKS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT BUT WE ARE SAVED 11:56 BY FAITH IN GRACE NOW. HAVE YOU HEARD THAT BEFORE? 12:00 NOBODY'S SAVED BY WORKS. NOBODY CAN BE SAVED BY WORKS. 12:05 NOBODY EVER COULD BE SAVED BY WORKS. 12:07 IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, THEY WERE SAVED BY FAITH. 12:10 ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD AND IT WAS COUNTED TO HIM FOR 12:12 RIGHTEOUSNESS. THEY WERE SAVED BY FAITH LOOKING 12:15 FORWARD - ALL THE SACRIFICING OF LAMBS, THAT ALL POINTED FORWARD 12:20 TO THE COMING OF THE LAMB OF GOD. 12:22 AND IT WASN'T A DIFFERENT GOD THAT THOUGHT UP THE SACRIFICIAL 12:26 SYSTEM, IT WAS JESUS. AND IT WASN'T A DIFFERENT GOD 12:30 THAT GAVE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, THAT WAS JESUS. 12:33 AND THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS PERFECTLY COMPLIMENT THE 12:37 TEACHINGS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. AND SO, IT'S IMPORTANT TO 12:40 UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CHRIST AND HIS LAW - 12:44 EVEN THE TITLE OF THE LESSON - I WAS AFRAID SOME WOULD 12:47 MISUNDERSTAND. 'CHRIST AND HIS LAW IS NOT JUST 12:50 TALKING ABOUT THE NEW TESTAMENT LAWS, BECAUSE WHO WAS IT THAT 12:55 GAVE THE OLD TESTAMENT LAW? CHRIST. 12:58 AND SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT CHRIST AND HIS LAW, DON'T BE 13:01 THINKING IN YOUR MIND, 'WELL, THIS MUST JUST MEAN THE NEW 13:03 TESTAMENT LAW.' THE QUARTERLY DOES PRINCIPALLY DEAL WITH THAT, 13:08 BUT IT'S THE SAME LAW AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BROUGHT OUT 13:11 POWERFULLY, I THINK, IN THIS STUDY. 13:15 FOR INSTANCE, OUR MEMORY VERSE - JESUS SAYS, 'DO NOT THINK' - NOW 13:21 WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? DON'T THINK THIS, RIGHT? 13:25 I MEAN, JUST SIMPLEST READING - CAN'T MISUNDERSTAND - 'DO NOT 13:27 THINK I'VE COME TO DESTROY THE LAW OR THE PROPHETS. 13:30 I DID NOT COME TO DESTROY BUT TO FULFILL.' OKAY, STOP. 13:34 SOME PEOPLE THINK THAT JESUS CAME TO FULFILL THE OLD 13:38 TESTAMENT LAW AND THAT MEANS HE CAME TO ABOLISH OR DO AWAY WITH 13:42 IT. NOW, IF JESUS SAYING 'I CAME TO 13:45 FULFILL THE OLD TESTAMENT LAW MEANS 'I CAME TO ABOLISH IT' - 13:48 LISTEN TO HOW SILLY THAT'LL SOUND: 'DO NOT THINK THAT I HAVE 13:52 COME TO ABOLISH THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS. 13:54 I DID NOT COME TO ABOLISH BUT TO DO AWAY WITH.' WOULDN'T THAT BE 13:58 THE SAME THING? THAT WOULD BE A CONTRADICTION. 14:02 SO WHAT DOES FULFILL MEAN? WHEN JESUS CAME TO JOHN THE 14:07 BAPTIST TO GET BAPTIZED, AND JOHN, RECOGNIZING HE WAS THE 14:12 MESSIAH, SAID, 'LORD, WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? 14:14 I NEED TO BE BAPTIZED BY YOU.' - I'M PARAPHRASING - AND JESUS 14:18 SAID TO JOHN, 'SUFFER IT TO BE SO NOW FOR THUS IT'S APPROPRIATE 14:22 TO FULFILL ALL RIGHTEOUSNESS. NOW, DOES 'FULFILL' MEAN 14:27 'DO AWAY WITH'? DOES 'FULFILL' MEAN 'ABOLISH'? 14:32 WOULD JESUS HAVE SAID TO JOHN, 'YOU NEED TO BAPTIZE ME TO 14:35 ABOLISH ALL RIGHTEOUSNESS AND DO AWAY WITH ALL RIGHTEOUSNESS.' 14:38 NO. FULFILL ALL RIGHTEOUSNESS - IT MEANS 'TO FILL FULL'. 14:43 IT MEANS TO COMPLETE. SO JESUS DIDN'T COME TO DO AWAY 14:47 WITH THE LAW, HE CAME TO FILL IT UP IN HIS LIFE - 14:50 TO MAKE IT COMPLETE. SEE, THE OLD TESTAMENT LAW STILL 14:55 WAS NOT COMPLETE IN THAT THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND ALL THE 14:58 UNDERLYING PRINCIPLES. IN THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT THAT 15:02 WE'RE GOING TO STUDY THIS MORNING, JESUS TAKES THE LAW AND 15:06 HE UNPACKS IT AND HE MAKES IT COMPLETE SO THAT THEY CAN 15:09 COMPREHEND IT. SOMEONE LOOK UP FOR ME - LET ME 15:12 JUST SEE WHERE THE MICROPHONES ARE - OKAY, WE'VE GOT ONE HERE. 15:16 SOMEONE LOOK UP FOR ME PSALM 119, VERSE 142 - WHO HAS THAT? 15:21 HAND RIGHT HERE - WE'LL GET YOU A MICROPHONE. 15:23 AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU MIGHT BE THAT HAS ISAIAH 40, VERSE 8 - 15:27 IS THAT A DIFFERENT SIDE? YOU HAVE THAT VERSE? OKAY, 15:30 SO YOU'LL BE UP NEXT BUT IT'LL BE A MINUTE, MELISSA, OKAY? 15:33 NOW, HERE'S A VERY IMPORTANT VERSE: ISAIAH 51:7 - OH, ISAIAH 15:40 42:21, SORRY - GO WITH ME TO ISAIAH 42, VERSE 21, "THE LORD 15:47 IS WELL PLEASED FOR HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS' SAKE; HE WILL 15:51 MAGNIFY THE LAW, AND MAKE IT HONORABLE." 15:55 NOW, THIS IS A SECTION THAT IS TALKING ABOUT THE MESSIAH. 15:58 WHAT WOULD THE MESSIAH DO? MAGNIFY. 16:00 IS THAT LIKE 'DELETE' - THE 'DELETE' KEY ON YOUR KEYBOARD? 16:05 I'VE GOT ANOTHER FUNCTION ON MY KEYBOARD WHERE IF I PRESS THE 16:08 'CONTROL' BUTTON AND I SCROLL IT MAKES ANYTHING ON MY SCREEN GET 16:11 BIGGER - IT'S WONDERFUL. 16:13 BECAUSE AS YOU GET OLDER YOU USE THAT MORE - MAGNIFY - AND SO 16:19 WHAT DOES 'MAGNIFY' MEAN? MAKE BIGGER OR MAKE SMALLER? 16:22 DOES IT MAKE SOMETHING MORE BLURRY - OBSCURE - OR DOES IT 16:26 MAKE SOMETHING MORE CLEAR AND SHARP? 16:29 SO DID JESUS COME TO DO AWAY WITH OR TO MAKE IT MORE CLEAR? 16:33 THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS TO FULFILL IT - TO MAKE IT MORE CRISP. 16:36 HE CAME TO MAGNIFY THE LAW AND MAKE IT HONORABLE. 16:40 WHY DID HE MAKE IT HONORABLE? BECAUSE SOME OF THE MAN-MADE 16:44 TRADITIONS THAT THE RELIGIOUS LEADERS HAD PUT ON THE LAWS, 16:48 BROUGHT SHAME AND REPROACH. THE SABBATH LAW IS GOOD AND 16:55 JESUS OFTEN HAD CONFLICT WITH OTHERS BECAUSE HE'D HEAL 16:59 SOMEBODY ON THE SABBATH. AND HE BECAME ANGRY WITH THEM. 17:03 ONE DAY THERE WAS THIS MAN WHO HAD A WITHERED HAND - IN THE 17:05 CHURCH - ON THE SABBATH - AND JESUS ASKED THEM, HE SAID, 17:10 'IS IT BETTER TO DO GOOD ON THE SABBATH OR EVIL?' 17:12 AND THEY WOULDN'T ANSWER HIM. 17:14 'HOW MANY OF YOU THAT HAS A SHEEP OR A DONKEY THAT FALLS 17:17 INTO A PIT ON THE SABBATH THEY WILL NOT PULL IT OUT?' 17:19 THEY WOULDN'T ANSWER HIM AND IT SAYS, 'JESUS WAS ANGERED' - HE 17:23 WAS GRIEVED AT THE HARDNESS OF THEIR HEARTS AND HE TOLD THE 17:25 MAN, 'STRETCH FORTH YOUR HAND' AND HE HEALED HIM. 17:27 BECAUSE THE IDEA THAT A DONKEY OR A SHEEP WAS MORE IMPORTANT 17:31 THAN A MAN - THE PAGANS WOULD LAUGH AT THE WAY SOME OF THE 17:36 RELIGIOUS LEADERS KEPT THE LAW. IT WAS DISHONORED BECAUSE OF THE 17:40 TRADITIONS THAT ECLIPSED THE COMMANDMENTS. 17:43 SO JESUS CAME TO MAKE IT HONORABLE SO THAT OTHERS WOULD 17:46 SAY, 'OH, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL LAW. IT'S A WONDERFUL LAW. 17:48 IT'S A FAIR LAW.' ALRIGHT, GO WITH ME NOW TO PSALM 119 - 17:53 YOU'RE GOING TO READ THAT FOR US AARON - VERSE 142, I THINK. 17:57 >>PSALM 119:142, "THY RIGHTEOUSNESS IS AN EVERLASTING 18:00 RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND THY LAW IS THE TRUTH." 18:04 >>NOW, THE FIRST PART OF THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT DEALS WITH 18:07 SOMETHING CALLED 'THE BEATITUDES' - MATTER OF FACT, 18:09 IF YOU LOOK IN YOUR LESSON, YOU'LL SEE IN THE FIRST PAGE OF 18:12 YOUR LESSON IT SAYS THAT THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT IS REALLY 18:14 DIVIDED UP INTO FOUR OR FIVE SECTIONS - 18:17 IF YOU CAN COUNT THE CONCLUSION AS A SECTION. 18:19 YOU'VE GOT THE BEATITUDES - MATTHEW 5:1 THROUGH 12, YOU'VE 18:23 GOT THE SECTION ON LIGHT AND SALT IN MATTHEW 5:13 THROUGH 16, 18:28 AND THEN THERE'S A LONG SECTION WHERE JESUS GIVES A DEEPER 18:30 PERSPECTIVE ON THE LAW, AND THEN YOU'VE GOT A LONG SECTION ON 18:35 CHRISTIAN BEHAVIOR AND THAT'S MATTHEW 6 THROUGH THE END OF THE 18:38 SERMON ON THE MOUNT AND HE CONCLUDES THEN WITH THE WISE AND 18:41 FOOLISH BUILDER AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU WILL LISTEN TO WHAT HE 18:45 HAD SAID PREVIOUSLY. IF YOU HAVE A RED-LETTER VERSION 18:49 OF YOUR BIBLE, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE LONGEST UNINTERRUPTED 18:52 RED-LETTER SECTION IS THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT. 18:55 IT IS A SERMON THAT JESUS PREACHES AND IT'S - IT DOESN'T 18:59 TAKE THAT LONG FOR YOU TO READ THROUGH IT, BUT IT'S PRETTY 19:02 POWERFUL. LOOK HOW OFTEN IT'S QUOTED. 19:05 BUT THE FIRST PART OF THAT SERMON - WE JUST TOLD YOU - 19:08 IS THE BEATITUDES. DO WE SEE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS 19:12 LISTED IN THE BEATITUDES? IS THE LAW OF GOD REFLECTED IN 19:16 THERE OR IS HE DOING AWAY WITH IT? 19:18 WELL, WE JUST HEARD AARON READ, 'THY RIGHTEOUSNESS IS AN 19:21 EVERLASTING RIGHTEOUSNESS. THY LAW IS TRUTH.' IS THERE A 19:25 BEATITUDE THAT TALKS ABOUT RIGHTEOUSNESS? 19:28 'BLESSED ARE THOSE THAT HUNGER AND THIRST AFTER RIGHTEOUSNESS' 19:33 - THEY WILL BE FILLED. ISAIAH 51:7, "HEARKEN UNTO ME, 19:39 YE THAT KNOW RIGHTEOUSNESS, THE PEOPLE IN WHOSE HEART IS MY 19:43 LAW;" - IS THERE A CONNECTION BETWEEN RIGHTEOUSNESS AND THE 19:46 LAW? YEAH, WE JUST READ THAT. 19:49 AND SO, THE BEATITUDES ARE CONNECTED WITH THE LAW. 19:52 LET ME GIVE YOU ANOTHER EXAMPLE: WHAT DOES THE BEATITUDE SAY IN 19:56 MATTHEW 5:7? "BLESSED ARE THE MERCIFUL FOR 20:02 THEY SHALL OBTAIN MERCY." ALRIGHT, IF YOU LOOK THEN, FOR 20:05 EXAMPLE, IN EXODUS 20, VERSE 6 - IN THE TEN COMMANDMENTS: 20:11 "SHOWING MERCY UNTO THOUSANDS OF THEM THAT LOVE ME AND KEEP MY 20:16 COMMANDMENTS." WHAT COMMANDMENT IS THAT IN? 20:19 THAT'S IN THE TEN COMMANDMENTS AND, MORE SPECIFICALLY, THAT'S 20:22 IN THE COMMANDMENT ABOUT IDOLATRY - 'VISITING THE 20:25 INIQUITY OF THE FATHERS UPON THE SONS UNTO THE THIRD AND FOURTH 20:29 GENERATION OF THEM THAT HATE ME BUT SHOWING MERCY' - EVERYONE 20:32 GETS HUNG UP ON THE THIRD AND FOURTH GENERATION - THEY DON'T 20:34 READ THE REST OF IT - 'SHOWING MERCY UNTO THEM THAT LOVE ME' - 20:38 SEE, DO YOU KNOW IN THE TEN COMMANDMENTS IT SAYS, 'LOVE ME 20:41 AND KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS'? THE KEY TO THE TEN COMMANDMENTS 20:43 IS IN THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. 'LOVE ME AND KEEP MY 20:46 COMMANDMENTS' - IT'S RIGHT IN THERE. 20:48 IS THERE A BEATITUDE THAT TALKS ABOUT PURITY? 20:55 MATTHEW 5, VERSE 8, "BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART 20:58 FOR THEY SHALL SEE GOD." 21:00 AND IS THERE A CONNECTION BETWEEN PURITY AND THE LAW? 21:04 1 PETER 1:22 - I KNOW, I'M GOING TO THE NEW TESTAMENT - "SINCE 21:08 YOU HAVE PURIFIED YOUR SOULS IN OBEYING THE TRUTH THROUGH THE 21:13 SPIRIT IN SINCERE LOVE OF THE BRETHREN, LOVE ONE ANOTHER 21:18 FERVENTLY WITH A PURE HEART," - OBEDIENCE AND PURITY - THERE'S A 21:22 CONNECTION THERE WITH THE LAW. AND THEN JESUS GOES ON TO SAY IN 21:27 LUKE 16 AND THIS IS UNDER THE SECTION - ACTUALLY, EVERYTHING 21:31 I SAID THUS FAR WAS AN INTRODUCTION. 21:33 IN LUKE CHAPTER 16, VERSE 17 UNDER 'ONE JOT OR TITTLE': "AND 21:39 IT IS EASIER FOR HEAVEN AND EARTH TO PASS AWAY THAN FOR ONE 21:43 TITTLE OF THE LAW TO FAIL." NOW IN OUR - JUST TO MAKE THIS 21:49 SIMILAR TO OUR VERNACULAR - WHEN WE WRITE, YOU'VE GOT A LITTLE 21:54 DASH OR THE CROSSING OF THE 'T' - THAT WAS THE JEWISH 21:58 EQUIVALENT, IN THEIR CHARACTERS, FOR A TITTLE. 22:00 IT WAS A LITTLE - LIKE AN ACCENT MARK - AND A JOT WAS LIKE WHAT 22:05 WE WOULD CALL THE PERIOD THAT WE USE ON A SENTENCE. 22:07 IN HEBREW WRITING THEY DID HAVE THESE LITTLE - THE VERY SMALLEST 22:10 MARKS THEY WOULD MAKE IN THEIR WRITING - JESUS SAID IT WOULD BE 22:14 EASIER FOR HEAVEN AND EARTH TO VAPORIZE AND PASS AWAY THAN FOR 22:20 EVEN A JOT OR A TITTLE TO FAIL FROM THE LAW OF GOD. 22:23 SO IS JESUS SAYING THAT 'I CAME TO CHANGE OR DO AWAY WITH THE 22:27 LAW'? AND YET, DO YOU HEAR CHRISTIANS TEACH THAT? 22:31 NOW THERE ARE THINGS IN THE LAW THAT CHRIST REPLACED IN THAT 22:36 THEY WERE SYMBOLS THAT POINTED TO HIM: THE LAWS ABOUT 22:41 SACRIFICING LAMBS. DO WE NEED TO SACRIFICE LAMBS ANYMORE? NO? 22:46 WE DO - IT'S JESUS IS OUR LAMB. WE ACCEPT HIM AS OUR SACRIFICE, 22:50 RIGHT? AND SO IT'S REALLY - THOSE THINGS STILL APPLY 22:53 BUT JESUS IS THE LAMB. AND YOU CAN LOOK AT THE LAWS 22:56 THAT THEY HAD ABOUT THE FEASTS AND CIRCUMCISION AND PAUL IS 22:59 VERY CLEAR - THOSE LAWS THAT CAME LATER, THEY WERE SYMBOLIC. 23:05 MATTER OF FACT, THE CEREMONIAL LAWS AND THE FEAST DAYS, THEY 23:07 ALL CAME AFTER SIN ENTERED THE WORLD. 23:12 THE TEN COMMANDMENTS REALLY EXISTED FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. 23:15 WAS IT WRONG TO COMMIT MURDER BACK IN THE DAYS OF ADAM AND 23:21 EVE? DID GOD LOOK DOWN ON CAIN KILLING HIS BROTHER? 23:28 WAS ADULTERY WRONG BEFORE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS WERE WRITTEN? 23:31 DID GOD TELL JOSEPH THAT, YOU KNOW, MISBEHAVING WITH 23:37 POTIPHAR'S WIFE WOULD BE A SIN? ISN'T THAT WHAT JOSEPH SAID? 23:40 'HOW CAN I DO THIS THING AND SIN AGAINST GOD?' 23:42 SO THEY KNEW THAT STEALING WAS WRONG BEFORE THE TEN 23:45 COMMANDMENTS WERE WRITTEN. THEY KNEW THAT LYING WAS WRONG. 23:49 AND YOU CAN FIND EXAMPLES OF THIS EVEN LONG BEFORE THE TEN 23:51 COMMANDMENTS WERE WRITTEN. AND SO THESE ARE ETERNAL PRINCIPLES. 23:55 THE CEREMONIAL LAWS AND SOME OF THESE THINGS RELATING TO 23:57 SACRIFICES THAT WERE SHADOWS - YES, THEY WERE NAILED TO THE 24:00 CROSS. THEY WERE WRITTEN ON PAPER. THEY POINT TO JESUS. 24:03 BUT THE PRINCIPLES THAT JESUS GIVES ON THE SERMON ON THE 24:05 MOUNT, THEY'RE ETERNAL PRINCIPLES. 24:08 ALRIGHT, READ FOR US ISAIAH 40, VERSE 8 PLEASE. 24:13 >>ISAIAH 40, VERSE 8, "THE GRASS WITHERS, THE FLOWER FADES, BUT 24:20 THE WORD OF OUR GOD STANDS FOREVER." 24:24 >>THE TEN COMMANDMENTS ARE ETERNAL PRINCIPLES. 24:28 IT IS TRUE THAT JESUS HAS SUMMARIZED THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. 24:33 MATTER OF FACT, SOMEONE LOOK UP FOR ME MATTHEW 7, VERSE 12. 24:41 WHO GOT THAT? GOT A HAND OVER HERE. 24:43 LET'S GET YOU A MICROPHONE. MATTHEW 7 - WE'LL GET TO YOU IN 24:46 JUST A MOMENT - MATTHEW 7, VERSE 12. 24:49 JESUS DID SUMMARIZE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS - IF YOU WERE TO 24:52 SUMMARIZE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS IN ONE WORD, WHAT WOULD IT BE? 24:59 LOVE. HOW MANY AGREE? 25:01 AND THEN IF YOU WERE GOING TO SUMMARIZE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS - 25:05 IF YOU WERE GOING TO DIVIDE THAT INTO TWO PRINCIPLES, WHAT WOULD 25:08 IT BE? LOVE GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, 25:11 MIND, SOUL AND STRENGTH AND LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR. 25:13 WELL, THAT'S THE NEW COMMANDMENT THAT JESUS GAVE THAT REPLACES 25:16 THE OLD. HAVE YOU HEARD THAT? 25:19 WE DON'T NEED TO KEEP THE TEN COMMANDMENTS BECAUSE JESUS GAVE 25:21 US A NEW COMMANDMENT. BECAUSE HE SAID, 'A NEW 25:23 COMMANDMENT I GIVE UNTO YOU.' I MEAN, HE SAID IT. 25:26 BUT THEN WHEN HE ARTICULATES THE NEW COMMANDMENT - 25:28 WHEN HE STATES IT, WHAT IS HE DOING? 25:31 LOVE THE LORD GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, MIND, SOUL AND STRENGTH. 25:33 HE'S QUOTING DEUTERONOMY CHAPTER 6 AND HE SAYS 'LOVE YOUR 25:37 NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF' - HE'S QUOTING LEVITICUS 19:18. 25:41 SO JESUS, WHEN HE SAYS, 'A NEW COMMANDMENT' AND THEN HE QUOTES 25:43 THE OLD TESTAMENT, HE QUOTES MOSES, MORE SPECIFICALLY, HOW 25:48 NEW WAS IT TO THE JEWS? IT WASN'T NEW. 25:51 HE SAID 'IT'S A NEW PRINCIPLE FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT ALL 25:54 OF THE LAW IS SUMMARIZED IN LOVE, RIGHT? 25:58 THIS WOULD PROBABLY BE A GOOD TIME TO READ THAT NEXT VERSE IF 26:02 WE'RE READY. YEAH, MATTHEW 7:12. 26:06 >>"THEREFORE, WHATEVER YOU WANT MEN TO DO TO YOU, DO ALSO TO 26:10 THEM, FOR THIS IS THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS." 26:13 >>ALL OF THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS ARE NOT DONE AWAY WITH, 26:16 JESUS SAID, THEY ARE SUMMARIZED IN 'DO UNTO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD 26:21 HAVE THEM DO UNTO YOU'. 26:22 THERE'S A LAW THAT SAYS IF YOU FIND YOUR NEIGHBOR'S DONKEY 26:25 WANDERING OUT ON ITS OWN, EVEN IF HE'S YOUR ENEMY, THE BIBLE 26:29 SAYS 'TAKE IT BACK TO HIM.' IT'S SOMEONE YOU CAN'T STAND - YOU'VE 26:33 JUST GOT THIS DIFFICULT NEIGHBOR AND HE JUST MAKES YOU MISERABLE 26:36 AND YOU SEE HIS DONKEY'S WANDERED OFF - YOU CAN SAY, 'OH 26:39 GREAT, I'M GLAD IT'S HAPPENING TO HIM.' NO, GOD SAYS THAT'S NOT 26:43 THE RIGHT ATTITUDE. GO GET HIS DONKEY AND BRING IT BACK TO HIM. 26:46 OVERCOME EVIL WITH GOOD. WELL THAT'S 26:49 THE TEACHING OF JESUS. THAT'S IN THE LAW OF MOSES. 26:54 WHATEVER YOU WOULD HAVE OTHERS DO TO YOU, DO ALSO TO THEM. 26:56 IT SUMMARIZES LOVE FOR GOD AND LOVE FOR YOUR FELLOW MAN. 27:00 NOW, ONE REASON WE KNOW THE LAW IS NOT DONE AWAY WITH IS IF YOU 27:03 LOOK, FOR INSTANCE, IN REVELATION 11:19 - REVELATION 27:09 11:19 - IT SAYS, "THEN THE TEMPLE OF GOD WAS OPENED IN 27:16 HEAVEN, AND THE ARK OF HIS COVENANT WAS SEEN IN HIS 27:20 TEMPLE." NOW, WHEN IS THIS HAPPENING, PROPHETICALLY? 27:27 THIS IS HAPPENING, YOU KNOW, IN THE SEQUENCE OF REVELATION IT'S 27:31 NOT IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE EARTH'S HISTORY, 27:33 IT'S IN THE FINAL EVENTS. 'THE TEMPLE OF GOD WAS OPENED IN 27:37 HEAVEN' - CERTAINLY IT'S AFTER THE TIME OF CHRIST. 27:39 HOW DID THE ARK GET TO BE IN HEAVEN? 27:44 NOW, I'M GOING TO - I'M GOING TO GET SOME LETTERS ON THIS. 27:50 WHERE IS THE ARK NOW? THE ARK - THE ARK, YOU KNOW, THE 27:59 GOLDEN BOX - NOT NOAH'S ARK - THE GOLDEN BOX THAT HAS THE TEN 28:02 COMMANDMENTS IN IT. AS NEAR AS WE CAN TELL - AND I 28:05 THINK THERE'S A REFERENCE TO THIS IN 'PROPHETS AND KINGS'. 28:08 BEFORE NEBUCHADNEZZAR CONQUERED - BEFORE HE DESTROYED JERUSALEM 28:12 - JEREMIAH, KNOWING IT WAS COMING, HE CONSPIRED WITH SOME 28:16 OF THE LOYAL PRIESTS - NOT WANTING THE MOST SACRED NATIONAL 28:21 OBJECT TO BE TAKEN CAPTIVE - YOU SEE, THE ARK WAS TAKEN CAPTIVE 28:25 ONCE BY THE PHILISTINES - THEY DIDN'T WANT THAT EVER TO 28:27 HAPPEN AGAIN. THEY KNEW THAT THE BABYLONIANS WERE GOING TO TAKE 28:30 THE CITY. JEREMIAH TOLD THEM IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. 28:32 THEY COULDN'T HIDE EVERYTHING IN THE TEMPLE, BUT THEY TOOK THE 28:35 ARK AND THEY HID IT IN ONE OF THE MANY CAVES - THERE IS AN 28:39 ABSOLUTE HONEYCOMB OF CAVES AND TUNNELS UNDERNEATH JERUSALEM. 28:43 EVERY TIME THEY START BUILDING UNDER JERUSALEM THEY FIND 28:45 ANOTHER CAVE OR TUNNEL. THEY HAD - THEY HAD GRAVES THAT 28:49 THEY DUG IN AND AROUND THE CITY. THEY HID IT SOMEWHERE. 28:54 THEY FOUND A VERY GOOD, OBSCURE SPOT. 28:57 THEY BLOCKED THE ENTRANCE SOMEHOW - COVERED IT WITH DIRT - 28:59 AND IT HAS NEVER BEEN FOUND SINCE. 29:01 NO, IT'S NOT IN EGYPT. IT'S NOT IN ETHIOPIA. 29:05 IT IS STILL SECRETED SOMEWHERE IN A CAVE, PROBABLY WITHIN A 29:09 STONE'S THROW OF THE WALLS OF ANCIENT JERUSALEM. 29:13 SO, WHEN IT SAYS 'THE TEMPLE WAS OPENED IN HEAVEN, I SAW THE 29:16 ARK.' WHICH ONE IS THAT? EVERYTHING IN THE TEMPLE ON 29:21 EARTH WAS PATTERNED AFTER THE ORIGINAL IN HEAVEN. 29:25 NOW, WHAT'S IN THE ARK? THE WORDS OF GOD. 29:30 JUST THINKING TO MYSELF RIGHT NOW - I DON'T KNOW SO DON'T SAY, 29:37 'PASTOR DOUG IS TEACHING HERESY.' HOW MANY STONES WERE 29:41 THERE IN THE TEN COMMANDMENTS? TWO, RIGHT? IS THAT RIGHT? 29:46 IT SAYS, 'ON TWO TABLES OF STONE'. 29:48 AND WHICH SIDE OF THE STONE WAS WRITTEN ON? BOTH SIDES. 29:53 SO WHAT DID GOD DO? DID HE PUT THE FIRST FOUR 29:57 COMMANDMENTS ON ONE STONE AND THE LAST SIX COMMANDMENTS ON THE 30:03 OTHER STONE, FRONT AND BACK? MAYBE. 30:06 LET ME GIVE YOU SOMETHING ELSE TO THINK ABOUT. 30:07 WHAT IS A COVENANT? A COVENANT'S A CONTRACT. 30:11 HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE EVER SIGNED A COVENANT TO BUY A HOUSE OR TO 30:14 BORROW MONEY FROM A BANK OR TO SELL A CAR - 30:15 SOMETHING LIKE THAT? EVERY NOW AND THEN WE'LL WEAR 30:18 OUT A CAR AND KAREN AND I WILL SELL IT TO SOMEBODY - AT LEAST 30:21 WE WEAR IT OUT FOR WHAT WE WANT TO USE IT AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR 30:24 ANOTHER ONE - AND I'LL SELL IT TO A PRIVATE PARTY. 30:27 AND WHEN WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT OF SALE I EXPLAIN, 'I'M NOT AN AUTO 30:32 DEALER. I'M NOT SELLING IT WITH A WARRANTY.' I'M AS HONEST AS I 30:35 CAN AND SAY, 'HERE'S THE CAR. LET'S WRITE THIS OUT. 30:38 I'LL SIGN IT. YOU SIGN IT. I GET A COPY. 30:40 YOU GET A COPY.' ISN'T THAT WHAT YOU DO WITH A COVENANT? 30:45 YOU CAN THINK ABOUT ANY COVENANT YOU CAN THINK OF IS THAT YOU 30:47 BOTH HAVE A COPY SO YOU CAN PROVE THIS WAS AN AGREEMENT THAT 30:50 YOU BOTH AGREED TO AND YOU BOTH SIGNED BOTH COPIES. 30:52 RIGHT? SO IF GOD MADE A COVENANT WITH 30:56 ISRAEL, HOW MANY COPIES ARE THERE? MUST BE TWO. 31:01 NOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS - AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW. 31:03 I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MEANS THAT THE TEN COMMANDMENTS WERE TWO 31:06 COPIES OF THE SAME THAT WERE PUT IN THE ARK OR IF IT MEANS THAT 31:10 IT TOOK TWO STONES, BOTH SIDES FOR ONE COPY 31:13 AND GOD HAS THE OTHER IN HEAVEN. 31:16 THE ONE IN HEAVEN MAY NOT BE WRITTEN ON GRANITE. 31:18 GOD DOESN'T NEED TO CARVE IT OUT OF A STONE. 31:21 I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S WRITTEN ON. 31:22 IT COULD BE. IT COULD BE WRITTEN ON SOME GEM. 31:24 IT COULD BE ON SAPPHIRE OR SOMETHING. 31:26 BUT WHY DOES JESUS SAY IT WILL BE EASIER FOR HEAVEN AND EARTH 31:31 TO PASS AWAY THAN FOR ONE TITTLE OF THE LAW TO FAIL? 31:33 BECAUSE YOU WOULD HAVE TO GO TO HEAVEN AND TAKE HIS COPY TO 31:37 DESTROY IT, RIGHT? 31:40 SO I HEARD ONE PASTOR SAY, 'IF YOU LOOK UP AND THE HEAVEN'S 31:42 STILL THERE - IF YOU LOOK DOWN AND THE EARTH'S STILL THERE, 31:45 THAT MEANS GOD'S LAW IS STILL THERE AND IT HAS NOT CHANGED.' 31:49 AND, AS I'VE OFTEN SAID, THE LAW DOESN'T NEED CHANGING, THE 31:53 PURPOSE OF THE GOSPEL IS TO TRANSFORM OR TO CHANGE US. 31:57 ALRIGHT, NOW WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE SECTION OF THE LAW IN 32:02 THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT. IF YOU LOOK, FOR INSTANCE, IN 32:08 MATTHEW 22 AND WE READ THROUGH VERSE 40 - NO, I'M SORRY, 32:14 MATTHEW 22, VERSES 37 TO 40, "JESUS SAID TO HIM, 'YOU SHALL 32:20 LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, 32:24 AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.' THIS IS THE FIRST AND GREAT COMMANDMENT. 32:28 AND THE SECOND IS LIKE IT: 'YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS 32:31 YOURSELF.' ON THESE TWO COMMANDMENTS HANG ALL THE LAW 32:35 AND THE PROPHETS." NOW I'VE HEARD SOME PASTORS SAY, 'SEE, 32:39 GOD HUNG THE LAW.' LIKE YOU MIGHT HANG A HORSE THIEF. 32:43 THAT IT'S BEEN DESTROYED SOMEHOW - HUNG UP AND SHOT DOWN. 32:48 BUT THAT'S NOT AT ALL WHAT IT MEANS. 32:50 IT MEANS - IT'S KIND OF LIKE, HAVE YOU EVER GONE INTO 32:54 SOMEONE'S HOUSE - ESPECIALLY IN COLDER CLIMATES - AND, YOU KNOW, 32:58 I JUST CAME FROM KANSAS AND YOU GO UP TO MICHIGAN AND A LOT OF 33:01 THE HOUSES THERE - YOU DON'T WALK - 33:03 OPEN THE FRONT DOOR AND WALK IN LIKE YOU DO 33:05 HERE IN CALIFORNIA - INTO THE LIVING ROOM. 33:07 YOU OPEN THE FRONT DOOR AND YOU WALK IN LIKE A VESTIBULE BECAUSE 33:10 IT'S SO MUCH COLD WEATHER THAT YOU NEED A PLACE TO KIND OF 33:12 SHAKE THE SNOW OFF AND HANG YOUR JACKETS UP. 33:14 YEAH, HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT? 33:16 IT'S LIKE YOU ALMOST HAVE TWO ENTRANCES TO THE HOUSE. 33:19 OTHERWISE, YOU OPEN THE COLD DOOR AND THE 40-BELOW-ZERO WIND 33:22 WHISTLES RIGHT THROUGH THE HOUSE IN AN INSTANT. 33:24 AND YOU HANG UP YOUR COAT - IT'S A PLACE OF RESPECT TO KEEP IT 33:28 OFF THE GROUND, AWAY FROM THE MUD. 33:29 IT MEANS EVERYTHING IS HELD UP BY THESE TWO COMMANDMENTS. 33:35 THESE ARE THE TWO LAWS UPON WHICH ALL THE OTHER LAWS HANG. 33:39 YOU CAN FIND SOME WAY - LET ME SAY THIS DIFFERENTLY - PEOPLE 33:43 ARE ALWAYS SAYING, 'YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOTHING IN THE BIBLE 33:47 THAT SAYS, 'THOU SHALT NOT SMOKE CIGARETTES. 33:49 NOTHING IN THE BIBLE SAYS 'THOU SHALL NOT GAMBLE.' 33:51 I GET THESE KIND OF STATEMENTS. 33:53 NOTHING THAT SAYS, 'YOU SHALL NOT USE HEROIN OR MARIJUANA. 33:56 I ACTUALLY PICKED UP A HITCHHIKER ONE TIME - SERIOUS - 34:00 ABSOLUTELY SERIOUS - IT WAS ON HIGHWAY 101. 34:04 HE WAS DRESSED ALL IN WHITE, HE HAD LONG HAIR, AND HE WAS 34:07 BAREFOOT AND HE WAS WEARING A WHITE ROBE. 34:11 AND AS I SAW HIM STANDING ON THE ROAD I THOUGHT, 'YOU KNOW, I'VE 34:15 GOT TO FIND OUT WHAT THE STORY IS BEHIND THIS SO I'VE GOT TO 34:18 PICK THIS GUY UP.' I KNEW I WAS IN FOR SOMETHING, 34:21 BUT I THOUGHT, 'HE'S HITCHHIKING. 34:23 HE DOESN'T LOOK DANGEROUS. HE'S PRETTY SPARTANLY DRESSED. 34:28 SO I PICKED HIM UP AND WE DROVE DOWN THE ROAD FOR A LITTLE WHILE 34:30 AND HE SAID - SOMEHOW THE SUBJECT OF RELIGION CAME UP. 34:37 I DON'T KNOW, I THINK I HAD A BIBLE ON MY DASHBOARD. 34:39 HE SAID, 'OH, YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN.' I SAID, 'YEAH.' AND 34:42 HE SAID, 'DO YOU BELIEVE THE BIBLE?' I SAID 'ABSOLUTELY. 34:45 EVERY WORD.' HE SAID, 'THEN WHY DO YOU GOT LEATHER ON YOUR 34:50 BIBLE?' I SAID, 'PARDON ME?' 34:55 HE SAID, 'IF YOU REALLY BELIEVED THE BIBLE' - HE SAYS - 'YOU 34:57 SHOULDN'T HAVE THOSE FILTHY LEATHER SHOES ON.' HE SAYS, 35:00 'YOU'RE PROBABLY WEARING A LEATHER BELT TOO.' 'AS A MATTER 35:03 OF FACT, I AM.' AND HE SAID, 'YOU KNOW, YOU'RE KILLING 35:06 ANIMALS BY DOING THAT.' AND I SAID, 'IT MIGHT SURPRISE YOU TO 35:11 KNOW I'M A VEGETARIAN.' HE SAYS, 'WHY ARE YOU DOING ALL THAT?' 35:15 AND HE WAS OF THIS GROUP OF CHRISTIANS THAT NOT ONLY 35:18 BELIEVED YOU SHOULD NOT WEAR ANY LEATHER, BUT HE ALSO BELIEVED 35:23 THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO SMOKE A LOT OF MARIJUANA AT THE SAME 35:27 TIME. AND SO - AND I DON'T REMEMBER 35:33 HOW THAT CAME UP BUT HE SAID, 'DO YOU PARTAKE OF' - BUT IT WAS 35:36 HIS RELIGION - HE SAID, 'YOU KNOW GOD REVEALS HIMSELF THROUGH 35:39 THE THINGS HE'S MADE AND HE SAID HE MADE EVERY HERB FOR US.' 35:42 AND SO HE SMOKED MARIJUANA. A LOT OF IT. 35:46 AND WHEN HE GOT IN THE CAR - I COULD TELL RIGHT AWAY. 35:49 BECAUSE I REMEMBER WHAT IT SMELLED LIKE. 35:52 AND I THOUGHT, 'BOY THAT WAS VERY INTERESTING.' HE WAS USING 35:54 THE BIBLE. BUT I MEET PEOPLE THAT SAY - 35:58 THEY TRY TO USE THE BIBLE TO SAY THAT. 35:59 WELL, YOU KNOW, THERE'S PRINCIPLES IN THE BIBLE. 36:01 I USED TO USE THE BIBLE TO SAY, 'IT'S NOT WHAT GOES IN YOUR 36:04 MOUTH THAT DEFILES YOU SO THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH 36:06 SMOKING.' BUT IF WHAT GOES IN YOUR MOUTH DEFILES WHAT COMES 36:11 OUT OF YOUR MOUTH, THEN IT'S WRONG. FIRST OF ALL, WHAT IT 36:14 DOES TO YOUR BREATH IS ONE THING. BUT WHEN A PERSON DRINKS 36:18 - DOES WHAT GOES IN DEFILE WHAT COMES OUT? YEAH. 36:24 AND SO I - I WAS TRYING TO SHARE SOME OF THE OTHER PRINCIPLES 36:27 WITH THIS FELLOW THAT - OF NATURAL LIVING - ANYWAY, 36:32 IT WAS JUST VERY INTERESTING. BUT I DON'T REALLY THINK THAT 36:35 THERE'S A SIN YOU COULD NAME THAT IS SOMEHOW NOT COVERED 36:40 UNDER THE CANOPY OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. 36:43 I BELIEVE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS ARE SO BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN - 36:46 THEY'RE CONCISE, THEY'RE SUCCINCT, BUT THEY ARE 36:50 COMPREHENSIVE IN THAT IN SOME WAY, THE PRINCIPLE 'THOU 36:55 SHALL NOT KILL' - WHEN YOU DO THINGS LIKE SMOKE CIGARETTES AND 36:59 OTHER THINGS, YOU ARE SLOWLY KILLING YOURSELF. 37:03 YOU CAN'T REALLY NAME A SIN - THOU SHALL NOT STEAL - GAMBLING 37:07 - YOU'RE TRYING TO GET RICH QUICK AT THE EXPENSE OF OTHERS 37:10 WHO ARE BECOMING ADDICTED AND LOSING EVERYTHING. 37:13 AND SO FOR YOU TO GET RICH QUICK, ANOTHER PERSON GETS 37:17 NOTHING FOR THEIR MONEY. IT'S NOT LIKE MAKING A PURCHASE. 37:21 THEY GET NOTHING FOR THEIR MONEY AND YOU DO NOTHING TO GET THEIR 37:25 MONEY - IF YOU HAPPEN TO WIN THAT WAY. 37:27 AND SO, THERE'S A PRINCIPLE IN THE TEN COMMANDMENTS THAT WOULD 37:30 VIRTUALLY COVER ANYTHING AND SO I'VE ACTUALLY HEARD YOUNG PEOPLE 37:36 SAY, 'WELL, YEAH, THE BIBLE SAYS 'DON'T COMMIT ADULTERY,' BUT IT 37:38 DOESN'T SAY YOU CAN'T SLEEP WITH ANOTHER PERSON IF NEITHER OF YOU 37:41 ARE MARRIED. I SAID, 'NO, THE 'THOU SHALL NOT 37:45 COMMIT ADULTERY' COMMANDMENT COVERS FORNICATION AS WELL 37:48 BECAUSE JESUS USES IT THAT WAY TOO. 37:51 AND SO, THE TEN COMMANDMENTS ARE BROAD AND COMPREHENSIVE AND THEY 37:54 COVER EVERYTHING. LUKE CHAPTER 24, VERSE 27. 38:00 CHRIST, WHEN HE BEGAN TO TEACH, "AND BEGINNING AT MOSES AND ALL 38:05 THE PROPHETS, HE EXPOUNDED TO THEM IN ALL THE SCRIPTURES' - 38:10 HOW MANY OF THE SCRIPTURES? ALL THE PROPHETS, ALL THE 38:14 SCRIPTURES - THE THINGS "CONCERNING HIMSELF." 38:17 THAT WAS LUKE 24:27 - THE STATEMENT JESUS MAKES TO THE TWO 38:20 DISCIPLES ON THE ROAD TO EMMAUS. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. 38:24 SO THE LAW OF CHRIST, DOES IT CONFLICT WITH THE LAW OF GOD IN 38:31 THE OLD TESTAMENT? THE LAW OF CHRIST AND THE LAW OF 38:34 GOD IN THE OLD TESTAMENT ARE IN PERFECT HARMONY. 38:37 WHEN JESUS WANTED TO PROVE HE WAS THE MESSIAH, HE TOOK THOSE 38:41 TWO DISCIPLES AND HE POINTED THEM BACK TO THE LAW AND THE 38:46 PROPHETS. AND HE SAID, 'ALL OF THIS WAS 38:49 POINTING TO ME.' IN FACT, IF YOU LOOK - THIS IS A VERSE, I THINK, 38:55 IS OFTEN MISUNDERSTOOD - MATTHEW 11:13 - MATTHEW 11:13 - YOU'LL 39:01 FIND A PARALLEL VERSE FOR THIS IN LUKE ALSO. 39:05 "FOR ALL THE PROPHETS AND THE LAW PROPHESIED UNTIL JOHN." 39:11 NOW WHAT DID HE MEAN BY THAT? YOU KNOW WHAT I'VE HEARD? 39:14 I'VE HEARD PEOPLE SAY, 'WITH JOHN THE BAPTIST, THE TEN 39:17 COMMANDMENTS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT LAW ENDED.' THEY SAY, 39:22 'WITH THE TEN COMMANDMENTS' - I'M SORRY - 'WITH JOHN THE 39:24 BAPTIST'S MINISTRY - WHEN HE INTRODUCED JESUS' - HE SAYS, 39:27 'ALL OF THAT STUFF REACHED UNTIL THE TIME OF CHRIST AND THEN IT 39:29 ENDED WITH JOHN THE BAPTIST.' REALLY? 39:33 THEN WHY DID JESUS KEEP IT? AND THE OTHER THING IS - IT'S 39:37 REALLY SAYING ALL OF THE LAW AND ALL OF THE PROPHETS POINTED TO 39:44 THE TIME WHEN JOHN WOULD ANNOUNCE, 'HERE IS THE MESSIAH. 39:50 HERE IS THE FULFILLMENT OF ALL THAT THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS 39:54 HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT.' IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT ALL OF THE LAW AND THE 39:57 PROPHETS ENDED WITH JOHN THE BAPTIST, IT MEANS THAT THE 40:00 ANNOUNCEMENT OF JOHN THE BAPTIST POINTED TO ALL THAT THE LAW AND 40:03 THE PROPHETS HAD ENCOMPASSED. SO JESUS FULFILLS ALL THAT - 40:08 MEANING HE FILLS IT ALL FULL - HE DOESN'T DO AWAY WITH IT. 40:12 THAT'S AGAIN - IT SAYS HE CAME TO MAGNIFY THE LAW AND TO MAKE 40:17 IT HONORABLE. ALRIGHT, SOMEONE - WHO HAS JOHN 15, VERSE 10? 40:23 WE'VE GOT A HAND OVER HERE. WE'LL GET YOU A MICROPHONE. 40:26 JOHN 15, VERSE 10. NOW, IF YOU LOOK, 40:31 FOR INSTANCE, IN THE BEATITUDES. 40:34 WHEN WE READ MARK 7, VERSE 9 - WHAT IS THE FIFTH COMMANDMENT? 40:48 'HONOR YOUR FATHER AND YOUR MOTHER' - ACTUALLY I WAS TALKING 40:51 ABOUT - I SAID, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT - I'M 40:55 LOOKING IN MARK'S VERSION OF THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT AND JESUS 40:58 SAYS, IN MARK 7, VERSE 9, "ALL TOO WELL YOU REJECT THE 41:02 COMMANDMENT OF GOD THAT YOU MIGHT KEEP YOUR TRADITION. 41:05 FOR MOSES SAID, 'HONOR YOUR FATHER AND YOUR MOTHER';" - 41:08 ISN'T THAT ONE OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS? 41:10 "AND, 'HE WHO CURSES FATHER OR MOTHER, LET HIM BE PUT TO 41:12 DEATH.' BUT YOU SAY, 'IF A MAN SAYS TO HIS FATHER OR MOTHER, 41:17 'WHATEVER PROFIT YOU MIGHT HAVE RECEIVED FROM ME IS CORBAN' - 41:20 (THAT IS, A GIFT TO GOD). THEN YOU NO LONGER LET HIM DO 41:22 ANYTHING FOR HIS FATHER OR HIS MOTHER, MAKING THE WORD OF GOD 41:25 OF NO EFFECT THROUGH YOUR TRADITION." NOW, WHAT DOES 41:28 JESUS CALL THE LAW OF MOSES? THE WORD OF GOD. 41:32 HE SAID, 'YOU ARE MAKING THE WORD OF GOD OF NONE EFFECT.' HE 41:34 DIDN'T SAY 'THAT OLD LAW OF MOSES'. 41:36 HE TALKS ABOUT IT AS IT IS STILL IN FORCE. 41:39 SHOULD PEOPLE STILL HONOR THEIR FATHER AND MOTHER? 41:42 LET ME EXPLAIN WHAT CHRIST IS TALKING ABOUT HERE. 41:45 THE JEWISH LEADERS HAD FABRICATED A LAW WHERE YOU COULD 41:51 PRONOUNCE 'CORBAN' - YOU WOULD MAKE THIS OATH AND PRONOUNCE 41:55 'CORBAN' OVER YOUR PROPERTY AND THAT MEANT, 'I'M GIVING ALL OF 41:58 MY ESTATE TO THE CHURCH - TO THE TEMPLE - WHEN I DIE.' AND PEOPLE 42:04 DID THIS BECAUSE IT CREATED A LOOPHOLE. 42:06 THAT MEANT YOU COULD USE IT AS LONG AS YOU LIVE, TO TAKE CARE 42:10 OF YOURSELF, BUT YOU COULDN'T GIVE IT TO ANYBODY ELSE BECAUSE 42:14 IT HAD BEEN DEDICATED TO GOD. MEANING, WHEN YOUR MOM AND DAD 42:17 GOT OLD AND THEY COULDN'T WORK ANYMORE, YOU'D SAY, 'MOM, DAD, 42:20 I'M SORRY, I CAN'T HELP YOU WITH MY ESTATE BECAUSE I'VE GIVEN IT 42:23 TO GOD.' NOW, DOESN'T THAT SOUND OUTRAGEOUS? 42:28 BUT THE PRIESTS HAD DEVELOPED THIS LAW SO THAT PEOPLE COULD 42:32 USE THEIR MONEY AS LONG AS THEY WOULD GIVE THE - WHEN THEY DIED 42:35 THEY WOULD GIVE IT ALL TO THE CHURCH - WHATEVER WAS LEFT - 42:39 THEIR PROPERTY - THEIR HOUSE. 42:41 AND THEY COULDN'T HELP THEIR MOTHER AND FATHER IN THEIR OLD 42:43 AGE AND JESUS SAID, 'YOU'RE HYPOCRITES. 42:46 YOU'RE BREAKING THE COMMANDMENT OF GOD THAT SAYS, 'HONOR YOUR 42:48 FATHER AND MOTHER' AND YOU'RE NOT CARING FOR THEM IN THEIR AGE 42:51 AND INFIRMITY AND YOU'RE CLAIMING PIETY AND YOU'RE 42:54 PUTTING TRADITION AHEAD OF THE COMMANDMENT OF GOD.' SO, HOW DID 42:57 JESUS FEEL ABOUT THE TEN COMMANDMENTS IN HIS TEACHING? 42:59 DID HE DO AWAY WITH IT? OR WAS HE SAYING, 'NO, YOU'VE 43:03 GOT TO SWEEP ASIDE THE MAN-MADE TRADITIONS AND MAKE IT 43:05 HONORABLE. HE CAME TO MAGNIFY THE LAW AND 43:08 MAKE IT HONORABLE. OKAY, WE HAVE JOHN 15:10 - 43:10 WHERE WAS THAT? OVER HERE, MIKE. 43:13 >>JOHN 15:10, "IF YOU KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS, 43:17 YOU SHALL ABIDE IN MY LOVE, EVEN AS I HAVE KEPT MY FATHER'S 43:21 COMMANDMENTS AND ABIDE IN HIS LOVE." 43:24 >>ALRIGHT NOW, IF YOU THINK OLD TESTAMENT GOT THE LAW OF GOD THE 43:28 FATHER - NEW TESTAMENT GOT THE LAW OF JESUS CHRIST - THEY'RE 43:33 DIFFERENT LAWS - WHICH LAW DID JESUS KEEP? 43:37 CHRIST SAID, 'IF YOU LOVE ME YOU'LL KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS EVEN 43:40 AS I HAVE KEPT MY FATHER'S COMMANDMENTS.' SO, DID JESUS 43:44 KEEP THE LAWS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT? DID HE? 43:49 AND THEN THE BIBLE SAYS, 'WHOEVER SAYS THAT HE FOLLOWS 43:52 HIM OUGHT TO WALK EVEN AS HE WALKED.' 43:56 SO, IF JESUS KEPT THAT THEN WE SHOULD KEEP IT. 43:59 NOW, IT'S NOT TALKING ABOUT THE SACRIFICING OF LAMBS, IT'S 44:01 TALKING ABOUT THE PRINCIPLES OF THE LAW THAT YOU FIND IN THE OLD 44:04 TESTAMENT. HE DIDN'T DO AWAY WITH IT. 44:07 LOOK - AGAIN, JOHN 14:15 - HOW MANY BELIEVE IT'S IMPORTANT TO 44:10 RECEIVE THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT? 44:13 HOW DO YOU GET THE HOLY SPIRIT? 44:16 JOHN 14:15, "IF YOU LOVE ME KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS" - AND WHAT'S 44:22 THE REST OF THAT SAY? - "AND I WILL PRAY MY FATHER AND 44:25 HE WILL SEND YOU ANOTHER COMFORTER, EVEN THE SPIRIT." 44:29 THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT GOD GIVES HIS SPIRIT TO THOSE THAT 44:33 OBEY HIM - ACTS CHAPTER 4. THE SPIRIT'S A POWER. 44:36 GOD CANNOT ENTRUST THAT POWER TO PEOPLE THAT WILL NOT SUBMIT TO 44:39 HIS WILL. AND THE PERFECT EXPRESSION OF 44:42 GOD'S WILL IS HIS LAW: 'YEA, I LOVE TO DO THY WILL; THY LAW IS 44:47 IN MY HEART.' THINK THAT'S PSALM 119, VERSE 45 - HUH? 44:54 40, VERSE 8 - PSALM 40, VERSE 8 - THAT'S WHAT IT IS, YEAH. 44:57 SO, YEAH - PSALM - THE OTHER ONE I GAVE YOU IS 'I WILL WALK AT 45:00 LIBERTY FOR I KEEP THY PRECEPTS.' AND SO THE LAW OF GOD 45:05 NEEDS TO BE IN OUR HEARTS. ONE MORE: 1 JOHN 5, VERSE 3, 45:08 "FOR THIS IS THE LOVE OF GOD, THAT WE KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS. 45:13 AND HIS COMMANDMENTS ARE NOT BURDENSOME." 45:16 NOW IS JOHN - THIS IS JOHN, THE APOSTLE OF LOVE - IS HE MAKING A 45:19 DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE LAW OF GOD - THE TEN COMMANDMENTS - AND 45:23 THE LAW OF JESUS? OR IS HE SAYING THEY'RE ONE AND THE SAME? 45:27 AND THIS IS HOW WE SHOW THE LOVE OF GOD, BY OBEYING HIS 45:29 COMMANDMENTS. IF YOU LOVE SOMEONE - ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE 45:34 A SUPERIOR - AND YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING 45:38 THAT DISAPPOINTS THEM - THAT IS GOOD TO DO - THEN YOU'RE NOT 45:44 SHOWING LOVE FOR THEM. ALRIGHT, LET'S GO TO VERSE - 45:50 MATTHEW 15, VERSE 9, "AND IN VAIN THEY WORSHIP ME, TEACHING 45:55 AS DOCTRINES THE COMMANDMENTS OF MEN." 45:57 WHENEVER WE PUT MAN-MADE DOCTRINES AHEAD OF THE 46:01 COMMANDMENTS OF GOD, JESUS SAYS WE'RE WORSHIPING HIM IN VAIN. 46:05 CAN YOU THINK OF SOME LAWS THAT PEOPLE ARE KEEPING IN VAIN? 46:09 DO SOMETIMES PEOPLE KEEP THE WRONG SABBATH? 46:12 AND THEY THINK THEY'RE KEEPING THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD. 46:16 IT'S MAN MADE. 46:17 ALRIGHT, JUST TO QUICKLY SHOW YOU SOME OF THE OTHER EXAMPLES 46:20 OF HOW THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT SUPPORTS THE TEACHINGS OF CHRIST 46:24 IN HIS LAW, IF YOU LOOK, FOR INSTANCE, IN MATTHEW CHAPTER 5, 46:28 VERSE 21 - LET'S GO THERE REAL QUICK. 46:31 MATTHEW 5, VERSE 21 - IT SAYS, "YOU HAVE HEARD THAT IT WAS SAID 46:37 TO THOSE OF OLD, 'YOU SHALL NOT MURDER'" - NOW WHERE IS THAT 46:39 WRITTEN? THAT'S IN THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, RIGHT? 46:43 "YOU HAVE HEARD IT SAID BY THOSE OF OLD, 'YOU SHALL NOT MURDER', 46:46 AND WHOEVER MURDERS WILL BE IN DANGER OF THE JUDGMENT.' BUT I 46:51 SAY TO YOU THAT WHOEVER IS ANGRY WITH HIS BROTHER WITHOUT A CAUSE 46:55 SHALL BE IN DANGER OF THE JUDGMENT. 46:56 AND WHOEVER SAYS TO HIS BROTHER, 'RACA!' 46:58 SHALL BE IN DANGER OF THE COUNCIL. 47:00 BUT WHOEVER SAYS, 'YOU FOOL!'" - THAT WORD 'FOOL' THERE MEANS 47:03 'YOU'RE WORTHLESS' - "'SHALL BE IN DANGER OF HELL FIRE.'" I'VE 47:08 JUST GOT TO PAUSE RIGHT HERE AND EXPLAIN SOMETHING: DID JESUS 47:10 EVER CALL THE DISCIPLES FOOLS? HE SAID, 'OH FOOLISH ONES' - HE 47:16 DID SEVERAL TIMES - IT'S A DIFFERENT KIND OF EMPHASIS. 47:20 CHRIST IS SAYING, 'DON'T EVER SAY TO SOMEONE 47:21 'YOU'RE WORTHLESS'. AND THE OTHER ONE IS REALLY TALKING 47:24 ABOUT SOMEBODY JUST NOT KNOWING THE WORD. 47:27 IT'S AN IGNORANCE OR LACK OF FAITH. 47:29 OTHERWISE IT WOULD SEEM LIKE A CONFLICT HERE. 47:33 "THEREFORE IF YOU BRING YOUR GIFT TO THE ALTAR, AND THERE 47:36 REMEMBER THAT YOUR BROTHER HAS SOMETHING AGAINST YOU, LEAVE 47:40 YOUR GIFT THERE" - NOW HE'S TALKING ABOUT MURDER. 47:42 WHY DOES HE SAY, 'BRING YOUR GIFT TO THE ALTAR'? 47:45 WHERE DID THE FIRST MURDER TAKE PLACE? 47:50 TWO BROTHERS BROUGHT GIFTS TO THE ALTAR AND THEY HAD ANIMOSITY 47:54 BETWEEN THEMSELVES AND ONE KILLED THE OTHER. 47:57 DO PEOPLE SOMETIMES COME TO CHURCH THAT ARE BROTHERS AND 48:00 SISTERS THAT HAVE ANGER TOWARDS EACH OTHER? AND JESUS 48:04 - THEY'VE GOT MURDEROUS THOUGHTS IN THEIR HEARTS. 48:06 SO IS JESUS DOING AWAY WITH THE LAW THAT SAYS, 'THOU SHALL NOT 48:09 MURDER' IN THE TEN COMMANDMENTS? OR IS HE EXPANDING IT? 48:13 SEE, HE'S SHOWING THERE'S NOT ONLY THE LETTER OF THE LAW, 48:16 THERE'S THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW. THERE'S NOT ONLY THE ACTION OF 48:19 DISOBEDIENCE, THERE'S THE ATTITUDE OF DISOBEDIENCE THAT 48:23 FIRST HAPPENS THAT LEADS TO THE ACTION OF DISOBEDIENCE. 48:26 AND I'M RUNNING OUT OF TIME BUT I WANT TO SAY THIS TO JUST MAKE 48:30 IT CLEAR. SOME PEOPLE SAY, 'YOU GUYS - YOU 48:35 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHRISTIANS YOU MAKE A BIG DEAL ABOUT 48:37 KEEPING THE LETTER OF THE LAW. I KEEP THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW. 48:41 YOU WORSHIP GOD ON THE SEVENTH DAY. I WORSHIP GOD EVERY DAY. 48:44 I KEEP THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW.' AND I SAY, 'WELL, NO, YOU'RE NOT 48:48 REALLY KEEPING THE SPIRIT OR THE LETTER. YES, IT IS TRUE, 48:51 "COME UNTO ME AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST' - AND THAT'S THE 48:53 SPIRIT OF THE LAW, BUT WHENEVER YOU KEEP THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW 48:55 YOU'LL ALWAYS KEEP THE LETTER OF THE LAW. FOLLOW ME. 48:59 THE LETTER OF THE LAW SAYS, 'DO NOT COMMIT MURDER'. 49:02 THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW SAYS, 'DO NOT BE ANGRY WITH YOUR BROTHER 49:05 WITHOUT A CAUSE.' IF YOU SAY, 'I'M MORE SPIRITUAL THAN YOU AND 49:08 I KEEP THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW - I'M NOT ANGRY WITH MY BROTHER IN 49:11 MY HEART - YES, I MAY ACTUALLY MURDER HIM OR HER, BUT I'M NOT 49:14 ANGRY IN MY HEART.' YOU'RE A LIAR BECAUSE IF YOU'RE BREAKING 49:19 THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW - IF YOU'RE BREAKING THE LETTER OF 49:21 THE LAW YOU ARE DEFINITELY BREAKING THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW. 49:25 THE LETTER OF THE LAW SAYS 'THOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY.' THE 49:29 SPIRIT OF THE LAW SAYS - JESUS SAYS THIS ON THE SERMON ON THE 49:32 MOUNT - 'IF YOU LOOK UPON A WOMAN TO LUST AFTER HER, YOU'RE 49:36 COMMITTING ADULTERY WITH HER IN YOUR HEART.' AND, BY THE WAY, 49:38 THAT WORKS BOTH WAYS - MAN WITH A WOMAN, A WOMAN WITH A MAN. 49:42 SO IF A PERSON SAYS, 'OH, I JUST KEEP THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW. 49:46 I DON'T LOOK AND I DON'T LUST. I DON'T THINK IT IN MY HEART. 49:49 YES, I AM ACTUALLY COMMITTING ADULTERY EVERY DAY BUT I DON'T 49:51 THINK IT. I'M BREAKING THE LETTER BUT I'M 49:53 KEEPING THE SPIRIT.' CAN YOU DO THAT? 49:57 SO, PEOPLE WHO SAY, 'OH, I'M KEEPING THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW. 50:00 I'M RESTING IN JESUS. YES, I BREAK EVERY SABBATH. 50:02 I WORK EVERY SABBATH BUT I'M RESTING IN JESUS.' NO YOU'RE 50:06 NOT. YOU'RE NOT KEEPING THE SPIRIT 50:07 AND YOU'RE NOT KEEPING THE LETTER. 50:09 BY THE WAY, THE COMMANDMENT DOESN'T SAY 'WORSHIP GOD SEVEN 50:13 DAYS A WEEK, IT SAYS, 'WORK SIX DAYS A WEEK AND REST ON THE 50:17 SEVENTH DAY.' AND IF A PERSON SAYS THAT THEY'RE WORSHIPING GOD 50:20 SEVEN DAYS A WEEK DOES THAT MEAN THAT THEY'RE RESTING SEVEN DAYS 50:22 A WEEK? THEY'RE NOT HOLY, THEY'RE LAZY - IF THEY'RE NOT 50:25 WORKING SIX DAYS A WEEK. SEE, THERE'S A BIG TWIST. 50:28 AND WHEN PEOPLE SAY, 'YOU BELIEVE YOU'RE SAVED BY WORKS 50:32 AND I BELIEVE I'M SAVED BY FAITH.' I'M TELLING PEOPLE TO 50:34 REST AND THEY'RE SAYING TO WORK ON THE SABBATH - SO NOW THEY'RE 50:38 WORKS ORIENTED. I'M REST ORIENTED. 50:41 SO THEY TWIST IT COMPLETELY AROUND. 50:44 EVERYTHING YOU'RE GOING TO FIND IN THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT, 50:48 JESUS IS SUPPORTING THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. 50:51 HE'S MAGNIFYING IT. HE'S NOT DOING AWAY WITH IT. 50:54 HE SAID, 'DO NOT THINK' - MATTER OF FACT, HE GOES ON TO SAY, 'IF 50:58 ANYONE THINKS I'VE COME TO DESTROY THE LAW AND THE 51:01 PROPHETS, WHOEVER WILL DO THIS AND TEACH IT WILL BE GREAT IN 51:06 THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN BUT WHOEVER WILL BREAK IT WILL BE 51:09 SPOKEN OF AS THE LEAST IN THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. 51:12 THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE IN THE KINGDOM, IT MEANS THOSE IN THE 51:15 KINGDOM POINT TO THOSE PEOPLE AND SPEAK OF THEM AS THE LOWEST. 51:20 HE SAID, 'WHOEVER WILL BREAK MY COMMANDMENTS AND TEACH OTHERS TO 51:23 DO SO WILL BE THE LOWEST IN THE KINGDOM.' THAT MEANS THE PEOPLE 51:26 IN THE KINGDOM CONSIDER THAT PERSON THE LOWEST PERSON. 51:29 THEY'RE NOT SAVED. I'VE HEARD SOME PEOPLE SAY, 51:31 'WELL, YEAH, IF YOU BREAK IT AND TEACH OTHERS TO BREAK IT, YOU'LL 51:34 JUST HAVE A LOW POSITION IN THE KINGDOM.' 51:35 NO, YOU'RE NOT IN THE KINGDOM. THOSE IN THE KINGDOM ARE 51:37 SPEAKING OF YOU AS THE LOWEST KIND OF PERSON. 51:41 THOSE WHO DO IT AND TEACH IT WILL BE SPOKEN OF AS GREAT. 51:45 SO, YES, THE DEVIL WILL HAVE EVEN CHRISTIANS ACCUSE YOU OF 51:49 BEING A LEGALIST IF YOU TEACH THE LAW, 51:51 BUT JESUS TAUGHT THE LAW. BUT WE NEED TO TEACH THE SPIRIT 51:54 AND THE LETTER OF THE LAW - THE WHOLE THING. 51:56 THAT'S WHAT CHRIST DID, AMEN? NOW DON'T TEACH JUST THE LETTER 51:59 OF THE LAW OR YOU DO BECOME A LEGALIST. 52:01 YOU ALSO NEED TO TEACH 'IT'S NOT JUST AN ACTION, IT'S AN 52:03 ATTITUDE.' AND WE'VE GOT A LESSON THAT WE'LL OFFER YOU FOR 52:06 FREE THAT EXPLAINS THAT. ALL YOU'VE GOT TO DO IS CALL AND 52:09 ASK FOR IT. IT'S CALLED 'A LOVE THAT 52:12 TRANSFORMS'. CALL THE NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN: 52:14 866-788-3966 - ASK FOR OFFER #710. 52:20 WE'LL BE DELIGHTED TO SEND IT TO YOU FOR FREE. 52:23 AND GOD BLESS YOU, FRIENDS UNTIL WE STUDY TOGETHER AGAIN NEXT 52:26 WEEK. BUT TIME IS UP FOR NOW. 52:31 >>DID YOU KNOW THAT NOAH WAS PRESENT AT THE BIRTH OF ABRAHAM? 52:34 OKAY, MAYBE HE WASN'T IN THE ROOM, BUT HE WAS ALIVE AND 52:38 PROBABLY TELLING STORIES ABOUT HIS FLOATING ZOO. 52:41 FROM THE CREATION OF THE WORLD TO THE LAST DAY EVENTS OF 52:44 REVELATION, 'BIBLEHISTORY.COM' IS A FREE RESOURCE WHERE YOU CAN 52:48 EXPLORE MAJOR BIBLE EVENTS AND CHARACTERS. ENHANCE YOUR 52:51 KNOWLEDGE OF THE BIBLE AND DRAW CLOSER TO GOD'S WORD. GO DEEPER. 52:56 VISIT THE AMAZING BIBLE TIMELINE AT 'BIBLEHISTORY.COM'. 53:02 >>AMAZING FACTS CHANGED LIVES. >>I FELT LIKE I WAS RECEIVING 53:12 SOME ANGEL MESSAGES IN AROUND MY SON'S DEATH. 53:16 MY SON JESSIE WAS JUST 31 YEARS OLD SO I DIDN'T EXPECT HIM TO 53:19 DIE BEFORE I DID. BUT IN NOVEMBER OF 2009 WE 53:26 DECIDED TO HAVE THANKSGIVING WITH HIM AND - WHEN WE NORMALLY 53:30 GO TO A FAMILY TO HAVE THANKSGIVING. 53:32 I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS GOING TO BE THE VERY LAST TIME THAT I WAS 53:34 SEEING MY SON ALIVE. IN APRIL OF 2010 I WAS URGED TO 53:39 CALL HIM ON THE DAY THAT HE DIED. 53:41 I DIDN'T MAKE THAT CALL. I WAS TOO BUSY. 53:45 I THOUGHT I HAD 'TIL THE NEXT MORNING TO CALL HIM. 53:48 AND IT TURNS OUT THAT I DIDN'T. 53:51 AND THEN MY HUSBAND'S FATHER WAS PASSING AWAY IN A NURSING HOME 53:54 SLOWLY - NOT EATING, TAKING HIS MEDICINE - JUST WASTING AWAY. 54:01 >>WE WERE LOOKING AT AMAZING FACTS BIBLE STUDY GUIDES AND WE 54:08 HAD SENT OUT CARDS AND WE HAD THIS CARD, BUT WHEN I KNOCKED ON 54:15 SUE AND KIRK'S DOOR BY MISTAKE - >>AND WE WERE CONVINCED THAT 54:21 THIS WAS THE RIGHT HOUSE AND IT OBVIOUSLY TURNED OUT, 54:24 TO OUR SURPRISE, TO BE THE WRONG HOUSE. 54:26 >>WHEN THEY CAME BY WE WEREN'T EXPECTING THEM. 54:30 HE TOLD ME ABOUT THESE PAMPHLETS - THESE AMAZING FACTS THAT 54:37 EXPLAIN THEIR DOCTRINE. 54:40 >>WELL, TO OUR SURPRISE, WHEN THEY ANSWERED THE DOOR, THE 54:45 GENTLEMAN, WHEN HE SAW WHAT WE WERE DOING, HE SAID, 'WELL, WE 54:48 WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THESE STUDIES.' 54:51 >>ANYTHING ABOUT THE LORD THAT INCREASES MY FAITH IS ALWAYS 54:57 OPEN.' >>THESE LESSONS CAME AT A TIME 55:00 WHEN WE DIDN'T KNOW WE WERE SEARCHING. 55:03 WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WE NEEDED. WE WERE JUST HURTING FROM THE 55:06 GRIEF THAT WE'D BEEN THROUGH. WHEN I SAW THE STUDIES BY 55:10 AMAZING FACTS, ABOUT THE SABBATH, IT STRUCK A CHORD WITH 55:14 ME BECAUSE I REMEMBERED WHEN I HAD 55:17 TALKED TO MY MOTHER AS A CHILD ABOUT THE SABBATH - ABOUT SEEING 55:22 THAT TRUTH WHEN I WAS ONLY EIGHT YEARS OLD AND ASKING HER WHY WE 55:27 DIDN'T HONOR THE SABBATH DAY AND SHE TOLD ME THAT IT WAS JUST NOT 55:32 THE WAY THAT THEY DID THINGS. WELL THAT WASN'T A GOOD ENOUGH 55:36 EXPRESSION - A GOOD ENOUGH EXPLANATION. 55:39 THERE WAS NO SCRIPTURAL BASIS FOR WHAT SHE TOLD ME. 55:42 SHE JUST SAID TO FORGET IT. AND I'D WENT THROUGH ALL OF THE 55:45 STUDIES THAT WE HAD GOTTEN AND I WANTED MORE. 55:48 SO I DECIDED THAT - WELL, IF THEY PUT OUT THESE AMAZING FACTS 55:53 BIBLE STUDIES, THERE MUST BE SOMETHING ONLINE ABOUT THEM. 55:57 SO I DECIDED TO CHECK IT OUT. I WENT ON THE COMPUTER TO 56:01 AMAZING FACTS AND IT SAID IT RIGHT DOWN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE 56:03 BIBLE STUDIES: 'AMAZINGFACTS.ORG'. 56:06 I CHECKED IT OUT AND THERE WAS FREE BIBLE STUDIES THERE. 56:08 IT'S THE VERY SAME ONES THAT WE HAD BEEN STUDYING. 56:12 AFTER FINDING THE AMAZING FACTS BIBLE STUDIES ONLINE AND I DID 56:15 THEM ALL - I THINK THERE WERE 27 OR 28 BIBLE STUDIES - I FELT 56:20 LIKE I WAS FINALLY SEEING THE TRUTH AFTER ALL THESE YEARS. 56:24 WE ORDERED THE AMAZING FACTS DVDS LIKE THE 'COSMIC CONFLICT' 56:30 AND THE 'FINAL EVENTS' - 'PROPHECY FOUNDATIONS' AND 56:35 DIFFERENT MATERIALS LIKE THAT. WENT THROUGH THEM - ENJOYED ALL 56:39 OF THEM AND THEY IMPACTED OUR LIVES EVEN MORE. 56:44 >>WELL I WORKED AT THE POST OFFICE. 56:45 I KNEW KIRK AND SUE FOR A VERY LONG TIME AND I WASN'T ALLOWED 56:51 TO TALK TO ANYONE ABOUT THE BIBLE AND BIBLE STUDIES AND 56:55 THINGS LIKE THAT BECAUSE THEY TOLD US NOT TO. 56:57 BUT ANYWAY, WHEN SUE CAME IN AND TALKED ABOUT IT, SHE TALKED 57:00 ABOUT THE SABBATH AND I TOLD HER, I SAID, 'WELL SUE, I GO TO 57:03 CHURCH ON SATURDAY.' >>SO I INVITED MYSELF. 57:07 SHE WAS EXCITED, OF COURSE, TO HAVE ME GO - MY HUSBAND AND I 57:09 BOTH STARTED GOING THAT VERY NEXT SABBATH AND IT WASN'T BUT 57:14 JUST FOUR MONTHS AFTER THAT THAT WE WERE BAPTIZED IN THE CHURCH. 57:18 AND IT FELT LIKE THE MOST GLORIOUS EXPERIENCE 57:21 I COULD HAVE EVER HAD. 57:24 >>THE THING THAT TOUCHES MY HEART THE MOST IS IRWIN AND I 57:27 HAD BEEN DOING THIS FOR OH, THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF TO TWO 57:31 YEARS AND SUE IS NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS RESPONDED TO 57:35 AMAZING FACTS. WE'VE HAD SEVERAL OTHERS THAT 57:37 HAVE RESPONDED AND BEEN BAPTIZED. 57:40 SO THIS IS WHAT REALLY MAKES IT EXCITING. THERE'S TIMES IT'S 57:44 DISCOURAGING BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS: EVERY TIME YOU SEE SOMEBODY 57:48 IN THE WATER BEING BAPTIZED, IT'S A THRILL. 57:51 >>I KNOW THAT JESUS LOVES ME. AFTER ALL OF THE TRAGEDY THAT 57:54 I'VE BEEN THROUGH, HE MADE SURE THAT THE TWO MEN CAME AND 57:59 BROUGHT THE AMAZING FACTS BIBLE STUDIES TO ME AND MY HUSBAND. 58:03 MY LIFE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME. IT IS FOREVER CHANGED AND I AM 58:08 FOREVER PART OF THE FAMILY OF GOD. 58:14 (MUSIC) |
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