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>>WELCOME TO SACRAMENTO CENTRAL
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH.
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WHEREVER YOU ARE AND HOWEVER YOU
ARE JOINING US - WHETHER IT'S
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THROUGH TELEVISION OR YOU'RE AN
ONLINE VIEWER, WE WELCOME YOU.
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WE HAVE SOME SPECIAL HYMNS THIS
MORNING, AS WE DO EVERY WEEK.
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I HOPE YOU HAVE YOUR HYMNALS
OUT. WE'LL START WITH HYMN #92 -
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'THIS IS MY FATHER'S WORLD' THIS
COMES AS A REQUEST FROM MELANIE
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IN BELIZE, EUNICE AND LEONE IN
NEW YORK, JOHN OR JEAN IN ITALY,
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AND ELENA, ANDREA,
BIANCA, AND DEMETAR IN BULGARIA.
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THIS IS AN OLD SONG BUT A
REALLY, REALLY GOOD ONE AND IT
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TALKS ABOUT GOD'S SECOND BOOK -
NATURE. SO LET'S SING THE FIRST
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- ACTUALLY, ALL THREE VERSES.
LET'S SING ALL THREE VERSES.
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>>THIS IS OUR FATHER'S WORLD
AND WHY SHOULD MY HEART BE SAD?
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THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT
HAPPEN BUT - THAT ARE BAD AND
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THAT WOULD REALLY CAUSE US TO
FORGET WHOSE WORLD IT REALLY IS,
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AND I'M THANKFUL
THAT WE KNOW WHOSE IT IS.
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IF YOU HAVE A SPECIAL REQUEST,
YOU CAN CHOOSE ANY SONG IN THE
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HYMNAL AND VISIT US
AT 'WWW.SACCENTRAL.ORG'.
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IF YOU CLICK ON THE 'CONTACT
US' LINK, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO HEAR
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FROM YOU. OUR NEXT HYMN - OUR
NEW HYMN - WE'RE GETTING REALLY,
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REALLY FAR IN THE
HYMNAL. I'M VERY EXCITED.
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THIS LAST SONG -
HYMN #104 - IT'S CALLED
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'MY SHEPHERD
WILL SUPPLY MY NEED'.
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IT'S THE LAST SONG IN THE
SECTION OF THE HYMNAL THAT
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TALKS ABOUT THE
FAITHFULNESS OF GOD.
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IT'S ACTUALLY THE TWENTY-THIRD
PSALM SO IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD
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THIS VERSION AND YOU LOVE SAYING
AND RECITING THE TWENTY-THIRD
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PSALM IN YOUR DEVOTION OR
YOUR EARLY MORNING WORSHIP, TRY
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SINGING IT THIS WAY AS
WE LEARN IT THIS MORNING.
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THIS COMES AS A REQUEST
FROM MIKE IN NEW YORK, RALPH AND
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VARIETY IN THE BAHAMAS,
DOUG IN AUSTRALIA, AND STEVEN IN
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GRENADA. SO LET'S
SING ALL THREE VERSES -
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'MY SHEPHERD
WILL SUPPLY MY NEED'.
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>>LET'S PRAY. DEAR HEAVENLY
FATHER, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH
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THAT YOU ARE ALWAYS WITH
US, WHETHER WE WALK THROUGH
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THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF
DEATH, LORD, WE KNOW THAT YOU
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WILL BE WITH US, GUIDING US,
CONVICTING US, MAKING SURE THAT
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WHEREVER WE GO, WHEREVER WE
MIGHT FALL, YOU WILL LIFT US UP.
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WE'RE HAPPY FOR YOUR SABBATH
DAY, DEAR LORD, AND WE ASK THAT
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YOUR SPIRIT BE WITH US AS WE
LEARN AND LISTEN TO YOUR HOLY
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WORD THIS MORNING.
AND WE ASK FOR A SPECIAL
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BLESSING WITH OUR
SPEAKER. WE LOVE YOU.
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IN JESUS' NAME I PRAY, AMEN.
OUR LESSON STUDY TODAY WILL BE
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BROUGHT TO US BY PASTOR CHRIS,
OUR SENIOR PASTOR AT SACRAMENTO
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CENTRAL
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH.
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>>GOOD TO SEE YOU HERE THIS
MORNING AND THANK YOU CHORISTERS
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FOR LEADING US
THROUGH THOSE BEAUTIFUL SONGS.
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ISN'T IT NICE JUST TO SING SOME
- FOR SOME OF US THEY MIGHT BE
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OLD FAVORITES. FOR
SOME OF US THEY MIGHT BE,
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ACTUALLY, NEW SONGS THAT WE ARE
LEARNING TOGETHER, BUT WHAT AN
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ABSOLUTE DELIGHT
TO JUST SING TOGETHER.
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AND NOW, LET'S
STUDY GOD'S WORD TOGETHER.
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I TRUST YOU'VE HAD A GOOD WEEK
AND WE CERTAINLY WELCOME YOU,
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EACH ONE, AND ALL THOSE WHO ARE
JOINING US ALSO VIA SATELLITE OR
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WHETHER YOU'RE WATCHING THIS
FROM THE COMFORT OF YOUR OWN
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HOME - TELEVISION OR COMPUTER
- WE WELCOME YOU AS WELL.
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WE ALSO WANT TO - WHILE WE'RE
TALKING TO OUR ONLINE VIEWERS
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AND THOSE THAT ARE JOINING US BY
TV, WE ALSO WANT TO LET YOU KNOW
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WE HAVE A SPECIAL OFFER
YOU WANT TO CALL IN FOR.
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IT'S A FREE OFFER. IT'S
THE LITTLE BOOKLET WRITTEN
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BY JOE CREWS, 'RICHES
OF GRACE'. IT'S OFFER #152.
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YOU CAN CALL IN
TO 1-866-788-3966 OR
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1-866-STUDY-MORE. AND
IT'S, AGAIN, OFFER #152.
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WELL, WE ARE HAVING A WONDERFUL
TIME STUDYING THROUGH THIS
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SABBATH SCHOOL
QUARTERLY, AREN'T WE?
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THIS IS A FABULOUS STUDY TALKING
ABOUT CHRIST AND HIS LAW AND
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WE'VE GOT LOTS TO GET INTO AGAIN
HERE TODAY. PLEASE, IF YOU HAVE
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YOUR LESSON OPEN - OPEN YOUR
LESSON - WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT
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OUR MEMORY TEXT HERE, IT'S
JOHN CHAPTER 1 AND VERSE 17.
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WE'LL START WITH THE
MEMORY TEXT HERE THIS MORNING.
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IT SAYS, "FOR THE LAW WAS GIVEN
BY MOSES, BUT GRACE AND TRUTH
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CAME BY" - WHO?
- "JESUS CHRIST."
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THE KEY THOUGHT TO THIS STUDY -
AND I JUST WANT TO - WE'LL START
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WITH THIS - THE KEY THOUGHT TO
THIS STUDY IS THAT GOD'S LAW AND
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GOD'S GRACE, BOTH OF THEM
PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT EVIDENCE -
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POWERFUL EVIDENCE FOR GOD'S LOVE
FOR US - FOR YOU AND FOR ME -
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AND HIS DESIRE, OF COURSE,
TO SAVE US INTO HIS ETERNAL
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KINGDOM. THIS
IS THE THRUST - THE
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SUMMARY, REALLY OF THE STUDY
HERE AND, HOPEFULLY, THAT'S WHAT
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WE GET WHEN WE'RE DONE
WITH OUR TIME TOGETHER.
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NOW YOU KNOW AS WELL AS I DO,
AND YOU'VE PROBABLY READ SOME
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BOOKS OR SOME THINGS THAT HAVE
STATED SOME PRETTY QUIRKY LAWS
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THAT EXIST HERE, EVEN
HERE IN THE UNITED STATES.
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AND NOW A LOT OF THEM SPIN
AROUND THE INTERNET AND WE'RE
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NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT SURE, WITH
SOME OF THEM, WHETHER THEY'RE
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ALL THAT LEGITIMATE. SOME
OF THEM WE DO KNOW AREN'T.
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SOME ARE FABRICATED.
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SOME ARE JUST SIMPLY TAKING A
LAW THAT DOES EXIST BUT REMOVING
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IT OUT OF THE CONTEXT AND SO
IT SOUNDS VERY OBSCURE TO US.
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FOR EXAMPLE, YOU'RE PROBABLY
AWARE THAT IT'S ILLEGAL TO RIDE
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AN UGLY HORSE IN
WILBUR, WASHINGTON.
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SO DON'T BE RIDING AN UGLY
HORSE IN WILBUR, WASHINGTON.
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I'M NOT EVEN SURE I KNEW THERE
WAS AN UGLY HORSE, DID YOU?
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THEY ALL LOOK PRETTY GOOD TO ME.
IN QUITMAN, GEORGIA CHICKENS ARE
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NOT ALLOWED TO CROSS THE ROAD.
IN MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA, IF
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ANYONE IS CAUGHT STEALING SOAP
THAT PERSON MUST WASH HIMSELF OR
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HERSELF WITH THE SOAP UNTIL
THE BAR IS COMPLETELY GONE.
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AND THEN, IN KANSAS, WHEN TWO
TRAINS MEET AT A CROSSING - NOW
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LISTEN TO THIS - BOTH SHALL COME
TO A FULL STOP AND NEITHER SHALL
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START UP AGAIN
UNTIL THE OTHER HAS GONE.
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NOT QUITE SURE HOW
TO FIGURE THAT ONE OUT.
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NOW IN ALMOST EVERY COUNTRY
WE PROBABLY FIND ODD LAWS OR OLD
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LAWS THAT ARE STILL ON THE
BOOKS BECAUSE - AND TO NOW THEY
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PROBABLY APPEAR VERY STRANGE TO
US AND EVEN RIDICULOUS AT TIMES.
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THIS IS PROBABLY BECAUSE THEY
DON'T ADDRESS A REAL ISSUE TODAY
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IN OUR CURRENT CULTURE. AT
ONE TIME THEY WERE OBVIOUSLY
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NEEDED AND THEY WERE - IT
LED TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THIS
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PARTICULAR LAW. CAN IT
BE SAID THAT GOD'S LAW IS
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OLD OR ODD OR
OUTDATED OR IRRELEVANT?
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NOW, IF IT IS ANY OF
THOSE - ODD, OLD, OUTDATED, OR
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IRRELEVANT, COULD IT BE SAID
THAT GOD IS OUT OF TOUCH AND
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DISTANT FROM HUMANITY,
TO GIVE US SOMETHING PASSE?
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IT WOULD MAKE SENSE, WOULDN'T
IT? WHAT DOES THIS TYPE OF
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THINKING SAY ABOUT A PERSON'S
VIEW ABOUT THE NATURE OF GOD
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AND HIS UNDERSTANDING
OF THE WORD OF GOD?
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SO IN THE AVERAGE CHRISTIAN'S
MIND - AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE
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REALLY GOING TO BE DEALING WITH
HERE TODAY, THERE'S A CONFLICT
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THAT EXISTS BETWEEN
GOD'S LAW AND HIS GRACE.
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THERE'S A CONFLICT THERE. THE
TWO ARE AT ODDS WITH EACH OTHER.
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THERE'S A CONFLICT BETWEEN
GOD'S WILL AND THE CROSS.
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THERE'S A CONFLICT BETWEEN THE
WORD OF GOD AND GOD'S WILL AND
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THE GOSPEL OF GOD. AND
WE KNOW THAT THERE IS NO
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CONFLICT EXISTING BETWEEN THE
TWO. INSTEAD, THERE IS PERFECT
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HARMONY THAT
EXISTS BETWEEN THE TWO.
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AND WE'LL UNPACK THIS A LITTLE
BIT MORE AS WE MOVE ALONG IN OUR
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LESSON. I WANT TO
INVITE YOU OVER TO
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SUNDAY'S LESSON HERE - SUNDAY'S
LESSON - 'SIN AND THE LAW'.
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AND YOU WANT TO TURN IN YOUR
BIBLES WITH ME TO ROMANS CHAPTER
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7, IF YOU'D BE SO KIND,
AND WE'RE GOING TO LOOK HERE AT
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VERSES 7 THROUGH 12. ROMANS
CHAPTER 7, VERSES 7 THROUGH 12.
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WE'RE GOING TO BE TAKING A
LOOK AT THE HEALTHY TENSION THAT
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EXISTS BETWEEN GOD'S LAW
AND GOD'S GRACE AND WHY THE TWO
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EXIST. WHY THE
TWO ARE NECESSARY FOR
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OUR SALVATION AND
ANSWER THE QUESTION, NOT JUST
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THEOLOGICALLY,
BUT ALSO PRACTICALLY.
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WHAT PRACTICAL APPLICATION IT
HAS FOR US IF THE LAW SOMEHOW IS
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OBSOLETE AND NOT RELEVANT AND
WE'RE JUST MERELY LIVING UNDER
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GRACE, SO TO SPEAK. WE'LL TALK
ABOUT THIS AS WE MOVE ALONG.
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SO WE START HERE IN ROMANS 7 AND
WE COME TO A VERY INTERESTING
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QUESTION THAT PAUL ASKS IN
ROMANS CHAPTER 7 AND VERSE 7.
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LET'S READ TOGETHER. PAUL
SAYS, "WHAT SHALL WE SAY THEN?
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IS THE LAW SIN?" - AND
HE SAYS - "GOD FORBID."
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- NOW, IF YOU READ THE PREVIOUS
VERSES, FOLK HAVE HAD SOME
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CHALLENGES WITH THESE SIX VERSES
PRECEDING VERSE 7 BECAUSE IT
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SEEMS AS THOUGH PAUL IS
SUGGESTING THAT THE LAW IS NOT
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VALID OR WE'VE BEEN
DELIVERED FROM THE LAW.
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LOOK AT VERSE 6 - HE SAYS, "BUT
NOW WE ARE DELIVERED FROM THE
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LAW," - AND SO SOME FOLK COME
ALONG AND THEY'RE SAYING, 'WELL,
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LISTEN, RIGHT THERE PAUL'S
SAYING WE'RE DELIVERED FROM THE
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LAW. WE NO
LONGER NEED GOD'S LAW.
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IT'S NO LONGER NECESSARY, IT'S
OBSOLETE.' PAUL SAYS IN VERSE 7,
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"WHAT SHALL WE SAY THEN?
IS THE LAW SIN? GOD FORBID."
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WHY IS PAUL
ASKING THIS QUESTION?
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WHY IS PAUL ASKING, 'IS THE
LAW SIN?' WHY IS HE ASKING THAT?
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BECAUSE IN HIS PREVIOUS VERSES
AND IN SOME OTHER PLACES EVEN IN
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ROMANS, IN PAUL'S MIND SIN AND
LAW ARE VERY CLOSELY RELATED.
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VERY CLOSELY RELATED. IN
WHAT WAYS WOULD SIN AND LAW
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BE CLOSELY RELATED?
IN THE SAME WAY IN WHICH
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CRIMINAL LAW AND
CRIME ARE RELATED, YOU SEE.
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SOMETHING IS CRIMINAL ONLY
WHEN WHAT DEPICTS IT AS SUCH?
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A LAW. THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
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IF A LAW DEPICTS
IT, IT'S A CRIME.
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YOU BREAK THE LAW, NATURALLY
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE BOOK
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THROWN AT YOU, AREN'T YOU? YEAH.
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IT'S A CRIME
BECAUSE THE LAW SAYS SO.
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IF I'M DRIVING OUT HERE AND I'M
GOING 55 MILES AN HOUR ON HOWE
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AVENUE, AM I BREAKING THE
LAW? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE.
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YEAH, I WOULD BE
BREAKING THE LAW.
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WHAT'S THE
SPEED LIMIT OUT THERE?
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40 ISN'T IT?
YEAH, IT'S 40 - EXACTLY.
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SO THE LAW SAYS 40 - THE SPEED
LIMIT IS 40 - I'M GOING 55 - I'M
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BREAKING THE LAW.
THERE'S A LAW THAT SAYS GOING
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55 IN A 40-MILE-AN-HOUR ZONE
IS ILLEGAL AND SO IT'S CRIMINAL,
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SO TO SPEAK, AND
I'M COMMITTING A CRIME.
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THIS IS THE WAY LAW AND
SIN ARE RELATED IN PAUL'S MIND.
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IF YOU'RE BREAKING - OF COURSE,
NATURALLY YOU'RE BREAKING THE
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LAW, YOU'RE COMMITTING
SIN. AND PAUL DRAWS A VERY CLOSE
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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE
LAW OF GOD AND SIN SO THAT IT
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NECESSITATES HIM ASKING THE
QUESTION, 'AM I SAYING LAW IS
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SIN?' AND HE SAYS,
WHAT? "GOD FORBID."
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'GOD FORBID.' WHAT WAS
PAUL'S ACTUAL VIEW OF THE LAW?
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WAS HE SAYING THE LAW WAS
BAD? THE LAW WAS NOT NECESSARY?
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THE LAW WAS OBSOLETE?
WHAT WAS HIS VIEW OF THE LAW?
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LOOK AT VERSE 12. LOOK
AT VERSE 12 HERE, IT SAYS,
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"WHEREFORE THE LAW IS" - WHAT?
- "HOLY, AND THE COMMANDMENT
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HOLY, AND JUST, AND
GOOD." THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
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YOU KNOW, LAWS ARE AS LAWMAKERS
ARE. LAWS ARE AS LAWMAKERS ARE.
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THEY REFLECT THE MENTALITY
- THE MINDSET, THE HEART, THE
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CHARACTER OF THE
ONE ISSUING THE LAW.
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AND THIS LAW, PAUL
SAYS, THE LAW OF GOD IS HOLY.
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NOW JUST JUMP BACK WITH ME TO
VERSE 7, BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE
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SURE WE UNDERSTAND THAT PAUL'S
ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT THE TEN
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COMMANDMENTS - THE LAW OF
GOD - THE GREAT MORAL CODE FOR
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HUMANITY. HE
SAYS THERE IN VERSE 7,
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"WHAT SHALL WE SAY THEN?
IS THE LAW SIN? GOD FORBID.
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NAY, I HAD NOT KNOWN SIN, BUT
BY THE LAW: FOR I HAD NOT KNOWN
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LUST, EXCEPT THE
LAW HAD SAID," - WHAT? -
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"THOU SHALT NOT
COVET." WHAT LAW SAYS THAT?
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THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
- THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
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SO PAUL SAYS - PAUL IS REFERRING
HERE TO THE TEN COMMANDMENTS AND
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HE'S SAYING THAT THEY
ARE HOLY, AND JUST, AND GOOD.
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THEY ARE HOLY BECAUSE, WELL, IN
BEING HOLY THEY DEMAND HOLINESS
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AND IT IS HOLY BECAUSE IT
IS AGREEABLE - THE LAW IS HOLY
00:19:51.66\00:19:56.73
BECAUSE IT IS AGREEABLE WITH
THE HOLY WILL OF GOD. AND, OF
00:19:56.73\00:20:00.93
COURSE, IT IS JUST BECAUSE IT IS
COMPATIBLE WITH EQUITY AND WITH
00:20:00.93\00:20:06.96
RIGHT - WITH RULES OF EQUITY
AND WITH OF WHAT IS RIGHT.
00:20:06.96\00:20:09.93
AND THEN, IT IS GOOD BECAUSE
IT WAS GIVEN FOR THE GOOD OF
00:20:09.93\00:20:13.63
MANKIND - FOR THE CONSERVATION
OF PEACE AND ALSO FOR ORDER IN
00:20:13.63\00:20:18.80
THE WORLD - SO IT MAKES
THE OBSERVERS ALSO GOOD.
00:20:18.80\00:20:22.90
THOSE WHO FOLLOW THE LAW -
IT MAKES THEM GOOD AS WELL.
00:20:22.90\00:20:25.26
THE INTENTION OF THE LAW WAS
TO REFORM AND TO BETTER MANKIND.
00:20:25.26\00:20:30.83
ONE WRITER SAID, 'WHEREVER
THERE IS TRUE GRACE' - AND WE'RE
00:20:30.83\00:20:35.43
TALKING ABOUT LAW AND GRACE HERE
THIS MORNING - 'WHEREVER THERE
00:20:35.43\00:20:38.30
IS TRUE GRACE, THERE WILL ALWAYS
BE AN ASSENT TO THIS FACT:' -
00:20:38.30\00:20:43.26
WHAT FACT? THAT THE
LAW - THE COMMANDMENT -
00:20:43.26\00:20:45.83
IS HOLY AND JUST AND
GOOD. THAT'S - WHEN SOMEONE
00:20:45.83\00:20:51.80
ACKNOWLEDGES THAT, THERE
IS TRUE GRACE BEING REVEALED.
00:20:51.80\00:20:56.70
WELL, WHAT ADVANTAGES DID
PAUL FIND IN THE LAW OF GOD?
00:20:56.70\00:21:00.93
INSOMUCH THAT HE SAID IT WAS
HOLY AND JUST AND THAT IT WAS
00:21:00.93\00:21:04.43
GOOD? LOOK AT
VERSE 7 WITH ME AGAIN -
00:21:04.43\00:21:06.86
LOOKING AT VERSE 7 IN ROMANS
7 - HE SAID, "WHAT SHALL WE SAY
00:21:06.86\00:21:10.23
THEN? IS THE
LAW SIN? GOD FORBID.
00:21:10.23\00:21:13.66
NAY, I HAD NOT KNOWN SIN BUT BY
THE LAW;" AND SO, FOR PAUL, THE
00:21:13.66\00:21:20.03
LAW WAS REVEALING -
THE LAW WAS REVEALING.
00:21:20.03\00:21:23.80
THIS WAS ONE OF THE BENEFITS -
THE ADVANTAGES - THAT PAUL FOUND
00:21:23.80\00:21:26.33
IN THE LAW. IT
REVEALED THE FACTS.
00:21:26.33\00:21:29.26
LOOK AT VERSE 17 - VERSE 13
- "WAS THEN THAT WHICH IS GOOD
00:21:29.26\00:21:34.56
MADE DEATH UNTO ME? GOD FORBID.
BUT SIN, THAT IT MIGHT" - WHAT?
00:21:34.56\00:21:40.00
- "APPEAR SIN, WORKING DEATH IN
ME BY THAT WHICH IS GOOD; THAT
00:21:40.00\00:21:43.90
SIN BY THE COMMANDMENT
MIGHT BECOME EXCEEDING SINFUL."
00:21:43.90\00:21:48.83
YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT IS
STRAIGHT DISCOVERS OR REVEALS
00:21:48.83\00:21:52.93
SOMETHING THAT IS
CROOKED. ISN'T THAT RIGHT?
00:21:52.93\00:21:55.20
YEAH, AND IF YOU LOOKED IN THE
MIRROR THIS MORNING WHEN YOU GOT
00:21:55.20\00:21:58.86
UP IT JUST TOLD YOU
THE TRUTH, DIDN'T IT?
00:21:58.86\00:22:01.30
DID THAT MAKE THE MIRROR
BAD? NO, THE MIRROR IS ACTUALLY
00:22:01.30\00:22:06.80
FULFILLING ITS PURPOSE
AND ITS FUNCTION, CORRECT?
00:22:06.80\00:22:09.66
NOW IF YOU GO SEE THE
DOCTOR, THE DOCTOR PRESSES HERE.
00:22:09.66\00:22:12.06
THE DOCTOR ASKS YOU TO STICK
YOUR TONGUE OUT AND GO 'AHHHH'.
00:22:12.06\00:22:14.83
HE LOOKS DOWN THERE AND HE SAYS,
'YOU'VE GOT A PROBLEM.' DOES
00:22:14.83\00:22:17.63
THAT MAKE THE DOCTOR BAD BECAUSE
HE'S POINTED OUT A PROBLEM?
00:22:17.63\00:22:20.50
NO, IT'S ACTUALLY FULFILLING
HIS FUNCTION, HIS PURPOSE.
00:22:20.50\00:22:23.16
THAT'S WHY HE'S THERE. THE
LAW OF GOD REVEALS SOMETHING
00:22:23.16\00:22:26.53
AND WHAT THE LAW OF GOD REVEALS
TO YOU AND I IS THAT WE ARE
00:22:26.53\00:22:31.16
SINNERS IN NEED OF A SAVIOR.
THAT'S WHAT IT ACTUALLY REVEALS.
00:22:31.16\00:22:35.40
YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK IN THE MIRROR
IN THE MORNING, THE HAIR'S KIND
00:22:35.40\00:22:38.13
OF DISCOMBOBULATED, YOU
KNOW, MAYBE A LITTLE DROOL OR
00:22:38.13\00:22:40.86
SOMETHING GOING ON
AND 'I'VE GOT TO CLEAN UP.
00:22:40.86\00:22:43.36
I'VE GOT TO GET THE
BRUSH. I'VE GOT TO WASH MY FACE.
00:22:43.36\00:22:45.30
I'VE GOT TO DO THOSE THINGS.'
THE MIRROR'S FUNCTION IS TO TELL
00:22:45.30\00:22:50.40
YOU THE TRUTH. I DON'T
KNOW TOO MANY FOLK THAT
00:22:50.40\00:22:52.76
GET UP AND THEY LOOK
IN THE MIRROR AND THEY GO,
00:22:52.76\00:22:54.40
'OH, HOW COULD YOU?
HOW COULD YOU TELL ME THE
00:22:54.40\00:22:57.66
TRUTH?' AND RIP
THAT MIRROR OFF THE WALL
00:22:57.66\00:22:59.40
AND THEN THROW IT
DOWN ON THE GROUND?
00:22:59.40\00:23:01.30
NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
AREN'T YOU GRATEFUL FOR THE
00:23:01.30\00:23:03.23
MIRROR THAT TELLS YOU WHAT
YOU LOOK LIKE IN THE MORNING?
00:23:03.23\00:23:05.46
BECAUSE WHEN YOU LEAVE YOUR
HOUSE AND YOU'VE GOT A PIECE OF
00:23:05.46\00:23:08.53
- I DON'T KNOW - FROM THAT GREEN
SMOOTHIE JUICE YOU HAD IN THE
00:23:08.53\00:23:11.60
MORNING - STUCK RIGHT THERE AND
YOU'RE SMILING ALL THROUGHOUT
00:23:11.60\00:23:14.26
CHURCH - ALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
00:23:14.26\00:23:15.63
NO ONE'S GOING TO TELL YOU IT'S
THERE. YOU CAN BE SURE OF THAT.
00:23:15.63\00:23:19.66
BUT THE MIRROR,
HE'S YOUR FRIEND.
00:23:19.66\00:23:21.93
HE'S GOING TO TELL YOU EXACTLY
WHAT'S THERE AND MAKE SURE THAT
00:23:21.93\00:23:25.56
YOU FLOSS OR DO
SOMETHING ABOUT THAT PROBLEM.
00:23:25.56\00:23:29.03
SO PAUL SAYS THAT ONE OF THE
ADVANTAGES THAT PAUL FOUND IN
00:23:29.03\00:23:31.73
THE LAW WAS THAT
IT WAS REVEALING.
00:23:31.73\00:23:34.76
AND THAT WAS A GOOD
THING. THAT WAS A GOOD THING.
00:23:34.76\00:23:37.80
HE SAID, 'I HAD NOT KNOWN SIN
BUT BY THE LAW, FOR I HAD NOT
00:23:37.80\00:23:42.63
KNOWN LUST EXCEPT THE LAW HAD
SAID, 'THOU SHALT NOT COVET.'
00:23:42.63\00:23:47.50
IT'S INTERESTING THAT PAUL USES
THAT ONE - THAT COMMANDMENT -
00:23:47.50\00:23:50.66
THE LAST COMMANDMENT - TO REFER
TO - REFERENCE THE LAW HE'S
00:23:50.66\00:23:58.80
TALKING ABOUT. WHY DID
HE NOT REFER TO THE ONE
00:23:58.80\00:24:02.36
THAT SAID,
'THOU SHALT NOT KILL?'
00:24:02.36\00:24:04.66
OR THE ONE THAT SAID,
'THOU SHALT NOT STEAL'?
00:24:04.66\00:24:07.33
THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A
COUPLE OF REASONS FOR THAT.
00:24:07.33\00:24:11.73
WHEN YOU - I THINK THE AVERAGE
PERSON RECOGNIZES THAT MURDERING
00:24:11.73\00:24:16.26
AND STEALING IS PRETTY WRONG.
BUT PERHAPS THE AVERAGE PERSON
00:24:16.26\00:24:20.10
DOESN'T RECOGNIZE THAT WANTING
SOMETHING ISN'T THAT BAD WHEN
00:24:20.10\00:24:26.00
COMPARED TO MURDERING AND
STEALING OR COMMITTING ADULTERY,
00:24:26.00\00:24:29.90
SO TO SPEAK. BUT
GOD THINKS IT'S BAD AND
00:24:29.90\00:24:34.30
EQUALLY AS BAD, AND HE WANTS
US TO THINK SO TOO, YOU SEE.
00:24:34.30\00:24:39.50
PERHAPS ANOTHER REASON WHY
PAUL HIGHLIGHTED THIS PARTICULAR
00:24:39.50\00:24:43.86
COMMANDMENT WAS, NOT ONLY
BECAUSE IT HAD TO DO WITH THOSE
00:24:43.86\00:24:50.46
ITEMS THAT THE COMMANDMENT TALKS
ABOUT: COVETING YOUR NEIGHBOR'S
00:24:50.46\00:24:53.43
WIFE OR YOUR NEIGHBOR'S GOODS,
BUT ANYTHING - ANYTHING THAT
00:24:53.43\00:24:57.86
GOD'S WILL
PROHIBITS. IT TAKES ON A BROADER
00:24:57.86\00:25:04.66
PERSPECTIVE WHEN WE
THINK ABOUT IT THIS WAY.
00:25:04.66\00:25:07.16
THIS IS A COMMANDMENT OR A SIN
THAT LAYS AT THE FOUNDATION OF
00:25:07.16\00:25:14.76
MOST SINS - THE
UNHOLY DESIRE FOR SOMETHING -
00:25:14.76\00:25:19.66
THE UNWANTON
DESIRE FOR SOMETHING
00:25:19.66\00:25:21.63
THAT WE OUGHT NOT HAVE.
FOR EVE, SHE WAS TOLD NOT TO
00:25:21.63\00:25:26.33
TAKE OF THE FRUIT OF THE TREE OF
THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL,
00:25:26.33\00:25:29.53
BUT SHE WANTED IT BAD
ENOUGH SO SHE WENT AFTER IT.
00:25:29.53\00:25:32.00
GOD SAID, 'DON'T. THOU
SHALT NOT COVET.' IT LAY AT
00:25:32.00\00:25:35.63
THE FOUNDATION OF - IT LAYS
AT THE FOUNDATION OF MOST SINS.
00:25:35.63\00:25:38.70
IT BROUGHT SIN AND
WOE INTO THIS WORLD.
00:25:38.70\00:25:41.10
AND SO, PAUL IS TALKING TO THIS
ONE BECAUSE HE RECOGNIZES ALSO
00:25:41.10\00:25:46.16
THAT IT'S NOT JUST - IT'S
NOT JUST THE LETTER OF THE LAW.
00:25:46.16\00:25:49.63
YOU KNOW, PAUL
WAS A PRETTY GOOD GUY.
00:25:49.63\00:25:51.73
I MEAN, FROM ALL ACCOUNTS,
IF YOU LOOKED AT HIM, APART FROM
00:25:51.73\00:25:54.20
THE FACT THAT HE WAS MURDERING
CHRISTIANS, IF YOU LOOKED AT HIS
00:25:54.20\00:25:56.53
GENERAL LIFE AS A RELIGIOUS
TEACHER HE WAS A PHARISEE OF THE
00:25:56.53\00:25:59.36
PHARISEES - HE WAS A PRETTY GOOD
GUY AND AS FAR AS THE LETTER OF
00:25:59.36\00:26:04.33
THE LAW WAS CONCERNED - KEEP THE
SABBATH AND TITHING AND ALL OF
00:26:04.33\00:26:06.96
THESE THINGS - HE LOOKED PRETTY
GOOD TO THE UNTRAINED EYE OR TO
00:26:06.96\00:26:11.90
THE HUMAN EYE AT LEAST.
BUT THIS COMMANDMENT REVEALS -
00:26:11.90\00:26:16.03
IT GOES TO THE
HEART OF THE MATTER.
00:26:16.03\00:26:18.53
IT GOES BEYOND THE SURFACE.
IT GOES DIRECTLY TO THE HEART -
00:26:18.53\00:26:23.36
THE THINGS - THE THOUGHTS
AND INTENTS OF THE HEART.
00:26:23.36\00:26:26.76
IT'S NOT JUST THE ACTION BUT
IT'S THE SPIRIT, YOU SEE, AND
00:26:26.76\00:26:30.73
THIS IS WHY PAUL IS FOCUSING
ON THIS COMMANDMENT AS WELL.
00:26:30.73\00:26:34.23
NOW I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT
FOR US TO REMEMBER, AS WELL.
00:26:34.23\00:26:36.53
YOU KNOW, WE CAN BE APPEARING
TO BE KEEPING THE LAW - THE RICH
00:26:36.53\00:26:40.83
YOUNG RULER CAME TO JESUS
AND SAID, 'WHAT SHALL I DO TO
00:26:40.83\00:26:43.03
INHERIT ETERNAL LIFE?'
WELL JESUS SAID, 'KEEP THE LAW.'
00:26:43.03\00:26:45.10
'WELL, I'VE KEPT IT FROM
MY YOUTH UP.' AND JESUS SAID,
00:26:45.10\00:26:47.13
'WELL, GO SELL EVERYTHING YOU
HAVE AND THEN COME FOLLOW ME.'
00:26:47.13\00:26:50.90
DID HE GO SELL
EVERYTHING HE HAD? WHY?
00:26:50.90\00:26:53.80
BECAUSE HE COVETED WHAT HE HAD.
HE DIDN'T PUT GOD FIRST YOU SEE.
00:26:53.80\00:26:59.10
FROM THE SURFACE HE LOOKED LIKE
A PRETTY GOOD GUY, BUT ON THE
00:26:59.10\00:27:02.53
INSIDE THERE WAS - HIS HEART
WASN'T CONNECTED TO THE HEART OF
00:27:02.53\00:27:05.53
CHRIST FULLY AND COMPLETELY.
AND SO THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT
00:27:05.53\00:27:09.80
LESSON FOR US TO
UNDERSTAND AND TO LEARN.
00:27:09.80\00:27:12.06
YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME THAT
WOULD SUGGEST - AND THEY TURN
00:27:12.06\00:27:16.83
THAT CONCEPT ON ITS HEAD AND
THEY GO TO ANOTHER EXTREME AND
00:27:16.83\00:27:22.36
SAY THAT THE SPIRIT MATTERS
ONLY, BUT THE LETTER OF THE LAW
00:27:22.36\00:27:25.93
- OBEYING THE LETTER OF
THE LAW DOESN'T REALLY MATTER.
00:27:25.93\00:27:29.16
A FRIEND OF MINE WHO'S TRAVELING
AROUND WITH HIS WIFE - HE MEETS
00:27:29.16\00:27:33.83
ALL TYPES OF INDIVIDUALS
AND HE'S ALWAYS TRYING TO ENGAGE
00:27:33.83\00:27:35.90
THEM IN BIBLE STUDY AND TALK
TO THEM ABOUT GOD'S WORD AND THE
00:27:35.90\00:27:38.90
TRUTH OF GOD'S WORD AND
TALK ABOUT JESUS AND IN HIS
00:27:38.90\00:27:43.13
ENCOUNTERS HE OFTEN MEETS WITH
INDIVIDUALS WHEN HE TALKS ABOUT
00:27:43.13\00:27:45.60
THE SABBATH AND OBEDIENCE TO GOD
AND THE OBEDIENCE FROM A MOTIVE
00:27:45.60\00:27:51.46
OF LOVE. HE ALWAYS GETS -
ALWAYS GETS - MANY TIMES GETS
00:27:51.46\00:27:54.83
THE RESPONSE, 'WELL, KEEPING THE
LAW DOESN'T REALLY MATTER, IT'S
00:27:54.83\00:27:59.66
THE SPIRIT. YOU
KNOW, AS LONG AS IT'S IN
00:27:59.66\00:28:04.23
YOUR HEART IT'S OKAY.'
I FIND THAT KIND OF ODD.
00:28:04.23\00:28:09.63
I FIND IT VERY ODD THAT
YOU CAN BE KEEPING IT IN YOUR
00:28:09.63\00:28:12.83
HEART BUT NOT
KEEPING IT EXTERNALLY.
00:28:12.83\00:28:17.16
I'M DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD -
I'M ON HOWE - I USE A LOT OF CAR
00:28:17.16\00:28:20.76
ILLUSTRATIONS, I DON'T
SPEED NORMALLY, BUT HERE YOU'RE
00:28:20.76\00:28:24.83
DRIVING DOWN HOWE 55 MILES
AN HOUR, A POLICEMAN PULLS YOU
00:28:24.83\00:28:28.66
OVER, 'WELL, WHAT DO
YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?
00:28:28.66\00:28:30.56
THIS IS 40 MILES AN
HOUR?' 'OFFICER, FORGIVE ME.
00:28:30.56\00:28:34.06
IT WAS IN MY HEART TO OBEY.' DO
YOU THINK HE'S GOING TO LOOK AT
00:28:34.06\00:28:39.20
YOU AND SAY, 'I UNDERSTAND
SON. IT'S OKAY. OFF YOU GO.
00:28:39.20\00:28:42.26
BE ON YOUR WAY.
HAVE A HAPPY DAY.
00:28:42.26\00:28:45.56
AS LONG AS IT'S IN YOUR HEART
TO OBEY, THAT'S ALL THAT REALLY
00:28:45.56\00:28:48.50
MATTERS.' DO YOU THINK
HE'S GOING TO SAY THAT? NO.
00:28:48.50\00:28:52.86
MAYBE WE TRIED THAT
BEFORE. IT DIDN'T WORK, DID IT?
00:28:52.86\00:28:54.73
YOU KNOW, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS
DON'T WORK. 'HONEY, I LOVE YOU.
00:28:54.73\00:28:59.76
IT'S IN MY HEART TO LOVE
YOU, BUT I'M GOING TO GO VISIT
00:28:59.76\00:29:03.56
SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, SHE'S AN
OLD GIRLFRIEND FROM WAY BACK.
00:29:03.56\00:29:06.90
BUT IT'S IN MY
HEART TO LOVE YOU.
00:29:06.90\00:29:08.20
I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW.' DO
YOU THINK YOUR WIFE'S GOING TO
00:29:08.20\00:29:10.43
ACCEPT THAT? DO YOU
THINK SHE'S GOING TO BE
00:29:10.43\00:29:12.96
CONTENT AND HAPPY OR 'IT'S OKAY,
AS LONG AS YOU LOVE ME IN YOUR
00:29:12.96\00:29:16.23
HEART YOU CAN FOOL AROUND WITH
ANYONE YOU WANT.' DO YOU THINK
00:29:16.23\00:29:21.13
SHE'S GOING TO SAY
THAT? HANG ON A SECOND.
00:29:21.13\00:29:24.13
I THINK I DESERVE A BIT
OF A STRONGER RESPONSE THERE.
00:29:24.13\00:29:26.30
DO YOU THINK SHE'S GOING TO SAY
THAT? NO - NO, DEFINITELY NOT.
00:29:26.30\00:29:31.26
AND IF SHE SAYS SOMETHING
CONTRARY, THERE'S A PROBLEM.
00:29:31.26\00:29:34.03
WE NEED TO SIT DOWN
AND WE CAN VISIT TOGETHER.
00:29:34.03\00:29:36.96
IF IT'S IN YOUR HEART TO OBEY,
GUESS WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO?
00:29:36.96\00:29:41.60
YOU'RE GOING TO OBEY. THAT'S
RIGHT. THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
00:29:41.60\00:29:45.13
AND SO DON'T BE FOOLED INTO THIS
IDEA THAT IT'S THE SPIRIT OF THE
00:29:45.13\00:29:48.70
LAW THAT MATTERS ONLY, NOT
THE KEEPING OF THE LETTER OF THE
00:29:48.70\00:29:51.36
LAW. IF IT'S IN
YOUR HEART TO OBEY,
00:29:51.36\00:29:53.20
YOU'RE GOING TO BE OBEYING.
YOU'RE GOING TO BE FULFILLING
00:29:53.20\00:29:55.43
THE LETTER OF THE LAW,
BY GOD'S GRACE, OF COURSE.
00:29:55.43\00:29:57.90
NOW, SO FOR PAUL - I WANT TO
MOVE ALONG BECAUSE WE HAVE TO
00:29:57.90\00:30:00.76
GET TO THE OTHER DAYS BUT, FOR
PAUL, HE WAS THANKFUL FOR THE
00:30:00.76\00:30:04.33
LAW. THE
ADVANTAGES HE FOUND IN THE
00:30:04.33\00:30:06.36
LAW - ONE WAS
BECAUSE IT WAS REVEALING.
00:30:06.36\00:30:08.06
NUMBER TWO - IT WAS
HUMBLING - IT WAS HUMBLING.
00:30:08.06\00:30:12.53
VERSE 9 - LET'S LOOK AT
THAT - ROMANS 7, VERSE 9.
00:30:12.53\00:30:16.00
HE SAYS, "FOR I WAS ALIVE
WITHOUT THE LAW ONCE: BUT WHEN
00:30:16.00\00:30:20.70
THE COMMANDMENT CAME,
SIN REVIVED, AND I DIED."
00:30:20.70\00:30:25.96
WHAT'S HE TALKING ABOUT HERE?
WHAT'S HE TALKING ABOUT HERE?
00:30:25.96\00:30:29.93
JUST PICTURE THAT GUY CRUISING
DOWN THE STREET IN HIS CORVETTE
00:30:29.93\00:30:33.90
OR IN HIS MUSTANG AND HE'S
DRIVING DOWN - AND HE'S JUST
00:30:33.90\00:30:37.00
SWERVING IN AND OUT OF TRAFFIC,
CRUISING AT SPEEDS UNBEKNOWNST
00:30:37.00\00:30:40.93
TO - WELL JUST SPEEDS -
CRAZY SPEEDS - HIGH SPEEDS.
00:30:40.93\00:30:45.10
HE'S JUST HAVING A GOOD
TIME AND HE THINKS HE IS ALIVE.
00:30:45.10\00:30:50.23
ALL OF A SUDDEN, OUT OF THE
CORNER OF HIS EYE, HE SEES A
00:30:50.23\00:30:53.16
SIGN ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD
THAT SAYS, 'SPEED LIMIT 40' AND
00:30:53.16\00:30:58.16
HE'S GOING 65. HE'S
GETTING FASTER AND FASTER,
00:30:58.16\00:31:01.56
ISN'T HE, THIS
GUY? BUT HE'S GOING 65.
00:31:01.56\00:31:04.86
WHAT'S SUPPOSED TO
HAPPEN TO HIS MIND?
00:31:04.86\00:31:06.96
IT'S SUPPOSED TO ALERT HIM TO
THE FACT THAT HE IS OUTSIDE OF
00:31:06.96\00:31:09.50
THE LAW - HE'S BREAKING THE LAW.
HE WAS CRUISING. HE WAS ALIVE -
00:31:09.50\00:31:13.36
HE THOUGHT HE WAS ALIVE,
AT LEAST, WITHOUT THE LAW.
00:31:13.36\00:31:17.10
BUT WHEN THE
COMMANDMENT CAME SIN REVIVED.
00:31:17.10\00:31:19.56
HE RECOGNIZED THAT HE
WAS DOING THE WRONG THING.
00:31:19.56\00:31:22.83
AND SO, FOR PAUL IT
WAS HUMBLING, YOU SEE.
00:31:22.83\00:31:25.50
THE LAW MAKES A GOOD MAN LOOK
PRETTY BAD. THAT'S THE TRUTH.
00:31:25.50\00:31:32.36
THE LAW MAKES A
GOOD MAN LOOK PRETTY BAD.
00:31:32.36\00:31:37.03
AN INDIVIDUAL MAY HAVE - MAY BE
KEEPING THE LETTER OF THE LAW ON
00:31:37.03\00:31:40.83
THE OUTSIDE, BUT ON THE INSIDE
THERE'S NOTHING REALLY GOING ON.
00:31:40.83\00:31:44.26
IT'S JUST MOTIONS.
THERE'S THE SHELL, BUT THERE'S
00:31:44.26\00:31:46.83
NO KERNEL, SO TO SPEAK.
THE LAW MAY BE IN THE HAND AND
00:31:46.83\00:31:51.43
IT MAY BE IN THE HEAD, BUT THE
LAW'S NOT IN THE HEART, YEAH.
00:31:51.43\00:31:57.46
THERE'S A NOTION OF THE LAW BUT
THERE'S NOT THE POWER OF IT IN
00:31:57.46\00:32:02.56
THE LIFE, YOU SEE. AND SO
FOR PAUL IT WAS A HUMBLING
00:32:02.56\00:32:06.80
EXPERIENCE. THAT WAS
ONE OF THE BENEFITS HE
00:32:06.80\00:32:09.36
FOUND IN THE LAW OF GOD.
THAT'S A GOOD BENEFIT IF IT
00:32:09.36\00:32:11.90
LEADS YOU TO SEEK THE ONE
WHO CAN HELP YOU, AMEN? SURE.
00:32:11.90\00:32:16.06
ALRIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO
MOVE ON TO MONDAY'S LESSON HERE.
00:32:16.06\00:32:18.70
LET'S CONTINUE TALKING ABOUT THE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE LAW AND
00:32:18.70\00:32:22.66
GRACE - THE LAW AND
ISRAEL - THE LAW AND ISRAEL.
00:32:22.66\00:32:27.60
DEUTERONOMY CHAPTER 30,
VERSES 15 TO 18. LET'S GO THERE.
00:32:27.60\00:32:31.40
AND I HAVE SOMEONE
READING DEUTERONOMY CHAPTER 6
00:32:31.40\00:32:33.76
AND VERSE 2.
WHO WOULD HAVE THAT?
00:32:33.76\00:32:35.96
JUST RAISE YOUR HAND.
DEUTERONOMY 6 AND VERSE 2 -
00:32:35.96\00:32:38.33
THANKS, MIKE. AND
WE'LL COME TO YOU IN JUST A
00:32:38.33\00:32:40.40
MOMENT. LET'S GO TO DEUTERONOMY
00:32:40.40\00:32:41.56
CHAPTER 30 AND WE'RE
GOING TO READ VERSES 15 TO 18.
00:32:41.56\00:32:46.66
YOU KNOW, GOD CHOSE ISRAEL TO BE
HIS SPECIAL PEOPLE - HIS CHOSEN
00:32:46.66\00:32:53.60
REPRESENTATION -
REPRESENTATIVES ON THE EARTH.
00:32:53.60\00:32:56.70
WHY DID GOD CHOOSE
ISRAEL AMONG THE NATIONS?
00:32:56.70\00:33:01.36
TO BE A KINGDOM OF PRIESTS AND A
HOLY NATION - AND REVEAL HIS LAW
00:33:01.36\00:33:07.30
TO THEM. WHY DID HE DO THAT?
00:33:07.30\00:33:09.83
DEUTERONOMY CHAPTER 30
AND VERSES 15 THROUGH 18.
00:33:09.83\00:33:14.46
BY THE WAY, IN EXODUS 19
AND VERSE 6 - THIS IS WHERE GOD
00:33:14.46\00:33:18.63
DECLARES HIS PEOPLE AS HIS
CHOSEN PEOPLE - A HOLY NATION OF
00:33:18.63\00:33:21.40
PECULIAR PEOPLE, SO TO SPEAK.
THAT WAS JUST BEFORE HE ISSUED
00:33:21.40\00:33:26.23
THE LAW, THERE IN
EXODUS CHAPTER 20.
00:33:26.23\00:33:29.73
WHY DID GOD CHOOSE ISRAEL
FROM AMONG THE NATIONS TO BE A
00:33:29.73\00:33:32.30
KINGDOM OF
PRIESTS AND A HOLY NATION?
00:33:32.30\00:33:34.43
AND WHY DID HE GIVE
THE LAW TO THEM? WHY?
00:33:34.43\00:33:36.90
DEUTERONOMY CHAPTER 30
AND VERSES 15 THROUGH 18.
00:33:36.90\00:33:40.30
IT SAYS, "SEE, I HAVE SET BEFORE
THEE THIS DAY LIFE AND GOOD, AND
00:33:40.30\00:33:45.40
DEATH AND EVIL; IN THAT I
COMMAND THEE THIS DAY TO LOVE
00:33:45.40\00:33:48.76
THE LORD THY GOD, TO WALK
IN HIS WAYS, AND TO KEEP HIS
00:33:48.76\00:33:51.56
COMMANDMENTS AND HIS STATUTES
AND HIS JUDGMENTS, THAT THOU
00:33:51.56\00:33:54.50
MAYEST LIVE AND MULTIPLY:
AND THE LORD THY GOD SHALL BLESS
00:33:54.50\00:34:00.06
THEE IN THE LAND WITHER
THOU GOEST TO POSSESS IT.
00:34:00.06\00:34:04.10
BUT IF THINE HEART TURN AWAY,
SO THAT THOU WILT NOT HEAR, BUT
00:34:04.10\00:34:08.30
SHALT BE DRAWN AWAY, AND WORSHIP
OTHER GODS, AND SERVE THEM; I
00:34:08.30\00:34:11.76
DENOUNCE UNTO YOU THIS DAY, THAT
YE SHALL SURELY PERISH, AND THAT
00:34:11.76\00:34:15.16
YE SHALL NOT PROLONG YOUR
DAYS UPON THE LAND, WITHER THOU
00:34:15.16\00:34:17.26
PASSEST OVER JORDAN
TO GO TO POSSESS IT.
00:34:17.26\00:34:19.80
I CALL HEAVEN AND EARTH TO
RECORD THIS DAY AGAINST YOU,
00:34:19.80\00:34:23.70
THAT I HAVE SET BEFORE YOU LIFE
AND DEATH, BLESSING AND CURSING:
00:34:23.70\00:34:27.23
THEREFORE CHOOSE LIFE, THAT BOTH
THOU AND THY SEED MAY LIVE:" SO
00:34:27.23\00:34:35.20
GOD PUTS BEFORE HIS
PEOPLE BLESSINGS AND CURSES,
00:34:35.20\00:34:37.60
LIFE OR DEATH. LIFE IF
YOU KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS.
00:34:37.60\00:34:41.13
IS THERE ANYTHING BAD ABOUT
THE COMMANDMENTS IF THEY PRODUCE
00:34:41.13\00:34:43.70
LIFE AND LONGEVITY?
NOTHING BAD ABOUT THEM THAT WAY
00:34:43.70\00:34:46.76
- ABSOLUTELY NO WAY - VERY GOOD
- NOTHING BAD ABOUT THEM AT ALL.
00:34:46.76\00:34:50.96
GOD GAVE HIS LAW TO HIS
PEOPLE. WHY DID HE CHOOSE THEM?
00:34:50.96\00:34:54.70
BECAUSE HIS ELECTION
WAS BASED UPON MISSION.
00:34:54.70\00:34:58.70
IT WAS MISSION DRIVEN.
HE RAISED UP THIS PEOPLE.
00:34:58.70\00:35:01.56
GOD'S PURPOSE IN BLESSING
ABRAHAM - BRINGING HIM THESE
00:35:01.56\00:35:07.83
PROMISES OF BLESSING AND TO MAKE
- SO THAT ABRAHAM WOULD MAKE
00:35:07.83\00:35:11.26
GOD'S WILL AND HIS BLESSINGS
BE MADE KNOWN TO OTHERS WAS FOR
00:35:11.26\00:35:16.36
THAT REASON: TO SHOWCASE
GOD'S GRACE AND HIS LIFESTYLE TO
00:35:16.36\00:35:20.06
NATIONS - AS THEY
EXALTED GOD'S NAME, YOU SEE.
00:35:20.06\00:35:24.33
YOU CAN READ ABOUT THAT
IN DEUTERONOMY CHAPTER 28,
00:35:24.33\00:35:26.13
VERSES 1 AND 10. HE
DIDN'T CHOOSE THEM BECAUSE
00:35:26.13\00:35:28.26
THEY WERE BIGGER. HE
DIDN'T CHOOSE THEM BECAUSE
00:35:28.26\00:35:29.86
THEY WERE PRETTIER. HE
DIDN'T CHOOSE THEM BECAUSE
00:35:29.86\00:35:31.83
THEY WERE THE BEST. HE
CHOSE THEM BECAUSE HE MADE A
00:35:31.83\00:35:34.60
PROMISE WITH ABRAHAM AND
ABRAHAM'S CHILDREN AND THAT,
00:35:34.60\00:35:38.10
THROUGH THEM, THEY WOULD BE
A BLESSING TO THE ENDS OF THE
00:35:38.10\00:35:41.23
EARTH. AND THEY WOULD BE A
BLESSING ONLY IF THEY OBEYED
00:35:41.23\00:35:44.30
GOD'S LAW. ONLY IF
THEY KEPT GOD'S LAW.
00:35:44.30\00:35:47.73
VERY, VERY
IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND.
00:35:47.73\00:35:51.13
THERE'S NOTHING IN THE HISTORY
OF ISRAEL THAT PITS GOD'S LAW
00:35:51.13\00:35:55.40
AGAINST HIS GRACE. THERE'S
NOTHING - THERE'S NOTHING.
00:35:55.40\00:35:58.83
GOD'S GRACE WAS AVAILABLE TO
WRITE THAT LAW UPON THE HEARTS
00:35:58.83\00:36:02.76
AND MINDS OF HIS PEOPLE AND THEY
WERE TO KEEP IT AND TO LIVE IT
00:36:02.76\00:36:07.16
AND, IN SO DOING, MAN, WHAT A
BLESSING. WHAT A HUGE BLESSING
00:36:07.16\00:36:11.06
THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN IF
THEY HAD FOLLOWED THROUGH.
00:36:11.06\00:36:13.76
GOD'S PLAN WAS FOR THE KINGDOM
OF ISRAEL TO EXPAND BEYOND THE
00:36:13.76\00:36:17.96
BORDERS GOD HAD GIVEN THEM AND
FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD TO GROW
00:36:17.96\00:36:20.46
ON EARTH - TO ENCOMPASS,
PERHAPS, EVEN THE ENTIRE WORLD.
00:36:20.46\00:36:24.63
HIS PLANS AND EXPECTATIONS
FOR HIS PEOPLE WERE HIGH.
00:36:24.63\00:36:27.26
HE SAID, 'IF YOU DO THIS YOU'LL
BE THE HEAD AND NOT THE TAIL.'
00:36:27.26\00:36:30.06
INCREDIBLE BLESSINGS ARE IN
STORE FOR GOD'S PEOPLE WHO KEEP
00:36:30.06\00:36:33.73
HIS WORD AND KEEP HIS
LAW. DEUTERONOMY CHAPTER 6 AND
00:36:33.73\00:36:37.70
VERSE 2, WE'LL READ THAT
AT THIS TIME. THANKS MIKE.
00:36:37.70\00:36:41.30
>>DEUTERONOMY 6:2, "THAT YOU MAY
FEAR THE LORD YOUR GOD, TO KEEP
00:36:41.30\00:36:46.63
ALL HIS STATUES AND HIS
COMMANDMENTS WHICH I COMMAND
00:36:46.63\00:36:49.90
YOU, YOU AND YOUR SON AND YOUR
GRANDSON, ALL THE DAYS OF YOUR
00:36:49.90\00:36:54.76
LIFE, AND THAT YOUR
DAYS MAY BE PROLONGED."
00:36:54.76\00:36:58.13
>>ALRIGHT, SO GOD'S
INTENTION - THANK YOU -
00:36:58.13\00:37:00.53
GOD'S INTENTION FOR HIS PEOPLE
IN KEEPING THE LAW WAS THAT
00:37:00.53\00:37:03.63
THEIR LIFE MIGHT
BE WHAT? PROLONGED.
00:37:03.63\00:37:06.83
WHAT A BLESSING - TO BE A
BLESSING FOR THEM AND SO THEY
00:37:06.83\00:37:10.30
WOULD, IN TURN, BE
A BLESSING TO OTHERS.
00:37:10.30\00:37:13.36
YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE
CONSIDER GOD'S LAW TO BE VERY
00:37:13.36\00:37:16.33
RESTRICTIVE AND CONFINING, BUT
IF WE VIEW GOD'S LAW, PERHAPS AS
00:37:16.33\00:37:21.06
A FORTRESS TO THE
SOUL - TO THE HEART -
00:37:21.06\00:37:25.96
PROTECTING US FROM THE
ENEMY WHO IS THE DEVIL.
00:37:25.96\00:37:28.83
AND THOSE TEN COMMANDMENTS
ARE TEN SOLID GATES KEEPING THE
00:37:28.83\00:37:34.23
ENEMY OUT, WOULD WE VIEW,
THEN, THE COMMANDMENTS AS BEING
00:37:34.23\00:37:37.16
RESTRICTIVE AND
INHIBITIVE AND A CURSE?
00:37:37.16\00:37:40.93
NO, AS A MATTER OF FACT,
THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN READING.
00:37:40.93\00:37:44.03
THE COMMANDMENTS WERE DESIGNED
TO BE A BLESSING AND TO PRESERVE
00:37:44.03\00:37:47.03
GOD'S PEOPLE ALIVE
AND TO PROLONG THEIR DAYS.
00:37:47.03\00:37:50.73
TALK ABOUT GRACE. TALK
ABOUT WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL
00:37:50.73\00:37:54.16
GRACE - YOU'RE DRIVING DOWN
THE HIGHWAY - THERE I GO AGAIN,
00:37:54.16\00:37:58.63
DRIVING - I LIKE
DRIVING. I HOPE YOU DO TOO.
00:37:58.63\00:38:01.13
YOU'RE DRIVING DOWN THESE
WINDING ROADS GOING UP TO THE
00:38:01.13\00:38:03.80
SIERRAS - NOT DOWN THE WINDING
ROADS, YOU'RE GOING UP THE
00:38:03.80\00:38:07.33
WINDING ROADS - GOING UP
TO THE SIERRA, BUT YOU'VE GOT
00:38:07.33\00:38:09.50
GUARD RAILS IN SOME PLACES. I
DON'T KNOW WHY THEY DON'T HAVE
00:38:09.50\00:38:12.20
THEM IN OTHER PLACES, BUT YOU'VE
GOT GUARD RAILS IN SOME PLACES.
00:38:12.20\00:38:14.30
ARE THOSE THERE
JUST FOR GOOD LOOKS?
00:38:14.30\00:38:16.40
ARE THEY THERE TO ENSURE THAT
YOUR DRIVING EXPERIENCE IS LESS
00:38:16.40\00:38:24.03
THAN IDEAL AND TO ENSURE
THAT YOUR DRIVING EXPERIENCE IS
00:38:24.03\00:38:27.43
MISERABLE? IS THAT WHAT
THE GUARD RAILS ARE THERE FOR?
00:38:27.43\00:38:30.33
NO, WHAT ARE THEY
THERE FOR? TO PROTECT YOU.
00:38:30.33\00:38:34.23
TO PRESERVE YOUR LIFE. IF
A SHEPHERD BROUGHT HIS SHEEP
00:38:34.23\00:38:38.66
INSIDE THE SHEEP PEN AND INSIDE
THE GATE, IS HE LOCKING THEM IN
00:38:38.66\00:38:44.13
OR LOCKING THE PREDATOR OUT?
IT'S FOR THEIR GOOD, ISN'T IT?
00:38:44.13\00:38:48.73
KEEPING THE ENEMY OUT -
KEEPING THE WOLVES OUT -
00:38:48.73\00:38:50.83
KEEPING THE WILD
DOGS OUT, YOU SEE.
00:38:50.83\00:38:52.80
GOD'S LAW WAS GIVEN TO PRESERVE
LIFE AND TO BE A BLESSING.
00:38:52.80\00:38:56.46
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE
HISTORY OF ISRAEL, IT IS VERY
00:38:56.46\00:39:00.16
INTERESTING AND I WON'T GET INTO
IT TOO MUCH HERE BUT, YOU KNOW,
00:39:00.16\00:39:04.20
DURING THE TIMES - PRIMARILY
DURING THE OLD TESTAMENT PERIOD,
00:39:04.20\00:39:07.63
PRIOR TO THE
BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY -
00:39:07.63\00:39:11.20
GOD'S PEOPLE - GOD'S
PEOPLE HAD A PROBLEM.
00:39:11.20\00:39:15.46
THE PROBLEM WAS THAT THEY
WEREN'T AN INFLUENCE - OR A
00:39:15.46\00:39:18.60
POSITIVE INFLUENCE - TO
THE PAGAN NATIONS AROUND THEM.
00:39:18.60\00:39:22.60
THEY WEREN'T EXERTING A
POSITIVE INFLUENCE AT ALL.
00:39:22.60\00:39:26.20
THEY WERE INFLUENCED, INSTEAD,
BY THE NATIONS - BY THEIR WAYS.
00:39:26.20\00:39:31.10
THEY WERE INFLUENCED BY THOSE
THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO WIN AND BY
00:39:31.10\00:39:34.60
BEING INFLUENCED BY
THEM, THEY DIDN'T WIN ANYBODY,
00:39:34.60\00:39:37.53
TECHNICALLY. AFTER
THE BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY,
00:39:37.53\00:39:42.13
GOD'S PEOPLE KIND
OF GOT THE MESSAGE.
00:39:42.13\00:39:44.63
THEY SAID, 'LOOK, IF WE'RE GOING
TO PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING
00:39:44.63\00:39:47.56
AGAIN THESE NATIONS COMING
IN AND ENCROACHING UPON OUR
00:39:47.56\00:39:52.50
FREEDOMS AND TAKING US -
DISPERSING US AMONGST THEIR
00:39:52.50\00:39:54.93
NATION OR TAKING US CAPTIVES
OR BURNING AND DESTROYING OUR
00:39:54.93\00:39:58.80
NATION - OUR CITIES - THEN
WE NEED TO KEEP GOD'S LAW.'
00:39:58.80\00:40:02.90
AND SO THAT'S WHAT
THEY STARTED DOING.
00:40:02.90\00:40:05.53
NEHEMIAH STARTED THIS AND DURING
THE INTERTESTIMENTAL PERIOD,
00:40:05.53\00:40:09.20
SOME THINGS BEGAN TO CHANGE.
SO DURING MOST OF THE OLD
00:40:09.20\00:40:13.90
TESTAMENT THEY WERE INFLUENCED
BY THE NATIONS AROUND THEM,
00:40:13.90\00:40:16.30
BUT THEN THEY CAME TO SHUN THE
NATIONS AROUND THEM SO THAT THEY
00:40:16.30\00:40:22.00
COULD BE LAWKEEPERS, SO TO SPEAK
AND, THEREFORE, THEY WON NOBODY
00:40:22.00\00:40:26.66
THAT WAY EITHER. TWO EXTREMES.
YOU SEE THE EXTREMES HERE?
00:40:26.66\00:40:31.40
ONE EXTREME: BEING
INFLUENCED BY THOSE AROUND YOU.
00:40:31.40\00:40:35.36
THEY MINGLED, BUT
MINGLED TO THEIR DETRIMENT.
00:40:35.36\00:40:38.60
AND THEN THE OTHER:
THEY BLOCKED PEOPLE OUT.
00:40:38.60\00:40:41.20
THEY BUILT UP A HEDGE - A
WALL - AROUND THEM SO THEY COULD
00:40:41.20\00:40:43.90
PRESERVE THEIR OWN INTEGRITY AND
OBEDIENCE TO GOD'S LAW, BUT IN
00:40:43.90\00:40:49.36
DOING SO THEY SHUT PEOPLE OUT
FROM BECOMING PARTICIPANTS OF
00:40:49.36\00:40:54.03
THAT GREAT LAW THAT GOD HAD
GIVEN HIS PEOPLE TO SHARE WITH
00:40:54.03\00:40:57.70
THE NATIONS. SO THE
QUESTION IS: HOW DO WE
00:40:57.70\00:41:00.60
KEEP A HEALTHY TENSION FOR
US? HOW COULD ISRAEL DO IT?
00:41:00.60\00:41:04.00
HOW CAN WE DO IT?
HOW CAN WE KEEP A HEALTHY
00:41:04.00\00:41:05.60
TENSION BETWEEN LIVING A HOLY
LIFE - BEING A HOLY NATION - AND
00:41:05.60\00:41:10.33
BEING A PRIESTLY PEOPLE THAT
ARE CALLED TO SERVE AND TO TEACH
00:41:10.33\00:41:14.66
OTHERS? HOW IS IT
POSSIBLE? HOW CAN WE DO THAT?
00:41:14.66\00:41:19.50
HOW CAN WE PRESERVE OUR
INTEGRITY WHILE MINGLING WITH
00:41:19.50\00:41:24.70
THE WORLDLY AND THE UNGODLY, ALL
THE WHILE TRYING TO WIN THEM,
00:41:24.70\00:41:28.60
BUT NOT BE INFLUENCED BY THEM?
HOW DO WE KEEP THAT TENSION
00:41:28.60\00:41:33.60
HEALTHY? BECAUSE
THERE IS A TENSION THERE
00:41:33.60\00:41:36.16
AND IT HAS TO BE MAINTAINED AT A
HEALTHY TIGHTNESS, SO TO SPEAK.
00:41:36.16\00:41:41.20
IF YOU THINK ABOUT ISAIAH
CHAPTER 2, VERSE 3 - LET'S TURN
00:41:41.20\00:41:43.46
THERE REAL QUICK - ISAIAH 2:3
- LOOK AT GOD'S PROMISE TO HIS
00:41:43.46\00:41:46.73
PEOPLE - ISAIAH
CHAPTER 2 AND VERSE 3.
00:41:46.73\00:41:54.00
YOU KNOW, EVEN THE EARLY CHURCH
WAS PRONE TO THIS PROBLEM.
00:41:54.00\00:41:59.43
THEY WERE SEEKING TO SHUT OFF
- CLOSE THEMSELVES IN FROM THE
00:41:59.43\00:42:04.76
SURROUNDING PEOPLE SO THAT THEY
COULD PRESERVE THE PURITY OF THE
00:42:04.76\00:42:10.56
GOSPEL AND GOD KIND OF MESSED
WITH THEIR PLANS AND BROUGHT
00:42:10.56\00:42:16.83
PERSECUTION ON THE CHURCH AND SO
THEY ACTUALLY ENDED UP LEAVING
00:42:16.83\00:42:19.23
JERUSALEM AND ENDED UP SPREADING
THE GOSPEL INTO REGIONS THAT,
00:42:19.23\00:42:23.86
PERHAPS, MAY NOT HAVE GONE
IF THE PERSECUTION DIDN'T COME.
00:42:23.86\00:42:28.06
BUT THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN THIS
IDEA OR THIS DESIRE - AND IT'S A
00:42:28.06\00:42:33.63
GOOD DESIRE TO PRESERVE
YOUR CONNECTION WITH CHRIST.
00:42:33.63\00:42:36.63
YOU NEED TO DO THAT, BUT NOT
TO THE EXTENT OF LEAVING OFF THE
00:42:36.63\00:42:42.60
OPPORTUNITY IN SHARING
CHRIST WITH OTHER PEOPLE.
00:42:42.60\00:42:45.90
SOME FOLK SHUT THEMSELVES
IN, READ THEIR BIBLES, SPIRIT OF
00:42:45.90\00:42:51.43
PROPHECY - THEY SHUT THEMSELVES
IN AND - IN ORDER TO KEEP
00:42:51.43\00:42:55.30
THEMSELVES HOLY AND PURE
AND, ALL THE WHILE, NOT WINNING
00:42:55.30\00:42:58.00
ANYONE. SOME, UNDER THE NAME OF
WINNING OTHERS, GO ALL TYPES OF
00:42:58.00\00:43:02.53
DIFFERENT PLACES - NOT SO MUCH
TO WIN PEOPLE, JUST IN THE NAME
00:43:02.53\00:43:08.00
TO WIN PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY ENJOY
GOING TO SOME OF THESE PLACES
00:43:08.00\00:43:10.33
AND IT'S A TRAP AND CAUSES
PEOPLE TO COME UNDONE AND FALL
00:43:10.33\00:43:15.23
INTO SOME GROSS SIN - SIN
THAT PROBABLY THEY HAD GIVEN UP
00:43:15.23\00:43:18.63
BEFORE BUT HAVE
FALLEN BACK INTO.
00:43:18.63\00:43:20.70
SO HOW DO WE
MAINTAIN THIS HEALTHY TENSION?
00:43:20.70\00:43:22.86
LOOK AT ISAIAH CHAPTER 2, VERSE
3, "AND MANY PEOPLE SHALL GO AND
00:43:22.86\00:43:26.00
SAY, 'COME YE, AND LET US GO UP
TO THE MOUNTAIN OF THE LORD, TO
00:43:26.00\00:43:30.20
THE HOUSE OF THE GOD OF JACOB;
AND HE WILL TEACH US OF HIS
00:43:30.20\00:43:33.23
WAYS, AND WE WILL WALK IN HIS
PATHS: FOR OUT OF ZION SHALL GO
00:43:33.23\00:43:38.93
FORTH THE LAW, AND THE WORD
OF THE LORD FROM JERUSALEM."
00:43:38.93\00:43:43.36
GOD HAD A PROMISE FOR HIS
PEOPLE, HE SAID, 'IF YOU ARE MY
00:43:43.36\00:43:46.70
HOLY PEOPLE - IF YOU'RE MY
PECULIAR PEOPLE, KEEP MY LAW.
00:43:46.70\00:43:50.03
I'M GOING TO BLESS YOU AND FOLK
FROM AFAR ARE GOING TO COME TO
00:43:50.03\00:43:52.16
YOU.' BECAUSE THEY'VE SEEN THE
WORD OF THE LORD - THE LAW OF
00:43:52.16\00:43:55.93
GOD - BEING TAUGHT FROM THIS
PLACE AND THEY'RE GOING TO WHAT?
00:43:55.93\00:43:58.83
COME. SO WE OUGHT TO MAINTAIN
THE INTEGRITY OF THE LAW.
00:43:58.83\00:44:02.76
WE OUGHT TO BE OBEDIENT TO
THE LAW. THIS IS A GOOD THING -
00:44:02.76\00:44:08.23
A VERY GOOD THING. AND
THEN YOU THINK ABOUT THAT
00:44:08.23\00:44:11.30
LITTLE YOUNG LADY - THAT LITTLE
YOUNG GIRL WHO WAS TAKEN AWAY
00:44:11.30\00:44:16.70
FROM HER PARENTS BY THE SYRIANS
WHEN THEY WERE RUNNING BORDER
00:44:16.70\00:44:21.03
RAIDS IN THESE SMALL VILLAGES
ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF ISRAEL.
00:44:21.03\00:44:25.50
THEY TOOK THIS YOUNG MAID INTO
THE CAPTAIN OF THE SYRIAN ARMY'S
00:44:25.50\00:44:30.23
HOUSE AND SHE WAS
SERVANT TO NAAMAN'S WIFE.
00:44:30.23\00:44:34.80
AND HERE SHE WAS IN THE MIDST
OF PAGANISM AND DEBAUCHERY AND
00:44:34.80\00:44:40.90
FOOLISHNESS, REALLY. AND
HERE SHE WAS IN THE MIDDLE
00:44:40.90\00:44:43.66
OF THAT AND STILL PRESERVED HER
INTEGRITY. I MEAN, A YOUNG GIRL
00:44:43.66\00:44:47.63
- TALK ABOUT POWERFUL
PARENTAL INFLUENCE IN THAT LIFE.
00:44:47.63\00:44:52.16
IT WAS A GIRL WHO WASN'T JUST
- DOING THE RIGHT THING BECAUSE
00:44:52.16\00:44:55.93
HER PARENTS WERE AROUND
OR HAD THEIR EYE ON HER.
00:44:55.93\00:44:58.23
SHE WAS DOING THE RIGHT THING
IRRESPECTIVE - EVEN TAKEN AWAY.
00:44:58.23\00:45:04.00
HOW DID SHE
PRESERVE HER INTEGRITY?
00:45:04.00\00:45:06.16
HOW DID SHE PRESERVE THE LAW OF
GOD IN HER HEART IN THE MIDST OF
00:45:06.16\00:45:09.06
A LAWLESS SOCIETY - IN
EVEN A LAWLESS HOUSE? I MEAN,
00:45:09.06\00:45:13.13
YOU THINK ABOUT THE STORY AND
YOU KNOW THE STORY VERY WELL.
00:45:13.13\00:45:15.60
NAAMAN ENDED UP, TO SOME EXTENT,
MAKING SOME ADJUSTMENTS IN HIS
00:45:15.60\00:45:19.80
LIFE WHERE HE WASN'T GOING
TO BOW DOWN TO, PER SE, THESE
00:45:19.80\00:45:23.40
IMAGES, BUT
WORSHIP THE LIVING GOD.
00:45:23.40\00:45:26.50
THAT'S A POWERFUL INFLUENCE,
ISN'T IT? A POWERFUL INFLUENCE.
00:45:26.50\00:45:30.90
SHE PRESERVED HER INTEGRITY.
SHE KEPT CLOSE TO GOD.
00:45:30.90\00:45:35.26
HIS LAW WAS IN HER
HEART. HOW IS IT POSSIBLE?
00:45:35.26\00:45:39.26
OF COURSE SPENDING TIME WITH
GOD - THESE THINGS WE KNOW - BUT
00:45:39.26\00:45:42.06
SPENDING TIME WITH GOD AND TRUE
TIME WITH HIM, IN ALLOWING HIM
00:45:42.06\00:45:46.63
TO WRITE HIS LAW IN OUR HEARTS
AND IN OUR MINDS, ISN'T IT?
00:45:46.63\00:45:49.96
YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY, IT'S GOING
TO BE HARD FOR ANY OF US TO BE
00:45:49.96\00:45:52.10
SAVED IF WE'RE NOT
HELPING SOMEBODY ELSE.
00:45:52.10\00:45:56.63
ULTIMATELY WE BECOME VERY
NARROW, VERY SELFISH, IF WE'RE
00:45:56.63\00:46:00.93
NOT REACHING OUT AND
HELPING AND BLESSING OTHERS.
00:46:00.93\00:46:04.56
I THINK WE UNDERSTAND
WHERE I'M COMING FROM ON THAT.
00:46:04.56\00:46:07.30
AND SO WE MUST BE SHARING.
HOW DO WE PRESERVE OUR INTEGRITY
00:46:07.30\00:46:11.56
DURING THAT? WE
KEEP OUR EYES ON JESUS.
00:46:11.56\00:46:14.33
WE SPEND QUALITY TIME WITH HIM
BEFORE WE LEAVE OUR HOUSE FOR
00:46:14.33\00:46:18.86
THE DAY. WE'RE
LIVING IN THE ATTITUDE OF
00:46:18.86\00:46:21.70
PRAYER THROUGHOUT THE
DAY. WE'RE LOOKING TO JESUS AND
00:46:21.70\00:46:26.90
TRUSTING IN HIS
GOODNESS AND HIS GRACE.
00:46:26.90\00:46:29.50
SO GOD'S PLAN FOR HIS PEOPLE
ISRAEL, FAILED BECAUSE THEY WERE
00:46:29.50\00:46:35.93
INFLUENCED BY THE NATIONS OR
THEY WERE - THEY, TO PRESERVE
00:46:35.93\00:46:41.70
THEIR INTEGRITY,
KEPT THE NATIONS AWAY.
00:46:41.70\00:46:45.30
AND YET, GOD'S PEOPLE TODAY
CERTAINLY CAN'T BE FALLING INTO
00:46:45.30\00:46:49.00
THE SAME TRAP, CAN WE?
THERE'S TWO DITCHES HERE AND
00:46:49.00\00:46:51.26
WE'VE GOT TO BE STEERING
INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD.
00:46:51.26\00:46:54.50
WE'VE GOT TO BE DRIVING IN
THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD HERE AND
00:46:54.50\00:46:56.43
MAKING SURE THAT GOD'S LAW
REMAINS IN OUR HEARTS AND IN OUR
00:46:56.43\00:47:00.63
MINDS AND WE'RE EFFECTIVE
WITNESSES IN BRINGING PEOPLE TO
00:47:00.63\00:47:03.96
A KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUE GOD
AND HIS GRACE AND HIS GOSPEL FOR
00:47:03.96\00:47:07.06
THEM. WELL, WE GO
TO TUESDAY HERE AND
00:47:07.06\00:47:11.80
'THE LAW AND THE NATIONS'.
IN THE VERSES WE'VE BEEN GIVEN
00:47:11.80\00:47:22.96
IN ACTS CHAPTER 10, VERSES
34 AND 35, IN ACTS 17:26 AND 27,
00:47:22.96\00:47:28.66
ROMANS 1:2 AND 2:14, GOD IS
BASICALLY SAYING THAT THERE ARE
00:47:28.66\00:47:35.23
SOME FOLK WHO ARE NOT EXPOSED TO
HIS LAW AND YET THERE REMAINS A
00:47:35.23\00:47:43.73
WITNESS FOR THEM OF THE TRUE GOD
AND YOU CAN READ THAT IN ROMANS
00:47:43.73\00:47:48.86
CHAPTER 1, VERSE
20. LET'S LOOK AT THAT.
00:47:48.86\00:47:53.90
HOW COULD THESE NATIONS WHO WERE
NOT EXPOSED TO GOD'S LAW OR DID
00:47:53.90\00:47:58.86
NOT COME IN CONTACT WITH ISRAEL,
FIND A REVELATION OF GOD?
00:47:58.86\00:48:03.43
ROMANS CHAPTER 1 AND VERSE 20
- NOTICE WHAT PAUL SAYS HERE: HE
00:48:03.43\00:48:07.23
SAYS, "FOR THE INVISIBLE THINGS
OF HIM" - LET ME START AGAIN -
00:48:07.23\00:48:10.56
"FOR THE INVISIBLE THINGS OF HIM
FROM THE CREATION OF THE WORLD
00:48:10.56\00:48:13.03
ARE CLEARLY SEEN, BEING
UNDERSTOOD BY THE THINGS THAT
00:48:13.03\00:48:16.50
ARE MADE, EVEN HIS ETERNAL POWER
AND GODHEAD; SO THAT THEY ARE
00:48:16.50\00:48:19.10
WITHOUT EXCUSE:" SO GOD SAYS
THERE IS A POWERFUL TESTIMONY OF
00:48:19.10\00:48:24.20
THE CREATOR GOD IN CREATION AND
PEOPLE CAN COME TO A KNOWLEDGE
00:48:24.20\00:48:29.53
OF THE CREATOR GOD BY THE
THINGS THAT THEY SEE IN NATURE.
00:48:29.53\00:48:32.80
NOW, WE UNDERSTAND THAT NATURE
IS NOT THE WAY IT USED TO BE -
00:48:32.80\00:48:36.13
IT'S BEEN PERVERTED BY SIN -
BY THE EFFECTS OF SIN AND SO ON.
00:48:36.13\00:48:38.90
BUT GOD SAYS, 'STILL, THERE'S A
GOOD ENOUGH WITNESS THERE IN THE
00:48:38.90\00:48:41.33
CREATION OF THE WORLD - IN
NATURE - THAT TESTIFIES TO THERE
00:48:41.33\00:48:45.80
BEING A CREATOR GOD.' ONE
WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO BE PRETTY
00:48:45.80\00:48:49.30
IGNORANT TO NOT SEE
THAT IT TAKES AN ARTIST -
00:48:49.30\00:48:53.06
A MAKER - AN
INTELLIGENT DESIGNER TO BRING
00:48:53.06\00:48:57.46
ABOUT WHAT WE SEE
TODAY IN THE WORLD.
00:48:57.46\00:49:01.23
AND SO GOD HAS GIVEN NATURE AS
ANOTHER REVELATION OF HIMSELF.
00:49:01.23\00:49:05.53
THERE'S THE WORD OF GOD - SOME
PEOPLE WERE NOT PRIVY TO THE
00:49:05.53\00:49:09.26
LAW OF GOD AND GOD SAYS, 'THERE
IS A TESTIMONY OF ME IN NATURE.'
00:49:09.26\00:49:14.03
SO NATURE DIRECTS PEOPLE TO GOD
- INSTILLS IN THEM A DESIRE TO
00:49:14.03\00:49:17.10
KNOW GOD AND BECOME ACQUAINTED
WITH HIM BECAUSE OTHER THINGS
00:49:17.10\00:49:20.63
JUST DON'T SATISFY - FAME AND
POWER AND DRUGS AND MUSIC AND
00:49:20.63\00:49:25.63
MONEY AND SEX AND THOSE THINGS.
THOSE THINGS DON'T SATISFY.
00:49:25.63\00:49:30.56
THERE IS A STANDARD.
THERE IS A JUDGMENT AND THE LAW
00:49:30.56\00:49:35.03
WILL BE THE
STANDARD OF THE JUDGMENT.
00:49:35.03\00:49:38.06
THE WRITTEN LAW WILL BE
THE STANDARD AND THE LAW OF
00:49:38.06\00:49:40.26
CONSCIENCE, DEVELOPED BY
LISTENING TO THE VOICE OF GOD,
00:49:40.26\00:49:43.36
WILL BE THE STANDARD FOR
SOME. THIS POSES AN INTERESTING
00:49:43.36\00:49:46.46
QUESTION TOO: IF GOD IS SPEAKING
- SPEAKS TO EVERYONE THROUGH
00:49:46.46\00:49:50.26
NATURE, WHAT'S THE PURPOSE
OF MISSIONARIES AND EVANGELISTS?
00:49:50.26\00:49:54.83
WELL FIRST, GOD HAS TOLD US TO
GO, HAS HE NOT? IT'S A COMMAND.
00:49:54.83\00:50:01.10
SO IT'S NOT A
SUGGESTION, WE'RE TOLD TO GO.
00:50:01.10\00:50:02.70
SO GOD KNOWS WHAT
HE'S DOING, NUMBER ONE.
00:50:02.70\00:50:04.23
IF HE'S TOLD US TO GO, WE
OUGHT TO GO - WE OUGHT TO SHARE.
00:50:04.23\00:50:06.63
NUMBER 2 - PERHAPS IT'S A LITTLE
SIMILAR TO, PERHAPS, A STUDENT
00:50:06.63\00:50:10.00
WHO'S BEEN GIVEN A TEXTBOOK IN
SCHOOL - TO READ IT AND STUDY IT
00:50:10.00\00:50:13.53
FOR THEMSELVES AND FIGURE IT
OUT. AND, YOU KNOW, SOME CAN DO
00:50:13.53\00:50:18.56
PRETTY GOOD WITH THAT,
BUT MOST CANNOT - MOST CANNOT.
00:50:18.56\00:50:22.16
A STUDENT WHO'S BEEN GIVEN
SOMETHING TO READ - TO LEARN -
00:50:22.16\00:50:25.23
VERSUS A TEACHER COMING ALONG
AND GIVING A LESSON ON THAT
00:50:25.23\00:50:30.83
PARTICULAR THING
THAT'S BEEN READ - THERE'S A
00:50:30.83\00:50:33.13
MASSIVE DIFFERENCE. YOU KNOW,
THE LIGHT GOES ON - YOU REMEMBER
00:50:33.13\00:50:36.10
BACK IN THE SCHOOL DAYS -
SOME OF YOU ARE STILL IN SCHOOL.
00:50:36.10\00:50:38.26
THE TEACHER GETS UP - LECTURER
- PROFESSOR - GETS UP, TEACHES,
00:50:38.26\00:50:42.10
SHARES. IT'S LIKE,
'MAN, I WAS READING
00:50:42.10\00:50:44.16
THAT AND I JUST
COULDN'T QUITE GET IT.
00:50:44.16\00:50:45.60
BUT NOW I
UNDERSTAND THAT BETTER.
00:50:45.60\00:50:47.83
I SEE IT FROM A
NEW PERSPECTIVE.'
00:50:47.83\00:50:49.00
YOU KNOW, THE LIGHT
WENT ON, SO TO SPEAK.
00:50:49.00\00:50:50.86
I WOULD SUGGEST THAT IN US
GOING AND IN US SHARING AND
00:50:50.86\00:50:53.96
EVANGELIZING AND BEING
MISSIONARIES AND SHARING THE
00:50:53.96\00:50:56.56
GOSPEL - THE LAW OF GOD - THE
GRACE OF GOD - WITH OTHERS WHO
00:50:56.56\00:50:59.50
MAY NOT KNOW IT - GIVING FOLK
OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND THE
00:50:59.50\00:51:03.90
FULL - THE FULL LIGHT OF GOD'S
TRUTH, NOT JUST GUESSES AND
00:51:03.90\00:51:09.60
GLIMPSES THROUGH NATURE. SO GOD
WANTS HIS TRUTH TO GO, YOU SEE.
00:51:09.60\00:51:14.36
SO THERE'S REALLY NOT AN EXCUSE
FOR US TO SIT BACK AND SAY, 'YOU
00:51:14.36\00:51:17.53
KNOW, THERE'S A TESTIMONY OF GOD
IN NATURE. NATURE IS SPEAKING.
00:51:17.53\00:51:20.33
I'LL HOLD MY PEACE.'
THAT'S NOT THE IDEA, RIGHT?
00:51:20.33\00:51:22.90
THINK ABOUT, JUST FOR A
MOMENT, THE EXPERIENCE OF
00:51:22.90\00:51:25.03
THE ETHIOPIAN
EUNUCH. YOU REMEMBER
00:51:25.03\00:51:26.33
HE WAS IN HIS CHARIOT - HE WAS
DRIVING - AND HE WAS READING AND
00:51:26.33\00:51:30.66
IT SEEMS LIKE HE WAS
READING ISAIAH CHAPTER 53.
00:51:30.66\00:51:33.40
PHILIP HAPPENED TO BE IN
THAT AREA AND HE WAS ONE OF THE
00:51:33.40\00:51:36.03
DEACONS OF THE EARLY CHURCH
AND HE ASKED, 'DO YOU UNDERSTAND
00:51:36.03\00:51:39.36
WHAT YOU'RE READING THERE?'
AND WHAT DID THE ETHIOPIAN -
00:51:39.36\00:51:41.40
WHAT DID THE EUNUCH
SAY? DO YOU REMEMBER?
00:51:41.40\00:51:42.86
HE SAID, 'HOW CAN I EXCEPT
SOMEBODY HELP ME - TEACH ME?
00:51:42.86\00:51:48.76
AND SO PHILIP TAUGHT
HIM. THAT DAY HE WAS BAPTIZED.
00:51:48.76\00:51:51.66
IN A MOMENT PHILIP WAS WHISKED
AWAY - ALL OF A SUDDEN ENDED UP
00:51:51.66\00:51:56.06
IN ANOTHER TOWN SOMEWHERE -
MIRACLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT -
00:51:56.06\00:51:58.36
JUST 'POOF!' - GONE -
SPREADING THE GOSPEL. AMAZING.
00:51:58.36\00:52:02.33
BUT HERE WAS A MAN WHO WAS
EVEN STUDYING THE SCRIPTURES BUT
00:52:02.33\00:52:05.23
NEEDED SOMEBODY TO HELP
HIM UNDERSTAND IT TO A FULLER
00:52:05.23\00:52:08.23
EXTENT, YOU SEE. AND
SO WE HAVE A COMMISSION.
00:52:08.23\00:52:10.76
WE HAVE A MISSION TO THE WORLD
- TO THE NATIONS - TO PEOPLES OF
00:52:10.76\00:52:14.80
EVERY NATION,
KINDRED, TONGUE, AND PEOPLE.
00:52:14.80\00:52:16.60
LET'S GO TO
WEDNESDAY, 'GRACE AND TRUTH'.
00:52:16.60\00:52:18.63
NOW I'M GOING TO SEE IF I CAN
BLEND WEDNESDAY'S AND THURSDAY'S
00:52:18.63\00:52:21.76
TOGETHER HERE - 'THE LAW AND THE
GOSPEL' AND 'GRACE AND TRUTH'.
00:52:21.76\00:52:24.70
LET'S SEE HOW WE DO HERE.
00:52:24.70\00:52:26.10
JOHN CHAPTER 1 AND VERSE 17 - WE
GO BACK TO OUR MEMORY VERSE HERE
00:52:26.10\00:52:28.80
- AND I ALSO HAVE A TEXT
FOR SOMEONE TO READ FOR US:
00:52:28.80\00:52:33.20
EPHESIANS 2, VERSES 8 THROUGH
10. WHO'S GOT THAT ONE FOR US?
00:52:33.20\00:52:36.40
EPHESIANS 2, VERSES 8 THROUGH
10? OKAY, BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU.
00:52:36.40\00:52:39.76
ALRIGHT. JOHN
CHAPTER 1 AND VERSE 17,
00:52:39.76\00:52:43.56
LET'S READ THAT TOGETHER.
IT SAYS HERE, "FOR THE LAW WAS
00:52:43.56\00:52:49.43
GIVEN BY MOSES, BUT GRACE
AND TRUTH CAME BY JESUS CHRIST."
00:52:49.43\00:52:52.43
NOW SOME WOULD PROBABLY HAVE
US BELIEVE THAT JESUS IS PITTING
00:52:52.43\00:52:56.53
JESUS GIVING LAW - OR GIVING
TRUTH AND GRACE AGAINST WHAT
00:52:56.53\00:53:02.90
MOSES GAVE AND
THAT IS THE LAW OF GOD.
00:53:02.90\00:53:06.60
WHAT'S ACTUALLY
MEANT BY THIS STATEMENT?
00:53:06.60\00:53:09.00
THE LAW WAS GIVEN BY MOSES BUT
GRACE AND TRUTH CAME BY JESUS
00:53:09.00\00:53:11.66
CHRIST. JESUS IS NOT - IS NOT
UNDERMINING THE VALIDITY OF THE
00:53:11.66\00:53:16.00
LAW. WHAT IS HE ACTUALLY
DOING? WHAT IS HE SAYING?
00:53:16.00\00:53:19.00
HE'S SAYING, IN ESSENCE, WHAT
JESUS DID HERE IS BROUGHT LIGHT
00:53:19.00\00:53:25.13
- THE LIGHT OF TRUTH - AND GIVES
A COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING OF
00:53:25.13\00:53:29.36
GRACE. THAT'S WHAT HE'S SAYING.
00:53:29.36\00:53:32.30
HE'S NOT SAYING JESUS CAME
TO BRING GRACE AND TRUTH AND,
00:53:32.30\00:53:36.13
THEREFORE, THE LAW MOSES GAVE IS
OBSOLETE AND IRRELEVANT AND NOT
00:53:36.13\00:53:41.63
NECESSARY, HE'S SIMPLY SAYING
THAT HE CAME TO BRING LIGHT - OF
00:53:41.63\00:53:49.66
A COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING OF THE
GRACE OF GOD. AND THAT'S WHAT
00:53:49.66\00:53:52.86
JESUS DID, DID HE NOT?
HE CAME TO FULFILL THE LAW.
00:53:52.86\00:53:55.73
HE CAME TO MAGNIFY THE
LAW, ACCORDING TO ISAIAH.
00:53:55.73\00:53:58.46
JESUS CAME TO MAGNIFY
THE LAW AND TO MAKE IT GREAT.
00:53:58.46\00:54:01.70
SO WHAT DOES GRACE DO?
WHAT DOES GRACE ACTUALLY DO?
00:54:01.70\00:54:05.23
I MEAN, WE ARE - THERE'S NO
DOUBT WE ARE IMPACTED BY SIN.
00:54:05.23\00:54:08.40
THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT
THAT. ROMANS 6:23 SAYS,
00:54:08.40\00:54:11.06
"FOR THE WAGES OF SIN
IS" - WHAT? - "DEATH."
00:54:11.06\00:54:13.76
NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. IN
ROMANS CHAPTER 7, VERSE 24,
00:54:13.76\00:54:17.16
PAUL CRIES OUT - HE SAYS,
"WRETCHED MAN THAT I AM, WHO
00:54:17.16\00:54:19.86
SHALL BE ABLE TO DELIVER ME FROM
THIS BODY OF DEATH?" WRETCHED -
00:54:19.86\00:54:23.50
SIN - WAGES OF SIN - DEATH.
EPHESIANS CHAPTER 2, VERSE 1
00:54:23.50\00:54:27.33
TELLS US THAT WE ARE
LIKE DEAD MEN WALKING.
00:54:27.33\00:54:30.00
WE'RE DEAD IN
TRESPASSES AND SIN.
00:54:30.00\00:54:32.06
THAT'S OUR
STATE, YOU UNDERSTAND.
00:54:32.06\00:54:36.13
HOLLYWOOD HAS RECEIVED A LOT OF
MONEY POPULARIZING THE NOTION OF
00:54:36.13\00:54:40.26
ZOMBIES AND HALF - PEOPLE HALF
DEAD, HALF ALIVE OR DEAD LIVING
00:54:40.26\00:54:45.20
- WALKING. THEY
DIDN'T NEED TO DO THAT,
00:54:45.20\00:54:48.10
THERE ARE PLENTY OF FOLK WALKING
AROUND TODAY THAT ARE ZOMBIES.
00:54:48.10\00:54:51.20
WE ARE - IN OUR NATURAL STATE
WE ARE LIKE DEAD MEN WALKING,
00:54:51.20\00:54:55.10
YOU SEE. WHAT DOES GRACE DO?
00:54:55.10\00:54:57.70
EPHESIANS CHAPTER
2, VERSES 8 THROUGH 10.
00:54:57.70\00:55:00.20
>>"FOR BY GRACE ARE YE SAVED
THROUGH FAITH; AND THAT NOT OF
00:55:00.20\00:55:05.13
YOURSELVES: IT IS THE GIFT OF
GOD: NOT OF WORKS, LEST ANY MAN
00:55:05.13\00:55:09.83
SHOULD BOAST. FOR
WE ARE HIS WORKMANSHIP,
00:55:09.83\00:55:13.03
CREATED IN CHRIST JESUS
UNTO GOOD WORKS, WHICH GOD HATH
00:55:13.03\00:55:17.40
BEFORE ORDAINED THAT
WE SHOULD WALK IN THEM."
00:55:17.40\00:55:21.03
>>ALRIGHT, AMEN. SO
GRACE NOT ONLY FREES US FROM
00:55:21.03\00:55:24.06
THE CONDEMNATION OF THE LAW THAT
COMES TO US WHEN WE BREAK GOD'S
00:55:24.06\00:55:27.90
LAW, BUT IT ENABLES US - GRACE
ENABLES US TO KEEP GOD'S LAW.
00:55:27.90\00:55:32.86
IN OTHER WORDS, GOD'S GRACE
IS BOTH PARDON AND POWER, WHICH
00:55:32.86\00:55:38.83
EQUALS COMPLETE RESTORATION.
THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF LAW AND
00:55:38.83\00:55:43.50
GRACE. THAT'S
THE GOSPEL PACKAGE.
00:55:43.50\00:55:45.66
YOU CAN'T HAVE
ONE WITHOUT THE OTHER.
00:55:45.66\00:55:47.43
LAW HIGHLIGHTS
OUR NEED OF A SAVIOR.
00:55:47.43\00:55:50.06
WE FLEE TO CHRIST AND CHRIST
FORGIVES US AND BRINGS US OUT
00:55:50.06\00:55:54.46
FROM UNDERNEATH THE
CONDEMNATION OF THE LAW.
00:55:54.46\00:55:56.70
WE ARE JUSTIFIED - TREATED AS
IF WE'VE NOT SINNED - AND WE'RE
00:55:56.70\00:56:00.16
GIVEN THE HOLY
SPIRIT. THIS IS CALLED GRACE.
00:56:00.16\00:56:02.43
IT FORGIVES US AND, GIVEN
THE HOLY SPIRIT, WE'RE NOW GIVEN
00:56:02.43\00:56:04.90
POWER TO WALK IN THE
DICTATES OF THAT LAW.
00:56:04.90\00:56:09.60
THAT LAW IS NOW FULFILLED IN
US AND THROUGH US BY THE HOLY
00:56:09.60\00:56:12.56
SPIRIT. THIS IS GRACE.
00:56:12.56\00:56:13.96
AND ANYTHING SHORT
OF THIS IS NOT GRACE.
00:56:13.96\00:56:18.03
IF IT'S JUST HALF
OF THAT IT'S NOT GRACE.
00:56:18.03\00:56:20.93
BIBLICAL GRACE IS RESTORATIVE.
IT BRINGS US BACK TO OUR
00:56:20.93\00:56:24.80
ORIGINAL STATE.
FORGIVENESS? YES.
00:56:24.80\00:56:28.06
ABILITY TO LIVE RIGHT?
ABSOLUTELY. PARDON AND POWER.
00:56:28.06\00:56:31.86
THIS IS THE GOSPEL PACKAGE.
WELL, WE'VE GOT TO WRAP UP AND
00:56:31.86\00:56:37.36
WE'VE COME TO THE END
OF OUR STUDY HERE TODAY.
00:56:37.36\00:56:39.93
REMEMBER THAT GOD'S
LAW, TOGETHER WITH HIS GRACE,
00:56:39.93\00:56:43.03
PROVIDES POWERFUL EVIDENCE
OF HIS LOVE FOR HUMANITY AND THE
00:56:43.03\00:56:47.26
DESIRE TO SAVE US
INTO HIS ETERNAL KINGDOM.
00:56:47.26\00:56:48.93
BOTH THESE THINGS REVEAL GOD'S
INCREDIBLE LOVE FOR US AND HE
00:56:48.93\00:56:52.50
WANTS US SAVED AT LAST,
AMEN? NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
00:56:52.50\00:56:55.23
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VIEWING US, YOU WANT TO CALL IN
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