(MUSIC)
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>>EVERY NOW AND THEN, IN
THE PANORAMA OF HISTORY, WE HEAR
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ABOUT INDIVIDUALS THAT GO FROM
THE LOWEST DEPTHS TO THE HIGHEST
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PINACLES. THEY
EMERGE FROM THE SHACKLES
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OF PRISON TO LEAD
AND INSPIRE A NATION.
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TAKE JOSEPH, FOR INSTANCE: HE'S
SOLD BY HIS BROTHERS AS A SLAVE,
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THEN FALSELY ACCUSED
AND THRUST INTO PRISON.
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YET, THROUGH A SERIES OF DIVINE
CIRCUMSTANCES, HE MIRACULOUSLY
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GOES FROM THE PRISON TO THE
PALACE, RULING THE ONES WHO ONCE
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IMPRISONED HIM.
SOUND FAR-FETCHED?
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IT'S HAPPENED IN
HISTORY MORE THAN YOU THINK.
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SOUTH AFRICA IS THE
HOME OF JUST SUCH A LEADER.
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NELSON MANDELA WORKED TIRELESSLY
TO ESTABLISH PEACE AND FREEDOM
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IN HIS COUNTRY AND HIS INFLUENCE
WAS FELT AROUND THE WORLD.
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BEFORE FREEDOM,
THERE MUST BE FORGIVENESS.
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LIKE JOSEPH, WHO WAS UNJUSTLY
ACCUSED OF A CRIME HE DID NOT
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COMMIT, NELSON MANDELA
WAS ACCUSED OF TERRORISM AND
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SENTENCED TO LIFE IN
PRISON ON ROBIN ISLAND.
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HE WAS OFTEN EXPOSED TO
CRUEL PUNISHMENT AND ABUSE.
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BUT EVEN IN THE MIDST
OF APPARENT FAILURE AND
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DISCOURAGEMENT, HE NEVER
LOST HEART AND HE NEVER GAVE UP.
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AFTER YEARS IN PRISON, A GROWING
NUMBER OF SUPPORTERS RALLIED FOR
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HIS RELEASE AND
EVENTUALLY IT TOOK PLACE.
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AND GOD USED HIM SO THAT HE
WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING TO
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ABOLISH RACIAL SEGREGATION
IN THE COUNTRY OF SOUTH AFRICA.
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INCREDIBLY, HE NOW WAS,
VIRTUALLY, THE ABSOLUTE LEADER
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IN THE COUNTRY
THAT HAD IMPRISONED HIM.
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HE HAD ALL THE TOOLS AND
THE POWER AT HIS DISPOSAL TO GET
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EVEN WITH THE PRISON GUARDS AND
OTHERS THAT HAD MISTREATED HIM.
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INSTEAD, MANDELA
CHOSE FORGIVENESS.
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IT REMINDS ME OF THAT VERSE IN
THE BIBLE IN EPHESIANS CHAPTER
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4, VERSE 31, "LET ALL
BITTERNESS, WRATH, ANGER,
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CLAMOR, AND EVIL SPEAKING BE PUT
AWAY FROM YOU, WITH ALL MALICE.
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AND BE KIND TO ONE ANOTHER,
TENDERHEARTED, FORGIVING ONE
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ANOTHER, EVEN AS GOD
IN CHRIST FORGAVE YOU."
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I'M SO THANKFUL THAT NELSON
MANDELA, LIKE JOSEPH, CHOSE TO
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FORGIVE THOSE WHO WERE ONCE HIS
ENEMIES, AND TO SERVE HIS NATION
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WITH LOVE AND COURAGE.
YOU CAN FIND A NUMBER OF
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EXAMPLES OF THIS
HAPPENING IN THE BIBLE.
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YOU HAVE DANIEL, WHO WAS A
CAPTIVE FROM THE LAND OF JUDAH,
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AND YET GOD ARRANGED THINGS
WHERE HE BECOMES THE PRIME
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MINISTER IN THE KINGDOM
OF BABYLON. YOU HAVE ESTHER,
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WHO WAS A POOR ORPHAN GIRL
IN PERSIA, AND YET GOD WORKED
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THINGS OUT WHERE SHE BECOMES
THE QUEEN OF THAT COUNTRY.
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THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH ENDS WITH
AN INCREDIBLE STORY OF A YOUNG
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KING NAMED JEHOIACHIN, WHO WAS
IN A BABYLONIAN DUNGEON FOR 37
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YEARS AND THEN KING
EVIL-MERODACH HAS MERCY ON HIM
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AND HE HAD A NEW STATUS, GOING
FROM THE PRISON TO THE PALACE.
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THIS IS WHAT THE LORD WANTS
TO DO WITH YOU AND ME, FRIENDS.
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HE GIVES YOU THE BREAD OF LIFE.
HE GIVES YOU THE ROBE OF JESUS'
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RIGHTEOUSNESS. HE GIVES
YOU A SEAT AT HIS TABLE.
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IF YOU ACCEPT HIS FORGIVENESS
AND YOU'RE WILLING TO PASS IT
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ON, YOU AND I CAN
LIVE AND REIGN WITH CHRIST.
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WOULDN'T YOU LIKE
THAT EXPERIENCE? (MUSIC)
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>>GOOD MORNING, FRIENDS,
AND HAPPY SABBATH TO YOU!
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WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU'RE HERE
AND WE CAN WORSHIP GOD TOGETHER.
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WE'RE DOING A SPECIAL SERIES
TALKING ABOUT THE LAW OF GOD,
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THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, SOMETIMES
KNOWN AS THE DECALOGUE.
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DECA- MEANS "TEN," LIKE A
DECADE; "-LOGUE," OR LOGOS,
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MEANS "WORDS." IT'S
THE "TEN WORDS," THE
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TEN COMMANDMENTS OF GOD.
THERE ARE FEW THINGS THAT WE
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COULD TALK ABOUT THAT
ARE REALLY MORE SACRED.
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WE TALK ABOUT THE BIBLE, AND OF
COURSE THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT
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BOOK, BUT BEYOND THE BIBLE BEING
AN IMPORTANT BOOK, THERE ARE
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PARTS OF THE BIBLE THAT
WE'RE TOLD WERE WRITTEN BY GOD.
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NOW, ALL OF THE BIBLE IS
INSPIRED BY GOD, BUT THE TEN
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COMMANDMENTS IN PARTICULAR WERE
SPOKEN WITH THE MOUTH OF GOD AND
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WRITTEN WITH THE FINGER OF
GOD ON STONE TO REPRESENT THEIR
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ETERNAL, UNCHANGING NATURE.
AND SO THESE WOULD BE WORDS
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ABOVE ALL WORDS THAT DESERVE OUR
ATTENTION AND SACRED REVERENCE.
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THERE'S SOMETHING
EXTRAORDINARILY HOLY ABOUT THE
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LAW OF GOD, WHEN GOD SPEAKS
SOMETHING TO A NATION AUDIBLY,
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WHEN HE WRITES IT WITH HIS OWN
FINGER, THAT MEANS HE'S PUTTING
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A SPECIAL ATTENTION OR PRIORITY
UPON IT, AND THAT PRIORITY OUGHT
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TO PASS ON TO US AS WELL.
NOW, OF COURSE, YOU FIND THE
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TEN COMMANDMENTS IN THE
BOOK OF EXODUS, CHAPTER 20.
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YOU ALSO FIND THEM REPEATED
IN A NUMBER OF PLACES IN PART.
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YOU FIND THEM IN DEUTERONOMY 5.
BUT I'D LIKE YOU TO GO WITH ME.
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I WANT YOU TO NOTICE SOMETHING
ABOUT THE TEN COMMANDMENTS THAT
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JUST HELPS US UNDERSTAND
THE AWESOME NATURE OF IT.
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THE SERIES WE'RE DOING IS CALLED
"THE TEN COMMANDMENTS: LAWS OF
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LOVE AND LIBERTY."
TODAY IS, IN PARTICULAR,
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GOING TO FOCUS ON
THE FIRST COMMANDMENT.
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WE SORT OF GAVE AN OVERVIEW OF
THE LAW LAST WEEK; TODAY WE'RE
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GOING TO TALK ABOUT
WORSHIPING HIM ALONE.
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AND WANTING TO UNDERSTAND THE
HOLY CONTEXT OF THE LAW WHEN IT
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IS GIVEN, IF YOU TURN TO EXODUS
19 AND START WITH VERSE 16, GOD
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SAID THAT HE WOULD MEET WITH
THEM ON MOUNT SINAI, AND HE TOLD
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THEM "I'LL MEET WITH
YOU AFTER THE THIRD DAY."
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INTERESTING THAT
JESUS ROSE THE THIRD DAY.
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"THEN IT CAME TO PASS ON THE
THIRD DAY, IN THE MORNING, THAT
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THERE WERE THUNDERINGS AND
LIGHTNINGS, AND A THICK CLOUD ON
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THE MOUNTAIN; AND THE SOUND
OF THE TRUMPET WAS VERY LOUD, SO
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THAT ALL THE PEOPLE WHO
WERE IN THE CAMP TREMBLED.
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AND MOSES BROUGHT THE PEOPLE OUT
OF THE CAMP TO MEET WITH GOD,
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AND THEY STOOD AT
THE FOOT OF THE MOUNTAIN.
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NOW MOUNT SINAI WAS COMPLETELY
IN SMOKE, BECAUSE THE LORD
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DESCENDED UPON IT IN FIRE.
ITS SMOKE ASCENDED LIKE THE
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SMOKE OF A FURNACE, AND THE
WHOLE MOUNTAIN QUAKED GREATLY.
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AND WHEN THE BLAST OF THE
TRUMPET SOUNDED LONG AND BECAME
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LOUDER AND LOUDER" (IT ALREADY
SAID IT WAS EXCEEDING LOUD),
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"MOSES SPOKE, AND GOD
ANSWERED HIM BY VOICE.
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THEN THE LORD CAME DOWN UPON
MOUNT SINAI, ON THE TOP OF THE
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MOUNTAIN. AND THE
LORD CALLED MOSES [UP
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TO] THE MOUNTAIN, AND MOSES WENT
UP." AND HE WARNED THE PEOPLE,
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"'GO DOWN AND [TELL THEM,] LEST
THEY BREAK THROUGH TO GAZE ...
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AND MANY OF THEM PERISH."
THIS MOUNTAIN WAS SO SACRED
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BECAUSE GOD HIMSELF
WOULD BE ON THIS MOUNTAIN.
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THEY HAD SET BOUNDS ABOUT IT,
AND IF MAN OR BEAST CROSSED THIS
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BARRIER, YOU WEREN'T TO KILL
THEM BY TOUCHING THEM BECAUSE
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YOU WOULD ALMOST BE
CONTAMINATED BY THAT.
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IT SAYS YOU WERE TO SHOOT THEM
WITH AN ARROW OR THRUST THEM
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THROUGH, BUT DON'T EVEN TOUCH
THEM IF THEY WOULD DARE VENTURE
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UNINVITED ON THIS SACRED GROUND.
NOW MOSES, AND LATER THE PRIESTS
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AND JOSHUA, THEY WERE INVITED
UP, BUT IF YOU CAME WITHOUT
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AN INVITATION ONTO THIS HOLY
MOUNTAIN, AND ESPECIALLY DURING
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THE MOMENTS WHEN GOD
WAS SPEAKING THE COVENANT-.
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FIRST HE SPOKE THE COVENANT;
THEN HE LATER WROTE IT.
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SO IT'S LIKE AN AGREEMENT. FIRST
YOU HAVE THE ORAL AGREEMENT, AND
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THEN YOU HAVE THE WRITTEN
VERSION OF THAT AGREEMENT.
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NOW, JUST PICTURE
THIS FOR A MINUTE.
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THEY'RE STANDING AT THE BASE
OF THIS MOUNTAIN, AND WE'RE NOT
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EXACTLY SURE
WHAT MOUNTAIN THAT IS.
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RIGHT NOW,
THEY'VE GOT A FAMOUS SPOT.
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THEY'VE GOT THE SAINT
CATHERINE'S MONASTERY IN THE
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SINAI PENINSULA ON THIS MOUNTAIN
THAT A LATER TRADITION TELLS US
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IS MOUNT SINAI. SOME
OF YOU HERE HAVE PROBABLY
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BEEN ON A MIDDLE EASTERN TOUR,
AND MAYBE YOU EVEN WENT DOWN TO
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THE SINAI PENINSULA
AND VISITED THAT MOUNTAIN.
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YOU CAN TAKE A CAMEL
RIDE PART OF THE WAY UP.
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BUT SCHOLARS ARE MORE INCLINED
TO THINK THAT IT WASN'T IN THE
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SINAI PENINSULA TODAY, BUT IT
WAS REALLY IN SAUDI ARABIA, AND
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THAT WAS THE SEA THAT WAS
PARTED MIRACULOUSLY BY GOD.
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IT MAKES SENSE
IN A NUMBER OF WAYS.
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FOR ONE THING, PAUL SAYS, "MOUNT
SINAI, WHICH IS IN ARABIA."
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IT'S RIGHT THERE IN THE NEW
TESTAMENT. SO, SOMEWHERE IN THE
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SOUTHERN REGIONS OF THAT ARABIAN
PENINSULA, THERE IS A MOUNTAIN;
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SOME PEOPLE THINK
THEY'VE FOUND THAT.
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THEY HAVE FOUND SOME MOUNTAINS
DOWN THERE THAT SEEM TO HAVE
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SOME ANCIENT CARVINGS IN THEM,
SEEMS TO FIT THE DESCRIPTION,
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AND THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN IS
CHARRED. THE ROCKS ARE LITERALLY
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BURNT BLACK FROM A CERTAIN
POINT UP, AND NONE OF THE OTHER
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MOUNTAINS AROUND THERE ARE LIKE
THAT, AND THEY THOUGHT MAYBE
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THIS IS THE VESTIGE OF WHEN THIS
MOUNTAIN WAS SCORCHED BY THE
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GLORY OF GOD. I DON'T KNOW.
NOBODY'S EXACTLY SURE WHERE THAT
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MOUNTAIN IS, BUT I CAN PROMISE
YOU IF YOU WERE THERE THAT DAY,
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IT WOULD HAVE BEEN AN
AWESOME THING. THUNDER.
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PICTURE SOMETHING THAT LOOKED
LIKE A NUCLEAR EXPLOSION AND A
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MUSHROOM CLOUD GOING HEAVENWARD
FROM THE TOP OF A MOUNTAIN.
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I REMEMBER ABOUT 25 YEARS
AGO, NOT FAR FROM OUR PLACE IN
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MENDOCINO COUNTY, THERE WAS
A TERRIBLE FOREST FIRE ON MOUNT
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SANHEDRIN. IT WAS
ONE OF THOSE SUMMERS
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WHERE JUST THINGS TOOK
OFF. THE TIMBER WAS VERY DRY.
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AND ONE MORNING WE WOKE UP,
AND BECAUSE THERE WAS A BREEZE
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COMING FROM THE OCEAN IT
BLEW AWAY THE HAZE THAT HAD BEEN
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THERE FOR DAYS, AND WE COULD
CLEARLY SEE WHERE THE FIRE WAS
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COMING UP FROM THE TOP OF MOUNT
SANHEDRIN, AND IT WENT UP LIKE A
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MUSHROOM CLOUD. QUITE
LITERALLY, IT FORMED A
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MUSHROOM CLOUD AS IT
WENT UP INTO THE ATMOSPHERE.
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THE WHOLE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN
WAS ON FIRE. THE SMOKE FROM
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FOREST FIRES CAN CREATE A CLOUD
THAT WILL PRODUCE LIGHTNING.
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YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD ABOUT
TORNADOS PRODUCING LIGHTNING.
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AND SO HERE, COMING FROM THE TOP
OF MOUNT SINAI, ALSO KNOWN AS
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MOUNT HOREB IN THE BIBLE-SAME
MOUNTAIN, TRUMPET BLASTS,
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LIGHTNING, THICK SMOKE;
THEY CAN'T SEE IT, AND THERE ARE
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FLASHES COMING OUT OF IT. SO
GOD DID SOMETHING AWESOME AND
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GRAND AND SPECTACULAR WHEN
HE DELIVERED HIS LAW, UNLIKE
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ANYTHING HE HAD DONE BEFORE,
TO HELP US UNDERSTAND THE
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HOLY NATURE OF HIS LAW. SO
WHEN WE START TO DELVE INTO
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THE LAW OF THE LORD, KNOW
THAT IT IS SOMETHING SPECIAL.
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NOW I'M EMPHASIZING THAT BECAUSE
IT BREAKS MY HEART; I STILL MEET
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EVEN PROFESSED CHRISTIANS TODAY
THAT THINK THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
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HAVE SOMEHOW BEEN DONE
AWAY WITH IN PART OR IN WHOLE.
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GOD DID EVERYTHING HE COULD TO
EMPHASIZE THIS LAW WAS FOR ALL
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OF MAN. YOU NOTICE
HE DOESN'T GIVE THE
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TEN COMMANDMENTS IN PALESTINE,
OR THE LAND OF ISRAEL.
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HE DOES IT IN A NEUTRAL
LAND, REPRESENTING IT IS FOR ALL
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HUMANITY, RIGHT? NOW I
THOUGHT IT WOULD ONLY BE
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APPROPRIATE AS WE BEGIN THIS
SERIES ON THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
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THAT I READ THROUGH
THEM. WE SHOULD ALL KNOW THEM.
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A FEW YEARS AGO SOME COLLEGE
PROFESSORS GAVE A NUMBER OF
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THEIR STUDENTS PRINTED COPIES
OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (YOU CAN
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FIT THEM EASILY ON ONE PAGE) AND
ASKED THEM TO ORGANIZE THEM IN
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ORDER OF WHAT THEY
THOUGHT THE MOST IMPORTANT WERE.
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NINETY PERCENT OF THE
STUDENTS REARRANGED THE ORDER.
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THEY THOUGHT THE PRIORITIES
WERE WRONG, AND THEY TOOK THE
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COMMANDMENTS THAT HAD TO DO
WITH MAN'S RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS
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FELLOW MAN, AND
THEY PUT THEM AT THE TOP.
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ARE YOU AWARE, FIFTY PERCENT OF
CHRISTIANS IN NORTH AMERICA CAN
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ONLY NAME FIVE OF THE TEN
COMMANDMENTS? THAT'S ACCORDING
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TO A BARNA SURVEY.
FIFTY PERCENT OF CHRISTIANS IN
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NORTH AMERICA CAN ONLY THINK
OF FIVE OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.
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NOW, SOME OF THOSE CHRISTIANS
AREN'T IN CHURCH EVERY WEEK I
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SUSPECT. LET'S
LOOK AT THEM TOGETHER.
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EXODUS 20:1, "AND GOD
SPOKE ALL THESE WORDS, SAYING."
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NOW, HERE'S WHERE THE
TEN COMMANDMENTS BEGIN.
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ON THE STONES BEHIND ME,
WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE HEBREW
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ENGRAVING.
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STARTS WITH, WHAT YOU WOULD
SEE IS VERSE 2 IN YOUR BIBLE.
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"I AM THE LORD YOUR GOD, WHO
BROUGHT YOU OUT OF THE LAND OF
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EGYPT, OUT OF
THE HOUSE OF BONDAGE.
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YOU SHALL HAVE NO
OTHER GODS BEFORE ME."
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THAT WOULD BE COMMANDMENT ONE.
"YOU SHALL NOT MAKE FOR YOURSELF
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A CARVED IMAGE-ANY LIKENESS
OF ANYTHING THAT IS IN HEAVEN
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ABOVE, OR THAT IS IN THE EARTH
BENEATH, OR THAT IS IN THE WATER
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UNDER THE EARTH;  YOU SHALL NOT
BOW DOWN TO THEM NOR SERVE THEM.
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FOR I, THE LORD YOUR GOD,
AM A JEALOUS GOD, VISITING THE
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INIQUITY OF THE FATHERS UPON THE
CHILDREN TO THE THIRD AND FOURTH
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GENERATIONS OF THOSE WHO
HATE ME, BUT SHOWING MERCY TO
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THOUSANDS, TO THOSE WHO LOVE
ME AND KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS."
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RIGHT THERE IN THE TEN
COMMANDMENTS IT TELLS THE KEY,
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LOVE HIM AND
KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS.
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THIRD COMMANDMENT NOW, "YOU
SHALL NOT TAKE THE NAME OF THE
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LORD YOUR GOD IN VAIN, FOR THE
LORD WILL NOT HOLD HIM GUILTLESS
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WHO TAKES HIS NAME IN VAIN."
FOURTH COMMANDMENT, "REMEMBER
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THE SABBATH
DAY, TO KEEP IT HOLY.
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SIX DAYS YOU SHALL LABOR AND DO
ALL YOUR WORK, BUT THE SEVENTH
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DAY IS THE SABBATH
OF THE LORD YOUR GOD.
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IN IT YOU SHALL DO NO WORK: YOU,
NOR YOUR SON, NOR YOUR DAUGHTER,
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NOR YOUR MALE SERVANT, NOR YOUR
FEMALE SERVANT, NOR YOUR CATTLE,
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NOR YOUR STRANGER
WHO IS WITHIN YOUR GATES.
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FOR IN SIX DAYS THE LORD MADE
THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH, THE
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SEA, AND ALL THAT IS IN THEM,
AND RESTED THE SEVENTH DAY.
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THEREFORE THE LORD BLESSED THE
SABBATH DAY AND HALLOWED IT."
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NOW WE'VE JUST RECITED THE
COMMANDMENTS THAT WOULD BE ON
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THE FIRST STONE. NOW WE'RE GOING
TO THE SECOND SET, OR TABLE.
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"HONOR YOUR FATHER AND YOUR
MOTHER, THAT YOUR DAYS MAY BE
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LONG UPON THE LAND WHICH
THE LORD YOUR GOD IS GIVING YOU.
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"YOU SHALL NOT MURDER.
"YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY.
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"YOU SHALL NOT STEAL.
"YOU SHALL NOT BEAR FALSE
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WITNESS AGAINST YOUR NEIGHBOR.
"YOU SHALL NOT COVET YOUR
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NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE; YOU SHALL NOT
COVET YOUR NEIGHBOR'S WIFE, NOR
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HIS MALE SERVANT, NOR HIS FEMALE
SERVANT, NOR HIS OX, NOR HIS
00:14:10.21\00:14:13.55
DONKEY, NOR ANYTHING
THAT IS YOUR NEIGHBOR'S."
00:14:13.55\00:14:17.25
NOW, NOTICE WHAT IT SAYS AFTER
THE COMMANDMENTS WERE GIVEN.
00:14:17.25\00:14:20.92
VERSE 18, "NOW ALL THE PEOPLE
WITNESSED THE THUNDERINGS, THE
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LIGHTNING FLASHES, THE SOUND
OF THE TRUMPET, AND THE MOUNTAIN
00:14:25.63\00:14:29.50
SMOKING; AND WHEN THE PEOPLE SAW
IT, THEY TREMBLED AND STOOD AFAR
00:14:29.50\00:14:33.17
OFF. THEN THEY
SAID TO MOSES, 'YOU
00:14:33.17\00:14:35.60
SPEAK WITH US, AND WE WILL HEAR;
BUT LET NOT GOD SPEAK WITH US,
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LEST WE DIE.' AND MOSES SAID...,
'DO NOT FEAR; FOR GOD HAS COME
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TO TEST YOU, AND THAT HIS FEAR
MAY BE BEFORE YOU, SO THAT YOU
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MAY NOT SIN.'" GOD DID NOT GIVE
US THE LAW TO KILL US; HE GAVE
00:14:49.85\00:14:53.42
US THE LAW BECAUSE HE
WANTS TO SAVE US, AMEN?
00:14:53.42\00:14:56.99
SO, THE LAW IS GOOD;
IT'S JUST; IT'S HOLY.
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THE LAW OF THE LORD IS PERFECT,
CONVERTING THE SOUL, AND IT'S
00:15:01.13\00:15:03.63
APPROPRIATE THAT WE SHOULD
TALK ABOUT THE LAW OF GOD.
00:15:03.63\00:15:07.07
WE OUGHT TO MAKE A PRIORITY
OF WHAT GOD MAKES A PRIORITY OF,
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AND IT TALKS ABOUT THE LAW OF
GOD ALL THE WAY FROM GENESIS TO
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REVELATION. JESUS SAID, "[THINK
NOT I HAVE COME] TO DESTROY THE
00:15:14.38\00:15:18.18
LAW... I DID NOT COME TO DESTROY
BUT TO [FILL FULL]." SO NOW WE
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ARE GOING TO FOCUS OUR ATTENTION
ON THAT FIRST COMMANDMENT.
00:15:22.55\00:15:25.55
"I AM THE LORD THY GOD, WHICH
HAVE BROUGHT THEE OUT OF THE
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LAND OF EGYPT, OUT
OF THE HOUSE OF BONDAGE.
00:15:28.72\00:15:31.33
THOU SHALT HAVE NO
OTHER GODS BEFORE ME" [KJV].
00:15:31.33\00:15:35.36
NOW, IT IS AN INSTINCT THAT GOD
HAS PLACED IN EVERY PERSON TO
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WORSHIP HIM. IT'S APPROPRIATE
THAT THIS IS THE FIRST
00:15:40.57\00:15:45.27
COMMANDMENT. AND I'LL SUBMIT
TO YOU THAT IF YOU GET THIS
00:15:45.27\00:15:50.25
COMMANDMENT RIGHT, YOU WILL
NOT BREAK ANY OF THE OTHERS.
00:15:50.25\00:15:55.45
IN THE LORD'S PRAYER, GOD
PUTS THINGS IN ORDER OF THEIR
00:15:55.45\00:15:58.72
PRIORITY. FIRST THING IS,
"OUR FATHER WHICH ART IN HEAVEN,
00:15:58.72\00:16:03.43
HALLOWED"-HOLY-"[IS YOUR] NAME."
FIRST PART OF THE LORD'S PRAYER
00:16:03.43\00:16:06.90
HAS TO DO WITH WORSHIPING GOD
AS THE FATHER IN HEAVEN OF ALL.
00:16:06.90\00:16:11.97
YOU GET THAT PART RIGHT AND THE
REST OF YOUR PRAYERS USUALLY END
00:16:11.97\00:16:14.40
UP RIGHT. SO GOD STARTS WITH THE
PRIORITIES, AND THE PRIORITY IS,
00:16:14.40\00:16:19.17
FIRST TO WORSHIP HIM EXCLUSIVELY
AND TO WORSHIP HIM ONLY.
00:16:19.17\00:16:24.58
BUT HE BEGINS BY SAYING, "I AM."
NOW, DOES THAT SOUND FAMILIAR?
00:16:24.58\00:16:32.19
FIRST PART OF THE
FIRST COMMANDMENT, "I AM."
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WHAT DID GOD SAY TO MOSES,
EXODUS 3:14, WHEN MOSES SAID
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"LORD," AT THE BURNING BUSH,
"WHO IS THIS THAT YOU'RE TELLING
00:16:41.46\00:16:46.40
ME TO GO TO THE
CHILDREN OF ISRAEL?"
00:16:46.40\00:16:49.27
YOU KNOW, THE EGYPTIANS HAD
SO MANY GODS, AND HE'S SAYING,
00:16:49.27\00:16:53.17
"WHICH ONE ARE YOU?" AND
GOD, RATHER SAYING HE WAS,
00:16:53.17\00:16:56.64
YOU KNOW, EENY, MEENY, MINEY,
OR MO, HE SAID, "WAIT A SECOND.
00:16:56.64\00:17:00.45
LET'S GET SOMETHING STRAIGHT
RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING.
00:17:00.45\00:17:03.05
I AM THAT I AM. I AM
THE SELF-EXISTENT ONE.
00:17:03.05\00:17:10.93
I AM THE ONE THAT MADE
EVERYTHING THAT ALL THE OTHER
00:17:10.93\00:17:13.76
FALSE GODS ARE MADE OUT OF.
YOU CAN'T EVEN HAVE A FALSE GOD
00:17:13.76\00:17:17.27
WITHOUT ME FIRST
MAKING THE TRUE, AND THEN YOU
00:17:17.27\00:17:20.20
REALIGN THINGS. I AM THE ONE."
00:17:20.20\00:17:23.71
AND SO HE WANTED TO SEPARATE
AND SAY, "I'M JUST NOT ONE AMONG
00:17:23.71\00:17:26.24
MANY. I AM THE REAL
GOD." SO HE IDENTIFIED HIMSELF
00:17:26.24\00:17:30.18
AS THE I AM WHO I AM.
"YOU'LL SAY TO THE CHILDREN OF
00:17:30.18\00:17:33.88
ISRAEL, I AM
HAS SENT ME TO YOU."
00:17:33.88\00:17:38.95
THIS IS ONE OF THE FAVORITE WAYS
THAT JESUS DESCRIBES HIMSELF IN
00:17:38.95\00:17:43.59
THE GOSPEL OF JOHN.
JOHN, I THINK, REALLY
00:17:43.59\00:17:45.53
UNDERSTOOD THAT.
THE JEWS UNDERSTOOD IT.
00:17:45.53\00:17:48.40
YOU REMEMBER WHEN JESUS SAID,
"BEFORE ABRAHAM WAS, I AM," WHAT
00:17:48.40\00:17:52.10
DID THEY DO? THEY
TOOK UP STONES TO KILL
00:17:52.10\00:17:55.07
JESUS FOR BLASPHEMY BECAUSE
HE SAID, "BEFORE ABRAHAM WAS, I
00:17:55.07\00:17:58.27
AM," BECAUSE THAT WAS
A DIVINE TITLE OF GOD.
00:17:58.27\00:18:04.08
IT TALKED ABOUT FROM EVERLASTING
TO EVERLASTING, THOU ART GOD.
00:18:04.08\00:18:08.48
BUT NOTICE HOW
OFTEN JESUS USED THAT.
00:18:08.48\00:18:11.82
"I AM THE BREAD OF
LIFE." "I AM THE LIVING WATER."
00:18:11.82\00:18:18.09
"I AM THE GOOD SHEPHERD."
OVER AND OVER CHRIST SAYS,
00:18:18.09\00:18:22.63
"I AM" - THAT LADDER THAT
REACHES FROM HEAVEN TO EARTH.
00:18:22.63\00:18:28.14
"I AM THE VINE." HOW MANY
OTHER TIMES DOES HE SAY IT?
00:18:28.14\00:18:32.47
YOU OUGHT TO GO THROUGH THE
GOSPEL OF JOHN AND SEE JESUS
00:18:32.47\00:18:35.24
CONSTANTLY TALKING. HE
SAID, "I AM HE THAT WAS DEAD
00:18:35.24\00:18:39.21
AND AM ALIVE FOREVERMORE,"
EVEN IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION.
00:18:39.21\00:18:42.55
SO JESUS IDENTIFIED
HIMSELF AS THE I AM.
00:18:42.55\00:18:45.45
WHO WAS IT THAT SPOKE TO
MOSES AT THE BURNING BUSH?
00:18:45.45\00:18:48.86
I THINK IT WAS GOD THE SON.
BY THE WAY, THE BIBLE SAYS NO
00:18:48.86\00:18:52.66
MAN HAS SEEN GOD THE FATHER
AT ANY TIME, BUT WE HAVE SEEN
00:18:52.66\00:18:55.76
GOD THROUGH GOD THE SON.
JESUS IS THE ONE THROUGH WHOM
00:18:55.76\00:19:00.17
THE FATHER REVEALED
HIMSELF TO HUMANITY.
00:19:00.17\00:19:02.97
THAT'S WHY GOD SAYS, "IF YOU'VE
SEEN ME, YOU'VE SEEN THE FATHER.
00:19:02.97\00:19:06.24
I AM THE BREAD, THE
DOOR, THE SHEPHERD," SO FORTH.
00:19:06.24\00:19:11.95
AND THEN HE GOES ON TO
SAY, "I AM THE LORD THY GOD."
00:19:11.95\00:19:17.42
NOW, IN HEBREW WHAT HE'S
SAYING IS, "I AM YAHWEH."
00:19:17.42\00:19:23.69
THIS IS THE SACRED NAME OF GOD.
00:19:23.69\00:19:25.13
IT'S A MYSTERY
EXACTLY HOW TO SAY THIS.
00:19:25.13\00:19:28.10
THIS COMES FROM THOSE SACRED
FOUR CONSONANTS; SOMETIMES IT'S
00:19:28.10\00:19:33.17
YHWH, OR OTHERS
HAVE TRANSLATED IT JHVH.
00:19:33.17\00:19:39.27
WE SOMETIMES SAY "YAHWEH" OR
"JEHOVAH" AS THE HOLY NAME OF
00:19:39.27\00:19:45.68
GOD, AND IN THE TETRAGRAMMATON,
WHICH WAS THOSE FOUR LETTERS,
00:19:45.68\00:19:51.72
YOU'VE GOT THE CONSONANTS, BUT
THE JEWS THOUGHT THE NAME OF GOD
00:19:51.72\00:19:54.82
WAS SO SACRED, WE AREN'T SURE
WHAT THE VOWELS WERE, SO THE
00:19:54.82\00:19:57.83
EXACT PRONUNCIATION OF THAT
NAME IS SOMEWHAT OF A MYSTERY.
00:19:57.83\00:20:01.30
BUT WE'LL SAY
YAHWEH FOR RIGHT NOW.
00:20:01.30\00:20:04.87
WHAT HE SAYS IS, "I AM," ONE
OF HIS TITLES, "YAHWEH ELOHIYM."
00:20:04.87\00:20:10.41
EVERYTHING HE COULD SAY TO
IDENTIFY HIMSELF IS IN THAT
00:20:10.41\00:20:13.71
FIRST COMMANDMENT SO
THERE'S NO CONFUSION.
00:20:13.71\00:20:16.11
"I AM THAT I AM, I AM JEHOVAH,
I AM THE LORD, ELOHIYM."
00:20:16.11\00:20:23.35
SO HE TELLS US THAT HE IS THE
SACRED ONE WITH THE SACRED NAME.
00:20:23.35\00:20:27.59
WE'VE GOT ANOTHER COMMANDMENT
COMING TALKING ABOUT THE NAME OF
00:20:27.59\00:20:29.82
GOD, SO I DON'T WANT TO GO
DOWN THAT ROAD, BUT THERE'S NO
00:20:29.82\00:20:33.90
QUESTION. SOMETIMES
YOU WRITE A LETTER TO
00:20:33.90\00:20:37.13
SOMEONE; YOU DON'T
IDENTIFY WHO YOU ARE TILL THE
00:20:37.13\00:20:39.37
END OF THE LETTER. IN A
BUSINESS LETTER, YOU PUT
00:20:39.37\00:20:41.74
YOUR IDENTIFICATION AT THE TOP
OF THE LETTER SO THEY'LL KNOW
00:20:41.74\00:20:44.84
WHAT I'M ABOUT TO
READ; WHO IS IT FROM?
00:20:44.84\00:20:47.91
GOD SAYS, WHAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO
READ, LET ME TELL YOU WHO IT'S
00:20:47.91\00:20:50.25
FROM. AND HE IDENTIFIES HIMSELF
00:20:50.25\00:20:52.61
CLEARLY IN THAT
FIRST COMMANDMENT.
00:20:52.61\00:20:55.85
THEN ABOUT HALF OF THE
COMMANDMENT IS GIVEN TO A PART
00:20:55.85\00:20:58.99
THAT SOME PEOPLE DELETE.
GOD MADE IT A BIG PRIORITY.
00:20:58.99\00:21:03.19
HE SAYS, "I AM THE LORD..., WHO
BROUGHT YOU OUT OF THE LAND OF
00:21:03.19\00:21:07.13
EGYPT, OUT OF THE
HOUSE OF BONDAGE."
00:21:07.13\00:21:10.13
PEOPLE THINK, "WELL, THAT'S
NOT THE FIRST COMMANDMENT.
00:21:10.13\00:21:13.30
THE FIRST COMMANDMENT IS NOT
TO HAVE OTHER GODS BEFORE ME."
00:21:13.30\00:21:15.60
NO, PART OF THAT FIRST
COMMANDMENT IS, "I AM THE GOD
00:21:15.60\00:21:19.24
WHO SAVED YOU."
THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT.
00:21:19.24\00:21:22.11
IF YOU MISS THIS, THE REST
OF THE LAW DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
00:21:22.11\00:21:25.38
GOD IS SAYING,
"I SAVE YOU FIRST."
00:21:25.38\00:21:29.88
FIRST THING THAT HAPPENED,
THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WERE IN
00:21:29.88\00:21:32.49
EGYPT, THEY APPLIED THE BLOOD OF
THE LAMB; HE SAYS, "YOU COME TO
00:21:32.49\00:21:36.32
ME JUST AS YOU ARE." WE
SANG THAT SONG A MINUTE AGO.
00:21:36.32\00:21:39.13
"JUST AS I AM," YOU COME TO
HIM. HE SAYS, "I FORGIVE YOU.
00:21:39.13\00:21:42.20
I SAVE YOU. YOU TRUST THROUGH
FAITH IN THE BLOOD OF THIS LAMB,
00:21:42.20\00:21:46.33
AND YOU'LL BE FORGIVEN.
THEN I SAVE YOU OUT OF EGYPT
00:21:46.33\00:21:50.11
AFTER I'VE
SAVED YOU FROM EGYPT."
00:21:50.11\00:21:51.71
AND HE GAVE THEM THEN BREAD
FROM HEAVEN, HE DESTROYED THEIR
00:21:51.71\00:21:54.78
ENEMIES WHEN THEY WERE ATTACKED,
HE GAVE THEM WATER OUT OF A
00:21:54.78\00:21:57.88
ROCK, AND YOU NOTICE AFTER HE
SHOWED THEM HIS CARE FOR THEM IN
00:21:57.88\00:22:01.22
THIS PROVISION FOR THEM, HE
REMINDS THEM, "I HAVE YOUR BEST
00:22:01.22\00:22:04.49
INTEREST IN MIND. AS A
MATTER OF FACT, I LOVE YOU.
00:22:04.49\00:22:08.06
THAT'S WHY I'VE DONE SOMETHING
FOR YOU THAT I'VE NOT DONE FOR
00:22:08.06\00:22:10.56
ANY OTHER NATION. WHAT OTHER
NATION," GOD SAYS, "HAD A GOD SO
00:22:10.56\00:22:15.60
CLOSE TO THEM, LEADING YOU NOW
IN A PILLAR OF FIRE, HEARING MY
00:22:15.60\00:22:19.83
VOICE SPEAK TO YOU? I'M
THE ONE WHO JUST SAVED YOU.
00:22:19.83\00:22:22.87
I CARE ABOUT YOU. I LOVE YOU."
HE'S IMPLYING, JOHN 14:15, "IF
00:22:22.87\00:22:30.11
YOU LOVE ME, [HERE'S
MY LAW]." YOU UNDERSTAND?
00:22:30.11\00:22:34.68
THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE
TEN COMMANDMENTS, GOD IS SAYING,
00:22:34.68\00:22:37.69
"I'VE SHOWN YOU
HOW I FEEL ABOUT YOU.
00:22:37.69\00:22:40.16
NOW HOW DO YOU FEEL
ABOUT ME? DO YOU LOVE ME?
00:22:40.16\00:22:44.59
AND IF YOU LOVE ME," AND
IT SAYS IT RIGHT THERE IN THE
00:22:44.59\00:22:46.43
COMMANDMENTS, REMEMBER?
"SHEWING MERCY UNTO THOUSANDS OF
00:22:46.43\00:22:48.66
THEM THAT LOVE ME, AND
KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS" [KJV].
00:22:48.66\00:22:50.77
LOVE, THEN OBEY. GOD IS TELLING
US AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TEN
00:22:50.77\00:22:54.77
COMMANDMENTS,
"I HAVE SAVED YOU."
00:22:54.77\00:22:57.44
DOES OBEDIENCE COME BEFORE
SALVATION, OR DOES SALVATION
00:22:57.44\00:23:00.78
COME BEFORE
OBEDIENCE? THAT'S A TRICKY
00:23:00.78\00:23:04.91
QUESTION FOR
PEOPLE! YOU ARE NOT SAVED
00:23:04.91\00:23:08.92
BECAUSE YOU OBEY. THE
ONLY PART OF OBEDIENCE
00:23:08.92\00:23:10.79
THAT COMES BEFORE
SALVATION IS BELIEVING.
00:23:10.79\00:23:13.66
GOD COMMANDS YOU TO BELIEVE,
AND IF YOU WANT TO CALL THAT
00:23:13.66\00:23:15.26
OBEDIENCE, THEN
THAT'S THE PART THAT COMES.
00:23:15.26\00:23:17.96
WE ARE SAVED BY GRACE, NOT
BY EARNING IT, THROUGH FAITH.
00:23:17.96\00:23:21.90
BUT THEN WHEN YOU ARE SAVED, YOU
ARE SO THANKFUL, THAT YOU LIVE A
00:23:21.90\00:23:26.13
RIGHTEOUS LIFE BECAUSE OF
FAITH. THAT'S WHAT RIGHTEOUSNESS
00:23:26.13\00:23:30.14
BY FAITH IS. SO
IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO
00:23:30.14\00:23:33.38
GET THE ORDER RIGHT HERE. "I
HAVE SAVED YOU BECAUSE I LOVE
00:23:33.38\00:23:39.21
YOU, AND IF YOU OBEY ME,
DO IT BECAUSE YOU LOVE ME."
00:23:39.21\00:23:44.12
THEN HE SAYS, "I AM THE LORD...,
WHO BROUGHT YOU OUT OF THE LAND
00:23:44.12\00:23:46.45
OF EGYPT, OUT OF
THE HOUSE OF BONDAGE.
00:23:46.45\00:23:48.02
YOU SHALL HAVE NO OTHER GODS."
HE DOESN'T SAY FEWER GODS.
00:23:48.02\00:23:56.73
HE IS VERY CLEAR THAT HE DOES
NOT ALLOW ANY COMPETITION WITH
00:23:56.73\00:24:01.14
ANY OTHER GODS. KEEP IN
MIND HE HAD JUST VISITED
00:24:01.14\00:24:06.04
THE GODS OF EGYPT WITH
ALL THOSE PLAGUES, 10 PLAGUES.
00:24:06.04\00:24:10.78
THOSE PLAGUES WERE DIRECTED IN
MANY WAYS AT THE EGYPTIAN GODS.
00:24:10.78\00:24:14.42
THEY WORSHIPED THE
SUN; SUN GETS BLACKED OUT.
00:24:14.42\00:24:17.35
THEY WORSHIPED THE
RIVER; RIVER TURNS TO BLOOD.
00:24:17.35\00:24:19.85
THEY WORSHIP THE CRITTERS
IN THE RIVER; FROGS START TO
00:24:19.85\00:24:22.42
PROLIFERATE EVERYWHERE.
SO THESE PLAGUES ARE REALLY
00:24:22.42\00:24:25.29
SHOWING HOW POWERLESS THEIR GODS
WERE, AND NOW GOD IS SAYING, "I
00:24:25.29\00:24:29.73
DON'T WANT TO BE ONE OF YOUR
GODS." IT'S DIFFICULT WITNESSING
00:24:29.73\00:24:36.20
TO CERTAIN WORLD
RELIGIONS THAT ABSORB GODS.
00:24:36.20\00:24:43.14
BUDDHISM, FOR INSTANCE, AND I
DON'T MEAN TO BE UNGRACIOUS TO
00:24:43.14\00:24:46.18
ANY BUDDHISTS WHO MAY BE
WATCHING OR MAY BE HERE TODAY,
00:24:46.18\00:24:48.28
BUT BUDDHISTS WILL
SAY, "JESUS IS WONDERFUL.
00:24:48.28\00:24:51.12
WE LOVE JESUS, AND WE LOVE
BUDDHA, AND WE RESPECT ALL GODS,
00:24:51.12\00:24:54.06
AND THEY'RE ALL
DIFFERENT INCARNATIONS OF GOD."
00:24:54.06\00:24:57.79
AND THEY SORT OF ABSORB JESUS
AND MAKE HIM ONE AMONG MANY.
00:24:57.79\00:25:01.56
THIS IS ONE OF THE BIG PROBLEMS
THAT THE WORLD, AND ESPECIALLY
00:25:01.56\00:25:05.27
THE MEDIA, HAS WITH JESUS,
IS THE EXCLUSIVE NATURE OF
00:25:05.27\00:25:11.77
CHRISTIANITY. WHILE WE
LOVE AND RESPECT PEOPLE
00:25:11.77\00:25:14.98
FROM MANY DIFFERENT FAITHS,
LET'S MAKE ONE THING CLEAR: THE
00:25:14.98\00:25:18.15
BOOK THAT WE BELIEVE IN DOES
NOT SAY THAT YOU ARE SAVED BY
00:25:18.15\00:25:21.62
WHATEVER YOU HAPPEN TO BELIEVE.
IT SAYS "THERE IS NO OTHER NAME
00:25:21.62\00:25:26.79
GIVEN AMONG MEN
WHEREBY WE MUST BE SAVED."
00:25:26.79\00:25:30.53
GOD SAYS, "I WILL NOT
TOLERATE ANY OTHER GODS."
00:25:30.53\00:25:34.46
SO YOU MIGHT LOVE PEOPLE
FROM DIFFERENT RELIGIONS.
00:25:34.46\00:25:39.13
YOU DO NEED TO
LOVE THEM; JESUS DOES.
00:25:39.13\00:25:42.07
YOU WANT TO BE A
GOOD WITNESS TO THEM.
00:25:42.07\00:25:44.41
BUT YOU ALSO NEED TO BE FAITHFUL
TO GOD AND SAY, "WHILE I LOVE
00:25:44.41\00:25:47.44
AND RESPECT YOU, I CAN'T
PARTICIPATE WITH YOU IN EVEN
00:25:47.44\00:25:50.61
GIVING PARTIAL WORSHIP TO YOUR
GOD OR YOUR GODS BECAUSE MY GOD
00:25:50.61\00:25:54.28
SAYS THERE IS NO OTHER GOD."
DANIEL UNDERSTOOD THAT, WHILE HE
00:25:54.28\00:26:00.29
LOVED AND RESPECTED THE PEOPLE
IN BABYLON-OR PERSIA AT THIS
00:26:00.29\00:26:08.40
TIME, WHEN THE KING SAID, "DON'T
PRAY TO ANYONE EXCEPT ME FOR 30
00:26:08.40\00:26:11.90
DAYS," DANIEL SAID, "NO
OTHER GOD. NO OTHER GOD."
00:26:11.90\00:26:17.84
AND HE SAID, "I'M GOING TO
LET YOU KNOW WHICH GOD I WORSHIP
00:26:17.84\00:26:19.77
EVEN IF IT COSTS ME MY LIFE."
AND THEY COULD HAVE THOUGHT,
00:26:19.77\00:26:23.71
"DANIEL, THAT'S NOT VERY LOVING.
COULDN'T YOU, JUST FOR 30 DAYS,
00:26:23.71\00:26:29.02
TEMPORARILY CLOSE YOUR
WINDOWS?" NO OTHER GOD.
00:26:29.02\00:26:33.56
AND THAT'S THE SPIRIT AND THE
ATTITUDE THAT WE NEED TO HAVE AS
00:26:33.56\00:26:37.63
BELIEVERS. GOD IS VERY CLEAR.
00:26:37.63\00:26:39.63
REMEMBER, THESE ARE
NOT TEN RECOMMENDATIONS.
00:26:39.63\00:26:42.90
THEY'RE NOT TEN
GREAT IDEAS OR SUGGESTIONS.
00:26:42.90\00:26:46.63
THESE ARE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD,
AND COMMANDMENTS ARE MEANT TO BE
00:26:46.63\00:26:51.04
OBEYED. AND SO HE SAYS, "NO
OTHER GODS." BABYLONIANS, IT
00:26:51.04\00:26:58.21
TELLS YOU THERE IN DANIEL 5:4,
THEY PRAISED THE GODS OF GOLD
00:26:58.21\00:27:01.08
AND SILVER AND BRASS
AND IRON AND WOOD AND STONE.
00:27:01.08\00:27:04.79
THEY HAD ALL KINDS OF GODS MADE
OUT OF ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF
00:27:04.79\00:27:07.29
MATERIALS. IT'S
ESTIMATED THAT THE GREEKS
00:27:07.29\00:27:09.89
WORSHIPED 30,000 DIFFERENT GODS.
THE ROMANS HAD SO MANY GODS IN
00:27:09.89\00:27:14.96
THE CITY OF ROME, THEY
HAD TO BUILD THE PARTHENON
00:27:14.96\00:27:17.57
TO HOLD THEM ALL. AND
MANY OF THE PRIESTS THERE
00:27:17.57\00:27:20.00
COULDN'T NAME THEM
ALL, THEY WERE SO NUMEROUS.
00:27:20.00\00:27:24.14
IN MODERN INDIA, IT'S ESTIMATED
THERE COULD BE AS MANY AS 330
00:27:24.14\00:27:28.54
MILLION GODS, MOST OF
THEM FROM THE HINDU FAITH.
00:27:28.54\00:27:33.11
EVERY VILLAGE AND TOWN HAS GOT
THEIR OWN SPECIAL GROUP OF GODS,
00:27:33.11\00:27:37.09
AND THEY HAVE THE
STORIES THAT GO WITH IT.
00:27:37.09\00:27:38.92
IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO
KNOW THAT MANY GODS.
00:27:38.92\00:27:41.99
BUT THE LORD SAYS, "ONE GOD."
SOME PEOPLE STRUGGLE WITH THAT.
00:27:41.99\00:27:50.40
MOSES SAID IN DEUTERONOMY
6:4, IN THE GREAT SHEMA,
00:27:50.40\00:27:55.57
"HEAR, O ISRAEL: THE LORD OUR
GOD ... IS ONE! YOU SHALL LOVE
00:27:55.57\00:27:58.87
THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL
YOUR HEART, [AND MIND,]...SOUL,
00:27:58.87\00:28:01.44
AND ... STRENGTH." WELL,
IS HE ONE GOD, OR IS HE THREE?
00:28:01.44\00:28:06.28
WE'VE TALKED
ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT.
00:28:06.28\00:28:07.92
GOD, OUR GOD, IS ONE
GOD. HE IS A UNITED GOD.
00:28:07.92\00:28:12.19
GOD THE FATHER, SON,
AND SPIRIT IS ONE GOD.
00:28:12.19\00:28:15.52
SEE, THE EGYPTIANS, THEY
HAD ALL THEIR TERRITORIAL GODS.
00:28:15.52\00:28:19.53
THEY HAD THE GOD OF THE RIVER,
AND YOU DON'T HAVE THE GOD OF
00:28:19.53\00:28:22.03
THE SAND DUNES MESS WITH THE GOD
OF THE RIVER, AND THE GOD OF THE
00:28:22.03\00:28:24.53
LIGHT, AND THE GOD OF THE BIRDS,
AND THEY ALL HAD THEIR BATTLES
00:28:24.53\00:28:27.50
AND INTRIGUE AMONG THEMSELVES,
AND LIKE THE GREEK GODS, ALL
00:28:27.50\00:28:30.44
FOOLING AROUND WITH EACH OTHER
AND HUMANITY FOR ENTERTAINMENT.
00:28:30.44\00:28:35.38
BUT NOT WITH OUR
GOD. OUR GOD IS A ONE GOD.
00:28:35.38\00:28:39.28
GOD THE FATHER, SON, AND
SPIRIT ARE PERFECTLY UNITED.
00:28:39.28\00:28:42.72
YOU SAY, "WELL, WAIT, DOUG.
HERE YOU'RE SAYING ONE GOD, AND
00:28:42.72\00:28:45.05
YET YOU'RE SAYING THAT
IT'S COMPOSED OF THREE PEOPLE."
00:28:45.05\00:28:47.16
THAT'S A VERY
CLEAN BIBLICAL CONCEPT.
00:28:47.16\00:28:49.99
JESUS SAID TO THE 12 APOSTLES,
HE PRAYED TO THE FATHER,
00:28:49.99\00:28:52.39
"FATHER, I PRAY THAT THEY MAY BE
ONE" (THERE ARE TWELVE OF THEM),
00:28:52.39\00:28:55.60
"EVEN AS YOU AND I ARE ONE,"
JOHN 17. SO YOU'VE GOT TWELVE,
00:28:55.60\00:28:59.87
BUT THEY ARE ONE. AND
THE BIBLE SAYS A MAN LEAVES
00:28:59.87\00:29:03.04
HIS FATHER AND MOTHER,
AND HE CLEAVES UNTO HIS WIFE,
00:29:03.04\00:29:05.97
AND THE TWO
BECOME WHAT? ONE FLESH.
00:29:05.97\00:29:09.31
SO, THE LORD IS CONSISTENT WHEN
HE SAYS THERE IS ONE GOD, BUT WE
00:29:09.31\00:29:14.22
KNOW THERE IS MORE THAN ONE
PERSON IN THE GODHEAD BECAUSE
00:29:14.22\00:29:17.09
THERE IN GENESIS DURING
CREATION, GOD SAYS, "LET US" -
00:29:17.09\00:29:22.36
ELOHIYM IS PLURAL THERE - "MAKE
MAN IN OUR IMAGE." AND I FORGOT
00:29:22.36\00:29:26.19
TO REMIND YOU OF THAT, WHEN IT
SAYS IN THE FIRST COMMANDMENT,
00:29:26.19\00:29:29.33
"I AM THE LORD THY GOD," GOD
THERE IS ELOHIYM ; IT'S IN THE
00:29:29.33\00:29:33.03
PLURAL. SO EVEN IN THE TEN
COMMANDMENTS, IT'S ALMOST LIKE
00:29:33.03\00:29:38.21
GOD IS SAYING, "WE ARE THE
LORD YOUR GOD." HE SAYS "I AM"
00:29:38.21\00:29:42.98
BECAUSE GOD THE FATHER, SON,
AND SPIRIT ARE OF PERFECTLY ONE
00:29:42.98\00:29:46.51
MIND. AND I
SUPPOSE THAT IF KAREN AND
00:29:46.51\00:29:51.32
I COULD ALWAYS READ EACH OTHER'S
MINDS, AND IF SHE COULD ALWAYS
00:29:51.32\00:29:54.16
READ MY MIND WITH WHAT YOU CALL
REAL TIME, SIMULTANEOUSLY, I
00:29:54.16\00:29:58.33
CAN ALWAYS THINK WHAT SHE'S
THINKING, AND SHE COULD THINK
00:29:58.33\00:29:59.96
WHAT I'M THINKING, WE COULD TALK
TO OTHER PEOPLE AND SAY "I" AND
00:29:59.96\00:30:04.13
MEAN BOTH BECAUSE SHE
KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT I'M THINKING
00:30:04.13\00:30:07.34
AND WHAT I'M SAYING.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?
00:30:07.34\00:30:11.61
NO, NOT EXACTLY
BECAUSE WE'RE NOT LIKE THAT!
00:30:11.61\00:30:17.25
SO FOR GOD, WHOSE MIND IS
PERFECTLY LINKED, ISN'T IT TRUE
00:30:17.25\00:30:22.55
THAT JESUS SAID, "YOU'VE SEEN
ME, YOU'VE SEEN THE FATHER."
00:30:22.55\00:30:24.95
GOD THE FATHER, SON, AND
SPIRIT ARE PERFECTLY LINKED.
00:30:24.95\00:30:27.22
HE SAID "THE SPIRIT IS
GOING TO TAKE ME TO YOU," RIGHT?
00:30:27.22\00:30:31.56
ISN'T THAT WHAT HE SAID?
WE SAY, "CHRIST IS IN MY HEART
00:30:31.56\00:30:33.76
NOW," BUT IS HE, OR IS IT
CHRIST THROUGH GOD THE SPIRIT?
00:30:33.76\00:30:36.67
RIGHT? BUT THEY ARE ONE.
00:30:36.67\00:30:39.80
AND SO HE SAID, "I'M NOT GOING
TO SHARE YOU WITH ANYONE ELSE."
00:30:39.80\00:30:44.34
GOD IS VERY EXCLUSIVE IN THAT,
AND THAT REALLY BOTHERS PEOPLE
00:30:44.34\00:30:46.98
WHEN WE SAY ONLY ONE GOD,
NOT SALVATION IN ANYONE ELSE.
00:30:46.98\00:30:53.62
ANOTHER PART OF THAT
COMMANDMENT, IT SAYS, "YOU SHALL
00:30:53.62\00:30:55.78
NOT HAVE ANY
OTHER GODS BEFORE ME."
00:30:55.78\00:30:59.69
ACCORDING TO JEWISH SCHOLARS,
THAT WORD HAVE IS USED IN A
00:30:59.69\00:31:03.83
PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP.
A MAN WOULD HAVE A WIFE;
00:31:03.83\00:31:08.30
HE WOULD HAVE CHILDREN.
THE WORD HAVE THERE IMPLIES
00:31:08.30\00:31:12.53
PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP. GOD
SAYS, "I AM THE ONE WHO HAS
00:31:12.53\00:31:17.14
A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH
YOU, AND YOU ARE NOT TO HAVE
00:31:17.14\00:31:20.81
THAT RELATIONSHIP
WITH ANY OTHER GOD."
00:31:20.81\00:31:25.31
1 CORINTHIANS 8:5, 6.
THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT GODS.
00:31:25.31\00:31:28.52
PAUL TELLS US, "FOR EVEN
IF THERE ARE SO-CALLED GODS,
00:31:28.52\00:31:37.03
WHETHER IN HEAVEN OR ON EARTH
(AS THERE ARE MANY GODS AND MANY
00:31:37.03\00:31:40.76
LORDS)," THE MANY THAT ARE
CALLED, SO-CALLED GODS, "YET FOR
00:31:40.76\00:31:45.13
US THERE IS ONE GOD, THE FATHER,
OF WHOM ARE ALL THINGS, AND WE
00:31:45.13\00:31:50.34
[ARE] FOR HIM; AND ONE LORD
JESUS CHRIST, THROUGH WHOM ARE
00:31:50.34\00:31:53.98
ALL THINGS, AND THROUGH WHOM
WE LIVE." HE SAYS THERE'S ONE.
00:31:53.98\00:31:59.01
AND AGAIN, I READ TO
YOU DEUTERONOMY 6:4, 5.
00:31:59.01\00:32:01.98
GOD SAID, "LET US MAKE MAN IN
OUR IMAGE." UNLESS WE ARE GUIDED
00:32:01.98\00:32:08.56
BY GOD'S SPIRIT, WE
WILL WORSHIP OTHER THINGS.
00:32:08.56\00:32:14.00
UNLESS WE ARE KEEPING THE FIRST
COMMANDMENT, I CAN GUARANTEE YOU
00:32:14.00\00:32:17.17
YOU ARE
WORSHIPING SOMETHING ELSE.
00:32:17.17\00:32:20.44
YOU MIGHT BE SAYING, "WELL,
DOUG, I MAY NOT BE A CHRISTIAN;
00:32:20.44\00:32:23.64
I DON'T REALLY WORSHIP ANY GOD."
OH YES, YOU DO; YES, YOU DO.
00:32:23.64\00:32:27.48
EVERYBODY WORSHIPS SOMETHING,
AND IF YOU ARE NOT MAKING THE
00:32:27.48\00:32:32.65
GOD OF ABRAHAM, ISAAC, AND JACOB
YOUR GOD, THE GOD OF THE BIBLE
00:32:32.65\00:32:37.05
YOUR GOD, IF JESUS IS NOT YOUR
ALL IN ALL, THEN THE QUESTION
00:32:37.05\00:32:41.09
IS, WHAT IS YOUR GOD? BECAUSE
EVERYBODY SERVES SOMEBODY, AND
00:32:41.09\00:32:47.30
THAT'S THE QUESTION
NOW, WHAT ARE YOU WORSHIPING?
00:32:47.30\00:32:50.33
A LOT OF
DIFFERENT GODS OUT THERE.
00:32:50.33\00:32:53.07
SOMETHING ELSE ABOUT THIS
COMMANDMENT, AND I NEED TO GIVE
00:32:53.07\00:32:55.60
KAREN CREDIT FOR THIS (SHE
BROUGHT THIS TO MY ATTENTION),
00:32:55.60\00:32:59.04
HE NOT ONLY SAYS, "I DON'T WANT
YOU TO HAVE ANY OTHER GODS," HE
00:32:59.04\00:33:03.71
IS CALLING THEM OUT, TO BE
SEPARATE. HE'S WANTING THEM TO
00:33:03.71\00:33:08.02
BE UNIQUE. NOTICE, "I AM THE
LORD YOUR GOD WHO BROUGHT YOU
00:33:08.02\00:33:11.89
OUT." "I BROUGHT YOU OUT
TO WORSHIP ME." MOSES SAID TO
00:33:11.89\00:33:17.09
PHARAOH, "LET MY PEOPLE GO
THAT THEY MIGHT GO OUT IN THE
00:33:17.09\00:33:19.06
WILDERNESS AND HOLD A
FEAST UNTO ME AND WORSHIP ME."
00:33:19.06\00:33:22.16
YOU KNOW WHAT THE CHURCH IS? THE
WORD CHURCH THERE IN GREEK IS
00:33:22.16\00:33:25.57
EKKLESIA . YOU'VE
HEARD OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL .
00:33:25.57\00:33:28.27
EK- , YOU LOOK ON THE RED BEHIND
YOU THERE, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE,
00:33:28.27\00:33:32.27
NOT THE TIME
CLOCK, YOU'LL SEE "EXIT."
00:33:32.27\00:33:35.08
THAT SPRINGS FROM A GREEK WORD
THAT MEANS "OUT," THE WAY OUT.
00:33:35.08\00:33:39.98
AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE WORD
KALOS OR KALO ; KALEO , REALLY.
00:33:39.98\00:33:45.49
IT SOUNDS LIKE
CALL , DOESN'T IT?
00:33:45.49\00:33:47.66
I'M GOING TO PICK UP MY CELL
PHONE AND GIVE YOU A KALEO .
00:33:47.66\00:33:50.99
YOU GET THE IDEA.
IT MEANS "TO CALL."
00:33:50.99\00:33:54.83
SO THE CHURCH IS THE CALLED OUT.
HE SAYS, "I SAVED YOU OUT OF."
00:33:54.83\00:34:02.34
YOU CANNOT WORSHIP
GOD UNTIL YOU COME OUT.
00:34:02.34\00:34:07.41
YOU KNOW WHAT THE PHARAOH
SAID, HE SAID, "MOSES, LOOK, ALL
00:34:07.41\00:34:09.78
RIGHT, ENOUGH PLAGUES, ENOUGH.
I'LL LET YOU WORSHIP YOUR LORD.
00:34:09.78\00:34:13.38
DO IT RIGHT HERE." AND
THEY SAID, "NO, THAT WON'T
00:34:13.38\00:34:16.99
WORK BECAUSE WE OFFER
SACRIFICES, AND THAT'S AN
00:34:16.99\00:34:20.19
ABOMINATION TO THE
EGYPTIANS. THEY'LL STONE US.
00:34:20.19\00:34:22.72
WE'VE GOT TO GO THREE
DAYS INTO THE WILDERNESS.
00:34:22.72\00:34:24.43
WE CAN'T WORSHIP OUR GOD
TILL WE GET OUT OF EGYPT."
00:34:24.43\00:34:27.30
THE CHURCH, IN ORDER TO WORSHIP
GOD, NEEDS TO COME OUT FROM THE
00:34:27.30\00:34:31.10
WORLD. YOU NEED TO BE SEPARATE.
CAN YOU TELL THE DIFFERENCE
00:34:31.10\00:34:36.94
THESE DAYS BETWEEN THE PEOPLE
WHO ARE IN THE CHURCH AND THE
00:34:36.94\00:34:39.07
PEOPLE WHO ARE IN
THE WORLD? NOT VERY WELL.
00:34:39.07\00:34:45.71
I'M TALKING ABOUT THE CHURCH
IN A MORE UNIVERSAL SENSE.
00:34:45.71\00:34:48.22
YOU CAN BARELY SPOT
A CHRISTIAN ANYMORE.
00:34:48.22\00:34:51.02
THERE OUGHT TO BE A DIFFERENCE
IN CHRISTIANS IN THE WAY THAT WE
00:34:51.02\00:34:54.76
TALK, IN THE WAY THAT WE ACT, IN
THE WAY THAT WE THINK, THE MUSIC
00:34:54.76\00:35:00.33
THAT WE LISTEN TO, THE CLOTHES
THAT WE WEAR, THE FOOD THAT WE
00:35:00.33\00:35:02.80
EAT. EVERYTHING
ABOUT A CHRISTIAN
00:35:02.80\00:35:05.67
OUGHT TO BE A LITTLE
DIFFERENT. YOU KNOW WHY?
00:35:05.67\00:35:07.87
BECAUSE WE ARE A
CALLED OUT PEOPLE.
00:35:07.87\00:35:10.04
LET ME GIVE YOU SOME
VERSES FOR THAT. 1 PETER 2:9.
00:35:10.04\00:35:13.51
"BUT YOU ARE A CHOSEN
GENERATION, A ROYAL PRIESTHOOD,
00:35:13.51\00:35:16.85
A HOLY NATION, HIS OWN SPECIAL
PEOPLE, THAT YOU MAY PROCLAIM
00:35:16.85\00:35:21.32
THE PRAISES," HOW? IN OUR LIVES.
00:35:21.32\00:35:24.72
"PROCLAIM THE PRAISES OF HIM
WHO" HAS, NOTICE, "CALLED YOU
00:35:24.72\00:35:29.46
OUT." THAT'S WHAT
GOD SAYS IN THE TEN
00:35:29.46\00:35:31.96
COMMANDMENTS, "I
HAVE SAVED YOU OUT."
00:35:31.96\00:35:34.20
HE "CALLED YOU OUT OF DARKNESS
INTO HIS MARVELOUS LIGHT."
00:35:34.20\00:35:36.77
BY THE WAY, IN EXODUS 19, IT
SAYS, "I HAVE CALLED YOU OUT TO
00:35:36.77\00:35:39.87
BE A PECULIAR
TREASURE." HE SAYS, "I WANT
00:35:39.87\00:35:43.47
YOU TO BE
SEPARATE. YOU ARE MY JEWELS.
00:35:43.47\00:35:44.77
I'VE CALLED YOU
OUT TO BE DIFFERENT."
00:35:44.77\00:35:46.81
SO, PART OF WORSHIPING GOD AND
NO OTHER GOD IS TO BE WILLING TO
00:35:46.81\00:35:50.08
COME OUT, BE
SEPARATE. BY THE WAY, I DIDN'T
00:35:50.08\00:35:52.71
READ THAT TO YOU.
2 CORINTHIANS 6:17.
00:35:52.71\00:35:56.79
I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A COUPLE
FROM THE NEW TESTAMENT AND ONE
00:35:56.79\00:35:59.52
FROM THE OLD. HERE'S ANOTHER NEW
TESTAMENT. "THEREFORE 'COME OUT
00:35:59.52\00:36:03.53
FROM AMONG THEM AND BE
SEPARATE, SAYS THE LORD.
00:36:03.53\00:36:06.66
DO NOT TOUCH WHAT IS UNCLEAN,
AND I WILL RECEIVE YOU.'" SO IF
00:36:06.66\00:36:11.70
YOU'RE JUST RIGHT IN THERE WITH
THE WORLD ALL WEEK LONG, AND YOU
00:36:11.70\00:36:14.34
COME TO CHURCH FOR TWO HOURS A
WEEK, ARE YOU REALLY CALLED OUT?
00:36:14.34\00:36:19.64
ARE YOU WANTING TO REFLECT
CHRIST AND LIVE DIFFERENTLY?
00:36:19.64\00:36:23.55
IF YOU'RE GOING TO WORSHIP HIM
AS YOUR SUPREME GOD, YOU'VE GOT
00:36:23.55\00:36:26.75
TO COME OUT OF EGYPT. AND
THAT'S RIGHT THERE IN THE TEXT.
00:36:26.75\00:36:31.09
SOMETHING ELSE, ANOTHER REASON
THAT WE WORSHIP GOD SUPREMELY
00:36:31.09\00:36:34.99
IS, THERE IS NO GOD LIKE
OUR GOD. GOD IS ALL-KNOWING.
00:36:34.99\00:36:42.00
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE
DESCRIPTIONS OF GOD, WE TALK
00:36:42.00\00:36:45.20
ABOUT GOD AS BEING OMNIPOTENT;
HE'S OMNISCIENT; HE'S
00:36:45.20\00:36:48.67
OMNIPRESENT; HE'S
OMNIPATHIC (THAT MEANS HE FEELS
00:36:48.67\00:36:51.94
EVERYTHING). IN OTHER WORDS, GOD
IS EVERYWHERE, HE'S OMNIPRESENT.
00:36:51.94\00:36:57.75
HE ALWAYS EXISTS. HE'S ETERNAL.
00:36:57.75\00:37:00.98
HE KNOWS
EVERYTHING-HE'S OMNISCIENT.
00:37:00.98\00:37:04.35
HE CAN DO
ANYTHING-HE'S OMNIPOTENT.
00:37:04.35\00:37:08.16
HE FEELS
EVERYTHING-HE'S OMNIPATHIC.
00:37:08.16\00:37:11.26
THERE IS NO
OTHER GOD BUT OUR GOD.
00:37:11.26\00:37:13.96
BUT GOD HAS ALL THE
QUALIFICATIONS WHERE HE DESERVES
00:37:13.96\00:37:17.33
OUR WORSHIP BECAUSE HE
IS SO AWESOME AND POWERFUL.
00:37:17.33\00:37:22.30
LET ME GIVE YOU A FEW PSALMS.
PSALM 147:5, A FEW VERSES HERE.
00:37:22.30\00:37:29.51
"GREAT IS OUR LORD, AND MIGHTY
IN POWER; HIS UNDERSTANDING IS
00:37:29.51\00:37:32.85
INFINITE." WHY
DO WE WORSHIP HIM?
00:37:32.85\00:37:35.52
THERE IS NO LIMIT
TO HIS UNDERSTANDING.
00:37:35.52\00:37:37.72
I WAS TALKING WITH SOME FRIENDS
FROM ANOTHER RELIGION, AND THEY
00:37:37.72\00:37:39.95
WERE TELLING ME THAT SOMEDAY,
AS TIME GOES BY, THEY WILL
00:37:39.95\00:37:42.62
EVENTUALLY BE GODS
OF THEIR OWN WORLDS.
00:37:42.62\00:37:45.33
AND I SAID, "WHEN YOU GET TO BE
GODS OF YOUR OWN WORLD, WILL YOU
00:37:45.33\00:37:48.26
STILL BE ABLE TO LEARN?"
"YEAH, WE'LL CONTINUE TO LEARN,
00:37:48.26\00:37:50.20
AND EVENTUALLY WE'LL BE
GODS OF OUR OWN UNIVERSE."
00:37:50.20\00:37:52.87
AND I SAID, "SO OUR GOD NOW, DID
HE ONCE START OUT AS A LESSER
00:37:52.87\00:37:56.84
GOD?" "WELL, YES." "AND
SO IS HE STILL LEARNING?"
00:37:56.84\00:38:00.21
AND THEY SAID, "YES." I SAID,
"HOW COULD HE BE ALL-KNOWING AND
00:38:00.21\00:38:02.41
STILL LEARNING?" YOU GET THAT?
YOU CAN'T RECONCILE THE TWO.
00:38:02.41\00:38:10.25
THE ONLY TIME A PERSON CAN
REALLY BE ALL-KNOWING AND STILL
00:38:10.25\00:38:15.49
LEARNING IS A
TEENAGER IN HIGH SCHOOL.
00:38:15.49\00:38:26.27
THERE'S THAT LITTLE LAPSE THERE.
ISAIAH 55:9, "FOR AS THE HEAVENS
00:38:26.27\00:38:33.14
ARE HIGHER THAN THE EARTH,
SO ARE MY WAYS HIGHER THAN YOUR
00:38:33.14\00:38:36.24
WAYS, AND MY
THOUGHTS THAN YOUR THOUGHTS."
00:38:36.24\00:38:41.95
IT'S NOT LIKE GOD IS
INVOLVED IN TIME MANAGEMENT.
00:38:41.95\00:38:45.12
HE HAS POWER OVER TIME ITSELF.
TALK ABOUT TIME MANAGEMENT!
00:38:45.12\00:38:48.62
GOD CAN LIVE IN THE PAST, HE CAN
LIVE IN THE PRESENT, HE CAN LIVE
00:38:48.62\00:38:51.13
IN THE FUTURE, AND HE
CAN DO ALL OF IT AT ONE TIME.
00:38:51.13\00:38:54.00
YOU AND I CAN'T COMPREHEND
THAT. THAT'S ANOTHER REASON
00:38:54.00\00:38:55.83
TO WORSHIP HIM.
HE'S BEYOND TIME.
00:38:55.83\00:38:57.77
HE KNOWS EVERYTHING, BEFORE
IT HAPPENS, WHAT IS GOING TO
00:38:57.77\00:39:00.47
HAPPEN. ISAIAH
42:9, "BEHOLD, [BEFORE]
00:39:00.47\00:39:04.34
THE FORMER THINGS ... COME TO
PASS, AND NEW THINGS I DECLARE;
00:39:04.34\00:39:07.41
BEFORE THEY SPRING
FORTH I TELL YOU OF THEM."
00:39:07.41\00:39:09.54
NOT LIKE THE WEATHER MAN WHO
IS MAKING AN EDUCATED GUESS, GOD
00:39:09.54\00:39:12.15
KNOWS EXACTLY
WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
00:39:12.15\00:39:14.08
ISAIAH 46:9, 10, "REMEMBER THE
FORMER THINGS" (I THINK THIS WAS
00:39:14.08\00:39:18.22
IN OUR SCRIPTURE READING), "FOR
I AM GOD, AND THERE IS NO OTHER;
00:39:18.22\00:39:21.69
I AM GOD, AND
THERE IS NONE LIKE ME."
00:39:21.69\00:39:23.49
WHY WORSHIP HIM ALONE? "THERE
IS NONE LIKE ME. I AM GOD."
00:39:23.49\00:39:26.33
"DECLARING THE END FROM
THE BEGINNING, AND FROM ANCIENT
00:39:26.33\00:39:28.80
TIMES THINGS THAT
ARE NOT YET DONE."
00:39:28.80\00:39:31.43
YOU CAN GO BACK TO THE
FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD, AND HE
00:39:31.43\00:39:33.20
CAN TELL YOU EXACTLY HOW
IT'S GOING TO WRAP UP, IN MINUTE
00:39:33.20\00:39:35.24
DETAIL. HAVE YOU
EVER THOUGHT ABOUT
00:39:35.24\00:39:37.14
HOW MUCH POWER IT REQUIRES
TO PREDICT THE FUTURE PERFECTLY?
00:39:37.14\00:39:42.01
DO YOU REALIZE, BECAUSE THE
WORLD IS SO INTERRELATED WITH
00:39:42.01\00:39:46.28
EVERY LITTLE ATOM AND ELECTRON
AND NEUTRON, THAT EVERY GESTURE
00:39:46.28\00:39:52.72
YOU MAKE, EVERY BREATH YOU
BREATHE IS GOING TO CREATE A
00:39:52.72\00:39:55.39
CHAIN REACTION OF
OTHERS AROUND YOU?
00:39:55.39\00:39:57.79
ISN'T THAT RIGHT? SO
THINK ABOUT HOW BRILLIANT
00:39:57.79\00:40:01.33
A PERSON WOULD HAVE TO BE TO
PREDICT EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING TO
00:40:01.33\00:40:03.70
HAPPEN IN HISTORY
1000 YEARS FROM NOW.
00:40:03.70\00:40:09.57
IF I WERE TO TELL YOU THAT IN 10
YEARS CUBA IS GOING TO RULE THE
00:40:09.57\00:40:12.61
WORLD, HOW LIKELY
DO YOU THINK THAT IS?
00:40:12.61\00:40:18.05
IF YOU WERE GOING TO SPECULATE
AND PUT MONEY DOWN (I DON'T
00:40:18.05\00:40:21.15
RECOMMEND THAT), WOULD
ANYONE PUT MONEY ON THAT?
00:40:21.15\00:40:25.42
PLEASE, DON'T TAKE OFFENSE,
ANY OF MY FRIENDS IN CUBA.
00:40:25.42\00:40:29.46
I WENT TO SCHOOL IN MIAMI BEACH,
AND A LOT OF MY FRIENDS WERE
00:40:29.46\00:40:31.69
FROM CUBA. I'M JUST
PICKING THEM BECAUSE
00:40:31.69\00:40:32.79
THEY'RE A LITTLE, KIND OF
ISOLATED COUNTRY RIGHT NOW.
00:40:32.79\00:40:35.93
WELL, YOU KNOW
THAT'S WHAT GOD DID?
00:40:35.93\00:40:38.73
WHEN HE PREDICTED ROME
WOULD RULE THE WORLD, THEY WERE
00:40:38.73\00:40:40.44
PRIMITIVE TRIBES UP THERE. TWO
BROTHERS, OSTENSIBLY RAISED BY
00:40:40.44\00:40:44.41
WOLVES, SOMEDAY THEY'RE GOING
TO RULE THE WORLD-WHO WOULD HAVE
00:40:44.41\00:40:46.74
THOUGHT? YOU KNOW WHAT
I'M SAYING? BUT GOD, HE KNOWS.
00:40:46.74\00:40:50.18
EVERYTHING. ONLY GOD HAS THAT
KIND OF POWER TO PREDICT THINGS,
00:40:50.18\00:40:54.68
AND HE KNOWS EXACTLY HOW
THIS WORLD IS GOING TO END.
00:40:54.68\00:41:00.29
FOR SOME PEOPLE,
THEY HAVE OTHER GODS.
00:41:00.29\00:41:03.02
LET'S TALK FOR JUST
A MOMENT ABOUT THAT.
00:41:03.02\00:41:04.83
THIS SERMON WOULD BE VERY
LONG IF I DECIDED TO TAKE THE
00:41:04.83\00:41:08.33
REMAINING TIME AND TALK ABOUT
ALL THE OTHER POTENTIAL GODS YOU
00:41:08.33\00:41:11.53
MIGHT HAVE. I'D HAVE
TO START GOING THROUGH
00:41:11.53\00:41:14.80
THE 330 MILLION GODS IN INDIA,
AND WE'D BE HERE A LONG TIME.
00:41:14.80\00:41:20.14
BUT SOME OF THE BIG ONES
THAT THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT, SOME
00:41:20.14\00:41:25.11
PEOPLE THINK MONEY IS A
GOD. JESUS TALKED ABOUT THAT.
00:41:25.11\00:41:30.75
MATTHEW 6:24, "NO ONE CAN SERVE
TWO MASTERS; FOR ... HE WILL
00:41:30.75\00:41:34.76
HATE THE ONE AND LOVE THE OTHER,
OR ... HE WILL BE LOYAL TO THE
00:41:34.76\00:41:36.62
ONE AND DESPISE THE
OTHER. YOU CANNOT SERVE
00:41:36.62\00:41:39.46
GOD AND MAMMON."
MAMMON WAS AN ANCIENT GOD OF
00:41:39.46\00:41:42.73
GOLD, AND IT'S SORT OF A GENERIC
WORD WE USE FOR MONEY NOW, BUT
00:41:42.73\00:41:48.50
JESUS IS SAYING YOU
CAN'T SERVE GOD AND MONEY.
00:41:48.50\00:41:51.17
THE BIBLE DOES NOT SAY MONEY
IS EVIL. WE BRING IT TO CHURCH
00:41:51.17\00:41:55.44
EVERY WEEK. WE'RE
HAPPY TO SHARE IT.
00:41:55.44\00:41:58.18
WE KNOW IT CAN ACCOMPLISH A LOT
OF GOOD, BUT MONEY REPRESENTS
00:41:58.18\00:42:00.65
INFLUENCE AND POWER, AND
SOME PEOPLE WORSHIP POWER.
00:42:00.65\00:42:06.02
THAT'S WHAT THE
DEVIL WANTED, ISN'T IT?
00:42:06.02\00:42:07.76
SO MONEY JUST SORT
OF SYMBOLIZES THAT.
00:42:07.76\00:42:09.86
1 TIMOTHY 6:9, 10, "BUT THOSE
WHO DESIRE TO BE RICH FALL INTO
00:42:09.86\00:42:14.76
TEMPTATION AND A SNARE, AND INTO
MANY FOOLISH AND HARMFUL LUSTS
00:42:14.76\00:42:18.20
WHICH DROWN MEN IN
DESTRUCTION AND PERDITION.
00:42:18.20\00:42:21.67
FOR THE LOVE OF MONEY IS A ROOT
OF ALL KINDS OF EVIL, FOR WHICH
00:42:21.67\00:42:25.11
SOME HAVE STRAYED FROM THE FAITH
IN THEIR GREEDINESS, AND PIERCED
00:42:25.11\00:42:27.64
THEMSELVES THROUGH
WITH MANY SORROWS."
00:42:27.64\00:42:30.21
GOOD REASON NOT TO HAVE MONEY
AS YOUR GOD IS IT WON'T MAKE YOU
00:42:30.21\00:42:32.88
HAPPY. MY FATHER
KNEW HOWARD HUGHES.
00:42:32.88\00:42:38.42
THEY WERE BOTH IN THE AIRLINE
BUSINESS AT THE SAME TIME.
00:42:38.42\00:42:40.92
HE WAS A LOT RICHER THAN MY DAD.
00:42:40.92\00:42:43.99
HE OWNED TWA, AND MY DAD DURING
THAT SAME TIME, YOU MAY NOT
00:42:43.99\00:42:49.10
KNOW, HE OWNED CONTROLLING
INTEREST IN WESTERN AIRLINES.
00:42:49.10\00:42:52.23
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE
EVEN REMEMBERS WESTERN AIRLINES.
00:42:52.23\00:42:54.77
BUT NEITHER ONE OF
THEM WERE VERY HAPPY.
00:42:54.77\00:42:58.67
HOWARD HUGHES, DID YOU EVER READ
HOW HIS LIFE ENDED, HOW TRAGIC
00:42:58.67\00:43:01.54
IT WAS? HE ENDED
UP JUST BUYING THE TOP
00:43:01.54\00:43:05.18
FLOOR IN SOME HOTEL, AND HE
LIVED ALMOST A LITTLE BETTER
00:43:05.18\00:43:11.29
THAN AN ANIMAL, LIVING ON CANDY
BARS, AND HE WAS A DRUG ADDICT
00:43:11.29\00:43:15.22
AND MISERABLE AND ISOLATED AND
LONELY, AND HIS FINGERNAILS GREW
00:43:15.22\00:43:18.99
OUT LIKE NEBUCHADNEZZAR'S
CLAWS. IT WAS SO PATHETIC.
00:43:18.99\00:43:21.93
WHEN HE FINALLY DIED, THEY
HAD TO DO A LOT OF TESTS BECAUSE
00:43:21.93\00:43:25.33
THEY DIDN'T BELIEVE THIS SHALLOW
FIGURE OF A MAN HAD ONCE BEEN
00:43:25.33\00:43:30.51
THAT VERY PROUD, TALL
BUSINESSMAN AND AVIATOR.
00:43:30.51\00:43:35.31
BUT HE DIRECTED ALL HIS
ATTENTION TO TRY TO INCREASE HIS
00:43:35.31\00:43:38.18
HOLDINGS. LOVE OF MONEY
DOESN'T BRING HAPPINESS.
00:43:38.18\00:43:43.15
PIERCED HIMSELF
THROUGH WITH MANY SORROWS.
00:43:43.15\00:43:47.42
MONEY IS A GOD FOR MANY.
WHEN ANYTHING OTHER THAN GOD
00:43:47.42\00:43:52.73
TAKES YOUR FIRST PLACE, YOU END
UP BECOMING IMPRISONED BY IT.
00:43:52.73\00:43:57.20
THE BIBLE REALLY SPECIFIES THREE
AREAS WHERE YOU CAN HAVE OTHER
00:43:57.20\00:44:00.20
GODS. IT'S
CALLED THE LUST OF THE
00:44:00.20\00:44:01.44
FLESH, THE LUST OF THE
EYES, AND THE PRIDE OF LIFE.
00:44:01.44\00:44:04.67
ALL THE OTHER GODS
FALL INTO THOSE CATEGORIES.
00:44:04.67\00:44:07.58
MANY OF THE ANCIENT
GODS WERE GODS OF LUST.
00:44:07.58\00:44:10.41
THEY HAD TEMPLE PROSTITUTES,
AND YOU WORSHIPED YOUR GOD WITH
00:44:10.41\00:44:13.28
FERTILITY RITES. IT
WAS THE LUST OF THE FLESH.
00:44:13.28\00:44:18.52
SOME PEOPLE WORSHIP THAT
GOD, ESPECIALLY TODAY WHERE THE
00:44:18.52\00:44:22.79
INTERNET MAKES
SENSUALITY A MOUSE-CLICK AWAY.
00:44:22.79\00:44:27.20
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
ENSLAVED BY THAT GOD OF PASSION.
00:44:27.20\00:44:32.17
FOR OTHERS, IT MIGHT BE
FOOD, AND IF THEY COULD THEY'D
00:44:32.17\00:44:36.27
DOWNLOAD TWINKIES.
BIBLE SAYS FOOD IS A GOD.
00:44:36.27\00:44:42.11
ECCLESIASTES 10:17, "BLESSED ARE
YOU, O LAND, WHEN YOUR KING IS
00:44:42.11\00:44:46.08
THE SON OF NOBLES, AND YOUR
PRINCES [EAT IN DUE SEASON]-FOR
00:44:46.08\00:44:48.72
STRENGTH AND NOT
FOR DRUNKENNESS!"
00:44:48.72\00:44:50.62
NOW, WE ALL NEED TO EAT.
UNLIKE SOME THINGS, YOU WILL
00:44:50.62\00:44:54.32
ACTUALLY SURVIVE
WITHOUT SEX. DID YOU KNOW THAT?
00:44:54.32\00:44:57.16
YOU WON'T CURL UP AND DIE.
YOU CAN LIVE WITHOUT CIGARETTES.
00:44:57.16\00:44:59.53
THERE ARE THINGS YOU CAN QUIT
COLD TURKEY AND JUST NEVER DO
00:44:59.53\00:45:01.63
AGAIN, AND YOU'LL STILL
LIVE, BUT NOT WITH FOOD.
00:45:01.63\00:45:05.30
FOOD IS A DIFFICULT ONE BECAUSE
IT'S SO EASY TO SLIP BACK INTO
00:45:05.30\00:45:09.04
THE WORSHIP OF IT. WE
HAVE TO HAVE THAT BALANCE
00:45:09.04\00:45:12.27
WHERE WE'RE THANKFUL
THAT OUR FOOD TASTES GOOD.
00:45:12.27\00:45:14.68
WE PRAISE GOD, AND IT'S A
BLESSING, AND WE EAT IT TO LIVE.
00:45:14.68\00:45:17.68
BUT THEN THERE ARE THOSE THAT
LIVE TO EAT, AND FOOD BECOMES
00:45:17.68\00:45:21.85
THEIR GOD. PHILIPPIANS
3:18, 19, PAUL SAYS SO.
00:45:21.85\00:45:28.16
"FOR MANY WALK, OF WHOM I HAVE
TOLD YOU OFTEN, AND NOW TELL YOU
00:45:28.16\00:45:30.76
EVEN WEEPING, THAT THEY ARE THE
ENEMIES OF THE CROSS OF CHRIST:
00:45:30.76\00:45:34.63
WHOSE END IS DESTRUCTION,
WHOSE GOD IS THEIR BELLY."
00:45:34.63\00:45:39.60
SO DON'T THINK PASTOR DOUG JUST
MADE THIS UP TO STRETCH A TRUTH.
00:45:39.60\00:45:42.50
BIBLE SAYS FOR SOME PEOPLE,
THEIR GOD IS THEIR BELLY.
00:45:42.50\00:45:47.48
IT'S TALKING ABOUT THEIR
STOMACH, THEIR FOOD THAT THEY
00:45:47.48\00:45:49.21
EAT. ROMANS 6:16
[KJV], "KNOW YE NOT,
00:45:49.21\00:45:54.35
THAT TO WHOM YE YIELD YOURSELVES
SERVANTS TO OBEY, HIS SERVANTS
00:45:54.35\00:45:57.75
YE ARE TO WHOM YE OBEY;
WHETHER OF SIN UNTO DEATH, OR OF
00:45:57.75\00:46:01.52
OBEDIENCE UNTO RIGHTEOUSNESS?"
DO YOU EAT TO LIVE,
00:46:01.52\00:46:06.93
OR DO YOU LIVE TO EAT?
DOES IT HAVE CONTROL OF YOU?
00:46:06.93\00:46:09.43
DO YOU PLAN YOUR DAY
AROUND IT? HOW DO YOU KNOW IF
00:46:09.43\00:46:11.10
SOMETHING IS YOUR GOD? I
AM SO THANKFUL FOR MY CAR.
00:46:11.10\00:46:17.11
I LIKE MY CAR. I DON'T
THINK I WORSHIP MY CAR.
00:46:17.11\00:46:19.84
I WASH IT EVERY NOW AND
THEN. IT'S FUNCTIONAL FOR ME.
00:46:19.84\00:46:23.98
BUT HAVE YOU EVER KNOWN
SOMEONE WHO WORSHIPS THEIR CAR?
00:46:23.98\00:46:28.08
THEY'RE ALWAYS OUT
DOING THINGS TO THEIR CAR.
00:46:28.08\00:46:30.42
KIDS DON'T HAVE SHOES, BUT
THE CAR'S GOT THE LATEST TURBO
00:46:30.42\00:46:32.59
CARBURETOR. SOME PEOPLE WORSHIP
THEIR HOUSE. I BELIEVE YOU NEED
00:46:32.59\00:46:40.33
TO MAINTAIN YOUR HOUSE AND TAKE
CARE OF YOUR HOUSE, BUT SOME
00:46:40.33\00:46:43.40
PEOPLE, THEY'RE ALWAYS
UPGRADING AND WORSHIPING IT.
00:46:43.40\00:46:47.57
THEY ALWAYS NEED THE LATEST AND
GREATEST, AND THEY LIKE TO BRING
00:46:47.57\00:46:50.31
PEOPLE OVER AND GRANDSTAND THEIR
HOUSE LIKE HEZEKIAH SHOWING THE
00:46:50.31\00:46:53.07
BABYLONIANS
EVERYTHING IN HIS HOUSE.
00:46:53.07\00:46:57.05
THEY HAVE GOT A WHOLE CHANNEL
DEDICATED TO HOUSES, AND THEY'VE
00:46:57.05\00:46:59.21
GOT A CHANNEL
DEDICATED TO FOOD, DON'T THEY?
00:46:59.21\00:47:01.72
AND THEY'VE GOT PLENTY OF
CHANNELS THAT TALK ABOUT SEX.
00:47:01.72\00:47:04.65
WE CAN TELL WHAT PEOPLE'S
GODS ARE, JUST CHANGE CHANNEL.
00:47:04.65\00:47:07.86
RIGHT? THEY'VE GOT A
CHANNEL FOR EVERYTHING.
00:47:07.86\00:47:12.73
PEOPLE ARE WORSHIPED.
PEOPLE WORSHIP OTHER PEOPLE.
00:47:12.73\00:47:20.27
SOMETIMES THEY DO IT IN
CODEPENDENT RELATIONSHIPS.
00:47:20.27\00:47:24.07
WELL, TO MAKE SOMEBODY
ELSE THEIR GOD, IT MIGHT BE THE
00:47:24.07\00:47:26.68
TYPICAL IDOLS ON TELEVISION THAT
ARE WORSHIPED BY OUR CULTURE.
00:47:26.68\00:47:32.55
SEE FOLKS TRYING TO DRESS LIKE
THEM AND ACT LIKE THEM, AND THEY
00:47:32.55\00:47:36.72
GO TO WORK, AND ALL THEY DO
IS TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO
00:47:36.72\00:47:38.55
THEIR IDOL ON
THE LATEST EPISODE.
00:47:38.55\00:47:42.09
WHAT FILLS YOUR MIND?
WHAT GETS YOUR ATTENTION?
00:47:42.09\00:47:45.63
FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, WHAT THEY
SPEND THEIR TIME LOOKING AT AND
00:47:45.63\00:47:50.87
FOCUSING ON, THAT'S THEIR
GOD. FOR OTHERS, IT'S SPORTS.
00:47:50.87\00:47:56.87
YOU GO TO SOME COUNTRIES,
THE RELIGION IS SOCCER.
00:47:56.87\00:48:03.28
I'VE BEEN AROUND THE WORLD,
AND YOU'D BE DOING EVANGELISTIC
00:48:03.28\00:48:06.25
MEETINGS, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN
THE CROWD IS DECIMATED, AND I'LL
00:48:06.25\00:48:09.35
SAY TO MY TRANSLATOR,
"WAS IT SOMETHING I SAID?"
00:48:09.35\00:48:11.05
THEY SAID, "NO, NO.
SOCCER GAME TONIGHT."
00:48:11.05\00:48:13.36
THAT'S MORE IMPORTANT.
THAT'S THEIR RELIGION.
00:48:13.36\00:48:16.56
GAME'S OVER, THEY ALL COME
BACK, AFTER A LITTLE RIOT IN THE
00:48:16.56\00:48:19.56
SOCCER FIELD. YOU KNOW
WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT?
00:48:19.56\00:48:22.93
PEOPLE WILL GO TO A FOOTBALL
GAME OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND
00:48:22.93\00:48:26.03
THEY'LL SCREAM BLOODY MURDER
ABOUT GROWN MEN KILLING EACH
00:48:26.03\00:48:30.81
OTHER. PIECE OF VINYL DOWN
ON THE FIELD, OR LEATHER, RIGHT?
00:48:30.81\00:48:35.48
AND THEY COME TO CHURCH; YOU
CAN HARDLY GET AN "AMEN" OUT OF
00:48:35.48\00:48:38.38
THEM. IT'S THEIR GOD. YOU
ASK THEM WHERE A VERSE IS IN
00:48:38.38\00:48:45.75
THE BIBLE, AND THEY GET, "I
KNOW IT'S IN THERE SOMEWHERE.
00:48:45.75\00:48:50.09
'GOD HELPS THOSE THAT HELP
THEMSELVES.'" NO, THAT'S NOT IN
00:48:50.09\00:48:52.43
THE BIBLE. YOU ASK
THEM FOR THE BATTING
00:48:52.43\00:48:55.33
AVERAGE; THEY
KNOW ALL THE STATS.
00:48:55.33\00:48:59.20
SO IT'S NOT THAT THEY
CAN'T REMEMBER NUMBERS.
00:48:59.20\00:49:01.94
IT'S WHAT
NUMBERS DO THEY WORSHIP?
00:49:01.94\00:49:05.44
DIFFERENT GODS. REVELATION 19,
VERSES 9 AND 10 - OH, BEFORE I
00:49:05.44\00:49:17.05
READ THAT VERSE TO YOU,
LET ME GO TO THE LAST POINT.
00:49:17.05\00:49:20.06
YOU ALWAYS LIKE TO
HEAR THOSE WORDS, DON'T YOU?
00:49:20.06\00:49:22.22
LAST POINT. SELF IS WORSHIPED.
THE MOST POPULAR GOD ON THE
00:49:22.22\00:49:31.23
THRONE IN PEOPLE'S
HEARTS, ASIDE FROM GOD, IS SELF.
00:49:31.23\00:49:35.60
BY THE WAY, I'LL CONFESS,
THAT'S MY BIGGEST STRUGGLE.
00:49:35.60\00:49:38.14
SELF IS CONSTANTLY BATTLING FOR
THAT HOLY OF HOLIES THAT BELONGS
00:49:38.14\00:49:42.24
TO GOD IN MY HEART. BY
THE WAY, THAT'S HOW THE
00:49:42.24\00:49:45.55
DEVIL FELL-WORSHIP OF
SELF. AND THAT WAS A BATTLE
00:49:45.55\00:49:51.49
EVEN FOR JESUS. IN
THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE,
00:49:51.49\00:49:54.42
WHEN HE PRAYED, "FATHER,
NOT MY WILL; THY WILL BE DONE,"
00:49:54.42\00:49:56.76
YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS?
JESUS ALSO HAD A PERSONAL WILL,
00:49:56.76\00:50:01.00
AND HE SET ASIDE HIS PERSONAL
WILL FOR THE WILL OF THE FATHER.
00:50:01.00\00:50:05.70
AND THAT'S A BIG STRUGGLE FOR
US, TO TAKE SELF OFF THE THRONE
00:50:05.70\00:50:11.31
AND SAY, "NOT MY WAY,
YOUR WAY," AND TO WORSHIP GOD.
00:50:11.31\00:50:16.61
IN REVELATION 19:9, WHEN JOHN IS
IN HEAVEN, THIS ANGEL, GABRIEL,
00:50:16.61\00:50:22.98
IS TAKING HIM ON A TOUR.
WE ASSUME IT WAS GABRIEL.
00:50:22.98\00:50:25.82
AND HE SAYS, "'WRITE: "BLESSED
ARE THOSE WHO ARE CALLED TO THE
00:50:25.82\00:50:28.86
MARRIAGE SUPPER OF THE LAMB."
AND HE SAID TO ME, 'THESE ARE
00:50:28.86\00:50:31.49
THE TRUE SAYINGS OF GOD.'" AND
JOHN THE APOSTLE, "I FELL AT HIS
00:50:31.49\00:50:36.23
FEET TO WORSHIP HIM." BUT THE
ANGEL BECOMES INDIGNANT, AND HE
00:50:36.23\00:50:40.14
SAYS, "'SEE THAT YOU DO NOT
DO THAT!'" "ESPECIALLY NOT HERE.
00:50:40.14\00:50:43.57
WE'RE TAKING YOU
ON A TOUR OF HEAVEN."
00:50:43.57\00:50:45.41
"'I AM YOUR FELLOW SERVANT, AND
OF YOUR BRETHREN WHO HAVE THE
00:50:45.41\00:50:48.14
TESTIMONY OF
JESUS. WORSHIP GOD!'"
00:50:48.14\00:50:51.71
THE ANGEL GABRIEL IS STILL
IN HEAVEN BECAUSE HE SAID, "YOU
00:50:51.71\00:50:53.88
DON'T WORSHIP ME. YOU WORSHIP
GOD." SATAN WAS CAST OUT, WHY?
00:50:53.88\00:50:58.02
SELF WORSHIP. AND ALL
OF US HAVE A LITTLE BIT
00:50:58.02\00:51:03.26
OF THOSE TWO CHARACTERS
BATTLING WITHIN OUR HEARTS.
00:51:03.26\00:51:08.23
ONE OF THE CLOSEST BIBLE
CHARACTERS TO JESUS IN THE OLD
00:51:08.23\00:51:13.20
TESTAMENT, EVEN
HIS NAME WAS THE SAME.
00:51:13.20\00:51:16.14
HIS NAME WAS, IN GREEK,
JESUS. HIS NAME WAS JOSHUA.
00:51:16.14\00:51:20.04
AT THE END OF HIS LIFE, AFTER
LEADING THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL
00:51:20.04\00:51:22.08
INTO THE PROMISED LAND, HE
BROUGHT THEM ALL TOGETHER, AND
00:51:22.08\00:51:27.25
HE MADE A FINAL APPEAL TO THEM.
IN JOSHUA 24:15, HE SAID, "IF IT
00:51:27.25\00:51:32.52
SEEMS EVIL TO YOU TO SERVE
THE LORD, CHOOSE FOR YOURSELVES
00:51:32.52\00:51:36.79
THIS DAY WHOM YOU WILL
SERVE." YOU WILL SERVE.
00:51:36.79\00:51:40.10
YOU GET TO CHOOSE
WHO YOU WILL TO SERVE.
00:51:40.10\00:51:43.97
THAT MEANS YOU CAN ALSO CHOOSE
WHO YOU DON'T WANT TO SERVE.
00:51:43.97\00:51:47.00
YOU CAN CHOOSE TO SERVE THE
LORD. YOU DO IT WITH YOUR WILL.
00:51:47.00\00:51:49.77
YOU MIGHT HAVE STRUGGLES,
BUT YOU CAN MAKE A WILLFUL,
00:51:49.77\00:51:51.91
CONSCIOUS DECISION,
"LORD, I WANT YOU TO BE MY GOD.
00:51:51.91\00:51:54.08
HELP ME TO DO WHAT
YOU WANT ME TO DO."
00:51:54.08\00:51:57.08
WHEN GOD TELLS US TO WORSHIP HIM
SUPREMELY, IS HE STANDING UP IN
00:51:57.08\00:52:00.55
HEAVEN WITH HIS HANDS ON HIS
HIPS AND SAYING, "IF YOU DON'T
00:52:00.55\00:52:02.75
LOVE ME AND WORSHIP
ME, I'M GOING TO KILL YOU"?
00:52:02.75\00:52:05.55
OR IS HE SAYING, "IF YOU DON'T
LEARN TO LOVE AND WORSHIP ME
00:52:05.55\00:52:10.03
SUPREMELY, YOU WILL NEVER BE
HAPPY BECAUSE YOU WERE CREATED
00:52:10.03\00:52:13.23
TO FIND YOUR HAPPINESS IN THAT,
AND YOU'LL ALWAYS BE UNSATISFIED
00:52:13.23\00:52:17.67
AND EMPTY, PIERCING YOURSELF
THROUGH WITH MANY SORROWS"?
00:52:17.67\00:52:21.50
DON'T PARENTS SAY TO THEIR KIDS,
"LISTEN TO ME; IT WILL BE WELL
00:52:21.50\00:52:26.31
WITH YOU"? "BECAUSE I
LOVE YOU, LISTEN TO ME."
00:52:26.31\00:52:31.01
OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN IS NOT
GLOATING HIS POWER OVER US; HE
00:52:31.01\00:52:33.72
IS INTERESTED IN OUR ABUNDANT
LIFE, AND HE SAYS, "THE ONLY WAY
00:52:33.72\00:52:38.29
YOU'RE GOING TO BE HAPPY,
YOUR HEART WAS CREATED TO BE
00:52:38.29\00:52:41.26
SATISFIED ONLY IN WORSHIPING ME.
00:52:41.26\00:52:43.66
IF ANYTHING ELSE IS ON THE
THRONE, IF ANYTHING ELSE IS ON
00:52:43.66\00:52:46.13
THE ALTAR IN YOUR HEART,
IT'S GOING TO END BADLY."
00:52:46.13\00:52:51.30
DO YOU HAVE ANY
OTHER GODS IN YOUR LIFE?
00:52:51.30\00:52:54.00
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY, "LORD, I
WILL SAY WITH JOSHUA, 'AS FOR ME
00:52:54.00\00:52:58.41
AND MY HOUSE, WE
WILL SERVE THE LORD'"?
00:52:58.41\00:53:02.24
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>>I GREW UP HERE IN NEW YORK
CITY, I GUESS DEALING WITH ALL
00:53:42.95\00:53:47.26
THE TEMPTATIONS YOU
WOULD HAVE IN A BIG CITY.
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WHEN I WAS AT A YOUNG AGE I
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THE LAW AND MY ONLY OUT WAS TO
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IN ORDER TO NOT DO TIME. SO
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00:54:05.91\00:54:10.48
THE WORLD A LITTLE BIT
WHILE I WAS IN THE MILITARY.
00:54:10.48\00:54:13.68
EVENTUALLY I CAME BACK.
HAVING GROWN UP AS A HIP-HOP
00:54:13.68\00:54:18.29
KID I EVENTUALLY FOUND
MYSELF WORKING IN THE MUSIC
00:54:18.29\00:54:20.92
BUSINESS, ACTUALLY. I
WORKED AT A COUPLE OF MAJOR
00:54:20.92\00:54:23.63
RADIO STATIONS - HIP-HOP,
REGGAE - I WAS AT ALL THE BIG
00:54:23.63\00:54:26.70
REGGAE SHOWS WORKING THEM.
NO MATTER WHAT I DID TO TRY AND
00:54:26.70\00:54:29.50
SATISFY MYSELF,
NOTHING REALLY WORKED.
00:54:29.50\00:54:34.20
I REMEMBER I USED TO PLAY
AT THIS ONE CLUB IN MANHATTAN.
00:54:34.20\00:54:37.67
WE USED TO PLAY
THERE EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT.
00:54:37.67\00:54:40.08
SO I CAME HOME ONE SATURDAY
MORNING AFTER LEAVING THE CLUB
00:54:40.08\00:54:44.01
AND I TURNED ON THE VIDEO
CHANNEL LIKE I USUALLY DO.
00:54:44.01\00:54:47.48
SO THERE WAS THIS GUY ON THE
VIDEO CHANNEL TALKING AND HE WAS
00:54:47.48\00:54:49.72
DEFINITELY OUT OF PLACE, BUT THE
THINGS THAT HE WERE - THAT HE
00:54:49.72\00:54:53.15
WAS SAYING - JUST
TOTALLY AMAZED ME.
00:54:53.15\00:54:55.99
I NEVER HEARD ANYONE SPEAK ABOUT
THE BIBLE LIKE THIS BEFORE.
00:54:55.99\00:55:00.30
SO I STARTED COMING HOME EARLY
ON SATURDAY MORNINGS JUST TO
00:55:00.30\00:55:03.40
CATCH THIS SHOW. I
FOUND THE THINGS THAT HE WAS
00:55:03.40\00:55:05.77
SAYING ABSOLUTELY AMAZING,
TO THE POINT WHERE IT LITERALLY
00:55:05.77\00:55:11.01
MADE ME STOP AND START TO THINK
ABOUT HOW I WAS LIVING MY LIFE.
00:55:11.01\00:55:15.81
SO I FOUND THAT ALL OF THESE
THINGS THAT I HAD BEEN DOING TO
00:55:15.81\00:55:18.25
TRY AND FIND HAPPINESS WERE
ACTUALLY NOT MAKING ME HAPPY AT
00:55:18.25\00:55:22.15
ALL, BUT WERE REALLY
JUST LEAVING ME EMPTY INSIDE.
00:55:22.15\00:55:25.95
WHEN I STARTED READING THE BIBLE
AND IT STARTED TO MAKE SENSE, I
00:55:25.95\00:55:29.49
STARTED TO MAKE CHANGES.
I EVEN TRIED TO KEEP THE
00:55:29.49\00:55:32.99
SABBATH, WHICH I
FAILED AT MISERABLY.
00:55:32.99\00:55:36.50
SO I WAS ACTUALLY INVITED
BY AMAZING FACTS TO GO TO SEE A
00:55:36.50\00:55:40.20
LIVE SERIES AT ONE OF THE LOCAL
CHURCHES, BUT AFTER GOING THE
00:55:40.20\00:55:44.54
FIRST NIGHT I ENDED UP GOING
ANOTHER NIGHT AND ANOTHER NIGHT.
00:55:44.54\00:55:48.21
I STAYED FOR THE ENTIRE SERIES.
THAT WAS THE DAY I MADE A
00:55:48.21\00:55:50.78
DECISION THAT CHANGED
THE REST OF MY LIFE FOREVER.
00:55:50.78\00:55:53.65
I GAVE MY LIFE TO CHRIST AND
EVERYTHING WAS DIFFERENT AFTER
00:55:53.65\00:55:56.72
THAT. I MADE A
DECISION TO GIVE UP THE
00:55:56.72\00:55:58.99
MUSIC BUSINESS AND STOP
HANGING OUT AT ALL OF THE CLUBS.
00:55:58.99\00:56:02.09
I MADE A DECISION THAT
WAS ETERNAL FOR ME AND FOR MY
00:56:02.09\00:56:05.09
FAMILY. I
STARTED GOING TO CHURCH.
00:56:05.09\00:56:09.83
I GOT A POSITION IN CHURCH WHERE
I WAS ACTUALLY IN CHARGE OF THE
00:56:09.83\00:56:13.00
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AND THE SAME AMAZING FACTS
00:56:13.00\00:56:17.34
STUDIES THAT CHANGED MY LIFE, I
ACTUALLY GOT TO SHARE THEM WITH
00:56:17.34\00:56:21.04
PEOPLE AND SIT DOWN WITH
THEM AND TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS.
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00:56:49.40\00:56:53.84
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00:56:53.84\00:56:57.18
FROM EVERY WALK OF LIFE.
THE PROGRAM WAS AN INSTANT
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SUCCESS AND THE
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00:57:00.92\00:57:04.29
INCLUDE BIBLE LESSONS. IN
1986 AMAZING FACTS ADDED THE
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MEDIUM OF TELEVISION TO
ITS GROWING OUTREACH EFFORTS,
00:57:09.29\00:57:12.43
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EVANGELISTIC MESSAGES FOR
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VIEWERS AROUND THE WORLD.
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PROGRAMS BEGAN
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AROUND THE WORLD. FOR 50
YEARS, THE DRIVING VISION
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THE BOLD PROCLAMATION OF THE
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TEAM OF EVANGELISTS CIRCLING THE
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GLOBE, AND THOUSANDS OF MEN
AND WOMEN BEING TRAINED THROUGH
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