>>IN SIX DAYS GOD CREATED
THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH.
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FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS MAN HAS
WORSHIPED GOD ON THE SEVENTH DAY
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OF THE WEEK. NOW,
EACH WEEK, MILLIONS OF
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PEOPLE WORSHIP ON THE
FIRST DAY. WHAT HAPPENED?
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WHY DID GOD
CREATE A DAY OF REST?
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DOES IT REALLY
MATTER WHAT DAY WE WORSHIP?
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WHO WAS BEHIND THIS GREAT SHIFT?
DISCOVER THE TRUTH BEHIND GOD'S
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LAW AND HOW IT WAS CHANGED.
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>>ON CHRISTMAS EVE 1971,
17-YEAR-OLD JULIANE KOEPCKE
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BOARDED LANSA FLIGHT #508
WITH HER MOTHER IN LIMA, PERU.
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THEY INTENDED TO JOIN HER FATHER
FOR CHRISTMAS AT HIS RESEARCH
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STATION IN THE
AMAZON RAIN FOREST.
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AFTER CROSSING THE ANDES
AT ABOUT 21,000 FEET, THEIR
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AIRCRAFT WAS ENVELOPED BY
LARGE, DARK THUNDERCLOUDS AND IT
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ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURBULENCE.
LIGHTNING WAS FLASHING
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EVERYWHERE AND THE PLANE
WAS SHAKEN VIOLENTLY, WHICH
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NATURALLY TERRIFIED THE
PASSENGERS. THEN, A BOLT OF
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LIGHTNING STRUCK THE PLANE'S
ENGINE AND TORE OFF A WING.
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AS THE DOOMED AIRLINER HURTLED
TOWARDS THE EARTH, THE CABIN
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CAME APART AND THE NEXT THING
SHE KNEW, JULIANE FOUND HERSELF
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STRAPPED ALONE TO A ROW OF SEATS
FALLING AND SPINNING SILENTLY
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FROM OVER 10,000 FEET
ABOVE THE RAIN FOREST.
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SHE PLUMMETED THROUGH THE JUNGLE
CANOPY AND SLAMMED ON THE FOREST
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FLOOR. WHEN SHE
AWOKE THE NEXT DAY,
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JULIANE WAS AMAZED TO REALIZE
SHE HAD SURVIVED THE TWO-MILE
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FALL WITH JUST A
BROKEN COLLARBONE AND A
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BAD GASH IN HER ARM.
AFTER FAILING TO FIND ANY OTHER
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SURVIVORS, JULIANE RELIED ON
WHAT HER FATHER HAD TAUGHT HER:
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THAT WALKING DOWNSTREAM WILL
ALWAYS LEAD TO CIVILIZATION.
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SO, WITH A BAG OF CANDY THAT HAD
FALLEN FROM THE PLANE AND ONE
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SANDAL, SHE STARTED WALKING.
FOR TEN DAYS JULIANE HOBBLED,
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SWAM, OR FLOATED DOWNSTREAM.
HER WOUNDS BECAME INFECTED AND
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SHE WAS PLAGUED BY MAGGOTS WHILE
HAVING TO DODGE CROCODILES,
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PIRANHAS, AND
RELENTLESS INSECTS.
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EVENTUALLY SHE CAME TO A SHACK
WHERE SHE SLEPT AND SHE WAS
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SOON DISCOVERED
BY PERUVIAN LOGGERS.
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EVENTUALLY JULIANE WAS
UNITED WITH HER AMAZED FATHER.
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IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE A
17-YEAR-OLD GIRL SURVIVING SUCH
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A FALL AND THEN HIKING
ALONE OUT OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST
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RAINFOREST. YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE
TALKS ABOUT SOME WHO SURVIVED AN
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EVEN GREATER FALL THAN JULIANE.
IN FACT, ACCORDING TO THE
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SCRIPTURES, WHEN ADAM AND EVE
FELL IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN, IT
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BROUGHT THE
WHOLE HUMAN RACE DOWN.
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BUT JESUS CAME TO
REDEEM THE WORLD FROM SIN.
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PERHAPS YOU'RE THINKING TO
YOURSELF, 'WELL, THAT'S OKAY FOR
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THE WORLD, BUT
I'VE FALLEN TOO FAR.
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WELL, IF THE LORD CAN
SAVE JULIANE, GOD CAN SAVE YOU.
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YOU'VE NOT GONE FARTHER THAN
MOSES, WHO WAS GUILTY OF MURDER,
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OR DAVID, WHO WAS GUILTY OF
ADULTERY, OR PETER, WHO DENIED
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JESUS - AND ALL OF THEM WERE
SAVED AND RESTORED FROM THEIR
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FALL. OR MAYBE
YOU'RE THINKING, 'I'VE
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FALLEN TOO MANY
TIMES.' BE OF GOOD COURAGE.
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IT SAYS IN PROVERBS CHAPTER 24,
VERSE 16, "FOR A RIGHTEOUS MAN
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MAY FALL SEVEN TIMES AND RISE
AGAIN" - AND JESUS CAST SEVEN
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DEVILS OUT OF MARY MAGDALENE.
SO DON'T GET DISCOURAGED,
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FRIEND, IF YOU'VE
FALLEN, GET BACK UP AGAIN.
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THE SAME WAY THAT HE COULD SAVE
JULIANE - LEAD HER FROM THAT
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LOST CONDITION IN THE RAINFOREST
AND RESTORE HER TO HER FATHER,
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JESUS CAN LEAD YOU FROM YOUR
LOST CONDITION AND RESTORE YOU
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TO YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER. (MUSIC)
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>>THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.
NOW, THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, OF
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COURSE, ARE UNIQUE IN THAT THIS
WAS THE ONE TIME WHEN GOD SPOKE
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AUDIBLY TO AN ENTIRE NATION
AND THIS IS THE ONE EXCEPTION IN
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SCRIPTURE WHERE HE DID NOT
COMMUNICATE TO A MAN THROUGH THE
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HOLY SPIRIT TO WRITE SOMETHING
DOWN, BUT GOD SAID, 'I WILL
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WRITE THIS MYSELF.' AND NOT ONLY
THAT, BUT GOD NOT ONLY WROTE
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IT, HE WROTE IT ON
SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
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IT'S NOT WRITTEN ON
PAPER, IT'S WRITTEN ON STONE.
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AND SO, THIS IS A SPECIAL
REVELATION FROM GOD THAT WE FIND
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IN HIS LAW AND WE THINK THAT,
ESPECIALLY TODAY, WHEN PEOPLE
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ARE BEGINNING TO WONDER, 'WELL,
YOU KNOW, CHRISTIANS DON'T
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REALLY NEED TO KEEP THE LAW,
DO THEY?' AND WHAT DOES IT MEAN
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WHEN IT SAYS IN THE
BIBLE, WE'RE NOT UNDER THE LAW?
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DOES THAT MEAN THAT WE'RE NO
LONGER REQUIRED TO KEEP THE TEN
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COMMANDMENTS? WHAT
LAW IS IT TALKING ABOUT?
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AND SO, WE THOUGHT IT WAS VERY
IMPORTANT, IN OUR DAY AND AGE,
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TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE AND TO
EXALT THE LAW OF GOD AND TO TALK
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ABOUT - THE BIBLE REFERS
TO IT AS 'THE TEN WORDS' -
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THE COVENANT THAT GOD MADE.
OLD COVENANT - TEN COMMANDMENTS
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WRITTEN ON STONE - NEW
COVENANT - TEN COMMANDMENTS
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WRITTEN ON THE HEART.
BUT THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
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HAVE NOT CHANGED.
AND WE'VE ALREADY HAD
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THREE PRESENTATIONS.
THIS WILL BE THE FOURTH ONE.
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ONE WAS AN INTRODUCTION.
TODAY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
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THE THIRD COMMANDMENT. YOU
HAVE YOUR BIBLES - I INVITE
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YOU TO GO THERE WITH ME.
AND YOU CAN READ IN EXODUS 20,
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VERSE 7 - IT'S NOT THE LONGEST
OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, BUT
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IT CERTAINLY IS IMPORTANT.
EXODUS 20, VERSE 7, "THOU SHALT
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NOT TAKE THE NAME OF THE LORD
THY GOD IN VAIN; FOR THE LORD
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WILL NOT HOLD HIM GUILTLESS
THAT TAKETH HIS NAME IN VAIN."
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TWICE IT SAYS 'THE
NAME' - THE NAME OF GOD.
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AND, BY THE WAY, FOR OUR YOUNG
PEOPLE, YOU HEARD MS. RENGIFO
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SAY YOU MIGHT JUST WANT TO MAKE
A NOTE OF HOW MANY TIMES YOU
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HEAR ME SAY THAT WORD - NAME -
OR NAMES - IN OUR MESSAGE TODAY.
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I'D LIKE TO HEAR BECAUSE I THINK
IT'S GOING TO BE QUITE A FEW.
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NOW, WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING
ABOUT A VERY SERIOUS NAME - THE
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NAME OF GOD - AND, BECAUSE IT IS
SUCH AN IMPORTANT AND A SERIOUS
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SUBJECT, WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE
THAT NOT ALL NAMES ARE AS
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SERIOUS. AND
PEOPLE HAVE UNIQUE NAMES -
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SOME HAVE NAMES THAT ARE HARD
TO PRONOUNCE AND, IF WE'LL BE
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HONEST, SOME
PEOPLE HAVE FUNNY NAMES.
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I THINK I'VE PUT ONE UP HERE
ON THE - YEAH - CAN YOU BELIEVE
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THAT THERE'S ACTUALLY A
PERSON NAMED HUGH MUNGUS?
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(LAUGHTER) OUT THERE - THERE WAS
THIS FELLOW THAT WORKED IN AN
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OFFICE ENVIRONMENT AND HE HAD
BEEN STUCK WITH A NAME - CHARLIE
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STINK. AND,
WHENEVER HE TOLD ANYONE
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HIS NAME THEY WOULD SNICKER.
AND HIS FRIENDS IN THE OFFICE
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WHERE HE WORKED SAID,
'CHARLIE, YOU REALLY NEED TO DO
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SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR
NAME. IT'S NOT THAT DIFFICULT.
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YOU CAN GO TO THE COURTHOUSE,
THERE'S A PROCESS, IT'S NOT THAT
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EXPENSIVE, BUT YOU REALLY NEED
TO CHANGE YOUR NAME.' AND, YOU
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KNOW, EVERY TIME SOMEONE
SNICKERED IN THE OFFICE THEY
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SAID, 'YOU KNOW, YOU CAN FIX
THAT.' AND SO HE SAID, 'ALRIGHT,
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ALRIGHT.' AND SO ONE FRIDAY
AFTERNOON HE WENT DOWN AND HAD
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HIS NAMED CHANGED AND HE
SHOWED UP AT WORK ON MONDAY AND
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EVERYBODY WANTED TO KNOW,
'SO CHARLIE, WHAT NAME DID YOU
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PICK?' HE SAID,
'WELL, I CHANGED IT TO
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GEORGE STINK' - HE SAID - 'BUT I
DON'T KNOW WHAT DIFFERENCE IT'S
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GOING TO MAKE.' (LAUGHTER)
HE THOUGHT EVERYONE THOUGHT
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CHARLIE WAS A FUNNY NAME.
THERE WAS A MAN NAMED JACOB BAUM
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IN NEW YORK, A JEWISH GENTLEMAN,
AND THEY ACTUALLY HAD THE
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AUDACITY TO NAME
THEIR SON ADAM. ADAM BAUM.
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(LAUGHTER) AND WE'VE ALL
HEARD ABOUT THE HOGG SISTERS?
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THIS FARMER HE - HIS LAST
NAME WAS HOGG - IT WAS HIS NAME.
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AND THAT'S FUNNY ENOUGH BY
ITSELF, BUT HE HAD A SENSE OF
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HUMOR AND SO HE NAMED ONE
DAUGHTER IMA AND NAMED THE OTHER
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ONE URA. (LAUGHTER)
THIS IS TRUE: YOU'VE
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HEARD OF THE LEER
JET - THE LEER JET?
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THE FAMILY THAT MAKES THE LEER
JET - AND YOU CAN LOOK HER UP
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AND LOOK AT HER PICTURE - THEY
NAMED THEIR DAUGHTER 'CHANDA' -
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CHANDA LEER - THINK ABOUT
IT. (LAUGHTER) THERE WAS A MAN -
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NOW, HE GOT HIS NAME, I GUESS,
BEFORE IT BECAME A HOUSEHOLD
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WORD, BUT HIS NAME WAS
ALBERT K. SELZER, AND SO
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HIS NAME WAS AL K. SELZER. I
HAD A FRIEND, THIS IS TRUE, I
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HAD A FRIEND, HIS NAME WAS JERRY
MELLOW AND HE AND HIS WIFE - I
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DON'T REMEMBER HER NAME - BUT
THEY NAMED THEIR SON MARSHALL.
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MARSHALL MELLOW. AND,
MY FATHER, ONE OF HIS MANY
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WIVES, HER NAME WAS MARY ANNE,
AND SO HER INITIALS WERE MARY A.
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BATCHELOR.
(LAUGHTER) THAT'S RIGHT.
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THERE'S A DOCTOR AND HIS
NAME - HIS LAST NAME - IS PAYNE.
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THAT WOULD BE BAD ENOUGH, BUT
HIS PARENTS, NOT KNOWING WHAT
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HIS PROFESSION WOULD BE, THEY
NAMED HIM DARRYL BRIAN PAYNE,
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AND SO HIS THING
SAID, 'DARRYL B. PAYNE'.
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(LAUGHTER) FOR A
DOCTOR - DARRYL B. PAYNE.
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PEOPLE HAVE TROUBLE WITH MY NAME
- NOT THE BATCHELOR PART - BUT
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WE JUST CAME BACK FROM THE
PHILIPPINES - THEY CAN'T SAY
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'DOUG' - THEY CALLED ME
'DOG' (LAUGHTER) PASTOR DOG.
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AND WHEN I'M WORKING WITH
THE NAVAJOS, THEY SAID, 'PASTOR
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DUCK' (LAUGHTER) IT WAS ALWAYS
'DUCK'. AND WHEN I FIRST TOLD
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THEM MY NAME THEY THOUGHT THAT
WAS VERY FUNNY AND IT TOOK ME
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AWHILE TO FIGURE OUT WHY - THEY
THOUGHT I WAS SAYING 'DUCK'.
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BUT - AND I DON'T KNOW
ABOUT YOU, BUT I SOMETIMES HAVE
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TROUBLE
REMEMBERING NAMES. >>AMEN.
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>>IS THERE
ANYONE ELSE OUT THERE?
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YOU KNOW WHAT MAKES IT TOUGH
IS I DON'T ALWAYS REMEMBER YOUR
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NAMES - AND I'VE BEEN HERE 20
YEARS - AND YOU THINK - I KNOW A
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LOT OF THEM - I MEAN, YOU KNOW,
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT HOW MANY
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NAMES I'VE GOT TO REMEMBER.
AND SOMETIMES I'LL RUN INTO YOU
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OR OTHERS THAT I'VE - YOU KNOW,
PEOPLE THAT I'VE MARRIED, I'VE
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BAPTIZED THEM AND I'LL SEE
THEM AND IT'S TOUGH ON THE KIDS
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BECAUSE THEY GROW UP AND THEY
CHANGE AND I'M GOING, 'UH, UH,
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UH - I KNOW
THEM.' 'PASTOR DOUG!'
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AND I'M HOPING SOMEONE AROUND
THEM WILL SAY THEIR NAME WHILE
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I'M TALKING TO THEM
SO I COULD SAY SOMETHING.
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AND IF YOU'RE OVER 60 I JUST ASK
YOU, 'SO I HEARD YOU WERE SICK.'
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AND I'M USUALLY
RIGHT. AND THEN (LAUGHTER)
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- BUT, YOU KNOW, WE
CAN LAUGH AT OUR NAMES
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AND WE HAVE TROUBLE WITH OUR
NAMES AND SOME OF THEM ARE HARD
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TO PRONOUNCE, BUT WHILE WE'RE
THINKING ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT
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HANDLES THAT PEOPLE HAVE, THERE
IS A NAME, AS IN OUR MEMORY
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VERSE, THAT IS ABOVE EVERY NAME
AND THERE IS A NAME THAT SHOULD
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NOT BE TAKEN LIGHTLY OR IN A
FLIPPANT WAY AND GOD SAYS THAT
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IT SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN IN VAIN.
AND HE GOES ON TO REINFORCE THAT
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BY SAYING NOT ONLY SHOULD
YOU NOT DO IT, BUT YOU WILL NOT
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BE FOUND GUILTLESS IF YOU DO.
WHICH MEANS YOU WILL BE FOUND
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GUILTY OF YOU
DISRESPECT HIS NAME.
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THIS IS A NAME TO
REVERENCE - THE NAME OF GOD.
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NOW, MAYBE I SHOULD EXPLAIN THAT
THE WORD 'VAIN' - WHEN WE SAY,
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'THOU SHALT NOT TAKE THE NAME
OF THE LORD IN VAIN' - THE WORD
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'VAIN' IN HEBREW IT COMES
FROM THE WORD 'SHAV' AND THERE'S
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REALLY NO EXACT ENGLISH
EQUIVALENT, SO IT'S A DIFFICULT
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WORD. THIS IS ONE OF THE PLACES
WHERE THE NIV VERSION FOR THAT
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COMMANDMENT MAKES
IT A LITTLE CLEARER.
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IT SAYS, 'YOU SHALL NOT MISUSE
THE NAME OF THE LORD YOUR GOD.
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THE LORD WILL NOT HOLD HIM
GUILTLESS WHO MISUSES HIS NAME.'
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JAMES MOFFET, IN HIS
TRANSLATION, HE RENDERS IT, "YOU
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SHALL NOT TAKE THE NAME OF THE
ETERNAL, YOUR GOD, PROFANELY."
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THAT WORD, IN HEBREW, IT MEANS
- THAT WORD THAT WE TRANSLATE
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'VAIN' - IT MEANS 'IN A
DESOLATING WAY' OR 'IN AN EVIL
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WAY' OR 'IN A MORALLY
DISRESPECTFUL WAY' OR 'A USELESS
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WAY' OR 'IN A VAIN WAY.' WE
SHOULD NOT, IN ANY WAY, MALIGN
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OR MISUSE OR
DISRESPECT THE NAME OF GOD.
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IT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT
NAME. EVEN AMONG THE PAGANS OF
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ANTIQUITY, THEY TAUGHT THEIR
PEOPLE TO REVERE AND RESPECT
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THE NAMES OF THEIR
GODS. HOW MUCH MORE THE
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NAME OF JEHOVAH? THE
BIBLE TELLS US, PSALM 111,
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VERSE 9, "...HOLY AND REVEREND
IS HIS NAME." EVERY NOW AND THEN
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I'LL GO TO SOME MINISTERIAL
FUNCTION AND THEY'LL GIVE ME A
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NAME BADGE - IT HAPPENED
JUST A LITTLE WHILE AGO.
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KAREN AND I WENT TO A - A
COMMUNITY RELIGIOUS EVENT AND
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THEY GAVE DIFFERENT NAME TAGS
TO THE PASTORS AND IT'LL SAY,
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'REVEREND BATCHELOR' AND
I ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, FLIP IT
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AROUND. I'LL
WRITE 'PASTOR DOUG'.
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I THINK THERE'S ONLY ONE NAME
THAT WE ARE TO TREAT AS HOLY AND
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REVEREND AND
IT'S NOT THE PASTOR.
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I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO
BE RESPECTFUL OF YOUR COLLEGE
00:13:10.75\00:13:14.32
PROFESSORS AND PASTORS AND
POLICEMEN AND JUDGE - GOOD THING
00:13:14.32\00:13:17.83
TO CALL THEM 'YOUR HONOR' OR
TO CALL THE POLICEMEN 'OFFICER'.
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I THINK TERMS OF
RESPECT - THAT'S IMPORTANT.
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BUT THE BIBLE SAYS 'HOLY AND
REVEREND IS HIS NAME.' AND SO,
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THAT'S THE NAME THAT'S TO BE
TREATED WITH ULTIMATE RESPECT.
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IT ALSO SAYS, FURTHERMORE,
IN LEVITICUS 24:16, "AND HE THAT
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BLASPHEMETH THE NAME OF THE
LORD, HE SHALL SURELY BE PUT TO
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DEATH." AND IF
YOU READ THIS STORY
00:13:40.78\00:13:43.25
IN LEVITICUS, THERE WAS A
HALF-JEW/HALF-EGYPTIAN MAN THAT
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HAD BLASPHEMED THE NAME OF GOD
AND HE WAS BROUGHT TO MOSES AND
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THEY SAID, 'WE
DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
00:13:51.33\00:13:52.66
IT SAYS 'YOU WILL NOT HOLD HIM
GUILTLESS THAT TAKES YOUR NAME
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IN VAIN' SO WHAT'S THE PENALTY?
AND MOSES TOOK IT BEFORE THE
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LORD AND HE SAID, 'HE SHOULD BE
STONED.' HE WAS EXECUTED FOR IT.
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OF COURSE, THEY WERE LIVING
IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD WITH THE
00:14:03.91\00:14:05.64
GLORY OF GOD - IT WAS
A PRETTY SEVERE PENALTY.
00:14:05.64\00:14:08.81
SO IT'S SERIOUS BUSINESS WHEN
WE, ESPECIALLY AS GOD'S PEOPLE,
00:14:08.81\00:14:14.22
DO NOT RESPECT AND
REVERE THE NAME OF THE ALMIGHTY.
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THERE - IF THERE IS ANY NAME
- IF THERE IS ANY WORD - THAT IS
00:14:19.49\00:14:23.36
TO BE SPOKEN CAREFULLY - THAT IS
TO BE TAKEN REVERENTLY AND WITH
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TREMBLING ON OUR LIPS,
IT SHOULD BE GOD'S NAME.
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IF NOT, WHAT IS IT?
WHAT ELSE WOULD IT BE?
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AND YET, SOMETIMES, WE'RE VERY
CARELESS WITH THE WAY THAT WE
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SAY HIS NAME. NOW, IN
THE COMMANDMENT, WHEN IT
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SAYS, 'DO NOT TAKE THE NAME OF
THE LORD DISRESPECTFULLY, THAT
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WOULD ALSO EMBRACE THE OPPOSITE.
IT IMPLIES THE OPPOSITE.
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NOT ONLY ARE YOU NOT TO TAKE HIS
NAME PROFANELY, THAT MEANS YOU
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ARE TO TAKE HIS NAME IN A
POSITIVE, REVERENT, HOLY WAY.
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SO, THE COMMANDMENT ALSO IMPLIES
THE POSITIVE, THAT - THE VERY
00:14:58.03\00:15:03.03
FACT IT'S SAYING, 'DO NOT TAKE
HIS NAME DISRESPECTFULLY' MEANS
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YOU SHOULD TAKE IT RESPECTFULLY.
IT DOESN'T MEAN DON'T EVER UTTER
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HIS NAME, IT MEANS, WHEN
YOU DO IT, DO IT THE RIGHT WAY.
00:15:09.10\00:15:12.54
IT'S LIKE WHEN JESUS SAID
'IN THE LAST DAYS, WATCH OUT FOR
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FALSE PROPHETS' - WELL, THAT
MEANS, SOMEWHERE, THERE'S GOING
00:15:14.64\00:15:17.78
TO BE TRUE PROPHETS. AND
HE SAID, 'BE CAREFUL ABOUT
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THE FALSE ONES' -
SEE WHAT I'M SAYING?
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IT IMPLIES THE POSITIVE AS WELL.
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NOW, YOU REMEMBER WHEN MOSES
WENT TO THE LORD AND HE SAYS, IN
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EXODUS 3 - GOD APPEARS TO HIM AT
THE BURNING BUSH - AND HE SAYS,
00:15:30.59\00:15:35.36
'BEHOLD, WHEN I COME TO THE
CHILDREN OF ISRAEL AND I SAY TO
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THEM, 'THE GOD OF YOUR FATHERS
HAS SENT ME TO YOU.' AND THEY'LL
00:15:37.63\00:15:40.64
SAY TO ME, 'WHAT IS HIS NAME?'
THEN WHAT SHOULD I SAY TO THEM?'
00:15:40.64\00:15:46.64
AND GOD SAID TO MOSES, 'I AM
THAT I AM.' AND HE SAID, 'THUS
00:15:46.64\00:15:51.75
YOU SHALL SAY TO THE CHILDREN
OF ISRAEL, 'I AM HAS SENT ME TO
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YOU.'' SO ONE OF THE SUPREME
WORDS THAT IS USED TO REFLECT
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THE NAME OF GOD IS THAT SPECIAL
UNIQUE HOLY TITLE THAT HE GAVE
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TO MOSES. IT'S THE
PROPER NAME OF GOD, YOU
00:16:06.73\00:16:09.43
MIGHT SAY, BUT IT'S
NOT THE ONLY NAME OF GOD.
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MAYBE YOU'VE HEARD OF
THIS LATIN [GREEK] PHRASE, THE
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TETRAGRAMMATON - THE
TETRAGRAMMATON - TETRA IS
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TELLING US THEY'RE FOUR -
YOU EVER PLAY THAT COMPUTER GAME
00:16:20.61\00:16:24.65
CALLED TETRIS ? IT'S
BECAUSE IT'S DEALING WITH
00:16:24.65\00:16:26.72
CUBES - FOUR-CORNERED THINGS.
THE TETRAGRAMMATON IS FROM GREEK
00:16:26.72\00:16:31.32
AND IT MEANS 'FOUR LETTERS'
- THESE FOUR SACRED LETTERS -
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Y-H-W-H. NOW THEY'RE
PRINCIPALLY CONSONANTS
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AND THE JEWS DID NOT
INSERT THE VOWELS BECAUSE THIS
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WAS A HOLY NAME. AND
SO, THE EXACT PRONUNCIATION
00:16:44.07\00:16:48.30
OF THAT NAME IS
LARGELY A MYSTERY.
00:16:48.30\00:16:51.77
AND IF YOU STUDY IT AND YOU
STUDY IT HONESTLY, YOU'RE GOING
00:16:51.77\00:16:54.04
TO FIND OUT THAT NOBODY
KNOWS EXACTLY HOW THAT WAS SAID
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BECAUSE, WHENEVER THE JEWS
CAME TO THAT NAME, THEY WERE SO
00:16:58.18\00:17:00.72
AFRAID THAT THEY WOULD SAY
THE NAME OF GOD DISRESPECTFULLY,
00:17:00.72\00:17:04.92
THAT THEY WOULD SUBSTITUTE
THE WORD 'LORD' - ADONAI.
00:17:04.92\00:17:08.46
AS YOU'RE READING THROUGH YOUR
BIBLE - YOU KNOW, WHENEVER YOU
00:17:08.46\00:17:10.83
SEE THE WORD 'LORD' IN CAPITAL -
IN YOUR BIBLES - I KNOW IT'S IN
00:17:10.83\00:17:13.70
KING JAMES; IT'S PROBABLY IN NEW
KING JAMES - MOST OF THE MODERN
00:17:13.70\00:17:16.67
BIBLES, WHENEVER THE WORD -
THAT SACRED NAME OF GOD - WE
00:17:16.67\00:17:21.70
PRONOUNCE IT IN HEBREW 'YAHWEH'
OR THE LATIN VERSION OF IT IS
00:17:21.70\00:17:25.94
'JEHOVAH' - SAME WORD. MY
FRIENDS THAT ARE JEHOVAH'S
00:17:25.94\00:17:29.38
WITNESSES, THEY'RE QUITE CERTAIN
WE'RE ONLY SUPPOSED TO SAY
00:17:29.38\00:17:32.78
'JEHOVAH'. WELL,
THEY'RE, IN FACT, SAYING
00:17:32.78\00:17:34.55
THE LATIN WORDING FOR THAT NAME.
AND WE, TYPICALLY, DON'T CALL
00:17:34.55\00:17:39.92
GOD 'YAHWEH', BUT
THAT'S NOT INAPPROPRIATE.
00:17:39.92\00:17:42.66
IT'S NOT INAPPROPRIATE
IF YOU SAY 'JEHOVAH' -
00:17:42.66\00:17:44.99
THAT'S ONE OF HIS NAMES.
OFTEN WE SAY, 'THE LORD' - 'THE
00:17:44.99\00:17:48.30
LORD ALMIGHTY', BUT THE
EXACT PRONUNCIATION OF THAT NAME
00:17:48.30\00:17:51.57
IS SOMETHING OF A MYSTERY.
NOW THE REASON THAT I TALK ABOUT
00:17:51.57\00:17:53.97
THAT - YOU'RE GOING TO RUN INTO
PEOPLE THAT THINK, WHEN IT TALKS
00:17:53.97\00:17:58.94
ABOUT NOT TAKING THE NAME OF THE
LORD IN VAIN, IT IS A COMMAND TO
00:17:58.94\00:18:03.78
PRONOUNCE HIS NAME CORRECTLY
- THAT IT'S ALL DEALING
00:18:03.78\00:18:07.15
WITH PRONUNCIATION.
I DON'T THINK THAT THE
00:18:07.15\00:18:09.32
COMMANDMENT IS TALKING ABOUT
THAT BECAUSE, IN EVERY LANGUAGE,
00:18:09.32\00:18:13.02
EVERYBODY SAYS GOD'S
NAME IN THEIR LANGUAGE -
00:18:13.02\00:18:17.13
IN THEIR TONGUE. FOR
INSTANCE, THE NAME OF JESUS:
00:18:17.13\00:18:19.36
WE SAY 'JESUS'; IF
YOU'RE SPANISH IT'S 'JESUS'.
00:18:19.36\00:18:23.67
IF YOU'RE JEWISH, IT'S 'YASHUA'.
YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING?'
00:18:23.67\00:18:27.60
GOD EXPECTS US TO SPEAK OUR
LANGUAGE, AND SO, THE IDEA OF
00:18:27.60\00:18:32.54
SAYING THE NAME OF GOD THIS
CERTAIN WAY AND, IF YOU DON'T
00:18:32.54\00:18:35.21
SAY IT THIS CERTAIN WAY, THAT
YOU - GOD'S NOT GOING TO HEAR
00:18:35.21\00:18:38.71
YOUR PRAYERS. IT'S
ALMOST LIKE SOME KIND OF
00:18:38.71\00:18:40.15
MAGIC ABRACADABRA THAT YOU'RE
SUPPOSED TO UTTER - IT'S A WORD
00:18:40.15\00:18:44.65
- AND IF YOU DON'T PRONOUNCE THE
SYLLABLES AND THE EMPHASIS IN
00:18:44.65\00:18:47.39
JUST THE RIGHT ACCENT, THAT
GOD'S NOT GOING TO ANSWER YOUR
00:18:47.39\00:18:50.23
PRAYERS. GOD'S BIGGER THAN THAT.
BUT YOU'LL MEET THOSE PEOPLE
00:18:50.23\00:18:55.10
AND THEY'RE VERY HUNG UP
ON THE RIGHT PRONUNCIATION.
00:18:55.10\00:18:57.73
MATTER OF FACT, THERE ARE BIBLE
TRANSLATIONS THAT YOU'RE GOING
00:18:57.73\00:19:00.37
TO FIND - I'M SURPRISED HOW THEY
PROLIFERATED - WHERE PEOPLE HAVE
00:19:00.37\00:19:03.61
ACTUALLY GONE TO THE GREAT
TROUBLE OF REPRINTING THE ENTIRE
00:19:03.61\00:19:06.07
BIBLE, AND EVERYWHERE IT SAYS
'LORD' OR 'ADONAI', WHERE IT
00:19:06.07\00:19:10.41
SHOULD HAVE HAD THAT SACRED NAME
OF GOD, THEY HAVE NOW PUT IN THE
00:19:10.41\00:19:13.21
WORD 'YAHWEH' BECAUSE
THEY'RE SURE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE
00:19:13.21\00:19:15.22
PRONOUNCED 'YAHWEH'.
WELL, I'VE TALKED TO DIFFERENT
00:19:15.22\00:19:17.65
RABBIS AND THEY HAVE A - THERE'S
A SPECTRUM OF DIFFERENT WAYS
00:19:17.65\00:19:21.46
THEY THINK THAT
COULD HAVE BEEN PRONOUNCED.
00:19:21.46\00:19:23.32
'YOHWAH' IS ONE OF THEM.
I MET ONE RABBI, HE SAID HE
00:19:23.32\00:19:27.00
THOUGHT IT WAS 'YUHOWA' -
SOUNDED LIKE A LION WORD TO ME.
00:19:27.00\00:19:30.93
AND SO, EVERYBODY'S TRYING
TO FIGURE OUT 'HOW DO YOU SAY
00:19:30.93\00:19:33.27
THAT?' AND 'IF
YOU COULD JUST FIGURE
00:19:33.27\00:19:34.50
THAT OUT' 'IF YOU COULD CRACK
THE MYSTERY OF THE PRONUNCIATION
00:19:34.50\00:19:37.47
YOU GET SPECIAL
POINTS WITH GOD.'
00:19:37.47\00:19:41.28
NO, I DON'T THINK SO.
WHEN HE TALKS ABOUT NOT TAKING
00:19:41.28\00:19:43.95
HIS NAME IN VAIN, I DON'T
BELIEVE GOD'S EMPHASIS HAS TO DO
00:19:43.95\00:19:47.42
WITH THE PRONUNCIATION; I THINK
IT HAS TO DO WITH THE REVERENCE
00:19:47.42\00:19:51.65
AND RESPECT FOR
HIS TITLE OF WHO HE IS.
00:19:51.65\00:19:55.92
JESUS TELLS US, IN THE LAST DAYS
THERE'LL BE LOTS OF PEOPLE THAT
00:19:55.92\00:19:58.76
SAY HIS NAME, BUT
THEY DON'T LIVE RIGHT.
00:19:58.76\00:20:01.50
MATTHEW CHAPTER 7:21, "NOT
EVERY ONE WHO SAYS TO ME, 'LORD,
00:20:01.50\00:20:06.00
LORD,' SHALL ENTER INTO THE
KINGDOM OF HEAVEN, BUT HE WHO
00:20:06.00\00:20:08.50
DOES THE WILL OF
MY FATHER IN HEAVEN.
00:20:08.50\00:20:11.24
MANY WILL SAY TO ME IN THAT
DAY, 'LORD, LORD, HAVE WE NOT
00:20:11.24\00:20:15.08
PROPHESIED IN YOUR NAME, CAST
OUT DEMONS IN YOUR NAME, AND
00:20:15.08\00:20:20.05
DONE MANY WONDERS IN YOUR NAME?'
00:20:20.05\00:20:22.88
AND THEN I WILL DECLARE TO THEM,
'I NEVER KNEW YOU; DEPART FROM
00:20:22.88\00:20:25.52
ME, YOU WHO
PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS."
00:20:25.52\00:20:27.89
SO THE EMPHASIS IS NOT IN SAYING
HIS NAME OR DOING THINGS IN HIS
00:20:27.89\00:20:31.39
NAME, OUTWARDLY, THE BEST WAY TO
NOT TAKE THE NAME OF GOD IN VAIN
00:20:31.39\00:20:36.77
IS TO LIVE LIKE A
CHRISTIAN. >>AMEN.
00:20:36.77\00:20:40.64
>>YOU KNOW, I - YOU KNOW, IT'S
ALMOST POLITICALLY INCORRECT TO
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MENTION THIS TODAY, BUT THERE
WAS THE DAY THAT WHEN A WOMAN
00:20:44.24\00:20:49.28
MARRIED A MAN, SHE TOOK HIS
NAME. KAREN HAD TO STRUGGLE WITH
00:20:49.28\00:20:53.15
THAT - SHE WOULD GET
MARRIED AND BECOME A BATCHELOR.
00:20:53.15\00:20:56.52
THINK ABOUT THAT - IT'S USUALLY
THE OTHER WAY AROUND, RIGHT?
00:20:56.52\00:20:59.05
(LAUGHTER) AND, YOU KNOW, IN OUR
CULTURE, THAT WAS MORE COMMON,
00:20:59.05\00:21:04.89
BUT WHAT IF SHE TOOK MY NAME BUT
MOVED IN WITH SOME OTHER GUY?
00:21:04.89\00:21:11.07
SHE WOULD BE
TAKING MY NAME IN VAIN.
00:21:11.07\00:21:14.77
SHE'D BE CLAIMING TO BE MARRIED
TO ME BUT GIVING HER LOVE TO
00:21:14.77\00:21:18.54
SOMEONE ELSE. AND THAT, I
THINK, IS THE BIGGER ISSUE.
00:21:18.54\00:21:22.71
WHEN WE TAKE THE NAME OF GOD AND
WE SAY, 'I AM A CHRISTIAN' AND
00:21:22.71\00:21:28.12
YET, WE LIVE LIKE THE WORLD,
WE'RE TAKING THE NAME OF GOD IN
00:21:28.12\00:21:31.42
VAIN. AND THAT -
THEY WILL NOT BE HELD
00:21:31.42\00:21:35.16
GUILTLESS THAT TAKE THE
NAME OF THE LORD IN VAIN.
00:21:35.16\00:21:39.56
IT'S NOT BUILT AROUND THE
PRONUNCIATION - YOU KNOW, I
00:21:39.56\00:21:42.16
REMEMBER, THERE'S A STORY IN
THE BIBLE - WHEN THE CHILDREN OF
00:21:42.16\00:21:46.43
ISRAEL WERE WARRING AMONG
THEMSELVES, THE PROBLEM IS, THEY
00:21:46.43\00:21:49.90
ALL LOOKED ALIKE AND THEY ALL
DRESSED ALIKE AND THE PEOPLE OF
00:21:49.90\00:21:53.21
EPHRAIM WERE WARRING WITH SOME
OF THE OTHER TRIBES AND THEY
00:21:53.21\00:21:56.68
THOUGHT, 'WELL, HOW DO WE KNOW
IF THESE PEOPLE OF EPHRAIM ARE
00:21:56.68\00:21:59.05
FLEEING FROM THE BATTLE OR
WHETHER THEY'RE FROM THE TRIBE
00:21:59.05\00:22:01.75
OF MANASSEH?' AND THEY SAID,
'YOU KNOW WHAT? THE PEOPLE OF
00:22:01.75\00:22:06.49
EPHRAIM, THEY CANNOT
SAY THE WORD 'SHIBBOLETH'.
00:22:06.49\00:22:10.83
THEY CAN'T PRONOUNCE
IT. THEY SAY, 'SIBBOLETH'.
00:22:10.83\00:22:14.36
AND WHEN THEY HAVE TO CROSS
THE JORDAN, WE'LL ASK THEM, 'SAY
00:22:14.36\00:22:17.70
SHIBBOLETH.'' AND IF THEY
WERE FROM EPHRAIM THEY'D GO,
00:22:17.70\00:22:21.00
'SIBBOLETH'. THEY'D KILL
THEM. SO THEY HAD THIS TEST AND
00:22:21.00\00:22:25.94
EVERYBODY THAT COULDN'T
PRONOUNCE IT RIGHT - WE EVEN
00:22:25.94\00:22:30.75
HAVE THAT PROBLEM HERE IN THE
U.S., RIGHT? YOU GO TO LOUISIANA
00:22:30.75\00:22:35.18
OR ARKANSAS AND THEN YOU GO
TO BOSTON - WE'VE BEEN HEARING
00:22:35.18\00:22:39.42
BOSTON - NEW YAHK - A LOT.
THEY DON'T SAY 'LAW', THEY SAY
00:22:39.42\00:22:44.76
'LARW' AND - I USED TO LIVE
IN BOSTON AND THE PRONUNCIATION
00:22:44.76\00:22:48.86
IS VERY DIFFERENT. AND
THEN YOU GO TO TEXAS - AND
00:22:48.86\00:22:50.80
THAT'S BEEN IN THE
NEWS THIS WEEK TOO, RIGHT?
00:22:50.80\00:22:53.10
AND YOU THINK, JUST EVEN
WITHIN OUR BORDERS WE'RE ALL ONE
00:22:53.10\00:22:55.00
PEOPLE, BUT YOU'VE GOT
SOME PRETTY DIFFERENT ACCENTS.
00:22:55.00\00:22:57.74
SO IS THE LORD
JUDGING US ON OUR ACCENT?
00:22:57.74\00:23:01.61
YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER YEARS AGO -
SOME OF YOU MAY REMEMBER THIS -
00:23:01.61\00:23:04.85
WHEN MITSUBISHI WAS FIRST
INTRODUCED TO THE UNITED STATES,
00:23:04.85\00:23:09.08
AMERICANS WERE NOT USED TO
THIS NEW JAPANESE CAR NAME -
00:23:09.08\00:23:12.79
MITSUBISHI. WE CAN
ALL SAY IT NOW BECAUSE
00:23:12.79\00:23:15.42
MOST OF THIS GENERATION HAS
GROWN UP, BUT THE MITSUBISHI
00:23:15.42\00:23:19.53
COMPANY REALIZED THAT AMERICANS
WEREN'T ABOUT TO BUY THE CAR
00:23:19.53\00:23:21.90
THAT THEY COULDN'T EVEN SAY IT
- WHEN IT WAS FIRST INTRODUCED.
00:23:21.90\00:23:25.50
AND THEY DID A COMMERCIAL -
I'LL NEVER FORGET - THEY DID A
00:23:25.50\00:23:27.97
COMMERCIAL OF AN AMERICAN
WHO CAME INTO A MITSUBISHI
00:23:27.97\00:23:30.41
DEALERSHIP AND HE'S LOOKING
AT THE CAR AND HE CAN'T SAY THE
00:23:30.41\00:23:33.54
NAME OF THE CAR AND THE JAPANESE
CAR DEALER, WHO ACTUALLY WORKS
00:23:33.54\00:23:37.28
THERE, HE'S TRYING
TO HELP HIM SAY IT.
00:23:37.28\00:23:39.11
HE'S SAYING, 'MITSUBISHI' -
GOING 'MISHU BI' - AND HE'S -
00:23:39.11\00:23:41.55
HE'S WORKING HIS MOUTH AND
TRYING TO HELP HIM SAY IT AND
00:23:41.55\00:23:43.89
HE, EXASPERATED AT THE END, THE
JAPANESE SALESMAN SAYS, 'THAT'S
00:23:43.89\00:23:47.72
ALRIGHT, I CAN'T SAY
'CHEBRORET'.' (LAUGHTER) THEY
00:23:47.72\00:23:53.90
COULDN'T SAY 'CHEVROLET'
IN CASE YOU DIDN'T GET THAT.
00:23:53.90\00:23:56.93
SO, IS GOD GOING TO JUDGE US
IF WE DON'T PRONOUNCE IT RIGHT?
00:23:56.93\00:24:02.17
I MEAN, HAVEN'T YOU ALL KNOWN
PEOPLE THAT MAYBE HAVE SOME
00:24:02.17\00:24:04.81
IMPEDIMENT OR THEY'RE BORN WITH
AN ACCENT AND THEY JUST - THAT'S
00:24:04.81\00:24:08.54
NOT WHAT IT'S TALKING
ABOUT, SAYING THE NAME OF GOD.
00:24:08.54\00:24:12.05
IT'S TALKING ABOUT TAKING
HIS NAME AND NOT LIVING LIKE YOU
00:24:12.05\00:24:15.75
KNOW JESUS. AMEN? >>AMEN.
00:24:15.75\00:24:18.65
>>NOW, GOD HAS MANY NAMES.
LET'S NOT GET HUNG UP ON ONE.
00:24:18.65\00:24:23.22
ONE OF THE LONGEST REIGNING
QUEENS IN THE WORLD IS ACTUALLY
00:24:23.22\00:24:26.96
THE CURRENT QUEEN OF ENGLAND
- QUEEN ELIZABETH II - AND WHEN
00:24:26.96\00:24:31.53
SHE FIRST ASCENDED THE THRONE
SHE WAS STILL A YOUNG LADY.
00:24:31.53\00:24:35.64
HER PRIVATE SECRETARY ASKED HER
WHICH REGIONAL NAME SHE WOULD
00:24:35.64\00:24:39.67
LIKE TO BE ADDRESSED AS.
SHE SAID, 'MY OWN, OF COURSE.
00:24:39.67\00:24:44.18
WHAT ELSE?'
BECAUSE THEY OFTEN GIVE
00:24:44.18\00:24:47.25
MONARCHS VERY SPECIAL NAMES.
BUT EVEN HER OFFICIAL TITLE -
00:24:47.25\00:24:52.65
THIS IS THE OFFICIAL
TITLE OF QUEEN ELIZABETH II -
00:24:52.65\00:24:55.56
"HER MAJESTY ELIZABETH II BY THE
GRACE OF GOD OF GREAT BRITAIN,
00:24:55.56\00:25:00.10
IRELAND, HEAD OF THE
COMMONWEALTH AND THE BRITISH
00:25:00.10\00:25:02.20
DOMINIONS BEYOND THE SEA,
QUEEN DEFENDER OF THE FAITH."
00:25:02.20\00:25:06.74
ROYALTY TOOK THEIR NAMES VERY
SERIOUSLY AND THE MORE MAJESTY
00:25:06.74\00:25:11.64
AND ROYALTY THEY HAD, SOMETIMES
THE BIGGER AND MORE NUMEROUS
00:25:11.64\00:25:15.54
THEIR NAMES. I
WAS READING THIS WEEK
00:25:15.54\00:25:18.98
THAT EMPEROR BALDWIN II OF
CONSTANTINOPLE, WHENEVER HE WAS
00:25:18.98\00:25:22.52
REQUIRED TO SIGN HIS NAME TO ANY
OFFICIAL DOCUMENT, THEY TOOK TWO
00:25:22.52\00:25:27.32
DAYS FOR HIM TO SIGN HIS ONE
NAME. IT WAS - THEY'D SIGN HALF
00:25:27.32\00:25:33.09
OF IT - IT WAS SO LONG - HIS
TITLE - HE'D SIGN HALF OF IT ONE
00:25:33.09\00:25:35.86
DAY AND THEN HE'D REST.
HE'D SIGN THE OTHER HALF THE
00:25:35.86\00:25:37.63
OTHER DAY BECAUSE IT WAS THE
NAME OF MAJESTY AND THAT WAS THE
00:25:37.63\00:25:42.10
ROYAL PROTOCOL BECAUSE
THIS WAS THE NAME OF A MONARCH.
00:25:42.10\00:25:46.71
WELL, YOU KNOW, IN THE BIBLE
IT TELLS US GOD HAS MANY NAMES.
00:25:46.71\00:25:50.38
AND WE'LL GET TO THAT IN A
MINUTE, BUT WE KNOW IT SAYS IN
00:25:50.38\00:25:52.61
ISAIAH 9:6, "...AND HIS
NAME WILL BE CALLED WONDERFUL,
00:25:52.61\00:25:57.99
COUNSELOR, MIGHTY GOD,
EVERLASTING FATHER, PRINCE OF
00:25:57.99\00:26:02.39
PEACE." YOU NOTICE
IT SAYS 'HIS NAME' -
00:26:02.39\00:26:04.53
IT DOESN'T SAY 'HIS NAMES' IT
SAYS 'HIS NAME' WILL BE CALLED
00:26:04.53\00:26:09.16
AND THEN IT GIVES YOU
MULTIPLE NAMES FOR GOD.
00:26:09.16\00:26:12.43
BECAUSE IF AN EARTHLY MONARCH
CAN HAVE A LENGTHY TITLE, THEN,
00:26:12.43\00:26:17.14
IF ANYONE DESERVES A BLIZZARD
OF DIFFERENT WORDS THAT DESCRIBE
00:26:17.14\00:26:22.58
WHO THEY ARE, THAT WOULD BE
THE NAME OF GOD, IT'S THE MOST
00:26:22.58\00:26:26.28
ABUNDANT. YOU
KNOW, I READ IN THE BIBLE
00:26:26.28\00:26:27.88
THERE ARE ABOUT 240 DIFFERENT
TITLES THAT YOU CAN FIND FOR GOD
00:26:27.88\00:26:31.92
THE FATHER AND GOD
THE SON IN THE BIBLE.
00:26:31.92\00:26:35.29
THAT MAY BE ALSO INCLUDING GOD
THE HOLY SPIRIT, I DON'T KNOW.
00:26:35.29\00:26:38.43
I'LL SHARE MORE OF
THOSE WITH YOU LATER.
00:26:38.43\00:26:40.66
IN PHILIPPIANS - WE READ
THIS DURING OUR MEMORY VERSE,
00:26:40.66\00:26:44.33
"THEREFORE GOD HAS HIGHLY
EXALTED HIM AND GIVEN HIM A NAME
00:26:44.33\00:26:49.10
THAT IS ABOVE EVERY NAME THAT,
AT THE NAME OF JESUS, EVERY KNEE
00:26:49.10\00:26:53.01
SHOULD BOW." SO
THIS IS A MAJESTIC NAME
00:26:53.01\00:26:55.34
BECAUSE PEOPLE
WORSHIP AT THAT NAME.
00:26:55.34\00:26:57.95
THEY HEAR THAT
NAME, THEY BOW DOWN.
00:26:57.95\00:27:00.22
NOT ONLY HERE ON EARTH, BUT
IT SAYS, 'OF THOSE IN HEAVEN AND
00:27:00.22\00:27:03.82
THOSE ON THE EARTH AND THOSE
UNDER THE EARTH' AND THAT 'EVERY
00:27:03.82\00:27:06.79
TONGUE SHOULD CONFESS THAT JESUS
CHRIST IS LORD, TO THE GLORY OF
00:27:06.79\00:27:11.06
GOD THE FATHER.' NOW, BY
THE WAY, THAT IS ONE PROOF THAT
00:27:11.06\00:27:16.93
JESUS IS ALSO GOD THE SON
THAT HE SHOULD BE WORSHIPED.
00:27:16.93\00:27:21.20
AND THE BIBLE SAYS YOU SHOULD
WORSHIP GOD ONLY, ISN'T THAT
00:27:21.20\00:27:23.17
RIGHT? >>AMEN.
00:27:23.17\00:27:24.51
>>AND THE FACT THAT WE'RE TOLD
TO KNEEL AND WORSHIP AT THE NAME
00:27:24.51\00:27:26.57
OF JESUS, WELL, UNLESS GOD IS
VIOLATING HIS OWN LAW, JESUS IS
00:27:26.57\00:27:30.61
GOD THE SON. WHEN
CHRIST TOLD US TO PRAY,
00:27:30.61\00:27:34.62
HOW DID HE COMMAND US TO PRAY?
HE SAID, 'PRAY IN THIS MANNER:'
00:27:34.62\00:27:37.72
- WHAT'S THE FIRST
THING? >>OUR FATHER.
00:27:37.72\00:27:39.39
>>OUR FATHER
WHICH ART IN HEAVEN, -
00:27:39.39\00:27:40.86
>>HALLOWED. >>HALLOWED.
00:27:40.86\00:27:43.09
YOU KNOW, SOMETHING - SOMETHING
ABOUT THIS COMMANDMENT THAT IS
00:27:43.09\00:27:47.50
UNIQUE: YOU CAN FIND
VIRTUALLY ALL OF THE OTHER TEN
00:27:47.50\00:27:51.57
COMMANDMENTS REPEATED IN THE NEW
TESTAMENT, BUT WHERE IN THE NEW
00:27:51.57\00:27:56.64
TESTAMENT DO YOU FIND
THE THIRD COMMANDMENT?
00:27:56.64\00:28:00.98
THE CLOSEST YOU GET IS TO THE
LORD'S PRAYER, WHERE IT SAYS,
00:28:00.98\00:28:04.85
'HALLOWED BE THY NAME.'
BUT YOU DON'T FIND THAT THIRD
00:28:04.85\00:28:08.92
COMMANDMENT REPEATED WORD
FOR WORD ANYWHERE IN THE NEW
00:28:08.92\00:28:11.12
TESTAMENT. NOW, I
MENTION THAT BECAUSE
00:28:11.12\00:28:13.36
WHEN WE GET TO THE FOURTH
COMMANDMENT, YOU'RE GOING TO
00:28:13.36\00:28:15.32
HEAR AND YOU'VE PROBABLY ALREADY
HEARD PEOPLE SAY, 'WELL, WE
00:28:15.32\00:28:18.99
DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE
FOURTH COMMANDMENT BECAUSE IT'S
00:28:18.99\00:28:20.90
THE ONLY ONE THAT'S NOT
REPEATED IN THE NEW TESTAMENT.
00:28:20.90\00:28:23.53
HAVE YOU HEARD THAT ONE BEFORE?
YEAH, THAT IS JUST A MYTH.
00:28:23.53\00:28:26.30
IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT
YOU REPEAT AND PEOPLE BELIEVE
00:28:26.30\00:28:27.94
IT, BUT IT'S TOTALLY UNTRUE.
THE COMMANDMENT YOU DON'T FIND
00:28:27.94\00:28:30.97
REPEATED IN THE NEW TESTAMENT
IS THE THIRD COMMANDMENT.
00:28:30.97\00:28:34.14
BUT DOES THAT MEAN IT'S OKAY
NOW FOR US AS BELIEVERS TO TAKE
00:28:34.14\00:28:36.88
GOD'S NAME IN
VAIN? OF COURSE NOT!
00:28:36.88\00:28:39.11
I'VE NEVER HEARD
ANYONE USE THAT ARGUMENT.
00:28:39.11\00:28:41.18
AND SO IT'S A BAD ARGUMENT
WHEN YOU GET TO THE FOURTH
00:28:41.18\00:28:43.72
COMMANDMENT ALSO.
GOD'S NAME IS MAJESTIC.
00:28:43.72\00:28:48.96
HIS NAME IS TO BE TAKEN
SERIOUSLY AND WITH REVERENCE.
00:28:48.96\00:28:52.89
IT'S A HOLY NAME. NOW,
IN THIS COMMANDMENT - YOU
00:28:52.89\00:28:56.87
KNOW, WHEN I WAS GROWING UP,
IF I EVER CURSED - AND I'M NOT
00:28:56.87\00:29:01.87
PROUD TO SAY, BUT I GREW
UP IN A FAMILY WHERE PROFANITY
00:29:01.87\00:29:06.24
WAS VERY COMMON. MY
FATHER CURSED AND I - FAR
00:29:06.24\00:29:11.65
BACK AS I CAN
REMEMBER, I HEARD IT.
00:29:11.65\00:29:14.15
MY MOTHER CURSED.
MY GRANDPARENTS CURSED.
00:29:14.15\00:29:18.49
AND JUST
EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN.
00:29:18.49\00:29:22.26
I WON'T DEMONSTRATE BUT - JUST
- I KNOW ALL THE WORDS BECAUSE I
00:29:22.26\00:29:24.96
JUST GREW UP
HEARING ALL OF THAT.
00:29:24.96\00:29:27.76
THIS COMMANDMENT DOES, AT LEAST,
INCLUDE A PROHIBITION AGAINST
00:29:27.76\00:29:33.10
PROFANITY.
CHRISTIANS SHOULD NOT BE
00:29:33.10\00:29:37.01
MISUSING THEIR NATIVE TONGUE
AND SPEAKING PROFANE WORDS.
00:29:37.01\00:29:42.74
PSALM 8, VERSE 1, "O LORD, OUR
LORD, HOW EXCELLENT IS YOUR NAME
00:29:42.74\00:29:47.95
IN ALL THE EARTH, WHO HAVE SET
YOUR GLORY ABOVE THE HEAVENS!"
00:29:47.95\00:29:50.82
HE HAS AN EXCELLENT NAME.
IT'S A NAME THAT IT SHOULD NOT
00:29:50.82\00:29:53.12
BE MINGLED WITH PROFANITY.
MATTER OF FACT, CHRISTIANS
00:29:53.12\00:29:56.22
SHOULDN'T SPEAK PROFANITY
AT ALL. IF YOU SAY YOU'RE A
00:29:56.22\00:29:59.59
CHRISTIAN AND YOU SPEAK VILE AND
DIRTY AND PROFANE WORDS AND, YOU
00:29:59.59\00:30:03.13
KNOW, WHAT'S - IS IT JUST ME OR
WHOEVER ARE THE CENSORS CHECKING
00:30:03.13\00:30:09.80
WHAT GOES ACROSS TELEVISION - IS
IT JUST ME OR HAVE THEY BECOME
00:30:09.80\00:30:14.48
INCREASINGLY SLOPPY
OVER THE YEARS AND LETTING
00:30:14.48\00:30:16.98
MORE AND MORE THROUGH? >>AMEN.
00:30:16.98\00:30:18.68
>>THERE ARE WORDS THAT THEY
NEVER WOULD HAVE ALLOWED, WHEN I
00:30:18.68\00:30:22.98
WAS GROWING UP, ON TELEVISION
THAT ARE JUST VERY COMMON NOW.
00:30:22.98\00:30:26.22
AND IT'S NOT JUST LIKE NIGHTTIME
PROGRAMING - IN THE MIDDLE OF
00:30:26.22\00:30:29.36
THE DAY - AND CRUDE LANGUAGE.
00:30:29.36\00:30:32.46
WHY DOES A PERSON
RESORT TO PROFANITY?
00:30:32.46\00:30:36.26
YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER HEARING A
VERY MOVING SPEECH GIVEN BY THE
00:30:36.26\00:30:41.50
FAMOUS RADIO ANNOUNCER PAUL
HARVEY - KAREN WAS WITH ME AND
00:30:41.50\00:30:44.27
WE WERE AT AN IT IS WRITTEN
PARTNERSHIP MEETING AND HE SAID,
00:30:44.27\00:30:47.68
'YOU KNOW, THE ENGLISH
LANGUAGE HAS BEEN SO GOOD TO ME.
00:30:47.68\00:30:50.75
I DON'T KNOW WHY PEOPLE WOULD
WANT TO MUDDY IT UP BY USING
00:30:50.75\00:30:53.92
PROFANE WORDS BECAUSE YOU
CAN SAY WHAT YOU NEED TO SAY,
00:30:53.92\00:30:57.35
IF YOU'RE INTELLIGENT,
BY USING GOOD WORDS.'
00:30:57.35\00:31:00.86
>>AMEN. >>AND,
USUALLY, WHEN A PERSON
00:31:00.86\00:31:03.29
RESORTS TO PROFANITY, IT
OFTEN INDICATES THAT, FOR ONE
00:31:03.29\00:31:07.60
THING, THEY DON'T
HAVE MUCH SELF-CONTROL.
00:31:07.60\00:31:09.36
IT OFTEN INDICATES A LACK OF
EDUCATION - THEY CAN'T FIND GOOD
00:31:09.36\00:31:12.03
WORDS IN THEIR VOCABULARY SO
THEY RESORT TO VERY CRUDE COMMON
00:31:12.03\00:31:16.97
WORDS AND - TRYING TO GET
A REACTION OR A CHEAP LAUGH.
00:31:16.97\00:31:21.98
I THINK THE BEST COMEDIANS ARE
THE ONES WHO CAN GET PEOPLE TO
00:31:21.98\00:31:25.05
LAUGH WITHOUT
RESORTING TO BEING DIRTY.
00:31:25.05\00:31:26.95
>>AMEN. >>AND,
WELL, ENOUGH ABOUT THAT.
00:31:26.95\00:31:33.19
IT JUST KIND - I REMEMBER
COLONEL SANDERS - YOU KNOW, THE
00:31:33.19\00:31:36.49
ONE WHO STARTED
KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN?
00:31:36.49\00:31:38.59
HE WAS CONVERTED TO CHRISTIANITY
AND WAS A VERY FAITHFUL TITHE
00:31:38.59\00:31:41.53
PAYER ALL OF HIS LIFE AND GOD,
OBVIOUSLY, BLESSED HIM FOR THAT,
00:31:41.53\00:31:45.23
BUT HE SAID THAT, FOLLOWING HIS
CONVERSION, IT COST HIM HALF OF
00:31:45.23\00:31:50.14
HIS VOCABULARY. (LAUGHTER)
BECAUSE, I GUESS, HE HAD THE
00:31:50.14\00:31:55.88
OTHER VOCABULARY. AND THAT
HAPPENED TO ME. YOU KNOW, ONE OF
00:31:55.88\00:31:58.21
THE SIGNS, FOR ME, THAT GOD
WAS REAL AND THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS
00:31:58.21\00:32:02.38
REAL IS, AFTER I BECAME A
CHRISTIAN, I BECAME CONVICTED
00:32:02.38\00:32:05.82
THAT IT WAS INAPPROPRIATE - YOU
KNOW, FOR A WHILE, EVEN AFTER I
00:32:05.82\00:32:08.22
ACCEPTED JESUS, I
KEPT SPEAKING THOSE WORDS.
00:32:08.22\00:32:11.93
BUT EVERY TIME I DID, I REALIZED
IT JUST DIDN'T SEEM RIGHT.
00:32:11.93\00:32:15.86
BEFORE, I JUST GREW UP
- IT WAS MY VOCABULARY.
00:32:15.86\00:32:19.20
AND AFTER ACCEPTING JESUS, I
FINALLY BECAME CONVICTED AND I
00:32:19.20\00:32:22.44
SAID, 'LORD, YOU'RE GOING TO
HAVE TO HELP ME BECAUSE THIS IS
00:32:22.44\00:32:23.97
SO DEEPLY ENGRAINED THAT IT JUST
COMES OUT WITHOUT EVEN THINKING.
00:32:23.97\00:32:27.81
AND ONE OF THE GREATEST PROOFS
THAT GOD IS REAL, FOR ME, IS
00:32:27.81\00:32:31.38
FROM THE TIME I PRAYED THAT
PRAYER, EVERY TIME I GOT READY
00:32:31.38\00:32:34.38
TO UTTER SOME PROFANE WORD, IT'S
LIKE THIS EMERGENCY BRAKE THAT
00:32:34.38\00:32:39.99
WAS ON MY TONGUE AND I'D GET
READY TO SAY IT AND IT'S LIKE -
00:32:39.99\00:32:43.26
ERRRT! I SAID, 'OH, THAT'S
- I BETTER FIND ANOTHER WORD.
00:32:43.26\00:32:47.56
AND IT FORCED ME TO EXPAND
MY VOCABULARY, FOR ONE THING.
00:32:47.56\00:32:50.87
AND IT JUST HAPPENED SO OFTEN
I THOUGHT, 'THIS IS A MIRACLE!'
00:32:50.87\00:32:54.87
EVERY TIME - I WOULDN'T EVEN BE
TRYING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE
00:32:54.87\00:32:57.64
HOLY SPIRIT WOULD
SAY, 'AH - DOUG, PAUSE.
00:32:57.64\00:32:59.91
FIND ANOTHER WORD. INSERT
GOOD WORD. TAKE OUT BAD WORD.'
00:32:59.91\00:33:04.58
(LAUGHTER) AND IF YOU KNEW ME
BACK THEN AND YOU HEARD ME TALK
00:33:04.58\00:33:08.65
BACK THEN, YOU'D SAY,
'BOY, THAT IS A MIRACLE, DOUG.
00:33:08.65\00:33:12.15
WE HAD NO IDEA.' I WOULDN'T WANT
YOU TO KNOW ME BACK THEN, BUT
00:33:12.15\00:33:15.62
THE HOLY SPIRIT, I BELIEVE, CAN
MAKE THOSE CHANGES IN OUR MINDS.
00:33:15.62\00:33:19.96
HE CAN TRANSFORM US IN THAT WAY.
00:33:19.96\00:33:21.70
COLOSSIANS 4:6, "LET YOUR SPEECH
ALWAYS BE WITH GRACE, SEASONED
00:33:21.70\00:33:28.07
WITH SALT, THAT YOU MAY KNOW HOW
YOU OUGHT TO ANSWER EACH ONE."
00:33:28.07\00:33:32.37
ECCLESIASTES 10, VERSE 12, "THE
WORDS OF A WISE MAN'S MOUTH ARE
00:33:32.37\00:33:36.08
GRACIOUS, BUT THE LIPS OF
A FOOL SHALL SWALLOW HIM UP."
00:33:36.08\00:33:40.15
NOW, WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
PROFANITY, AND YOU'RE NEVER TO
00:33:40.15\00:33:46.52
TAKE THE NAME OF THE LORD
IN VAIN, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF
00:33:46.52\00:33:49.89
OTHER EXPLETIVES THAT ARE
SORT OF IN THAT GRAY AREA - FOR
00:33:49.89\00:33:54.56
EXAMPLE: SOMETIMES PEOPLE SAY,
'OH, I WOULD NEVER SAY GOD'S
00:33:54.56\00:33:58.33
NAME IN VAIN IN CURSING.'
BUT YOU'LL HEAR THEM SAY 'GOSH
00:33:58.33\00:34:01.50
DARN'. I FELT BAD
EVEN SAYING IT JUST
00:34:01.50\00:34:04.47
NOW, BUT I NEEDED TO
TELL YOU SO YOU'D KNOW.
00:34:04.47\00:34:07.81
THAT'S REALLY A DERIVATIVE -
THAT'S LIKE YOU WANT TO GO ALL
00:34:07.81\00:34:10.61
THE WAY BUT - SO YOU'RE GOING
TO CUSTOMIZE USING GOD'S NAME IN
00:34:10.61\00:34:13.85
VAIN. AND HOW MANY PEOPLE
DO YOU KNOW WILL SAY THAT?
00:34:13.85\00:34:17.15
OR 'I WOULD NOT SAY
JESUS' NAME IN VAIN.'
00:34:17.15\00:34:20.52
BUT THEY'LL SAY, 'GEE
WHIZ.' AND THERE'S A NUMBER
00:34:20.52\00:34:23.59
OF OTHER OF THESE HALFWAY
EXPLETIVES THAT PEOPLE USE AND
00:34:23.59\00:34:27.50
YOU - YOU KNOW, LET YOUR
YEA BE YEA AND YOUR NAY BE NAY
00:34:27.50\00:34:33.17
- IF YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN.
IF IT'S NOT GOOD OR IF
00:34:33.17\00:34:35.34
IT'S DOUBTFUL, IT'S DIRTY.
IF IT'S DOUBTFUL IT'S DIRTY.
00:34:35.34\00:34:38.81
IT'S LIKE THAT OLD SCOTSMAN THAT
WAS HANGING UP HIS SHIRT ONE
00:34:38.81\00:34:41.98
MORNING, LOOKING THROUGH THE
WINDOW, WONDERING IF IT WAS GOOD
00:34:41.98\00:34:44.98
ENOUGH AND CLEAN ENOUGH TO WEAR
ANOTHER DAY AND HE SNIFFED IT
00:34:44.98\00:34:49.62
AND HIS WIFE SAID, 'IF IT'S
DOUBTFUL IT'S DIRTY.' AND SO, IF
00:34:49.62\00:34:54.49
YOU'VE GOT DOUBTS, FIND
ANOTHER WORD - THERE'S PLENTY!
00:34:54.49\00:35:00.06
THEY SAY THAT YOU CAN MEASURE
A PERSON'S INTELLIGENCE OFTEN BY
00:35:00.06\00:35:02.10
THE EXTENT OF THEIR
VOCABULARY THEY CAN CALL UPON.
00:35:02.10\00:35:06.43
YOU WILL INCREASE YOUR PERCEIVED
IQ IF YOU DON'T USE THOSE WORDS
00:35:06.43\00:35:11.17
AND YOU FIND
OTHER WORDS. >>AMEN.
00:35:11.17\00:35:13.98
>>DOES ANYONE EVER THINK
A PERSON'S MORE INTELLIGENT
00:35:13.98\00:35:16.31
BECAUSE THEY CUSS? NO.
DID THEY - THEY CERTAINLY
00:35:16.31\00:35:20.42
DON'T THINK THAT YOU KNOW
GOD. SO WE SHOULD BE CAREFUL.
00:35:20.42\00:35:25.05
WE SHOULD TEACH OUR CHILDREN
TO BE CAREFUL AND, I DON'T KNOW
00:35:25.05\00:35:27.02
ABOUT YOU, FRIENDS, BUT, YOU
KNOW, I THINK, IN ORDER FOR YOU
00:35:27.02\00:35:30.86
TO KEEP THIS COMMANDMENT ABOUT
NOT TAKING GOD'S NAME IN VAIN,
00:35:30.86\00:35:34.63
TO REALLY KEEP IT
YOU NEED TO BE CONVERTED.
00:35:34.63\00:35:39.03
BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOVE THE LORD
AND WHEN YOU'RE BORN AGAIN, WHEN
00:35:39.03\00:35:41.77
YOU LOVE JESUS AND YOU SEE HOW
HE DIED FOR YOUR SINS AND THEN
00:35:41.77\00:35:45.41
YOU HEAR PEOPLE IN PUBLIC USING
HIS NAME CARELESSLY, IT GRIEVES
00:35:45.41\00:35:49.71
- IT PIERCES YOUR HEART BECAUSE
YOU LOVE HIM AND YOU THINK,
00:35:49.71\00:35:54.12
'HOW CAN THEY DO THAT?'
00:35:54.12\00:35:55.38
YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO KEEP MYSELF
FROM CONFRONTING AND REBUKING
00:35:55.38\00:35:59.82
PEOPLE PUBLICLY - BECAUSE I'D BE
REBUKING PEOPLE ALL DAY LONG -
00:35:59.82\00:36:05.06
WHEN I HEAR PEOPLE USING GOD'S
NAME CARELESSLY OR IN VAIN OR
00:36:05.06\00:36:11.00
YOU'RE AT THE HEALTH CLUB
AND YOU WANT TO JUST BE TELLING
00:36:11.00\00:36:14.34
PEOPLE - AND IF THEY'RE
FRIENDS, I WILL TELL THEM.
00:36:14.34\00:36:16.30
I'LL SAY, 'YOU KNOW,
YOU KNOW I'M A CHRISTIAN.
00:36:16.30\00:36:18.71
I JUST NEED TO LET YOU KNOW
IT REALLY GRIEVES ME WHEN I HEAR
00:36:18.71\00:36:21.01
YOU USE GOD'S NAME
IN VAIN. CAN YOU FIND A
00:36:21.01\00:36:22.81
SUBSTITUTE OR SOMETHING?'
AND - BUT IN ORDER FOR YOU TO
00:36:22.81\00:36:28.95
UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT
MEANS, YOU HAVE TO LOVE HIM.
00:36:28.95\00:36:31.29
>>AMEN. >>WHEN YOU
LOVE HIM, YOU DON'T
00:36:31.29\00:36:35.16
WANT PEOPLE TO
DEFILE OR PROFANE HIS NAME.
00:36:35.16\00:36:39.23
SO IT'S A CHANGE OF
HEART. ALL OF THE COMMANDMENTS
00:36:39.23\00:36:42.20
ARE SUMMED UP IN LOVE. IF
YOU'RE GOING TO REALLY KEEP
00:36:42.20\00:36:44.57
GOD'S LAW, YOU NEED TO LOVE
HIM. BUT, HEY, FRIENDS, I'VE GOT
00:36:44.57\00:36:47.80
ADVICE FOR YOU: IF YOU
DON'T THINK YOU LOVE HIM,
00:36:47.80\00:36:49.34
FAKE IT IN THE
MEANTIME. NO, REALLY.
00:36:49.34\00:36:53.54
YOU MAY NOT BE PAYING TITHE FOR
THE RIGHT REASON - DO IT ANYWAY.
00:36:53.54\00:36:58.25
YOU MAY NOT NOT BE USING
GOD'S NAME IN VAIN FOR THE RIGHT
00:36:58.25\00:37:01.58
REASON; WELL, IN THE
MEANTIME, OBEY ANYWAY.
00:37:01.58\00:37:04.85
>>AMEN. >>AND, YOU KNOW WHAT?
00:37:04.85\00:37:06.59
SOMEWHERE ALONG THE
WAY IT CAN BECOME REAL.
00:37:06.59\00:37:09.22
BUT START DOING
THE RIGHT THING ANYWAY.
00:37:09.22\00:37:11.89
BUT ULTIMATELY,
YOU NEED TO LOVE HIM.
00:37:11.89\00:37:13.36
WHILE WE'RE ON THIS SUBJECT,
IT'S STILL APPROPRIATE THAT WE
00:37:13.36\00:37:15.53
TALK ABOUT GOD'S NAME IN
RELATIONSHIP TO A VOW OR AN
00:37:15.53\00:37:20.47
OATH. JESUS TALKS ABOUT THIS.
00:37:20.47\00:37:24.34
ACTUALLY, I SHOULD QUOTE WITH
- MOSES FIRST - LEVITICUS 19:12,
00:37:24.34\00:37:28.91
"AND YOU SHALL NOT SWEAR BY
MY NAME FALSELY, NOR SHALL YOU
00:37:28.91\00:37:32.78
PROFANE THE NAME OF
YOUR GOD: I AM THE LORD."
00:37:32.78\00:37:36.75
WHEN THE LORD WANTS TO INVOKE
THE BEST REASON FOR OBEYING
00:37:36.75\00:37:39.29
THIS, HE SAYS, 'BECAUSE I AM.'
00:37:39.29\00:37:42.89
WHAT WAS HIS
NAME? I AM THAT I AM.
00:37:42.89\00:37:45.19
THAT SACRED NAME OF GOD, YAHWEH,
THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, THAT
00:37:45.19\00:37:49.56
MEANS 'THE SELF-EXISTENT
ONE' - THE ONE WHO IS ETERNALLY.
00:37:49.56\00:37:53.87
JESUS SAID - MATTHEW 5:33,
"AGAIN YOU HAVE HEARD THAT IT
00:37:53.87\00:37:58.04
WAS SAID TO THOSE OF OLD, 'YOU
SHALL NOT SWEAR FALSELY, BUT
00:37:58.04\00:38:01.84
SHALL PERFORM YOUR OATHS TO THE
LORD.' BUT I SAY TO YOU, DO NOT
00:38:01.84\00:38:06.01
SWEAR AT ALL: NEITHER BY HEAVEN,
FOR IT IS GOD'S THRONE; NOR BY
00:38:06.01\00:38:09.92
THE EARTH, FOR IT IS HIS
FOOTSTOOL; NOR BY JERUSALEM, FOR
00:38:09.92\00:38:13.29
IT IS THE CITY
OF THE GREAT KING.
00:38:13.29\00:38:15.06
NOR SHALL YOU SWEAR BY YOUR
HEAD, BECAUSE YOU CANNOT MAKE
00:38:15.06\00:38:17.69
ONE HAIR WHITE OR
BLACK." OR EVEN KEEP IT IN YOUR
00:38:17.69\00:38:19.69
HEAD, FOR THAT MATTER.
"BUT LET YOUR YES" - I ADDED
00:38:19.69\00:38:22.40
THAT PART - "BUT LET YOUR 'YES'
BE 'YES,' AND YOUR 'NO,' BE
00:38:22.40\00:38:25.40
'NO.' FOR WHATEVER IS MORE THAN
THESE IS FROM THE EVIL ONE."
00:38:25.40\00:38:30.21
SO WHEN PEOPLE START DOING THESE
EXTRAVAGANT OATHS AND VOWS,
00:38:30.21\00:38:35.14
YOU KNOW - AND I
CATCH MYSELF DOING IT.
00:38:35.14\00:38:38.18
YOU SAY, 'BOY,
YOU KNOW, I PROMISE.
00:38:38.18\00:38:41.18
YOU'VE GOT MY WORD ON THIS.'
AND YOU GO, 'WHY ISN'T YOUR WORD
00:38:41.18\00:38:43.99
GOOD? YOU HAVE TO
ADD SOMETHING TO IT?'
00:38:43.99\00:38:47.39
IF YOU'RE ALWAYS HONEST AND IF
YOU'RE ALWAYS TELLING THE TRUTH,
00:38:47.39\00:38:53.50
THEN WHY WOULD YOU
HAVE TO MAKE A VOW?
00:38:53.50\00:38:56.33
HOW IS A - WHY WOULD YOU WANT
TO BE THE KIND OF PERSON WHERE A
00:38:56.33\00:38:59.90
PERSON HAS TO ALWAYS
SAY, 'ARE YOU SWEARING?
00:38:59.90\00:39:03.27
ARE YOU VOWING? IS THAT
AN OATH?' THAT WOULD IMPLY,
00:39:03.27\00:39:05.77
OTHERWISE YOU CAN'T BE
TRUSTED. SEE WHAT I'M SAYING?
00:39:05.77\00:39:09.94
YOU SHOULD - EVERY WORD OUGHT
TO BE - SOMEONE ONCE WAS TALKING
00:39:09.94\00:39:13.55
ABOUT THE BAPTIST CHRISTIANS
IN SCANDINAVIA AND THEY SAID,
00:39:13.55\00:39:18.55
'EVERY WORD THEY SPEAK IS AN
OATH.' AND IT WAS BECAUSE THEY
00:39:18.55\00:39:22.49
WERE SO HONEST THAT SOMEONE
WHO WAS TALKING ABOUT THEM SAID,
00:39:22.49\00:39:26.23
'EVERYTHING THEY SAY
IS AS TRUE AS AN OATH.'
00:39:26.23\00:39:31.33
BUT, YOU KNOW, BY THE TIME OF
CHRIST, THE PHARISEES HAD THIS
00:39:31.33\00:39:33.84
ELABORATE,
INTRICATE SERIES OF OATHS.
00:39:33.84\00:39:36.20
THEY'D SAY, 'IF YOU SWEAR BY THE
TEMPLE YOU DON'T REALLY HAVE TO
00:39:36.20\00:39:39.51
KEEP THAT VOW, BUT IF YOU SWEAR
BY THE GOLD OF THE TEMPLE...'
00:39:39.51\00:39:43.04
AND IT'S KIND OF LIKE A PERSON
SAYING, 'YES, I MADE A PROMISE,
00:39:43.04\00:39:45.91
BUT I HAD MY FINGERS
CROSSED BEHIND MY BACK.
00:39:45.91\00:39:49.15
YOU KNOW - ANY OF
YOU REMEMBER THAT?
00:39:49.15\00:39:50.92
THAT WAS SOMEHOW
THE ESCAPE CLAUSE.
00:39:50.92\00:39:52.32
I DON'T KNOW
WHERE THAT CAME FROM.
00:39:52.32\00:39:54.92
OR A PERSON WOULD SAY, 'I DARE
YOU.' 'WELL, I DOUBLE DARE YOU.'
00:39:54.92\00:39:57.63
AND WE GOT INTO THESE
LITTLE WORD GAMES THAT WE PLAY -
00:39:57.63\00:40:00.06
'DO YOU PROMISE?' 'I
PROMISE.' 'YOU PROMISE
00:40:00.06\00:40:02.26
ON YOUR MOTHER'S
GRAVE?' YOU EVER HEARD THAT ONE?
00:40:02.26\00:40:06.30
THEY'RE JUST MAKING MORE
AND MORE - IT'S LIKE YOU THINK,
00:40:06.30\00:40:08.50
'WELL, WOULDN'T THE LORD'S NAME
BE MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVEN YOUR
00:40:08.50\00:40:14.64
MOTHER'S GRAVE? I
MEAN, BECAUSE YOU TAKE THE
00:40:14.64\00:40:16.71
NAME OF THE LORD, AS
BEING A CHRISTIAN, WOULDN'T
00:40:16.71\00:40:18.21
THAT BE ENOUGH?
WHY DO YOU GOTTA ADD
00:40:18.21\00:40:20.28
ALL THESE OTHER THINGS?'
AND THAT'S WHAT JESUS IS SAYING
00:40:20.28\00:40:23.85
- 'LET YOUR 'YES,' BE
'YES' AND YOUR 'NO,' BE 'NO'.
00:40:23.85\00:40:26.15
HE TALKS ABOUT THIS AGAIN IN
MATTHEW 23:16 - TALKING TO THE
00:40:26.15\00:40:29.46
HYPOCRITES THAT MAKE A BIG DEAL
OF VOWING, "WOE TO YOU, BLIND
00:40:29.46\00:40:33.46
GUIDES, WHO SAY, 'WHOEVER SWEARS
BY THE TEMPLE, IT IS NOTHING;
00:40:33.46\00:40:36.43
BUT WHOEVER SWEARS BY THE GOLD
OF THE TEMPLE, HE IS OBLIGED TO
00:40:36.43\00:40:39.33
PERFORM IT.' FOOLS
AND BLIND! FOR WHICH IS
00:40:39.33\00:40:41.80
GREATER, THE GOLD OR THE
TEMPLE THAT SANCTIFIES THE GOLD?
00:40:41.80\00:40:44.81
AND, 'WHOEVER SWEARS BY
THE ALTAR, IT IS NOTHING; BUT
00:40:44.81\00:40:47.71
WHOEVER SWEARS BY THE GIFT
THAT IS ON IT, HE IS OBLIGED TO
00:40:47.71\00:40:50.61
PERFORM IT.'" JESUS
SAID, "FOOLS AND BLIND!
00:40:50.61\00:40:53.62
FOR WHICH IS GREATER, THE GIFT
OR THE ALTAR THAT SANCTIFIES THE
00:40:53.62\00:40:56.48
GIFT? THEREFORE
HE WHO SWEARS BY THE
00:40:56.48\00:40:59.05
ALTAR, SWEARS BY IT
AND BY ALL THINGS ON IT.
00:40:59.05\00:41:01.36
HE WHO SWEARS BY THE TEMPLE,
SWEARS BY IT AND BY HIM WHO
00:41:01.36\00:41:03.83
DWELLS IN IT. AND HE
WHO SWEARS BY HEAVEN,
00:41:03.83\00:41:06.03
SWEARS BY THE THRONE OF GOD AND
BY HIM WHO SITS ON IT.'" HE'S
00:41:06.03\00:41:09.50
BASICALLY SAYING ANYTIME YOU
TAKE AN OATH THAT IT'S SERIOUS.
00:41:09.50\00:41:15.00
NOW, BY THE WAY, WAS THIS - YOU
KNOW, SOME CHRISTIANS SAY YOU'RE
00:41:15.00\00:41:19.74
NOT ALLOWED TO
TAKE ANY KIND OF OATH.
00:41:19.74\00:41:22.31
FOR INSTANCE, YOU GO INTO
A COURT OF LAW AND YOU SAY,
00:41:22.31\00:41:24.48
'BECAUSE JESUS SAID 'LET YOUR
'YES,' BE 'YES' AND YOUR 'NO,'
00:41:24.48\00:41:26.88
BE 'NO' YOU'RE FORBIDDEN
TO TAKE ANY KIND OF OATH?
00:41:26.88\00:41:29.08
THIS IS NOT WHAT JESUS
WAS SAYING BECAUSE, IN THE OLD
00:41:29.08\00:41:31.55
TESTAMENT IT WAS CLEAR ENOUGH
THEY COULD TAKE AN OATH AND THAT
00:41:31.55\00:41:34.76
WAS, SORT OF, A FORMAL PROMISE
THAT THEY WERE NOT ABOUT TO
00:41:34.76\00:41:38.29
PERJURE THEMSELVES. AND
YOU GO TO A COURT TODAY,
00:41:38.29\00:41:42.66
SOME WILL STILL HAVE YOU
PUT YOUR HAND ON THE BIBLE.
00:41:42.66\00:41:44.80
SOME WILL SIMPLY HAVE YOU LIFT
YOUR RIGHT HAND AND SAY, 'DO I
00:41:44.80\00:41:48.17
SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE
WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE
00:41:48.17\00:41:51.01
TRUTH?' THEY STILL DO
THAT, RIGHT? BAILIFFS STILL?
00:41:51.01\00:41:53.78
IS IT FORBIDDEN FOR
A CHRISTIAN TO DO THAT?
00:41:53.78\00:41:55.84
NO. DID JESUS RESPOND TO
AN OATH DURING HIS TRIAL? YES.
00:41:55.84\00:42:01.92
WHEN THE HIGH PRIEST SAID,
'I ADJURE THEE BY THE MOST HIGH
00:42:01.92\00:42:04.25
GOD, TELL US WHETHER
THOU ART THE CHRIST.'
00:42:04.25\00:42:06.45
JESUS ANSWERED HIS QUESTION.
00:42:06.45\00:42:09.76
HE SAID, 'IT IS AS YOU SAY.' AND
SO, HE WASN'T SAYING THAT IT'S
00:42:09.76\00:42:12.53
WRONG TO TAKE AN OATH
FOR SOME PUBLIC DOCUMENT.
00:42:12.53\00:42:15.83
NO, OF COURSE IT'S OKAY
FOR CHRISTIANS TO DO THAT.
00:42:15.83\00:42:18.07
AND I WOULDN'T MISCONSTRUE IT
THAT WAY, BUT YOUR WORD OUGHT TO
00:42:18.07\00:42:21.67
BE SO GOOD THAT - MY DAD DID
BUSINESS WITH SOME PEOPLE AND HE
00:42:21.67\00:42:28.44
TOLD ME, 'THIS PERSON
IS SO HONEST I CAN MAKE A
00:42:28.44\00:42:30.35
MILLION-DOLLAR DEAL
WITH HIM ON A HANDSHAKE.
00:42:30.35\00:42:33.42
BEFORE THE CONTRACT IS EVER
SIGNED, I KNOW THEIR WORD IS
00:42:33.42\00:42:37.65
GOOD.' ISN'T THAT
THE WAY IT USED TO BE?
00:42:37.65\00:42:41.46
A PERSON'S WORD WAS
THEIR BOND. >>THAT'S RIGHT.
00:42:41.46\00:42:44.46
>>AND YOUR WORD WAS GOOD.
00:42:44.46\00:42:45.59
WHEN YOU MADE A PROMISE -
YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING TO DO
00:42:45.59\00:42:47.40
SOMETHING, SOMEONE COULD 'TAKE
IT TO THE BANK' AS THEY SAY -
00:42:47.40\00:42:50.53
THAT YOU WERE GOING
TO KEEP YOUR PROMISE.
00:42:50.53\00:42:53.84
SO, SO MUCH FOR
SWEARING AND VOWS.
00:42:53.84\00:42:57.04
YOU KNOW, REALLY, WHEN WE
TALK ABOUT THE NAME OF GOD, WHAT
00:42:57.04\00:42:59.47
WE'RE DEALING WITH
IS GOD'S REPUTATION.
00:42:59.47\00:43:04.71
THE BIBLE IS TALKING MORE ABOUT
REPUTATION THAN PRONUNCIATION.
00:43:04.71\00:43:08.32
I THINK YOU'VE MAYBE HEARD ME
MENTION ONE TIME, THERE WAS AN
00:43:08.32\00:43:11.25
AD IN A PAPER YEARS AGO -
SOMEONE WAS LOOKING FOR A LOST
00:43:11.25\00:43:14.49
DOG AND IT SAID, 'LOST: ONE DOG,
BROWN HAIR, SEVERAL BALD SPOTS,
00:43:14.49\00:43:20.13
RIGHT LEG BROKEN DUE TO AN
ACCIDENT, LEFT HIP IS HURT,
00:43:20.13\00:43:23.33
RIGHT EYE IS MISSING, LEFT EAR
BITTEN OFF IN A FIGHT - ANSWERS
00:43:23.33\00:43:27.00
TO THE NAME 'LUCKY'. (LAUGHTER)
THAT DOG HAD A NOMINAL NAME.
00:43:27.00\00:43:33.44
YOU KNOW WHAT
'NOMINAL' MEANS? IN NAME ONLY.
00:43:33.44\00:43:36.01
OUT THERE YOU HAVE
NOMINAL CHRISTIANS.
00:43:36.01\00:43:38.15
A NOMINAL CHRISTIAN IS SOMEONE
WHO IS A CHRISTIAN IN NAME ONLY.
00:43:38.15\00:43:41.58
WHAT HAS DONE THE GREATEST
HARM TO THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH?
00:43:41.58\00:43:44.92
ISN'T IT PEOPLE WHO TAKE THE
NAME 'CHRISTIAN' BUT THEY DON'T
00:43:44.92\00:43:47.06
LIVE LIKE CHRIST? THEY
ARE NOMINAL CHRISTIANS.
00:43:47.06\00:43:50.96
THEY GOT THE NAME
LUCKY BUT THEY'RE NOT.
00:43:50.96\00:43:53.70
YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A
BIG PROBLEM IN NORTH AMERICA,
00:43:53.70\00:43:56.16
ESPECIALLY IN LOS ANGELES, WITH
ALL THESE CARGO SHIPS COMING IN.
00:43:56.16\00:44:00.04
THEY'VE GOT WAREHOUSES THERE
THAT ARE FILLED WITH PRODUCT AND
00:44:00.04\00:44:04.64
WHAT THEY ARE IS
STOLEN NAME-BRANDS.
00:44:04.64\00:44:08.38
YEAH, I MEAN, IF YOU'RE GOING
TO BUY LEVI - IF YOU'RE GOING TO
00:44:08.38\00:44:13.15
BUY JEANS, WOULD YOU RATHER HAVE
EITHER LEVI'S OR WRANGLERS AS
00:44:13.15\00:44:16.28
OPPOSED TO, YOU KNOW, JUST
SOMETHING YOU GET AT A FLEA
00:44:16.28\00:44:19.59
MARKET, MADE IN CHINA?
NOTHING AGAINST ANY CHINESE WHO
00:44:19.59\00:44:24.06
MIGHT BE WATCHING, BUT AREN'T
THERE SUPPOSED TO BE CERTAIN
00:44:24.06\00:44:28.53
QUALITY DIFFERENCES THAT
YOU MIGHT GET FROM AN OFFICIAL
00:44:28.53\00:44:32.90
ADIDAS OR NIKE TENNIS
SHOE, AS OPPOSED TO THE WALMART
00:44:32.90\00:44:38.21
CHINESE VARIETY? YOU
WOULD THINK THERE'S A LITTLE
00:44:38.21\00:44:40.58
HIGHER QUALITY THERE BECAUSE
THERE'S A BRANDING, RIGHT?
00:44:40.58\00:44:43.88
WELL, THEY'RE STEALING THE
BRANDS AND THEY'RE PUTTING THESE
00:44:43.88\00:44:47.62
EXPENSIVE NAME BRANDS ON JUNK
AND THEY SHIP IT INTO AMERICA
00:44:47.62\00:44:53.49
AND THE - THE CUSTOMS OFFICIALS,
THEY SPOT JUST CONTAINERS OF
00:44:53.49\00:44:58.66
THIS STUFF AND THEY STORE IT
BECAUSE THEY CAN'T SHIP IT BACK
00:44:58.66\00:45:01.60
AND THEY CAN'T SELL IT AND
THEY'VE GOT THESE BURGEONING
00:45:01.60\00:45:04.23
WAREHOUSES THAT HAVE THIS STOLEN
MERCHANDISE - IT'S NOT STOLEN,
00:45:04.23\00:45:07.67
RATHER IT'S FRAUD MERCHANDISE
BECAUSE IT'S GOT THESE FAMOUS
00:45:07.67\00:45:11.61
NAME BRANDS BUT THEY'RE NOT
MADE BY THE REAL MANUFACTURER.
00:45:11.61\00:45:15.48
THEY'RE JUNK. I REMEMBER WHEN WE
WERE IN CHINA, SOMEONE CAME UP
00:45:15.48\00:45:19.75
TO US AT THE GATE OF SOME HOTEL
AND HE SAID, 'I'VE GOT SOME
00:45:19.75\00:45:22.58
VALUABLE ROLEX WATCHES.' AND I'M
CURIOUS, I SAID, 'LET ME SEE.'
00:45:22.58\00:45:27.59
AND HE UNFOLDED THIS
LITTLE DISPLAY - HE HAD A BOARD
00:45:27.59\00:45:30.29
WITH ALL THESE WATCHES KIND
OF PINNED TO IT AND SURE ENOUGH,
00:45:30.29\00:45:33.96
THEY SAID 'ROLEX' AND THEY
LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE GOLD.
00:45:33.96\00:45:38.17
AND I TOOK A CLOSE LOOK AND YOU
COULD JUST SEE SOMETHING WASN'T
00:45:38.17\00:45:41.64
RIGHT - BUT THEY WERE REALLY
CLOSE. THEY WERE REALLY GOOD.
00:45:41.64\00:45:45.51
I DIDN'T BUY ANY. FIRST OF
ALL, IT LOOKED REALLY SHADY.
00:45:45.51\00:45:50.61
THE OTHER THING IS I WAS QUITE
CERTAIN THAT, THOUGH IT SAID
00:45:50.61\00:45:53.55
'ROLEX' ON THE OUTSIDE, IT
WAS TAIWAN ON THE INSIDE - OR
00:45:53.55\00:45:56.62
SOMETHING ELSE. AND
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE
00:45:56.62\00:46:00.49
OUT THERE THAT ARE BRANDED
ON THE OUTSIDE, CHRISTIAN, BUT
00:46:00.49\00:46:05.29
THEIR HEARTS ARE STILL WORLDLY.
AND WHEN IT SAYS 'TAKING THE
00:46:05.29\00:46:11.13
NAME OF THE LORD IN VAIN' IT
MEANS HAVE THAT CHANGE OF HEART
00:46:11.13\00:46:16.71
- THAT'S THE ONLY WAY YOU
CAN REALLY KEEP THAT COMMAND.
00:46:16.71\00:46:19.64
THE BIBLE TELLS US A GOOD NAME
IS BETTER THAN GREAT RICHES -
00:46:19.64\00:46:24.45
PROVERBS 22:1. IN ECCLESIASTES
- SAME AUTHOR - CHAPTER 7,
00:46:24.45\00:46:27.85
VERSE 1, "A GOOD NAME IS
BETTER THAN PRECIOUS OINTMENT."
00:46:27.85\00:46:31.09
A LOT OF TIMES IN THE BIBLE,
WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT A GOOD NAME,
00:46:31.09\00:46:35.76
IT'S TALKING ABOUT A REPUTATION.
WHO HAS THE BEST REPUTATION?
00:46:35.76\00:46:39.23
WHO HAS THE BEST
NAME IN THE WORLD?
00:46:39.23\00:46:41.50
>>JESUS. >>WHO'S GOT A LIFE THAT
00:46:41.50\00:46:44.13
MATCHES TO THE LIFE OF JESUS?
NO ONE HAS THAT KIND OF NAME.
00:46:44.13\00:46:49.80
AND SO, WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT
THE NAME OF THE LORD, HE'S - YOU
00:46:49.80\00:46:53.71
KNOW, EVERY PARENT - YOU'VE
GOT A FAMILY NAME AND YOU HAVE
00:46:53.71\00:47:00.52
CHILDREN, AND AS YOU LIVE A
LITTLE WHILE YOU MAKE FRIENDS -
00:47:00.52\00:47:03.22
YOU DEVELOP A REPUTATION AND YOU
WOULD LIKE FOR YOUR CHILDREN TO
00:47:03.22\00:47:07.39
REPRESENT THE
FAMILY WITH THEIR LIVES.
00:47:07.39\00:47:10.49
AND IF, HEAVEN FORBID, YOUR SON
OR DAUGHTER ENDS UP ON THE COVER
00:47:10.49\00:47:16.20
OF THE NATIONAL ENQUIRER BECAUSE
THEY'VE DONE SOMETHING TERRIBLE,
00:47:16.20\00:47:19.60
IT HURTS YOUR NAME,
RIGHT? MEANING IT HURTS
00:47:19.60\00:47:23.71
YOUR REPUTATION. WHAT
HAVE NOMINAL CHRISTIANS
00:47:23.71\00:47:27.41
DONE TO THE
REPUTATION OF GOD IN THE WORLD?
00:47:27.41\00:47:30.48
WE'VE TAKEN HIS NAME IN
VAIN AND THE WORLD LAUGHS.
00:47:30.48\00:47:35.18
THE NAME OF GOD IS
BLASPHEMED BECAUSE OF THAT.
00:47:35.18\00:47:38.85
MATTER OF FACT, WHEN DAVID
SINNED WITH BATHSHEBA, NATHAN
00:47:38.85\00:47:41.99
THE PROPHET CAME TO HIM AND
SAID, 'YOU KNOW, THIS IS GOING
00:47:41.99\00:47:44.29
TO GET OUT. HERE YOU
HAD SUCH A GREAT NAME.
00:47:44.29\00:47:46.86
DAVID, YOU HAD
SUCH A GREAT REPUTATION.
00:47:46.86\00:47:48.70
YOU WENT FROM
VICTORY TO VICTORY.
00:47:48.70\00:47:50.53
YOU HAD GREAT INTRIGUE - SPIRIT
FILLED - AND NATHAN SAID TO
00:47:50.53\00:47:54.67
DAVID - 2 SAMUEL 12:14,
"HOWBEIT, BECAUSE BY THIS DEED
00:47:54.67\00:48:00.68
THOU HAST GIVEN GREAT OCCASION
TO THE ENEMIES OF THE LORD TO
00:48:00.68\00:48:03.68
BLASPHEME..." DON'T
THE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD
00:48:03.68\00:48:07.15
LOVE IT WHEN A
PROFESSED CHRISTIAN DOES
00:48:07.15\00:48:10.52
SOMETHING
EMBARRASSING? THEY LOVE IT.
00:48:10.52\00:48:12.95
THEY LOVED TO GRANDSTAND
WHEN THE TELEVANGELISTS FELL.
00:48:12.95\00:48:16.66
THEY LOVED TO HIGHLIGHT
THAT BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT?
00:48:16.66\00:48:19.33
IT JUSTIFIES THEM
STAYING IN THEIR SIN.
00:48:19.33\00:48:22.76
IT JUSTIFIES THEM NOT
SURRENDERING THEIR LIVES TO
00:48:22.76\00:48:26.00
JESUS. SO THE
DEVIL AND THE PEOPLE WHO
00:48:26.00\00:48:27.84
FOLLOW HIM ARE ALWAYS LOOKING
FOR A GOOD EXCUSE TO WAG THEIR
00:48:27.84\00:48:31.71
FINGER AT THE NAME OF GOD.
ROMANS 2:24, "FOR THE NAME OF
00:48:31.71\00:48:38.01
GOD IS BLASPHEMED AMONG
THE GENTILES THROUGH YOU."
00:48:38.01\00:48:41.58
THE NAME OF GOD IS BLASPHEMED
AMONG THE GENTILES BECAUSE - HE
00:48:41.58\00:48:44.59
WAS, OF COURSE, TALKING TO THE
JEWS. AND THEN, FINALLY, ALMOST
00:48:44.59\00:48:49.59
FINALLY - EXODUS 20:7, "...FOR
THE LORD WILL NOT HOLD HIM
00:48:49.59\00:48:53.83
GUILTLESS THAT
TAKETH HIS NAME IN VAIN."
00:48:53.83\00:48:56.90
THAT MEANS IT'S SERIOUS BUSINESS
THAT OUGHT TO MAKE US TREMBLE.
00:48:56.90\00:49:00.80
YOU KNOW FROM THE - AN ARTICLE -
SIGNS OF THE TIMES - 11/18/1886
00:49:00.80\00:49:06.31
- THERE, E.G. WHITE WROTE,
"ANGELS ARE DISPLEASED AND
00:49:06.31\00:49:09.51
DISGUSTED WITH THE IRREVERENT
MANNER IN WHICH THE NAME OF GOD,
00:49:09.51\00:49:12.65
THE GREAT JEHOVAH, IS
SOMETIMES USED IN PRAYER."
00:49:12.65\00:49:16.52
- NOW, EVEN IF YOU'RE USING
GOD'S NAME IN PRAYER - "THEY
00:49:16.52\00:49:19.49
MENTION THAT NAME WITH
THE GREATEST AWE - THE ANGELS
00:49:19.49\00:49:21.96
MENTION THAT NAME WITH THE
GREATEST AWE, EVEN VEILING THEIR
00:49:21.96\00:49:24.89
FACES WHEN THEY
SPEAK THE NAME OF GOD."
00:49:24.89\00:49:27.56
- ANGELS VEIL THEIR FACES - "THE
NAME OF CHRIST, ALSO, IS SACRED
00:49:27.56\00:49:31.07
AND SPOKEN WITH
THE GREATEST REVERENCE.
00:49:31.07\00:49:34.54
AND THOSE WHO, IN THEIR PRAYERS,
USE THE NAME OF GOD IN A COMMON
00:49:34.54\00:49:37.34
AND FLIPPANT MANNER, HAVE NO
SENSE OF THE EXALTED CHARACTER
00:49:37.34\00:49:41.24
OF GOD OR CHRIST OR
OF HEAVENLY THINGS."
00:49:41.24\00:49:43.91
YOU KNOW, IF WE COULD ALL BE
TRANSPORTED INTO THE PRESENCE OF
00:49:43.91\00:49:48.95
GOD IN THE COSMOS WHERE HE SITS
ON HIS THRONE SURROUNDED BY TEN
00:49:48.95\00:49:53.86
THOUSAND TIMES TEN THOUSAND
POWERFUL BRIGHT MINISTERING
00:49:53.86\00:49:57.63
SPIRITS AND JUST HEAR
THE AWESOME MUSIC AND SEE THE
00:49:57.63\00:50:00.96
MAJESTY AND THE POWER OF
GOD AND THE GREAT EXPANSE OF HIS
00:50:00.96\00:50:05.37
DOMINION, WE WOULD - WE WOULD -
WE'D BE CAREFUL TO EVEN SAY HIS
00:50:05.37\00:50:11.24
NAME. AND, IF WE
WERE GOING TO SAY
00:50:11.24\00:50:12.57
IT, SAY IT WITH REVERENCE.
IT'S USUALLY A - IT INDICATES WE
00:50:12.57\00:50:17.38
DON'T REALLY HAVE A
CONCEPT OF HIS MAGNIFICENCE -
00:50:17.38\00:50:20.55
HOW AWESOME HE IS.
AND YOU AND I KNOW THAT,
00:50:20.55\00:50:24.02
YOU KNOW, TODAY EVERYBODY IS
SORT OF DOWNPLAYING THE MAJESTY
00:50:24.02\00:50:27.62
OF GOD AND THEY WANT GOD TO
BE A FRIEND OF THE CHILDREN.
00:50:27.62\00:50:31.96
AND SO, WE ERR ON THE OTHER SIDE
AND WE ADDRESS GOD WITH THIS
00:50:31.96\00:50:36.00
BUDDY-BUDDY MENTALITY AND
WE FORGET ABOUT HOW AWESOME HIS
00:50:36.00\00:50:40.74
NAME IS AND THAT IT'S
TO BE TREATED WITH RESPECT.
00:50:40.74\00:50:44.37
YOU KNOW, AND THEN - FINALLY,
THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT - OF
00:50:44.37\00:50:51.75
COURSE, WE PRAY IN HIS NAME
- IT'S THE NAME IN WHICH OUR
00:50:51.75\00:50:54.42
PRAYERS ARE ANSWERED, RIGHT?
00:50:54.42\00:50:56.42
WHEN IT SAYS WE PRAY IN HIS
NAME, DOES THAT MEAN JUST YOU
00:50:56.42\00:50:59.15
MENTION HIS NAME AND PRONOUNCE
IT CORRECTLY AT THE END OF A
00:50:59.15\00:51:01.29
PRAYER - JUST DON'T FORGET TO
PUNCTUATE THE END OF YOUR PRAYER
00:51:01.29\00:51:04.66
WITH 'IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN'?
THAT'S WHAT WE OFTEN THINK.
00:51:04.66\00:51:08.73
IN THE BOOK STEPS TO CHRIST PAGE
100, THE AUTHOR SAYS THERE "TO
00:51:08.73\00:51:12.53
PRAY IN THE NAME OF JESUS
IS SOMETHING MORE THAN THE MERE
00:51:12.53\00:51:15.30
MENTION OF THAT NAME AT THE
BEGINNING OR AT THE ENDING OF A
00:51:15.30\00:51:17.87
PRAYER. IT'S TO
PRAY IN THE MIND AND IN
00:51:17.87\00:51:20.88
THE SPIRIT OF JESUS, WHILE
WE BELIEVE HIS PROMISES, RELY ON
00:51:20.88\00:51:24.21
HIS GRACE, AND WORK HIS WORKS."
TO PRAY IN HIS NAME MEANS TO BE
00:51:24.21\00:51:28.65
A BELIEVER - TO BE DOING
THE WORKS OF GOD - TO BE COMING
00:51:28.65\00:51:31.12
IN HIS NAME
BECAUSE WE'RE HIS CHILD.
00:51:31.12\00:51:34.12
CHRIST TELLS US THAT WE SHOULD
BE WANTING TO USE HIS NAME.
00:51:34.12\00:51:38.39
IT'S NOT A PROHIBITION AGAINST
IT, BUT LET'S DO IT IN SPIRIT
00:51:38.39\00:51:41.46
AND TRUTH. AND THEN,
FINALLY, IN REVELATION
00:51:41.46\00:51:45.07
CHAPTER 7 - I SAID
'FINALLY' THREE TIMES, DIDN'T I?
00:51:45.07\00:51:49.37
WE - ULTIMATELY IT TELLS US
THOSE SAVED IN THE LAST DAYS -
00:51:49.37\00:51:51.91
YOU KNOW HOW
THEY'RE GOING TO BE SEALED?
00:51:51.91\00:51:53.74
ALL THE WICKED ARE GOING TO HAVE
THE MARK OF THE BEAST IN THEIR
00:51:53.74\00:51:57.28
FOREHEADS OR THEIR HANDS,
RIGHT? HOW ABOUT THE SAVED?
00:51:57.28\00:52:00.45
WHAT DO THEY HAVE?
REVELATION 7:3, "DO NOT HARM THE
00:52:00.45\00:52:04.69
EARTH, THE SEA, OR THE TREES
TILL WE HAVE SEALED THE SERVANTS
00:52:04.69\00:52:07.89
OF OUR GOD ON THEIR FOREHEADS."
WHAT'S IN THEIR FOREHEADS?
00:52:07.89\00:52:11.03
REVELATION 14:1, "THEN I LOOKED,
AND BEHOLD, A LAMB STANDING ON
00:52:11.03\00:52:15.56
MOUNT ZION, AND WITH HIM ONE
HUNDRED AND FORTY-FOUR THOUSAND,
00:52:15.56\00:52:18.47
HAVING HIS FATHER'S NAME
WRITTEN ON THEIR FOREHEADS."
00:52:18.47\00:52:23.00
DO YOU THINK THAT NAME WILL BE
WRITTEN IN THE MIND AND IN THE
00:52:23.00\00:52:25.31
FOREHEAD OF ANYBODY THAT
IS USING IT CARELESSLY NOW?
00:52:25.31\00:52:28.98
IF WE ARE DISRESPECTING AND
TAKING HIS NAME PROFANELY OR
00:52:28.98\00:52:33.62
VAINLY NOW, WILL WE HAVE
THAT NAME IN OUR FOREHEADS?
00:52:33.62\00:52:38.69
I THINK THAT A GOOD STARTING
POINT FOR HAVING GOD'S NAME IN
00:52:38.69\00:52:41.22
OUR FOREHEADS IN THAT DAY IS BY
NOW RECOGNIZING IT IS THE NAME
00:52:41.22\00:52:46.09
ABOVE EVERY NAME.
IT'S THAT HOLY NAME.
00:52:46.09\00:52:49.56
JESUS SAID - REVELATION 3:12,
"HE WHO OVERCOMES, I WILL MAKE
00:52:49.56\00:52:54.27
HIM A PILLAR IN THE TEMPLE OF
MY GOD, AND HE SHALL GO OUT NO
00:52:54.27\00:52:58.01
MORE. I WILL
WRITE ON HIM THE NAME OF
00:52:58.01\00:52:59.91
MY GOD AND THE NAME OF THE CITY
OF MY GOD, THE NEW JERUSALEM,
00:52:59.91\00:53:04.01
WHICH COMES DOWN OUT
OF HEAVEN FROM MY GOD."
00:53:04.01\00:53:07.52
GOD IS GOING TO WRITE
HIS NAME IN OUR FOREHEADS.
00:53:07.52\00:53:11.75
YOU KNOW, THE IMPORTANT THING
FOR US IS TO UNDERSTAND THAT IS
00:53:11.75\00:53:16.32
A NAME THAT REPRESENTS MANY
NAMES THAT DEFINE WHO JESUS IS.
00:53:16.32\00:53:21.73
I TOLD YOU, BEFORE CLOSING, THAT
I WOULD SHARE WITH YOU JUST SOME
00:53:21.73\00:53:24.43
OF THE NAMES OF GOD
THAT YOU FIND IN THE BIBLE.
00:53:24.43\00:53:26.70
BECAUSE HE'S A KING,
HE'S GOT A LOT OF NAMES.
00:53:26.70\00:53:29.70
THE BIBLE SAYS THAT HE IS CALLED
AN ADVOCATE, HE'S CALLED THE
00:53:29.70\00:53:32.97
LAMB, HE'S CALLED THE
RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE,
00:53:32.97\00:53:36.34
HE'S CALLED THE SHEPHERD
AND BISHOP OF OUR SOULS.
00:53:36.34\00:53:39.51
HE'S CALLED THE JUDGE, THE LORD
OF LORDS, THE MAN OF SORROWS,
00:53:39.51\00:53:43.85
THE HEAD OF THE CHURCH, MASTER,
FAITHFUL AND TRUE WITNESS, THE
00:53:43.85\00:53:47.39
ROCK, THE HIGH PRIEST, THE DOOR,
THE LIVING WATER, THE BREAD OF
00:53:47.39\00:53:51.29
LIFE, THE ROSE OF SHARON.
HE IS THE ALPHA AND OMEGA, THE
00:53:51.29\00:53:54.76
TRUE VINE, THE MESSIAH,
THE TEACHER, THE HOLY ONE, THE
00:53:54.76\00:53:58.70
MEDIATOR, THE BELOVED, THE
BRANCH, THE CARPENTER, THE GOOD
00:53:58.70\00:54:02.24
SHEPHERD, THE LIGHT OF
THE WORLD, THE IMAGE OF THE
00:54:02.24\00:54:05.31
INVISIBLE GOD, THE WORD,
THE CORNERSTONE, THE SAVIOR, THE
00:54:05.31\00:54:10.05
SERVANT, THE AUTHOR AND FINISHER
OF OUR FAITH, THE ALMIGHTY, THE
00:54:10.05\00:54:14.08
EVERLASTING FATHER, SHILOH, LION
FROM THE TRIBE OF JUDAH, THE
00:54:14.08\00:54:18.29
I AM, THE KING OF KINGS, THE
PRINCE OF PRINCES, THE PRINCE OF
00:54:18.29\00:54:22.39
PEACE, THE BRIDEGROOM, THE
ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, WONDERFUL
00:54:22.39\00:54:27.30
COUNSELOR, EMMANUEL, SON OF GOD,
DAY SPRING - HE IS THE AMEN, THE
00:54:27.30\00:54:32.00
KING OF THE JEWS, THE PROPHET,
THE REDEEMER, THE ANCHOR, THE
00:54:32.00\00:54:36.37
BRIGHT AND MORNING STAR - HE
IS THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE
00:54:36.37\00:54:39.61
LIFE. >>AMEN.
00:54:39.61\00:54:41.18
>>THERE ARE A KALEIDOSCOPE
OF BEAUTIFUL WORDS THAT DESCRIBE
00:54:41.18\00:54:44.41
THE CHARACTER AND THE
PERSONALITY AND THE REPUTATION
00:54:44.41\00:54:47.35
OF GOD AND THIS IS IMPORTANT
FOR US TO KNOW BECAUSE THESE ALL
00:54:47.35\00:54:51.89
REPRESENT ATTRIBUTES THAT
WE'RE TO MODEL IN OUR LIVES.
00:54:51.89\00:54:55.32
THE BIBLE IS TELLING US
THAT WE ARE TO FOLLOW HIM.
00:54:55.32\00:54:58.99
AND THE MORE WE FOLLOW HIM,
THE MORE WE FIX OUR EYES ON HIM,
00:54:58.99\00:55:04.20
LITTLE BY LITTLE THAT IMAGE IS
BEING IMPRESSED ON OUR SOULS AND
00:55:04.20\00:55:08.10
HIS NAME IS BEING WRITTEN IN OUR
FOREHEADS - WE BECOME LIKE HIM.
00:55:08.10\00:55:12.24
PEOPLE WILL LOOK AT US AND
SAY, 'THEY'VE BEEN WITH JESUS.
00:55:12.24\00:55:16.18
I CAN TELL, BECAUSE THEY REFLECT
THE NAME OF GOD.' I WANT HIS
00:55:16.18\00:55:20.02
NAME TO BE IN ME AND I WANT
TO TREAT IT WITH REVERENCE AND
00:55:20.02\00:55:22.88
RESPECT. IS THAT
YOUR PRAYER, FRIENDS?
00:55:22.88\00:55:25.35
>>AMEN. (MUSIC)
00:55:25.35\00:55:31.96
>>AMAZING FACTS BEGAN IN 1965
WITH A GOD-INSPIRED CONCEPT.
00:55:31.96\00:55:38.23
>>HELLO, THIS IS JOE CREWS
AND THE AMAZING FACTS BROADCAST
00:55:38.23\00:55:41.47
FACTS WHICH AFFECT YOU.
00:55:41.47\00:55:43.54
>>EACH RADIO BROADCAST WOULD
BEGIN WITH AN AMAZING FACT FROM
00:55:43.54\00:55:46.88
SCIENCE, NATURE, OR HISTORY,
FOLLOWED BY A BIBLE MESSAGE THAT
00:55:46.88\00:55:51.08
TOUCHED THE HEARTS OF LISTENERS
FROM EVERY WALK OF LIFE.
00:55:51.08\00:55:54.78
THE PROGRAM WAS AN INSTANT
SUCCESS AND THE MINISTRY SOON
00:55:54.78\00:55:58.52
BEGAN EXPANDING TO
INCLUDE BIBLE LESSONS.
00:55:58.52\00:56:01.52
IN 1986 AMAZING FACTS ADDED
THE MEDIUM OF TELEVISION TO ITS
00:56:01.52\00:56:06.13
GROWING OUTREACH
EFFORTS, OFFERING SOUL-WINNING
00:56:06.13\00:56:09.16
EVANGELISTIC MESSAGES
FOR VIEWERS AROUND THE WORLD.
00:56:09.16\00:56:13.27
IN 1994, PASTOR DOUG BATCHELOR
ASSUMED LEADERSHIP OF THE
00:56:13.27\00:56:17.21
MINISTRY, ADDING THE
BIBLE ANSWERS LIVE CALL-IN RADIO
00:56:17.21\00:56:20.78
PROGRAM AND NEW MINISTRY
TV PROGRAMS BEGAN AIRING ON
00:56:20.78\00:56:24.78
MULTIPLE
NETWORKS AROUND THE WORLD.
00:56:24.78\00:56:27.75
FOR 50 YEARS, THE DRIVING VISION
OF AMAZING FACTS HAS BEEN THE
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BOLD PROCLAMATION OF THE
EVERLASTING GOSPEL AND, WITH A
00:56:32.19\00:56:36.16
TEAM OF EVANGELISTS CIRCLING THE
GLOBE, AND THOUSANDS OF MEN AND
00:56:36.16\00:56:39.76
WOMEN BEING TRAINED THROUGH
THE AMAZING FACTS CENTER OF
00:56:39.76\00:56:42.46
EVANGELISM PROGRAM - AFCOE - THE
MINISTRY IS HELPING GOD'S CHURCH
00:56:42.46\00:56:47.27
SEE A RICH HARVEST OF
SOULS. AMAZING FACTS: GOD'S
00:56:47.27\00:56:52.91
MESSAGE, OUR MISSION.
>>AMAZING FACTS, THROUGH YOUR
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FAITHFUL SUPPORT, HAS HAD
A MAJOR IMPACT ON SOME OF THE
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LARGEST NON-CHRISTIAN
LOCATIONS IN THE WORLD.
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BEYOND THE GREAT WALL, THE
PRINTING AND TRANSLATION OF OUR
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BOOKS AND VIDEO MATERIALS
ARE IN CONSTANT MOTION.
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>>(CHINESE DIALOGUE)
>>THE AMAZING FACTS CHINESE
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LANGUAGE WEBSITE IS NOW ONE
OF OUR MOST VISITED WEBSITES.
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WE ALSO TRANSLATED THOUSANDS OF
PIECES OF LITERATURE FOR THESE
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NATIONS. WHAT
STARTED OUT AS HUNDREDS OF
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FOLLOWERS IS NOW IN
THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS.
00:57:31.25\00:57:35.08
THE IMPACT OF YOUR
FUNDS INVESTED IN SHARING THE
00:57:35.08\00:57:37.25
EVERLASTING GOSPEL IN THESE
FOREIGN LANDS WILL BE FELT FOR
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YEARS TO COME. >>YOU
KNOW, EVERY WEEK WE HEAR
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THE MOST INCREDIBLE STORIES FROM
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THAT ARE BEING CHANGED
AND HEARTS THAT ARE BEING
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TRANSFORMED BY
THE POWER OF THE WORD.
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AND NONE OF IT COULD HAPPEN
WITHOUT YOUR TEAMWORK WITH THIS
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