Participants: Pr. Doug Batchelor
Series Code: EG
Program Code: EG021316A
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00:01 >>IN SIX DAYS GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH.
00:04 FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS MAN HAS WORSHIPED GOD ON THE SEVENTH DAY 00:08 OF THE WEEK. NOW, EACH WEEK, MILLIONS OF 00:11 PEOPLE WORSHIP ON THE FIRST DAY. WHAT HAPPENED? 00:14 WHY DID GOD CREATE A DAY OF REST? 00:17 DOES IT REALLY MATTER WHAT DAY WE WORSHIP? 00:20 WHO WAS BEHIND THIS GREAT SHIFT? DISCOVER THE TRUTH BEHIND GOD'S 00:23 LAW AND HOW IT WAS CHANGED. VISIT SABBATHTRUTH.COM. (MUSIC) 00:41 >>ON CHRISTMAS EVE 1971, 17-YEAR-OLD JULIANE KOEPCKE 00:45 BOARDED LANSA FLIGHT #508 WITH HER MOTHER IN LIMA, PERU. 00:49 THEY INTENDED TO JOIN HER FATHER FOR CHRISTMAS AT HIS RESEARCH 00:53 STATION IN THE AMAZON RAIN FOREST. 00:55 AFTER CROSSING THE ANDES AT ABOUT 21,000 FEET, THEIR 01:00 AIRCRAFT WAS ENVELOPED BY LARGE, DARK THUNDERCLOUDS AND IT 01:03 ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURBULENCE. LIGHTNING WAS FLASHING 01:07 EVERYWHERE AND THE PLANE WAS SHAKEN VIOLENTLY, WHICH 01:09 NATURALLY TERRIFIED THE PASSENGERS. THEN, A BOLT OF 01:13 LIGHTNING STRUCK THE PLANE'S ENGINE AND TORE OFF A WING. 01:17 AS THE DOOMED AIRLINER HURTLED TOWARDS THE EARTH, THE CABIN 01:21 CAME APART AND THE NEXT THING SHE KNEW, JULIANE FOUND HERSELF 01:24 STRAPPED ALONE TO A ROW OF SEATS FALLING AND SPINNING SILENTLY 01:29 FROM OVER 10,000 FEET ABOVE THE RAIN FOREST. 01:32 SHE PLUMMETED THROUGH THE JUNGLE CANOPY AND SLAMMED ON THE FOREST 01:35 FLOOR. WHEN SHE AWOKE THE NEXT DAY, 01:38 JULIANE WAS AMAZED TO REALIZE SHE HAD SURVIVED THE TWO-MILE 01:42 FALL WITH JUST A BROKEN COLLARBONE AND A 01:44 BAD GASH IN HER ARM. AFTER FAILING TO FIND ANY OTHER 01:47 SURVIVORS, JULIANE RELIED ON WHAT HER FATHER HAD TAUGHT HER: 01:51 THAT WALKING DOWNSTREAM WILL ALWAYS LEAD TO CIVILIZATION. 01:56 SO, WITH A BAG OF CANDY THAT HAD FALLEN FROM THE PLANE AND ONE 01:59 SANDAL, SHE STARTED WALKING. FOR TEN DAYS JULIANE HOBBLED, 02:04 SWAM, OR FLOATED DOWNSTREAM. HER WOUNDS BECAME INFECTED AND 02:08 SHE WAS PLAGUED BY MAGGOTS WHILE HAVING TO DODGE CROCODILES, 02:11 PIRANHAS, AND RELENTLESS INSECTS. 02:14 EVENTUALLY SHE CAME TO A SHACK WHERE SHE SLEPT AND SHE WAS 02:18 SOON DISCOVERED BY PERUVIAN LOGGERS. 02:21 EVENTUALLY JULIANE WAS UNITED WITH HER AMAZED FATHER. 02:25 IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE A 17-YEAR-OLD GIRL SURVIVING SUCH 02:28 A FALL AND THEN HIKING ALONE OUT OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST 02:31 RAINFOREST. YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT SOME WHO SURVIVED AN 02:36 EVEN GREATER FALL THAN JULIANE. IN FACT, ACCORDING TO THE 02:39 SCRIPTURES, WHEN ADAM AND EVE FELL IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN, IT 02:42 BROUGHT THE WHOLE HUMAN RACE DOWN. 02:45 BUT JESUS CAME TO REDEEM THE WORLD FROM SIN. 02:48 PERHAPS YOU'RE THINKING TO YOURSELF, 'WELL, THAT'S OKAY FOR 02:50 THE WORLD, BUT I'VE FALLEN TOO FAR. 02:53 WELL, IF THE LORD CAN SAVE JULIANE, GOD CAN SAVE YOU. 02:57 YOU'VE NOT GONE FARTHER THAN MOSES, WHO WAS GUILTY OF MURDER, 03:00 OR DAVID, WHO WAS GUILTY OF ADULTERY, OR PETER, WHO DENIED 03:03 JESUS - AND ALL OF THEM WERE SAVED AND RESTORED FROM THEIR 03:07 FALL. OR MAYBE YOU'RE THINKING, 'I'VE 03:10 FALLEN TOO MANY TIMES.' BE OF GOOD COURAGE. 03:12 IT SAYS IN PROVERBS CHAPTER 24, VERSE 16, "FOR A RIGHTEOUS MAN 03:16 MAY FALL SEVEN TIMES AND RISE AGAIN" - AND JESUS CAST SEVEN 03:20 DEVILS OUT OF MARY MAGDALENE. SO DON'T GET DISCOURAGED, 03:23 FRIEND, IF YOU'VE FALLEN, GET BACK UP AGAIN. 03:26 THE SAME WAY THAT HE COULD SAVE JULIANE - LEAD HER FROM THAT 03:29 LOST CONDITION IN THE RAINFOREST AND RESTORE HER TO HER FATHER, 03:32 JESUS CAN LEAD YOU FROM YOUR LOST CONDITION AND RESTORE YOU 03:36 TO YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER. (MUSIC) 04:01 >>THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. NOW, THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, OF 04:04 COURSE, ARE UNIQUE IN THAT THIS WAS THE ONE TIME WHEN GOD SPOKE 04:10 AUDIBLY TO AN ENTIRE NATION AND THIS IS THE ONE EXCEPTION IN 04:14 SCRIPTURE WHERE HE DID NOT COMMUNICATE TO A MAN THROUGH THE 04:18 HOLY SPIRIT TO WRITE SOMETHING DOWN, BUT GOD SAID, 'I WILL 04:21 WRITE THIS MYSELF.' AND NOT ONLY THAT, BUT GOD NOT ONLY WROTE 04:26 IT, HE WROTE IT ON SOMETHING DIFFERENT. 04:28 IT'S NOT WRITTEN ON PAPER, IT'S WRITTEN ON STONE. 04:31 AND SO, THIS IS A SPECIAL REVELATION FROM GOD THAT WE FIND 04:35 IN HIS LAW AND WE THINK THAT, ESPECIALLY TODAY, WHEN PEOPLE 04:40 ARE BEGINNING TO WONDER, 'WELL, YOU KNOW, CHRISTIANS DON'T 04:43 REALLY NEED TO KEEP THE LAW, DO THEY?' AND WHAT DOES IT MEAN 04:47 WHEN IT SAYS IN THE BIBLE, WE'RE NOT UNDER THE LAW? 04:50 DOES THAT MEAN THAT WE'RE NO LONGER REQUIRED TO KEEP THE TEN 04:52 COMMANDMENTS? WHAT LAW IS IT TALKING ABOUT? 04:56 AND SO, WE THOUGHT IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT, IN OUR DAY AND AGE, 04:58 TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE AND TO EXALT THE LAW OF GOD AND TO TALK 05:03 ABOUT - THE BIBLE REFERS TO IT AS 'THE TEN WORDS' - 05:07 THE COVENANT THAT GOD MADE. OLD COVENANT - TEN COMMANDMENTS 05:10 WRITTEN ON STONE - NEW COVENANT - TEN COMMANDMENTS 05:13 WRITTEN ON THE HEART. BUT THE TEN COMMANDMENTS 05:16 HAVE NOT CHANGED. AND WE'VE ALREADY HAD 05:19 THREE PRESENTATIONS. THIS WILL BE THE FOURTH ONE. 05:22 ONE WAS AN INTRODUCTION. TODAY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 05:24 THE THIRD COMMANDMENT. YOU HAVE YOUR BIBLES - I INVITE 05:28 YOU TO GO THERE WITH ME. AND YOU CAN READ IN EXODUS 20, 05:31 VERSE 7 - IT'S NOT THE LONGEST OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, BUT 05:36 IT CERTAINLY IS IMPORTANT. EXODUS 20, VERSE 7, "THOU SHALT 05:43 NOT TAKE THE NAME OF THE LORD THY GOD IN VAIN; FOR THE LORD 05:49 WILL NOT HOLD HIM GUILTLESS THAT TAKETH HIS NAME IN VAIN." 05:54 TWICE IT SAYS 'THE NAME' - THE NAME OF GOD. 05:58 AND, BY THE WAY, FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, YOU HEARD MS. RENGIFO 06:01 SAY YOU MIGHT JUST WANT TO MAKE A NOTE OF HOW MANY TIMES YOU 06:04 HEAR ME SAY THAT WORD - NAME - OR NAMES - IN OUR MESSAGE TODAY. 06:09 I'D LIKE TO HEAR BECAUSE I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE QUITE A FEW. 06:13 NOW, WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT A VERY SERIOUS NAME - THE 06:17 NAME OF GOD - AND, BECAUSE IT IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT AND A SERIOUS 06:21 SUBJECT, WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE THAT NOT ALL NAMES ARE AS 06:24 SERIOUS. AND PEOPLE HAVE UNIQUE NAMES - 06:28 SOME HAVE NAMES THAT ARE HARD TO PRONOUNCE AND, IF WE'LL BE 06:30 HONEST, SOME PEOPLE HAVE FUNNY NAMES. 06:35 I THINK I'VE PUT ONE UP HERE ON THE - YEAH - CAN YOU BELIEVE 06:39 THAT THERE'S ACTUALLY A PERSON NAMED HUGH MUNGUS? 06:41 (LAUGHTER) OUT THERE - THERE WAS THIS FELLOW THAT WORKED IN AN 06:47 OFFICE ENVIRONMENT AND HE HAD BEEN STUCK WITH A NAME - CHARLIE 06:52 STINK. AND, WHENEVER HE TOLD ANYONE 06:56 HIS NAME THEY WOULD SNICKER. AND HIS FRIENDS IN THE OFFICE 07:00 WHERE HE WORKED SAID, 'CHARLIE, YOU REALLY NEED TO DO 07:03 SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR NAME. IT'S NOT THAT DIFFICULT. 07:05 YOU CAN GO TO THE COURTHOUSE, THERE'S A PROCESS, IT'S NOT THAT 07:08 EXPENSIVE, BUT YOU REALLY NEED TO CHANGE YOUR NAME.' AND, YOU 07:12 KNOW, EVERY TIME SOMEONE SNICKERED IN THE OFFICE THEY 07:14 SAID, 'YOU KNOW, YOU CAN FIX THAT.' AND SO HE SAID, 'ALRIGHT, 07:16 ALRIGHT.' AND SO ONE FRIDAY AFTERNOON HE WENT DOWN AND HAD 07:20 HIS NAMED CHANGED AND HE SHOWED UP AT WORK ON MONDAY AND 07:25 EVERYBODY WANTED TO KNOW, 'SO CHARLIE, WHAT NAME DID YOU 07:29 PICK?' HE SAID, 'WELL, I CHANGED IT TO 07:31 GEORGE STINK' - HE SAID - 'BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT DIFFERENCE IT'S 07:34 GOING TO MAKE.' (LAUGHTER) HE THOUGHT EVERYONE THOUGHT 07:40 CHARLIE WAS A FUNNY NAME. THERE WAS A MAN NAMED JACOB BAUM 07:46 IN NEW YORK, A JEWISH GENTLEMAN, AND THEY ACTUALLY HAD THE 07:49 AUDACITY TO NAME THEIR SON ADAM. ADAM BAUM. 07:54 (LAUGHTER) AND WE'VE ALL HEARD ABOUT THE HOGG SISTERS? 07:58 THIS FARMER HE - HIS LAST NAME WAS HOGG - IT WAS HIS NAME. 08:02 AND THAT'S FUNNY ENOUGH BY ITSELF, BUT HE HAD A SENSE OF 08:04 HUMOR AND SO HE NAMED ONE DAUGHTER IMA AND NAMED THE OTHER 08:08 ONE URA. (LAUGHTER) THIS IS TRUE: YOU'VE 08:13 HEARD OF THE LEER JET - THE LEER JET? 08:15 THE FAMILY THAT MAKES THE LEER JET - AND YOU CAN LOOK HER UP 08:18 AND LOOK AT HER PICTURE - THEY NAMED THEIR DAUGHTER 'CHANDA' - 08:21 CHANDA LEER - THINK ABOUT IT. (LAUGHTER) THERE WAS A MAN - 08:26 NOW, HE GOT HIS NAME, I GUESS, BEFORE IT BECAME A HOUSEHOLD 08:31 WORD, BUT HIS NAME WAS ALBERT K. SELZER, AND SO 08:34 HIS NAME WAS AL K. SELZER. I HAD A FRIEND, THIS IS TRUE, I 08:40 HAD A FRIEND, HIS NAME WAS JERRY MELLOW AND HE AND HIS WIFE - I 08:43 DON'T REMEMBER HER NAME - BUT THEY NAMED THEIR SON MARSHALL. 08:47 MARSHALL MELLOW. AND, MY FATHER, ONE OF HIS MANY 08:53 WIVES, HER NAME WAS MARY ANNE, AND SO HER INITIALS WERE MARY A. 08:57 BATCHELOR. (LAUGHTER) THAT'S RIGHT. 09:01 THERE'S A DOCTOR AND HIS NAME - HIS LAST NAME - IS PAYNE. 09:05 THAT WOULD BE BAD ENOUGH, BUT HIS PARENTS, NOT KNOWING WHAT 09:09 HIS PROFESSION WOULD BE, THEY NAMED HIM DARRYL BRIAN PAYNE, 09:15 AND SO HIS THING SAID, 'DARRYL B. PAYNE'. 09:18 (LAUGHTER) FOR A DOCTOR - DARRYL B. PAYNE. 09:24 PEOPLE HAVE TROUBLE WITH MY NAME - NOT THE BATCHELOR PART - BUT 09:27 WE JUST CAME BACK FROM THE PHILIPPINES - THEY CAN'T SAY 09:29 'DOUG' - THEY CALLED ME 'DOG' (LAUGHTER) PASTOR DOG. 09:33 AND WHEN I'M WORKING WITH THE NAVAJOS, THEY SAID, 'PASTOR 09:35 DUCK' (LAUGHTER) IT WAS ALWAYS 'DUCK'. AND WHEN I FIRST TOLD 09:40 THEM MY NAME THEY THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY FUNNY AND IT TOOK ME 09:43 AWHILE TO FIGURE OUT WHY - THEY THOUGHT I WAS SAYING 'DUCK'. 09:47 BUT - AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I SOMETIMES HAVE 09:51 TROUBLE REMEMBERING NAMES. >>AMEN. 09:54 >>IS THERE ANYONE ELSE OUT THERE? 09:55 YOU KNOW WHAT MAKES IT TOUGH IS I DON'T ALWAYS REMEMBER YOUR 09:57 NAMES - AND I'VE BEEN HERE 20 YEARS - AND YOU THINK - I KNOW A 10:02 LOT OF THEM - I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT HOW MANY 10:04 NAMES I'VE GOT TO REMEMBER. AND SOMETIMES I'LL RUN INTO YOU 10:07 OR OTHERS THAT I'VE - YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THAT I'VE MARRIED, I'VE 10:10 BAPTIZED THEM AND I'LL SEE THEM AND IT'S TOUGH ON THE KIDS 10:12 BECAUSE THEY GROW UP AND THEY CHANGE AND I'M GOING, 'UH, UH, 10:15 UH - I KNOW THEM.' 'PASTOR DOUG!' 10:17 AND I'M HOPING SOMEONE AROUND THEM WILL SAY THEIR NAME WHILE 10:20 I'M TALKING TO THEM SO I COULD SAY SOMETHING. 10:25 AND IF YOU'RE OVER 60 I JUST ASK YOU, 'SO I HEARD YOU WERE SICK.' 10:30 AND I'M USUALLY RIGHT. AND THEN (LAUGHTER) 10:36 - BUT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN LAUGH AT OUR NAMES 10:37 AND WE HAVE TROUBLE WITH OUR NAMES AND SOME OF THEM ARE HARD 10:40 TO PRONOUNCE, BUT WHILE WE'RE THINKING ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT 10:43 HANDLES THAT PEOPLE HAVE, THERE IS A NAME, AS IN OUR MEMORY 10:49 VERSE, THAT IS ABOVE EVERY NAME AND THERE IS A NAME THAT SHOULD 10:53 NOT BE TAKEN LIGHTLY OR IN A FLIPPANT WAY AND GOD SAYS THAT 10:58 IT SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN IN VAIN. AND HE GOES ON TO REINFORCE THAT 11:03 BY SAYING NOT ONLY SHOULD YOU NOT DO IT, BUT YOU WILL NOT 11:07 BE FOUND GUILTLESS IF YOU DO. WHICH MEANS YOU WILL BE FOUND 11:11 GUILTY OF YOU DISRESPECT HIS NAME. 11:15 THIS IS A NAME TO REVERENCE - THE NAME OF GOD. 11:19 NOW, MAYBE I SHOULD EXPLAIN THAT THE WORD 'VAIN' - WHEN WE SAY, 11:23 'THOU SHALT NOT TAKE THE NAME OF THE LORD IN VAIN' - THE WORD 11:27 'VAIN' IN HEBREW IT COMES FROM THE WORD 'SHAV' AND THERE'S 11:33 REALLY NO EXACT ENGLISH EQUIVALENT, SO IT'S A DIFFICULT 11:37 WORD. THIS IS ONE OF THE PLACES WHERE THE NIV VERSION FOR THAT 11:40 COMMANDMENT MAKES IT A LITTLE CLEARER. 11:42 IT SAYS, 'YOU SHALL NOT MISUSE THE NAME OF THE LORD YOUR GOD. 11:46 THE LORD WILL NOT HOLD HIM GUILTLESS WHO MISUSES HIS NAME.' 11:50 JAMES MOFFET, IN HIS TRANSLATION, HE RENDERS IT, "YOU 11:53 SHALL NOT TAKE THE NAME OF THE ETERNAL, YOUR GOD, PROFANELY." 11:57 THAT WORD, IN HEBREW, IT MEANS - THAT WORD THAT WE TRANSLATE 12:01 'VAIN' - IT MEANS 'IN A DESOLATING WAY' OR 'IN AN EVIL 12:07 WAY' OR 'IN A MORALLY DISRESPECTFUL WAY' OR 'A USELESS 12:14 WAY' OR 'IN A VAIN WAY.' WE SHOULD NOT, IN ANY WAY, MALIGN 12:20 OR MISUSE OR DISRESPECT THE NAME OF GOD. 12:24 IT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT NAME. EVEN AMONG THE PAGANS OF 12:28 ANTIQUITY, THEY TAUGHT THEIR PEOPLE TO REVERE AND RESPECT 12:32 THE NAMES OF THEIR GODS. HOW MUCH MORE THE 12:36 NAME OF JEHOVAH? THE BIBLE TELLS US, PSALM 111, 12:41 VERSE 9, "...HOLY AND REVEREND IS HIS NAME." EVERY NOW AND THEN 12:46 I'LL GO TO SOME MINISTERIAL FUNCTION AND THEY'LL GIVE ME A 12:49 NAME BADGE - IT HAPPENED JUST A LITTLE WHILE AGO. 12:51 KAREN AND I WENT TO A - A COMMUNITY RELIGIOUS EVENT AND 12:55 THEY GAVE DIFFERENT NAME TAGS TO THE PASTORS AND IT'LL SAY, 12:58 'REVEREND BATCHELOR' AND I ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, FLIP IT 13:02 AROUND. I'LL WRITE 'PASTOR DOUG'. 13:04 I THINK THERE'S ONLY ONE NAME THAT WE ARE TO TREAT AS HOLY AND 13:08 REVEREND AND IT'S NOT THE PASTOR. 13:10 I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE RESPECTFUL OF YOUR COLLEGE 13:14 PROFESSORS AND PASTORS AND POLICEMEN AND JUDGE - GOOD THING 13:17 TO CALL THEM 'YOUR HONOR' OR TO CALL THE POLICEMEN 'OFFICER'. 13:20 I THINK TERMS OF RESPECT - THAT'S IMPORTANT. 13:23 BUT THE BIBLE SAYS 'HOLY AND REVEREND IS HIS NAME.' AND SO, 13:29 THAT'S THE NAME THAT'S TO BE TREATED WITH ULTIMATE RESPECT. 13:32 IT ALSO SAYS, FURTHERMORE, IN LEVITICUS 24:16, "AND HE THAT 13:37 BLASPHEMETH THE NAME OF THE LORD, HE SHALL SURELY BE PUT TO 13:40 DEATH." AND IF YOU READ THIS STORY 13:43 IN LEVITICUS, THERE WAS A HALF-JEW/HALF-EGYPTIAN MAN THAT 13:47 HAD BLASPHEMED THE NAME OF GOD AND HE WAS BROUGHT TO MOSES AND 13:51 THEY SAID, 'WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. 13:52 IT SAYS 'YOU WILL NOT HOLD HIM GUILTLESS THAT TAKES YOUR NAME 13:55 IN VAIN' SO WHAT'S THE PENALTY? AND MOSES TOOK IT BEFORE THE 13:58 LORD AND HE SAID, 'HE SHOULD BE STONED.' HE WAS EXECUTED FOR IT. 14:03 OF COURSE, THEY WERE LIVING IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD WITH THE 14:05 GLORY OF GOD - IT WAS A PRETTY SEVERE PENALTY. 14:08 SO IT'S SERIOUS BUSINESS WHEN WE, ESPECIALLY AS GOD'S PEOPLE, 14:14 DO NOT RESPECT AND REVERE THE NAME OF THE ALMIGHTY. 14:19 THERE - IF THERE IS ANY NAME - IF THERE IS ANY WORD - THAT IS 14:23 TO BE SPOKEN CAREFULLY - THAT IS TO BE TAKEN REVERENTLY AND WITH 14:27 TREMBLING ON OUR LIPS, IT SHOULD BE GOD'S NAME. 14:30 IF NOT, WHAT IS IT? WHAT ELSE WOULD IT BE? 14:35 AND YET, SOMETIMES, WE'RE VERY CARELESS WITH THE WAY THAT WE 14:38 SAY HIS NAME. NOW, IN THE COMMANDMENT, WHEN IT 14:41 SAYS, 'DO NOT TAKE THE NAME OF THE LORD DISRESPECTFULLY, THAT 14:45 WOULD ALSO EMBRACE THE OPPOSITE. IT IMPLIES THE OPPOSITE. 14:49 NOT ONLY ARE YOU NOT TO TAKE HIS NAME PROFANELY, THAT MEANS YOU 14:53 ARE TO TAKE HIS NAME IN A POSITIVE, REVERENT, HOLY WAY. 14:58 SO, THE COMMANDMENT ALSO IMPLIES THE POSITIVE, THAT - THE VERY 15:03 FACT IT'S SAYING, 'DO NOT TAKE HIS NAME DISRESPECTFULLY' MEANS 15:06 YOU SHOULD TAKE IT RESPECTFULLY. IT DOESN'T MEAN DON'T EVER UTTER 15:09 HIS NAME, IT MEANS, WHEN YOU DO IT, DO IT THE RIGHT WAY. 15:12 IT'S LIKE WHEN JESUS SAID 'IN THE LAST DAYS, WATCH OUT FOR 15:14 FALSE PROPHETS' - WELL, THAT MEANS, SOMEWHERE, THERE'S GOING 15:17 TO BE TRUE PROPHETS. AND HE SAID, 'BE CAREFUL ABOUT 15:20 THE FALSE ONES' - SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? 15:21 IT IMPLIES THE POSITIVE AS WELL. 15:26 NOW, YOU REMEMBER WHEN MOSES WENT TO THE LORD AND HE SAYS, IN 15:30 EXODUS 3 - GOD APPEARS TO HIM AT THE BURNING BUSH - AND HE SAYS, 15:35 'BEHOLD, WHEN I COME TO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL AND I SAY TO 15:37 THEM, 'THE GOD OF YOUR FATHERS HAS SENT ME TO YOU.' AND THEY'LL 15:40 SAY TO ME, 'WHAT IS HIS NAME?' THEN WHAT SHOULD I SAY TO THEM?' 15:46 AND GOD SAID TO MOSES, 'I AM THAT I AM.' AND HE SAID, 'THUS 15:51 YOU SHALL SAY TO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, 'I AM HAS SENT ME TO 15:56 YOU.'' SO ONE OF THE SUPREME WORDS THAT IS USED TO REFLECT 16:02 THE NAME OF GOD IS THAT SPECIAL UNIQUE HOLY TITLE THAT HE GAVE 16:06 TO MOSES. IT'S THE PROPER NAME OF GOD, YOU 16:09 MIGHT SAY, BUT IT'S NOT THE ONLY NAME OF GOD. 16:12 MAYBE YOU'VE HEARD OF THIS LATIN [GREEK] PHRASE, THE 16:16 TETRAGRAMMATON - THE TETRAGRAMMATON - TETRA IS 16:20 TELLING US THEY'RE FOUR - YOU EVER PLAY THAT COMPUTER GAME 16:24 CALLED TETRIS ? IT'S BECAUSE IT'S DEALING WITH 16:26 CUBES - FOUR-CORNERED THINGS. THE TETRAGRAMMATON IS FROM GREEK 16:31 AND IT MEANS 'FOUR LETTERS' - THESE FOUR SACRED LETTERS - 16:35 Y-H-W-H. NOW THEY'RE PRINCIPALLY CONSONANTS 16:40 AND THE JEWS DID NOT INSERT THE VOWELS BECAUSE THIS 16:44 WAS A HOLY NAME. AND SO, THE EXACT PRONUNCIATION 16:48 OF THAT NAME IS LARGELY A MYSTERY. 16:51 AND IF YOU STUDY IT AND YOU STUDY IT HONESTLY, YOU'RE GOING 16:54 TO FIND OUT THAT NOBODY KNOWS EXACTLY HOW THAT WAS SAID 16:58 BECAUSE, WHENEVER THE JEWS CAME TO THAT NAME, THEY WERE SO 17:00 AFRAID THAT THEY WOULD SAY THE NAME OF GOD DISRESPECTFULLY, 17:04 THAT THEY WOULD SUBSTITUTE THE WORD 'LORD' - ADONAI. 17:08 AS YOU'RE READING THROUGH YOUR BIBLE - YOU KNOW, WHENEVER YOU 17:10 SEE THE WORD 'LORD' IN CAPITAL - IN YOUR BIBLES - I KNOW IT'S IN 17:13 KING JAMES; IT'S PROBABLY IN NEW KING JAMES - MOST OF THE MODERN 17:16 BIBLES, WHENEVER THE WORD - THAT SACRED NAME OF GOD - WE 17:21 PRONOUNCE IT IN HEBREW 'YAHWEH' OR THE LATIN VERSION OF IT IS 17:25 'JEHOVAH' - SAME WORD. MY FRIENDS THAT ARE JEHOVAH'S 17:29 WITNESSES, THEY'RE QUITE CERTAIN WE'RE ONLY SUPPOSED TO SAY 17:32 'JEHOVAH'. WELL, THEY'RE, IN FACT, SAYING 17:34 THE LATIN WORDING FOR THAT NAME. AND WE, TYPICALLY, DON'T CALL 17:39 GOD 'YAHWEH', BUT THAT'S NOT INAPPROPRIATE. 17:42 IT'S NOT INAPPROPRIATE IF YOU SAY 'JEHOVAH' - 17:44 THAT'S ONE OF HIS NAMES. OFTEN WE SAY, 'THE LORD' - 'THE 17:48 LORD ALMIGHTY', BUT THE EXACT PRONUNCIATION OF THAT NAME 17:51 IS SOMETHING OF A MYSTERY. NOW THE REASON THAT I TALK ABOUT 17:53 THAT - YOU'RE GOING TO RUN INTO PEOPLE THAT THINK, WHEN IT TALKS 17:58 ABOUT NOT TAKING THE NAME OF THE LORD IN VAIN, IT IS A COMMAND TO 18:03 PRONOUNCE HIS NAME CORRECTLY - THAT IT'S ALL DEALING 18:07 WITH PRONUNCIATION. I DON'T THINK THAT THE 18:09 COMMANDMENT IS TALKING ABOUT THAT BECAUSE, IN EVERY LANGUAGE, 18:13 EVERYBODY SAYS GOD'S NAME IN THEIR LANGUAGE - 18:17 IN THEIR TONGUE. FOR INSTANCE, THE NAME OF JESUS: 18:19 WE SAY 'JESUS'; IF YOU'RE SPANISH IT'S 'JESUS'. 18:23 IF YOU'RE JEWISH, IT'S 'YASHUA'. YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING?' 18:27 GOD EXPECTS US TO SPEAK OUR LANGUAGE, AND SO, THE IDEA OF 18:32 SAYING THE NAME OF GOD THIS CERTAIN WAY AND, IF YOU DON'T 18:35 SAY IT THIS CERTAIN WAY, THAT YOU - GOD'S NOT GOING TO HEAR 18:38 YOUR PRAYERS. IT'S ALMOST LIKE SOME KIND OF 18:40 MAGIC ABRACADABRA THAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO UTTER - IT'S A WORD 18:44 - AND IF YOU DON'T PRONOUNCE THE SYLLABLES AND THE EMPHASIS IN 18:47 JUST THE RIGHT ACCENT, THAT GOD'S NOT GOING TO ANSWER YOUR 18:50 PRAYERS. GOD'S BIGGER THAN THAT. BUT YOU'LL MEET THOSE PEOPLE 18:55 AND THEY'RE VERY HUNG UP ON THE RIGHT PRONUNCIATION. 18:57 MATTER OF FACT, THERE ARE BIBLE TRANSLATIONS THAT YOU'RE GOING 19:00 TO FIND - I'M SURPRISED HOW THEY PROLIFERATED - WHERE PEOPLE HAVE 19:03 ACTUALLY GONE TO THE GREAT TROUBLE OF REPRINTING THE ENTIRE 19:06 BIBLE, AND EVERYWHERE IT SAYS 'LORD' OR 'ADONAI', WHERE IT 19:10 SHOULD HAVE HAD THAT SACRED NAME OF GOD, THEY HAVE NOW PUT IN THE 19:13 WORD 'YAHWEH' BECAUSE THEY'RE SURE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE 19:15 PRONOUNCED 'YAHWEH'. WELL, I'VE TALKED TO DIFFERENT 19:17 RABBIS AND THEY HAVE A - THERE'S A SPECTRUM OF DIFFERENT WAYS 19:21 THEY THINK THAT COULD HAVE BEEN PRONOUNCED. 19:23 'YOHWAH' IS ONE OF THEM. I MET ONE RABBI, HE SAID HE 19:27 THOUGHT IT WAS 'YUHOWA' - SOUNDED LIKE A LION WORD TO ME. 19:30 AND SO, EVERYBODY'S TRYING TO FIGURE OUT 'HOW DO YOU SAY 19:33 THAT?' AND 'IF YOU COULD JUST FIGURE 19:34 THAT OUT' 'IF YOU COULD CRACK THE MYSTERY OF THE PRONUNCIATION 19:37 YOU GET SPECIAL POINTS WITH GOD.' 19:41 NO, I DON'T THINK SO. WHEN HE TALKS ABOUT NOT TAKING 19:43 HIS NAME IN VAIN, I DON'T BELIEVE GOD'S EMPHASIS HAS TO DO 19:47 WITH THE PRONUNCIATION; I THINK IT HAS TO DO WITH THE REVERENCE 19:51 AND RESPECT FOR HIS TITLE OF WHO HE IS. 19:55 JESUS TELLS US, IN THE LAST DAYS THERE'LL BE LOTS OF PEOPLE THAT 19:58 SAY HIS NAME, BUT THEY DON'T LIVE RIGHT. 20:01 MATTHEW CHAPTER 7:21, "NOT EVERY ONE WHO SAYS TO ME, 'LORD, 20:06 LORD,' SHALL ENTER INTO THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN, BUT HE WHO 20:08 DOES THE WILL OF MY FATHER IN HEAVEN. 20:11 MANY WILL SAY TO ME IN THAT DAY, 'LORD, LORD, HAVE WE NOT 20:15 PROPHESIED IN YOUR NAME, CAST OUT DEMONS IN YOUR NAME, AND 20:20 DONE MANY WONDERS IN YOUR NAME?' 20:22 AND THEN I WILL DECLARE TO THEM, 'I NEVER KNEW YOU; DEPART FROM 20:25 ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS." 20:27 SO THE EMPHASIS IS NOT IN SAYING HIS NAME OR DOING THINGS IN HIS 20:31 NAME, OUTWARDLY, THE BEST WAY TO NOT TAKE THE NAME OF GOD IN VAIN 20:36 IS TO LIVE LIKE A CHRISTIAN. >>AMEN. 20:40 >>YOU KNOW, I - YOU KNOW, IT'S ALMOST POLITICALLY INCORRECT TO 20:44 MENTION THIS TODAY, BUT THERE WAS THE DAY THAT WHEN A WOMAN 20:49 MARRIED A MAN, SHE TOOK HIS NAME. KAREN HAD TO STRUGGLE WITH 20:53 THAT - SHE WOULD GET MARRIED AND BECOME A BATCHELOR. 20:56 THINK ABOUT THAT - IT'S USUALLY THE OTHER WAY AROUND, RIGHT? 20:59 (LAUGHTER) AND, YOU KNOW, IN OUR CULTURE, THAT WAS MORE COMMON, 21:04 BUT WHAT IF SHE TOOK MY NAME BUT MOVED IN WITH SOME OTHER GUY? 21:11 SHE WOULD BE TAKING MY NAME IN VAIN. 21:14 SHE'D BE CLAIMING TO BE MARRIED TO ME BUT GIVING HER LOVE TO 21:18 SOMEONE ELSE. AND THAT, I THINK, IS THE BIGGER ISSUE. 21:22 WHEN WE TAKE THE NAME OF GOD AND WE SAY, 'I AM A CHRISTIAN' AND 21:28 YET, WE LIVE LIKE THE WORLD, WE'RE TAKING THE NAME OF GOD IN 21:31 VAIN. AND THAT - THEY WILL NOT BE HELD 21:35 GUILTLESS THAT TAKE THE NAME OF THE LORD IN VAIN. 21:39 IT'S NOT BUILT AROUND THE PRONUNCIATION - YOU KNOW, I 21:42 REMEMBER, THERE'S A STORY IN THE BIBLE - WHEN THE CHILDREN OF 21:46 ISRAEL WERE WARRING AMONG THEMSELVES, THE PROBLEM IS, THEY 21:49 ALL LOOKED ALIKE AND THEY ALL DRESSED ALIKE AND THE PEOPLE OF 21:53 EPHRAIM WERE WARRING WITH SOME OF THE OTHER TRIBES AND THEY 21:56 THOUGHT, 'WELL, HOW DO WE KNOW IF THESE PEOPLE OF EPHRAIM ARE 21:59 FLEEING FROM THE BATTLE OR WHETHER THEY'RE FROM THE TRIBE 22:01 OF MANASSEH?' AND THEY SAID, 'YOU KNOW WHAT? THE PEOPLE OF 22:06 EPHRAIM, THEY CANNOT SAY THE WORD 'SHIBBOLETH'. 22:10 THEY CAN'T PRONOUNCE IT. THEY SAY, 'SIBBOLETH'. 22:14 AND WHEN THEY HAVE TO CROSS THE JORDAN, WE'LL ASK THEM, 'SAY 22:17 SHIBBOLETH.'' AND IF THEY WERE FROM EPHRAIM THEY'D GO, 22:21 'SIBBOLETH'. THEY'D KILL THEM. SO THEY HAD THIS TEST AND 22:25 EVERYBODY THAT COULDN'T PRONOUNCE IT RIGHT - WE EVEN 22:30 HAVE THAT PROBLEM HERE IN THE U.S., RIGHT? YOU GO TO LOUISIANA 22:35 OR ARKANSAS AND THEN YOU GO TO BOSTON - WE'VE BEEN HEARING 22:39 BOSTON - NEW YAHK - A LOT. THEY DON'T SAY 'LAW', THEY SAY 22:44 'LARW' AND - I USED TO LIVE IN BOSTON AND THE PRONUNCIATION 22:48 IS VERY DIFFERENT. AND THEN YOU GO TO TEXAS - AND 22:50 THAT'S BEEN IN THE NEWS THIS WEEK TOO, RIGHT? 22:53 AND YOU THINK, JUST EVEN WITHIN OUR BORDERS WE'RE ALL ONE 22:55 PEOPLE, BUT YOU'VE GOT SOME PRETTY DIFFERENT ACCENTS. 22:57 SO IS THE LORD JUDGING US ON OUR ACCENT? 23:01 YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER YEARS AGO - SOME OF YOU MAY REMEMBER THIS - 23:04 WHEN MITSUBISHI WAS FIRST INTRODUCED TO THE UNITED STATES, 23:09 AMERICANS WERE NOT USED TO THIS NEW JAPANESE CAR NAME - 23:12 MITSUBISHI. WE CAN ALL SAY IT NOW BECAUSE 23:15 MOST OF THIS GENERATION HAS GROWN UP, BUT THE MITSUBISHI 23:19 COMPANY REALIZED THAT AMERICANS WEREN'T ABOUT TO BUY THE CAR 23:21 THAT THEY COULDN'T EVEN SAY IT - WHEN IT WAS FIRST INTRODUCED. 23:25 AND THEY DID A COMMERCIAL - I'LL NEVER FORGET - THEY DID A 23:27 COMMERCIAL OF AN AMERICAN WHO CAME INTO A MITSUBISHI 23:30 DEALERSHIP AND HE'S LOOKING AT THE CAR AND HE CAN'T SAY THE 23:33 NAME OF THE CAR AND THE JAPANESE CAR DEALER, WHO ACTUALLY WORKS 23:37 THERE, HE'S TRYING TO HELP HIM SAY IT. 23:39 HE'S SAYING, 'MITSUBISHI' - GOING 'MISHU BI' - AND HE'S - 23:41 HE'S WORKING HIS MOUTH AND TRYING TO HELP HIM SAY IT AND 23:43 HE, EXASPERATED AT THE END, THE JAPANESE SALESMAN SAYS, 'THAT'S 23:47 ALRIGHT, I CAN'T SAY 'CHEBRORET'.' (LAUGHTER) THEY 23:53 COULDN'T SAY 'CHEVROLET' IN CASE YOU DIDN'T GET THAT. 23:56 SO, IS GOD GOING TO JUDGE US IF WE DON'T PRONOUNCE IT RIGHT? 24:02 I MEAN, HAVEN'T YOU ALL KNOWN PEOPLE THAT MAYBE HAVE SOME 24:04 IMPEDIMENT OR THEY'RE BORN WITH AN ACCENT AND THEY JUST - THAT'S 24:08 NOT WHAT IT'S TALKING ABOUT, SAYING THE NAME OF GOD. 24:12 IT'S TALKING ABOUT TAKING HIS NAME AND NOT LIVING LIKE YOU 24:15 KNOW JESUS. AMEN? >>AMEN. 24:18 >>NOW, GOD HAS MANY NAMES. LET'S NOT GET HUNG UP ON ONE. 24:23 ONE OF THE LONGEST REIGNING QUEENS IN THE WORLD IS ACTUALLY 24:26 THE CURRENT QUEEN OF ENGLAND - QUEEN ELIZABETH II - AND WHEN 24:31 SHE FIRST ASCENDED THE THRONE SHE WAS STILL A YOUNG LADY. 24:35 HER PRIVATE SECRETARY ASKED HER WHICH REGIONAL NAME SHE WOULD 24:39 LIKE TO BE ADDRESSED AS. SHE SAID, 'MY OWN, OF COURSE. 24:44 WHAT ELSE?' BECAUSE THEY OFTEN GIVE 24:47 MONARCHS VERY SPECIAL NAMES. BUT EVEN HER OFFICIAL TITLE - 24:52 THIS IS THE OFFICIAL TITLE OF QUEEN ELIZABETH II - 24:55 "HER MAJESTY ELIZABETH II BY THE GRACE OF GOD OF GREAT BRITAIN, 25:00 IRELAND, HEAD OF THE COMMONWEALTH AND THE BRITISH 25:02 DOMINIONS BEYOND THE SEA, QUEEN DEFENDER OF THE FAITH." 25:06 ROYALTY TOOK THEIR NAMES VERY SERIOUSLY AND THE MORE MAJESTY 25:11 AND ROYALTY THEY HAD, SOMETIMES THE BIGGER AND MORE NUMEROUS 25:15 THEIR NAMES. I WAS READING THIS WEEK 25:18 THAT EMPEROR BALDWIN II OF CONSTANTINOPLE, WHENEVER HE WAS 25:22 REQUIRED TO SIGN HIS NAME TO ANY OFFICIAL DOCUMENT, THEY TOOK TWO 25:27 DAYS FOR HIM TO SIGN HIS ONE NAME. IT WAS - THEY'D SIGN HALF 25:33 OF IT - IT WAS SO LONG - HIS TITLE - HE'D SIGN HALF OF IT ONE 25:35 DAY AND THEN HE'D REST. HE'D SIGN THE OTHER HALF THE 25:37 OTHER DAY BECAUSE IT WAS THE NAME OF MAJESTY AND THAT WAS THE 25:42 ROYAL PROTOCOL BECAUSE THIS WAS THE NAME OF A MONARCH. 25:46 WELL, YOU KNOW, IN THE BIBLE IT TELLS US GOD HAS MANY NAMES. 25:50 AND WE'LL GET TO THAT IN A MINUTE, BUT WE KNOW IT SAYS IN 25:52 ISAIAH 9:6, "...AND HIS NAME WILL BE CALLED WONDERFUL, 25:57 COUNSELOR, MIGHTY GOD, EVERLASTING FATHER, PRINCE OF 26:02 PEACE." YOU NOTICE IT SAYS 'HIS NAME' - 26:04 IT DOESN'T SAY 'HIS NAMES' IT SAYS 'HIS NAME' WILL BE CALLED 26:09 AND THEN IT GIVES YOU MULTIPLE NAMES FOR GOD. 26:12 BECAUSE IF AN EARTHLY MONARCH CAN HAVE A LENGTHY TITLE, THEN, 26:17 IF ANYONE DESERVES A BLIZZARD OF DIFFERENT WORDS THAT DESCRIBE 26:22 WHO THEY ARE, THAT WOULD BE THE NAME OF GOD, IT'S THE MOST 26:26 ABUNDANT. YOU KNOW, I READ IN THE BIBLE 26:27 THERE ARE ABOUT 240 DIFFERENT TITLES THAT YOU CAN FIND FOR GOD 26:31 THE FATHER AND GOD THE SON IN THE BIBLE. 26:35 THAT MAY BE ALSO INCLUDING GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT, I DON'T KNOW. 26:38 I'LL SHARE MORE OF THOSE WITH YOU LATER. 26:40 IN PHILIPPIANS - WE READ THIS DURING OUR MEMORY VERSE, 26:44 "THEREFORE GOD HAS HIGHLY EXALTED HIM AND GIVEN HIM A NAME 26:49 THAT IS ABOVE EVERY NAME THAT, AT THE NAME OF JESUS, EVERY KNEE 26:53 SHOULD BOW." SO THIS IS A MAJESTIC NAME 26:55 BECAUSE PEOPLE WORSHIP AT THAT NAME. 26:57 THEY HEAR THAT NAME, THEY BOW DOWN. 27:00 NOT ONLY HERE ON EARTH, BUT IT SAYS, 'OF THOSE IN HEAVEN AND 27:03 THOSE ON THE EARTH AND THOSE UNDER THE EARTH' AND THAT 'EVERY 27:06 TONGUE SHOULD CONFESS THAT JESUS CHRIST IS LORD, TO THE GLORY OF 27:11 GOD THE FATHER.' NOW, BY THE WAY, THAT IS ONE PROOF THAT 27:16 JESUS IS ALSO GOD THE SON THAT HE SHOULD BE WORSHIPED. 27:21 AND THE BIBLE SAYS YOU SHOULD WORSHIP GOD ONLY, ISN'T THAT 27:23 RIGHT? >>AMEN. 27:24 >>AND THE FACT THAT WE'RE TOLD TO KNEEL AND WORSHIP AT THE NAME 27:26 OF JESUS, WELL, UNLESS GOD IS VIOLATING HIS OWN LAW, JESUS IS 27:30 GOD THE SON. WHEN CHRIST TOLD US TO PRAY, 27:34 HOW DID HE COMMAND US TO PRAY? HE SAID, 'PRAY IN THIS MANNER:' 27:37 - WHAT'S THE FIRST THING? >>OUR FATHER. 27:39 >>OUR FATHER WHICH ART IN HEAVEN, - 27:40 >>HALLOWED. >>HALLOWED. 27:43 YOU KNOW, SOMETHING - SOMETHING ABOUT THIS COMMANDMENT THAT IS 27:47 UNIQUE: YOU CAN FIND VIRTUALLY ALL OF THE OTHER TEN 27:51 COMMANDMENTS REPEATED IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, BUT WHERE IN THE NEW 27:56 TESTAMENT DO YOU FIND THE THIRD COMMANDMENT? 28:00 THE CLOSEST YOU GET IS TO THE LORD'S PRAYER, WHERE IT SAYS, 28:04 'HALLOWED BE THY NAME.' BUT YOU DON'T FIND THAT THIRD 28:08 COMMANDMENT REPEATED WORD FOR WORD ANYWHERE IN THE NEW 28:11 TESTAMENT. NOW, I MENTION THAT BECAUSE 28:13 WHEN WE GET TO THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT, YOU'RE GOING TO 28:15 HEAR AND YOU'VE PROBABLY ALREADY HEARD PEOPLE SAY, 'WELL, WE 28:18 DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT BECAUSE IT'S 28:20 THE ONLY ONE THAT'S NOT REPEATED IN THE NEW TESTAMENT. 28:23 HAVE YOU HEARD THAT ONE BEFORE? YEAH, THAT IS JUST A MYTH. 28:26 IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT YOU REPEAT AND PEOPLE BELIEVE 28:27 IT, BUT IT'S TOTALLY UNTRUE. THE COMMANDMENT YOU DON'T FIND 28:30 REPEATED IN THE NEW TESTAMENT IS THE THIRD COMMANDMENT. 28:34 BUT DOES THAT MEAN IT'S OKAY NOW FOR US AS BELIEVERS TO TAKE 28:36 GOD'S NAME IN VAIN? OF COURSE NOT! 28:39 I'VE NEVER HEARD ANYONE USE THAT ARGUMENT. 28:41 AND SO IT'S A BAD ARGUMENT WHEN YOU GET TO THE FOURTH 28:43 COMMANDMENT ALSO. GOD'S NAME IS MAJESTIC. 28:48 HIS NAME IS TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY AND WITH REVERENCE. 28:52 IT'S A HOLY NAME. NOW, IN THIS COMMANDMENT - YOU 28:56 KNOW, WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, IF I EVER CURSED - AND I'M NOT 29:01 PROUD TO SAY, BUT I GREW UP IN A FAMILY WHERE PROFANITY 29:06 WAS VERY COMMON. MY FATHER CURSED AND I - FAR 29:11 BACK AS I CAN REMEMBER, I HEARD IT. 29:14 MY MOTHER CURSED. MY GRANDPARENTS CURSED. 29:18 AND JUST EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN. 29:22 I WON'T DEMONSTRATE BUT - JUST - I KNOW ALL THE WORDS BECAUSE I 29:24 JUST GREW UP HEARING ALL OF THAT. 29:27 THIS COMMANDMENT DOES, AT LEAST, INCLUDE A PROHIBITION AGAINST 29:33 PROFANITY. CHRISTIANS SHOULD NOT BE 29:37 MISUSING THEIR NATIVE TONGUE AND SPEAKING PROFANE WORDS. 29:42 PSALM 8, VERSE 1, "O LORD, OUR LORD, HOW EXCELLENT IS YOUR NAME 29:47 IN ALL THE EARTH, WHO HAVE SET YOUR GLORY ABOVE THE HEAVENS!" 29:50 HE HAS AN EXCELLENT NAME. IT'S A NAME THAT IT SHOULD NOT 29:53 BE MINGLED WITH PROFANITY. MATTER OF FACT, CHRISTIANS 29:56 SHOULDN'T SPEAK PROFANITY AT ALL. IF YOU SAY YOU'RE A 29:59 CHRISTIAN AND YOU SPEAK VILE AND DIRTY AND PROFANE WORDS AND, YOU 30:03 KNOW, WHAT'S - IS IT JUST ME OR WHOEVER ARE THE CENSORS CHECKING 30:09 WHAT GOES ACROSS TELEVISION - IS IT JUST ME OR HAVE THEY BECOME 30:14 INCREASINGLY SLOPPY OVER THE YEARS AND LETTING 30:16 MORE AND MORE THROUGH? >>AMEN. 30:18 >>THERE ARE WORDS THAT THEY NEVER WOULD HAVE ALLOWED, WHEN I 30:22 WAS GROWING UP, ON TELEVISION THAT ARE JUST VERY COMMON NOW. 30:26 AND IT'S NOT JUST LIKE NIGHTTIME PROGRAMING - IN THE MIDDLE OF 30:29 THE DAY - AND CRUDE LANGUAGE. 30:32 WHY DOES A PERSON RESORT TO PROFANITY? 30:36 YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER HEARING A VERY MOVING SPEECH GIVEN BY THE 30:41 FAMOUS RADIO ANNOUNCER PAUL HARVEY - KAREN WAS WITH ME AND 30:44 WE WERE AT AN IT IS WRITTEN PARTNERSHIP MEETING AND HE SAID, 30:47 'YOU KNOW, THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE HAS BEEN SO GOOD TO ME. 30:50 I DON'T KNOW WHY PEOPLE WOULD WANT TO MUDDY IT UP BY USING 30:53 PROFANE WORDS BECAUSE YOU CAN SAY WHAT YOU NEED TO SAY, 30:57 IF YOU'RE INTELLIGENT, BY USING GOOD WORDS.' 31:00 >>AMEN. >>AND, USUALLY, WHEN A PERSON 31:03 RESORTS TO PROFANITY, IT OFTEN INDICATES THAT, FOR ONE 31:07 THING, THEY DON'T HAVE MUCH SELF-CONTROL. 31:09 IT OFTEN INDICATES A LACK OF EDUCATION - THEY CAN'T FIND GOOD 31:12 WORDS IN THEIR VOCABULARY SO THEY RESORT TO VERY CRUDE COMMON 31:16 WORDS AND - TRYING TO GET A REACTION OR A CHEAP LAUGH. 31:21 I THINK THE BEST COMEDIANS ARE THE ONES WHO CAN GET PEOPLE TO 31:25 LAUGH WITHOUT RESORTING TO BEING DIRTY. 31:26 >>AMEN. >>AND, WELL, ENOUGH ABOUT THAT. 31:33 IT JUST KIND - I REMEMBER COLONEL SANDERS - YOU KNOW, THE 31:36 ONE WHO STARTED KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN? 31:38 HE WAS CONVERTED TO CHRISTIANITY AND WAS A VERY FAITHFUL TITHE 31:41 PAYER ALL OF HIS LIFE AND GOD, OBVIOUSLY, BLESSED HIM FOR THAT, 31:45 BUT HE SAID THAT, FOLLOWING HIS CONVERSION, IT COST HIM HALF OF 31:50 HIS VOCABULARY. (LAUGHTER) BECAUSE, I GUESS, HE HAD THE 31:55 OTHER VOCABULARY. AND THAT HAPPENED TO ME. YOU KNOW, ONE OF 31:58 THE SIGNS, FOR ME, THAT GOD WAS REAL AND THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS 32:02 REAL IS, AFTER I BECAME A CHRISTIAN, I BECAME CONVICTED 32:05 THAT IT WAS INAPPROPRIATE - YOU KNOW, FOR A WHILE, EVEN AFTER I 32:08 ACCEPTED JESUS, I KEPT SPEAKING THOSE WORDS. 32:11 BUT EVERY TIME I DID, I REALIZED IT JUST DIDN'T SEEM RIGHT. 32:15 BEFORE, I JUST GREW UP - IT WAS MY VOCABULARY. 32:19 AND AFTER ACCEPTING JESUS, I FINALLY BECAME CONVICTED AND I 32:22 SAID, 'LORD, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HELP ME BECAUSE THIS IS 32:23 SO DEEPLY ENGRAINED THAT IT JUST COMES OUT WITHOUT EVEN THINKING. 32:27 AND ONE OF THE GREATEST PROOFS THAT GOD IS REAL, FOR ME, IS 32:31 FROM THE TIME I PRAYED THAT PRAYER, EVERY TIME I GOT READY 32:34 TO UTTER SOME PROFANE WORD, IT'S LIKE THIS EMERGENCY BRAKE THAT 32:39 WAS ON MY TONGUE AND I'D GET READY TO SAY IT AND IT'S LIKE - 32:43 ERRRT! I SAID, 'OH, THAT'S - I BETTER FIND ANOTHER WORD. 32:47 AND IT FORCED ME TO EXPAND MY VOCABULARY, FOR ONE THING. 32:50 AND IT JUST HAPPENED SO OFTEN I THOUGHT, 'THIS IS A MIRACLE!' 32:54 EVERY TIME - I WOULDN'T EVEN BE TRYING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE 32:57 HOLY SPIRIT WOULD SAY, 'AH - DOUG, PAUSE. 32:59 FIND ANOTHER WORD. INSERT GOOD WORD. TAKE OUT BAD WORD.' 33:04 (LAUGHTER) AND IF YOU KNEW ME BACK THEN AND YOU HEARD ME TALK 33:08 BACK THEN, YOU'D SAY, 'BOY, THAT IS A MIRACLE, DOUG. 33:12 WE HAD NO IDEA.' I WOULDN'T WANT YOU TO KNOW ME BACK THEN, BUT 33:15 THE HOLY SPIRIT, I BELIEVE, CAN MAKE THOSE CHANGES IN OUR MINDS. 33:19 HE CAN TRANSFORM US IN THAT WAY. 33:21 COLOSSIANS 4:6, "LET YOUR SPEECH ALWAYS BE WITH GRACE, SEASONED 33:28 WITH SALT, THAT YOU MAY KNOW HOW YOU OUGHT TO ANSWER EACH ONE." 33:32 ECCLESIASTES 10, VERSE 12, "THE WORDS OF A WISE MAN'S MOUTH ARE 33:36 GRACIOUS, BUT THE LIPS OF A FOOL SHALL SWALLOW HIM UP." 33:40 NOW, WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PROFANITY, AND YOU'RE NEVER TO 33:46 TAKE THE NAME OF THE LORD IN VAIN, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF 33:49 OTHER EXPLETIVES THAT ARE SORT OF IN THAT GRAY AREA - FOR 33:54 EXAMPLE: SOMETIMES PEOPLE SAY, 'OH, I WOULD NEVER SAY GOD'S 33:58 NAME IN VAIN IN CURSING.' BUT YOU'LL HEAR THEM SAY 'GOSH 34:01 DARN'. I FELT BAD EVEN SAYING IT JUST 34:04 NOW, BUT I NEEDED TO TELL YOU SO YOU'D KNOW. 34:07 THAT'S REALLY A DERIVATIVE - THAT'S LIKE YOU WANT TO GO ALL 34:10 THE WAY BUT - SO YOU'RE GOING TO CUSTOMIZE USING GOD'S NAME IN 34:13 VAIN. AND HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU KNOW WILL SAY THAT? 34:17 OR 'I WOULD NOT SAY JESUS' NAME IN VAIN.' 34:20 BUT THEY'LL SAY, 'GEE WHIZ.' AND THERE'S A NUMBER 34:23 OF OTHER OF THESE HALFWAY EXPLETIVES THAT PEOPLE USE AND 34:27 YOU - YOU KNOW, LET YOUR YEA BE YEA AND YOUR NAY BE NAY 34:33 - IF YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN. IF IT'S NOT GOOD OR IF 34:35 IT'S DOUBTFUL, IT'S DIRTY. IF IT'S DOUBTFUL IT'S DIRTY. 34:38 IT'S LIKE THAT OLD SCOTSMAN THAT WAS HANGING UP HIS SHIRT ONE 34:41 MORNING, LOOKING THROUGH THE WINDOW, WONDERING IF IT WAS GOOD 34:44 ENOUGH AND CLEAN ENOUGH TO WEAR ANOTHER DAY AND HE SNIFFED IT 34:49 AND HIS WIFE SAID, 'IF IT'S DOUBTFUL IT'S DIRTY.' AND SO, IF 34:54 YOU'VE GOT DOUBTS, FIND ANOTHER WORD - THERE'S PLENTY! 35:00 THEY SAY THAT YOU CAN MEASURE A PERSON'S INTELLIGENCE OFTEN BY 35:02 THE EXTENT OF THEIR VOCABULARY THEY CAN CALL UPON. 35:06 YOU WILL INCREASE YOUR PERCEIVED IQ IF YOU DON'T USE THOSE WORDS 35:11 AND YOU FIND OTHER WORDS. >>AMEN. 35:13 >>DOES ANYONE EVER THINK A PERSON'S MORE INTELLIGENT 35:16 BECAUSE THEY CUSS? NO. DID THEY - THEY CERTAINLY 35:20 DON'T THINK THAT YOU KNOW GOD. SO WE SHOULD BE CAREFUL. 35:25 WE SHOULD TEACH OUR CHILDREN TO BE CAREFUL AND, I DON'T KNOW 35:27 ABOUT YOU, FRIENDS, BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK, IN ORDER FOR YOU 35:30 TO KEEP THIS COMMANDMENT ABOUT NOT TAKING GOD'S NAME IN VAIN, 35:34 TO REALLY KEEP IT YOU NEED TO BE CONVERTED. 35:39 BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOVE THE LORD AND WHEN YOU'RE BORN AGAIN, WHEN 35:41 YOU LOVE JESUS AND YOU SEE HOW HE DIED FOR YOUR SINS AND THEN 35:45 YOU HEAR PEOPLE IN PUBLIC USING HIS NAME CARELESSLY, IT GRIEVES 35:49 - IT PIERCES YOUR HEART BECAUSE YOU LOVE HIM AND YOU THINK, 35:54 'HOW CAN THEY DO THAT?' 35:55 YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO KEEP MYSELF FROM CONFRONTING AND REBUKING 35:59 PEOPLE PUBLICLY - BECAUSE I'D BE REBUKING PEOPLE ALL DAY LONG - 36:05 WHEN I HEAR PEOPLE USING GOD'S NAME CARELESSLY OR IN VAIN OR 36:11 YOU'RE AT THE HEALTH CLUB AND YOU WANT TO JUST BE TELLING 36:14 PEOPLE - AND IF THEY'RE FRIENDS, I WILL TELL THEM. 36:16 I'LL SAY, 'YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW I'M A CHRISTIAN. 36:18 I JUST NEED TO LET YOU KNOW IT REALLY GRIEVES ME WHEN I HEAR 36:21 YOU USE GOD'S NAME IN VAIN. CAN YOU FIND A 36:22 SUBSTITUTE OR SOMETHING?' AND - BUT IN ORDER FOR YOU TO 36:28 UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS, YOU HAVE TO LOVE HIM. 36:31 >>AMEN. >>WHEN YOU LOVE HIM, YOU DON'T 36:35 WANT PEOPLE TO DEFILE OR PROFANE HIS NAME. 36:39 SO IT'S A CHANGE OF HEART. ALL OF THE COMMANDMENTS 36:42 ARE SUMMED UP IN LOVE. IF YOU'RE GOING TO REALLY KEEP 36:44 GOD'S LAW, YOU NEED TO LOVE HIM. BUT, HEY, FRIENDS, I'VE GOT 36:47 ADVICE FOR YOU: IF YOU DON'T THINK YOU LOVE HIM, 36:49 FAKE IT IN THE MEANTIME. NO, REALLY. 36:53 YOU MAY NOT BE PAYING TITHE FOR THE RIGHT REASON - DO IT ANYWAY. 36:58 YOU MAY NOT NOT BE USING GOD'S NAME IN VAIN FOR THE RIGHT 37:01 REASON; WELL, IN THE MEANTIME, OBEY ANYWAY. 37:04 >>AMEN. >>AND, YOU KNOW WHAT? 37:06 SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY IT CAN BECOME REAL. 37:09 BUT START DOING THE RIGHT THING ANYWAY. 37:11 BUT ULTIMATELY, YOU NEED TO LOVE HIM. 37:13 WHILE WE'RE ON THIS SUBJECT, IT'S STILL APPROPRIATE THAT WE 37:15 TALK ABOUT GOD'S NAME IN RELATIONSHIP TO A VOW OR AN 37:20 OATH. JESUS TALKS ABOUT THIS. 37:24 ACTUALLY, I SHOULD QUOTE WITH - MOSES FIRST - LEVITICUS 19:12, 37:28 "AND YOU SHALL NOT SWEAR BY MY NAME FALSELY, NOR SHALL YOU 37:32 PROFANE THE NAME OF YOUR GOD: I AM THE LORD." 37:36 WHEN THE LORD WANTS TO INVOKE THE BEST REASON FOR OBEYING 37:39 THIS, HE SAYS, 'BECAUSE I AM.' 37:42 WHAT WAS HIS NAME? I AM THAT I AM. 37:45 THAT SACRED NAME OF GOD, YAHWEH, THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, THAT 37:49 MEANS 'THE SELF-EXISTENT ONE' - THE ONE WHO IS ETERNALLY. 37:53 JESUS SAID - MATTHEW 5:33, "AGAIN YOU HAVE HEARD THAT IT 37:58 WAS SAID TO THOSE OF OLD, 'YOU SHALL NOT SWEAR FALSELY, BUT 38:01 SHALL PERFORM YOUR OATHS TO THE LORD.' BUT I SAY TO YOU, DO NOT 38:06 SWEAR AT ALL: NEITHER BY HEAVEN, FOR IT IS GOD'S THRONE; NOR BY 38:09 THE EARTH, FOR IT IS HIS FOOTSTOOL; NOR BY JERUSALEM, FOR 38:13 IT IS THE CITY OF THE GREAT KING. 38:15 NOR SHALL YOU SWEAR BY YOUR HEAD, BECAUSE YOU CANNOT MAKE 38:17 ONE HAIR WHITE OR BLACK." OR EVEN KEEP IT IN YOUR 38:19 HEAD, FOR THAT MATTER. "BUT LET YOUR YES" - I ADDED 38:22 THAT PART - "BUT LET YOUR 'YES' BE 'YES,' AND YOUR 'NO,' BE 38:25 'NO.' FOR WHATEVER IS MORE THAN THESE IS FROM THE EVIL ONE." 38:30 SO WHEN PEOPLE START DOING THESE EXTRAVAGANT OATHS AND VOWS, 38:35 YOU KNOW - AND I CATCH MYSELF DOING IT. 38:38 YOU SAY, 'BOY, YOU KNOW, I PROMISE. 38:41 YOU'VE GOT MY WORD ON THIS.' AND YOU GO, 'WHY ISN'T YOUR WORD 38:43 GOOD? YOU HAVE TO ADD SOMETHING TO IT?' 38:47 IF YOU'RE ALWAYS HONEST AND IF YOU'RE ALWAYS TELLING THE TRUTH, 38:53 THEN WHY WOULD YOU HAVE TO MAKE A VOW? 38:56 HOW IS A - WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO BE THE KIND OF PERSON WHERE A 38:59 PERSON HAS TO ALWAYS SAY, 'ARE YOU SWEARING? 39:03 ARE YOU VOWING? IS THAT AN OATH?' THAT WOULD IMPLY, 39:05 OTHERWISE YOU CAN'T BE TRUSTED. SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? 39:09 YOU SHOULD - EVERY WORD OUGHT TO BE - SOMEONE ONCE WAS TALKING 39:13 ABOUT THE BAPTIST CHRISTIANS IN SCANDINAVIA AND THEY SAID, 39:18 'EVERY WORD THEY SPEAK IS AN OATH.' AND IT WAS BECAUSE THEY 39:22 WERE SO HONEST THAT SOMEONE WHO WAS TALKING ABOUT THEM SAID, 39:26 'EVERYTHING THEY SAY IS AS TRUE AS AN OATH.' 39:31 BUT, YOU KNOW, BY THE TIME OF CHRIST, THE PHARISEES HAD THIS 39:33 ELABORATE, INTRICATE SERIES OF OATHS. 39:36 THEY'D SAY, 'IF YOU SWEAR BY THE TEMPLE YOU DON'T REALLY HAVE TO 39:39 KEEP THAT VOW, BUT IF YOU SWEAR BY THE GOLD OF THE TEMPLE...' 39:43 AND IT'S KIND OF LIKE A PERSON SAYING, 'YES, I MADE A PROMISE, 39:45 BUT I HAD MY FINGERS CROSSED BEHIND MY BACK. 39:49 YOU KNOW - ANY OF YOU REMEMBER THAT? 39:50 THAT WAS SOMEHOW THE ESCAPE CLAUSE. 39:52 I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT CAME FROM. 39:54 OR A PERSON WOULD SAY, 'I DARE YOU.' 'WELL, I DOUBLE DARE YOU.' 39:57 AND WE GOT INTO THESE LITTLE WORD GAMES THAT WE PLAY - 40:00 'DO YOU PROMISE?' 'I PROMISE.' 'YOU PROMISE 40:02 ON YOUR MOTHER'S GRAVE?' YOU EVER HEARD THAT ONE? 40:06 THEY'RE JUST MAKING MORE AND MORE - IT'S LIKE YOU THINK, 40:08 'WELL, WOULDN'T THE LORD'S NAME BE MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVEN YOUR 40:14 MOTHER'S GRAVE? I MEAN, BECAUSE YOU TAKE THE 40:16 NAME OF THE LORD, AS BEING A CHRISTIAN, WOULDN'T 40:18 THAT BE ENOUGH? WHY DO YOU GOTTA ADD 40:20 ALL THESE OTHER THINGS?' AND THAT'S WHAT JESUS IS SAYING 40:23 - 'LET YOUR 'YES,' BE 'YES' AND YOUR 'NO,' BE 'NO'. 40:26 HE TALKS ABOUT THIS AGAIN IN MATTHEW 23:16 - TALKING TO THE 40:29 HYPOCRITES THAT MAKE A BIG DEAL OF VOWING, "WOE TO YOU, BLIND 40:33 GUIDES, WHO SAY, 'WHOEVER SWEARS BY THE TEMPLE, IT IS NOTHING; 40:36 BUT WHOEVER SWEARS BY THE GOLD OF THE TEMPLE, HE IS OBLIGED TO 40:39 PERFORM IT.' FOOLS AND BLIND! FOR WHICH IS 40:41 GREATER, THE GOLD OR THE TEMPLE THAT SANCTIFIES THE GOLD? 40:44 AND, 'WHOEVER SWEARS BY THE ALTAR, IT IS NOTHING; BUT 40:47 WHOEVER SWEARS BY THE GIFT THAT IS ON IT, HE IS OBLIGED TO 40:50 PERFORM IT.'" JESUS SAID, "FOOLS AND BLIND! 40:53 FOR WHICH IS GREATER, THE GIFT OR THE ALTAR THAT SANCTIFIES THE 40:56 GIFT? THEREFORE HE WHO SWEARS BY THE 40:59 ALTAR, SWEARS BY IT AND BY ALL THINGS ON IT. 41:01 HE WHO SWEARS BY THE TEMPLE, SWEARS BY IT AND BY HIM WHO 41:03 DWELLS IN IT. AND HE WHO SWEARS BY HEAVEN, 41:06 SWEARS BY THE THRONE OF GOD AND BY HIM WHO SITS ON IT.'" HE'S 41:09 BASICALLY SAYING ANYTIME YOU TAKE AN OATH THAT IT'S SERIOUS. 41:15 NOW, BY THE WAY, WAS THIS - YOU KNOW, SOME CHRISTIANS SAY YOU'RE 41:19 NOT ALLOWED TO TAKE ANY KIND OF OATH. 41:22 FOR INSTANCE, YOU GO INTO A COURT OF LAW AND YOU SAY, 41:24 'BECAUSE JESUS SAID 'LET YOUR 'YES,' BE 'YES' AND YOUR 'NO,' 41:26 BE 'NO' YOU'RE FORBIDDEN TO TAKE ANY KIND OF OATH? 41:29 THIS IS NOT WHAT JESUS WAS SAYING BECAUSE, IN THE OLD 41:31 TESTAMENT IT WAS CLEAR ENOUGH THEY COULD TAKE AN OATH AND THAT 41:34 WAS, SORT OF, A FORMAL PROMISE THAT THEY WERE NOT ABOUT TO 41:38 PERJURE THEMSELVES. AND YOU GO TO A COURT TODAY, 41:42 SOME WILL STILL HAVE YOU PUT YOUR HAND ON THE BIBLE. 41:44 SOME WILL SIMPLY HAVE YOU LIFT YOUR RIGHT HAND AND SAY, 'DO I 41:48 SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE 41:51 TRUTH?' THEY STILL DO THAT, RIGHT? BAILIFFS STILL? 41:53 IS IT FORBIDDEN FOR A CHRISTIAN TO DO THAT? 41:55 NO. DID JESUS RESPOND TO AN OATH DURING HIS TRIAL? YES. 42:01 WHEN THE HIGH PRIEST SAID, 'I ADJURE THEE BY THE MOST HIGH 42:04 GOD, TELL US WHETHER THOU ART THE CHRIST.' 42:06 JESUS ANSWERED HIS QUESTION. 42:09 HE SAID, 'IT IS AS YOU SAY.' AND SO, HE WASN'T SAYING THAT IT'S 42:12 WRONG TO TAKE AN OATH FOR SOME PUBLIC DOCUMENT. 42:15 NO, OF COURSE IT'S OKAY FOR CHRISTIANS TO DO THAT. 42:18 AND I WOULDN'T MISCONSTRUE IT THAT WAY, BUT YOUR WORD OUGHT TO 42:21 BE SO GOOD THAT - MY DAD DID BUSINESS WITH SOME PEOPLE AND HE 42:28 TOLD ME, 'THIS PERSON IS SO HONEST I CAN MAKE A 42:30 MILLION-DOLLAR DEAL WITH HIM ON A HANDSHAKE. 42:33 BEFORE THE CONTRACT IS EVER SIGNED, I KNOW THEIR WORD IS 42:37 GOOD.' ISN'T THAT THE WAY IT USED TO BE? 42:41 A PERSON'S WORD WAS THEIR BOND. >>THAT'S RIGHT. 42:44 >>AND YOUR WORD WAS GOOD. 42:45 WHEN YOU MADE A PROMISE - YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING TO DO 42:47 SOMETHING, SOMEONE COULD 'TAKE IT TO THE BANK' AS THEY SAY - 42:50 THAT YOU WERE GOING TO KEEP YOUR PROMISE. 42:53 SO, SO MUCH FOR SWEARING AND VOWS. 42:57 YOU KNOW, REALLY, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE NAME OF GOD, WHAT 42:59 WE'RE DEALING WITH IS GOD'S REPUTATION. 43:04 THE BIBLE IS TALKING MORE ABOUT REPUTATION THAN PRONUNCIATION. 43:08 I THINK YOU'VE MAYBE HEARD ME MENTION ONE TIME, THERE WAS AN 43:11 AD IN A PAPER YEARS AGO - SOMEONE WAS LOOKING FOR A LOST 43:14 DOG AND IT SAID, 'LOST: ONE DOG, BROWN HAIR, SEVERAL BALD SPOTS, 43:20 RIGHT LEG BROKEN DUE TO AN ACCIDENT, LEFT HIP IS HURT, 43:23 RIGHT EYE IS MISSING, LEFT EAR BITTEN OFF IN A FIGHT - ANSWERS 43:27 TO THE NAME 'LUCKY'. (LAUGHTER) THAT DOG HAD A NOMINAL NAME. 43:33 YOU KNOW WHAT 'NOMINAL' MEANS? IN NAME ONLY. 43:36 OUT THERE YOU HAVE NOMINAL CHRISTIANS. 43:38 A NOMINAL CHRISTIAN IS SOMEONE WHO IS A CHRISTIAN IN NAME ONLY. 43:41 WHAT HAS DONE THE GREATEST HARM TO THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH? 43:44 ISN'T IT PEOPLE WHO TAKE THE NAME 'CHRISTIAN' BUT THEY DON'T 43:47 LIVE LIKE CHRIST? THEY ARE NOMINAL CHRISTIANS. 43:50 THEY GOT THE NAME LUCKY BUT THEY'RE NOT. 43:53 YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A BIG PROBLEM IN NORTH AMERICA, 43:56 ESPECIALLY IN LOS ANGELES, WITH ALL THESE CARGO SHIPS COMING IN. 44:00 THEY'VE GOT WAREHOUSES THERE THAT ARE FILLED WITH PRODUCT AND 44:04 WHAT THEY ARE IS STOLEN NAME-BRANDS. 44:08 YEAH, I MEAN, IF YOU'RE GOING TO BUY LEVI - IF YOU'RE GOING TO 44:13 BUY JEANS, WOULD YOU RATHER HAVE EITHER LEVI'S OR WRANGLERS AS 44:16 OPPOSED TO, YOU KNOW, JUST SOMETHING YOU GET AT A FLEA 44:19 MARKET, MADE IN CHINA? NOTHING AGAINST ANY CHINESE WHO 44:24 MIGHT BE WATCHING, BUT AREN'T THERE SUPPOSED TO BE CERTAIN 44:28 QUALITY DIFFERENCES THAT YOU MIGHT GET FROM AN OFFICIAL 44:32 ADIDAS OR NIKE TENNIS SHOE, AS OPPOSED TO THE WALMART 44:38 CHINESE VARIETY? YOU WOULD THINK THERE'S A LITTLE 44:40 HIGHER QUALITY THERE BECAUSE THERE'S A BRANDING, RIGHT? 44:43 WELL, THEY'RE STEALING THE BRANDS AND THEY'RE PUTTING THESE 44:47 EXPENSIVE NAME BRANDS ON JUNK AND THEY SHIP IT INTO AMERICA 44:53 AND THE - THE CUSTOMS OFFICIALS, THEY SPOT JUST CONTAINERS OF 44:58 THIS STUFF AND THEY STORE IT BECAUSE THEY CAN'T SHIP IT BACK 45:01 AND THEY CAN'T SELL IT AND THEY'VE GOT THESE BURGEONING 45:04 WAREHOUSES THAT HAVE THIS STOLEN MERCHANDISE - IT'S NOT STOLEN, 45:07 RATHER IT'S FRAUD MERCHANDISE BECAUSE IT'S GOT THESE FAMOUS 45:11 NAME BRANDS BUT THEY'RE NOT MADE BY THE REAL MANUFACTURER. 45:15 THEY'RE JUNK. I REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE IN CHINA, SOMEONE CAME UP 45:19 TO US AT THE GATE OF SOME HOTEL AND HE SAID, 'I'VE GOT SOME 45:22 VALUABLE ROLEX WATCHES.' AND I'M CURIOUS, I SAID, 'LET ME SEE.' 45:27 AND HE UNFOLDED THIS LITTLE DISPLAY - HE HAD A BOARD 45:30 WITH ALL THESE WATCHES KIND OF PINNED TO IT AND SURE ENOUGH, 45:33 THEY SAID 'ROLEX' AND THEY LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE GOLD. 45:38 AND I TOOK A CLOSE LOOK AND YOU COULD JUST SEE SOMETHING WASN'T 45:41 RIGHT - BUT THEY WERE REALLY CLOSE. THEY WERE REALLY GOOD. 45:45 I DIDN'T BUY ANY. FIRST OF ALL, IT LOOKED REALLY SHADY. 45:50 THE OTHER THING IS I WAS QUITE CERTAIN THAT, THOUGH IT SAID 45:53 'ROLEX' ON THE OUTSIDE, IT WAS TAIWAN ON THE INSIDE - OR 45:56 SOMETHING ELSE. AND WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE 46:00 OUT THERE THAT ARE BRANDED ON THE OUTSIDE, CHRISTIAN, BUT 46:05 THEIR HEARTS ARE STILL WORLDLY. AND WHEN IT SAYS 'TAKING THE 46:11 NAME OF THE LORD IN VAIN' IT MEANS HAVE THAT CHANGE OF HEART 46:16 - THAT'S THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN REALLY KEEP THAT COMMAND. 46:19 THE BIBLE TELLS US A GOOD NAME IS BETTER THAN GREAT RICHES - 46:24 PROVERBS 22:1. IN ECCLESIASTES - SAME AUTHOR - CHAPTER 7, 46:27 VERSE 1, "A GOOD NAME IS BETTER THAN PRECIOUS OINTMENT." 46:31 A LOT OF TIMES IN THE BIBLE, WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT A GOOD NAME, 46:35 IT'S TALKING ABOUT A REPUTATION. WHO HAS THE BEST REPUTATION? 46:39 WHO HAS THE BEST NAME IN THE WORLD? 46:41 >>JESUS. >>WHO'S GOT A LIFE THAT 46:44 MATCHES TO THE LIFE OF JESUS? NO ONE HAS THAT KIND OF NAME. 46:49 AND SO, WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT THE NAME OF THE LORD, HE'S - YOU 46:53 KNOW, EVERY PARENT - YOU'VE GOT A FAMILY NAME AND YOU HAVE 47:00 CHILDREN, AND AS YOU LIVE A LITTLE WHILE YOU MAKE FRIENDS - 47:03 YOU DEVELOP A REPUTATION AND YOU WOULD LIKE FOR YOUR CHILDREN TO 47:07 REPRESENT THE FAMILY WITH THEIR LIVES. 47:10 AND IF, HEAVEN FORBID, YOUR SON OR DAUGHTER ENDS UP ON THE COVER 47:16 OF THE NATIONAL ENQUIRER BECAUSE THEY'VE DONE SOMETHING TERRIBLE, 47:19 IT HURTS YOUR NAME, RIGHT? MEANING IT HURTS 47:23 YOUR REPUTATION. WHAT HAVE NOMINAL CHRISTIANS 47:27 DONE TO THE REPUTATION OF GOD IN THE WORLD? 47:30 WE'VE TAKEN HIS NAME IN VAIN AND THE WORLD LAUGHS. 47:35 THE NAME OF GOD IS BLASPHEMED BECAUSE OF THAT. 47:38 MATTER OF FACT, WHEN DAVID SINNED WITH BATHSHEBA, NATHAN 47:41 THE PROPHET CAME TO HIM AND SAID, 'YOU KNOW, THIS IS GOING 47:44 TO GET OUT. HERE YOU HAD SUCH A GREAT NAME. 47:46 DAVID, YOU HAD SUCH A GREAT REPUTATION. 47:48 YOU WENT FROM VICTORY TO VICTORY. 47:50 YOU HAD GREAT INTRIGUE - SPIRIT FILLED - AND NATHAN SAID TO 47:54 DAVID - 2 SAMUEL 12:14, "HOWBEIT, BECAUSE BY THIS DEED 48:00 THOU HAST GIVEN GREAT OCCASION TO THE ENEMIES OF THE LORD TO 48:03 BLASPHEME..." DON'T THE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD 48:07 LOVE IT WHEN A PROFESSED CHRISTIAN DOES 48:10 SOMETHING EMBARRASSING? THEY LOVE IT. 48:12 THEY LOVED TO GRANDSTAND WHEN THE TELEVANGELISTS FELL. 48:16 THEY LOVED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT? 48:19 IT JUSTIFIES THEM STAYING IN THEIR SIN. 48:22 IT JUSTIFIES THEM NOT SURRENDERING THEIR LIVES TO 48:26 JESUS. SO THE DEVIL AND THE PEOPLE WHO 48:27 FOLLOW HIM ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR A GOOD EXCUSE TO WAG THEIR 48:31 FINGER AT THE NAME OF GOD. ROMANS 2:24, "FOR THE NAME OF 48:38 GOD IS BLASPHEMED AMONG THE GENTILES THROUGH YOU." 48:41 THE NAME OF GOD IS BLASPHEMED AMONG THE GENTILES BECAUSE - HE 48:44 WAS, OF COURSE, TALKING TO THE JEWS. AND THEN, FINALLY, ALMOST 48:49 FINALLY - EXODUS 20:7, "...FOR THE LORD WILL NOT HOLD HIM 48:53 GUILTLESS THAT TAKETH HIS NAME IN VAIN." 48:56 THAT MEANS IT'S SERIOUS BUSINESS THAT OUGHT TO MAKE US TREMBLE. 49:00 YOU KNOW FROM THE - AN ARTICLE - SIGNS OF THE TIMES - 11/18/1886 49:06 - THERE, E.G. WHITE WROTE, "ANGELS ARE DISPLEASED AND 49:09 DISGUSTED WITH THE IRREVERENT MANNER IN WHICH THE NAME OF GOD, 49:12 THE GREAT JEHOVAH, IS SOMETIMES USED IN PRAYER." 49:16 - NOW, EVEN IF YOU'RE USING GOD'S NAME IN PRAYER - "THEY 49:19 MENTION THAT NAME WITH THE GREATEST AWE - THE ANGELS 49:21 MENTION THAT NAME WITH THE GREATEST AWE, EVEN VEILING THEIR 49:24 FACES WHEN THEY SPEAK THE NAME OF GOD." 49:27 - ANGELS VEIL THEIR FACES - "THE NAME OF CHRIST, ALSO, IS SACRED 49:31 AND SPOKEN WITH THE GREATEST REVERENCE. 49:34 AND THOSE WHO, IN THEIR PRAYERS, USE THE NAME OF GOD IN A COMMON 49:37 AND FLIPPANT MANNER, HAVE NO SENSE OF THE EXALTED CHARACTER 49:41 OF GOD OR CHRIST OR OF HEAVENLY THINGS." 49:43 YOU KNOW, IF WE COULD ALL BE TRANSPORTED INTO THE PRESENCE OF 49:48 GOD IN THE COSMOS WHERE HE SITS ON HIS THRONE SURROUNDED BY TEN 49:53 THOUSAND TIMES TEN THOUSAND POWERFUL BRIGHT MINISTERING 49:57 SPIRITS AND JUST HEAR THE AWESOME MUSIC AND SEE THE 50:00 MAJESTY AND THE POWER OF GOD AND THE GREAT EXPANSE OF HIS 50:05 DOMINION, WE WOULD - WE WOULD - WE'D BE CAREFUL TO EVEN SAY HIS 50:11 NAME. AND, IF WE WERE GOING TO SAY 50:12 IT, SAY IT WITH REVERENCE. IT'S USUALLY A - IT INDICATES WE 50:17 DON'T REALLY HAVE A CONCEPT OF HIS MAGNIFICENCE - 50:20 HOW AWESOME HE IS. AND YOU AND I KNOW THAT, 50:24 YOU KNOW, TODAY EVERYBODY IS SORT OF DOWNPLAYING THE MAJESTY 50:27 OF GOD AND THEY WANT GOD TO BE A FRIEND OF THE CHILDREN. 50:31 AND SO, WE ERR ON THE OTHER SIDE AND WE ADDRESS GOD WITH THIS 50:36 BUDDY-BUDDY MENTALITY AND WE FORGET ABOUT HOW AWESOME HIS 50:40 NAME IS AND THAT IT'S TO BE TREATED WITH RESPECT. 50:44 YOU KNOW, AND THEN - FINALLY, THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT - OF 50:51 COURSE, WE PRAY IN HIS NAME - IT'S THE NAME IN WHICH OUR 50:54 PRAYERS ARE ANSWERED, RIGHT? 50:56 WHEN IT SAYS WE PRAY IN HIS NAME, DOES THAT MEAN JUST YOU 50:59 MENTION HIS NAME AND PRONOUNCE IT CORRECTLY AT THE END OF A 51:01 PRAYER - JUST DON'T FORGET TO PUNCTUATE THE END OF YOUR PRAYER 51:04 WITH 'IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN'? THAT'S WHAT WE OFTEN THINK. 51:08 IN THE BOOK STEPS TO CHRIST PAGE 100, THE AUTHOR SAYS THERE "TO 51:12 PRAY IN THE NAME OF JESUS IS SOMETHING MORE THAN THE MERE 51:15 MENTION OF THAT NAME AT THE BEGINNING OR AT THE ENDING OF A 51:17 PRAYER. IT'S TO PRAY IN THE MIND AND IN 51:20 THE SPIRIT OF JESUS, WHILE WE BELIEVE HIS PROMISES, RELY ON 51:24 HIS GRACE, AND WORK HIS WORKS." TO PRAY IN HIS NAME MEANS TO BE 51:28 A BELIEVER - TO BE DOING THE WORKS OF GOD - TO BE COMING 51:31 IN HIS NAME BECAUSE WE'RE HIS CHILD. 51:34 CHRIST TELLS US THAT WE SHOULD BE WANTING TO USE HIS NAME. 51:38 IT'S NOT A PROHIBITION AGAINST IT, BUT LET'S DO IT IN SPIRIT 51:41 AND TRUTH. AND THEN, FINALLY, IN REVELATION 51:45 CHAPTER 7 - I SAID 'FINALLY' THREE TIMES, DIDN'T I? 51:49 WE - ULTIMATELY IT TELLS US THOSE SAVED IN THE LAST DAYS - 51:51 YOU KNOW HOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE SEALED? 51:53 ALL THE WICKED ARE GOING TO HAVE THE MARK OF THE BEAST IN THEIR 51:57 FOREHEADS OR THEIR HANDS, RIGHT? HOW ABOUT THE SAVED? 52:00 WHAT DO THEY HAVE? REVELATION 7:3, "DO NOT HARM THE 52:04 EARTH, THE SEA, OR THE TREES TILL WE HAVE SEALED THE SERVANTS 52:07 OF OUR GOD ON THEIR FOREHEADS." WHAT'S IN THEIR FOREHEADS? 52:11 REVELATION 14:1, "THEN I LOOKED, AND BEHOLD, A LAMB STANDING ON 52:15 MOUNT ZION, AND WITH HIM ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-FOUR THOUSAND, 52:18 HAVING HIS FATHER'S NAME WRITTEN ON THEIR FOREHEADS." 52:23 DO YOU THINK THAT NAME WILL BE WRITTEN IN THE MIND AND IN THE 52:25 FOREHEAD OF ANYBODY THAT IS USING IT CARELESSLY NOW? 52:28 IF WE ARE DISRESPECTING AND TAKING HIS NAME PROFANELY OR 52:33 VAINLY NOW, WILL WE HAVE THAT NAME IN OUR FOREHEADS? 52:38 I THINK THAT A GOOD STARTING POINT FOR HAVING GOD'S NAME IN 52:41 OUR FOREHEADS IN THAT DAY IS BY NOW RECOGNIZING IT IS THE NAME 52:46 ABOVE EVERY NAME. IT'S THAT HOLY NAME. 52:49 JESUS SAID - REVELATION 3:12, "HE WHO OVERCOMES, I WILL MAKE 52:54 HIM A PILLAR IN THE TEMPLE OF MY GOD, AND HE SHALL GO OUT NO 52:58 MORE. I WILL WRITE ON HIM THE NAME OF 52:59 MY GOD AND THE NAME OF THE CITY OF MY GOD, THE NEW JERUSALEM, 53:04 WHICH COMES DOWN OUT OF HEAVEN FROM MY GOD." 53:07 GOD IS GOING TO WRITE HIS NAME IN OUR FOREHEADS. 53:11 YOU KNOW, THE IMPORTANT THING FOR US IS TO UNDERSTAND THAT IS 53:16 A NAME THAT REPRESENTS MANY NAMES THAT DEFINE WHO JESUS IS. 53:21 I TOLD YOU, BEFORE CLOSING, THAT I WOULD SHARE WITH YOU JUST SOME 53:24 OF THE NAMES OF GOD THAT YOU FIND IN THE BIBLE. 53:26 BECAUSE HE'S A KING, HE'S GOT A LOT OF NAMES. 53:29 THE BIBLE SAYS THAT HE IS CALLED AN ADVOCATE, HE'S CALLED THE 53:32 LAMB, HE'S CALLED THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE, 53:36 HE'S CALLED THE SHEPHERD AND BISHOP OF OUR SOULS. 53:39 HE'S CALLED THE JUDGE, THE LORD OF LORDS, THE MAN OF SORROWS, 53:43 THE HEAD OF THE CHURCH, MASTER, FAITHFUL AND TRUE WITNESS, THE 53:47 ROCK, THE HIGH PRIEST, THE DOOR, THE LIVING WATER, THE BREAD OF 53:51 LIFE, THE ROSE OF SHARON. HE IS THE ALPHA AND OMEGA, THE 53:54 TRUE VINE, THE MESSIAH, THE TEACHER, THE HOLY ONE, THE 53:58 MEDIATOR, THE BELOVED, THE BRANCH, THE CARPENTER, THE GOOD 54:02 SHEPHERD, THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD, THE IMAGE OF THE 54:05 INVISIBLE GOD, THE WORD, THE CORNERSTONE, THE SAVIOR, THE 54:10 SERVANT, THE AUTHOR AND FINISHER OF OUR FAITH, THE ALMIGHTY, THE 54:14 EVERLASTING FATHER, SHILOH, LION FROM THE TRIBE OF JUDAH, THE 54:18 I AM, THE KING OF KINGS, THE PRINCE OF PRINCES, THE PRINCE OF 54:22 PEACE, THE BRIDEGROOM, THE ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, WONDERFUL 54:27 COUNSELOR, EMMANUEL, SON OF GOD, DAY SPRING - HE IS THE AMEN, THE 54:32 KING OF THE JEWS, THE PROPHET, THE REDEEMER, THE ANCHOR, THE 54:36 BRIGHT AND MORNING STAR - HE IS THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE 54:39 LIFE. >>AMEN. 54:41 >>THERE ARE A KALEIDOSCOPE OF BEAUTIFUL WORDS THAT DESCRIBE 54:44 THE CHARACTER AND THE PERSONALITY AND THE REPUTATION 54:47 OF GOD AND THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW BECAUSE THESE ALL 54:51 REPRESENT ATTRIBUTES THAT WE'RE TO MODEL IN OUR LIVES. 54:55 THE BIBLE IS TELLING US THAT WE ARE TO FOLLOW HIM. 54:58 AND THE MORE WE FOLLOW HIM, THE MORE WE FIX OUR EYES ON HIM, 55:04 LITTLE BY LITTLE THAT IMAGE IS BEING IMPRESSED ON OUR SOULS AND 55:08 HIS NAME IS BEING WRITTEN IN OUR FOREHEADS - WE BECOME LIKE HIM. 55:12 PEOPLE WILL LOOK AT US AND SAY, 'THEY'VE BEEN WITH JESUS. 55:16 I CAN TELL, BECAUSE THEY REFLECT THE NAME OF GOD.' I WANT HIS 55:20 NAME TO BE IN ME AND I WANT TO TREAT IT WITH REVERENCE AND 55:22 RESPECT. IS THAT YOUR PRAYER, FRIENDS? 55:25 >>AMEN. (MUSIC) 55:31 >>AMAZING FACTS BEGAN IN 1965 WITH A GOD-INSPIRED CONCEPT. 55:38 >>HELLO, THIS IS JOE CREWS AND THE AMAZING FACTS BROADCAST 55:41 FACTS WHICH AFFECT YOU. 55:43 >>EACH RADIO BROADCAST WOULD BEGIN WITH AN AMAZING FACT FROM 55:46 SCIENCE, NATURE, OR HISTORY, FOLLOWED BY A BIBLE MESSAGE THAT 55:51 TOUCHED THE HEARTS OF LISTENERS FROM EVERY WALK OF LIFE. 55:54 THE PROGRAM WAS AN INSTANT SUCCESS AND THE MINISTRY SOON 55:58 BEGAN EXPANDING TO INCLUDE BIBLE LESSONS. 56:01 IN 1986 AMAZING FACTS ADDED THE MEDIUM OF TELEVISION TO ITS 56:06 GROWING OUTREACH EFFORTS, OFFERING SOUL-WINNING 56:09 EVANGELISTIC MESSAGES FOR VIEWERS AROUND THE WORLD. 56:13 IN 1994, PASTOR DOUG BATCHELOR ASSUMED LEADERSHIP OF THE 56:17 MINISTRY, ADDING THE BIBLE ANSWERS LIVE CALL-IN RADIO 56:20 PROGRAM AND NEW MINISTRY TV PROGRAMS BEGAN AIRING ON 56:24 MULTIPLE NETWORKS AROUND THE WORLD. 56:27 FOR 50 YEARS, THE DRIVING VISION OF AMAZING FACTS HAS BEEN THE 56:32 BOLD PROCLAMATION OF THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL AND, WITH A 56:36 TEAM OF EVANGELISTS CIRCLING THE GLOBE, AND THOUSANDS OF MEN AND 56:39 WOMEN BEING TRAINED THROUGH THE AMAZING FACTS CENTER OF 56:42 EVANGELISM PROGRAM - AFCOE - THE MINISTRY IS HELPING GOD'S CHURCH 56:47 SEE A RICH HARVEST OF SOULS. AMAZING FACTS: GOD'S 56:52 MESSAGE, OUR MISSION. >>AMAZING FACTS, THROUGH YOUR 57:01 FAITHFUL SUPPORT, HAS HAD A MAJOR IMPACT ON SOME OF THE 57:04 LARGEST NON-CHRISTIAN LOCATIONS IN THE WORLD. 57:08 BEYOND THE GREAT WALL, THE PRINTING AND TRANSLATION OF OUR 57:11 BOOKS AND VIDEO MATERIALS ARE IN CONSTANT MOTION. 57:14 >>(CHINESE DIALOGUE) >>THE AMAZING FACTS CHINESE 57:21 LANGUAGE WEBSITE IS NOW ONE OF OUR MOST VISITED WEBSITES. 57:25 WE ALSO TRANSLATED THOUSANDS OF PIECES OF LITERATURE FOR THESE 57:29 NATIONS. WHAT STARTED OUT AS HUNDREDS OF 57:31 FOLLOWERS IS NOW IN THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS. 57:35 THE IMPACT OF YOUR FUNDS INVESTED IN SHARING THE 57:37 EVERLASTING GOSPEL IN THESE FOREIGN LANDS WILL BE FELT FOR 57:40 YEARS TO COME. >>YOU KNOW, EVERY WEEK WE HEAR 57:44 THE MOST INCREDIBLE STORIES FROM ALL OVER THE GLOBE, OF LIVES 57:47 THAT ARE BEING CHANGED AND HEARTS THAT ARE BEING 57:49 TRANSFORMED BY THE POWER OF THE WORD. 57:52 AND NONE OF IT COULD HAPPEN WITHOUT YOUR TEAMWORK WITH THIS 57:54 MINISTRY. GOD BLESS YOU. (MUSIC) 58:00 >>FOR LIFE-CHANGING CHRISTIAN RESOURCES, VISIT 58:02 AFBOOKSTORE.COM OR CALL 1-800-538-7275. 58:08 (MUSIC) |
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