An interesting phenomenon
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began to appear in the Middle
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Ages in Europe.
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Across the continent,
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churchmen... Abbotts, bishops,
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friars, and monks would appear
in certain towns with letters.
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These letters
were... apparently,
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or should I say allegedly...
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written by God and left on
the altars of certain churches.
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There is one story of a monk
by the name of Eustace of Flay
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who was in a town where
they were keeping Sabbath
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and no one
listened to his preaching.
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And so he came back
a couple years later
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with a letter left on the altar
of the church of San Simeon
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allegedly written
by God and left there
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with a number of sanctions...
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things that were going
to happen to the people
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if they didn't keep Sunday.
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Well there were some who were
frightened into Sunday-keeping,
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but most people just stuck
with the word that they knew
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and they kept on with Sabbath.
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Well, that's the way truth is.
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Truth cannot be
feared away or scared away or
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tortured away or
driven away or burned away.
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Truth, like a
dandelion, always comes back
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because truth is as
eternal as the God who gave it.
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There is much scholarship
that even says the great
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St. Patrick was
a Sabbath-keeper.
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Certainly his
spiritual predecessor Columba
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was a Sabbath-keeper.
That's the way truth is.
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Truth is as eternal
as the God who gave it,
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and we must always
hold fast to the truth.
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And that's why I'm so glad
to be part of Give Me The Bible.
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Because it's the
truth, the whole truth,
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and nothing but the truth.
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Bid you good evening.
My name is C.A. Murray
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and I'm so proud to
introduce Kenneth Cox
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who God is
using in a marked way.
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God has given him an ability
to make the plain plainer,
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the simple simpler,
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and the profound and
complex easy to understand
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and to believe.
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Take a bouquet of flowers.
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Throw them to the ground.
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Crush them beneath your heel.
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That fragrance that comes
up from that crushed bouquet...
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you know what that is?
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That's truth.
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Truth is as eternal
as the God who gave it.
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We've been blessed each
night to have the musical talent
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of a voice that is
really internationally known.
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Great baritone singer and really
a wonderful Christian person:
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Joe Pearles.
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He's coming now,
and he's going to sing
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Across the Bridge.
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I have lived a life of sin
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in this world I'm living in.
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I have done forbidden
things I shouldn't do.
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I asked a beggar on the way
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if he could tell
me where to stay...
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where I could
find real happiness
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and love that's true.
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Across the bridge
there's no more sorrow.
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Across the bridge
there's no more pain.
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The sun will
shine across the river
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and you'll never
be unhappy again.
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Follow the footsteps of the King
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till you hear the voices ring.
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They'll be singing
out the glory of the Lamb.
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The River Jordan will be there;
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the sound of
trumpets you will hear;
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you'll behold the most precious
place ever known to man.
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Across the bridge
there's no more sorrow.
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Across the bridge
there's no more pain.
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The sun will
shine across the river
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and you'll never
be unhappy again.
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Across the bridge
there's no more sorrow.
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Across the bridge
there's no more pain.
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The sun will
shine across the river
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and you'll never
be unhappy again.
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And you'll never
be unhappy again.
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Thank you! Thank
you, Joe Pearles.
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Well good evening. Good evening.
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Very glad to welcome all of
you back again this evening.
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Appreciate you being here.
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We hope you've had a good day.
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And we just hope that you'll be
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blessed in a special way.
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We want to say a special welcome
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to all of our television
audience that's watching
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and those that are
listening on radio.
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We welcome you back and we hope
that as we go into this subject
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it will bless
you in a special way.
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Tonight we're continuing our
presentations on the Sabbath.
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And our subject tonight is the
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Sabbath Covenant. And I
hope that this will help you
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understand in a better
way your relationship to God.
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And so as we go into
it try to follow that.
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Our next presentation -
our last one in this series
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on the Sabbath -
will be entitled:
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This is a question we have
come up over and over and over.
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People ask: "Well, how
do you keep the Sabbath? "
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"What's involved in it? "
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And so that's what we're
going to look at in our next
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presentation is how you
and I as followers of the Lord
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should keep the Sabbath.
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So we hope it will help you
in our relationship to Christ.
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Tonight what do you want
to look for in the subject
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on the covenant?
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Well, the first thing
you need to look for is you
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want to make sure you
know what the covenant is.
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What is the covenant that
God wants to make with you?
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What is that covenant?
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And what are the
ramifications of it?
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What's involved in the covenant?
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How do you go about keeping it?
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Those are some things
that we'll look at tonight
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as we talk about
the Sabbath Covenant.
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What it does for you and for me.
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A very, very special time, and
we hope that it will help you
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see in a greater
degree than ever before
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God's love towards
you and how that you
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as an individual can follow
the Lord and walk with Him.
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So we hope you'll be
blessed in a very special way
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because the Sabbath is
a very very special time
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that God has
given to you and to me.
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What says the
Bible, the blessed Bible?
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This should my only question be.
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God gave us the
Sabbath to bless and remind us.
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What says the Book of God to me?
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That's what we want to find out;
that's what we want to look at.
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So we're glad you're here.
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Hope you're enjoying them.
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We pray that you'll continue
to follow the Lord day by day.
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It's always nice to
have Joe Pearles with us.
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I am always
specially blessed as he sings
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and helps me in my
walk with the Lord.
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And tonight he's
going to sing a song that
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maybe you've never heard before.
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I only heard it
as he practiced it,
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and it's a special song.
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It's title is The
Plan of Salvation.
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I want to thank Jesus
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for the plan of salvation.
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Just to say "Lord, I love You,
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for You understand. "
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I want to be there on
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that great judgment morning
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to touch all the nail prints
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in His feet and His hands.
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One morning at daybreak
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a crowd slowly gathered.
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They were walking my Lord up
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old Calvary's hill.
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So sad was the scene there
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that the birds
hushed their singing.
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Like a lamb He was humble
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to His Father's own will.
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I want to thank Jesus
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for the plan of salvation.
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Just to say "Lord, I love You,
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for You understand.
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I want to be there on
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that great judgment morning
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to touch all the nailprints
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in His feet and His hands.
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I want to thank Jesus
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for the plan of salvation.
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Just to say "Lord, I love you,
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for You understand. "
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I want to be there on
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that great judgment morning
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to touch all the nailprints
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in His feet and His hands.
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To touch all the nailprints
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in His feet and His hands.
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Our Father in Heaven,
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tonight we take
the moment... time...
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just to say thank you.
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Thank you, Lord, for
Your sacrifice upon Calvary
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that offers to each
of us hope and life.
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We pray tonight,
Lord, that we might see...
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that we might understand
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the special
relationship You want to have
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with each one of us.
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May we learn how to
walk, how to follow.
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Give us Your
Spirit tonight, Lord.
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Pray that it may fill us
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and that each of us
may have clear insight
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to what Your Word says.
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For these things we thank You
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in Christ's name, Amen.
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In Revelation the 19th chapter
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it describes
Jesus' second coming.
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Describes Him coming back on a
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white horse.
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And it says this
about it. It says that...
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Now it's not unusual
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for somebody to have their
name written on their garment.
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You find that occasionally.
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But why would Christ have
His name written on His thigh?
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That you don't see very often.
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But it says that He has
His name written on His thigh.
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You remember Abraham.
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Abraham of old
did not want his son,
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Isaac, marrying one
of the Canaanite women.
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And so he called
his old servant Eleazer
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and he said: "I want you
to go back to my home place
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and I want you to
find a wife for Isaac. "
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And it says this about
his relationship with Eleazer.
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Watch what it says here:
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You see, that's the way
they entered into a covenant
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or an oath. They placed their
hand under the person's thigh
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and they entered into
that covenant with it.
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So that's the reason Christ's
name is written on His thigh...
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because it represents His
covenant when He comes back...
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a covenant that He
has with His people.
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You see the Lord is looking
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for people that
will be His people.
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That what He's looking for.
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He's looking for
those that He can say
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"these are My people. "
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Listen to what
He says about them.
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Says this:
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He said "I'm looking for some
people that will be My people.
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They will be a
special treasure to Me
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above all the people that
are on the face of the earth. "
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Now there are people that say
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"Well, that was
referring to the Jewish people,
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and that's what He was talking
about is the Jewish people. "
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No, it's really not
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because that
same promise, folks,
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is repeated in the
New Testament. Listen:
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How do we know it's not talking
about the Jewish people here?
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Listen:
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So he's saying clearly that this
was referring to the Gentile.
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So God is looking for some
people that He can enter into
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a covenant with.
That's what He wants to be...
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enter into a covenant
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and He can say:
"these are My people. "
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And those people that He
enters into a covenant with
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He says "these are a
special treasure to Me. "
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Listen, He gives this promise:
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So He said: "If you'll just
enter into this covenant with Me
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and if you'll obey My
voice, keep My commandments,
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you WILL be a
special treasure. "
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Now that ought to
mean something to you
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when God says: "You'll be
a special treasure to Me. "
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Let me ask you something.
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If you're a
special treasure to God,
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then is He going
to take care of you?
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Huh?
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Absolutely! You
can depend on that.
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He will take care of you.
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He promises
that. He promises this:
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He said: "If you'll just do this
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it will be well with you.
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Things will go
like they should. "
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This is what God wants
to do for you and for me
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if we're just willing to
enter into this covenant.
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So what is the covenant?
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What is the covenant that
God wants to make with you
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and with me?
Let's see what it is.
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That's the covenant.
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God says: "OK, the
covenant I want to make with you
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is you are to be My people
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and I will be your God. "
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And He mentions this over
and over in the scripture.
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That's the covenant, folks.
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He's saying: "You be My
people, I will be your God.
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And if you are My people,
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then you will be a
special treasure to Me
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and it will be well with you. "
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That's something that
you and I can depend on.
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That's something
that we know God will do.
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In the New Testament
it carries the same theme
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right on through. Here
in II Corinthians it says:
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So that's the covenant.
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If you're looking
for the covenant...
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the covenant you are making
with Him and you are saying
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"You be my God,
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I will be Your people. "
00:20:54.92\00:20:57.78
So the question
I have this evening
00:20:58.08\00:21:00.57
is: are you willing to do that?
00:21:00.70\00:21:02.75
Are you willing just
to say: "You be my God,
00:21:02.96\00:21:06.90
I will obey Your voice.
00:21:07.10\00:21:09.78
I'll walk in
Your commandments. "
00:21:09.98\00:21:12.40
And God says:
"If you will do that,
00:21:12.60\00:21:15.17
I will be your God
00:21:15.37\00:21:18.38
and I will take
special care of you. "
00:21:18.59\00:21:23.21
That He promises
to you and to me.
00:21:23.41\00:21:26.37
When God makes a covenant,
00:21:27.78\00:21:29.52
He sometimes makes
an everlasting covenant.
00:21:29.72\00:21:33.46
That means it never ends.
00:21:33.66\00:21:36.85
It's good for eternity.
00:21:37.05\00:21:39.31
Everlasting covenant.
00:21:39.41\00:21:40.45
He made an everlasting
covenant with Abraham of old.
00:21:40.66\00:21:45.01
So He said: "I'm going
to make a covenant with you.
00:22:10.69\00:22:13.10
I will be your God;
you shall be My people.
00:22:13.30\00:22:16.31
This will be an
everlasting covenant
00:22:16.51\00:22:19.54
that I will make with you. "
00:22:19.74\00:22:20.81
Takes that and
brings it right on down
00:22:21.01\00:22:23.78
as it refers to you and me.
00:22:23.98\00:22:26.10
He says: "If you are of Christ,
00:22:26.30\00:22:28.92
then you are... " What?
00:22:29.12\00:22:30.73
So He said: "This covenant that
I made over here with Abraham
00:22:30.93\00:22:34.14
of old - this everlasting
covenant I made with him -
00:22:34.34\00:22:37.33
if you accept Christ
00:22:37.53\00:22:40.65
then you are Abraham's seed
00:22:40.85\00:22:43.41
and heirs
according to the promise. "
00:22:43.61\00:22:47.30
So the promises
He made to Abraham
00:22:47.50\00:22:49.88
when He said: "I'll be
your God; you be My people,
00:22:50.08\00:22:52.43
I'll bless you... "
those promises are yours.
00:22:52.53\00:22:55.44
Because He said He gave
you... "If you be of Christ,
00:22:55.74\00:22:58.73
then you're Abraham's seed. "
00:22:58.93\00:23:00.40
Ephesians he goes on and says:
00:23:00.60\00:23:02.81
They were Gentiles in the flesh.
00:23:12.70\00:23:14.83
That meant before we accepted
Christ we were without Him.
00:23:15.03\00:23:18.57
He said: "When you
were without Christ
00:23:28.46\00:23:30.52
you were
strangers, you were alien.
00:23:30.55\00:23:32.70
You weren't part of the
covenant of promise... "
00:23:32.90\00:23:35.89
So He said:
"This promise I made.
00:23:49.15\00:23:51.82
This covenant I made
applies to you as well. "
00:23:52.02\00:23:55.42
He continues here and says:
00:23:55.62\00:23:57.56
Now did you understand
what he's saying there?
00:24:09.60\00:24:11.52
"Sons of Abraham. "
00:24:11.55\00:24:13.50
In other words he's saying:
"Just because you may have been
00:24:13.70\00:24:18.48
born a Jew
00:24:18.58\00:24:21.90
that doesn't make
you a child of Abraham...
00:24:22.24\00:24:26.98
only those that
are a child by faith. "
00:24:29.06\00:24:32.87
In other words, I accept Christ.
00:24:43.96\00:24:46.93
When you accept Christ, you
become part of Abraham's seed
00:24:47.13\00:24:51.87
and by faith you
receive the promise that He made
00:24:52.07\00:24:56.99
to Abraham of old.
00:24:57.10\00:24:58.20
So this evening what
you and I must decide
00:25:20.92\00:25:25.63
is am I willing
00:25:25.83\00:25:30.61
to reach out in faith and say
00:25:30.81\00:25:33.37
"You be my God.
00:25:33.57\00:25:36.58
I'll walk with You.
00:25:36.78\00:25:38.36
I'll obey Your voice.
00:25:38.56\00:25:40.43
I'll keep Your commandments
00:25:40.63\00:25:42.59
if You will be my God. "
00:25:42.79\00:25:44.85
And God says:
"If you will do that,
00:25:45.05\00:25:47.61
then you will be My people
00:25:47.81\00:25:51.24
and it will be well with you. "
00:25:52.20\00:25:56.40
OK.
00:25:56.61\00:25:57.90
now watch what happens here...
00:25:59.96\00:26:01.74
He's saying: "You're My people.
00:26:01.77\00:26:03.85
I'll care for you. "
00:26:04.05\00:26:06.27
And then He turns right around
and He gives you something
00:26:06.47\00:26:09.68
to substantiate that...
to make sure you understand.
00:26:09.88\00:26:14.13
And it says:
00:26:14.23\00:26:15.24
Said: "Now I'm going to
make a covenant with you here
00:26:25.68\00:26:27.80
and I'll be your God;
you shall be My people. "
00:26:28.00\00:26:30.52
And He said: "I'm
going to give you the Sabbath
00:26:30.72\00:26:33.65
as a perpetual covenant that you
00:26:33.85\00:26:36.45
are to keep the
Sabbath as evidence
00:26:36.65\00:26:39.49
that you are My people. "
00:26:39.59\00:26:41.96
Watch! It says
this over and over.
00:26:42.16\00:26:44.60
So He said: "It's a
sign between Me and you. "
00:27:01.76\00:27:04.87
See He's saying: "Listen,
I'm giving you the Sabbath
00:27:24.20\00:27:26.85
and the Sabbath is to be a sign
00:27:27.05\00:27:30.58
that you are My people. "
00:27:32.08\00:27:35.32
And He said: "Walk with Me.
00:27:35.52\00:27:38.57
Obey My voice.
00:27:38.77\00:27:40.52
Follow Me,
00:27:40.72\00:27:41.96
and I in turn will bless you.
00:27:42.16\00:27:45.07
And the Sabbath is a
sign that I have given you. "
00:27:45.27\00:27:48.84
He said: "This is a sign that I
am making between you and Me. "
00:28:01.99\00:28:05.09
This is a covenant
that He has made with us.
00:28:05.29\00:28:07.72
So this is the
covenant that God wants to make,
00:28:22.52\00:28:25.91
and He gave us the Sabbath
as a sign of that covenant.
00:28:26.12\00:28:30.86
And He said: "This
is a perpetual covenant
00:28:31.06\00:28:33.03
that will go on forever. "
00:28:33.23\00:28:35.30
Now the question that we need to
ask ourselves this evening is:
00:28:35.50\00:28:40.93
Or was that just a covenant
He made with the Jewish people?
00:28:50.63\00:28:53.09
Was the Gentile included
in that covenant He made?
00:28:53.39\00:28:58.38
Well, the children of
Israel are standing on the banks
00:28:59.18\00:29:05.09
of the Jordan River.
00:29:05.29\00:29:06.95
They're about to go across the
Jordan into the land of Canaan,
00:29:07.15\00:29:11.14
and Moses is
speaking to them here.
00:29:11.34\00:29:13.99
I want you to listen
to what he says to them:
00:29:14.19\00:29:16.45
Well... who else was there?
00:29:34.62\00:29:38.15
He said: "I'm making this
covenant not just with you alone
00:29:40.42\00:29:43.05
but also with those that
stand with us here today. "
00:29:43.16\00:29:45.24
Who else was there?
00:29:45.44\00:29:46.51
Well there was quite a
few Egyptians that had come.
00:29:46.71\00:29:51.28
And he said not just with that
00:29:51.48\00:29:53.29
but with those
that aren't even here.
00:29:53.49\00:29:55.00
So that covenant included
00:29:55.21\00:29:57.08
more than just
the Jewish people.
00:29:57.28\00:29:59.53
Listen to this one:
00:29:59.73\00:30:01.56
There it is, you see. He said:
00:30:22.77\00:30:24.43
"I'm making a sign;
00:30:24.63\00:30:27.03
I'm making a covenant with you.
00:30:27.23\00:30:28.68
And the Sabbath I'm
giving you is to be a sign. "
00:30:28.88\00:30:32.54
All right, let's
watch as it goes on:
00:30:32.64\00:30:34.53
So, yes. It included much more
than just the Jewish people.
00:30:55.44\00:31:00.21
It included the
Gentiles as well.
00:31:00.41\00:31:02.87
So when God says "Follow Me,
00:31:03.07\00:31:06.41
walk with Me,
keep My commandments, "
00:31:06.61\00:31:09.69
dear friend that
included the Gentiles.
00:31:09.89\00:31:12.68
That was a promise that He gave,
00:31:12.88\00:31:14.84
and He said: "I
want you to be My people
00:31:14.94\00:31:16.94
and I'll be your God. "
00:31:17.14\00:31:19.68
Well, when you pick up your
Bible and you begin to study it
00:31:20.37\00:31:24.73
and go through it, it
talks about a new covenant.
00:31:24.83\00:31:28.23
A new covenant.
00:31:29.78\00:31:31.03
Why did we need a new covenant?
00:31:32.93\00:31:34.55
It says here:
00:31:34.95\00:31:36.96
So... so there
was something wrong...
00:31:42.93\00:31:46.12
something wrong
with the first covenant.
00:31:46.33\00:31:49.86
Was there something wrong with
the conditions of the covenant?
00:31:50.06\00:31:55.08
Was there something wrong
with what was written down?
00:31:56.12\00:31:58.92
What was wrong with the
first covenant because it
00:31:59.13\00:32:02.69
said if... if there
wasn't anything wrong with it
00:32:02.79\00:32:04.89
well then we
didn't need a second one.
00:32:04.92\00:32:06.60
So there was
something wrong with it.
00:32:06.90\00:32:09.13
Well let's see if we can
find out where the problem is...
00:32:09.33\00:32:11.60
what was wrong with it.
00:32:11.70\00:32:12.77
This is Moses. It said he...
00:32:12.97\00:32:15.15
Was that a good
response or a bad response?
00:32:24.32\00:32:26.51
Oh, that was a good response.
00:32:26.71\00:32:28.40
Wasn't anything
wrong with that response.
00:32:28.60\00:32:30.66
So they said: "All that
the Lord has said we will do
00:32:31.68\00:32:33.78
and be obedient. "
00:32:33.88\00:32:34.92
Where was the problem?
00:32:35.12\00:32:37.54
Well the
problem was here, folks.
00:32:38.68\00:32:40.68
The problem wasn't
with what was written down.
00:32:45.29\00:32:47.86
The problem wasn't with what
the conditions of the covenant
00:32:48.06\00:32:51.42
were... the problem
was with the people.
00:32:51.52\00:32:53.87
They said: "All that
the Lord has said we will do
00:32:54.07\00:32:56.47
and be obedient, "
but they WEREN'T OBEDIENT.
00:32:56.57\00:33:00.57
So it says that they
didn't follow the Lord.
00:33:08.79\00:33:11.48
They didn't follow.
00:33:22.93\00:33:25.10
They didn't obey
the Lord's voice.
00:33:25.30\00:33:28.11
And so, because they
didn't keep the covenant,
00:33:28.31\00:33:31.72
then there was need
for a second covenant.
00:33:31.92\00:33:36.24
Now we need to take a close
look at this second covenant
00:33:36.45\00:33:40.15
and see what it says about it.
00:33:40.35\00:33:42.15
A new
covenant... you understand?
00:33:42.35\00:33:46.24
That what's this
book's about, you see...
00:33:46.44\00:33:49.73
that word covenant there.
00:33:49.93\00:33:52.52
Old covenant... new covenant.
00:33:52.72\00:33:55.53
That's what the Bible is:
Old Testament, New Testament.
00:33:55.73\00:33:59.36
That's what's involved there.
00:33:59.56\00:34:01.76
What is the new covenant?
00:34:01.96\00:34:03.59
What's... what's
involved in the new covenant?
00:34:03.79\00:34:06.74
I just want to say to
you this evening, folks...
00:34:06.94\00:34:09.64
if you understand the new
covenant and you understand
00:34:09.85\00:34:15.62
what Christ has done,
00:34:15.82\00:34:17.34
it changes things and
makes everything different.
00:34:17.54\00:34:21.36
So I hope you will follow
very carefully as we look at it.
00:34:21.57\00:34:24.22
Every time you participate
in the Lord's Supper,
00:34:31.15\00:34:36.64
communion service,
00:34:36.84\00:34:38.54
you are entering
into a covenant with God.
00:34:38.74\00:34:42.72
That's what that's about.
00:34:42.92\00:34:44.56
You're entering into
that and you're saying to Him
00:34:44.76\00:34:47.92
"You be my God; I
will be Your people. "
00:34:48.12\00:34:52.54
That's a covenant
you're entering into with Him.
00:34:52.74\00:34:55.88
Well now, it says
that Christ is the Mediator
00:35:12.64\00:35:16.44
of a better covenant
which is established on
00:35:16.64\00:35:20.70
better promises.
00:35:20.90\00:35:23.02
Well, let me ask you something.
00:35:24.09\00:35:25.78
Is your promises
better than the Jewish people?
00:35:26.08\00:35:31.43
You've got more will power?
00:35:31.73\00:35:34.66
You've got more backbone?
00:35:34.87\00:35:37.17
Your promises
better than theirs?
00:35:37.37\00:35:39.32
If they're not, then
how does this work...
00:35:41.68\00:35:46.61
established on better promises?
00:35:46.71\00:35:49.79
Let's take a look at that.
00:35:55.30\00:35:56.64
When... let's say
that you and I tonight
00:35:56.84\00:35:58.97
were going to
enter into a covenant.
00:35:59.17\00:36:01.31
We're going to draw up
we can call it a contract
00:36:01.51\00:36:04.18
we can draw agreement...
00:36:04.28\00:36:05.81
whatever word we want to use
00:36:06.01\00:36:07.68
for it. We're going to enter
00:36:07.78\00:36:09.09
into a contract. And let's say
00:36:09.19\00:36:11.48
that you and I... we
00:36:11.68\00:36:14.58
agree on certain points
00:36:14.78\00:36:17.06
and we go to an attorney
00:36:17.26\00:36:19.77
and we ask him to
draw up a covenant for us.
00:36:19.97\00:36:25.51
We go to the attorney;
he draws up the covenant.
00:36:25.72\00:36:28.14
Puts down all the conditions
that you and I want to have
00:36:29.60\00:36:32.88
in the covenant.
00:36:33.08\00:36:34.17
OK?
00:36:34.37\00:36:35.59
Puts it all down there.
00:36:37.95\00:36:39.03
Draws it up into legal terms.
00:36:39.23\00:36:41.08
And we read it over
and say "that's good. "
00:36:41.28\00:36:44.47
And so we take it to a
notary and we have it notarized.
00:36:44.67\00:36:49.36
OK?
00:36:49.56\00:36:50.87
Can that covenant, that
contract, that agreement...
00:36:51.07\00:36:54.40
whatever you want to call it...
00:36:54.43\00:36:55.57
can it be changed?
00:36:55.77\00:36:57.63
You've got to be
real clear on that.
00:37:00.63\00:37:02.70
Can it be changed?
00:37:02.90\00:37:04.68
Well, let's see
what the scripture says.
00:37:04.88\00:37:07.04
In other words,
sure it can be changed.
00:37:17.69\00:37:21.64
You and I can say
well this particular part
00:37:21.84\00:37:24.21
in here we don't like.
00:37:24.41\00:37:25.84
And we can go to the attorney
00:37:26.04\00:37:28.31
and we can have
that stricken out.
00:37:28.52\00:37:30.68
Initial it and say
we want this changed
00:37:30.88\00:37:33.03
and it can be changed.
00:37:33.23\00:37:34.38
But if one of us
dies can it be changed?
00:37:34.58\00:37:39.27
NO! In other
words, when one of us dies
00:37:39.47\00:37:42.91
that covenant is in
force... cannot be changed.
00:37:43.11\00:37:48.23
Get it clear and don't
let anybody ever tell you
00:37:48.43\00:37:52.98
any different.
00:37:53.18\00:37:54.60
OK?
00:37:54.80\00:37:56.20
Because I hear people
say that after Jesus died
00:37:56.40\00:37:59.76
He changed the covenant.
00:37:59.86\00:38:01.24
No! Could not.
00:38:01.44\00:38:03.85
When He died, He
SEALED the covenant.
00:38:04.05\00:38:06.55
Cannot be changed; He
sealed it with His blood
00:38:06.76\00:38:09.99
and therefore that
covenant could not be changed.
00:38:10.19\00:38:13.96
OK?
00:38:14.26\00:38:15.38
So a covenant is
changed before people die.
00:38:15.49\00:38:18.82
When Christ died,
He sealed the covenant
00:38:19.02\00:38:21.92
from that time on. All right.
00:38:22.12\00:38:24.69
He's the
Mediator of a new covenant
00:38:35.08\00:38:37.59
by means of death.
00:38:37.79\00:38:40.61
In other words, in order
for the covenant to be in force
00:38:40.81\00:38:45.80
He had to die.
00:38:46.00\00:38:48.04
It required that.
00:38:48.24\00:38:50.48
That's the reason He's the
Mediator of a better covenant
00:38:50.68\00:38:53.79
because He died
for you and for me.
00:38:53.99\00:38:58.42
So Jesus came; He died.
00:39:06.31\00:39:10.15
By His death He put
into effect that covenant.
00:39:11.21\00:39:17.02
So it's been in
force, and so we read here:
00:39:26.62\00:39:29.83
Came, died on the
cross, paid the price
00:39:39.14\00:39:44.42
for you and for me.
00:39:44.62\00:39:47.52
That He did. Without
that, folks, we're lost.
00:39:47.72\00:39:52.13
Without that... no hope.
00:39:52.33\00:39:54.68
But Christ said: "Listen, I
want to enter into a covenant
00:39:54.88\00:39:58.73
with you. I will pay the price.
00:39:58.83\00:40:02.74
I'll die for you. "
00:40:02.94\00:40:05.81
Now if that's all
that was necessary,
00:40:06.01\00:40:09.02
that might be all right,
00:40:09.22\00:40:12.57
but the covenant required
much, much more than that.
00:40:12.77\00:40:18.35
You see, it doesn't just require
00:40:18.55\00:40:22.77
the death, it
requires a perfect life.
00:40:22.97\00:40:27.05
You see law - and that's
what He says... "if you'll obey
00:40:28.34\00:40:31.79
My commandments. "
00:40:31.82\00:40:33.18
Law is involved. The
law says if you break it
00:40:33.38\00:40:36.81
you must what? You
must pay the penalty.
00:40:37.01\00:40:41.74
So if I break the law,
then I must pay the penalty.
00:40:41.94\00:40:47.42
That... that's
true with everything.
00:40:47.63\00:40:50.47
If I go out here
and I run a stop sign,
00:40:50.57\00:40:53.59
then the cop gives me a ticket.
00:40:53.79\00:40:56.42
I'm going to
have to pay the fine.
00:40:56.62\00:40:58.39
I have to pay the penalty.
00:40:58.59\00:41:00.00
The penalty for
breaking God's law is what?
00:41:00.40\00:41:04.73
It's death.
00:41:04.93\00:41:06.58
I cannot... I
cannot pay that penalty
00:41:09.58\00:41:15.45
and have life.
00:41:15.65\00:41:17.60
I can pay the
penalty, if you please,
00:41:19.55\00:41:21.78
and die...
00:41:22.08\00:41:24.52
and be lost,
00:41:24.72\00:41:26.06
but I can't pay the
penalty and have life.
00:41:26.26\00:41:30.87
Therefore Jesus said: "I
will die in your place, "
00:41:32.26\00:41:38.23
and He paid the
penalty for you and for me.
00:41:38.43\00:41:43.07
So when I accept Jesus Christ
00:41:43.27\00:41:47.40
His death pays my penalty
00:41:47.60\00:41:50.76
and all my sins are forgiven...
00:41:50.96\00:41:55.42
and I stand right
in the eyes of God.
00:41:56.58\00:42:02.20
The law is satisfied.
00:42:02.40\00:42:07.43
OK?
00:42:07.64\00:42:09.49
But the law... the law now says
00:42:09.69\00:42:13.87
"OK, your debt's paid.
You're under no condemnation.
00:42:14.08\00:42:19.76
You just have to be perfect. "
00:42:21.31\00:42:23.30
That's what the law says!
00:42:24.89\00:42:27.09
The law will accept
nothing less, folks.
00:42:27.30\00:42:30.89
It will accept
nothing less than perfection.
00:42:31.09\00:42:33.61
You tell me one law that will.
00:42:33.81\00:42:36.69
Just tell me a law that will
accept something more than...
00:42:36.89\00:42:40.36
less than perfection.
00:42:40.57\00:42:42.41
If I run out here
and I get in the car
00:42:42.72\00:42:45.70
and I go out here
and I run the stop sign.
00:42:45.90\00:42:47.90
And policeman
pulls me over and says:
00:42:49.25\00:42:52.31
"Mr. Cox, didn't you
see that stop sign? "
00:42:52.41\00:42:54.23
And I say "Yes, sir. "
00:42:54.43\00:42:55.43
Say: "Well, why
didn't you stop? "
00:42:55.63\00:42:56.98
I say: "Officer, I'm holding
some meetings here, and I
00:42:57.18\00:42:59.90
go back and
forth here all the time
00:43:00.11\00:43:01.66
and I only run this
stop sign 1% of the time. "
00:43:01.86\00:43:05.45
What's he going to do?
00:43:06.68\00:43:08.11
Going to give me a ticket!
00:43:08.31\00:43:10.02
Going to tell me you stop
00:43:10.22\00:43:11.73
every time.
00:43:11.93\00:43:14.02
Law demands 100%.
00:43:14.22\00:43:16.69
Problem is...
is I'm not perfect.
00:43:16.89\00:43:21.28
That's the problem.
00:43:22.74\00:43:23.79
So Jesus said: "I'll
not only die for you,
00:43:23.99\00:43:27.48
I'll live a
perfect life for you. "
00:43:27.68\00:43:30.31
This is what it says:
00:43:30.34\00:43:32.23
Jesus Christ died that we
might be reconciled to God.
00:43:40.03\00:43:44.20
Said: "Yes, I'll come
and I'll die in your place.
00:43:51.84\00:43:56.86
But not only will
I die in your place
00:43:57.06\00:43:59.55
I'll live a
perfect life for you. "
00:43:59.76\00:44:03.26
Now if you don't get anything
else out of this presentation,
00:44:03.46\00:44:06.47
folks, I hope you get this
00:44:06.67\00:44:09.01
because as far as I'm concerned
it's the most important part
00:44:09.21\00:44:13.21
of it all.
00:44:13.31\00:44:14.32
And it says here:
00:44:14.52\00:44:15.59
Now watch carefully
what He's going to do
00:44:27.22\00:44:29.49
Now it says here that
He, through the blood of the
00:44:45.60\00:44:49.44
everlasting
covenant, will do what?
00:44:49.54\00:44:52.84
Will make you complete.
00:44:54.34\00:44:58.55
You see, dear friend,
that's the work of the Lord.
00:44:58.75\00:45:02.83
And you and I
must learn to do this.
00:45:03.03\00:45:07.57
You see, God's desire is
00:45:07.77\00:45:10.04
that you say to
Him: "You be my God.
00:45:10.24\00:45:14.04
I'll follow You.
00:45:14.24\00:45:17.09
I will surrender my life.
00:45:17.29\00:45:21.85
I will surrender my soul
00:45:22.05\00:45:25.03
to the work of
the Holy Spirit. "
00:45:25.23\00:45:27.67
And the Holy Spirit
works within us to make us
00:45:27.87\00:45:33.01
complete.
00:45:33.22\00:45:34.23
This is not your work.
00:45:34.43\00:45:36.52
This is not my work.
00:45:36.72\00:45:38.12
This is HIS work.
00:45:38.32\00:45:40.40
My job is to surrender.
00:45:40.60\00:45:44.16
And if I surrender, He
will do His work in my life.
00:45:44.46\00:45:49.64
Establishes it because you and I
00:46:06.65\00:46:09.67
can accept that.
And since it is Christ
00:46:09.87\00:46:14.02
who died... it's Christ
who lived a perfect life.
00:46:14.22\00:46:19.28
He never sinned once.
00:46:19.48\00:46:20.68
Not even so much as in thought.
00:46:20.89\00:46:24.09
He lived an
absolute perfect life.
00:46:24.29\00:46:26.99
And since He died and
He lived a perfect life,
00:46:27.19\00:46:31.17
that new covenant is
established on better promises.
00:46:31.37\00:46:37.04
His promises that
He made that you and I
00:46:37.24\00:46:40.99
can receive eternal
life in Jesus Christ.
00:46:41.19\00:46:44.81
What do I mean by that?
00:46:51.24\00:46:53.46
You cannot add one thing to it.
00:46:55.81\00:46:58.69
There's nothing you
can do, dear friend...
00:46:59.91\00:47:03.32
nothing that you can do...
00:47:03.52\00:47:06.34
to add to the plan of salvation.
00:47:06.54\00:47:09.02
The only thing
that you and I can do
00:47:09.22\00:47:12.96
is accept what Christ has done.
00:47:13.16\00:47:15.87
And He died and He
lived a perfect life
00:47:17.38\00:47:21.71
for you and for me.
00:47:21.91\00:47:24.90
Therefore He did
everything that was necessary.
00:47:25.10\00:47:29.91
Everything that was required
for you and I to have salvation.
00:47:30.11\00:47:34.02
Then what is my responsibility?
00:47:34.22\00:47:39.42
Well my responsibility
is simply to obey.
00:47:39.62\00:47:44.60
"If you will obey My
voice, keep My commandments,
00:47:47.12\00:47:51.42
then you shall be My people
00:47:51.62\00:47:55.27
and I will be your God. "
00:47:55.47\00:47:58.95
That's my responsibility.
00:47:59.15\00:48:00.55
That's what God asks
you and asks me to do
00:48:00.65\00:48:03.85
is to be obedient.
00:48:04.05\00:48:06.67
And if we're
obedient, then He says
00:48:06.87\00:48:09.49
"I'll bless you
in a special way. "
00:48:09.69\00:48:12.05
The wisest man that ever lived
00:48:12.25\00:48:14.74
summed it up very
wonderfully, and he said:
00:48:14.94\00:48:17.38
That you and I must
simply walk with Him,
00:48:27.98\00:48:32.69
follow Him in all that we do.
00:48:32.89\00:48:35.53
You see, this is talking about
a very special relationship.
00:48:48.29\00:48:51.41
He says: "I gave My
Sabbaths that it's a sign
00:48:51.61\00:48:57.51
that I can sanctify them. "
00:48:57.71\00:49:00.94
You know what that means?
00:49:01.14\00:49:02.16
That means that He
will work in our lives
00:49:03.99\00:49:06.61
to change our lives to make us
00:49:06.81\00:49:09.94
like Him
00:49:10.15\00:49:12.10
so that we do not sin.
00:49:12.30\00:49:14.71
That we don't
continue on sinning.
00:49:14.91\00:49:17.09
That that is to
stop in our lives.
00:49:17.19\00:49:19.61
And He works in us in a very,
very special way in our lives.
00:49:19.81\00:49:25.62
This is what He does,
00:49:25.82\00:49:27.14
and He says the
Sabbath is a sign of that.
00:49:27.34\00:49:30.55
It's a sign that "I am your God
00:49:30.75\00:49:35.42
and you are My people. "
00:49:35.62\00:49:38.81
That's what it represents.
00:49:39.01\00:49:40.40
This is the
covenant I'm going to make.
00:49:47.92\00:49:49.73
Now you need to
read that text carefully
00:49:59.83\00:50:01.94
because He says He will do what?
00:50:02.15\00:50:04.76
He says: "I will put
my laws in their mind;
00:50:06.60\00:50:11.94
I will write them
on their hearts. "
00:50:12.14\00:50:15.95
You see, that is
our relationship to Him.
00:50:16.15\00:50:19.38
That we are to
open up our lives.
00:50:19.58\00:50:22.34
We are to open up our hearts
00:50:22.54\00:50:24.20
and invite Him in and let
Him do His work in our lives.
00:50:24.40\00:50:28.93
I cannot... I
cannot just go my own way.
00:50:29.13\00:50:34.54
I have to surrender
and let Him work in my life
00:50:36.14\00:50:41.96
as He wants to work in my life.
00:50:42.16\00:50:44.22
That's what's to
happen in my life.
00:50:44.42\00:50:48.53
Jesus...
00:50:49.71\00:50:51.36
Jesus had a very, very special
relationship with His Father.
00:50:53.39\00:50:57.02
In fact, He came to this earth
00:50:57.32\00:51:00.36
to show you and I
how we are to live.
00:51:00.56\00:51:05.61
And He was to show
us how we're to live
00:51:05.81\00:51:08.96
and how we're to relate to Him
00:51:08.99\00:51:10.81
by the way He
related to His Father.
00:51:11.01\00:51:13.16
That's what He was to show us.
00:51:13.36\00:51:15.05
And it says here:
00:51:15.25\00:51:16.65
Said: "Abba, Father.
" That word Abba, folks,
00:51:26.34\00:51:29.69
is... comes
directly from the Hebrew.
00:51:29.89\00:51:32.56
We don't have a
word in English for it.
00:51:32.76\00:51:35.96
The closest word we
have for Abba is Daddy.
00:51:36.16\00:51:39.46
It talks about a very,
very close relationship
00:51:39.66\00:51:43.81
with the Lord.
00:51:44.01\00:51:45.20
That's what it talks about.
00:51:45.40\00:51:46.52
So when Jesus is there praying
00:51:46.72\00:51:50.47
and He said "Abba, Father... "
00:51:50.67\00:51:52.78
that talks about a close
relationship with the Lord Jesus
00:51:53.08\00:51:57.72
with His Father.
00:51:57.92\00:51:58.96
A very intimate relationship.
00:51:59.16\00:52:01.07
He wants to have that
same relationship with you
00:52:01.27\00:52:04.17
and with me.
00:52:04.37\00:52:05.83
Right in the heart of His law
00:52:06.03\00:52:10.73
He gives us that relationship.
00:52:10.93\00:52:12.85
It works like this:
00:52:13.05\00:52:14.53
right in the middle of
the Sabbath you have ABBA.
00:52:16.94\00:52:22.32
Abba, Father...
00:52:22.53\00:52:23.92
the
relationship God has with us.
00:52:24.13\00:52:26.56
Abba, Father,
00:52:31.12\00:52:35.32
let me be
00:52:35.52\00:52:39.55
Yours and Yours alone.
00:52:40.05\00:52:46.01
May my will
00:52:47.88\00:52:51.25
forever be
00:52:51.45\00:52:55.42
Yours and Yours
00:52:56.10\00:53:00.05
alone.
00:53:00.15\00:53:03.57
Never let
00:53:04.81\00:53:07.99
my heart grow cold.
00:53:08.19\00:53:12.74
Never let
00:53:13.43\00:53:17.14
me go.
00:53:17.34\00:53:21.18
Abba, Father...
00:53:22.05\00:53:26.19
let me be
00:53:26.39\00:53:29.89
Yours and Yours
00:53:30.09\00:53:35.42
alone.
00:53:35.62\00:53:40.51
Let us pray.
00:53:41.62\00:53:42.86
Heavenly Father,
00:53:44.15\00:53:45.69
we come to you tonight
00:53:45.90\00:53:47.81
asking for You to be our God.
00:53:48.01\00:53:51.02
That we might be Your children.
00:53:51.43\00:53:56.47
Bless us, Lord. May we
be mindful of Your words.
00:53:57.66\00:54:02.73
As You have given us
a sign in the Sabbath
00:54:02.93\00:54:06.37
that is to be...
represent that we are willing
00:54:06.57\00:54:10.90
to come to You and lay
everything upon the altar.
00:54:11.10\00:54:14.78
Accept Your death and Your life
00:54:14.98\00:54:19.69
in our behalf that
we might be blessed.
00:54:19.89\00:54:23.72
Bless each one here that they
may be drawn very close to You
00:54:23.93\00:54:28.73
in their relationship
with the Lord Jesus Christ.
00:54:28.93\00:54:32.16
For this we ask
in His name, Amen.
00:54:32.36\00:54:36.81
Well, God bless you.
00:54:37.01\00:54:39.29
Tomorrow's presentation
is How to Keep the Sabbath.
00:54:39.49\00:54:43.57
We hope it will help you
00:54:43.77\00:54:45.34
in your
relationship with Christ.
00:54:45.54\00:54:47.24
Uh, folks. Keep
your hearts surrendered.
00:54:47.44\00:54:50.28
Stay close to the Lord.
00:54:50.48\00:54:52.12
He wants to be your God.
00:54:52.32\00:54:54.42
I hope that each one
of you will be His people.
00:54:54.62\00:54:56.94
Jesus said in Luke chapter 8
00:54:59.03\00:55:01.10
a sower went
out to sow his seed.
00:55:01.30\00:55:03.55
And as he sowed,
00:55:03.75\00:55:05.26
some fell by the wayside
00:55:05.46\00:55:07.10
and it was trampled down
00:55:07.30\00:55:08.70
and the birds of
the air devoured it.
00:55:08.90\00:55:10.86
Some fell on rock
00:55:11.06\00:55:12.73
and as soon as it
sprang up it withered
00:55:12.93\00:55:14.88
because it lacked moisture.
00:55:15.08\00:55:17.01
And some fell among thorns
00:55:17.21\00:55:18.83
and the thorns sprang
up with it and choked it.
00:55:19.03\00:55:21.60
But others fell on good ground,
00:55:23.78\00:55:25.52
sprang up, and
yielded a crop a hundred-fold.
00:55:25.72\00:55:29.17
Jesus Christ came to
sow the seed of truth
00:55:29.37\00:55:32.20
into this world.
00:55:32.40\00:55:33.81
And just as every
seed has life in it,
00:55:34.01\00:55:36.57
the Word of God is also life.
00:55:36.77\00:55:39.02
Jesus said in John 6:63
00:55:39.22\00:55:41.59
"The words that I
speak to you, they are Spirit
00:55:41.79\00:55:45.07
and they are life. "
00:55:45.27\00:55:46.53
But sadly in this day and age
00:55:46.83\00:55:49.03
many professed
ministers of the gospel
00:55:49.23\00:55:51.46
don't accept the Bible
as God's inspired Word.
00:55:51.66\00:55:54.80
Because its plain teachings
condemn their practices
00:55:55.10\00:55:58.31
they have tried to
make it appear mysterious
00:55:58.51\00:56:00.94
and obscure in order to
excuse their own transgressions
00:56:01.14\00:56:04.15
of God's law.
00:56:04.35\00:56:05.62
There are those who
try to make everything seem
00:56:05.92\00:56:08.12
pleasant and positive.
00:56:08.32\00:56:09.70
They gloss over or
ignore the warnings of God,
00:56:09.90\00:56:12.68
and thus they strip the
Bible of the power to convict
00:56:12.88\00:56:16.19
sinners of their
need of salvation.
00:56:16.29\00:56:18.87
But no matter how brilliant
and how pleasant they sound
00:56:19.07\00:56:22.55
their message cannot
satisfy the spiritual hunger
00:56:22.75\00:56:26.39
of a true seeker.
00:56:26.59\00:56:28.37
The truth is that
ever since the fall of man
00:56:29.96\00:56:33.02
Satan has been busy
sowing the seed of error.
00:56:33.22\00:56:36.40
But friends, when the
Word of God is preached
00:56:36.60\00:56:39.26
in simplicity and sincerity,
00:56:39.36\00:56:41.32
it's powerful.
00:56:41.52\00:56:42.87
Instead of pointing
out the errors of others
00:56:43.07\00:56:45.33
or seeking to combat
the opponents of the gospel,
00:56:45.53\00:56:48.23
we must follow
the example of Christ
00:56:48.43\00:56:50.54
and simply sow
the seeds of truth.
00:56:50.74\00:56:53.42
Oh, yes, there will be seeds
that will fall by the wayside,
00:56:53.72\00:56:58.74
be eaten by the birds.
00:56:58.94\00:57:00.65
Other seeds will
sprout in stony soil
00:57:00.85\00:57:03.32
only to dry up
for the lack of water.
00:57:03.52\00:57:05.96
Still others will
fall among the thorns,
00:57:05.99\00:57:08.35
but many will spring up
to bear an abundant fruit.
00:57:08.55\00:57:13.10
The sower's job is to sow seed.
00:57:14.03\00:57:16.41
And believe me,
there is no greater joy
00:57:16.61\00:57:19.62
than to see the lives
transformed under the influence
00:57:19.82\00:57:23.07
of the Holy Spirit.
00:57:23.27\00:57:24.50
It's an experience
all of us can have,
00:57:24.70\00:57:27.14
and it's the only goal
we have as a ministry team.
00:57:27.34\00:57:31.54
We have a marvelous opportunity
00:57:31.57\00:57:33.73
to sow by broadcasting
these wonderful seeds of life
00:57:33.93\00:57:37.34
to the whole world.
00:57:37.54\00:57:38.93
Jesus gave all of us
the gospel commission.
00:57:39.23\00:57:42.10
Won't you join
us in this effort?
00:57:42.40\00:57:44.55
Please consider what you can do
00:57:45.67\00:57:47.47
for those who still
don't know about Jesus.
00:57:47.57\00:57:50.21
As the Holy Spirit impresses,
00:57:50.41\00:57:52.00
you may send your
tax-deductible gifts to:
00:57:52.20\00:57:54.48
Thank you for helping us
to bring the Blessed Hope
00:58:07.02\00:58:09.31
to millions all
around the world.
00:58:09.51\00:58:12.60