Hello friends grab your Bible
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and a friend and sit back as we
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explore God's word together on
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this November 15th 2004
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edition of House Calls.
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Good morning friends and welcome
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to another
program of House Calls
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live here from Thompsonville,
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Southern Illinois,
and I am glad to be
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here because I
don't know exactly
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what day it is. I've
had whirlwind weekend,
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but I'm glad that
John is here with me
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so good to see you again John.
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Yeah, it's great
to see you here too.
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And, where you last week?
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Oh! I'll tell you
I've had whirlwind week
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and I'm just glad to be here
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and by the way the year is 2004,
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a moment ago I
don't know what year I
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said it was,
2004. We are working on
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our different
accents here and that one
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just came in advertently,
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but we're excited
about going into a
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new topic today
and I wanna thank
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first Pastor Rick
Odle for sitting in last
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week for me, yes, and
we enjoyed seeing him.
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I had a chance to
tune in of the e-net,
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the internet where
I was, see now E-net
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to me rather than internet,
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email on the
internet and I had a chance
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to tune in and see God's word,
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are really wonderfully handled
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as you and Pastor Rick Odle
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answer the questions
and led into the topic.
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We had a great
time and Pastor Rick
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as many of you know who are
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3ABN watchers, have seen Rick
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many times on the screen.
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And it was
great to have him here
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answering questions with me.
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That's right.
There is one question
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that I know that
was asked last week
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and it's
regarding to the answers,
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the answers were very clear, yet
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a statement was
made that Rick just made
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briefly and that
I wanna make a quick
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correction on, sure,
because we got several
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calls about this,
and that correction
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is to the question
that was asked which
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is will they will
be, why were there no
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children in the Garden of Eden,
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and will there be
children in heaven?
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So we were looking
at the issue of being
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fruitful and multiplying.
Okay. And so I wanna
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look at that briefly
here as we start this
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segment of House
Calls and if you go to
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Genesis chapter 1; in
the end of chapter one
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is the verse that
we were talking about
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which is verse 28 where it says:
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God blessed them,
and God said to them,
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"Be fruitful and
multiply, and fill the earth
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and subdue it; and have dominion
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over the fish of
the sea and over the
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birds of the air and
over every living thing
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that moves upon the earth."
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And clearly we
made, he made a quick
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statement that
was after the fall,
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because it's before
the fall. That's right.
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And so we wanna
issue that correction
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here this
morning, when you're in
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questions and
answers and things like
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that as you see
John, I doing this morning,
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you know we try
to be 100 percent
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absolutely accurate
in every little word that
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comes out of
your mouth every time,
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so once in a
while we will come in
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and say you know
last week we've said
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something, some
viewers brought it up
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and we're glad
you did because if you
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bringing it up, it
probably means other
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people were thinking about it.
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That's right. And
we wanna make sure that
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you know yes that
being fruitful and multiply,
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God was commanding Adam and Eve
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before the fall to do just that.
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That's right. And so,
you know there were no
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children in the Garden
of Eden and we don't know
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why? The Bible
actually is silent on why
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they waited. We don't even know
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how long Adam and
Eve were in the Garden
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before they fell.
And I think one of the
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reasons why there
were no children in the
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Garden of Eden is
you'll notice that the
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Bible says in 1
Corinthians 15 verse 22:
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As in Adam all
die, even so in Christ
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shall all be made
alive, I believe that
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the Lord allow the
test of obedience to come
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to Adam and Eve before the fall,
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so that they could
pass on to their children
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either the seed of
obedience or the seed of
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disobedience.
Yes. And so you've find
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that they had two
sons spoken of in Genesis,
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Cain and Abel and
from that time to this day
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that represents
the fact that there are
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two groups of
people in the world.
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Two kinds of
individuals those who serve
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God based on what he requires
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and those who
serve God based on what
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they desire,
they decide he wants,
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and there Cain and Abel.
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So, I think God
was waiting to see
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what their stands and
responses are going to be
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and then their
children will be the offspring
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of the kind of fruit that
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Adam and Eve established.
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And my wife and I put
ourselves through a test.
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We got married
and we are going on 9
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or going on 10 years of marriage
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and we decide to
vague a period of time
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before we had children. Okay.
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Because we wanna know that we
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can work and integrate
together and get to use
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to each other in
things before we throw
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children into the
mix. Now some of you chose
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that have been married
and have gotten you know,
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had children right
away, not to do with that way,
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but we decided
to do with that way
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and so I think God in
many ways was giving them
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a test independently
before children came.
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As a matter of fact
we're gonna be talking about
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that test today as our
new topic for this month
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is about the
commandments of God,
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the law of God.
And we're gonna be
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talking about the law
in so many different areas,
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whether or not it's
still important today,
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what in fact is the law of God.
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There are some who say that God
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has hundreds and
hundreds and hundreds
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of commandments in the Bible.
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And so how do you
differentiate between
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the ten commandments and God's,
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and the other laws in scripture,
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and some even ask
well is the law of God
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still enforce today.
Has it been nailed to
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to the cross? Is
it just for the Jews?
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And all those
different questions
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we're gonna be talking
about that starting today
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and for the
reminder of the month.
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And I'm excited
about that because
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we live in the
world where you cannot
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exist without law. That's right.
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And we have to
think of God's government
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that we are glad, and
lead us into our questions
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this morning John.
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Yeah to get
our, our question and
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answers period started here,
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we have a question
that comes from Ekee Econie,
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doesn't see where,
where they're from,
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but they're
asking a question about
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Lamentations
2:9. Lamentations 2:9
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wow! And they're
asking for us to comment
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on Lamentations 2:9, okay,
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because of friend
of theirs is using
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this verse to
support the fact that the
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commandments are
no longer relevant.
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Now what better
question to start on,
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when we're talking
about the commandments
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of God than a
question regarding the
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commandments here! And so
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Lamentations 2:9 says this:
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Her gates have
sunk into the ground;
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he has destroyed
and broken her bars;
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her king and her
princes are among the nations;
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the law is no more,
and her prophets find
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no vision from the Lord. Right.
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Okay and I think
they are probably honing
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in on that statement
here the law is no more.
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And clearly if you look
at the rest of scripture,
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the rest of the
Bible, it does not say
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the law is no
more. In fact the law is
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something that Christ
said he came to fulfill,
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that he came to
magnify and make honorable
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and so what is it
speaking of when it is saying
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the law is no more.
And I find a couple of
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other scriptures
helpful one of them is,
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is found in 2 Chronicles 15:3
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and I'll go there
real briefly here,
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2 Chronicles 15:3
and as you going there
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you'll find friends
that this text is referring
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to the disobedience
of the people of God.
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And so as you go to that text,
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we'll go and
amplify that even more
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but remember if you
like to call in on your
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questions and comments
call in at 1-800-752-3226
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or email us at
housecalls@3ab.org,
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so for your Bible
questions housecalls@3ab.org
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and send those in
while we're on the program
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and we will get
those either in today or in
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or in upcoming
programs. That's right.
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You in Chronicles now. Yes,
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2 Chronicles chapter 15 Verse 3.
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It says: For a long
time Israel has been without
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the true God, and
without a teaching priest,
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and without law.
Okay. And so you ask,
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well why are they without law?
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It's because the
law is not applicable.
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Well, if you go to
Ezekiel chapter 7 and verse 26,
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okay, I'll give you
second friends to get there,
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Ezekiel 7 verse 26 it says:
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Disaster will come upon disaster
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and a rumor will be upon rumor;
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then they will seek a
vision from the prophet;
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but the law will
perish from the priest,
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and counsel from the elders.
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Friends this is talking
about that the priest stop
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or stopped teaching the law.
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In fact their
one point didn't know
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where the law
was, remember the king
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said loss a law and
they said they found it
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and they said oh!
What a glorious book
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may began read it and
well I think book was a
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Josiah that he said
let's began to read the law.
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Let's put it back
in it's proper place
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and so when it
says the law is no more
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it means that people
sees to teach the law.
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That's right.
And friends to degree
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we're in America, in
Christianity in general
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has law sight of
God's law. You know,
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I'm glad you
brought that out because
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when you think of
this text in actually
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in Lamentations 2 it
talks about the practices
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of the leaders and
the priest in Israel
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and it says in verse
6: He has done violence
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to His tabernacle,
as if it were a garden;
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he has destroyed
His place of assembly;
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the Lord has
caused the appointed feast
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and Sabbaths to
be forgotten in Zion,
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in His burning indignation,
He has spurned the king
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and the priest."
And because of the
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disobedience of
God's leaders and people
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he was in essence
saying as the Bible says:
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To obey is
better than sacrifice,
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and to listen
than the fat of rams.
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In order words I
don't really want your
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sacrifices, what I
want is your heart,
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I don't really want your
worship that's meaningless,
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I want you
obedience. And they were
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disobedient and that's
what it's talking about
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here.
Disobedience that tries to keep
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the law out of
just obligation is not
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acceptable in the sight of God
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and that's what he
was talking about here.
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He was not by
any means saying from
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this point on
there is no law because
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God's government always
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has a law connecting to it.
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Now, the second
half of this question
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refers to Matthew
5:17 which he says
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his friend also
uses. Okay. But I believe
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that as his friend, excuse me,
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reads verse 17 he
doesn't read verse 18.
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Okay. And so let's
read both 17 and 18, okay,
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in Matthew chapter 5, it says:
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"Do not think that
I come to destroy the
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law or the prophets;
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I did not come to
destroy but to fulfill.
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That's right. For
surely I say to you,
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till heaven and earth pass away,
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one jot or one
title will by no means
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pass from the law
till all is fulfilled."
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That's right. In
order words what it saying
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is that until the
heavens and the earth
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pass way, my law will
never fail, that's right.
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And even as long it is
existence, that's right
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and don't even feel
after that, that's right,
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but it's
referring to new heavens
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and a new earth
which is when the new earth
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is created. That's right.
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And the heaven is
then move to earth
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as it center of the New
Jerusalem, New Jerusalem.
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Exactly, to the
center of his capital,
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his government which we talked
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about last week, that's right.
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So, it's God's law enforce today
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we're kind of jump
ahead of ourselves,
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yeah absolutely, yes. Okay.
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In fact well, no
I don't wanna jump
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ahead I'm not gonna go there,
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okay you're not gonna go there.
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Let's go ahead and,
and go with the next
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question, okay. Well,
you know I got a question,
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I had the privilege of
going on to the internet
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and I have some
of mine right here
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on my computer this
question is from a person
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who just gives
their email actually
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Ronald in Southern California.
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And I'll read
the question, he says
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my question is
this I have a friend
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who is a Messianic
Jew, he was Jewish person
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who was accepted Jesus
Christ he says the Lord
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and Savior of his
life. He has been baptized by
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immersion and as a Seventh-day
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Sabbath Keeper at this local
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Messianic Church
from Friday sundown
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to Saturday sundown.
He keeps the crucial law,
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no pork, no seafood
extra. Now, since he was
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a Seventh-day Sabbath Keeper and
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he's looking forward to
the Second Advent Christ,
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he does not believe
in the secret rapture,
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that's the left behind theory.
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Would he be considered a
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Seventh-day
Adventist, even though
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he is not a
member of SDA Church?
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I don't see a
difference between the two
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and I'm and I'm wrong
to assume my conclusion.
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Thank you Ronald
for your question,
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you know I, I cite John 10:16
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I remember that
says, Jesus says:
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And other sheep I have,
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that are not of this
fold: them also I must bring,
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and they will hear my voice,
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and there will be one
fold and one shepherd.
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Now, we're
living in the last days,
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because of the
gospel of God going
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throughout the world.
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People are
discovering bits and pieces
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of the truths of
scripture that have been
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ignored and loss
for many, many years.
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One is the
Sabbath and the other one
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is the visible second
coming of Jesus Christ
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as you pointed out
that he doesn't believe
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in the rapture,
secrete rapture that is.
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Another one is
baptism by immersion
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and accepting Jesus Christ as
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his personal Lord and Savior,
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now you said
Seventh-day Adventist.
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Now, the quote,
the phrase I wanna use
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here is he's an
Adventist looking forward to
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the second coming of Christ.
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He keeps the
Sabbath therefore he falls
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into the category of a
Sabbath keeping Adventist,
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a person looking
forward to the second coming of
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Jesus Christ. But
when you use a phrase
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Seventh-day
Adventist, you identify
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with the
specific body of believers
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who have more to
their creed of beliefs
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than just the ones
that I've mentioned here.
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And so I would say
yes what he's doing is
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acceptable by
God, but to say he is a
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Seventh-day
Adventist means he has all
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27 fundamental
beliefs totally and harmony
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with what the
church, what the Seventh-day
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Adventist church teach us.
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And I don't
know that for a fact,
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but does God
accept what he does?
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Yes, as he serving the
Lord out of his knowledge
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of scripture, yes,
and will he be saved
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with the Lord
returns I do believe he will.
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I have no evidence
to say to the contrary.
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So, but the
Seventh-day Adventist Church
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John as you know
teaches many more beliefs,
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what is his belief
about the sanctuary message,
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does he belief that the
Lord is now our mediator
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in the sanctuary,
are there number of other
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teaching in scripture.
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And I couldn't go
into all of them right now,
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but he's on the right
track and praise the Lord
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for his desire to
have first and foremost
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the key of salvation
is. Accepting Jesus Christ
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and his shed
blood for our salvation
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in our atonement.
Amen, John we have
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another
question from this person
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remains or asked to
be remaining Anonymous,
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okay, so he say
Anonymous from, Texas, okay.
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And the question
goes his follows,
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he says my son's
girlfriend has been going to
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church with him
about a year and half
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and now once has
the pastor given them
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altar call. She's
ask me several times
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if a person
wanted to be saved and
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join the church how
it a person do that,
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when there never
is the altar call.
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She says that they
give an altar call in
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a Baptist church every time,
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I realize that to
join the Adventist church
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is different because they have
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Bible studies and
other things that help
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believers become
you know accept Christ
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in so forth. But
she's saying that,
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she like to hear this discussed,
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you know she like
an answer to this why
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is that this pastor
isn't doing or giving
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an appeal. You
know, we're both pastors
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and I don't think
there is a message on
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Sabbath that we
preach that doesn't end with
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some kind of an appeal, right.
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And that appeal
isn't always give your life
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to Jesus
appeal, sometimes there,
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she look forward to
baptism. Right, sometimes,
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sometimes their
appeal is for, so making
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some choices in your life,
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for looking at
things a little differently
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and encouraging them
to recommit their life
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to Jesus in so
forth. That's right.
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But I do agree
that sometimes a call
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needs to go
forward for baptism of
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those who feel like
they have not giving
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their heart to
Christ and not been baptized
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to accept that
step. And, and so I would
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encourage maybe
your pastor to go ahead
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and talk with this
young lady and ask her
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if she has a desire
for baptism and if she does
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she engaging the
Bible studies which you say,
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she is already engaging in.
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And lead her to
baptism, but as pastors
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we definitely agree
with, that there should be
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an appeal of some
type with every message.
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And because the
pastor doesn't know
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the condition or the
desire of every person
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in the
congregation, that's one of the
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reasons why it is important for
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him to challenge him
and say you know if you
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wanna give your heart
to the Lord Jesus Christ
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and make him
your personal savior
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such and such
respond to the call
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or come forward or
see me after unless
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have prayer together.
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But he should
never because there are
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some people that
are attending church
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and that day
maybe their last time
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I have a very, I
haven experience that
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is so close to
home of a young man
00:16:09.78\00:16:12.45
that few weeks ago. He's started
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to attending our
church, he was there
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two Sabbaths in a
row and sadly enough
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my heart is still
revived over this,
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is very, very recent.
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He had a terrible
accident the very next day
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and the fact of
the matter is died,
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he passed away, he
not with us any longer.
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But that week
from first time he came
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to church to the
last time he came
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was a week of
transition in his life.
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And because my
wife and I visit with he
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and his fiancée and I
saw changed in his life
00:16:40.81\00:16:43.64
that I feel God
had, had come into that
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young mans life and given him
00:16:45.87\00:16:47.72
a new
direction. And so you don't
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have to be in a
church for years to accept
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the Lord as
matter of fact I was in
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California pastoring
and I met a young man
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who came to my house.
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The very day that my wife and I
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was moving into the
new area to the new church,
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and he said to me I said
well you must be a church
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elder I said. He said no,
00:17:05.10\00:17:06.87
I said are you a
deacon? He said no,
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I said you're member here?
00:17:08.74\00:17:10.21
He said no, and
I well who are you?
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He said well I
attend this church and
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I wanted to meet
your for specific reason.
00:17:14.49\00:17:16.49
He says now let
me make a request
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when you preach your
sermons be very direct
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don't be around the
bush and make an all to call.
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I've been in this
church for two years
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and I've never been
asked to give my life
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to the Lord. Well, today
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he and his wife and
children are members
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of the church and praise God.
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And so friends he
was the encouragement
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and I encourage
pastor also you never know
00:17:34.22\00:17:36.59
when somebody is
coming to the church
00:17:36.60\00:17:37.93
for the last
time. You never know
00:17:37.94\00:17:40.02
when God may be
calling on their hearts
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for the last time,
always in your sermon
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with some kind of appeal,
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where they can
invite Jesus Christ
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into their lives.
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You know, I'll go ahead and read
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this question and I
know we usually go back
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and forth, sure, but
you mentioned the term
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passed away. We
had a question about
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that term passed away.
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I did in the Slid Segway,
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there we go,
you said quite over.
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This question comes from Glenn
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and he's from
Hagerstown, Maryland, okay.
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Anyway Glenn asks
very often we hear
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the term "Passed
Away" when people referred
00:18:09.08\00:18:11.86
to someone who is died.
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And he said he mix the comment,
00:18:13.76\00:18:15.90
he says you know when Jesus die
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he doesn't remember that,
00:18:17.21\00:18:18.34
the Bible calls
that he passed away
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and when he was
hanging on the cross
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and then he was put in the grave
00:18:22.90\00:18:24.36
and he doesn't
say he passed away.
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And so why is it
that we called this,
00:18:25.63\00:18:28.35
use this term,
"passed away", and he says
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there's some, is
that something that Satan
00:18:31.46\00:18:33.07
is using you know to
get us deceived about.
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Oh! It's not really,
they're just passing away,
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well it isn't but
the term passed away
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actually is found
in the Bible, okay.
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John I didn't know this,
okay, until this question
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was asked and so if you look to
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John 5 verse
24, John 5 verse 24,
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there's the theme
that is carried from
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this verse to a
couple other scripture using
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at the same way.
And it says in verse 24:
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"Most assuredly, I say to you,
00:19:02.18\00:19:04.20
he who hears My
word and believes in Him
00:19:04.21\00:19:06.56
who sent Me has
everlasting life,
00:19:06.57\00:19:08.93
and shall not
come into judgment,
00:19:08.94\00:19:10.84
but has what? Passed
from death into life.
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Now, in this
situation up use the term
00:19:15.29\00:19:18.19
passed is used from
passing from death to life.
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A Christian who
is giving their heart
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to Christ for
the first time, but
00:19:24.34\00:19:27.73
could also say,
you could also say
00:19:27.74\00:19:29.86
that the term
passed is going from
00:19:29.87\00:19:31.64
one state to other. Right! So,
00:19:31.65\00:19:33.91
when we are here
and alive on this earth
00:19:33.92\00:19:36.68
and we died I
believe the term passed
00:19:36.69\00:19:38.98
is we've gone from one
state to another state.
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Okay, and make that clear.
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You mean you no longer alive,
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no longer alive,
but you're not dead,
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or sleep as the
Bible used sleep in Jesus
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for those who are Christian.
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Because you know
somebody maybe listening
00:19:51.62\00:19:53.25
they'll say well what
state have you gone from,
00:19:53.26\00:19:55.55
exactly, you know
earthly state because
00:19:55.56\00:19:57.21
there some people
that and one of the reasons
00:19:57.22\00:19:59.85
why this phrase
has been use more than
00:19:59.86\00:20:02.10
just the word dead is because
00:20:02.11\00:20:04.70
when you're in Jesus
Christ you are sleeping
00:20:04.71\00:20:08.31
until the Lord
comes. Yes, you're dead
00:20:08.32\00:20:10.50
Lazarus is dead as
Jesus said very clearly
00:20:10.51\00:20:12.70
in John chapter 11,
so the phrase passed away
00:20:12.71\00:20:16.49
is just in comparison
to died and went to heaven.
00:20:16.50\00:20:19.60
We know that you
don't die and go to heaven,
00:20:19.61\00:20:21.31
we say they're passed away.
00:20:21.32\00:20:22.58
And it just
evolved not the scriptural,
00:20:22.59\00:20:25.39
not as scriptural
phrase passed away
00:20:25.40\00:20:28.35
being put together, but
it's not also being used
00:20:28.36\00:20:31.35
as a satanic ploy to
make people think that
00:20:31.36\00:20:34.66
you are not dead
but you've now in a
00:20:34.67\00:20:36.24
different state.
I don't want that
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I did a comment to play either,
00:20:37.49\00:20:39.33
you know and
speaking the word state
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you know what state be in.
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We're gonna have a
Bible study I'm sure
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that will happened pretty soon,
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please say that. What happens
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when you died, the
state of death, right,
00:20:46.52\00:20:48.66
the state of life even, you know
00:20:48.67\00:20:50.38
what is it when we're alive?
00:20:50.39\00:20:51.38
You know what is a living soul
00:20:51.39\00:20:53.00
all those things,
so stay tune for that
00:20:53.01\00:20:54.52
at some point in the future.
00:20:54.53\00:20:55.55
But you know one
other thing regarding
00:20:55.56\00:20:57.07
the passed I think
passed away is used
00:20:57.08\00:20:59.15
as a sensitive way for doctors
00:20:59.16\00:21:02.18
and for others
to, to tell someone
00:21:02.19\00:21:04.10
that a loved one is died.
00:21:04.11\00:21:05.44
Your dad was a
doctor so you know, yes,
00:21:05.45\00:21:07.58
so he would come in
and if someone had died
00:21:07.59\00:21:09.51
and he would often
had to tell them that he,
00:21:09.52\00:21:10.91
you know that they died, right.
00:21:10.92\00:21:12.74
When you waiting to
hear has my loved lived
00:21:12.75\00:21:15.74
the last thing he
wanted to do he say
00:21:15.75\00:21:17.61
by the way he's
dead, it's so hard.
00:21:17.62\00:21:21.33
It just too burnt and
harsh I mean yes it is
00:21:21.34\00:21:23.42
difficult to grasp but
to say that we lost him,
00:21:23.43\00:21:26.75
he passed away it seems
to be more sensitivity in,
00:21:26.76\00:21:29.98
soft and say little
bit allow someone to deal
00:21:29.99\00:21:31.86
with the issue of death.
00:21:31.87\00:21:32.93
And it, in it still
saying the same thing,
00:21:32.94\00:21:34.86
it is saying the
same thing, right.
00:21:34.87\00:21:36.08
So, no it's not I do
not believe that it's a ploy
00:21:36.09\00:21:40.62
of Satan to minimize death,
00:21:40.63\00:21:43.12
but as John said
maybe some medical
00:21:43.13\00:21:45.64
professionalism some
people have used that
00:21:45.65\00:21:47.28
phrase to soften
the fact that you know.
00:21:47.29\00:21:49.63
Your brother just passed away,
00:21:49.64\00:21:52.00
not pass from earth to heaven,
00:21:52.01\00:21:54.19
not passed from
this state of life to
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another state of
life where he still
00:21:56.68\00:21:58.11
communicating
but he passed away he
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is no more, his life is seized.
00:22:00.37\00:22:02.10
Do you have
anymore there because I
00:22:03.52\00:22:05.63
wanna dive into our
subject today I know
00:22:05.64\00:22:07.45
we have about 35
minutes once again friends
00:22:07.46\00:22:10.08
if you like to send
questions in send them to
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housecalls@3abn.org
or if you wanna call
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00:22:16.60\00:22:22.91
and that's information
that hey if you wanna get
00:22:22.92\00:22:26.61
in there use that information.
00:22:26.62\00:22:28.01
You know, there is a, there is a
00:22:28.02\00:22:29.28
question here but
it's not complete I mean,
00:22:29.29\00:22:31.32
okay, we want
address it because we
00:22:31.33\00:22:32.48
can't really but I wanna to ask
00:22:32.49\00:22:34.68
Ted from New Hampshire
to calling his question
00:22:34.69\00:22:38.66
again because we
only got a piece of that
00:22:38.67\00:22:40.23
and I'm bringing
this up, because he said
00:22:40.24\00:22:42.33
he's calling in
several times and, and
00:22:42.34\00:22:44.33
we haven't
addressed yet, okay, but
00:22:44.34\00:22:46.14
there is a reason we
haven't because we don't
00:22:46.15\00:22:47.91
get the whole picture here.
00:22:47.92\00:22:48.90
He says Christ
says you will not reach
00:22:48.91\00:22:52.02
all the cities if
Jerusalem before his return.
00:22:52.03\00:22:54.49
People will think they
can wait until the last
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minute and please address us.
00:22:57.67\00:23:00.17
Well, we don't
know where the reference
00:23:00.18\00:23:01.86
that you're getting
Ted to Christ said that
00:23:01.87\00:23:04.12
we won't, that all
the cities of Jerusalem
00:23:04.13\00:23:06.71
won't be reach before his return
00:23:06.72\00:23:08.08
because the one
scripture we keep thinking
00:23:08.09\00:23:10.40
of in the Bible is Matthew 24:14
00:23:10.41\00:23:12.61
where it says: That this gospel
00:23:12.62\00:23:14.65
will be preached to all
the world, that's right.
00:23:14.66\00:23:16.64
And so, please call
in let us know where
00:23:16.65\00:23:20.10
which scripture
you're getting that
00:23:20.11\00:23:21.08
and maybe that little
bit note your question
00:23:21.09\00:23:22.37
so we can address it
probably for you next time.
00:23:22.38\00:23:24.88
Okay, matter of fact
you will find that Jesus
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when he commission
as he was ascending
00:23:28.10\00:23:30.37
to heaven in the book of Acts,
00:23:30.38\00:23:31.45
he said go to
Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria
00:23:31.46\00:23:35.56
"and unto the
uttermost part of the earth"?
00:23:35.57\00:23:37.22
As the matter of
fact he told his disciples
00:23:37.23\00:23:38.80
began with those
in Jerusalem and today
00:23:38.81\00:23:42.36
there are those who
believe that Jerusalem
00:23:42.37\00:23:44.66
in the Middle East
has the special ruled
00:23:44.67\00:23:47.87
to play in the last
days and some have even
00:23:47.88\00:23:50.11
taken on the role
that the Jews today are
00:23:50.12\00:23:52.19
still God's called,
God's chosen people.
00:23:52.20\00:23:54.55
Well, as a nation as an
individual person God isn't
00:23:54.56\00:23:57.56
cast them away, but
the acceptance of Christ
00:23:57.57\00:24:00.97
as Lord and Savior is
not exclusive to Jews,
00:24:00.98\00:24:03.98
nor are the Jews
locked out from that,
00:24:03.99\00:24:07.44
but as far as the
Gospel going to all the world
00:24:07.45\00:24:10.20
I believe this going
to reach also Jerusalem,
00:24:10.21\00:24:12.61
Judea and every
living person on the earth
00:24:12.62\00:24:16.45
before the Lord
comes. Wow, should we,
00:24:16.46\00:24:19.91
should we segway into
our, our topic this morning.
00:24:19.92\00:24:22.45
Let's do that, we've
been talking about this
00:24:22.46\00:24:24.81
as matter of fact
this subject on the second
00:24:24.82\00:24:26.80
coming of Christ
was so exciting that we
00:24:26.81\00:24:31.56
extended it, I
think two weeks longer
00:24:31.57\00:24:33.93
because the
questions was so many.
00:24:33.94\00:24:36.17
And you will
discover, is very good,
00:24:36.18\00:24:37.86
it was very, very good questions
00:24:39.56\00:24:40.53
but we decided for
this month of November
00:24:40.54\00:24:43.15
we're going to try to
get into the law of God
00:24:43.16\00:24:45.57
and do you know I
think we may to some degree
00:24:48.99\00:24:49.96
if it does happen
go over into the month
00:24:49.97\00:24:52.18
of December a little
bit. Because now the 15th
00:24:52.19\00:24:54.08
of November and we're
just starting the topic
00:24:54.09\00:24:56.03
and the law of
God is amazingly large
00:24:56.04\00:24:58.71
when we talk
about just keeping it
00:24:58.72\00:25:01.83
for two or three
weeks. But one thing I'd like
00:25:01.84\00:25:05.20
to began by saying
is we are living in the
00:25:05.21\00:25:07.68
United States of
America and we have a government
00:25:07.69\00:25:10.68
this government is
a republic and we are
00:25:10.69\00:25:13.71
supportive of
democracy you know voting.
00:25:13.72\00:25:15.78
But you'll discover that
in every functioning society
00:25:15.79\00:25:19.24
of the earth, matter
of fact I'll extend that
00:25:19.25\00:25:21.31
every society no
matter whether it's small band
00:25:21.32\00:25:24.10
of, of primitive individuals
of very modern thriving
00:25:24.11\00:25:28.53
metropolis large
city like New York.
00:25:28.54\00:25:31.34
Every society has, as
it's base a set of laws,
00:25:31.35\00:25:36.02
a set of rules, a
set of regulations
00:25:36.03\00:25:37.68
are justice or judicial system.
00:25:37.69\00:25:39.79
And for that reason
we discover that the
00:25:39.80\00:25:42.64
very apex of the
law of God is based on
00:25:42.65\00:25:45.95
the fact that God's
government will never
00:25:45.96\00:25:49.73
exist without a law
at the center of it.
00:25:49.74\00:25:53.36
Because without
law there is no order,
00:25:53.37\00:25:56.58
there is now
peace, there is no society
00:25:56.59\00:25:58.44
that could ever
sustain peace, apart from
00:25:58.45\00:26:00.65
having a law as a
part of it's constitution.
00:26:00.66\00:26:02.44
You know, in, in
some Psalm 89 verse 14
00:26:02.45\00:26:06.13
gives us this
very picture of a law.
00:26:06.14\00:26:08.70
That's right, as
matter of fact go ahead
00:26:08.71\00:26:10.05
and read that
for us Psalms 89:14,
00:26:10.06\00:26:11.54
Psalms 89 verse
14 the law of God is
00:26:11.55\00:26:15.10
being based on a
principle read that for us John.
00:26:15.11\00:26:17.27
It says:
Righteousness and justice
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are the
foundation of your throne.
00:26:19.35\00:26:21.51
Mercy and truth
go before your face.
00:26:21.52\00:26:24.13
Okay, so
righteousness and justice
00:26:24.14\00:26:26.77
and when we talk about justice,
00:26:26.78\00:26:28.60
think about a court
setting and the Bible talks
00:26:28.61\00:26:31.03
about the
judgment of God the court,
00:26:31.04\00:26:32.75
the books being
open. But you cannot
00:26:32.76\00:26:35.32
have a justice
system without laws
00:26:35.33\00:26:39.33
by which we are
determining whether
00:26:39.34\00:26:41.42
or not justice has been served
00:26:41.43\00:26:42.83
or whether or not mercy
00:26:42.84\00:26:44.55
or whether or not
there is truth can had it.
00:26:44.56\00:26:46.70
You know, and I'll take
it a step further, okay.
00:26:46.71\00:26:49.22
You can't have
mercy unless you have law.
00:26:49.23\00:26:52.34
I like that,
that's very good. Because,
00:26:52.35\00:26:53.87
how can you give
someone mercy if there is no
00:26:53.88\00:26:56.70
law to give a mercy
for, that's right, that he is
00:26:56.71\00:26:58.76
broken or she is
broken. Have you ever get
00:26:58.77\00:27:00.39
this speeding
ticket? And they ask for
00:27:00.40\00:27:02.47
mercy, you know I
got this speeding ticket
00:27:02.48\00:27:05.73
and please don't
write me about this you
00:27:05.74\00:27:07.14
say pastor speeding well.
00:27:07.15\00:27:08.64
All of us at one
point or another,
00:27:08.65\00:27:09.99
let me encourage you hadn't have
00:27:10.00\00:27:10.98
the speeding
ticket in over 9 years
00:27:10.99\00:27:12.56
until a few months
ago. And I was in a hurry,
00:27:12.57\00:27:15.35
I should always
gauge myself but anyway.
00:27:15.36\00:27:17.96
But I got stop by a
police officer once and I
00:27:18.60\00:27:21.42
said to him. You know, you and I
00:27:21.43\00:27:23.44
are on the same
page and he looked at me
00:27:23.45\00:27:25.24
like unusual way
because he knew I
00:27:25.25\00:27:27.00
was not a police.
I said I'm a pastor
00:27:27.01\00:27:29.10
and I teach that
God's law should be appeal
00:27:29.11\00:27:31.72
that law and we should
all be law biting citizens.
00:27:31.73\00:27:34.70
And I said you
know I'm on my way
00:27:34.71\00:27:36.58
and I mention to
him where I was going
00:27:36.59\00:27:37.82
and he said to me
tell that to the judge.
00:27:37.83\00:27:40.91
Well, he didn't
give me any mercy,
00:27:43.05\00:27:44.46
he acknowledges that
I had broken violated
00:27:44.47\00:27:47.23
the law and so I did go to court
00:27:47.24\00:27:49.13
and I mentioned that
very thing to the judge.
00:27:49.14\00:27:51.09
And he said to
me did you tell that
00:27:51.10\00:27:53.07
to the police
and I said yes I did,
00:27:53.08\00:27:55.17
I told I was on my
way to one of our schools.
00:27:55.18\00:27:57.08
Something it happen
there and I was in a
00:27:57.09\00:27:58.89
hurry, it was an
emergency response
00:27:58.90\00:28:00.82
and he said case dismissed.
00:28:00.83\00:28:03.07
And he extended
to me mercy, yes,
00:28:03.08\00:28:05.65
in spite of the fact
that the law was violated.
00:28:05.66\00:28:08.37
He didn't say I
didn't speed, he didn't say I
00:28:08.38\00:28:10.45
didn't exceed the speed limit,
00:28:10.46\00:28:11.72
he says because
of the circumstances
00:28:11.73\00:28:13.58
I'm extending to you mercy,
00:28:13.59\00:28:14.76
because you told the
truth so praise the Lord.
00:28:14.77\00:28:16.97
Amen, that but
there's something else about
00:28:16.98\00:28:19.24
God's law that we
want you to also look at
00:28:19.25\00:28:21.05
turn with us to
Romans 7 verse 12,
00:28:21.06\00:28:24.25
Romans 7 and verse
12 because lot of times
00:28:24.26\00:28:28.32
we wondered if God is
holy then what does the
00:28:28.33\00:28:31.43
Bible say about God's law.
00:28:31.44\00:28:33.17
If the government of
God is a holy government,
00:28:33.18\00:28:35.88
if the kingdom of
God is a holy kingdom
00:28:35.89\00:28:38.15
then what does the
Bible say concerning
00:28:38.16\00:28:40.57
God's law John read that for us
00:28:40.58\00:28:42.32
Romans 7 and verse 12. It says:
00:28:42.33\00:28:46.25
Therefore the law is holy,
00:28:46.26\00:28:47.86
and the commandment
holy and just and good.
00:28:47.87\00:28:51.46
So, friends we have to
ask ourselves a very simple
00:28:51.47\00:28:54.54
question is there
anything wrong with God's law
00:28:54.55\00:28:58.36
and the answer has to be no, no.
00:28:58.37\00:29:01.81
The law is holy,
and the commandment holy
00:29:01.82\00:29:05.04
and just and good
and we will find out in
00:29:05.05\00:29:08.61
just a moment after we
go to our next reference
00:29:08.62\00:29:10.27
turn with us to
Exodus chapter 20.
00:29:10.28\00:29:11.84
Because the lot of times
people haven't really read
00:29:11.85\00:29:14.53
the ten commandments of God,
00:29:14.54\00:29:16.42
they haven't seen
it in it's entirety
00:29:16.43\00:29:18.32
and so we wanna read it
for you right you take you
00:29:18.33\00:29:21.76
with us to Exodus
chapter 20 and also
00:29:21.77\00:29:25.38
after that we're going
go to Deuteronomy chapter 5.
00:29:25.39\00:29:27.63
Because the lot of times
people don't realize that
00:29:27.64\00:29:30.54
the ten commandments
of God are also written
00:29:30.55\00:29:32.73
in the book of
Deuteronomy chapter 5
00:29:32.74\00:29:34.72
and well this
good idea. When you go
00:29:34.73\00:29:39.97
to Exodus chapter 20
you'll discover that the
00:29:39.98\00:29:42.37
authority behind the
ten commandments of God
00:29:42.38\00:29:44.42
is non other then
God, the all mighty,
00:29:44.43\00:29:47.69
supreme, perfect
God and it begins,
00:29:47.70\00:29:51.32
I'll start with the commandment
00:29:51.33\00:29:53.02
it's actually
begin, it begins in
00:29:53.03\00:29:55.88
verse 1 and verse 2 and it says
00:29:55.89\00:30:00.00
Exodus 20
beginning with verse 1:
00:30:00.01\00:30:02.47
And God spoke all
these words, saying:
00:30:02.48\00:30:05.89
and here is how he
begins the commandments:
00:30:05.90\00:30:09.69
"I am the Lord
your God, who brought
00:30:09.70\00:30:12.31
you out of the land of
Egypt, out of the house
00:30:12.32\00:30:15.44
of bondage. "You
shall have no other gods
00:30:15.45\00:30:19.16
before Me. He right away says
00:30:19.17\00:30:21.98
I am the Lord your
God, I am the one in-charge
00:30:21.99\00:30:24.23
here in all the things
that are going to follow
00:30:24.24\00:30:26.54
this that words that I
say. First commandment,
00:30:26.55\00:30:29.87
"You shall have no
other gods before Me."
00:30:29.88\00:30:33.86
That's a sermon in of itself,
00:30:33.87\00:30:35.87
that's right and
it's hard not to sermon at
00:30:35.88\00:30:38.07
all of these things,
that's right, each of
00:30:38.08\00:30:39.71
these commandments.
So, we'll try to avoid
00:30:39.72\00:30:41.15
doing that at this
point, okay but the
00:30:41.16\00:30:42.13
second commandment is
found starting in verse 4.
00:30:43.85\00:30:46.20
"You shall not make for
yourself a carved image,
00:30:46.21\00:30:49.36
any likeness of anything
that is in heaven above,
00:30:49.37\00:30:52.22
or that is in the earth beneath,
00:30:52.23\00:30:54.12
or that is in the
water under the earth;
00:30:54.13\00:30:56.25
you shall not bow down
to them nor serve them.
00:30:56.26\00:30:59.08
For I, the Lord your
God, am a jealous God,
00:30:59.09\00:31:01.94
visiting the
iniquity of the fathers
00:31:01.95\00:31:04.09
upon the children
to the third and fourth
00:31:04.10\00:31:05.78
generations of
those who hate Me,
00:31:05.79\00:31:07.49
but showing mercy to thousands,
00:31:07.50\00:31:09.90
of those who love Me
and keep My commandments.
00:31:09.91\00:31:12.49
Yeah, that's one of
the longer ones, it is,
00:31:12.50\00:31:14.43
along with the
forth commandment which
00:31:14.44\00:31:16.11
you're gonna be
coming up in a moment
00:31:16.12\00:31:17.10
and along with
the tenth commandment
00:31:17.11\00:31:19.10
about covetousness,
but you'll discover
00:31:19.11\00:31:21.06
what he says so
wonderfully he says:
00:31:21.07\00:31:22.61
Thou shalt not make
unto thee any graven image,
00:31:22.62\00:31:24.95
or curved
images. Because he says
00:31:24.96\00:31:27.07
I am the only living
God and Isaiah talks about
00:31:27.08\00:31:30.02
that and I don't wanna
sermonize on that either,
00:31:30.03\00:31:32.38
but we'll get into
that even further down the
00:31:32.39\00:31:34.08
road but that's
the second commandment.
00:31:34.09\00:31:35.75
Now, the third one is in
00:31:35.76\00:31:37.79
Exodus chapter 20 and verse 7:
00:31:37.80\00:31:39.79
"You shall not,
and by the way we're
00:31:39.80\00:31:43.05
reading from the
New King James version,
00:31:43.06\00:31:44.62
but for those who are have the
00:31:44.63\00:31:46.23
King James
Version it almost sounds
00:31:46.24\00:31:47.92
real more divine when
you see thou shall not, yes.
00:31:47.93\00:31:51.01
Thou shall not take
the name of the lord
00:31:51.02\00:31:53.33
they God in vain,
for the Lord will not
00:31:53.34\00:31:56.19
hold him guiltless who
takes His name in vain.
00:31:56.20\00:31:58.97
A lot of people
say well how do you
00:31:58.98\00:32:01.18
take God's name in
vain and I could go on
00:32:01.19\00:32:03.26
and on, on that one,
yeah. But one other ways
00:32:03.27\00:32:05.55
which many
people not aware of is,
00:32:05.56\00:32:07.44
you may not realize
this but some times in our
00:32:07.45\00:32:09.83
prayers I believe
Matthew 7 talks about
00:32:09.84\00:32:12.88
vain reputation
and the Lord says:
00:32:12.89\00:32:15.77
when you pray, don't
use vain repetitions,
00:32:15.78\00:32:19.09
as the heathen
do. And sometimes they
00:32:19.10\00:32:21.44
prayed and they
mention their God's name
00:32:21.45\00:32:23.11
over and over and over
and over and over again
00:32:23.12\00:32:24.62
and I think it
kind of get tired of me
00:32:24.63\00:32:26.51
if I was talking
to you and I said John
00:32:26.52\00:32:28.02
by the way John, John
did you know what John
00:32:28.03\00:32:29.75
and John, yeah. You
don't wanna take the
00:32:29.76\00:32:31.49
holy name of God
use it over and over
00:32:31.50\00:32:33.76
as a matter of fact describes,
00:32:33.77\00:32:35.17
when they were
writing the holy write
00:32:35.18\00:32:37.63
they had a special
pen whenever they use
00:32:37.64\00:32:39.86
God's name Yahweh or Jehovah.
00:32:39.87\00:32:41.95
They put down their
common pen and picked up
00:32:41.96\00:32:43.99
a different one all
together to write his holy name.
00:32:44.00\00:32:46.01
So, holy and referent
is the name of the Lord.
00:32:46.02\00:32:48.81
In fact everywhere
in the scripture that,
00:32:48.82\00:32:50.42
that name appears, that's right,
00:32:50.43\00:32:51.83
it's a different
font it says Lord.
00:32:51.84\00:32:54.51
That's right. And so
they even picked that up
00:32:54.52\00:32:57.70
up in the translation
that God's name is so holy,
00:32:57.71\00:32:59.84
we shouldn't just vainly
repeat over and over again,
00:32:59.85\00:33:01.81
that's right don't
take it in vain and don't
00:33:01.82\00:33:03.28
use in, in convenient ways.
00:33:03.29\00:33:05.31
We, we always
often teach our children
00:33:05.32\00:33:07.18
they said oh! God,
yeah, you know that's
00:33:07.19\00:33:09.72
flippant, don't use
God's name in that way
00:33:09.73\00:33:11.84
and here I'm, I'm sermonizing.
00:33:11.85\00:33:13.57
We need to go to the forth one,
00:33:13.58\00:33:15.32
let's go to forth
one, starting if verse 8:
00:33:15.33\00:33:17.09
"Remember the
Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
00:33:17.10\00:33:19.84
Six days you shall
labor and do all your work,
00:33:19.85\00:33:22.81
but the seventh day
is the Sabbath of the
00:33:22.82\00:33:24.87
Lord your God. In it
you shall do no work:
00:33:24.88\00:33:27.89
you, nor your
son, nor your daughter,
00:33:27.90\00:33:31.18
nor your male servant,
nor your female servant,
00:33:31.19\00:33:33.55
nor your cattle,
nor your stranger
00:33:33.56\00:33:35.44
who is within your gates.
00:33:35.45\00:33:36.44
For in six days the
Lord made the heavens
00:33:36.45\00:33:39.32
and the earth, the sea,
and all that is in them,
00:33:39.33\00:33:41.45
and rested the seventh day.
00:33:41.46\00:33:43.39
Therefore the Lord
blessed the Sabbath day
00:33:43.40\00:33:45.92
and hallowed it.
Okay, the longest of the
00:33:45.93\00:33:48.61
commandments
verse 8, 9, 10 and 11,
00:33:48.62\00:33:51.58
that's the forth commandment
we're gonna be talking
00:33:51.59\00:33:53.29
talking about that
one. Because lot of people
00:33:53.30\00:33:54.49
say hey I was,
where was I and last,
00:33:54.50\00:33:58.81
and last twelve days I
don't know where I was.
00:33:58.82\00:34:02.30
I was somewhere,
I was in Tennessee,
00:34:02.31\00:34:04.20
then I was in Spokane and
00:34:04.21\00:34:05.18
I was in anyway.
But someone was saying
00:34:05.19\00:34:07.45
that hey you know
it's important that we
00:34:07.46\00:34:09.73
keep God's Sabbath
that's why we go to
00:34:09.74\00:34:11.62
church every, every Sunday
00:34:11.63\00:34:13.03
and we're gonna
be talking about that
00:34:13.04\00:34:14.43
in the moment.
Last night I was coming
00:34:14.44\00:34:16.71
home and I was so
tired I called you
00:34:16.72\00:34:18.43
and I said I'm
gonna pull off the road
00:34:18.44\00:34:19.94
and I went to a
book store and as I
00:34:19.95\00:34:22.35
went to check out at
the counter there was a
00:34:22.36\00:34:23.97
book entitled
"Things That You Can Add
00:34:23.98\00:34:29.68
to The Ten Commandments"
00:34:29.69\00:34:31.21
and it was thick book,
things That You Can Add
00:34:31.22\00:34:34.52
to The Ten
Commandments and I open the book
00:34:34.53\00:34:36.29
to my wonderful surprise
it was not a single thing
00:34:36.30\00:34:40.26
written in the book,
all the pages were empty
00:34:40.27\00:34:43.05
and I thought. And I
said to the person at
00:34:43.06\00:34:45.66
the counter I said this
is amazing all of the things
00:34:45.67\00:34:49.36
that you can add to
the Ten Commandments
00:34:49.37\00:34:50.76
and there was not a
single thing in the book
00:34:50.77\00:34:52.37
which meant you can add anything
00:34:52.38\00:34:54.26
to the Ten Commandments.
00:34:54.27\00:34:55.24
Because man didn't write them,
00:34:55.25\00:34:56.73
God wrote them and
we'll find that out
00:34:56.74\00:35:00.13
in just a moment
when we go to the
00:35:00.14\00:35:01.13
next one. Now,
we're gonna go to the
00:35:01.14\00:35:02.61
5th commandment and by the way
00:35:02.62\00:35:04.18
I wanna mention
this. The first four
00:35:04.19\00:35:06.54
commandments distinctly
outline your relationship
00:35:06.55\00:35:10.98
which is vertical
between you and God,
00:35:10.99\00:35:13.46
between us and God,
our relationship between
00:35:13.47\00:35:16.33
God and us, is outline in the
00:35:16.34\00:35:18.91
first four commandments.
00:35:18.92\00:35:20.08
But then now you have
horizontal relationship
00:35:20.09\00:35:23.15
am I doing it right? Yes,
side to side is horizontal,
00:35:23.16\00:35:24.94
that's right. I forget
all those terms sometimes,
00:35:24.95\00:35:27.33
now the next six
commandments talk about
00:35:27.34\00:35:29.37
about your
relationship between you and
00:35:29.38\00:35:30.67
your fellow man,
notice this up and down
00:35:30.68\00:35:32.78
and side to side. And so now God
00:35:32.79\00:35:36.37
begins with the
very important command:
00:35:36.38\00:35:38.70
"Honor your
father and your mother,
00:35:38.71\00:35:43.03
verse 12 of
Exodus 20, that your days
00:35:43.04\00:35:45.57
may be long upon
the land which the Lord
00:35:45.58\00:35:47.46
your God is giving you.
00:35:47.47\00:35:49.91
Now, John that's a
blessing, it is a blessing,
00:35:49.92\00:35:53.33
it's a promise right
there in the middle of the,
00:35:53.34\00:35:55.78
the commandments
that's right, yeah.
00:35:57.17\00:35:58.54
And it seem to
us honor our parents
00:35:58.55\00:36:00.60
now I know that
right now somebody maybe
00:36:00.61\00:36:02.67
saying but I have
some week appearance.
00:36:02.68\00:36:04.69
Paul adds to
that later on he says,
00:36:04.70\00:36:07.58
obey your parents in
the Lord for this is right
00:36:07.59\00:36:10.55
do not provoke your
children, anger itself
00:36:10.56\00:36:12.79
to talks about
fathers. But what's nice about
00:36:12.80\00:36:15.12
this it says your
life will be extended
00:36:15.13\00:36:17.73
God will give you
along wonderful life
00:36:17.74\00:36:20.01
when you live a life
of honor to your parents.
00:36:20.02\00:36:22.88
Is there anything
wrong with that command,
00:36:22.89\00:36:24.47
no, nothing so far we
haven't found anything
00:36:24.48\00:36:27.00
wrong with the ten
commandments of God
00:36:27.01\00:36:29.39
and we're up to
number 6 now, yes.
00:36:29.40\00:36:32.39
This is very long one John by
00:36:32.40\00:36:33.40
the way in verse 13 it
is and you know get ready,
00:36:33.41\00:36:36.86
okay, you miss it. "You
shall not kill or murder
00:36:36.87\00:36:41.04
as the New King
James Version says,
00:36:41.05\00:36:42.72
that's right. And you
know why one of the reasons
00:36:42.73\00:36:45.30
where I modify that
because lot of people
00:36:45.31\00:36:47.05
say well we kill,
well you know kill the,
00:36:47.06\00:36:48.59
we kill the war.
We're gonna be talking about
00:36:48.60\00:36:50.34
that in specifics,
but it's here it says
00:36:50.35\00:36:52.26
it puts in the
right context I like this.
00:36:52.27\00:36:55.01
You shall not murder
and matter of fact in
00:36:55.02\00:36:57.07
the New Testament
Jesus says you've heard
00:36:57.08\00:36:59.08
he said thou shall not kill,
00:36:59.09\00:37:00.06
but it talks about
thou shall do no murder.
00:37:00.07\00:37:02.53
Talking about
premeditated a act,
00:37:02.54\00:37:04.29
that's right,
planning to take someone's life
00:37:04.30\00:37:06.83
out of a premeditated moment
00:37:06.84\00:37:09.13
or premeditated
setting, that's right.
00:37:09.14\00:37:11.83
So, is it wrong to
kill, is it wrong to
00:37:11.84\00:37:13.49
to murder someone.
Yes it is, yes it is
00:37:13.50\00:37:15.52
and now there
right now, I could see
00:37:15.53\00:37:17.58
the questions
coming in right away,
00:37:17.59\00:37:19.04
what about war, what about
00:37:19.05\00:37:20.58
when a nation was wiped out by
00:37:20.59\00:37:22.76
the Israelites in battle.
00:37:22.77\00:37:24.06
We'll be
talking about that also,
00:37:24.07\00:37:25.78
now the seventh commandment,
00:37:25.79\00:37:28.08
you know I heard
a very funny story
00:37:28.09\00:37:29.97
you know this in,
this is not a funny one by
00:37:29.98\00:37:31.28
the way at all. But
this is a another one
00:37:31.29\00:37:33.71
that's not very
long but very powerful
00:37:33.72\00:37:35.50
verse 14 of Exodus chapter 20:
00:37:35.51\00:37:37.59
"You shall not
commit adultery, zero.
00:37:37.60\00:37:41.59
Zero no modifications
one way or the other,
00:37:41.60\00:37:44.69
that's right. People
maybe seem but what about
00:37:44.70\00:37:46.69
all the wives that
the Bible talked about
00:37:46.70\00:37:48.63
the prophets
having. And Abraham and,
00:37:48.64\00:37:50.42
and Salomon who
had seven hundred wives
00:37:50.43\00:37:53.69
and three hundred concubines.
00:37:53.70\00:37:55.04
And what about some
societies where people
00:37:55.05\00:37:56.95
have more than one wife today,
00:37:56.96\00:37:58.34
what about where
they believe in Polygamy
00:37:58.35\00:38:00.77
well the command meant
still stands of Abraham
00:38:00.78\00:38:04.36
had just one wife,
there wouldn't be a war
00:38:04.37\00:38:06.84
in the Middle East
today, that's right.
00:38:06.85\00:38:08.72
So, that's number
seven, now look at
00:38:09.47\00:38:12.05
the next one verse
15, commandment number
00:38:12.06\00:38:13.90
8 verse 15:
"You shall not steal,
00:38:13.91\00:38:16.19
oh! That's pretty clear
too, that's pretty clear,
00:38:16.20\00:38:19.26
these are getting
little shorter than
00:38:19.27\00:38:20.24
they will before.
And you know there are
00:38:20.25\00:38:21.72
shorter but there
concentrated, that's right
00:38:21.73\00:38:23.98
and they have more
that's a part of it
00:38:23.99\00:38:27.20
and just the simple
phrase here for example.
00:38:27.21\00:38:29.01
You find in, in
Malachi 3 where it says:
00:38:29.02\00:38:32.75
"Will a man rob
God? Well, can you steal
00:38:32.76\00:38:35.29
from God, can you
actually tale money from
00:38:35.30\00:38:37.10
God's bank
account? No, because the
00:38:37.11\00:38:39.35
earth is Lord's
and everything in it
00:38:39.36\00:38:40.74
belongs to him.
He has wealth that's
00:38:40.75\00:38:42.59
never ending, but
in the certain way
00:38:42.60\00:38:45.03
we do with hold
from God and rob from him
00:38:45.04\00:38:47.37
with our tithes and offerings,
00:38:47.38\00:38:49.09
tithes and offerings, exactly.
00:38:49.10\00:38:50.07
Stealing somebody mean what if I
00:38:50.08\00:38:51.54
need food to eat
and I need to steal
00:38:51.55\00:38:52.91
because I have no job
and I'm starving to death,
00:38:52.92\00:38:54.87
well we will be
talking about that also,
00:38:54.88\00:38:56.44
but so far we are up
to commandment number 8,
00:38:56.45\00:38:58.50
now we're going go
to number 9 verse 16
00:38:58.51\00:39:01.14
it says: "You shall
not bear false witness
00:39:01.15\00:39:03.69
against your
neighbor. Which is you shouldn't
00:39:03.70\00:39:05.65
lie, that's right.
When you go to court
00:39:05.66\00:39:08.06
they said do you
solemnly swear to
00:39:08.07\00:39:10.67
tell the truth, the
whole truth in nothing
00:39:10.68\00:39:12.52
but the truth so help you God.
00:39:12.53\00:39:15.53
And we put our
hand on the Bible and
00:39:15.54\00:39:18.12
raise our hand
and when Jesus said
00:39:18.13\00:39:20.25
let your yes be
yes and your no be no
00:39:20.26\00:39:22.07
and don't even
modify that. You know,
00:39:22.08\00:39:23.89
there are some people that tell
00:39:23.90\00:39:25.36
what they called partial truths;
00:39:25.37\00:39:27.50
a partial truth to
God is a whole life.
00:39:27.51\00:39:30.12
You find in scripture
where what said Abraham,
00:39:30.13\00:39:33.38
who was really
concerned that his wife
00:39:34.10\00:39:37.40
would betokening
from him so he lied
00:39:37.41\00:39:39.30
and said that his sister.
00:39:39.31\00:39:40.72
What there wasn't a sister?
00:39:40.73\00:39:42.21
But there was some medium truth
00:39:42.22\00:39:44.74
to that along the way
but that wasn't really
00:39:44.75\00:39:46.53
the question. So, we
have to be totally honest,
00:39:46.54\00:39:49.19
there is no such
thing little white lie
00:39:49.20\00:39:51.81
or a large black
lie or medium size lie
00:39:51.82\00:39:53.54
anywhere in between
in the great context.
00:39:53.55\00:39:56.93
Thou shall not
steal, we can give a share
00:39:56.94\00:39:59.48
of truth and with
whole keep heart of it
00:39:59.49\00:40:02.24
within tent and we're lying.
00:40:02.25\00:40:04.79
So, we have to
be very careful with
00:40:04.80\00:40:07.44
this commandment
although it small,
00:40:07.45\00:40:08.54
that's right, it
covers a wide rang of,
00:40:08.55\00:40:10.20
of things in, in the
lives of individuals.
00:40:10.21\00:40:12.35
Do not bear
false witness against
00:40:12.36\00:40:13.93
your neighbor,
who's your neighbor,
00:40:13.94\00:40:15.12
everyone walking on the plan,
00:40:15.13\00:40:16.48
that's right, not
just the people live in
00:40:16.49\00:40:18.31
next door. And
the last one verse 17:
00:40:18.32\00:40:20.49
"You shall not covet
your neighbor's house;
00:40:20.50\00:40:23.61
you shall not covet
your neighbor's wife,
00:40:23.62\00:40:26.35
nor his male servant,
nor his female servant,
00:40:26.36\00:40:29.32
nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor
00:40:29.33\00:40:31.34
anything that is
your neighbor's."
00:40:31.35\00:40:33.24
I was listening to
the news last night
00:40:33.25\00:40:35.95
on the radio
when I was coming back
00:40:35.96\00:40:37.50
and it was on
3ABN as matter of fact
00:40:37.51\00:40:40.65
our radio program.
And I like the fact that
00:40:40.66\00:40:43.47
Brother Bill Tucker
was having a program
00:40:43.48\00:40:45.88
and the lead into that
program was as follows,
00:40:45.89\00:40:48.59
have you notice he said that the
00:40:48.61\00:40:52.47
other man's job
always seems to pay more,
00:40:52.48\00:40:54.81
the other man's
house always seems
00:40:54.82\00:40:56.38
to be better, the
other man's wife always
00:40:56.39\00:40:58.26
seems to look
prettier than yours,
00:40:58.27\00:40:59.45
the other man's
salary seems to be
00:40:59.46\00:41:01.27
larger than
yours? Yeah, why is that
00:41:01.28\00:41:02.77
we always look and
think that the grass
00:41:02.78\00:41:04.59
is greener on the other side,
00:41:04.60\00:41:06.11
that's why this commandment is
00:41:06.12\00:41:07.75
here friends. Because sometimes
00:41:07.76\00:41:08.99
our eyes are
bigger like my mother
00:41:09.00\00:41:11.29
used to say your
eyes are bigger than
00:41:11.30\00:41:12.59
your belly, you
have more food on your
00:41:12.60\00:41:14.31
plate than you
can eat, that's right.
00:41:14.32\00:41:16.31
You know why
because of, of covetousness,
00:41:16.32\00:41:18.63
that's right. And
Luke says, that A man's
00:41:18.64\00:41:21.07
life is not consist in
the abundance of the things
00:41:21.08\00:41:24.79
which he
possesses, number of years ago
00:41:24.80\00:41:26.61
there was a bumper
sticker here in the
00:41:26.62\00:41:27.76
United States says: "He who dies
00:41:27.77\00:41:30.16
with the most toys
wins" and I thought I
00:41:30.17\00:41:33.58
was ridiculous and
then somebody came up
00:41:33.59\00:41:35.60
with the counteracting sticker
00:41:35.61\00:41:37.35
"He who dies with the
most toys still dies."
00:41:37.36\00:41:39.91
It doesn't really
matter how many toys
00:41:39.92\00:41:42.23
you have when
you dead you're dead.
00:41:42.24\00:41:44.02
And so right there
in entirety friends
00:41:44.03\00:41:46.53
we have seen
the ten commandments
00:41:46.54\00:41:48.27
of God, but now go with us to do
00:41:48.28\00:41:51.00
Deuteronomy
chapter 5. Because that's
00:41:51.01\00:41:53.75
where the
commandments of God are also
00:41:53.76\00:41:55.59
written and there
was a very interesting
00:41:55.60\00:41:58.26
passage that I
want you to read that's
00:41:58.27\00:42:00.76
why I'm having you go
to Deuteronomy chapter 5.
00:42:00.77\00:42:03.03
And by the way you'll
find the commandments of
00:42:03.04\00:42:05.95
God starting in
Deuteronomy chapter 5
00:42:05.96\00:42:07.92
from verse 6 down to verse 21
00:42:07.93\00:42:11.37
same commandments we just read
00:42:11.38\00:42:13.50
the Ten
Commandments. Where written
00:42:13.51\00:42:16.37
right there in
Exodus 20 and also
00:42:16.38\00:42:18.03
Deuteronomy
chapter 5, but look at
00:42:18.04\00:42:20.42
verse 22 and I'll
like you to read that
00:42:20.43\00:42:22.87
for us John. Deuteronomy
chapter 5 and verse 22,
00:42:22.88\00:42:25.99
this is very
important because it talks about
00:42:26.00\00:42:28.58
how complete the
commandments where when
00:42:28.59\00:42:30.04
God finished writing them.
00:42:30.05\00:42:31.73
And it says in verse 22:
00:42:31.74\00:42:35.19
"These words the Lord
spoke to all your assembly,
00:42:35.20\00:42:37.70
in the mountain from
the midst of the fire,
00:42:37.71\00:42:39.97
the cloud, and
the thick darkness,
00:42:39.98\00:42:41.74
with a loud voice;
and He added no more.
00:42:41.75\00:42:45.05
And He wrote them
on two tables of stone
00:42:45.06\00:42:48.53
and gave them to
me. Notice how much,
00:42:48.54\00:42:51.33
how much did God add
when he finished writing,
00:42:51.34\00:42:53.62
writing the Ten
Commandments it says
00:42:53.63\00:42:55.36
he added how
much friends? No more,
00:42:55.37\00:42:58.54
he didn't add anything
to the Ten Commandments
00:42:58.55\00:43:01.02
after that. He
didn't make them optional,
00:43:01.03\00:43:03.29
there were not ten suggestions,
00:43:03.30\00:43:05.09
there were not ten
ideas, and there were
00:43:05.10\00:43:07.54
Ten Commandments.
And right here you see
00:43:07.55\00:43:08.52
that in order
for God's law to have
00:43:10.01\00:43:13.07
it's impact today we
can't add anything more
00:43:13.08\00:43:16.28
to it and we can't
subtract anything from it.
00:43:16.29\00:43:18.81
You know, the
other part of this verse
00:43:18.82\00:43:20.42
that it talks about to is that,
00:43:20.43\00:43:21.93
and we're gonna get
into this a little bit
00:43:21.94\00:43:23.35
I think pretty soon, is that he,
00:43:23.36\00:43:25.01
he wrote them during a time of
00:43:25.02\00:43:27.12
Great Darkness, that's right.
00:43:27.13\00:43:28.86
And the children of
Israel had just been
00:43:28.87\00:43:31.73
delivered from Egypt
and in Egypt remember
00:43:31.74\00:43:35.23
we talked earlier
about Lamentation 2:9, right.
00:43:35.24\00:43:38.15
They will without
law, it didn't mean that
00:43:38.16\00:43:41.01
God's law didn't exist
even they said they didn't
00:43:41.02\00:43:41.99
focus on it and
understand it's implication
00:43:42.00\00:43:45.00
and teacher
they were in slavery,
00:43:45.01\00:43:46.77
that's right.
And so, it was a time
00:43:46.78\00:43:47.94
of Great Darkness
and so then from the
00:43:47.95\00:43:49.80
thick darkness God gives them
00:43:49.81\00:43:51.38
the Ten Commandments.
That's right, brings out
00:43:51.39\00:43:53.09
the light, he
says he adds no more
00:43:53.10\00:43:54.77
and he writes them
with his own finger
00:43:54.78\00:43:57.04
on two tables of stone and stone
00:43:57.05\00:43:59.11
shows that it's, it's perpetual,
00:43:59.12\00:44:01.73
that's right. It's
forever, it exist forever,
00:44:01.74\00:44:03.71
so lot a little things in this,
00:44:03.72\00:44:06.21
in this text packed in.
00:44:06.22\00:44:07.19
As a matter of
fact the reference you
00:44:07.20\00:44:09.12
just talked about in
Deuteronomy 4 verse 12,
00:44:09.13\00:44:11.21
Deuteronomy 4 verse
12 you wanna write this
00:44:11.22\00:44:13.91
down. It talks
about what the Lord did
00:44:13.92\00:44:16.68
when he finished
writing the commandments,
00:44:16.69\00:44:19.26
the Ten Commandments,
reading verse 12 of
00:44:19.27\00:44:21.36
Deuteronomy 4: And
the Lord spoke to you out
00:44:21.37\00:44:24.54
of the midst of the
fire. You heard the sound
00:44:24.55\00:44:27.94
of the words, but saw no form;
00:44:27.95\00:44:30.49
you only heard a voice.
00:44:30.50\00:44:32.00
So He declared
to you His covenant
00:44:32.01\00:44:34.90
which He
commanded you to perform,
00:44:34.91\00:44:37.74
that is the Ten Commandments;
00:44:37.75\00:44:41.34
and He wrote them
on two tables of what?
00:44:41.35\00:44:45.86
Of stone. He
wrote them on two tables
00:44:45.87\00:44:50.09
of stone. So, notice
what other word is use there;
00:44:50.10\00:44:53.85
another word is
use there his covenant.
00:44:53.86\00:44:55.94
The commandments
of God are embodied in
00:44:55.95\00:44:58.31
his covenant, that's right, yes.
00:44:58.32\00:44:59.48
And He wrote them
on two tables of stone
00:45:00.44\00:45:02.60
and there's friend
you cannot get away
00:45:02.61\00:45:04.30
from the fact that
it doesn't say hundreds
00:45:04.31\00:45:06.78
of laws or
thousands of laws. It says
00:45:06.79\00:45:08.93
his covenant the
Ten Commandments,
00:45:08.94\00:45:12.66
Ten Commandments. So, you know
00:45:13.12\00:45:15.70
as Exodus 31:18 is the reference
00:45:15.71\00:45:18.04
that you'll
talking about a moment ago
00:45:18.05\00:45:19.22
and written with
the finger of God.
00:45:19.23\00:45:20.72
You know, years ago I set down
00:45:21.43\00:45:22.42
and I had a, we're
having a debate I was
00:45:22.43\00:45:25.10
invited to
television program in California
00:45:25.11\00:45:27.40
and we'll mention the program.
00:45:27.41\00:45:28.72
But there was a
very, there was a very
00:45:29.36\00:45:32.63
forward pastor
there and I use the word
00:45:32.64\00:45:35.51
I wanna be
respectful. But he was
00:45:35.52\00:45:36.71
little arrogant I
wanna say that word.
00:45:36.72\00:45:38.90
But he was little
arrogant and I said
00:45:39.35\00:45:40.55
you know what
the commandments of
00:45:40.56\00:45:42.11
God will return
by the finger of God
00:45:42.12\00:45:44.14
and I was amazed to
hear him beat little
00:45:44.73\00:45:47.68
that he said which finger was it
00:45:47.73\00:45:49.26
the pinky, was it the Thumb,
00:45:49.27\00:45:50.24
was it first,
second, third, four,
00:45:50.25\00:45:51.22
which hand was it do you know?
00:45:51.50\00:45:52.65
And I thought how
unholy for a pastor
00:45:52.66\00:45:56.00
to be joking
about something so holy
00:45:56.57\00:45:58.51
as God's Ten Commandments.
00:45:58.52\00:46:00.09
It is in fact
friends not only just
00:46:00.10\00:46:02.95
Ten Commands, but
it is a transcript
00:46:02.96\00:46:06.24
of the character
of God. I will never
00:46:06.25\00:46:08.43
write something
down for you to honor
00:46:08.44\00:46:10.44
that doesn't reflect who I am?
00:46:10.45\00:46:13.10
That's right, the
Ten Commandments of God
00:46:13.11\00:46:14.66
are holy as he as
holy and they are not
00:46:14.67\00:46:18.10
be taken lightly.
You know, the other
00:46:18.11\00:46:19.91
thing is very interesting that I
00:46:19.92\00:46:21.25
had really thought
about it until just
00:46:21.26\00:46:22.53
recently, is that
there only two occasions
00:46:22.54\00:46:25.41
where a finger appeared to write
00:46:25.94\00:46:27.73
something down. One is the Ten
00:46:27.74\00:46:30.61
Commandments, yeah,
what's the other one?
00:46:30.62\00:46:32.71
In the hall of Daniel
00:46:32.72\00:46:34.03
right there in
Babylon, in Babylon,
00:46:34.04\00:46:35.54
and where a
finger or hand of a man
00:46:36.06\00:46:39.94
appear to write in
the wall, the stone
00:46:39.95\00:46:42.44
wall many, many
tackle you far seen
00:46:42.45\00:46:45.30
that's right
they've been weight in
00:46:45.31\00:46:46.40
the balance and
found wanting That's right,
00:46:46.41\00:46:48.18
and so is it, was
it serious for that
00:46:48.58\00:46:51.48
king who saw the
words written on the wall
00:46:51.49\00:46:53.76
absolutely, it was serious.
00:46:54.14\00:46:55.42
In fact there
was no belittling as
00:46:55.43\00:46:56.98
was it is index
finger, was is it
00:46:56.99\00:46:58.54
the third finger,
was pinky whatever.
00:46:58.55\00:47:00.01
He knew he was
shaking in his boot,
00:47:00.02\00:47:02.15
that's right, because God was
00:47:02.16\00:47:03.99
pronouncing judgment upon him,
00:47:04.00\00:47:05.55
so when God
writes with his finger
00:47:05.56\00:47:07.42
friends it's a
serious, serious matter.
00:47:07.43\00:47:09.74
You know, I'm glad
you pointed that out
00:47:09.90\00:47:10.89
because there are some churches
00:47:10.90\00:47:11.93
and some pastors who
say and I'm gonna Say
00:47:11.94\00:47:14.21
this without swallowing,
00:47:14.22\00:47:15.95
there are some
pastors who say well I know
00:47:16.84\00:47:19.28
that God has Ten Commandments,
00:47:19.29\00:47:21.08
but it's just for
the Jews they say.
00:47:21.09\00:47:24.48
And they often
refer to the fact that
00:47:24.49\00:47:26.63
when the
commandments were written down
00:47:26.64\00:47:28.21
on tables of stone
it was given to Moses
00:47:28.22\00:47:30.70
on Mount Sinai,
then he gave it to
00:47:30.71\00:47:32.51
the Israelites.
But here's the thing
00:47:32.52\00:47:34.56
that you must ask yourself
00:47:34.57\00:47:36.05
and we're gonna go
into this in just a few
00:47:36.06\00:47:37.25
moments here is,
are the Israelites
00:47:37.26\00:47:40.57
or the Jews, the
people of God the only ones
00:47:40.58\00:47:43.87
that are to honor their parents?
00:47:43.88\00:47:45.71
Are they only ones
to keep their marriage
00:47:46.25\00:47:48.08
vows pure by not
committing adultery?
00:47:48.09\00:47:50.06
Are they only
ones to be honest in
00:47:50.07\00:47:51.74
their finances
not stealing from God?
00:47:51.75\00:47:54.06
Are they only
ones that cannot covet
00:47:54.07\00:47:56.44
and everybody else
can take what doesn't
00:47:56.45\00:47:57.90
belong to them?
Are they only ones
00:47:57.91\00:47:59.86
that are called
to honor the Lord
00:47:59.87\00:48:02.29
and not worship
other Gods? No friends
00:48:03.18\00:48:05.41
everyone who was ever been born
00:48:05.42\00:48:07.79
after Adam, even
Adam, even before
00:48:08.15\00:48:10.41
Adam, everyone
that has ever come
00:48:10.42\00:48:12.51
into existence,
including the angels
00:48:12.52\00:48:15.07
of heaven, we are
all called to obedience
00:48:15.08\00:48:17.89
into honor and
worship the holy God,
00:48:17.90\00:48:19.88
who has at the foundation of his
00:48:20.19\00:48:22.23
government his
law. That's right.
00:48:22.24\00:48:24.56
And matter of fact
Nehemiah 9:13 tells us
00:48:24.57\00:48:29.76
how God's law
was written. You know
00:48:29.77\00:48:32.69
God wasn't
living in Mount Sinai,
00:48:32.70\00:48:35.67
he came down to Mount Sinai.
00:48:36.29\00:48:38.24
I like this, in
order for the law of God
00:48:38.25\00:48:40.15
to be written, to be given to us
00:48:40.16\00:48:41.39
on tables of
stone. God descended,
00:48:41.40\00:48:44.43
he, he condescended,
but in order for us
00:48:44.44\00:48:47.35
to get the
commandments we had to go up to
00:48:47.36\00:48:49.35
a standard, that's
right. Moses went up
00:48:49.36\00:48:51.06
into the
Mountain to get the Law,
00:48:51.07\00:48:52.47
the Lord came down from Heaven,
00:48:52.48\00:48:53.91
there was meeting
there. A Condescension
00:48:53.92\00:48:55.93
of God coming
down, but Moses had to
00:48:55.94\00:48:57.98
come up and as he
went up the standard
00:48:57.99\00:49:00.66
was exalted God's law.
00:49:01.02\00:49:04.44
it says at this
way: "You came down
00:49:05.33\00:49:07.83
also on Mount
Sinai, And spoke with them
00:49:07.84\00:49:11.88
from heaven, And gave them just
00:49:11.89\00:49:15.15
ordinances and
true laws, Good statutes
00:49:15.16\00:49:20.32
and
commandments. So, the Lord came
00:49:20.33\00:49:23.34
down and gave mankind what they
00:49:23.35\00:49:25.53
needed and when we
go I think next week
00:49:25.54\00:49:27.73
we're gonna talk
about the fact that
00:49:27.74\00:49:29.17
there are hundreds
of laws in scripture,
00:49:29.70\00:49:32.49
there's not only
the moral of God,
00:49:32.50\00:49:34.48
but there's the ceremonial law.
00:49:34.49\00:49:36.19
There are the laws of health,
00:49:36.20\00:49:37.92
there's the laws Sof, of economy
00:49:37.93\00:49:40.82
and the laws of,
a number of other,
00:49:41.23\00:49:42.93
but five
distinct groups of laws.
00:49:42.94\00:49:45.21
We'll talk about that in greater
00:49:45.22\00:49:46.33
length next week. And
there called something
00:49:46.34\00:49:47.31
different like
even the ceremonial laws
00:49:47.32\00:49:48.67
are not called the
law of God, that's right.
00:49:48.68\00:49:50.46
It called the Law
of Moses, that's right,
00:49:50.47\00:49:52.25
so we'll get into
that next week, oh!
00:49:52.31\00:49:54.53
I tell you, don't
get upset I'm not gonna
00:49:54.54\00:49:55.95
jump it head of
that, you try to,
00:49:55.96\00:49:57.52
you almost got
me there. But so now
00:49:57.53\00:50:00.29
think about this,
did the law of God exist
00:50:00.67\00:50:03.55
before Mount Sinai,
well you know I'm going
00:50:03.83\00:50:06.77
to say yes and
Pastor Stanton is going
00:50:06.78\00:50:08.36
to say yes. And
millions of other
00:50:08.37\00:50:10.18
Christian are going to say yes,
00:50:10.19\00:50:11.32
and the major reason why is?
00:50:11.79\00:50:13.44
If there was no
law in the beginning
00:50:13.45\00:50:18.43
when God created Adam and Eve,
00:50:18.44\00:50:20.09
he couldn't say in
the day that you eat
00:50:20.10\00:50:23.35
of the tree of
the knowledge of good
00:50:23.36\00:50:24.66
and evil, you'll surely die.
00:50:24.67\00:50:26.18
Now, why will you
die if there is no
00:50:26.81\00:50:28.20
transgression
and there could be no
00:50:28.21\00:50:30.26
transgression
where there is no law?
00:50:30.27\00:50:32.16
So, he couldn't not
be guilty of violating
00:50:32.63\00:50:35.18
anything, if there
was nothing to violate.
00:50:35.19\00:50:37.47
In fact Adam
disobeyed God in the Garden
00:50:37.48\00:50:41.47
of Eden, that's
right, Romans 5:19
00:50:41.48\00:50:43.80
in fact this is, Adam
is the one that is our
00:50:43.81\00:50:46.21
four fathers. He
is the one that is our
00:50:46.22\00:50:47.88
first father of
the, of the human race,
00:50:47.89\00:50:51.72
that's right, but
he also put us in all
00:50:51.73\00:50:54.09
those trouble.
Romans 5:19, that's right
00:50:54.10\00:50:57.92
says: For as by
one man's disobedience
00:50:57.93\00:51:00.73
many were made
sinners, so also by
00:51:00.74\00:51:03.80
one Man's obedience many will be
00:51:03.81\00:51:06.54
made righteous. That's right,
00:51:06.55\00:51:07.81
so the issue of righteousness or
00:51:07.82\00:51:09.97
disobedience,
unrighteousness is an
00:51:09.98\00:51:12.51
issue of, of
whether or not you keep
00:51:12.52\00:51:15.33
God's law that's
right. We cannot keep
00:51:15.34\00:51:17.69
it because Adam
put us in this mess,
00:51:17.70\00:51:19.42
we're, we're
disobeyers at heart,
00:51:19.43\00:51:21.75
that's right, we're unrighteous
00:51:21.76\00:51:22.73
at heart. But
Jesus obey perfectly
00:51:22.74\00:51:25.76
his law, that's
right and he gives us
00:51:25.77\00:51:27.29
that profession.
That's right by one
00:51:27.30\00:51:28.93
man that first
man is the first Adam
00:51:28.94\00:51:30.53
and the second
man is the last Adam,
00:51:30.54\00:51:32.19
1 Corinthians 15
talks about the two Adams,
00:51:33.08\00:51:34.93
Jesus Christ
becoming the, the last Adam
00:51:34.94\00:51:37.23
not the second
but the last Adam.
00:51:37.24\00:51:38.78
And if we are in
him, we have life
00:51:39.48\00:51:41.10
as in Adam all die,
1 Corinthians 15:22:
00:51:41.11\00:51:44.11
Even so in Christ
shall all be made alive,
00:51:44.12\00:51:46.53
I wanna remind you once again,
00:51:46.54\00:51:47.78
if you have any
questions about this
00:51:47.79\00:51:49.01
topic send them to
housecalls@3abn.org,
00:51:49.02\00:51:54.22
or call them in
at 1-800-752-3226.
00:51:54.23\00:51:58.76
You know, we're
gonna build on this
00:51:58.77\00:52:00.39
from week to week, that's right,
00:52:01.12\00:52:02.62
you can't just sit
down and talk about
00:52:02.63\00:52:04.51
the law of God.
You know where it came
00:52:04.52\00:52:05.62
from and all the, all the things
00:52:06.76\00:52:07.73
we're talking
about today, good things.
00:52:07.74\00:52:08.71
But you've got to spend several
00:52:08.86\00:52:10.36
Bible study times,
several weeks in terms
00:52:11.48\00:52:13.89
of this show
because we only come on
00:52:13.90\00:52:15.17
once a week. We,
we've got to spend time
00:52:15.18\00:52:17.14
on this and give
it an opportunity,
00:52:17.15\00:52:19.00
if you haven't seen God's law
00:52:19.01\00:52:20.18
in this way
before. That's right.
00:52:20.19\00:52:21.88
Give it several
weeks, see all that
00:52:21.89\00:52:24.20
the Bible has to
say about it, because
00:52:24.21\00:52:25.51
there is so much
more we have just
00:52:25.52\00:52:27.55
scratch the surface, that's it,
00:52:27.56\00:52:29.03
they're not tell
you. Because lot more
00:52:29.04\00:52:30.69
to cover, this
the tip of the iceberg
00:52:30.70\00:52:32.74
and you know the
iceberg is the larger
00:52:32.75\00:52:33.86
part is always under the water.
00:52:33.87\00:52:35.13
That's right, that's
right another one some
00:52:35.62\00:52:37.76
people have said I
heard this for many,
00:52:37.77\00:52:40.03
many years and
by the way here in
00:52:40.04\00:52:41.24
the United States
just over the last
00:52:41.25\00:52:42.82
couple of years,
where the last two
00:52:42.83\00:52:44.42
or three years.
Theirs is been a resurgence
00:52:44.43\00:52:46.11
and people wanting to get back
00:52:46.12\00:52:47.59
the Ten Commandments of God,
00:52:47.60\00:52:49.12
what so strange about that as a
00:52:49.13\00:52:50.39
Seventh-day
Adventist pastor is that for
00:52:50.40\00:52:53.74
over a hundred
years our church has been
00:52:53.75\00:52:56.13
saying. There's
nothing wrong with God's
00:52:56.14\00:52:57.93
Ten Commandments,
there's nothing wrong
00:52:57.94\00:52:59.66
with the law of God,
but from many pulpits
00:52:59.67\00:53:01.78
here in America
and around the world.
00:53:01.79\00:53:03.18
People had been
taught and some of you
00:53:03.19\00:53:04.97
watching today
may even remember.
00:53:04.98\00:53:06.58
Your pastor saying to you
00:53:06.59\00:53:08.60
the commandments
of God are nailed to
00:53:08.61\00:53:10.26
the cross, I've heard
that and, and I'm sure
00:53:10.27\00:53:12.65
you've heard that
some people have been
00:53:12.66\00:53:14.36
told the
commandments of God would
00:53:14.37\00:53:15.69
done away with by
Jesus Christ that is
00:53:15.70\00:53:17.69
death. Others
have been saying he
00:53:17.70\00:53:20.06
abolish the
commandments, he nailed
00:53:20.07\00:53:21.81
them to the cross,
took them out of the way.
00:53:21.82\00:53:23.54
And they're, they're
thinking of those text
00:53:23.55\00:53:25.75
and they were
shown. And we're gonna
00:53:25.76\00:53:26.89
talk about Collations 2:14 and,
00:53:26.90\00:53:28.78
and Ephesians 2:15 in next week,
00:53:28.79\00:53:31.16
we're gonna talk
about those text that
00:53:31.17\00:53:32.29
talk about
something being nailed to
00:53:32.30\00:53:33.72
the cross. But the
fact of the matter is,
00:53:33.73\00:53:36.27
there's nothing
wrong with God's law
00:53:36.28\00:53:38.20
for him to have
to do away with it,
00:53:38.21\00:53:39.87
here's a question
that's very important,
00:53:39.88\00:53:42.01
if God had laws
in a perfect society,
00:53:42.84\00:53:46.65
when he established the earth,
00:53:46.66\00:53:48.35
why wouldn't an
imperfect society
00:53:49.37\00:53:51.13
not need laws?
And is there anything
00:53:51.14\00:53:54.49
wrong with the
law, loot at Romans
00:53:54.50\00:53:56.23
7:7, Romans 7:7, is
there anything wrong
00:53:56.24\00:54:01.66
with the law of
God. Let's look at this
00:54:01.67\00:54:03.89
together, now you just
00:54:03.90\00:54:04.87
read the last
one didn't you? Yeah,
00:54:04.88\00:54:06.01
I'll read this
one, go ahead your turn.
00:54:06.02\00:54:07.23
What shall we say
then? Very important
00:54:07.24\00:54:10.97
question Paul
addresses to the Christian,
00:54:10.98\00:54:12.91
Is the law sin? And
what is he say John?
00:54:13.60\00:54:17.05
Certainly not! On
the contrary, I would
00:54:17.06\00:54:23.78
not have known sin
except through the law.
00:54:23.79\00:54:27.60
For I would not
have known covetousness
00:54:28.32\00:54:31.20
unless the law had
said, "You shall not
00:54:31.21\00:54:34.39
covet." What laws
you're referring to?
00:54:34.40\00:54:36.12
Are the Ten Commandments,
00:54:36.13\00:54:37.34
Ten Commandments.
Now, you know this is,
00:54:37.35\00:54:38.63
this brings up
such a good point.
00:54:38.64\00:54:40.31
If there's no law in a fact now.
00:54:41.10\00:54:43.03
John I'm not a
sinner, and neither am I,
00:54:43.82\00:54:46.39
so I don't need
Jesus at all, yeah,
00:54:46.40\00:54:47.97
I'm not a sinner
anymore if there's no
00:54:47.98\00:54:49.86
law in a fact,
because it's only the law
00:54:49.87\00:54:52.62
of God that tells me I'm sinful,
00:54:52.63\00:54:54.71
that's right. When
you take that law away,
00:54:55.47\00:54:56.55
when you take
it's applicability away
00:54:56.56\00:54:57.92
and you say it was
near to the cross it
00:54:57.93\00:54:59.16
doesn't bind,
it's not binding humans
00:54:59.17\00:55:02.40
anymore. They're not bond to it,
00:55:02.41\00:55:04.10
yeah then you are
saying that we as a
00:55:04.11\00:55:06.14
human race are no
longer sinful because
00:55:06.15\00:55:08.28
nothing is telling
us that we're sinful.
00:55:08.29\00:55:10.08
That's right and,
and that's just not
00:55:10.09\00:55:12.76
the true, that's
not okay, as a matter
00:55:12.77\00:55:14.23
of fact you follow
that to it's logical
00:55:14.24\00:55:16.79
conclusion. If there's no law,
00:55:16.80\00:55:19.53
there's no sin,
if there is no sin,
00:55:19.54\00:55:21.78
there is no need of
a savior. If there's no
00:55:21.79\00:55:23.94
need of savior
then the preaching
00:55:23.95\00:55:25.21
of the gospel is
of no value whatsoever
00:55:25.22\00:55:27.53
and millions of
people around the world
00:55:27.95\00:55:29.57
for centuries
for eons from Elijah
00:55:29.58\00:55:31.78
are all deceived,
but in fact friends
00:55:31.79\00:55:34.35
you know that
there's crime and violence,
00:55:34.36\00:55:36.76
there's hatred
and bloodshed in the
00:55:36.77\00:55:38.47
world as I think
Isaiah 20:4 says,
00:55:38.48\00:55:41.26
the earth defiled
under the inhabitance
00:55:43.68\00:55:45.88
there of because
they've transgressed
00:55:45.89\00:55:48.61
the laws and
broken the everlasting
00:55:48.62\00:55:50.61
covenant and
blood touches blood.
00:55:50.62\00:55:52.78
Right now the
world is in chaos because
00:55:52.79\00:55:54.69
God's law from
the very beginning
00:55:54.70\00:55:56.57
has been
transgressed, and you know what,
00:55:56.58\00:55:58.59
you sow the wind, you reap the,
00:55:59.37\00:56:01.53
reap the
whirlwind. And what Adam
00:56:01.54\00:56:03.80
did he passed on
to us the best he can
00:56:03.81\00:56:05.78
pass on and just
emphasize the fact even
00:56:05.79\00:56:09.02
further before we
wind up and we have
00:56:09.03\00:56:10.50
about a minute
or so, once again I
00:56:10.51\00:56:11.99
remind you, if you
have questions on this
00:56:12.00\00:56:13.74
topic or any other send those to
00:56:13.75\00:56:15.71
www.housecalls@3abn.org
and remember
00:56:15.72\00:56:19.16
tonight at 7.p.m central time.
00:56:19.17\00:56:21.75
The program is
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00:56:22.45\00:56:23.91
and we also want
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00:56:24.51\00:56:26.35
about the show,
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00:56:26.36\00:56:28.12
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00:56:28.13\00:56:30.13
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00:56:30.14\00:56:31.96
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00:56:31.97\00:56:34.55
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00:56:34.56\00:56:36.74
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00:56:36.75\00:56:38.32
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00:56:38.33\00:56:40.27
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00:56:40.28\00:56:42.79
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00:56:42.80\00:56:45.26
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00:56:45.27\00:56:47.65
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00:56:47.66\00:56:49.67
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00:56:51.80\00:56:54.17
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00:56:56.42\00:56:58.70
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00:57:00.50\00:57:03.49
and we want him
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00:57:03.50\00:57:04.63
is doing and how
things are going here
00:57:06.25\00:57:07.22
but we're gonna
continue on our next
00:57:07.23\00:57:08.50
program talking
about the law of God.
00:57:08.51\00:57:10.14
We wanna encourage you to keep
00:57:10.59\00:57:11.56
studying your
Bibles and get your
00:57:11.57\00:57:13.69
questions in for
the next addition of
00:57:13.70\00:57:15.29
House Calls and
I'm excited about
00:57:15.30\00:57:17.18
the program. What do you John?
00:57:17.19\00:57:18.16
Well I'm excited
about it. you know friends
00:57:18.17\00:57:20.38
I've one more text
I'm wanna share with
00:57:20.39\00:57:21.77
you before we
want our program up,
00:57:21.78\00:57:23.18
and you know
remember that God wants
00:57:24.27\00:57:26.94
to make a house
call on your life
00:57:26.95\00:57:28.16
and maybe that
house call will be
00:57:28.17\00:57:29.51
today God bless
you have a great day.
00:57:29.52\00:57:32.12