With all of your
soul, with all of your mind.
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In this quiet place with you
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I bow before your throne
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I bear the deepest part of me
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to You and You alone
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I have no secrets
for there are no faults
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you have not known
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I give my best and all the rest
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to You and laid them down
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with all my heart, I
want to love You Lord
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and live my life,
each day to know You more
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all that is in me,
is Yours completely
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I so love You with all my heart
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Hmmm Hmm Hmmm
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You faithfully supply my needs
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according to Your plan
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so help me Lord
to seek Your face
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before I seek Your hand
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I know You know
what is best for me
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when I just don't understand
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and following will be the answer
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in every circumstance
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with all my heart, I
want to love You Lord
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and live my life,
each day and know You more
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with all that is in
me, is Yours completely
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I serve You only
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with all my heart
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Awwwh Awh Awh!
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Amen and Amen! Thank you
Kathy so very, very much.
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Our subject for tonight, our
discussion centers around Home
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Depot, Just A Hammer and A Nail.
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Home Depot, Just
A Hammer and A Nail.
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Shall we go to the
Lord in prayer Father God,
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we thank You so
very much for Your word.
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We thank You for Jesus, we
thank You for this Sabbath day,
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this time that You have set
aside so that we can turn off
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the cares, the hustle and
bustle of the world and turn
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our minds toward Jesus.
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We asked Father that You
would be pleased to give us Your
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Spirit because we want
know and understand Your will,
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we want to do Your
will and we thank you so
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very much, in Jesus name Amen!
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Book of Hebrews was addressed
to Hebrew Christians to affirm
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for them the idea or
notion that Jesus Christ
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was and is all sufficient.
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The Hebrew Christians were
in danger of falling back into
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Jewish habits, Jewish
ways, Jewish lifestyle and
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so Paul wrote to the Hebrew
Christians to let them know that
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those things that you were doing
before, which were so natural
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for you, and so comfortable
for you, have now found
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their fulfillment in Jesus.
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It is now all about Jesus,
that this once and for all
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sacrifice that Jesus made allows
Him to be the Minister and
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the Mediator of the
benefits of His own sacrifice.
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We see over and over in
the book of Hebrews this term,
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how much more and we'll touch on
that term a little bit later but
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over and again Paul says
to them, well you did this,
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and this worked for them
but how much more better is it
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that we have got the
real thing. We have Jesus.
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So the book of Hebrews was
written over and over again
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to say that
Christ is all sufficient.
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We can say that
even today, can't we?
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All we need is Jesus,
and when you have Jesus you
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really have all you need.
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So the question was, and
is, what then was nailed to
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the cross, what was Paul trying
to say in the book of Hebrews
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as respects what Christ
did, and what we now have to do?
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I was in Home Depot some
time ago, it is actually one
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of my favorite stores because
I'm not a shopper per se.
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I tend to want to get
into the store and get out.
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I don't like to linger too
much until I go to a store like
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Home Depot, there is
something about Home Depot.
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Well there is one
other store, I am a tie guy.
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I like ties, when I am
sad I buy a tie to drown my
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sorrows, when I am happy
I buy a tie to celebrate my
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happiness, I like ties.
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It's not too expensive
like going out and buying a car.
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A tie is fairly
cheap, fairly reasonable.
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You can't always buy a suit or
pair of shoes that is a little
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too much; but a tie, if
you shop where I shop you can
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usually get a tie
pretty reasonable.
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So I am a tie person,
I will spend some time
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lingering over ties.
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I do like Home Depot and when
we moved into our house sometime
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ago, it was an older home
and needed a lot of fixing so I
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found myself at
Home Depot a lot.
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Plaster and paint and caulking.
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I made my way to the section
of fasteners, there is a section
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in Home Depot called fasteners.
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It is in the hardware section.
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I found nails and screws and
braces and clamps and hooks and
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retainers and caulk and solder
and Velcro and putty, Staples
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and cement,
silicone and asphalt.
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But my favorite in that section,
was a thing called Gorilla Glue.
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I love Gorilla Glue,
Gorilla Glue will hold anything.
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I believe Gorilla Glue,
will hold a marriage together.
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If you put Gorilla Glue on
a husband and wife, it is my
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favorite, Gorilla Glue
will hold, Gorilla Glue is
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better than Krazy glue.
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So we have a big whole thing
of Gorilla Glue at our house,
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I love Gorilla Glue.
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But I thought
about nails, nail guns.
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I did a project just a little
bit ago in my wife's closet,
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I put up one of those
closet organizers deals.
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You have to have a Ph. D.
in physics to put those things
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together, you follow the
directions and you are drilling
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holes, and fastening them A.
to flange B., you are connecting
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and trying to reconnect.
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I said that I had a Masters
degree in theology and almost a
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Ph. D. in communications and
I can't put this thing together,
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it was tough.
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But I thought about
what was nailed to the cross.
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What got nailed to the
cross, in other words what did
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Christ do to end the old system?
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So my first text is Colossians 2
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What book did I say?
The book is Colossians.
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Let's look at the term
first and find where the term
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was found, I'm
in Colossians 2:14,
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let's read the word of God:
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so there we see the term.
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There were certain
things the Bible says that were
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nailed to the cross.
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And since the Bible
is its best explainer,
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the text says that
there were certain things that
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Christ took out of the
way, nailing them to the cross.
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The term simply means that
there were certain practices
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that were done in the Old
Testament by the ancient Hebrews
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that Christ brought to an end
by His sacrifice on the cross,
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Can you say Amen? Is that clear?
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Alright are you with me?
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So there are certain things
that had their fulfillment in
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Christ's death on the cross.
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The idea is that at the cross,
certain practices stopped,
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they stopped
because they had their
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fulfillment in Christ,
more accurately they had
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their fulfillment
in the death of Christ.
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There were certain things that
were going on, certain rules,
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certain regulations, certain
statutes that looked forward,
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in Faith, to what
Christ was going to do.
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When Christ actually did it,
then those things that looked
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forward, in
Faith, came to their end.
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Now there are really five
great laws in our universe,
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in our world, five great laws.
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The first we would call natural
laws, or the law of nature.
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The law of gravity
is one of those laws.
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If unaltered by any
other circumstances, every time
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I toss this microphone
up is going to do what?
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It is going to come
down, and I need not to toss it
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up too much because My
technicians are having a
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little worry
because I may drop it.
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So I will not
toss it up too much.
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Every time I toss this
microphone up, the brethren
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are looking at me, it
is going to come down.
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Because it is subject
to the law of gravity.
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That is a natural law.
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There are many of those kinds
of laws, there is friction,
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there's
traction, entropy, inertia.
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There are certain
kinds of laws of physics.
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I did a little flying
when I was a bit younger,
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there is a law that
keeps the plane in the air,
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that deals with airflow,
how air flows over a wing.
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The air that is moving over
top of the wing is moving faster
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than the air under the
wing which actually creates a
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reversed gravity
which lifts the plane up.
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I cannot remember
the name of that law,
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but when you study
flying and go to ground school,
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you have to learn that
law because it is a law that
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keeps the plane in the air.
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So there are natural
laws that God has put in place
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to keep our world regulated.
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They are in
movable, they do not change,
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they are natural laws.
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If you break natural
law, you usually end up in
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the hospital because
natural laws are there
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to keep you safe.
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So if you jump out of a window
that is 2 or 3 stories up,
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natural law will take
over and you are going to
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end up in the hospital.
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That is if you land on your
feet, if you land on your head
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something else may happen.
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But those are natural laws.
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Then the second great
body of law is civil law.
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We look at that Romans
13:1, Romans 13:1 tells us:
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that justifies government,
the idea of government
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is God ordained.
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You have to have rules and
regulations in order to run
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society, so the idea that you
have a governing body and people
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are subject to that
government come from God.
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Now I need to hasten to
say, all governments are not
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ordained by God.
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Hitler and the Nazi regime,
that was not God ordained.
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Stalin, who killed 25
million of his own people,
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not ordained by God.
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Khmer Rouge in Cambodia,
that was not ordained by God.
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So particular governments may
not be doing God's will, but the
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idea that there is a government
that gives laws and regulates
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for the people,
that is ordained by God.
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Remember back in Israel's time,
in the days of the judges there
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was, or before the days of the
judges, Israel was a theocracy
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getting direct orders from
God through a system of Priests.
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But they looked at the Canaanite
tribes around them and said
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they had kings and we want a
king just like they have a king,
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so God said I will
give you what you want.
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But you are not
going to like it.
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So, of course, the first king
was King Saul and immediately
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things began to go bad.
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The idea of government
comes from God, though every
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particular government does
not come with God's blessing.
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Which is why God sets up
King's and takes kings down
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as He chooses and as He pleases.
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Green light says
go, red light says stop,
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yellow light says caution.
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That is a government
law and if you obey those
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laws you are fine.
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What if you got up one day
and determined, I think for me
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red light means go,
how far you going to go?
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You are not
going to go very far.
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If you don't hit somebody
the police will stop you,
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they take a dim view of
individuals who go on red.
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I know, when I was
younger I tried that once,
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you get a very fat
ticket for going on red.
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They don't like that.
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Speed limit 55 or 65, that
is a government regulation.
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Do you see what
I am trying to say?
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If we obey these
things we are fine.
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If we break civil law we
go to jail, or we are fined,
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or we are otherwise
penalized by the government.
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The third great set
of laws are health laws.
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They are laws that deal with
how the world affects our body.
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We talk about new start,
nutrition, exercise, water, sun,
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temperance, air, rest
and trust in divine power are
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laws of health.
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If we do these
things are lives are better.
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We think clearer, we
live longer, we are healthier,
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we are more available to do
the work of God while we are
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alive, these are health laws
that each of us needs to follow,
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we talked about
that the other night.
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If we break the health
laws we wind up in a hospital,
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the sickbed or
perhaps even the grave.
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So all these laws have
benefits and if we obey them,
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and they have
consequences if we break them.
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When we speak of the Bible
the laws generally fall into
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two separate categories.
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What did I say, how many?
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Two, we speak of moral laws
or the moral law and we also
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speak of ceremonial laws.
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They are two
separate bodies of law,
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but they are vitally important.
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Now why do we make a difference?
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Well I make a difference
between those two because
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God makes a difference.
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He separates the moral
law from the ceremonial law.
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Let's go to the book of
Nehemiah, what book did I say?
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I'm a Nehemiah
9:13,14 the word of God says:
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so we are making a
difference because the word of
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God makes a difference.
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We are drawing a line of
separation because the word of
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God draws a line of separation.
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There are moral laws and
there are ceremonial laws.
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There is the Sabbath and that
group of laws and then there are
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other laws that were
given to God's people.
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So the Bible does make a
difference, he even makes
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a difference, or the
Bible rather makes a difference
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in where the laws
were placed in the Ark,
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once they were written.
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Let's go to the
book of Deuteronomy,
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what book did I say?
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The book is Deuteronomy
31: 24-26, and let's read
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from the word of God.
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Now two things I
want you to know here.
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One is where this particular
law is placed, it was placed
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beside or inside of the Ark,
on the side of the Ark and the
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Bible said Moses said to them
keep it there so it will be a
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witness against you.
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Now the reason we are
highlighting that word against,
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is because we are
going to see it again.
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It is going to come
back again and we need to
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make special note of it.
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So then this body of
work written by Moses contains
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ceremonies, and rules, and
regulations, and Feast days,
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and festivals, and certain
civil things that were to
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be done in case
they were infractions.
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All of this body of law
was written by Moses at God's
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direction and placed
in the side of the Ark.
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Amen, do you understand?
You're following me, very good.
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Exodus 31:18, let's
go to it very quickly.
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Alright let's look at the
difference one was a group of
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laws and regulations written
by Moses, written in Moses hand,
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with Moses hand, at God's
direction and placed in the
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side of the Ark.
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The second body of law
was written by God Himself
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on tables of
stone, and given to Moses.
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So we are talking about
two separate bodies of law,
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and I am laboring on that
point because just the other day
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I heard someone say
that the ceremonial law and
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the Ten
Commandments are the same.
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But the Bible makes it
clear that one group of laws
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were written by Moses and placed
in the side, the second group
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was written by God
Himself on tables of stone
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and given to Moses and
placed under the mercy seat.
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Is that clear? Do
you understand that?
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Do you accept
that? If you do say Amen!
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A little bit louder, praise the
Lord, I know you are with me.
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So we have two sets
of rules and regulations.
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Many of these
having their fulfillment in
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Christ on the cross.
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Rules and regulations,
including a group of rules and
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regulations is a little thing
found in Exodus 21 where it says
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an eye for an eye,
and a tooth for tooth.
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That is in that other group
of regulations and I was doing a
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study on that and
people often say an eye for
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an eye and a tooth for tooth
but the Bible is saying let the
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punishment fit the crime.
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In the Canaanite law, for
almost any infraction you could
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surrender your life.
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If you make a little
mistake, you have to die.
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So the Bible was
saying, an eye for eye.
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If I break your arm, by
mistake, don't take my life.
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Punishment for
punishment only eye for eye,
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not a knife for eye, eye
for eye, let the punishment
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fit the infraction.
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And that is part of that group
of laws, eye for eye and tooth
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for tooth, if you knock out
a tooth well tooth for a tooth,
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not life for a tooth.
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Eye for eye, tooth
for tooth, in other words
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don't go overboard
with the punishment,
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do justly and love mercy.
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That's part of that
group of laws and it works
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even until this day.
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So these laws are beneficial
to all men in all ages and we
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don't need to stress
the idea too much that the
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Ten Commandments are transcript
of the character of God.
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They are as unchangeable
as is God's character.
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Malachi 3:6, it is a
text we have used before and
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we will restate it.
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The Ten Commandments
were written on stone by the
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finger of God, the hand of God
and they are an expression of
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the mind of God and are as
unchangeable as is God Himself.
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It will always be wrong to
lie, it will always be wrong to
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steal, it will always be wrong
to covet and do some of these
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things mentioned in
the Ten Commandments.
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They were wrong when they
were written, and ladies and
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gentlemen they are
wrong today, can you say Amen?
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Aren't you glad that we
don't serve a changeable God?
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Aren't you glad that every time
you go to God, He is the same?
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And that God
never has a bad day?
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Anytime you go to Jesus He's
there, He's willing, He's able,
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and He is more
willing, the Bible says,
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to give us good gifts
than our own earthly parents
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are to do for us.
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I'm so glad that I
serve a consistent God.
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One who does not change.
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So then let's go to Revelation
22, what book did I say?
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Now we have to move
along, Revelation 22:14,
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the word of God says.
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Now of course the book of
Revelation was written by John
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the Revelator
somewhere between 95 and 100 AD.
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So Christ had been gone,
ascended for about 65 years.
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John is still writing
about keeping the Commandments
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and so John did not envision a
time when the Commandments were
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not to be kept because
well after Christ had died and
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ascended, at the close of the
first century, John is writing
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that we still ought to
keep the Commandments of God.
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So John never thought about a
time when the Commandments were
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not going to be kept.
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Or that the Commandments
were not going to be enforced.
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Even half-century later
John is saying Blessed are
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they who do, who do
what? Who do, who do, say it,
00:24:29.85\00:24:34.17
say it again, who,
one more time, who, who,
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who do His Commandments
that they may have a right to
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the tree of life.
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John realized the eternal and
unchanging nature of the moral
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law, the Ten Commandments,
ladies and gentlemen
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are still enforced
today. Can you say Amen?
00:24:52.47\00:24:56.22
James calls them
the law of liberty.
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James says that they do
not bind you down, they free
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you from this world and
from the penalty of sin.
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Paul says the Commandments
are holy, they are just,
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and they are good.
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It will always be wrong to lie,
always wrong to cheat, always
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wrong to steal and nobody has
any problem with that, why then
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do we have a problem with little
ole Commandment number four?
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We except one, two, three, five,
six, seven, eight, nine, what
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is the matter with four?
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The Commandments are
not like a Chinese menu,
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you take them all, and
James says if you break one,
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you break them all.
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But what about those
regulations that were put in the
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side of the Ark?
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I think you understand
and accept with me that the
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Commandments are still in force.
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The question comes up
that other body of laws placed
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in the side of the Ark.
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What about these ordinances,
these feasts, these sacrifices,
00:26:11.18\00:26:14.59
these meat, drink, and grain
offerings that look forward to
00:26:14.62\00:26:17.99
the sacrifice of Christ.
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Let me give you an example,
I am in the book of Leviticus,
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what book did I say?
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I am in Leviticus 5:5-7,
turn with me in Leviticus.
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Let's read the word of God.
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Leviticus says that
there are certain regulations
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we have to do if we have sinned.
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Has anybody brought
with him tonight a lamb?
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Any turtledoves? Pigeons? Goats?
00:27:34.97\00:27:37.65
Why have you not done
that? Because it is unnecessary!
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Why is it unnecessary? Because
someone has done something
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to make that unnecessary.
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The someone is, Jesus.
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What did He do? He
sacrificed His life!
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Jesus died, Jesus made a
sacrifice that was complete
00:28:06.18\00:28:11.86
and thorough so now when I
sin, instead of going to church,
00:28:11.90\00:28:17.92
dragging a lamb, or a
ram, or dove, or a sheep,
00:28:17.95\00:28:23.34
I go to Jesus. Amen!
00:28:23.38\00:28:26.74
I fall on my knees at the feet
of the Savior, and the moment
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I fall down, if I
confess my sins, the Bible says
00:28:32.46\00:28:37.15
He is faithful and just
to forgive and to cleanse.
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Praise God! You see
that ought to make you happy.
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If I were a jumping
preacher I would jump right down
00:28:44.29\00:28:47.42
off this pulpit right now.
00:28:47.46\00:28:48.74
Because that is a good piece of
news, it says I do not have to
00:28:48.77\00:28:52.18
slip the throat of a poor
lamb and drain out it's blood,
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all I have to do is get
down on my knees and say
00:28:54.71\00:28:58.51
Jesus I have sinned.
00:28:58.54\00:29:00.06
I have made a mistake
would You please forgive me?
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The Bible says the
moment I come to Jesus in faith,
00:29:03.69\00:29:07.21
Jesus writes down
next to my name in heaven,
00:29:07.24\00:29:09.50
P A R D O N E D, pardoned. Amen!
So it is not necessary now.
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Leviticus, Numbers, and
Deuteronomy are full of rules
00:29:19.21\00:29:23.59
and regulations and sacrifices
and offerings and ordinances
00:29:23.63\00:29:27.46
that were entered into in faith.
00:29:27.50\00:29:31.06
They were done in
faith looking forward to what
00:29:31.10\00:29:34.17
Jesus was going to do.
00:29:34.20\00:29:35.44
But Christ then would
be the true sacrifice.
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So let's jump over to the book
of Hebrews, I'm in Hebrews 9,
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remember I told you that the
book of Hebrews was written to
00:29:44.17\00:29:46.20
Hebrew Christians who
were in danger of sliding back
00:29:46.24\00:29:49.15
into the old Jewish ways?
00:29:49.18\00:29:50.78
So Paul wrote to the Hebrew
Christians and one of the most
00:29:50.81\00:29:54.46
important things he
said is in Hebrews 9:11, 12.
00:29:54.49\00:29:58.52
Can you say Amen? Praise God!
00:30:26.81\00:30:29.03
Paul is stressing the
point, he is begging the point.
00:30:29.06\00:30:32.93
He is saying over and over
again, you had bulls and goats
00:30:32.96\00:30:36.76
and rams and lambs and doves,
now we've got Jesus. Praise God!
00:30:36.79\00:30:42.34
We have got Jesus and those rams
and lambs and bulls and goats
00:30:42.37\00:30:47.88
could not really
cleanse from sin.
00:30:47.92\00:30:50.46
It was a stopgap measure,
it was a tie-over measure.
00:30:50.50\00:30:55.23
It was something to keep you
until the real thing came along.
00:30:55.27\00:30:59.69
I had a student in
Oakland College we went to visit
00:30:59.72\00:31:02.08
this lady that was
famous for cooking meals.
00:31:02.12\00:31:04.40
She could satisfy any college
student, you know when you're in
00:31:04.44\00:31:07.75
college as a student, Pastor
Jim, you know when you were a
00:31:07.78\00:31:11.06
freshman until the
time you graduate you are
00:31:11.10\00:31:12.56
hungry all the time.
00:31:12.59\00:31:13.56
You are never satisfied, any
boys in college you are hungry
00:31:13.57\00:31:16.09
for 4 years, you
never get enough food.
00:31:16.13\00:31:17.81
And this lady was famous
for being able to satisfy young
00:31:17.85\00:31:22.52
college men, so we
went her house one day.
00:31:22.55\00:31:24.40
Four of us and we said
bring it on, the contest begin.
00:31:24.43\00:31:28.51
She went in the kitchen
and she did little rumbling
00:31:28.54\00:31:30.13
and came out with a little
plate of macaroni and cheese,
00:31:30.17\00:31:32.29
and a little plate of something
else, a little plate of
00:31:32.32\00:31:34.39
vegetarian meat and we sat
back and said, are you kidding?
00:31:34.43\00:31:36.47
This little bit of food.
How is this going to satisfy us?
00:31:36.50\00:31:39.51
And we laughed at her, but
you see what she was doing that
00:31:39.55\00:31:42.86
which is the stopgap measure,
a little thing to hold us over
00:31:42.90\00:31:46.18
until she loaded the big gun.
00:31:46.21\00:31:48.15
So we cleaned up those
little plates and they were
00:31:48.19\00:31:50.93
just gone and sat back
and said this is ridiculous,
00:31:50.96\00:31:53.67
we are still hungry.
00:31:53.70\00:31:54.89
And then she came out with a
big pan of macaroni and cheese,
00:31:54.92\00:31:58.33
and a big pan of collard
greens, and big pan of greens,
00:31:58.36\00:32:00.98
and a big pan of vegetables,
and a big pan of vegetarian
00:32:01.01\00:32:04.03
meat and we ate until we
had to wave the white flag
00:32:04.07\00:32:07.02
and say we can't take anymore.
And then she brought in the
00:32:07.06\00:32:10.34
desert and we slid under the
00:32:10.38\00:32:12.54
table because there
was just so much food.
00:32:12.57\00:32:14.61
Well that is what the Bible
is saying here, those goats, and
00:32:14.64\00:32:19.64
the lambs, and Rams, that was
an appetizer, a stopgap measure
00:32:19.67\00:32:24.64
until the real
thing was to come along.
00:32:24.67\00:32:26.49
That real thing
which Jesus Himself.
00:32:27.47\00:32:30.11
When the real thing came
along there was no need for the
00:32:30.15\00:32:33.72
appetizers anymore because
the main course was being served
00:32:33.75\00:32:37.37
ladies and gentlemen, after the
main course, dinner is through.
00:32:37.41\00:32:40.99
So Paul is saying that once
and for all Christ made this
00:32:44.03\00:32:46.37
sacrifice and there is no need
for any other because He is the
00:32:46.41\00:32:49.23
complete and total sacrifice.
00:32:49.27\00:32:51.64
The blood of bulls and goats
and rams could never do it,
00:32:51.68\00:32:54.51
but Jesus could.
00:32:54.54\00:32:55.93
Let's go back to
Hebrews 9:9, 10 this time.
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So God is saying to his
people, these things were good,
00:33:36.54\00:33:40.39
but when Christ came
they are no good anymore.
00:33:40.43\00:33:43.88
When the full meal comes
you don't want just a little
00:33:43.91\00:33:46.86
appetizer, you want the
real thing and that of course,
00:33:46.90\00:33:49.82
is Jesus Christ.
00:33:49.85\00:33:51.06
The Living Bible paraphrases
so well and in fact the Living
00:33:51.09\00:33:54.40
Bible does say, it is
like a little appetizer,
00:33:54.43\00:33:56.31
a little faith
before the real meal.
00:33:56.34\00:33:58.41
So they were types, they
were shadows, they were looking
00:33:58.45\00:34:04.19
forward to the coming of Christ.
00:34:04.22\00:34:05.89
But I say again that when Christ
came these things came to an
00:34:05.92\00:34:11.37
end. Is that clear?
Do you understand me?
00:34:11.41\00:34:13.63
Are you with me on that?
00:34:13.66\00:34:14.63
I need you to understand
that because there is a lot
00:34:14.64\00:34:16.69
of things going around today.
00:34:16.73\00:34:18.17
These things indeed did come to
an end, but these do not touch
00:34:18.20\00:34:23.36
on the Ten Commandments
of God which are eternal,
00:34:23.39\00:34:26.13
ladies and gentlemen,
which came right on through.
00:34:26.16\00:34:28.83
Christ didn't died to bring
an end to the Ten Commandments,
00:34:28.86\00:34:32.44
He lived up to the dictate
of the Ten Commandments and then
00:34:32.48\00:34:35.87
ministers in our behalf and
heavenly courts to this day.
00:34:35.90\00:34:39.26
So we have two
things equally important.
00:34:39.29\00:34:43.87
We have the Ten Commandments
and we have laws and ordinances
00:34:43.90\00:34:48.82
and I want to go now to the
book of Colossians 2, let's jump
00:34:48.86\00:34:53.74
to Colossians,
again, 2:14, 15. Here we go.
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Now what is this text saying?
00:35:44.05\00:35:45.74
Simply that those ordinances,
that we have just discussed at
00:35:45.77\00:35:51.18
length, those practices that
look forward to the coming of
00:35:51.22\00:35:57.08
Christ, met their fulfillment
in Christ and then as such ended
00:35:57.12\00:36:02.95
when Christ gave
His life on the cross.
00:36:02.98\00:36:05.54
I need that to be
thoroughly understood.
00:36:05.57\00:36:08.06
This text does not
envision the Ten Commandments.
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Can you say Amen?
00:36:12.11\00:36:13.29
Now there's some scholars that
define this text as the hand
00:36:13.32\00:36:18.76
writing of a sin
debt, and that is true.
00:36:18.80\00:36:22.10
Christ did indeed blot out and
take care of and an annulled our
00:36:22.13\00:36:26.90
debt of sin on the cross,
but it does not nullify the fact
00:36:26.93\00:36:31.42
that it also encompasses
and accepts the fact that Christ
00:36:31.46\00:36:35.91
also ended those things
which looked forward to His
00:36:35.95\00:36:39.40
death on the cross.
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Why are they against us? Because
if you are doing things to
00:36:41.11\00:36:46.96
try and earn favor of
Jesus, or be acceptable to God,
00:36:47.00\00:36:51.75
that is legalism
and unacceptable to God.
00:36:51.79\00:36:55.51
If Jesus says, simply come to Me
and confess your sins and your
00:36:55.54\00:37:00.71
are still dragging around lambs
and rams and doves and goats,
00:37:00.75\00:37:05.89
you are saying to
Jesus, Your sacrifice is not
00:37:05.92\00:37:09.56
good enough for me.
00:37:09.60\00:37:10.69
You are saying I am going
to have to do something on my
00:37:10.73\00:37:14.34
own to gain favor with God.
00:37:14.37\00:37:16.89
Jesus has said I am the way,
I am the truth, I am the life,
00:37:16.93\00:37:23.33
no one comes to the
Father except through Me.
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So if you are trying to go to
God any other way except through
00:37:27.09\00:37:30.25
Jesus, you are not going to
get there ladies and gentlemen.
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And so lambs and rams and
goats and doves don't suffice
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anymore because we have Jesus
and that is what the whole book
00:37:38.22\00:37:42.41
of Hebrews is all about. It
is now all about Jesus, Amen!
00:37:42.44\00:37:46.32
Let's go back to Deuteronomy,
we are going to do a little
00:37:46.35\00:37:50.19
Bible hopping,
Deuteronomy 31:26.
00:37:50.23\00:37:51.92
Do you remember we talked
about that word against you?
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Where did we see against you?
00:38:09.21\00:38:11.44
We just saw in
Colossians 2, let's do a little
00:38:11.48\00:38:16.68
bit of work here.
00:38:16.72\00:38:18.55
Moses said in Deuteronomy
31, put this body of work in the
00:38:18.58\00:38:24.93
side of the Ark to serve
as a witness against you.
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Colossians says 2:14, "blotting
out the hand writing of the
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requirement, or ordinances,
that was against us. "
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See the same terminology?
00:38:40.23\00:38:42.08
Same terminology, so then that
body of law that was against us
00:38:42.11\00:38:48.38
was put in the side of the Ark.
00:38:48.42\00:38:51.13
That body of law that stopped
at the cross was against us,
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do you see the same words?
00:38:57.54\00:38:58.76
So then that body of law, that
was against us, that was put in
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the side of the Ark,
was the ceremonial law.
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Does that make
sense? Is it clearer?
00:39:07.74\00:39:10.59
It is the ceremonial law
not the Ten Commandments.
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So those who say that the Ten
Commandments and the ceremonial
00:39:14.41\00:39:18.74
law are the same simply
don't understand this point.
00:39:18.78\00:39:22.50
They were placed into different
parts of the Ark, because God
00:39:22.54\00:39:26.26
wanted them to be separate,
because God knew that one of
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them would come to the end
the day Jesus bowed His head
00:39:29.37\00:39:32.37
and died and
said, "it is finished".
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The other one would be eternal.
00:39:35.75\00:39:37.92
The other one would go on
as long as there was a God
00:39:37.95\00:39:40.05
there is always
going to be a law.
00:39:40.08\00:39:41.26
Just like you can't
change who you are without power
00:39:41.30\00:39:43.87
of God, you are who you
are or what God is making you.
00:39:43.90\00:39:46.64
God is what He is, God doesn't
change and His law does not
00:39:46.67\00:39:49.37
change, praise God!
00:39:49.40\00:39:51.11
So then these laws are done
away with, that includes the
00:39:53.67\00:39:59.21
feasts, the washings, all
of those things that are part
00:39:59.24\00:40:04.74
of the ceremonial system.
00:40:04.78\00:40:06.92
Let's to Hebrews 1, I am
going to skip a couple texts
00:40:06.96\00:40:08.92
because my time is
getting away from me.
00:40:08.96\00:40:13.00
Hebrews 1:1, 2.
Let's read the word of God.
00:40:13.03\00:40:17.03
So Hebrews, right out of the
gate as it were, puts the weight
00:40:34.91\00:40:39.30
on Jesus, it is not
about sacrifices anymore,
00:40:39.34\00:40:41.83
it is not about feast
days anymore, it's not about
00:40:41.87\00:40:44.86
regulations and regimes and
working and cutting and bleeding
00:40:44.89\00:40:50.67
it's about the shed
blood of Jesus Christ.
00:40:50.70\00:40:53.25
Do you understand that?
00:40:53.29\00:40:54.48
It is very crucial because there
are those who are trying to
00:40:54.51\00:40:57.94
say you need to
work your way to heaven.
00:40:57.98\00:40:59.57
You need to try, you
need to fight against sin.
00:40:59.60\00:41:01.79
You do not need to do that, it
is like that lady said before,
00:41:01.82\00:41:04.03
how do I surrender?
00:41:04.06\00:41:05.54
That is the key, it is giving
your life over to Jesus and
00:41:05.58\00:41:08.73
allowing Jesus to work
in you, and through you,
00:41:08.77\00:41:11.47
and to you, and with you,
and allowing God to do for
00:41:11.51\00:41:14.56
you what you
cannot do for yourself.
00:41:14.59\00:41:17.47
And that is to
save you in His kingdom.
00:41:17.51\00:41:20.32
He has in these last
days spoken to us by His Son.
00:41:20.35\00:41:22.87
So Paul sets the foundation
right there in the very
00:41:22.91\00:41:25.40
beginning, he is
saying it is all about Jesus.
00:41:25.43\00:41:28.03
They had grain, lambs,
rams, and pigeons, and doves.
00:41:28.06\00:41:32.42
Praise God we got Jesus.
00:41:32.46\00:41:36.14
Christ is better,
Christ is the better sacrifice,
00:41:36.17\00:41:42.43
Christ is the
complete sacrifice.
00:41:42.46\00:41:44.72
God gave His Son, Jesus
is truly heaven's greatest
00:41:44.76\00:41:48.74
gift ladies and gentlemen,
and when God gave us Jesus,
00:41:48.77\00:41:52.72
He gave heavens
all, can you say Amen?
00:41:52.75\00:41:55.96
Hebrews 8:12, just
a couple more texts.
00:41:56.00\00:41:59.17
He is saying, this is it.
00:42:28.90\00:42:31.38
This is all there is,
it is all about Jesus.
00:42:31.41\00:42:35.52
Now let's harmonize
that with Colossians 2:16,
00:42:35.55\00:42:39.59
we have a lot of text, I
hope you are writing them down.
00:42:39.62\00:42:41.39
Colossians 2:16,
let's go to Colossians 2:16.
00:42:41.43\00:42:43.81
Now that goes back to something
we talked about the other
00:42:57.65\00:43:00.59
night, therefore,
therefore let one judge you,
00:43:00.63\00:43:04.54
eat, drink, Sabbaths, new Moons.
00:43:04.58\00:43:08.42
There are those that say
this means you can eat anything,
00:43:08.45\00:43:12.79
you can drink anything, and
the Sabbath is done away with.
00:43:12.82\00:43:16.74
I want to pull out the
pins from under that right now.
00:43:16.77\00:43:20.84
Because you always have to
look at the context in which
00:43:20.87\00:43:24.91
something is written.
00:43:24.94\00:43:26.82
The context are
sacrifices and festivals.
00:43:26.86\00:43:31.69
So when we talk about food
and drink is talking about drink
00:43:31.72\00:43:37.19
offerings, meat offerings,
not eat and drinking per se,
00:43:37.22\00:43:42.65
does that make sense?
00:43:42.69\00:43:44.74
The context is festivals,
and the reason I know is because
00:43:44.77\00:43:49.52
later on it says,
new moons and Sabbaths.
00:43:49.56\00:43:53.73
That is not the
Sabbath, it's Sabbaths,
00:43:53.76\00:43:57.10
which were festival
days, which were part
00:43:57.13\00:44:00.43
of that ceremonial system.
00:44:00.47\00:44:02.84
This is a little technical
but it is something that
00:44:02.87\00:44:05.81
is important for us to know.
00:44:05.84\00:44:07.61
So this text does not
say, as some have tried to make
00:44:07.64\00:44:11.76
it say, Christ died that
you can eat squid, and octopus,
00:44:11.79\00:44:15.88
and lobster, or
anything you want.
00:44:15.91\00:44:18.15
And you can drink alcohol and
coffee and caffeinated things
00:44:18.19\00:44:22.65
which injure your
body, that is not why Jesus
00:44:22.68\00:44:25.75
went to the cross.
00:44:25.78\00:44:27.10
He did not go to the cross
to make alcohol acceptable.
00:44:27.14\00:44:30.90
He went to the cross
to make you acceptable.
00:44:30.94\00:44:33.97
He didn't go to the
cross to clean up the lobsters
00:44:34.00\00:44:37.09
and crayfish and
crabs and oysters.
00:44:37.13\00:44:40.35
He went to the cross to
clean up you and me, Amen!
00:44:40.39\00:44:43.88
This text does not say
that, it is talking about
00:44:43.91\00:44:47.37
that ceremonial system.
00:44:47.40\00:44:48.99
It is say let nobody
judge you in those things.
00:44:49.02\00:44:51.63
Don't get hung up upon those
things anymore because Christ
00:44:51.67\00:44:54.86
has died now and you
are free from all that.
00:44:54.90\00:44:58.20
You have got
Jesus, can you say Amen?
00:44:58.24\00:45:01.41
Alright let's go quickly
to Romans 8:34, and I have
00:45:01.44\00:45:05.00
to move really fast.
00:45:05.04\00:45:06.01
Romans 8:34, I am turning
to a real quick in my Bible.
00:45:06.02\00:45:10.95
Praise God and we
thank the Lord for that.
00:45:23.20\00:45:24.72
So Jesus now has made a complete
sacrifice and He's in heaven
00:45:24.75\00:45:30.08
giving us the
benefits of that sacrifice.
00:45:30.11\00:45:34.19
Back to Colossians, I know we
are jumping back and forth but
00:45:36.93\00:45:39.39
we have to use all these texts
so I hope you are writing them
00:45:39.42\00:45:41.84
down so that you can study
them when you get a chance.
00:45:41.88\00:45:43.71
I'm in Colossians 2:16.
00:45:43.75\00:45:47.65
Oh is that 16, alright
let's try to pull it together.
00:46:00.42\00:46:03.89
So let no one judge you
in these things, new moons or
00:46:03.92\00:46:07.66
Sabbaths because they are
done away with at the cross.
00:46:07.69\00:46:11.36
It is not the Sabbath, I want
to re-emphasize, it is not the
00:46:11.39\00:46:14.84
Sabbath but a Sabbath,
and those Sabbaths were done
00:46:14.88\00:46:19.15
away with at the cross.
00:46:19.19\00:46:20.72
Romans 7:23, and I think it will
be my last text of the night,
00:46:20.75\00:46:23.75
Hebrews 7:23.
00:46:23.78\00:46:25.66
Here we go, Hebrews 7:23
and we are going down to 25.
00:46:26.56\00:46:29.48
That is the text that
deserves to be underlined,
00:47:05.83\00:47:08.38
ladies and gentlemen.
00:47:08.42\00:47:09.47
Christ is making intercession
for you, you don't have to make
00:47:09.50\00:47:13.38
intercession for yourself.
00:47:13.42\00:47:14.73
God is listening to His Son,
pleading your case and mine,
00:47:14.76\00:47:20.25
and when we sin, we go to Jesus,
Jesus intercedes to the Father
00:47:20.28\00:47:24.86
and we are forgiven and
are right standing with God.
00:47:24.89\00:47:27.89
Amen! No more bulls, no more
goats, no more lambs, no more
00:47:27.92\00:47:33.76
rams, only the Lamb
that takes away the sins of
00:47:33.80\00:47:37.89
the world, your friend
and mine, our Savior Jesus.
00:47:37.92\00:47:41.53
Do you let Him tonight?
Do you really love Jesus?
00:47:41.56\00:47:45.13
Would you rather have Jesus?
00:47:45.16\00:47:48.50
Listen to the
words of this song.
00:47:48.53\00:47:51.32
I'd rather have
Jesus then Silver or Gold
00:48:13.41\00:48:22.94
I'd rather be His,
then have riches untold
00:48:24.45\00:48:32.97
I'd rather have
Jesus then houses or lands
00:48:36.80\00:48:45.62
I'd rather be led by
His nail pierced hand
00:48:47.31\00:48:55.41
Than to be the
king of the vast domain
00:48:57.69\00:49:07.47
or to be held in sins dread sway
00:49:08.89\00:49:16.33
I'd rather have
Jesus then anything
00:49:19.61\00:49:28.86
this world affords today.
00:49:28.89\00:49:37.61
How many would
truly rather have Jesus?
00:49:44.23\00:49:48.48
Do you think it is unreasonable
for Jesus to ask you to turn
00:49:48.51\00:49:53.47
your back on the world
and give Him your heart?
00:49:53.50\00:49:57.44
Do you think it is unreasonable
when Christ says give Me one
00:49:59.00\00:50:03.53
seventh of your time?
Give me 1 day out of 7?
00:50:03.57\00:50:08.80
I will give you blessings enough
to keep you through the other 6.
00:50:08.83\00:50:15.05
Do you think it is
unreasonable when Christ says,
00:50:15.08\00:50:20.20
give Me your body, give
Me your life, keep it in good
00:50:20.23\00:50:26.18
working condition so that I
can use you to touch somebody
00:50:26.21\00:50:32.12
who doesn't know about Me?
00:50:32.16\00:50:34.73
Do you think
that is unreasonable?
00:50:34.77\00:50:37.02
Christ says give it to Me.
00:50:37.05\00:50:40.03
Than to be the
king of vast domain
00:50:41.46\00:50:49.95
or to be held in sins dread sway
00:50:49.98\00:50:58.44
I'd rather have
Jesus then anything
00:51:01.65\00:51:10.26
this world affords today
00:51:11.42\00:51:18.57
Do you really love Him?
Stand with me if you do.
00:51:22.45\00:51:24.90
Stand with me
00:51:24.93\00:51:26.70
or be held in sins dread sway
00:51:29.25\00:51:38.20
would you rather
have Jesus then anything
00:51:41.90\00:51:48.63
this world affords today,
00:51:50.22\00:51:57.96
this world affords,
00:52:00.35\00:52:07.81
this world affords today.
00:52:10.35\00:52:17.17
Shall we pray, Father God,
we ask You to give us Jesus and
00:52:21.81\00:52:27.08
only Jesus, please take
the world and give us Jesus.
00:52:27.12\00:52:32.31
We thank you that we are
released from the past and
00:52:32.35\00:52:37.06
can look forward to a
bright and gloriously future.
00:52:37.10\00:52:41.77
In Jesus name! Amen!
00:52:41.81\00:52:44.83