Let's pray.
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Our loving heavenly
Father, once again we approach
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Your awesome
and majestic throne.
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Not coming in our own
merits, but coming boldly to the
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throne of grace
through the merits of Your
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beloved Son, Jesus Christ.
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And Father, we know that
our prayer is being heard
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at this moment,
because the merits of Jesus
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are purifying our
prayer and making it acceptable
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in Your sight.
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And Father, at this moment
we plead for Your presence.
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We ask that through the
Holy Spirit in the ministration
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of the angels You will open
our minds that we might be able
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to understand the great
things about the two covenants.
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And we thank You
for hearing our prayer
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for we ask it in
Jesus' name, amen.
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The Bible
describes two primary laws.
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And as we begin our
study, we want to notice
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what these two primary
laws are according to Scripture.
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The first of these laws is God's
moral law which distinguishes
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good from evil.
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Turn with me in your
Bibles to Genesis chapter 2
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and verses 15 through 17.
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Genesis chapter 2
and verses 15 through 17.
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Here, we find a
moral command by God.
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It says there...
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Notice, the tree of the
knowledge of good and evil.
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Now as we've studied
in previous lectures,
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actually within this one command
were contained all of the
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principles of
the Ten Commandments.
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I'm not going to go
over that again because
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we've already covered it.
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But within this one command
are all of the principles
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of the Ten Commandments.
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This is God's moral command.
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To eat from the tree is evil.
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And to not eat
from the tree is good.
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In other words, God lays down
the ground rules of what is good
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and what is evil.
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And He expected
obedience from Adam and Eve.
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Basically, God was
saying the following.
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"If you disobey My
command, that will be sin."
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And the wages of sin is what?
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The wages of sin is death.
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So what I want you to
notice is that God's moral law
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existed before sin,
before Adam and Eve sinned.
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And the purpose of the
moral law was to distinguish
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right from
wrong, good from evil.
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Of course, we know
that Adam and Eve sinned.
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And when Adam and Eve sinned,
God instituted another law.
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It's known as
the ceremonial law,
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or the law of
ordinances and sacrifices.
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The ceremonial law
comes in after sin.
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It's not part of
God's original plan.
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The moral law
existed before sin.
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The ceremonial law
comes in because of sin.
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Now notice Genesis
chapter 3 and verse 21,
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which we've studied before.
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Genesis 3 and verse 21.
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Here, we're told that
when Adam and Eve sinned
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a sacrifice took place
the day that they sinned.
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It says there...
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How was the shame of
their nakedness covered?
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It was covered by
skins provided by what?
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By the lamb.
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Now what do you need to do
to get the skin of an animal?
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The animal has to be slain.
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And so basically, God was
showing from the very beginning
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of human history that the
way in which He was going to
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cover the shame of man's
nakedness, his sinfulness,
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was by the death of the lamb.
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And the death of the
lamb would cover the shame
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of their nakedness.
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Notice that the law
of sacrifices comes after
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sin enters the world.
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The moral law existed
before sin came into the world.
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Is that very clear
in the book of Genesis?
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It's absolutely clear.
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The moral law before sin.
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The ceremonial law of sacrifices
after sin and because of sin.
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Now we've noticed this in
Genesis chapters 1 through 3.
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But the question is,
what about Genesis chapter 4
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through Exodus 19?
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Because in chapter 20 of Exodus,
you have the Ten Commandments.
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Well the fact is that the Ten
Commandments, God's moral law,
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existed from Genesis chapter
4 through Exodus chapter 19.
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You say, "How do we know that?"
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Let me give you some individuals
that actually sinned before the
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Ten Commandments were
written on tables of stone
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at Mount Sinai.
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Let me ask you, did
Satan sin in heaven?
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We studied this.
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The Bible says that
he sinned from where?
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From the beginning.
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Did Adam sin?
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Romans chapter 5 and
verse 12 says that sin
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entered the
world through one man.
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Did Cain sin?
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Yes, God told Him
that sin was at the gate
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when he was deliberating
whether to kill his brother.
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Did the race
before the flood sin?
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The Bible says that the
wickedness of man was great
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and every intent of their
hearts, of the thought of their
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hearts, was only
evil continually.
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Did Sodom and Gomorrah sin?
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Absolutely.
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Genesis chapter 13 verse 13
and Genesis 18 verse 20 says
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that Sodom and Gomorrah were
great sinners before the Lord.
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Were the Amorites sinners before
the law was given on Mt. Sinai?
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Absolutely.
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Genesis 15 verse 16 says,
"The cup of the iniquity of the
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Amorites is not yet full."
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Did Joseph know
that adultery was wrong?
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He most certainly did.
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Genesis chapter 39
and verse 9, Joseph says,
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"How can I do this and commit
this great sin against God?"
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Did Abraham know
that lying was wrong?
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He most certainly did.
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And he lied twice.
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Once in Egypt and
also he lied to Abimelech.
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And also we even find
that the Sabbath existed
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before Mt. Sinai.
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Because in Exodus 16,
God rained manna from heaven.
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And this is before the
Ten Commandments were given.
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So the question is, did
the Ten Commandments exist
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between Genesis 4 and Exodus 19?
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Absolutely,
because there was sin.
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And sin is what?
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Sin is transgression of the law.
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But now let me ask
you, did the ceremonial law
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exist between Genesis
chapter 4 and Exodus chapter 19?
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Absolutely.
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Let me just mention first of
all that in Genesis chapter 4
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you have the
story of Cain and Abel.
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Did God ask Cain and Abel to
offer a sacrifice, yes or no?
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Absolutely.
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Notice Genesis chapter 4 and
let's read verses 3 through 5.
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Did Abel offer a
sacrifice in obedience to God?
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He most certainly did.
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Did the ceremonial law
exist after Genesis chapter 3?
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Most certainly.
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Did Noah offer a sacrifice
when he came out of the ark?
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Yes, you can read it in Genesis
chapter 8 and verses 20 and 21.
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Did Abraham offer
sacrifices to the Lord
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and raise up altars to the Lord?
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He most certainly did.
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And we studied the story
of the sacrifice of Isaac that
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pointed forward to the death
of Jesus Christ on the cross.
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In fact, Jesus once
said, "Abraham saw My day
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and he rejoiced."
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John chapter 8 and verse 56.
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We also are told in Genesis
that Isaac offered sacrifices
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and Jacob also
offered sacrifices.
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So the ceremonial system
of offerings and sacrifices
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existed between Genesis
chapter 4 and Exodus chapter 19
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before the Ten Commandments.
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So the Ten Commandments
and the ceremonial law
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both existed before Mt. Sinai.
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God's moral law
existed before sin.
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The ceremonial law comes
in after sin in order to deal
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with the sin problem.
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Now let's do a
comparison of the two laws.
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Let's talk, first of all,
about the Ten Commandments.
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The Ten Commandments
are the constitution
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of God's government.
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The Ten Commandments
are actually a reflection of
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God's character.
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They tell us what God
is like in His person.
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And therefore, you cannot
change the Ten Commandments.
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You can't change
the Ten Commandments
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anymore than you can
change God's character.
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The purpose of the Ten
Commandments is to reveal
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the distinction
between good and evil,
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between right and wrong.
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And of course, the
Ten Commandments reveal
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what God is really like.
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Now let's talk a little
bit about the Ten Commandments.
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Deuteronomy chapter 5
and verse 22 tells us that
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God spoke the Ten
Commandments directly
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to the children of Israel.
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What did I say?
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God spoke the Ten
Commandments directly
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to the children of Israel.
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Let's read it in
Deuteronomy 5 and verse 22.
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So to whom did God
speak the Ten Commandments?
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He spoke the Ten Commandments
to "all your assembly," it says,
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from the mountain.
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God spoke the Ten Commandments
to the entire encampment
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of Israel.
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Another interesting detail about
the Ten Commandments is that
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God wrote the Ten Commandments
with His own finger.
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Notice Exodus
chapter 31 and verse 18.
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Exodus 31 and verse 18.
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It says...
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Everything else in the
Bible, God spoke to the prophet
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and the prophet spoke it
or wrote it to the people.
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But when it came to
the Ten Commandments,
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God wrote the Ten
Commandments with His own finger
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and He spoke them personally to
the entire assembly of Israel.
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Notice also that the Ten
Commandments were written
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on tables of stone.
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Let's read Deuteronomy
chapter 4 and verse 13.
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Deuteronomy 4 and verse 13.
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It says here...
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Where did God write with His
own finger the Ten Commandments
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that He spoke directly
to the children of Israel?
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He wrote them on
tablets of stone.
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Now another interesting detail
is where the Ten Commandments
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were placed in the Sanctuary.
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Deuteronomy chapter
10 verses 1 through 5
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tell us that the Ten
Commandments were placed
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inside the ark of the covenant.
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Let's read that passage.
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Deuteronomy chapter 10
and verses 1 through 5.
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It says here...
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He's speaking to Moses.
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Because Moses
broke the first tables.
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So God spoke them what?
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Directly to the people.
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Secondly, He wrote
them with His own finger.
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Third, He wrote
them on tablets of what?
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Of stone.
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Four, He placed them where?
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Inside the ark of the covenant.
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And a fifth characteristic
is that the Ten Commandments
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are not burdensome.
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In other words,
the Ten Commandments
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are not a yoke of bondage,
like many Christians teach.
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In fact, notice 1
John chapter 5 and verse 3.
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1 John chapter 5 and verse 3.
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Here, the beloved
disciple, John, says...
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"For this is the love of God,
that we keep His commandments.
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And His
commandments are not..." What?
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They are not burdensome.
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They are not a heavy burden.
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By the way,
David loved God's law.
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He did not see the law as
being a heavy yoke of bondage.
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Notice Psalm 119, we're
going to read now verse 72,
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and then verse 131,
and finally verse 174.
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And I'm going to
read them in sequence.
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Notice...
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Does that sound like the law
was a yoke of bondage to David?
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Absolutely not.
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He said, "I love Your law."
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How could a Christian say that
the law is a yoke of bondage
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when the law
distinguishes right from wrong
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and good from evil?
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Now let's talk a little
bit about the ceremonial law.
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The ceremonial law was
actually written by Moses.
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It was not written by God.
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Notice Deuteronomy
chapter 31 and verse 9.
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Deuteronomy 31 verse 9.
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It says here...
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So who wrote the ceremonial law?
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The Bible says
Moses wrote this law.
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But not only this,
Moses also spoke this law
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to the religious
leaders and to the people.
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Who spoke the Ten Commandments?
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God spoke the Ten Commandments
to all of the congregation.
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Now notice what it
says in Leviticus chapter 1
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and verses 1 and 2.
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Leviticus 1 verses 1 and 2.
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To whom did God speak when
He gave the Ten Commandments?
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To all of the
encampment of Israel.
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To whom does God speak when
He gives the ceremonial law?
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To Moses. It says...
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See, God uses an intermediary
to speak to the people.
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And then the next several
chapters describe the different
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offerings and sacrifices
that were made in the Sanctuary
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or in the temple.
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Also I want you to
notice that the ceremonial law
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was actually written in a book.
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And it was placed
beside the ark of the covenant,
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not inside the
ark of the covenant.
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Notice Deuteronomy chapter
31 and verses 24 through 26.
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Deuteronomy 31
verses 24 through 26.
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It says here...
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Who wrote this law? Moses.
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Where did he write it?
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In a book.
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So it says...
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Where was the
ceremonial law placed?
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It was put beside the ark.
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Where were the
Ten Commandments put?
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They were put inside the ark.
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Is there a clear distinction
between God's moral law
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and God's ceremonial law?
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Absolutely clear,
according to Scripture.
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Now let's talk a
little bit about the law, sin,
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death, and substitution.
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The first thing that I
want us to notice is that the
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purpose of the law
is to point out sin.
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Notice Romans
chapter 3 and verse 20.
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Romans chapter 3 and verse 20.
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How do you know
that an act is sinful?
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Because the law of God
tells you that it is sinful.
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For example, how do
you know that it's wrong
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for you to have sexual relations
with your neighbor's wife?
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Because there's a commandment
that says, "You shall not..."
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What? "...commit adultery."
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How do you know
that lying is wrong?
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Because there's a
commandment that says,
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"Thou shalt not bear..." What?
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"...false witness."
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In other words, the purpose of
the law, the Ten Commandments,
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is to point out sin.
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And the
question is, what is sin?
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The Bible defines what sin is.
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In 1 John chapter 3
and verse 4, it says...
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Or as the King James Version
has it, "Sin is..." What?
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"...the
transgression of the law."
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So the law points out sin.
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And sin is the transgression
of God's moral law.
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And what is the consequence
of sin, according to Scripture?
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Notice Romans
chapter 6 and verse 23.
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The first part
of the verse says...
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So notice, the
law points out sin.
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Sin is transgression of the law.
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And transgression of
the law leads to what?
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To death.
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How many of us have sinned?
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You know, if anybody here
said that you haven't sinned,
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that would be your first sin.
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Because you're lying.
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The Bible says in Romans
chapter 3 and verse 10...
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And Romans 3 verse 23 says...
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So have we all
transgressed God's law?
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Absolutely.
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And therefore, all
of us deserve what?
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Deserve death.
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Now the question
is, must we all die?
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Absolutely not.
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Why?
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Because what the law
demands, Jesus provides.
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And the penalty which
the law of God demands,
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Jesus paid.
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So if I receive Jesus
as my Savior in repentance
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and in confession and I
trust in Him, then His death
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saves me from
the penalty of death.
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Notice 2 Corinthians
chapter 5 and verse 21.
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Here is the remedy for sin.
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The ceremonial law has to
do with the remedy for sin.
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It comes in after sin because
sin put us all on death row.
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2 Corinthians 5 verse 21 says...
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"For He," that
is God the Father,
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"made Him," that is Jesus.
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See, Jesus knew no sin.
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In other words, God took
our sins and placed them on who?
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On Jesus.
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Now notice the
last part of the verse.
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He took our unrighteousness
so that we could have
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His perfect righteousness.
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That's what the
ceremonial law pointed to.
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Now we need to ask a
very important question.
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What is it that
saves human beings from the
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sentence of death?
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It is what?
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The life of Jesus and His
death on the cross, right?
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But now here comes a
very important question.
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How were Old Testament saints
saved before Jesus Christ came?
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Has anybody ever
asked that question?
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How were people in
the Old Testament saved
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when Jesus had not yet
come to pay the debt of sin
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by His death on the cross?
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Well, let's use a
hypothetical situation.
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Let's suppose that someone
in the encampment of Israel
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decided to steal
his neighbor's sandals.
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Is that a
violation of the moral law?
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Yes, the moral law
says, "Thou shalt not..."
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What? "...steal."
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And if you steal, the
wages of stealing is what?
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The wages of stealing,
or violating the moral law,
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is death.
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And so that person, by stealing
these sandals of his neighbor,
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had placed himself on death row.
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Of course the question is,
is there any way that sinner
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could escape the death
sentence and still live
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in spite of his sin?
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The answer is absolutely yes.
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If you read
Leviticus chapter 1...
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And we're not going to go there.
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You can read it at your leisure.
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Leviticus chapter 1
and verses 1 through 4.
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And actually, the
first seven chapters have
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different types of sacrifices.
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You'll find that the
sinner could bring an immaculate
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spotless lamb to the Sanctuary.
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And he could place his
hand on the head of that lamb
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and confess his sin
on the head of the lamb,
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that sin of stealing
his neighbor's sandals.
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In other words, by confessing
his sin on the head...
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And notice it's the
head. Very, very important.
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Where did Jesus bear our sins?
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He bore our sins
on His conscience,
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which has to do with
His mind, with His brain.
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And so the sin was
actually being transferred
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from the sinner to
the perfect victim.
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And then after the sin
was transferred to the victim,
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the sinner himself
had to take the knife
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and he had to slay that animal.
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In other words, the
animal was suffering death
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in place of whom?
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In place of the sinner.
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In other words, the animal
was punished so that the sinner
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would not have to be punished.
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Now it's interesting to
notice that this ritual actually
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did not legally take
care of the problem of sin.
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The moral law pointed
out sin and its penalty.
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And the ceremonial law provided
the remedy for the problem.
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But the Old Testament
system legally did not actually
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remove sin.
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And you say, "How is that?"
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Let's read Hebrews
chapter 10 and verse 4.
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Hebrews chapter 10 and verse 4.
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Here, the apostle Paul is
categorical when he says...
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So did these sacrifices
actually legally take away sin?
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Absolutely not.
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Because sin cannot be
removed by animals dying.
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The Creator Himself had
to come and give His life
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in place of His creatures.
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You say, what was
the purpose of this whole
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system of sacrifices then?
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Let me put it this way.
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The entire Old Testament system
was actually a system of IOU's.
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When the sinner came to the
Sanctuary, confessed his sin
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on the head of the animal,
and then slew the animal,
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at that moment Jesus said, "This
sinner came in penitence to Me.
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I will pay."
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In other words, the sentence
of the sinner was commuted
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because Jesus Christ had
promised that in the future
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He was going to what?
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He was going to
come to pay for that sin.
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In other words, the
sinner in the Old Testament
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saw in the sacrifice a symbol
of Christ and was still saved
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by the Christ who was to come.
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But sin was not
legally taken care of
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until Jesus died on the cross.
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In other words, what
happened was that the sentence
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was postponed or deferred
on the basis of the promise
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that Jesus made that He
was going to come to pay
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all of those IOU's of
the Old Testament system.
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The Old Testament
system, in other words,
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was a system of debt.
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It was a credit system.
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Which means that the
Sanctuary in the Old Testament
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was filled with sin.
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Because the blood of bulls
and goats cannot remove sin.
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Now go with me to Colossians
chapter 2 and verses 13 and 14,
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which is referring to this.
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Colossians chapter 2
and verses 13 and 14.
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It says here...
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The handwriting of
ordinances was what?
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Against us.
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What did He take out of the way?
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The handwriting of
requirements or ordinances.
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What did He nail to the cross?
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The New King James says, "the
handwriting of requirements."
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That is not the
best translation.
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You know, in recent
years it's been discovered that
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really the Greek word,
cheirographon, which translates,
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"handwriting of ordinances,"
actually is referring to
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a bond of debt.
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I'm going to read the definition
that is given by one lexicon.
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"The cheirographon," or
the handwriting of requirements
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that's mentioned here, "is
a certificate of indebtedness
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personally prepared
and signed by the debtor."
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Now let me read you
some translations from other
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versions of the Bible.
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The New American Standard
Bible says that it means
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a certificate of debt.
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The New Living Translation
says that it refers to
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a record of the
charges against us.
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The English Standard
Version says, "cancelling the
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record of our debt."
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The Message translates, "that
old arrest warrant cancelled."
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The New Century
Version translates,
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"He cancelled the debt."
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The New English
Translation translates,
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"a certificate of indebtedness."
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The Revised
Standard Version translates,
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"having cancelled the
bond that stood against us."
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And the New Revised
Standard version says,
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"erasing the record
that stood against us."
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What is it that Jesus Christ
nailed to the cross of Calvary?
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He nailed to the cross
of Calvary all of the IOU's
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that had been signed by
the debtors who offered these
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animal sacrifices in
the Old Testament system.
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In other words, every time that
a sinner offered a sacrifice
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and saw in that sacrifice
a symbol of Jesus Christ,
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He was looking at the future
at the coming of the Messiah
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who said, "I will pay
for all of those IOU's.
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I will pay all of those
unpaid bills that have come up."
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Now when Jesus came, the
debt of sin had accumulated
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to an alarming rate.
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And the debt had not
been legally paid because
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the blood of bulls and
goats cannot take away sins.
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In fact, between Sinai
and Calvary over one million
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sacrifices were
offered just in the morning
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and evening sacrifice.
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God simply accepted the
faith of the person who brought
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the animal, and confessed
his sin, and killed the animal.
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And Jesus said, "Someday,
I will come and I will pay."
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And so when Jesus came,
He nailed our debt to where?
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To the cross.
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He didn't nail the Ten
Commandments to the cross.
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He nailed our bond
of debt to the cross.
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He took care of it
once and for all legally,
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because now He offered
His own precious blood.
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Are you
understanding what I'm saying?
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Now let's go to Colossians
chapter 2 and verse 15.
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As a result of what
Jesus did on the cross,
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He now can brag a little bit.
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And He can actually
expose Satan and his angels,
00:34:23.76\00:34:29.09
because Satan had said,
"You can't forgive sinners,
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because the blood of bulls
and goats cannot take away sin."
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But when Jesus nailed our
IOU's to the cross of Calvary,
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now Jesus says something to
the principalities and powers.
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Notice Colossians
chapter 2 and verse 15.
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It says...
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That is, in His what?
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In His cross.
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Let me give you a
biblical example so you can
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understand what this means.
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In Jude 9, we have the
story of the death of Moses
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and something that
happened after Moses died.
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There are two strange
things about the death of Moses.
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Number one, the Bible
says that God buried him.
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The only person that I know
of in the Bible that God buried.
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And secondly, the
Bible says that nobody knew
00:35:27.08\00:35:30.07
where his tomb was.
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Which is very unusual because
the Jews marked the tombs
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of their heroes.
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And then later on
during the ministry of Christ,
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on the Mount of Transfiguration,
Moses appears talking to Jesus
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Christ on the Mount.
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So what must have
happened after Moses died?
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He must have been what?
00:35:50.55\00:35:52.10
He must have been resurrected.
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In fact, notice Jude 9 where we
have a reference to this event.
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It says...
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Oh, Michael was disputing
with the devil over what?
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The body of Moses.
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Do you think God fights
over dead bodies, over corpses?
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What had Michael come to do?
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He had come to do what He
will do when He comes again.
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The Lord Himself will descend
from heaven with a shout.
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With a voice of the what?
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Of the archangel
and the trumpet of God.
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And the dead in
Christ will rise first.
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And so it says...
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You know, when Jesus
resurrected from the dead,
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He did not resurrect by Himself.
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There was a multitude
that resurrected with Him.
00:36:45.05\00:36:47.54
Now He could resurrect them.
00:36:47.86\00:36:49.83
Because all of
their IOU's had been what?
00:36:49.86\00:36:52.83
Taken care of by Jesus Christ.
00:36:52.86\00:36:54.85
Let's read about that in
Matthew 27 and verses 50 and 51.
00:36:54.88\00:36:59.54
Matthew 27:50-51
00:36:59.57\00:37:01.78
It says...
00:37:01.88\00:37:03.25
This is during the
Old Testament period.
00:37:23.36\00:37:25.38
Who had fallen asleep were what?
00:37:25.41\00:37:27.87
Were raised.
00:37:27.90\00:37:29.27
They didn't come out on Friday.
00:37:29.30\00:37:31.52
They came out on
resurrection day.
00:37:31.55\00:37:34.12
Because it
continues saying here...
00:37:34.15\00:37:35.85
And if I had time, I would
show you that the firstfruits
00:37:45.90\00:37:49.15
celebration which represents
the resurrection of Christ,
00:37:49.18\00:37:52.73
that very day that Jesus
resurrected, He went to the
00:37:53.03\00:37:56.06
presence of His Father
and He said, "Father, I have
00:37:56.09\00:37:59.73
offered the sacrifice for sin.
00:37:59.76\00:38:02.04
Is My sacrifice accepted?"
00:38:02.24\00:38:04.47
And the Father said, "Yes."
00:38:04.50\00:38:05.87
And then Jesus took a
trip back to the earth.
00:38:05.90\00:38:07.83
Forty days later, Jesus
is ascending to heaven again.
00:38:08.59\00:38:11.91
But now He's not
ascending by Himself.
00:38:11.94\00:38:14.54
Who's ascending with Him?
00:38:14.57\00:38:16.03
All of those that
came out of the graves
00:38:16.33\00:38:18.65
that witnessed in favor of His
resurrection now go to heaven.
00:38:18.68\00:38:23.73
And they are the
firstfruits of the great harvest
00:38:23.76\00:38:28.38
that will come forth from the
tomb when Jesus Christ returns
00:38:28.41\00:38:31.97
in power and glory.
00:38:32.00\00:38:33.93
Now let me read you this
statement from Ellen White.
00:38:34.81\00:38:36.87
It's found in "Signs Of
The Times," April 22, 1880.
00:38:36.90\00:38:41.02
Some people thing that
people in the Old Testament
00:38:41.05\00:38:43.09
were saved by the law.
00:38:43.12\00:38:44.49
That there was no
grace in the Old Testament.
00:38:44.52\00:38:46.39
Listen to what she has to say.
00:38:46.42\00:38:48.14
How were people
saved in the Old Testament?
00:39:57.11\00:39:59.58
They were saved by Jesus Christ.
00:39:59.61\00:40:02.09
The sacrifices
did not save them.
00:40:02.54\00:40:04.87
They pointed forward
to the Savior who would
00:40:04.90\00:40:07.29
legally pay for sin.
00:40:07.32\00:40:08.88
Every time they sacrificed
an animal, it was an IOU.
00:40:08.91\00:40:12.82
And Jesus said, "Don't
worry, I will pay the IOU."
00:40:12.85\00:40:16.53
It was a gigantic credit system.
00:40:16.56\00:40:18.65
And when Jesus came,
He took all of the IOU's,
00:40:18.99\00:40:22.35
the bond of debt, and He nailed
the bond of debt to the cross.
00:40:22.38\00:40:26.27
And all of those individuals
who had died in faith
00:40:26.30\00:40:29.69
were actually legally saved
at that moment from their sins
00:40:30.16\00:40:35.06
because of the
death of Jesus Christ.
00:40:35.09\00:40:37.20
You know, this whole
system of IOU's came to an end
00:40:37.89\00:40:40.85
when Jesus died on the cross.
00:40:40.88\00:40:42.62
Let's notice Hebrews
chapter 7 and verses 18 and 19.
00:40:43.01\00:40:46.52
Hebrews chapter
7 verses 18 and 19.
00:40:46.55\00:40:49.32
It says here...
00:40:50.46\00:40:51.83
The commandment is dealing
with the commandment of the
00:40:57.28\00:40:59.34
priesthood, if
you read the context.
00:40:59.37\00:41:01.55
And if you read the
context, it's talking about
00:41:09.03\00:41:10.97
the ceremonial law.
00:41:11.00\00:41:12.37
In other words, it
did not finally resolve
00:41:15.32\00:41:17.43
the issue of sin.
00:41:17.46\00:41:18.89
What is the better hope?
00:41:27.68\00:41:29.05
The hope that
is brought by whom?
00:41:29.08\00:41:31.01
By Jesus Christ.
00:41:31.04\00:41:32.53
Notice also
Hebrews 8 and verse 13.
00:41:32.77\00:41:35.95
Hebrews chapter 8 and verse 13.
00:41:35.98\00:41:38.90
It says here...
00:41:38.93\00:41:40.30
And if you read the
context, it's talking about the
00:41:55.82\00:41:58.44
ceremonial system that
was going to come to an end
00:41:58.47\00:42:02.34
when Jesus Christ died
on the cross of Calvary.
00:42:02.37\00:42:06.55
This whole priestly system
of offerings, and sacrifices,
00:42:06.90\00:42:10.94
and washings, etcetera,
pointed forward to Jesus.
00:42:10.97\00:42:15.06
And when Jesus came, all of
this that is called unprofitable
00:42:15.09\00:42:19.41
was nailed to the
cross, was taken away.
00:42:19.81\00:42:22.38
And it was no longer
necessary to celebrate the rites
00:42:22.71\00:42:26.01
and ceremonies.
00:42:26.04\00:42:27.41
Now we're ready to understand
Colossians 2:16 and 17.
00:42:27.44\00:42:33.42
This text is greatly
misused by Christians.
00:42:34.00\00:42:37.63
They try to use it to
prove that we can eat or drink
00:42:37.66\00:42:41.02
anything we want.
00:42:41.05\00:42:42.42
They try to use it to
prove that we don't have to keep
00:42:42.45\00:42:44.99
the seventh day Sabbath anymore.
00:42:45.02\00:42:47.18
But let's notice what this
passage is really teaching.
00:42:47.73\00:42:50.60
Colossians
chapter 2 and verse 16.
00:42:50.90\00:42:54.20
Because He's nailed all
of the IOU's to the cross;
00:42:56.03\00:42:58.68
that's the context, we
read chapter 2 and verse 15.
00:42:58.71\00:43:01.44
I want to read you a
statement that we find in
00:43:21.53\00:43:23.35
Patriarchs And
Prophets, page 365.
00:43:23.38\00:43:26.08
Notice what Ellen
White has to say about
00:43:26.11\00:43:28.86
this Old Testament
system and what many Christians
00:43:28.89\00:43:33.22
teach about the
Old Testament system.
00:43:33.25\00:43:35.14
She says...
00:43:35.17\00:43:36.54
Now the question is, what
is this, "nobody judge you
00:44:32.58\00:44:35.39
in food or in drink?"
00:44:35.42\00:44:38.18
You know, some people take
that to say that you can eat
00:44:38.58\00:44:40.72
anything you want.
00:44:40.75\00:44:42.59
The fact is that food and drink
here has nothing whatsoever
00:44:43.49\00:44:46.68
to do with the food
that you put on your table.
00:44:46.71\00:44:49.17
You see, with the
sacrifices in the Old Testament
00:44:49.71\00:44:52.30
there were food
and drink offerings.
00:44:52.33\00:44:54.64
Let's read one
example, and there are many.
00:44:54.67\00:44:57.10
Exodus 29 and
verses 38 through 41.
00:44:57.58\00:45:01.00
Exodus 29:38-41
00:45:01.03\00:45:03.70
This is referring to
foods and drinks that were
00:45:04.01\00:45:06.05
offered with the sacrifices.
00:45:06.08\00:45:07.45
It has nothing to do with
the food we eat from our tables.
00:45:07.48\00:45:10.62
It says...
00:45:10.65\00:45:12.02
Flour, see
there's a food offering.
00:45:25.35\00:45:27.66
Oil, that's food also.
00:45:32.20\00:45:33.57
Grain, there's a food.
00:45:48.26\00:45:49.63
So what is referred to when
you have foods and drinks here?
00:45:55.87\00:45:58.94
Is it talking about, you know,
whether we can eat pork or not?
00:45:58.97\00:46:02.64
Or whether we can
eat lobster or not?
00:46:02.67\00:46:04.38
Or whether we can
eat shrimp or not?
00:46:04.41\00:46:05.93
It has nothing to do
with common ordinary food.
00:46:05.96\00:46:08.50
It has to do with the
food and drink offerings that
00:46:08.53\00:46:11.63
were presented in conjunction
with the sacrificial system.
00:46:11.66\00:46:15.25
Now I want you to
notice Hebrews 9 where this
00:46:15.57\00:46:18.42
idea is picked up.
00:46:18.45\00:46:19.82
Hebrews 9 and
verses 9 through 12.
00:46:19.85\00:46:21.91
Speaking about the Old
Testament system, it says...
00:46:22.10\00:46:25.52
In other words, those
sacrifices of the Old Testament
00:46:37.63\00:46:39.53
could not really give
the people a consciousness,
00:46:39.56\00:46:42.70
"My sin has
definitely been taken care of."
00:46:42.73\00:46:45.56
Because the blood of bulls
and goats cannot take away sin.
00:46:45.59\00:46:48.71
Notice verse 10.
00:46:48.91\00:46:50.28
The same expression that we
found in Colossians chapter 2.
00:46:56.46\00:46:59.22
So is this talking about
the food we put on our table?
00:46:59.25\00:47:01.95
No, it's talking about the
law of sacrifices and offerings.
00:47:02.15\00:47:05.18
Until when did you have
these foods, and drinks,
00:47:14.63\00:47:16.71
and washing, and sacrifices?
00:47:16.74\00:47:18.45
Until the time of reformation.
00:47:18.48\00:47:20.04
The question is, when
is the time of reformation?
00:47:20.07\00:47:22.47
Notice the next verse.
00:47:22.50\00:47:23.87
So what did the foods
and drinks have to do with?
00:47:47.58\00:47:49.95
They were related
to the ceremonial law.
00:47:50.33\00:47:52.47
Notice Hebrews chapter
10 and verses 1 through 4.
00:47:53.16\00:47:55.93
The same idea comes through.
00:47:55.96\00:47:57.33
Hebrews 10 verses 1 through 4.
00:47:57.36\00:47:59.30
It says...
00:47:59.77\00:48:01.14
And the context shows
us the ceremonial law.
00:48:02.30\00:48:04.66
We'll see that in a minute.
00:48:04.69\00:48:06.06
What are those
good things to come?
00:48:11.11\00:48:12.90
Jesus Christ, that's right.
00:48:13.34\00:48:14.97
See, this is the law
of sacrifices, right?
00:48:21.23\00:48:23.44
That's not talking
about moral perfection.
00:48:30.81\00:48:33.43
It's talking about them saying,
"My sin has been taken care of
00:48:33.46\00:48:37.28
once and for all."
00:48:37.31\00:48:38.68
Verse 2...
00:48:38.71\00:48:40.08
If those sacrifices took care of
sin, why continue offering them
00:48:42.29\00:48:45.42
day after day, year after year?
00:48:45.45\00:48:47.31
Are you understanding
what the foods and drinks are?
00:49:03.67\00:49:06.02
Now let's talk
about the festivals;
00:49:06.31\00:49:07.96
nobody judge you about
the festivals or the feasts.
00:49:07.99\00:49:12.42
In a book that has
been published recently by
00:49:13.44\00:49:16.56
my friend, Ron du Preez, it's
called, Judging the Sabbath,
00:49:16.59\00:49:20.03
he has done an interesting
study of this word, "feasts,"
00:49:20.58\00:49:24.74
that is used in
Colossians chapter 2.
00:49:24.77\00:49:26.86
The King James
Version says, "holy day."
00:49:26.89\00:49:30.07
But really, it's
the word "feasts."
00:49:30.10\00:49:32.00
What he's shown in this
book is that the word, "chag,"
00:49:32.30\00:49:36.54
which is translated here in
the Old Testament, "festival,"
00:49:36.82\00:49:40.91
here it's the Greek
word, "heorté," refers
00:49:40.94\00:49:44.85
not to all of the Hebrew feasts,
but it refers particularly
00:49:44.88\00:49:49.35
to the feasts where
people had to go to Jerusalem
00:49:49.38\00:49:52.40
to mandatorily be
there for those feasts.
00:49:52.97\00:49:57.26
What were those feasts?
00:49:57.51\00:49:58.88
Passover and
Unleavened Bread, Pentecost,
00:49:58.91\00:50:02.44
and the Feast of Tabernacles.
00:50:02.87\00:50:04.94
Every male twelve
years and older had to go
00:50:05.31\00:50:08.52
to Jerusalem to be
there for those feasts.
00:50:08.55\00:50:11.60
Interestingly enough, the word
"chag" in the Old Testament,
00:50:11.63\00:50:15.13
which is translated
"feasts" in the Old Testament,
00:50:15.55\00:50:18.80
and the Greek word "heorté,
which is the exact equivalent
00:50:18.83\00:50:22.88
in the Greek
language, refer exclusively
00:50:22.91\00:50:26.48
to these pilgrimage festivals.
00:50:26.74\00:50:29.49
They do not refer
to the other feasts.
00:50:29.52\00:50:31.50
You know, because you
had the Feast of Trumpets,
00:50:31.53\00:50:33.28
and you had the Day
of Atonement, and you had
00:50:33.31\00:50:36.50
also the Jubilee, and
you had the Sabbatical Year.
00:50:36.53\00:50:39.48
Interestingly enough,
all of those other days
00:50:39.51\00:50:43.06
are called by
the word, "sabbaths."
00:50:43.09\00:50:46.20
They were ceremonial sabbaths.
00:50:46.23\00:50:47.99
And so some people argue,
they say, "Well Pastor Bohr,
00:50:48.26\00:50:51.39
it says, 'Nobody judge you
with feasts or with sabbaths.'
00:50:51.42\00:50:54.75
You're saying that the feasts
are the seven yearly feasts.
00:50:54.78\00:51:00.16
Isn't that the
same as the sabbaths,
00:51:00.19\00:51:01.93
the ceremonial sabbaths?"
00:51:01.96\00:51:03.33
They're not the same.
00:51:03.36\00:51:04.73
Because the word
"chag" in the Old Testament
00:51:04.76\00:51:06.91
and the word
"heorté" in the New Testament
00:51:06.94\00:51:09.21
refers only to the
pilgrimage festivals.
00:51:09.41\00:51:13.67
Whereas the
sabbaths refer to things like
00:51:14.46\00:51:19.04
the Feast of
Trumpets, the Day of Atonement,
00:51:19.07\00:51:21.58
which was a day of
rest, the Sabbatical Year
00:51:21.61\00:51:24.41
every seven years, and the
Jubilee Year which took place
00:51:24.44\00:51:28.05
every fifty years.
00:51:28.08\00:51:30.97
And so basically what the
apostle Paul is speaking about
00:51:31.52\00:51:34.55
when he says, "Let no one
judge you in food or in drink,"
00:51:34.58\00:51:38.07
there's the food and drinks that
are offered with the sacrifices.
00:51:38.10\00:51:40.94
Let no one judge you
regarding a holy day;
00:51:40.97\00:51:46.77
it's these pilgrimage feasts.
00:51:46.80\00:51:48.82
And then it continues
saying, let no one judge you
00:51:48.85\00:51:52.09
concerning the new moons.
00:51:52.12\00:51:53.74
What is this
issue of the new moons?
00:51:53.77\00:51:56.06
Well in the Hebrew religious
year, you had seven months
00:51:56.49\00:52:02.08
of the religious year.
00:52:02.11\00:52:03.48
The first month was
around our time of Easter.
00:52:03.60\00:52:07.52
Around March and April.
00:52:07.55\00:52:08.98
And the seventh month
was around the month of
00:52:09.38\00:52:12.04
September or October.
00:52:12.07\00:52:13.71
And the new moon marked
the beginning of each month.
00:52:13.96\00:52:18.35
Now do we have seven
months today that we celebrate?
00:52:18.95\00:52:22.00
No, we don't celebrate
the seven months in the
00:52:23.06\00:52:25.94
Jewish festivals, right?
00:52:25.97\00:52:27.34
Because they all
pointed towards what?
00:52:27.37\00:52:29.40
They all pointed
toward Jesus Christ.
00:52:29.43\00:52:32.62
So are we to celebrate the new
moons that marked the beginning
00:52:32.93\00:52:36.94
of those months?
00:52:36.97\00:52:38.34
Absolutely not.
00:52:38.37\00:52:39.74
Notice numbers chapter
28 and verses 11 through 19
00:52:39.77\00:52:43.61
where you have the
new moons spoken of.
00:52:43.64\00:52:46.82
It says, "At the
beginning of your months..."
00:52:46.94\00:52:49.69
To be translated, new moon.
00:52:51.37\00:52:53.23
And then it goes on
to speak about the month.
00:53:20.79\00:53:23.43
The word "month" here
really is translated in the
00:53:23.84\00:53:27.25
King James Version, "new moons."
00:53:27.28\00:53:30.61
So the new moons were also
connected with the seven months
00:53:30.64\00:53:33.93
of the Hebrew religious
year which they observed,
00:53:33.96\00:53:36.77
but which we don't have
to observe because they were
00:53:37.17\00:53:39.94
fulfilled in Jesus Christ.
00:53:39.97\00:53:42.45
Now what about the
sabbaths that are mentioned here
00:53:42.85\00:53:45.56
in Colossians chapter 2?
00:53:45.59\00:53:47.22
Is this talking about
the seventh day Sabbath?
00:53:47.65\00:53:49.61
Nobody can judge me if
I don't keep the Sabbath?
00:53:49.64\00:53:52.32
Of course not.
00:53:52.35\00:53:53.72
You see, it says in Colossians
chapter 2 that these things were
00:53:54.07\00:53:58.86
shadows of things to come.
00:53:58.89\00:54:01.00
Is the Sabbath a
shadow of things to come?
00:54:01.99\00:54:04.70
Is the seventh day Sabbath
a shadow of things to come?
00:54:05.14\00:54:07.80
Absolutely not.
00:54:08.27\00:54:09.64
The Sabbath was made before sin.
00:54:09.70\00:54:13.42
And the Sabbath
does not point forward.
00:54:14.37\00:54:17.15
The Sabbath
points what? Backwards.
00:54:17.18\00:54:20.10
It's a memorial of creation.
00:54:20.13\00:54:23.03
And so these sabbaths cannot
be the seventh day Sabbath.
00:54:23.51\00:54:28.05
Because the seventh day
Sabbath were not shadows
00:54:28.08\00:54:30.63
of anything to come.
00:54:30.66\00:54:32.03
They pointed backward to what
God did at the time of creation.
00:54:32.06\00:54:39.15
Now let's cover one final thing
before we bring this to an end.
00:54:40.11\00:54:43.45
Leviticus chapter 23 makes
a clear distinction between
00:54:44.74\00:54:48.60
the ceremonial sabbaths
and the seventh day Sabbath.
00:54:49.80\00:54:53.36
Notice Leviticus
chapter 23 and verse 3.
00:54:53.70\00:54:56.50
After verse 2 God has
said, "These are My feasts
00:54:56.78\00:55:00.93
that you shall celebrate."
00:55:00.96\00:55:02.33
And then there are
seven of them mentioned.
00:55:02.36\00:55:04.38
Notice that He
places the Sabbath,
00:55:04.68\00:55:06.89
the seventh day Sabbath, apart.
00:55:06.92\00:55:08.64
It says here...
00:55:08.94\00:55:10.31
And then after mentioning
the seven celebrations
00:55:26.02\00:55:29.51
in chapter 23 of Leviticus, we
find at the end of the chapter
00:55:29.54\00:55:34.01
in verses 37 and
38, I want you to notice
00:55:34.04\00:55:36.62
there's a distinction
between the ceremonial sabbaths
00:55:36.65\00:55:39.27
and the seventh day Sabbath.
00:55:39.30\00:55:40.93
It says there in verse 37...
00:55:40.96\00:55:42.71
And now notice verse 38.
00:55:59.39\00:56:01.25
So are all of these celebrations
besides the Sabbath of the Lord?
00:56:16.62\00:56:20.95
Absolutely.
00:56:21.16\00:56:22.53
The Sabbath of
the Lord stands apart.
00:56:22.56\00:56:25.47
It is actually a
memorial of creation.
00:56:25.50\00:56:28.71
And so Colossians chapter
2 verse 17 ends by saying,
00:56:29.02\00:56:32.16
all of these things were
shadows of things to come.
00:56:32.33\00:56:35.68
But the body or the
substance is of whom?
00:56:36.01\00:56:40.77
Of Christ.
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So basically, this is the idea.
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Jesus was standing here
and He was projecting a shadow
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into the Old Testament period.
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And as people
looked at the shadow,
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where was their
attention directed to?
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As they looked at the shadow...
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When you see a
shadow, what do you do?
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You want to see what the reality
is that projects the shadow.
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So in all of these ceremonies,
the Jews looked at these
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shadowy celebrations and
offerings and sacrifices,
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and that was to lead
them to look at what?
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At the reality or the body
that was projecting that shadow.
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In other words, the
whole system was centered
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in Jesus Christ.
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They were not saved by the law.
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They were saved by
grace just like we are today.
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