It has stood the
test of time God's Book,
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The bible Still
relevant in today's
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complex world It is written
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Sharing hope around The Globe
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??? Music ??? One of
the strangest characters
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you're ever likely to hear
about is the Englishman Jeremy
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Bentham, who was born
in 1748 and died in 1832.
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Now just to give you an idea
of how, well, different, Mr.
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Bentham was, he willed that his
body be stuffed and preserved in
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his everyday clothing and
then put on public display for
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posterity.
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And that's what happened!
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You can see him, to this
day, in a wooden cabinet at the
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University College in London.
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His head, however, is wax--and
that's because in the preserving
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process someone messed up,
robbing his real face of most of
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its expressions and leaving
it too unattractive for viewing.
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The wax head was therefore
substituted for his real one,
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and for years the real head,
with two glass eyes he used to
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carry around in his pockets, sat
on the floor, between Bentham's
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legs.
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Well you've heard it said that
nothing's sacred, and time and
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again the college students would
make off with Bentham's head.
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One time, students stole the
head and demanded a ransom of
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100 pounds to be paid to
some local homeless shelter.
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The college agreed to pay
10 pounds and the head was
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returned.
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On another occasion, the head
was again stolen by students,
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was found in a locker at
a train station in Scotland.
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But the last straw came when
it was discovered being used by
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students for soccer practice!
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After that, the head was safely
secured and is no longer on
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display.
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The rest of Mr. Bentham,
including his wax head included,
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still is.
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Now Bentham is most famous,
though, not for his corpse but
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for his social philosophy.
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He was a leading advocate of
utilitarianism: "the greatest
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happiness of the
greatest number."
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The idea is this: You try to
make laws so that they'll bring
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the greatest amount of happiness
to the greatest number of
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people.
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If law x make five million
people a little happy, but law y
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make 20 million people
very happy, then the government
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should make law y
as opposed to law x.
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Mr Bentham even created a
mathematical scheme, a calculus,
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that supposedly could determine
happiness: and it would be great
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to know what makes people happy,
because you could then create
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laws that will
bring this happiness.
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At 57-years-old, and still a
bachelor, he wrote to a woman he
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hadn't seen in sixteen years and
he explained to her why - based
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on the laws and rules that
applied to them - they should be
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married.
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Well, surprise of surprises, she
wasn't that impressed with his
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laws and mathematics and
she turned him down cold.
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He waited 22 years and then gave
it another shot, but wouldn't
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you know?
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She turned him down again.
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You can imagine, can't you....
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Well, darling, I've worked out
the numbers and the laws and the
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figures, and it seems that,
according to my mathematical
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calculations, we should
be in love and get married.
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I'm glad I didn't
propose to Melissa that way.
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I reckon I'd still be single!
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See, Bentham lived in a time
when humanity truly believed in
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the ability of logic, and law,
and reason to answer all human
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needs.
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For many people, law and logic
and reason were the sacred keys
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to unlock all truth.
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For many people believe reason
and law, natural law, was all
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that was needed.
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Now all through the gospels
in the Bible we have stories of
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folks who were also sticklers
for the law-at least the law as
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they understood it.
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One account in
particular shows what I mean.
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We are going to
rewinding about 2000 years.
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When you realize that it was
only in the past 250 years that
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doctors figured it would be
a good idea to wash their hands
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before surgery, you can only
imagine what the medicine must
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have been like in ancient
Israel at the time of Jesus.
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In this context
we come to the story.
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Jesus and His disciples
are walking along and they came
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across a man who had
been blind from birth.
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So what did Jesus do?
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The Bible says this, and we
read this in the gospels, Jesus
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meeting a blind man.
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What does the Word of God say?
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"He spat on the ground and made
clay with the saliva; and He
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anointed the eyes of
the blind man with the clay.
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And He said to him, 'Go,
wash in the pool of Siloam' .
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so he went and
washed, and came back seeing"
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John 9:6, 7 NKJV).
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That's Incredible.
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A man, blind from
birth, is instantly healed.
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As you can imagine,
this caused quite the stir.
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In fact, some people had a hard
time believing that this was the
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same man who used
to sit around begging.
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After all, how could someone,
blind from birth, now suddenly
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see?
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Eventually, they brought him to
the religious leaders, who had
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to acknowledge the
incredible miracle.
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But there was one problem.
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Jesus had performed this amazing
miracle on the Sabbath day, and
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according to their understanding
of the law, you weren't supposed
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to do any kind
of on the Sabbath.
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Thus they were arguing that
Jesus couldn't have been from
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God because He, at least in
their thinking, had violated the
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law.
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"So they again called the man
who was blind, and said to him,
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'Give God the glory!
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We know that this
Man is a sinner.'"
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(John 9:24,
NKJV) Can you imagine?
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A man blind all his life is
healed, instantly, and all that
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the leaders can think about
is the fact that it was done in
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violation of a law, at least
the law as they understood it.
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Talk about taking the
idea of law to an extreme!
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Now don't get me wrong.
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I am not talking against law.
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On the contrary - I would uplift
law, especially God's law.
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Laws are supposed to be good
things, but sometimes they can
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be terrible, with
disastrous effect.
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I'll give you an example
of that in just a moment.
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It's time for today's
Bible question, and here it is.
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As a kid, I remember going
to church about once or twice a
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year with my parents.
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I'm not really into religion,
but I don't want to go to hell
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when I die.
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A friend of mine died in a car
accident last month and I don't
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know if he is in heaven or hell.
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If I don't want to end up
in hell, what do I need to do?
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A serious
question you're asking.
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I tell you what, I don't
want to go to hell either!
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So what do we do to
make sure we don't go there?
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There's a great
verse in the Bible.
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It's in the book of first
John, chapter 5 and verse 12.
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It says, "He that has the Son
has life, he who does not have
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the Son of God do
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Everlasting life is the
gift God wants to give you.
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And the way to receive
everlasting life is to possess
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Jesus - to have faith in Him.
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Simply not going to hell
isn't going to get a person too
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terribly far, but faith in Jesus
will take care of you in the
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world to come, and
will bless you in this life.
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If you don't have a whole lot
of background with the Bible or
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with faith in God, let me
recommend something to you.
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Get a Bible, and start reading
in say, the book of John or the
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book of Matthew.
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As you read, look for Jesus.
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And when you come to Jesus, ask
yourself, What is this person
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Jesus like?
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And when you get an idea of what
Jesus is like, ask yourself, Is
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this the kind of
Person I'd like to know?
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Do I want to have this
person involved in my life?
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And if your answer to that
question is Yes, then tell God
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that.
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Tell him "God, I want Jesus,
and I want You in my life."
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And go from there.
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Your focus is going to be on
Jesus, and you won't be worrying
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too much about going to hell.
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To get your questions to us at
It is Written, please go to or
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website itiswritten.com, click
on Questions tab, submit your
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question there and in a future
TV program, I'll do my very best
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to answer your Bible question.
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for pastor John Bradshaw, please
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questions on-line.
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Laws ought to be for
the benefit of everyone.
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But that's not
often far from the case.
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Here's a painfully
familiar example of that.
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At one time in many American
states, slavery was legal.
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America's own beloved
Constitution made a legal
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provision for it.
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Even closer to our time, many
people can remember the Jim Crow
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Laws, the segregation
laws in the American south.
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Now let me read
some of them to you.
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Let me read you a few: "Nurses:
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No person or corporation
shall require any white
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female nurse to nurse in wards
or rooms in hospitals, either
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public or private, in
which negro men are placed.
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Buses: All passenger stations in
this state operated by any motor
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transportation company shall
have separate waiting rooms or
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space and separate
ticket windows for the white and
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colored races.
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Restaurants: It shall be
unlawful to conduct a restaurant
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or other place for the serving
of food in the city, at which
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white and colored people are
served in the same room, unless
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such white and colored persons
are effectually separated by a
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solid partition extending from
the floor upward to a distance
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of seven feet or higher, and
unless a separate entrance from
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the street is
provided for each compartment.
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These laws tell us about the
character of the lawgiver, don't
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they?
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The laws reflect the attitude
and thinking of the entity that
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has created them, don't they?
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And in these cases, the laws
reveal a deep-seated racism and
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bias.
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The laws of a nation can tell us
something about the character of
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the law-making
power of that nation.
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Now think about this
in relation to God's law.
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Just as the laws of a
land reveal something about the
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law-makers of that land, God's
law reveals something about Him
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as well.
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His law tells us
what God is like.
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His law, the Ten Commandments,
are a reflection of His
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character.
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Think for a moment about the Ten
Commandments and what they tell
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us about God.
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But before we begin, I'd like
to dismiss right off the bat the
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idea, sometimes expressed by
well-meaning people, that God's
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moral law has been abolished,
that Jesus death on the cross
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wiped out our obligation
and our need to keep the Ten
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Commandments.
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Look at this text, however.
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It's 1 John 3:4, the Bible
says, "Whosoever committeth sin
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transgresseth also the law: for
sin is the transgression of the
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law" (KJV 1 John 3:4).
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Sin is the
transgression of the law.
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Now what law could that be?
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Jim Crow law?
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The law of the
scribes and the Pharisees?
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No, it is talking about
God's law, the Ten Commandments.
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How do I know?
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Well, it's
pretty easy, isn't it?.
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If I steal, which is a violation
of one of the Commandments, have
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I sinned?
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If I commit adultery, which
is a violation of one of the Ten
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Commandments,
have I sinned then?
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What about if I lie, if I lie.
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have I sinned?
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I think in all cases, we know
pretty well that the answer is
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yes.
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Yes, if I do any of those things
I have violated God's law and I
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have sinned.
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So, it's clear to me that
sin is a violation of God's law.
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The apostle James
certainly thought so.
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Read what he wrote
in the Book of James.
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"For whoever shall keep the
whole law, and yet stumble in
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one point, he is guilty of all.
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For He who said, "Do not commit
adultery," also said, "Do not
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murder."
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Now if you do not commit
adultery, but you do murder, you
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have become a
transgressor of the law."
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(James 2:10,11, NKJV) That text
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just doesn't make sense if
the Ten Commandments had been
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abolished, does it?
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Now didn't Jesus say the two
greatest commandments were love
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to God and love to others?
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Isn't that the
essence of the law?
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Yes, Jesus did say that; and
yes, that is the essence of the
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law; and yes, I'm glad you asked
because it gets precisely to my
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point, which is that God's
law is an expression of His
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character, and love is at the
center of God's character, which
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is why love-love for God,
and love for others, forms the
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foundation of God's law.
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When asked about the greatest of
the commandments, Jesus answered
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this way in Matthew, Chapter 22.
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Jesus said: "Thou shalt love the
Lord thy God with all thy heart,
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and with all thy
soul, and with all thy mind.
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This is the first
and great commandment.
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And the second is like unto it,
Thou shalt love thy neighbour as
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thyself" That's
Matthew 22:37-39.
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Notice - love God,
love your neighbor.
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Love is the foundation of God's
law, and that's because God
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Himself is love.
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This doesn't negate the
Ten Commandments; no, the Ten
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Commandments are the way in
which we show our love for God
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and our love for our neighbor.
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The first four commandments, no
false gods, no idols, not taking
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the Lord's name in vain, and
keeping the Sabbath-these all
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deal with a person's
relationship with God.
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Can you imagine someone saying
that he loves Jesus, and yet
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every time he mentions the name
"Jesus," it's used as a curse?
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Now that's not love.
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And the last six commandments,
about honoring your parents,
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about not committing adultery,
not stealing, not murdering, not
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lying, not coveting-these all
have to do with how we reveal
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our love to others.
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Can you imagine someone telling
his neighbor, "Oh, yes, I love
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you!"
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and then stealing from him?
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No, of course not.
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God's moral law was given to us
as a means of guiding us in how
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we live, in how we can express
love to Him and to others.
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You don't usually think of the
law and love together, but don't
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tell that to apostle John.
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Here's what John wrote: "By
this we know that we love the
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children of God, when we love
God, and keep his commandments.
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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
grievous" (1 John 5:2,3:KJV).
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Anyone can say that they love
God, but according to John, by
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keeping His commandments we
reveal the reality of that love.
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Here's what John said again.
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This is from 2nd John: "And this
is love, that we walk after his
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commandments" (2 John 6, KJV).
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Again, love is manifested by
obedience to the commandments.
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Here's Jesus Himself: John
14:14, he said, "If you love me,
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keep my
commandments" (John 14:15NKJV).
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How much simpler could it be?
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I've heard people say, "Well,
the Ten Commandments don't
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matter.
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What matters is
that you love others."
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Well, on the surface that sounds
nice but if you think about it,
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it makes about as much sense as
saying, "Murdering you neighbor
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doesn't matter, just
as long as you love him."
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Just as you give your children
rules to follow because you love
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them and want what's best for
them, God does the same for us,
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and those basic rules
are found in the law of God.
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It's that simple.
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In just a moment, The
United States, just moments away
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from a military crisis, In
Matthew 4:4 the Word of God
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says "It is written 'Man shall
not live by bread alone but by
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every word that proceeds
out of the mouth of God'."
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Integrity is
very important to God.
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In Proverbs 16:8 we
read, "Better is little with
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righteousness than
great revenues without right."
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The devil tempts people to
cheat, cut corners, to rip other
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people off, just
to get a little MORE.
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A friend of mine was featured in
an article in an international
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magazine for the simple fact
that he was an honest mechanic.
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When one shop wanted to charge
the writer hundreds of dollars
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for a job, my friend told
him he could do it for 25.
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Now, he could have charged
more, but his integrity meant
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something to him.
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I once pointed out to a cashier
that she hadn't charged me for
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something.
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She said, "Oh,
I'd have never known."
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And I said to her,
"Yes, but I'd have known."
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Its better to have less
and retain your honour, than to
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reach for more...
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and lose your integrity.
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I'm John Bradshaw
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You know, for decades the United
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States government kept under
wraps a secret: at the same time
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that the United States and the
former Soviet Union almost went
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to war over the Cuban Missile
Crisis, an America U2 spy plane
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accidentally blundered into
Soviet airspace, bringing the
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world dangerously
close to nuclear war.
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On the night of Oct 27, 1962,
a very seasoned American pilot
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named Captain Charles Maultsby
was flying on a secret mission
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to the North Pole, where he was
to collect radioactive samples
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from Soviet Nuclear tests.
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On his long, seven hour flight,
Maultsby was going to rely on
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ancient navigation technique-he
would follow the stars, because
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at 70,000 feet in the air,
he didn't need to worry about
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clouds.
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After a few hours, though,
the sky suddenly filled with
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beautiful bright lights.
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It was the aurora borealis,
the Northern Lights, and the air
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outside his cockpit exploded
with awesome flashes of orange
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and violet and crimson colors.
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He might have enjoyed the show
except for one problem: those
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lights blocked his view of the
stars and by the time the light
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show was over, Maultsby
knew that something was wrong.
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He wasn't where
he should have been.
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What he didn't realize, at least
at first, was that he had veered
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into Soviet air space.
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He was more than a
thousand miles of course.
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Now, under any circumstances,
this would have been dangerous
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enough, but with the Russians
and the Americans already in
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each other's hair over over
events in Cuba, the situation
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was on a knife edge.
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The Russians had already sent
fighters in the air, to try and
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intercept the plane, because for
all they knew, this was a bomber
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coming down to attack them
Fortunately, in just the nick of
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time, Maultsby was able to get
the plane back safely, and the
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tensions settled down, though
later the Soviets warned the
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United States that something
like this could have pushed them
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over the edge.
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Charles Maultsby needed
something to guide him, and that
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was the stars, and when he lost
site of his guide, he veered off
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track.
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It's the same with God's law.
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It's a guide for us; it sets
parameters for us; it tells us,
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not to veer this way or that
way, because if you get too far
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off course, bad
consequences can occur.
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And that's what
the law is there for.
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It's not there to save us.
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Keep in mind: trying to be saved
by the law is like staring in a
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mirror hoping that the mirror
will remove your wrinkles.
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God's law was never
meant to bring salvation.
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If we could be saved by keeping
the law, Jesus wouldn't have
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come and died for us.
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How it works is if you, like
me, have compared your life to
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God's law, you have seen
just how short you have fallen.
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Before God's law,
we all stand condemned.
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The law is what
shows that we are sinners!
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The good news is Jesus.
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He died because we
have not kept God's law.
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He paid the penalty for
our transgression of the law.
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And by faith in Him, we are
forgiven that transgression and
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we can stand perfect before God
and under no condemnation for
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our violation of the law.
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Yes, God's law
still is in effect.
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It shows us our sin, and
that leads us to Jesus, who will
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forgive us for our sin, when we
give ourselves to Him and claim
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that forgiveness for ourselves.
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Have you done that?
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Have you given
yourself to Jesus?
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And have you claimed
his forgiveness for you?
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To not do that leaves you under
the condemnation that comes from
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having broken God's law,
something we've all done.
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But today you can say, Lord
Jesus, I know I am a sinner.
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I know therefore, that I am
condemned because of my sin, but
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I don't want to be condemned.
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Jesus died for me.
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I want to accept that.
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I want to get out from under
the death sentence of having
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committed sins and
having broken God's law.
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I want to be free.
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I want to be clean.
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I want to be forgiven.
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Are you ready to
say that to Jesus today?
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Let's say that together.
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Pray with me.
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Our father in
heaven, we thank you today
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for your goodness to us.
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I know there are times, perhaps,
that some of us might feel as
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though your will, your
way, your law is restrictive.
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But what we know by reading the
Bible is that in truth what you
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are wanting to do is to keep us
from back harm, to keep us back
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from sin and to keep us close to
you and safe under the shadow of
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your wings.
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So please, forgive us for our
sins and thank you that through
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Jesus, through accepting him
Lord, live in our lives, through
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accepting Jesus we can have
not the penalty that comes from
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having sinned but forgiveness
and grace and cleanness and
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purity.
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Today we thank you for the gift
of eternal life in Jesus and we
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pray grateful in
Jesus' name, amen.
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