The harvest truly is plenteous
But the laborers are few.
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Pray ye, therefore,
the Lord of the harvest
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that He will... He will send
forth laborers into His harvest.
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Also I heard the
voice of the Lord say:
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"Who shall I send? "
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"And who will go for us? "
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Then said I: "Here am
I, send me... send me. "
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Life on the Edge will enable
you to be an effective harvester
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for the Lord. We now
invite you into our classroom
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to come experience LIFE.
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We'd like to welcome you back
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to the Lay
Institute for Evangelism.
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We'd like to welcome
those of you that are at home
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into our classroom. You are
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going to experience life today.
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The topic that we're going over
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today is the second
part or the second half
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of our Law of God study.
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We've already covered
the first half of this study
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and now we're going to go
right into the second half.
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So if you'll go the graphic
there, you'll note that the
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topic of this
study is The Law of God.
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You'll also see there on
your screen that the purpose
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of this Bible study is:
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Now there's some of you at home
that have not seen the first
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half of this presentation.
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And you'll want to make
sure that you watch that
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because this is a
continuation of the first one.
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And it's in the first one
where we talked about Jesus.
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We talked about grace
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and we talked about the
Biblical definition of sin.
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And we're going to give
you an illustration of that
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in just a moment.
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Every one of our
Bible studies here at LIFE
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during this Life
on the Edge course
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are centered on Jesus Christ.
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Our screen shows us
that the Center It today is:
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And as you recall, in our
studies we are marking these
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in the front of our
Bible or the back of our Bible
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so that we can then give
the studies to other people
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in their homes or at
the office of wherever it is
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we want to give a study.
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You see there on the
graphic that we have 17 texts
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in this Bible
study. And these 17 texts
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are divided into
four different sections:
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Jesus, Grace, Sin, and Law.
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In the first half of our study
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we talked about
Jesus, grace, and sin
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and today we're going to
be talking about the law.
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The next two
graphics that you see there
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are just these four
divisions with a larger font
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so that you can see
those... those references there.
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And again, for
those of you at home,
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if you haven't
gone to our website
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comeexperiencelife. com
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you'll want to go to our
website where you can download
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the handouts from our website
and that way you'll be able to
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follow along not only
on the television screen
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but you'll also be able to
follow along on those notes.
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The next graphic here
is just the larger font
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of the texts that
we use to define sin
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and then the texts that
we're going to talk about now
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as we talk about the law of God.
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Before we get into
this study, though,
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I need to have four volunteers.
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Four volunteers. So Shelleta,
if you could come up front.
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And, uh, uh, oh come
on... what am I doing this for?
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Get up here, Mike. And
Tom and how about you, Marci.
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Jessica, come on up here.
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All right. So we're
just going to start over here
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on this side of the room.
And Shelleta, you are going to
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represent the law. OK.
So Shelleta is the what?
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She's the law. You
are going to represent,
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and I'm sorry brother,
you're going to represent sin.
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Sin. He does have a black
shirt on today, so that's...
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that's fine. You are
going to represent, Mike...
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you're going to represent grace.
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And Jessica, you are
going to represent Jesus.
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Now how many of you...
maybe some of you at home
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maybe people here
in the classroom...
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you have heard others say
that the law of God was nailed
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to the cross. Have you
ever heard somebody say that?
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That the law of God
was nailed to the cross.
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Well, let's suppose that God's
law was nailed to the cross.
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So law, you're nailed to
the cross. You have a seat.
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If we do not have the law,
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then we do not have the
Biblical definition of sin.
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Because sin as you remember
from our previous program
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sin is the transgression
or the breaking of God's law.
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So since we don't have
a law any more in theory
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then we don't have what? Sin.
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Sin: why don't you just
go ahead and have a seat.
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Now the Bible told
us in our last program
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that grace was the power of God.
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Do you remember that? We
used three references to show
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that grace is the power of God
that save us through our faith.
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But since we don't need
to be saved from sin any more
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because we don't have a
law whereby sin is defined,
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then we don't need
grace to help us overcome sin.
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You understand? So
grace, we don't need you...
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so you can just have a seat.
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And you can see where
this is going, can't you?
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You can see exactly
where this is headed.
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If we don't need
grace, the Bible told us in
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John chapter 1 verse
14. John chapter 1 verse 14
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says that: "And the Word
became flesh and dwelt among us
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and we beheld His glory - the
glory as of the only begotten
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of the Father - full
of grace and truth. "
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And the One that became
flesh and dwelt among us -
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the only begotten
of the Father - is who?
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Jesus. So it's Jesus
that's full of grace and truth.
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Since we don't need grace
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because we don't
have sin to overcome
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because there is no law,
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then who else don't we
need? We don't need Jesus.
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So Jesus... please, have a seat.
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You see how
dangerous it is for us to say
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that we do not need... the law
has been nailed to the cross.
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That's dangerous, isn't it?
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Because if the law
was nailed to the cross
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and thereby done away
with... no longer valid,
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then there is no
Biblical definition of sin.
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There's no standard by which to
measure the difference between
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right and wrong.
So... no law, no sin.
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No sin... we don't
need grace to overcome sin
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because there is no sin.
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And if we don't need
grace to overcome sin, then
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we don't need who? Jesus.
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Are you comfortable
doing away with Jesus?
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I'm not comfortable
doing away with Jesus either.
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Why am I not comfortable?
Why are you not comfortable?
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Because we need
Jesus to give us His grace
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to help us overcome sin.
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And all of us,
the Bible says, sin.
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That was even after the
cross that the Bible says
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that "all have sinned and fallen
short of the glory of God. "
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That was even after the cross.
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So we still have sin
which is defined Biblically
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as the
transgression of God's law.
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So we don't want to do
away with the law, do we?
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Because if we do away with
the law, we ultimately do away
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with our Savior
who is Jesus Christ.
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Now again, this is going
to be a little bit more review
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for those of you that
are at home, for those of you
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that didn't watch
the first program.
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So we're going to go
back to our screen now
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and you will see there
that... Let's turn in our Bibles
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to Daniel. You
don't have to turn there.
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Actually I have a slide for it.
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You'll note there on
the screen Daniel 7:25 says:
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Now, the antichrist power
thinks to change God's times
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and God's law.
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Is it possible for anyone to
change God's time or God's law?
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It's not. That's
why this reference says
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"thinks to change. "
He wants to change it
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but he can't change it
because when God says something
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it stands fast, doesn't it?
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So over here on the
antichrist side of your screen
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we put Daniel 7:25.
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We're just going to
change the slide there
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and you will see that antichrist
wants to change God's law.
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Now notice on your screen
Matthew chapter 5 and verse 17.
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Matthew chapter 5 verses
17 and 18 the Bible says:
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So you notice on
our next screen here
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the antichrist says
that God's law will change.
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Jesus Christ says
the law will not change.
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So listen very closely.
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Any interpretation of scripture
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that seeks to change
or do away with God's law
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is a product of antichrist.
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Let's... let me say that again.
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Any interpretation of scripture
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that seeks to change God's law
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is a product of who?
Antichrist. That's right.
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So as we go through the
rest of this study today
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we are going to be... We
have already looked at Jesus.
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We have already looked at grace.
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We have already looked at
sin and now we are going to
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focus on the law.
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So let's go to our next
slide there. You see it simply
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has a title which is Law.
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And now we are
going to go to our 11th...
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I believe it's
our 11th... it is...
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our 11th reference.
Our 11th reference is
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Isaiah 59 verses 1 and 2.
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Isaiah 59 verses 1 and 2.
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This is the tail end of
the sin... the sin aspect
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of the four
divisions of this study.
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So we'll pick up there
at the very last reference
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speaking about sin
and the result of sin
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and then we will go into our
12th text where it talks about
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the law of God.
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So we're going to the
Old Testament book of Isaiah.
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Isaiah chapter 59.
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And I'll go ahead
and read this one today.
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Or this one... this text right
here. Isaiah 59 verses 1 and 2.
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The Bible says: "Behold,
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the Lord's hand is not shortened
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that He cannot save
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neither His ear heavy
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that it cannot hear. "
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So just notice in this text
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right here. When
you're giving this Bible study
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what you're drawing out of
this text is that God's hand
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is not too
short to save someone.
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What do you say to that? Amen!
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Then it says: "Neither His ear
too heavy that He cannot hear. "
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So is God able to save us
regardless of where we are
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in our walk, in our life? HE IS!
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His hand is not too short that
He can't reach down and save us
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nor is His ear too
heavy that He cannot hear us.
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Notice the
first word in verse 2.
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The first word
in verse 2 is what?
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But. But. That means
in total contradiction
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to what was just said.
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"The Lord's hand is not
shortened that He cannot save
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nor His ear too
heavy that He cannot hear
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but... " Notice
what it says here:
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"your iniquities have separated
between you and your God
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and your sins have
hid His face from you
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that He WILL NOT hear. "
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So sin is a thing to
be avoided, isn't it?
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Because sin or
iniquity separates us
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from God.
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So if you and I cherish sin:
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something that
we know to be wrong,
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something that we
know displeases God,
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if we cherish it...
And some people say:
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"But I don't cherish sin. "
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You have something in your life
that you're not struggling with
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that you continually do
and you know displeases God?
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Some people will say to
me: "But you know, Pastor,
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I'm not convicted
that I should stop. "
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You don't have to be convicted
to know whether something
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is right or wrong.
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If the Bible
tells us that it's wrong
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whether we are convicted or
not, then we know that it is
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what? Wrong.
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So when God shows us something
and we refuse to do it,
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when God is working on our
hearts but we refuse to follow
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what God is asking us to
do, then we are cherishing sin.
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So when you're giving this
Bible study it's very important
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that the people that
you're giving the Bible study to
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understand that God can
save anyone that comes to Him.
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In a moment He can save them.
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For those of us that are
saved we must be very careful
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not to cherish sin.
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We must try to
remove ourselves from sin.
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But we can't do that
without what? Grace...
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which is the power of
God. And who is full of grace?
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Jesus was full of grace.
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So we have seen here
that in the sin aspect
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that sin separates or
puts a gap between us and God.
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Is it because God
doesn't want to be with us?
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No. God wants to be with us
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but God gives us
the power of choice
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and He'll never
force us. If we choose sin,
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He'll let us go that way
because He won't force us.
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So now we've
finished up with sin there.
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And again, those of you at home
will want to watch the first
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half of this if you haven't.
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And our next reference here
moving right into the law texts
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is Revelation
chapter 12 and verse 17.
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So often I hear people say
that the law of God does not
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matter to the
Christian experience today.
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It just doesn't
make a difference.
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But what does the Bible
say in Revelation chapter 12
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and verse 17?
Revelation chapter 12 verse 17.
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We will go ahead and
let Shelleta read this.
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Revelation
chapter 12 and verse 17.
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So those of you at home,
you're turning to Revelation
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chapter 12, turning to the
17th verse, and now she's going
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to read for us: "And the
dragon was wroth with the woman
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and went to make war
with the remnant of her seed
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which keep the
commandments of God
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and have the
testimony of Jesus Christ. "
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OK. So the Bible says the
dragon was wroth with the woman.
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Who is the dragon? Satan.
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So those of you that
are marking your Bibles
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right above that where it
says dragon you may want to
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put a reference. Just
put Revelation chapter 12
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verse 9. Revelation chapter
12 verse 9 is what tells us
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that the dragon is the
same as Satan or the devil.
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So just write Revelation 12:9
right above that word dragon
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and then you'll be
able to explain that.
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So it says: "And the
dragon was wroth... "
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What does the word wroth mean?
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It means angry or
enraged, that's right.
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"The dragon" who is the devil...
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So the devil is
enraged with the woman.
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Now in Bible
prophecy when we're in the
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the New Testament
apocalyptic or end-time book...
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in Bible prophecy,
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Bill, tell me what
does a woman represent?
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The church. That's
right. Yeah, do that again.
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Why don't you do
that again? The church.
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That's right. So in
Bible prophecy, a woman
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represents a church.
So this text is telling us
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that the devil is
angry with a church.
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That's absolutely right.
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And then it
says... as Shelleta read...
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"And went to make war
with the remnant of her seed"
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and then it describes
the children or the seed
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of the church. And
how does it describe them?
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There's 2 characteristics there.
How does it describe them?
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All right, pick up
that microphone and tell me.
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How are they described?
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Go ahead and pick that
microphone up. It's all right.
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Follow His
commandments and follow Jesus.
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That's right. So the
people that Satan is angry with
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are the people that are
keeping the commandments of God
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and those that have the
testimony of Jesus Christ.
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So at the end of time
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does God expect His people
to be keeping His commandments?
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He does.
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Does the devil get mad at people
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that aren't
keeping the commandments?
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Does the devil get
mad at people that are not
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keeping the commandments?
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No he doesn't.
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The devil likes it, doesn't he?
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Because you remember any
interpretation of scripture
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that seeks to do away with
God's law is a product of who?
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The antichrist.
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You've always got to keep
that in the random access memory
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of your brain because any
interpretation of scripture
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that seeks to do
away with God's law
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pleases antichrist.
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And if we please antichrist
we're not pleasing Jesus Christ.
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That's right.
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So, now you see
there on your screen
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that there's another
reference that we can use here.
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And it's in parentheses
so we're going to look at it:
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Revelation
chapter 14 and verse 12.
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Revelation
chapter 14 and verse 12.
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So some of you may
have to turn a page;
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some of you may not.
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And we will go ahead and we
will let Mike Mudd read this
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if you don't mind.
Revelation the 14th chapter.
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Those of you at home, if you
haven't gotten your Bible yet
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you recognize now that you have
a need of getting your Bible,
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so go grab that.
Revelation the 14th chapter
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and the 12th verse. Mike:
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"Here is the
patience of the saints.
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Here are they that
keep the commandments of God
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and have the faith of Jesus. "
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So here's the patience of who?
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The saints. And
then it defines a saint.
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This is the Biblical
definition of a saint.
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The Bible says that a saint
is someone that does two things.
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And what were
those things, Mike?
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They keep the
commandments of God
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and they have
the faith of Jesus.
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They keep the
commandments of God
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and they have
the faith of Jesus.
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So again, simply ask the person
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that you're giving the Bible
study to... simply ask them:
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Is the keeping of the
commandments of God important
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to God's last day or
God's end-time people?
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It's important, isn't it?
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Because that is the
distinguishing aspect
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between God's people and
then the people that want to
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change God's law.
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You know, some people
say: "God is much too gracious;
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He is much too merciful
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to make me keep His law. "
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But you will remember
in John chapter 14 verse 15
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Jesus didn't say: "Keep My law
because I'm making you keep it"
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did He? He
said: "If you love Me,
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keep My commandments. "
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So the question is not
about "Do I have to do it? "
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The question is: "How
much do I love Jesus? "
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And if I love Jesus
with all of my heart,
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then all of my heart is
going to want to keep ALL
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of His what? Of
His commandments.
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Now in our
introduction we used a reference
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Matthew chapter
5 verses 17 and 18.
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We're going to go back to that
reference in our Bible study
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because that is the springboard
that we are going to use
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to launch into
the Ten Commandments.
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Now the purpose of this
Bible study is simply to show
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that God's law
is still valid today
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and the keeping of God's
law is a response of love
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from the one that loves God.
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So the purpose of this
study is not to focus on
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any one of the commandments.
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In this Bible study
you are not focusing on
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just the first commandment.
00:22:01.00\00:22:02.36
You're not focusing on
just the third commandment.
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You're not focusing
just on the 7th commandment
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or the 4th commandment
or the 3rd commandment.
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You're focusing on all of them.
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You're laying a foundation for
the study that comes after this.
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And the study that comes
after this one is a Bible study
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on the Sabbath.
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So what you have to do -
for those of you that are giving
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Bible studies and using these
studies - you... you give this
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Bible study on week 7.
This is the 7th Bible study
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in this series.
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And then you wait a week
and then in the 8th week...
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at the 8th study is
when you bring in the topic
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of the Sabbath. Today
when you're giving this study
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on week seven, you're not
singling out any one of the
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commandments.
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For those of you that
love the Sabbath of God,
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for those of you that
love the 4th commandment,
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our temptation is going to be
00:22:54.45\00:22:57.41
just to hammer home the Sabbath
00:22:57.61\00:22:59.71
during this Bible study.
00:22:59.91\00:23:01.21
But that is not the
goal of this Bible study
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because the other commandments
are just as important,
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aren't they?
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They sure are!
00:23:08.91\00:23:10.25
The Bible says if we break
one we have broken them all...
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and that's in James chapter 2.
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So this reference
here in Matthew chapter 5:
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we'll go ahead and let
Mrs. Gloria read that for us.
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Matthew chapter
5 verses 17 and 18.
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We are using this reference
again just as a springboard
00:23:27.32\00:23:31.74
into the commandments.
And I'll show you exactly why
00:23:31.94\00:23:34.77
after we read
it. So, Mrs. Gloria,
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Matthew chapter
5 verses 17 and 18.
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"Do not think that I came to
destroy the law or the prophets.
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I did not come to
destroy but to fulfill.
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For assuredly I say to you:
00:23:48.19\00:23:50.85
Till heaven and earth pass away
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one jot or one tittle
00:23:54.50\00:23:57.61
will by no means
pass from the law
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till all is fulfilled. "
00:24:01.11\00:24:04.07
So Mrs. Gloria, I've
been studying with people
00:24:04.37\00:24:07.11
and people will tell me...
00:24:07.32\00:24:08.59
You want to hold that
microphone there 'cause
00:24:08.80\00:24:09.82
I'm going to have you
read one more reference.
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People will tell me
that that word right there
00:24:11.70\00:24:14.25
fulfilled means
that Jesus fulfilled it;
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therefore, I don't have
to live in regard to the law.
00:24:18.23\00:24:21.89
So basically what
they're saying is:
00:24:23.17\00:24:25.03
Jesus fulfilled the
law. Jesus did away with it
00:24:25.23\00:24:28.04
so that I wouldn't have to
live in reference to the law
00:24:28.25\00:24:30.83
or so I wouldn't
have to keep God's law.
00:24:31.03\00:24:33.91
If that word fulfill...
Mrs. Gloria, if that word
00:24:34.11\00:24:37.62
fulfill means to do away with,
00:24:37.72\00:24:39.96
then we've got
some real concerns.
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Turn very quickly to
Matthew the third chapter.
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This is not in your
notes. This is just extra.
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Extra stuff here.
So Matthew chapter 3
00:24:50.77\00:24:53.67
and verse 15.
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Matthew chapter 3 verse 15.
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So Mrs. Gloria if you'll
go ahead and read that for us.
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I want you to notice the
use of the word fulfilled.
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If fulfilled
means to do away with,
00:25:04.28\00:25:08.03
then listen to
what it would mean here.
00:25:08.23\00:25:10.58
"But Jesus
answered and said to him:
00:25:11.94\00:25:14.98
'permit it to be so now
00:25:15.28\00:25:18.12
for thus it is fitting for us
00:25:18.33\00:25:20.73
to fulfill all
righteousness. ' "
00:25:20.77\00:25:23.06
So if that word
fulfill means to do away with,
00:25:23.26\00:25:26.24
then that means that
Jesus there in that reference
00:25:26.54\00:25:29.84
came to do away
with all righteousness.
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So certainly that's not what
the word fulfill means, is it?
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It can't mean that. So
you may in the margin of
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your Bible in Matthew
chapter 5 verses 17 and 18
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you may want to circle or
underline the word fulfill
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and then just put a
little reference there
00:25:48.47\00:25:51.12
to go to Matthew
chapter 3 verse 15.
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That way when
you're giving a study...
00:25:54.76\00:25:57.39
even those of you at home,
when you're giving this study
00:25:57.59\00:25:59.60
to your co-workers, to
your friends, to your family...
00:25:59.80\00:26:02.51
when they say: "Well it
says right there Jesus fulfilled
00:26:02.71\00:26:05.27
the law so it's
done away with, "
00:26:05.37\00:26:07.77
you can go to
Matthew chapter 3 and show
00:26:07.97\00:26:10.37
that Jesus did not
do away with the law
00:26:10.67\00:26:13.63
by fulfilling the law.
00:26:13.83\00:26:15.50
He certainly fulfilled it.
He filled it so full of meaning
00:26:15.70\00:26:19.66
that He said: "I
tell you the truth.
00:26:19.87\00:26:23.22
The law says thou
shalt not commit adultery
00:26:23.43\00:26:26.34
but if any of you
looks lustfully upon a woman
00:26:26.54\00:26:29.82
you have committed
adultery in your heart. "
00:26:30.02\00:26:31.98
So Jesus fulfilled it. He
filled it full of more meaning
00:26:32.18\00:26:36.64
than they ever
thought the law had.
00:26:36.74\00:26:39.57
And so the Bible says
there in Matthew chapter 5
00:26:40.83\00:26:44.00
17 and 18 that Jesus
came to fulfill the law.
00:26:44.21\00:26:48.98
And then it says:
"I tell you the truth:
00:26:49.18\00:26:50.94
not one jot or tittle
will pass from the law
00:26:51.14\00:26:53.96
until all is fulfilled. "
00:26:54.16\00:26:55.74
As long as there is an earth,
00:26:55.94\00:26:57.98
as long as there is
heaven or a place to breathe,
00:26:58.18\00:27:01.93
God's law will be valid.
00:27:02.13\00:27:05.13
Do you see that principle there?
00:27:05.23\00:27:06.82
Because we're going
to use this principle...
00:27:07.02\00:27:10.02
this principle... to springboard
into the commandments.
00:27:10.22\00:27:15.39
And so what I do... Again,
let me just stress this again.
00:27:15.59\00:27:18.78
The purpose of this study
is not to focus on any one
00:27:19.08\00:27:23.93
of the commandments.
00:27:24.13\00:27:25.75
The purpose of this
study is to lay the foundation
00:27:25.95\00:27:29.02
for the following
study which is a Bible study
00:27:29.12\00:27:31.73
on the Sabbath.
00:27:31.93\00:27:33.21
So when we go to the
commandments it is probably
00:27:33.51\00:27:36.50
one of the hardest things - you
know. I gave this Bible study to
00:27:36.60\00:27:39.35
Ronnie and Alex a
couple of weeks ago.
00:27:39.55\00:27:42.28
And it's the hardest thing
when you're giving this study
00:27:42.48\00:27:44.60
not to just launch
into the next Bible study
00:27:44.80\00:27:47.44
which is on the Sabbath.
00:27:47.64\00:27:48.69
Because you get to
the first commandment
00:27:48.89\00:27:50.76
and people like "yeah. "
You get to the third commandment
00:27:50.86\00:27:52.70
"yeah. " You get to the
fourth commandment "yeah. "
00:27:52.73\00:27:54.49
And then you just want to say:
"But why aren't you doing it? "
00:27:54.69\00:27:57.54
But you can't do
that during this study.
00:27:57.74\00:27:59.94
You need that week of
time for the Spirit of God
00:28:00.14\00:28:02.89
to take this Bible study
and the truth that is in this
00:28:03.09\00:28:06.36
and to just bury it in
their hearts to get that seed
00:28:06.56\00:28:10.17
firmly planted
so that it can grow
00:28:10.37\00:28:12.98
into a plant that will
produce fruit in righteousness.
00:28:13.18\00:28:16.96
So we're going now
to the Ten Commandments.
00:28:17.26\00:28:21.19
We're going to go
to our fourteenth...
00:28:21.29\00:28:23.10
we're going to go to our 14th
reference in this Bible study
00:28:23.30\00:28:27.65
and that's going to
be the Ten Commandments.
00:28:27.85\00:28:29.94
Exodus chapter 20.
We'll begin reading in verse 1
00:28:30.14\00:28:33.74
and we're going to
let Bill read this.
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Let's go to Exodus -
Genesis, Exodus - chapter 20
00:28:35.89\00:28:40.08
and verse 1.
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Now Bill, when I
give this Bible study
00:28:42.49\00:28:44.35
I allow the people that I'm
giving the Bible study to...
00:28:44.55\00:28:47.61
I allow them to read it to me
00:28:47.71\00:28:49.60
and then I stop them
at the end of each one
00:28:49.80\00:28:51.99
of those commandments
and I ask a question.
00:28:52.10\00:28:53.92
And remember, the basis -
the springboard - for taking us
00:28:54.12\00:28:57.83
to the
commandments was that Jesus said
00:28:57.93\00:28:59.73
that until heaven and
earth pass not one jot or tittle
00:28:59.93\00:29:03.27
will pass from the law
until all is fulfilled.
00:29:03.37\00:29:05.92
And so we still
have an earth, don't we?
00:29:06.12\00:29:08.05
We still have heaven because
we're breathing, don't we?
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And so I'm just going to ask...
I'm going to ask this question,
00:29:10.43\00:29:13.10
and it will get redundant but it
will prove the very basic point
00:29:13.30\00:29:17.80
that God's law is still valid.
00:29:17.90\00:29:19.24
And this is the
question that I ask:
00:29:19.44\00:29:21.40
According to the words of Jesus
00:29:22.57\00:29:24.97
is this part of His
law still valid today?
00:29:25.17\00:29:28.05
That's the question:
According to the words of Jesus
00:29:28.35\00:29:31.03
is this part of His
law still valid today?
00:29:31.23\00:29:34.50
And so why don't you read
the first commandment for us.
00:29:34.70\00:29:37.48
You will read
verses 1, 2, and 3.
00:29:37.68\00:29:41.24
"And God spoke all
these words saying:
00:29:41.44\00:29:43.99
'I am the Lord your God
who brought you out of the land
00:29:44.19\00:29:46.68
of Egypt, out of
the house of bondage.
00:29:46.78\00:29:49.02
You shall have no
other gods before Me. ' "
00:29:49.22\00:29:51.85
OK. So stop right there.
00:29:52.05\00:29:53.28
According to the words of
Jesus in Matthew 5:17 and 18
00:29:53.58\00:29:57.99
does Jesus still
consider this part of His law
00:29:58.02\00:30:01.94
to be valid today?
00:30:02.14\00:30:03.58
Yes. Yes He does.
00:30:03.78\00:30:05.24
OK... next commandment.
00:30:05.44\00:30:06.98
"You shall not make
yourself a carved image
00:30:07.18\00:30:10.46
any likeness of
anything that is in heaven above
00:30:10.66\00:30:12.92
or that is in the earth beneath
00:30:13.12\00:30:16.26
or that is in the
water under the earth.
00:30:16.46\00:30:18.61
You shall not bow
down to them nor serve them
00:30:18.81\00:30:21.76
for I the Lord your
God am a jealous God
00:30:21.96\00:30:24.91
visiting the iniquities of
the fathers upon the children
00:30:25.11\00:30:27.55
to the third and
the fourth generations
00:30:27.75\00:30:30.86
of those who hate Me
00:30:30.96\00:30:32.30
and showing mercy to
thousands of those who love Me
00:30:32.50\00:30:34.85
and keep My commandments. " OK.
00:30:34.95\00:30:36.80
So then again I just
ask the simple question:
00:30:37.00\00:30:39.62
this is the second
commandment in the ten.
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According to the words of Jesus
00:30:42.72\00:30:45.18
does Jesus still consider this
part of His law valid today?
00:30:45.38\00:30:50.58
Yes He does.
00:30:50.88\00:30:53.03
Now I want you to
notice something Bill.
00:30:53.23\00:30:55.01
At the very end there in verse
6 of the second commandment
00:30:55.21\00:30:57.82
it says: "and showing mercy unto
thousands of them" that what?
00:30:58.02\00:31:01.41
"Love Me and keep
My commandments. "
00:31:01.61\00:31:04.09
"Keep My commandments.
" So the keeping of the
00:31:04.19\00:31:05.34
commandments comes after
you and I love God, doesn't it?
00:31:05.44\00:31:09.87
So again, the keeping
of the commandments is not
00:31:10.07\00:31:11.97
in order to be saved. The
keeping of the commandments
00:31:12.07\00:31:15.13
is because you ARE saved.
00:31:15.33\00:31:17.22
If Jesus saves you... that's
what gives you the motivation
00:31:17.42\00:31:21.36
and the love
motivation to keep God's law.
00:31:21.56\00:31:24.78
So let's go to
the third commandment.
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That's verse seven, Bill.
00:31:26.98\00:31:28.85
"You shall not take the name
of the Lord your God in vain
00:31:29.05\00:31:32.00
for the Lord God will
not hold him guiltless
00:31:32.21\00:31:34.59
who takes His name in vain. "
00:31:34.79\00:31:36.41
So according to the words
of Jesus in Matthew 5:17 and 18
00:31:36.61\00:31:40.86
does Jesus still consider this
part of His law valid today?
00:31:41.06\00:31:45.86
Yes He does.
00:31:46.26\00:31:47.86
All right, let's go to
the fourth commandment.
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So you read
verses 8 through to 11.
00:31:50.38\00:31:53.03
"Remember the
Sabbath day to keep it holy.
00:31:53.23\00:31:55.69
Six days you shall
labor and do all your work
00:31:55.89\00:31:58.52
but the seventh day is the
Sabbath of the Lord your God.
00:31:58.72\00:32:01.30
In it you shall do no work.
00:32:01.50\00:32:03.47
You nor your son
nor your daughter
00:32:03.67\00:32:06.31
nor your male servant
nor your female servant
00:32:06.51\00:32:08.85
nor your cattle nor
your stranger who is within
00:32:09.05\00:32:11.42
your gates. For in
six days the Lord made
00:32:11.52\00:32:15.08
the heavens and the earth,
the sea and all that is in them
00:32:15.19\00:32:18.06
and rested the seventh day.
00:32:18.26\00:32:19.99
Therefore the Lord blessed
the Sabbath and hallowed it. "
00:32:20.02\00:32:23.46
According to the words of
Jesus in Matthew 5:17 and 18
00:32:23.66\00:32:28.75
is this part of God's
law still valid today?
00:32:28.95\00:32:33.42
Yes. It is. Absolutely.
00:32:33.62\00:32:35.78
So let's go to
the fifth commandment.
00:32:35.98\00:32:38.34
Verse 12, right? OK, go ahead.
00:32:38.54\00:32:41.51
"Honor your
father and your mother
00:32:41.72\00:32:43.47
that your days may be
long upon the land which
00:32:43.67\00:32:45.91
the Lord your
God has given you. "
00:32:46.01\00:32:48.12
According to the words of
Jesus in Matthew 5:17 and 18
00:32:48.32\00:32:53.06
is this part of God's
law still valid today?
00:32:53.26\00:32:57.74
Yes. Now friend, understand
when you're giving this study
00:32:57.94\00:33:01.67
you're going to want
to stop on the fourth
00:33:01.87\00:33:03.67
because it's special to
you. Don't stop on the fourth.
00:33:03.87\00:33:06.54
You just keep on going
00:33:06.74\00:33:08.91
and you let the Spirit of
God work on those individuals'
00:33:09.11\00:33:12.01
hearts for the next
seven days until you come back
00:33:12.12\00:33:15.62
to give them the
next Bible study.
00:33:15.82\00:33:18.01
And then of course
the topic is the Sabbath
00:33:18.21\00:33:20.20
and you're going to
be focusing on that.
00:33:20.40\00:33:21.87
But the purpose of this study
is just simply to show that
00:33:22.07\00:33:24.78
every one of the commandments
God still expects us
00:33:24.88\00:33:28.38
because we love Him
00:33:28.58\00:33:30.20
to keep them. So let's
go to the next commandment.
00:33:30.40\00:33:33.62
This would be the
sixth commandment.
00:33:33.73\00:33:35.95
"You shall not murder. "
00:33:36.15\00:33:37.95
According to the words of
Jesus in Matthew chapter 5
00:33:39.16\00:33:42.68
verses 17 and 18,
00:33:42.89\00:33:44.88
is this
commandment still valid today?
00:33:45.09\00:33:48.10
It is! Let's go to
the next commandment.
00:33:48.40\00:33:50.98
"You shall not
commit adultery. "
00:33:51.18\00:33:53.58
According to the words of Jesus
00:33:53.78\00:33:56.58
in Matthew
chapter 5 verses 17 and 18
00:33:56.78\00:33:59.54
is this
commandment still valid today?
00:33:59.75\00:34:02.93
So remember, what we are
doing here is we are just
00:34:03.23\00:34:06.09
walking through
the commandments.
00:34:06.19\00:34:07.84
We're not focusing on
any specific commandment.
00:34:08.04\00:34:10.75
We're just walking
through the commandments
00:34:10.95\00:34:13.04
and we are asking: "Does Jesus
00:34:13.14\00:34:15.03
consider this still valid
00:34:15.13\00:34:16.54
according to what He
said in Matthew 5:17 and 18? "
00:34:16.64\00:34:18.98
And of course, what is that
00:34:19.18\00:34:20.64
Bible student
going to have to say?
00:34:20.74\00:34:22.35
They're going to have to
00:34:22.55\00:34:24.19
say "yes. " Otherwise
00:34:24.29\00:34:25.61
they're going to
call Jesus a... a liar.
00:34:25.81\00:34:28.06
So let's go to
our next commandment.
00:34:28.26\00:34:30.36
Let's go to our
next commandment there.
00:34:30.56\00:34:32.06
"Thou shalt not steal. "
00:34:32.26\00:34:33.84
According to the words of Jesus
00:34:34.04\00:34:36.63
does He consider this command-
ment to still be valid today?
00:34:36.83\00:34:41.25
He does. All right.
And our next commandment:
00:34:41.45\00:34:44.07
"You shall not bear false
witness against your neighbor. "
00:34:44.27\00:34:46.90
What is... what
is false witness?
00:34:47.10\00:34:48.79
Lying. Lying... that's
right. "Thou shalt not lie. "
00:34:48.99\00:34:52.50
According to the words of
Jesus in Matthew chapter 5
00:34:52.70\00:34:55.92
verses 17 and 18, does He still
consider this to be valid today?
00:34:56.12\00:35:00.47
Yes. He does. And
let's go to our last
00:35:00.67\00:35:03.06
or the 10th commandment.
00:35:03.16\00:35:04.40
"You shalt not covet
your neighbor's house.
00:35:04.60\00:35:06.99
You shall not covet
your neighbor's wife
00:35:07.19\00:35:09.50
nor his male servant
nor his female servant
00:35:09.70\00:35:12.09
nor his ox nor his donkey
00:35:12.29\00:35:14.34
nor anything that
is your neighbors. "
00:35:14.54\00:35:16.65
So according to
the words of Jesus
00:35:16.85\00:35:19.31
does He consider this command-
ment to still be valid today?
00:35:19.51\00:35:23.24
He does. As long as there is
an earth and as long as there is
00:35:24.39\00:35:27.73
a place for us to breathe,
as long as there is a heaven,
00:35:27.83\00:35:31.45
Jesus says "not one jot or
one tittle will pass from My...
00:35:31.66\00:35:35.55
pass from My law
till all be fulfilled. "
00:35:35.58\00:35:38.47
And did that word
fulfill mean to do away with?
00:35:38.67\00:35:41.92
It didn't. So
what we've seen so far
00:35:42.12\00:35:45.19
is that every aspect of
God's law is still valid.
00:35:45.39\00:35:51.12
Now, the wisest man
in the Old Testament
00:35:51.32\00:35:54.81
was called who?
What was his name?
00:35:55.01\00:35:57.51
King Solomon.
That's absolutely right.
00:35:57.71\00:36:00.07
He's the one that wrote
the book of Ecclesiastes.
00:36:00.27\00:36:02.64
Our next reference
you'll see there on the screen,
00:36:02.84\00:36:05.13
our 15th Law of God reference,
00:36:05.33\00:36:08.46
is Ecclesiastes
chapter 12 and verse 13.
00:36:08.66\00:36:13.63
Ecclesiastes. So you
have Psalms, Proverbs,
00:36:13.84\00:36:17.88
Ecclesiastes.
00:36:17.98\00:36:19.65
So right after the book
of Psalms you have Proverbs
00:36:19.85\00:36:23.19
then you have Ecclesiastes
chapter 12 and verse 13.
00:36:23.29\00:36:29.27
And we're going to let
Jessica read this for us.
00:36:29.47\00:36:32.81
Ecclesiastes
chapter 12 and verse 13.
00:36:33.01\00:36:37.95
"Here is my final conclusion:
00:36:39.50\00:36:42.03
fear God and
obey His commandments
00:36:42.23\00:36:44.88
for this is the
duty of every person. "
00:36:45.08\00:36:47.65
So, the wisest man
on this... on the earth
00:36:48.72\00:36:52.44
save Jesus Christ, of course,
00:36:52.64\00:36:54.74
says here that
the whole duty of man
00:36:54.94\00:36:59.51
is to do what?
Keep His commandments.
00:36:59.71\00:37:04.42
Now remember... what is
our motivation for keeping
00:37:04.62\00:37:08.18
the commandments of God?
00:37:08.38\00:37:10.13
Love. Now you must - when
you give this Bible study - you
00:37:10.33\00:37:13.17
must keep that
underlying principle there.
00:37:13.27\00:37:15.87
It was a principle that
was listed in the commandment
00:37:16.07\00:37:18.69
itself. It's a principle
that is listed in our hearts.
00:37:18.79\00:37:23.18
That's where the motivation
comes: it comes out of a heart,
00:37:23.38\00:37:26.95
a heart's response of love
to what Jesus has done for us.
00:37:27.15\00:37:31.02
And so what we're
pulling out of this reference is
00:37:31.32\00:37:34.41
the simple fact that
the wisest man on the planet
00:37:34.51\00:37:38.70
save Jesus Christ said: "Fear
God and keep His commandments
00:37:38.90\00:37:43.30
for this is the
whole duty of man. "
00:37:43.50\00:37:47.21
God expects us to put
forth some effort to obey Him,
00:37:48.08\00:37:53.65
doesn't He? It doesn't
just all of a sudden happen.
00:37:53.86\00:37:56.64
You and I may actually may even
need to change our lifestyle.
00:37:56.65\00:38:00.79
You and I may need to
change some of our habits.
00:38:00.99\00:38:04.06
In some cases God may
even require us to change
00:38:04.46\00:38:08.40
our jobs in order to
keep His commandments.
00:38:08.60\00:38:13.49
But we can never
forget that Jesus said:
00:38:13.59\00:38:16.23
"I will never leave
you nor forsake you. "
00:38:16.33\00:38:18.99
And you can look that up.
It's in Hebrews chapter 13.
00:38:19.19\00:38:21.87
It's in the first... I think
it's the 5th verse actually.
00:38:22.07\00:38:24.82
where Jesus said: "I will never
leave you nor forsake you. "
00:38:25.02\00:38:29.07
And Mike's going to check
that for me, and then we'll...
00:38:29.27\00:38:31.72
we'll make sure
whether that's right or wrong.
00:38:31.92\00:38:33.72
So what we're going to
do now is we're going to go
00:38:33.92\00:38:36.12
to the New Testament.
In our next reference - our
00:38:36.22\00:38:38.95
16th reference - we're going
to go to the New Testament book
00:38:39.05\00:38:41.99
of I John. I John chapter 5.
00:38:42.19\00:38:45.52
So not Saint John but I John.
00:38:45.72\00:38:47.81
We're going to go
to I John chapter 5.
00:38:48.01\00:38:50.73
So you find the book of
Revelation and just back up
00:38:51.13\00:38:54.08
a couple of books and
then you're right there.
00:38:54.18\00:38:56.21
That's what I did:
I went to Revelation
00:38:56.31\00:38:58.36
and then I backed up to
the left. We're in I John
00:38:58.56\00:39:02.11
chapter 5 verses 2 and 3.
00:39:02.31\00:39:05.58
And we are going to
let Danielle read that.
00:39:05.78\00:39:07.69
I John chapter 5 verses 2 and 3.
00:39:07.79\00:39:11.81
"By this we know that
we love the children of God
00:39:12.02\00:39:15.50
when we love God and
keep His commandments.
00:39:15.70\00:39:17.97
For this is the love of God:
that we keep His commandments.
00:39:18.17\00:39:21.24
And His
commandments are not grievous. "
00:39:21.44\00:39:24.22
So notice there in verse 2
when you're giving this study
00:39:24.42\00:39:27.25
you want to pull
out the references.
00:39:27.45\00:39:29.26
Was I right about
that... that text?
00:39:29.36\00:39:31.31
13 verse 5...
Hebrews 13 verse 5.
00:39:31.51\00:39:34.26
Praise the
Lord! We had it right.
00:39:34.46\00:39:35.47
So I John chapter 5
verse 2 says: "By this we know
00:39:35.68\00:39:39.76
that we love the
children of God. "
00:39:39.86\00:39:42.80
So what is the only
way according to this verse
00:39:43.01\00:39:46.02
that you and I can show
true love to God's children?
00:39:46.12\00:39:49.81
What does it say there?
Somebody was starting to say it.
00:39:50.11\00:39:53.17
When we love God
00:39:54.37\00:39:57.12
and keep His commandments.
00:39:57.32\00:40:00.82
So what comes first?
00:40:01.02\00:40:02.14
Loving God comes
first. That is the motivation
00:40:02.44\00:40:06.73
for keeping God's
commandments. Then it says
00:40:06.83\00:40:09.76
"For this IS the love of God. "
00:40:09.96\00:40:12.08
This is how we show
God that we love Him:
00:40:12.28\00:40:15.35
when... that we
keep His commandments
00:40:15.55\00:40:18.64
and His
commandment are not grievous.
00:40:18.84\00:40:21.44
It all has to be with
our motivation, doesn't it?
00:40:23.33\00:40:25.85
If we feel like we're
forced to do something,
00:40:26.05\00:40:28.42
do we ever want to do it?
00:40:28.52\00:40:29.85
When you think about it
growing up your folks said
00:40:30.05\00:40:32.05
"Go clean your room
or you can't go play. "
00:40:32.25\00:40:34.21
We're like: "Oh, I
don't like cleaning my room. "
00:40:34.41\00:40:36.57
We are forced to do it,
but what made us go do it?
00:40:36.60\00:40:39.72
Our motivation for
playing, wasn't it?
00:40:41.15\00:40:43.05
We wanted to go, so our
parents used that internal
00:40:43.25\00:40:46.45
self-motivating aspect
to get us to do things.
00:40:46.55\00:40:49.21
And God says: "Listen, you
love Me; keep My commandments. "
00:40:49.41\00:40:52.42
That's exactly what Jesus
says in our next reference.
00:40:52.56\00:40:54.89
Notice on your screen
we're going to John chapter 14
00:40:55.09\00:40:58.61
and verse 15. So
John 14 verse 15.
00:40:58.81\00:41:03.42
Tom, we will let you read this.
00:41:03.62\00:41:05.56
John chapter 14 and verse 15.
00:41:05.76\00:41:11.10
So if you'll just read that
for us. Everybody's there. OK.
00:41:11.30\00:41:15.18
"If you love Me,
keep My commandments. "
00:41:15.38\00:41:17.91
So what does... What color are
the words there in your Bible
00:41:18.11\00:41:21.70
in John 14.
They're red. They're red!
00:41:21.84\00:41:23.34
And so Jesus Himself
said: "If you love Me,
00:41:23.54\00:41:27.45
keep" what? "My commandments. "
00:41:27.55\00:41:29.61
It's interesting... He
calls them My commandments.
00:41:29.71\00:41:32.42
That's interesting, isn't it?
00:41:32.62\00:41:33.89
Whose commandments are
they? Jesus' commandments.
00:41:34.09\00:41:38.16
Jesus said: "If you love
Me, keep My commandments. "
00:41:38.56\00:41:42.22
He told us that His
commandments in John chapter 5
00:41:42.53\00:41:45.40
were not grievous.
00:41:45.60\00:41:47.57
That that is how we
showed others that we love Him
00:41:47.77\00:41:50.70
or them and that's how we
show God that we love Him...
00:41:50.90\00:41:54.15
by keeping His commandments.
00:41:54.35\00:41:57.77
So you're giving this
Bible study for the purpose
00:41:57.97\00:42:02.09
of people understanding that God
00:42:02.29\00:42:06.02
wants us to
keep His commandments
00:42:06.22\00:42:08.69
not because we have to
but because we love Him.
00:42:08.79\00:42:14.14
Does that make sense?
00:42:14.34\00:42:16.16
So now the appeal here.
Jesus said: "If you love Me,
00:42:16.36\00:42:20.27
keep My commandments.
" My question of Roberto
00:42:20.47\00:42:22.99
is how much do you love Jesus?
00:42:23.19\00:42:26.62
How much? Is
it... Is it your desire
00:42:28.40\00:42:31.32
to love Jesus with
all of your heart? Yes.
00:42:31.53\00:42:34.14
Is that your desire?
Jesus said: "If you love Me,
00:42:34.34\00:42:37.81
keep My commandments. "
00:42:38.11\00:42:42.25
So how much, my
friend, do you love Jesus?
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What is your motivation for
keeping the commandments of God?
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Love. Praise the Lord.
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And then I pray with them.
00:42:57.89\00:43:00.65
Now you, you... again... I'm
just going to reiterate this:
00:43:00.85\00:43:04.71
you don't focus on any
one of the commandments
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during this study.
00:43:07.96\00:43:09.50
The purpose is to introduce
people that have never heard
00:43:09.70\00:43:12.14
of the law of God
to the law of God.
00:43:12.24\00:43:14.56
It is also to introduce people
that have understood God's law
00:43:14.96\00:43:18.28
to be different than
what it shows in the Bible
00:43:18.48\00:43:20.52
the REAL law of God.
00:43:20.72\00:43:22.83
And it's also used
just to lay that foundation
00:43:23.23\00:43:26.43
for the study that
is going to come next.
00:43:26.63\00:43:29.40
Do you feel that
this study was clear?
00:43:29.60\00:43:31.28
Sure. Jesus gives us grace
00:43:31.48\00:43:35.22
to overcome sin which is
the transgression of the law.
00:43:35.42\00:43:40.14
Very simple. Do away with the
law then you do away with Jesus
00:43:40.34\00:43:43.54
because you don't have sin you
don't need grace to overcome it
00:43:43.74\00:43:46.68
so you don't need the
One that gives us grace.
00:43:46.88\00:43:50.06
So what we are going to do here:
00:43:50.47\00:43:52.55
we've just done a
little quick review.
00:43:52.76\00:43:54.51
We'll go to our next reference.
00:43:54.61\00:43:55.86
We have simple
questions and simple answers.
00:43:56.06\00:43:59.25
Now you remember in the very
beginning of this Bible study
00:43:59.46\00:44:02.99
we used this
illustration. In Daniel 7:25
00:44:03.19\00:44:07.43
it said that the antichrist
wants to change God's law.
00:44:07.53\00:44:12.17
In Matthew 5:17 and 18
Jesus said that there would be
00:44:12.37\00:44:15.71
no change in His law. You
remember that illustration.
00:44:15.91\00:44:18.59
So then we said:
00:44:18.79\00:44:20.59
Any attempt to
change God's eternal law
00:44:27.97\00:44:30.27
is a product of the antichrist.
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And so what we are going
to do is we are going to take
00:44:32.44\00:44:34.14
probably the most
abused reference in scripture
00:44:34.34\00:44:38.22
and we are going to look at it.
00:44:38.52\00:44:40.99
You notice on your screen
there the most... what I feel is
00:44:41.19\00:44:44.27
the most abused scripture in the
Bible is Colossians chapter 2
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verses 14 through 17.
00:44:48.56\00:44:51.99
So I'm going to grab my
Bible here. Colossians chapter 2
00:44:52.19\00:44:54.80
verses 14 through 17, and
I'll just read that for us.
00:44:55.00\00:44:58.35
So you're turning to Colossians.
00:44:58.56\00:45:00.37
It's after Corinthians
and you have Galatians,
00:45:00.57\00:45:03.00
Ephesians, Philippians,
Colossians chapter 2
00:45:03.20\00:45:07.86
beginning in verse 14.
00:45:08.06\00:45:11.54
And let's just read it.
Colossians chapter 2 verse 14
00:45:11.74\00:45:14.76
says: "Blotting out the
handwriting of ordinances
00:45:14.86\00:45:18.79
that was against us
00:45:18.99\00:45:20.53
which was contrary to us
00:45:20.73\00:45:23.60
and took it out of the way
00:45:23.80\00:45:25.88
nailing it to His cross.
00:45:26.08\00:45:28.20
And having spoiled
principalities and powers
00:45:28.40\00:45:31.54
He made a show of them openly
00:45:31.74\00:45:33.82
triumphing over them in it.
00:45:34.02\00:45:36.72
Let no man
therefore judge you in meat
00:45:36.92\00:45:40.26
or in drink or in
respect of an holy day
00:45:40.46\00:45:44.25
or of the new moon
or of the Sabbath days
00:45:44.45\00:45:48.42
which are a
shadow of things to come
00:45:48.82\00:45:53.26
but the body is of Christ. "
00:45:53.47\00:45:56.37
Over and over again I
hear evangelical ministers
00:45:56.58\00:46:00.79
even pastors say that
this... this reference
00:46:00.99\00:46:04.65
here is what did
away with God's law.
00:46:04.85\00:46:07.39
But go back to your...
go back to your screen.
00:46:07.59\00:46:09.81
If we put Colossians
chapter 2 verses 14 through 17
00:46:10.01\00:46:13.61
where God's... to teach
that God's law has been changed,
00:46:13.81\00:46:17.44
then that is a product of who?
00:46:17.64\00:46:19.84
Antichrist. So are
you and I comfortable
00:46:20.04\00:46:23.25
with Colossians 2:14-17
landing over here under the
00:46:23.45\00:46:26.56
antichrist that
wants to change God's law?
00:46:26.66\00:46:28.83
We're not. So
this Colossians 2:14-17
00:46:29.03\00:46:32.18
must be understood in
light of what Jesus said in
00:46:32.38\00:46:37.19
Matthew chapter
5 verses 17 and 18:
00:46:37.29\00:46:39.41
That "until heaven and
earth pass not one jot or tittle
00:46:39.61\00:46:42.84
will pass from My law
until all be fulfilled. "
00:46:42.94\00:46:45.28
And we learned that the
word fulfilled did not mean
00:46:45.51\00:46:48.43
to do away with. So, let's just
look at our next slide here.
00:46:48.63\00:46:54.12
What then was
nailed to the cross?
00:46:54.32\00:46:57.45
What is it that was
nailed to the cross?
00:46:57.65\00:47:00.52
And I'll probably just end
up reading all of these here.
00:47:00.62\00:47:02.79
What was it that
was nailed to the cross?
00:47:02.99\00:47:05.39
You remember on the
graphic there it says
00:47:05.49\00:47:07.93
Colossians 2:14-17.
00:47:08.13\00:47:09.88
Verse 14: "Blotting out the
handwriting of ordinances. "
00:47:10.08\00:47:13.75
We're just going to
take Colossians 2:14-17
00:47:13.95\00:47:16.96
and we're going to
break it down in pieces
00:47:17.06\00:47:18.81
so that we can understand
what is Paul talking about
00:47:19.01\00:47:21.86
in his letter to the Colossians.
00:47:22.06\00:47:23.74
So let's go to Deuteronomy 31.
00:47:24.04\00:47:26.45
We're going to look at this
"blotting out the handwriting
00:47:26.65\00:47:29.27
of ordinances. "
00:47:29.37\00:47:30.99
So you're going
to the Old Testament.
00:47:31.19\00:47:33.77
Remember, it's very difficult
to understand the New Testament
00:47:33.97\00:47:36.56
if we do not have
the Old Testament.
00:47:36.76\00:47:39.50
So we're going to
Deuteronomy chapter 31
00:47:39.70\00:47:42.64
and verse 9.
Deuteronomy chapter 31
00:47:42.84\00:47:47.36
and verse 9.
00:47:47.56\00:47:49.54
It says, Deuteronomy 31:9:
00:47:49.75\00:47:52.46
"And Moses wrote this law
00:47:52.66\00:47:55.70
and delivered it unto the
priests - the sons of Levi -
00:47:55.90\00:48:01.00
which bear the ark of
the covenant of the Lord
00:48:01.20\00:48:03.50
and unto all the
elders of Israel. "
00:48:03.71\00:48:06.49
Go to verse 24.
00:48:06.69\00:48:08.13
"And it came to pass
when Moses had made an end
00:48:08.33\00:48:13.35
of writing the words
of this law in a book
00:48:13.55\00:48:16.77
until they were finished... "
00:48:16.97\00:48:18.60
Let's ask this
question: did Moses write a book
00:48:18.81\00:48:21.53
that had the law in
it? That had a law in it?
00:48:21.74\00:48:24.49
He did. What do you
suppose Moses wrote that with?
00:48:24.69\00:48:27.67
His hand. He definitely
wrote it in ink, didn't he?
00:48:28.88\00:48:32.05
Or some type of
writing instrument back then...
00:48:32.25\00:48:34.60
Then verse 25 says that Moses
commanded the Israelites...
00:48:34.80\00:48:38.95
or the Levites which bear the
ark of the covenant of the Lord
00:48:39.05\00:48:41.33
saying: "Take
this book of the law
00:48:41.53\00:48:44.90
and put it in the
side of the covenant...
00:48:45.10\00:48:49.69
of the Lord - of the ark of the
covenant of the Lord your God
00:48:49.99\00:48:53.62
that it may be there for
a witness against thee. "
00:48:53.82\00:48:58.34
So go back to
your graphic there.
00:48:58.54\00:49:01.01
The graphic said that:
00:49:01.21\00:49:02.59
It was there for a
witness against who?
00:49:20.87\00:49:23.06
Against us. Now I want you to
go back over there to Colossians
00:49:23.26\00:49:27.86
Colossians chapter 2, and you
may have kept your finger there,
00:49:28.06\00:49:33.11
I didn't. It would be a good
thing for us all to put some
00:49:33.32\00:49:35.68
type of marker there, so
I'll do that in my Bible here.
00:49:35.88\00:49:39.13
It says in Colossians 2:14
00:49:40.03\00:49:42.20
"Blotting out the
handwriting of ordinances
00:49:42.40\00:49:46.05
that was against us
which was contrary to us. "
00:49:46.25\00:49:51.13
According to Deuteronomy 31
00:49:51.43\00:49:54.25
was there something
written in the law of Moses
00:49:54.45\00:49:59.21
that he wrote with his
hand that was not inside the ark
00:49:59.41\00:50:03.66
itself but was on
the side of the ark?
00:50:03.69\00:50:06.42
Was there something written
there that was against us?
00:50:06.62\00:50:09.18
Absolutely. And so
you can see very clearly
00:50:09.68\00:50:12.83
just from verse 14
here in Colossians 2
00:50:13.03\00:50:15.65
"Blotting out the
handwriting of ordinances
00:50:15.85\00:50:19.23
that was against us
which was contrary to us. "
00:50:19.43\00:50:24.23
We can see quite
clearly right there
00:50:24.43\00:50:26.55
that what was nailed to the
cross was the ceremonial law
00:50:26.75\00:50:32.22
that was written
by the hand of Moses.
00:50:32.42\00:50:36.28
Now let's go and
let's look and...
00:50:36.48\00:50:38.29
I think our next slide
is going to take us there...
00:50:38.59\00:50:41.20
Our next slide is
going to take us to Exodus 31
00:50:41.60\00:50:46.23
and verse 18. Let's
go to Exodus 31 verse 18.
00:50:46.43\00:50:50.57
We're still looking at
this handwriting of ordinances.
00:50:50.77\00:50:53.68
So I'm going to keep my
marker there in Colossians
00:50:53.88\00:50:56.74
but I'm going back to
Exodus - Genesis, Exodus -
00:50:56.94\00:51:00.12
31 and verse 18.
00:51:00.32\00:51:05.41
Exodus 31 and verse 18.
00:51:05.62\00:51:08.25
The Bible says
here... Exodus 31 verse 18:
00:51:08.65\00:51:13.80
"And He gave unto Moses
00:51:14.00\00:51:17.15
when He had made an
end of communing with him
00:51:17.35\00:51:20.67
upon Mount Sinai two
tables of testimony... "
00:51:20.77\00:51:24.50
Tables of what?
"stone written with the
00:51:24.70\00:51:29.04
finger of God. "
00:51:29.14\00:51:31.89
Now Mike, you'll appreciate
this because you have...
00:51:32.09\00:51:33.99
you have young
children like I do.
00:51:34.19\00:51:35.77
And I told my kids one
day in morning worship,
00:51:35.97\00:51:38.65
we always try to
have morning worship...
00:51:38.75\00:51:39.88
we ALWAYS have morning
worship before we come to school
00:51:39.98\00:51:42.08
so on and so forth.
00:51:42.28\00:51:43.50
And I said: "God
wrote it with His finger. "
00:51:43.70\00:51:45.68
And my boy Brandon goes:
00:51:45.88\00:51:47.11
"How did He do that? Wouldn't
that be cool to write on stone
00:51:49.78\00:51:52.74
with your finger. "
00:51:52.84\00:51:53.93
Can any human write on
stone with their finger?
00:51:54.03\00:51:56.44
They can't.
00:51:56.64\00:51:58.35
Only God can write on something
that will last for eternity.
00:51:58.55\00:52:03.71
And He doesn't even
use His whole hand...
00:52:03.91\00:52:06.23
He just uses His finger.
00:52:06.33\00:52:08.96
The law that was
nailed to the cross...
00:52:09.17\00:52:12.03
the law that was blotted out...
00:52:12.23\00:52:15.73
was the law of ordinances
00:52:15.93\00:52:19.10
that was against us
which was contrary to us.
00:52:19.30\00:52:21.87
And that, according to
Deuteronomy 31 and Exodus 31,
00:52:22.07\00:52:26.51
is the law that Moses wrote
not the law that God wrote.
00:52:26.81\00:52:31.78
Does this make sense so far?
00:52:31.98\00:52:33.21
So again, we're just breaking
down Colossians chapter 2.
00:52:33.41\00:52:36.96
Let's look now at Deuteronomy
chapter 10 verses 1 through 5.
00:52:38.46\00:52:43.11
Deuteronomy chapter
10. So you have Genesis,
00:52:43.31\00:52:46.70
Exodus. You just keep
turning to the right to
00:52:46.90\00:52:48.55
Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy
00:52:48.65\00:52:52.17
chapter 10 verses 1 through 5.
00:52:52.37\00:52:57.30
The Bible says here in
Deuteronomy 10 verse 1:
00:52:59.64\00:53:03.29
"At that time
the Lord said to me:
00:53:03.49\00:53:06.56
'Hew thee two tables of
stone like unto the first. ' "
00:53:06.77\00:53:10.97
You remember Moses
broke the first two tables
00:53:11.17\00:53:13.70
when he came down from Mt. Sinai
00:53:13.90\00:53:15.67
and the children of Israel
were worshiping a golden calf.
00:53:15.87\00:53:18.04
They broke the commandments...
00:53:18.24\00:53:19.63
he broke them by dropping
them or throwing them down.
00:53:19.83\00:53:23.01
"And come up unto Me
into the mount and make thee
00:53:23.21\00:53:27.13
and ark of wood. And I will
write on the tables the words
00:53:27.33\00:53:32.53
that were in the first
tables which thou brakest.
00:53:32.73\00:53:35.76
And thou shalt
put them... " Where?
00:53:35.96\00:53:38.50
"In the ark. "
Where was Moses' law put?
00:53:38.70\00:53:42.53
Beside or in
the side of the ark.
00:53:42.73\00:53:46.52
So God's law - the Ten
Commandments - is inside
00:53:46.72\00:53:49.41
underneath the mercy seat
00:53:49.61\00:53:50.91
showing that God's law is the
foundation for God's government.
00:53:51.12\00:53:54.64
But Moses' law - the law
of ordinances, the law that
00:53:54.84\00:53:59.06
contained instructions
about meat and drink
00:53:59.16\00:54:02.01
and festivals, the
new moon celebration
00:54:02.21\00:54:06.83
and the Sabbath
days. You understand there
00:54:07.03\00:54:10.45
in Colossians chapter 2
that Sabbath days is plural.
00:54:10.65\00:54:13.88
In the commandments we just read
00:54:15.21\00:54:17.43
it said THE
seventh day is THE Sabbath
00:54:17.63\00:54:22.36
of the Lord thy God
00:54:22.56\00:54:23.87
and so there's a
differentiation there.
00:54:24.07\00:54:26.35
There were feast days in
the Jewish cultural system
00:54:26.55\00:54:31.28
that were considered
Sabbaths or days of rest.
00:54:31.48\00:54:34.84
And so there are these
days in the Old Testament
00:54:35.04\00:54:39.60
and in the Jewish economy,
the Jewish civilization,
00:54:39.80\00:54:43.87
where they kept other days
than the seventh-day Sabbath
00:54:44.07\00:54:48.16
as a holy day. And so
that's the Sabbath days
00:54:48.36\00:54:52.41
that are spoken of there.
00:54:52.61\00:54:53.85
So let's continue on here.
00:54:54.05\00:54:55.56
"And make... " verse 3...
"And I made an ark of shittum
00:54:55.76\00:54:59.39
wood and hewed two tables
of stone like unto the first
00:54:59.53\00:55:03.26
and went up into the mount
having the two tables in my hand
00:55:03.46\00:55:07.37
and He" - speaking of
God - "wrote on the tables
00:55:07.57\00:55:11.44
according to the first
writing the Ten Commandments
00:55:11.64\00:55:14.57
which the Lord spake
unto you in the mount
00:55:14.77\00:55:16.50
out of the midst of the
fire in the day of the assembly
00:55:16.70\00:55:19.88
and the Lord
gave them unto me. "
00:55:20.08\00:55:21.63
Verse 5: "And I turned myself
and came down from the mount
00:55:21.83\00:55:25.51
and put the tables... " Where?
00:55:25.71\00:55:27.50
"in the ark which I
had made and there they be
00:55:27.70\00:55:31.35
as the Lord commanded me. "
00:55:31.56\00:55:34.07
Let's go now back
to our graphic there.
00:55:34.27\00:55:36.62
Moses wrote a law that was put
00:55:50.00\00:55:51.64
on the side of the ark.
00:55:51.84\00:55:53.73
God writes a law that is put
00:55:53.76\00:55:56.16
inside the ark.
00:55:56.26\00:55:58.41
Was there anything in
God's law that was not for us?
00:55:58.61\00:56:02.49
That was not
designed to protect us?
00:56:02.69\00:56:05.43
No. God's law was
designed to be for us.
00:56:05.83\00:56:10.03
"If God be for us,
who can be against us? "
00:56:10.23\00:56:14.33
So we follow God's law as an
expression of our love for Him.
00:56:14.63\00:56:20.00
Now if you take the
time, you can read in Leviticus
00:56:20.86\00:56:23.85
chapter 23 and you can
actually see when you read
00:56:24.05\00:56:27.42
that whole chapter
in Leviticus chapter 23
00:56:27.53\00:56:30.05
that there are several
feast days in the Jewish economy
00:56:30.25\00:56:34.47
called Sabbaths. But
then it differentiates those
00:56:34.67\00:56:38.97
beside the Sabbath of the Lord.
00:56:39.17\00:56:42.38
So very quickly
I'm going to Leviticus
00:56:42.58\00:56:44.62
and I'll just point
out the exact verse there.
00:56:44.82\00:56:47.76
Leviticus chapter
23... Leviticus chapter 23
00:56:48.90\00:56:53.78
and verse 38.
00:56:53.99\00:56:57.25
Notice Leviticus 23 verse
38 says: "Beside the Sabbaths
00:56:57.46\00:57:01.40
of the Lord. "
00:57:01.60\00:57:03.06
So you see that there
is THE seventh-day Sabbath
00:57:03.36\00:57:07.39
and then there are other Sabbath
days in the Jewish economy.
00:57:07.44\00:57:10.89
When Christ was nailed to
the cross, all of those things
00:57:11.09\00:57:14.51
that were a shadow of
the Christ that was to come
00:57:14.71\00:57:18.79
or of Jesus Christ, when
Christ was hung on the cross
00:57:18.99\00:57:21.96
no longer did the
sacrifices have any meaning.
00:57:22.16\00:57:25.19
No longer did the meat
offerings, the drink offerings,
00:57:25.39\00:57:27.96
the feasts... none of
that had any more meaning
00:57:28.16\00:57:30.90
because the true Lamb of
God had been slain on the cross.
00:57:31.10\00:57:35.67
Now you, my friend,
are able to give a study
00:57:35.87\00:57:40.24
on the law of God that
would draw people to love Him
00:57:40.44\00:57:44.09
and obey Him.
00:57:44.29\00:57:46.04