Live from the
3ABN Worship Center.
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Welcome to the
Pillars Of Our Faith event.
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As I walked through the door
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I sensed His presence.
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And I knew this was the place
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where love abounds.
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For this is the temple
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Jehovah God abides in.
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We are standing in His presence
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on holy ground.
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We are standing
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on holy ground.
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And I know that there are angels
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all around.
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Let us praise
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Jesus now.
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We are standing in His presence
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on holy ground.
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I have felt it
and sensed it today.
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Haven't you?
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In His presence there is joy
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beyond measure.
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And at His feet
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peace of mind
can still be found.
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If you have a need,
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my God has the answer.
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Reach out and claim it.
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For child, you're
standing on holy ground.
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We are standing
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on holy ground.
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And I know that there are angels
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all around.
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Let us praise, let us praise
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our Jesus now.
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We are standing in His presence
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on holy ground.
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If you know it, sing it with us.
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We going to do the chorus.
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We are standing
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on holy ground.
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That sounds beautiful.
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And I know there are angels...
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And I know that there are angels
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all around.
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Let us praise Jesus now.
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Let us praise
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Jesus now.
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We are standing in His presence,
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we are standing in His presence,
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we are standing in His presence
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on holy ground,
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holy ground.
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Amen.
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I'd like to introduce
the speaker for the hour.
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A wonderful
pastor, great friend, and a
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brother in the Lord.
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Elder John Carter.
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And I don't need to
ask how many of you that
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have maybe had life changing
experiences by listening to the
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message of brother John Carter.
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I've travelled many
places around the world,
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particularly in Russia, and
have seen the tremendous work
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of The Carter Report
and what John is doing.
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He has a gift for ministry.
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Most of all, he has a love
for Jesus and a love for people.
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Thousands and thousands
of people have come to the
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knowledge of Christ
and the truths of God's law
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through Elder John Carter.
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And right after Nathan Young
comes out, he's going to be
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singing one of the Pillars
songs by David Huntsinger
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and Kris Wilkinson.
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And this is
Written Down In Stone.
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And right after that, we'll have
Elder John Carter preach to us
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on the Ten Commandments.
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Amen.
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I'm glad to see you today.
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Are you glad to be here today?
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Amen.
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You notice I talk a
little differently to you.
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Just a little.
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You know, when I
first came to this country
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I was staying in a great
hotel and a lady came in.
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In fact, this was in
the city of New Orleans.
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And she came in to make up
the beds and she said to me,
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"Honey... "
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I was astounded.
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Here was a woman I'd
never met before and she's
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calling me "honey".
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She said, "Honey,
where do you come from?"
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I said, "I come
from Australia. "
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"Oh," she said,
"that's wonderful.
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Did you come by train
or did you come by bus?"
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I have never recovered.
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Then, "No," I said, "actually
madam, I came by plane. "
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She said, "Isn't it
dangerous coming by plane?"
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I said, "Not nearly as dangerous
as coming by bus or by train. "
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I'd like to see all
the Bibles here today.
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Would you please
hold up your Bibles?
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Because we'll be
using today, the holy Bible.
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Hold them up high please.
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And today, we turn
off the cell phones
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and we listen to the
preaching of the Word of God
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out of the Bible.
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A great name in the
United States of America is
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H.M.S. Richards.
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You know how he
came to know the gospel?
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When he was a little boy he
was always teasing his mother.
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And his beautiful mother,
beautiful, beautiful girl,
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she said to him,
"Harold, you're driving your
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brother to distraction.
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You've got to stop this.
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He's always
screaming and shouting.
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You've got to stop this. "
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And she said, "I want
you to promise me, Harold,
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that you're not
going to do it anymore. "
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So he said, "Mother,
I promise you I'll stop
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teasing my brother. "
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But the words were
scarcely out of his mouth
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when his brother was screaming
and throwing a tantrum.
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So his mother said to
him, this beautiful woman,
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she said, who knew Jesus,
she said, "Harold, if you ever
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do it again, I'm
not going to beat you.
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You're going to beat me. "
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He said, "Mother, I
could never beat you. "
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"Well," she said,
"I've got to do something
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because your brother
is getting so upset. "
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And she said, "Apparently,
I have failed as a mother.
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You'll have to beat me. "
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He said, "Mother, I'll
never do it again because
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I could never
have you beat me. "
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Just a little while
later, his brother was screaming
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and throwing
himself on the floor again.
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And Harold's mother said
to her boy, just a young boy,
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she said, "Harold, I want you to
go down to the back of the house
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and go down to the creek
and find one of those big reeds.
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And get a big one
and bring it up. "
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So she sent her boy down and
he came back a few minutes later
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with a little thing.
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She sent him back again.
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And he came back with one a
little bit bigger but too small.
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And she sent him back
until Harold Richards came back
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with a great big rod.
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And Harold Richards told
the story of how his mother
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took him, her boy, into
the bedroom and sat on the bed
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and bared her shoulders.
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And she said,
"Harold, beat me. "
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He said, "Mother,
I can't beat you. "
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She said, "I'm you
mother and I stand in the place
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of God for you, my boy.
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Obey your mother. Beat me. "
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He said, "I can't beat you. "
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She said, "I
command you, beat me. "
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He lifted up the rod and
he tried to bring it down
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upon his mother's bare back.
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She said, "Harold, beat
me. I tell you, beat me. "
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And then H.M.S. Richards, the
boy, fell down beside his mother
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sobbing and crying.
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And his mother put her
arm around his shoulders
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and told him the story of
how the innocent was beaten
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by the guilty with
the guilty for the guilty
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to bring us to God.
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And that's when H.M.S. Richards
got a glimpse of the gospel
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of Jesus Christ.
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And that's when H.M.S.
Richards found Christ as his own
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personal Savior.
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If there had been no law,
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H.M.S. Richards
would never have gone
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through that terrible thing.
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You only have punishment,
my friend, when the law
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has been broken.
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I want you to remember this.
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You only have punishment,
you only have a Savior
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when the law of
God has been broken.
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And the Bible tells
me that Jesus Christ is
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our divine substitute.
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The innocent One was
not guilty but He was
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treated as
though He were guilty.
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Beaten by the guilty for
the guilty with the guilty
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to bring us to God.
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That is the story of the gospel.
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And I would like you to take
your Bibles and turn with me now
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to the book of Galatians.
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And you may wonder, what
has this got to do with the
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commandments of God.
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It's got everything, my
beloved friends, to do with it.
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I want you to come over
here to Galatians chapter 3
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and verses 10 and
onwards in the holy scriptures.
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And this is reading
from the words of the
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prince of
preachers, the apostle Paul.
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Galatians chapter 3
and verses 10 and onwards.
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And I want you to
think this verse through.
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And everybody turn
in the Bible, please.
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I'm an old
fashioned Bible preacher.
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"All who rely on observing
the law are under a curse;
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for it is written, 'Cursed is
everyone who does not continue
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to do everything written
in the book of the law. '"
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And none of us have done all
of those things that are written
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in the book of the law.
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"Clearly, no one is
justified before God by the law.
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Because the
righteous will live... " How?
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"... by faith.
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The law is not based on faith.
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On the contrary, the
man who does these things
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will live by them. "
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But none of us, my
friend, have done these things.
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And verse 13 says, "Christ
redeemed us from the curse
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of the law by becoming... "
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Say it with me.
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"... by becoming a curse for us.
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For it is written,
'Cursed is everyone who is
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hung on a tree. '"
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Have you ever thought
this through, my beloved
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American friend, that the
Son of God was punished for us.
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I once preached a sermon,
many years ago in Australia,
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and I asked the
audience, "Was Jesus punished?"
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And they said, "Of course not. "
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I said to them, "If He were
not punished, then we certainly
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shall be punished. "
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And the Bible tells us,
"Cursed is everyone who is
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hung on a tree. "
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It is because the law
of God had been broken.
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And we were a lost race
of rebels that He came down
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to this planet in rebellion
and took our sin upon Himself
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and was cursed for us.
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How else do we understand
the cry, His dying cry,
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"My God, My God, why
have You forsaken Me?"
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Because He was
standing in my place
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and standing in your place.
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And He was standing in
your place and my place
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because the law of
God, never forget it,
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the law of God
demanded justice and judgment.
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And instead of the judgment
and the justice falling upon me,
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it fell upon Christ
as He hung on the tree.
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Listen to this.
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And I say this to my
beloved evangelical friends
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as they watch this telecast.
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Adventist Christians
believe in the atoning sacrifice
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of the Lord Jesus Christ.
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And we also believe in the
perpetuity of the law of God.
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Listen to this.
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The law, the moral law,
is established more firmly
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than if there had never been a
sinner and never been a Calvary.
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Calvary establishes these
great wonderful amazing truths.
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Number one, God loves you.
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I want you to know that today
as you watch this telecast.
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I don't know who you are.
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I don't know your circumstances.
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I don't know your
circumstances here today.
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You may feel a
million miles from God.
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You may feel that the
church doesn't care about you
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and nobody cares about you.
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I want you to know,
God cares about you.
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Jesus, the Son of God,
was staked to the cross
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and He wrote across that
cross, the words, "I love you. "
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You are never alone.
You are never forgotten.
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You are never isolated
because God says from the cross,
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"I love you. "
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That's the first great truth.
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And the second great truth
is this; the atoning sacrifice
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of our Lord Jesus
Christ is completed.
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When Jesus was dying,
He cried out to His Father,
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"My Father, it is finished. "
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He didn't say,
"It's just starting. "
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He said, "It is finished. "
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Because when He died on
the cross, He paid in full
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the penalty for
the broken law of God.
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It is finished.
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And the atoning
sacrifice was finished when He
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cried out, "It is finished. "
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And so the first
truth, God loves you.
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Number two, the
atoning sacrifice is completed.
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It's over, it is finished.
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And number three,
God's great law is eternal.
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So my topic today
is, The Ten Commandments.
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There is, however...
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Are you listening?
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There is, however,
confusion in Christendom.
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Some tell us, and maybe you're
one of those people out there
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watching the telecast, some
tell us the Ten Commandments
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were nailed to the cross and the
moral law is a yoke of bondage.
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I've heard it over and over.
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Many years ago in Australia,
there was a certain preacher
00:23:34.40\00:23:39.60
who believed that the
law was nailed to the cross.
00:23:39.63\00:23:42.86
He was preaching the
commandments are abolished,
00:23:43.66\00:23:47.26
and he was going from city
to city and he was challenging
00:23:47.29\00:23:53.25
every Adventist
preacher he could find.
00:23:53.28\00:23:56.77
And he was holding
tremendous public debates.
00:23:57.73\00:24:01.44
And he was putting
forth powerful arguments,
00:24:01.47\00:24:04.93
he thought, to show
that the moral law of God,
00:24:04.96\00:24:09.31
the Ten commandments,
was nailed to the cross.
00:24:09.34\00:24:12.85
Then there came along
a preacher by the name of
00:24:15.11\00:24:18.88
Pastor W.M.R. Scragg.
00:24:18.91\00:24:23.89
And he met this man.
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And I'm going to show you
now the argument that he used
00:24:28.30\00:24:32.53
to slay the
dragon of antinomianism.
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Antinomianism means
against the law of God.
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I want to show you the arguments
that he found in his Bible.
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Maybe these arguments are
going to be new to you today.
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Therefore, you'll
need to turn to the text.
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I want you to come
over here with me, please,
00:24:56.41\00:24:59.58
to Exodus 31 and verse 18.
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Exodus chapter 31,
now we're going to have
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a little bit of theology.
00:25:06.36\00:25:08.64
Exodus chapter 31 and verse 18.
00:25:08.67\00:25:12.68
And it's a pleasant
noise to hear the pages
00:25:12.71\00:25:15.89
of the Bible being turned.
00:25:15.92\00:25:18.22
In my church, we tell the
folks we only guarantee the
00:25:19.15\00:25:23.86
salvation of those people who
bring their Bibles to church.
00:25:23.89\00:25:27.78
And who leave their
cell phones in the car.
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Yea.
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You're a good
audience. Exodus 31 verse 18.
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You're agreeing with me so you
have got to be a good audience.
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Exodus 31 verse 18.
00:25:42.28\00:25:44.53
"When the Lord finished speaking
to Moses on Mount Sinai,
00:25:44.56\00:25:48.47
He gave him the two tablets... "
00:25:48.50\00:25:50.66
Say it with me.
00:25:50.69\00:25:52.06
Come on, say it loud.
00:25:52.09\00:25:53.81
Come on, I want to hear you.
00:25:54.61\00:25:56.07
The two tablets of the what?
00:25:56.10\00:25:58.13
"... the two
tablets of the Testimony. "
00:25:58.16\00:26:00.98
And the Bible tells
me these were so special.
00:26:01.01\00:26:04.40
"The tablets of stone inscribed
by the finger of God. "
00:26:04.43\00:26:09.71
Now listen,
listen carefully to this.
00:26:09.74\00:26:12.24
This is important.
00:26:13.41\00:26:15.55
It's a closed
deal when you see this.
00:26:17.00\00:26:20.50
God gave to the Ten
Commandments a special name.
00:26:21.73\00:26:27.04
He didn't just
call them, the law.
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Didn't do that.
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He gave them a special name.
00:26:33.05\00:26:35.70
And God called
them the Testimony.
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Now listen to what I'm
going to say because this truth
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will stand against
the forces of darkness.
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Whenever the word "testimony"
is used in connection
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with the sanctuary, it
refers only to one thing;
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the Ten Commandments.
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Including the fourth
commandment, the Sabbath.
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Now, I haven't gotten to
the end of my argument yet.
00:27:07.19\00:27:10.05
Whenever the word "testimony";
now store this down in the
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molecules of your mind.
00:27:16.24\00:27:17.72
One day this may save your soul.
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Whenever the word "testimony"
is used in connection
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with the sanctuary,
it refers to one thing.
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It refers to the Ten
Commandments, including the
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fourth commandment that talks
about the seventh day Sabbath.
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It is the Testimony.
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Let me give you
some sample texts.
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This will not be exhaustive.
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Come to chapter 30 and
verse 6 of the book of Exodus.
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So now we're having just a
little Bible study, you see.
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I'm not preaching now, I'm just
giving you a little Bible study.
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Exodus 30 verse 6.
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"Put the ark in front of
the curtain that is before
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the ark of the Testimony. "
00:28:02.39\00:28:05.63
When it says, "the ark
of the Testimony," it means
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the ark of what?
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Come on, give me some feed back.
00:28:10.20\00:28:12.93
The ark of the Testimony means
the ark of the Ten Commandments.
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Come over here to 25 verse 16.
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Chapter 25 verse 16.
00:28:21.24\00:28:25.40
"Then put in the
ark the Testimony
00:28:25.43\00:28:29.59
that I will give you. "
00:28:29.62\00:28:31.21
God doesn't say, "Put in
the ark the Ten Commandments. "
00:28:31.24\00:28:33.71
He says, "Put in
the ark the Testimony. "
00:28:33.74\00:28:36.62
He's giving it a special name.
00:28:36.65\00:28:38.30
And if you come down to
verse 22, "There above the cover
00:28:38.33\00:28:43.07
between the two
cherubim that are over... "
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Say it with me.
00:28:45.76\00:28:46.90
"... the ark of the Testimony. "
00:28:46.93\00:28:50.33
Come now to chapter 32:15, 16.
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Chapter 32:15, 16.
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God did this for a purpose.
00:28:58.25\00:29:00.28
He was trying to save our souls.
00:29:00.31\00:29:03.06
Come over here Exodus 32:15, 16.
00:29:03.09\00:29:06.72
"Moses turned and
went down from the mountain
00:29:06.75\00:29:10.71
with the two tablets of
the Testimony in his hands.
00:29:10.74\00:29:15.64
They were inscribed on
both sides, front and back.
00:29:15.67\00:29:18.20
The tablets were the work
of God, the writing was the
00:29:18.23\00:29:21.16
writing of God
engraved on the Tablets. "
00:29:21.19\00:29:24.54
Look at me, let
me have your eyes.
00:29:24.93\00:29:26.87
I want this to
get into your mind.
00:29:27.63\00:29:29.22
Whenever the word "testimony"
is used in connection with the
00:29:30.09\00:29:36.01
ark or the sanctuary,
it refers to one thing;
00:29:36.04\00:29:40.34
the Ten Commandments.
00:29:41.23\00:29:42.72
Now the term
"law" is a big word.
00:29:42.75\00:29:46.19
When the Bible talks
about "law", it encompasses
00:29:46.22\00:29:50.98
many, many things.
00:29:51.01\00:29:52.52
And there are some texts in
the Bible that seem to say that
00:29:52.55\00:29:57.26
the law was abolished.
00:29:57.29\00:29:58.87
That's true.
00:29:58.90\00:30:00.52
It actually says
that, verses like that.
00:30:00.55\00:30:04.77
And so there's
all this confusion.
00:30:06.61\00:30:08.46
But I want you to know this.
00:30:08.49\00:30:10.57
Whenever the word "testimony"
is used in connection with
00:30:10.60\00:30:14.60
the sanctuary, it refers to
one thing and one thing only.
00:30:14.63\00:30:19.53
The Ten Commandments,
including the Sabbath.
00:30:19.56\00:30:23.20
Now come over here with me to,
come over here to Deuteronomy.
00:30:23.23\00:30:27.06
This is where
we'll find this text.
00:30:27.09\00:30:28.66
Deuteronomy 31:24, 25.
00:30:28.69\00:30:37.91
Now we're going to show
you a text which is a contrast.
00:30:39.42\00:30:43.16
"After Moses finished writing
in a book the words of this law,
00:30:44.34\00:30:51.88
from beginning to end, he
gave this command to the Levites
00:30:51.91\00:30:56.58
who carry the ark of
the covenant of the Lord,
00:30:56.61\00:30:59.67
'Take this Book of the Law...
'" and place it in the ark.
00:30:59.70\00:31:05.27
"... and place it beside
the ark of the covenant of the
00:31:06.20\00:31:10.84
Lord your God.
00:31:10.87\00:31:12.40
There it will remain as
a witness against you. "
00:31:12.43\00:31:16.17
I want to say to my
beloved evangelical friends who
00:31:17.41\00:31:20.80
believe the Ten
Commandments are done away with
00:31:20.83\00:31:23.76
and they say that Adventist
Christians make a big deal of
00:31:23.79\00:31:29.31
separating the Book of the
Law from the Ten Commandments,
00:31:29.34\00:31:33.36
the Testimony, I want to
say to you my beloved friends;
00:31:33.39\00:31:37.19
we never did it, God did it.
00:31:37.22\00:31:39.20
God did it.
00:31:40.58\00:31:41.57
God said put the
Ten Commandments,
00:31:41.97\00:31:44.63
the Testimony, in the ark.
00:31:44.66\00:31:47.41
But He said, take the Book
of the Law and put it in...
00:31:47.44\00:31:51.89
No, He said put
it beside the ark.
00:31:51.92\00:31:55.43
It says it in the NIV.
00:31:55.46\00:31:57.26
And so God made a difference
between the Ten Commandments
00:31:58.72\00:32:02.14
and the rest of the law.
00:32:02.17\00:32:05.07
And remember this
again, I'm teaching this now.
00:32:05.80\00:32:08.96
I'm just acting like a teacher.
00:32:08.99\00:32:10.69
Whenever the word
"testimony", Hebrew word "edut";
00:32:10.72\00:32:15.87
whenever the Hebrew word "edut"
or the equivalent Greek word;
00:32:15.90\00:32:22.04
whenever the word "testimony",
whenever it is used in
00:32:22.07\00:32:27.62
association with the sanctuary
of God, it refers to one thing;
00:32:27.65\00:32:32.49
the Ten Commandments including,
the fourth commandment
00:32:32.52\00:32:35.03
that tells us to
keep the Sabbath.
00:32:35.06\00:32:36.83
Now, are you with me?
00:32:36.86\00:32:40.64
If I could show you some texts
right at the very end of the
00:32:41.50\00:32:45.88
Bible this side of Calvary
that talked about a sanctuary,
00:32:45.91\00:32:51.70
and an ark, and the testimony,
that would be overwhelming
00:32:51.73\00:32:58.38
evidence, would it not.
00:32:58.41\00:32:59.98
Come now to the
book of Revelation.
00:33:00.01\00:33:02.44
Written many, many
years after Calvary.
00:33:02.47\00:33:05.65
Revelation chapter 11
and verse 19, for a start.
00:33:06.90\00:33:10.99
We're on solid ground here.
00:33:11.02\00:33:12.85
Revelation
chapter 11 and verse 19,
00:33:12.88\00:33:16.37
dear hearts and gentle people.
00:33:16.40\00:33:18.02
Revelation 11 and verse
19, have you got the text?
00:33:19.18\00:33:22.52
"Then God's... "
What does it say?
00:33:24.17\00:33:26.06
Come on, come on.
Let me get some feedback.
00:33:26.95\00:33:28.71
"Then God's temple in
heaven was opened... "
00:33:28.74\00:33:31.39
The Bible tells me
there's a temple in heaven.
00:33:31.42\00:33:34.05
"... and within His
temple were seen... " what?
00:33:34.08\00:33:37.20
So John looks up into glory, my
friend, and he sees the temple.
00:33:38.19\00:33:44.63
And then he looks a
little bit further and he sees
00:33:44.66\00:33:48.96
the ark of God.
00:33:48.99\00:33:51.33
Okay?
00:33:51.36\00:33:52.83
Now come over now to Revelation
chapter 15 and verse 5.
00:33:52.86\00:33:56.76
Revelation
chapter 15 and verse 5.
00:33:56.79\00:34:01.59
Have you got it?
00:34:01.62\00:34:02.59
Revelation 15 verse 5, "After
this I looked, and in heaven,
00:34:02.60\00:34:07.86
the temple, that
is the tabernacle
00:34:07.89\00:34:12.33
of the testimony, was opened. "
00:34:12.36\00:34:16.62
He looks up into
glory, he sees the temple.
00:34:18.42\00:34:22.80
This is in the very end of time
00:34:22.83\00:34:24.82
because these verses are
referring to the last days.
00:34:24.85\00:34:28.85
He looks up into glory
and he sees the temple.
00:34:28.88\00:34:32.16
And then he looks into the
temple and he sees the ark.
00:34:32.97\00:34:36.75
And he looks into the ark
and he sees the testimony,
00:34:36.78\00:34:41.06
or the Ten Commandments, of God.
00:34:41.09\00:34:43.34
This is overwhelming evidence
that whatever was abolished
00:34:47.51\00:34:56.07
at the cross, the
Ten Commandments remain
00:34:56.10\00:34:59.97
the standard for the human race.
00:35:00.00\00:35:02.94
Now look at
Revelation 14 and verse 12.
00:35:05.05\00:35:07.90
He looks up into heaven and then
he looks down upon the earth.
00:35:08.60\00:35:13.01
Revelation
chapter 14 and verse 12.
00:35:14.05\00:35:19.86
Are you ready to go?
00:35:19.89\00:35:21.09
Revelation 14 and verse 12.
00:35:21.12\00:35:23.83
"This calls for patient
endurance on the part of
00:35:23.86\00:35:27.78
the saints who
obey God's commandments
00:35:27.82\00:35:31.75
and remain faithful to Jesus. "
00:35:31.78\00:35:34.70
He looks up into glory in
the last days and he sees the
00:35:34.73\00:35:40.68
Ten Commandments enshrined
in the very heart of the temple.
00:35:40.71\00:35:45.78
And then he looks down upon this
earth and he sees the people
00:35:45.81\00:35:50.42
who love Jesus and they
keep the Ten Commandments.
00:35:50.45\00:35:53.90
Thus Pastor Scragg
said, "I rest my case. "
00:35:57.65\00:36:04.09
And the other man was
never heard from again.
00:36:06.79\00:36:09.74
This is a little bit of history.
00:36:09.77\00:36:12.65
Now listen to me.
00:36:16.01\00:36:17.76
Whatever law was abolished
at the cross, whatever,
00:36:21.22\00:36:27.59
it was not the law
of the Ten Commandments.
00:36:27.62\00:36:30.55
They are seen in
glory at the end of time.
00:36:30.58\00:36:36.60
Now come over here to 1
John chapter 3 and verse 4.
00:36:36.63\00:36:41.44
1 John chapter 3 and verse 4.
00:36:41.47\00:36:46.81
1 John chapter 3 and verse 4.
00:36:48.60\00:36:52.62
And this is a text that
you will know quite well.
00:36:52.65\00:36:55.58
1 John chapter 3 and verse 4.
00:36:55.61\00:36:58.37
It says, "Everyone
who sins breaks the law. "
00:36:58.40\00:37:03.56
My friend, if there were
no law there could be no sin.
00:37:04.72\00:37:09.04
And this is referring to
the eternal moral law of God.
00:37:10.18\00:37:15.81
Let this be very plain.
00:37:16.89\00:37:18.50
Let this truth sink down
into the molecules of our minds.
00:37:18.53\00:37:23.25
Let there be no confusion.
00:37:23.28\00:37:25.29
The Bible says, "Everyone
who sins breaks the law.
00:37:26.32\00:37:31.30
In fact, sin is lawlessness. "
00:37:31.33\00:37:34.56
Or as the beautiful
King James version says,
00:37:34.59\00:37:37.78
"Sin," say it with me, "is
the transgression of the law. "
00:37:37.81\00:37:45.11
If there were no law,
there could be no sin.
00:37:45.14\00:37:51.04
Never forget it.
00:37:51.07\00:37:52.36
Come over here to
Romans chapter 7 and verse 7.
00:37:54.66\00:38:00.54
Go to Romans.
00:38:01.18\00:38:02.76
It's been called, that book;
great, glad and merry tidings
00:38:03.72\00:38:08.70
that makes a man's heart to sing
for joy and his feet to dance.
00:38:08.73\00:38:11.94
That's the book of Romans.
00:38:11.97\00:38:14.16
Of Romans chapter 7 Martin
Luther said, "This is the most
00:38:14.86\00:38:19.92
perfect gospel.
00:38:19.95\00:38:21.75
It is a light and a way
into all of scripture. "
00:38:21.78\00:38:25.88
Romans 7 verse 7.
00:38:25.91\00:38:28.80
"What shall we
say then?" Says Paul.
00:38:30.14\00:38:32.84
"What shall we say then?
00:38:32.87\00:38:34.58
Is the law sin? Certainly not.
00:38:34.61\00:38:38.54
Indeed, I would not
have known what sin was
00:38:38.57\00:38:42.35
except through the law. "
00:38:42.38\00:38:45.29
And so, my friend,
let us think logically.
00:38:46.89\00:38:51.09
And I want my seven little
helpers now to come out, please.
00:38:52.16\00:38:56.09
Seven little helpers.
00:38:56.12\00:38:58.23
If there is no
law, there is no sin.
00:38:58.26\00:39:05.06
And if there's no sin,
you don't need a Savior.
00:39:06.02\00:39:10.38
Isn't that true?
00:39:10.91\00:39:12.14
And if there's no
Savior, there's no gospel.
00:39:12.17\00:39:17.19
Well, you look really lovely.
00:39:19.08\00:39:21.96
You look really sweet.
00:39:22.69\00:39:24.46
Now, I'm just going to
get these glasses of mine.
00:39:24.49\00:39:27.86
Of course I can see everything
quite plainly but I just
00:39:29.80\00:39:32.25
have them here so you
folks aren't embarrassed.
00:39:32.28\00:39:34.33
Okay.
00:39:34.73\00:39:35.75
Now this boy's name is Enoch.
Say "Good morning, Enoch. "
00:39:36.61\00:39:40.83
He represents law.
00:39:42.08\00:39:44.14
This boy's name is Jonathan.
00:39:44.17\00:39:47.10
Say, "Good morning, Jonathan. "
00:39:47.13\00:39:48.75
He doesn't mind, but
he represents sin today.
00:39:49.48\00:39:52.73
Just only today.
He's just helping out.
00:39:52.76\00:39:55.33
This little
sweetie, her name is Kaylie.
00:39:55.36\00:39:59.27
Hey sweetie.
00:39:59.30\00:40:00.34
Hello Kaylie.
Say hello to Kaylie.
00:40:00.37\00:40:02.79
And she represents Savior.
00:40:02.82\00:40:05.19
Now this is Danielle.
00:40:05.22\00:40:07.81
How are you, cutie?
00:40:07.84\00:40:09.06
Are you doing alright?
00:40:09.09\00:40:10.09
She represents gospel.
00:40:10.12\00:40:12.32
Say hello to Danielle.
00:40:12.35\00:40:14.04
Now this is Adrianna.
00:40:14.74\00:40:17.79
Say, "Hello, Adrianna. "
00:40:17.82\00:40:19.44
Hello Adrianna.
00:40:19.87\00:40:20.85
Don't they all look nice?
00:40:20.88\00:40:22.45
And she represents grace.
00:40:22.48\00:40:25.21
What does she represent?
00:40:25.24\00:40:26.55
Grace.
00:40:26.58\00:40:27.57
Now this little
girl, her name is Carrie.
00:40:28.01\00:40:30.99
Aren't they all cuties?
00:40:31.02\00:40:32.28
Yea, I'd take them
all home if I could.
00:40:32.31\00:40:34.94
This is Carrie
and she represents...
00:40:34.97\00:40:37.29
Say hello to Carrie.
00:40:37.32\00:40:38.35
Hello sweetie,
do you want a kiss?
00:40:39.24\00:40:40.56
No. You're going to get one.
00:40:40.59\00:40:41.83
At my age, I can kiss anybody.
00:40:44.39\00:40:46.53
Even some of you folks.
00:40:48.10\00:40:49.75
Okay, hang on sweetie.
00:40:49.78\00:40:51.75
This is Carrie.
She represents church.
00:40:52.49\00:40:55.34
Okay.
00:40:55.37\00:40:56.45
Now this is Marcus.
00:40:56.48\00:40:58.71
Boy, don't they look
good in their suits and stuff?
00:40:58.74\00:41:01.76
I want to say to my Aussie
friends watching the telecast,
00:41:01.79\00:41:05.00
this is how little
children ought to go to church.
00:41:05.03\00:41:07.95
I want to say to my
friends right across America,
00:41:08.58\00:41:11.66
this is how little
children ought to go to church.
00:41:11.69\00:41:14.31
We ought to teach our
children that going to church
00:41:14.34\00:41:18.53
is more important than
going to see the President.
00:41:18.56\00:41:21.35
Absolutely.
00:41:22.21\00:41:23.38
Now I have some
folks tell me, they say,
00:41:26.05\00:41:28.61
"Well, it's just
like going to the beach.
00:41:28.64\00:41:31.51
Like, you know, we don't
have to get dressed up. "
00:41:31.54\00:41:34.19
I tell folks, "You may not
have real good clothes, but
00:41:34.22\00:41:37.57
wear the best you've got. "
00:41:37.60\00:41:39.01
Because you're
off to see the King.
00:41:40.04\00:41:42.56
You don't have to be dressed
like me, you know, with a
00:41:42.59\00:41:45.28
dark blue suit and all
the rest of that stuff.
00:41:45.31\00:41:48.34
But wear the best you've got.
00:41:48.37\00:41:50.15
Because you're going
to go to see the King.
00:41:50.18\00:41:52.76
And I want to say to every
person watching the telecast,
00:41:52.79\00:41:55.93
I'm proud to see how these
mothers have got these kids
00:41:55.96\00:42:01.58
ready for church.
00:42:01.61\00:42:02.58
That's really good.
I'm proud of you mothers.
00:42:02.59\00:42:04.98
Now what we're going to
do, we're going to have just a
00:42:05.01\00:42:06.68
little bit of fun.
00:42:06.71\00:42:07.68
Is it okay to have a
little fun in church?
00:42:07.69\00:42:10.89
Not a lot, I know.
00:42:10.92\00:42:13.12
We'll just have a
little bit of fun.
00:42:15.41\00:42:17.47
But if I think you
folks are having too much fun,
00:42:17.50\00:42:19.67
I'm going to stop you.
00:42:19.70\00:42:20.74
Okay? I'm going to say
it's enough fun in church today.
00:42:20.77\00:42:23.97
Okay, when I put my
hand on one of these children
00:42:25.04\00:42:28.02
like this, you're going to
tell me what he represents.
00:42:28.05\00:42:31.08
But I'm going to
help you at the start.
00:42:31.11\00:42:33.31
You should remember anyway,
but I'm going to help you.
00:42:33.34\00:42:35.75
This is law.
00:42:35.78\00:42:38.02
Come on, what's his name?
00:42:38.05\00:42:39.77
Law.
00:42:39.80\00:42:40.79
Why do you say it so funny?
00:42:40.82\00:42:42.32
This is law.
00:42:43.28\00:42:44.73
Yea, you folks, you'll be
better at the end of the sermon.
00:42:45.55\00:42:49.10
This is law.
00:42:49.13\00:42:50.74
Now the Bible tells me that sin
is the transgression of the law.
00:42:50.77\00:42:57.92
Oh, you're doing very well.
00:42:57.95\00:42:59.03
Let's do it again.
00:42:59.06\00:43:00.03
This is sin. And this is law.
00:43:00.04\00:43:03.49
And if there were no
law, there'd be no sin.
00:43:03.52\00:43:07.95
Just be careful because
I'm going to catch you out.
00:43:07.98\00:43:10.04
Now, because we have
broken the law and because we've
00:43:11.94\00:43:16.32
all committed
sin, we need a Savior.
00:43:16.35\00:43:21.03
And Jesus came down from glory
because we had broken the law.
00:43:21.06\00:43:28.64
Isn't this right?
00:43:28.67\00:43:29.96
You folks seeing this?
00:43:29.99\00:43:31.30
Now the Savior
came. Thank God for Jesus.
00:43:31.33\00:43:36.91
You know, I want everybody to
know that Seventh-day Adventists
00:43:36.94\00:43:40.96
just love Jesus and He's
the center of their faith.
00:43:40.99\00:43:45.09
And Jesus came
preaching good news.
00:43:45.12\00:43:49.52
And the good news,
we call it the gospel.
00:43:49.55\00:43:53.73
And the gospel tells
me all about God's grace.
00:43:53.76\00:44:00.07
Do you know what grace is?
00:44:00.10\00:44:01.73
Grace is the story of
how God saves me from sin
00:44:02.36\00:44:07.15
which is breaking the law.
00:44:07.18\00:44:09.35
Aren't we doing good.
00:44:09.38\00:44:10.91
Now the Bible tells me
that God has raised up...
00:44:10.94\00:44:14.34
You've got to look out
front, sweetie, or else I'll
00:44:14.37\00:44:16.35
give you another kiss.
00:44:16.38\00:44:18.10
Now the Bible tells me that
God has raised up the church.
00:44:20.26\00:44:24.91
And the purpose of the church
is to tell people about the...
00:44:24.94\00:44:28.94
...about the Savior who
came preaching the gospel
00:44:33.35\00:44:38.31
which is all about God's
grace, which is the story of how
00:44:38.34\00:44:42.45
God saves me from sin
which is breaking the law.
00:44:42.48\00:44:46.90
Now, the church employees...
00:44:46.93\00:44:50.03
You didn't tell us.
00:44:51.69\00:44:53.19
Well you should know.
00:44:53.22\00:44:54.32
...the preacher.
00:44:55.90\00:44:56.94
Here's the preacher.
00:44:56.97\00:44:59.06
Therefore, the church
employees the preacher.
00:44:59.09\00:45:06.51
And the preacher tells
people about the Savior
00:45:06.54\00:45:11.28
who came preaching the gospel
which is the story of God's
00:45:11.31\00:45:16.12
grace, which is how
God saves me from sin
00:45:16.15\00:45:20.35
which is breaking the law.
00:45:20.38\00:45:22.46
Okay we've got it together.
00:45:22.49\00:45:24.19
Now, you know
what's going on today?
00:45:24.22\00:45:27.23
Some people tell
me, you know, it's true,
00:45:27.26\00:45:31.03
I hear it everywhere.
00:45:31.06\00:45:32.20
They tell me there's no law.
00:45:32.23\00:45:35.41
They say, "Hey, the law
is gone. There's no law. "
00:45:35.44\00:45:39.21
So we're going to
get rid of the law.
00:45:39.35\00:45:41.00
So, Mr. Law, the law goes.
00:45:41.03\00:45:44.36
So if there's no
law, there is no sin.
00:45:44.39\00:45:47.78
So, there's no sin any more.
00:45:47.81\00:45:49.69
And if there's no sin,
we don't need a Savior.
00:45:49.72\00:45:53.46
So the Savior goes.
00:45:53.49\00:45:55.16
And if there is no
Savior, there is no gospel.
00:45:55.19\00:45:59.81
And if there is no
gospel, there is no grace.
00:45:59.84\00:46:02.93
So grace goes and we don't have
any grace left in the world.
00:46:02.96\00:46:06.43
And if that is so, we may
as well close down the church
00:46:06.46\00:46:11.42
and fire the preacher.
00:46:11.45\00:46:15.42
My friend, it's as
plain as plain can be.
00:46:26.20\00:46:31.14
It's as plain as plain can be.
00:46:31.17\00:46:34.66
Now I'm going to ask you
folks to do something with me.
00:46:36.05\00:46:39.09
Will you do this?
00:46:39.12\00:46:40.19
I want you now to stand and take
your Bibles and read with me
00:46:40.22\00:46:45.78
the Ten Commandments.
00:46:45.81\00:46:47.06
Don't you think
we ought to do that.
00:46:47.09\00:46:49.43
We've been talking about gospel,
now we're going to talk about
00:46:49.46\00:46:53.52
the Ten Commandments.
00:46:53.55\00:46:55.33
God wrote them down in stone,
but He wants to do more than
00:46:55.83\00:46:59.48
write them down in stone.
00:46:59.51\00:47:01.03
He wants to write them upon the
fleshy tablets of our hearts.
00:47:01.06\00:47:06.24
Do you hear this?
00:47:06.27\00:47:07.54
We want a new
covenant experience where
00:47:07.57\00:47:10.85
Jesus is in our souls and
the commandments are written
00:47:10.88\00:47:15.08
down on the soul.
00:47:15.11\00:47:16.43
Exodus 20.
00:47:17.43\00:47:18.72
Are we ready?
00:47:19.86\00:47:20.83
Now I think we'll
read this responsively.
00:47:20.84\00:47:23.39
That means I'll read a text,
then you read the next text.
00:47:23.42\00:47:26.50
Um, I may read them all
but you're job will be to read
00:47:26.53\00:47:30.34
the text that I'm not reading.
00:47:30.37\00:47:32.46
So if I read verse
1... you better listen.
00:47:32.49\00:47:36.72
If I read verse 1,
you come in at number 2.
00:47:36.75\00:47:39.31
Then I'll read number 3.
00:47:39.34\00:47:41.37
Okay?
00:47:41.40\00:47:42.37
We're going to read
the Ten Commandments.
00:47:42.38\00:47:44.13
"And God spoke all these
words, 'I am the Lord your God
00:47:44.16\00:47:49.13
who brought you out of Egypt,
out of the land of slavery. '"
00:47:49.16\00:47:53.62
Together, "You shall
have no other gods before me.
00:47:53.65\00:47:59.45
You shall not make for yourself
and idol in the form of anything
00:47:59.48\00:48:03.35
in heaven above, or
on the earth beneath,
00:48:03.38\00:48:06.13
or in the waters below.
00:48:06.16\00:48:07.91
You shall not bow down
to them or worship them.
00:48:07.94\00:48:10.99
For I, the Lord your
God, am a jealous God,
00:48:11.02\00:48:14.19
punishing the children
for the sins of the fathers
00:48:14.22\00:48:16.99
to the third and the fourth
generation of those who hate Me,
00:48:17.02\00:48:20.74
but showing love to a thousand
generations of those that
00:48:20.77\00:48:24.14
love Me and keep
My commandments. "
00:48:24.17\00:48:26.75
Together, "You shall not take
the name of the Lord your God
00:48:26.78\00:48:32.31
in vain, for the Lord
will not hold him guiltless
00:48:32.34\00:48:36.35
who takes His name in vain.
00:48:36.38\00:48:39.68
Remember the Sabbath
day by keeping it holy.
00:48:39.71\00:48:43.13
Six days you shall
labor and do all your work,
00:48:43.16\00:48:46.17
but the seventh day is the
Sabbath to the Lord your God.
00:48:46.20\00:48:49.26
On it, you shall not do any
work; neither you nor your son
00:48:49.29\00:48:54.47
or daughter, neither your
man servant or maid servant,
00:48:54.50\00:48:57.73
nor your animals, nor
the alien within your gates.
00:48:57.76\00:49:01.71
For in six days, the Lord
made the heavens and the earth,
00:49:01.74\00:49:06.45
the sea, and
all that is in them.
00:49:06.48\00:49:09.23
But He rested
on the seventh day.
00:49:09.26\00:49:11.30
Therefore the Lord blessed the
Sabbath day and made it holy. "
00:49:11.33\00:49:16.94
Together, "Honor your
father and your mother,
00:49:16.97\00:49:20.97
that your days may be long
upon the land which the Lord
00:49:21.00\00:49:25.78
your God is giving you.
00:49:25.81\00:49:27.41
You shall not murder.
00:49:27.44\00:49:30.42
You shall not commit adultery.
00:49:30.45\00:49:33.97
You shall not steal.
00:49:34.00\00:49:36.58
You shall not bear false
witness against your neighbor. "
00:49:36.61\00:49:40.92
"You shall not
give false testimony
00:49:40.95\00:49:43.76
against your neighbor. "
00:49:43.79\00:49:45.75
I read it twice, I'm
going to have 11 commandments.
00:49:48.19\00:49:51.23
You know what's happening.
00:49:54.43\00:49:55.58
You folks are reading to
me from the King James Version
00:49:55.61\00:49:58.48
and I'm reading
to you from the NIV.
00:49:58.51\00:50:00.59
And you know what you did?
00:50:00.62\00:50:01.79
I got you mixed up
and I got myself mixed up.
00:50:01.82\00:50:04.96
So what we're going to
do, we're going to read the
00:50:04.99\00:50:07.30
tenth commandment together.
00:50:07.33\00:50:08.60
Here it comes.
00:50:08.63\00:50:09.60
All together, that is verse 17.
00:50:09.61\00:50:13.17
"Thou shalt not
covet thy neighbor's house;
00:50:13.20\00:50:17.55
thou shalt not
covet thy neighbor's wife,
00:50:17.58\00:50:20.90
nor his male
servant, nor his maid servant,
00:50:20.93\00:50:24.70
nor his ox, nor his donkey,
nor anything that belongs
00:50:24.73\00:50:30.37
to your neighbor. "
00:50:30.40\00:50:31.51
You folks did very
well. Sit down, thank you.
00:50:31.54\00:50:34.33
Now folks, I've got a
question that I want to ask you.
00:50:36.63\00:50:40.91
I want you to think about this.
00:50:41.86\00:50:43.71
We've just read
the Ten Commandments.
00:50:44.37\00:50:46.49
And let me tell you, it doesn't
matter whether you read them
00:50:46.52\00:50:49.84
in the King James Version, I'm
glad that my American friends
00:50:49.87\00:50:54.31
love that great Bible that
came from my old mother church.
00:50:54.34\00:50:59.11
Did you know that?
00:50:59.14\00:51:00.46
It came from the
Church of England.
00:51:00.49\00:51:02.81
And I'm glad to see all of
my friends here loving that
00:51:02.84\00:51:06.37
old English Bible.
00:51:06.40\00:51:07.82
But you can get the
truth whether you read the NIV
00:51:08.43\00:51:12.01
or the King James Version.
00:51:12.04\00:51:13.47
The most important
thing is to believe it
00:51:13.50\00:51:16.65
and take it into your heart.
00:51:16.68\00:51:18.18
Now why did God give
us these Ten Commandments?
00:51:18.21\00:51:21.45
I want you to come over
here to Isaiah 48 and verse 18.
00:51:21.48\00:51:24.92
Isaiah 48 and verse 18.
00:51:26.27\00:51:30.29
Isaiah chapter 48 and verse 18.
00:51:31.78\00:51:34.87
God tells us why He gave
us His law, His moral law.
00:51:35.93\00:51:40.23
He says, Isaiah 48 verse 18,
"If only you had paid attention
00:51:41.46\00:51:46.57
to My commandments.
00:51:46.60\00:51:47.80
Your peace would
have been like a river,
00:51:47.83\00:51:50.58
your righteousness
like the waves of the sea. "
00:51:50.61\00:51:55.29
When my little daughter
Julie, whom I love very much,
00:51:57.88\00:52:00.69
now a nurse in San Francisco.
00:52:00.72\00:52:03.48
When she was growing
up in Sydney, Australia,
00:52:03.51\00:52:06.36
we lived on a very busy road
called the Comenarra Parkway.
00:52:06.39\00:52:09.75
I was the pastor of
the Wahroonga church.
00:52:09.78\00:52:12.55
Julie was just a
sweet little girl.
00:52:12.58\00:52:15.16
She use to go to
the Christian school,
00:52:15.19\00:52:16.86
our school, across the road.
00:52:16.89\00:52:18.35
The Comenarra
Parkway was dreadfully busy.
00:52:18.43\00:52:21.72
I said to her, "Julie,
I don't want you to ever
00:52:21.75\00:52:24.85
cross this road by yourself.
00:52:24.88\00:52:26.51
I don't want you to
just run across that road.
00:52:27.68\00:52:30.13
You've got to go to the
light and you've got to wait
00:52:30.16\00:52:33.07
for the teacher and
you cross the road. "
00:52:33.10\00:52:35.01
Why?
00:52:35.04\00:52:36.04
Because I loved her.
00:52:37.28\00:52:39.02
Still do.
00:52:39.05\00:52:40.33
And God gave us the commandments
00:52:40.36\00:52:42.97
so we're not
going to get killed.
00:52:43.00\00:52:44.57
He gave us the commandments
because He wants us to have
00:52:44.61\00:52:47.86
happy homes and
have happy hearts.
00:52:47.89\00:52:51.86
That's why He gave
us the Ten Commandments.
00:52:51.89\00:52:54.19
These commandments, my
beloved friends, are not a
00:52:54.22\00:52:57.01
yoke of bondage.
00:52:57.04\00:52:58.12
These commandments
are commandments given to
00:52:58.15\00:53:01.34
give us liberty and
peace and joy and happiness.
00:53:01.37\00:53:05.56
I want to tell
you folks something.
00:53:05.59\00:53:07.65
And I'm speaking now
because I've seen it.
00:53:07.68\00:53:11.25
I've gone to places
where there's no moral law.
00:53:11.28\00:53:15.37
I've gone to countries where
there are no Ten Commandments.
00:53:16.63\00:53:20.55
You don't want to
go to those places.
00:53:20.58\00:53:22.22
The crime, the
murders, the rapes.
00:53:23.01\00:53:27.10
You get off the plane and you
wonder whether you're going to
00:53:28.09\00:53:30.60
make it to the hotel.
00:53:30.63\00:53:32.00
Thank God, my
friend, for the Bible.
00:53:32.84\00:53:35.68
Thank God for Jesus.
00:53:35.71\00:53:37.59
And thank God for
the Ten Commandments.
00:53:37.99\00:53:40.28
Now I'm going to
tell you a story.
00:53:42.17\00:53:44.02
And this is a wonderful story.
00:53:46.09\00:53:47.84
It's the story of a
young man by the name of Will.
00:53:48.79\00:53:52.33
Well, there was a king.
00:53:55.66\00:53:57.40
And the king gave to
Will this beautiful mansion.
00:53:58.14\00:54:02.39
And the king built a big
wall around that mansion.
00:54:04.22\00:54:08.96
You know what the
wall is, don't you?
00:54:08.99\00:54:11.02
That's the law.
00:54:12.86\00:54:14.15
And he gave to Will
this beautiful mansion.
00:54:14.62\00:54:16.95
And he said, "Will, I want
to warn you about one thing.
00:54:16.98\00:54:21.13
There's a being out
there, he's the great deceiver.
00:54:21.16\00:54:25.68
Never let him in. "
00:54:25.71\00:54:27.17
And the king helped
Will to start to grow
00:54:28.67\00:54:31.09
these beautiful trees.
00:54:31.12\00:54:32.77
But one night, Will heard a
whisper down at the front gate.
00:54:33.50\00:54:37.33
And there was a tall
dark handsome stranger.
00:54:37.36\00:54:41.71
He said, "Will,
Will. Let me in, Will.
00:54:41.74\00:54:45.64
And if you let me in, you
won't have to work anymore.
00:54:45.67\00:54:48.96
I'll do all the
planting for you. "
00:54:48.99\00:54:50.75
Well, Will thought
that was good news.
00:54:51.93\00:54:53.82
And he opened the door.
00:54:53.85\00:54:55.86
And the mysterious stranger
just came in like a snake.
00:54:55.89\00:55:00.69
And soon, together, they were
putting in trees; lust, envy.
00:55:02.62\00:55:09.55
They got rid of all
the other good trees.
00:55:09.59\00:55:11.36
It was amazing how
quickly those trees grew.
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Didn't seem to take any time.
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And then the fruit
came out on those trees.
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And Will was eating the fruit.
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It was a strange thing because
he'd eat, he'd feel sick,
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and he'd vomit.
00:55:30.46\00:55:31.82
Do you know what?
00:55:31.85\00:55:32.82
He'd want more.
00:55:32.83\00:55:33.91
So his life was spent eating,
lusting, feeling sick, vomiting.
00:55:34.98\00:55:42.77
But wanting more.
00:55:42.80\00:55:44.48
Do you know what
I'm talking about?
00:55:44.51\00:55:46.48
He was filled with despair.
00:55:48.65\00:55:50.49
He wanted to die.
00:55:50.52\00:55:52.20
He couldn't live
and he couldn't die.
00:55:52.23\00:55:54.31
This awful prince
who was ruling him now
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wasn't helping at all.
00:55:59.48\00:56:01.08
He said, "You've got
to do it by yourself. "
00:56:01.11\00:56:03.13
But as the time went by,
one day, it was late in the day,
00:56:04.68\00:56:09.53
the sun was going down, he
heard somebody down at the gate.
00:56:09.56\00:56:14.41
He went down to the gate and
there was a man standing there
00:56:15.27\00:56:19.14
with a lantern.
00:56:19.17\00:56:20.28
He looked just like the king.
00:56:21.86\00:56:24.50
He was the king's son.
00:56:25.50\00:56:26.99
And he said, "I stand
at the door and knock. "
00:56:28.33\00:56:32.23
And the stranger said,
"Don't let him in, Will.
00:56:33.23\00:56:36.08
Don't let him in.
He'll destroy all my work. "
00:56:36.11\00:56:38.62
That's just what
Will needed to hear.
00:56:39.90\00:56:42.00
So he opened the gate
and the prince came in.
00:56:42.03\00:56:46.96
And when the prince
came in, the stranger left.
00:56:46.99\00:56:51.79
I want you to know
this, never forget it.
00:56:52.41\00:56:54.76
When the big God comes in,
all the little gods go out.
00:56:54.79\00:56:58.16
When the big God comes in,
all the little gods go out.
00:56:58.97\00:57:02.18
So they went around and
they uprooted these trees.
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It took a bit of work.
00:57:06.95\00:57:08.64
Then they put in new trees;
love, joy, peace, obedience.
00:57:09.23\00:57:16.79
They took longer to grow.
00:57:17.75\00:57:20.30
And soon Will
was eating the fruit.
00:57:21.02\00:57:23.25
But an amazing thing happened.
00:57:25.36\00:57:26.99
He never felt sick.
00:57:27.70\00:57:29.28
He felt so good.
00:57:29.85\00:57:31.20
He felt joy.
00:57:32.13\00:57:33.73
One night, he was sitting on
the porch with the king's son
00:57:35.38\00:57:39.20
who had the marks
of nails in his hands.
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He said, "There's only
one thing that troubles me.
00:57:44.88\00:57:47.23
What if you should leave me. "
00:57:48.46\00:57:50.52
And the prince said, "Will,
I will never, never leave you
00:57:52.23\00:57:59.67
or forsake you. "
00:58:00.35\00:58:02.20
What we need to do, my friend,
is have the Prince come in.
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When the Prince comes
in, He'll write His law
00:58:08.75\00:58:12.47
upon our hearts.
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