Welcome back to
Pillars Of Our Faith on 3ABN.
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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; 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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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
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the 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
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is 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
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who believed that the
law was nailed to the cross.
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He was preaching the
commandments are abolished,
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and he was going from city
to city and he was challenging
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every Adventist
preacher he could find.
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And he was holding
tremendous public debates.
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And he was putting
forth powerful arguments,
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he thought, to show
that the moral law of God,
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the Ten commandments,
was nailed to the cross.
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Then there came along
a preacher by the name of
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Pastor W.M.R. Scragg.
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And he met this man.
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And I'm going to show you
now the argument that he used
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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,
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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.
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Exodus chapter 31 and verse 18.
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And it's a pleasant
noise to hear the pages
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of the Bible being turned.
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In my church, we tell the
folks we only guarantee the
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salvation of those people who
bring their Bibles to church.
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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.
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"When the Lord finished speaking
to Moses on Mount Sinai,
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He gave him the two tablets... "
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Say it with me.
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Come on, say it loud.
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Come on, I want to hear you.
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The two tablets of the what?
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"... the two
tablets of the Testimony. "
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And the Bible tells
me these were so special.
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"The tablets of stone inscribed
by the finger of God. "
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Now listen,
listen carefully to this.
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This is important.
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It's a closed
deal when you see this.
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God gave to the Ten
Commandments a special name.
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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.
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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.
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Whenever the word "testimony";
now store this down in the
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molecules of your mind.
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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. "
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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.
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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.
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"Then put in the
ark the Testimony
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that I will give you. "
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God doesn't say, "Put in
the ark the Ten Commandments. "
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He says, "Put in
the ark the Testimony. "
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He's giving it a special name.
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And if you come down to
verse 22, "There above the cover
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between the two
cherubim that are over... "
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Say it with me.
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"... the ark of the Testimony. "
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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.
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He was trying to save our souls.
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Come over here Exodus 32:15, 16.
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"Moses turned and
went down from the mountain
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with the two tablets of
the Testimony in his hands.
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They were inscribed on
both sides, front and back.
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The tablets were the work
of God, the writing was the
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writing of God
engraved on the Tablets. "
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Look at me, let
me have your eyes.
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I want this to
get into your mind.
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Whenever the word "testimony"
is used in connection with the
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ark or the sanctuary,
it refers to one thing;
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the Ten Commandments.
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Now the term
"law" is a big word.
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When the Bible talks
about "law", it encompasses
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many, many things.
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And there are some texts in
the Bible that seem to say that
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the law was abolished.
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That's true.
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It actually says
that, verses like that.
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And so there's
all this confusion.
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But I want you to know this.
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Whenever the word "testimony"
is used in connection with
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the sanctuary, it refers to
one thing and one thing only.
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The Ten Commandments,
including the Sabbath.
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Now come over here with me to,
come over here to Deuteronomy.
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This is where
we'll find this text.
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Deuteronomy 31:24, 25.
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Now we're going to show
you a text which is a contrast.
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"After Moses finished writing
in a book the words of this law,
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from beginning to end, he
gave this command to the Levites
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who carry the ark of
the covenant of the Lord,
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'Take this Book of the Law...
'" and place it in the ark.
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"... and place it beside
the ark of the covenant of the
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Lord your God.
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There it will remain as
a witness against you. "
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I want to say to my
beloved evangelical friends who
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believe the Ten
Commandments are done away with
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and they say that Adventist
Christians make a big deal of
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separating the Book of the
Law from the Ten Commandments,
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the Testimony, I want to
say to you my beloved friends;
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we never did it, God did it.
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God did it.
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God said put the
Ten Commandments,
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the Testimony, in the ark.
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But He said, take the Book
of the Law and put it in...
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No, He said put
it beside the ark.
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It says it in the NIV.
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And so God made a difference
between the Ten Commandments
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and the rest of the law.
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And remember this
again, I'm teaching this now.
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I'm just acting like a teacher.
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Whenever the word "testimony",
Hebrew word "eduth";
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whenever the Hebrew word "eduth"
or the equivalent Greek word;
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whenever the word "testimony",
whenever it is used in
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association with the sanctuary
of God, it refers to one thing;
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the Ten Commandments including,
the fourth commandment
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that tells us to
keep the Sabbath.
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Now, are you with me?
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If I could show you some texts
right at the very end of the
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Bible this side of Calvary
that talked about a sanctuary,
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and an ark, and the testimony,
that would be overwhelming
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evidence, would it not.
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Come now to the
book of Revelation.
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Written many, many
years after Calvary.
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Revelation chapter 11
and verse 19, for a start.
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We're on solid ground here.
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Revelation
chapter 11 and verse 19,
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dear hearts and gentle people.
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Revelation 11 and verse
19, have you got the text?
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"Then God's... "
What does it say?
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Come on, come on. Let
me have some feedback.
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"Then God's temple in
heaven was opened... "
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The Bible tells me
there's a temple in heaven.
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"... and within His
temple were seen... " What?
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So John looks up into glory, my
friend, and he sees the temple.
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And then he looks a
little bit further and he sees
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the ark of God.
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Okay?
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Now come over now to Revelation
chapter 15 and verse 5.
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Revelation
chapter 15 and verse 5.
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Have you got it?
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Revelation 15 verse 5, "After
this I looked, and in heaven,
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the temple, that
is the tabernacle
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of the testimony, was opened. "
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He looks up into
glory, he sees the temple.
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This is in the very end of time
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because these verses are
referring to the last days.
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He looks up into glory
and he sees the temple.
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And then he looks into the
temple and he sees the ark.
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And he looks into the ark
and he sees the testimony,
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or the Ten Commandments, of God.
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This is overwhelming evidence
that whatever was abolished
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at the cross, the
Ten Commandments remain
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the standard for the human race.
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Now look at
Revelation 14 and verse 12.
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He looks up into heaven and then
he looks down upon the earth.
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Revelation
chapter 14 and verse 12.
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Are you ready to go?
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Revelation 14 and verse 12.
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"This calls for patient
endurance on the part of
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the saints who
obey God's commandments
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and remain faithful to Jesus. "
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He looks up into glory in
the last days and he sees the
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Ten Commandments enshrined
in the very heart of the temple.
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And then he looks down upon
this earth and he sees a people
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who love Jesus and they
keep the Ten Commandments.
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Thus Pastor Scragg
said, "I rest my case. "
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And the other man was
never heard from again.
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This is a little bit of history.
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Now listen to me.
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Whatever law was abolished
at the cross, whatever,
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it was not the law
of the Ten Commandments.
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They are seen in
glory at the end of time.
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Now come over here to 1
John chapter 3 and verse 4.
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1 John chapter 3 and verse 4.
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1 John chapter 3 and verse 4.
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And this is a text that
you will know quite well.
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1 John chapter 3 and verse 4.
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It says, "Everyone
who sins breaks the law. "
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My friend, if there were
no law there could be no sin.
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And this is referring to
the eternal moral law of God.
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Let this be very plain.
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Let this truth sink down
into the molecules of our minds.
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Let there be no confusion.
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The Bible says, "Everyone
who sins breaks the law.
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In fact, sin is lawlessness. "
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Or as the beautiful
King James version says,
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"Sin," say it with me, "is
the transgression of the law. "
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If there were no law,
there could be no sin.
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Never forget it.
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Come over here to
Romans chapter 7 and verse 7.
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Go to Romans.
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It's been called, that book;
great, glad and merry tidings
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that makes a man's heart to sing
for joy and his feet to dance.
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That's the book of Romans.
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Of Romans chapter 7 Martin
Luther said, "This is the most
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perfect gospel.
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It is a light and a way
into all of scripture. "
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Romans 7 verse 7.
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"What shall we
say then?" says Paul.
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"What shall we say then?
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Is the law sin? Certainly not.
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Indeed, I would not
have known what sin was
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except through the law. "
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And so, my friend,
let us think logically.
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And I want my seven little
helpers now to come out, please.
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Seven little helpers.
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If there is no
law, there is no sin.
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And if there's no sin,
you don't need a Savior.
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Isn't that true?
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And if there's no
Savior, there's no gospel.
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Well, you look really lovely.
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You look really sweet.
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Now, I'm just going to
get these glasses of mine.
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Of course I can see everything
quite plainly but I just
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have them here so you
folks aren't embarrassed.
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Okay.
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Now this boy's name is Enoch.
Say "Good morning, Enoch. "
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He represents law.
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This boy's name is Jonathan.
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Say, "Good morning, Jonathan. "
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He doesn't mind, but
he represents sin today.
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Just only today.
He's just helping out.
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This little
sweetie, her name is Kaylee.
00:39:22.29\00:39:26.20
Hey sweetie.
00:39:26.23\00:39:27.27
Hello Kaylee.
Say hello to Kaylee.
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And she represents Savior.
00:39:29.75\00:39:32.12
Now this is Danielle.
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How are you, cutie?
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Are you doing alright?
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She represents gospel.
00:39:37.06\00:39:39.26
Say hello to Danielle.
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Now this is Adrianna.
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Say, "Hello, Adrianna. "
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Hello Adrianna.
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Don't they all look nice?
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And she represents grace.
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What does she represent?
00:39:52.18\00:39:53.49
Grace.
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Now this little
girl, her name is Carrie.
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Aren't they all cuties?
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Yea, I'd take them
all home if I could.
00:39:59.25\00:40:01.78
This is Carrie
and she represents...
00:40:01.81\00:40:04.13
Say hello to Carrie.
00:40:04.16\00:40:05.29
Hello sweetie,
do you want a kiss?
00:40:06.18\00:40:07.50
No? You're going to get one.
00:40:07.53\00:40:08.77
At my age, I can kiss anybody.
00:40:11.33\00:40:13.47
Even some of you folks.
00:40:15.04\00:40:16.69
Okay, hang on sweetie.
00:40:16.72\00:40:18.69
This is Carrie.
She represents church.
00:40:19.43\00:40:22.28
Okay.
00:40:22.31\00:40:23.39
Now this is Marcus.
00:40:23.42\00:40:25.65
Boy, don't they look
good in their suits and stuff?
00:40:25.68\00:40:28.60
I want to say to my Aussie
friends watching the telecast,
00:40:28.63\00:40:31.94
this is how little
children ought to go to church.
00:40:31.97\00:40:34.89
I want to say to my
friends right across America,
00:40:35.52\00:40:38.60
this is how little
children ought to go to church.
00:40:38.63\00:40:41.25
We ought to teach our
children that going to church
00:40:41.26\00:40:45.47
is more important than
going to see the President.
00:40:45.48\00:40:48.29
Absolutely.
00:40:49.15\00:40:50.32
Now I have some
folks tell me, they say,
00:40:52.99\00:40:55.45
"Well, it's just
like going to the beach.
00:40:55.48\00:40:58.46
Like, you know, we don't
have to get dressed up. "
00:40:58.49\00:41:01.14
I tell folks, "You may not
have real good clothes, but
00:41:01.17\00:41:04.42
wear the best you've got. "
00:41:04.45\00:41:05.96
Because you're
off to see the King.
00:41:06.99\00:41:09.51
You don't have to be dressed
like me, you know, with a
00:41:09.54\00:41:12.23
dark blue suit and all
the rest of that stuff.
00:41:12.26\00:41:15.29
But wear the best you've got.
00:41:15.32\00:41:17.10
Because you're going
to go to see the King.
00:41:17.13\00:41:19.71
And I want to say to every
person watching the telecast,
00:41:19.74\00:41:22.88
I'm proud to see how these
mothers have got these kids
00:41:22.91\00:41:28.33
ready for church.
00:41:28.36\00:41:29.49
That's really good.
I'm proud of you mothers.
00:41:29.52\00:41:31.93
Now what we're going to
do, we're going to have just
00:41:31.96\00:41:33.43
a little bit of fun.
00:41:33.46\00:41:34.48
Is it okay to have a
little fun in church?
00:41:34.51\00:41:37.84
Not a lot, I know.
00:41:37.87\00:41:40.07
We'll just have a
little bit of fun.
00:41:42.36\00:41:44.42
But if I think you
folks are having too much fun,
00:41:44.45\00:41:46.62
I'm going to stop you.
00:41:46.65\00:41:47.69
Okay? I'm going to say
it's enough fun in church today.
00:41:47.72\00:41:50.92
Okay, when I put my hand
on one of these children,
00:41:51.89\00:41:54.76
like this, you're going to
tell me what he represents.
00:41:54.80\00:41:58.03
But I'm going to
help you at the start.
00:41:58.06\00:42:00.16
You should have remember anyway,
but I'm going to help you.
00:42:00.19\00:42:02.60
This is law.
00:42:02.63\00:42:04.97
Come on, what's his name?
00:42:05.30\00:42:06.62
Law.
00:42:06.63\00:42:07.64
Why do you say it so funny?
00:42:07.65\00:42:09.27
This is law.
00:42:10.23\00:42:11.68
Yea, you folks, you'll be
better at the end of the sermon.
00:42:12.50\00:42:15.95
This is law.
00:42:15.98\00:42:17.69
Now the Bible tells me that sin
is the transgression of the law.
00:42:17.72\00:42:24.58
Oh, you're doing very
well. Let's do it again.
00:42:24.61\00:42:26.54
This is sin. And this is law.
00:42:26.77\00:42:30.45
And if there were no
law, there'd be no sin.
00:42:30.48\00:42:34.81
Just be careful because
I'm going to catch you out.
00:42:34.84\00:42:37.00
Now, because we have
broken the law and because we've
00:42:38.80\00:42:43.18
all committed
sin, we need a Savior.
00:42:43.21\00:42:47.99
And Jesus came down from glory
because we had broken the law.
00:42:48.00\00:42:55.60
Isn't this right?
00:42:55.63\00:42:56.92
You folks seeing this?
00:42:56.95\00:42:58.26
Now, the Savior came.
00:42:58.95\00:43:01.43
Thank God for Jesus.
00:43:01.53\00:43:03.57
You know, I want everybody to
know that Seventh-day Adventists
00:43:04.40\00:43:07.82
just love Jesus and He's
the center of their faith.
00:43:07.83\00:43:12.05
And Jesus came
preaching good news.
00:43:12.08\00:43:16.48
And the good news,
we call it the gospel.
00:43:16.51\00:43:20.69
And the gospel tells
me all about God's grace.
00:43:21.34\00:43:27.03
Do you know what grace is?
00:43:27.06\00:43:28.69
Grace is the story of
how God saves me from sin
00:43:29.32\00:43:34.01
which is breaking the law.
00:43:34.04\00:43:36.21
Aren't we doing good.
00:43:36.24\00:43:37.87
Now the Bible tells me
that God has raised up...
00:43:37.90\00:43:41.01
You've got to look out
front, sweetie, or else I'll
00:43:41.04\00:43:43.32
give you another kiss.
00:43:43.35\00:43:45.07
Now the Bible tells me that
God has raised up the church.
00:43:47.13\00:43:51.88
And the purpose of the church
is to tell people about the...
00:43:51.91\00:43:55.91
...about the Savior who
came preaching the gospel,
00:44:00.62\00:44:05.08
which is all about God's
grace, which is the story of how
00:44:05.11\00:44:09.22
God saves me from sin,
which is breaking the law.
00:44:09.25\00:44:13.87
Now, the church employs...
00:44:13.90\00:44:17.00
You didn't tell us.
00:44:18.66\00:44:19.96
Well you should know.
00:44:19.99\00:44:21.29
...the preacher.
00:44:22.67\00:44:23.91
Here's the preacher.
00:44:23.94\00:44:26.03
Therefore, the
church employs the preacher.
00:44:26.06\00:44:33.48
And the preacher tells
people about the Savior
00:44:33.49\00:44:38.05
who came preaching the gospel,
which is the story of God's
00:44:38.06\00:44:43.09
grace, which is how
God saves me from sin,
00:44:43.12\00:44:47.22
which is breaking the law.
00:44:47.25\00:44:49.23
Okay we've got it together.
00:44:49.26\00:44:51.16
Now, you know
what's going on today?
00:44:51.19\00:44:54.20
Some people tell
me, you know, it's true,
00:44:54.23\00:44:57.90
I hear it everywhere.
00:44:57.93\00:44:58.97
They tell me there's no law.
00:44:59.00\00:45:02.29
They say, "Hey, the law is gone.
00:45:02.32\00:45:04.31
There's no law. "
00:45:05.07\00:45:06.08
So we're going to
get rid of the law.
00:45:06.13\00:45:07.98
So, Mr. Law, the law goes.
00:45:07.99\00:45:11.14
So if there's no
law, there is no sin.
00:45:11.17\00:45:14.56
So, there's no sin any more.
00:45:14.59\00:45:16.67
And if there's no sin,
we don't need a Savior.
00:45:16.70\00:45:20.24
So the Savior goes.
00:45:20.27\00:45:21.94
And if there is no
Savior, there is no gospel.
00:45:21.97\00:45:26.79
And if there is no
gospel, there is no grace.
00:45:26.82\00:45:29.71
So grace goes and we don't have
any grace left in the world.
00:45:29.74\00:45:33.41
And if that is so, we may
as well close down the church
00:45:33.44\00:45:38.40
and fire the preacher.
00:45:38.43\00:45:42.40
My friend, it's as
plain as plain can be.
00:45:53.18\00:45:58.12
It's as plain as plain can be.
00:45:58.13\00:46:01.64
Now I'm going to ask you
folks to do something with me.
00:46:03.03\00:46:05.87
Will you do this?
00:46:05.90\00:46:07.17
I want you now to stand and take
your Bibles and read with me
00:46:07.60\00:46:12.56
the Ten Commandments.
00:46:12.59\00:46:14.04
Don't you think
we ought to do that?
00:46:14.59\00:46:16.41
We've been talking about gospel,
now we're going to talk about
00:46:16.42\00:46:20.50
the Ten Commandments.
00:46:20.53\00:46:22.31
God wrote them down in stone,
but He wants to do more than
00:46:22.81\00:46:26.27
write them down in stone.
00:46:26.30\00:46:27.82
He wants to write them upon the
fleshy tablets of our hearts.
00:46:27.85\00:46:33.23
Do you hear this?
00:46:33.26\00:46:34.53
We want a new
covenant experience where
00:46:34.56\00:46:37.64
Jesus is in our souls and
the commandments are written
00:46:37.67\00:46:41.87
down on the soul.
00:46:41.90\00:46:43.42
Exodus 20.
00:46:44.22\00:46:45.71
Are we ready?
00:46:46.55\00:46:47.55
Now I think we'll
read this responsively.
00:46:47.58\00:46:50.18
That means I'll read a text,
then you read the next text.
00:46:50.21\00:46:53.49
I may read them all but
you're job will be to read
00:46:53.93\00:46:57.33
the text that I'm not reading.
00:46:57.36\00:46:59.25
So if I read verse
1... you better listen.
00:46:59.28\00:47:03.61
If I read verse 1,
you come in at number 2.
00:47:03.64\00:47:06.30
Then I'll read number 3.
00:47:06.33\00:47:08.26
Okay?
00:47:08.29\00:47:09.35
We're going to read
the Ten Commandments.
00:47:09.38\00:47:11.12
"And God spoke all these
words, 'I am the Lord your God
00:47:11.15\00:47:16.12
who brought you out of Egypt,
out of the land of slavery. '"
00:47:16.15\00:47:20.61
Together, "You shall
have no other gods before me.
00:47:20.64\00:47:26.44
You shall not make for yourself
and idol in the form of anything
00:47:26.47\00:47:30.24
in heaven above, or
on the earth beneath,
00:47:30.27\00:47:33.12
or in the waters below.
00:47:33.15\00:47:34.70
You shall not bow down
to them or worship them.
00:47:34.73\00:47:37.78
For I, the Lord your
God, am a jealous God,
00:47:37.79\00:47:41.18
punishing the children
for the sins of the fathers
00:47:41.21\00:47:43.98
to the third and the fourth
generation of those who hate Me,
00:47:44.01\00:47:47.74
but showing love to a thousand
generations of those that
00:47:47.77\00:47:50.94
love Me and keep
My commandments. "
00:47:50.97\00:47:53.55
Together, "You shall not take
the name of the Lord your God
00:47:53.58\00:47:59.31
in vain, for the Lord
will not hold him guiltless
00:47:59.34\00:48:03.35
who takes His name in vain.
00:48:03.36\00:48:06.48
Remember the Sabbath
day by keeping it holy.
00:48:06.51\00:48:10.13
Six days you shall
labor and do all your work,
00:48:10.16\00:48:13.17
but the seventh day is the
Sabbath to the Lord your God.
00:48:13.20\00:48:16.26
On it, you shall not do any
work; neither you nor your son
00:48:16.29\00:48:21.27
or daughter, neither your
man servant or maid servant,
00:48:21.30\00:48:24.73
nor your animals, nor
the alien within your gates.
00:48:24.76\00:48:28.71
For in six days, the Lord
made the heavens and the earth,
00:48:28.74\00:48:33.25
the sea, and
all that is in them.
00:48:33.28\00:48:36.23
But He rested
on the seventh day.
00:48:36.26\00:48:38.30
Therefore the Lord blessed the
Sabbath day and made it holy. "
00:48:38.33\00:48:43.74
Together, "Honor your
father and your mother,
00:48:43.77\00:48:47.97
that your days may be long
upon the land which the Lord
00:48:47.98\00:48:52.78
your God is giving you.
00:48:52.81\00:48:54.41
You shall not murder.
00:48:54.42\00:48:57.42
You shall not commit adultery.
00:48:57.45\00:49:00.97
You shall not steal.
00:49:01.00\00:49:03.59
You shall not bear false
witness against your neighbor. "
00:49:03.62\00:49:07.93
"You shall not
give false testimony
00:49:07.96\00:49:10.77
against your neighbor. "
00:49:10.80\00:49:12.76
I read it twice, I'm
going to have 11 commandments.
00:49:15.20\00:49:18.24
You know what's happening?
00:49:21.44\00:49:22.59
You folks are reading to
me from the King James Version
00:49:22.62\00:49:25.19
and I'm reading
to you from the NIV.
00:49:25.22\00:49:27.40
And you know what you did?
00:49:27.43\00:49:28.80
I got you mixed up
and I got myself mixed up.
00:49:28.83\00:49:31.77
So what we're going to
do, we're going to read the
00:49:31.80\00:49:34.01
tenth commandment together.
00:49:34.04\00:49:35.31
Here it comes.
00:49:35.34\00:49:36.56
All together, that is verse 17.
00:49:36.57\00:49:40.18
"Thou shalt not
covet thy neighbor's house;
00:49:40.21\00:49:44.56
thou shalt not
covet thy neighbor's wife,
00:49:44.59\00:49:47.91
nor his male
servant, nor his maid servant,
00:49:47.92\00:49:51.71
nor his ox, nor his donkey,
nor anything that belongs
00:49:51.74\00:49:57.38
to your neighbor. "
00:49:57.41\00:49:58.52
You folks did very
well. Sit down, thank you.
00:49:58.55\00:50:01.34
Now folks, I've got a
question that I want to ask you.
00:50:03.64\00:50:07.92
I want you to think about this.
00:50:08.87\00:50:10.72
We've just read
the Ten Commandments.
00:50:11.38\00:50:13.50
And let me tell you, it doesn't
matter whether you read them
00:50:13.53\00:50:16.75
in the King James Version.
00:50:16.78\00:50:18.08
I'm glad that my American
friends love that great Bible
00:50:18.11\00:50:22.96
that came from my
old mother church.
00:50:22.99\00:50:25.90
Did you know that?
00:50:26.15\00:50:27.48
It came from the
Church of England.
00:50:27.51\00:50:29.83
And I'm glad to see all of
my friends here loving that
00:50:29.86\00:50:33.19
old English Bible.
00:50:33.22\00:50:34.84
But you can get the
truth whether you read the NIV
00:50:35.45\00:50:38.83
or the King James Version.
00:50:38.86\00:50:40.49
The most important
thing is to believe it
00:50:40.52\00:50:43.47
and take it into your heart.
00:50:43.50\00:50:45.20
Now why did God give
us these Ten Commandments?
00:50:45.23\00:50:48.47
I want you to come over
here to Isaiah 48 and verse 18.
00:50:48.48\00:50:51.94
Isaiah 48 and verse 18.
00:50:53.29\00:50:57.31
Isaiah chapter 48 and verse 18.
00:50:58.60\00:51:01.89
God tells us why He gave
us His law, His moral law.
00:51:02.95\00:51:07.25
He says, Isaiah 48 verse 18,
"If only you had paid attention
00:51:08.28\00:51:13.39
to My commandments.
00:51:13.42\00:51:14.82
Your peace would
have been like a river,
00:51:14.85\00:51:17.60
your righteousness
like the waves of the sea. "
00:51:17.63\00:51:22.31
When my little daughter
Julie, whom I love very much,
00:51:24.70\00:51:27.71
now a nurse in San Francisco.
00:51:27.74\00:51:30.50
When she was growing
up in Sydney, Australia,
00:51:30.53\00:51:33.38
we lived on a very busy road
called the Comenarra Parkway.
00:51:33.41\00:51:36.77
I was the pastor of
the Wahroonga church.
00:51:36.80\00:51:39.57
Julie was just a
sweet little girl.
00:51:39.60\00:51:42.18
She use to go to
the Christian school,
00:51:42.21\00:51:43.68
our school, across the road.
00:51:43.72\00:51:45.37
The Comenarra
Parkway was dreadfully busy.
00:51:45.45\00:51:48.74
I said to her, "Julie,
I don't want you to ever
00:51:48.77\00:51:51.58
cross this road by yourself.
00:51:51.61\00:51:53.54
I don't want you to
just run across that road.
00:51:54.71\00:51:57.16
You've got to go to the
light and you've got to wait
00:51:57.19\00:51:59.80
for the teacher and
you cross the road. "
00:51:59.83\00:52:01.84
Why?
00:52:01.87\00:52:03.07
Because I loved her.
00:52:04.31\00:52:06.05
Still do.
00:52:06.06\00:52:07.36
And God gave us the
commandments so we're
00:52:07.39\00:52:09.93
not going to get killed.
00:52:09.94\00:52:11.09
He gave us the commandments
because He wants us to have
00:52:11.64\00:52:14.69
happy homes and
have happy hearts.
00:52:14.72\00:52:18.89
That's why He gave
us the Ten Commandments.
00:52:18.90\00:52:21.02
These commandments, my
beloved friends, are not a
00:52:21.05\00:52:23.74
yoke of bondage.
00:52:23.77\00:52:25.15
These commandments
are commandments given to
00:52:25.18\00:52:28.17
give us liberty and
peace and joy and happiness.
00:52:28.18\00:52:32.59
I want to tell
you folks something.
00:52:32.62\00:52:34.48
And I'm speaking now
because I've seen it.
00:52:34.51\00:52:38.18
I've gone to places
where there's no moral law.
00:52:38.21\00:52:42.40
I've gone to countries where
there are no Ten Commandments.
00:52:43.66\00:52:47.38
You don't want to
go to those places.
00:52:47.41\00:52:49.25
The crime, the
murders, the rapes.
00:52:49.84\00:52:54.13
You get off the plane and you
wonder whether you're going to
00:52:55.12\00:52:57.43
make it to the hotel.
00:52:57.46\00:52:59.03
Thank God, my
friend, for the Bible.
00:52:59.77\00:53:02.51
Thank God for Jesus.
00:53:02.54\00:53:04.62
And thank God for
the Ten Commandments.
00:53:04.83\00:53:07.32
Now I'm going to
tell you a story.
00:53:09.21\00:53:11.06
And this is a wonderful story.
00:53:12.93\00:53:14.88
It's the story of a
young man by the name of Will.
00:53:15.63\00:53:19.37
Well, there was a king.
00:53:22.70\00:53:24.44
And the king gave to
Will this beautiful mansion.
00:53:25.18\00:53:29.43
And the king built a big
wall around that mansion.
00:53:31.26\00:53:36.00
You know what the
wall is, don't you?
00:53:36.31\00:53:38.06
That's the law.
00:53:39.70\00:53:41.19
And he gave to Will
this beautiful mansion.
00:53:41.46\00:53:43.99
And he said, "Will, I want
to warn you about one thing.
00:53:44.02\00:53:47.97
There's a being out
there, he's the great deceiver.
00:53:48.00\00:53:52.72
Never let him in. "
00:53:52.75\00:53:54.21
And the king helped
Will to start to grow
00:53:55.71\00:53:57.93
these beautiful trees.
00:53:57.96\00:53:59.81
But one night, Will heard a
whisper down at the front gate.
00:54:00.34\00:54:04.17
And there was a tall
dark handsome stranger.
00:54:04.20\00:54:08.75
He said, "Will,
Will. Let me in, Will.
00:54:08.78\00:54:12.48
And if you let me in, you
won't have to work anymore.
00:54:12.51\00:54:15.80
I'll do all the
planting for you. "
00:54:15.83\00:54:17.79
Well, Will thought
that was good news.
00:54:18.77\00:54:20.86
And he opened the door.
00:54:20.89\00:54:22.90
And the mysterious stranger
just came in like a snake.
00:54:22.93\00:54:27.73
And soon, together, they were
putting in trees; lust, envy.
00:54:29.67\00:54:36.30
They got rid of all
the other good trees.
00:54:36.34\00:54:38.41
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.
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Do you know what?
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He'd want more.
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So his life was spent eating,
lusting, feeling sick, vomiting.
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But wanting more.
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Do you know what
I'm talking about?
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He was filled with despair.
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He wanted to die.
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He couldn't live
and he couldn't die.
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This awful prince
who was ruling him now
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wasn't helping at all.
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He said, "You've got
to do it by yourself. "
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But as the time went by,
one day, it was late in the day,
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the sun was going down, he
heard somebody down at the gate.
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He went down to the gate and
there was a man standing there
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with a lantern.
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He looked just like the king.
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He was the king's son.
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And he said, "I stand
at the door and knock. "
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And the stranger said,
"Don't let him in, Will.
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Don't let him in.
He'll destroy all my work. "
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That's just what
Will needed to hear.
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So he opened the gate
and the prince came in.
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And when the prince
came in, the stranger left.
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I want you to know
this, never forget it.
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When the big God comes in,
all the little gods go out.
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When the big God comes in,
all the little gods go out.
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So they went around and
they uprooted these trees.
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It took a bit of work.
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Then they put in new trees;
love, joy, peace, obedience.
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They took longer to grow.
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And soon Will
was eating the fruit.
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But an amazing thing happened.
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He never felt sick.
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He felt so good.
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He felt joy.
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One night, he was sitting on
the porch with the king's son
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who had the marks
of nails in his hands.
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He said, "There's only
one thing that troubles me.
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What if you should leave me. "
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And the prince said, "Will,
I will never, never leave you
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or forsake you. "
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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
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upon our hearts.
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And all these
commandments are full of peace.
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