What do the mysterious images
of Daniel and Revelation mean?
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When will the anti-Christ appear
and make his final move. How can
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I will be ready for the
final events of earth's history.
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You'll be amazed and encouraged
by what the Bible reveals. Join
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us as Pastor Brian McMahon
leads out in Prophecy Unsealed.
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Our subject to night friends we
have entitled When Grace Becomes
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A Disgrace. Our last night
together we saw a beautiful
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harmony of scriptures throughout
the Old and the New Testaments.
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Clearly establishing God's 10
commandment law as the highest
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standard of morality for this
world. And we saw that it is our
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Christian duty from a heart of
love to obey this law and we saw
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as we went into Matthew chapter
7 a sad situation that there's
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going to be a group of people
at the end, they're going to cry
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Lord, Lord but they're not
going to be saved and wanted to
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why wouldn't they be saved?
We found out that they weren't
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doing the will of God. And we
wanted to know what the will of
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God was so we went to Psalm 40
verse 8 and we saw that the will
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of God was to have God's law in
our heart. So what we're going
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to do tonight friends is
something very interesting.
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We're going to build on this
subject that we started our last
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time together because we saw in
Revelation that God's last day
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saints are going to be a
commandment keeping people and
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yet there are still many
people that decide and they call
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themself Christians and they
decide that that don't want the
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10 commandments and it causes
confusion and they say things
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like this. They say well the
10 commandments it was nailed to
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the cross and done away with.
Or we have grace now and so we
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don't need obedience. Or they'll
say Jesus fulfilled the law and
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therefore we don't have to
fulfill it. And people wonder,
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sincere people wonder what do
those few things really mean in
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when compared with those other
verses that clearly establish
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the 10 commandments. So the
first one we're going to go to
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here is James 2 and verses 10-12
For whosoever shall keep the
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whole law, and yet offend in one
point, he is guilty of how much
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friends? Of all. That's right.
For he that said, Do not commit
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adultery, he said also, Do
not kill. Now if thou commit no
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adultery, yet if thou kill, thou
art become a transgressor of the
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law. Now he took two of the
commandments here, killing and
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adultery. He could have said any
of the 10 but he just chose two.
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But it could have been any of
them. And then he says: So speak
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ye and so do as they that shall
be judged by the law of liberty.
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So that's very clear. James says
that we need to keep God's law
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If we choose to put ourselves
against any part of it God
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considers as if you broke all
of it. Now one on the right side
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now. Colossians 2 verses 14 and
15. This is one that is commonly
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used to try to convince people
that we don't need the law of
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God. Let's go here to verse
14. It says blotting out the
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handwriting of ordinances
that was against us, which was
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contrary to us, and took it out
of the way, nailing it to his
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cross. And having spoiled
principalities and powers, he
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made a show of them openly,
triumphing over them in it. So
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here we find that God is
speaking about something nailed
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to the cross and people think
that that's the commandments
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that was nailed to the cross.
So then let's go to Matthew
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chapter 5 verse 17. Here Jesus
says think not that I am come
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to destroy the law or the
prophets. We saw this our last
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time together. I am not come
to destroy, but to fulfill. For
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verily I say unto you Till
heaven and earth pass, one jot
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or one title shall in no wise
pass from the law, till all be
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fulfilled. Whosoever therefore
shall break one of these least
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commandments, and shall teach
men so, he shall be called the
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least in the kingdom of heaven:
but whosoever shall do and teach
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them, the same shall be called
great in the kingdom of heaven.
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Well that's very clear
isn't it. Here's another verse
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that's commonly used to try to
convince people against the 10
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commandments. Ephesians 2
verse 15. And it says: Having
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abolished in his flesh
the enmity even the law of
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commandments contained in
ordinances; for to make in
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himself of twain one new man, so
making peace. So here is a law
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of commandments, it says it
was contained in ordinances. It
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clearly says it was abolished
and many people think that that
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was the 10 commandments.
Revelation 14:12 it says: Here
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is the patience of the saints:
here are they that keep the
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commandments of God and the
faith in Jesus. The next text
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is possibly one of the most used
texts to try to convince people
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against the 10 commandments,
It's found in Romans 6 and verse
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14 and here's what it says: For
sin shall not have dominion over
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you for you are not under
the law, but under what? Under
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grace. So they say see we don't
need the law, we have grace now,
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the law is not significant. One
more set of texts here. 1 John
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2:3,4 Here's what it says: And
hereby we do know that we know
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him, Him of course
being Jesus...if we keep his
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commandments. He that saith,
I know him, and keepeth, not his
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commandments, is liar, and the
truth is not in him. Now let's
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go one more on the right here
Galatians 3:23-25 And it says in
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Galatians 3: But before faith
came, we were kept under the
law, shut up unto the
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faith which should afterward
be revealed. Wherefore the law
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was our schoolmaster to bring
us unto Christ, that we might be
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justified by faith. But after
that faith is come, we are no
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longer under a schoolmaster.
So it's saying that the law was
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leading us to Jesus, but now
that we have found Jesus now the
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law is not necessary. That's
what people make out of it okay.
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That's not what it's saying but
that's what people get out of it
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So we're going to come back
to that as well. There are those
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that will quote those on the
left side and they'll say it's
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very, very clear that we should
keep the commandments. Then
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there are those that will use
those texts on the right side
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that say no we don't need the
commandments. And people wonder
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how do we solve this? You know
this is going to be one of the
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most important things that
you're going to learn. Because
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you're going to come against
this over and over as you talk
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to other people. So let's now
review from this one 1 John 3:4:
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Whosoever committeth sin
transgresseth also the law:
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for sin is the transgression of
the law! So we know that we have
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law today because we have sin in
our world today. If there was no
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law there would be no sin
because sin is the breaking of
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the law. So again these people
that tell us that there is no
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law cannot be telling us the
truth because sin is defined by
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the law. I'm going to do
something a little bit different
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here tonight. I'm going to
quote from a very well known
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evangelist, Billy Graham,
recently passed to his rest and
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he had a newspaper column
throughout the United States,
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but generally across the
southern part and people would
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write in questions and he would
publish the answers to it. And
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sometimes those questions
pertained to the 10 commandments
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Some religious people I know
tell me that the 10 commandments
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are part of the law and do not
apply to us today. They say that
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Christians are free from the law
Is that right? So that was the
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question that was posed. Here
was Billy Graham's answer. He
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says: No, it is not right, and I
hope that you will not be misled
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by these false opinions. It is
very important that Christians
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understand what the Bible means
when it says they are free from
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the law. It certainly does not
mean that they are free from the
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obligations of the moral law of
God, the moral law of God which
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is the 10 commandments, and are
at liberty to sin. You see the
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word 'law' is used by the New
Testament writers in two senses.
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Sometimes it refers to
ceremonial law of the Old
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Testament which is concerned
about ritual matters and
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regulations regarding food and
drink and things of this kind.
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This ceremonial law was of a
passing character, and was done
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away when Christ came. From this
law Christians are indeed free.
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But the New Testament also
speaks of the moral law which is
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of a permanent unchanging
character and is summarized in
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the 10 commandments. This
law sets forth God's demands on
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human life and man's duty to
God and his neighbor. That it
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definitely applies to the
Christian is made clear in
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Romans 13:8-10. Paul is actually
talking of the 10 commandments.
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He's listing many of them. Of
course it is quite true that the
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Christian is not saved by his
efforts to keep the law. But as
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one who is saved by God's mercy
through faith in Christ, he is
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under an obligation to obey
God's law. Now Billy Graham was
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right down the line correct on
this but here is another part of
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it. It says: As it has been said
in Christ, we are free from sin,
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but not free to sin. If you love
me he said keep my commandments.
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Well again right down the
line correct. Now here's another
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question that was asked of
him. It says: Which of the 10
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commandments apply to us today
I know that they were written
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thousands of years ago and times
have changed, but are some of
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them still useful? Chuckles.
Are some of them still useful?
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With a chuckle. Well I think so
don't you? But let's see what he
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said as a reply. The 10
commandments are never out of
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date. They express the
unchanging will of God in our
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lives regardless of changes
in human society. If you look at
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them closely, you will see that
the first few commandments deal
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with our relationship with God.
The other commandments deal with
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our relationship with other
people and with things. Our
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lives would be much happier if
we followed God's prescription
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for sound living. So this famous
man who preached for 50 years
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or more, he said the 10
commandments are never out of
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date. I agree with that, don't
you friends. No question about
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it. So he says that there
are two specific laws in the
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scripture. One is of a moral
nature in the 10 commandments
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and one is for the ceremonial
nature that deals with things
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of sacrifice and food and drink
and things of that kind. Now
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it's interesting to hear Billy
Graham say it but that's not
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enough for us. Here at this
seminar we're going to see it in
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the Bible or we don't have to
believe it. So let's go to the
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Bible now and see if that is
indeed so. We're going to go to
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this verse in 2 Kings chapter 21
and verse 8. Neither will I make
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the feet of Israel move any more
out of the land which I gave
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their fathers; only if
they will observe to do
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according to all that I have
commanded them...speaking of
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God...and according to all
the law that my servant Moses
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commanded them. So notice that
God says that he commanded law
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and he said Moses commanded law.
Now it all originated from God.
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but some he chose to speak
directly and some he chose to
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speak through Moses. So
let's go take a look these two
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different laws that are spoken
of in the Bible. The first one
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is God's law and we read some
things about that in Exodus 31
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and verse 18. And it says: And
he gave unto Moses, when he had
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made an end of communing with
him upon mount Sinai, two tables
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of testimony, tables of stone,
written with the finger of God.
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Now again how profound is this
to understand that God's law was
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not written down by pencil
on paper. It was written by God
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with his own finger and it was
written on what, what kind of
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material? Stone. Absolutely.
Here it says: At that time the
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Lord said unto me, Hew thee...
or that means carve thee...two
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tables of stone like unto the
first, and come up with me into
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the mount, and make thee an ark
of wood. And I will write on the
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tables the words that were
in the first tables which thou
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brakest, and thou shalt put them
in the ark. Then verse 4: And he
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wrote on the tables, according
to the first writing, the 10
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commandments, which the Lord
spake unto you in the mount out
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of the midst of the fire in
the day of the assembly: and the
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Lord gave them unto me. And I
turned myself and came down from
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the mount, and put
the tables and in the ark
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which I had made; and there they
be, as the Lord commanded me.
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God's law, the 10 commandments,
were placed in the ark and of
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course the law was called the
10 commandments. Now this was a
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very special piece of furniture.
It was made out of wood but it
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was covered in gold inside
and out. It has a solid gold lid
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called the mercy seat. It was
about 45 inches long, 27 inches
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high and about 27 inches wide
and there it was a very sacred
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piece of furniture that God had
specially made for the purposes
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of containing the 10
commandments within it.
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And by the way when you see the
word ark a lot of times a lot of
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people have only heard about the
term Noah's ark, so that's why
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we have to explain that there
was a different kind of an ark.
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And that was the ark that
contained the 10 commandments.
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Okay. So what do we know about
God's law? God's law was written
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by God himself with God's finger
written on stone. It was placed
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inside the ark of the Covenant
and it was called the 10
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commandments. What about
Moses' law? What did it have?
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Deuteronomy 31 verse 9: And
Moses wrote this law. Stop right
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there. Who wrote this law? Moses
wrote this law...And delivered
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it unto the priests the sons of
Levi, which bare the ark of the
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covenant of the Lord, and unto
all the elders of Israel. So
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right away we put that one
up there. Moses wrote that law.
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Let's go on Deuteronomy 31
verse And it came to pass, when
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Moses had made an end of writing
the words of this law in a book,
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until they were finished, that
Moses commanded the Levites,
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that bare the ark of the
covenant of the Lord, saying
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take this book of the law, and
put it in the side of the ark of
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the covenant of the Lord your
God, that it may be there for a
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witness against thee. So once
again what do we find? Moses did
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his with handwriting and he
did it in what was called a book
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here in the King James Bible.
We would probably have called it
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a scroll if we were to see it
today and it says it was placed
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in the side of the ark.
Not inside the ark as the 10
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commandments was but a special
place for the scroll to be
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rested on the outside and it
says it was called The Book of
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the law and it says it was
against the people. So that's
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quite a bit of information there
but there's actually some more
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things that we can find
out about Moses law by going to
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Leviticus 23 verse 5. It says:
In the 14th day of the first
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month at even...or at evening...
in the Lord's Passover. Passover
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was a particular day that they
were required to keep holy back
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in the days of Moses' law. It
says: And on the 15th day of the
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same month is the feast of
unleavened bread unto the Lord:
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Seven days you must eat
unleavened bread. In the first
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you shall have a holy
convocation...which means a holy
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gathering of the people...You
shall do no servile work therein
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But you shall offer an offering
made by fire unto the Lord seven
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days: in the seventh day is an
holy convocation: ye shall do no
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servile work therein...no
ordinary work or labor. Okay?
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So that was a very special day.
Let's keep reading. And the Lord
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spake unto Moses saying, speak
unto the children of Israel, and
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say unto them, When you come
into the land which I give unto
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you and shall reap the harvest
thereof, then shall you bring a
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sheaf of the first fruits of
your harvest unto the priest:
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And he shall wave the sheaf
before the Lord, to be accepted
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for you: on the morrow after the
Sabbath the priest shall wave
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it. So here's another day that
they were asked to keep holy
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back in the days of the Old
Testament Israel and that was
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the wave sheaf from Moses' law
there had been like Passover and
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holy days like the wave sheaf
offering. What else did it have?
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Leviticus 23:13: And the
meat offering thereof shall be
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two-tenth deals fine flour
mingled with oil, an offering
made by fire unto the
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Lord for a sweet savor: and the
drink offering shall be of wine,
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the fourth part of a hin. We're
finding that in Moses' law they
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had meat and they had
drink offerings. Very important
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because you see that reference
in the New Testament quite a lot
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One more thing we want to find
out starting with Leviticus 23
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verse 24: Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying in
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the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye have
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have a...what does it say...
a Sabbath, a memorial of blowing
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of trumpets, an holy convocation
Now this is known as the feast
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of trumpets. It was a Sabbath
but notice it fell on a certain
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date of the calendar very
similar to your birthday. Your
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birthday could fall on Sunday,
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
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Thursday, Friday, Saturday,
on any of those days of the week
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because it fell on a certain
date of the calendar. So it is
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with these special holy
days. They came once a year and
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because they came once a year,
they could fall on any of those
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days of the week. Different than
the weekly Sabbath which always
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fell on the seventh day of the
week. It was called the Sabbath.
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That means it was a holy,
special day a day they were to
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keep. Verse 27 and Also on the
10th day of this seventh month
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there shall be a day of
atonement: it shall be a holy
convocation unto you;
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and that means a holy gathering
of the people...and ye shall
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afflict your souls and offer an
offering made by fire unto the
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Lord. It shall be unto a Sabbath
of rest and ye shall afflict
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your souls: in the ninth day of
the month at even...which means
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evening...from even unto even
shall ye celebrate your Sabbath.
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So again in Moses' law, there
were certain annual Sabbath days
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that they were asked to
keep holy and these were special
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ceremonial days that always fell
on certain dates of the calendar
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that they were required to keep.
So now we've got that background
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we can certainly see that there
are very specific differences
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between God's law and Moses' law
can't we? God's law was written
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by God with his finger on the
stone placed inside the ark and
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was called the 10 commandments.
Moses' law written by Moses's
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handwriting in a book called the
book of the law. It was put on
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the side of the ark, it was
against the people and it had
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certain holy days like Passover,
and the wave sheaf offering.
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They had meat and drink
offerings as part of that and
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they had certain annual
ceremonial Sabbath days that
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were attached to it. Now let's
take that information back into
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the New Testament and let's
start to unlock some of those
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difficult passages. Verse 16
of Colossians 2. It says: Let no
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man therefore judges you in
meat, or in drink, or respect of
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an holy day, or the new moon, or
of the Sabbath days: Now right
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away when it starts to say let
no man judge you in meat or in
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drink what law had the meat and
the drink offerings? It wasn't
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God's law but it was whose law,
Moses' law, that's right and it
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says there and of the Sabbath
days. Now when it speaks about a
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holy day or the new moon those
are certain festivals or feasts
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that they were asked to
keep. That wasn't in God's 10
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commandments. That was in Moses'
law. The annual Sabbath days,
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that was part of Moses' law.
This is what it's talking about
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here, Sabbath days plural. And
then we go here as we can see
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that Moses' law... by the way
Moses' law was called ceremonial
because it dealt with
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a lot of ceremonies. But a
key verse is verse 17. It says:
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Which are a shadow of things to
come; but the body is of Christ.
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So these things in the
ceremonial system were shadowy
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things that pointed forward to
that which was to be fulfilled
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in Christ. Very, very important.
And of course, we know that when
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those things were when
Jesus died on Calvary that those
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things were to come to an end.
We'll say more about that in
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just a moment. Let's go to
Ephesians 2 verse 15: Having
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abolished in his flesh
the enmity, even the law of
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commandments contained in
ordinances; for to make of
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himself of twain one new man, so
making peace...So it's saying of
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twain, which means of two,
the two groups, the Jews and the
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Gentiles, he put them together
in Christ and they came together
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as one in faith and made peace
between those two groups. But it
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says there was a law of
commandments contained in
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ordinances. Now ordinances
are laws that were surrounding
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religious feasts or festivals
or sacrificial offerings and
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which one of God's and Moses had
those? Which one had the feasts
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and the sacrificial offerings
attached to it? God's or Moses'?
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Moses, sure. So this is
not talking about God's 10
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commandment law at all. Let's
go to Hebrews 9 and get some
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information here starting in
verse 8. Hebrews 9 and verse 8:
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The Holy Ghost is signifying
that the way into the holiest of
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all was not yet made manifest,
while as the first tabernacle
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was yet standing:...We'll talk
more about the tabernacle on a
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night to come...Which was a
figure...which means a type...
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for the time then present,
in which were offered both gifts
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and sacrifices, that could not
make him that did the service
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perfect, as pertaining to the
conscience; which stood only in
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meats and drinks,...there's that
term again...and divers washings
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and carnal...what does it say...
ordinances, imposed on them
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until the time of reformation.
Now again it's speaking about
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meat offerings and drink
offerings, carnal ordinances,
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Which one had the meat and drink
offerings and the ordinances? It
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wasn't God's 10 commandment
law was it? It was Moses' law of
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ceremonies or the sacrificial
system. Let's now take a look at
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1 Corinthians 5 and verse 7.
It says: Purge out therefore the
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old leaven, that ye may be a
new lump, as you are unleavened.
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For even Christ our Passover is
sacrificed for us:...So here we
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see that Christ is called
the Passover because he was the
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fulfillment of the Passover.
Way back in the days of the Old
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Testament they were to slay a
lamb to show they had faith in
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the Messiah to come and,
of course, show repentance for
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their sin. It was their sin
that caused the death of that
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animal. That the Messiah that
was to come they're showing that
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their sin would cause the
death of that Messiah by slaying
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that lamb and those lambs were
slain days upon end, years upon
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end, centuries upon end. And
finally, finally, Jesus came and
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offered up his life on Calvary
and when he did that all of
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those sacrifices were to come
to an end. Aren't you thankful
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tonight dear friends that we
don't have to sacrifice in order
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to show faith. Aren't
you thankful that through our
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prayers our repentance and
confession can go right to the
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throne of God and he hears
us. Well let's go take a look at
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1 Corinthians 15 and verse 3:
For I delivered unto you first
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of all that which I also
received, how that Christ
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died for our sins according to
the scriptures and that he was
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buried, and that he rose again
the third day according to the
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scriptures. Now there are about
17 or 18 references in the New
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Testament that talked about
Jesus dying [sic] on the third
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day, in or within three days, or
on the third day or after three
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days. Lots of references
about that but where in the Old
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Testament does it say that.
The Old Testament shows us three
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days in successive order. The
Passover, the first day of the
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feast of unleavened bread and
then there was the wave sheaf
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offering. So Jesus died on the
day of the Passover and then he
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laid in the tomb which was to
be an annual day of rest, that
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was the first day of the feast
of unleavened bread and he rose
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up on the day of the wave sheaf.
Because they came in three
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successive days. Now what was
the wave sheaf? When the first
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of the crop was ripening usually
the barley crop. The priest
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would go and he would take some
of the crop and he would form a
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sheaf from it and they would
wave it before the Lord in the
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sanctuary to show their
dependence upon God, God was
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their great provider but it also
showed that as the first fruits
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of the harvest was gathered
in it would to be the promise or
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the earnest that there was to be
a great harvest to come. Now of
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course Jesus died and he rose
again the third day. But notice
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what it says in verse 20 friends
But now is Christ risen from the
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dead. So in the context of the
resurrection what are we told?
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And become the first fruits of
them that slept. Speaking of the
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state of the dead it says these
people are sleeping and will
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eventually rise. Christ is
the first fruits. He is the
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preeminent one, right. He is
the one that without which there
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would be no resurrection. But
Jesus is called the first fruit.
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He was the fulfillment of the
wave sheaf offering of the Old
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Testament. Now there's something
else that's worth pointing out
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here. There's getting to be a
lot of confusion over the timing
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of the crucifixion and the
resurrection. Did you know that?
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There are those...this theory is
gathering steam...that say that
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Jesus didn't die on Friday
afternoon and rise up Sunday
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morning which as the
understanding of the Christian
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church for many, many centuries.
But they're saying now that
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Jesus died on Wednesday and
he rose up on Saturday. And the
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reason they come up with that
is because they're trying to get
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exactly 72 hours between the
time of the crucifixion and the
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resurrection and there is a
reason why be absolutely know
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that that is not true. It is
absolutely essential that Jesus
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fulfilled everything about the
messiah perfectly from the Old
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Testament, right? If Jesus
didn't fulfill the prophecies of
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the Messiah, then he wouldn't
have been the one. But the
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prophecy that Jesus would be the
Passover fulfillment. He would
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rest on the first day of the
feast of unleavened bread, he
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would rise up at the wave sheaf
offering. Those were on three
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successive days right? Three
successive days. But if you take
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the theory of the Wednesday
to Saturday scenario you've got
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parts of four days involved,
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday,
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Saturday. And the reason that we
say that is because the Jewish
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method of calculation any part
of a day was counted as the full
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day. So now you've got parts
of four days involved instead of
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the Old Testament typology of
three days involved. It cannot
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be accurate at all. That's just
one way of showing that it's not
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accurate. There are other ways
as well. For since by man came
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death, by man, came also the
resurrection of the dead. For as
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in Adam, all die, even so in
Christ shall all be made alive.
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But every man in his own
order: Christ the first fruits
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afterward they that are
Christ's,...when friends?... at
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his coming. We didn't even use
this passage and yet it was one
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of the best passages in all of
the Bible. So we know there's
going to be a great
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harvest time when Jesus returns.
Now let's see the fulfillment of
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that prophecy by going to
Revelation 14 verse 13: And I
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heard a voice from heaven saying
unto me, Write, Blessed are the
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which die in the Lord
from henceforth: Yea, saith the
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Spirit, that they may rest from
their labors; and their works do
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follow them. What
is Revelation's message
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when it comes to rest? That
death is a rest in the grave
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till Jesus comes. But let's keep
reading here. There's something
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more I want you to see: And
I looked, and behold a white
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cloud, and upon the cloud one
sat like unto the Son of man,
00:25:47.38\00:25:50.88
having on his head a golden
crown, and in his hand a sharp
00:25:50.91\00:25:55.15
sickle. So here it's describing
Jesus coming with the sickle
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because there's going to be a
type of reaping takes place. And
00:25:57.72\00:26:00.76
another angel came out of the
temple, crying with a loud voice
00:26:00.79\00:26:02.99
to him that sat on the cloud,
Thrust in thy sickle, and reap:
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for the time is come for thee to
reap; for the harvest...there's
00:26:06.59\00:26:09.20
the harvest friends...of earth
is ripe. And then in verse 16 it
00:26:09.23\00:26:14.17
says: And he that sat on the
cloud thrust in his sickle on
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the earth; and the earth
was reaped. So Jesus is the
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first fruits and afterward
there's going to be this great
00:26:20.08\00:26:21.84
harvest when he comes of those
that die in the Lord. So Jesus
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then he nailed the wave sheaf to
the old rugged cross, he nailed
00:26:25.58\00:26:31.55
the Passover service to the
old rugged cross and there were
00:26:31.59\00:26:35.49
other things in Moses'
ceremonial law that were
00:26:35.52\00:26:37.66
fulfilled but God's holy law
of the 10 commandments it is not
00:26:37.69\00:26:40.16
ceremonial in nature at all. It
is not of a passing character at
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all. It's very, very different
than Moses' law. So here we find
00:26:44.47\00:26:48.77
them again, God's law, Moses'
law. Two great laws, one moral
00:26:48.80\00:26:52.44
one ceremonial. One permanent
and one temporary. Just the
00:26:52.47\00:26:56.98
material that they were written
on shows the difference, right?
00:26:57.01\00:27:00.02
One on stone and one on paper.
One nailed to the cross and the
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other was to be for all eternity
Can we be clear on that tonight?
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Absolutely. We see that in
God's ark of the covenant the 10
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commandments was placed there
and it was to remain there as
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an undeniable code of conduct
for all of humanity. The law of
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sacrifices, it was a shadow
pointing forward to something
00:27:24.04\00:27:26.68
that Jesus would fulfill. When
Jesus died on Calvary the Bible
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tells us in Matthew chapter
27 that the veil of the curtain
00:27:30.45\00:27:34.38
that separated the two
compartments inside, it was torn
00:27:34.42\00:27:38.15
apart. God's hand did that. This
wasn't a paper veil. This was a
00:27:38.19\00:27:42.72
very, very thickly woven veil
up to perhaps four inches thick
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and it says it was torn from the
top to the bottom. Now if man
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tore that veil it'd probably be
torn from the bottom to top. But
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God's hand moved the very moment
Jesus died and it says that veil
00:27:53.44\00:27:58.67
was torn exposing again the Most
Holy Place showing that all of
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these things were to come to an
end. Now did the Jews take that
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clue from God? No. Sadly
they sewed up the veil and they
00:28:07.12\00:28:09.88
continued to offer sacrifices
until finally, God took the
00:28:09.92\00:28:14.36
entire temple away when
Jerusalem was destroyed in 70 AD
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So there's no sacrifices in the
10 commandments at all. Again
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one is moral and one is
ceremonial. One is passing and
00:28:23.43\00:28:27.87
one is eternal. God's law was an
expression of the character of
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God. It is simply God's nature
written down that we can see it.
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We find God's character
reflected in his law. God is
00:28:36.48\00:28:40.88
good it says in Luke 18:19. But
the law is good Roman's 7:12.
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God is holy. Isaiah 5:16.
The law is called holy in Romans
00:28:45.29\00:28:49.39
7:12 as well. God is just
Deuteronomy 32:4. But the law is
00:28:49.42\00:28:53.03
just in Romans 7:12. God is
perfect Matthew 5:48. The law is
00:28:53.06\00:28:56.56
called perfect in Psalm 19:7.
God is love 1 John 4:8. The law
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is called the law of love in
Romans 13:10. God is righteous
00:29:01.04\00:29:04.61
Exodus 9:27, but the law is
called righteous in Psalm 19:9
00:29:04.64\00:29:07.74
God is truth Deuteronomy 32:4.
The law is truth Psalm 119:142,
00:29:07.78\00:29:13.85
and 151. God is pure 1 John 3:3.
But the law is called pure in
00:29:13.88\00:29:17.79
Psalm 19:8. God is spiritual
John 4:24. The law is spiritual
00:29:17.82\00:29:21.52
Romans 7:14. God is unchangeable
Malachi 3:6. The law is
00:29:21.56\00:29:25.03
unchangeable Matthew 5:18. God
is Eternal Genesis 21:33. The
00:29:25.06\00:29:29.76
law is eternal Psalm 111:7,8.
Now here is the question that
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comes up. Doesn't the Bible
teach that we are not under the
00:29:34.97\00:29:38.31
law? Romans 6 and verse 14:
For sin shall not have dominion
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over you: for you are not under
the law, but under grace. And so
00:29:40.98\00:29:44.18
people saw see I don't need that
law. I'm not under it anymore.
00:29:44.21\00:29:47.65
Right? I've got grace. It's
interesting how they read verse
00:29:47.68\00:29:50.82
14 over and over and over but
they don't go on and read verse
00:29:50.85\00:29:53.49
15. Now if they'd just read
verse 15 it would put a halt to
00:29:53.52\00:29:57.93
their ideas about verse 14 so
let's keep reading here and it
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says: What then? Shall we sin,
because we are not under the law
00:30:01.80\00:30:05.63
but under grace? And then Paul
answers his own question. He
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says what? God forbid. In the
strongest possible language Paul
00:30:09.10\00:30:15.38
does away with this whole idea
that the law is done away with.
00:30:15.41\00:30:18.71
Grace does not give license
to break the law. Yet that is
00:30:18.75\00:30:25.62
exactly what millions of people
tonight are believing. What does
00:30:25.65\00:30:27.02
it mean to be under the
law? Okay. Let's go to Romans 3
00:30:27.06\00:30:30.93
together. Verse 19: Now we know
that what things soever the law
00:30:30.96\00:30:34.80
saith, it saith to them who are
under the law:...So there's that
00:30:34.83\00:30:37.47
same phrase...That every mouth
may be stopped, and all the
00:30:37.50\00:30:42.00
world may become guilty before
God. So Paul is equating being
00:30:42.04\00:30:47.58
under the law with being guilty
before God. In other words,
00:30:47.61\00:30:50.31
those that are under law are
guilty in breaking it and they
00:30:50.35\00:30:53.05
are under the condemnation of it
This is why Christians who are
00:30:53.08\00:30:56.35
converted are not under it
anymore because we are now under
00:30:56.38\00:30:59.95
the power of grace instead.
Amen? So Paul is pointing out
00:30:59.99\00:31:03.22
that the power of grace is
greater than the power of sin.
00:31:03.26\00:31:07.50
And that's why he says so
emphatically that sin shall not
00:31:07.53\00:31:10.10
have dominion over you for
you are not under law but under
00:31:10.13\00:31:12.37
grace. The power of grace is
ruling in a person's life not
00:31:12.40\00:31:16.00
the idea that we have to be
obedient and we're driven by
00:31:16.04\00:31:18.77
that idea. Now we are driven by
a whole new motive, that of love
00:31:18.81\00:31:25.41
Grace has the power to overrule
the authority of sin and it
00:31:25.45\00:31:29.98
gives us the strength to obey
God's commandments. Amen? This
00:31:30.02\00:31:34.59
is the effective reason that
the Bible teaches that we're not
00:31:34.62\00:31:36.76
continuing in sin anymore. So
those that are trying to obtain
00:31:36.79\00:31:40.36
salvation through the law all
the law can do is point out sin
00:31:40.40\00:31:44.87
and condemn it as we saw last
night. It cannot save them, it.
00:31:44.90\00:31:48.80
cannot give them the grace they
need and so if they're trying to
00:31:48.84\00:31:52.07
find salvation through the works
of the law, they're under the
00:31:52.11\00:31:55.94
law because they remain under
the condemnation of it. So since
00:31:55.98\00:31:59.41
I've broken God's law this means
death for the wages of sin is
00:31:59.45\00:32:02.15
death. To be under grace means
to accept God's grace as a means
00:32:02.18\00:32:05.19
of salvation. By faith I accept
Christ's death in place of my
00:32:05.22\00:32:10.06
sins. Sometimes people are
confused because the Bible at
00:32:10.09\00:32:12.69
times does refer to the
10 commandments as a law of
00:32:12.73\00:32:16.93
condemnation so they say why
if it's a law of condemnation it
00:32:16.97\00:32:19.80
be a bad thing. Properly
understood there is no conflict
00:32:19.83\00:32:25.74
whatsoever between the law
and the gospel. Maybe just a few
00:32:25.77\00:32:30.71
terms here that would help us
out. The Bible says the wages of
00:32:30.75\00:32:34.35
sin is what? Help me out here.
Death, that's right. And how
00:32:34.38\00:32:37.55
many of us have sinned according
to scripture? All have sinned,
00:32:37.59\00:32:40.82
Romans 3:23. And what shows us
that we have sinned according to
00:32:40.86\00:32:44.23
the Bible. Yeah the law 1 John
3:4 and Romans chapter 3 and
00:32:44.26\00:32:49.40
verse 20. The law is called good
in Romans 7:12. Because if we
00:32:49.43\00:32:53.30
didn't see the law then we
wouldn't know our needs. If we
00:32:53.34\00:32:56.81
didn't know our needs we would
not go to the Savior who could
00:32:56.84\00:32:59.67
save us from that need,
right? So it's true that the law
00:32:59.71\00:33:03.48
condemns us to death because
again it shows us where we have
00:33:03.51\00:33:09.42
fallen short of the glory of God
But the word gospel means, in
00:33:09.45\00:33:16.09
it's a classic term the word
gospel means what? Good news,
00:33:16.12\00:33:19.03
right? But it's the good news
of what? It's the good news of
00:33:19.06\00:33:23.70
salvation, right? So it's the
good news of salvation from what
00:33:23.73\00:33:27.70
Well Matthew 1 verse 21 says:
They shall call his name Jesus
00:33:27.74\00:33:32.04
for he shall save his people
from their sins, right? And sin
00:33:32.07\00:33:37.65
is the transgression of the law.
So let's put it all together.
00:33:37.68\00:33:41.12
The gospel is the good news
of God's plan to save us from
00:33:41.15\00:33:45.99
breaking his holy law. Now if
there was no law to break what
00:33:46.02\00:33:50.43
would be the point of preaching
the good news of God's plan to
00:33:50.46\00:33:52.83
save us from breaking his
holy law if there was no law. It
00:33:52.86\00:33:55.43
wouldn't make any sense, would
it? No. You see the law remains
00:33:55.46\00:34:00.64
a law of condemnation because
the person is remaining in a
00:34:00.67\00:34:04.87
position of needing confession
and repentance. Right. So let's
00:34:04.91\00:34:08.94
go to Romans 8 verse 1. We were
here before. There is therefore
00:34:08.98\00:34:12.48
now no condemnation to them
which are in Christ Jesus, who
00:34:12.51\00:34:16.15
walk not after the flesh, but
after the Spirit. Has the law
00:34:16.18\00:34:19.49
gone away here? No. Just
the opposite. Holy Spirit-filled
00:34:19.52\00:34:25.63
Christians honor the law of God.
They become doers of the word
00:34:25.66\00:34:28.56
and not hearers only. So
to put it another way the very
00:34:28.60\00:34:34.14
existence of the gospel proves
that the law of God must be in
00:34:34.17\00:34:41.18
full force and effect. Because
what would be the point of
00:34:41.21\00:34:43.81
preaching the good news of God's
plan to save us from breaking
00:34:43.85\00:34:47.05
his holy law if there was no
law to break? The Bible says in
00:34:47.08\00:34:50.69
Romans 5 and verse 13. Sin is
not imputed when there is no law
00:34:50.72\00:34:55.56
No law, no sin because sin
is the breaking of the law.
00:34:55.59\00:35:01.36
Galatians 3:24: Wherefore
the law was our schoolmaster to
00:35:01.40\00:35:04.03
bring us unto Christ, that
we might be justified by faith.
00:35:04.07\00:35:06.40
But after that faith is
come, we are no longer under a
00:35:06.43\00:35:10.01
schoolmaster. The word
schoolmaster, there really is
00:35:10.04\00:35:13.21
more all-encompassing than...
it's real comprehensive than
00:35:13.24\00:35:18.05
just a teacher. It means a tutor
The law guided and protected
00:35:18.08\00:35:21.95
until finally they understood
faith, right? When faith came
00:35:21.98\00:35:26.39
the idea of faith took over,
grace came into the life and now
00:35:26.42\00:35:30.86
they're driven by again a whole
new motive which is love for God
00:35:30.89\00:35:34.90
And they no longer have to
be driven by the idea of law. To
00:35:34.93\00:35:41.00
show you an example
of that I was driving in
00:35:41.04\00:35:45.21
West Virginia one day
00:35:45.24\00:35:46.88
and you know guys how sometimes
your right foot just gets awful
00:35:46.91\00:35:50.95
heavy, you know. And it did and
all of a sudden I saw this you
00:35:50.98\00:35:56.62
know light on and I looked at
my odometer and I winced, Ahh no
00:35:56.65\00:36:03.06
you know. So I pulled over
and now he put his lights on. I
00:36:03.09\00:36:06.83
pulled over and you get humble
real fast. And he comes up to
00:36:06.86\00:36:12.13
the window and he says to me
Ah do you know how fast you were
00:36:12.17\00:36:16.10
going? I'm not going to lie. I
said yes officer I do So he does
00:36:16.14\00:36:22.21
his thing and I give him what
I need to give him. I'm seeing
00:36:22.24\00:36:25.11
myself. I am really in for
it. He's going to sock it to me.
00:36:25.15\00:36:31.85
And he comes back and he says to
me I'm going to tell you what he
00:36:31.89\00:36:35.62
says I am going to give you a
pardon today. Now I was really
00:36:35.66\00:36:37.16
surprised because I wasn't just
two or three miles over. He says
00:36:37.19\00:36:43.47
I'm going to give you a pardon
today. But he says, But I'm
00:36:43.50\00:36:46.47
going to tell you something.
Don't you ever let me catch you
00:36:46.50\00:36:49.74
doing that speed in the State of
West Virginia again. And I said
00:36:49.77\00:36:54.54
no officer you won't. I was true
to that. Now when that officer
00:36:54.58\00:36:59.98
pulled me over there's no
question I was under the speed
00:37:00.02\00:37:03.32
limit laws, I was under the
condemnation of the speed limit
00:37:03.35\00:37:06.86
laws of the State of West
Virginia. I knew and he knew it.
00:37:06.89\00:37:09.69
Fortunately for me this
kind officer chose to give me a
00:37:09.72\00:37:15.23
pardon which granted I didn't
deserve but he gave it to me.
00:37:15.26\00:37:20.04
Now the moment he gave that
to me he had the ability and he
00:37:20.07\00:37:23.84
chose to exercise it to give me
that pardon. I accepted it. You
00:37:23.87\00:37:29.64
better believe I accepted
it. Chuckles. Now that I'm going
00:37:29.68\00:37:36.55
back onto the road can I now
wave that pardon out the window
00:37:36.58\00:37:38.85
and say I'm so glad that officer
gave me a pardon and now I can
00:37:38.89\00:37:42.49
go any speed I want to. When I
was pulled over I was under the
00:37:42.52\00:37:46.56
condemnation of the jurisdiction
of the laws of the State of West
00:37:46.59\00:37:51.03
Virginia. Because I've got a
pardon does that mean that the
00:37:51.07\00:37:53.84
jurisdiction of laws passed
away somehow? I was under the
00:37:53.87\00:37:57.67
condemnation of the law
but those speed limit signs are
00:37:57.71\00:37:59.81
still there aren't they?
The jurisdiction of law had not
00:37:59.84\00:38:02.78
passed in any way. Why is that
so easy for people to understand
00:38:02.81\00:38:06.41
when it comes to human courts
of law. So hard for people to
00:38:06.45\00:38:09.78
understand when it comes to
God's law. Because with man's
00:38:09.82\00:38:15.89
law a judge can pardon and a
man can go free but in God's law
00:38:15.92\00:38:22.00
they can't just work that way.
You see God's laws are much more
00:38:22.03\00:38:24.57
binding than man's laws. If
God's laws are broken the price
00:38:24.60\00:38:29.14
has to be paid one way or
another. And so let's just say
00:38:29.17\00:38:33.04
for sake of the illustration
there is a man on death row. And
00:38:33.07\00:38:38.55
this man on death row of course
he's guilty as charged. But the
00:38:38.58\00:38:41.75
Governor of the state has the
ability, he has the authority to
00:38:41.78\00:38:49.46
free this man. Let's just say
for the sake of illustration the
00:38:49.49\00:38:51.19
only way that he could give
him that pardon and let that
00:38:51.23\00:38:54.03
murderer go is if he took that
man's place. How many pardons
00:38:54.06\00:38:58.43
do you think you'd be getting?
Probably not any. But let's just
00:38:58.47\00:39:02.57
say this governor was a
Christian and he truly loved
00:39:02.60\00:39:04.91
this man. He thought maybe
if I just make this ultimate
00:39:04.94\00:39:08.24
sacrifice this man will
appreciate it and he will give
00:39:08.28\00:39:11.41
his life to God. So the
governor says I will take your
00:39:11.45\00:39:14.32
place. You can go free and the
man springs free and he says I'm
00:39:14.35\00:39:17.49
so glad that that governor gave
me grace and now that he did I
00:39:17.52\00:39:21.22
can go and murder all the people
I want to. Does that sound
00:39:21.26\00:39:24.03
appreciative? Does it sound
logical? And yet that is exactly
00:39:24.06\00:39:31.73
what people are doing when
it comes to the understanding of
00:39:31.77\00:39:33.13
the gospel today. They're saying
I'm so thankful that God sent
00:39:33.17\00:39:35.57
his Son Jesus into this world.
I'm so glad he paid the price
00:39:35.60\00:39:39.37
for my sin. And now that he paid
the price for my sin I can go
00:39:39.41\00:39:42.14
and disobey all I want to. I was
in the office of a man that said
00:39:42.18\00:39:52.29
he was a Christian minister. He
said he was. And I was talking
00:39:52.32\00:39:57.23
to him about this subject and as
I was talking to him about this
00:39:57.26\00:40:01.56
subject he became quite annoyed.
Because he didn't like the 10
00:40:01.60\00:40:04.67
commandment idea and so he said
to me, he said, I have got grace
00:40:04.70\00:40:09.84
and I don't need to be obedient
to those 10 commandments and
00:40:09.87\00:40:13.38
because I've got God's grace
I can walk out into the street
00:40:13.41\00:40:16.58
with a machine gun and I can
mow people down with it and it
00:40:16.61\00:40:20.82
is okay. I'm still going to go
to heaven because I've got grace
00:40:20.85\00:40:23.12
Can you imagine? Can you imagine
friends. There are some things
00:40:23.15\00:40:31.03
you never forget. And when that
man told me that some years have
00:40:31.06\00:40:34.36
gone by but I've never forgotten
it. Now here's where we get the
00:40:34.40\00:40:38.17
title for tonight's message.
When people think that Jesus'
00:40:38.20\00:40:44.67
death for them provides a
license that they can go on
00:40:44.71\00:40:48.94
sinning and breaking God's
commandments what they think is
00:40:48.98\00:40:52.75
grace is really a disgrace in
God's sight. Amen? You see grace
00:40:52.78\00:41:00.96
always leads to obedience
friend Grace never leads to
00:41:00.99\00:41:05.36
disobedience. The scripture
says For by grace are you saved
00:41:05.39\00:41:08.20
through faith; and that not
of yourselves: it is the gift of
00:41:08.23\00:41:10.80
God. Yes that is true but does
that grace in anyway do away
00:41:10.83\00:41:16.00
with the law of the 10
commandments? Let's go through
00:41:16.04\00:41:20.01
perhaps the most profoundly
clear text in the Bible. Paul
00:41:20.04\00:41:24.55
settles it for time and
eternity. Here it is: Romans
3:31. He says: Do we then
00:41:24.58\00:41:28.68
make void the law through faith:
God forbid: yea, we do what
00:41:28.72\00:41:33.76
friends? Establish the law. It's
the most explicit answer in the
00:41:33.79\00:41:38.39
entire discussion. Paul asks if
the law is nullified because we
00:41:38.43\00:41:41.80
have faith in Christ and he says
the law is established. The law
00:41:41.83\00:41:47.64
is reinforced because we are
grace saved Christians. In fact
00:41:47.67\00:41:52.34
every time this idea comes up do
we then make void the law over
00:41:52.37\00:41:56.41
and over and over? Paul answers
it in the strongest possible
00:41:56.44\00:41:59.68
language. He says God Forbid!
What do you think our heavenly
00:41:59.71\00:42:04.79
Father feels like friend when
he sends his only son into this
00:42:04.82\00:42:08.76
world and people who should know
better turn around and say well
00:42:08.79\00:42:11.96
Lord, I'm so thankful you died
for my sins, I'm thankful you
00:42:11.99\00:42:14.76
gave me grace and now that I
have liberty I can go and I can
00:42:14.80\00:42:18.07
sin all I want to. Folks if
there's anybody that should be
00:42:18.10\00:42:23.54
so appreciative of God's
marvelous grace shouldn't it be
00:42:23.57\00:42:26.98
the Christian who understands
what that grace cost? Right?
00:42:27.01\00:42:30.48
Absolutely friend. We praise God
for his marvelous grace. And we
00:42:30.51\00:42:34.62
praise God we're not under the
penalty of the law but we know
00:42:34.65\00:42:38.25
that God's law still is in full
force and effect. If you forget
00:42:38.29\00:42:42.39
everything else I've said
tonight then please try to
00:42:42.42\00:42:45.59
remember what I'm about to share
with you right now. The only way
00:42:45.63\00:42:49.43
a person can please God is to
obey and believe in the gospel.
00:42:49.46\00:42:55.24
Knowing that Christ died for us
and believing that Christ died
00:42:55.27\00:43:00.78
in our place, it should put
in our hearts such a tremendous
00:43:00.81\00:43:04.38
appreciation and love for that
act, that tremendous sacrifice
00:43:04.41\00:43:10.69
that was given on our behalf
in turn and we want to obey him
00:43:10.72\00:43:15.46
and love him back. Amen? That's
what it's all about friend. We
00:43:15.49\00:43:19.66
want to love God and keep
his commandments. License, let's
00:43:19.69\00:43:24.03
give the two sides to
this. License is thinking we can
00:43:24.07\00:43:27.27
reject God's law and still be
saved. Legalism is the idea that
00:43:27.30\00:43:31.37
we can be saved through
the keeping of the law. Neither
00:43:31.41\00:43:34.04
message is true. Both ways are
false. A narrow road lies in the
00:43:34.08\00:43:39.08
balance between the two.
The Christian way is a truly
00:43:39.11\00:43:43.69
inspired love for God to accept
all of his laws and work them
00:43:43.72\00:43:48.09
out as he changes our character.
Grace leads us to obey. Here we
00:43:48.12\00:43:52.76
are, 2 Corinthians 9 and verse
8 And God is able to make all
00:43:52.79\00:43:57.00
grace abound toward you; that ye
always having all sufficiency in
00:43:57.03\00:44:02.30
all things may abound to every
good what? Work. So grace leads
00:44:02.34\00:44:08.98
us to abound to every good work.
Grace leads us to obey. Now
00:44:09.01\00:44:12.61
think about this with me. If
the devil wants to get people to
00:44:12.65\00:44:16.58
disobey, what might he just do?
What is one of his greatest ways
00:44:16.62\00:44:21.26
of attacking grace? It is to
change the definition of grace
00:44:21.29\00:44:25.59
in people's minds. So what they
think grace really isn't the
00:44:25.63\00:44:29.70
way the Bible speaks of grace
at all. And the devil convinces
00:44:29.73\00:44:33.47
people that grace is something
different than what it really is
00:44:33.50\00:44:36.24
Grace is more than forgiveness.
Grace is life changing. It
00:44:36.27\00:44:41.48
brings with it Christ's
righteousness which is right
00:44:41.51\00:44:45.01
doing. Grace brings a
transformation to a whole new
00:44:45.05\00:44:50.49
way of life. It's part of the
package, right? It's part of the
00:44:50.52\00:44:54.06
package. It lays hold on that
faith excuse me. The faith lays
00:44:54.09\00:44:58.16
hold on to that grace but in
order to have true faith we have
00:44:58.19\00:45:00.96
to obedience because what are
we told here in James 2:20: But
00:45:01.00\00:45:04.50
wilt thou know O vain man that
faith without works is what?
00:45:04.53\00:45:07.90
Dead? Why is it so important for
us to understand this. Because
00:45:07.94\00:45:11.97
the devil is a deceiver. He
deceived a third of the angels
00:45:12.01\00:45:15.81
in heaven so he's good at
it, right? And if he can deceive
00:45:15.84\00:45:19.21
them, then he can deceive us
to friend if we're not careful.
00:45:19.25\00:45:24.59
Religious leaders...think about
it with me. Religious leaders
00:45:24.62\00:45:27.49
not all of them, but many of
them are trying to concoct an
00:45:27.52\00:45:31.83
artificial conflict which the
Bible does not give. For example
00:45:31.86\00:45:37.03
They're trying to make an
argument between law and grace.
00:45:37.07\00:45:42.50
They'll say this, they'll say
do you follow the Old Testament?
00:45:42.54\00:45:45.67
Or are you now in Christ? Right?
Do you keep the law or have you
00:45:45.71\00:45:52.18
found grace in Jesus. They're
trying to build an argument
00:45:52.21\00:45:56.18
where there isn't one. They're
trying to build a conflict where
00:45:56.22\00:45:59.19
the Bible doesn't give one.
Romans 6 verse 1: What shall we
00:45:59.22\00:46:02.76
say then? Shall we continue
in sin, that grace may abound?
00:46:02.79\00:46:06.59
Meaning can we keep on sinning
and sinning and sinning that God
00:46:06.63\00:46:08.43
can just keep on giving us more
and more grace. He goes back and
00:46:08.46\00:46:11.97
says, God forbid. How shall
we that are dead to sin live any
00:46:12.00\00:46:16.24
longer therein. Well Paul
settles it again doesn't he?
00:46:16.27\00:46:18.57
Now have you ever heard
this? They'll say, Oh but, Jesus
00:46:18.61\00:46:24.55
fulfilled the law and therefore
we don't have to. Now that's
00:46:24.58\00:46:27.52
what I call one of those half
truths, you know. Someone once
00:46:27.55\00:46:32.25
said, Beware of half-truths
because you might end up with
00:46:32.29\00:46:34.59
the wrong half. Right? So did
Jesus fulfill the law perfectly
00:46:34.62\00:46:40.73
that he could then impute his
perfect life to us? Yes that's
00:46:40.76\00:46:43.50
true. But does that mean that
we have no obligation whatsoever
00:46:43.53\00:46:46.84
When Jesus tells us that if he
fulfilled it we'll say well that
00:46:46.87\00:46:54.58
means he did away with it.
Right? Okay. If you were my
00:46:54.61\00:46:58.68
employer and I was the employee
and you said to me, Brian I have
00:46:58.71\00:47:04.95
got a task for you to fulfill.
And I'm going away to lunch. I'm
00:47:04.99\00:47:08.96
going to come back in an hour
and I want that task fulfilled.
00:47:08.99\00:47:11.59
Is that understood? And I say
yes, that's perfectly fine. I
00:47:11.63\00:47:14.73
will fulfill it. So you go away
to lunch and you come back an
00:47:14.76\00:47:18.00
hour later and you say to me
Brian did you fulfill that task?
00:47:18.03\00:47:21.10
And I say, Oh yeah I did away
with it. Would you want me for
00:47:21.14\00:47:27.08
an employee? Chuckles. I
probably wouldn't last till the
00:47:27.11\00:47:29.68
end of the day, right? The idea
that fulfill means doing away
00:47:29.71\00:47:32.08
with it, that's not what it
means here. It means, fulfill
00:47:32.11\00:47:35.05
means to fill to the full.
It means to carry it out in
00:47:35.08\00:47:38.55
obedience. When Jesus said to
John the Baptist allows me to be
00:47:38.59\00:47:41.06
baptized to fulfill all
righteousness that doesn't mean
00:47:41.09\00:47:43.63
that all righteousness was done
away with. Not at all. It means
00:47:43.66\00:47:47.10
it was to be carrying out
in obedience a righteous thing.
00:47:47.13\00:47:52.27
Paul says in Colossians chapter
1 verse 25 that he was made a
00:47:52.30\00:47:58.01
minister to fulfill to word
of God. Now when Paul became a
00:47:58.04\00:48:01.88
minister does that mean the
word of God was done away with
00:48:01.91\00:48:03.91
because it was fulfilled?
Absolutely not. It means to
00:48:03.95\00:48:07.22
carry out the word of God.
That's why he became a minister.
00:48:07.25\00:48:09.75
Now again friends did you know
the Bible teaches that Jesus
00:48:09.78\00:48:12.89
fulfilled the law so he could
give us strength to do the same
00:48:12.92\00:48:15.72
things? Here we read it in
Romans 8 starting in verse 3:
00:48:15.76\00:48:18.69
For what the law could not do,
in that, it was weak through the
00:48:18.73\00:48:21.86
flesh...notice now, the law was
not weak but it was us that was
00:48:21.90\00:48:26.50
weak...God sending his own Son
in the likeness of sinful flesh,
00:48:26.53\00:48:29.84
and for sin, condemned what?
Sin in the flesh. Does it say it
00:48:29.87\00:48:35.81
condemned the law in the flesh?
No. People read that into it.
00:48:35.84\00:48:38.68
It says it condemns sin. Now
keep going. It says: That the
00:48:38.71\00:48:41.38
righteousness of the law...and
it means the right doing of the
00:48:41.42\00:48:44.65
law...might be fulfilled in who
friend? Us, who walk not after
00:48:44.69\00:48:51.33
the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Now again Holy Spirit filled
00:48:51.36\00:48:54.60
Christians become doers of the
law and not hearers only. We're
00:48:54.63\00:48:58.27
free from the bondage of the law
to live in loving obedience to
00:48:58.30\00:49:00.94
God because the law has now
become our liberty, you see.
00:49:00.97\00:49:06.14
It's our freedom. God's
converted us. Now someone will
00:49:06.17\00:49:10.11
say but it's impossible to keep
God's law. Oh I've heard that
00:49:10.15\00:49:12.91
one almost more than anything
else. But it's impossible to
00:49:12.95\00:49:16.52
keep God's law. When we read
these words from Jesus: If you
00:49:16.55\00:49:22.82
love me keep my commandments.
I want to ask you a question.
00:49:22.86\00:49:26.03
Would Jesus ask an impossibility
of us? No. Would we ask an
00:49:26.06\00:49:34.10
impossibility of our children if
we loved our children. Right? No
00:49:34.14\00:49:37.81
Would Jesus say to the woman
caught in adultery, go and sin
00:49:37.84\00:49:41.04
no more if it was impossible
to sin no more? Of course not.
00:49:41.08\00:49:45.81
Jesus tells us here that we can
obey him and he would not ask an
00:49:45.85\00:49:49.52
impossibility of us. We're told
in Philippians 4:13 I can to how
00:49:49.55\00:49:53.46
many things? All things and
why can we? Through Christ which
00:49:53.49\00:49:58.49
does what to us? Strengthens us.
Absolutely friends. Now can a
00:49:58.53\00:50:03.30
carnal mind keep a spiritual
law No. That's why we need to be
00:50:03.33\00:50:07.47
converted. Can a spiritual mind
keep a spiritual law? Absolutely
00:50:07.50\00:50:10.74
it can. You don't have to
worry about it. I don't have to
00:50:10.77\00:50:14.54
struggle. There was a time when
I did carnal things but when God
00:50:14.58\00:50:18.81
converted me you know I don't
have to struggle to not steal
00:50:18.85\00:50:23.89
someone's wallet or someone's
whatever you know. God gave me
00:50:23.92\00:50:27.96
a heart that doesn't want to
steal, Amen? Right? So it goes
00:50:27.99\00:50:30.83
for the other things of life.
Now the idea that they'll say
00:50:30.86\00:50:35.66
we did cover this previously for
they'll say, Oh but to want to
00:50:35.70\00:50:38.83
be obedient that's going back
into bondage. Now again these
00:50:38.87\00:50:41.87
are very poor Bible students
that say such a thing but how
00:50:41.90\00:50:44.94
does God open up the 10
commandments to us. He says I am
00:50:44.97\00:50:48.24
the Lord by God, which brought
the out of the land of Egypt,
00:50:48.28\00:50:51.15
out of the house of bondage. Why
would God ever bring them out of
00:50:51.18\00:50:56.18
Egypt and out of slavery if he
was only going to give them the
00:50:56.22\00:50:58.32
10 commandments and put them
back in slavery. That makes no
00:50:58.35\00:51:02.39
sense whatsoever. Remember
now truth is logical. We covered
00:51:02.42\00:51:05.19
that. And then there are those
that will tell you...in fact
00:51:05.23\00:51:08.93
before I get into this, the
Bible in several places calls
00:51:08.96\00:51:11.87
the 10 commandments a law of
freedom. Freedom friends. Those
00:51:11.90\00:51:18.07
that are under the condemnation
of it, they're the ones in
00:51:18.61\00:51:20.81
bondage. But the ones that are
free through conversion and we
00:51:20.84\00:51:23.98
desire to do it, we're the ones
set at liberty. Let's keep going
00:51:24.01\00:51:27.02
Some will try and tell
you, but Oh we're in a new grace
00:51:27.05\00:51:30.29
dispensation now. They'll say
that the people who lived before
00:51:30.32\00:51:32.75
the cross they were saved by
obedience and we who live after
00:51:32.79\00:51:36.93
the cross well we're saved by
grace. Now that's another one of
00:51:36.96\00:51:39.06
those half-truths, right? It's
true that we are saved by grace
00:51:39.09\00:51:42.93
but how were people in the Old
Testament saved? Let's go back
00:51:42.96\00:51:46.84
one chapter here, Hebrews 3
verse 16. It says: For some when
00:51:46.87\00:51:50.01
they had heard, did provoke:
Howbeit not all that came out of
00:51:50.04\00:51:53.44
Egypt by Moses. For unto us was
the gospel preached, as well as
00:51:53.48\00:51:59.11
unto them:...now notice
the pronoun them...but the word
00:51:59.15\00:52:02.85
preached did not profit them,
not being mixed with faith in
00:52:02.88\00:52:07.22
them that heard it. You see the
them, them, them. It says those
00:52:07.26\00:52:11.66
people referred to here as them
they had the gospel preached to
00:52:11.69\00:52:15.60
them. How was the gospel
preached to them? Well it
00:52:15.63\00:52:19.87
says...first of all we have to
ask the question, who are these
00:52:19.90\00:52:21.60
people or them, Hebrews 3:16.
It says those that came out of
00:52:21.64\00:52:25.94
Egypt by Moses. So these are
talking about the Israelites.
00:52:25.97\00:52:28.71
How did they have the gospel
preached to them? They had the
00:52:28.74\00:52:30.91
sanctuary service. Now we
haven't covered this in detail
00:52:30.95\00:52:33.75
in the seminar, but the entire
sanctuary service is the plan of
00:52:33.78\00:52:37.52
salvation in miniature, right?
God was working out the whole
00:52:37.55\00:52:41.79
plan of salvation as they
carried out in illustration
00:52:41.82\00:52:44.99
those services day by day and
year by year. So the gospel was
00:52:45.03\00:52:49.70
there in the sanctuary service
in types and shadows if they
00:52:49.73\00:52:53.77
actually were to understand
it. So this idea that the Old
00:52:53.80\00:52:57.54
Testament where people were
saved by works. What does it say
00:52:57.57\00:53:00.11
in Romans 4 and verse 3. Abraham
believed God, that means he had
00:53:00.14\00:53:04.41
faith in God and it was counted
unto him for what? Righteousness
00:53:04.45\00:53:08.28
That's right. It was by faith.
There is only one method of
00:53:08.32\00:53:11.05
salvation from cover to cover,
friends. That's God's amazing
00:53:11.09\00:53:15.19
grace through faith in Jesus.
You think that in heaven and I'm
00:53:15.22\00:53:18.29
looking forward in heaven
to meeting some of these great
00:53:18.33\00:53:20.13
patriarchs of scripture, aren't
you? I mean there's going to be
00:53:20.16\00:53:24.27
some amazing people there that
we've read about, studied about,
00:53:24.30\00:53:26.74
talked about them and they're
going to be there and let's say
00:53:26.77\00:53:29.50
that I'm there in heaven by
God's grace and I'm walking down
00:53:29.54\00:53:31.74
that path of gold and here I
look up and it's Abraham, right?
00:53:31.77\00:53:36.48
He's coming toward me. Oh boy
this is heaven. I haven't talked
00:53:36.51\00:53:39.91
to Abraham. He's a big man in
scripture. So I got to him and I
00:53:39.95\00:53:45.65
say hello and Abraham says well
hello. And I say you're Abraham
00:53:45.69\00:53:50.46
aren't you? He says yes I
am. And he says and who are you?
00:53:50.49\00:53:52.59
Oh my name is Brian McMahon and
I'm so pleased to meet you. And
00:53:52.63\00:53:56.80
he says, Pleased to meet you
too And then Abraham looks at me
00:53:56.83\00:53:59.37
and he says and when did you
live on the earth. I said Oh I
00:53:59.40\00:54:02.74
lived in those exciting time
leading up to and culminating in
00:54:02.77\00:54:06.51
the second coming of Jesus. It
was so exciting to live right at
00:54:06.54\00:54:09.54
that time. All of a
sudden Abraham gets this look of
00:54:09.58\00:54:12.48
concentration on his face and he
turns very cynical. He looks at
00:54:12.51\00:54:16.72
me and he wags his finger and
says I know your type. You're
00:54:16.75\00:54:22.02
one of those grace-saved
Christians aren't you? You're
00:54:22.06\00:54:27.36
one of those that got here
the easy way didn't you, right?
00:54:27.40\00:54:30.70
We earned it. Chuckles. You
think Abraham's going to say
00:54:30.73\00:54:35.87
that? No. No, he's not going to
say that friend. He's not going
00:54:35.90\00:54:41.11
to say that. Abraham would
00:54:41.14\00:54:43.28
be the last one to say that. The
Bible says that salvation is not
00:54:43.31\00:54:47.55
of works lest any man should
boast. There'll be no boasting
00:54:47.58\00:54:52.29
and Abraham will certainly be
one of the humble ones as well.
00:54:52.32\00:54:55.42
Absolutely friends. The
difference is that those who
00:54:55.46\00:54:58.99
lived in the Old Testament, they
looked forward to the cross by
00:54:59.03\00:55:02.86
faith. We now in our sphere
we look back to the cross by
00:55:02.90\00:55:06.70
faith but both sides look to
the cross of Jesus friends. No
00:55:06.74\00:55:13.01
question about it. We are all
grace-saved people. Now there
00:55:13.04\00:55:16.24
are those that will say, Oh
but we have the Holy Spirit. And
00:55:16.28\00:55:21.68
because we have the Holy Spirit
we don't need all of those
00:55:21.72\00:55:23.65
commandments because the Holy
Spirit is in us. You're going to
00:55:23.69\00:55:25.92
hear it friends, you're going
to hear it. Remember this verse
00:55:25.95\00:55:28.69
right here. Acts 5 verse 32. And
we are his witnesses of these
00:55:28.72\00:55:31.79
things; and so is also the Holy
Ghost...that's referencing the
00:55:31.83\00:55:35.40
Holy Spirit...whom God
hath given to them that do what?
00:55:35.43\00:55:38.57
Obey him. So only those that are
obedient will be given the true
00:55:38.60\00:55:45.11
spirit of God. There's one other
thing I want to cover with you
00:55:45.14\00:55:47.94
here tonight on this. They'll
say to you, Oh but we are new
00:55:47.98\00:55:51.88
covenant Christians. Now again
most people that will say that
00:55:51.91\00:55:54.58
if they say by that they
don't have to be obedient to the
00:55:54.62\00:55:57.65
Commandments then they have no
idea what the new covenant is.
00:55:57.69\00:55:59.89
And they probably couldn't even
find it in their Bibles because
00:55:59.92\00:56:02.69
if they would read it in their
Bibles it totally negate what
00:56:02.72\00:56:06.03
they're saying. Let's go
take a look at it. Does the new
00:56:06.06\00:56:09.96
somehow incorporate God's Law
or does it do away with God's
00:56:10.00\00:56:14.44
Law? Well let's go take a look
here. This is the new covenant
00:56:14.47\00:56:19.17
promise. Hebrews 10 verse 16.
This is the covenant that I will
00:56:19.21\00:56:22.24
make with them after those days
saith the Lord, I will put my
00:56:22.28\00:56:25.01
laws into their hearts, and in
their what folks? Minds will I
00:56:25.05\00:56:29.22
write them. The essential change
between the Old Covenant and the
00:56:29.25\00:56:34.12
New Covenant is what I call
a change in location. God is
00:56:34.16\00:56:41.00
taking the 10 commandments off
of stone, as it were and he says
00:56:41.03\00:56:45.03
I will write them into the
fleshly tables of your heart and
00:56:45.07\00:56:47.40
mind that what I ask you to do,
that is what you will love to do
00:56:47.44\00:56:51.74
Amen. The New Covenant is made
on better promises, not better
00:56:51.77\00:56:59.75
laws. God promises to write his
law in our hearts. Our part is
00:56:59.78\00:57:05.45
to accept that and to allow him
to do it. That's our part. So
00:57:05.49\00:57:10.39
the weakness was not in God's
Law but the weakness was in our
00:57:10.43\00:57:13.40
carnal nature which in itself is
a selfish thing. It doesn't want
00:57:13.43\00:57:19.33
to be obedient and that's why we
must be converted. Romans 8 and
00:57:19.37\00:57:22.70
verse 7, it says: Because the
carnal mind is enmity against
00:57:22.74\00:57:26.01
God...that means it has hatred
for God. Notice now what it says
00:57:26.04\00:57:29.91
next thing. For it is not
subject to the law of God,
00:57:29.94\00:57:34.02
neither indeed can be. It is
amazing that Christians today,
00:57:34.05\00:57:38.75
those who would call themselves
Christians at least, would go
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around talking against God's law
when essentially God is saying
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that such people are enemies of
his right? God is defining those
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that love him and those that
hate him versus those that will
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accept his law in their hearts
and minds. Wow! If we have to do
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away with any part of the Bible
that God forbid that we would,
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but let's use common sense
tonight. If any part of the
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scriptures were to be done away
with let's not do away with the
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part that God wrote with his
own finger on stone. By God's
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grace let's give him our
whole heart tonight and let's be
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obedient as God asks us to be.
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