Dear Lord, we are
probing and digging
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deeper and
deeper into your word.
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We're finding the
precious truths like gems,
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like treasure that you
have buried there for us.
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And tonight we want
to see more, our souls
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are hungry for your
truth and for your word.
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Please Lord make it clear.
We ask in Jesus name, Amen.
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I don't know, if
you've been following,
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I've been
following with interest,
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Judge Ray Moore in
Montgomery, Alabama,
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Chief Justice for
the state of Alabama,
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he erected a
monument made out of graphite
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carved with Ten
Commandment in tables of stone,
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weighs 2 ½ tons
sitting there in the
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State Court
House and he is defying
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the federal
government, who is saying
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that it's illegal
for him to have the
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Ten Commandments
in the court house.
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And the reason that
I've been following this
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with interest is because
it gives us just a little
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insight, a little glimpse
like a little mini prophecy
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of the battle that's
raging behind the scenes today
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that comes to the climax
in the Book of Revelation,
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because we discover in
Revelation chapters 13 and 14,
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this cosmic
struggle over true worship,
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the worship of the
true God, the creator of the
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Heavens and the
Earth or the worship of the
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beast and at the
climax of this struggle
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we read in chapter 14 verse 12,
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this calls for patient endurance
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on the part of
the saints who obey
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God's commandments
and the faith of Jesus.
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It becomes very clear in the
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Book of Revelation
that the object of the
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Antichrist attack
is the law of God.
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The devil wants to
do away with God's law,
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he wants to do away
with God's commandments
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and only those
who patiently endure
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all the way through to
the end faithful to the
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commandments of God
and faith in Jesus Christ,
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you see the two
points of attack in the
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Book of Revelation
that the Antichrist launches
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against God's
church are obedience to the
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commandments of God
and the gospel that we're
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saved by grace
through faith in Jesus Christ.
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We have already
discovered how the beast,
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the little horn, the
beast, the Antichrist
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working through the
time of the Dark Ages
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establishing a
church, the medieval church
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in Rome that
would very well stand
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in the face of
the gospel of Jesus,
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saying that we're saved by
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grace and works
instead of faith alone.
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And last night, we
began to catch a glimpse of
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how he moved to the
next step and tried to
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change the very
set times and the laws.
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The Book of Revelation says that
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the Antichrist or
the little horn would
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try to change
God's set times and laws.
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Somebody asked the question,
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why are you
talking about the Sabbath?
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We came to hear
about Revelation,
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we didn't come to
hear about the Sabbath,
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we didn't come to hear
about the commandments,
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we want to know Revelation.
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Well, the Book of
Revelation reveals a
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massive struggle going on
the basis of the principles
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established in the
church of the Dark Ages
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which we identified as
the beast of Revelation 13,
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and the one
thing that he is after
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more than anything
else is the law of God
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and right at the heart
of the law is the Sabbath.
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You can't separate it
from the Book of Revelation
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and you will
never understand the
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Book of Revelation without it.
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Let's go a little deeper tonight
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and you'll see what I mean,
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the devil is at war
against God and against His law.
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He wants to replace
God's law with his own,
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he wants to secure
your allegiance to him
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and he is very well
almost succeeded today.
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You've heard that the
law has been done away with,
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you've heard
that we're no longer
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under the law, we're under grace
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therefore we're
free to disregard
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the Ten Commandments,
you've heard that in the
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New Testament we have
a new law, a new command
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and that is to
love the Lord, your God
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with all of your
hearts and all of your soul.
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Didn't Jesus
say, I give you a new
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command, love the
Lord your God with
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all of you hearts
with all of your soul.
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He did say that,
but it wasn't new.
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How can you say that
Pastor? Because when he
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said it, he was
quoting the Old Testament.
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In Deuteronomy Chapter 6 Verse 5
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it says you will
love the Lord your God
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with all of your
heart and all of your soul.
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In Leviticus
Chapter 19 Verse 18,
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he says that you will
love your neighbor as yourself.
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So, when he says I
give you a new command
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love the Lord, your
God with all of your heart
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and all of your
soul it wasn't new.
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He already gave it
in the Old Testament,
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why did he say it was new,
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because it was new, to them.
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You see there are two words
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for New in the Greek
Bible text, Neos and Kainos.
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Neos means New as
though it never existed before,
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when God said
let there be a world,
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there was a world; it
had never existed before,
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but now there it
is, and it's new.
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But Kainos means New
only to the individual,
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it's something
that existed before,
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but they didn't
know about it and now
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they know about it
and it's new to them.
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And you see, the law,
love the Lord your God
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with all of your
heart and all of your soul,
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that existed before,
but they didn't understand
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that God's law
was the law of love.
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In fact, John said in
2nd John only 1 chapter
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there, in 2nd
John verse 5, he says
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now dear lady, I'm
writing you a new command,
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I'm not writing
you a new command,
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but one that we've
had from the beginning.
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Now, what is this
command that is not new,
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but what we had
from the beginning
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I asked that we love
one another, it's not new.
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We've had it from
the beginning, he said.
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Now watch this,
and this is love,
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now we see a lot of
definitions of love today,
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I can tell you what love is not,
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love is not what
you see on television.
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Well, then what is
love? As far as I know,
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and somebody can
correct me if I'm wrong,
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but I have never found
any other place in the Bible
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that defines
love, except right here.
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There are lot of
places that describe love,
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love is kind, love is patient,
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so forth it
describes what love is like,
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but here he says this is love.
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So, what is love? This is love
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that we walk in
obedience to his commands.
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That's love, you can't separate
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obeying God's
commands from God's love.
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Love does not
replace the Ten Commandments,
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the Ten Commandments are love.
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In fact, it goes
even further than this.
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The Bible says
this is love that we
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walk in
obedience to His commands,
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the Bible also says God is love.
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Now, I learned through
my mathematical studies
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in high school and
college, I learned that
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two things that are
equal to a third thing
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are equal to each other,
isn't that right? Its right.
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Two things that are
equal to a third thing
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have to be equal to each other.
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Now, if God is love
and love is obedience
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to God's commands
then obedience to the
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commandments of
God is some kind of a
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written
description of who God is.
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It describes the
character of God.
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Now, if you ever
thought about it that way
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before, but the Bible
says the commandment says
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thou shall have no
other Gods before me.
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Jesus said I'm the
first and the last.
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The commandments said
not to worship images,
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Jesus said that
we should worship
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the creator of the
Heavens and the Earth.
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The commandment
says that we should
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not take the
Lord's name in vain.
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The Bible says there is
no other name unto heaven
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whereby we can be
saved, except Jesus Christ.
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Commandment says only
your father and mother,
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Jesus said I've
come to do the will
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of my father who is in heaven.
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The commandment
says thou shalt not lie,
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Jesus said I'm the
truth. Thou shall not kill,
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I am the
resurrection and the life.
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Thou shall not commit adultery.
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He alone is faithful and true.
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Thou shall not covet,
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I've come to
give life abundantly.
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Remember the Sabbath day
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and keep it holy,
six days you labor
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and do all of your
work, but the seventh day is
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the Sabbath on it
you will not do any work,
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you will rest and Jesus said
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come to me and I
will give you rest.
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You see, the commandments define
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and describe for
us, the love of God.
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Paul made it very
clear in Romans, you look
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with me in Romans,
Chapter 13 verse 8,
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let no debt
remain outstanding except
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the continuing
debt to love one another
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for he who loves his fellow man
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has fulfilled the
law, which law, he goes on
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to say verse 9 the Commandments,
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do not commit
adultery, do not murder,
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do not steal, do not covet
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and whatever other commandments
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there maybe,
they're all summed up,
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they're all summed
up in this one rule
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love your neighbor as yourself.
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Love does no
harm to its neighbor.
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Therefore love is the
fulfillment of the law.
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Folks, he is not
saying that we don't have
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Ten Commandments anymore,
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he simply saying
that love, love is the
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embodiment of
the Ten Commandments.
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Do not murder, do not steal,
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do not covet and whatever other
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commandment there
maybe that includes the
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fourth commandment,
remember the Sabbath day.
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They're all
summed up in this rule,
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love your neighbor as yourself.
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Now, the work summed up means
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that you add them all
together and it equals love.
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You take the
commandment that says,
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thou shall not lie and add to it
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the one that says
thou shall not kill
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add to that one,
the one that says
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thou shall not commit adultery,
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add to that one
the one that says
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thou shall not
steal, add to that one
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remember the Sabbath
day, add all the rest
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of them up and they equal love.
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Take one away and you
don't have love anymore.
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Can I claim to love
my neighbor, if I say
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halleluiah praise the
Lord, neighbor I love you.
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While I'm stealing his
wallet from his pocket,
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is that love? Of course not.
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Does a man really love
his neighbor if he is having
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an affair with his neighbor's
wife, that's not love.
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All of the commandments,
whatever other command,
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all ten summed up,
added together equals love
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take one away and you
don't have love anymore.
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Now, you can see that the
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Antichrist job
gets a little simpler.
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He doesn't have to do
away with all of them,
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he just needs
to do away with one
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because if you take away one
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you don't have love anymore.
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In fact, James tells
us that very thing in the
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little book of James
the 2nd chapter verse 10,
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he who keeps the
whole law and yet stumbles
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at just one point is
guilty of breaking all of it.
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Why? Because all
ten summed up equal love
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and if you keep nine,
but you don't keep ten
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then that's not love anymore and
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you're guilty of
breaking the whole law.
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James says, but he who said
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do not commit adultery
also said do not murder.
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If you do not
commit adultery, but you do
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commit murder you
become a law breaker.
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So speak and act as those
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who are going to
be judged by the law
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that gives freedom, that puts an
00:14:02.67\00:14:05.18
exclamation point on it,
that should settle it for us.
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What is he saying? He is saying
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you are Christians,
he is writing to the
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church and you
should speak and act
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as those who sometime
in the future are going
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to be judged and the
standard of that judgment
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is the law of God, that
ought to settle it for us.
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You break one he says
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you're guilty of
breaking them all.
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Folks, the truth
is that no one really
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has a problem with the law.
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I'm always amazed, when
people try to tell me that
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the Ten
Commandments are done away with.
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I usually ask the question, does
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that mean that
we're free to break them.
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Well, no, well, if they're done
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away with and
we can't break them
00:15:02.87\00:15:06.17
then they must
not be done away with.
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Well, yeah, they are done
00:15:09.07\00:15:10.61
and we go through all
kinds of convoluted reasonings
00:15:10.64\00:15:14.16
trying to show
that they have been done
00:15:14.19\00:15:15.67
away with but you
can't break them anymore.
00:15:15.70\00:15:17.78
I've
discovered, the real problem
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is not the Ten Commandments.
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I can go practically
any place on this Earth
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and preach that
it's a sin to kill
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and everyone would
say, Amen preach the word,
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I can say it's a sin to
steal and everyone agrees,
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I can say it's a sin
to take God's name in vain
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and everyone says, Amen,
00:15:42.26\00:15:44.24
it's a sin to commit adultery,
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go after those
adulterous preacher,
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but the moment we
get down to number four,
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remember the
Sabbath day to keep it holy,
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Oh! The Ten
Commandments were done
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away with and we
just need to love in the
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New Testament or
we're under grace now,
00:16:04.03\00:16:08.06
we're not under the law anymore.
00:16:08.09\00:16:09.84
What does it mean
to be under grace,
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if we're under grace
and not under the law,
00:16:15.39\00:16:18.23
does it mean we're
free to break the law,
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can we break the
Ten Commandments?
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Well no, you can't
break Ten Commandments,
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because he did away
with them at the cross
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and in the New
Testament he brought back nine.
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You see, it's amazing
the convoluted kind of
00:16:35.88\00:16:39.57
reasoning that people
go through to not to worry
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about the law
that's not the problem,
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the problem is the
Sabbath, that's the problem.
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Now, just in case it
hasn't really gotten clear
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we are gonna go
to the master teacher
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you know who that
is don't you? Jesus.
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What about the law? Did you come
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to do away with the law?
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Did you do away with
the Ten Commandments?
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Jesus said in
Mathew chapter 5 verse 17,
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do not think that I've come
00:17:11.21\00:17:15.10
to abolish the law
or the prophets theory.
00:17:15.13\00:17:19.54
Now, that should
settle it for us, Amen.
00:17:20.02\00:17:22.93
I mean, if Jesus
said don't even think
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it, no matter who tells you,
00:17:26.23\00:17:29.11
no matter what
authority they claim to have,
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no matter how powerful they are,
00:17:31.40\00:17:33.23
no matter how bigger
church they represent,
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do not think that I've
come to abolish the law.
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And then he goes on
to say, I have not come
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to abolish them
but to fulfill them.
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He didn't come to
do away with the law,
00:17:50.63\00:17:52.46
he came to keep the
law, because we can't,
00:17:53.25\00:17:56.61
we can't obey the law perfectly.
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So God sent his
son Jesus, he kept the
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Ten Commandments,
he died on the cross
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in our place, he
ascended to heaven
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and if you and I
confess that we're sinners
00:18:05.96\00:18:08.28
then he forgives us and
gives us the perfect life
00:18:08.31\00:18:11.78
that he died on
the cross to enable us
00:18:11.81\00:18:14.67
to receive as a
gift, does that set me free
00:18:14.70\00:18:17.57
to break the law
that Jesus had to die
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on the cross to save me for?
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Because he set me
free, don't even think it,
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I haven't come to abolish it.
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In fact, he says,
I tell you the truth,
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what do you say if Jesus says
00:18:32.57\00:18:33.89
it's the truth is it the truth?
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I tell you the truth
until heaven and earth
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disappear, the
smallest letter not the least
00:18:38.49\00:18:40.28
stroke of a pen
will by any means
00:18:40.31\00:18:42.10
disappear from the law
until everything is fulfilled,
00:18:42.13\00:18:45.21
anyone who breaks
one of the least of
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the commandments and
teaches others to do the
00:18:47.31\00:18:49.74
same will be called the
least in the Kingdom of Heaven.
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I don't know how he can
say any better than that.
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In fact, he goes on
to say you've heard it
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we said long ago do not murder
00:18:55.48\00:18:57.61
and anyone who commits murder
00:18:57.64\00:18:58.78
would be subject to judging,
00:18:58.81\00:18:59.79
but I tell you
anyone who is angry
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at his brother would
be subject to judgment.
00:19:01.53\00:19:03.65
He goes on to say in verse 23
00:19:04.57\00:19:06.34
you've heard it was
said do not commit adultery,
00:19:06.46\00:19:08.23
but I tell that
anyone who looks at
00:19:08.26\00:19:09.96
woman lustfully has already
00:19:09.99\00:19:11.70
committed adultery
whether in his heart.
00:19:11.73\00:19:13.62
Now, folks Jesus
is not saying its okay
00:19:14.83\00:19:20.65
to murder someone, just
don't get angry at him first.
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He is not saying it's
okay to commit adultery
00:19:26.93\00:19:31.69
just don't look
at her lustfully.
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Now, some people might
wished he was saying that,
00:19:35.34\00:19:38.07
but that's not
what he is saying.
00:19:38.87\00:19:40.51
He is saying you
think that you have kept
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the law and therefore
God is obligated to save you,
00:19:44.59\00:19:48.83
let me tell you something;
if you even get so much as
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angry at a brother you're
guilty of breaking the law
00:19:54.40\00:19:59.54
that says Thou shall not kill.
00:19:59.57\00:20:02.17
Was Jesus doing
away with the law
00:20:03.51\00:20:05.84
that said thou not kill, no way,
00:20:05.87\00:20:08.88
what was he doing?
He was lifting it up,
00:20:08.91\00:20:11.52
he was intensifying
it, he was making it
00:20:11.55\00:20:14.66
impossible for
anyone to ever say God
00:20:14.69\00:20:17.52
I've kept the law
and now can save me.
00:20:17.55\00:20:19.55
That doesn't mean
you never got angry.
00:20:20.53\00:20:22.52
You never peaked
at a playboy magazine.
00:20:22.55\00:20:25.89
Oh! I guess I did God,
you're guilt of adultery.
00:20:29.12\00:20:32.80
No one can ever
claim to obey the law
00:20:34.43\00:20:37.29
good enough for God to save him.
00:20:37.32\00:20:40.54
Jesus wasn't doing
away with law; Was he?
00:20:41.08\00:20:43.34
He was intensifying
it. He was lifting it up.
00:20:43.37\00:20:46.49
He was making it
impossible for anybody to
00:20:46.52\00:20:49.06
be saved by obeying
the law, so that we can be
00:20:49.09\00:20:51.34
saved by grace through
faith in Jesus Christ alone.
00:20:51.37\00:20:54.02
Don't let anybody
tell you the law has been
00:20:57.18\00:20:59.03
done away with,
they're gonna try.
00:20:59.06\00:21:00.57
Some people leave
and preach sermons
00:21:01.57\00:21:03.22
on texting the
Bible, taking Paul's text
00:21:03.25\00:21:05.56
out of context to try to make it
00:21:05.59\00:21:07.36
look like Paul's
teaching the law that's been
00:21:07.39\00:21:09.14
done away with, but
don't listen to it folks.
00:21:09.17\00:21:13.11
I'm gonna share
with you tonight,
00:21:13.46\00:21:15.04
I'm gonna share with
you three keys to understand
00:21:15.07\00:21:20.12
the difficult passages
that Paul, I acknowledge
00:21:20.15\00:21:23.72
Paul wrote some things
that are hard to understand.
00:21:23.75\00:21:26.60
Did you know that
Peter even said that?
00:21:27.63\00:21:29.60
Peter said that God
wrote, Paul wrote some things
00:21:30.58\00:21:32.75
about the Gospel that
were hard to understand,
00:21:32.78\00:21:34.80
that ignorant
unstable man twist to their
00:21:34.83\00:21:37.33
own destruction even
called them lawless men,
00:21:37.36\00:21:40.04
men who do away with the law
00:21:40.07\00:21:41.50
and Paul wrote some
things that you can take
00:21:41.65\00:21:44.07
out of context and
twist to make it look
00:21:44.10\00:21:46.13
like he is saying the
law has been done away with.
00:21:46.16\00:21:48.87
Peter says watch
out for those guys.
00:21:48.90\00:21:50.83
Paul did write hard
things and when I get to heaven,
00:21:51.89\00:21:54.67
I'm gonna ask
him some questions.
00:21:55.22\00:21:57.17
I'm gonna ask him
Paul, why did you write that?
00:21:58.03\00:22:01.28
You know how much
trouble you've caused me?
00:22:02.06\00:22:03.94
I'm gonna ask him
and he is gonna have a
00:22:05.75\00:22:07.61
good answer for
me, but in the meantime
00:22:07.64\00:22:09.94
I wanna show you three keys,
00:22:09.97\00:22:11.28
we're gonna look at
three difficult texts and
00:22:11.31\00:22:13.20
I'm give you three keys
and these three keys are
00:22:13.23\00:22:15.94
gonna help you to unlock
everyone of the difficult
00:22:15.97\00:22:19.95
texts that Paul has
in the New Testament.
00:22:19.98\00:22:22.30
So, get your
cobwebs out of your brain
00:22:22.33\00:22:25.94
and get your minds
alert because we are gonna
00:22:25.97\00:22:28.52
go deep in the
scripture tonight.
00:22:28.55\00:22:29.98
Let's take a
look at the first one.
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In Romans, Chapter 3, Verse 28,
00:22:32.56\00:22:35.85
for we maintain
that a man is justified
00:22:35.88\00:22:39.82
by faith apart
from observing the law,
00:22:39.85\00:22:44.10
what's he saying?
We're saved by faith.
00:22:45.18\00:22:48.68
We're not saved by obeying the
00:22:48.71\00:22:51.61
Ten Commandments.
No one is saved by
00:22:51.64\00:22:55.65
obeying the law,
we're saved by faith.
00:22:55.68\00:22:59.76
Now, if that was the only
thing that Paul said about it
00:23:00.47\00:23:05.37
we could possibly
take that text to mean
00:23:05.40\00:23:09.76
that the law is no more for us,
00:23:09.79\00:23:12.26
but that isn't all
that he has to say about it,
00:23:15.12\00:23:17.48
in fact in just three
verses down in verse 31,
00:23:17.51\00:23:21.33
he says do we then
nullify the law by this faith,
00:23:21.36\00:23:24.52
not at all,
rather we uphold the law.
00:23:25.69\00:23:29.53
Now, I want you to
me follow me carefully
00:23:30.77\00:23:32.75
because this is the
basic foundation for
00:23:32.78\00:23:36.34
understanding Paul on the
law and grace, this is it.
00:23:36.37\00:23:40.28
We're saved by
grace through faith
00:23:41.26\00:23:43.90
apart from observing the law,
00:23:43.93\00:23:46.20
no one is saved
by keeping the law.
00:23:46.23\00:23:48.17
Does this grace abolish the law?
00:23:48.66\00:23:52.75
No way he says,
it upholds the law.
00:23:53.69\00:23:56.89
Now, follow me,
maybe you don't understand
00:23:58.53\00:24:03.04
how Paul got from
verse 28 to verse 31,
00:24:03.07\00:24:06.48
maybe you don't
understand how Paul
00:24:07.73\00:24:09.23
can say that we're
saved by faith apart
00:24:09.26\00:24:10.99
from observing the
law and then conclude in
00:24:11.02\00:24:13.11
verse 31 that this faith
does not abolish the law,
00:24:13.14\00:24:16.20
it upholds the law, that
might not be crystal clear.
00:24:16.23\00:24:20.68
You might not be able
to follow all of his steps,
00:24:22.24\00:24:24.58
but here is the key, even though
00:24:24.61\00:24:28.29
we don't
understand all of his steps,
00:24:28.32\00:24:31.55
we still have to come
out where he came out.
00:24:32.78\00:24:36.12
We have to accept
his conclusion, Amen.
00:24:37.41\00:24:43.04
And his conclusion
is that faith does not
00:24:43.07\00:24:48.21
abolish the law
it upholds the law,
00:24:48.24\00:24:52.18
that means that
anyone who takes any verse
00:24:53.48\00:24:57.81
that Paul wrote and
comes to the conclusion that
00:24:57.84\00:25:01.88
Paul is saying the
law has been nullified
00:25:01.91\00:25:05.36
or done away with,
that person is distorting
00:25:05.39\00:25:09.24
and misinterpreting
Paul; Don't believe it.
00:25:09.27\00:25:14.55
Do you
understand? We have to agree
00:25:16.07\00:25:19.10
with his conclusion
even if we don't understand
00:25:19.13\00:25:21.92
everything about law
and grace and once you
00:25:21.95\00:25:25.74
get that
principle then you'll never
00:25:25.77\00:25:28.88
be thrown off track
by the false prophet,
00:25:28.91\00:25:32.20
because the false
prophet is gonna tell you
00:25:32.94\00:25:35.43
the law has been
nullified and done away with.
00:25:35.46\00:25:38.89
It can't be, because Paul said
00:25:40.51\00:25:42.93
the same thing that
Jesus said, he did not come
00:25:42.96\00:25:46.64
to abolish the law. Alright,
00:25:46.67\00:25:49.61
that's an easy one,
but let's put it to work.
00:25:49.64\00:25:51.74
Let's put it to
work with a verse that
00:25:51.77\00:25:53.08
I know many of
you've been thinking about
00:25:53.11\00:25:54.57
and I saw it
written on a couple of cards
00:25:54.60\00:25:56.74
last night after we
talked about the Sabbath,
00:25:57.77\00:26:00.13
In Romans, chapter 6, verse 14,
00:26:00.16\00:26:03.53
you're not under the
law, but under grace.
00:26:03.56\00:26:07.15
Now that's seems
again, if you just take
00:26:07.83\00:26:11.28
that part of that
verse, you could make a case
00:26:11.31\00:26:15.43
for saying,
we're not under the law
00:26:15.46\00:26:17.35
therefore the ten commandments
00:26:17.38\00:26:20.18
are no longer
valid for Christians
00:26:20.21\00:26:23.58
because we're under grace now,
00:26:24.52\00:26:26.01
but that would
violate Paul's basic principle
00:26:27.74\00:26:31.71
that grace does
not abolish the law.
00:26:31.74\00:26:34.31
So, that cannot be
what Paul is saying,
00:26:35.31\00:26:37.81
are you with me
tonight? Cannot be what he is
00:26:37.84\00:26:40.50
saying. Well,
then what is he saying?
00:26:40.53\00:26:43.53
If we're not under the
law, we're under grace,
00:26:43.56\00:26:46.80
what does it mean?
Let me help you understand
00:26:46.83\00:26:49.32
about oh! my, getting
to be a few years ago,
00:26:49.35\00:26:53.67
about 23 years ago
now, we were doing a
00:26:53.70\00:26:57.77
Revelation Now
meeting in Mobile, Alabama
00:26:57.80\00:26:59.81
and that was on Friday morning,
00:27:01.03\00:27:02.92
we're gonna open
that Friday evening
00:27:02.95\00:27:04.33
in the National
Guard Armory in Mobile,
00:27:04.36\00:27:06.64
we had our RV
parked in a little RV park
00:27:06.85\00:27:09.17
on the outskirts of
town, we were in the morning
00:27:09.20\00:27:12.80
we were over at the
National Guard Armory
00:27:12.83\00:27:14.81
working really hard,
getting all the equipment
00:27:14.84\00:27:16.26
set-up, getting
everything ready and then the
00:27:16.29\00:27:18.66
afternoon we were done
thought we'd scoot out to
00:27:18.69\00:27:20.52
the house, get a
little something to eat,
00:27:20.55\00:27:21.81
out to the RV, get
something to eat and get a
00:27:21.84\00:27:23.90
little rest and then be
ready for opening that night.
00:27:23.93\00:27:26.18
Well, in between
Downtown and the RV Park
00:27:26.21\00:27:29.34
was wide open highway
and I was kind of anxious
00:27:29.37\00:27:33.71
to get home and
rest on the rack,
00:27:33.74\00:27:35.35
relaxed a little bit,
so we're driving along
00:27:35.38\00:27:37.81
in our little Red
Ford F-150 pickup truck,
00:27:37.84\00:27:40.13
wide open highway
and all of a sudden
00:27:42.20\00:27:45.94
this man dressed in a
blue uniform and a white helmet
00:27:46.98\00:27:50.59
comes running out from
behind a bunch of bushes
00:27:50.62\00:27:53.17
and he had a radar scope
in his hand. And, he goes
00:27:53.20\00:27:56.71
like this, now in
Mobile that means pull over.
00:27:56.74\00:28:00.74
So, I pulled over to the side,
00:28:02.71\00:28:05.28
I got out of the
car and he comes walking
00:28:05.31\00:28:08.89
over to me and he
has his radar gun.
00:28:08.92\00:28:12.60
And, he shows me the radar gun
00:28:13.21\00:28:16.32
and he says you were doing 55,
00:28:16.39\00:28:19.52
did you know that? Yeah,
It's right there. Yes sir.
00:28:20.06\00:28:24.67
You've to be polite, yes sir.
00:28:25.60\00:28:27.46
The speed limit here
is 45, did you know that?
00:28:29.21\00:28:34.06
No sir. Well it is. Yes sir.
00:28:34.74\00:28:37.80
Let me see your
license, you know that
00:28:40.68\00:28:43.30
sinking feeling you get.
00:28:43.33\00:28:45.35
Take my license
out and he takes out
00:28:46.04\00:28:49.24
his little book,
and he clips it on there
00:28:49.27\00:28:52.93
and he starts to
write and I'm thinking,
00:28:52.96\00:28:55.63
oh! man, you see the
law said 45, I was doing 55,
00:28:55.66\00:29:04.06
he caught me, I'm under the law
00:29:04.44\00:29:07.85
condemned by the law
and I was gonna have to
00:29:07.88\00:29:11.60
pay a fine and
nothing could change that.
00:29:11.63\00:29:14.84
I was under the law;
it does feel very good
00:29:16.19\00:29:19.44
to be under the law, does it?
00:29:19.47\00:29:20.98
And so he is right.
He looked at my license,
00:29:23.41\00:29:26.48
Tennessee? How long
are you down here for?
00:29:28.87\00:29:34.01
About five weeks.
00:29:35.67\00:29:37.05
Military huh? No sir.
00:29:37.08\00:29:40.14
Vacation? No sir.
00:29:41.21\00:29:44.21
What are you doing
down here for five weeks?
00:29:44.73\00:29:47.00
I'm a Preacher. Oh! Man,
00:29:50.29\00:29:58.10
I'm under the
law sweating bullets
00:29:58.13\00:30:02.48
and he looks at
my license again,
00:30:05.16\00:30:07.20
it has a little picture there,
Tennessee license picture,
00:30:07.23\00:30:10.87
he looked at that and
then he looked up at me.
00:30:11.64\00:30:15.03
Looked at that
license again, looked at me.
00:30:15.79\00:30:19.14
He said, I know who you are.
00:30:19.70\00:30:22.07
Aren't you the guy
doing those meetings
00:30:22.54\00:30:24.22
at the National
Guard Armory on Revelation?
00:30:24.25\00:30:26.49
Yes sir. He looked, smiled,
00:30:28.44\00:30:35.57
tore up that ticket,
gave me my license back.
00:30:37.25\00:30:41.21
And he said, keep up the
00:30:42.32\00:30:44.63
good work
preacher, but slow down.
00:30:44.66\00:30:47.84
I am not under the law anymore,
00:30:53.35\00:30:56.34
I am under grace.
00:30:56.37\00:30:57.89
He didn't have to do that.
00:30:58.91\00:31:00.63
Out of the
goodness of his heart,
00:31:00.66\00:31:02.75
he tore up the
ticket, that's grace.
00:31:02.78\00:31:06.67
I didn't deserve
it, I didn't earn it.
00:31:06.70\00:31:09.57
I deserved to pay the
fine but out of the goodness
00:31:09.60\00:31:12.31
of his heart he
tore up the ticket.
00:31:12.34\00:31:14.57
So, now I am not under the law.
00:31:14.60\00:31:16.39
I am not condemned
by the law. I do not
00:31:16.42\00:31:19.01
have to pay the
fine. I am under grace
00:31:19.04\00:31:21.34
and it feels good
to be under grace.
00:31:21.37\00:31:23.53
So, I jumped back up
into that pickup truck
00:31:25.04\00:31:27.78
went home and got cleaned up
00:31:27.81\00:31:29.34
and then that night
we were going to the
00:31:29.37\00:31:31.32
meeting to do Revelation Now,
00:31:31.35\00:31:32.65
oh! It feels so
good to be under grace.
00:31:32.68\00:31:35.32
I am not under the
law, I passed that clump of
00:31:35.35\00:31:38.24
bushes so
thankful and so grateful.
00:31:38.27\00:31:41.08
Now, I am under
grace, I don't have to worry
00:31:41.11\00:31:43.64
about the law
anymore, I put my foot down
00:31:43.67\00:31:45.82
and went as fast
as I could go past
00:31:45.85\00:31:47.80
those bushes. You believe that?
00:31:47.83\00:31:52.66
The speed limit was 45, I did 35
00:31:56.15\00:32:03.57
because out of the
goodness of his heart
00:32:06.85\00:32:10.15
he forgave me, and I was
not about to let him down.
00:32:11.07\00:32:17.42
Grace doesn't abolish
the law, it lifts up the law
00:32:19.61\00:32:25.59
and gives us a
determination to do
00:32:26.16\00:32:29.01
better and better and better
because out of the goodness
00:32:29.04\00:32:32.77
of his heart he
tore up the ticket.
00:32:32.80\00:32:35.01
He died on the cross enable to,
00:32:35.04\00:32:37.58
enable him to do
that, to give you grace,
00:32:37.61\00:32:40.73
to give you life
so that you can live,
00:32:40.76\00:32:43.27
Is there anyway that we are
00:32:43.30\00:32:45.11
going to break
the law, willingly?
00:32:45.14\00:32:48.15
No, we are going to
go 35 instead of 45.
00:32:48.91\00:32:54.92
Now, we can understand
grace doesn't do away with
00:32:56.33\00:32:59.92
the law it's like
Jesus said, it intensives it,
00:32:59.95\00:33:03.95
it lifts it up, it
makes us what to obey more,
00:33:03.98\00:33:07.21
and more, and more
that was an easy one.
00:33:07.24\00:33:09.46
Now, let's go to
one of the harder more
00:33:10.07\00:33:12.03
difficult texts
Colossians, chapter 2 verse 14.
00:33:12.06\00:33:17.80
Let's look at verse 14,
00:33:19.47\00:33:20.96
actually I am going
to the middle of Verse 13
00:33:20.99\00:33:23.01
to get us a little
bit of a background here.
00:33:23.04\00:33:24.82
Watch this one,
God made you alive
00:33:24.85\00:33:27.64
with Christ, he forgave
us all of our sins, having
00:33:27.67\00:33:31.17
canceled the written
code with its regulations
00:33:31.20\00:33:35.28
that was against us
and he stood opposed to us.
00:33:35.31\00:33:39.30
He took it away,
nailing it to the cross.
00:33:39.33\00:33:42.82
There it is that proves it,
00:33:42.85\00:33:45.13
the Ten Commandments
were nailed to the cross
00:33:45.16\00:33:47.50
we don't have to
keep them anymore.
00:33:47.53\00:33:48.89
Wait a minute, Paul said that
00:33:49.27\00:33:52.06
grace does not
abolished the law,
00:33:52.09\00:33:55.08
so it must be
saying something else,
00:33:56.18\00:33:58.64
what is it saying?
Then, he goes on to say
00:33:59.87\00:34:03.35
in verse 16 it gets even worse,
00:34:03.38\00:34:05.48
therefore do not
let anyone judge you
00:34:05.56\00:34:08.65
by what you eat or
drink or regard to a religious
00:34:08.68\00:34:12.51
festival, new moon
celebration or Sabbath days.
00:34:12.54\00:34:16.64
The law has been
nailed to the cross
00:34:19.01\00:34:21.69
taken out of the
way, it stood against us.
00:34:21.72\00:34:24.51
Therefore, let no one
judge you by Sabbath days.
00:34:24.54\00:34:27.71
Now that sounds like it does it
00:34:27.98\00:34:30.50
way with
everything we talked about
00:34:30.53\00:34:32.37
so far tonight and last night,
00:34:32.40\00:34:33.86
but Paul said that grace
does not abolish the law.
00:34:35.71\00:34:40.82
Jesus said that he did not
00:34:41.83\00:34:44.42
abolish the law,
don't even think it.
00:34:44.45\00:34:46.71
So, how do we understand this,
00:34:48.79\00:34:50.64
is he contradicting himself?
00:34:50.67\00:34:52.40
I don't believe
that; first of all
00:34:53.15\00:34:57.14
if you're
reading in the King James
00:34:57.17\00:34:58.39
you know I stopped in
the middle of the sentence.
00:34:58.42\00:35:00.50
Let no man judge
you by Sabbath days,
00:35:01.07\00:35:03.33
which are a shadow of things to
00:35:03.87\00:35:07.05
come, the reality
however is Christ.
00:35:07.08\00:35:11.25
So, we need to stop here
00:35:12.71\00:35:14.30
and pause for just a movement.
00:35:14.33\00:35:16.46
Let no one judge you by
00:35:16.73\00:35:17.87
Sabbath days,
which are a shadow.
00:35:17.90\00:35:21.31
Now, I am going to
ask you for just a second
00:35:21.54\00:35:24.26
to forget about the shadow part.
00:35:24.29\00:35:27.44
You may not understand
or know what the shadow
00:35:29.27\00:35:31.65
means, we going to do
that in just a moment,
00:35:31.68\00:35:34.08
but we need to
see something else
00:35:34.11\00:35:35.67
first, before we deal
with what the shadow is.
00:35:35.70\00:35:38.93
He is saying, let
no one judge you by
00:35:38.96\00:35:40.76
Sabbath days, which are shadows.
00:35:40.79\00:35:43.78
Does that mean
that he is talking about
00:35:45.61\00:35:48.69
Sabbath days
which are not shadows?
00:35:48.72\00:35:53.20
Do you follow me?
Imagine, let's do it this way,
00:35:54.44\00:35:56.96
imagine that I
have a nice big base
00:35:56.99\00:35:59.65
full of
flowers, roses either and
00:35:59.68\00:36:04.00
there are red ones
there and white ones there
00:36:04.03\00:36:06.61
and I would have say
that I am going to invite
00:36:07.69\00:36:10.65
one of you ladies to
come up here and I'm going to
00:36:10.68\00:36:13.87
give all of those
roses which are red.
00:36:13.90\00:36:17.19
Am I talking
about the white ones?
00:36:18.90\00:36:21.36
No, I am only
talking about the ones
00:36:22.36\00:36:24.97
which are red, Are you with me?
00:36:25.00\00:36:28.34
So, when he
says let no one judge
00:36:28.85\00:36:30.66
you by Sabbath
days which are shadows,
00:36:30.69\00:36:34.53
he is not talking about
00:36:34.56\00:36:36.08
Sabbath days
which are not shadows.
00:36:36.11\00:36:38.32
So, now we have to figure out
00:36:39.28\00:36:41.55
what does he mean by shadows,
00:36:41.58\00:36:43.61
and the best way to
understand that is to go
00:36:44.62\00:36:46.51
back to the Old
Testament, remember I showed,
00:36:46.54\00:36:48.16
told you last night
that we are going to see
00:36:48.19\00:36:50.37
an underlying
beauty and harmony of the
00:36:50.40\00:36:52.20
Old Testament and the New,
00:36:52.23\00:36:53.47
here it comes, this is
deep, but it is so beautiful.
00:36:53.50\00:36:56.62
Leviticus chapter
23, in Leviticus 23,
00:36:56.65\00:37:01.20
there are, verse 3,
there are six days when you
00:37:01.93\00:37:07.09
may work but
the seventh day is a
00:37:07.12\00:37:09.96
Sabbath of rest, a
day of sacred assembly,
00:37:09.99\00:37:14.02
you are not to do any work on it
00:37:14.05\00:37:15.23
wherever you live
it's a Sabbath to Lord
00:37:15.26\00:37:16.92
So, here we're saying
there is a Sabbath day
00:37:16.95\00:37:19.40
and it comes every seventh day
00:37:19.43\00:37:22.26
and on it you are
to assemble together
00:37:22.46\00:37:25.82
to worship God, it's a
day of sacred assembly,
00:37:25.85\00:37:29.09
it doesn't mean you
can't ever worship God
00:37:29.12\00:37:31.18
any other time we
talked about that last night,
00:37:31.21\00:37:33.42
you should worship
God everyday. Amen.
00:37:33.45\00:37:36.36
But, he is saying
the day when you all
00:37:36.39\00:37:38.80
assemble together
that's the Sabbath day
00:37:38.83\00:37:41.78
and it occurs once a
week every seventh day,
00:37:42.51\00:37:46.41
that Sabbath day
can we call it just to
00:37:47.13\00:37:49.91
simplify things
tonight; can we call it
00:37:49.94\00:37:52.97
a weekly Sabbath,
is that fare enough,
00:37:53.00\00:37:56.51
a weekly Sabbath,
that's okay because
00:37:56.54\00:37:58.74
it comes every
seventh day once a week.
00:37:58.77\00:38:00.51
Alright, the weekly
Sabbath, the seventh day,
00:38:00.54\00:38:03.31
it's in the heart of
the ten commandments,
00:38:03.34\00:38:04.95
remember the Sabbath
day, because God made the
00:38:04.98\00:38:07.69
world in six days and
he rested on the seventh.
00:38:07.72\00:38:10.24
So, the Sabbath,
then the weekly Sabbath
00:38:10.27\00:38:13.00
points backward to
creation to remind us
00:38:13.03\00:38:16.33
that God is the
creator. Now we learned that
00:38:16.36\00:38:19.39
last night, but then
we go a little further
00:38:19.42\00:38:22.38
in to the same chapter,
verse 26 of Leviticus 23,
00:38:22.41\00:38:26.78
the Lord said to
Moses the tenth day of the
00:38:26.81\00:38:30.19
seventh month is
the day of atonement and
00:38:30.22\00:38:35.36
he said in verse 32, it
is a Sabbath of rest for you.
00:38:35.39\00:38:42.22
Now, here is another Sabbath
00:38:42.25\00:38:44.70
but this one
doesn't come every week
00:38:45.49\00:38:47.96
it comes on the tenth
day of the seventh month.
00:38:47.99\00:38:51.72
How often is that one?
That's once a year, isn't it?
00:38:51.75\00:38:56.55
like the fourth
of July, once a year
00:38:57.00\00:38:59.66
like your birthday once a year,
00:38:59.69\00:39:01.76
The tenth day of
the seventh month comes
00:39:01.79\00:39:04.40
once a year and
it's a Sabbath day,
00:39:04.43\00:39:06.94
so let's to keep things
simple let's call that one
00:39:06.97\00:39:10.05
a yearly Sabbath and
the other one the weekly
00:39:10.08\00:39:13.18
Sabbath that's in
the Ten Commandments.
00:39:13.21\00:39:15.52
Now, everybody with me so far.
00:39:15.95\00:39:17.23
Okay, if you got that
far then you got it made.
00:39:17.89\00:39:20.42
Here we go, we
have two Sabbaths now,
00:39:20.78\00:39:23.04
one is a weekly Sabbath,
points backward to creation
00:39:23.07\00:39:26.11
then a yearly Sabbath,
it only occurs once a year,
00:39:26.14\00:39:30.56
what does it point to?
00:39:30.59\00:39:31.56
Go back again
this time to verse 27,
00:39:32.41\00:39:35.08
hold the sacred
assembly, deny yourselves and
00:39:36.31\00:39:38.76
present an offering
made to the Lord by fire.
00:39:38.79\00:39:42.81
Everyone of the
yearly Sabbaths involved
00:39:43.39\00:39:46.76
some kind of
sacrifice or offering.
00:39:46.79\00:39:51.29
The pass over was a
yearly one and it involved
00:39:53.08\00:39:57.17
a sacrifice
offering of the lamb,
00:39:57.20\00:39:59.93
the Day of
Atonement is a yearly Sabbath
00:40:00.28\00:40:03.62
and it involved an offering.
00:40:03.65\00:40:04.99
Every yearly
Sabbath had an offering
00:40:05.02\00:40:06.99
now when they offered a lamb,
00:40:07.02\00:40:08.82
when they offered an animal,
00:40:08.85\00:40:10.37
when they made
any kind of sacrifice
00:40:10.40\00:40:12.81
that lamb didn't
save anybody, did it?
00:40:14.30\00:40:18.68
Of course not,
the lamb never saved
00:40:19.22\00:40:21.95
anyone but the lamb
pointed forward to the
00:40:21.98\00:40:26.71
lamb of God who
would die on the cross
00:40:26.74\00:40:29.60
to save everyone
who believes in him.
00:40:29.63\00:40:32.55
Can you see it? So,
the little lamb that was
00:40:33.52\00:40:36.19
offered as a
sacrifice on the yearly Sabbath
00:40:36.22\00:40:39.00
was pointing forward
to Jesus, the lamb of God.
00:40:39.03\00:40:42.43
So, in that sense it
was a shadow of the reality
00:40:42.46\00:40:46.77
to come who was
Christ and every offering
00:40:46.80\00:40:51.23
every sacrifice
that was offered in the
00:40:51.26\00:40:53.74
Old Testament was
pointing forward to Jesus.
00:40:53.77\00:40:57.07
So, it's like a
little passion play acted out
00:40:58.95\00:41:02.75
in the desert, day
after day after day
00:41:02.78\00:41:06.07
reminding them
that the lamb of God
00:41:06.10\00:41:08.26
is going to come and
he will die on the cross
00:41:08.29\00:41:10.19
to save you from your
sins, isn't that beautiful?
00:41:10.22\00:41:13.45
This is beautiful stuff,
those were yearly Sabbaths,
00:41:14.02\00:41:18.85
every yearly
Sabbath had a sacrifice
00:41:18.88\00:41:22.12
and every yearly
Sabbath was a shadow
00:41:22.43\00:41:26.83
pointing forward to the reality
00:41:26.89\00:41:30.00
of Christ, who was to come.
00:41:30.08\00:41:33.04
So, now we see we
have two Sabbaths,
00:41:33.83\00:41:36.68
we have weekly
Sabbaths, once a week
00:41:37.51\00:41:40.16
pointing backward to
creation and remind us
00:41:40.19\00:41:42.89
that God is the
creator and then we have
00:41:42.92\00:41:44.54
yearly Sabbaths once a year
00:41:44.57\00:41:46.42
pointing forward to Jesus
when he come to forgive us
00:41:46.45\00:41:49.72
and save us by
dying on the cross.
00:41:49.75\00:41:52.31
So, we have two
kinds of Sabbaths.
00:41:53.38\00:41:55.38
The weekly Sabbath
is in the heart of the
00:41:57.21\00:41:58.83
Ten Commandments,
which is the moral law
00:41:58.86\00:42:00.96
of the God
defining right from wrong.
00:42:00.99\00:42:03.54
A law of love, that teaches us
00:42:04.03\00:42:06.24
what God is like,
but the yearly Sabbaths,
00:42:06.27\00:42:10.50
they had laws,
governing how to offer
00:42:12.13\00:42:14.90
those sacrifices,
not the Ten Commandments,
00:42:14.93\00:42:18.19
they were
different kinds of laws,
00:42:18.22\00:42:20.21
we'll call them sacrificial laws
00:42:20.54\00:42:23.32
governing the
ordinances, the ceremonies.
00:42:23.35\00:42:26.81
So, these
sacrificial laws dealt with
00:42:27.26\00:42:30.37
being a shadow of
Christ but when Jesus
00:42:31.41\00:42:34.19
came and died on the cross,
00:42:34.22\00:42:35.82
we don't offer
those sacrifices anymore
00:42:35.85\00:42:39.06
because our lamb
of God has died. Amen.
00:42:40.02\00:42:42.91
We don't need to offer
those sacrifices anymore
00:42:43.29\00:42:46.25
and therefore all of
those laws that taught how to
00:42:46.28\00:42:50.33
offer the
sacrifice, all of those
00:42:50.36\00:42:52.46
sacrificial laws
were nailed to the cross.
00:42:52.49\00:42:55.49
They're done away
with; he is not talking about
00:42:58.33\00:43:01.75
the Ten Commandments,
he is talking about
00:43:01.78\00:43:04.11
the offerings, he is
talking about the sacrifice.
00:43:04.14\00:43:06.59
The Ten Commandments
that's in the heart of God,
00:43:06.66\00:43:09.05
you can't change
God no matter how hard
00:43:09.08\00:43:11.68
the devil tries he
can't change God, because
00:43:11.71\00:43:14.08
he is the same
yesterday, today, and forever.
00:43:14.11\00:43:16.47
So, now it's
simple, when you read in the
00:43:18.15\00:43:20.92
New Testament,
Paul seeming as though
00:43:20.95\00:43:23.87
he is doing away
with the Ten Commandments
00:43:23.90\00:43:26.22
are a law, you
have to say which law.
00:43:26.25\00:43:27.87
The sacrificial
law, which was temporary
00:43:28.92\00:43:31.94
ended at the cross or
the Ten Commandment law,
00:43:31.97\00:43:34.30
not the Ten Commandments because
00:43:34.54\00:43:35.96
he didn't come to change that,
00:43:35.99\00:43:37.49
even Jesus made that clear,
00:43:37.52\00:43:39.16
it's that sacrificial
law, that was done away with.
00:43:39.70\00:43:43.17
In fact, let me show
you how they illustrated it
00:43:43.20\00:43:45.98
even in the Old
Testament times in Deuteronomy
00:43:46.01\00:43:48.27
chapter 10 verse 1,
the Lord had said to Moses,
00:43:48.30\00:43:52.24
chisel out two stone
tablets and come up to me on the
00:43:52.27\00:43:56.60
mountain and also make a
wooden chest and God said,
00:43:56.63\00:44:01.05
I will write on those tablets
00:44:01.08\00:44:04.92
and then you put
them inside the chest.
00:44:05.54\00:44:09.06
So, Moses said I
made the ark that was
00:44:10.34\00:44:12.80
his chest out of
wood overlaid with gold.
00:44:12.83\00:44:16.27
And he took those stone tablets
00:44:17.01\00:44:18.61
and handed him to God
and God wrote the law,
00:44:18.64\00:44:21.28
the Ten Commandments
including the Sabbath
00:44:21.31\00:44:23.65
commandment with
his own finger in stone
00:44:23.68\00:44:26.70
and then the
Lord wrote, verse 4,
00:44:27.52\00:44:30.16
before the Lord
wrote on these tablets
00:44:30.19\00:44:32.36
what he had
written and they were the
00:44:32.39\00:44:34.80
Ten Commandments and
Moses put them inside
00:44:34.83\00:44:39.91
the ark of the
covenant of that wooden chest.
00:44:40.50\00:44:43.21
So, they are written
on stone by God with his
00:44:44.57\00:44:47.28
finger and he put
them inside the ark
00:44:47.31\00:44:49.99
but then we go to
Deuteronomy chapter 31,
00:44:50.80\00:44:53.72
in Deuteronomy 31,
after Moses finished
00:44:54.78\00:44:57.93
writing in a book the words of
00:44:57.96\00:45:00.32
this law, the sacrificial
laws from the beginning
00:45:00.58\00:45:04.59
to end. He gave this
command to the priest
00:45:04.62\00:45:08.20
who carried the ark of
the covenant of the Lord.
00:45:08.23\00:45:11.03
He said take this book
of the law and place it
00:45:11.06\00:45:17.70
beside the ark of
the covenant of our God
00:45:17.73\00:45:21.25
and there they remain
as a witness against you
00:45:21.28\00:45:24.85
Do you see the
difference, the Ten Commandments
00:45:25.95\00:45:28.79
were written by
God himself, this law
00:45:28.82\00:45:31.60
was written by
Moses. The Ten Commandments
00:45:31.63\00:45:34.08
were written on
stones, so they would endure
00:45:34.11\00:45:36.37
forever. The law of
sacrifices was written
00:45:36.40\00:45:39.23
by Moses on paper,
the Commandments were put
00:45:39.26\00:45:42.00
inside the ark and the
law of sacrifices were put on
00:45:42.03\00:45:45.77
the side of the ark.
God couldn't have made it
00:45:45.80\00:45:49.92
any clearer that there
are two kinds of laws, one is
00:45:49.95\00:45:53.39
the moral law, his own
heart, his own love and
00:45:53.42\00:45:57.17
the other one the law of
sacrifices that was nailed
00:45:57.20\00:46:00.05
to the cross and done
away with. It was a law that
00:46:00.08\00:46:04.47
stood against you, Moses
said, isn't it interesting,
00:46:04.50\00:46:08.05
back to Colossians
back to the little book of
00:46:08.08\00:46:10.88
Colossians, chapter 2 and
verse 14, it says God made
00:46:10.91\00:46:15.98
you alive with
Christ. He forgave us
00:46:16.01\00:46:17.98
all of our sins,
having canceled the written
00:46:18.01\00:46:20.46
code with its
regulations that was written,
00:46:20.49\00:46:23.36
which is
regulations that was against us
00:46:23.60\00:46:26.46
and stood opposed to us,
he took it away nailing it
00:46:26.49\00:46:29.65
to the cross. He
forgave us of our sins,
00:46:29.68\00:46:32.73
it was his sacrifice
that he died on the cross to
00:46:32.76\00:46:35.65
forgive us and
therefore those sacrificial laws
00:46:35.68\00:46:39.01
were taken away, nailed
to the cross. And we don't
00:46:39.04\00:46:43.50
offer sacrifices
anymore, Ten Commandments were
00:46:43.53\00:46:46.83
not nailed to the
cross, the grace of God upholds
00:46:46.86\00:46:50.78
the law of God and so you
see when you apply the keys
00:46:50.81\00:46:55.53
that the Bible gives us
there is no contradiction
00:46:55.56\00:46:58.17
in the scripture,
it all comes together.
00:46:58.20\00:47:01.50
Then the third one,
not quite as difficult
00:47:01.53\00:47:05.52
but we have to understand
it. This one is in Galatians
00:47:05.55\00:47:08.69
the second chapter.
In Galatians chapter 2,
00:47:08.72\00:47:12.15
look at verse 21 with
me. Paul said I do not set
00:47:14.50\00:47:17.43
aside the grace of
God for if righteous could
00:47:17.46\00:47:20.10
be gained through the
law, Christ died for nothing.
00:47:20.13\00:47:22.77
So, here is the second one,
00:47:25.76\00:47:27.19
we do not get
righteous by keeping the law
00:47:27.39\00:47:30.31
that would do away
with the sacrifice of
00:47:30.34\00:47:32.58
Christ, verse 10, all
who rely on observing the
00:47:32.61\00:47:37.32
law are under a
curse because it is written
00:47:37.35\00:47:41.54
cursed is everyone who
does not continue to do
00:47:41.57\00:47:45.68
everything written
in the book of the law,
00:47:45.71\00:47:47.85
clearly no one is
justified before God by the law,
00:47:47.88\00:47:52.19
because the
righteous will live by faith.
00:47:52.22\00:47:54.61
The law is not based
on faith, on the contrary
00:47:55.13\00:47:58.11
the man who does these
things will live by them.
00:47:58.14\00:48:01.17
Now it sounds as
though he is saying that don't
00:48:01.86\00:48:05.88
worry about the law, but
it's not what he's saying
00:48:05.91\00:48:07.89
because faith does
not abolish the law
00:48:07.92\00:48:10.32
it upholds the law. So, what
is he trying to tell us here?
00:48:10.96\00:48:14.65
Notice he says, that we
are not made righteous by
00:48:15.06\00:48:20.27
observing the law. He is
talking about the law as a
00:48:20.30\00:48:24.31
method of salvation,
the Jews thought that you're
00:48:24.34\00:48:27.92
saved by keeping the law
and Paul is saying, no, you
00:48:27.95\00:48:32.18
are not saved by
keeping the law, the law doesn't
00:48:32.21\00:48:35.07
save you, if it did you
would have to keep all of
00:48:35.10\00:48:37.97
the commandments, all
of the time continually
00:48:38.00\00:48:40.32
and no one has ever
been able to do that.
00:48:40.35\00:48:42.42
In fact, he tells us
in Romans, this time in
00:48:43.16\00:48:46.36
Romans chapter 3. In
Romans the 3rd chapter
00:48:51.30\00:48:52.41
in verse 20, therefore
no one will be declared
00:48:54.08\00:48:57.00
righteous in his sight by
observing the law but then
00:48:57.03\00:48:59.77
why the law because
through the law we become
00:48:59.80\00:49:06.20
conscious of sin. The
law was not given to save,
00:49:06.23\00:49:11.75
that's the third key,
the law was not given to save
00:49:12.27\00:49:15.84
anyone, you are not saved
because you keep God's law,
00:49:15.87\00:49:19.15
you're not saved because
you keep the Ten Commandments,
00:49:19.18\00:49:22.01
you're saved by grace
through faith in Jesus Christ.
00:49:22.04\00:49:24.95
Well then why the law,
The law was given because
00:49:24.98\00:49:29.00
through the law we
become conscious of sin.
00:49:29.03\00:49:31.61
John even said sin is
transgression of the law,
00:49:34.37\00:49:37.88
how do you know you sin?
The law says thou shalt not
00:49:37.91\00:49:41.17
lie, therefore when
you lie you know that
00:49:41.20\00:49:43.60
you have sinned.
Now some people say well
00:49:43.63\00:49:46.73
we don't need that
because we are so spiritual,
00:49:46.76\00:49:50.65
we just know when we
sin. Well that's interesting
00:49:50.68\00:49:54.11
because Paul himself
needed it. And I don't
00:49:54.14\00:49:57.81
anyone today as spiritual
as Paul was. In verse 7 of
00:49:57.84\00:50:02.32
chapter 7 in Romans.
Paul said, is the law sin,
00:50:02.35\00:50:05.41
certainly not, I would
not have known what sin was
00:50:05.44\00:50:08.88
except through the law
because I would have not
00:50:08.91\00:50:12.17
had know what
coveting was if the law had not
00:50:12.20\00:50:14.12
said do not covet.
Paul is saying I don't even
00:50:14.15\00:50:16.89
know when I am
sinning, if the law isn't there.
00:50:16.92\00:50:19.02
If Paul needs the
law to point out our sins
00:50:19.05\00:50:22.16
than how much more do
we need the law to point
00:50:22.19\00:50:24.46
out our sins. Apart from
the law the Bible even says
00:50:24.49\00:50:28.20
there is no sin, so if
the law has been done away
00:50:28.23\00:50:31.63
with then no wonder people
think they can do whatever
00:50:31.66\00:50:34.44
they want to do.
We've been on the road
00:50:34.47\00:50:43.16
for years and years and
kind of got tired of living
00:50:43.19\00:50:46.78
in motels and rented
apartments and whatever
00:50:46.81\00:50:50.46
we could find. So
finally we decided
00:50:50.49\00:50:53.41
that we'd get an RV, an
RV is kind of expensive.
00:50:53.44\00:50:56.93
So we discovered that
you can buy old buses at
00:50:56.96\00:51:01.55
pretty cheap price and
have them fixed up like an
00:51:02.74\00:51:06.03
RV. So, we looked into
that and I bought a 1975
00:51:06.06\00:51:11.87
Greyhound bus.
You might have seen it
00:51:11.90\00:51:16.33
sitting out there in
the parking, that's a 75
00:51:16.36\00:51:19.27
Greyhound bus.
That's an old bus and
00:51:19.30\00:51:22.35
I am not a mechanic,
I am a preacher, I don't
00:51:22.38\00:51:26.24
know much about it,
even taking care of my car
00:51:26.27\00:51:29.20
but the bus when I
opened that back compartment
00:51:29.23\00:51:33.13
and looked at the
engine it is huge and is very
00:51:33.16\00:51:37.37
expensive to maintain. So,
that was a little motivation
00:51:37.40\00:51:41.49
to learn how to do
things like check the oil
00:51:41.52\00:51:44.02
and stuff like
that. And you know I can't
00:51:44.05\00:51:46.91
enjoy going back
there and tinkering around
00:51:46.94\00:51:49.24
a little bit with my
bus, but every time I do man
00:51:49.27\00:51:54.44
I get grease on my
hands. No matter how careful
00:51:54.47\00:51:59.82
I am I get grease all
over and even on my face
00:51:59.85\00:52:03.39
sometimes and I don't
like to get greasy and dirty.
00:52:03.42\00:52:07.40
I go inside, in the
bathroom there's a nice mirror
00:52:08.28\00:52:11.91
there I look in there. Oh!
I see all that grease on my
00:52:11.94\00:52:15.34
face oh! I get angry, I don't
want that grease on my face.
00:52:15.37\00:52:19.51
So, you know what I
do, I just take that mirror
00:52:20.32\00:52:23.82
and I'll yank it off
the wall and smash it on
00:52:23.85\00:52:26.62
the pavement outside
the bus, that will get rid
00:52:26.65\00:52:30.49
of that grease won't it.
The grease is still there,
00:52:30.52\00:52:36.57
I just can't see it
anymore and sometimes people
00:52:37.67\00:52:42.17
stand in front of God's
law, which is his mirror
00:52:42.20\00:52:45.81
James said and the law
says thou shalt not commit
00:52:45.84\00:52:50.10
adultery, it reveals the
dirt, the grease, the sins.
00:52:50.13\00:52:57.63
And the law says
thou shalt not lie and
00:52:57.66\00:53:02.08
it reveals the
dirt. And the law says
00:53:02.11\00:53:05.94
thou shalt not take
the Lord's name in vain
00:53:05.97\00:53:08.07
and it reveals the
grime. Sins, we don't like it,
00:53:08.10\00:53:15.31
the law says remember the
Sabbath day to keep it holy.
00:53:16.66\00:53:19.37
Oh! I don't like that, I
know what I am going to do,
00:53:19.40\00:53:24.82
take that law and I'm
just going to smash it on the
00:53:24.85\00:53:28.15
side walk, better yet,
I'll nail it to the cross,
00:53:28.18\00:53:30.89
but you see the sins are
still there, you just can't
00:53:33.65\00:53:38.47
see them anymore.
There is something else
00:53:38.50\00:53:45.54
I could do, I could look
in the mirror and see all that
00:53:45.57\00:53:48.79
grease, Oh! Man, I
don't like that grease, I know
00:53:48.82\00:53:51.81
what I'll do, I'll take
a mirror off the wall and
00:53:51.84\00:53:53.64
start washing my
face with a mirror,
00:53:53.67\00:53:55.46
that just makes it
worse and it ruins the mirror
00:53:55.49\00:54:04.21
and you know that's
what some people do.
00:54:05.43\00:54:06.97
They stand before
God's mirror, the law,
00:54:07.35\00:54:10.19
it points out their
sins I know what I'll do,
00:54:10.22\00:54:13.04
I will keep the law. It
just makes things worse.
00:54:13.07\00:54:18.57
It brings the law down
to something that we can do,
00:54:19.87\00:54:23.19
we don't need to receive
it by grace through faith
00:54:25.88\00:54:28.44
in Jesus Christ
anymore, it makes it worse.
00:54:28.47\00:54:31.26
No, there is another
option I see the grease and
00:54:31.29\00:54:37.23
the dirt in my face
and I turn on the faucet,
00:54:37.26\00:54:39.45
pick up a bar of soap
and I wash the grease away.
00:54:39.48\00:54:44.80
And we stand before
God's mirror and it points out
00:54:46.34\00:54:49.08
our sins and we stand
condemned, but we kneel
00:54:49.11\00:54:55.21
at the foot of the
cross and confess our sins
00:54:55.24\00:54:59.12
and the blood of
Jesus washes them all away.
00:55:00.16\00:55:03.50
And you know I get up,
I look in the mirror again
00:55:05.84\00:55:11.08
and I see more. So,
I am back at the foot
00:55:11.11\00:55:15.83
of the cross
washing them away again
00:55:15.86\00:55:19.28
and I get up, I see more,
and it's back to the cross.
00:55:20.36\00:55:28.34
You see it's the law of
God that keeps us on our knees
00:55:29.80\00:55:36.12
at the foot of the
cross. Is not law then and grace
00:55:36.15\00:55:44.73
now, it's always been
law and grace together even
00:55:44.76\00:55:52.38
though I found grace in
the eyes of God in the Old
00:55:52.41\00:55:55.01
Testament, even
Abraham believed God and it was
00:55:55.04\00:55:58.96
credited to him
his righteousness,
00:55:58.99\00:56:00.66
all the way through the
Old testament and the New.
00:56:01.76\00:56:03.94
No one will ever
walk on the streets of the
00:56:03.97\00:56:06.15
Kingdom above
except by grace through
00:56:06.18\00:56:08.30
faith in Jesus Christ.
The law of God keeps us
00:56:08.33\00:56:15.55
on our knees at the foot
of the cross. Antichrist,
00:56:15.58\00:56:20.83
it's all changed don't
worry about the commandments,
00:56:20.86\00:56:25.25
especially that one,
the Bible says, that one
00:56:25.28\00:56:31.66
we're guilty of break
the law. Let's just follow
00:56:31.69\00:56:39.21
the lamb. Amen.
Let's just follow the lamb.
00:56:39.24\00:56:43.86
Pray with me. Oh!
Lord, we thank you
00:56:43.89\00:56:50.96
that even the hard parts
of the Bible can be clear
00:56:50.99\00:56:53.68
and easy to understand,
that's only through the
00:56:53.71\00:56:57.05
power of your Holy Spirit,
Jesus is the one who lifts
00:56:57.08\00:57:00.09
the scales off of our
eyes. Lord, we understand
00:57:00.12\00:57:04.40
the law, how can we
even think about breaking any
00:57:04.43\00:57:08.54
of your commandments.
Lord forgive us for that,
00:57:08.57\00:57:11.68
we know that you
already have but now Lord
00:57:12.57\00:57:15.77
empower us,
enable us, let us live
00:57:15.80\00:57:18.57
our lives following the lamb.
00:57:18.60\00:57:20.76
We ask in Jesus name. Amen.
00:57:20.79\00:57:25.03