In 1980, the United
States' Supreme Court
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ruled that it is no
longer constitutional
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to post the Ten Commandments
on the classroom wall.
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And then just a short time ago,
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we watched the unfolding
saga of Judge Roy Moore,
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chief justice of the
state of Alabama Supreme Court.
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Moore against the
United States government
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and the issue was a
monument of the Ten Commandments
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in the Alabama court house.
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And once again the
Ten Commandments lost
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and I can still
see those US marshals
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rolling out that big stone
monument of the law of God.
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And it kind of
gives us a window,
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an insight into the
major battle outlined
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in the Book of
Revelation for the end times.
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As we've learned the real issue
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is the challenge
of God's authority
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as the Creator of the
heavens and the earth.
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Satan, that dragon
wants to establish himself
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on God's throne
but he knew that before
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he could ever
secure the allegiance
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of any man or
woman on this earth,
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he had to somehow
undermine the authority of God
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as the Creator of the
heavens and the earth.
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And we saw how the
theory of evolution
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has made inroads into
almost every fabric of society
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today
undermining God's authority.
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But long before that,
Satan knew that there was
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another major
obstacle in the way
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before he could
ever pave the way
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for undermining God's authority
with the theory of evolution,
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he knew that God has
established the monument,
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a memorial, a reminder carved
through the channels of time,
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the Sabbath day pointing to God
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as the Creator of
the heavens and the earth
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and he knew that as
long as men and women
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remembered the
Sabbath day, they would never,
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never give their allegiance
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to the beast
instead of the Creator.
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And so as we learned, it began
to attack the very law of God
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because Daniel 7:25
says, in the last days
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that little horn who is
the beast or the antichrist
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would try to change
God's set times and laws
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and we saw dramatic
unfolding of that prophecy
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when the little horn,
the Medieval church of Rome
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officially decreed the
Sabbath has been changed
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from the
seventh day to the first
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attacking the times, set
times and the laws of God.
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And I hope you're
beginning to see how all of this
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fits into the
picture of Revelation.
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Because it was just a preview of
the prophecy in Revelation 12,
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"When the dragon saw he
had been hurled to the earth,
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he pursued the woman who had
given birth to the male child."
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And in verse 17, "The
dragon was angry at the woman
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and went off to make war against
the rest of her offspring,
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those who obey
God's commandments
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and hold to the
testimony of Jesus."
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At the end of this
section describing that war,
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he says in Chapter 14:12,
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"This calls for
patient endurance
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on the part of the saints
who obey God's commandments
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and remain faithful to Jesus."
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So the law of God and
the gospel of Jesus Christ
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are like bookends on
both sides of this chapter
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unfolding the war
between the dragon
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and the people of God.
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The object of the antichrist
attack is the law of God
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and the cross the
gospel of Jesus Christ.
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It saddened me to
know that our country
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would oppose the
Ten Commandments of God
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but it saddens me even
more when I see the war
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against the Ten Commandments
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sounding from Christian pulpits.
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Now you say, I've never heard it
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from a Christian
pulpit, you have.
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Haven't you heard
that the Ten Commandments
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were for the Jews
and in the New Testament,
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we don't have the Ten
Commandments, we have love,
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haven't you heard that
the law was Old Testament,
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New Testament is done away with.
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Haven't you heard
that we're saved by grace
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through faith in Jesus Christ
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and since we were under grace
and no longer under the law,
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then we're no longer
obligated to obey the law.
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Billy Graham heard it.
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In his article, this
was from the Dallas Times
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in Herald
Newspaper, 14 July, 1995.
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Question to Billy Graham,
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Some religious
people I know tell me
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that the Ten
Commandments are part of the law
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and do not apply to us today.
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They say we as Christians
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are free from the
law, is that right?
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Answer, Billy Graham.
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No, it is not right
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and I hope you'll not be
misled by these false opinions.
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Billy Graham heard it that
the law has been done away with
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and he called
it a false opinion.
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But didn't Jesus
say that I give you
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a new command that
you love one another?
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And that you
love the Lord your God
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with all of your
heart and all of your soul?
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Well, John says in
the little book of 2 John,
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only one Chapter,
so 2 John 5, he says,
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"Now 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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I ask that we love one another."
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Now Jesus said, I
give you a new command
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that we love one another.
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John says, 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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Jesus said love
the Lord your God
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with all of your
heart, this is new.
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John says this is not new.
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So who is right, Jesus or John?
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They're both right.
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You say, how can
they both be right.
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Jesus said is new,
John said it wasn't new,
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the truth is it wasn't new.
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When Jesus said,
love the Lord your God
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with all of your
heart and all of your soul,
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He was quoting
the Old Testament,
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Deuteronomy 6:5, wasn't new.
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When Jesus said, love
your neighbor as yourself,
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He was quoting
the Old Testament,
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Leviticus 19:18, it wasn't new.
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So why did he say I
give you a new command,
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love one another
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because it was new to them.
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You see they have
lost sight of the fact
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that God's
commandments are laws of love.
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It's easy to overlook
this if you don't know Greek.
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Because in Greek there are
two different words for new.
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Neos, new, Kainos, new.
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Neos, brand new.
Kainos, new to the person.
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Now, about a year
ago, our car broke
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and I had to go by a new car.
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Now when we buy a new car,
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we don't go into
the dealer showroom
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and look at all these
brand new shiny vehicles
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with two miles on the odometer.
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We go next door to
the preowned car lot.
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They don't sell used
cars anymore, you know that?
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They're preowned cars.
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So we go to the preowned car lot
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and pick out a new car, Kainos,
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because it's new for me.
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And when we drove that
new little Toyota RAV4 home,
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my neighbors saw me
just turning into the road
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and he says, oh,
Jack, you got a new car.
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Yeah, man, I got a new car.
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Kainos, new car.
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But it wasn't neos, brand new,
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because it was preowned.
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And so Jesus said, I give
you a new command, kainos.
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John says I'm not
writing you something new, neos,
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that you love one another.
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So you see it was new to them,
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they had lost sight of the fact
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that God's law
is the law of love.
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In fact, John goes on to say,
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I'm not writing you a
new command, neos, new,
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but one that we've had from
the beginning, it's kainos new.
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I ask you that
we love one another
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and this is love that we walk
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in obedience to his commands.
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What is love?
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Love is obedience to
the commandments of God.
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In other words, in
mathematical formula is
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love equals obedience
to the commandments of God.
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But in the very
same letter, 1 John 4:16,
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the Bible says God
is love. God is love.
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Love is obeying
the commandments.
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Now I learned in
algebra I think it was.
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Long time ago that
two things that are equal
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to a third thing have
to be equal to each other.
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Isn't that right?
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You don't
understand that is right.
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Check your books.
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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 obeying
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the commandments of
God and two things equal
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to a third thing have
to be equal to each other.
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God is love, obeying the
commandments of God is love,
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then obeying the commandments
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is some kind of a
description of what God is like.
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And since he
made us in his image,
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it describes what
love is like for us.
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You see we learned that
God functions with laws.
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When he created the
universe, he had physical laws,
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the law of centrifugal
force, the law of gravity,
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the law of centripetal
force, all these physical laws
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that hold the universe together.
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And if one of those laws fail,
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then the whole
thing comes crashing down.
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But when he made
the man and the woman,
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he made them
according to certain laws.
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And he says this
is the way I made you
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and he defined those
principles, those laws of love,
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it was like a circle and he said
if you stay inside the circle,
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you're gonna have
peace and joy and happiness,
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but if you step
outside of the circle,
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you're gonna break
and you're gonna suffer
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and a lot of other
people are gonna get hurt too.
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That's the purpose for God's
laws not because He's mean,
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He doesn't want us to have fun,
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but He knows that if we
step outside of the circle,
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we're gonna get hurt.
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He loves us and
He wants us to enjoy
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love and peace and happiness.
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His law defines love for us.
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Paul made that
clear in Romans 13.
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Romans 13, he says,
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"Let no debt remain outstanding,
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except the continuing
debt to love one another,
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for he who loves his fellowmen
has fulfilled the law."
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Now if we would have
stop here, we can say well,
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you don't have to obey the law,
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you just need to
love one another.
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But Paul didn't stop
there, so we shouldn't either.
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He goes on to say,
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"He who loves his fellowmen
has fulfilled the law."
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Well, how come?
Because, verse 9,
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The commandments,
do not commit adultery,
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do not murder, do
not steal, do not covet
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and whatever other
commandment that may be,
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they are all
summed in this one rule,
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love your neighbor as yourself.
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Love does no
harm to its neighbors
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therefore love is the
fulfillment of the law.
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So Paul is saying that
if we love one another,
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we're fulfilling the law.
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He's not saying you
don't have to do the law.
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He's saying the commandments,
thou shalt not murder,
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covet, steal, these
are the Ten Commandments
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and they're all
summed up in this one rule,
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love your neighbor as
yourself. What does that mean?
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We need to do a
little math again.
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You have to know some
math to understand the Bible.
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What does summed up
mean? It means added together.
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So if you take the commandment
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that says thou shalt
not lie and add to it,
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thou shalt not
steal and add to it,
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thou shalt not
kill, and add to it,
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thou shalt not take the
name of the Lord thy God in vain
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and add to it, honor thy
father and mother and add to it
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any other
commandment that may be,
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it equals love.
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What happens if
you take one away?
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And you don't have love anymore?
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Does a man really
love his neighbors
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if he's having an affair
with his neighbor's wife?
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Does he love his neighbor?
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He says Hallelujah,
neighbor, oh, praise the Lord,
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I love you so much
while he's slipping his wallet
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from his pocket, is that love?
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See, love is
defined by the law of God
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and if you take away one,
it doesn't equal love anymore.
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James made that crystal clear
in the little book of James 2.
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James 2:10,
"Whoever keeps the whole law
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and yet stumbles
at just one point
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is guilty of breaking all of it.
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Because he who said
do not commit adultery
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also said do not murder.
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And if you do
not commit adultery
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but you do commit murder,
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you have become a law breaker."
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So according to
James, love only happens
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when we obey all
of God's commandments
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and if we just break one,
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it's the same as
breaking them all, why?
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Because the
commandments are like a circle,
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they define what
love and peace and joy
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and happiness is for us.
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And if we just step outside
of the circle by breaking one,
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we don't have love anymore,
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we suffer and
other people get hurt.
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You see God isn't out
there just trying to prevent us
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from enjoying life, He's
out there trying to help us
00:16:21.10\00:16:24.60
to enjoy life to
the fullest with love.
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And if we just break one,
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we're guilty of
breaking them all.
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And then he makes a fascinating
statement to the church.
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James said in verse 12,
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"Speak and act then
as those who are going
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to be judged by the
law that gives freedom."
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Interesting, he refers
to the Ten Commandments says
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the law that gives
freedom because folks,
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you're only free to the degree
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that you bring your life in
harmony with the law of God.
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If a person steals, is he free?
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If one commits
adultery, are they free?
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If one murders, are they free?
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Your freedom only
comes to the degree
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that we're in harmony with
the way God made us to live.
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If we break one, we're
guilty of breaking them all
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but look at this other piece.
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It says speak and act
as those who are going
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to be judged by the law.
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So James sees the time
when God's Christian believers
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are going to be
judged and the standard
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of that judgment
is the law of God.
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Now why is that?
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Because God as we
learned is gonna make
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this world over again.
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There'll be a new
heaven and a new earth.
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He's gonna make it all over.
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And he's gonna
let us into the city
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and we're gonna live there.
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But only those
who trust Him enough
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to live within
inside of the circle
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because God is not gonna let
this mess happen all over again.
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That's why He
selected us to who can go in.
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So does God still want us
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to order our lives
according to the law?
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Ask Jesus, can you trust Him?
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Jesus, is this true? Matthew 5.
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Jesus,
everybody is trying to say
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that we're under grace
now, we're not under law
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because you abolished it
when you died on the cross,
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is that true?
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And Jesus said, verse 17,
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"Do not think
that I come to abolish
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the Law or the Prophets."
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Is that hard to understand?
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Do not think I've
come to abolish the law.
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I haven't come to abolish
them but to fulfill them.
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So don't even think
of I've come abolish it.
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We ought to be able to
stop right here and be done.
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Don't even think it.
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If somebody says to you
you're not in the law anymore,
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you don't have to
obey the Ten Commandments,
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don't even think that.
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Why not? Because
Jesus said don't think that.
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He said I haven't
come to abolish the law.
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I've come to fulfill them.
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What does it mean?
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He came to fulfill
them, because we've learned
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that God expects us to be
perfectly obedient to law,
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break one, you break them all.
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He wants us to be
perfectly obedient
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but he also knows
that we can't do it
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because we've all
already broken the law,
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we've all sinned
and even if we try,
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even our good deeds are like
filthy rags compared to God.
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He knows we can't do it.
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So Jesus came and
He kept the law for us.
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He fulfilled it perfectly.
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He never sinned, not one moment
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and He became sin
for us, He took our sin
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and gives us His righteousness
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through the
cross of Jesus Christ,
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He gives us His
perfect obedience to the law.
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No, He didn't
come to abolish it,
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He came to fulfill it.
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So He could give it to you.
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So when God says, why should
I let you in to that city.
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You say, because of
the perfect obedience
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that Jesus gave to me
and God says good enough.
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He didn't come to abolish,
and He came to fulfill it.
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Verse 18, "I tell you the truth,
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until heaven
and earth disappear,
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not the smallest letter,
not the least stroke of a pen,
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will by any means
disappear from the Law
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until everything
is accomplished."
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The heavens is still
here, the earth is still here,
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not one dot of an eye,
not one of cross of the T
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is gonna change the law of God
00:21:09.71\00:21:12.85
until
everything is accomplished.
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"And anyone who breaks one of
the least of these commandments
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and teaches others to
do the same will be called
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least in the kingdom of heaven."
00:21:20.14\00:21:23.08
I was having a discussion
with one of my friends
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and he said you're wrong, Jac,
00:21:26.40\00:21:30.31
God doesn't expect us to
keep the Sabbath anymore.
00:21:30.34\00:21:33.89
And I said, oh, why not?
00:21:33.92\00:21:37.27
He says because
we're under grace,
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we're not under the law.
00:21:39.45\00:21:42.09
I said, oh, okay,
well, if I'm under grace
00:21:42.12\00:21:47.02
and that lets me
break the fourth commandment
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which is the Sabbath,
00:21:48.91\00:21:50.19
then I should also be able
to come steal your car tonight
00:21:50.22\00:21:52.70
while you're sleeping.
00:21:52.73\00:21:53.89
He says no, you can't do that.
00:21:56.57\00:21:58.36
Said why not?
00:21:58.39\00:21:59.42
You said the Ten
Commandments are done away with,
00:21:59.45\00:22:02.43
and we're under grace now,
so why can't I steal your car?
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Well, in the New Testament,
00:22:05.19\00:22:07.00
He did away with the Ten
Commandments on the cross
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but He brought back nine.
00:22:09.44\00:22:10.83
Did Jesus do away with
ten and bring back nine
00:22:14.61\00:22:18.97
in order to get rid of one?
00:22:19.00\00:22:22.05
Something
doesn't square up here.
00:22:22.08\00:22:25.62
Don't think I've
come to abolish the law,
00:22:25.65\00:22:28.36
not one dot of an
eye, not one cross of the T
00:22:28.39\00:22:31.51
not one holy day that
I blessed is gonna change
00:22:31.54\00:22:36.45
as long as the heavens
and the earth are still here.
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Verse 21, he explains it,
00:22:42.15\00:22:43.76
he says, "You've heard that it
was said to the people long ago,
00:22:43.79\00:22:46.73
'Do not murder,
and anyone who murders
00:22:46.76\00:22:49.70
will be subject to judgment.
00:22:49.73\00:22:51.61
But I tell you anyone
angry with his brother
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will be subject to judgment."
00:22:55.00\00:22:57.90
Was Jesus doing away
with the commandment?
00:22:57.93\00:23:01.80
Thou shalt not murder?
00:23:01.83\00:23:03.15
Was He saying in
the Old Testament
00:23:08.45\00:23:11.39
it was the sin to murder
but now in the New Testament,
00:23:11.42\00:23:16.56
those laws have
been done away with,
00:23:16.59\00:23:18.30
it's okay to murder,
just don't angry at him first.
00:23:18.33\00:23:22.82
Is that what He was saying?
00:23:22.85\00:23:26.29
What was He saying?
00:23:26.32\00:23:28.21
He was saying you think
that you've obeyed the law
00:23:28.24\00:23:31.94
because you've
never murdered anybody.
00:23:31.97\00:23:34.78
But I'm telling you,
00:23:34.81\00:23:36.55
have you ever got
angry at your brother?
00:23:39.23\00:23:43.06
Then you're guilty of murder.
00:23:43.09\00:23:45.69
Was He doing away with the law?
00:23:45.72\00:23:47.21
No, He was lifting
up the law, wasn't He?
00:23:47.24\00:23:51.09
He was showing that the
spirit of the law is much higher
00:23:51.12\00:23:56.06
even than the letter of the law.
00:23:56.09\00:23:59.79
Keeping the letter
of the law isn't enough,
00:23:59.82\00:24:01.72
God wants the
spirit of the law in us.
00:24:01.75\00:24:04.15
It's not enough not to murder,
00:24:04.18\00:24:05.49
don't get angry, wow,
00:24:05.52\00:24:07.48
that's a whole
different ball game.
00:24:07.51\00:24:11.21
And He makes it
even clearer, verse 27,
00:24:11.24\00:24:13.67
"You have heard
that it was said,
00:24:13.70\00:24:14.77
'Do not commit adultery.'
00:24:14.80\00:24:16.51
But I tell you that anyone
who looks at a woman lustfully
00:24:16.54\00:24:19.65
has already committed
adultery with her in his heart."
00:24:19.68\00:24:21.84
Is that what Jesus saying.
00:24:24.17\00:24:26.56
In the Old Testament it
was a sin to commit adultery,
00:24:26.59\00:24:32.35
but I'm telling you
now in the New Testament,
00:24:32.38\00:24:34.13
since we're not
under the law anymore,
00:24:34.16\00:24:35.35
we're under
grace, you can go ahead
00:24:35.38\00:24:37.97
and sleep with
another man's wife
00:24:38.00\00:24:39.49
or another woman
outside of marriage,
00:24:39.52\00:24:41.21
just don't look
lustfully at her.
00:24:41.24\00:24:45.07
Is that what He was saying.
00:24:45.10\00:24:47.47
No, He was taking that
same law from the Old Testament,
00:24:47.50\00:24:52.58
Ten Commandments and saying,
00:24:52.61\00:24:53.96
you think, you have
obeyed the law of God
00:24:53.99\00:24:58.14
because you've never
slept with your neighbor's wife,
00:24:58.17\00:25:01.03
I'm telling you.
00:25:01.06\00:25:02.38
Have you ever looked
at a Playboy magazine?
00:25:02.41\00:25:03.95
Then you're guilty
of committing adultery.
00:25:06.79\00:25:10.59
He wasn't doing
away with the law.
00:25:10.62\00:25:12.56
He was lifting it up.
00:25:12.59\00:25:14.88
He was making it so high
that no one could ever say,
00:25:14.91\00:25:18.03
"God you've to save me
now because I kept the law."
00:25:18.06\00:25:21.59
The spirit of the
law is so much higher
00:25:21.62\00:25:23.51
than the letter of the law.
00:25:23.54\00:25:25.09
Jesus was doing away
with the letter of the law
00:25:25.12\00:25:27.05
and amplifying it
making it bigger and bigger,
00:25:27.08\00:25:30.41
and higher and higher.
00:25:30.44\00:25:31.59
So that the only way
you and I can ever be saved
00:25:31.62\00:25:33.87
is by grace through
faith in Jesus Christ.
00:25:33.90\00:25:38.50
He wasn't doing
away with the law.
00:25:38.53\00:25:41.16
Don't let anyone tell you,
"Oh, the law has been done away
00:25:41.19\00:25:44.60
with nailed to the cross."
00:25:44.63\00:25:45.83
"Don't even
think that" Jesus said.
00:25:45.86\00:25:48.82
But didn't Paul
say, didn't Paul say,
00:25:48.85\00:25:51.35
"There were not under
the law, we're under grace."
00:25:51.38\00:25:54.05
Didn't Paul say that the law
has been nailed to the cross,
00:25:54.08\00:25:57.02
done away with?
00:25:57.05\00:25:58.22
Didn't he say all these things?
00:25:58.25\00:26:00.78
Paul did write
some difficult texts.
00:26:00.81\00:26:05.99
Hard to understand.
00:26:06.02\00:26:08.74
And even Peter, said that.
00:26:08.77\00:26:11.28
Did you know that, Peter said,
00:26:11.31\00:26:13.46
"Our brother Paul
has written to you
00:26:13.49\00:26:16.72
about salvation in letters
that are hard to understand?"
00:26:16.75\00:26:22.53
Now if Peter had a
hard time understanding
00:26:24.33\00:26:26.44
and that we
shouldn't be surprised
00:26:26.47\00:26:28.16
if we have a difficult time,
00:26:28.19\00:26:29.85
with some of the
things Paul wrote.
00:26:29.88\00:26:31.69
And furthermore Peter said,
00:26:33.63\00:26:35.73
"That these men twist and
distort the writings of Paul
00:26:35.76\00:26:41.22
to their own destruction."
00:26:41.25\00:26:43.39
And he called
them 'lawless men.'
00:26:43.42\00:26:46.76
Interesting,
lawless men that means,
00:26:46.79\00:26:48.87
they try to teach the
law has been done away with
00:26:48.90\00:26:51.97
by twisting Paul's writings
to their own destruction,
00:26:52.00\00:26:57.48
even if that has
nothing to do with them.
00:26:57.51\00:27:00.65
And I think we
should follow that.
00:27:00.68\00:27:02.37
If anybody tries to tell you
the law has been done away with.
00:27:02.40\00:27:05.45
You can know
that's a false prophet
00:27:05.48\00:27:08.97
because Jesus said otherwise.
00:27:09.00\00:27:10.84
Now how do we
understand some of those things
00:27:10.87\00:27:12.85
that Paul wrote?
00:27:12.88\00:27:13.91
I'm going to
show you three texts
00:27:13.94\00:27:15.82
that I call difficult texts.
00:27:15.85\00:27:18.31
And those three texts
will give us a key to unlocking
00:27:18.34\00:27:24.09
all of the other difficult
writings that Paul wrote.
00:27:24.12\00:27:27.95
Now I'm going to
start with the easiest one.
00:27:27.98\00:27:30.46
Romans 3:28, "We maintain
that a man is justified by faith
00:27:30.49\00:27:37.49
apart from observing the law."
00:27:37.52\00:27:41.59
So how are we saved?
00:27:41.62\00:27:43.13
We're saved by faith.
00:27:43.16\00:27:45.47
Not by observing the law
00:27:45.50\00:27:47.93
but by faith apart
from observing the law.
00:27:47.96\00:27:52.36
Now if that was
the end of the letter,
00:27:52.39\00:27:54.13
we could say, well, you see,
00:27:54.16\00:27:55.65
Paul is saying that
since we're saved by faith,
00:27:55.68\00:27:58.44
we don't have
to observe the law,
00:27:58.47\00:27:59.62
may be we could
make a case for that.
00:27:59.65\00:28:02.06
But it isn't the
end of the letter.
00:28:02.09\00:28:04.85
Because just in two
more verses down in verse 31,
00:28:04.88\00:28:07.69
"Do we then nullify the
law by this faith." Not at all.
00:28:07.72\00:28:11.17
Rather, we uphold the law.
00:28:11.20\00:28:14.00
So look at what Paul is saying.
00:28:14.03\00:28:15.36
We're saved by faith
apart from observing the law
00:28:15.39\00:28:19.48
but this faith apart
from observing the law
00:28:19.51\00:28:22.11
does not nullify the law at all.
00:28:22.14\00:28:23.91
No, it upholds the law.
00:28:23.94\00:28:25.93
So what's the key?
00:28:30.14\00:28:31.99
The key is this.
00:28:32.02\00:28:34.57
You may not understand
00:28:34.60\00:28:35.81
how Paul got from
verse 28 to verse 31.
00:28:35.84\00:28:42.83
You may not be able to trace
step by step, all of his logic.
00:28:42.86\00:28:48.89
But even if we can't trace
step by step, all of his logic,
00:28:51.30\00:28:58.24
we still have to
agree with his conclusion.
00:28:58.27\00:29:02.45
Are you with me?
00:29:02.48\00:29:05.57
We're saved by grace
through faith in Jesus Christ,
00:29:05.60\00:29:08.07
apart from works of the law.
00:29:08.10\00:29:09.96
Does that do away with law?
00:29:09.99\00:29:11.02
No, it doesn't do
away with the law,
00:29:11.05\00:29:12.23
it upholds the law.
00:29:12.26\00:29:13.34
So we have to
accept Paul's conclusion
00:29:13.37\00:29:15.64
that grace does
not abolish the law.
00:29:15.67\00:29:18.52
No, it upholds the law.
00:29:18.55\00:29:21.23
That's the key.
00:29:21.26\00:29:24.00
So if anyone
says that Paul wrote
00:29:24.03\00:29:30.64
and since we're under grace
we don't need to keep the law.
00:29:30.67\00:29:32.69
They're twisting
the writings of Paul.
00:29:32.72\00:29:36.33
They're coming out with
the different conclusion
00:29:36.36\00:29:38.80
than what Paul came out.
00:29:38.83\00:29:41.09
Because Paul said,
"Grace doesn't abolish the law."
00:29:41.12\00:29:45.93
In fact it upholds the law.
00:29:45.96\00:29:48.33
Are you following me?
00:29:48.36\00:29:50.23
I know this is a little
heavier, so nod your head,
00:29:50.26\00:29:52.14
raise your hands,
say amen or something.
00:29:52.17\00:29:53.46
I need to see you with me now.
00:29:53.49\00:29:54.95
Amen. Okay.
00:29:54.98\00:29:57.71
Let me help you
understand this a little bit.
00:29:57.74\00:30:03.21
Oh, years ago, we
were in Mobile, Alabama.
00:30:03.24\00:30:10.27
We were doing a
Revelation Now meeting.
00:30:10.30\00:30:12.91
And the day came for opening.
00:30:12.94\00:30:16.85
So early in the morning,
we loaded everything we could
00:30:16.88\00:30:18.86
in a little red
Ford F150 pickup truck.
00:30:18.89\00:30:23.50
Drove down to the auditorium
00:30:23.53\00:30:26.83
where we're going to be having
the Revelation Now meetings.
00:30:26.86\00:30:30.22
And God, we did a lot of
work, got all set up, you know,
00:30:30.25\00:30:34.56
and around noon we
were kind of tired.
00:30:34.59\00:30:37.06
So we drove back home.
00:30:37.09\00:30:38.38
We were staying in a RV Park
00:30:38.41\00:30:39.61
way out on the
outskirts of Mobile.
00:30:39.64\00:30:42.41
So my wife and
I and our two boys
00:30:42.44\00:30:43.95
got in the pickup drove home.
00:30:43.98\00:30:45.33
And we were kind
of anxious to get home
00:30:45.36\00:30:48.59
and get something to
eat and get a little rest
00:30:48.62\00:30:50.25
because we needed
to have opening night
00:30:50.28\00:30:51.77
at Revelation Now, that night.
00:30:51.80\00:30:56.25
So I'm driving along wide opened
highway to that little RV Park.
00:30:56.28\00:31:04.05
Minding my own
business when this man
00:31:04.08\00:31:07.00
dressed in a little blue suit,
00:31:07.03\00:31:09.02
white helmet,
radar gun in his hand
00:31:09.05\00:31:11.79
steps out from
behind a bunch of bushes
00:31:11.82\00:31:14.17
points at me and goes like that.
00:31:14.20\00:31:18.84
That means
pullover, down in Alabama.
00:31:18.87\00:31:24.00
So I'm pulled over
to side of the road.
00:31:24.03\00:31:29.25
Oh, man, I'm feeling sick.
00:31:29.28\00:31:32.23
You ever had
that happened to you?
00:31:32.26\00:31:34.66
Not a good feeling. So
he comes walking over there.
00:31:34.69\00:31:38.79
I think they teach him
how to walk in police school.
00:31:38.82\00:31:46.79
He is walking over there and
he has a radar gun in has hand.
00:31:46.82\00:31:52.74
And I rolled down
my window and he said,
00:31:52.77\00:31:56.94
"You were doing 55
miles an hour, see that?"
00:31:56.97\00:32:00.77
"Yes, sir." You
got to be polite.
00:32:00.80\00:32:06.03
"Speed limit is
45, did you know that?"
00:32:06.06\00:32:07.87
No, sir. It is.
00:32:07.90\00:32:09.03
"Yes, sir." Oh, man 45-55.
00:32:09.06\00:32:16.14
I means he had me, right?
00:32:16.17\00:32:18.14
The law said 45, I was doing 55,
00:32:18.17\00:32:20.51
I broke the law, I was guilty.
00:32:20.54\00:32:22.97
I'm condemned by the law.
00:32:23.00\00:32:25.23
I'm under the law condemned
00:32:25.26\00:32:28.07
and he whipped out that little
ticket book from his pocket.
00:32:28.10\00:32:32.61
I think they teach
him how to do that too.
00:32:32.64\00:32:38.68
He asked me for my driver's
license stuck it in there.
00:32:38.71\00:32:43.24
And oh, man, I'm under the law.
00:32:43.27\00:32:45.97
I do not feel good.
00:32:46.00\00:32:48.05
It does not feel
good to be under the law.
00:32:48.08\00:32:51.72
And he is starting
to write on that pad
00:32:51.75\00:32:55.59
and he looked at my license
00:32:55.62\00:32:56.97
and he said,
Tennessee. Yes, sir.
00:32:57.00\00:33:03.68
You live there? Yes, sir.
00:33:03.71\00:33:07.60
Well long you're down
here for? Four, five weeks.
00:33:07.63\00:33:13.88
Military? No, sir.
00:33:13.91\00:33:17.72
Vacation? No, sir.
00:33:17.75\00:33:22.38
What you're doing
here for four, five weeks?
00:33:22.41\00:33:26.69
I'm a preacher. Preacher, ah!
00:33:32.11\00:33:39.37
Oh, he is writing.
I'm under the law, oh man.
00:33:39.40\00:33:46.75
And he looked at
my license again,
00:33:46.78\00:33:48.69
it had a little picture
on it, he looked up at me.
00:33:48.72\00:33:53.54
Looked at the
picture and looked at me.
00:33:53.57\00:33:56.91
And he said, "I
know who you are."
00:33:56.94\00:33:59.74
Weren't you that
guy doing that thing
00:33:59.77\00:34:01.23
about Revelation over there
in the auditorium? Yes, sir.
00:34:01.26\00:34:08.90
Boy he had me,
I'm under the law.
00:34:08.93\00:34:10.97
It said 45, I did 55.
00:34:11.00\00:34:16.66
He tore up my ticket, gave
me my license back and he said,
00:34:16.69\00:34:24.66
"Keep up the good work,
preacher, but slowdown."
00:34:24.69\00:34:31.00
And now I'm not
under the law anymore,
00:34:31.03\00:34:36.15
I'm under grace because out
of the goodness of his heart
00:34:36.18\00:34:40.17
not because of anything I did.
00:34:40.20\00:34:41.89
But out of the
goodness of his heart,
00:34:41.92\00:34:43.12
he tore up the
ticket and set me free
00:34:43.15\00:34:45.78
and I do not have to
pay the fine or the penalty.
00:34:45.81\00:34:48.67
I'm not under the
law, I'm under grace
00:34:48.70\00:34:51.40
and it feels good
to be under grace.
00:34:51.43\00:34:54.42
Amen. It felt so good.
00:34:54.45\00:34:59.71
Then we went home
and rested and ate
00:34:59.74\00:35:02.64
and got dressed, went back down
00:35:02.67\00:35:04.74
for the opening
night of Revelation Now.
00:35:04.77\00:35:07.44
And I drove pass
that same plump of bushes.
00:35:07.47\00:35:11.45
But I'm not even scared about it
00:35:11.48\00:35:13.05
because I'm not under the
law anymore, I'm under grace.
00:35:13.08\00:35:15.76
So I put my foot down
00:35:15.79\00:35:17.31
and I went as fast as I
could go, passed those bushes.
00:35:17.34\00:35:21.48
I'm under grace.
Do you believe that?
00:35:21.51\00:35:27.65
The law said what? 45, I did 35.
00:35:27.68\00:35:35.15
Why? Because I'm under grace.
00:35:36.25\00:35:41.08
I deserved to pay the fine
00:35:41.11\00:35:43.43
and out of the goodness of
his heart he tore up the ticket.
00:35:43.46\00:35:46.49
And I'm not
about to let him down.
00:35:46.52\00:35:52.48
You have sinned and come
short of the glory of God.
00:35:52.51\00:35:56.69
You deserved to die, you
deserved to the pay the fine
00:35:56.72\00:36:00.42
you deserve the penalty.
00:36:00.45\00:36:02.10
But Jesus Christ by His
grace tore up the ticket.
00:36:02.13\00:36:08.25
And you're not under the
law anymore, you're under grace.
00:36:08.28\00:36:12.38
But does it set you
free to break the law.
00:36:12.41\00:36:17.16
Not at chance.
It upholds the law.
00:36:17.19\00:36:20.96
I'm not going to go
around lying and stealing
00:36:20.99\00:36:23.81
and killing and cheating
00:36:23.84\00:36:25.00
because He out of the goodness
of His heart set me free
00:36:25.03\00:36:28.95
and I'm not
going to let Him down.
00:36:28.98\00:36:31.72
What a God, amen. Amen.
00:36:31.75\00:36:34.34
Don't let anybody tell you
that the law was done away with.
00:36:34.37\00:36:38.42
If the law was done away with
when Jesus died on the cross,
00:36:38.45\00:36:41.93
then Jesus would
have to die on the cross
00:36:41.96\00:36:44.39
to prove that Satan was right
when he said the law is no good.
00:36:44.42\00:36:48.81
Think about that.
00:36:48.84\00:36:50.92
No, the law is so perfect
00:36:50.95\00:36:53.24
because it's a
written description
00:36:53.27\00:36:54.91
of what God is like
that it can't be broken.
00:36:54.94\00:36:58.05
Only way to save us is
the one equal to the law
00:36:58.08\00:37:01.21
to die for us in His place
00:37:01.24\00:37:04.70
and that's the
Lamb of Revelation,
00:37:04.73\00:37:08.15
the Lamb of God.
Okay, that was an easy one.
00:37:08.18\00:37:11.43
Now, we need to
go to the harder one.
00:37:11.46\00:37:14.37
Are you ready? You're awake now.
00:37:14.40\00:37:17.73
Because I know several of
you were wondering about this.
00:37:17.76\00:37:20.07
Some even ask in the
little book of Colossians 2,
00:37:20.10\00:37:24.41
Colossians 2:13 and in
the middle of the verse
00:37:24.44\00:37:29.59
I want to get a little cushioned
there, a little context.
00:37:29.62\00:37:33.18
"God made you alive with Christ,
He forgave us all of our sins,
00:37:33.21\00:37:41.10
having canceled the written
code with its regulations,
00:37:41.13\00:37:44.86
that was against us
that stood opposed to us
00:37:44.89\00:37:48.95
he took it away,
nailing it to the cross."
00:37:48.98\00:37:55.61
You'd say what you're
gonna do with that pastor?
00:37:55.64\00:37:58.99
I'm going to
believe it for starters,
00:37:59.02\00:38:02.04
it's in the word of
God, it has to be true.
00:38:02.07\00:38:04.72
You say, but that contradicts
00:38:04.75\00:38:05.78
with what we've
just been learning.
00:38:05.81\00:38:07.15
No, it doesn't because
this letter isn't over yet.
00:38:07.18\00:38:12.45
He has not
finished, he has more to say.
00:38:12.48\00:38:16.24
But it sounds like it He
canceled that written code
00:38:16.27\00:38:19.02
with His regulations that
was against us stood opposed.
00:38:19.05\00:38:21.95
Underline that, "His
regulation, this code,
00:38:21.98\00:38:24.59
that was against us
and stood opposed to us.
00:38:24.62\00:38:27.72
He took it away
nailing it to the cross."
00:38:27.75\00:38:30.15
Verse 16, though he goes on.
00:38:30.18\00:38:32.20
"Therefore do not
let anyone judge you
00:38:32.23\00:38:34.21
by what you eat or
drink, or religious festival,
00:38:34.24\00:38:37.37
or a New Moon
celebration or Sabbath days."
00:38:37.40\00:38:40.12
Oh, wow, it's even worst pastor.
00:38:40.15\00:38:44.51
The law was nailed to the cross.
00:38:44.54\00:38:46.98
So don't let anyone
judge you by Sabbath days.
00:38:47.01\00:38:51.67
How are you going
to get out of that one?
00:38:51.70\00:38:54.00
Oh, I'm not interested
in getting out of anything.
00:38:54.03\00:38:58.14
I'm only interested in knowing
what is God saying to me.
00:38:58.17\00:39:04.62
What is He saying? Now
this is a difficult one.
00:39:04.65\00:39:09.10
This is one of those
verses that Paul wrote,
00:39:09.13\00:39:11.17
I think Peter might
have been referring to.
00:39:11.20\00:39:14.32
But if we step
back and look at it
00:39:14.35\00:39:16.82
in its big picture, then
it becomes crystal clear.
00:39:16.85\00:39:23.35
In fact in 1:15 it
says, "He is the image
00:39:23.38\00:39:28.37
of the invisible God, the
firstborn over all creation.
00:39:28.40\00:39:32.39
For by him all
things were created,
00:39:32.42\00:39:34.61
all things in heaven and on
earth, visible and invisible,
00:39:34.64\00:39:37.45
whether thrones or
powers or rulers or authorities
00:39:37.48\00:39:39.77
all things were
created by him and for him.
00:39:39.80\00:39:43.15
He is before all things,
00:39:43.18\00:39:45.10
and in him all
things hold together."
00:39:45.13\00:39:47.27
That reminds me of
Genesis, the Creator
00:39:47.30\00:39:50.36
and Exodus 4,
remember the Sabbath
00:39:50.39\00:39:53.29
because in six days
God created all things.
00:39:53.32\00:39:59.09
So how can He start this letter
00:39:59.12\00:40:01.37
with a huge
reminder of the Creator God?
00:40:01.40\00:40:05.92
And then come
and nail to the cross
00:40:05.95\00:40:08.45
the one commandment that
reminds us that He is Creator.
00:40:08.48\00:40:13.53
That doesn't make sense.
So what is he saying here?
00:40:13.56\00:40:19.71
Let's go back, Verse 16,
00:40:19.74\00:40:22.27
"Therefore, let no one
judge you by Sabbath days."
00:40:22.30\00:40:28.89
And if you're
reading in the King James,
00:40:28.92\00:40:30.38
you'll notice that was even
in the middle of a sentence.
00:40:30.41\00:40:33.47
That's where people
usually stop but there is more.
00:40:33.50\00:40:37.96
He goes on to say, "Sabbath days
00:40:37.99\00:40:40.51
which are a shadow of things to
come the reality being Christ."
00:40:40.54\00:40:46.94
So let no one
judge you by Sabbath days
00:40:46.97\00:40:49.35
which are a
shadow of things to come.
00:40:49.38\00:40:53.15
What does that mean?
00:40:53.18\00:40:55.33
For a moment, I want you
to just forget about shadows.
00:40:55.36\00:40:59.50
We'll describe
and we'll understand
00:40:59.53\00:41:01.31
what the shadow mean.
00:41:01.34\00:41:02.62
So don't worry about what
it means, it's just there.
00:41:02.65\00:41:06.97
And let me
illustrate it this way.
00:41:07.00\00:41:09.46
Let no one judge you by
Sabbath days, which ones?
00:41:09.49\00:41:13.91
The ones which are shadows.
00:41:13.94\00:41:18.26
What's a shadow?
Doesn't matter for now.
00:41:18.29\00:41:20.07
Don't worry about that.
00:41:20.10\00:41:23.12
Let no one judge you by
Sabbath days which are shadows.
00:41:23.15\00:41:28.24
Now follow me. Let see.
00:41:28.27\00:41:31.70
Imagine that this plant.
00:41:31.73\00:41:33.83
Oh, yeah, here look,
here are some grapes.
00:41:33.86\00:41:35.66
Can you see the grapes?
00:41:35.69\00:41:38.67
There are some purple ones,
00:41:38.70\00:41:40.65
some red ones
and some green ones.
00:41:40.68\00:41:43.96
Now these aren't
mine so I can't do this
00:41:43.99\00:41:46.04
but let just
pretend that I could say.
00:41:46.07\00:41:49.47
Is anybody here hungry tonight.
00:41:49.50\00:41:52.91
I'm going to let you have
all the grapes which are green.
00:41:52.94\00:41:59.28
Now am I talking
about the purple ones? No.
00:41:59.31\00:42:03.03
Am I talking about the red ones?
00:42:03.06\00:42:05.59
Which one I'm talking
about. The green ones.
00:42:05.62\00:42:10.12
So when Paul says,
"Let no man judge you
00:42:10.15\00:42:12.88
by Sabbath days
which are shadows."
00:42:12.91\00:42:17.14
Is he talking about Sabbath
days which are not shadows?
00:42:17.17\00:42:23.38
See, now what is shadow?
00:42:23.41\00:42:27.82
In order to answer
that we're going to
00:42:27.85\00:42:29.38
have to go down
to the Old Testament.
00:42:29.41\00:42:31.67
Leviticus 23 and here is
where it really gets deep.
00:42:31.70\00:42:36.43
So shake the cobwebs out,
00:42:36.46\00:42:38.14
you can get
this, It is exciting.
00:42:38.17\00:42:41.02
And you're going to understand
things about the Bible now
00:42:41.05\00:42:43.86
that a lot of people never get.
00:42:43.89\00:42:46.30
Look 23:3. "There are
six days when you may work,
00:42:46.33\00:42:52.52
but the seventh day
is a Sabbath of rest,
00:42:52.55\00:42:56.72
a day of sacred assembly.
00:42:56.75\00:42:59.26
You are not to do any
work wherever you live,
00:42:59.29\00:43:01.07
it is a Sabbath to the Lord."
00:43:01.10\00:43:03.54
So you can work
for six days, rest--
00:43:03.57\00:43:05.80
That's the Fourth
Commandment, isn't it.
00:43:05.83\00:43:07.94
We've already
learned about that.
00:43:07.97\00:43:09.62
That Sabbath day is a reminder,
00:43:09.65\00:43:14.08
it's a monument we learned
pointing us back to creation.
00:43:14.11\00:43:21.57
It points us back to that
great creative act of God.
00:43:21.60\00:43:26.62
And it reminds
us of His authority
00:43:26.65\00:43:29.28
as the Creator of the
heavens and the earth.
00:43:29.31\00:43:31.63
That's the seventh day Sabbath.
00:43:31.66\00:43:35.35
Now, just to
condense things a little bit,
00:43:35.38\00:43:38.26
to make it a
little easier for us.
00:43:38.29\00:43:39.87
Is it okay if I call
that one weekly Sabbath?
00:43:39.90\00:43:44.14
Okay, because
it comes how often,
00:43:44.17\00:43:47.20
once a week, very good.
00:43:47.23\00:43:49.72
Now, you knew that
already. But look at 23:26.
00:43:49.75\00:43:57.64
The Lord said to Moses,
00:43:57.67\00:43:59.78
"The tenth day
of the seventh month
00:43:59.81\00:44:03.28
is the Day of Atonement."
00:44:03.31\00:44:06.67
When is the Day of Atonement?
00:44:06.70\00:44:08.81
The tenth day of
the seventh month.
00:44:08.84\00:44:14.07
What is the Day of Atonement?
00:44:14.10\00:44:15.67
verse 32, It is a
Sabbath of rest for you.
00:44:15.70\00:44:21.27
So here is a Sabbath day
that comes on the Bible tells us
00:44:21.30\00:44:26.13
the tenth day of
the seventh month.
00:44:26.16\00:44:30.75
How often is that? Once a year.
00:44:30.78\00:44:35.29
So can I call that
one a yearly Sabbath?
00:44:35.32\00:44:39.02
It's not the same
as the weekly Sabbath.
00:44:39.05\00:44:41.98
So let's distinguish.
00:44:42.01\00:44:43.43
We have a weekly Sabbath
and we have the yearly Sabbath.
00:44:43.46\00:44:46.75
How often is the yearly Sabbath?
00:44:46.78\00:44:50.40
Very good. Once a year.
00:44:50.43\00:44:53.66
There are lot of yearly
Sabbaths in the Old Testament,
00:44:53.69\00:44:56.57
the Passover,
Feast of Unleavened Bread
00:44:56.60\00:45:00.12
with the Passover,
that was the Sabbath day.
00:45:00.15\00:45:03.10
Lot of-- yearly Sabbaths.
00:45:03.13\00:45:05.80
And it came once a year and
look at the end of verse 27.
00:45:05.83\00:45:10.78
"An Offering is to be
made to the Lord on that day."
00:45:10.81\00:45:15.37
Every one of
those yearly Sabbaths
00:45:15.40\00:45:18.50
involved a sacrifice or
an offering to the Lord.
00:45:18.53\00:45:25.77
Passover they offered
a lamb as the sacrifice
00:45:25.80\00:45:29.62
and put his
blood on the doorpost.
00:45:29.65\00:45:33.11
Now, follow me.
00:45:33.14\00:45:34.82
When they offered a
lamb as the sacrifice,
00:45:34.85\00:45:38.88
did that lamb save anybody?
00:45:38.91\00:45:42.24
No, the lamb
didn't save anybody.
00:45:42.27\00:45:47.11
The lamb pointed
forward to the Lamb of God
00:45:47.14\00:45:53.00
who would die on
the cross and save us.
00:45:53.03\00:45:57.98
So follow me, the lamb
00:45:58.01\00:46:00.08
that was offered as a
sacrifice in the Old Testament
00:46:00.11\00:46:03.74
was a shadow of the
Lamb of God Jesus Christ.
00:46:03.77\00:46:09.45
He was the reality to come.
00:46:09.48\00:46:12.84
So the lamb, the
offering, the sacrifice
00:46:12.87\00:46:16.35
was a shadow
pointing forward to Christ.
00:46:16.38\00:46:21.24
Therefore, the Day of Atonement,
00:46:21.27\00:46:23.46
the Passover,
they were all shadows
00:46:23.49\00:46:27.89
pointing forward to
the reality who is Christ.
00:46:27.92\00:46:32.27
Every one of those yearly
Sabbath days involved sacrifice.
00:46:32.30\00:46:38.01
And every one of
them was a shadow.
00:46:38.04\00:46:42.49
The weekly Sabbath
pointed backward to creation.
00:46:42.52\00:46:48.11
It wasn't a
shadow, it was a reminder
00:46:48.14\00:46:53.81
written in
God's Ten Commandment,
00:46:53.84\00:46:56.17
Moral Law
describing what love is.
00:46:56.20\00:46:59.15
Love to God and
love to fellowmen.
00:46:59.18\00:47:03.50
And it stands forever.
00:47:03.53\00:47:05.21
So you see we have
two kinds of Sabbaths.
00:47:07.78\00:47:10.00
Weekly Sabbath
which is not a shadow,
00:47:10.03\00:47:13.89
the yearly
Sabbath which is a shadow.
00:47:13.92\00:47:18.30
So when Paul says,
"Let no man judge you
00:47:18.33\00:47:21.33
by Sabbath days
which are shadows,"
00:47:21.36\00:47:24.60
he is looking at
the yearly Sabbaths
00:47:24.63\00:47:27.10
and they've been done away with.
00:47:27.13\00:47:29.63
He is not talking
about the weekly Sabbath.
00:47:29.66\00:47:32.17
No more than I say when I
said I'm going to give you
00:47:32.20\00:47:34.70
all of the
grapes which are green,
00:47:34.73\00:47:36.50
I'm not talking
about the red ones.
00:47:36.53\00:47:38.24
So when Paul said,
"Let no one judge you
00:47:38.27\00:47:40.18
by Sabbath days
which are shadows."
00:47:40.21\00:47:41.74
He is not talking
about the weekly Sabbath
00:47:41.77\00:47:43.74
which is not a shadow
00:47:43.77\00:47:45.21
because it is
the eternal reminder
00:47:45.24\00:47:46.90
that the God is the
Creator and we'll be celebrating
00:47:46.93\00:47:49.18
and rejoicing over
that even in heaven.
00:47:49.21\00:47:53.00
So you see when you understand
there are two kinds of laws
00:47:53.03\00:47:57.19
then there's no
contradiction when he says,
00:47:57.22\00:47:59.65
"The law has been
nailed to the cross."
00:47:59.68\00:48:02.61
It stood against us.
00:48:02.64\00:48:05.37
Those sacrificial laws
where nailed to the cross.
00:48:05.40\00:48:08.94
We don't have to offer
sacrifices anymore. Why?
00:48:08.97\00:48:12.55
Because, the Lamb of God
Christ, our Passover has died.
00:48:12.58\00:48:20.55
You see it all fits together.
00:48:20.58\00:48:23.15
And I'll show you something else
00:48:23.18\00:48:24.22
kind of interesting if
I can do it quickly here.
00:48:24.25\00:48:26.88
In Deuteronomy
and it illustrates
00:48:26.91\00:48:28.55
the point in Deuteronomy 10:1.
00:48:28.58\00:48:31.45
"The Lord said to Moses."
00:48:31.48\00:48:32.70
Remember he was getting ready
00:48:32.73\00:48:33.79
to go up on the mountain
top to meet God in the cloud.
00:48:33.82\00:48:37.71
He said, "Chisel
out two stone tablets
00:48:37.74\00:48:39.74
and then come up
with me up on the mountain
00:48:39.77\00:48:42.97
and make a wooden chest.
00:48:43.00\00:48:45.66
And I'm going to write on those
tablets the Ten Commandments."
00:48:45.69\00:48:49.94
So Moses cutout the two
tablets out of the stone
00:48:49.97\00:48:53.19
and he went up on
top of the mountain
00:48:53.22\00:48:55.11
and he handed
those tablets up to God.
00:48:55.14\00:48:57.74
And the Bible says God Himself
wrote with His own finger
00:48:57.77\00:49:00.92
on those tablets of
stone the Ten Commandments.
00:49:00.95\00:49:05.88
And then he said, Moses verse 3,
00:49:05.91\00:49:09.54
"So I made a
ark, a wooden chest."
00:49:09.57\00:49:13.49
And in verse 4, "The
Lord wrote on those tablets
00:49:13.52\00:49:16.34
the Ten Commandments
and he did what God said.
00:49:16.37\00:49:19.70
He put them inside the
chest." The end of verse 2.
00:49:19.73\00:49:25.53
So God wrote and let me
say it a little differently.
00:49:25.56\00:49:28.80
God wrote with His own finger
00:49:28.83\00:49:33.25
on stone the Ten Commandments.
00:49:33.28\00:49:36.88
And Moses put them
inside the Ark of the Covenant.
00:49:36.91\00:49:42.25
You got the
picture. Now watch this.
00:49:42.28\00:49:46.37
In Deuteronomy
31:24, "After Moses finished
00:49:46.40\00:49:51.96
writing in the book
the words of the law.
00:49:51.99\00:49:55.46
So after Moses finished writing
00:49:55.49\00:49:58.46
his book on the
words of the law.
00:49:58.49\00:50:01.36
Verse 25, "He gave this command
00:50:01.39\00:50:03.52
to the Levites."
That's the priest.
00:50:03.55\00:50:05.39
"That was carrying
the Ark of Covenant."
00:50:05.42\00:50:07.49
What's the inside the
Ark? The tablets of stone.
00:50:07.52\00:50:11.82
"So Moses wrote his book
and he gave them this command."
00:50:11.85\00:50:15.91
He said, verse 26,
"Take this Book of the Law."
00:50:15.94\00:50:19.05
The one that Moses wrote.
00:50:19.08\00:50:21.32
"And place it beside
the Ark of the Covenant
00:50:21.35\00:50:26.34
of the Lord your God.
00:50:26.37\00:50:27.69
And there it will remain
as a witness against you."
00:50:27.72\00:50:32.14
So the Ten
Commandments God wrote on stone
00:50:32.17\00:50:35.40
with His own finger
and put inside the ark
00:50:35.43\00:50:38.40
but Moses wrote the
law on paper or papyrus
00:50:38.43\00:50:43.07
or whatever they
wrote on back then.
00:50:43.10\00:50:47.16
Moses wrote it on paper
00:50:47.19\00:50:49.66
and put it beside
the Ark of the Covenant.
00:50:49.69\00:50:53.50
One on stone inside,
one on paper outside.
00:50:53.53\00:50:58.35
One written by God, one by
Moses one stood against us.
00:50:58.38\00:51:04.89
That's exactly what
Paul said in Colossians.
00:51:04.92\00:51:08.55
The law with its
ordnances that stood against us
00:51:08.58\00:51:11.58
was abolished taken her
away nailed to the cross.
00:51:11.61\00:51:16.46
But the one inside the
Ark, he says in Hebrews 8.
00:51:16.49\00:51:23.21
It's written inside our hearts.
00:51:23.24\00:51:27.39
Same law that
God wrote on stone.
00:51:27.42\00:51:32.45
It doesn't go away,
paper goes away, not stone.
00:51:32.48\00:51:36.38
Now he writes on our hearts.
See it all fits together.
00:51:36.41\00:51:42.94
When you recognize there
are two different kinds of laws.
00:51:42.97\00:51:47.00
So if anytime you
see writing about Paul
00:51:47.03\00:51:49.47
doing away with the
law, you gonna say which law?
00:51:49.50\00:51:52.13
Sacrifices or the moral
law, the Ten Commandments.
00:51:52.16\00:51:54.82
No, not the moral law, never
00:51:54.85\00:51:57.26
because it describes
the character of God.
00:51:57.29\00:52:00.23
It describes
love. God can't change.
00:52:00.26\00:52:05.18
But those sacrificial
laws abolished, torn up,
00:52:05.21\00:52:08.41
nailed to the cross
and everything fits.
00:52:08.44\00:52:14.53
One more, difficult text
00:52:14.56\00:52:17.40
and this is the
little easier again.
00:52:17.43\00:52:19.68
Let's go back to Romans,
00:52:19.71\00:52:21.03
this time the
seventh chapter, in Romans 7.
00:52:21.06\00:52:26.60
This one is the
function of the law.
00:52:26.63\00:52:30.92
The function of
the purpose of the law.
00:52:30.95\00:52:32.76
In verse 7, "What
shall we say then?"
00:52:32.79\00:52:35.79
I'm in Romans 7:7
"What shall we say then?
00:52:35.82\00:52:38.76
Is the law sin?" Certainly not.
00:52:38.79\00:52:43.44
"Indeed, I would not have known
00:52:43.47\00:52:44.76
what sin was
except through the law.
00:52:44.79\00:52:48.23
For I not have known
what coveting really was
00:52:48.26\00:52:50.51
if law had not
said do not covet."
00:52:50.54\00:52:53.29
So which law is
Paul writing about now?
00:52:53.32\00:52:57.56
The one that says do not covet.
00:52:57.59\00:52:59.96
And which law says do not covet?
00:52:59.99\00:53:03.72
The Ten
Commandments. All right so.
00:53:03.75\00:53:05.87
Is the law sin? No.
00:53:05.90\00:53:08.26
I wouldn't have
known what sin was,
00:53:08.29\00:53:09.84
what coveting was except for
the law that said do not covet.
00:53:09.87\00:53:12.97
So Paul the great
preacher of righteousness,
00:53:13.00\00:53:17.07
the most spiritual writer
in the New Testament I believe,
00:53:17.10\00:53:20.95
still needed the law
to tell him what sin was.
00:53:20.98\00:53:26.07
That's the purpose of the law
00:53:26.10\00:53:28.17
is to reveal sin,
its like God's mirror.
00:53:28.20\00:53:32.06
Now some of you may have noticed
00:53:32.09\00:53:34.14
when you drove
into the parking lot
00:53:34.17\00:53:36.39
that we have in RV Parked
at the end of the parking lot.
00:53:36.42\00:53:41.83
What you probably
didn't know is that,
00:53:41.86\00:53:44.86
it used to be a greyhound bus.
00:53:44.89\00:53:49.30
It was a 1975
greyhound bus, 35 years old.
00:53:49.33\00:53:55.52
And we had it rebuilt into
an RV that we could live in.
00:53:55.55\00:54:01.02
And I've had it
like ten years now.
00:54:01.05\00:54:04.02
I love that old bus.
00:54:04.05\00:54:06.56
But I don't know, man,
00:54:06.59\00:54:07.63
it's just something
about it, I love my bus.
00:54:07.66\00:54:11.44
And I'm not a
mechanic or anything,
00:54:11.47\00:54:13.14
don't misunderstand me.
00:54:13.17\00:54:15.43
But when I goto that back
00:54:15.46\00:54:16.73
and I open those two
big doors back there.
00:54:16.76\00:54:19.49
See that big engine.
00:54:19.52\00:54:21.23
Oh, man, it just
does something to me.
00:54:21.26\00:54:24.59
Love that big engine.
00:54:24.62\00:54:27.07
And I don't
know how to fix stuff
00:54:27.10\00:54:28.56
but I know how to check the oil
00:54:28.59\00:54:30.24
and tinker a
little bit back there.
00:54:30.27\00:54:32.36
And every time I go
back there and fool around.
00:54:32.39\00:54:34.94
And I go back inside
the house. Dina goes, wow.
00:54:34.97\00:54:39.27
You can't come in
here like that. Why not?
00:54:39.30\00:54:42.37
You've got grease all over you.
00:54:42.40\00:54:44.81
And sure enough,
man, I got it on my hands.
00:54:44.84\00:54:49.99
All over my face, my
arms, I'm a preacher.
00:54:50.02\00:54:54.26
I don't like grease on my hands.
00:54:54.29\00:54:57.34
So I get angry. Oh, I'm angry.
00:54:57.37\00:55:00.51
So I go back into the bathroom
00:55:00.54\00:55:02.92
and I look, oh, it's
all over my face too.
00:55:02.95\00:55:05.13
Now I'm really angry
what I'm going to do?
00:55:05.16\00:55:08.61
So I walkover to the wall
and I yank at mirror of the wall
00:55:08.64\00:55:12.63
and take it outside and
smash it on the sidewalk.
00:55:12.66\00:55:16.23
That will fix
all that grease, ah.
00:55:16.26\00:55:21.10
No, the grease is still there.
00:55:21.13\00:55:23.86
I just can't see it
anymore but it's still there.
00:55:23.89\00:55:28.19
Sometimes people go to God's law
00:55:28.22\00:55:30.44
and then says,
"Thou shall not covet.
00:55:30.47\00:55:33.27
Thou shall not commit adultery."
00:55:33.30\00:55:36.11
Oh, wow, I don't like
that. I know what I'll do.
00:55:36.14\00:55:40.31
I'll take that law and
I'll nail it to the cross
00:55:40.34\00:55:44.38
and do away with it.
00:55:44.41\00:55:45.44
Now I'm under grace
now. The sin is still there.
00:55:45.47\00:55:49.21
I just can't see them anymore.
00:55:49.24\00:55:50.74
Or I could do something else.
00:55:54.71\00:55:57.05
I'll look in the
mirror and say, grease.
00:55:57.08\00:56:01.43
So I know what I'll
do, I'll take that mirror
00:56:01.46\00:56:03.76
so I go take the
mirror down off the wall.
00:56:03.79\00:56:07.36
Start washing my
face off with the mirror.
00:56:07.39\00:56:11.29
Then I'll get rid of the grease.
00:56:11.32\00:56:15.13
Well, it doesn't,
it makes that worse
00:56:15.16\00:56:20.34
and it ruins the mirror.
00:56:20.37\00:56:22.59
Can't see anything
very good in there anymore.
00:56:22.62\00:56:26.32
You know some people
do that with God's mirror.
00:56:26.35\00:56:28.75
You see the commandments
and it points out their sins.
00:56:31.67\00:56:34.75
Thou shalt not lie.
Oh, I have never done that.
00:56:34.78\00:56:38.76
Remember the
Sabbath day to keep it holy.
00:56:38.79\00:56:44.02
I know what I will
do. I'll obey the law.
00:56:44.05\00:56:49.78
You may try to obey the
law so that God can save them.
00:56:49.81\00:56:55.90
But you see when you do
that, the sin is still there.
00:56:55.93\00:57:01.96
You just bring the law
down to something you can do
00:57:01.99\00:57:06.64
instead of lifting it up
00:57:06.67\00:57:07.94
to what only He could
do and it ruins the law.
00:57:07.97\00:57:14.38
You can't be saved
by keeping the law.
00:57:14.41\00:57:16.72
You see, it's the law of God
00:57:22.07\00:57:27.29
that keeps me on my
knees at the foot of the cross.
00:57:27.32\00:57:35.29
The object of the
antichrist attack,
00:57:36.97\00:57:40.49
the law of God and
the cross of Christ.
00:57:40.52\00:57:45.40
And if you could
just do away with one,
00:57:45.43\00:57:51.98
we become lawbreakers.
00:57:52.01\00:57:56.10
Thank God for the
grace of Jesus Christ.
00:57:56.13\00:58:01.62