Our message tonight is entitled,
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"Revelation's
Answer for Global Peace."
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All around us we see, friends,
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that there is a disturbing
absence of peace in our world
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and I can only imagine how
the heart of God must break
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as He sees His children
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were longing in
desperate for peace.
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And they do not
realize that He is the only one
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that can give them
the peace that they need.
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Every human heart friends,
we earnestly desire for peace.
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This is a-- this is
something that we long for,
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we want safety and security
and rest and peace but--
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but consistently we end
up with chaos, confusion,
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conflict and danger and
destruction all around us.
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Terroristic attacks
strike fear into our hearts
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causing us to
surrender our freedoms
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for a sense of safety.
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We find natural disasters
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claming the lives of
thousands in an instant,
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make us wonder if
there's any place on earth
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that is really a safe place.
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You see friends,
our fragile world
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is being torn apart
in many different ways
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and the question
that comes to my mind is,
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why is it that our
world is so fragile
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and our plans
for peace so futile?
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Man, brother and sisters,
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longs for peace
and he can't obtain it
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no matter how hard he tries.
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And the answer to this
question in short is this,
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mankind is
trying to live in peace
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without the prince of peace.
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But this can never be done.
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I want us to notice
what happened to Israel
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when they tried
to live without God.
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In the Book 2 Chronicles
15:3-6, the Bible says,
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"For a long time Israel
has been without the" what?
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"The true God,
without a teaching priest
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and without law.
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And in those
times there was" what?
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"No peace but great turmoil
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was on all the
inhabitants of the lands.
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So nation was destroyed
by nations, and city by city,
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for God troubled them
with every adversity."
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The Bible says that
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when man tries
to live without God,
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without the teachings of God,
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without the law of
God there is no peace,
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only turmoil,
destruction and adversity.
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And this is exactly
what our world is like today.
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The Bible tells us
in Isaiah 57:20, 21,
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it says, "But the wicked
are like the troubled sea,
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when it cannot rest,
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whose waters
cast up mire and dirt.
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There is no" what?
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"Peace, says my
God, for the wicked."
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The Bible tells us
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that when man
tries to live without God
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and do his own way,
his way is the wicked way
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and that man
cannot find any rest
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because there's no
such thing as peace
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without the prince of peace.
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Restlessness,
friends, comes from wickedness.
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And this is the
condition of our world
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and it's the condition
of the natural human heart.
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We look and search for peace
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in all the places
where it is not found.
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And many people are saying
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if you want to find
peace find it within.
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They say, "Look
within your heart
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from the Christ
consciousness within
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and then you can
have peace from within."
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But friends, I
want you to notice
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what the Bible tells us
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concerning those
who have the worldview
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of trying to find peace
within their own human hearts.
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The Bible says
in Proverbs 28:26,
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"He who trust in his
own heart is a" what?
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The Bible says that
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when we trust in our
hearts it is a foolish thing.
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But his is exactly what
the human race has done.
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Thinking that we're wise,
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we've become fools in
trusting in our own hearts,
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our own standard
of right and wrong
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is as if we want to determine
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what is good and what is true
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and what is
right or what is wrong.
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But friends, our standard
of right and wrong is twisted.
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And, but this is the law
that governs the natural heart.
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The Bible says in Jeremiah 17:9,
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"That the heart is
deceitful." The heart is what?
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You see, our
hearts can lead us astray,
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they will lead us astray that's
why we never want to follow it.
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It says, "The heart is
deceitful above all things,
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and desperately
wicked, who can know it?"
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You see that word, wicked
that describes the human heart.
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Another word for
wicked it lawless.
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What's the word?
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You see, our
natural, carnal hearts
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wants to live
without any law at all.
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We are very--
our hearts are wicked
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and desperately wicked
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and so we don't
want to follow that.
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You see, friends,
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our own standard of
right and wrong is twisted.
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The Bible says in Proverb 14:12,
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that "There is a way
which seems right a man,
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but the end its
the ways of death."
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We cannot do that
which seems right to us
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because our standard is twisted,
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it's the wrong way.
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You see, the carnal human heart
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is naturally bent towards sin.
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And sin is wickedness and
sin is living without any law.
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You see, the natural, the thing
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that seems right
to the carnal heart,
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the way that seems to be
the right way is the broad way.
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That's what Jesus said,
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that many are
going down the broad way,
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the way of the majority doing
what everyone else is doing.
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Look into society to define
what is right versus wrong.
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And friends, do you know
why rivers are so crooked?
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For the same reason why society
in our world is so crooked.
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Notice this picture
of the Amazon River,
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how it winds around like a snake
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and it's so
crooked, you know why?
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Because water
follows the path of what?
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Least resistance.
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And that's' the same reason
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why our hearts and
our world is so crooked
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because we like
to go the easy way,
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the broad way, the
way of the majority,
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the way that seems
right, and feels right,
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and sounds right to our
own sinful carnal heart.
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You see friends, peace
is not found from within,
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peace is only found from above.
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Can you say, amen?
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But the natural
heart flows the easy way,
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the pleasing way.
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You see, our own carnal hearts
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we desire love without any law.
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We want
pleasure without payment,
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satisfaction without sacrifice.
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And that's why
in our world today
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there are fewer and
fewer marriages taking place
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and more and more people
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just shaking up
and living together
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because people want
the benefits of marriage
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without the
commitment of marriage.
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And the Bible says
that, that is the sin,
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it is breaking the law of God.
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And friends, this is even found
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in the Christian
world and its sin, friends.
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That's what robs
us of the sweet peace
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and it leaves us in destruction.
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Help is not found from within,
help is found from above.
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You see, the only
way we can have peace
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is if we have the prince
of peace living in our hearts.
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The Bible tells us in
the Book of Isaiah 9:6, 7,
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this is a messianic
prophesy concerning Jesus.
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And the Bible
says in Isaiah 9:6, 7,
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"For unto us a child is
born, unto us a son is given
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and the government
shall be upon his shoulder
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and his name shall be
called" what is His name?
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"Wonderful" and
what? "Councilor."
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What else? "The mighty God,
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The everlasting
Father, The Prince of Peace.
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Of the increase of
his government and peace
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there shall be no" what?
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You see, the Bible tells us
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concerning Jesus that
He is the prince of peace
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and the government is
going to be on His shoulder.
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He is the one
that rules and reigns
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over the heavenly government.
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Friends, a government,
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every single government has laws
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by which that
specific government is run by.
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And when you
look at the kingdoms
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and nations of the world
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if there are unjust laws
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that will produce anarchy,
seduction and rebellion.
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However just laws or
fare laws bring order,
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harmony and peace in
that specific kingdom,
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government or society.
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And the Bible tells us
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that God's government
is a government of peace.
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Do you know why?
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Because the
foundation of His government
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is His just and
righteous and holy laws.
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You see friends, just laws
brings order, harmony and peace.
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Unjust laws bring rebellion,
seduction and anarchy.
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But friends, I
am thankful for that
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those who decide to be
citizens of God's kingdom
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the Bible tells
us that their peace,
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there will be no
end to that peace.
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Can you say, amen?
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Because there will be no end
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to the just and
fare and righteous laws
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of the king and
prince of that government.
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You see, as we
study Bible prophesy
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we notice that Satan
who is against the true king
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and kingdom of heaven.
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He desires war and not peace.
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And thus he's
working overtime to rob us
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of the peace that
only Jesus can offer.
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And friends,
one of the main ways
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that he removes
peace from our eyes
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is to destroy the law of God
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and to calls man to
disregard the law of God.
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In other words, to destroy peace
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Satan attacks the law of God
that brings the sense of peace.
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And this is
exactly what the issue is
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when you study Bible Prophesy.
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The Bible tells us
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concerning the
antichrist little horn kingdom
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that we're going
to study in detail
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this Saturday evening.
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It says in Daniel
7:25, write it down,
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it says that this
false, antichrist kingdom,
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it says that, "They
would think to change" what?
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"Times and laws."
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Satan does not want
peace, he wants war.
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So to remove peace he
attacks the law of God
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that would bring
us sense of peace
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amongst the government of God.
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And so we find that
one of Satan's strategies,
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one of his main goals in
this last days is try to,
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is to try to
destroy the law of God.
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His first plan is
to replace God's law
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with the law of humanism,
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telling people, you
can decide what you want,
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what is right for you
and what is wrong for you.
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Do you see the importance
of searching our hearts
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like what we've
studied the other night,
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in light of the judgment
that we examine our lives
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because our
hearts can lead us astray
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and the greatest
deception is self-deception,
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thinking that we're
saved by our profession
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and then when the Lord comes
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we realize that we're lost
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and Jesus will
say, "I never knew."
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Oh friends, I don't
want to hear those words.
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I want to hear the words that--
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of Jesus that
says, "Well" not said,
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"Well done thou good
and faithful servant."
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How many of you want to
hear those words tonight?
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Oh friends, in
order to hear those words
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we have to be
more than professors,
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we have to posses Jesus, amen.
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And Jesus must posses us,
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"I in you and you in
me," is that Jesus said.
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This is much more
than head knowledge,
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much more than a
surfaced experience,
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it is a heart experience
with the person, Jesus Christ.
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And friends, I am
gonna be a Christian,
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if I want to serve the
Lord I want the real deal.
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Can you say, amen?
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I want to have a genuine,
not a surface experience
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but a genuine
heart felt experience.
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You see the reason why
these individuals are lost
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is because Jesus
said, "Depart from me,
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ye that practice"
what? "Lawlessness."
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They were
preaching His word perhaps
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but they were not keeping
the law of God in their hearts.
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They were not
doing the will of God.
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And so Jesus
says, makes it clear
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that we have to do God's
will in order to be saved.
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And friends, how many
of you want to be saved?
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You want to
enter into the kingdom?
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Well if so, we
need to do God's will.
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And so tell me, do
you think it's important
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to know exactly
what the will of God is?
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How important is it to
know what God's will is?
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A matter of eternity.
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And if it's that important
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wouldn't it let the Bible
give us a clear definition,
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what exactly is the will of God?
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And the Bible gives
us a textbook answer
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in a Book of Psalms 40:8.
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Please write it down and
notice with me on the screen.
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Psalms 40:8 defines to
us what the will of God is.
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The Bible says, "I
delight to do thy will,
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O my God: yea,
thy law is" where?
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"Within my heart."
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My friends, the
first part of this verse
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explains or is the same thing
as the second part of the verse?
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You see, in the Book of Psalms,
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this is Hebrew poetry.
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And in Hebrew
poetry we find parallelism.
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You see, in English
poetry, we like to rhyme words.
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Isn't that right?
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Roses are red,
violets are blue and what not,
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we rhyme words in English poetry
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but in Hebrew poetry
instead of rhyming words
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they rhyme
ideas. They rhyme what?
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This is called
Hebrew parallelism.
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And so the first
part of the verse
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is the same idea as the
second part of the verse.
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Oh, what did it say?
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"I delight to do
thy will, O my God."
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And what exactly is that?
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To have God's law
within our hearts.
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So we find that the will of God
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is supposed to allow the
Lord to write His holy law
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in our hearts and in our minds.
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And by the way, friends,
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this is the reality of
the new covenant experience.
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Do you remember how
the new covenant says
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that God wants to write His
law in our hearts and minds?
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And that make sense, doesn't it?
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Because what did
Jesus say to those
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that said, "Lord, lord?"
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He said, "Depart from me
you who practice lawlessness."
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They were not doing God's will
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because God's will is to have
God's law written in our hearts.
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And if that's
clear, if that make sense
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would you please say, amen?
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But friends, if you notice
in the Christian world today
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it is so sad and shocking
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that some of the very ones
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that are claming
Jesus as their Lord
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are watering down the law of God
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and its importance or worse,
there are even some preachers
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who are preaching that the law
of God has been done away with.
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That God's
grace gives us license
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to sin and break the law of God.
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You see, even Christians
have this antinomianism,
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humanistic spirit
within the church.
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Antichrist is creeping
within the temple, folks.
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Christians are
condemning the very law
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that would bring
peace in our world
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and this is the
spirit of the antichrist.
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And for this reason
God in infinite mercy
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in these last days,
in the Book of Revelation
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is sending a
worldwide message of love
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and a worldwide
message of peace,
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teaching us and pointing us
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back to the importance
of the holy law of God.
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I want you to
notice what the Bible says
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in Revelation 14:6, 7,
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we read this before
let's read it again.
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This is the final message
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that's given
throughout the whole world
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just before the coming of Jesus.
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Revelation 14:6, 7,
please write it down,
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the Bible says,
"And I saw another angel
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fly in the midst of
heaven, having the everlasting"
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what is that
next word? "Gospel."
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And friends, remind me,
what is the word gospel mean?
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It doesn't mean bad news, amen?
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It means good news.
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In other words, this message
is not a bondage message,
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it's the message of freedom.
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It's a good news.
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Get happy and
get excited message.
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Can you say, amen?
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And so friends, it's time to
start getting excited tonight
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as we discover what exactly
is this good news message,
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this gospel message of peace?
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It says, "Having
the everlasting gospel
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to preach unto them
that dwell on the earth,
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and to every nation,
kindred, tongue, and people."
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It's a global gospel message.
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Well, what is this message?
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Verse 7, "Saying with
a loud voice, Fear" who?
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"God, and give glory to him,
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for the hour of
his judgment is come."
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So we find something
interesting here in Revelation
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that in the last days
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God is gonna send a
worldwide global gospel message
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and apart of
this good news message
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is a worldwide call to fear God.
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Now friends, tonight
those two words, fear God,
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is Revelation's
answer for global peace.
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We want to find out what
exactly does the Bible mean
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when it calls us to fear God.
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Well, friends, let me tell
you first what it does not mean.
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It does not mean that God
wants us to be afraid of Him.
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Can you say, amen?
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God does not want us to
be afraid of Him, friends.
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Just like any
father or any parent
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does not want their
children to be afraid of them.
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God, when it says, fear God,
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it doesn't mean
to be afraid of God
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but to fear God, it
means to reverence God,
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it means to respect God
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just like
children ought to reverence
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and respect their parents.
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And friends, notice what happens
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as result of
reverencing or fearing God,
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the Bible tells us
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that we're going to
keep His commandments.
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Notice what it says
in Ecclesiastes 12:13.
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Please write it down.
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Ecclesiastes 12:13 tells us,
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"Let us hear the
conclusion of the whole matter.
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Fear God, and keep his" what?
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"Commandments for this
is the whole duty" of Jews.
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Is that what it says?
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The whole duty of? Man.
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So friends, to
keep the law of God,
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to fear Him which results
in keeping His commandments,
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this is something
that God is calling
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just one race
to do or all races?
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The entire human race, friends.
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and so when you
read in Revelation 14:7,
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when the angel says,
"Fear go to the whole world,"
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it's a call back to
the holy law of God,
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to respect God, to
reverence God, to love God
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which result in obeying
the word and the law of God.
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And friends, is that's clear
would you please say, amen?
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Amen.
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This is Revelation's
answer for global peace.
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You know why? Because friends,
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when we keep the law of God
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or when we allow the Lord
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to keep His law
in us and through us
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and when He
writes it in our hearts
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it results in peace
with God and peace with man.
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Notice what the Bible says
in the Book of Isaiah 48:18.
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Please write it down,
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"O that you had
heeded my commandments!
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Then your peace would
have been like a river,
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and your righteousness
as the waves of the sea."
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God says if we listen
and heed His commandments
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we would have peace.
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You see, brothers and sisters,
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God's law is a blue print as
how to live in peace with Him
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and peace with one another.
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And friends, it's
interesting, did you realize
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that man has tried to pass
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so many laws to
bring about peace,
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order and
harmony in society today.
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In fact it's been
estimated that man has passed
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over 35 million laws to
try to bring about peace
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and to try to
control human behavior.
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But God, instead of 35
million has given to us
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just ten simple commandments.
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Can you say, amen?
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And unlike the unwise
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and sometimes
unjust laws that man makes
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the Bible says that
the law of God is perfect,
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converting the souls that
Psalms 19:7, write it down.
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Not only that
but God's law is holy
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and just and good
according to Romans 7:12.
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And James 2:12 says
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that we will be judged
by the law of not bondage
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but the law of liberty.
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And another word
for liberty is freedom.
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And so we see
over and over again
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the law of God is a good law,
it's a perfect law, its holy,
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it's just which means it's fair
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and it's a law of liberty,
it's not a law of bondage.
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God want's to make us free
and He wants to give us peace.
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Gods always has our
best interest in mind.
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Can you say, amen?
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And unlike the 35
million laws of man
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these Ten Commandments
controls all human behavior
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at the heart level
which what matters,
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which is where
it matters the most.
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Can you say, amen?
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This is Revelation's
plan for global peace, folks.
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And so now the
next question is this
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that we've laid that foundation.
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What exactly is this law
and why is this so perfect
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and important for the welfare
and the harmony of society?
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Notice what it
says in Exodus 31:18.
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Write it down.
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The Bible says, "And
when He had made an end
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of speaking with
him on Mount Sinai,
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He gave Moses two
tables of the Testimony,
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tables of stone,
written with" what?
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"The finger of God."
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You see, friends,
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every other part of the Bible
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God use the
prophets to write it down
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but when it came to law of God,
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the Ten
Commandments God said, "No,
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I am going to
write this one myself."
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And friends, that
makes it so very important.
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Can you say, amen?
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He wrote it with His own
finger on tablets of stone.
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And by the way, you
know when people say,
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it's written in stone,
what do they mean by that?
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That means, it
can not be changed.
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That means it's
permanent and friends,
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this is the case
with the law of God,
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He wrote it in tables of
stone with His own finger,
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the only part of the
Bible that God wrote himself.
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And friends, listen,
though this is the first time
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God gave the law in written form
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the principals of
the Ten Commandments
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is existed for
all eternity. Why?
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Because when you
study it carefully
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you'll find that the God's law,
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the Ten Commandments
are simply a reflection
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of His eternal
character of love.
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And so the next question
you might be wondering is this.
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Well, how do we know
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that the Ten Commandments
existed for all eternity?
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How do we know that it existed
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before God wrote it
down on tables of stone
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at Mount Sinai?
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Well, friends, here
is the very easy way.
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We know that
God's law existed before
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He wrote it down
and gave it to Moses.
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According to the New Testament
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in Romans 4:15 the Bible says,
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"Where there is no
law there is no" what?
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"Transgression."
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So, no law then there is no
such thing as transgression.
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Are you with me, yes or no?
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But what is transgression?
00:22:07.16\00:22:09.13
What is the
definition of transgression
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or the definition of sin?
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Here is the clearest
textbook definition of sin
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you'll find in the Bible.
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1 John 3:4, write it down.
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The Bible says,
"Whosoever commits sin
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transgresses also the law,
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For sin is the
transgression of the law."
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You will not find a clear
definition of sin in the Bible.
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When I ask you what is sin?
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You answer, the Bible answer is,
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the transgression or
the breaking of the law.
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Bu the Bible says where
there is no law there is no sin.
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That makes sense, doesn't it?
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If there's no law the
there's nothing to break.
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Are you with me, yes or no?
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And so now the
next question is this,
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did God's law
exist before Mount Sinai?
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Would answer that,
just ask the question,
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did sin exist before
Mount Sinai, yes or no? Yes.
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And so if sin existed before it
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there had to been a law
that existed before it as well.
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Because what is sin?
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It is the breaking of the law.
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In fact, remember when
God spoke to Adam and Eve,
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He said, "You can eat
of every tree of the garden
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except for this one.
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For in the day that you eat
thereof you shall surely die."
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And why were they gonna die
if they partaken of that fruit?
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It's not because
it was poisonous,
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it's because God
said it in His words,
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he gave them commandments,
don't eat of this fruit.
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And the Bible says that
the wages of sin is death.
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Now friends, in partaken
of that fruit Adam and Eve
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broke the law of God, friends.
00:23:40.56\00:23:42.19
They broke at least
the eighth commandment
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that says,
"Thou shall not steal"
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because they took something
that did not belong to them.
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They also broke
the tenth commandment
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that says, "Thou
shall not covet."
00:23:50.06\00:23:51.95
Because they covet they desire
something that was not theirs.
00:23:51.98\00:23:55.05
The God said, don't eat of it.
00:23:55.08\00:23:57.60
And so we find that if
sin came in the Garden of Eden
00:23:57.63\00:24:01.60
then there had to been first
a law in the Garden of Eden
00:24:01.63\00:24:05.41
that they were able
to sin against and break.
00:24:05.44\00:24:08.72
Does that make sense, yes or no?
00:24:08.75\00:24:10.70
And they pass this sinful
tendency down to the children,
00:24:10.73\00:24:13.19
Cain and Abel.
00:24:13.22\00:24:14.25
And you'll find in Genies
4 the first sibling rivalry,
00:24:14.28\00:24:17.05
Cane killed his brother Abel.
00:24:17.08\00:24:19.57
Now tell me friends,
did Cane sin, yes or no?
00:24:19.60\00:24:22.38
Well, that show that there had
to been a law to sin against.
00:24:22.41\00:24:26.39
He broke the law that
said, "Thou shall not kill."
00:24:26.42\00:24:29.82
Sin was there therefore
the law was there as well.
00:24:29.85\00:24:32.43
And friends, listen, the
reason why I am emphasizing this
00:24:32.46\00:24:35.13
is because many sincere
Christians are confused,
00:24:35.16\00:24:37.73
they think that
the Ten Commandments
00:24:37.76\00:24:39.05
began at Mount Sinai
00:24:39.08\00:24:40.53
when God gave it
to Moses but at all,
00:24:40.56\00:24:42.91
it existed far
before that. How do we know?
00:24:42.94\00:24:45.50
Because sin
existed far before that.
00:24:45.53\00:24:49.06
And so we see in
the Old Testament,
00:24:49.09\00:24:50.91
God's law was the
standard for the right and wrong
00:24:50.94\00:24:54.12
for all people
back in those times.
00:24:54.15\00:24:57.52
But here's the real question
00:24:57.55\00:24:58.63
we want to find
the answer to tonight,
00:24:58.66\00:25:00.32
what about in the New Testament?
00:25:00.35\00:25:02.66
Is the law of God still
relevant and important for us
00:25:02.69\00:25:06.00
living after the
time of the cross
00:25:06.03\00:25:08.23
and the resurrection of Christ?
00:25:08.26\00:25:10.15
What does the Bible say,
are we in a new dispensation
00:25:10.18\00:25:13.23
and does this new dispensation
00:25:13.26\00:25:15.98
give us the license
to break the law of God?
00:25:16.01\00:25:18.47
Well, let's go to the
words of Jesus to find out.
00:25:18.50\00:25:20.79
Notice with me
in Matthew 5:17, 18.
00:25:20.82\00:25:23.27
Please write it down,
one of the clearest verses
00:25:23.30\00:25:25.83
about the law of God
from the mouth of Jesus.
00:25:25.86\00:25:28.38
Jesus said in Matthew 5:17, 18,
00:25:28.41\00:25:30.71
"Think not that I am come
00:25:30.74\00:25:33.63
to destroy the
law, or the prophets.
00:25:33.66\00:25:35.44
I am not come to
destroy, but to" "Fulfill."
00:25:35.47\00:25:38.92
So Jesus said,
don't even think about it.
00:25:38.95\00:25:42.00
Don't even entertain the notion
00:25:42.03\00:25:43.85
that I am come
to destroy the law.
00:25:43.88\00:25:45.87
I am not come to do this.
00:25:45.90\00:25:48.31
But what I am
come to do, Jesus said,
00:25:48.34\00:25:49.72
"I am come to--" And
some people thinks that,
00:25:49.75\00:25:52.11
that word
fulfill means to destroy.
00:25:52.14\00:25:53.76
But friends, if
that's what it means
00:25:53.79\00:25:54.99
it wouldn't make sense.
00:25:55.02\00:25:56.10
"I am not come to
destroy but to destroy,"
00:25:56.13\00:25:57.71
it wouldn't make sense, right?
00:25:57.74\00:25:59.26
What is that word fulfill mean?
It means to fill to the full.
00:25:59.29\00:26:04.44
It means to fill up
the full measure of.
00:26:04.47\00:26:07.29
In the original
language in the Greek
00:26:07.32\00:26:08.82
the word fulfill means
to establish more fully.
00:26:08.85\00:26:13.06
What is it mean?
00:26:13.09\00:26:15.00
And so Jesus did not
come to destroy the law
00:26:15.03\00:26:17.50
but He came to fulfill it,
to establish it more fully,
00:26:17.53\00:26:20.69
to fill to the full or to
live it out in His own life
00:26:20.72\00:26:25.99
thus giving to us
an example to follow.
00:26:26.02\00:26:29.12
And then he said in verse 18,
00:26:29.15\00:26:31.19
"For verily I say unto
you, till heaven and earth pass,
00:26:31.22\00:26:33.95
one jot or one title shall
in no wise pass from the law,
00:26:33.98\00:26:37.97
till all be" what? "Fulfilled."
00:26:38.00\00:26:40.70
The jot and title, that's
like the dotting of and eye
00:26:40.73\00:26:43.40
and the crossing of the teeth.
00:26:43.43\00:26:44.84
In other words,
the Lord Jesus says,
00:26:44.87\00:26:46.05
nothing is gonna pass from
the law until all be fulfilled.
00:26:46.08\00:26:48.26
In other words, He came to live
out the requirements of law,
00:26:48.29\00:26:51.75
not to destroy it
but to live it out,
00:26:51.78\00:26:53.75
to give us an
example of what it means
00:26:53.78\00:26:56.07
to keep the law out
of motivation of love
00:26:56.10\00:26:59.46
and faithfulness to God.
00:26:59.49\00:27:01.18
In fact, notice
another one in Isaiah 42:21,
00:27:01.21\00:27:06.31
we find a messianic
prophecy concerning Jesus.
00:27:06.34\00:27:09.63
Isaiah 42:21 says,
00:27:09.66\00:27:11.52
"That the Lord is well pleased
for his righteousness' sake
00:27:11.55\00:27:14.84
and He will" what is
that word right there?
00:27:14.87\00:27:17.52
"Magnify the law,
and make it" what?
00:27:17.55\00:27:19.74
"Honorable."
00:27:19.77\00:27:20.80
Now friends, how can you destroy
00:27:20.83\00:27:22.69
something and honor
it at the same time?
00:27:22.72\00:27:24.77
Can you do that? Not at all.
00:27:24.80\00:27:27.13
So when the Bible says
00:27:27.16\00:27:28.19
He came to honor
it this doesn't mean
00:27:28.22\00:27:29.30
He came to destroy
or do away with it.
00:27:29.33\00:27:31.85
He came to honor it
and that word honor means
00:27:31.88\00:27:34.32
to hold it up in high esteem
and He came to magnify the law.
00:27:34.35\00:27:38.82
And friends, if you
have a magnifying glass
00:27:38.85\00:27:41.84
and you put it over the
Bible or the law of God,
00:27:41.87\00:27:44.74
does the magnifying glass
destroy the law, yes or no?
00:27:44.77\00:27:48.00
What does the
magnifying glass do?
00:27:48.03\00:27:49.93
It enlarges it
and makes it clear.
00:27:49.96\00:27:52.47
Isn't that right?
And that's what Jesus did
00:27:52.50\00:27:54.41
when He came the first time.
00:27:54.44\00:27:55.96
He enlarge the
requirements of the law
00:27:55.99\00:27:58.25
and he made it
clearer, telling us
00:27:58.28\00:28:00.08
if look upon a
woman to lust after her,
00:28:00.11\00:28:02.21
you've already broken the law.
00:28:02.24\00:28:03.77
He made it larger and
clearer by fulfilling it,
00:28:03.80\00:28:06.89
living it out in His own life
giving us an example to follow.
00:28:06.92\00:28:11.79
And friends, if that's clear
would you please say, amen?
00:28:11.82\00:28:14.31
But some people say, after
Christ kept the law in His life
00:28:14.34\00:28:18.35
He then
destroyed it in His death.
00:28:18.38\00:28:20.62
Well, friends, is this true?
00:28:20.65\00:28:22.30
Did the cross
destroy the law of God?
00:28:22.33\00:28:25.69
Why did Jesus die on the cross?
00:28:25.72\00:28:28.59
Did He die to
save us from the law
00:28:28.62\00:28:32.05
or did He die to
save us from sin?
00:28:32.08\00:28:35.58
Well, let's find out.
00:28:35.61\00:28:36.89
Matthew 1:21,
please write it down.
00:28:36.92\00:28:39.46
The Bible says, "You
shall call his name Jesus."
00:28:39.49\00:28:43.76
And by the way, that's
a beautiful name, amen.
00:28:43.79\00:28:46.05
You know what
the name Jesus means?
00:28:46.08\00:28:48.11
It means Savior.
00:28:48.14\00:28:50.77
Name of all names,
00:28:50.80\00:28:52.72
you shall call
his name Jesus, Savior
00:28:52.75\00:28:55.21
but what is He
going to save us from.
00:28:55.24\00:28:57.89
For he shall save his
people from their law.
00:28:57.92\00:29:01.26
Is that what it
says? Let's try again,
00:29:01.29\00:29:03.91
"He shall save his
people in their sins."
00:29:03.94\00:29:07.96
Is Jesus gonna
save us in our sins?
00:29:07.99\00:29:10.84
He's gonna save us
what? From our sins.
00:29:10.87\00:29:13.24
And friends, remind me
what is the definition of sin?
00:29:13.27\00:29:15.43
It's the breaking of the--
00:29:15.46\00:29:18.18
so Jesus did not come to save us
00:29:18.21\00:29:19.93
in the breaking of the law
00:29:19.96\00:29:22.00
but He came to save
us from breaking the law.
00:29:22.03\00:29:25.16
This is why He came and
died on the cross friends,
00:29:25.19\00:29:28.81
to save us not only
for the penalty of sin
00:29:28.84\00:29:31.89
which is death but to
save us from the power of sin
00:29:31.92\00:29:36.64
which is breaking the law.
00:29:36.67\00:29:38.86
If that makes sense
would you please say, amen?
00:29:38.89\00:29:41.29
But friends, when
Jesus died there was a law
00:29:41.32\00:29:42.98
that came to an
end at the cross.
00:29:43.01\00:29:44.83
There was a law that
did-- that was abolished.
00:29:44.86\00:29:47.56
But it wasn't
the Ten Commandments.
00:29:47.59\00:29:49.32
Well, which law was it?
00:29:49.35\00:29:50.83
Ephesians 2:15 has the answer.
00:29:50.86\00:29:53.35
The bible says,
"Having abolished
00:29:53.38\00:29:54.84
in his flesh the enmity,
00:29:54.87\00:29:56.64
even the law of commandments
00:29:56.67\00:29:57.70
contained in"
what? "Ordinances."
00:29:57.73\00:29:59.92
And friends, the word ordinance
is another word for ceremonies.
00:29:59.95\00:30:03.07
It was the ceremonial laws that
came to an end at the cross.
00:30:03.10\00:30:05.99
And what were
these ceremonial laws?
00:30:06.02\00:30:07.54
Everything that was
tied to an earthly sanctuary.
00:30:07.57\00:30:10.26
Hebrews 9:1,
write it down, it says,
00:30:10.29\00:30:12.49
"Then indeed even
the first covenant
00:30:12.52\00:30:14.61
had ordinances
of divine service,
00:30:14.64\00:30:16.97
and the earthy"
what? "Sanctuary."
00:30:17.00\00:30:19.76
And so these were the
laws and the commandments
00:30:19.79\00:30:22.18
that came to an
end at the cross,
00:30:22.21\00:30:23.61
it was the
sacrificial ceremonial laws.
00:30:23.64\00:30:26.03
And these were the
laws that are described
00:30:26.06\00:30:27.79
in Colossians
2:14, write it down.
00:30:27.82\00:30:31.38
The Bible says, "Blotting out
the handwriting of ordinances
00:30:31.41\00:30:36.82
that was against us,
which was contrary to us,
00:30:36.85\00:30:38.84
took it out of the way,
nailing it to his cross."
00:30:38.87\00:30:42.83
Friends, which law
was nailed to the cross?
00:30:42.86\00:30:44.79
It was the commandments that
were contained in ordinances,
00:30:44.82\00:30:47.89
the handwriting of ordinances.
00:30:47.92\00:30:50.09
These were the
sacrificial services.
00:30:50.12\00:30:52.28
And the reason why these
came to an end at the cross
00:30:52.31\00:30:54.33
is because remember,
00:30:54.36\00:30:55.39
what was the
purpose of the sanctuary
00:30:55.42\00:30:56.89
and the services
and the sacrifices?
00:30:56.92\00:30:59.06
It was to teach us about Jesus.
00:30:59.09\00:31:01.69
Can you say, amen?
00:31:01.72\00:31:02.85
These were shadows that
pointed forward to a substance,
00:31:02.88\00:31:06.33
types that would point
forward to and anti-type
00:31:06.36\00:31:09.27
and so when
Jesus came in the flesh
00:31:09.30\00:31:11.33
all of these things
were no longer necessary
00:31:11.36\00:31:14.04
because the
purpose of these things
00:31:14.07\00:31:15.30
was simply to teach
us and to make us ready
00:31:15.33\00:31:18.36
for when Jesus
would actually come
00:31:18.39\00:31:19.98
and die on the
cross in the flesh.
00:31:20.01\00:31:23.20
Are you with me, yes or no?
00:31:23.23\00:31:24.64
Now friends, there are
many people in the Christ--
00:31:24.67\00:31:26.07
and the reason
why I am emphasizing
00:31:26.10\00:31:28.07
this is because
there are many people
00:31:28.10\00:31:29.13
that are mixing
the ceremonial laws
00:31:29.16\00:31:32.20
that were abolished at the
cross with the Ten Commandments.
00:31:32.23\00:31:36.69
They think that
the ceremonial laws
00:31:36.72\00:31:37.86
and the Ten Commandments
are one and the same.
00:31:37.89\00:31:39.73
But friends, they
were two different
00:31:39.76\00:31:42.30
and distinctive laws.
00:31:42.33\00:31:43.63
I want you to-- I want
to show it to you tonight
00:31:43.66\00:31:45.42
and on your way out
you'll receive a handout
00:31:45.45\00:31:47.51
that has this chart.
00:31:47.54\00:31:48.86
The Ten Commandments
versus the ceremonial laws
00:31:48.89\00:31:51.00
notice the difference.
00:31:51.03\00:31:52.49
The Ten Commands
were called God's law
00:31:52.52\00:31:54.22
according to Romans 8:7.
00:31:54.25\00:31:55.67
Ceremonial law
was called Moses law
00:31:55.70\00:31:57.46
according to Hebrews 10:28.
00:31:57.49\00:31:59.25
Ten Commandments were
written by God's finger
00:31:59.28\00:32:01.70
where as the ceremonial
law was handwritten by Moses,
00:32:01.73\00:32:04.64
2 Chronicles 35:12.
00:32:04.67\00:32:06.69
The Ten
Commandments written in stone.
00:32:06.72\00:32:08.87
The ceremonial
law written in a book.
00:32:08.90\00:32:11.27
The Ten Commandments was placed
00:32:11.30\00:32:12.51
in the Ark of the Covenant.
00:32:12.54\00:32:14.18
Where as the ceremonial
law was placed on the side
00:32:14.21\00:32:16.31
of the Ark of the Covenant.
00:32:16.34\00:32:18.04
The Ten Commandments
is called a spiritual law,
00:32:18.07\00:32:20.08
Romans 7:14.
00:32:20.11\00:32:21.37
The ceremonial law
was called a carnal law,
00:32:21.40\00:32:23.39
Hebrews 9:10.
00:32:23.42\00:32:24.58
The Ten Commandments revels sin,
00:32:24.61\00:32:26.17
Romans 3:20, 7:7.
00:32:26.20\00:32:28.23
The ceremonial law
was given because of sin,
00:32:28.26\00:32:30.35
Galatians 3:19.
00:32:30.38\00:32:31.88
The Ten Commandments are called
eternal abiding principles,
00:32:31.91\00:32:36.15
where as the ceremonial law,
00:32:36.18\00:32:37.44
ceremonial law were
temporal prophecies.
00:32:37.47\00:32:40.40
The Ten Commandments
are gonna stand forever,
00:32:40.43\00:32:42.92
where as the ceremonial
law was nailed to the cross.
00:32:42.95\00:32:46.51
And those were the
laws that came to an end.
00:32:46.54\00:32:48.99
When Jesus died on
the cross the Bible says--
00:32:49.02\00:32:52.15
the Bible said that He
said, "It is finished."
00:32:52.18\00:32:55.77
Then the veil of
the temple was torn
00:32:55.80\00:32:57.36
from top to
bottom showing an end,
00:32:57.39\00:33:00.63
an abolishing, doing away with
00:33:00.66\00:33:04.08
those
sacrificial ceremonial laws.
00:33:04.11\00:33:06.27
And because of
the death of Christ
00:33:06.30\00:33:07.72
now we can come
boldly to the throne of grace
00:33:07.75\00:33:11.10
to obtain mercy and find help
to save in our time of need.
00:33:11.13\00:33:14.63
Can you say, amen?
00:33:14.66\00:33:15.76
So we see
according to Psalms 111:7, 8
00:33:15.79\00:33:18.67
that "All his
commandments are sure.
00:33:18.70\00:33:21.77
They stand fast" how
long? "For ever and ever."
00:33:21.80\00:33:27.29
now some people say,
00:33:27.32\00:33:28.81
but you know, we
don't have to worry
00:33:28.84\00:33:30.42
about the Ten Commandments?
00:33:30.45\00:33:31.86
Because Jesus said,
all you have to do is love.
00:33:31.89\00:33:34.68
Just love God
and love each other,
00:33:34.71\00:33:36.11
don't worry about
the Ten Commandments.
00:33:36.14\00:33:37.47
Well, friends, it's
true that Jesus taught us
00:33:37.50\00:33:39.30
that all we need to do is love.
00:33:39.33\00:33:41.01
But here's the real question.
00:33:41.04\00:33:42.58
Did Jesus teach that
love does away with His law?
00:33:42.61\00:33:46.78
Let's find out. Shall we?
00:33:46.81\00:33:48.38
Please write
down Matthew 22:37-40
00:33:48.41\00:33:52.92
and by the way if you notice,
00:33:52.95\00:33:54.18
we're having a lots
of scriptures tonight.
00:33:54.21\00:33:55.56
And friends, I hope
you don't mind that. Amen.
00:33:55.59\00:33:57.43
You don't mind me giving
lot of scriptures, right?
00:33:57.46\00:33:59.33
And the reason why we do this is
00:33:59.36\00:34:00.39
because it really
doesn't matter what I say,
00:34:00.42\00:34:02.95
all that matters
what the Bible says. Amen.
00:34:02.98\00:34:04.95
So we want to have
a clear foundational
00:34:04.98\00:34:06.74
understanding of this topic
00:34:06.77\00:34:08.67
so that we can
understand Satan's strategy,
00:34:08.70\00:34:11.96
his plans in the last days
00:34:11.99\00:34:14.28
to sit in the New Testament
church, the temple of God.
00:34:14.31\00:34:17.27
And we're gonna
study that on Saturday.
00:34:17.30\00:34:19.08
So notice, some people
say, all you have to do is love,
00:34:19.11\00:34:21.10
don't worry about the law,
just love, love, love, love.
00:34:21.13\00:34:23.68
And people, all
they talk about is love
00:34:23.71\00:34:25.89
to the point that they
say law is not important.
00:34:25.92\00:34:30.08
But let's find
out what Jesus says,
00:34:30.11\00:34:31.96
"Jesus said unto him,
00:34:31.99\00:34:33.52
Thou shalt love the Lord
thy God with all thy heart,
00:34:33.55\00:34:36.23
and with all thy
soul, and with all thy mind.
00:34:36.26\00:34:38.31
This is the
first and great" what?
00:34:38.34\00:34:40.70
"Commandment."
00:34:40.73\00:34:41.76
But friends, do you realize
that when Jesus said this,
00:34:41.79\00:34:43.31
this was nothing new.
00:34:43.34\00:34:44.97
Jesus was actually
quoting from the Old Testament
00:34:45.00\00:34:47.84
from Deuteronomy 6:4, it
wasn't a new commandment.
00:34:47.87\00:34:51.03
It was new to them
because they forget
00:34:51.06\00:34:52.75
the importance of loving God.
00:34:52.78\00:34:55.21
But none the less Jesus said
00:34:55.24\00:34:56.27
the first
commandment is love God
00:34:56.30\00:34:57.58
with everything you
have and everything you are.
00:34:57.61\00:34:59.90
And then the second commandment,
00:34:59.93\00:35:01.96
"The second is like unto it,"
00:35:01.99\00:35:03.38
Jesus said, "Thou shalt
love thy neighbor as thyself.'"
00:35:03.41\00:35:07.08
And friends,
when Jesus said that,
00:35:07.11\00:35:08.33
that wasn't anything new.
00:35:08.36\00:35:09.85
He was quoting
from Leviticus 19:18.
00:35:09.88\00:35:12.95
It was new to them
because they forgot
00:35:12.98\00:35:14.59
the importance of
loving their neighbor.
00:35:14.62\00:35:17.14
Now say-- friends,
people read this surfacely
00:35:17.17\00:35:19.80
and they say, there you have it,
00:35:19.83\00:35:21.13
you don't have to worry
about the Ten Commandments
00:35:21.16\00:35:22.50
just love God
and love each other.
00:35:22.53\00:35:24.47
But friends, it
will be well for us
00:35:24.50\00:35:25.60
to read the rest of the verse.
00:35:25.63\00:35:26.66
Can you say, amen?
00:35:26.69\00:35:27.83
Because notice what
the rest of the verse says,
00:35:27.86\00:35:29.75
"On these two commandments
00:35:29.78\00:35:32.65
hang all the law
and the prophets."
00:35:32.68\00:35:37.37
Friends, on
these two commandments,
00:35:37.40\00:35:39.56
these two great
principles of love,
00:35:39.59\00:35:41.76
loving God and
loving your neighbor
00:35:41.79\00:35:43.35
hold up the rest of
the Ten Commandments.
00:35:43.38\00:35:45.21
Friends, how many
hands do you have?
00:35:45.24\00:35:47.38
Two hands, right?
00:35:47.41\00:35:48.64
And the same way
these two hands love God
00:35:48.67\00:35:51.95
and love your neighbor,
00:35:51.98\00:35:53.20
on these two hands
hold up how many fingers?
00:35:53.23\00:35:56.97
Ten fingers.
00:35:57.00\00:35:58.04
In the same way, friends,
00:35:58.07\00:35:59.10
every time you
look at your hands
00:35:59.13\00:36:00.21
you see the law
and the love of God,
00:36:00.24\00:36:03.05
His law of love.
00:36:03.08\00:36:04.68
Go ahead and look at your
hands right now by the way.
00:36:04.71\00:36:06.89
You see them?
00:36:06.92\00:36:07.96
That's the law of
love right there, friends.
00:36:07.99\00:36:10.40
God created it
in your own hands.
00:36:10.43\00:36:13.51
In other words, when Jesus said,
00:36:13.54\00:36:14.76
"All you have to do is
love God and love each other,"
00:36:14.79\00:36:16.55
He was telling us that
the only way you can keep
00:36:16.58\00:36:18.34
the Ten
Commandments is if you love God
00:36:18.37\00:36:20.20
and love each other.
00:36:20.23\00:36:21.43
Because,
friends, think about it,
00:36:21.46\00:36:22.49
if you really love God with
all your heart, mind and soul
00:36:22.52\00:36:25.55
then you'll keep the first part
of the commandment that says,
00:36:25.58\00:36:27.43
"Thou shall have no
other gods before me."
00:36:27.46\00:36:29.28
You don't bow
down and worship idols,
00:36:29.31\00:36:30.90
you don't take the
name of Lord in vain,
00:36:30.93\00:36:32.53
you'll remember the Sabbath.
00:36:32.56\00:36:33.59
If you truly love God,
00:36:33.62\00:36:34.70
you'll keep the first
part of the commandment.
00:36:34.73\00:36:36.18
Are you with me?
00:36:36.21\00:36:37.34
And if you truly love
your neighbor as yourself
00:36:37.37\00:36:39.58
you'll keep the second
part of the commandment,
00:36:39.61\00:36:41.60
you'll start by
honoring your first neighbor,
00:36:41.63\00:36:44.57
you will honor
your father and mother.
00:36:44.60\00:36:46.21
If you truly love
your neighbor as yourself
00:36:46.24\00:36:47.57
you will not kill your neighbor,
you will not commit adultery,
00:36:47.60\00:36:50.07
you will not
steal and lie and cover
00:36:50.10\00:36:51.63
your neighbor's possession.
00:36:51.66\00:36:52.84
On these two commandments,
love God and love your neighbor
00:36:52.87\00:36:57.27
hold up the rest of the
claims of the law of God.
00:36:57.30\00:36:59.92
And friends, if that make sense
would you please say, amen?
00:36:59.95\00:37:02.35
In no way does love
go against the law of God
00:37:02.38\00:37:06.45
but rather like what
the apostle Paul said
00:37:06.48\00:37:08.58
in Romans 13:10,
00:37:08.61\00:37:10.19
"Love is the
fulfilling of the law."
00:37:10.22\00:37:12.85
And that word, fulfilling
means to establish more fully.
00:37:12.88\00:37:18.86
In other words, the only way
we can keep God's law is love.
00:37:18.89\00:37:22.05
If we try to do the right
thing without love for God,
00:37:22.08\00:37:24.42
its legalism and it
will not work, friends.
00:37:24.45\00:37:27.69
It's bondage.
00:37:27.72\00:37:28.88
But when we have love for
God and love for one another
00:37:28.91\00:37:31.92
the natural result is the
fulfilling of the law of God
00:37:31.95\00:37:36.10
in our hearts and in our lives.
00:37:36.13\00:37:38.12
In other words
friends, the power of love
00:37:38.15\00:37:39.85
will establish the law of love
00:37:39.88\00:37:41.79
more fully in
the believer's life.
00:37:41.82\00:37:43.56
This is what Jesus
said in John 14:15.
00:37:43.59\00:37:46.56
Christ puts our
love to the test.
00:37:46.59\00:37:48.36
Friends, tell
me, if you love Jesus
00:37:48.39\00:37:50.25
let me hear you say amen. Amen.
00:37:50.28\00:37:52.34
Jesus says, "If you love
Me, keep My commandments."
00:37:52.37\00:37:58.76
In other words,
love is demonstrating
00:37:58.79\00:38:04.10
by obedience to
the Ten Commandments.
00:38:04.13\00:38:05.77
Can you say, amen?
00:38:05.80\00:38:07.21
Now friends, this is
what Jesus says explicitly,
00:38:07.24\00:38:10.75
what He is saying implicitly
00:38:10.78\00:38:12.78
is, "If you don't love
Me, don't even try it."
00:38:12.81\00:38:15.71
Because if you keep
God's commandment without love
00:38:15.74\00:38:17.94
it's legalistic and it's not
gonna-- you will not be saved.
00:38:17.97\00:38:20.79
We can't save
ourselves brother and sisters,
00:38:20.82\00:38:22.59
by doing anything at all.
00:38:22.62\00:38:24.38
We're saved only
by the grace of God.
00:38:24.41\00:38:26.24
Can you say, amen?
00:38:26.27\00:38:27.43
But Jesus said,
"If you love Me, keep"
00:38:27.46\00:38:28.82
Now friends, in the
Greek it's even more emphatic.
00:38:28.85\00:38:31.83
In original
language it's like this,
00:38:31.86\00:38:33.94
"If you love Me, you
will keep My commandments."
00:38:33.97\00:38:37.22
Because love, friends,
is the motivating power
00:38:37.25\00:38:40.54
that enables us to do the
things that pleases the Lord.
00:38:40.57\00:38:44.57
Can you say, amen?
00:38:44.60\00:38:45.80
Love for Jesus
always leads to obedience
00:38:45.83\00:38:48.76
to the law of God.
00:38:48.79\00:38:49.82
Friends, do you
remember that woman
00:38:49.85\00:38:51.09
that was caught in adultery?
00:38:51.12\00:38:52.67
She had broken the
seventh commandment.
00:38:52.70\00:38:54.68
She was gonna be stoned to death
because the wages of sin is--
00:38:54.71\00:38:58.54
she deserved to die, she
had broken the law of God.
00:38:58.57\00:39:01.23
And friends, she was
bowed to the feet of Jesus
00:39:01.26\00:39:03.91
and even though she had
made a mess of her life,
00:39:03.94\00:39:06.04
at the feet of
Jesus she found herself
00:39:06.07\00:39:07.96
at the very best
place she can ever be
00:39:07.99\00:39:09.68
in the whole universe.
00:39:09.71\00:39:10.74
Can you say, amen?
00:39:10.77\00:39:11.80
And at Jesus feet
Jesus did not excuse her sin,
00:39:11.83\00:39:15.81
Jesus did not ignore her sin,
He forgave her sin and He said,
00:39:15.84\00:39:21.01
"Neither do I condemn you."
00:39:21.04\00:39:22.95
Then he said, go
and sin some more.
00:39:22.98\00:39:27.20
Is that what Jesus said?
00:39:27.23\00:39:29.39
Did Jesus said, You can go
00:39:29.42\00:39:30.76
and keep sinning,
it doesn't matter.
00:39:30.79\00:39:32.45
You are under My
grace and you gonna be saved
00:39:32.48\00:39:33.97
even though you continue
to sin and break My laws,
00:39:34.00\00:39:35.93
is that what He says?
00:39:35.96\00:39:36.99
He said, "Go and sin no more."
00:39:37.02\00:39:39.85
You see, friends,
this is the true gospel.
00:39:39.88\00:39:41.96
When Jesus said, go,
that was pardon for her past.
00:39:41.99\00:39:45.69
But when He said, sin no more,
00:39:45.72\00:39:47.65
that was power for her present
to live a brand new life.
00:39:47.68\00:39:53.48
Can you say, amen?
00:39:53.51\00:39:54.86
And so the next
question is this,
00:39:54.89\00:39:56.89
some people say,
oh, but the laws,
00:39:56.92\00:39:58.96
that's just--
00:39:58.99\00:40:00.02
that's just a bunch of
legalistic requirements.
00:40:00.05\00:40:01.77
There are many Christians
00:40:01.80\00:40:02.83
who are accusing the
law being legalistic.
00:40:02.86\00:40:05.11
But friends, I
want you to notice,
00:40:05.14\00:40:06.17
when God spoke His law to Moses
00:40:06.20\00:40:08.47
He gave it in the
context of freedom.
00:40:08.50\00:40:10.63
In Exodus 20:2,
the Bible tells us,
00:40:10.66\00:40:13.26
God said before He
spoke His Ten Commandments
00:40:13.29\00:40:15.44
He said to Moses, "I
am the Lord, thy God,
00:40:15.47\00:40:18.04
which have brought thee
out of the land of Egypt,
00:40:18.07\00:40:20.81
out of the house of"
00:40:20.84\00:40:22.81
In other words, God was saying,
00:40:22.84\00:40:23.87
I am the one
that gave you freedom.
00:40:23.90\00:40:25.32
I want you to be a free people.
00:40:25.35\00:40:27.17
You see, He gives the law
00:40:27.20\00:40:28.37
in context of
liberty and freedom,
00:40:28.40\00:40:31.13
freedom from the bondage of sin.
00:40:31.16\00:40:32.99
And so as God brings
His children out of Egypt,
00:40:33.02\00:40:35.58
out of slavery
He now gives to them
00:40:35.61\00:40:37.64
the Ten
Commandments that teaches them
00:40:37.67\00:40:40.13
how to remain free. Amen.
00:40:40.16\00:40:43.12
How to remain in
peace with each other
00:40:43.15\00:40:46.39
and peace with God.
00:40:46.42\00:40:48.90
And so, brother and
sisters, the law of God
00:40:48.93\00:40:50.48
is not a law of
bondage, it's a law of freedom.
00:40:50.51\00:40:53.74
Let me say it like
this, tell me, friends,
00:40:53.77\00:40:55.42
what is the purpose of
stop signs and speed limits?
00:40:55.45\00:40:57.91
Are those things
there to restrict us
00:40:57.94\00:41:00.98
or are they there to protect us?
00:41:01.01\00:41:03.24
In the same way
friends, the law of God,
00:41:03.27\00:41:04.87
I mean, we can be
driving on the road
00:41:04.90\00:41:06.42
and trying to get some place
00:41:06.45\00:41:07.90
and the light turns red
and we are angry at the light.
00:41:07.93\00:41:10.56
Man, this light
is restricting me.
00:41:10.59\00:41:12.85
I am trying to get
somewhere. So restrictive.
00:41:12.88\00:41:15.32
But friends, if
that light wasn't there
00:41:15.35\00:41:16.83
you could kill
yourself, isn't that right?
00:41:16.86\00:41:18.93
So what is the purpose of
it? Is to protect you friends,
00:41:18.96\00:41:22.66
not to restrict you.
00:41:22.69\00:41:23.99
And it's the same
with the law of God.
00:41:24.02\00:41:25.43
God said, "Thou
shall not commit adultery,"
00:41:25.46\00:41:26.89
He's trying to
protect your marriage
00:41:26.92\00:41:28.02
and your home and your
family and your children.
00:41:28.05\00:41:30.15
When He says,
"Thou shall not kill."
00:41:30.18\00:41:31.26
He's trying to
protect your life.
00:41:31.29\00:41:33.17
It's a law of freedom.
00:41:33.20\00:41:34.95
Now here' another question,
00:41:34.98\00:41:36.55
my wife and I, we've been
married almost eight years now
00:41:36.58\00:41:39.61
and tell me is it a
reasonable expectation
00:41:39.64\00:41:43.04
for her to expect me to be
faithful to her and only her?
00:41:43.07\00:41:46.48
Is that reasonable
or is that legalistic?
00:41:46.51\00:41:49.71
That's reasonable, right?
00:41:49.74\00:41:51.46
And it's reasonable for me
to expect her to be faithful.
00:41:51.49\00:41:54.41
Why, because we've entered
into covenant relationship
00:41:54.44\00:41:57.92
with each other and more than
just a covenant relationship
00:41:57.95\00:42:01.00
it's because we love each other.
00:42:01.03\00:42:02.43
Can you say, amen?
00:42:02.46\00:42:04.08
You see, when you
say yes to a person
00:42:04.11\00:42:06.22
you are also saying
no to everyone else.
00:42:06.25\00:42:08.78
And when you think about
that, wow, that's kind of--
00:42:08.81\00:42:10.62
that sounds kind of restrictive.
00:42:10.65\00:42:12.61
So you are committing
yourself to one person
00:42:12.64\00:42:14.60
and only that one for
the rest of your life.
00:42:14.63\00:42:18.01
You cannot have
other lovers on the side,
00:42:18.04\00:42:19.88
wow, that's
sound so restrictive.
00:42:19.91\00:42:23.49
But is it really?
00:42:23.52\00:42:25.10
No, if you love that person.
00:42:25.13\00:42:26.65
Can you say, amen?
00:42:26.68\00:42:27.97
Because you don't care,
you don't want anyone else,
00:42:28.00\00:42:29.85
you want just that person.
00:42:29.88\00:42:32.28
Tell me friends,
is marriage bondage?
00:42:32.31\00:42:36.09
Well, that kind of
depends who you are married to.
00:42:36.12\00:42:37.92
But if you love your spouse,
00:42:41.99\00:42:43.94
if you love your
spouse is it bondage?
00:42:43.97\00:42:46.77
Absolutely not, it's freedom
00:42:46.80\00:42:49.61
to express the love
that is pure and undefiled.
00:42:49.64\00:42:51.88
Can you say, amen?
00:42:51.91\00:42:52.94
And that's the same
thing with the law of God.
00:42:52.97\00:42:55.21
It's not bondage friends,
its freedom if you love Him.
00:42:55.24\00:42:59.02
If you don't love
Him it is bondage.
00:42:59.05\00:43:01.13
It has to do with love
that motivates you to obey.
00:43:01.16\00:43:04.66
In fact, notice in 1 John 5:3,
00:43:04.69\00:43:06.73
the Bible says, "For
this is the love of God,
00:43:06.76\00:43:08.56
that we keep His commandments
00:43:08.59\00:43:10.01
and His
commandments are not grievous."
00:43:10.04\00:43:12.50
In other words,
its not burdensome,
00:43:12.53\00:43:14.25
it's not hard if we
truly love the Lord.
00:43:14.28\00:43:16.70
Now friends, if we
don't love Him its grievous,
00:43:16.73\00:43:18.88
it's burdensome, its
bondage, it's difficult
00:43:18.91\00:43:21.63
because we're trying
to do it our own strength.
00:43:21.66\00:43:23.57
And friends, we
have no strength.
00:43:23.60\00:43:27.11
But friends, the
love of God is the power
00:43:27.14\00:43:29.64
that fulfils the requirements
of His law in our hearts.
00:43:29.67\00:43:31.99
Are you with me, yes or no?
00:43:32.02\00:43:33.50
And so now here's
the next question,
00:43:33.53\00:43:34.56
we want to have a
good through understanding,
00:43:34.59\00:43:36.09
we're hitting it
from every single angle
00:43:36.12\00:43:37.46
that you might
have in your mind.
00:43:37.49\00:43:38.63
Here's the next question,
can the law of God save us?
00:43:38.66\00:43:42.02
The answer is absolutely not.
00:43:42.05\00:43:45.11
We can never be
saved by anything we do.
00:43:45.14\00:43:47.75
Bible says, "All
are righteousness
00:43:47.78\00:43:49.76
are like filthy rags."
00:43:49.79\00:43:51.10
The only way they
we're going to be saved
00:43:51.13\00:43:52.58
is by the grace of God.
00:43:52.61\00:43:53.72
Can you say, amen?
00:43:53.75\00:43:54.78
Ephesians 2:8, 9,
write it down, it says,
00:43:54.81\00:43:57.50
"For by grace are
ye saved through faith
00:43:57.53\00:44:00.07
and that not of
yourselves it is the" what?
00:44:00.10\00:44:03.38
"Gift of God Not of works,
lest any man should boast."
00:44:03.41\00:44:06.74
Bible is clear that the only way
we're gonna be saved is by grace
00:44:06.77\00:44:09.62
and we accept that
grace through faith.
00:44:09.65\00:44:12.52
It's a gift, not
something we work for,
00:44:12.55\00:44:14.18
try to earn with our own efforts
00:44:14.21\00:44:15.90
but something we
receive as a gift of faith.
00:44:15.93\00:44:18.13
It doesn't come by
works, grace and grace alone.
00:44:18.16\00:44:22.33
Can you say, amen?
00:44:22.36\00:44:24.02
Now friends, listen,
00:44:24.05\00:44:25.09
when we make God's grace a
license to break God's law,
00:44:25.12\00:44:29.86
when we take the grace of God
00:44:29.89\00:44:31.19
and use it as a
sorry excuse to do
00:44:31.22\00:44:33.53
what we want to do
and to live our own lives
00:44:33.56\00:44:36.72
that grace becomes disgrace.
00:44:36.75\00:44:39.88
We are spitting on
the sacrifice of Christ
00:44:39.91\00:44:42.32
when we do that, friends.
00:44:42.35\00:44:43.64
We are treating so cheaply
00:44:43.67\00:44:46.84
that which causes God
everything to give to us.
00:44:46.87\00:44:52.04
Friends, let us uphold it
and value it as we should.
00:44:52.07\00:44:55.36
Can you say, amen?
00:44:55.39\00:44:56.50
Oh, how many of you are thankful
00:44:56.53\00:44:57.56
for the grace of God?
00:44:57.59\00:44:59.07
But then there are
some people who say,
00:44:59.10\00:45:01.02
all you have to do is believe,
00:45:01.05\00:45:02.77
don't worry
about keeping the law
00:45:02.80\00:45:04.03
and what not Ten
Commandments just believe.
00:45:04.06\00:45:06.45
Confess with your mouth
and believe in your heart
00:45:06.48\00:45:08.02
and the Bible does say that.
00:45:08.05\00:45:09.28
But friends, even the
apostle Paul knew that
00:45:09.31\00:45:11.21
some people would sheep
in what true faith really is.
00:45:11.24\00:45:14.24
And because of that
he wrote in Romans 3:31,
00:45:14.27\00:45:16.83
"Do we then make void
the law through faith?"
00:45:16.86\00:45:19.25
In other words, just
because we have faith,
00:45:19.28\00:45:20.57
does that mean we
can break God's law?
00:45:20.60\00:45:22.02
What's the answer?
00:45:22.05\00:45:23.25
"God forbid: yea, we"
what? "Establish the law."
00:45:23.28\00:45:27.86
In other words, if we
truly have faith the law of God
00:45:27.89\00:45:30.75
will be
established in our lives.
00:45:30.78\00:45:33.25
In other words,
faith will result
00:45:33.28\00:45:34.79
in the fruit of
the spirit, obedience
00:45:34.82\00:45:37.90
because James 2:26 says that
00:45:37.93\00:45:40.81
"Faith without works is" "Dead."
00:45:40.84\00:45:42.72
So we need a faith that works,
and all genuine faith works.
00:45:42.75\00:45:47.47
But how does it work?
00:45:47.50\00:45:48.80
Galatians 5:6,
"Faith that works by love."
00:45:48.83\00:45:54.50
In other words,
love is the power
00:45:54.53\00:45:56.21
that enables our faith
00:45:56.24\00:45:57.76
to result in the
works of obedience
00:45:57.79\00:45:59.77
to the law of God.
00:45:59.80\00:46:01.12
You see friends, whenever
you read the New Testament
00:46:01.15\00:46:02.98
the apostle Paul and Jesus,
00:46:03.01\00:46:04.32
they were never
against the law of God, never.
00:46:04.35\00:46:06.29
You will not find
that in a New Testament.
00:46:06.32\00:46:08.25
They were only
against the legalistic way
00:46:08.28\00:46:10.50
that people
were keeping the law.
00:46:10.53\00:46:11.78
That's what they were against.
00:46:11.81\00:46:13.35
All the apostles
00:46:13.38\00:46:14.96
whenever its
dealing with the law of God
00:46:14.99\00:46:16.46
and they seems to save--
00:46:16.49\00:46:17.85
seems to us
that-- that there's--
00:46:17.88\00:46:19.55
that get away the law.
00:46:19.58\00:46:20.61
No, the rebuking the legalism
that people were practicing
00:46:20.64\00:46:24.22
in their keeping of the law
00:46:24.25\00:46:25.72
and what many
Christians have done,
00:46:25.75\00:46:27.20
they have thrown the
baby out with the bath water.
00:46:27.23\00:46:30.21
They think that because Christ--
00:46:30.24\00:46:31.42
because Paul and
Jesus was against legalism
00:46:31.45\00:46:33.85
they think that they were
against law but not at all.
00:46:33.88\00:46:36.42
They were showing as that
the only way to keep the law
00:46:36.45\00:46:38.86
was by faith that works by love.
00:46:38.89\00:46:42.30
And so let's not throw the
baby out with the bath water.
00:46:42.33\00:46:44.64
Can you say, amen?
00:46:44.67\00:46:45.97
There is no
contradiction, no disagreement
00:46:46.00\00:46:48.38
between God's grace and
God's faith and God's law.
00:46:48.41\00:46:52.15
So now is the next question,
00:46:52.18\00:46:54.05
what is the role and
purpose of the law of God?
00:46:54.08\00:46:56.91
According to Romans 3:20,
00:46:56.94\00:46:59.77
the purpose of
the law is to show us
00:46:59.80\00:47:01.57
what the sin is.
00:47:01.60\00:47:02.92
The Bible says, "Therefore
by the deeds of the law
00:47:02.95\00:47:04.47
there shall no flesh
be justified in his sight
00:47:04.50\00:47:07.07
for by the law is
the knowledge of" what?
00:47:07.10\00:47:10.66
In other words,
you will not know
00:47:10.69\00:47:11.76
what sin is without the law
00:47:11.79\00:47:14.45
because the law
reveals what sin is.
00:47:14.48\00:47:18.40
In James 1:22-24, write it down.
00:47:18.43\00:47:21.90
It tells us that
God's law is like a mirror.
00:47:21.93\00:47:25.43
Now what is a
purpose of a mirror?
00:47:25.46\00:47:27.98
Every morning
you wake up morning
00:47:28.01\00:47:29.34
before you leave the house
you look into that mirror, why?
00:47:29.37\00:47:33.54
Because the mirror is to do
one thing and one thing only.
00:47:33.57\00:47:37.91
And what is that? It
is to tell you the truth.
00:47:37.94\00:47:42.57
You may not like the truth
00:47:42.60\00:47:45.40
but it tells the
truth, isn't that right?
00:47:45.43\00:47:47.20
And that's the
purpose of the mirror,
00:47:47.23\00:47:48.35
is it reveal
what reality really is
00:47:48.38\00:47:53.30
so that we are not
deceived. It tells us the truth.
00:47:53.33\00:47:56.54
The law of God
is like into mirror.
00:47:56.57\00:47:58.32
It helps us to know what
sin is and to illustrate this
00:47:58.35\00:48:01.11
I need you to excuse
me just for a moment.
00:48:01.14\00:48:02.40
Please don't leave.
00:48:02.43\00:48:03.58
I need you to
pray for me right now
00:48:03.61\00:48:05.39
because I am back here
00:48:05.42\00:48:06.88
and where no
one else can see me.
00:48:06.91\00:48:08.37
I am back here
breaking the law of God.
00:48:08.40\00:48:12.59
And so are you praying for me?
00:48:12.62\00:48:15.10
That's a beautiful
picture. What's wrong?
00:48:15.13\00:48:21.84
Why are you laughing at
me? Is there something wrong?
00:48:21.87\00:48:26.62
Do I have something on my face?
00:48:26.65\00:48:29.07
Am I presentable? Yes or no?
00:48:29.10\00:48:32.51
Well, you don't
look so good yourself.
00:48:32.54\00:48:35.26
Who are you to
judge me? I am all right.
00:48:35.29\00:48:40.06
You see, I don't
realize my condition.
00:48:40.09\00:48:42.45
I think I am okay.
00:48:42.48\00:48:43.85
I think I am saved
because I have a nice suit on.
00:48:43.88\00:48:48.21
But friends, do I
have something on my face?
00:48:48.24\00:48:50.63
Yes. Well, how will I know it?
00:48:50.66\00:48:52.67
I can't trust you.
How can I trust you?
00:48:52.70\00:48:54.92
I don't know you.
00:48:54.95\00:48:56.47
What do I need in
order to see what reality is?
00:48:56.50\00:48:58.78
What I need? I need a-- Mirror.
00:48:58.81\00:49:00.31
And the law of God
is like a-- Mirror.
00:49:00.34\00:49:02.26
And so would somebody
please get me a mirror.
00:49:02.29\00:49:05.95
Oh, thank you. Wow.
00:49:05.98\00:49:13.04
What you are saying is
true according to the law.
00:49:13.07\00:49:16.00
I look into this law
00:49:16.03\00:49:17.09
and it confirms that
I am not presentable.
00:49:17.12\00:49:21.53
I have sin in my
life. The law reveals sin.
00:49:21.56\00:49:26.78
Now what do I do
with the law of God.
00:49:26.81\00:49:28.04
Am I going to destroy
the law, give away the law
00:49:28.07\00:49:29.62
because I didn't
like what it told me?
00:49:29.65\00:49:31.46
Is that-- If I
get rid of this law,
00:49:31.49\00:49:32.95
is that going to change
my condition, yes or no?
00:49:32.98\00:49:35.91
So getting rid of it is
not going to change anything
00:49:35.94\00:49:38.68
because I am
still a dirty sinner
00:49:38.71\00:49:41.48
no matter what happens
what I do with the law.
00:49:41.51\00:49:43.56
So what I do then?
00:49:43.59\00:49:44.62
Do I take the law
and try to clean myself.
00:49:44.65\00:49:47.39
Is the law, can
the law clean me?
00:49:47.42\00:49:50.82
The law is not
meant to cleanse anyone.
00:49:50.85\00:49:54.39
The law cannot clean.
00:49:54.42\00:49:56.53
The purpose of the
law is just to show me
00:49:56.56\00:49:59.38
my need of cleansing.
00:49:59.41\00:50:02.65
And so what I do
with the law now?
00:50:02.68\00:50:04.44
I put the law down for a moment,
00:50:04.47\00:50:06.75
nicely and reverently.
00:50:06.78\00:50:08.67
And then I go to
the blood of Jesus
00:50:08.70\00:50:13.17
and I say,
Lord, forgive me, God.
00:50:13.20\00:50:17.83
I have sin in my life.
00:50:17.86\00:50:20.54
Have mercy upon me, oh, God.
00:50:20.57\00:50:23.59
I made mistakes,
made a fool of myself.
00:50:23.62\00:50:28.85
Done some things that I
am shameful of, oh, God.
00:50:28.88\00:50:32.82
What can wash away my sin?
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
00:50:32.85\00:50:39.19
And friends, what the
law of God could not do,
00:50:39.22\00:50:43.15
the blood is able to do.
00:50:43.18\00:50:48.14
There is a
fountain filled with blood,
00:50:48.17\00:50:50.85
drawn from Emanuel's veins.
00:50:50.88\00:50:53.45
Sinners plunge
beneath the flood,
00:50:53.48\00:50:55.43
lose all their guilty stains.
00:50:55.46\00:50:57.75
Oh friends, how do I
look now? How do I look?
00:50:57.78\00:51:03.75
I look good, don't
I? Oh, how do I know?
00:51:03.78\00:51:08.03
I don't know if I
am all right or not.
00:51:08.06\00:51:09.68
What I need to do now? I
need to go back to that law.
00:51:09.71\00:51:13.25
And the law that
once told me I am dirty,
00:51:13.28\00:51:15.89
now I examine
myself into that law
00:51:15.92\00:51:18.19
and I see that,
well, I am a lot better
00:51:18.22\00:51:19.91
but still I got
a long way to go.
00:51:19.94\00:51:24.54
And so then I say,
Lord, not just the big sins
00:51:24.57\00:51:28.71
but the small ones
too, all that pride,
00:51:28.74\00:51:31.74
that spiritual
pride, that selfishness,
00:51:31.77\00:51:35.30
oh, that creeps in,
that compromise that comes,
00:51:35.33\00:51:39.21
Lord, please wash me thoroughly,
the big as well as the small.
00:51:39.24\00:51:42.82
Please, oh, God,
apply your cleansing blood.
00:51:42.85\00:51:46.93
And friends, how
about now, is it okay?
00:51:46.96\00:51:49.22
I have to go back
to the law and see.
00:51:49.25\00:51:50.90
And friends, the law that
once told me that I am dirty--
00:51:50.93\00:51:54.05
Man, sin is--
Well, praise the Lord.
00:51:58.85\00:52:02.38
The law that once told me
that I am dirty now tells me
00:52:02.41\00:52:05.30
that my life is back in
harmony with the law of God.
00:52:05.33\00:52:08.72
Friends, the blood of
Jesus is the best detergent
00:52:08.75\00:52:12.78
to cleanse every stain of sin
upon the garment of our lives.
00:52:12.81\00:52:16.71
And friends, we would not
know our need of His blood
00:52:16.74\00:52:19.94
if it was not
for the law of God.
00:52:19.97\00:52:22.89
That's the purpose of the law,
00:52:22.92\00:52:24.14
is to show what
our need of Jesus.
00:52:24.17\00:52:28.16
Bible warns us in the last
days as we get ready to close.
00:52:28.19\00:52:31.12
In 1 John 2:4 it
talks about ministers
00:52:31.15\00:52:33.59
and people who
profess Jesus as the lord
00:52:33.62\00:52:36.59
but they don't
keep His commandments.
00:52:36.62\00:52:38.54
Bible says
concerning them in 1 John 2:4,
00:52:38.57\00:52:41.18
"He that says, I know him,
00:52:41.21\00:52:43.09
and keeps not his
commandments, is a" what?
00:52:43.12\00:52:46.12
"Liar, and the
truth is not in him."
00:52:46.15\00:52:48.60
But friends, in
contrast of our lives
00:52:48.63\00:52:51.00
God is gonna
have a group of people
00:52:51.03\00:52:52.12
that are going
to tell the truth,
00:52:52.15\00:52:53.78
the whole truth and
nothing but the truth.
00:52:53.81\00:52:56.47
And notice how that described
in Revelation 14:12, it says,
00:52:56.50\00:53:00.36
"Here is the
patience of the saints,
00:53:00.39\00:53:02.49
here are they that keep
the commandments of God,
00:53:02.52\00:53:05.61
and the faith of Jesus."
00:53:05.64\00:53:07.91
Here is God's
final group of people.
00:53:07.94\00:53:09.90
Those who have
experienced the reality,
00:53:09.93\00:53:11.22
of the New covenant promise
00:53:11.25\00:53:12.49
they delight to
do the will of God
00:53:12.52\00:53:13.92
because God flows in their heart
00:53:13.95\00:53:15.79
and they realize
more than anyone else
00:53:15.82\00:53:17.57
that God's law of
love is the law of liberty,
00:53:17.60\00:53:21.12
a law of peace and
the law of freedom.
00:53:21.15\00:53:24.46
And friends, how
many of you want God's law
00:53:24.49\00:53:27.27
to be written in your heart?
00:53:27.30\00:53:29.16
Do you want to experience
the new covenant promise?
00:53:29.19\00:53:32.55
Well, friends,
all we have to do is
00:53:32.58\00:53:33.61
give God permission
to do it for us. Amen.
00:53:33.64\00:53:37.67
It's not legalism
friends, it's all about love.
00:53:37.70\00:53:41.11
Love that results in
obedience to the law.
00:53:41.14\00:53:45.09
Now friends, I want
to close with a story.
00:53:45.12\00:53:47.41
This is a story about a slave
who is being sold at an auction.
00:53:47.44\00:53:53.37
The auctioneer got up
and began to take bids
00:53:53.40\00:53:55.72
for the slave
00:53:55.75\00:53:57.42
and as people looked upon
him they saw good investment.
00:53:57.45\00:54:00.65
I mean, he was big and strong
00:54:00.68\00:54:02.43
and he looked very young.
00:54:02.46\00:54:04.04
Many more years
ahead, a good investment.
00:54:04.07\00:54:07.78
But the only problem was, as
people looked upon the slave,
00:54:07.81\00:54:11.83
the slave kept
shouting at the people
00:54:11.86\00:54:14.01
and he said, I will not work,
00:54:14.04\00:54:17.35
I will not
work, I will not work.
00:54:17.38\00:54:20.16
And by the way, he
looked very intimidating.
00:54:20.19\00:54:23.93
It didn't look like
you can force him to work
00:54:23.96\00:54:25.28
because he was big and strong
00:54:25.31\00:54:26.37
but none the less
people wanted him.
00:54:26.40\00:54:29.18
So the price kept
getting higher and higher
00:54:29.21\00:54:31.10
and higher and
higher and finally
00:54:31.13\00:54:33.22
he was sold at a high price.
00:54:33.25\00:54:34.81
The owner comes
to claim the slave.
00:54:34.84\00:54:36.58
The slave says to his new owner,
00:54:36.61\00:54:38.16
I am flatter that you
paid such a high price for me
00:54:38.19\00:54:40.35
but like I
said, I will not work.
00:54:40.38\00:54:43.12
I will be no man's slave.
00:54:43.15\00:54:45.59
The owner says,
just come, come with me.
00:54:45.62\00:54:48.63
They get into
little horse and buggy
00:54:48.66\00:54:50.03
and they start down the road.
00:54:50.06\00:54:52.10
Now at the end
of the road suddenly
00:54:52.13\00:54:53.50
the carriage stops
at this beautiful house
00:54:53.53\00:54:56.12
on the side of the road
with a nice picket fence
00:54:56.15\00:54:59.51
and the owner looks
up, says to the slave,
00:54:59.54\00:55:02.10
"Look at that house,
this is now your house.
00:55:02.13\00:55:05.18
This is the place
where you will be staying."
00:55:05.21\00:55:07.49
Now as the slave
looked at the house
00:55:07.52\00:55:08.73
he saw that this was
not a slave's quarters.
00:55:08.76\00:55:11.50
This was the quarters of
one that was a family member.
00:55:11.53\00:55:14.99
And the slave said to the
owner, "I am flatter that you do
00:55:15.02\00:55:17.14
such a thing for me
but like I said before,
00:55:17.17\00:55:19.33
I will not work no
matter what you give me,
00:55:19.36\00:55:22.60
I will be no man's slave."
00:55:22.63\00:55:25.90
That owner looked at
the slave and he said,
00:55:25.93\00:55:30.02
"I bought you, I paid
a high expensive price.
00:55:30.05\00:55:35.98
I bought you not so
that you can become my slave.
00:55:36.01\00:55:41.53
I bought you to set you free.
00:55:41.56\00:55:45.89
You are free. I
bought you to free you."
00:55:45.92\00:55:50.82
With that the man
got out of the carriage.
00:55:50.85\00:55:53.59
The owner took off
00:55:53.62\00:55:55.73
and now the slave is
standing there in all.
00:55:55.76\00:55:59.55
He's shocked, he
had just been freed
00:55:59.58\00:56:03.68
and he received a
beautiful home on top of that
00:56:03.71\00:56:06.66
and as this
slave is contemplating
00:56:06.69\00:56:08.84
the kindness and the mercy
00:56:08.87\00:56:10.55
and the grace that
have been bestowed upon him.
00:56:10.58\00:56:14.33
He snaps out of it
00:56:14.36\00:56:15.57
and he chases that carriage down
00:56:15.60\00:56:17.43
and he stops the man
that had just set him free
00:56:17.46\00:56:19.52
and he said to him, "Sir,
00:56:19.55\00:56:21.66
if you bought me to set me free
00:56:21.69\00:56:25.62
then I will serve you
for the rest of my life."
00:56:25.65\00:56:30.45
Around 2,000 years ago
there was another slave
00:56:30.48\00:56:36.02
and another master
and another auction.
00:56:36.05\00:56:40.53
The human race
were in bondage to sin,
00:56:40.56\00:56:42.95
not to the law, to sin
00:56:42.98\00:56:45.32
but there was someone
that came to purchase us
00:56:45.35\00:56:49.01
and he paid a high price.
00:56:49.04\00:56:51.64
We were bought
friends, by the blood of Jesus
00:56:51.67\00:56:54.68
not with corruptible
things like silver and gold
00:56:54.71\00:56:57.34
but we were purchased
with the gold of Jesus' blood
00:56:57.37\00:57:00.06
and the silver Jesus' tears.
00:57:00.09\00:57:03.67
This is the price that
was paid four our redemption
00:57:03.70\00:57:06.99
and He bought us not so
that we can become his slave
00:57:07.02\00:57:09.90
and do whatever
He want's us to do.
00:57:09.93\00:57:11.19
No friends, He
bought us to free us.
00:57:11.22\00:57:14.19
Free from what?
00:57:14.22\00:57:15.73
Free from sin, free from worry,
00:57:15.76\00:57:19.21
free from bad
habits, lustful thoughts,
00:57:19.24\00:57:22.42
cursing, lying and swearing,
00:57:22.45\00:57:25.18
living lives free
from anything that bind us
00:57:25.21\00:57:28.11
free from worrying
and from fear and doubts.
00:57:28.14\00:57:32.25
Whatever slaves us tonight,
the blood of Christ frees us.
00:57:32.28\00:57:38.65
And because of
what He has done for me,
00:57:38.68\00:57:41.07
I don't know about you
00:57:41.10\00:57:42.61
but I want to say
like that slave said,
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Lord, if You
bought me to set me free
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then I will serve You
for the rest of my life.
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