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00:35 >>WELCOME, AGAIN, TO SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY HOUR - 00:37 A VERY WARM WELCOME TO THOSE OF YOU JOINING US 00:39 ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD FOR A 00:41 TIME OF STUDY TOGETHER. ALSO, A SPECIAL WELCOME TO 00:45 THE MEMBERS OF THE GRANITE BAY CHURCH AND 00:47 THOSE VISITING. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. 00:49 BEAUTIFUL DAY THAT GOD HAS GIVEN US - BLUE SKIES AND 00:51 SUNSHINE ALWAYS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO 00:54 GATHER TOGETHER TO WORSHIP HIM ON THIS, HIS SPECIAL 00:57 DAY, THE SABBATH. WE'VE BEEN STUDYING 00:59 THROUGH THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH AS PART OF OUR 01:02 QUARTERLY AND TODAY WE FIND OURSELVES ON LESSON - 01:05 I BELIEVE - #11 ENTITLED THE COVENANT . 01:08 SO THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE WATCHING, IF YOU'D LIKE TO 01:10 FOLLOW ALONG AND YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR OWN LESSON 01:12 QUARTERLY, YOU CAN GO TO THE AMAZING FACTS WEBSITE 01:15 - JUST AMAZINGFACTS.ORG - YOU CAN DOWNLOAD LESSON 01:18 #11 ON THE COVENANT AND YOU CAN FOLLOW ALONG WITH 01:21 US AS WE STUDY TOGETHER. WE ALSO HAVE A FREE OFFER 01:24 THAT GOES ALONG WITH OUR LESSON CALLED WHY THE OLD 01:27 COVENANT FAILED AND THIS IS FOR ANYBODY 01:30 IN NORTH AMERICA. IF YOU'D LIKE TO CALL OUR 01:32 RESOURCE LINE YOU CAN ASK FOR THIS BOOK. 01:34 THE NUMBER TO CALL IS 866-788-3966 AND ASK FOR 01:40 OFFER #716 AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO SEND YOU THE BOOK 01:44 WHY THE OLD COVENANT FAILED . 01:46 FOR OUR FRIENDS WATCHING OUTSIDE OF NORTH AMERICA, 01:48 YOU CAN GO TO THE AMAZING FACTS WEBSITE, 01:50 AMAZINGFACTS.ORG. YOU CAN DOWNLOAD A COPY OF 01:53 THIS BOOK AND YOU CAN READ IT FOR FREE. 01:55 WELL, AGAIN, WELCOME. GLAD YOU'RE ALL HERE. 01:59 AND LET'S BEGIN OUR TIME WITH SOME SINGING. 02:02 SO I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR SONG LEADERS TO COME AND 02:04 NOW LEAD US TOGETHER IN OUR PRAISE OF GOD TODAY. 02:07 (MUSIC) >>THANK YOU, PASTOR ROSS. 02:14 THIS IS MY FAVORITE TIME OF YEAR TO BE SINGING 02:18 BECAUSE WE GET TO SING THE CHRISTMAS SONGS. 02:21 SO I INVITE YOU TO HYMN #132 - O COME ALL YE FAITHFUL! 02:25 - WHICH JUST HAPPENS TO BE MY FAVORITE CHRISTMAS SONG 02:28 OF ALL TIME, SO WE'RE GOING TO DO ALL THREE 02:30 VERSES - HYMN #132 - O COME ALL YE FAITHFUL! 02:34 (MUSIC) 02:41 >>O COME ALL YE FAITHFUL! JOYFUL AND TRIUMPHANT, 02:50 O COME YE, O COME YE TO BETHLEHEM. 02:59 COME AND BEHOLD HIM, BORN THE KING OF ANGELS, O COME 03:09 LET US ADORE HIM! O COME LET US ADORE HIM! 03:17 O COME LET US ADORE HIM! CHRIST THE LORD! 03:27 SING CHOIRS OF ANGELS, SING IN EXALTATION, 03:35 O SING ALL YE CITIZENS OF HEAV'N ABOVE. 03:44 GLORY TO GOD ALL GLORY IN THE HIGHEST. 03:53 O COME LET US ADORE HIM! O COME LET US ADORE HIM! 04:02 O COME LET US ADORE HIM! CHRIST THE LORD! 04:12 YEA LORD WE GREET THEE, BORN THIS HAPPY MORNING. 04:21 JESUS TO THEE BE ALL GLORY GIV'N. 04:30 WORD OF THE FATHER NOW IN FLESH APPEARING. 04:39 O COME LET US ADORE HIM! O COME LET US ADORE HIM! 04:48 O COME LET US ADORE HIM! CHRIST THE LORD! 05:01 >>OUR NEXT CHRISTMAS SONG THAT WE'RE GOING TO SING 05:03 IS HYMN #135 - O LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM - WE'RE 05:07 GOING TO SING ALL FOUR VERSES - O LITTLE TOWN - #135. 05:11 (MUSIC) >>O LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM, 05:23 HOW STILL WE SEE THEE LIE! ABOVE THY DEEP AND DREAMLESS 05:33 SLEEP, THE SILENT STARS GO BY. YET IN THY DARK STREET 05:42 SHINETH THE EVERLASTING LIGHT, THE HOPES AND FEARS 05:51 OF ALL THE YEARS ARE MET IN THEE TONIGHT. 06:00 FOR CHRIST IS BORN OF MARY AND GATHERED ALL ABOVE, 06:09 WHILE MORTALS SLEEP THE ANGELS KEEP THEIR WATCH OF 06:16 WONDERING LOVE. O MORNING STARS TOGETHER 06:24 PROCLAIM THE HOLY BIRTH AND PRAISES SING TO GOD 06:32 THE KING OF PEACE TO MEN ON EARTH. 06:39 HOW SILENTLY, HOW SILENTLY, THE WONDROUS 06:46 GIFT IS GIV'N. SO GOD IMPARTS TO HUMAN 06:53 HEARTS THE BLESSINGS OF HIS HEIR. 06:59 NO EAR MAY HEAR HIS COMING BUT IN THIS WORLD 07:06 OF SIN, WHERE WEAK SOULS WILL RECEIVE HIM STILL OUR 07:14 DEAR CHRIST ENTERS IN. O HOLY CHILD OF BETHLEHEM 07:24 DESCEND TO US WE PRAY. CAST OUT OUR SIN AND ENTER 07:34 IN - BE BORN IN US TODAY. WE HEAR THE CHRISTMAS 07:42 ANGELS, THE GREAT GLAD TIDINGS TELL. 07:49 O COME TO US, ABIDE WITH US, O LORD, IMMANUEL! 08:03 >>AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO INVITE PASTOR ROSS UP AND 08:06 HE WILL LEAD US IN PRAYER FOR OUR STUDY. 08:09 >>DEAR FATHER IN HEAVEN, ONCE AGAIN WE ARE SO 08:11 GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO GATHER TOGETHER AND OPEN 08:13 UP THE BIBLE - THE WORD OF LIFE - AND WE ASK YOUR 08:16 BLESSING - WE ASK FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT TO GUIDE OUR 08:18 HEARTS AND OUR MINDS AND, LORD, LEAD US INTO A CLEAR 08:21 UNDERSTANDING OF THE GREAT COVENANT THAT YOU HAVE 08:24 MADE WITH MANKIND AND HOW WE CAN BECOME THE 08:26 RECIPIENTS OF THE BLESSINGS OF THAT COVENANT 08:29 BY FAITH IN JESUS. BE WITH US THIS MORNING, 08:32 FOR WE ASK THIS IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. 08:35 OUR LESSON TODAY WILL BE BROUGHT TO US BY PASTOR 08:37 DOUG BATCHELOR. THANK YOU, PASTOR DOUG. 08:43 >>THANK YOU, PASTOR ROSS. GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. 08:46 >>GOOD MORNING. >>AND HAPPY SABBATH. 08:49 I WANT TO WELCOME OUR FRIENDS THAT ARE STUDYING 08:50 FOR SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY HOUR WITH US ON TV. 08:54 WE HAVE AN EXTENDED CLASS OUT THERE. 08:57 WE'RE REMINDED WHENEVER WE TRAVEL, HOW MANY PEOPLE 08:59 OUT THERE ARE PART OF THE GROWING CLASS AND THAT IS 09:05 A PRIVILEGE TO GREET YOU. WE ARE STUDYING THE BOOK 09:08 OF JEREMIAH AND, IN PARTICULAR TODAY, WE'RE 09:11 GOING TO BE LOOKING AT JEREMIAH 31:31. 09:16 YOU KNOW, A LOT OF MONTHS HAVE 31 DAYS IN THEM. 09:18 YOU MIGHT REMEMBER IT THAT WAY - JEREMIAH 31:31 - 09:22 WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE NEW COVENANT PEOPLE ALWAYS 09:25 THINK, WELL, YOU GO TO THE NEW TESTAMENT TO FIND THE 09:27 NEW COVENANT. THAT'S NOT TRUE. FIRST PLACE YOU FIND THE 09:31 NEW COVENANT IS THE OLD TESTAMENT. 09:34 MATTER OF FACT, YOU CAN FIND THE NEW COVENANT ALL 09:35 THE WAY BACK IN THE BOOK OF GENESIS. 09:37 IT'S REPEATED BY MOSES. BUT CERTAINLY JEREMIAH 09:41 31:31 - AND THAT'S OUR MEMORY VERSE IF YOU WANT 09:43 TO SAY THIS WITH ME - I'VE GOT IT HERE OUT OF THE 09:46 NEW KING JAMES VERSION. YOU READY? 09:48 "'BEHOLD, THE DAYS ARE COMING,' SAYS THE LORD, 09:52 'WHEN I WILL MAKE A NEW COVENANT WITH THE HOUSE OF 09:56 ISRAEL AND WITH THE HOUSE OF JUDAH'" - NOW BEFORE I 10:00 GO ANY FARTHER, AND WE STUDY THE SUBJECT OF THE 10:02 NEW COVENANT, IF YOU ASKED THE TYPICAL CHRISTIAN IN A 10:08 BAPTIST OR METHODIST OR PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AND 10:10 SAY, 'TELL ME, ARE YOU SAVED UNDER THE NEW 10:15 COVENANT OR OLD COVENANT?' THEY'LL SAY, 'NEW 10:17 COVENANT.' AND I'LL SAY, 'IS THE NEW COVENANT WITH 10:21 THE GENTILES OR WITH THE JEWS?' YOU KNOW WHAT THEY'LL SAY? 10:25 'IT'S WITH THE GENTILES, OF COURSE, THE OLD 10:27 COVENANT WAS WITH THE JEWS.' TRY IT SOMETIME. 10:31 BUT IT'S PATENTLY WRONG. WHERE DOES HE SAY HE 10:36 MAKES THE NEW COVENANT? 'I WILL MAKE A NEW 10:40 COVENANT AFTER THOSE DAYS, WITH THE GENTILES'? 10:42 NO, THAT'S NOT WHAT IT SAYS. 10:44 'I WILL MAKE A NEW COVENANT WITH THE HOUSE OF 10:46 ISRAEL AND THE PEOPLE OF JUDAH.' SO IN ORDER FOR 10:52 YOU TO BE ABLE TO BE A RECIPIENT AND BENEFIT FROM 10:56 THE NEW COVENANT, YOU MUST BE A SPIRITUAL JEW - AND 11:00 WE'LL GET TO THAT IN JUST A MINUTE. 11:02 BUT ANYWAY, THERE'S A NUMBER OF COVENANTS THAT 11:04 ARE GIVEN IN THE BIBLE. AND WHAT IS A COVENANT? 11:08 I SHOULD MAYBE SAY WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE 11:09 COVENANTS - A COVENANT IS AN AGREEMENT. 11:12 A COVENANT IS MORE OF A FORMAL AGREEMENT. 11:16 IF YOU SAY, 'YEAH, COME ON OVER FOR LUNCH AT 12:30' 11:19 AND I SAY, 'OKAY.' YOU CAN SAY, 'YOU MADE A 11:21 COVENANT.' WELL, THAT'S A LITTLE OVER THE TOP. 11:24 THAT'S JUST AN AGREEMENT. BUT A COVENANT IS A 11:25 LITTLE MORE OF A FORMAL AGREEMENT. 11:27 IF YOU SAY, 'I'M SELLING MY HOUSE.' AND I SAY, 11:30 'OKAY, HOW MUCH DO YOU WANT?' 11:32 AND YOU SAY, 'I WANT $200,000.00.' AND I SAY, 11:35 'OKAY, THAT SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.' THEN YOU SAY, 'OKAY, 11:39 LET'S WRITE IT UP.' AND YOU WRITE IT UP AND YOU 11:42 USUALLY HAVE TWO COPIES, DON'T YOU? 11:44 YOU'VE GOT ONE FOR YOU AND ONE FOR ME SO WE BOTH HAVE A COPY. 11:48 PERIODICALLY I WILL DO AN ARTICLE FOR A MAGAZINE OR 11:52 A BOOK AND THE PUBLISHER WILL SEND ME - ONCE THEY 11:54 AGREE THEY SAY, 'LOOK, WE'LL PAY YOU THIS MUCH.' 11:55 I SAY, 'OKAY.' WE GET A VERBAL AGREEMENT AND THEY 11:58 SAY, 'ALRIGHT, WE'LL SEND YOU A CONTRACT.' THEY SEND 12:00 ME A CONTRACT AND THEY SAY, 'HERE'S TWO COPIES. 12:02 SIGN THEM BOTH. KEEP ONE FOR YOUR RECORDS. 12:04 SEND ONE BACK TO US.' THAT'S A COVENANT. 12:07 THAT'S A PUBLISHING AGREEMENT. 12:09 THEY HAVE THEM WHEN YOU BUY HOUSES - WHEN YOU BUY 12:10 CARS. SOMETIMES I'LL SELL A USED 12:12 CAR AND I SAY, 'LOOK IT'S A USED CAR. 12:14 IT'S NOT COMING WITH A WARRANTY. HERE'S HOW MUCH WE WANT. 12:16 HERE'S HOW MANY MILES ARE ON IT.' I SAY, 'WE'RE 12:19 SELLING IT 'AS IS' - I'LL SIGN IT. 12:20 YOU SIGN IT. YOU KEEP A COPY. I KEEP A COPY.' 12:23 IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE THOSE KIND OF COVENANTS. 12:26 WELL THERE'S A COVENANT - THERE'S AN AGREEMENT 12:29 THAT'S MADE THAT IS SEALED IN BLOOD. THAT'S A PRETTY SERIOUS 12:34 AGREEMENT THAT GOD MAKES WITH US. 12:38 AND YOU NOTICE WHEN GOD GAVE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, 12:41 FIRST HE SPOKE THEM - FIRST VERBALLY, GOD SAID, 12:46 'HERE'S THE DEAL:' - HE SPOKE IT - THE PEOPLE 12:49 HEARD IT. THEY SAID, 'SOUNDS GOOD. 12:50 ALL THE LORD HAS SAID WE WILL DO.' GOD SAID, 'OKAY, 12:53 I'M SENDING MOSES UP THE MOUNTAIN TO GET THE 12:56 WRITTEN TRANSCRIPT OF THE VERBAL AGREEMENT. 12:59 YOU SEE, THAT'S HOW A COVENANT WORKS - AND 13:01 THAT'S WHEN HE WENT UP THE MOUNTAIN. 13:03 WELL, WHILE HE WAS GETTING THE WRITTEN TRANSCRIPT, 13:05 THEY GOT INTO A LOT OF TROUBLE AND THEY FORGOT, 13:08 BASICALLY, ALL OF IT. 13:09 SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF COVENANTS THAT YOU WILL 13:12 FIND IN THE BIBLE AND THE COVENANT OF SALVATION IS, 13:18 OF COURSE, THE MOST IMPORTANT. 13:20 WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT COVENANT WE'RE SAVED BY. 13:23 IT IS A MISTAKE TO THINK THAT PEOPLE WERE SAVED IN 13:27 THE OLD TESTAMENT BY THE OLD COVENANT AND WE ARE 13:31 SAVED IN THE NEW TESTAMENT BY THE NEW COVENANT. 13:34 NOBODY IS SAVED UNDER A COVENANT OF WORKS. 13:39 AND SOME ARE SAVED BY THE COVENANT OF FAITH OR GRACE. 13:43 YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD THAT BEFORE. 13:44 THERE'S THIS OLD DISPENSATION THAT GOD 13:46 SAVED JEWS BY THE COVENANT OF WORKS AND NOW HE SAVES 13:51 THE GENTILES BY THE COVENANT OF GRACE. 13:53 'WE'RE UNDER THE NEW COVENANT.' 13:54 IS ANYBODY SAVED BY WORKS? WAS ABRAHAM SAVED BY WORKS? 14:01 OR DOES THE BIBLE SAY 'ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD AND 14:04 GOD COUNTED IT UNTO HIM FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS'? 14:07 SO WAS ABRAHAM SAVED BY WORKS OR BY FAITH? BELIEF? 14:10 EVERYBODY IS SAVED BY FAITH. 14:12 NOW THE COVENANTS WENT THROUGH SOME DIFFERENT 14:15 ITERATIONS, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT, BUT - A LOT OF 14:19 MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT THE COVENANT. 14:21 GOD DOES NOT MAKE THIS SAVING COVENANT WITH 14:23 THE GENTILES AND A DIFFERENT COVENANT WITH 14:26 THE JEWS. THE GENTILES ARE GRAFTED 14:29 INTO THE COVENANT OF THE JEWS. 14:33 THAT'S WHAT PAUL SAID IN ROMANS CHAPTER 10. 14:35 ALRIGHT, YOU'VE GOT FIRST THE EDENIC COVENANT - THE 14:37 COVENANT GOD MADE WITH ADAM. 14:39 YOU'LL FIND THAT - IF YOU LOOK IN GENESIS CHAPTER 3, 14:42 VERSE 15, "AND I WILL PUT ENMITY" - GOD SAYS - 14:46 "BETWEEN YOU AND THE WOMAN, AND BETWEEN YOUR 14:49 SEED AND HER SEED; HE SHALL BRUISE YOUR HEAD, 14:52 AND YOU SHALL BRUISE HIS HEEL." 14:54 GOD MAKES A COVENANT TO SAVE. 14:56 IT'S MADE BASED ON THE GRACE OF GOD. 14:58 IT'S MADE ON THE PROMISES OF GOD AND YOU FIND THIS 15:01 BATTLE BETWEEN GOD - THE SEED OF THE WOMAN - AND 15:07 THE SERPENT AND THE WOMAN. THERE'S THESE THREE 15:10 CHARACTERS INVOLVED IN THE PLAN OF SALVATION: 15:13 YOU HAVE GOD. YOU'VE GOT THE DEVIL. 15:17 AND YOU'VE GOT THE CHURCH. DO YOU FIND THOSE SAME 15:20 THREE CHARACTERS IN REVELATION 12? 15:23 THE DRAGON WAS WROTH WITH THE WOMAN AND WENT TO MAKE 15:25 WAR WITH THE REMNANT OF HER SEED. 15:28 AND GOD - SHE KEEPS THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD AND 15:31 HAS THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS. 15:33 AND SO YOU'VE GOT THE SAME THREE CHARACTERS THAT ARE 15:35 IN THIS PRINCIPLE BATTLE BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL. 15:38 SO GOD SAYS, 'LOOK, THE PENALTY FOR SIN IS DEATH, 15:41 BUT I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU MERCY.' HE COVERS ADAM AND 15:44 EVE'S NAKEDNESS WITH A ROBE - WHAT KIND OF ROBE? 15:48 SKIN. HOW'D THAT HAPPEN? SOMETHING WAS SACRIFICED. 15:52 SO GOD ESTABLISHES THE SACRIFICIAL SYSTEM. 15:54 THAT'S WHY, IN REVELATION, YOU READ ABOUT THE LAMB 15:57 THAT WAS SLAIN FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD - 15:59 SACRIFICIAL SYSTEM WAS ESTABLISHED WAY BACK THEN 16:03 THAT THEY WOULD BE SAVED BY GRACE BECAUSE GOD WOULD 16:05 SEND HIS OWN SON. THE LAMBS THAT WERE SACRIFICED 16:09 WERE ALWAYS A SYMBOL OF THAT. WHAT CAN WASH AWAY MY SIN? 16:15 NOTHING BUT THE BLOOD OF JESUS. 16:16 THAT'S NOT IN THE BIBLE BUT IT'S A GOOD SONG. 16:18 BUT IT DOES SAY IN THE BIBLE 'CALVES AND RAMS 16:23 THOU DOES NOT DESIRE. A BODY I HAVE PREPARED.' 16:27 TALKING ABOUT THE SACRIFICE OF HIS SON. 16:29 SO THAT WAS ALWAYS UNDERSTOOD. 16:31 NOW THERE ARE OTHER COVENANTS IN THE BIBLE. 16:34 LET'S GO TO GENESIS CHAPTER 12 AND TALK ABOUT 16:36 THE ABRAHAMIC COVENANT AND THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST 16:40 IMPORTANT COVENANTS THAT GOD MADE IN THE BIBLE. 16:42 GENESIS 12:1 TO 3 - IN A FEW MOMENTS SOMEONE IS 16:46 GOING TO READ FOR ME MATTHEW 3:9 - GENESIS 16:49 12:1, "NOW THE LORD HAD SAID TO ABRAM: 'GET OUT OF 16:53 YOUR COUNTRY," - THIS IS BEFORE HE GOT HIS NEW NAME 16:55 - "GET OUT OF YOUR COUNTRY FROM YOUR FAMILY AND FROM 16:58 YOUR FATHER'S HOUSE, TO A LAND THAT I WILL SHOW YOU. 17:01 I WILL MAKE YOU A GREAT NATION; I WILL BLESS YOU 17:05 AND MAKE YOUR NAME GREAT; AND YOU SHALL BE A BLESSING. 17:08 I WILL BLESS THOSE WHO BLESS YOU, AND I WILL 17:10 CURSE HIM WHO CURSES YOU; AND IN YOU ALL THE 17:14 FAMILIES OF THE EARTH SHALL BE BLESSED." 17:16 NOW HOW DID ABRAHAM UNDERSTAND THAT COVENANT? 17:19 WHAT DID HE MEAN 'IN YOU' ALL THE NATIONS OF THE 17:22 WORLD WOULD BE BLESSED? 17:23 WHAT WAS THE WORLD LOOKING FOR? 17:25 A SAVIOR - MESSIAH - WHAT TRIBE? 17:29 WHO WOULD HE COME THROUGH? 17:30 WELL, THEY WERE ALL RELATED TO NOAH BACK THEN, 17:33 BUT NOW GOD SINGLES OUT A REMNANT. 17:36 YOU'LL NOTICE THAT GOD OFTEN SAVES A REMNANT AND 17:39 HE TRANSFERS THOSE PROMISES - THAT REMNANT 17:43 BECOMES A CONDUIT FOR THE PROMISES THAT GOD GIVES. 17:49 AND SO GOD WAS SAYING THAT THE PROMISE OF THIS 17:51 COVENANT NOW WAS GOING TO COME THROUGH ABRAHAM - THE 17:53 MESSIAH WOULD COME THROUGH HIS SEED. 17:55 AND YOU CAN TRACE THROUGH THE BIBLE, HE CONTINUES TO 17:58 NARROW THE FOCUS - THE TARGET - OF WHO THE 18:01 MESSIAH WOULD COME THROUGH. 18:03 WE SAY IT'S GOING TO COME THROUGH ABRAHAM, BUT THEN 18:05 ABRAHAM HAD SEVERAL SONS - WHICH ONE? 18:07 THEN THROUGH ISAAC - ISAAC HAD JACOB AND ESAU - WHICH 18:11 ONE? BUT THEN THROUGH JACOB - JACOB HAD TWELVE SONS, 18:13 WHICH ONE? THEN THROUGH JUDAH - JUDAH 18:16 HAD MANY SONS - WHICH ONE? THEN THROUGH DAVID. 18:18 SEE HOW HE CONTINUES TO SAY THE FOCUS - THE BRANCH 18:22 - THAT'S WHY IT SAYS THAT DAVID COMES FROM THE 18:25 BRANCH OF JESSE - IT'S A TREE THAT GOES ALL THE WAY 18:29 BACK TO NOAH AND ADAM AND YOU CAN FOLLOW THAT FAMILY 18:32 TREE AND IN THAT FAMILY TREE THE MESSIAH WOULD 18:35 COME AS A MAN. THEY WERE ALL WONDERING, 'WHERE?' 18:38 THEY WERE LOOKING AROUND AT THE BRANCHES AND THE 18:40 LEAVES AND THE TWIGS - WHERE IS HE GOING TO BE? 18:42 SO GOD IDENTIFIED THAT THROUGH THESE COVENANTS 18:44 AND THROUGH PROMISE. ANOTHER COVENANT TO 18:47 ABRAHAM - HE REPEATS THE COVENANT TO ABRAHAM 18:49 ABOUT THREE TIMES. YOU GO TO GENESIS CHAPTER 18:52 15 AND YOU CAN READ, BEGINNING WITH VERSE 1, 18:56 "AFTER THESE THINGS THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME TO 18:59 ABRAM IN A VISION, SAYING, 'DO NOT BE AFRAID, ABRAM. 19:03 I AM YOUR SHIELD, YOUR EXCEEDINGLY GREAT REWARD.' 19:06 BUT ABRAM SAID, 'LORD GOD, WHAT WILL YOU GIVE ME, 19:09 SEEING I GO CHILDLESS, AND THE HEIR OF MY HOUSE IS 19:12 ELIEZER OF DAMASCUS?' THEN ABRAM SAID, 'LOOK, 19:15 YOU HAVE GIVEN ME NO OFFSPRING; INDEED ONE BORN 19:18 IN MY HOUSE IS MY HEIR!'" - MEANING HIS CHIEF 19:21 STEWARD, ELIEZER, WHO WAS A GOOD GUY, BY THE WAY. 19:23 HE'S THE ONE THAT FOUND THE WIFE FOR ISAAC. 19:26 "AND BEHOLD, THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME TO HIM, 19:28 SAYING, 'THIS ONE SHALL NOT BE YOUR HEIR, BUT ONE 19:31 WHO WILL COME FROM YOUR OWN BODY SHALL BE YOUR 19:33 HEIR.' THEN HE BROUGHT HIM OUTSIDE AND SAID, 'LOOK 19:36 NOW TOWARD HEAVEN, AND COUNT THE STARS IF YOU ARE 19:39 ABLE TO NUMBER THEM.' AND HE SAID TO HIM, 'SO SHALL 19:41 YOUR DESCENDANTS BE.'" AND IT SAYS - YOU JUMP DOWN TO 19:45 VERSE 6 - "AND HE BELIEVED IN THE LORD, AND HE (GOD) 19:49 ACCOUNTED IT TO HIM FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS." 19:53 BECAUSE HE BELIEVED THE PROMISE OF GOD, 19:55 GOD LOOKED UPON HIM AS RIGHTEOUS. 19:57 YOU'VE HEARD OF RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH? 19:59 THIS IS EXHIBIT A OF RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH. 20:02 HE BELIEVED THE PROMISE OF GOD THAT THE MESSIAH WOULD 20:07 BE BORN THROUGH HIM AND HE WAS DECLARED RIGHTEOUS. 20:10 YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING INTO THE CHRISTMAS SEASON 20:13 AND THERE'S THAT SONG LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM 20:16 THAT HAS THAT VERSE, 'BE BORN IN US TODAY.' A 20:20 MIRACLE BIRTH TOOK PLACE WHEN JESUS CAME IN THAT 20:24 THE HOLY SPIRIT CONCEIVED CHRIST WITHIN MARY IN A 20:28 MIRACULOUS WAY AND WHEN THE ANGEL PROMISED THIS 20:32 WOULD HAPPEN, SHE BELIEVED WHAT THE ANGEL SAID 20:35 AND A CONCEPTION TOOK PLACE. 20:38 DOES GOD PROMISE THAT CHRIST CAN BE BORN IN US? 20:41 DO YOU BELIEVE - THAT YOU CAN BE BORN AGAIN? 20:45 AND THAT CHRIST CAN LIVE OUT HIS LIFE IN YOU? 20:47 BE IT UNTO YOU ACCORDING TO YOUR FAITH. 20:49 IF YOU BELIEVE IT, GOD WILL COUNT IT UNTO YOU FOR 20:52 RIGHTEOUSNESS AND YOU BEGIN TO LIVE A NEW LIFE. 20:55 THIS IS SOMETHING YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE IT'S 20:58 CONNECTED WITH THE NEW COVENANT - BELIEVING A 21:00 MIRACLE THAT YOU CAN'T EXPLAIN TAKES PLACE - ANY 21:03 MORE THAN YOU CAN EXPLAIN THE VIRGIN BIRTH. 21:05 YOU START TALKING TO PAGANS ABOUT THE VIRGIN 21:06 BIRTH AND THEY SCOFF. ALRIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO 21:11 READ MATTHEW - MATTHEW 3:9. >>"AND DO NOT THINK TO SAY 21:15 TO YOURSELVES, 'WE HAVE ABRAHAM AS OUR FATHER.' 21:19 FOR I SAY TO YOU THAT GOD IS ABLE TO RAISE UP 21:21 CHILDREN TO ABRAHAM FROM THESE STONES." 21:24 NOW BECAUSE GOD MADE A COVENANT WITH ABRAHAM, 21:27 YOU'LL FIND THAT THROUGH THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS AND 21:30 THE APOSTLES, JOHN THE BAPTIST - THAT MANY OF THE 21:34 DESCENDANTS OF ABRAHAM THOUGHT THAT THEY WERE 21:36 SAVED BY VIRTUE OF BEING BLOOD RELATIVES OF 21:40 ABRAHAM. WAS THERE SOME ADVANTAGE 21:44 TO BEING PHYSICALLY JEWISH? 21:48 YES, IF YOU WERE PART OF THE JEWISH NATION, GOD HAD 21:54 COMMITTED TO THE JEWS THE ORACLES OF TRUTH. 21:58 THEY WERE TO BE THE GUARDIANS OF THE WORD. 22:01 DID GOD GUARANTEE THAT IF YOU HAD JEWISH DNA HE 22:04 WOULD SAVE YOU? NO, THERE'S NO GUARANTEE. 22:08 MATTER OF FACT, YOU WILL FIND THAT WITH MOST OF THE 22:13 DESCENDANTS OF ADAM AND NOAH AND ABRAHAM AND 22:17 DAVID, THEY SEEMED TO BE IN A LOST CONDITION. 22:22 THE BENEFIT WAS IN HAVING THE COVENANT OF FAITH. 22:26 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT JOHN THE BAPTIST SAID, AND 22:28 WE JUST READ THIS, 'DO NOT THINK TO SAY WITHIN 22:30 YOURSELVES, WE HAVE ABRAHAM AS OUR FATHER AND 22:34 SO GOD'S GOING TO SAVE US.' 22:35 WHOEVER IS CHRIST'S, HE IS ABRAHAM'S SEED. 22:41 SO WHEN GOD SAID, 'ABRAHAM, LOOK AT THE SKY, 22:42 LOOK AT THE SAND - COUNT THE STARS, COUNT THE 22:44 GRAINS OF SAND - SO SHALL YOUR SEED BE.' AND THE 22:48 IMPLICATION THAT YOUR DESCENDANTS WOULD BE SAVED 22:50 - IT'S TALKING ABOUT THOSE WHO ARE CHILDREN OF 22:53 ABRAHAM BY FAITH. JESUS SAID - HE WAS TALKING - HAVING AN 22:58 ARGUMENT WITH SOME OF THE PHARISEES AND THEY SAID, 23:01 'WE'RE ABRAHAM'S SEED.' HE SAID, 'YOU'RE NOT CHILDREN 23:03 OF ABRAHAM.' 'WHAT?! LET'S GO GET A DNA TEST. 23:06 OF COURSE WE'RE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM.' AND IF THEY 23:08 HAD TAKEN THE DNA TEST, THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN 23:09 RIGHT, BUT JESUS WASN'T LOOKING AT THAT. 23:11 HE SAID, 'YOU'RE OF YOUR FATHER THE DEVIL.' WELL, 23:15 THAT'S NOT VERY NICE. BUT HE SAID, 'ABRAHAM 23:18 NEVER DID THE WORKS THAT YOU'RE DOING. 23:20 IF YOU WERE ABRAHAM'S CHILDREN YOU'D DO THE 23:22 WORKS OF ABRAHAM. ABRAHAM BELIEVED ME. 23:25 ABRAHAM LONGED TO SEE MY DAY AND HE SAW IT.' 23:28 AND WHAT DID THEY DO? 23:29 THEY TOOK UP STONES TO KILL JESUS. 23:31 AND SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BEING SAVED UNDER THE NEW 23:34 COVENANT, EVEN PEOPLE IN THE OLD TESTAMENT THAT 23:38 WERE SAVED - DAVID WAS SAVED BY FAITH - DOESN'T - 23:42 READ HEBREWS 11. WHAT IS HE SAYING 23:44 IN HEBREWS 11? HEBREWS 11 DOESN'T 23:46 MENTION ANY NEW TESTAMENT CHARACTERS. 23:48 HEBREWS 11 - WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT THAT HALL OF 23:49 FAITH - HEROES OF FAITH - IT TALKS ABOUT GIDEON, 23:52 ABRAHAM, SARAH, BARAK, SAMSON - HE TALKS ABOUT 23:57 THEM BEING SAVED BY FAITH. THEY WERE ALL SAVED BY 24:00 FAITH BACK THEN, RIGHT? WE ARE SAVED BY FAITH. 24:04 THEY WERE NOT SAVED BY BLOOD TYPE. 24:06 GOD IS NO RESPECTER OF PERSONS, IS HE? 24:11 BUT WHOSOEVER IN ANY NATION BELIEVES - AND THEN 24:15 PAUL SAYS - BUT IS THERE SOME ADVANTAGE TO BEING A JEW? 24:17 - HE SAYS, 'YES, IN MANY WAYS. FIRST OF ALL, BUT BECAUSE 24:20 TO THEM WAS COMMITTED THE ORACLES OF TRUTH.' 24:23 THEY HAD THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR IT. 24:26 JESUS SAID TO THE DISCIPLES, 'DO NOT GO IN 24:28 THE WAY OF THE GENTILES, GO FIRST TO THE LOST SHEEP 24:31 OF THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL' - WHEN THEY STARTED 24:32 PREACHING - THEY HAD THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY, BUT IT 24:35 WASN'T BECAUSE OF THEIR BLOOD OR THEIR GENETICS 24:38 THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BE SAVED. 24:40 YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN 24:45 GENES - CERTAIN RACES OF PEOPLE THAT GET DISEASES 24:48 THAT OTHER PEOPLE DON'T GET. 24:51 THERE ARE DISEASES THAT ARE EXCLUSIVE TO 24:53 AFRICAN-AMERICANS. THERE ARE DISEASES THAT 24:56 ARE EXCLUSIVE TO JEWS. DID YOU KNOW THAT? 25:00 AND SO, AS WE GET FURTHER AND FURTHER AWAY FROM ADAM 25:04 AND EVE AND THE TREE OF LIFE, OUR GENES AREN'T 25:06 ALWAYS A BENEFIT. AND IF WE MARRY TOO CLOSE 25:10 TO THE FAMILY TREE IT CAN CAUSE PROBLEMS, 25:12 AS THEY SAY. SO WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO 25:15 BE A CHILD OF ABRAHAM? GALATIANS 3:6, "JUST AS 25:19 ABRAHAM 'BELIEVED GOD, AND IT WAS ACCOUNTED TO HIM 25:22 FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS.' THEREFORE KNOW THAT ONLY 25:25 THOSE WHO ARE OF FAITH ARE SONS OF ABRAHAM." 25:28 I'M GOING TO SAY IT AGAIN AND I WANT YOU TO SAY 25:30 'AMEN' IF IT'S CLEAR. "THEREFORE" - PAUL SAYS - 25:33 GALATIANS CHAPTER 3, VERSE 7, "KNOW THAT ONLY THOSE 25:38 WHO ARE OF FAITH ARE SONS OF ABRAHAM." 25:41 - HE'S TALKING ABOUT THE REAL SONS - "AND THE 25:43 SCRIPTURE, FORESEEING THAT GOD WOULD JUSTIFY THE 25:45 GENTILES BY FAITH, PREACHED THE GOSPEL TO 25:47 ABRAHAM BEFOREHAND, SAYING, 'IN YOU ALL THE 25:50 NATIONS (OF NOT JUST THE HEBREWS) IN ABRAHAM ALL THE 25:53 NATIONS OF THE WORLD WOULD BE BLESSED.' 25:55 MEANING THAT IT INCLUDED THE GENTILES - 25:58 WERE BLESSED THROUGH ABRAHAM, RIGHT? 25:59 AND SO - BUT YOU ARE GRAFTED IN, SPIRITUALLY, 26:03 TO THE STOCK OF ISRAEL BECAUSE THE NEW COVENANT 26:05 IS ONLY MADE WITH JEWS. SO YOU BECOME ADOPTED IN 26:09 AND YOU BECOME CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM. 26:11 AND THAT'S WHY WE CAN READ THE OLD TESTAMENT - YOU 26:13 SEE, ONE REASON IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND 26:15 THIS - AND I COME FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF FIRST 26:18 ATTENDING EVANGELICAL CHURCHES BEFORE I WAS A 26:21 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHRISTIAN, WHERE SOME 26:23 CHURCHES HAD NO OLD TESTAMENT. 26:25 THEY SAID, 'THAT'S THE OLD COVENANT. 26:26 WE'RE NOW SAVED UNDER THE NEW COVENANT.' AND IT WAS 26:29 VERY FRUSTRATING FOR ME BECAUSE I THOUGHT, 'WOW, 26:31 YOU CAN'T EVEN UNDERSTAND THE NEW COVENANT WITHOUT 26:33 THE OLD COVENANT.' AND THEY DIDN'T EVEN READ 26:36 THEIR OLD TESTAMENTS - AND ALL THESE BEAUTIFUL 26:37 PROMISES ABOUT THE NEW COVENANT ARE IN THE OLD 26:39 TESTAMENT. >>AMEN. 26:41 >>YOU CAN'T UNDERSTAND THE PROPHECIES ABOUT JESUS 26:43 WITHOUT THE OLD TESTAMENT, BUT I GET TO CLAIM THE 26:47 PROMISES OF THE OLD TESTAMENT JUST LIKE ANY JEW DOES. 26:51 WELL, I'VE GOT DOUBLE BENEFIT BECAUSE I 26:53 PHYSICALLY AM HALF JEWISH BUT, I MEAN, ANY OF YOU DO. 26:56 WE GET TO CLAIM THE PROMISES MADE TO ABRAHAM 26:58 BECAUSE WE ARE GRAFTED IN AND HEIRS ACCORDING TO THE 27:01 PROMISE, RIGHT? ALRIGHT, I'M TAKING 27:04 TOO MUCH TIME. THIS IS A GREAT STUDY. 27:06 JOHN 8:39 - AND - I READ THIS ALREADY. 27:11 JESUS SAID, 'IF YOU ARE ABRAHAM'S CHILDREN YOU DO 27:13 THE WORKS OF ABRAHAM.' AND THEN GALATIANS 3:29, "AND 27:16 IF YOU ARE CHRIST'S, THEN YOU ARE ABRAHAM'S SEED, 27:19 AND HEIRS ACCORDING TO THE PROMISE." 27:20 ALRIGHT, NOW IF YOU LOOK IN GENESIS 17, YOU'VE GOT 27:23 ANOTHER COVENANT TO ABRAHAM - 1 AND 2 - "WHEN 27:26 ABRAM WAS NINETY-NINE YEARS OLD, THE LORD 27:33 APPEARED TO ABRAM AND SAID TO HIM, 'I AM ALMIGHTY 27:36 GOD; WALK BEFORE ME AND BE BLAMELESS. 27:39 AND I WILL MAKE MY COVENANT BETWEEN ME AND 27:41 YOU, AND WILL MULTIPLY YOU EXCEEDINGLY.'" WHY DID GOD 27:44 REPEAT HIS PROMISE TO ABRAHAM? 27:48 FROM VERSE 12 AND THEN CHAPTER 15 OF GENESIS AND 27:51 NOW CHAPTER 17? WAS ABRAHAM HAVING 27:53 PROBLEMS FINDING THAT PROMISED SEED? 27:56 TOOK - FIRST HE WONDERED IF, YOU KNOW, IT WAS HIS 27:59 SERVANT, ELIEZER, AND GOD SAID, 'NO, HE'S GOING TO 28:02 COME THROUGH YOU.' HE SAID, 'OH, OKAY.' AND 28:04 SARAH BROUGHT A HANDMAID, HAGAR, AND HE SAID, 'OH, I 28:07 GUESS IT'S GOING TO COME THROUGH ME AND HAGAR.' GOD 28:09 SAID, 'NO, IT'S GOING TO COME THROUGH YOU AND YOUR 28:11 WIFE, SARAH.' THAT REALLY MESSED THINGS UP AND WE'RE 28:14 STILL STRUGGLING WITH THE FALLOUT FROM ABRAHAM AND 28:18 HAGAR TODAY IN THE WORLD. AND SO HE'S REMINDING 28:22 HIM AGAIN A THIRD TIME - NINETY-NINE YEARS OLD - 28:25 IT'S GOING TO COME THROUGH SARAH. 28:28 AND THEN A YEAR LATER HE HAD ISAAC WITH SARAH AND 28:31 HE PROMISED THAT. AND HE GIVES HIM A 28:33 COVENANT - HE GIVES HIM A COVENANT - A SIGN - YOU'VE 28:36 GOT A PHYSICAL SIGN OF THE RAINBOW, NOW HE GIVES 28:38 ABRAHAM A PHYSICAL SIGN OF THE COVENANT. 28:40 WHAT DO WE CALL THAT? >>CIRCUMCISION. 28:42 >>IT'S CIRCUMCISION. AND YOU CAN READ ABOUT 28:44 THAT IN, OF COURSE, THE REST OF CHAPTER 17. 28:48 NOW I DON'T WANT TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THIS, BUT 28:49 THE BIBLE SAYS A LOT ABOUT IT AND SO YOU NEED TO 28:52 ADDRESS IT AND BE AS DELICATE AS YOU CAN, BUT 28:56 GOD WAS PROMISING, THROUGH THE SEED OF ABRAHAM, 28:58 THE MESSIAH WOULD COME. 29:00 THERE WOULD BE A CONSECRATION OF THE SEED. 29:05 THERE WAS ALSO GOING TO - IT WAS GOING TO REPRESENT 29:07 A CUTTING AWAY OF THE FLESH BECAUSE THE 29:10 DESCENDANTS OF ABRAHAM ARE GOING TO BE NOT CONTROLLED 29:14 BY THE FLESH, BUT BY THE SPIRIT. 29:16 THE NEW COVENANT IS THE SPIRIT-FILLED LIFE. 29:19 IT IS NOT THE LIFE BEING CONTROLLED BY THE FLESH. 29:22 AND THERE'S THAT AND MUCH MORE INVOLVED IN THAT. 29:25 YOU KNOW THAT THE FIRST TIME JESUS SHED HIS BLOOD 29:28 WAS EIGHT DAYS OLD - WHEN HE WAS NAMED AND THEY 29:33 BROUGHT HIM TO THE TEMPLE. HE WAS CIRCUMCISED AND 29:37 THAT'S WHEN HE WAS NAMED AND SIMON TOOK 29:39 HIM IN HIS ARMS. JEREMIAH SAYS SOMETHING 29:42 ABOUT CIRCUMCISION IN THE NEW COVENANT. 29:44 GO TO JEREMIAH 4:4 - SOMEONE'S GOING TO READ 29:46 FOR ME, IN A MOMENT, DEUTERONOMY 36 - 29:48 WHO'S GOT THAT? OKAY. 29:49 JEREMIAH 4:4 - HE SAYS, "CIRCUMCISE YOURSELVES TO 29:54 THE LORD, AND TAKE AWAY THE FORESKINS OF YOUR 29:57 HEARTS, YOU MEN OF JUDAH AND INHABITANTS OF 29:59 JERUSALEM, LEST MY FURY COME FORTH LIKE FIRE, AND 30:02 BURN SO THAT NO ONE CAN QUENCH IT," - THERE YOU GO 30:05 AGAIN WITH UNQUENCHABLE FIRE - "BECAUSE OF THE 30:08 EVIL OF YOUR DOINGS." SO GOD WAS ASKING FOR WHAT 30:11 KIND OF CIRCUMCISION? YOUR HEARTS. 30:14 NOW DID JEREMIAH JUST DREAM UP THAT CONCEPT AND 30:17 METAPHOR BY HIMSELF OR WAS HE QUOTING THE BIBLE? 30:21 DEUTERONOMY 10:16 - MOSES SAID - THIS GOES ALL THE 30:25 WAY BACK TO MOSES - 'CIRCUMCISE THE FORESKIN 30:28 OF YOUR HEART, AND BE STIFF-NECKED NO LONGER." 30:31 SO EVEN MOSES UNDERSTOOD THE HEART IS WHAT THE 30:35 COVENANT IS ALL ABOUT. 30:36 READ FOR ME, PLEASE, DEUTERONOMY 30, VERSE 6. 30:40 >>"AND THE LORD YOUR GOD WILL CIRCUMCISE YOUR HEART 30:43 AND THE HEART OF YOUR DESCENDANTS, TO LOVE THE 30:46 LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART AND WITH ALL 30:48 YOUR SOUL, THAT YOU MAY LIVE." 30:51 >>YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS THINK OF MOSES AND THE TEN 30:53 COMMANDMENTS AND WHAT IS THE GREAT COMMANDMENT THAT 30:57 MOSES CONTINUED TO EMPHASIZE? 31:00 'I COMMAND YOU THIS DAY THAT THOU SHALT" - WE 31:03 ALWAYS THINK ABOUT 'SHALT NOT' - THOSE ARE THE 31:06 NEGATIVE COMMANDS, BUT THERE IS A POSITIVE 31:08 COMMAND - 'THOU SHALT LOVE' - NOW HOW MANY OF 31:12 YOU LIKE BEING ORDERED AROUND? 31:15 SOME OF YOU ARE VERY COMPLIANT YOU'RE, YOU 31:16 KNOW, A LITTLE INSECURE AND YOU LIKE SOMEONE - 31:18 'JUST TELL ME WHAT TO DO.' BUT MOST OF US, WE KIND OF 31:21 LIKE THE FREEDOM - IT'S INTERESTING SOMETIMES, 31:27 YOUNG PEOPLE, THEY RUN AWAY FROM HOME TO GET AWAY 31:30 FROM MOM AND DAD AND THEY JOIN THE MILITARY 31:32 (LAUGHTER) BECAUSE THEY WANT TO BE ON THEIR OWN. 31:35 (LAUGHTER) AND THEY THINK THAT MOM AND DAD WERE 31:40 AUTHORITARIAN AND THEN THEY END UP IN MARINE BOOT CAMP. 31:45 YOU DON'T GET TO DECIDE ANYTHING FOR YOURSELF - 31:48 NOT UNTIL YOU'RE WITH THEM FOR AWHILE. 31:50 BUT NOBODY LIKES TO BE ORDERED AROUND AND 31:53 ESPECIALLY, HOW DO YOU LIKE IT WHEN SOMEONE SAYS, 31:55 'LOVE ME.' 'YOU BETTER LOVE ME.' 'IF YOU DON'T 31:59 LOVE ME, I'M GOING TO BURN YOU.' AND, YOU KNOW, IT 32:03 DOESN'T - PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT. 32:05 BUT GOD, WHEN HE COMMANDS US TO LOVE HIM, WHY IS HE 32:09 COMMANDING US TO LOVE HIM? BECAUSE HE'S BASICALLY 32:12 SAYING, 'I MADE YOU SO YOU WILL NEVER BE SATISFIED OR 32:17 FULFILLED UNLESS YOU LOVE ME. I'LL SHOW YOU WHO I AM SO 32:21 THAT YOU SEE I'M LOVEABLE, BUT IF YOU LOVE OTHER 32:25 THINGS - IF YOU WORSHIP OTHER THINGS BESIDES ME, 32:27 YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO BE SATISFIED. 32:29 YOU WILL BE ADDICTED TO OTHER THINGS. 32:31 THE ONLY WAY TO HAVE REAL FULFILLMENT IS TO LOVE ME 32:34 AND TO LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR.' EVEN IN THE TEN 32:37 COMMANDMENTS, ARE WE COMMANDED, IN THE TEN 32:38 COMMANDMENTS, TO LOVE THE LORD? 32:41 IS ONE OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS TO LOVE GOD? 32:45 YOU KNOW WHAT IT SAYS IN THE COMMANDMENT ABOUT 32:47 IDOLATRY? READ IT ALL. 32:49 IT SAYS, 'SHOWING MERCY UNTO THOUSANDS OF THEM 32:54 THAT LOVE ME AND KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS.' SO WHAT'S 32:58 THE KEY FOR KEEPING HIS COMMANDMENTS? LOVING HIM. 33:02 HE SAYS THAT ALL THE WAY BACK THEN. 33:03 AND THAT'S THE NEW COVENANT. 33:05 NOW LET ME ALSO READ FOR YOU ROMANS 2:28, "FOR HE 33:10 IS NOT A JEW WHO IS ONE OUTWARDLY, NOR IS 33:13 CIRCUMCISION THAT WHICH IS OUTWARD IN THE FLESH; BUT 33:16 HE IS A JEW THAT IS ONE INWARDLY; AND CIRCUMCISION 33:20 IS THAT OF THE HEART, IN THE SPIRIT, NOT IN THE 33:24 LETTER; WHOSE PRAISE IS NOT FROM MEN" - YOU MIGHT 33:28 SAY, 'OH, THIS PERSON, YOU KNOW, THEY CIRCUMCISED ME 33:30 PHYSICALLY.' YOU MIGHT PRAISE THEM - AND PAUL 33:34 SAID THEY WERE GOING AROUND IN HIS DAY SAYING, 33:36 'OH, I'M OF PAUL. PAUL BAPTIZED ME.' 33:37 'OH, I'M OF APOLLOS. APOLLOS BAPTIZED ME.' 33:39 'I'M OF PETER. PETER BAPTIZED ME.' 33:40 IT'S ALMOST LIKE THEY WERE GIVING CREDIT TO MEN. 33:43 BUT WHEN YOU ARE BORN AGAIN IN THE HEART, WHO 33:45 GETS THAT CREDIT? NO MAN CAN GIVE YOU A 33:48 NEW BIRTH IN YOUR HEART. IT IS A WORK 33:50 OF THE SPIRIT. >>AMEN. 33:52 >>YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN READING THIS WEEK - NOT 33:54 REALLY READING, TO BE HONEST, I'VE BEEN 33:55 LISTENING TO THE TAPE THIS WEEK IN MY CAR - OF 33:57 PATRIARCHS AND PROPHETS , TALKING ABOUT DAVID AND 34:00 SAUL AND ALL OF THAT. AND IT TALKS ABOUT WHEN 34:02 SAUL WAS ANOINTED, THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT CAME ON 34:05 HIM AND A NEW SPIRIT WAS GIVEN TO HIM. 34:09 AND IT HAPPENED TO DAVID AND IT HAPPENED WHEN SAUL 34:12 SENT PEOPLE TO ARREST DAVID LATER, IT SAYS THAT 34:15 THESE MESSENGERS HAD COME TO SAMUEL TO ARREST DAVID 34:17 - THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD CAME ON THEM. 34:20 OH THEY DIDN'T PLAN THAT. IT WASN'T IN 34:21 THEIR APPOINTMENT BOOK. IT'S SOMETHING GOD DID. 34:24 AND AT PENTECOST - THEY WERE PRAYING TOGETHER - 34:26 THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN THAT DAY. 34:28 GOD HAS TO DO IT. WHAT CAN WE DO TO PREPARE 34:32 FOR THE OUTPOURING OF THE SPIRIT? 34:34 IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO? 34:36 HUMBLE OURSELVES BEFORE GOD, PUT AWAY OUR 34:38 DIFFERENCES WITH EACH OTHER, LOVE ONE ANOTHER - 34:40 THAT'S WHAT THE DISCIPLES DID. 34:42 THAT'S WHAT THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL DID BEFORE THE 34:43 RAIN CAME. THEY HUMBLED THEMSELVES. 34:45 THEY SAID, 'THE LORD, HE IS GOD.' AND WHEN WE DO 34:48 THESE THINGS, WE ARE MAKING ROOM IN OUR HEART 34:51 FOR GOD TO FILL US WITH HIS SPIRIT. 34:52 YOU CAN CHOOSE THE DAY OF YOUR BAPTISM - WATER 34:56 BAPTISM. YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO 34:57 SCHEDULE THE DAY OF YOUR SPIRIT BAPTISM. 35:01 ALL YOU CAN DO IS SURRENDER YOURSELF TO THE 35:03 LORD AND HOPE THAT GOD WILL DO IT WHEN HE SEES 35:07 BEST - AND YOU NEED TO HAVE IT - A THOROUGH 35:10 CONVERSION - THAT NEW BIRTH. 35:12 NOW GETTING INTO THE SPECIFICS OF THE COVENANT 35:15 DIFFERENCE. I WANT TO READ SOMETHING. 35:16 WHAT IS THE OLD COVENANT? LET'S BE REAL CLEAR. 35:20 DEUTERONOMY 4, VERSE 12, "AND THE LORD SPOKE TO YOU 35:25 OUT OF THE MIDST OF THE FIRE. YOU HEARD THE SOUND OF THE 35:28 WORDS, BUT SAW NO FORM;" - GOD EMPHASIZES YOU DIDN'T 35:31 SEE A FORM, DON'T MAKE AN IDOL. 35:33 YOU HEARD HIM - "YOU ONLY HEARD A VOICE. 35:35 SO HE DECLARED TO YOU HIS COVENANT WHICH HE 35:38 COMMANDED YOU TO PERFORM, THE TEN COMMANDMENTS; AND 35:41 HE WROTE THEM ON TWO TABLETS OF STONE." 35:43 FRONT AND BACK - NOW I'VE HEARD SOME ELOQUENT 35:46 ARGUMENTS - REMEMBER WHAT WE SAID ABOUT COVENANTS - 35:49 THAT THERE'S TWO COPIES? 35:50 AND SOME HAVE SAID, 'WELL, THE REASON THEY WERE WRITTEN 35:53 ON THE FRONT AND THE BACK IS BECAUSE THE TEN 35:55 COMMANDMENTS THAT MOSES BROUGHT DOWN, THERE WAS 35:57 ONE FOR THEM AND ONE FOR HIM.' I DON'T KNOW. 36:00 IT DOES SAY THERE WERE TWO STONES WRITTEN ON BOTH SIDES. 36:03 AND IT MAY BE THAT IT TOOK - ONE STONE HAD THE FIRST 36:08 FOUR AND THE OTHER STONE HAD THE LAST SIX. 36:11 GOD DOES HAVE A COPY IN HEAVEN. 36:13 HAVE YOU READ REVELATION 11? 36:14 'I SAW THE TEMPLE OF GOD OPEN IN HEAVEN; I SAW THE 36:16 LAW.' AND THAT'S WHY JESUS SAID HEAVEN AND EARTH HAVE 36:19 TO PASS AWAY BEFORE ONE TITTLE OF THE LAW FAILS - 36:21 BECAUSE HE'S GOT AN ORIGINAL. 36:23 YOU MIGHT DESTROY YOUR CONTRACT I'VE MADE WITH 36:24 YOU, BUT I'VE GOT A COPY, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? 36:28 AND GOD SAID, 'I'VE GOT A COPY. 36:29 IT'S NOT CHANGING. HEAVEN AND EARTH WOULD 36:30 HAVE TO PASS AWAY.' SO THE TEN COMMANDMENTS 36:33 ARE THE COVENANT. NOW THIS IS VERY, VERY, 36:35 VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. 36:40 HE DECLARED TO YOU HIS COVENANT THAT HE COMMANDED 36:42 YOU TO DO - THIS IS DEUTERONOMY 4:13 - "...HE 36:44 COMMANDED YOU TO PERFORM," - HE WANTS YOU TO DO IT - 36:47 "THE TEN COMMANDMENTS" - WROTE THEM ON TWO TABLES 36:49 OF STONE - VERSE 14 - "AND" - THREE-LETTER WORD 36:52 - "AND THE LORD COMMANDED ME" - MOSES WAS SPEAKING - 36:56 "AT THAT TIME TO TEACH YOU STATUTES ADD JUDGMENTS, 36:59 THAT YOU MIGHT OBSERVE THEM IN THE LAND WHICH YOU 37:01 CROSS OVER TO POSSESS." WAS THERE A DIFFERENCE 37:04 BETWEEN THE TEN COMMANDMENTS AND THE OTHER STATUTES AND JUDGMENTS 37:07 AND CEREMONIAL LAWS AND ORDINANCES THAT MOSES WROTE OUT? 37:10 ONE IS WRITTEN ON STONE - THE SABBATH IS PART OF 37:14 THAT - THE SEVENTH-DAY SABBATH - TEN COMMANDMENTS 37:16 - THERE WERE CEREMONIAL SABBATHS THAT WERE WRITTEN 37:19 ON PAPER - TEN COMMANDMENT SABBATH GOES BACK TO 37:22 CREATION - IT'S IN GENESIS 2 - THE CEREMONIAL SABBATHS 37:26 WERE PART OF THE LAW - THE PASSOVER, THE EXODUS - 37:29 BECAUSE WHEN YOU GET TO COLOSSIANS - I'M GOING TO JUMP 37:32 THERE RIGHT NOW JUST BECAUSE WE'RE ON THE SUBJECT. 37:34 WHEN YOU GET TO COLOSSIANS CHAPTER 2 AND HE TALKS 37:39 ABOUT VERSE 13 - "AND YOU, BEING DEAD IN YOUR 37:44 TRESPASSES AND UNCIRCUMCISION OF YOUR 37:46 FLESH, HE HAS MADE ALIVE TOGETHER WITH HIM, HAVING 37:50 FORGIVEN YOU ALL TRESPASSES, HAVING WIPED 37:52 OUT" - NOTICE - "THE HANDWRITING" - THE WHAT 37:55 KIND OF WRITING? >>HANDWRITING. 37:56 >>WRITTEN BY HAND - SPEAKING OF A MAN'S HAND. 37:59 GOD WROTE WITH HIS FINGER, NOT HIS WHOLE HAND. 38:01 NOTICE - THERE'S A DIFFERENCE THERE - NOTICE 38:03 - I'LL PROVE IT - HANG ON - "HAVING WIPED OUT THE 38:05 HANDWRITING OF REQUIREMENTS THAT WAS 38:07 AGAINST US." SOME OF THESE ORDINANCES 38:10 WERE AGAINST US - WHY DOES HE SAY 'AGAINST US'? 38:12 - "WHICH WAS CONTRARY TO US. AND HE HAS TAKEN IT OUT OF 38:15 THE WAY, HAVING NAILED IT TO THE CROSS." 38:18 HAVE YOU EVER HEARD THAT THE OLD COVENANT WAS NAILED TO 38:19 THE CROSS? - "HAVING DISARMED 38:25 PRINCIPALITIES AND POWERS, HE MADE A PUBLIC SPECTACLE 38:28 OF THEM, TRIUMPHING OVER THEM IN IT. 38:30 SO LET NO ONE JUDGE YOU IN FOOD OR IN DRINK, OR 38:35 REGARDING A FESTIVAL OR A NEW MOON OR SABBATHS," - 38:37 PLURAL - "SABBATHS, WHICH ARE A SHADOW" - THERE WERE 38:40 SOME SABBATHS WHICH WERE SHADOWS - "OF THINGS TO 38:43 COME, BUT THE SUBSTANCE IS OF CHRIST." 38:44 ALRIGHT, FIRST I WANT YOU TO NOTICE - 2 CHRONICLES - 38:47 YOU - YOU'LL WANT THIS VERSE BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE 38:49 DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT - 2 CHRONICLES 33:8, "AND I 38:54 WILL NOT AGAIN REMOVE THE FOOT OF ISRAEL FROM THE 38:56 LAND WHICH I HAVE APPOINTED FOR YOUR FATHERS 38:58 - ONLY IF THEY ARE CAREFUL TO DO ALL THAT I HAVE 39:00 COMMANDED THEM, ACCORDING TO THE WHOLE LAW AND THE 39:05 STATUTES AND THE ORDINANCES BY THE HAND OF MOSES." 39:09 HANDWRITING - THE TEN COMMANDMENTS IN THE ARK; 39:12 HANDWRITING OF MOSES ON PAPER - PARCHMENT - 39:14 OUTSIDE THE ARK IN A POCKET. 39:17 THEY ARE TWO DIFFERENT LAWS. 39:19 YOU DON'T NAIL STONE TO ANYTHING. 39:21 THE TEN COMMANDMENTS WERE NOT NAILED TO THE CROSS, 39:23 SO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE OLD COVENANT AND THE 39:25 NEW COVENANT IS NOT THAT GOD CHANGED THE LAW, THE 39:29 NEW COVENANT IS THE SAME LAW, BUT HE'S WRITING IT 39:32 IN A NEW PLACE. 39:34 LET ME GIVE YOU ANOTHER EXAMPLE: DEUTERONOMY 39:37 31:24, "SO IT WAS, WHEN MOSES HAD COMPLETED WRITING 39:41 THE WORDS OF THIS LAW IN A BOOK, WHEN THEY WERE 39:44 FINISHED, THAT MOSES COMMANDED THE LEVITES, WHO 39:46 BORE THE ARK OF THE COVENANT OF THE LORD, 39:47 SAYING: 'TAKE THIS BOOK OF THE LAW,'" - IT'S NOT THE 39:50 TABLETS - "'AND PUT IT BESIDE THE ARK OF THE 39:53 COVENANT'" - WHERE - THAT'S THE NEW COVENANT - 39:55 THAT'S THE OLD COVENANT, RATHER - THE TEN 39:57 COMMANDMENTS - "'OF THE LORD YOUR GOD, THAT IT MAY 39:59 BE THERE AS A WITNESS AGAINST YOU;'" - YOU 40:01 REMEMBER WHAT HE SAID IN COLOSSIANS? 40:03 'THE HANDWRITING THAT WAS AGAINST US.' IT'S THE BOOK 40:07 OF THE LAW - THE ORDINANCES THAT A WERE 40:10 WITNESS AGAINST US CURSES EVERYONE THAT DOES NOT DO 40:13 EVERYTHING FOUND IN THE BOOK. 40:15 AND SO THE TEN COMMANDMENTS HAVE NOT BEEN 40:18 DONE - YOU KNOW, FRIENDS, IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT 40:21 A DOCTRINE OF DEVILS, ONE OF THE MOST OBSCENE THINGS 40:26 - ONE OF THE GREATEST ABOMINATIONS THAT IS 40:29 TAUGHT IN CHRISTIAN CHURCHES - YOU KNOW, A LOT 40:31 OF US HAVE - DIFFERENT CHURCHES HAVE SOME, YOU 40:34 KNOW, STRANGE HERESIES. SOME ARE NOT THAT DANGEROUS. 40:38 THE MOST DANGEROUS, DEADLY HERESY IS THAT CHRISTIANS 40:41 DO NOT NEED TO KEEP THE TEN COMMANDMENTS BECAUSE 40:43 THEY WERE NAILED TO THE CROSS. THAT'S THE DEFINITION - 40:46 SIN IS THE TRANSGRESSION OF THE LAW. 40:48 THAT IS A TERRIBLE TEACHING. 40:51 THIS STATEMENT, THAT IS OFTEN TAKEN OUT OF 40:53 CONTEXT, IS CLEARLY TALKING ABOUT THE JEWISH 40:56 ORDINANCES THAT CHRIST FULFILLED WHEN THE VEIL 40:58 WAS TORN IN THE TEMPLE - THE SACRIFICIAL SYSTEM WAS 41:01 DONE AWAY WITH - HE WAS THE FULFILLMENT OF THAT. 41:04 THOSE THINGS WERE ALL SHADOWS POINTING FORWARD 41:06 TO CHRIST. THE COVENANT GOD MADE 41:08 WITH ISRAEL IS THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. 41:10 THE NEW COVENANT IS 'I WILL TAKE THAT LAW AND PUT 41:14 IT IN THEIR HEARTS.' NOW I'VE GOT TO GET BACK HERE 41:16 AND TALK ABOUT WHAT THE DIFFERENCES ARE - IS - I'M 41:20 NOT GOING TO HAVE TIME TO GET INTO THIS - HERE, GO 41:22 WITH ME TO HEBREWS 10, VERSE 15 - WE'RE TALKING 41:30 ABOUT THE COVENANT AT SINAI. 41:32 IT SAYS - WELL, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT - SOME - 41:35 WHO'S GOT HEBREWS 8:6? 41:37 YOU'RE GOING TO READ THAT IN A SECOND, ALRIGHT? 41:38 YOU'LL HAVE HEBREWS 8:6 IN JUST A MOMENT. 41:39 LET ME READ EXODUS 24:3, "SO MOSES CAME AND TOLD 41:43 THE PEOPLE ALL THE WORDS OF THE LORD" - HERE YOU'VE 41:45 GOT THE VERBAL PART OF THE TEN COMMANDMENT COVENANT - 41:48 "AND ALL THE PEOPLE ANSWERED WITH ONE VOICE 41:50 AND SAID, 'ALL THE WORDS WHICH THE LORD HAS SAID WE 41:53 WILL DO.'" WE WILL DO. WHO WILL DO IT? 41:55 PEOPLE SAID, 'WE WILL DO IT.' 41:57 DID THEY DO IT? NO. BEFORE HE EVEN GOT DOWN 42:00 THE MOUNTAIN THEY HAD BROKEN THEM ALL. 42:02 HEBREWS 10:15, "BUT THE HOLY SPIRIT ALSO WITNESSES 42:07 TO US; FOR AFTER HE HAD SAID BEFORE, 'THIS IS THE 42:11 COVENANT THAT I WILL MAKE WITH THEM AFTER THOSE 42:13 DAYS, SAYS THE LORD: I WILL PUT MY LAWS INTO 42:17 THEIR HEARTS, AND IN THEIR MINDS I WILL WRITE THEM,'" 42:20 - THERE I'LL WRITE THEM - AND HE ADDS, "THEIR SINS 42:22 AND THEIR LAWLESS DEEDS I WILL REMEMBER NO MORE." 42:26 SO THE NEW COVENANT GOD SAYS, 'I WILL.' THE OLD 42:29 COVENANT THE PEOPLE SAID, 'WE WILL.' THE NEW 42:32 COVENANT IS BASED UPON BETTER PROMISES. 42:35 WHY ARE THE PROMISES BETTER? 42:36 THE OLD COVENANT WAS THE PEOPLE SAYING, 'WE WILL DO 42:38 IT.' THAT PROMISE DIDN'T WORK. 42:40 OUR PROMISES ARE NO GOOD. THE NEW COVENANT IS GOD 42:42 SAYING, 'I WILL DO IT.' IS THE LAW DIFFERENT IN THE 42:46 OLD COVENANT AND THE NEW COVENANT? NO. 42:49 WAS THERE ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE TEN COMMANDMENTS? 42:51 THE NEW COVENANT IS 'I WILL WRITE MY LAW' - HE 42:54 STILL HAS HIS LAW - 'IN THEIR HEARTS.' THAT'S WHY 42:57 JESUS SAID, 'DO NOT THINK THAT I HAVE COME TO 43:00 DESTROY THE LAW OR THE PROPHETS. 43:02 I DID NOT COME TO DESTROY BUT FULFILL.' AND HE GOES 43:05 ON TO SAY, 'WHOSOEVER THEREFORE WILL BREAK ONE 43:07 OF THE LEAST' - THIS IS MATTHEW 5:19 - "WHOSOEVER 43:10 THEREFORE BREAKS ONE OF THE LEAST OF THESE 43:11 COMMANDMENTS," - WHAT COMMANDMENTS? 43:13 HE HAD JUST SAID - 'YOU'VE HEARD IT SAID BY THEM OF 43:15 OLD, 'YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY.' 'YOU SHALL NOT 43:17 KILL.' 'YOU SHALL NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS.' - HE'S 43:19 QUOTING THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. 43:20 IT SAYS, "WHOSOEVER THEREFORE WILL BREAK ONE 43:22 OF THE LEAST OF THESE COMMANDMENTS, AND TEACHES 43:24 MEN SO, SHALL BE CALLED LEAST IN THE KINGDOM OF 43:28 HEAVEN; BUT WHOEVER DOES AND TEACHES THEM," - JESUS 43:31 CAME TO MAGNIFY AND EXALT THE LAW. 43:33 THIS IDEA THAT IS SPREADING THROUGH 43:35 CHRISTIAN CHURCHES IS LIKELY AS WICKED AS IT 43:37 COULD BE THAT CHRISTIANS DON'T NEED TO KEEP THE TEN 43:39 COMMANDMENTS. THAT IS A DOCTRINE - THE 43:42 DEVIL JUST IS SO HAPPY THAT THEY THINK THAT THE 43:44 TEN COMMANDMENTS WERE NAILED TO THE CROSS AND 43:47 THAT JESUS DIED SO WE CAN SIN FREELY. 43:49 AND, YOU KNOW, THE ONLY PROBLEM THEY'VE GOT WITH 43:51 THE TEN COMMANDMENTS IS ONE COMMANDMENT. YOU REALIZE THAT? 43:55 BECAUSE YOU GO TO MOST OF THESE CHURCHES THAT SAY 43:57 THE TEN COMMANDMENTS ARE THE OLD COVENANT NAILED TO 43:59 THE CROSS, YOU STAND UP IN THEIR CHURCH AND SAY IT'S 44:01 OKAY TO COMMIT ADULTERY, THEY'LL THROW YOU OUT. 44:03 YOU STAND UP AND SAY YOU CAN STEAL, THEY'LL THROW YOU OUT. 44:07 YOU STAND UP AND SAY YOU CAN USE GOD'S NAME IN VAIN 44:10 OR THAT YOU CAN COVET, THEY'LL THROW YOU OUT. 44:16 YOU STAND UP AND SAY, 'REMEMBER THE SABBATH DAY' 44:18 THEY SAY, 'OH MAN, HERESY! THAT IS THE OLD COVENANT. 44:23 THAT'S BEEN NAILED TO THE CROSS.' THE ONLY REASON 44:26 THEY HAVE TO TRY TO CONVINCE PEOPLE THAT THE 44:28 TEN COMMANDMENTS ARE NAILED TO THE CROSS, IS 44:30 BECAUSE ONE COMMANDMENT IN THE MIDDLE REALLY MAKES 44:33 THEM NERVOUS AND THE DEVIL HATES IT ABOVE ALL THE 44:35 OTHERS BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT WORSHIPING GOD AND GIVING 44:38 HIM OUR TIME. YOU DON'T LOVE SOMEONE 44:40 WITHOUT TIME WITH THEM AND THE DEVIL DOESN'T WANT US 44:42 TO HAVE THAT HOLY TIME WITH GOD. ANYWAY, I'M RUNNING OUT OF 44:45 TIME AND I'VE STILL GOT LESSON LEFT. 44:47 OKAY, SO YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THE DAVIDIC 44:51 COVENANT - GOD PROMISED DAVID THAT THROUGH HIM - 44:55 HE SAID, 'YOU WILL HAVE A SON AND HE WILL BUILD A 44:58 HOUSE THAT WILL LAST FOREVER. GOD TOLD DAVID, 'YOU'RE 45:01 GOING TO HAVE A SON THAT WILL BUILD UP MY HOUSE.' 45:03 SO WHEN JESUS COMES, THE SON OF DAVID, AND HE SAYS, 45:06 'DESTROY THIS TEMPLE MADE WITH HANDS AND IN THREE 45:08 DAYS I WILL MAKE ONE WITHOUT HANDS.' 45:09 THAT WAS A FULFILLMENT OF THE DAVIDIC COVENANT. 45:13 CHRIST WAS NOT TALKING ABOUT THE JEWISH TEMPLE, 45:15 HE WAS TALKING ABOUT HIS BODY. THE CHURCH IS THE BODY OF 45:19 CHRIST. JESUS IS THAT SON OF DAVID. 45:22 JESUS IS GOING TO REIGN OVER THE NEW JERUSALEM. 45:26 HE IS MELCHIZEDEK. HE IS THE SON OF DAVID. AND SO THOSE THINGS 45:30 ARE REITERATED THERE IN THAT COVENANT. 45:32 SO, WHEN YOU READ IN JEREMIAH 31:31, "'BEHOLD, 45:37 THE DAYS ARE COMING,' SAYS THE LORD, 'WHEN I WILL 45:39 MAKE A NEW COVENANT WITH THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL AND 45:41 WITH THE HOUSE OF JUDAH-NOT ACCORDING TO THE 45:43 COVENANT THAT I MADE WITH THEIR FATHERS IN THE DAY 45:45 THAT I TOOK THEM BY THE HAND TO LEAD THEM OUT OF 45:47 THE LAND OF EGYPT, MY COVENANT WHICH THEY BROKE, 45:50 THOUGH I WAS A HUSBAND TO THEM,' SAYS THE LORD. 45:53 'BUT THIS IS THE COVENANT THAT I WILL MAKE WITH THE 45:56 HOUSE OF ISRAEL...I WILL PUT MY LAW IN THEIR MINDS, 45:59 AND WRITE IT ON THEIR HEARTS;'" - HOW MANY WOULD 46:01 LIKE THAT? - "'I WILL BE THEIR GOD AND THEY WILL BE MY PEOPLE. 46:06 NO MORE SHALL EVERY MAN TEACH HIS NEIGHBOR, AND 46:08 EVERY MAN HIS BROTHER, SAYING, 'KNOW THE LORD,' 46:09 FOR THEY ALL SHALL KNOW ME,'" - THE NEW COVENANT'S 46:12 ABOUT WHAT? KNOWING HIM. 46:14 'THIS IS ETERNAL LIFE THAT THEY MIGHT' - JESUS SAID - 46:16 'KNOW THEE.' JOHN CHAPTER 17. 46:20 NOW, NOT ONLY DO YOU FIND THE NEW COVENANT BEING 46:22 MENTIONED BY JEREMIAH, BUT ALSO BY ONE OF HIS 46:26 CONTEMPORARIES. WHO HAS LUKE 22:19? 46:31 DID I EVER LET YOU READ YOURS? OH, I FORGOT. 46:34 YOU GO AHEAD AND READ YOUR VERSE - I - I GOT ENAMORED 46:36 WITH MY OWN VOICE. >>"BUT NOW HATH THEE 46:40 OBTAINED A MORE EXCELLENT MINISTRY BY HOW MUCH ALSO 46:44 HE IS THE MEDIATOR OF A BETTER COVENANT WHICH WAS 46:48 ESTABLISHED ON BETTER PROMISES." 46:51 >>ALRIGHT, THERE YOU HAVE IT - BETTER PROMISES. 46:54 THE OLD COVENANT - PEOPLE SAID, 'WE WILL.' 46:56 THE NEW COVENANT GOD SAYS, 'I WILL.' 46:58 NOW DOES SOMEBODY HAVE LUKE 22:19 - YOU'LL BE NEXT. 47:02 ALRIGHT, JUST A MOMENT. LET ME READ 47:03 SOMETHING FIRST. EZEKIEL - WAS EZEKIEL A 47:06 CONTEMPORARY OF JEREMIAH? HE WAS, REMEMBER? 47:09 HE WAS CARRIED OFF IN, I THINK, THE SECOND 47:11 CAPTIVITY OF NEBUCHADNEZZAR. 47:12 LISTEN TO WHAT EZEKIEL SAYS ABOUT THE NEW 47:14 COVENANT - 36:24 - "FOR I WILL TAKE YOU FROM AMONG 47:19 THE NATIONS, GATHER YOU OUT OF ALL COUNTRIES, AND 47:22 BRING YOU INTO YOUR OWN LAND. 47:24 THEN I WILL SPRINKLE CLEAN WATER ON YOU," - SOME USE 47:27 THAT AS AN ARGUMENT FOR BAPTISM BY SPRINKLING - "I 47:29 WILL SPRINKLE CLEAN WATER ON YOU, AND YOU SHALL BE 47:31 CLEAN; I WILL CLEANSE YOU" - BY THE WAY, THE REASON 47:34 HE SAYS 'SPRINKLE' - THEY USED TO SPRINKLE THE BLOOD 47:36 IN THE TEMPLE AND HE'S JUST USING THAT SAME 47:39 LANGUAGE - "I WILL CLEANSE YOU FROM ALL YOUR 47:42 FILTHINESS AND FROM ALL YOUR IDOLS. 47:45 I WILL GIVE YOU A NEW HEART AND PUT A NEW SPIRIT 47:48 WITHIN YOU; I WILL TAKE THE HEART OF STONE OUT OF 47:51 YOUR FLESH AND GIVE YOU A HEART OF FLESH. 47:53 I WILL PUT MY SPIRIT WITHIN YOU AND CAUSE YOU 47:55 TO WALK IN MY STATUTES, AND YOU WILL KEEP MY 47:58 JUDGMENTS AND DO THEM." HOW MANY OF YOU WOULD 48:00 LIKE THE LORD TO DO THAT? TO CAUSE YOU - TO PUT THAT 48:03 SPIRIT - THAT'S THE NEW COVENANT. 48:05 THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO PLEAD AND PRAY FOR. 48:07 AND THE MORE THAT YOU HUNGER AND THIRST FOR IT, 48:08 THE MORE YOU'LL RECEIVE IT. 48:10 I BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN EXPERIENCE THAT NEW 48:12 COVENANT IN VARYING DEGREES. 48:14 THE MORE ROOM YOU MAKE IN YOUR HEART FOR GOD'S 48:17 LEADING AND HIS WILL, THE MORE YOU'LL EXPERIENCE IT. 48:20 THE MORE SURRENDERED - THE MORE FILLING YOU'LL HAVE. 48:23 IT SAYS, "THEN YOU'LL DWELL IN THE LAND THAT I 48:25 GAVE YOUR FATHERS; YOU SHALL BE MY PEOPLE, 48:27 AND I WILL BE YOUR GOD. 48:28 I WILL DELIVER YOU FROM ALL YOUR UNCLEANNESS." 48:31 THAT'S THE BEAUTIFUL NEW COVENANT. 48:33 READ FOR US, PLEASE, LUKE 22:19. 48:36 >>"AND HE TOOK BREAD, GAVE THANKS AND BROKE IT, AND GAVE IT 48:39 TO THEM, SAYING, 'THIS IS MY BODY WHICH IS GIVEN FOR 48:43 YOU; DO THIS IS REMEMBRANCE OF ME.' 48:46 LIKEWISE HE ALSO TOOK THE CUP AFTER SUPPER, SAYING, 48:51 'THIS CUP IS THE NEW COVENANT IN MY BLOOD, 48:54 WHICH IS SHED FOR YOU.'" >>ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 48:57 OLD COVENANT? THEY CONSECRATED THE 49:00 TEMPLE WITH THE SHEDDING OF BLOOD. 49:02 NEW COVENANT? JESUS' BODY IS THE TEMPLE. 49:06 HE GIVES THEM THE GRAPE JUICE - OF COURSE IT'S A 49:07 SYMBOL OF HIS BLOOD THAT WOULD BE SHED AND IT'S THE 49:11 TOKEN THAT RATIFIES THE COVENANT - JUST AS 49:14 CIRCUMCISION WAS THE PHYSICAL TANGIBLE TOKEN, 49:18 WHEN WE CELEBRATE THE LORD'S SUPPER TOGETHER IT 49:20 IS A REMINDER THAT WE ARE EMBRACING THE NEW COVENANT 49:23 THAT GOD WILL WRITE HIS LAW ON OUR HEARTS - THAT 49:26 HE WILL GIVE US HIS SPIRIT. 49:28 WHAT GOD DID IN FILLING JESUS - WHERE GOD BECAME A 49:32 MAN IN CHRIST - HE WILL FILL US WITH HIS SPIRIT 49:35 IN THE SAME WAY. 49:37 AND SO, OUR TIME IS UP, FRIENDS, BUT HOPEFULLY 49:39 WE'VE LEARNED SOMETHING MORE ABOUT THE COVENANT 49:42 SUBJECT AND HOW IT APPEARS IN JEREMIAH AND EZEKIEL. 49:45 AND DON'T FORGET: IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD YET, WE HAVE 49:48 A FREE OFFER THAT DEALS WITH THIS SUBJECT AND IT'S 49:51 CALLED WHY THE OLD COVENANT FAILED - AND THIS 49:53 IS WRITTEN BY JOE CREWS - IT IS A CLASSIC - ASK FOR 49:56 OFFER #716. THE NUMBER AGAIN IS 49:58 866-788-3966 - THAT'S 866-STUDY-MORE. 50:02 IF YOU'RE SOMEWHERE OUTSIDE OF THE U.S., YOU 50:04 CAN JUST GO TO AMAZINGFACTS.ORG AND YOU 50:07 CAN FIND THIS FOR FREE ONLINE AND READ IT THERE. 50:10 GOD BLESS YOU AND WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO STUDYING 50:12 HIS WORD TOGETHER AGAIN NEXT WEEK. 50:15 (MUSIC) 50:27 >>PORT ROYAL, HERE IN JAMAICA, WAS ONCE 50:29 CONSIDERED THE MOST WICKED CITY IN THE WORLD. 50:32 THEY HAD MORE BARS AND BROTHELS PER SQUARE FOOT 50:34 THAN ANY OTHER PLACE ON THE PLANET. 50:36 IT WAS SAID TO BE JUST FULL OF CUTTHROATS AND 50:38 PIRATES BUT, DURING THIS TIME, THE KING OF FRANCE, 50:42 LOUIS XIV, HE BEGAN TO PERSECUTE THE PROTESTANTS 50:45 AND THE HUGUENOTS IN THE KINGDOM AND MANY FLED. 50:48 THAT'S WHEN LOUIS GALDY AND HIS BROTHER LAURENT 50:50 CAME TO PORT ROYAL. WHEN LOUIS GALDY ARRIVED, 50:55 HE WAS ABSOLUTELY DUMBFOUNDED AT THE UNRESTRAINED IMMORALITY, 50:59 VIOLENCE, AND EXTRAVAGANCE THAT FILLED PORT ROYAL. 51:02 THAT'S WHY NOBODY WAS SURPRISED WHEN THE JUDGMENT OF GOD 51:05 FINALLY HAPPENED. JUST BEFORE NOON ON JUNE 51:08 7, 1692, THERE WAS A MASSIVE EARTHQUAKE THAT 51:11 AFFECTED THE WHOLE ISLAND, PORT ROYAL, IN PARTICULAR. 51:15 TWO THIRDS OF IT SLID INTO THE SEA. 51:17 THEN CAME A TSUNAMI. THOUSANDS PERISHED. 51:20 UNFORTUNATELY, EVEN LOUIS GALDY WAS SWALLOWED UP IN 51:23 THE EARTHQUAKE. YOU KNOW, MUCH OF JAMAICA 51:28 IS A ROCK, BUT PORT ROYAL WAS BUILT ON THE SAND. 51:32 AND SO, WHEN THE EARTHQUAKE STRUCK, THE 51:34 SAND VIRTUALLY LIQUEFIED, SWALLOWING MUCH OF THE CITY 51:36 AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. 51:38 LOUIS GALDY WAS BURIED ALIVE, BUT WHILE 51:41 UNDERGROUND HE WAS STILL CONSCIOUS AND HE PRAYED. 51:45 HE RESIGNED HIMSELF TO HIS FATE, PRAYED TO THE LORD, 51:48 AND THEN ANOTHER MIRACLE HAPPENED. 51:50 THERE WAS AN AFTERSHOCK, WITH VOLCANIC ACTIVITY, 51:52 THAT EXPLODED, BLOWING LOUIS GALDY OUT OF THE 51:55 EARTH HUNDREDS OF YARDS OFF INTO THE SEA WHERE HE 51:58 HAD A PRETTY HARD LANDING, BUT HE WAS ABLE TO SWIM 52:01 UNTIL HE WAS RESCUED. LOUIS GALDY DEDICATED THE 52:04 REMAINING 47 YEARS OF HIS LIFE TO SERVING JESUS IN 52:07 THIS ISLAND AND HE'S EVEN BURIED HERE STILL TODAY. 52:15 YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE TELLS US, JUST BEFORE JESUS 52:17 COMES BACK THE CONDITIONS IN THE WORLD WILL BE VERY 52:19 MUCH LIKE THEY WERE IN SODOM AND IN PORT ROYAL. 52:22 THERE'S GOING TO BE A TREMENDOUS EARTHQUAKE AND 52:24 EVEN ISLANDS WILL BE SWALLOWED UP. 52:26 BUT GOD'S PEOPLE DON'T NEED TO BE AFRAID. 52:28 THE SAME WAY THAT THE LORD TOOK CARE OF LOUIS GALDY, 52:31 HE WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU. 52:32 IT SAYS IN PSALM 91 THAT YOU MIGHT SEE A THOUSAND 52:35 FALL AT YOUR SIDE OR TEN THOUSAND AT YOUR RIGHT 52:36 HAND, BUT ONLY WITH YOUR EYES WILL YOU SEE AND 52:39 BEHOLD THE DESTRUCTION OF THE WICKED. 52:41 HE CAN PROTECT YOU AND RESURRECT YOU. 52:44 (MUSIC) 52:55 >>CAN'T GET ENOUGH AMAZING FACTS BIBLE STUDY? 52:57 YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL NEXT WEEK TO ENJOY 53:00 MORE TRUTH-FILLED PROGRAMMING, VISIT THE 53:02 AMAZING FACTS MEDIA LIBRARY AT 'AFTV.ORG'. 53:07 AT 'AFTV.ORG' YOU CAN ENJOY VIDEO AND AUDIO 53:11 PRESENTATIONS AS WELL AS PRINTED MATERIAL ALL FREE 53:14 OF CHARGE, 24 HOURS A DAY 7 DAYS A WEEK, RIGHT FROM 53:18 YOUR COMPUTER OR MOBILE DEVICE. VISIT 'AFTV.ORG'. 53:28 >>AMAZING FACTS CHANGED LIVES. 53:35 >>NOBODY WAS THERE TO DEFEND ME. 53:39 NOBODY WAS THERE TO PROTECT ME. 53:41 MY QUESTION WAS, 'WHY DID THAT HAPPEN TO ME, GOD? 53:44 WHY DIDN'T YOU INTERVENE?' ONCE I HIT MY TEENAGE 53:49 YEARS, EVERYTHING JUST STARTED COMING OUT. 53:53 I FELT EMBARRASSED OF WHAT HAD HAPPENED BECAUSE FOR 53:56 SO LONG I FELT IT WAS MY FAULT. 53:59 THERE WERE TIMES THAT I PRAYED, BUT IT WAS PRAYERS 54:02 OF RESENTMENT AND ANGER AND JUST YELLING AT GOD. 54:07 I WAS SO CONFUSED, SO DEPRESSED, AND I COULD NOT 54:12 BEAR ANY MORE OF THE PAIN. YOU KNOW, WHAT'S 54:14 THE POINT OF LIVING? IT'S MIGHT AS 54:16 WELL JUST DIE. I STARTED CUTTING MYSELF 54:22 BUT I HEARD A SMALL STILL VOICE AND IT SAID, 'STOP! 54:28 GIVE ME A SECOND CHANCE.' AND RIGHT THERE I JUST 54:33 FELT SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. 54:36 I FELT A PRESENCE THERE AND I PUT EVERYTHING DOWN 54:40 AND I WENT TO MY ROOM. I JUST STARTED CRYING. 54:43 I REALIZED THAT ME AND GOD CONNECTED SO WELL AND I NO 54:48 LONGER SAW HIM AS JUST A GOD THAT NO LONGER CARED, 54:52 BUT I ACTUALLY SAW HIM AS A FATHER AND I CONTINUED 54:55 PRAYING. ONE DAY I WAS SLEEPING. 54:59 MY MOM CAME TO THE BED AND SHE SAID, 'CONNIE, HE'S 55:03 HERE. HE'S IN TOWN AND THE LORD 55:06 IMPRESSED ME THAT YOU NEED TO FACE THE SITUATION. 55:10 IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO FORGIVE.' WHEN SOMETHING 55:13 SO DRASTIC AND SO PAINFUL HAS HAPPENED, FORGIVENESS 55:19 IS VERY HARD BECAUSE YOU'RE VULNERABLE. 55:23 YOU LET GO OF THAT EGO - THAT PRIDE - THAT HAS 55:26 TAKEN OVER YOU FOR SO MANY YEARS. 55:29 I PRAYED AND WHEN WE CONFRONTED THE SITUATION, 55:33 IT WAS THE MOST AMAZING MOMENT WHERE WE COULD PRAY 55:37 AND WE COULD CRY AND WE COULD FORGIVE. 55:40 AND BECAUSE OF THAT, I'M ABLE TO HELP OTHERS AND 55:43 TELL OTHERS THAT THERE IS HOPE AND THERE IS SOMEONE 55:46 THAT DOES CARE. >>TOGETHER WE HAVE SPREAD 55:57 THE GOSPEL MUCH FARTHER THAN EVER BEFORE. 56:00 THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. 56:08 (DRAMATIC MUSIC) >>AMAZING FACTS BEGAN IN 1965 56:16 WITH A GOD-INSPIRED CONCEPT. 56:19 >>HELLO, THIS IS JOE CREWS AND THE AMAZING FACTS 56:21 BROADCAST FACTS WHICH AFFECT YOU. 56:24 >>EACH RADIO BROADCAST WOULD BEGIN WITH AN 56:26 AMAZING FACT FROM SCIENCE, NATURE, OR HISTORY, 56:30 FOLLOWED BY A BIBLE MESSAGE THAT TOUCHED THE 56:32 HEARTS OF LISTENERS FROM EVERY WALK OF LIFE. 56:35 THE PROGRAM WAS AN INSTANT SUCCESS AND THE MINISTRY 56:39 SOON BEGAN EXPANDING TO INCLUDE BIBLE LESSONS. 56:42 IN 1986 AMAZING FACTS ADDED THE MEDIUM OF 56:46 TELEVISION TO ITS GROWING OUTREACH EFFORTS, OFFERING 56:49 SOUL-WINNING EVANGELISTIC MESSAGES FOR VIEWERS 56:52 AROUND THE WORLD. 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