Participants: Pr. Doug Batchelor
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00:35 HELLO FRIENDS, AND WELCOME TO SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY HOUR, 00:37 COMING HERE FROM THE GRANITE BAY SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH 00:40 NEAR SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA. I'D LIKE TO WELCOME OUR ONLINE 00:43 MEMBERS AND ALSO THOSE JOINING US ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND AROUND 00:46 THE WORLD AND, OF COURSE, THE MEMBERS AND THE VISITORS RIGHT 00:49 HERE AT THE GRANITE BAY CHURCH. ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU 00:52 FROM SABBATH TO SABBATH. WE'RE GLAD YOU CAME A LITTLE 00:54 EARLY TODAY TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR BIBLE STUDY. 00:58 WE'VE BEEN STUDYING THROUGH THE BOOK OF GALATIANS FOR OUR LESSON 01:00 QUARTER AND, TODAY, WE FIND OURSELVES ON LESSON #10 ENTITLED 01:05 THE TWO COVENANTS AND WE'LL BE GETTING TO THAT HERE IN JUST A 01:08 FEW MOMENTS. WE DO HAVE A FREE OFFER THAT 01:11 GOES ALONG WITH OUR STUDY OF THE TWO COVENANTS - IT'S A BOOK 01:14 WRITTEN BY JOE CREWS - WHY THE OLD COVENANT FAILED . 01:18 THIS IS OUR FREE OFFER FOR TODAY FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE 01:21 WATCHING ONLINE, THE NUMBER TO CALL IS 866-788-3966 AND YOU CAN 01:26 ASK FOR OFFER #716. WELL, BEFORE WE GET TO OUR STUDY 01:30 TODAY, WE HAVE SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL. 01:32 ONE OF OUR OWN MEMBERS, JAMIE WILSON WILL BE BRINGING US A 01:35 SPECIAL MUSICAL ITEM AT THIS TIME. 01:37 FOLLOWING THAT WE WILL HAVE OUR PRAYER AND GET RIGHT TO OUR 01:40 LESSON STUDY. (PIANO MUSIC) 01:54 >>THERE ARE DAYS OF TAKING MORE THAN I CAN GIVE 02:01 AND THERE ARE CHOICES THAT I MADE THAT I WOULDN'T MAKE AGAIN 02:08 I'VE HAD MY SHARE OF LAUGHTER OF TEARS AND TROUBLED TIMES 02:15 THIS HAS BEEN THE STORY OF MY LIFE 02:20 I HAVE WON AND I HAVE LOST I GOT IT RIGHT SOMETIMES 02:29 BUT SOMETIMES I DID NOT LIFE'S BEEN A JOURNEY I'VE SEEN JOY, 02:36 I'VE SEEN REGRET OH AND YOU HAVE BEEN MY GOD THROUGH ALL OF IT 02:50 YOU WERE THERE WHEN IT ALL CAME DOWN ON ME AND I WAS BLINDED 02:57 BY MY FEAR AND I STRUGGLED TO BELIEVE 03:03 BUT IN THOSE UNCLEAR MOMENTS YOU WERE THE ONE KEEPING ME STRONG 03:09 THIS IS HOW MY STORY'S ALWAYS GONE I HAVE WON AND I HAVE LOST 03:21 I GOT IT RIGHT SOMETIMES BUT SOMETIMES I DID NOT 03:28 LIFE'S BEEN A JOURNEY I'VE SEEN JOY, I'VE SEEN REGRET 03:34 OH AND YOU HAVE BEEN MY GOD THROUGH ALL OF IT 03:42 THROUGH ALL OF IT AND THIS IS WHO YOU ARE 03:56 MORE CONSTANT THAN THE STARS UP IN THE SKY 04:00 ALL THESE YEARS OF MY LIFE I, I LOOK BACK AND I SEE YOU RIGHT 04:09 NOW I STILL DO AND I'M ALWAYS GOING TO 04:17 I HAVE WON AND I HAVE LOST I GOT IT RIGHT SOMETIMES 04:26 BUT SOMETIMES I DID NOT LIFE'S BEEN A JOURNEY 04:32 I'VE SEEN JOY I'VE SEEN REGRET OH AND YOU HAVE BEEN MY GOD 04:39 THROUGH ALL OF IT OH AND YOU HAVE BEEN MY GOD 04:46 THROUGH ALL OF IT OH AND YOU HAVE BEEN MY GOD 04:56 THROUGH ALL OF IT. 05:26 >>LET'S BOW OUR HEADS FOR A WORD OF PRAYER. DEAR FATHER IN 05:29 HEAVEN, WHAT A PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO OPEN YOUR WORD AND STUDY 05:32 THIS VERY IMPORTANT PASSAGE IN GALATIANS. HELP US TO UNDERSTAND 05:36 THE NEW COVENANT AND HOW YOU WANT TO WRITE YOUR LAW UPON OUR 05:39 HEARTS AND UPON OUR MINDS - THAT WE WOULD KEEP YOUR COMMANDMENTS, 05:43 NOT JUST FROM AN OUTWARD OBSERVANCE, BUT FROM A CHANGE OF 05:46 HEART. FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR 05:48 GRACE, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SPIRIT THAT EVER WORKS WITHIN 05:51 US, AND WE ASK YOUR SPECIAL BLESSING NOW AS WE OPEN UP THE 05:54 SCRIPTURES AND STUDY TOGETHER, FOR WE ASK THIS IN 05:57 JESUS' NAME, AMEN. >>AMEN. 05:59 >>OUR LESSON STUDY THIS MORNING IS GOING TO BE BROUGHT TO US BY 06:02 PASTOR DOUG. >>THANK YOU, PASTOR ROSS, 06:10 AND GOOD MORNING, FRIENDS. >>GOOD MORNING. 06:13 >>MORNING - I WANT TO WELCOME THOSE WHO ARE PART OF THE WIDER 06:18 GRANITE BAY SABBATH SCHOOL CLASS. 06:20 IT'S EXCITING TO SEE HOW THE CLASS KEEPS GROWING, AS PASTOR 06:24 ROSS WAS SAYING EARLIER, IN A WEEK'S TIME WE MAY HAVE AS MANY 06:28 AS A MILLION PEOPLE THAT WILL TUNE IN EITHER FOR THE CHURCH - 06:32 WHEN YOU COMBINE THE CHURCH SERVICE, THE PRAYER MEETING, 06:35 THE SABBATH SCHOOL AND SOME OF THE OTHER AMAZING FACTS 06:38 WEBSITES, AND IT'S JUST REALLY EXCITING TO KNOW THAT WHAT'S 06:41 HAPPENING IN THIS COMPARATIVELY HUMBLE SPOT IS REACHING SO MANY 06:45 PARTS OF THE WORLD. AND WE ARE CONTINUING OUR STUDY 06:48 ON A VERY CHALLENGING BOOK OF GALATIANS. SOME PASTORS HAVE 06:53 DEDICATED THEIR CAREERS TO TRYING TO UNPACK WHAT SOME OF 06:57 THE MEANING WAS IN JUST THE BOOK OF GALATIANS. 06:59 IT'S A GREAT BOOK. IT'S A DEEP BOOK. 07:01 AND WE HAVE A MEMORY VERSE. NOW WE'RE ON LESSON #10 TODAY AND 07:04 THE LESSON TITLE IS THE TWO COVENANTS . 07:07 WE HAVE A MEMORY VERSE AND THE MEMORY VERSE COMES TO US FROM 07:10 GALATIANS 4:26 - WE'LL GET TO IT IN A MINUTE, BUT WHY DON'T YOU 07:13 SAY IT WITH ME NOW? GALATIANS 4:26 - YOU READY? 07:18 "BUT THE JERUSALEM THAT IS ABOVE IS FREE, AND SHE IS OUR MOTHER." 07:24 WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? HOLD THAT THOUGHT. 07:27 WE'LL GET TO IT IN A LITTLE BIT. NOW, AS WE DELVE INTO THE STUDY 07:31 OF THE TWO COVENANTS, MAYBE IT WOULD BE GOOD TO START AND TALK 07:35 ABOUT WHAT A COVENANT IS, AGAIN. WE'VE DEALT WITH THIS A LITTLE 07:39 BIT IN EARLIER STUDIES, BUT I KNOW THAT THERE'S ALWAYS PEOPLE 07:43 WHO ARE JOINING US FOR THE FIRST TIME, AND THE WORD 'COVENANT' 07:48 BASICALLY IS AN AGREEMENT. YOU HAVE COVENANTS ALL THE TIME. 07:53 EVERY TIME YOU DOWNLOAD SOFTWARE, YOU KNOW IT'S GOT A 07:56 LITTLE BOX THAT YOU CLICK THAT SAYS, 'I AGREE TO THE TERMS'? 08:00 YOU KNOW, YOU'RE MAKING A COVENANT AND THERE'S ALL KINDS 08:03 OF LAWYERS THAT LOOK INTO THE LANGUAGE, BECAUSE IF THAT 08:05 SOFTWARE CRASHES YOUR COMPUTER, YOU CAN'T SUE THE COMPANY. 08:08 HAVE YOU EVER READ THE FINE PRINT ON SOME OF THOSE? 08:12 WE DO COVENANTS IF YOU BUY A HOUSE - IF YOU BUY A CAR - IT'S 08:15 ALMOST AS MANY PAGES YOU SIGN IN BUYING A CAR AS BUYING A HOUSE 08:19 THESE DAYS. IT'S AMAZING. MARRIAGE IS A COVENANT. 08:25 THE WORD THAT'S TYPICALLY TRANSLATED 'COVENANT' IN HEBREW 08:29 IS 'BERITH'. IT OCCURS NEARLY THREE HUNDRED 08:31 TIMES IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, AND IT'S TALKING ABOUT A CONTRACT, 08:36 AN AGREEMENT, OR A TREATY BETWEEN AT LEAST TWO PARTIES. 08:41 NOW, YOU'VE GOT SOME EXAMPLES OF COVENANTS THAT GOD MADE - SOME 08:44 OF THE GREAT COVENANTS IN THE BIBLE. YOU'VE GOT THE COVENANT 08:47 GOD MADE WITH ADAM, YOU'VE GOT THE COVENANT GOD MADE WITH NOAH, 08:51 WITH DAVID - AND WE'RE GOING TO BE STUDYING, TODAY, THE COVENANT 08:55 GOD MADE, IN PARTICULAR, WITH ABRAHAM. 08:57 BUT IF YOU LOOK, FOR INSTANCE, IN GENESIS 1:28, HERE YOU HAVE 09:01 GOD'S COVENANT WITH ADAM, "THEN GOD BLESSED THEM, AND GOD SAID 09:05 TO THEM, 'BE FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY; FILL THE EARTH AND 09:09 SUBDUE IT; HAVE DOMINION OVER THE FISH OF THE SEA, OVER THE 09:13 BIRDS OF THE AIR, AND OVER EVERY LIVING THING THAT MOVES ON THE 09:17 EARTH.'" SO, ORIGINALLY, GOD MADE A COVENANT WITH MAN AND 09:20 WOMAN AND HE SAID, 'I'M MAKING YOU STEWARDS OF THIS WORLD, 09:25 YOU'LL BE GIVEN DOMINION OVER ALL THE CREATURES. 09:28 ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS FLY OVER WITH AN AIRPLANE, YOU CAN TELL 09:30 WHICH OF THE MILLIONS OF SPECIES ON THE WORLD HAS DOMINION. 09:35 PRETTY CLEAR TO SEE, NOT TOO MANY LIONS KEEP PEOPLE IN CAGES. 09:41 IT'S A PRETTY - IT'S A ONE-WAY ARRANGEMENT AROUND THE PLANET. 09:46 YOU DON'T SAVE THE PEOPLE FROM WHALES, YOU SAVE THE WHALES FROM 09:49 THE PEOPLE. I'M NOT SAYING THAT MAN HAS DONE 09:52 A VERY GOOD JOB BEING A STEWARD OF THE PLANET. 09:55 GOD PUT MAN IN THE GARDEN TO DRESS AND TO KEEP IT, BUT I 09:58 THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT THINGS HAVE BEEN OVER-EXPLOITED, AND - 10:04 BUT THE LORD MADE A COVENANT THAT MAN WOULD HAVE DOMINION. 10:07 NOW THE ULTIMATE DOMINION OF THE WORLD WAS LOST, BECAUSE THE 10:11 BIBLE SAYS, 'WHOEVER YOU OBEY, THAT'S WHOSE SERVANT YOU ARE.' 10:14 AND WHEN GOD PUT A TEST IN THE GARDEN, BETWEEN THE GOOD TREE 10:19 AND THE BAD TREE - LIFE - THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND 10:22 EVIL - THE TREE OF LIFE - GOD SAYS, 'IF YOU EAT FROM THIS 10:25 TREE, YOU'LL LIVE. DO NOT EAT FROM THIS FORBIDDEN 10:28 TREE' - AND WHEN MAN CHOSE TO BELIEVE THE TEMPTATION OF THE 10:32 DEVIL INSTEAD OF THE TEMPTATION OF GOD, ROMANS CHAPTER 6 SAYS, 10:37 'WHOEVER YOU OBEY, THAT'S WHOSE SERVANT YOU ARE.' AND MAN 10:41 SURRENDERED THE DOMINION OF THE WORLD TO THE ENEMY. 10:45 THAT'S WHY, WHEN THE DEVIL CAME, HE CALLED - EVEN JESUS CALLS HIM 10:48 'THE PRINCE OF THIS WORLD'. AND SO, THAT WAS AN ORIGINAL 10:52 COVENANT, BUT IT WAS A CONDITIONAL COVENANT THAT 10:55 GOD MADE IN THE BEGINNING. THEN YOU'VE GOT THE 10:57 COVENANT WITH NOAH. GENESIS 9, "SO GOD BLESSED NOAH 11:02 AND HIS SONS, AND SAID TO THEM: 'BE FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY,'" 11:04 - NOW, YOU NOTICE IN THESE COVENANTS HE'S TELLING ADAM AND 11:06 EVE 'BE FRUITFUL', HE'S TELLING NOAH TO BE FRUITFUL, THEN HE 11:09 LATER TELLS ABRAHAM, 'I'LL MAKE YOU FRUITFUL', SO IT'S SOMETHING 11:12 INTERESTING THERE THAT HE WOULD MULTIPLY THEM. 11:16 "BE FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY, AND FILL THE EARTH. 11:18 AND THE FEAR OF YOU AND THE DREAD OF YOU SHALL BE ON EVERY 11:21 BEAST OF THE EARTH, ON EVERY BIRD OF THE AIR, ON ALL THAT 11:24 MOVE ON THE EARTH, AND ON ALL THE FISH OF THE SEA. 11:27 THEY ARE GIVEN INTO YOUR HAND." AND, OF COURSE, THEN HE HAS THE 11:29 COVENANT OF THE RAINBOW THAT HE SET IN THE HEAVENS. 11:33 AND THEN YOU HAVE A COVENANT THAT GOD MAKES WITH DAVID - AND 11:36 THIS IS IN 2 SAMUEL 7, VERSE 12 - GOD SAYS TO DAVID, "WHEN YOUR 11:42 DAYS ARE FULFILLED AND YOU REST WITH YOUR FATHERS, I WILL SET UP 11:46 YOUR SEED AFTER YOU," - YOUR DESCENDANTS - "WHO WILL COME 11:48 FROM YOU BODY, AND I WILL ESTABLISH HIS KINGDOM." 11:52 WHO IS GOD TALKING ABOUT? THE SEED OF DAVID AND HIS 11:57 KINGDOM WOULD BE ESTABLISHED. IT'S A TRICK 11:59 QUESTION; IT'S BOTH. IT'S BOTH SOLOMON 12:03 AND IT'S JESUS. THIS IS WHAT YOU CALL A DUAL 12:04 PROPHECY IN THE BIBLE, BECAUSE DAVID, HIS DESIRE WAS 'I WANT TO 12:09 BUILD A TEMPLE FOR THE LORD' AND GOD SAID, 'YOU'RE NOT GOING TO 12:12 BUILD IT, BUT YOUR SEED WILL BUILD THE TEMPLE FOR ME. 12:16 DAVID HAD A SON NAMED SOLOMON WHO DID BUILD THE TEMPLE. 12:19 DAVID HAD A GREAT, GREAT, GREAT, GREAT, GREAT, GREAT GRANDSON 12:23 NAMED JESUS WHO SAID, 'DESTROY THIS TEMPLE MADE WITH HANDS AND 12:26 IN THREE DAYS I'LL MAKE ONE WITHOUT HANDS.' AND THE BODY OF 12:30 CHRIST - THE CHURCH - IS THE TEMPLE - AND SO, YOU'VE GOT THE 12:34 SON OF DAVID - JESUS IS CALLED THE SON OF DAVID - SOLOMON'S 12:37 CALLED THE SON OF DAVID - SO THIS WOULD BE ONE OF THE 12:39 EXAMPLES OF A DUAL PROPHECY. BUT GOD MADE A COVENANT WITH 12:42 DAVID THAT 'THROUGH YOUR DESCENDANTS THE MESSIAH WOULD 12:45 COME'. AND, OF COURSE, THE MESSIAH CAME 12:47 THROUGH ADAM, THROUGH NOAH, THROUGH DAVID - AND OUR STUDY 12:51 TODAY IS REALLY THROUGH ABRAHAM. NOW, IN OUR - THAT WAS JUST 12:55 INTRODUCTION - IN OUR STUDY OF GALATIANS TODAY, WE'VE BEEN 12:58 BREAKING DOWN THE BOOK. HERE'S - OUR ASSIGNMENT IS - YOU 13:02 GO TO GALATIANS 4 AND I'M GOING TO JUST READ THROUGH IT SO YOU 13:05 KNOW WHAT WE WANT TO TRY TO EXPLAIN - GALATIANS 4, VERSE 21 13:10 THROUGH THE END OF THE CHAPTER, VERSE 31 - 21 TO 31 - AND PAUL 13:14 PICKS UP WITH HIS THEME ABOUT DO YOU WANT TO BE UNDER LAW OR DO 13:18 YOU WANT TO BE UNDER GRACE? YOU WANT THE OLD COVENANT OR DO 13:20 YOU WANT THE NEW COVENANT. SO LET ME READ THIS TO YOU: 13:25 "TELL ME, YOU WHO DESIRE TO BE UNDER THE LAW, DO YOU NOT HEAR 13:29 THE LAW? FOR IT IS WRITTEN THAT ABRAHAM HAD TWO SONS: THE ONE BY 13:33 A BONDWOMAN, THE OTHER BY A FREEWOMAN. BUT HE WHO WAS OF THE 13:37 BONDWOMAN WAS BORN ACCORDING TO THE FLESH, AND HE OF THE 13:40 FREEWOMAN THROUGH PROMISE," - YOU REALIZE HE'S TALKING ABOUT 13:44 HAGAR AND SARAH, ISAAC AND ISHMAEL - HE'S CONTRASTING THESE 13:48 TWO WOMEN AND THE TWO CHILDREN - "WHICH THINGS ARE SYMBOLIC." 13:53 - NOW SOME OF YOU HAVE GOT THE KING JAMES VERSION; DOES IT SAY 13:56 'ALLEGORY' THERE? >>YES. 13:58 >>YEAH, IT - I DON'T KNOW WHETHER TO SAY IT NOW OR LATER. 14:03 I'LL WAIT - JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I REMEMBER - 14:06 "WHICH THINGS ARE SYMBOLIC. FOR THESE ARE THE TWO COVENANTS: 14:09 THE ONE FROM MOUNT SINAI WHICH GIVES BIRTH TO BONDAGE, WHICH IS 14:13 HAGAR - FOR THIS HAGAR IS MOUNT SINAI IN ARABIA, AND CORRESPONDS 14:19 TO JERUSALEM WHICH NOW IS, AND IS IN BONDAGE WITH HER CHILDREN 14:23 - BUT THE JERUSALEM ABOVE IS FREE, WHICH IS THE 14:26 MOTHER OF US ALL. FOR IT IS WRITTEN: 'REJOICE, O 14:29 BARREN, YOU WHO DO NOT BEAR! BREAK FORTH AND SHOUT, 14:32 YOU WHO ARE NOT IN LABOR! FOR THE DESOLATE HAS MANY MORE 14:35 CHILDREN THAN SHE WHO HAS A HUSBAND.' NOW WE, BRETHREN, 14:41 AS ISAAC WAS, ARE CHILDREN OF PROMISE. BUT, AS HE WHO WAS BORN 14:44 ACCORDING TO THE FLESH THEN PERSECUTED HIM WHO WAS BORN 14:47 ACCORDING TO THE SPIRIT, EVEN SO IT IS NOW. 14:50 NEVERTHELESS WHAT DOES THE SCRIPTURE SAY? 14:52 'CAST OUT THE BONDWOMAN AND HER SON, FOR THE SON OF THE 14:55 BONDWOMAN SHALL NOT BE HEIR WITH THE SON OF THE FREEWOMAN.' SO 14:59 THEN, BRETHREN, WE ARE NOT CHILDREN OF THE BONDWOMAN BUT OF 15:02 THE FREE." ALRIGHT, SO HE'S TAKING THESE 15:05 TWO PRINCIPLE WIVES THAT ABRAHAM HAD - ONE WAS A SERVANT - A 15:09 CONCUBINE - HAGAR - SHE WAS A SURROGATE. 15:12 AND, YOU KNOW, THE IDEA OF HAVING A SURROGATE MOTHER AND - 15:16 DID NOT BEGIN IN THE LAST TWENTY YEARS. 15:20 IT GOES WAY BACK. AND THEN YOU HAD SARAH, WHO WAS 15:24 THE REAL WIFE, AND THEY BOTH ENDED UP HAVING CHILDREN. 15:27 HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE KNOWN SOMEONE THAT TRIED AND TRIED - A 15:30 COUPLE - THEY TRIED AND TRIED TO HAVE CHILDREN AND THEY COULDN'T, 15:32 SO THEY ADOPTED, AND THEN THE MOTHER GETS PREGNANT? 15:36 HAVE YOU SEEN THAT HAPPEN BEFORE? 15:38 IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, GOD'S GOT A COSMIC SENSE OF HUMOR. 15:42 BUT I HAVE A FRIEND THAT THAT HAPPENED TO; HE AND HIS WIFE, I 15:46 MEAN, THEY WERE MARRIED 15 YEARS - NO CHILDREN - THEY ADOPTED 15:49 THEN SHE GOT PREGNANT. AND YOU ALWAYS HOPE THAT THEY 15:53 LOVE THE ADOPTED ONE AS MUCH AS THE NATURAL ONE, BUT WITH 15:57 ABRAHAM - ABRAHAM DID - HE LOVED BOTH SONS. BUT ABRAHAM, HE HAD 16:01 TO MAKE A DECISION BETWEEN THE TWO, SO WE'LL GET TO THAT. 16:03 ALRIGHT, SO GETTING BACK TO THE COVENANT - NOW YOU'VE GOT, IN 16:06 THE BIBLE, A NEW COVENANT AND AN OLD COVENANT. 16:09 LET'S JUST ESTABLISH, AGAIN, WHAT THAT IS. 16:12 DEUTERONOMY 4 - AND SOMEONE'S GOING TO READ, FOR ME, EXODUS 16:15 24:7 - JOHN, YOU'LL HAVE THAT IN JUST A MOMENT - DEUTERONOMY 4, 16:19 VERSE 7, "THEN HE TOOK THE BOOK OF THE COVENANT AND READ IN THE 16:24 HEARING OF THE PEOPLE. AND THEY SAID" - NO, I'M SORRY - 16:28 DEUTERONOMY 4:13, IS WHAT I WANT FIRST, "SO HE DECLARED TO YOU 16:32 HIS COVENANT WHICH HE COMMANDED YOU TO PERFORM, EVEN TEN 16:35 COMMANDMENTS; AND HE WROTE THEM ON TWO TABLETS OF STONE." 16:38 SO WHAT IS THE FIRST, OR PRIMARY, COVENANT? 16:41 "HE DECLARED TO YOU HIS COVENANT. HE COMMANDED YOU TO 16:43 PERFORM, EVEN TEN COMMANDMENTS; AND HE WROTE THEM ON TWO TABLES 16:47 OF STONE." ORIGINAL COVENANT - TEN COMMANDMENTS. 16:51 WHY WOULD YOU HAVE A SECOND COVENANT, UNLESS THERE'S 16:54 SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE FIRST? NOW, WAS THE FIRST COVENANT THE 16:59 TEN COMMANDMENTS? TEN COMMANDMENTS WERE PART OF 17:04 THE COVENANT, THEY WERE NOT THE COVENANT, THE COVENANT IS AN 17:06 AGREEMENT. SO, IF YOU BUY A CAR, IS THE CAR THE COVENANT, OR IS 17:12 THE CONTRACT THE COVENANT? >>CONTRACT. 17:15 >>THE CONTRACT'S THE COVENANT. THE CAR IS NOT THE COVENANT. 17:18 AND SO, THE TEN COMMANDMENTS WERE NOT DONE AWAY WITH. 17:22 THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. 17:24 THEY'RE THE MORAL LAW. THE BIBLE SAYS THE LAW OF GOD 17:28 IS JUST AND PERFECT AND HOLY. THE LAW OF GOD IS GOOD - THE 17:32 BIBLE SAYS - THE LAW OF THE LORD IS PERFECT, CONVERTING THE SOUL. 17:36 THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH WHAT GOD SPEAKS WITH HIS VOICE AND 17:39 WRITES WITH HIS FINGER. HE DID NOT MAKE A MISTAKE. 17:42 THE LAW WAS GOOD. THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TWO 17:45 PARTIES - THERE WAS A FLAW. NOW LISTEN TO WHAT THAT WAS: IN 17:49 EXODUS 19:8 - AFTER THE PEOPLE HEAR THE LAW THEY SAID, "ALL 17:54 THAT THE LORD HAS SPOKEN WE WILL DO." 17:57 NOW THEY MADE A PROMISE TO KEEP THE LAW. 17:59 THEY'VE GOT AN AGREEMENT. GOD SAYS, 'HERE'S WHAT I WANT 18:01 YOU TO DO' AND THEY SAID, 'ALL YOU SAID WE'LL DO' - AND MOSES 18:04 RETURNED "THE WORDS OF THE PEOPLE TO THE LORD." 18:09 - NOW, GO AHEAD, READ YOUR PART, JOHN - IN EXODUS 24:7. 18:14 >>"THEN HE TOOK THE BOOK OF THE COVENANT AND READ IN THE HEARING 18:17 OF THE PEOPLE. AND THEY SAID, 'ALL THAT THE 18:19 LORD HAS SAID WE WILL DO, AND BE OBEDIENT.'" 18:22 >>ALRIGHT, NOW THE PEOPLE HEARD THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, 18:25 THEY PROMISED - WHAT'S THE SECOND COMMANDMENT? 18:31 COME ON, YOU GUYS CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT. 18:35 >>THOU SHALT HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE ME. 18:36 >>THOU SHALT NOT MAKE UNTO THEE ANY GRAVEN IMAGE, THE LIKENESS 18:39 OF ANYTHING IN THE HEAVEN ABOVE - RIGHT? 18:41 THOU SHALL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE ME IS THE FIRST 18:45 COMMANDMENT. THE SECOND COMMANDMENT IS IDOLATRY. 18:48 WHEN THE LORD WAS UP ON THE MOUNTAIN RECEIVING THE WRITTEN 18:51 TRANSCRIPT OF THE COVENANT - FIRST HE SPOKE IT - THEY HEARD 18:54 IT - THEY AGREED. WHILE HE'S ON THE MOUNTAIN, NOW, 18:56 GETTING THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, JOSHUA COMES AND SAYS, 'THERE'S 18:58 THE SOUND OF WAR IN THE CAMP.' WAS IT WAR OR WAS IT A PARTY? 19:02 >>PARTY. >>IT WAS A PARTY. 19:04 ISN'T IT INTERESTING, IT'S HARD TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 19:06 (LAUGHTER) THE TWO? ANY OF YOU EVER HAD NEIGHBORS 19:10 THAT SOUND LIKE WAR NEXT DOOR? (LAUGHTER) SO, THEY COME DOWN 19:17 AND THEY HAVE BROKEN THE COVENANT. 19:19 THEY HAD JUST PROMISED, 'ALL THE LORD HAS SAID, WE WILL DO' - BUT 19:22 DID THEY DO IT? SO THERE'S A PROBLEM. 19:25 THEY VIOLATED THE COVENANT. IS THE PROBLEM WITH THE TEN 19:27 COMMANDMENTS OR IS THE PROBLEM WITH THE PROMISE OF THE PEOPLE. 19:31 SEE, THE FIRST COVENANT IS THE PEOPLE SAID, 'WE WILL DO' - 19:36 WE WILL DO - NOW WHAT'S THE NEW COVENANT? 19:39 YOU LOOK IN JEREMIAH - BY THE WAY, WHERE DO YOU FIRST FIND THE 19:41 NEW COVENANT - OLD OR NEW TESTAMENT? 19:43 >>OLD. >>YOU THINK 'NEW COVENANT' - 19:45 NEW TESTAMENT. NO, NEW COVENANT'S FIRST 19:47 IN THE OLD TESTAMENT. IT'S PROPHESIED. 19:50 JEREMIAH 31:31, "BEHOLD, THE DAYS ARE COMING, SAYS THE LORD, 19:54 WHEN I WILL MAKE A NEW COVENANT WITH THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL AND 19:58 WITH THE HOUSE OF JUDAH - NOT ACCORDING TO THE COVENANT THAT I 20:01 MADE WITH THEIR FATHERS IN THE DAY THAT I TOOK THEM BY THE HAND 20:03 TO LEAD THEM OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT, MY COVENANT WHICH THEY 20:06 BROKE," - >>AMEN. 20:08 >>SO WAS THERE A PROBLEM WITH THE COVENANT OR WITH THEIR 20:10 BREAKING IT? - "'THOUGH I WAS A HUSBAND TO 20:13 THEM,' SAYS THE LORD. 'BUT THIS IS THE COVENANT THAT 20:15 I WILL MAKE WITH THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL AFTER THOSE DAYS, SAYS 20:18 THE LORD: 'I WILL PUT MY LAW IN THEIR MINDS, AND WRITE 20:21 IT ON THEIR HEARTS; AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD, AND THEY SHALL BE 20:25 MY PEOPLE.'" ALRIGHT, NOTICE THE DIFFERENCE? 20:27 THE OLD COVENANT THEY SAID, 'WE WILL, WE WILL' - NEW 20:30 COVENANT GOD SAYS, 'I WILL'. SO ONE IS THE WORKS OF MAN - OLD 20:34 COVENANT - ONE IS THE WORKS OF GOD. 20:36 ONE IS OBEDIENCE THROUGH 'WE WILL DO IT' - IT'S OF THE FLESH 20:40 - THE OTHER ONE IS THE SPIRIT - 'I WILL PUT MY LAW IN YOUR 20:42 HEARTS AND I WILL WRITE THEM ON YOUR HEARTS'. 20:46 SAME LAW - THE LAW OF THE LORD IS LOVE. 20:49 IT'S THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, BUT IT'S NOT WRITTEN ON THE HEART - 20:52 AND GOD SAYS, 'I WILL TAKE THE INITIATIVE' - THIS IS THE NEW 20:55 BIRTH - SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS INSIDE. 20:57 IT'S WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT COMES IN. HE EMPOWERS US. LET ME GIVE 21:00 YOU ANOTHER VERSE BECAUSE YOU ALL LOOK VERY AUSTERE RIGHT NOW 21:03 AND YOU'RE THINKING OR YOU'RE NOT CONVINCED. EZEKIEL 36:26, 21:09 "I WILL GIVE YOU A NEW HEART AND PUT A NEW SPIRIT WITHIN YOU; 21:13 I WILL TAKE THE HEART OF STONE OUT OF YOUR FLESH AND GIVE YOU 21:16 A HEART OF FLESH. I WILL PUT MY SPIRIT WITHIN YOU 21:19 AND CAUSE YOU TO WALK IN MY STATUTES, AND YOU WILL KEEP 21:22 MY JUDGMENTS AND DO THEM. THEN YOU SHALL DWELL IN THE LAND 21:26 THAT I GAVE TO YOUR FATHERS; YOU SHALL BE MY PEOPLE, 21:28 AND I WILL BE YOUR GOD." AGAIN, WHO'S TAKING 21:30 THE INITIATIVE HERE? GOD SAYS, 'I WILL.' 21:33 BUT THE NEW COVENANT IS 'I WILL PUT MY SPIRIT IN YOU AND I'LL 21:36 CAUSE YOU TO WALK IN MY WAYS, BECAUSE YOU LOVE ME.' 21:39 ISN'T THAT THE REASON TO OBEY? >>AMEN. 21:41 >>GOD SAYS, 'IF YOU LOVE ME, KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS.' SO WE'RE 21:44 JUST, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO ESTABLISH, HERE, WHAT IS THIS 21:46 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE OLD COVENANT AND THE NEW COVENANT? 21:50 NOW, WITH THAT IN MIND, LET'S GO BACK AND READ GALATIANS 4:21 21:55 AGAIN. SOMEONE'S GOING TO READ, FOR ME, 21:56 IN JUST A MOMENT - DAN, MAYBE THAT'S YOU - HEBREWS 8:6 - OKAY? 22:01 LET'S READ OUR OPENING VERSE - GALATIANS 4:21, 23 - "TELL ME," 22:05 - PAUL IS SAYING TO THE GALATIANS - "YOU WHO DESIRE TO 22:08 BE UNDER THE LAW, DO YOU NOT HEAR THE LAW?" 22:10 NOW, WHEN YOU SAY 'LAW' IN THE BIBLE, IT COULD BE ONE OF 22:15 SEVERAL LAWS. IT COULD MEAN THE CEREMONIAL LAW. 22:19 IT COULD MEAN THE MORAL TEN COMMANDMENT LAW. 22:21 SOMETIMES THEY CALLED THE TORAH THE LAW. 22:24 THE FIVE BOOKS OF MOSES WERE CALLED THE LAW. 22:26 SOMETIMES THEY REFERRED TO IT AS THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS - IT'S 22:29 THE FIVE BOOKS OF MOSES AND THEN YOU HAD THE PROPHETS - IT'S A 22:31 VERY GENERAL TERM. SO NOW PAUL IS USING A MORE 22:34 GENERAL TERM WHEN HE SAYS, 'DO YOU HEAR THE LAW?' 22:36 - HE'S REFERRING TO THE FIRST OF THE FIVE BOOKS OF MOSES. 22:39 WHAT'S THAT BOOK CALLED? >>GENESIS. 22:41 >>GENESIS. FIRST OF THE FIVE BOOKS - 22:43 GENESIS, EXODUS, LEVITICUS, NUMBERS, DEUTERONOMY, RIGHT? 22:47 AND SO, HE SAYS, "DO YOU NOT HEAR THE LAW?" 22:49 - AND THEN HE, NOW, REFERS TO THAT - "FOR IT IS WRITTEN THAT 22:53 ABRAHAM HAD TWO SONS:" - THAT'S GENESIS, RIGHT? 22:56 - "THE ONE BY A BONDWOMAN," - HAGAR - "THE OTHER BY A 22:58 FREEWOMAN." - SARAH - "BUT HE WHO WAS OF THE 23:01 BONDWOMAN" - HAGAR - "WAS BORN ACCORDING TO THE FLESH, AND 23:05 HE OF THE FREEWOMAN THROUGH PROMISE." 23:08 SO, GO AHEAD, READ HEBREWS 8:6 AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK 23:12 AND WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED THERE. 23:15 >>"BUT NOW HE HAS OBTAINED A MORE EXCELLENT MINISTRY, 23:18 INASMUCH AS HE IS ALSO MEDIATOR OF A BETTER COVENANT, WHICH WAS 23:22 ESTABLISHED ON BETTER PROMISES." >>ALRIGHT, SO, REMEMBER WE READ 23:27 THE PROMISES OF THE PEOPLE - OLD COVENANT - 'WE WILL WALK IN 23:31 HIS WAYS'; PROMISES OF THE NEW COVENANT - BETTER PROMISES 23:35 THROUGH THE SPIRIT - 'I WILL CAUSE YOU TO WALK IN MY WAYS'. 23:39 NOW, BECAUSE THIS SAYS GOD'LL CAUSE YOU TO WALK IN HIS WAYS, 23:42 DOESN'T MEAN THERE'S NO EFFORT INVOLVED IN OBEDIENCE. 23:45 SOMETIMES THERE'S AN EFFORT, BUT NOW WE'RE WANTING TO OBEY 23:48 BECAUSE OF LOVE. WE'RE NOT DOING IT IN OUR OWN 23:51 STRENGTH, WE'RE DEPENDING ON HIS POWER. BUT THERE MAY STILL BE A 23:54 STRUGGLE SO DON'T - DON'T MISUNDERSTAND THAT. 23:57 SO, WHEN YOU GO BACK IN THE BIBLE - AND WE'LL GO ON TO THE 24:01 NEXT SECTION HERE WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT THE ABRAHAMIC COVENANT. 24:06 GOD MAKES THIS COVENANT WITH ABRAHAM - YOU LOOK IN GENESIS 24:08 12:1, "NOW THE LORD HAD SAID TO ABRAM:" - HIS NAME ISN'T EVEN 24:13 ABRAHAM YET. HE'S COMING OUT OF THE LAND OF 24:15 MESOPOTAMIA - "GET OUT OF YOUR COUNTRY, FROM YOUR FAMILY AND 24:20 FROM YOUR FATHER'S HOUSE, TO A LAND THAT I WILL SHOW YOU. 24:24 I WILL MAKE YOU A GREAT NATION; I WILL BLESS YOU AND MAKE YOUR 24:28 NAME GREAT; AND YOU SHALL BE A BLESSING. 24:30 I WILL BLESS THOSE WHO BLESS YOU, AND I WILL CURSE HIM WHO 24:34 CURSES YOU; AND IN YOU ALL THE FAMILIES OF THE EARTH SHALL BE 24:38 BLESSED." NOW, NOT ONLY DID GOD SAY THAT 24:40 IT WOULD BE THROUGH THE LINE OF DAVID AND THEN IT WAS THROUGH 24:43 THE LINE OF JUDAH BUT, OF COURSE, IT STARTS WITH 24:46 THE LINE OF ABRAHAM. ALL THE DESCENDANTS OF THE 24:48 WORLD WOULD BE BLESSED. HOW IS ALL THE WORLD 24:51 BLESSED THROUGH ABRAHAM? LET'S JUST MAKE THIS CLEAR. 24:53 >>JESUS. >>THE MESSIAH - THE SAVIOR OF 24:56 THE WORLD WOULD COME THROUGH HIM. 24:58 AND SO HE MADE THIS PROMISE - 'IN YOU ALL THE FAMILIES OF THE 25:00 WORLD WOULD BE BLESSED.' NOW, ABRAHAM'S PROBABLY WONDERING - 25:03 WHEN GOD MAKES THAT PROMISE TO HIM, HE'S 75. 25:07 NOW, GRANTED, ABRAHAM LIVED A LOT LONGER THAN WE DO TODAY. 25:11 LIFE SPANS WERE LONGER BACK THEN. 25:13 THE BIBLE SAYS ABRAHAM LIVED 175 YEARS. 25:17 BUT, EVEN BACK THEN, WHEN YOU GOT TO BE 75 AND YOUR WIFE HAS 25:21 PASSED THE AGE OF BEARING, IT DIDN'T LOOK VERY HOPEFUL 25:27 ANYMORE. BUT ABRAHAM DOESN'T DOUBT. 25:30 HE BELIEVES GOD AND GOD COUNTS IT TO HIM FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS. 25:32 AT LEAST, MOST OF THE TIME HE BELIEVED GOD. 25:34 SO HE TAKES OFF WITHOUT HAVING ANY INTERNET TO SEARCH. 25:38 HE COULDN'T GO ON TRAVELOCITY OR ANY WEBSITE AND FIND OUT 'WHAT 25:41 DOES THIS LAND OF ISRAEL LOOK LIKE?' 25:42 HE COULDN'T DOWNLOAD PICTURES. HE HAD NO IDEA. 25:45 THE BIBLE SAYS HE WENT OUT IN FAITH, NOT KNOWING WHERE HE 25:48 WENT. HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE 25:50 PLANNED A VACATION THAT WAY? (LAUGHTER) DON'T YOU ALWAYS LIKE 25:53 TO KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING? SEE PICTURES? 25:55 KNOW WHERE YOU'RE STAYING? READ THE REVIEWS? 25:59 ABRAHAM PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE GONE IF HE HAD READ SOME OF THE 26:02 REVIEWS BECAUSE THE CANAANITES WERE IN THE LAND BACK THEN. 26:06 AND THEN, FINALLY, GO TO GENESIS 15. 26:09 NOW WE'RE STILL READING WHAT PAUL IS REFERRING TO. 26:12 AND ABRAHAM - GENESIS 15:2 - ABRAHAM SAYS, "LORD GOD, WHAT 26:18 WILL YOU GIVE, SEEING I GO CHILDLESS," - HE'S MADE IT TO 26:21 THE PROMISED LAND; HE STILL HAS NO CHILDREN - "AND THE HEIR OF 26:25 MY HOUSE IS ELIEZER OF DAMASCUS?" 26:29 NOW, THE CHIEF SERVANT IN ABRAHAM'S HOUSE - IF YOU HAD NO 26:33 SON, YOU WOULD THEN WILL YOUR POSSESSIONS TO YOUR CHIEF 26:38 SERVANT. AND HE HAD NO SON - YOU KNOW, I 26:42 LEARNED A FEW YEARS AGO ABOUT INHERITANCE LAW, A LITTLE BIT. 26:49 AND IF YOU HAVE NO CHILDREN THEN IT MAY GO TO YOUR SIBLINGS. 26:55 IT MAY GO BACK UP TO YOUR PARENTS. 26:58 IT MAY GO TO UNCLES AND NIECES. IT'S A VERY INTERESTING LAW 27:01 THAT'S WRITTEN OUT ABOUT A LINE OF INHERITANCE. 27:04 IF NOTHING'S WRITTEN OUT, THE COURTS HAVE TO DECIDE IT SO THEY 27:06 NEED A TEMPLATE. HOW DO YOU SPREAD OUT A PERSON'S 27:08 ASSETS IF THEY DIE AND IT'S NOT WRITTEN OUT. 27:11 AND SO, THEY HAD AN ANCIENT CUSTOM FOR THAT AND HE SAID - 27:14 YOU KNOW, HE LEFT HIS FATHER'S HOUSE, HE'S GOT NOBODY - I GUESS 27:17 HE'S GOT LOT THERE - HE SAID, 'BUT IN MY FAMILY, ALL I'VE GOT 27:20 IS ELIEZER, MY CHIEF STEWARD.' WAS HE A GOOD GUY? 27:24 >>YES. >>WHERE ELSE DOES ELIEZER APPEAR 27:27 IN THE BIBLE IN A PROMINENT WAY? >>ISAAC. 27:31 >>HE'S THE ONE THAT ABRAHAM TRUSTS SO MUCH HE SENDS HIM TO - 27:35 BACK TO HARAN WITH A CARAVAN AND A LOT OF MONEY - TO FIND A BRIDE 27:41 FOR ISAAC - WHO ENDS UP BEING REBEKAH. 27:44 AND HE PRAYS - HE'S A GODLY MAN - AND GOD ANSWERS HIS PRAYER. 27:47 SO HE'S A GOOD MAN, BUT HE SAID, 'YOU KNOW, THE ONLY ONE I CAN 27:51 SEE THAT I COULD LEAVE EVERYTHING TO IS ELIEZER OF 27:53 DAMASCUS.' AND ABRAHAM SAID, "LOOK, YOU HAVE GIVEN ME NO 27:56 OFFSPRING; INDEED ONE BORN IN MY HOUSE" - ELIEZER, EVIDENTLY, HAD 28:00 BEEN BORN IN HIS HOUSE - "'IS MY HEIR!' 28:03 AND BEHOLD, THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME TO HIM, SAYING, 'THIS ONE 28:06 SHALL NOT BE YOUR HEIR, BUT ONE WHO WILL COME FROM YOUR OWN BODY 28:11 SHALL BE YOUR HEIR.'" NOW, I WANT TO TAKE A LITTLE DETOUR. 28:15 ANOTHER REASON YOU KNOW ELIEZER WAS AN EXTRAORDINARY MAN: HE WAS 28:18 IN LINE TO RECEIVE EVERYTHING ABRAHAM OWNED BUT HE WAS HAPPY 28:23 WHEN ISAAC WAS BORN AND HE EVEN HELPED PICK - BECAUSE HE KNEW IT 28:27 WAS OF GOD - HE HELPED PRAY AND PICK THE WIFE FOR ISAAC. 28:31 ISN'T THAT INTERESTING? WHEN HE'S GOING THROUGH ALL 28:33 THAT, DON'T FORGET, HE WAS BEING CONSIDERED AS THE HEIR UNTIL 28:39 - WOULDN'T YOU BE A LITTLE JEALOUS? 28:40 'ALL OF IT WAS GOING TO BE MINE AND THIS BABY COMES ALONG.' 28:43 (LAUGHTER) RUINED EVERYTHING. BUT HE HAD A GOOD ATTITUDE. 28:47 HE SAID, 'THIS IS GOD'S WILL. THIS IS GOD'S PLAN.' AND HE JUST 28:50 WANTED HIS MASTER TO PROSPER. HE'S AN EXAMPLE 28:53 OF A GOOD SERVANT. HE SAID, "THIS ONE SHALL NOT BE 28:55 YOUR HEIR, BUT ONE WHO WILL COME FROM YOUR OWN BODY 28:56 SHALL BE YOUR HEIR." ALRIGHT, SO HE SAID, 'OKAY, 28:59 THAT'S NOT HOW IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.' BUT IT DIDN'T HAPPEN. 29:02 SO SARAH SAID, 'LOOK, ABRAHAM, GOD SAID IT'S GOING TO COME FROM 29:06 YOUR BODY, BUT HE DIDN'T SPECIFICALLY SAY MY BODY.' SO, 29:10 AT FIRST HE DIDN'T, AND SO SHE SAID, 'I'VE GOT A PLAN.' NOW YOU 29:14 GO TO GENESIS 17 AND - OH NO, ACTUALLY, BEFORE GENESIS 17 - 29:22 I'M SORRY - IN GENESIS 16 - "NOW SARAI," - HER NAME HADN'T BEEN 29:26 CHANGED YET - "ABRAM'S WIFE, HAD BORNE HIM NO CHILDREN. 29:29 AND SHE HAD AN EGYPTIAN MAIDSERVANT WHOSE NAME WAS 29:32 HAGAR." HOW DID THAT HAPPEN? 29:34 YOU'VE GOT TO JUMP BACK TO GENESIS CHAPTER 12 - THERE'S A 29:37 FAMINE, AND ABRAHAM GOES BACK TO EGYPT DURING THE FAMINE, BECAUSE 29:43 THERE'S NO FOOD IN CANAAN, AND HE'S A LITTLE WORRIED THAT, EVEN 29:47 THOUGH SHE'S LIKE 60 - 65 YEARS OLD, SARAH IS DROP-DEAD 29:52 BEAUTIFUL, AS THEY SAY. AND, KEEP IN MIND, THEY 29:55 LIVED A LOT LONGER THEN. THEY RETAINED THEIR RESILIENCE 29:59 AND THEIR BEAUTY LONGER, I'M ASSUMING. YOU KNOW, I'M ASSUMING 30:03 THAT IF YOU LIVE TO 175, THAT YOU DON'T START LOOKING 75 WHEN 30:06 YOU'RE 75 - THAT YOU LOOK BETTER LONGER. AND SO, EVEN THOUGH SHE 30:12 HAD TECHNICALLY GONE THROUGH MENOPAUSE - BECAUSE SHE SAID 30:15 'THE TIME OF BEARING IS PAST', SHE WAS STILL VERY BEAUTIFUL. 30:19 AND ABRAHAM WAS AFRAID THAT - MAYBE SHE HAD, YOU KNOW, THESE 30:24 BEAUTIFUL SKY BLUE EYES OR JUST SOMETHING VERY STRIKING AND 30:28 UNUSUAL - AND SOME OF THE COMMENTATORS THAT I'VE READ SAID 30:31 THE PEOPLE LIVING IN EGYPT THEN WERE A LITTLE MORE SWARTHY AND 30:34 SHE STOOD OUT AS SOMEONE WHO WOULD BE A REAL PRIZE IN A 30:37 HAREM. SO ABRAHAM WAS - HE MUST HAVE 30:41 KNOWN IT TOO, BECAUSE HE WAS AFRAID. 30:43 AND HE SAYS TO SARAH, 'LOOK, I KNOW YOU'RE A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN. 30:47 AND WHEN WE GO TO EGYPT, THEY'RE GOING TO SEE YOU AND THEY - 30:50 THEY'RE NOT AS CIVILIZED AS SOME PLACES. 30:52 THEY'RE GOING TO KILL ME AND TAKE YOU. 30:55 SO, DO ME A FAVOR, YOU ARE MY HALF SISTER. 30:58 LET'S FORGET THE HUSBAND AND WIFE PART, JUST MENTION THE 31:00 SISTER/BROTHER PART WHEN WE GO DOWN.' HE SAID, 'YOU KNOW, IT'S 31:03 NOT A TOTAL LIE, JUST 50% TRUE.' WHICH MEANS THE OTHER 50% IS 31:08 WHAT? >>A LIE. 31:09 >>A LIE. YEAH, I MEAN, WOULDN'T YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT 31:12 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN YOUR WIFE AND YOUR SISTER? WE HOPE. 31:15 (LAUGHTER) SO IT'S NOT BEING - IT'S NOT COMMUNICATING THE 31:18 TRUTH. SO THEY GO DOWN THERE AND 31:22 PHARAOH, SURE ENOUGH, THE PEOPLE IN PHARAOH'S HOUSE SAY, 'WOW, 31:25 THAT - HAVE YOU SEEN THAT GUY'S [SISTER]? SHE IS' - HE TAKES HER 31:28 INTO HIS HAREM, BUT HE HASN'T KNOWN HER YET - AND ALL THESE 31:32 PLAGUES FALL ON HIS HOUSE AND, FINALLY, THE LORD SAYS, YOU 31:35 KNOW, 'DON'T TOUCH THAT MAN'S WIFE. THAT'S HIS WIFE.' AND 31:37 PHARAOH SAID, 'YOU KNOW, SHE SHOULD HAVE VEILED HERSELF. 31:39 TAKE HER OUT OF THE LAND AND' - HE GIVES ABRAHAM ALL THESE 31:43 REWARDS AND SAYS, 'LOOK, I KNOW GOD'S WITH YOU SO I'M GOING TO 31:46 GIVE YOU THESE THINGS.' AND, AMONG THE THINGS HE GIVES HIM, 31:49 IT SAYS - YOU READ IN GENESIS 12:15-16, "THE PRINCES OF 31:53 PHARAOH ALSO SAW HER AND COMMENDED HER TO PHARAOH. 31:56 AND THE WOMAN WAS TAKEN TO PHARAOH'S HOUSE. 31:57 HE TREATED ABRAM WELL FOR HER SAKE. 32:00 HE HAD SHEEP, OXEN, MALE DONKEYS, MALE AND FEMALE 32:04 SERVANTS, FEMALE DONKEYS, AND CAMELS." 32:06 - NOTICE WHERE IT SAYS 'FEMALE SERVANTS'. 32:09 SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY, PHARAOH GAVE ABRAHAM FEMALE SERVANTS. 32:12 LATER, WE HEAR ABOUT A SERVANT NAMED HAGAR WHO WAS AN EGYPTIAN. 32:16 THAT'S PROBABLY WHERE SHE WAS ACQUIRED. 32:19 HE DIDN'T BRING HER FROM MESOPOTAMIA WHERE HE HAD COME 32:21 FROM. NOW YOU GO TO GENESIS 16:1, "NOW 32:26 SARAI, ABRAM'S WIFE, HAD BORNE HIM NO CHILDREN. 32:29 AND SHE HAD AN EGYPTIAN MAIDSERVANT WHOSE NAME WAS 32:32 HAGAR." - SHE'S YOUNG, SHE'S VIBRANT, SHE'S HEALTHY - 32:37 "SO SARAI SAID TO ABRAM, 'SEE NOW, THE LORD HAS RESTRAINED ME 32:40 FROM BEARING CHILDREN.'" - 'HE SAID HE'S GOING TO HAVE 32:42 CHILDREN THROUGH YOUR OWN BODY, BUT MAYBE NOT THROUGH 32:44 MY BODY.' - AT LEAST NOT YET SHE HADN'T HEARD THAT - 32:47 "PLEASE, GO IN TO MY MAID;" - BACK THEN, THEY DIDN'T USE THE 32:51 TEST TUBE, THEY DID IT THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY. 32:53 BUT SHE WAS GOING TO BE A SURROGATE - "PLEASE, GO IN TO MY 32:56 MAID; PERHAPS I SHALL OBTAIN CHILDREN BY HER." 33:00 - NOW THIS ISN'T THE ONLY TIME THAT HAPPENED. 33:03 WHO ELSE WENT FOR THE SURROGATE IDEA? 33:07 >>JACOB. >>JACOB'S WIVES, WHEN THEY 33:11 STOPPED BEARING THEY ATTEMPTED TO HAVE CHILDREN THROUGH THEIR 33:14 HANDMAIDS AND DID THE SAME THING. 33:17 SO THIS IS NOT UNHEARD OF BACK THEN. 33:20 RATHER THAN ADOPT THEY SAID, 'WELL, AT LEAST THE CHILD WILL 33:24 BE 50%' - YOU COULD ADOPT, BUT THEY SAID, 'AT LEAST THE CHILD 33:28 WILL BE 50% BECAUSE IT'LL BE HALF OF THE HUSBAND'S - MAYBE 33:33 NOT THE WIFE'S - BUT THAT WAS HOW THEY DEALT WITH IT BACK THEN 33:39 - "THEN SARAI, ABRAM'S WIFE, TOOK HAGAR HER MAID, THE 33:44 EGYPTIAN, AND GAVE HER TO HER HUSBAND ABRAM TO BE HIS WIFE, 33:48 AFTER ABRAM HAD DWELT TENT YEARS IN THE LAND OF CANAAN." 33:51 - NOW HE'S 85, NOTHING'S HAPPENED - NO CHILDREN YET - "SO 33:54 HE WENT IN TO HAGAR, AND SHE CONCEIVED. AND WHEN SHE SAW THAT 33:58 SHE HAD CONCEIVED, HER MISTRESS BECAME DESPISED IN HER EYES." 34:02 NOW, YOU'VE GOT TO FACE IT, YOU KNOW, IF SHE IS THE SERVANT GIRL 34:07 OF SARAH AND SHE SAID, 'YES, MA'AM. 34:09 YES, MA'AM.' AND SHE'S DOING WHATEVER SARAH SAYS, AND I'M 34:12 SURE, AT FIRST, SARAH WAS VERY KIND TO HER, BUT NOW SHE HAS 34:17 BEEN INTIMATE WITH SARAH'S HUSBAND, SHE'S PREGNANT, SHE'S 34:21 GOING TO HAVE THE BABY - SHE PROBABLY BEGINS TO STRUT AROUND 34:24 AND SHOW OFF HER TUMMY AND SARAH KEEPS - STILL ORDERS HER AROUND, 34:30 AS IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS, BUT HAGAR SAYS, 'WAIT A SECOND. 34:33 I'M NOT JUST A SLAVE, I'M A WIFE.' DID YOU NOTICE THAT WORD 34:37 THERE? IT SAYS, 'TO BE HIS WIFE' - SHE 34:42 GAVE HER TO HER HUSBAND TO BE HIS WIFE - HER STATUS HAS 34:46 CHANGED BUT SARAH IS STILL TREATING HER LIKE A SERVANT. 34:47 SO HAGAR, YOU CAN UNDERSTAND - SHE BECAME DESPISED IN HER EYES. 34:53 SO THERE WAS A TENSION THAT DEVELOPS HERE, AT THIS POINT. 35:01 ABRAHAM HAS ISHMAEL; GOD SAYS TO ABRAHAM, 'HE IS NOT THE ONE.' 35:08 AND YOU GO TO GENESIS 17:19, "THEN GOD SAID: 'NO, SARAH YOUR 35:12 WIFE SHALL BEAR YOU A SON, AND YOU SHALL CALL HIS NAME ISAAC; I 35:17 WILL ESTABLISH MY COVENANT WITH HIM FOR AN EVERLASTING COVENANT, 35:21 AND WITH HIS DESCENDANTS AFTER HIM. AND AS FOR ISHMAEL, I HAVE 35:25 HEARD YOU. BEHOLD, I HAVE BLESSED HIM, AND 35:27 WILL MAKE HIM FRUITFUL, AND WILL MULTIPLY HIM EXCEEDINGLY. 35:30 HE SHALL BEGET TWELVE PRINCES," - NOW, HOW MANY SONS DID JACOB 35:34 HAVE? >>TWELVE. 35:35 >>ISN'T IT INTERESTING THAT TWO MAJOR RELIGIONS IN THE WORLD 35:38 TODAY - YOU HEARD MY SERIES EARLIER IN THE YEAR - SOME OF 35:40 YOU - ON CHRISTIANITY AND ISLAM - THAT THE TWO MAJOR RELIGIONS 35:45 IN THE WORLD TODAY BEGAN WITH JACOB HAVING TWELVE SONS - IT 35:49 STARTS, ACTUALLY, WITH ISHMAEL HAVING TWELVE PRINCES - TWELVE 35:52 SONS. JACOB - ONE BECOMES A FATHER OF THE HEBREWS AND - 35:55 CHRISTIANITY COMES THROUGH THE LINE OF JACOB - AND ISLAM COMES 36:00 THROUGH THE LINE OF ISHMAEL. AND SO, I THINK THAT'S 36:04 JUST MORE THAN COINCIDENCE. BOTH CHILDREN, SONS OF ABRAHAM, 36:10 AND - NOW WHAT IS - GETTING BACK TO PAUL, WHAT IS HE 36:13 SAYING ABOUT ALL OF THIS. SO GOD, THEN, HE VISITS SARAH, 36:19 SARAH HAS A SON - HIS NAME IS ISAAC. 36:22 BUT YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS, IS ISAAC IS PERSECUTED BY ISHMAEL. 36:29 MAYBE I'M GETTING AHEAD OF MYSELF. 36:31 ONE IS BORN BY PROMISE, ONE IS BORN AFTER THE FLESH. 36:37 WHEN ABRAHAM COULD NOT HAVE CHILDREN AND SARAH SAID, 'LOOK, 36:41 LET'S TAKE MATTERS INTO OUR OWN HANDS. 36:45 SLEEP WITH MY SERVANT.' AND HE SAYS, 'WELL, MAYBE WE'RE 36:50 SUPPOSED TO HELP GOD FULFILL HIS PROMISE.' SO THEY USED THE 36:53 OLD-FASHIONED CARNAL METHOD. THEY DO HAVE A SON, BUT 36:57 THIS IS A SON OF THE FLESH. GOD SAID, 'NO, IT WAS TO BE A 37:00 MIRACLE.' IT WAS TO BE A SON OF THE 37:03 SPIRIT. HOW WAS JESUS BORN? 37:07 MARY WAS CONCEIVED OF WHAT? THE HOLY SPIRIT. 37:11 ISAAC WAS TO BE A TYPE OF CHRIST. DIDN'T ABRAHAM OFFER 37:13 ISAAC ON THE MOUNTAIN? ISAAC WAS A TYPE OF 37:16 THE SPIRITUAL BIRTH. >>AMEN. 37:18 >>JESUS WAS A SPIRITUAL, SUPERNATURAL BIRTH. 37:21 WE ARE TO EXPERIENCE THAT SPIRITUAL NEW BIRTH; 37:24 IT'S CALLED BEING BORN AGAIN. 37:25 BUT THEY WANTED TO HELP GOD OUT AND THEY SAID, 'WE'RE GOING TO 37:28 MAKE IT HAPPEN, BUT WE'RE GOING TO DO IT THROUGH THE FLESH. 37:30 AND WHAT YOU SEE HERE, AND WHAT PAUL IS SAYING IS, YOU'VE GOT 37:32 ONE THAT IS THE LAW OF THE OLD COVENANT - 'WE WILL DO IT' - 37:37 'OUR OWN POWER' - 'IN OUR STRENGTH' - 'OUR WAY' - IT'S THE 37:41 LAW OF THE FLESH AND THE OTHER ONE IS THE LAW OF THE SPIRIT. 37:44 YOU SEE THESE TWO CONTRASTED ALL THROUGH THE BIBLE. 37:46 SOMEONE IS GOING TO READ FOR ME, IN A MOMENT, ROMANS 8:1 - 37:50 MANJEET, YOU'LL HAVE THAT? JUST - WE'LL GET 37:53 TO YOU IN A SECOND. I WANT TO READ MATTHEW 26, 37:55 VERSE 41 - A VERY IMPORTANT STATEMENT JESUS MAKES. 37:58 WHEN THE DISCIPLES ARE WITH HIM IN THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE, 38:02 JESUS SAYS, 'COME PRAY WITH ME.' AND THEY START TO TRY TO PRAY 38:05 BUT HOW LONG DID IT LAST? WHAT HAPPENED? 38:08 >>THEY FELL ASLEEP. >>THEY FELL ASLEEP. 38:11 AND JESUS SAID, "WATCH AND PRAY, LEST YOU ENTER INTO TEMPTATION. 38:17 THE SPIRIT INDEED IS WILLING, BUT THE FLESH IS WEAK." 38:21 NOW, IS THERE ANYONE HERE - CAN YOU RELATE TO THAT? 38:26 HAVE YOU EVER STRUGGLED BETWEEN THE SPIRIT AND THE FLESH? 38:30 IT MIGHT BE IN - WITH A TEMPER, WHERE THE SPIRIT IS SAYING, 38:34 'DON'T SAY IT' BUT THE FLESH IS MAD. 38:36 IT MIGHT BE WITH A DIET WHERE THE SPIRIT IS WILLING BUT THE 38:41 FLESH IS WEAK. IT COULD BE WITH ALL MANNER 38:46 OF DIFFERENT TEMPTATIONS. WE FEEL A BATTLE THAT GOES ON 38:49 BETWEEN THE SPIRIT AND THE FLESH. 38:52 PAUL IS SAYING, 'HERE YOU'VE GOT THAT IN THE SONS OF ABRAHAM.' 38:55 YOU'VE GOT ONE THAT IS THE FLESH AND ONE THAT IS THE SPIRIT. 38:59 1 CORINTHIANS 3:1, "AND I, BRETHREN, COULD NOT SPEAK TO YOU 39:03 AS TO SPIRITUAL PEOPLE BUT AS TO CARNAL, AS TO BABES IN CHRIST." 39:07 HE SAYS - YOU KNOW WHAT CARNAL MEANS? 39:09 CARNE - ANYONE SPEAK SPANISH? WHAT DOES CARNE MEAN? 39:13 >>MEAT. >>IT MEANS THE FLESH. 39:15 SO NEXT TIME YOU GO TO A CARNIVAL (LAUGHTER) DO YOU KNOW 39:19 WHERE THAT WORD COMES FROM? THE WORD 'CARNIVAL' IS THEY USED 39:24 TO HAVE THESE ROMAN PARTIES AND IT WOULD OFTEN INVOLVE THE 39:27 GLADIATOR SCENES AND BLOODSHED AND VIOLENCE AND - THEY 39:34 WERE ENTERTAINED BY GORE. WE USE THE WORD 'CARNIVAL' TODAY 39:40 - IT HAS, HOPEFULLY, A LITTLE DIFFERENT MEANING, BUT 39:42 THAT'S WHERE IT COMES FROM. AND SO, YOU'VE GOT THE BATTLE 39:44 BETWEEN THE CARNAL SIDE AND THE SPIRITUAL SIDE. 39:48 DO YOU KNOW, YOUR BRAIN IS DIVIDED IN - YOUR CEREBELLUM AND 39:50 YOUR CEREBRUM AND THEY SAY, YOU KNOW, YOUR HIGHER POWERS ARE IN 39:54 THE FRONTAL LOBES - I ALWAYS GET THE TWO MIXED UP, WHICH ONE IS 39:56 THIS? >>FRONTAL. 39:58 >>CEREBRUM? CEREBELLUM. >>CEREBRUM. 40:02 >>CEREBRUM. CEREBELLUM. BUT ANIMALS HAVE THE SAME TWO 40:07 PARTS OF THE BRAIN, BUT THEIR FRONTAL LOBE IS VERY SMALL. 40:10 THEY ARE CONTROLLED BY THE ANIMALISTIC INSTINCTS. 40:14 MOST OF THE WAY YOU TEACH AN ANIMAL IS YOU REWARD THEM 40:16 PHYSICALLY WHEN YOU GIVE THEM SOME FOOD OR THERE'S SOME 40:20 SATISFACTION OR YOU PRAISE THEM - YOU PET THEM - AND THEY'RE 40:24 KIND OF CARNALLY TRAINED. NOT TOO MANY OF THEM REASON VERY 40:30 FAR AND AHEAD THAT 'THIS IS MORALLY THE RIGHT THING TO DO 40:34 AND SO IT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO DO.' THEY HAVE FOUND THAT SOME 40:37 ANIMALS DO SEEM TO EXHIBIT VERY UNSELFISH BEHAVIORS, BUT - 40:45 ALRIGHT, GO AHEAD, READ ROMANS 8:1 AND 2. 40:48 >>"THERE IS THEREFORE NOW NO CONDEMNATION TO THOSE WHO ARE IN 40:54 CHRIST JESUS, WHO DO NOT WALK ACCORDING TO THE FLESH, BUT 40:59 ACCORDING TO THE SPIRIT. FOR THE LAW OF THE SPIRIT OF 41:03 LIFE IN CHRIST JESUS HAS MADE ME FREE FROM THE LAW 41:08 OF SIN AND DEATH." >>THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 41:11 I GAVE YOU ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT SCRIPTURES IN OUR 41:13 STUDY TODAY. YOU NOTICE THE WORDS 'LAW', 41:16 'SPIRIT', 'LAW', 'FLESH' - WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TWO COVENANTS 41:21 - WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OLD COVENANT/NEW COVENANT - OLD 41:24 COVENANT - 'WE WILL' - NEW COVENANT - GOD SAYS, 'I WILL'. 41:27 AND HERE IT'S TELLING US THAT THERE'S NO CONDEMNATION TO THOSE 41:32 WHO ARE IN JESUS WHO DO NOT WALK AFTER THE FLESH BUT AFTER THE 41:35 SPIRIT. IT'S NOT BEING PHARISAICAL, 41:39 IT'S BEING SPIRIT-MINDED. "FOR THE LAW OF THE SPIRIT OF 41:42 LIFE IN CHRIST JESUS HAS MADE ME FREE FROM THE LAW 41:45 OF SIN AND DEATH." MATTER OF FACT, IF YOU READ 41:48 ROMANS 7:14, "FOR WE KNOW THAT THE LAW IS SPIRITUAL, BUT I 41:51 AM CARNAL, SOLD UNDER SIN." YOU'VE GOT THIS TENSION 41:53 BETWEEN THE TWO IN OUR LIVES. GO TO ROMANS 8:4, "THAT THE 41:58 RIGHTEOUS REQUIREMENT OF THE LAW MIGHT BE FULFILLED IN US WHO DO 42:01 NOT WALK ACCORDING TO THE FLESH BUT ACCORDING TO THE SPIRIT. 42:05 FOR THOSE THAT ARE AFTER THE FLESH, DO MIND THE THINGS OF THE 42:07 FLESH, BUT THOSE THE SPIRIT, THE THINGS OF THE SPIRIT." 42:10 AND THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT VERSE, "FOR TO BE CARNALLY 42:14 MINDED" - TO BE FLESHLY MINDED - "IS DEATH, BUT TO BE SPIRITUALLY 42:18 MINDED IS LIFE AND PEACE." IF WE GO THROUGH OUR LIVES UNDER 42:22 THE OLD COVENANT, THINKING 'I WILL DO IT', OUR RELIGION WILL 42:26 BE DRUDGERY, MISERY, AND END IN DEATH. 42:29 IT HAS TO BE GOD DOING IT IN US. THE LORD SAYS, 'I WILL.' NOW, 42:34 WERE PEOPLE IN THE OLD TESTAMENT SAVED BY THE OLD COVENANT? 42:39 THAT'S A TRICK QUESTION. WERE THE PEOPLE IN THE OLD 42:42 TESTAMENT SAVED BY THE OLD COVENANT? 42:44 >>NO. >>IS ANYBODY SAVED 42:46 BY THE OLD COVENANT? >>NO. 42:48 >>THE IDEA THAT 'I WILL' - WHO DELIVERS? WHAT HUMAN IS INVOLVED 42:52 IN DELIVERING THE OLD COVENANT? MOSES, RIGHT? 42:56 LISTEN TO WHAT MOSES SAYS: 'CIRCUMCISE, THEREFORE, THE 42:59 FORESKIN OF YOUR HEART AND BE NO MORE STIFF-NECKED.' HE ALWAYS 43:03 KNEW THAT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED IN THE HEART, EVEN 43:07 THOUGH THEY HAD THE SIGNS AND THE SYMBOLS AND THE CEREMONIES 43:09 AND THE FEASTS AND THINGS, THAT WERE ALL PORTRAYING THE OLD 43:13 COVENANT, THEY WERE SYMBOLIC OF THE TRUE. 43:16 ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD AND IT WAS COUNTED HIM FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS. 43:19 THEY WERE SAVED BY THE NEW COVENANT. 43:21 NOW, WE'RE GOING ON FURTHER - GO TO GALATIANS 4:26 AND IT SAYS, 43:26 "BUT THE JERUSALEM ABOVE IS FREE, WHICH IS THE MOTHER OF US 43:32 ALL." I'VE HEARD ALL KINDS OF 43:34 INTERESTING EXPOSÉS ON WHAT THAT MEANS. 43:38 SOMEONE'S GOING TO READ, FOR ME, HEBREWS 12:22, IN JUST A MOMENT. 43:42 I'LL START OUT BY READING - WHAT IS IT TALKING ABOUT? 43:44 'JERUSALEM, WHICH IS ABOVE, IS FREE, THE MOTHER OF US ALL'? 43:47 LOOK IN COLOSSIANS CHAPTER 3, VERSES 1 AND 2, "IF THEN YOU 43:54 WERE RAISED WITH CHRIST, SEEK THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE ABOVE, 43:58 WHERE CHRIST IS, SITTING AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD. 44:01 SET YOUR MIND ON THINGS ABOVE, NOT ON THINGS ON THE EARTH." 44:06 SO WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT THE JERUSALEM WHICH IS ABOVE - 44:08 GO AHEAD READ, FOR ME, HEBREWS 12:22. 44:12 >>"BUT YOU HAVE COME TO MOUNT ZION AND TO THE CITY OF THE 44:15 LIVING GOD, THE HEAVENLY JERUSALEM TO AN INNUMERABLE 44:19 COMPANY OF ANGELS," - >>NOW, MOST OF THE TIME, WHEN I 44:23 SAY 'THE NEW JERUSALEM', WHAT BOOK IN THE BIBLE DO YOU GO 44:25 TO? >>REVELATION. 44:27 >>YOU GO TO REVELATION - THE LAST BOOK IN THE BIBLE, WHERE WE 44:29 HEAR ABOUT THE NEW JERUSALEM COMING DOWN FROM GOD. 44:31 BUT FOR THE JEWS IN PAUL'S DAY, WAS THE IDEA OF A SPIRITUAL 44:34 JERUSALEM A NEW CONCEPT OR DID THEY UNDERSTAND THAT? 44:38 WHEN THE BIBLE SAYS THAT - WAS IT MOSES? 44:41 HE LOOKED FOR A CITY THAT HAD FOUNDATIONS WHOSE BUILDER AND 44:44 MAKER IS GOD. HE WASN'T LOOKING FOR THE EARTHLY JERUSALEM. 44:49 HE WAS LOOKING FOR THE HEAVENLY JERUSALEM. 44:52 WHEN JESUS SAID, 'THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS AT HAND', DID THAT 44:56 KINGDOM HAVE A CAPITOL? IT'S THE NEW JERUSALEM. 44:59 WHY DOES HE CONTRAST THE NEW AND THE OLD JERUSALEM? 45:02 AND DON'T - DON'T MISS WHAT IT'S SAYING HERE IN GALATIANS, HE 45:05 SAYS 'FOR THE JERUSALEM THAT NOW IS, IS UNDER BONDAGE.' 45:08 WHEN PAUL WROTE THAT, WHAT FLAG FLEW ABOVE JERUSALEM? 45:12 WAS IT A HEBREW FLAG? OR WAS IT A ROMAN FLAG? 45:15 EVEN THE LITERAL JERUSALEM WAS OCCUPIED DURING THAT TIME, SO 45:20 THEY ALL LOOKED FOR THE NEW KINGDOM - THE MESSIAH'S KINGDOM 45:23 - 'THE HEAVENLY JERUSALEM' THEY CALLED IT. 45:26 AND SO, IT'S JUST BASICALLY SAYING YOU NEED TO THINK ABOUT 45:30 THE SPIRITUAL SIDE OF THESE THINGS. 45:33 AND THEN, IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT VERSE - VERSE 27, HE SAYS, "FOR 45:36 IT IS WRITTEN: 'REJOICE, THOU BARREN THAT BEAREST NOT; BREAK 45:40 FORTH AND CRY," - I'M IN GALATIANS 4:27 - THIS IS THE 45:43 NEXT VERSE - "REJOICE, THOU BARREN THAT BEAREST NOT; BREAK 45:47 FORTH AND CRY, THOU THAT TRAVAILEST NOT: FOR THE DESOLATE 45:51 HATH MANY MORE CHILDREN THAN SHE WHICH HATH AN HUSBAND." 45:55 NOW, YOU REALIZE WHAT HAPPENED WITH ABRAHAM AND HAGAR AND SARAH 46:00 AND ISAAC AND ISHMAEL IS, AFTER ISAAC WAS BORN, WHEN HE WAS 46:05 WEANED THEY HAD A PARTY, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A CELEBRATION - 46:09 IF YOU'RE JEWISH YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A BRIS - THEY HAVE A 46:12 CELEBRATION WHEN THE CHILD IS EIGHT DAYS OLD AND THEY NAME HIM 46:14 AND HE'S CIRCUMCISED. THEY HAD A CELEBRATION WHEN THE 46:17 CHILD WAS WEANED AND, OF COURSE, THEY WOULD NURSE THEM 46:21 A LOT LONGER THEN. THEY WERE USUALLY UP 46:23 AND WALKING AROUND. REMEMBER, MOSES, HE STAYED WITH 46:27 HIS MOTHER UNTIL HE WAS WEANED AND HE WAS OLD ENOUGH TO BE 46:30 TAUGHT IN PHARAOH'S HOUSE. SAMUEL STAYED WITH HANNAH UNTIL 46:33 HE WAS WEANED AND HE WAS OLD ENOUGH TO TAKE CARE OF HIMSELF 46:35 IN THE TEMPLE WITH ELI. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THEY SOMETIMES 46:42 NURSED THEM UNTIL THEY WERE FOUR OR FIVE YEARS OLD. 46:44 I KNOW, THAT SEEMS UNBELIEVABLE, BUT YOU GO TO SOME COUNTRIES AND 46:48 YOU STILL SEE THAT. THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THEY 46:52 HAD ALL OF THEIR MINERALS, I GUESS. 46:55 ANYWAY, WE WON'T TALK ABOUT THAT ANYMORE, BUT - SO THEY HAVE A 47:01 PARTY AND, AT THE PARTY EVERYBODY IS GUSHING OVER ISAAC 47:09 AND HE'S THE CENTER OF ATTENTION. 47:11 NOW, HOW DO YOU THINK ISHMAEL FEELS? 47:14 HE'S NOT LIKING THIS VERY MUCH. HAGAR HAS PROBABLY INSTILLED IN 47:17 HIM SOME DISDAIN FOR THIS OTHER CHILD OF THE SPIRIT - THIS 47:21 MIRACLE BABY THAT'S CALLED 'LAUGHTER' AND 47:23 EVERYBODY'S LAUGHING. AND HE BEGINS TO MAKE FUN OF AND 47:27 TO MOCK HIS YOUNGER BROTHER AND SARAH SEES THAT AND SAYS, 'OH, I 47:32 CAN SEE HOW THIS IS AND WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE THAT.' AND 47:35 SARAH GOES TO ABRAHAM AND SAYS, 'DIVORCE THE BONDWOMAN.' THE 47:41 TERM THAT IS USED IS 'PUT HER AWAY' - IT'S THE TERM THAT IS 47:44 USED, LATER IN THE BIBLE, FOR DIVORCE. 47:47 ABRAHAM NEEDS TO SEPARATE - A PERMANENT SEPARATION - FROM 47:51 HAGAR. AND THAT BROKE HIS HEART. HE SAID, 'LOOK, YOU TOLD ME TO 47:54 DO THIS, NOW YOU'RE TELLING ME TO DIVORCE HER. 47:56 YOU STARTED THE WHOLE THING.' AND 'HE'S MY SON. 48:00 I LOVE HIM.' AND ABRAHAM IS MUCH TROUBLED OVER THIS AND GOD SAYS 48:05 TO ABRAHAM, 'LISTEN TO THE VOICE OF SARAH.' NOW, IF HE HAD NOT 48:09 LISTENED TO SARAH THE FIRST TIME, THEY WOULDN'T HAVE THIS 48:11 PROBLEM, BUT NOW HE'S GOT TO LISTEN TO SARAH AND HE SAYS, 48:16 'SEND AWAY THE BONDWOMAN AND ISAAC.' NOW THIS IS VERY 48:18 IMPORTANT - >>ISHMAEL. 48:20 >>ISHMAEL - THANK YOU. 'SEND AWAY HAGAR AND ISHMAEL' BECAUSE 48:25 HAGAR AND ISHMAEL DID NOT GET THE INHERITANCE. DON'T YOU AND I 48:31 WANT THE ETERNAL INHERITANCE? >>AMEN. 48:34 >>THE INHERITANCE OF CHRIST DID NOT COME THROUGH THEM. 48:37 SO PAUL IS USING THIS AS AN ALLEGORY. 48:40 PAUL USES A LOT OF OLD TESTAMENT STORIES AS ALLEGORIES. 48:43 HAVE YOU READ, IN 1 CORINTHIANS 10, WHERE PAUL TALKS ABOUT THE 48:47 CHILDREN OF ISRAEL AND SAYS WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM IS AN ALLEGORY 48:50 OF SALVATION AND SAYS, 'CHRIST IS THE ROCK' - 'CHRIST IS THE 48:54 BREAD' - 'THE RED SEE REPRESENTS BAPTISM' - 'THE PILLAR OF FIRE 48:57 REPRESENTS BAPTISM IN THE SPIRIT'? 49:00 AND PAUL OFTEN TAKES THESE OLD TESTAMENT STORIES - THIS IS ONE 49:03 OF MY FAVORITE THINGS TO DO, IS LOOK FOR CHRIST IN ALL THE 49:05 STORIES OF THE BIBLE. HE TAKES THESE OLD TESTAMENT 49:08 STORIES AND SAYS THEY ARE ALLEGORIES OF SALVATION. 49:12 IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT HAGAR IS SENT AWAY. 49:15 SHE DOES NOT INHERIT IT. THEY DO NOT GET 49:17 THE PROMISED LAND. THEY GO OFF INTO ARABIA. 49:20 THEY GO OFF INTO THE DESERTS. THEY'RE CALLED 'THE PEOPLE OF 49:22 THE EAST' - THE DESCENDENTS OF ISHMAEL. 49:25 AND - AND SO, GOING BACK AND READING THIS AGAIN, IT SAYS 49:30 'REJOICE THOSE WHO WERE BARREN' - BECAUSE YOU'VE HAD MORE 49:34 CHILDREN THAN THE ONE WHO BORE. 49:37 DO YOU REMEMBER THE STORY OF HANNAH AND PENINNAH? 49:39 YOU'VE GOT THESE TWO MOTHERS AND THEY'RE FIGHTING OVER WHICH ONE 49:42 IS GOING TO HAVE AN ABUNDANCE OF CHILDREN. 49:45 AND, AT FIRST, PENINNAH, BUT LATER, HANNAH NOT ONLY HAS 49:49 SAMUEL THROUGH PRAYER, SHE HAS A MIRACLE BIRTH AND SHE ENDS UP 49:53 HAVING, I THINK, FIVE OR SIX MORE CHILDREN AFTER SAMUEL. 49:57 AND SO - DO YOU REMEMBER THE STORY OF THE TWO WOMEN WHO CAME 50:01 TO SOLOMON? THEY'RE FIGHTING OVER THE BABY 50:05 AND HE HAS TO MAKE A SPIRITUAL JUDGMENT, WHICH ONE 50:06 IS THE REAL MOTHER? DO YOU REMEMBER THE STORY WHERE 50:11 RACHEL AND LEAH ARE FIGHTING OVER JACOB'S ATTENTION AND WHO'S 50:14 GOING TO HAVE THE CHILDREN? DO YOU REMEMBER THE STORY - IT'S 50:17 NOT A VERY PLEASANT ONE - 2 KINGS, DURING A TIME OF FAMINE, 50:22 TWO MOTHERS COME TO THE KING, THEY'RE FIGHTING OVER THEIR SON. 50:26 YOU SEE THIS HAPPENING ALL THROUGH THE BIBLE AND IT'S THE 50:30 TENSION BETWEEN THE TRUE AND THE FALSE. 50:32 WHO IS BURIED WITH JACOB, RACHEL OR LEAH? 50:38 >>LEAH. >>LEAH. ISN'T THAT RIGHT? 50:42 IT'S NOT RACHEL. RACHEL WAS THE ONE HE LOVED. 50:44 RACHEL IS BURIED IN BETHLEHEM. SHE DIES GIVING BIRTH 50:47 TO BENJAMIN. LEAH IS BURIED. WHICH ONE DID 50:50 JESUS COME THROUGH? LEAH, NOT RACHEL. 50:54 RACHEL HAD A GREAT SON NAMED JOSEPH, BUT JESUS DIDN'T COME 50:56 THROUGH JOSEPH, JESUS CAME THROUGH JUDAH - THROUGH LEAH'S 51:01 SON. AND SO, YOU CAN SEE THIS HAPPENING THROUGH THE BIBLE, 51:05 THERE'S THE PROMISED CHILD. ALRIGHT, BACK TO GALATIANS HERE. 51:09 AND SO, I BETTER JUST GO BACK TO THE BOOK OF GALATIANS AND FINISH 51:11 THIS UP WITH YOU HERE. NOW GO TO VERSE 28, "NOW WE, 51:16 BRETHREN, AS ISAAC WAS, ARE THE CHILDREN OF PROMISE." 51:19 NOW IS THAT SELF-EXPLANATORY? HE SAID, 'WE'RE NOT THE CHILDREN 51:22 OF ISHMAEL, WHERE IT'S WE'RE TRYING TO HELP GOD OUT AND DO IT 51:25 BY WORKS, WE'RE THE CHILDREN OF FAITH AND IT'S A MIRACLE BIRTH. 51:29 WHEN ISAAC WAS BORN, IT IS A MIRACLE BIRTH. 51:31 WHEN YOU ARE BORN AGAIN IT IS A MIRACLE BIRTH. 51:34 WHAT THAT MEANS IS GOD HAS TO DO IT IN YOU. 51:37 >>AMEN. >>GOD SAYS, 'I WILL'. 51:39 AND IF YOU FEEL LIKE, 'I'VE NEVER HAD THAT MIRACLE BIRTH', 51:41 YOU NEED TO BE PRAYING FOR IT BECAUSE IT DOESN'T COME THROUGH 51:44 YOUR WORKS, IT COMES THROUGH YOUR PRAYERS. 51:47 YOU NEED TO BE PRAYING FOR A GENUINE CONVERSION. 51:49 OR, IF YOU'VE LOST IT, YOU NEED TO FIND IT AGAIN. 51:52 REVELATION SAYS IF YOU'VE LOST THAT FIRST LOVE - THAT NEW BIRTH 51:55 EXPERIENCE - PRAY FOR IT AGAIN. SEEK FOR IT. YOU KNOW, THE 52:00 METHODISTS WERE REALLY BIG ON PRAYING UNTIL THEY HAD THAT 52:02 ASSURANCE OF CONVERSION - THAT THEY EXPERIENCED THE NEW BIRTH. 52:06 ALRIGHT, GOING BACK TO GALATIANS AGAIN, "BUT, AS HE WHO WAS BORN 52:10 ACCORDING TO THE FLESH THEN PERSECUTED HIM WHO WAS BORN 52:13 ACCORDING TO THE SPIRIT," - AND HERE, PAUL IS SAYING HE THAT IS 52:17 BORN ACCORDING TO THE FLESH - ISHMAEL - THERE AT THE WEANING 52:21 BIRTHDAY PARTY - PERSECUTED ISAAC. 52:24 HE SAID THAT'S WHAT HAPPENING TODAY, THE SCRIBES AND THE 52:27 PHARISEES AND THE SADDUCEES AND THE LAWYERS ALL PERSECUTED THE 52:31 APOSTLES AND THOSE WHO SAY, 'WE ARE BORN OF CHRIST. 52:33 WE ARE BORN OF THE SPIRIT.' THEY SAID, 'OH NO.' AND THE ONES WHO 52:36 BELIEVED IN - THAT THE GOSPEL COULD GO TO THE GENTILES WERE 52:40 PERSECUTED BY THOSE WHO SAID,' OH, NO NO, WE'RE SAVED BY THE 52:43 LAWS OF MOSES.' REMEMBER, THE WHOLE THEME OF GALATIANS IS, 52:48 'IS IT THE NEW BIRTH? IS IT THE CEREMONIAL LAWS? 52:51 OR IS IT THE LAW OF THE SPIRIT?' SO THIS IS THE BIG BATTLE 52:54 THAT'S TAKING PLACE HERE. NEVERTHELESS, WHAT 52:58 DOES THE SCRIPTURE SAY? "'CAST OUT THE BONDWOMAN AND 53:02 HER SON, FOR THE SON OF THE BONDWOMAN SHALL NOT BE HEIR WITH 53:06 THE SON OF THE FREEWOMAN.' SO THEN, BRETHREN, WE ARE NOT 53:11 CHILDREN OF THE BONDWOMAN BUT OF THE FREE." 53:14 SO THAT'S HIS WHOLE POINT IS, HE'S MAKING - ALL THROUGH THIS 53:17 CHAPTER HE'S MAKING A VERY IMPORTANT ALLEGORY BETWEEN THOSE 53:22 WHO ARE BORN OF THE SPIRIT AND THOSE WHO ARE BORN OF THE FLESH. 53:24 I THINK I HAD ONE MORE THOUGHT HERE I WAS GOING TO SHARE WITH 53:27 YOU ON THIS POINT. YEAH, AND SO, YOU CAN SEE - 53:37 THERE WAS ONE VERSE HERE I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT IT SAYS 53:43 - GO TO VERSE 25 - I WENT RIGHT BY IT. 53:46 "FOR THIS HAGAR IS MOUNT SINAI IN ARABIA, AND CORRESPONDS TO 53:51 JERUSALEM WHICH NOW IS, AND IS IN BONDAGE WITH HER CHILDREN -" 53:54 WHERE IS MOUNT SINAI? >>SAUDI ARABIA. 53:57 >>WE USUALLY SAY IT'S IN THE SINAI PENINSULA AND, IF YOU GO 54:00 ON A TOUR OF THE MIDDLE EAST AND YOU SAY, 'I WANT TO SEE WHERE 54:03 THE TEN COMMANDMENTS WERE GIVEN', THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE 54:05 YOU TO A MOUNTAIN THEY CALL MOUNT SINAI, IN THE SINAI 54:08 PENINSULA, AND IT'S BECAUSE IT WAS NAMED THAT DURING THE TIME 54:13 OF CONSTANTINE. THEY PICKED OUT A MOUNTAIN AND 54:15 SAID, 'THIS IS WHERE IT IS' AND THEY BUILD ST. CATHERINE'S 54:18 MONASTERY, I THINK, AT THE BASE OF IT, AND THEY'VE BEEN TAKING 54:22 TOURS UP THIS MOUNTAIN EVER SINCE. 54:24 BUT THAT'S NOT IN ARABIA AND IT'S CERTAINLY NOT FORTY DAYS - 54:28 YOU REMEMBER WHEN ELIJAH FLED FORTY DAYS TO MOUNT SINAI? 54:32 IT'S NOT A FORTY-DAY JOURNEY, IT'S COMPARATIVELY CLOSE. 54:36 A LOT OF PEOPLE NOW BELIEVE THAT MOUNT SINAI IS, ACTUALLY, IN THE 54:40 ARABIAN PENINSULA. IT IS MUCH FURTHER SOUTH. 54:43 AND SO, I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT FOR YOU. 54:46 I THOUGHT THAT WAS AN INTERESTING POINT. 54:48 PAUL WAS ONE WHO SAYS, 'MOUNT SINAI, IN ARABIA, CORRESPONDS TO 54:53 JERUSALEM THAT NOW IS IN BONDAGE WITH HER CHILDREN' - EVEN 54:56 JERUSALEM TODAY, IN THE DAYS OF THE ROMANS, IT WAS IN BONDAGE - 54:59 'BUT THE JERUSALEM ABOVE' - THIS IS A NEW ONE - 'IS FREE, THE 55:02 MOTHER OF US ALL.' ALRIGHT, WELL, I THINK THAT 55:04 WE'VE COVERED MOST OF OUR LESSON. 55:06 I WANT TO REMIND OUR FRIENDS, IF YOU DID NOT JOIN US AT THE 55:09 BEGINNING OF THE STUDY, I'D LIKE TO REMIND YOU ABOUT THE FREE 55:11 OFFER. THIS IS REALLY A GOOD BOOK. 55:13 IF YOU'VE NOT READ THIS, EVERYBODY HERE - EVERYBODY 55:16 WATCHING - YOU OUGHT TO READ THIS BOOK - WHY THE OLD COVENANT 55:19 FAILED - ASK FOR OFFER #716 AND, WHEN YOU READ IT, SHARE IT WITH 55:23 A FRIEND. THAT NUMBER - 866-788-3966 OR 55:27 YOU JUST DIAL 866-STUDY-MORE AND WE'LL SEND THAT TO YOU. 55:31 GOD BLESS YOU, FRIENDS, WE LOOK FORWARD TO STUDYING HIS WORD 55:33 TOGETHER WITH YOU AGAIN NEXT WEEK. (MUSIC) 55:47 >>FRIENDS, WE'RE OUT HERE IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN NOT 55:49 TOO FAR FROM THE ISLAND OF FIJI, AND WE'RE GETTING READY TO LOOK 55:52 AT SOME WONDERS IN THE DEEP. THE BIBLE SAYS GOD MADE THE 55:56 HEAVEN AND THE EARTH AND THE SEA. 55:58 AND THERE ARE THINGS UNDER THE SEA THAT ARE BEAUTIFUL THAT MANY 56:01 PEOPLE HAVE NEVER SEEN. SOME FOLKS MIGHT JUST SKIM ALONG 56:03 - SNORKEL ON THE SURFACE, BUT IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE REAL MAJESTY 56:07 OF THE OCEAN, YOU'VE GOT TO GO DEEPER. (LIVELY MUSIC) 56:23 >>BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE GILLS LIKE FISH, WE 56:26 HAVE TO DO SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY TO BE ABLE TO 56:28 BREATHE BELOW THE SURFACE. BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO BREATHE ALL 56:31 THE TIME, WE NEED THIS SPECIAL EQUIPMENT. 56:34 (SOUND OF BREATHING APPARATUS) IN THE SAME WAY, THE BIBLE SAYS 56:38 A CHRISTIAN NEEDS TO PRAY WITHOUT CEASING. WE NEED TO 56:41 ALWAYS BE BREATHING THE ATMOSPHERE OF HEAVEN IF WE'RE 56:44 GOING TO LIVE A CHRISTIAN LIFE IN THIS WORLD BELOW. (MUSIC) 57:13 >>WOW, WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD. (MUSIC) 57:28 >>CAN'T GET ENOUGH AMAZING FACTS BIBLE STUDY? 57:31 YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL NEXT WEEK TO ENJOY MORE 57:34 TRUTH-FILLED PROGRAMMING, VISIT THE AMAZING FACTS MEDIA LIBRARY 57:38 AT 'AFTV.ORG'. 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