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00:35 >>GOOD MORNING, FRIENDS. WELCOME, AGAIN, TO SABBATH 00:37 SCHOOL STUDY HOUR, COMING TO YOU HERE FROM THE GRANITE BAY 00:40 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH NEAR SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA. 00:43 A VERY WARM WELCOME TO THOSE JOINING US ONLINE AND OUR ONLINE 00:46 MEMBERS, AND THOSE WATCHING ON THE VARIOUS TELEVISION NETWORKS, 00:49 A VERY WARM WELCOME TO YOU. ALSO, TO THE MEMBERS AND THE 00:52 VISITORS RIGHT HERE AT THE CHURCH, ALWAYS GOOD TO 00:55 SEE YOU WEEK AFTER WEEK. VERY EXCITED ABOUT OUR LESSON 00:58 FOR THIS QUARTER DEALING WITH THE BOOK OF ROMANS. 01:01 WE ACTUALLY STARTED A BRAND-NEW LESSON QUARTERLY LAST WEEK 01:03 ENTITLED SALVATION BY FAITH ALONE: THE BOOK OF ROMANS - AND 01:08 TODAY WE'RE ON LESSON #2 IN OUR STUDY, CALLED THE CONTROVERSY . 01:12 NOW, FOR OUR FRIENDS WHO ARE JOINING US, IF YOU DON'T HAVE A 01:14 LESSON QUARTERLY, AND LIKE TO STUDY ALONG WITH US, YOU CAN GO 01:18 TO THE AMAZING FACTS WEBSITE, JUST AMAZINGFACTS.ORG, AND YOU 01:21 CAN DOWNLOAD LESSON #2 ENTITLED THE CONTROVERSY AND YOU CAN 01:26 STUDY ALONG WITH US. WE ALSO HAVE A FREE OFFER THAT 01:28 GOES ALONG WITH OUR STUDY TODAY, A BOOK WRITTEN - ENTITLED 01:32 FEAST DAYS AND SABBATHS. THIS IS OUR FREE OFFER TODAY. 01:36 THOSE IN NORTH AMERICA, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE IT, 01:38 CALL US ON OUR RESOURCE PHONE NUMBER. 01:40 THAT NUMBER IS 866-788-3966 AND YOU CAN ASK FOR OFFER #179. 01:48 IF YOU'RE OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTRY AND YOU'D LIKE TO READ THE BOOK, 01:52 JUST GO TO THE AMAZING FACTS WEBSITE AND YOU CAN READ IT FOR 01:54 FREE AT THE AMAZING FACTS ONLINE LIBRARY. 01:57 AGAIN, IT'S CALLED FEAST DAYS AND SABBATHS . 02:00 WELL, BEFORE WE GET TO OUR STUDY THIS MORNING, I'D LIKE TO INVITE 02:02 OUR SONG LEADERS AND THEY'LL COME FORWARD AND LEAD US IN 02:05 LIFTING OUR VOICES IN SONG. >>THANK YOU PASTOR ROSS. 02:10 EVERY WEEK WE SING TOGETHER AS PART OF OUR WORSHIP TO OUR LORD 02:14 AND SAVIOR. TODAY WE'RE GOING TO SING ABOUT 02:17 THE MIGHTY POWER OF GOD - HYMN #88 - WE'RE GOING TO 02:20 SING ALL THREE VERSES. (PIANO MUSIC) 04:09 >>YOU KNOW, WE CAN TAKE REST AND ASSURANCE IN THE FACT THAT THERE 04:12 IS NOTHING THAT PASSES ON THIS EARTH WITHOUT GOD'S PERMISSION. 04:17 THIS IS HIS WORLD - HE CREATED IT - IT IS STILL HIS WORLD AND 04:22 HE IS ABOUT TO COME AND RESTORE IT TO ITS PERFECTION, RESTORING 04:26 US TO PERFECTION TO TAKE US HOME. 04:29 I'M SO GRATEFUL TO OUR SAVIOR AND OUR LORD. 04:32 AT THIS TIME, PASTOR ROSS WILL LEAD US IN OPENING PRAYER. 04:41 >>LET US BOW OUR HEADS FOR PRAYER. 04:42 DEAR FATHER IN HEAVEN, THANK YOU, ONCE AGAIN, THAT WE ARE 04:45 ABLE TO GATHER TOGETHER AND OPEN YOUR WORD AND STUDY THIS VERY 04:47 IMPORTANT BOOK - THE BOOK OF ROMANS - TALKING ABOUT SALVATION 04:50 BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH. AND WE ASK THE HOLY SPIRIT TO 04:54 COME AND GUIDE OUR HEARTS, OUR MINDS - SUCH AN IMPORTANT 04:56 SUBJECT, LORD, THAT WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND AND WE NEED TO BE 04:59 ABLE TO SHARE THESE TRUTHS WITH OTHERS. SO BLESS OUR TIME 05:01 TOGETHER, FOR WE ASK THIS IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. 05:05 OUR LESSON THIS MORNING IS GOING TO BE BROUGHT TO US BY PASTOR 05:08 DOUG. >>THANK YOU, PASTOR ROSS. 05:16 AND THANK YOU TO OUR SINGERS AND OUR SONG LEADERS - AND WELCOME 05:20 EVERYBODY - THOSE HERE - PART OF OUR REGULAR CLASS. 05:23 WE'RE GLAD TO SEE EACH OF YOU HERE TODAY. 05:25 AND WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE A FEW VISITORS TODAY AND A FEW OF OUR 05:28 REGULAR FOLK ARE PROBABLY OVER AT THE MARANATHA CELEBRATION 05:35 THAT THEY'RE HAVING TODAY. BUT WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU'RE HERE. 05:37 WE'RE GLAD FOR OUR EXTENDED CLASS THAT IS WATCHING WITH US. 05:41 WE KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT, NOT ONLY SOME STUDENTS, WE HAVE SOME OF 05:44 OUR GRANITE BAY MEMBERS WHO ARE TUNING IN FROM AROUND THE WORLD. 05:48 WE'VE TRIED TO DEVELOP A MEANS HERE, AT GRANITE BAY, WHERE 05:51 PEOPLE WHO ARE ISOLATED CAN BE PART OF OUR CHURCH AND IF YOU'D 05:56 LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THAT, SIMPLY GO TO GRANITEBAYSDA.ORG 06:01 AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO TALK TO YOU. 06:03 WE DON'T WANT FOLKS TO BE DISCONNECTED AND ISOLATED OUT 06:05 THERE. JUST BEFORE WE GET TO OUR 06:08 LESSON, WHICH IS A GOOD ONE, ON ROMANS, I WANT TO REMIND 06:11 EVERYBODY THAT WE'RE HAVING A SPECIAL PROGRAM. 06:13 YOU KNOW, IN THE INTRODUCTION OF ROMANS, WE TALK A LITTLE BIT 06:16 ABOUT MARTIN LUTHER AND, AS SOME OF YOU KNOW, OCTOBER 31 IS GOING 06:21 TO BE THE FIVE-HUNDRED-YEAR ANNIVERSARY FOR THAT PIVOTAL 06:24 POINT WHEN MARTIN LUTHER NAILED HIS THESES ON THE DOORS OF THE 06:28 WITTENBERG CHURCH AND IT, KIND OF, CREATED A SHAKING IN THE 06:33 CHRISTIAN WORLD THAT UNRAVELED INTO THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION. 06:39 WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING A SPECIAL SERIES RIGHT AFTER THAT 06:42 ANNIVERSARY - AMAZING FACTS IS GOING TO BE AT THE GENERAL 06:44 CONFERENCE WORSHIP AUDITORIUM; WE'RE DOING A SPECIAL REVIVAL 06:48 SERIES - IT'S CALLED FOUNDATIONS OF FAITH , AND IT'LL BE AIRING ON 06:53 MOST OF THE CHANNELS WHERE YOU'RE WATCHING THIS - HOPE 06:55 CHANNEL, 3ABN, AMAZING FACTS STREAMING, FACEBOOK, AND OTHERS. 07:00 WE'D LIKE TO HAVE YOU - ENCOURAGE YOU TO THINK, NOW, 07:03 ABOUT PLANNING AND JOINING US FOR THAT FOUNDATIONS OF FAITH . 07:06 WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING THROUGH SOME OF THE FOUNDATIONAL 07:08 TEACHINGS AND, IF THE REFORMATION WAS TO CONTINUE 07:12 TODAY, WERE THERE SOME THINGS THAT THE GREAT REFORMERS MISSED 07:16 THAT MAYBE THE WORLD - THE CHRISTIAN WORLD - NEEDS TO 07:19 REDISCOVER? WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THOSE ISSUES. 07:21 IT'S NOVEMBER 3 THROUGH 11 - NOVEMBER 3 THROUGH 11 - AND 07:26 PROBABLY ON THIS NETWORK YOU'RE WATCHING RIGHT NOW. 07:28 WE HOPE THAT YOU'LL PRAY FOR THAT AND PLAN ON TUNING IN. 07:31 OKAY, WITH THAT LENGTHY INTRODUCTION, I WANT TO GET TO 07:34 OUR STUDY TODAY, ON THE BOOK OF ROMANS. 07:37 TODAY WE'RE IN THE SECOND SECTION - SECOND LESSON - IT'S 07:41 CALLED THE CONTROVERSY . AND WE HAVE A MEMORY VERSE AND 07:45 THE MEMORY VERSE COMES FROM JOHN - THE GOSPEL OF JOHN - 1:17 07:50 - JOHN 1:17 - AND WE INVITE YOU TO SAY THIS TOGETHER. YOU READY? 07:55 "FOR THE LAW WAS GIVEN THROUGH MOSES, BUT GRACE AND TRUTH CAME 08:01 THROUGH JESUS CHRIST." NOW - AND THAT'S NOT A HARD 08:04 VERSE TO MEMORIZE, IS IT? THIS LESSON, TODAY, IS NOT GOING 08:10 TO BE DELVING DEEPLY INTO THE BOOK OF ROMANS. 08:13 WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT IS WHY WAS THE BOOK OF 08:16 ROMANS WRITTEN AND WHO IS IT WRITTEN TO? 08:20 YOU REALLY NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT BECAUSE THEN, AS YOU GO 08:22 THROUGH THE VARIOUS CHAPTERS IN THE BOOK OF ROMANS, YOU'LL SAY, 08:24 'AH, NOW I KNOW WHY HE SAID THAT.' TURN WITH ME TO THE BOOK 08:28 OF HEBREWS - HEBREWS CHAPTER 11 AND, IF YOU GO TO HEBREWS 11 08:36 AND, OH, LET'S SEE, YOU CAN START IN VERSE 37. 08:42 PAUL, HERE, IS TALKING ABOUT THE GREAT HEROES OF THE FAITH, ALL 08:45 THROUGH HEBREWS 11. HE ITEMIZES THESE GREAT HEROES 08:48 OF FAITH AND THEN HE, SORT OF, SUMMARIZES THAT DISCOURSE AND HE 08:53 SAYS, "THERE WERE STONED, THEY WERE SAWN IN TWO, WERE TEMPTED, 08:57 WERE SLAIN WITH THE SWORD. THEY WANDERED ABOUT IN 09:01 SHEEPSKINS AND GOATSKINS, BEING DESTITUTE, AFFLICTED, TORMENTED 09:05 - OF WHOM THE WORLD WAS NOT WORTHY. THEY WANDERED IN DESERTS 09:09 AND MOUNTAINS, IN DENS AND CAVES OF THE EARTH. AND ALL THESE, 09:14 HAVING OBTAINED A GOOD TESTIMONY THROUGH FAITH, DID NOT 09:18 RECEIVE THE PROMISE," - ALL THESE GREAT HEROES OF FAITH AND 09:21 HE ITEMIZES - HE TALKS ABOUT GIDEON AND HE TALKS ABOUT ELIJAH 09:26 AND HE TALKS ABOUT SARAH AND ABRAHAM. 09:29 HE SAID, 'THEY HAD A GREAT TESTIMONY, BUT THEY DID NOT 09:32 RECEIVE THE PROMISE - "GOD HAVING PROVIDED SOMETHING BETTER 09:36 FOR US," - NOW, HE SAYS, 'THEY' AND 'US'. 09:40 WHO'S THE 'THEY' AND THE 'US' THAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT? 09:43 THE PEOPLE WHO LIVED BEFORE CHRIST'S SACRIFICE AND US, 09:47 WHO HAVE NOW SEEN THE SACRIFICE. 09:51 THERE IS A - SOMETHING OF A RIFT THAT HAPPENS IN THE BIBLE, IN 09:55 THAT EVERYTHING YOU READ BEFORE THE NEW TESTAMENT, THEY ARE 09:59 LOOKING FORWARD IN FAITH TO THE COMING OF THE MESSIAH. 10:03 THEN, IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, - 'RIFT' IS NOT THE RIGHT WORD - 10:06 THERE'S A DIVISION, I SHOULD SAY - IN THE NEW TESTAMENT - WORD, 10:08 TESTAMENT, COVENANT - SAME WORD - YOU SEE THE REALITY - IT TALKS 10:11 ABOUT THE ADVENT OR THE FIRST COMING OF JESUS - HIS BIRTH. 10:16 VERY FIRST THINGS YOU READ IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, IT SAYS, 10:18 'THIS IS THE GENEALOGY OF JESUS CHRIST'. 10:21 IT TELLS ABOUT HIS HERITAGE AND HOW HE CAME AND HIS BIRTH, AND 10:24 YOU GET THE DETAILS ON HIS BIRTH IN MATTHEW AND LUKE; MARK AND 10:27 JOHN DON'T REALLY TALK ABOUT THAT, THEY TALK ABOUT HIS 10:30 MINISTRY, BUT YOU SEE THAT SOME - THERE'S SOMETHING THAT 10:33 HAPPENS. NOW, WHAT'S GOING ON? GO TO THE BOOK OF ROMANS, WE 10:36 WILL READ JUST A LITTLE BIT OF ROMANS TODAY. 10:38 ROMANS CHAPTER 1 AND IT SAYS, "PAUL," - IT INTRODUCES THE 10:43 AUTHOR - "A BONDSERVANT OF JESUS CHRIST, CALLED TO BE AN APOSTLE, 10:47 SEPARATED TO THE GOSPEL OF GOD" - AND HE TALKS A LITTLE ABOUT 10:51 THE GOSPEL - "WHICH HE PROMISED BEFORE THROUGH HIS PROPHETS" - 10:55 BEFORE THE ADVENT OF JESUS - "IN THE HOLY SCRIPTURES, CONCERNING 10:58 HIS SON JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD, WHO WAS BORN OF THE SEED OF 11:01 DAVID" - AND THAT'S THERE IN MATTHEW - "ACCORDING TO THE 11:04 FLESH, AND DECLARED TO BE THE SON OF GOD WITH POWER ACCORDING 11:08 TO THE SPIRIT" - THAT'S HOW YOU BEGIN THE GOSPEL OF JOHN - "OF 11:12 HOLINESS, BY THE RESURRECTION FROM THE DEAD." 11:14 - ALL THE GOSPELS END WITH THAT - "THROUGH HIM WE HAVE RECEIVED 11:17 GRACE AND APOSTLESHIP FOR OBEDIENCE TO THE FAITH AMONG ALL 11:21 NATIONS" - NOW CATCH THAT PHRASE, THERE - "FOR HIS NAME," 11:27 - BECAUSE SOME OF THE EARLY CHRISTIANS, THAT WERE ALL JEWS, 11:30 BELIEVED THAT THE GOSPEL WAS REALLY FOR THE JEWS, AND SO, 11:36 WHEN THEY WENT TO ROME, THE EARLY CHRISTIANS, WE LEARN, WENT 11:39 TO ROME AND THEY BEGAN TO TELL THE OTHER JEWS IN ROME ABOUT 11:42 JESUS, GRADUALLY THE GOSPEL THEN SEEPED INTO THE GENTILES 11:47 AND THE JEWS WERE SAYING, 'WELL, YOU NEED TO KEEP ALL OF THE 11:49 JEWISH LAWS' OR 'YOU ARE SECOND-CLASS CHRISTIANS BECAUSE 11:55 IF WE ARE A JEWISH CHRISTIAN, WE REALLY HAVE, SORT OF, SUPERIOR 12:01 PRIVILEGES TO THE GOSPEL.' NOW, CAN YOU UNDERSTAND THAT? 12:05 I MEAN, EVEN PAUL SAID, 'TO THE JEW FIRST.' JESUS SAID TO THE 12:10 WOMAN AT THE WELL - SHE SAID, 'SHOULD WE WORSHIP ON MOUNT 12:12 GERIZIM? AND YOU SAY IT'S IN JERUSALEM' 12:15 - AND JESUS SAID TO HER, 'SALVATION IS OF THE JEWS.' 12:18 THAT'S WHAT HE SAID. AND SO, THERE WAS THIS BIG 12:22 DISPUTE THAT WAS HAPPENING IN ROME, AMONG THE BELIEVERS THERE, 12:25 THAT PAUL NEEDED TO SETTLE - AND THE WAY HE SETTLES IT, HE 12:29 WRITES THE BOOK OF ROMANS. AND, IN THE BOOK OF ROMANS, HE 12:32 LAYS OUT THE GOSPEL AND THAT THE GOSPEL IS FOR EVERYBODY. 12:36 HE EXPLAINS THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE OLD COVENANT AND THE 12:39 NEW COVENANT AND HE TALKS, AT LENGTH, ABOUT THE JEW AND THE 12:43 GENTILE, AND HE EXPLAINS THAT ALL OF US ARE RELATED TO ADAM, 12:47 JESUS BEING THE SECOND ADAM - ALL THAT'S IN ROMANS. 12:50 AND SO, WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND THE BACKGROUND, THE BOOK OF ROMANS 12:53 REALLY COMES ALIVE AND SO IT'S VERY HELPFUL. 12:56 AND SO, IF YOU GO TO THE FIRST SECTION - UNDER SUNDAY - AND 13:02 WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT A BETTER COVENANT - AND, AS YOU'RE 13:06 FINDING THAT, YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT I'D JUST READ SOMETHING 13:07 TO YOU FROM MARTIN LUTHER'S COMMENTARY ON ROMANS. 13:10 WE'RE, AS I MENTIONED LAST WEEK, WE ARE REALLY DELVING INTO HOLY 13:15 GROUND - ALL OF THE BIBLE IS HOLY - BUT WHEN YOU GET INTO THE 13:20 BOOK OF ROMANS, YOU'VE REALLY GOT - THE GOSPEL IS CONSOLIDATED 13:23 HERE - IT'S CONCENTRATED - IT IS THE CREAM OF THE MILK OF THE 13:28 WORD, WHEN YOU GET INTO ROMANS. HERE'S WHAT MARTIN LUTHER SAID 13:31 ABOUT IT IN HIS INTRODUCTION TO HIS COMMENTARY ON ROMANS. 13:34 OF COURSE, THIS IS THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION, BECAUSE HE WROTE IT 13:37 IN GERMAN: "THE EPISTLE IS REALLY THE CHIEF PART OF THE NEW 13:42 TESTAMENT, AND THE VERY PUREST GOSPEL, AND IS WORTHY THAT NOT 13:46 ONLY EVERY CHRISTIAN SHOULD KNOW IT WORD FOR WORD" - DO YOU KNOW 13:50 THE BOOK OF ROMANS WORD FOR WORD? - "EVERY CHRISTIAN SHOULD 13:54 KNOW IT WORD FOR WORD, BY HEART, BUT OCCUPY HIMSELF WITH IT EVERY 13:59 DAY, AS THE DAILY BREAD OF THE SOUL." 14:03 SO HOW DID MARTIN LUTHER FEEL ABOUT THE BOOK OF ROMANS? 14:05 IT'S THE PUREST GOSPEL - YOU OUGHT TO KNOW IT WORD BY WORD. 14:08 I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER WHETHER IT WAS POLYCARP OR CLEMENT, BUT 14:12 ONE OF THE EARLY CHURCH FATHERS HAD THE BOOK OF ROMANS READ TO 14:14 HIM EVERY WEEK - THE ENTIRE BOOK - THEY THOUGHT IT WAS THAT 14:19 IMPORTANT. AND SO, I BET I MADE YOU ALL SIT 14:22 UP A LITTLE MORE, RIGHT NOW, WITH THAT INTRODUCTION, RIGHT? 14:26 'WOW, I BETTER PAY ATTENTION TO THIS.' THEY BELIEVED THAT IT WAS 14:29 - THE ESSENCE OF THE GOSPEL WAS FOUND IN THIS BOOK. 14:32 NOW, HE'S WRITING THE BOOK BECAUSE THERE'S A 14:36 MISUNDERSTANDING OF THE COVENANT AND WHO THE GOSPEL IS FOR. 14:41 UNDER THE SECTION A BETTER COVENANT , I'M GOING TO READ TO 14:45 YOU A FEW STATEMENTS - GO TO HEBREWS CHAPTER 8, VERSE 6 - 14:49 HEBREWS 8, VERSE 6 - "BUT NOW HE HAS OBTAINED A MORE EXCELLENT 14:55 MINISTRY, INASMUCH AS HE IS ALSO MEDIATOR OF A BETTER COVENANT," 15:01 - ALRIGHT, SO WHAT COVENANTS DO WE HAVE? 15:04 YOUR BIBLE'S DIVIDED IN TWO PRINCIPLE SECTIONS. 15:07 WHAT ARE THEY CALLED? OLD AND NEW WHAT? 15:10 >>TESTAMENT. >>TESTAMENT. 15:11 THE WORD 'TESTAMENT' AND THE WORD 'COVENANT' - SAME THING. 15:14 SO YOU'VE GOT THE OLD AND THE NEW COVENANT - USUALLY I DON'T 15:16 SAY IT THAT WAY. IF I TELL YOU, 'WE'RE GOING TO 15:18 TURN TO THE OLD COVENANT, NOW', YOU PROBABLY THINK WE'RE GOING 15:21 TO, LIKE, YOU KNOW, EXODUS. IF I SAY, 'NOW, LET'S GO TO THE 15:24 NEW COVENANT', YOU WOULDN'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT TO GO TO JEREMIAH 15:27 OR HEBREWS, BUT THE NEW COVENANT/OLD COVENANT - NEW 15:31 TESTAMENT/OLD TESTAMENT - THOSE REALLY MEAN THE SAME THING. 15:35 AND SO, WHEN IT SAYS HE'S A MEDIATOR OF A BETTER COVENANT - 15:39 BETTER THAN WHAT? THAN THE OLD. WHO IS THE HE? 15:42 JESUS - MEDIATOR OF A BETTER COVENANT, BECAUSE HE IS THE HIGH 15:47 PRIEST, HE IS THE SACRIFICE, AND IT'S HIS BLOOD. 15:51 IT'S NOT A MARBLE BUILDING THAT WAS TORN DOWN, IT'S NOT THE 15:55 BLOOD OF A CALF OR A GOAT OR A SHEEP, AND IT'S NOT THE SONS OF 15:59 LEVI, WHO WERE OFTEN FLAWED PEOPLE. 16:02 AND SO, THAT'S WHY IT'S A BETTER COVENANT. 16:04 AND IT'S BASED ON, THE BIBLE SAYS, BETTER PROMISES. 16:07 WE'LL GET TO THAT IN JUST A MINUTE. 16:09 IF YOU LOOK - NOW, IF I WERE TO ASK YOU - OKAY, LET ME JUST TAKE 16:14 MY BIBLE HERE AND SEE IF I CAN ILLUSTRATE THIS AND BE SOMEWHAT 16:16 - ALRIGHT, THAT'S CLOSE ENOUGH - NEW TESTAMENT - OLD TESTAMENT - 16:24 DO YOU SEE A DIFFERENCE? NOW, MY BIBLE'S GOT SOME, YOU 16:27 KNOW, NOTES AND COMMENTARY IN THE BEGINNING - IT'S GOT SOME 16:29 IN THE END, SO IT SORT OF EVENS OUT. 16:31 BUT, IF YOU TAKE A BIBLE WITHOUT ANY COMMENTARY AND NOTES AND 16:33 CONCORDANCE, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF THE 16:36 BIBLE IS OLD TESTAMENT, ONE QUARTER IS NEW TESTAMENT. 16:41 SO WHERE DO YOU READ THE NEW COVENANT? YOU FIND IT FIRST IN 16:49 THE OLD TESTAMENT. THAT KIND OF SURPRISES PEOPLE. 16:52 LET ME READ IT TO YOU - JEREMIAH 31:31 - YOU ACTUALLY FIND IT A 16:55 FEW PLACES IN THE OLD TESTAMENT. JEREMIAH - YOU CAN REMEMBER THAT 17:00 - JEREMIAH 31:31 - IT'S LIKE THE DAYS IN A MONTH, OKAY? 17:04 "'BEHOLD, THE DAYS ARE COMING,' SAYS THE LORD, 'WHEN I WILL MAKE 17:08 A NEW COVENANT WITH THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL AND WITH THE HOUSE OF 17:11 JUDAH'" - A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANT YOU TO NOTICE: FIRST OF ALL 17:13 HE SAYS 'A NEW COVENANT' - HE SAYS THESE AREN'T THE DAYS YET, 17:16 BUT THEY'RE COMING. HE'S PROPHESYING WHEN THE MESSIAH 17:18 WOULD COME, OKAY? WHO DOES HE MAKE THE NEW COVENANT WITH? 17:23 YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT ARE 17:26 DISPENSATIONALISTS BELIEVE THAT THE NEW COVENANT IS MADE WITH 17:28 GENTILES AND I'VE MET PEOPLE, THEY SAY, 'WELL, YOU KNOW, THE 17:34 OLD COVENANT WAS FOR THE JEWS, THE NEW COVENANT IS FOR THE 17:37 GENTILES.' IT SEEMS INTUITIVE YOU WOULD THINK THAT, BUT IT'S 17:41 NOT TRUE. BECAUSE WHEN - WE JUST READ, THE 17:44 NEW COVENANT IS NOT MADE WITH GENTILES, IT'S MADE WITH JEWS. 17:48 IN FACT, I CHALLENGE YOU TO SHOW ME WHERE IN THE BIBLE IT SAYS 17:52 GOD HAS MADE A COVENANT WITH THE GENTILES. 17:56 NOW, THERE ARE PROMISES TO THE GENTILES, BUT YOU DON'T SEE A 17:58 COVENANT. AND SO, IN ORDER FOR ANY GENTILE 18:03 TO BE SAVED, HE IS GRAFTED IN, PAUL SAYS IN ROMANS, HE IS 18:08 GRAFTED INTO THE COVENANT THAT GOD MADE WITH THE JEWS. 18:11 SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHY THE JEWS WOULD GO TO THE GENTILES IN 18:15 ROME AND SAY, 'LOOK, ONLY WAY YOU'RE GETTING TO HEAVEN IS 18:18 THROUGH THE JEWISH BIBLE AND THROUGH THE JEWISH COVENANT, AND 18:23 SO YOU'VE GOT TO KEEP THE JEWISH FEASTS.' AND SO THERE WAS A 18:26 GREAT DEAL OF CONFUSION. PAUL HAD TO CLARIFY ALL THAT AND 18:29 WE'RE GETTING INTO THAT NOW. SO DON'T MISS THAT. 18:32 WHO DOES HE MAKE THE COVENANT WITH? 18:33 'I WILL MAKE A COVENANT WITH THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL AND THE HOUSE OF 18:36 JUDAH.' GO TO VERSE 33, "'BUT THIS IS THE COVENANT I WILL MAKE 18:41 WITH THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL AFTER THOSE DAYS,'" - HE SAID, 'NOT 18:43 YET, BUT IT'S COMING - "SAYS THE LORD: 'I WILL PUT MY LAW IN 18:47 THEIR MINDS, AND WRITE IT ON THEIR HEARTS; AND I SHALL BE 18:51 THEIR GOD AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE.'" ALRIGHT, TYPICALLY 18:54 WHEN YOU'RE MAKING A COVENANT WITH PEOPLE - I'M INVOLVED IN 18:57 DOING A CONTRACT WITH SOMEBODY RIGHT NOW - I'M NOT GOING TO 19:00 TELL YOU ABOUT IT, BUT THIS IS HOW THE CONTRACT WORKS: THIS 19:04 PERSON E-MAILED ME AND THEY SAID, 'FIRST LET'S GET A VERBAL 19:06 AGREEMENT BETWEEN BOTH PARTIES. 19:09 THEY SAID, 'NO SENSE WRITING IT ALL UP - IT'S A LOT OF WORK - IF 19:11 YOU DON'T HAVE, AT LEAST, A VERBAL AGREEMENT OF WHAT WE'RE 19:12 GOING TO WRITE UP.' AND YOU MIGHT EVEN START WITH, WHAT THEY 19:15 CALL, AN M.O.U - A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING. 19:18 THAT MEANS, HERE'S THE COVENANT TERMS - HERE'S THE TERMS, YOU 19:21 AGREE TO THE TERMS - THEN YOU GET THE LAWYERS. 19:23 THEY'RE EXPENSIVE SO YOU DON'T GET THEM UNTIL THE LAST THING. 19:25 THEN THEY WRITE UP THE CONTRACT AND, IF THERE'S TWO PARTIES 19:30 INVOLVED, YOU HAVE AT LEAST TWO PARTIES SIGN IT. 19:34 NOW, IF FOR SOME REASON I SAID, 'LOOK, THIS IS NOT WORKING OUT. 19:37 I DON'T WANT TO GO BY THIS COVENANT ANYMORE.' AND THEY SAY, 19:39 'YOU'RE RIGHT, IT ISN'T WORKING OUT. 19:40 I DON'T WANT TO GO BY IT ANYMORE EITHER.' I'D SAY, 'OKAY, LOOK, 19:42 IF I'M GOING TO TEAR UP MINE, YOU NEED TO TEAR UP YOURS, 19:45 BECAUSE IF I TEAR UP MINE AND YOU'VE STILL GOT YOURS, I'M 19:47 STILL ACCOUNTABLE BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT A WRITTEN DOCUMENT THAT 19:49 PROVES I MADE AN AGREEMENT. BUT I'LL TEAR UP MINE, YOU TEAR 19:52 UP YOURS - THAT'S GONE.' OKAY? WHEN WAS THE OLD 19:59 COVENANT TORN UP? DO YOU SEE ANY TEARING HAPPENING 20:05 AROUND THE TIME OF THE CROSS? WHAT GETS TORN? 20:09 >>THE VEIL. >>WHEN JESUS DIES, 20:11 THE VEIL IS TORN. IS IT TORN BY MAN OR BY GOD? 20:17 BY GOD - IT'S IN THE TEMPLE - IT'S IN GOD'S HOUSE. 20:19 AND, DURING THE TRIAL, THE HIGH PRIEST TORE HIS GARMENTS. 20:24 THOSE WERE THE ROBES THAT MAN WORE, AND IT WAS DONE BY MAN. 20:29 SO YOU HAVE A NEW PRIESTHOOD AND A NEW TEMPLE - THE OLD IS TORN. 20:34 IT IS PASSED AWAY, HEBREWS SAID. WE ARE NOT UNDER 20:37 THE OLD COVENANT. WE DO NOT SACRIFICE LAMBS. 20:40 WE DO NOT KEEP THE CEREMONIAL PARTS OF THE LAW. 20:44 THE TEN COMMANDMENT PART OF THE LAW IS ETERNAL IN NATURE - IT'S 20:49 IN THE NEW AND THE OLD TESTAMENTS. 20:50 THE CEREMONIAL PARTS OF THE LAW BEGAN WITH THE COVENANT GOD MADE 20:53 WITH ABRAHAM - WITH CIRCUMCISION. 20:56 IT WAS EXPANDED WITH THE EXODUS - WITH THE JEWISH FEASTS - THOSE 21:00 THINGS WERE NAILED TO THE CROSS. WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THAT 21:02 IN JUST A MINUTE HERE. SO, HE SAID, "I WILL PUT MY LAW 21:05 IN THEIR MINDS," - SO, IS THE NEW COVENANT A DIFFERENT LAW? 21:10 SAME LAW, DIFFERENT PLACE. SAME LAW - BETTER PROMISES. 21:16 THE OLD PROMISE, GOD GAVE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS AND THE PEOPLE 21:19 SAID, 'ALL THAT THE LORD HAS SAID, WE PROMISE WE WILL DO.' 21:22 THEY SAID, 'WE WILL DO IT.' IT'S BASED ON THEIR PROMISES - BAD 21:25 PROMISES - NEW COVENANT, GOD SAYS, 'I WILL' - OLD COVENANT, 21:29 THE PEOPLE SAID, 'WE WILL' - NEW COVENANT, GOD SAYS, 'IT'S MY 21:32 PROMISE, WHICH IS BETTER THAN A HUMAN PROMISE. 21:34 I WILL WRITE MY LAW IN YOUR HEART.' SO ITS BASED ON HIS 21:38 PROMISE. THE LAW IS THE SAME. YOU SEE, THE PROBLEM IS WE'VE 21:41 SINNED AND BROKEN GOD'S LAW. SO GOD DOESN'T SAY, 'I'LL MAKE 21:43 A NEW COVENANT - I'M GOING TO THROW OUT THE LAW.' THAT DOESN'T 21:46 SOLVE OUR PROBLEM, WE'VE STILL GOT SIN. 21:49 THE NEW COVENANT IS, 'I'M GOING TO HELP YOU KEEP THE LAW BY 21:52 PUTTING IT IN YOUR HEART.' AND SO YOU KEEP IT THROUGH LOVE. 21:56 'I'LL PUT MY LAW IN THEIR MINDS AND WRITE THEM IN THEIR HEARTS. 22:00 I WILL BE THEIR GOD AND THEY WILL BE MY PEOPLE.' HERE'S THE 22:02 OTHER PLACE WHERE YOU FIND THE NEW COVENANT IN THE OLD 22:05 TESTAMENT - GO TO EZEKIEL 36:25 - THIS IS ALL JUST REALLY 22:10 IMPORTANT FOUNDATION TO UNDERSTAND ROMANS - EZEKIEL 22:13 36:25 - AND IN A MINUTE SOMEONE'S GOING TO READ, FOR ME, 22:16 REVELATION 14:12, OKAY? IT SAYS, "THEN I WILL SPRINKLE 22:21 CLEAN WATER ON YOU, AND YOU SHALL BE CLEAN; I WILL CLEANSE 22:24 YOU FROM ALL YOUR FILTHINESS AND FROM ALL YOUR IDOLS. 22:27 I WILL GIVE YOU" - BY THE WAY, IS IDOLATRY ONE OF THE TEN 22:29 COMMANDMENTS? - "I WILL GIVE YOU A NEW HEART 22:32 AND PUT A NEW SPIRIT WITHIN YOU; I WILL TAKE THE HEART OF STONE 22:36 OUT OF YOUR FLESH AND GIVE YOU A HEART OF FLESH. 22:38 I WILL PUT MY SPIRIT WITHIN YOU AND CAUSE YOU" - I WILL CAUSE 22:42 YOU - "TO WALK IN MY STATUTES," - THE COMMANDMENTS - "AND YOU 22:45 WILL KEEP MY JUDGMENTS AND DO THEM." 22:47 YOU SEE THIS NEW COVENANT THERE? SAME PRINCIPLE. 22:50 NOW, I'M GOING TO, HOPEFULLY, NOT CONFUSE YOU, BUT I PROBABLY 22:53 WILL. SO WHEN DID PEOPLE START GETTING 22:56 SAVED UNDER THE NEW COVENANT, IN THE NEW TESTAMENT OR 23:00 THE OLD TESTAMENT? YOU WOULD THINK THEY START 23:07 GETTING SAVED UNDER THE NEW COVENANT IN THE NEW TESTAMENT. 23:09 NO, EVERYBODY IS SAVED UNDER THE NEW COVENANT, AND IT STARTS IN 23:14 THE OLD TESTAMENT, BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT SAVED ON YOUR PROMISES 23:19 AND YOUR WORKS, YOU ARE SAVED ON FAITH OF HIS PUTTING THE LAW IN 23:23 YOUR HEART. DID ABRAHAM KEEP THE LAW OF GOD TO SAVE HIMSELF, OR 23:28 BECAUSE OF LOVE? DIDN'T MOSES SAY, IN THE OLD COVENANT, 'I 23:33 COMMAND YOU, TODAY, TO LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD'? 23:36 ISN'T THAT THE NEW COVENANT WRITTEN IN THE HEART? 23:39 IN FACT, IN THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, DO YOU FIND THE 23:41 WORDS, 'SHOWING MERCY UNTO THOUSANDS OF THEM THAT LOVE ME 23:46 AND KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS'? ISN'T THAT RIGHT IN 23:48 THE TEN COMMANDMENTS? THE KEY'S RIGHT THERE. 23:51 LOVE ME AND KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS. 23:53 AND SO, WHEN THE LOVE OF GOD IS SHED ABROAD IN OUR HEARTS, - 23:58 JESUS SAID, 'IF YOU LOVE ME, KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS.' THE BIBLE 24:01 SAYS, 'HEREIN IS THE LOVE OF GOD, THAT WE KEEP HIS 24:05 COMMANDMENTS AND THEY ARE NOT A BURDEN.' AND SO, YOU DO FIND THE 24:10 OLD COVENANT WHERE THE PEOPLE SAID, 'WE'LL BE YOUR PEOPLE', 24:13 BUT NO ONE WAS REALLY SAVED UNDER THEIR PROMISES TO OBEY. 24:17 WE'RE SAVED BASED ON GOD'S PROMISE TO WRITE HIS LAW ON OUR 24:20 HEART. THE SACRIFICE OF JESUS DOES NOT 24:22 HAPPEN UNTIL THE NEW TESTAMENT, RIGHT? 24:26 IT BECOMES A REALITY THERE. JUST LOOK AT IT THIS WAY: THE 24:29 PEOPLE IN THE OLD TESTAMENT WERE SAVED BY THE NEW COVENANT, 24:32 LOOKING FORWARD IN FAITH, TO WHEN THE MESSIAH WOULD COME. 24:37 THE PEOPLE IN THE NEW TESTAMENT WERE SAVED BY THE NEW COVENANT, 24:41 SEEING THE REALITY - BUT THEY'RE SAVED BY FAITH TOO. 24:44 YOU AND I ARE SAVED BY FAITH LOOKING BACK AT THE CROSS, BUT 24:47 EVERYONE IS SAVED BY THE CROSS. NOBODY GOT TO HEAVEN 24:49 BY THEIR WORKS. SO, IS IT STILL IMPORTANT, SINCE 24:54 WE'RE UNDER THE NEW COVENANT, TO KEEP THE TEN COMMANDMENTS? 24:58 LET'S LOOK AT A FEW EXAMPLES: GO AHEAD, DAN, WHY DON'T YOU READ 25:01 YOURS FOR US? >>"HERE IS THE PATIENCE OF THE 25:03 SAINTS; HERE ARE THOSE WHO KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD 25:06 AND THE FAITH OF JESUS." >>NOW, WOULD YOU AGREE 25:09 REVELATION 14 IS TALKING ABOUT THE LAST DAYS? 25:13 IF YOU READ THE NEXT FEW VERSES IN REVELATION 14, IT SAYS, 'AND 25:15 I SAW ONE LIKE THE SON OF MAN COMING ON THE CLOUDS OF HEAVEN' 25:20 JUST A FEW VERSES LATER. SO IT'S OBVIOUSLY IN THE CONTEXT 25:22 OF JUST BEFORE THE SECOND COMING, HE SAYS, 'HERE YOU'VE 25:25 GOT - ONE GROUP KEEPS THE LAWS OF THE BEAST - IT'S GOT 25:28 THE MARK OF THE BEAST. ANOTHER PERSON KEEPS THE 25:30 COMMANDMENTS OF GOD - THEY'VE GOT THE SEAL OF GOD AND THEY'RE 25:33 SAVED.' IT'S REALLY CLEAR IN REVELATION. LET ME GIVE YOU 25:35 ANOTHER ONE - REVELATION 12:17, "AND THE DRAGON" - WHO IS THAT? 25:39 >>SATAN. >>"WAS ENRAGED WITH THE 25:42 WOMAN," - WHO'S THE WOMAN? >>THE CHURCH. 25:44 >>IT MUST BE THE TRUE CHURCH, BECAUSE SHE'S CLOTHED WITH LIGHT 25:48 - "AND HE WENT TO MAKE WAR" - YOU'VE HEARD OF THE BATTLE OF 25:50 ARMAGEDDON - "WITH THE REMNANT OF HER OFFSPRING," - THE 25:54 REMAINDER OF HER SEED - THE REMAINDER IS THE REMNANT OF THE 25:58 LAST DAYS. TWO GREAT CHARACTERISTICS - "WHO KEEP THE 26:01 COMMANDMENTS OF GOD AND HAVE THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS CHRIST." 26:05 SO THE VERY FACT THE DEVIL IS ANGRY WITH THOSE WHO KEEP THE 26:07 COMMANDMENTS MEANS IT'S A GOOD THING. 26:10 OBVIOUSLY, THE DEVIL'S NOT GOING TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO OBEY. 26:13 BUT TWO THINGS: SHE'S GOT THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS - 26:17 COMMANDMENTS OF GOD AND THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS. 26:21 AND IF YOU LOOK IN 1 JOHN 2 - FIRST LETTER OF JOHN CHAPTER 2, 26:25 VERSE 3 - "NOW BY THIS WE KNOW THAT WE KNOW HIM, IF WE KEEP HIS 26:28 COMMANDMENTS. HE WHO SAYS, 'I KNOW HIM,' AND 26:32 DOES NOT KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS, IS A LIAR, AND THE 26:34 TRUTH IS NOT IN HIM." I WAS DOING A BIBLE STUDY WITH 26:37 SOMEONE, ONCE, AND THEY SAID, 'I'M UNDER THE NEW COVENANT, I 26:39 DON'T NEED TO KEEP THE LAW.' HE SAYS, 'I LOVE THE LORD AND I'M 26:43 SAVED, BUT I'M NOT UNDER THAT OLD JEWISH LAW. I'M UNDER THE 26:47 NEW COVENANT: JUST LOVE THE LORD AND LOVE NEIGHBOR.' I SAID, 26:49 'WELL, IF YOU LOVE THE LORD, YOU'LL KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS.' 26:51 HE SAYS, 'NO, YOU DON'T NEED TO KEEP THE TEN ANYMORE, YOU JUST 26:52 NEED TO LOVE.' I SAID, 'WELL, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?' 26:55 I SAID, 'DOES THAT ME YOU SAY, 'WELL, I LOVE, BUT I CAN NOW 26:58 STEAL, I CAN LIE' - 'OH NO, NO, NO, NO.' HE REALLY HAD NO 27:01 PROBLEM WITH THE TEN COMMANDMENTS EXCEPT ONE. 27:03 YOU KNOW WHICH ONE IT WAS. THE SABBATH. 27:07 AND, WHILE I WAS TALKING TO HIM, I READ HIM THIS VERSE: "NOW BY 27:10 THIS WE KNOW THAT WE KNOW HIM, IF WE KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS. 27:13 HE WHO SAYS, 'I KNOW HIM,' AND DOES NOT KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS, 27:16 IS A LIAR, AND THE TRUTH IS NOT IN HIM." 27:19 HE HAD NO ANSWER FOR THAT. SO, CONTINUING WITH TALKING 27:24 ABOUT - OH, LET ME GIVE YOU ONE MORE VERSE HERE - GO TO THE 27:27 BOOK OF JAMES - THIS IS IN YOUR LESSON, I JUST DIDN'T 27:29 HAVE IT IN MY NOTES. JAMES, OF COURSE, IS 27:32 JUST BEFORE REVELATION. I'M SAYING THAT FOR MY BENEFIT 27:34 BECAUSE I'M HAVING TROUBLE FINDING IT. 27:36 ALRIGHT, HERE WE GO - IT'S JUST BEFORE - WELL, IT'S NOT JUST 27:40 BEFORE REVELATION - BEFORE - AFTER 2 PETER? 27:44 1 JOHN - JAMES - I WANT TO GO TO JAMES CHAPTER 2 - WHAT DID I SAY 27:51 - IT'S BEFORE HEBREWS? WHY'D YOU DO THAT TO ME? 27:57 I WAS RIGHT - HERE WE GO - ALRIGHT, JAMES CHAPTER 2, GO TO 28:02 VERSE 10, "FOR WHOEVER SHALL KEEP THE WHOLE LAW, AND YET 28:06 STUMBLE IN ONE POINT HE IS GUILTY OF ALL." - NOW, WHAT LAW 28:08 IS HE TALKING ABOUT? - "FOR HE WHO SAID, 'DO NOT COMMIT 28:11 ADULTERY,' ALSO SAID, 'DO NOT MURDER.' NOW IF YOU DO NOT 28:14 COMMIT ADULTERY, BUT YOU DO MURDER, YOU HAVE BECOME A 28:17 TRANSGRESSOR OF THE LAW. SO SPEAK AND SO DO AS ONE WHO 28:21 WILL BE JUDGED BY THE LAW OF LIBERTY." 28:24 SO THE TEN COMMANDMENTS IS EVEN CALLED THE LAW OF LIBERTY. 28:28 SO DOES HE WANT US TO JUST HEAR IT OR DO IT? 28:30 SO THE TEN COMMANDMENTS ARE STILL IN EFFECT FOR BIBLE 28:33 CHRISTIANS. ALRIGHT, NOW I WANT TO GO TO THE 28:35 SECTION THAT SAYS JEWISH LAWS AND REGULATIONS AND YOU REALLY 28:39 NEED TO KEY IN ON WHAT I'M GOING TO BE SHARING WITH YOU HERE. 28:46 GO IN YOUR BIBLE TO EXODUS - LET'S JUST TAKE EXODUS 21 - " 28:52 NOW THESE ARE THE JUDGMENTS WHICH YOU SHALL SET BEFORE THEM: 28:57 IF YOU BUY A HEBREW SERVANT, HE SHALL SERVE SIX YEARS; AND IN 29:00 THE SEVENTH HE SHALL GO OUT FREE..." 29:02 IF YOU GO TO CHAPTER 22 OF EXODUS - "IF A MAN STEAL AN OX 29:06 OR SHEEP, AND SLAUGHTERS IT OR SELLS IT, HE SHALL RESTORE FIVE 29:09 OXEN FOR AN OX..." - HERE YOU'VE GOT JUST SOME 29:12 STATUTES AND THEN THEY HAD SOME CEREMONIAL LAWS - YOU GO TO 29:16 LEVITICUS 23, IT TALKS ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT SABBATHS - 29:21 EVERYTHING FROM PASSOVER TO THE DAY OF ATONEMENT. 29:23 AND SO, IN THE BIBLE, THE LAW WAS SORT OF AN ALL-ENCOMPASSING 29:27 WORD. IT IS ALL BLENDED TOGETHER. 29:32 I LOVE TO TELL YOU THE TEN COMMANDMENTS ARE CLEAR AND THEY 29:35 DO STAND ALONE. IT'S IN ONE SEGMENT ALTOGETHER. 29:38 A LOT OF THE OTHER STATUTES AND JUDGMENTS - CEREMONIAL LAW, 29:41 HEALTH LAW, CIVIL LAW - IT'S KIND OF ALL CO-MINGLED. 29:47 AND SO, IT'S NOT CLEAR DELINEATION, BUT THE HEALTH LAW 29:54 IS TRUE ALL THE TIME. IS IT ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA TO WASH 29:57 AFTER YOU'VE TOUCHED SOMETHING DEAD? 30:02 IS IT A GOOD IDEA IF YOU FIND ONE OF YOUR POTS - IT'S A CLAY 30:06 POT - AND THERE'S A RAT IN IT THAT'S MADE ITS NEST - YOU MIGHT 30:09 THROW THAT POT AWAY BECAUSE IT'S HARD TO CLEAN IT OUT OF THE 30:12 POROUS CLAY? BUT IF IT'S A STEEL POT YOU CAN 30:15 GO CLEANSE IT AND BOIL IT AND MAYBE REUSE IT? 30:18 YOU KNOW, IT'S IN THE BIBLE. THEY HAD A LOT OF REALLY 30:21 PRACTICAL HEALTH LAWS THAT ARE STILL TRUE TODAY - THE LAWS 30:24 OF SANITATION - THINGS YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO EAT AND NOT SUPPOSED 30:27 TO EAT IT'S STILL TRUE TODAY. IF YOU LOOK AT THE BLOOD TYPE 30:31 AND THE STOMACH OF A JEW, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ANY DIFFERENT 30:34 THAN THE BLOOD TYPE AND STOMACH OF A GENTILE. 30:37 MATTER OF FACT, THERE'S A LOT OF JEWS, THEIR BLOOD TYPES ARE 30:40 GOING TO BE INTERCHANGEABLE WITH ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT GENTILE 30:43 BLOOD TYPES. AND SO, THE IDEA THAT, 'WELL, 30:47 GOD HAD HEALTH LAWS FOR JEWS AND YEAH, THEY'LL LIVE LONGER 30:49 BECAUSE THEY FOLLOW THEM, THAT DOESN'T APPLY TO 30:51 GENTILES' - THAT'S ABSURD. SO THE LAWS THAT WORD - AND 30:55 CIVIL LAW - NOW IT DEPENDS ON WHAT GOVERNMENT YOU'RE IN. 30:58 A LOT OF THE CIVIL LAW AROUND THE WORLD IS BASED ON THE LAW OF 31:00 MOSES. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FIRST, 31:03 SECOND, THIRD DEGREE MURDER, YOU FIRST FIND IN THE BIBLE. 31:07 IF THERE WAS NOT MURDER WITH INTENT, YOU COULD FLEE TO THE 31:09 CITY OF REFUGE. IF IT WAS ACCIDENTAL 31:12 MANSLAUGHTER, THERE WAS HOPE. AND SO, THEY HAD DIFFERENT LAWS 31:15 THAT WERE SOME CIVIL LAWS. BUT LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE HERE. 31:20 GO TO COLOSSIANS CHAPTER 2. I WANT TO READ SOMETHING TO YOU. 31:24 THIS IS OFTEN USED WHEN PEOPLE LEARN THE SABBATH TRUTH AND THEY 31:27 QUOTE IT BACK TO SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS - COLOSSIANS 2:14, 31:32 "HAVING WIPED OUT THE HANDWRITING OF REQUIREMENTS THAT 31:36 WAS AGAINST US," - NOW THERE'S TWO THINGS I WANT YOU TO 31:38 REMEMBER - HANDWRITING - CAN YOU PLEASE SAY THAT? 31:42 >>HANDWRITING. >>HANDWRITING OF REQUIREMENTS 31:44 THAT WAS AGAINST US. CAN YOU PLEASE SAY 'AGAINST US'? 31:48 >>AGAINST US. >>I WANT IT TO STAND OUT IN YOUR 31:50 MIND BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO READ IT. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE 31:53 HE'S TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING WAS WIPED OUT - TAKING IT OUT OF THE 31:58 WAY - NAILING IT TO THE CROSS. THE TERMS ARE PRETTY CLEAR: 32:02 WIPED OUT, OUT OF THE WAY, NAILED TO THE CROSS - 32:04 SOMETHING'S GOING AWAY. WHAT IS GOING AWAY? 32:08 WELL, HE SAID IT'S HANDWRITING AGAINST US. 32:10 LET'S FIND OUT WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT HERE - HAVING NAILED IT TO 32:14 THE CROSS - IF YOU LOOK IN NEHEMIAH - NOW HERE'S WHAT I'M 32:17 GOING TO - HERE'S MY HYPOTHESIS I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU ON THAT. 32:21 HE'S NOT TALKING ABOUT THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, AS SOME HAVE 32:24 SUGGESTED. HE'S TALKING ABOUT THE 32:27 CEREMONIAL LAWS. THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 32:32 THE TEN COMMANDMENTS AND THE CEREMONIAL LAWS. 32:34 IF YOU LOOK, FOR INSTANCE, IN DEUTERONOMY 4 - I'M GOING TO GO 32:38 TO DEUTERONOMY 4:13 FIRST - "SO HE DECLARED TO YOU HIS COVENANT 32:42 WHICH HE COMMANDED YOU TO PERFORM, THE TEN COMMANDMENTS; 32:45 AND HE WROTE THEM ON TWO TABLETS OF STONE. 32:49 AND" - THREE-LETTER WORD I'M STRETCHING OUT THERE - "THE LORD 32:53 COMMANDED ME" - MOSES IS SPEAKING - "AT THAT TIME TO 32:55 TEACH YOU STATUTES AND JUDGMENTS," - SO HE SAID, 'YOU 32:59 GOT THE TEN COMMANDMENTS AND THE LORD TOLD ME TO WRITE DOWN FOR 33:04 YOUR STATUTES AND JUDGMENTS. THEY WERE WRITTEN BY MOSES. 33:08 WHO WROTE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS? >>GOD. BY HAND. 33:10 >>GOD. LOOK IN - YEAH, BY HAND - HANDWRITING - THERE YOU HAVE IT. 33:13 NEHEMIAH 9:13 AND 14, "YOU CAME DOWN ALSO ON MOUNT SINAI, AND 33:19 SPOKE WITH THEM FROM HEAVEN, AND GAVE THEM JUST ORDINANCES AND 33:23 TRUE LAWS, GOOD STATUTES AND COMMANDMENTS. 33:26 YOU MADE KNOWN TO THEM YOUR HOLY SABBATH," - OKAY, SO THAT'S ALL 33:29 PART OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS - "AND COMMANDED THEM PRECEPTS, 33:34 STATUTES AND LAWS, BY THE HAND" - BY THE WHAT? 33:37 >>HAND. >>HAND IS WHAT YOU USE FOR 33:39 HANDWRITING - "OF MOSES YOUR SERVANT." SO YOU'VE GOT THE LAW 33:43 WRITTEN BY GOD'S FINGER ON STONE, AND YOU'VE GOT THE THINGS 33:48 BY THE HAND OF MOSES. LET ME GIVE YOU ONE MORE. 33:51 2 CHRON - SOMEONE'S GOING TO READ, FOR ME, DEUTERONOMY 31:26, 33:55 IN A MINUTE, OKAY? 2 CHRONICLES - THIS IS VERY 33:58 IMPORTANT - 2 CHRONICLES 33, VERSE 8, "AND I 34:04 WILL NOT AGAIN REMOVE THE FOOT OF ISRAEL FROM THE LAND WHICH I 34:06 HAVE APPOINTED FOR YOUR FATHERS - ONLY IF THEY ARE CAREFUL TO DO 34:09 ALL THAT I HAVE COMMANDED THEM, ACCORDING TO THE WHOLE LAW AND 34:15 THE STATUTES AND THE ORDINANCES BY THE HAND OF MOSES." 34:18 NOW I'VE GIVEN YOU THREE VERSES - THE BIBLE SAYS IN THE MOUTH OF 34:20 THREE WITNESSES, AT LEAST, THAT THESE THINGS SHOULD BE 34:23 ESTABLISHED - WHERE HE MAKES A DISTINCTION - TEN COMMANDMENTS 34:27 AND BY THE HAND OF MOSES - I JUST READ THAT. 34:31 SO, WHAT ABOUT THE WORD AGAINST US? 34:36 PLEASE READ, FOR ME, DEUTERONOMY 31:26. 34:40 >>"TAKE THIS BOOK OF THE LAW, AND PUT IT BESIDE THE ARK OF THE 34:43 COVENANT OF THE LORD YOUR GOD, THAT IT MAY BE THERE AS A 34:47 WITNESS AGAINST YOU;" >>A WITNESS WHAT? 34:50 >>AGAINST YOU. >>AGAINST YOU. 34:52 SO WHAT WAS THE WITNESS AGAINST THEM? 34:54 THE TEN COMMANDMENTS IN THE ARK OR THE BOOK OF CEREMONIAL LAWS 34:58 THAT WERE PUT IN A POCKET OR COMPARTMENT OUTSIDE THE ARK? 35:02 SO THERE'S A DISTINCTION GOD MADE: ONE IS HANDWRITING OF 35:05 MOSES OUTSIDE THE ARK; TEN COMMANDMENTS WRITTEN BY GOD 35:09 INSIDE THE ARK. WHAT'S INSIDE THE ARK IS HOLY, 35:12 IS ETERNAL, IT'S STONE - THE OTHER WAS PAPER, WRITTEN BY THE 35:17 HAND OF MAN - TAKING IT OUT OF THE WAY, WIPING IT OUT, 35:20 NAILING IT TO THE CROSS. THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 35:23 THE CEREMONIAL LAW AND THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. 35:25 THIS DIFFERENCE THE ROMANS DID NOT UNDERSTAND. 35:30 PAUL NEEDED TO EXPLAIN TO THEM WHAT THEY NEEDED TO KEEP AND 35:33 WHAT THEY NO LONGER NEEDED TO KEEP. 35:35 NOW, WITH THAT LENGTHY INTRODUCTION, I WANT TO READ THE 35:39 REST OF COLOSSIANS 2. GO BACK TO COLOSSIANS, PLEASE - 35:42 YOU'LL BE GLAD YOU DID - GO TO COLOSSIANS 2, VERSE 15. 35:45 I'M GOING TO RE-READ VERSE 14, "HAVING WIPED OUT THE 35:47 HANDWRITING OF REQUIREMENTS THAT WAS AGAINST US, WHICH WAS 35:50 CONTRARY TO US." - NOTICE, AGAINST AND CONTRARY 35:53 TO US - WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? I'LL TELL YOU LATER - "AND HE 35:56 HAS TAKEN IT OUT OF THE WAY, HAVING NAILED IT TO THE CROSS" 35:58 - AND THEN YOU KEEP READING IN COLOSSIANS VERSE 15 - 2:15, 36:03 "HAVING DISARMED PRINCIPALITIES AND POWERS, HE MADE A PUBLIC 36:06 SPECTACLE OF THEM, TRIUMPHING OVER THEM IN IT. 36:09 SO LET NO ONE JUDGE YOU IN FOOD OR IN DRINK, OR REGARDING A 36:14 FESTIVAL" - NOW WHEN HE SAYS 'FOOD OR DRINK', HE'S TALKING 36:16 ABOUT CEREMONIAL FOOD AND DRINK OFFERINGS. 36:19 HE'S NOT TALKING ABOUT 'YOU CAN EAT ANYTHING', BECAUSE PAUL WAS 36:22 PRETTY CLEAR YOU CAN'T EAT ANYTHING - "SO LET NO ONE JUDGE 36:25 YOU IN FOOD OR IN DRINK, OR REGARDING A FESTIVAL" - THEY HAD 36:27 FOOD AND DRINK OFFERINGS WITH THE FESTIVALS - 36:29 "OR A NEW MOON OR SABBATHS," - ANY SABBATH? 36:34 - "SABBATHS WHICH ARE A SHADOW" - TEN COMMANDMENT SABBATH WAS 36:38 NOT A SHADOW. IT CAME AT CREATION. 36:42 THE CEREMONIAL SABBATHS WERE SHADOWS OF THE GOSPEL - THEY 36:46 WERE PART OF THE FEAST DAYS - "WHICH ARE A SHADOWS OF THINGS 36:49 TO COME," - THEY WERE SHADOWS FORWARD - LOOKING FORWARD TO 36:51 SOMETHING THAT WAS GOING TO COME - JESUS - YOU STILL WITH ME? 36:54 - "BUT THE SUBSTANCE IS OF CHRIST." CHRIST IS NOT THE 36:57 SHADOW, HE IS THE SUBSTANCE THAT CREATES THE SHADOW. 37:01 SO PAUL IS SAYING, 'DON'T LET ANYONE JUDGE YOU ABOUT KEEPING' 37:05 - NOW DO SOME PEOPLE STILL GO AROUND AND SAY, 'YOU'VE GOT TO 37:07 KEEP THE FEAST DAYS'? I MEAN, THEY HAD THE SAME 37:10 PROBLEM THEN WE STILL HAVE TODAY. 37:12 HE SAYS THOSE THINGS WERE TAKEN OUT OF THE WAY, THEY'RE 37:14 HANDWRITING, NAILED TO THE CROSS. 37:16 THAT'S WHY PAUL SAYS, IN ROMANS 14, 'ONE MAN REGARDS ONE DAY 37:19 ABOVE ANOTHER; ANOTHER MAN REGARDS EVERY DAY ALIKE. 37:21 IF YOU'RE GOING TO REGARD THE DAY TO THE LORD, YOU REGARD IT.' 37:23 HE NEVER MENTIONS SABBATH IN ROMANS 14, HE'S TALKING ABOUT 37:27 THE CEREMONIAL DISPUTES. LOOK IN LEVITICUS 23, THERE'S 37:31 LIKE SIX OR SEVEN CEREMONIAL SABBATHS AND HE SPECIFIES THE 37:36 SEVENTH - OR THE SEVENTH DAY OF THE WEEK COMMANDMENT SEPARATELY. 37:41 ALRIGHT, AND HERE WE'RE GOING TO NOW DELVE INTO THE CUSTOM OF 37:45 MOSES, UNDER THIS NEXT SECTION - THIS WOULD BE TUESDAY - IN ACTS 37:51 15 YOU READ, "AND CERTAIN MEN CAME DOWN FROM JUDEA AND TAUGHT 37:57 THE BRETHREN, 'UNLESS YOU ARE CIRCUMCISED ACCORDING TO THE 38:00 CUSTOM OF MOSES, YOU CANNOT BE SAVED.'" NOW WE'VE TOUCHED ON 38:06 THIS JUST - FRIENDS, I KNOW THOSE OF YOU WHO JUST WENT 38:08 THROUGH 14 WEEKS OF GALATIANS WITH ME, YOU'RE THINKING, 38:13 'DIDN'T WE JUST TALK ABOUT THIS?' YES WE DID. 38:15 AND SO I KNOW SOME OF THIS IS REVIEWING SOME OF WHAT WE 38:19 COVERED WHEN WE WENT THROUGH GALATIANS - SOME OF THE VERY 38:22 SAME VERSES, BUT IT WAS A PROBLEM, ALSO, IN ROMANS, WE 38:24 NEED TO UNDERSTAND. SO THERE WAS A DISPUTE IN THE 38:29 EARLY CHURCH AND IT DELVES - IT GOES ALL THE WAY INTO ACTS 15 38:34 AND THEY'RE SAYING, 'UNLESS YOU KEEP THESE CEREMONIAL LAWS - 38:37 THINGS LIKE CIRCUMCISION - YOU CANNOT BE SAVED. 38:40 WELL, THAT'S HEAVY STUFF. I MEAN, YOU AND I MIGHT ARGUE 38:43 ABOUT THE SEVEN TRUMPETS, HUNDRED AND FORTY-FOUR THOUSAND 38:48 - LAST WEEK I TAUGHT A CLASS ON DANIEL 11 - A LOT OF DISPUTES 38:53 ABOUT SOME OF THE DETAILS IN DANIEL 11. 38:55 YOU AND I MIGHT DISAGREE, BUT I'M NEVER GOING TO TELL YOU, 38:58 'UNLESS YOU AGREE WITH ME ON DANIEL 11, YOU CANNOT BE SAVED.' 39:04 THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE OUT THERE, NOW, NOT TOO MANY, BUT THERE ARE 39:07 A FEW PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT ARE SAYING THAT THE LOST TRUTH THE 39:11 CHURCH NEEDS TO REDISCOVER BEFORE JESUS COMES BACK IS THE 39:16 FEAST DAYS - AND UNLESS YOU KEEP THEM, YOU CANNOT BE SAVED. 39:20 THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT ARE SAYING THE TRINITY IS 39:23 NOT BIBLICAL AND UNLESS YOU UNDERSTAND THE NEW TRUTH ABOUT 39:26 THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THAT JESUS WAS CREATED, YOU CANNOT BE 39:29 SAVED. THEY'RE MAKING IT A SALVATION DOCTRINE. 39:32 WELL THAT GETS PRETTY SERIOUS. YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT WHEN 39:34 PEOPLE START SAYING 'YOU CANNOT BE SAVED UNLESS YOU AGREE WITH 39:37 ME.' RIGHT? AND YOU AND I MIGHT DISAGREE ON A LOT OF MINOR 39:41 POINTS, BUT IT'S PRETTY HEAVY WHEN THEY SAY, 'YOU CAN'T BE 39:45 SAVED.' WELL, THAT BECAME A BIG ISSUE. WHY DID THEY SAY THAT? 39:53 GO TO GENESIS 17:10 - "THIS IS MY COVENANT" - GOD TOLD ABRAHAM 39:59 - "WHICH YOU SHALL KEEP, BETWEEN ME AND YOU AND YOUR DESCENDANTS 40:02 AFTER YOU: EVERY MALE CHILD AMONG YOU SHALL BE 40:05 CIRCUMCISED;" - AND HE LATER SAYS 'AN ETERNAL COVENANT' - AND 40:09 YOU THINK, 'WOW' - WHY DID HE SAY IT WAS ETERNAL? 40:12 BECAUSE IT IS, IN THE SENSE THAT, UNLESS YOU ARE BORN AGAIN 40:17 AND YOU EXPERIENCE THE NEW BIRTH, WHICH IS CIRCUMCISION OF 40:20 THE HEART - DO YOU KNOW EVEN MOSES SAID THAT CIRCUMCISION WAS 40:24 A SYMBOL OF THE HEART - WAY BACK IN HIS DAY. 40:28 THAT'S REPEATED SEVERAL TIMES IN THE NEW TESTAMENT. 40:31 THE PASSOVER IS CALLED AN ETERNAL COVENANT. 40:33 WHY WOULD HE SAY THAT IF YOU DON'T NEED TO ALWAYS KEEP THE 40:34 PASSOVER? CAN WE STILL SACRIFICE LAMBS 40:37 AND BRING THEM TO THE TEMPLE? BUT WHENEVER YOU CELEBRATE THE 40:40 LORD'S SUPPER, ISN'T THAT A PASSOVER? 40:45 WHEN JESUS HAD THE FIRST LORD'S SUPPER, DIDN'T HE SAY, 'WITH 40:49 LONGING I'VE LONGED TO EAT THIS PASSOVER WITH YOU'? 40:52 WE DON'T CALL IT A PASSOVER. HE'S CHANGED IT. 40:55 HE MADE - JESUS MADE A VERY CLEAR CHANGE. 40:58 HE SAID, 'AS LONG AS YOU DRINK THIS CUP AND EAT THIS BREAD, YOU 41:01 DO SHOW MY DEATH UNTIL IT COMES.' AND SO, THERE'S 41:04 SPIRITUAL VALUE IN THE OTHER FEASTS, BUT WE DON'T NEED TO 41:07 KEEP THOSE DATES. IT SAYS, 'AS OFTEN AS YOU DO 41:10 IT.' HE DIDN'T SAY ONCE A YEAR, JUST, WHENEVER YOU DO IT. 41:14 AND SO, GOD MADE IT PRETTY CLEAR THAT THE REALITY WAS HERE AND 41:18 WHAT THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE WAS. 41:22 JOHN CHAPTER 7, VERSE 21, JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID TO THEM, 41:26 'MOSES THEREFORE GAVE YOU CIRCUMCISION (NOT THAT IT IS 41:29 FROM MOSES,...'" - BECAUSE GOD GAVE IT TO ABRAHAM - "'(BUT FROM 41:32 THE FATHERS), AND YOU CIRCUMCISE A MAN ON THE SABBATH. 41:35 IF A MAN RECEIVES CIRCUMCISION ON THE SABBATH, SO THAT THE LAW 41:37 OF MOSES SHOULD NOT BE BROKEN, ARE YOU ANGRY WITH ME BECAUSE I 41:41 MADE A MAN COMPLETELY WELL ON THE SABBATH?'" 41:43 JESUS WAS TELLING THE RELIGIOUS LEADERS 'YOU BREAK THE 41:47 SABBATH IN ORDER THAT YOU MIGHT KEEP THE LAW OF MOSES AND WHERE 41:51 ARE YOUR PRIORITIES?' ACTS CHAPTER - OH, ACTUALLY - 41:55 I'M SORRY, THIS IS A QUOTE FROM THE BOOK ACTS OF THE APOSTLES , 41:58 PAGE 200, "WHILE LOOKING TO GOD FOR DIRECT GUIDANCE, HE, PAUL, 42:05 WAS EVER READY TO RECOGNIZE THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN THE BODY 42:08 OF BELIEVERS UNITED IN CHURCH FELLOWSHIP. 42:11 HE FELT THE NEED OF COUNSEL AND, WHEN MATTERS OF IMPORTANCE 42:14 AROSE, HE WAS GLAD TO LAY THESE BEFORE THE CHURCH AND UNITE WITH 42:17 THE BRETHREN IN SEEKING GOD FOR WISDOM IN MAKING RIGHT 42:20 DECISIONS." SO - I SHOULDN'T HAVE READ THAT 42:23 YET, I SHOULD HAVE READ ACTS 15 FIRST AND THEN READ THAT QUOTE. 42:26 GO WITH ME TO ACTS CHAPTER 15 - AND I'M GOING TO START WITH 42:30 VERSE 2, BECAUSE I THINK I READ VERSE 1 - THE BOOK OF ACTS 15 - 42:34 THIS IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND, "THEREFORE, WHEN PAUL AND 42:38 BARNABAS HAD NO SMALL DISSENSION AND DISPUTE WITH THEM, " - WHAT 42:45 DOES LUKE - I LIKE WHEN LUKE SAYS THAT - LIKE WHEN PETER 42:49 DISAPPEARED FROM THE ROMAN JAIL, IT SAYS, 'THERE WAS NO SMALL 42:52 STIR AMONG THE SOLDIERS WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO PETER.' WHEN HE 42:55 SAYS, 'NO SMALL,' THAT MEANS A VERY BIG, RIGHT? 42:59 AND IT SAYS WHEN THERE WAS NO SMALL DISSENSION, THAT MEANS 43:02 THEY WERE ALL STANDING UP ON THE TABLE, THEY WERE ALL 43:04 YELLING AT EACH OTHER, THERE'S BLOOD ON THE WALLS - NOT QUITE - 43:06 BUT THEY HAD A BIG DISPUTE ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAD TO BE 43:10 CIRCUMCISED TO BE SAVED - "THEY DETERMINED THAT PAUL AND 43:14 BARNABAS AND CERTAIN OTHERS OF THEM" - THEY'RE GOING TO SEND A 43:17 DELEGATION BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT ONE PERSON COMING BACK, 43:19 THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE OFFICIAL WORD IS - "SHOULD GO UP 43:22 TO JERUSALEM, TO THE APOSTLES AND ELDERS, ABOUT THIS 43:24 QUESTION." - THEY'VE GOT THE APOSTLES THAT 43:27 WERE THERE AND ELDERS, LIKE JAMES, WHO WAS THE BROTHER OF 43:29 JESUS - "SO, BEING SENT ON THEIR WAY BY THE CHURCH, THEY PASSED 43:33 THROUGH PHOENICIA AND SAMARIA, DESCRIBING THE CONVERSION OF THE 43:36 GENTILES; AND THEY CAUSED GREAT JOY TO ALL THE BRETHREN." 43:39 - SO THIS - A LOT OF GENTILES ARE BEING CONVERTED - "AND WHEN 43:42 THEY HAD COME TO JERUSALEM, THEY WERE RECEIVED BY THE CHURCH AND 43:44 THE APOSTLES AND THE ELDERS; AND THEY REPORTED ALL THINGS THAT 43:47 GOD HAD DONE WITH THEM. BUT SOME OF THE SECT OF THE 43:49 PHARISEES WHO BELIEVED" - YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS? 43:52 THERE WERE PHARISEES THAT HAD ACCEPTED JESUS, RIGHT? 43:57 NOT ONLY DOES IT SAY IN ACTS, SOME PRIESTS ACCEPTED JESUS, 44:00 SOME PHARISEES ACCEPTED JESUS. 44:01 BY THE WAY, PAUL WAS A FORMER PHARISEE WHO HAD ACCEPTED JESUS. 44:06 - "BUT SOME OF THE SECT OF THE PHARISEES WHO BELIEVED ROSE UP, 44:09 SAYING, 'IT IS NECESSARY TO CIRCUMCISE THEM, AND TO COMMAND 44:12 THEM TO KEEP THE LAW OF MOSES.'" - NOW ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT THE 44:15 TEN COMMANDMENTS OR THE CEREMONIAL LAW? 44:18 ISN'T THAT CLEAR? - "NOW THE APOSTLES AND THE 44:20 ELDERS CAME TOGETHER TO CONSIDER THIS MATTER. 44:23 AND WHEN THERE HAD BEEN MUCH DISPUTE," - NOT ONLY WAS THERE 44:27 DISPUTE UP IN ASIA, THERE'S DISPUTE IN JERUSALEM - "PETER 44:30 ROSE UP AND SAID TO THEM: 'MEN AND BRETHREN, YOU KNOW THAT A 44:35 GOOD WHILE AGO GOD CHOSE AMONG US, THAT BY MY MOUTH THE 44:38 GENTILES SHOULD HEAR THE WORD'" - HE'S TALKING ABOUT WHEN HE 44:40 WENT TO CORNELIUS' HOUSE - "AND BELIEVE. 44:43 SO GOD WHO KNOW THE HEART, ACKNOWLEDGED THEM BY GIVING 44:46 THEM THE HOLY SPIRIT, JUST AS HE DID TO US, AND MADE NO 44:50 DISTINCTION BETWEEN US AND THEM, PURIFYING THEIR HEARTS BY 44:53 FAITH." - IT'S BY FAITH, NOT BY WORKS - 44:55 "NOW THEREFORE, WHY DO YOU TEST GOD BY PUTTING A YOKE ON THE 45:00 NECK OF THE DISCIPLES" - SPEAKING OF THE GENTILES - 45:03 "WHICH NEITHER OUR FATHER NOR WE WERE ABLE TO BEAR?" 45:07 - OKAY, NOW THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. 45:08 PETER, AN APOSTLE, IS SAYING 'YOU'RE PUTTING A YOKE ON THEM 45:12 THAT WE WEREN'T EVEN ABLE TO BEAR.' WHAT DOES JESUS MEAN BY 45:15 THAT? LOOK IN MATTHEW 23, VERSE 1. 45:19 NOW SOMEONE'S GOING TO READ GALATIANS 5:1, FOR ME - YOU'LL 45:22 HAVE THAT, MANJEET? I WANT TO READ MATTHEW 23, VERSE 45:24 1, "THEN JESUS SPOKE TO THE MULTITUDES AND TO HIS DISCIPLES, 45:30 SAYING: 'THE SCRIBES AND THE PHARISEES SIT IN MOSES' SEAT. 45:33 THEREFORE WHATEVER THEY TELL YOU TO OBSERVE, THAT OBSERVE AND 45:37 DO, BUT DO NOT DO ACCORDING TO THEIR WORKS; FOR THEY SAY, AND 45:41 DO NOT DO. FOR THEY BIND HEAVY BURDENS, 45:45 HARD TO BEAR, AND LAY THEM ON MEN'S SHOULDERS; BUT THEY 45:48 THEMSELVES WILL NOT MOVE THEM WITH ONE OF THEIR FINGERS.'" - 45:51 THEY CREATE ALL THESE LAWS AND THESE CEREMONIES AND THEY PUT IT 45:55 ON PEOPLE AND - SO WERE THERE LAWS THAT WERE A BURDEN? 45:59 THAT'S WHY PETER SAYS, 'OUR FATHERS COULD NOT BEAR IT.' 46:02 THAT'S WHY IT SAID IN COLOSSIANS 'THAT WAS CONTRARY TO US' 46:07 'TAKING IT OUT OF THE WAY' 'NAILING IT TO THE CROSS'. 46:11 ALRIGHT, PLEASE READ FOR US, GALATIANS 5:1. 46:14 >>"STAND FAST THEREFORE IN THE LIBERTY BY WHICH CHRIST HAS MADE 46:21 US FREE, AND DO NOT BE ENTANGLED AGAIN WITH A YOKE OF BONDAGE." 46:27 >>SO THERE WERE SO MANY LAWS THAT THEY HAD ATTACHED TO THE 46:31 LAWS OF GOD - YOU NOT ONLY HAD THE CEREMONIAL LAW, YOU HAD ALL 46:35 THE MAN-MADE LAWS. THEY HAD LAWS ABOUT THE SABBATH 46:37 - THEY MEASURED OUT HOW FAR YOU COULD WALK ON THE SABBATH. 46:41 THEY HAD A BALL OF STRING THAT WAS YOUR SABBATH BALL OF YARN - 46:43 YOU'D TIE IT AT ONE LOCATION AND YOU'D UNROLL IT TO THE OTHER 46:47 LOCATION AND YOU'D MEASURE HOW FAR YOU COULD GO. 46:50 THEY SAID, 'YOU CAN'T CARRY A BURDEN.' AND SO THEY SPENT HOURS 46:54 AND DAYS DISCUSSING 'WHAT IS A BURDEN?' 46:56 AND THEY FINALLY SAID, 'ANYTHING NOT YOUR CLOTHING IS A BURDEN.' 46:59 SO, IF YOU HAD A HANDKERCHIEF IT WAS CONSIDERED CARRYING A BURDEN 47:03 ON THE SABBATH DAY. SO, IF YOU HAD A COLD ON THE 47:05 SABBATH, YOU HAD TO SEW YOUR HANKY TO YOUR CLOTHES SO IT WAS 47:08 ACTUALLY PART OF YOUR GARMENT; THEN YOU COULD BLOW YOUR NOSE IN 47:11 YOUR CLOTHES AND YOU'D BE OKAY. THEY DID. 47:15 THEY REALLY HAD LAWS LIKE THIS. AND SO, THEY HAD ALL THESE 47:19 BURDENS THAT THEY WOULDN'T LIFT WITH ONE OF THEIR FINGERS. 47:21 LET ME CONTINUE READING IN ACTS 15. 47:23 GO BACK THERE, FOR ME. AND SO, PETER SAID - FINISHING 47:28 VERSE 7 - "...GOD CHOSE AMONG US, THAT BY MY MOUTH THE 47:31 GENTILES SHOULD HEAR THE WORD OF THE GOSPEL AND BELIEVE. 47:34 SO GOD, WHO KNOWS THE HEART, ACKNOWLEDGED THEM BY GIVING THEM 47:37 THE HOLY SPIRIT, JUST AS HE DID TO US, AND MADE NO DISTINCTION 47:40 BETWEEN US AND THEM, PURIFYING THEIR HEARTS BY FAITH." 47:44 - HOW ARE OUR HEARTS PURIFIED? >>BY FAITH. 47:46 >>BY FAITH. "NOW THEREFORE, WHY DO YOU TEST 47:48 GOD BY PUTTING A YOKE ON THE NECK OF THE DISCIPLES WHICH 47:51 NEITHER OUR FATHERS NOR WE WERE ABLE TO BEAR? 47:53 BUT WE BELIEVE THAT THROUGH THE GRACE OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST 47:57 WE SHALL BE SAVED IN THE SAME MANNER AS THEY." 48:01 - NOW PAUL IS SAYING, 'WE' - JEWS - 'WE'LL BE SAVED THE SAME 48:05 WAY THEY'RE SAVED. WE'RE SAVED BY FAITH.' - "THEN 48:08 ALL THE MULTITUDE KEPT SILENT" - THE DISPUTE FINALLY ENDED. 48:11 PETER, SORT OF, HAD THE LAST WORD - "AND LISTENED TO BARNABAS 48:13 AND PAUL DECLARING HOW MANY MIRACLES AND WONDERS GOD HAD 48:17 WORKED THROUGH THEM AMONG THE GENTILES." 48:18 - GOD WAS WORKING - "AND AFTER THEY HAD BECOME SILENT, JAMES 48:23 ANSWERED, SAYING, 'MEN AND BRETHREN, LISTEN TO ME: SIMON 48:27 HAD DECLARED HOW GOD AT THE FIRST VISITED THE GENTILES TO 48:30 TAKE OUT OF THEM A PEOPLE'" - SO WHO WAS THE FIRST ONE? 48:33 PETER - SIMON - SAME ONE - THROUGH PETER THE GOSPEL CAME TO 48:37 THE GENTILES - AND CORNELIUS - "AND WITH THIS THE WORDS OF THE 48:42 PROPHETS AGREE, JUST AS IT IS WRITTEN: 'AFTER THIS I WILL 48:46 RETURN AND WILL REBUILD THE TABERNACLE OF DAVID, WHICH HAS 48:48 FALLEN DOWN; I WILL REBUILD ITS RUINS, AND I WILL SET IT UP; SO 48:51 THE REST OF MANKIND'" - MEANING THE GENTILES - "'MAY SEEK THE 48:55 LORD,'" - COME TO JESUS AND I WILL BUILD - DESTROY MY BODY AND 48:59 I'LL RAISE A TABERNACLE TO DAVID - CHRIST'S OWN BODY - "EVEN ALL 49:05 THE GENTILES WHO ARE CALLED BY MY NAME, SAYS THE LORD WHO DOES 49:09 ALL THESE THINGS.' KNOWN TO GOD FROM ETERNITY ARE ALL HIS WORKS. 49:17 THEREFORE I JUDGE" - NOW HERE'S WHAT THEY FINALLY COME UP WITH - 49:21 "THAT WE SHOULD NOT TROUBLE THOSE FROM AMONG THE GENTILES 49:24 WHO ARE TURNING TO GOD," - TO JESUS - "BUT THAT WE WRITE TO 49:27 THEM TO ABSTAIN FROM THINGS POLLUTED BY IDOLS, FROM SEXUAL 49:31 IMMORALITY, FROM THINGS STRANGLED, AND FROM BLOOD." 49:35 SO THEN THEY SPECIFY THAT, THEY WRITE IT IN A LETTER, THEY SEND 49:38 IT BACK BY PAUL AND BARNABAS, THEY SEND IT WITH WITNESSES, AND 49:41 THEY SAID - NOW WERE THEY SAYING THE GENTILES, THEY DON'T NEED TO 49:44 KEEP THE SABBATH, IT'S OKAY FOR THEM TO STEAL AND LIE? 49:50 BECAUSE THEY DON'T MENTION THE TEN COMMANDMENTS SPECIFICALLY. 49:52 WHAT THEY TALKED ABOUT WAS THE THINGS THAT THE GENTILES WERE 49:55 HAVING ISSUES WITH. FOR ONE THING, THEY DO MENTION 49:58 THE HEALTH LAWS BECAUSE THEY SAY, 'DON'T EAT BLOOD.' SO WHY 50:02 WOULD YOU SAY, 'YOU CAN EAT PORK, JUST DON'T EAT THE BLOOD'? 50:04 SO, OF COURSE, - AND, YOU KNOW, I NEVER HEAR A GOOD ANSWER WHEN 50:07 I TALK TO MY CHARISMATIC FRIENDS OR FRIENDS FROM EVANGELICAL 50:10 CHURCHES, THEY SAY, 'WHY DOES IT SAY THAT GENTILES CAN'T EAT 50:13 BLOOD?' I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S PART OF THE HEALTH LAW. 50:18 AND MOST OF THE - I MEAN, YOU GO BUY YOUR BEEF THAT'S THERE AT 50:21 THE MARKET, PICK IT UP IN ITS STYROFOAM CONTAINER, IT'S OFTEN 50:24 SWIMMING IN BLOOD. IT'S NOT KOSHER BUTCHERING 50:26 THAT GOES ON THERE. AND SO, YOU DON'T 50:30 HEAR THEM SAY THAT. SO, OBVIOUSLY, IT INCLUDED 50:32 THE HEALTH LAWS; CERTAINLY IT INCLUDED THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. 50:34 THEY WERE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MULTIPLE MARRIAGES - THAT'S WHY 50:37 PAUL SAID, 'HUSBAND OF ONE WIFE' AND THEY ALSO HAD PROBLEMS WITH 50:42 IDOLATRY. AND SO THEY SPECIFIED THE 50:45 ISSUES, BUT THEY DIDN'T SAY YOU HAD TO KEEP THE FEASTS, THEY 50:49 DIDN'T SAY YOU HAD TO BE CIRCUMCISED, AND THAT'S WHY THEY 50:52 WROTE THOSE THINGS TO - ROMANS 14 AND COLOSSIANS CHAPTER 2. 50:56 ALRIGHT, I'M RUNNING OUT OF TIME HERE. 51:00 SO, LET ME - LET ME JUMP AHEAD HERE - SO THEY SEND THAT MESSAGE 51:03 TO THEM - ACTS 15:21 - SOMETHING ELSE I WANT YOU TO NOTICE - 51:14 RIGHT AFTER HE GIVE THIS - THESE LAWS - DID THEY UNDERSTAND THE 51:18 SABBATH SHOULD STILL BE KEPT? IN THE SAME CHAPTER - LOOK AT 51:21 ACTS 15:21 - "FOR MOSES HAS HAD THROUGHOUT MANY GENERATIONS 51:25 THOSE WHO PREACH HIM IN EVERY CITY," - SPEAKING OF THE GENTILE 51:30 WORLD - "BEING READ IN THE SYNAGOGUES EVERY SABBATH." 51:34 - SO WERE THE GENTILES ACQUAINTED WITH THE SABBATH? 51:38 RIGHT AFTER THEY TALKED ABOUT THE THINGS THE GENTILES SHOULD 51:41 REMEMBER, THEY MENTION 'EVERY SABBATH IN THE SYNAGOGUES.' AND 51:46 WHY DID PAUL GO LOOKING IN THE SYNAGOGUES TO ARREST THE JEWS? 51:52 BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THEY WERE PREACHING ON THE SABBATH DAYS. 51:54 SO THAT WAS PRETTY CLEAR. ANYWAY, I'VE RUN OUT OF TIME. 51:57 I THINK I PRETTY WELL COVERED WHAT THE ISSUE WAS THAT PAUL WAS 52:02 DEALING WITH IN ROME. HE'S THEN GIVING THE GOSPEL - 52:05 THE PURE GOSPEL - IN THIS LETTER TO THE ROMANS IN A WAY THAT JEW 52:10 AND GENTILE CAN UNDERSTAND - AND YOU'LL HEAR HIM OFTEN REFERENCE 52:13 THE JEWS AND REFERENCE THE GENTILES IN THE LETTER AS HE 52:16 THEN GOES THROUGH THE BOOK OF ROMANS BECAUSE HE'S WANTING THEM 52:19 TO BE ONE CHURCH - AND HE STILL WANTS THAT TODAY, AMEN? 52:23 ALRIGHT, I WANT TO REMIND OUR FRIENDS JUST BEFORE WE SIGN OFF, 52:25 WE DO HAVE A BOOK YOU'LL REALLY ENJOY, IT'S CALLED FEAST DAYS 52:27 AND SABBATHS BY JOE CREWS. IT IS A CLASSIC. 52:30 WE'LL SEND IT TO YOU FOR FREE. ASK FOR OFFER #179 52:33 WHEN YOU CALL. THE NUMBER AGAIN - 866-788-3966. 52:39 READ IT AND SHARE IT WITH A FRIEND. GOD BLESS YOU. 52:41 WE WILL STUDY HIS WORD TOGETHER WITH YOU AGAIN NEXT WEEK. 52:45 >>FIVE HUNDRED YEARS AGO, GOD USED MARTIN LUTHER TO INSPIRE A 52:49 GREAT REFORMATION, CALLING PEOPLE BACK TO THE FOUNDATIONAL 52:53 TEACHINGS OF SCRIPTURE; HOWEVER, IN THE CENTURIES THAT FOLLOWED, 52:57 THE CHURCH HAS SLIPPED OFF THE BEDROCK OF TRUTH INTO THE VALLEY 53:01 OF LUKEWARM WORLDLINESS. THAT'S WHY, THIS FALL, I'LL BE 53:04 PRESENTING A BRAND-NEW NINE-PART SERIES CALLED FOUNDATIONS OF 53:09 FAITH - A PERFECT SERIES FOR ANYONE SEEKING A PERSONAL 53:13 REVIVAL AND RENEWAL IN THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST. 53:16 PLEASE PLAN, NOW, TO JOIN ME IN PERSON, ONLINE, OR ON TELEVISION 53:20 AND BE SURE TO INVITE OTHERS TO JOIN YOU AS WELL. 53:23 THE REFORMATION CONTINUES. >>LET'S FACE IT, IT'S NOT ALWAYS 53:29 EASY TO UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING YOU READ IN THE BIBLE. 53:32 WITH OVER 700,000 WORDS CONTAINED IN 66 BOOKS, THE BIBLE 53:36 CAN GENERATE A LOT OF QUESTIONS. TO GET BIBLICAL STRAIGHTFORWARD 53:40 ANSWERS CALL IN TO BIBLE ANSWERS LIVE - A LIVE NATIONWIDE CALL-IN 53:44 RADIO PROGRAM WHERE YOU CAN TALK TO PASTOR DOUG BATCHELOR AND ASK 53:48 HIM YOUR MOST DIFFICULT BIBLE QUESTIONS. FOR TIMES AND 53:51 STATIONS IN YOUR AREA, OR TO LISTEN TO ANSWERS ONLINE, VISIT 53:55 BAL.AMAZINGFACTS.ORG . (MUSIC) 54:11 >>YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD THE EXPRESSION BEFORE, 'IF YOU 54:13 DON'T LIKE THE WEATHER IN TEXAS, JUST WAIT; IT'LL CHANGE.' AND 54:17 YOU'VE ALSO HEARD, 'EVERYTHING IS BIGGER IN TEXAS - THE 54:20 RANCHES, THE BELT BUCKLES, THE COWBOY HATS...' BUT THE MOST 54:24 FAMOUS SLOGAN ABOUT TEXAS IS 'REMEMBER THE ALAMO!' 54:32 THE VIOLENT BATTLES AND BRAVERY OF ICONIC HEROES, HAVE BEEN THE 54:35 STUFF OF LEGENDS, THROUGHOUT WHICH ENTIRE CULTURES OFTEN DRAW 54:38 THEIR IDENTITY AND PRIDE, EVEN LONG AFTER CENTURIES HAVE PAST. 54:42 AND IN TEXAS, THE STORY OF THE ALAMO HAS BEEN A RALLYING CRY OF 54:45 TEXAS INDEPENDENCE FOR 200 YEARS. 54:49 ONE REASON THAT TEXANS LOVE TO BRAG THAT EVERYTHING IS BIGGER 54:52 IN TEXAS IS, OF COURSE, BECAUSE TEXAS IS THE LARGEST OF THE 54:55 LOWER 48 U.S. STATES. IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THIS 54:59 MASSIVE STATE GOT ITS BEGINNING IN A VERY SMALL CHRISTIAN 55:03 MISSION DURING THE BATTLE OF THE ALAMO. 55:06 EVERY YEAR THIS FAMOUS MISSION MUSEUM RECEIVES OVER TWO AND A 55:09 HALF MILLION VISITORS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE PLANET, THAT ARE 55:12 EAGER TO GET A GOOD LOOK AT THIS LEGENDARY SITE. 55:16 THE ALAMO PLAYED A CRITICAL ROLE IN THE TEXAS REVOLUTION. 55:20 IN DECEMBER 1835, TEXANS AND TEJANO VOLUNTEERS BATTLED 55:24 MEXICAN TROOPS QUARTERED IN THE CITY, FORCING GENERAL MARTIN 55:27 PERFECTO DE COS TO SURRENDER. THE VICTORIOUS VOLUNTEERS 55:31 THEN OCCUPIED THE ALAMO AND STRENGTHENED ITS DEFENSES. 55:34 FAMOUS AMERICANS LIKE DAVY CROCKETT, JIM BOWIE, AND COLONEL 55:38 WILLIAM TRAVIS MADE THIS LOCATION - THIS ANCIENT MISSION 55:42 - THE BEACHHEAD - THE LAST STAND IN AN EPIC BATTLE TO WIN 55:45 INDEPENDENCE OF TEXAS FROM MEXICO. 55:49 ON FEBRUARY 23, 1836, THE ARRIVAL OF GENERAL ANTONIO LOPEZ 55:54 SANTA ANA NEARLY CAUGHT THEM BY SURPRISE. 55:57 UNDAUNTED, THE TEXANS AND TEJANOS PREPARED TO DEFEND THE 56:00 ALAMO. FOR THIS SMALL RAG-TAG GROUP OF 56:03 REBELS, THE YOUNGEST OF WHOM WAS ABOUT SIXTEEN AND THE OLDEST 56:06 SEVENTY-FIVE, WAS AGAINST THE WELL-TRAINED AND ORGANIZED 56:09 MEXICAN ARMY OF SIX THOUSAND-PLUS SOLDIERS. 56:12 IT WAS A FIERCE AND LOPSIDED BATTLE, YET THE SMALL FORCE OF 56:15 REBELS WAS ABLE TO REPEL THE TROOPS FOR THIRTEEN DAYS. 56:20 LEGEND HOLDS THAT WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF ADDITIONAL HELP 56:23 FADING, COLONEL TRAVIS DREW A LINE IN THE GROUND WITH A SWORD 56:27 AND ASKED ANY MAN WILLING TO STAY AND FIGHT TO STEP OVER THE 56:31 LINE. ALL EXCEPT ONE CROSSED OVER. 56:34 THE FINAL ASSAULT CAME BEFORE DAYBREAK. 56:37 ON THE MORNING OF MARCH 6, 1836, THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF THE SIEGE, 56:42 CANON AND SMALL ARMS FIRE FROM INSIDE THE ALAMO BEAT BACK 56:45 SEVERAL MEXICAN ATTACKS. REGROUPING, SANTA ANA'S SOLDIERS 56:49 SCALED THE WALLS AND RUSHED INTO THE COMPOUND. 56:53 THE DESPERATE STRUGGLE CONTINUED UNTIL THE DEFENDERS WERE 56:55 OVERWHELMED. BY SUNRISE, THE BATTLE HAD ENDED 56:59 AND THE GARRISON WAS SLAIN. YOU KNOW, HISTORIANS MAY DEBATE 57:02 SOME OF THE DETAILS REGARDING THE BATTLE OF THE ALAMO, BUT 57:06 NONE OF THEM QUESTION THE INCREDIBLE SACRIFICE THAT WAS 57:08 MADE AND THE COURAGE THAT WAS DISPLAYED DURING THAT 57:10 INTENSE CONFLICT. THEY MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE 57:14 - GIVING THEIR LIVES - AND THIS IS WHY THE STORY OF THE ALAMO IS 57:17 SO INSPIRING AND SO ENCOURAGING, YOU KNOW? 57:20 AND THAT'S WHY THE BIBLE IS SO INSPIRING, FRIENDS, BECAUSE 57:23 SOMEONE WAS WILLING TO MAKE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE AND GIVE HIS 57:26 LIFE SO YOU COULD HAVE FREEDOM AND ETERNAL LIFE. 57:29 DON'T YOU THINK YOU COULD TRUST YOUR LIFE TO A FRIEND LIKE THAT, 57:32 THAT WOULD GIVE EVERYTHING? THE STORY OF THE GOSPEL IS A 57:35 STORY OF COURAGE AND HOPE. IT'S THE STORY OF GOD WHO WILL 57:37 NEVER LEAVE YOU WITHOUT DEFENSE AND SUPPORT. 57:40 JESUS IS THE GOOD NEWS AND THE GOSPEL IS A STORY WORTH 57:44 REMEMBERING. 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