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Rod Thompson: Good morning,
everyone, and happy Sabbath.
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Welcome to the
Granite Bay Hilltop Church
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"Sabbath School Study Hour."
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Whether you are here in the
sanctuary with us or whether
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you're watching at home in the
local area, online, or across
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the nation or around the world,
we are excited that you have
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chosen to join us this morning
as we continue our study in the
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quarterly, "The Promise,
the Everlasting Covenant."
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Pastor Carlos Muņoz is
going to be our teacher
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this morning, but before
he comes out, I want to point
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you to our free
offering this morning.
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"The Bride of Christ," and you
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That is the study
guide, "The Bride of Christ."
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Let's begin this
morning with a word of prayer.
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Oh loving Father, we thank You
for the everlasting covenant.
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We thank You, Lord, that You
love us so much that You have
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gone to such great lengths
to provide a way for us to be
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restored to
relationship with You.
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And as we study today,
we pray for our speaker.
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We pray that You would use
him in a very powerful way,
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that You would teach us.
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Edify us, Lord.
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Give us wisdom.
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But most of all, Lord, help us
to apply Your Word to our lives.
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And may You transform us
more and more into the image of
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Jesus, and we ask
it in his name, amen.
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Ladies and
gentlemen, Pastor Carlos.
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Carlos Muņoz: Today, the
topic--today is lesson number
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eight, "The Promise, God's
Everlasting Covenant," amen?
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And the topic for
this presentation is
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"The Covenant Law."
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So let's have a word of prayer.
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Heavenly Father, we thank
You for this opportunity to come
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together and spend time in Your
Word in such an important, such
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a vital topic, part of our
sanctuary message, part of this
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end-time message of
the three angels' message.
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And so we thank You, Father,
for this opportunity together.
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Father, we ask that Your Spirit
guide us, direct us so that we
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can understand Your truth, so
that we can understand Your Word
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and have a better deeper
understanding of Your character.
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So we thank You, Father,
and we ask this in Jesus's name.
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Amen. Amen.
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So the memory text for today
is Deuteronomy chapter 7, verse
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number 9, and it says like this:
"Therefore know that the Lord
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your God, He is God, the
faithful God who keeps covenant
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and mercy for a thousand
generations with those who love
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Him and," do what?
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"And keep His
commandments," amen?
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And so for the lesson today,
we're going to be talking about
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the covenant law because the
covenant we see has a law that
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is related to it.
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So it is impossible to talk
about the everlasting covenant
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without talking
about the law of God.
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Is everybody with me?
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Now, go with me, please,
to Deuteronomy chapter 4.
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Go to Deuteronomy chapter 4.
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Let's solidify this belief.
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It's impossible to talk about
the covenant without talking
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about the law of God.
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So open your Bibles with
me to Deuteronomy chapter 4.
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And when you're there,
say, "Amen hallelujah."
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Deuteronomy chapter 4,
and we're going to start on
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verse number 9.
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Deuteronomy 4:9, and
look at what it says here.
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"Only take heed to yourself and
diligently keep yourself, lest
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you forget the things your eyes
have seen and lest they depart
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from your heart all
the days of your life."
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Moses is talking about the
evidences of God's love, of
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God's providence,
of God's guidance.
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Now look at what he says
and continues in the verse.
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"And teach them to your children
and your grandchildren," that
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means the wonderful works of
God, "especially concerning the
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day you stood before the Lord
your God in Horeb when the Lord
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said to me, 'Gather the people
to Me and I will let them hear
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My words, that they may learn to
fear Me all the days they live
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on the earth and
that they may,'" what?
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"'They may
teach their children.'
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Then you came near and stood
at the foot of the mountain,
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and the mountain burned
with fire to the midst of heaven
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with darkness,
cloud, and thick darkness.
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And the Lord spoke to you out
of the midst of the fire and you
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heard the sounds of
the Word but saw no form.
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You only heard a voice."
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So remember, they--God
spoke to them directly the Ten
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Commandments, right?
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God wanted them to enter in
to this new covenant experience.
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God wanted to write His law in
their minds and in their hearts.
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God wanted an intimate
relationship with Israel,
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but they were like, "Ah,
ah, ah, that's a little bit
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too much, Lord," right?
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"We're not ready for that yet."
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And so they said,
"Yeah, Moses, you speak to God,
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and you speak over there.
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We'll stay over
here on this side."
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Verse 13, "So He declared to you
His covenant, which He commanded
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you to perform."
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And now it explains what
is the basis of that covenant.
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The Ten Commandments.
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"And He wrote them on tablets of
stone, and the Lord commanded me
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at that time to teach
you statutes and judgments,
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that you may observe them
in the land which you cross
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over to possess."
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So it's not only talking about
the moral law, it's also talking
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about the ceremonial law, about
the health laws, and all of the
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other laws that were part of
this covenant; but specifically
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the core, the foundation, the
basis of this covenant is the
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law of God
based on these verses.
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Is everybody with
me up to now? Amen.
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Now, I am going to start off
with a thesis, and then we're
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going to look at that thesis.
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We're going to show
it through the Word.
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Now, what is that
thesis? Look at it right here.
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"The law of God was the
basis of the covenant, which was
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simply an arrangement
for bringing men," and women,
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"again into," what?
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"Into harmony
with the divine will."
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This the basis of the
covenant. Now look at this.
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What does it mean to be in
harmony with the divine will?
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To place them
where they could what?
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Obey God's law.
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So the foundation, the basis of
the covenant, which is the law
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of God and the purpose of this
covenant manifesting the law of
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God especially inside of the Ark
of the Covenant, was to what?
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Was to bring us in harmony
with the divine will, and that
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harmony means
that we could what?
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That we could obey God's holy
law, His Ten Commandments, which
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as we know, the Ten Commandments
are a reflection of what?
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A reflection of
God's character, right?
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Ten principles that reflect the
glory of God, the goodness of
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God, the righteousness of God.
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They were written on this
tablets of stone not because God
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wanted to write them on
tablets of stone originally.
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He wanted to write it on
their hearts, but they said no.
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So God said, "Okay,
so I'm going to have to
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break it down to
you in a different way
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since you don't want
this intimate, new covenant
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relationship with Me."
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So will--God basically adjusts
or adapts to what they want at
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that time, say,
"I'll follow your ways."
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And that's what
happens when He writes the law
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on tablets of stone.
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Now, to show or to prove this
thesis, this point, I'm going
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to take a little detour,
but you will see how we will hit
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each of the main points
from the lesson and land
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at the same destination.
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So I just ask you to
be a little bit patient.
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Why I say this?
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Because I've been studying
the concept of the everlasting
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covenant, it's interesting,
for over three years now.
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I mean, this has been the center
of my personal devotional life.
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It's studying the
everlasting covenant.
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So when this lesson
comes out, I'm like, "Woo!"
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I'm excited. Right?
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I'm excited because this is
exactly what I've been studying.
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And so if you've heard me teach
or preach before, you know that
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I was an elementary
school teacher in New York City.
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And so over the last few years
as I have been studying the
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concept of the everlasting
covenant, I have developed this
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map to help me organize and
explain the covenant and the law
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in an easier way, right?
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As an elementary school teacher,
I had to break things down to my
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kids in basic forms and so
my mind works in that same way.
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I have to understand thing, and
so I developed this curriculum
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map, this concept map,
whatever you want to call it,
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and I've shared
this--if you've heard me preach
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before, you've
seen this already.
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And so I'm just going to use
this map to show us exactly what
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the center, what the focus,
why is the law the basis of the
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covenant, the
everlasting covenant.
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Is everybody with
me up to now? Amen.
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So here's the everlasting
covenant or the covenant map.
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Here's how I break it down.
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So number one,
what do we start with?
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Number one in the everlasting
covenant gospel map is the
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everlasting gospel, right?
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The good news.
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Now, good news about what?
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The great news about
what? What is the gospel?
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What is the basis of the good
news, the gospel message that is
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going to go out to the world?
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Well, 1 John
chapter 4, verse 10.
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"This is love, not that
we love God, but that," what?
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"He loved us and sent His Son
to be the propitiation," or the
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atonement, "for our sins."
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Who said amen?
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That's the foundation
of the gospel message.
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Look at what it
says in 1 John 4:9.
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Not only that Jesus is going to
pay for our sins, but it says in
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the verse before, 1 John 4:9,
"And this the love of God was
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manifested toward us, that God
has sent His only begotten Son
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into the world," why?
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Not only to pay
for our sins, but why?
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"That we may live through Him."
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It's early in the morning, but
I'm getting warmed up already.
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The promise of the gospel, the
promise of the covenant is not
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just to receive forgiveness of
sin, but that the life of Christ
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can be manifested, reproduced
in each and every one of us.
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Woo! Romans chapter 1.
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Let's go. Romans chapter 1.
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Watch this.
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Romans chapter 1.
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This--Romans chapter 1 through
my studies of the everlasting
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gospel has become the primary,
the core verse of my study into
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the everlasting gospel,
which is the everlasting
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covenant, the good news.
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Romans chapter 1. When
you're there, say, "Amen."
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Look at what it
says in verse number 16.
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"For I am not ashamed of the
gospel of Christ for it is the
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power of God to salvation for
everyone who believes, for the
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Jew first and
also for the Greek."
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So when somebody asks you what
is the gospel, you point them to
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Romans chapter 1, verse 16.
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And it says here that
the gospel is the what?
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The power of God. Amen?
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That word power is the
word "dunamis," where we get
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the word "dynamite."
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So the gospel is
the boom of God to save.
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It explodes.
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Now, when something explodes,
does everything stay the same?
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No, there is a radical
transformation in anything that
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is in the
vicinity of that explosion.
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Is everybody with me?
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Woo, and that power, that
dunamis, that dynamite of the
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gospel is what brings
people to salvation, amen.
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They see the power of
God and they're blown away.
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Now watch this. Now
comes a Hebrew parallelism.
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In other words, what God says in
verse 16, He is going to repeat
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it in verse 17 but presenting
it from a different angle or
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perspective or concept.
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Verse 17--same concepts,
I'm sorry, but different phrase.
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"For in it," that is in the
gospel, "the righteousness of
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God is revealed from
faith to faith," amen?
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So that means that the gospel or
that means that the power or the
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dynamite or the dunamis of
God to save humanity is what?
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Is found where?
In His righteousness.
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Now, I have a question.
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How's the manifestation of the
righteousness of God only been
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manifested through
the life of Jesus Christ?
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Has it been
manifested only through the life
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of Jesus Christ?
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No, it's been manifested
throughout the whole Bible.
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Amen? From the very beginning.
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From the very
beginning, God was showing.
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When Adam and Eve fell,
there's God presenting the
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gospel, amen?
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There's God
presenting the covenant.
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The goodness of God
has always been manifested
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through humanity.
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Now, through
Christ there is a what?
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A special, a perfect, a
complete manifestation of His
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righteousness, amen?
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Because even though Adam and
Abraham and David--even though
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it told--it says that they
walked in the light and the
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righteousness of God, of course
they had their flaws, right?
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But in Christ, we have a
perfect manifestation of the
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righteousness of God, a perfect
manifestation of the goodness,
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the power of God.
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Is everybody with me?
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But it doesn't stop there
because it says here in verse 17
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that the righteousness
of God is revealed how?
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From faith to faith.
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That's the life of Jesus Christ,
from the beginning to the end.
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And it says, "As it is written,
the just shall live by faith."
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In other words, the
same righteousness that was
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manifested in Christ, which was
the righteousness of the Father,
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that same righteousness
will be manifested in us.
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Woo, what?
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Yes, that same life of Jesus
Christ that promises, God is
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going to restore His
righteousness in us too.
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Can I get an amen about that?
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That should blow
our minds, right?
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That should just marvel at us.
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And so when we look here
again, point number one, the
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gospel--the everlasting
gospel or the good or
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great news, right?
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Now the question is,
what is that great news?
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We already study it,
but we can look at that.
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The great news is
what? It's the plan of?
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It's the plan
of salvation, amen.
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Now, to save us from what?
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From sin, right?
That's the plan of salvation.
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God is wanting to what?
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God is wanting to
save us from sin, why?
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Because sin is what has caused
separation between God and us.
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And so God is
wanting to manifest what?
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He's wanting to manifest
His goodness, His righteousness
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through the plan of salvation,
salvation for humanity.
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Who says, "Amen?"
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Now, what are the
three main problems with sin?
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The three main problems--or
let's say four main problems
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with sin is the guilt of
sin, it's the penalty of sin,
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which is death, it's
the power of sin, and then
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it's the presence of sin.
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Now, how specifically is God
going to solve that problem of
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sin, which we also know that
1 John chapter 3, verse 4 says
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that sin is what?
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The transgression of the law.
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Now, if the law is the
foundation, the basis of the
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covenant, then
there's a problem, right?
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There's a very
serious problem because we are
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transgressing the covenant.
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So how is God
going to solve this?
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Well, point number three, the
everlasting covenant with who?
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Please pay attention to this.
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God does not make
a covenant with us.
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What? No.
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God makes a
covenant with His Son.
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God makes a
covenant with Jesus Christ.
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And you're asking,
"But wait a minute.
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I thought He said, 'I want
to make a covenant with you'?"
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We'll get to that in a second,
but we're going to--I'm going to
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show you that God makes
a covenant with His Son.
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And the question is,
why does the Father make a
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covenant with His Son?
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Look at how it says in
"Desire of Ages" page 778.
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"Before the foundation of the
earth was laid, the Father and
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the Son had united in a," what?
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"In a covenant to redeem man,"
and women, "if he," or she,
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"should be overcome by Satan.
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They had clasped their hands
in a solemn pledge that Christ
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should become the," what?
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"The surety," the guarantee,
"for the human race," amen?
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And so it says very clearly here
that even before we were ever
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around, God made a
covenant with His Son.
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The Father made a
covenant with His Son.
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That's why it's called
the everlasting covenant.
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Were you and I around
when this covenant was made?
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No, we weren't around.
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Was Adam and Eve around
when this covenant was made?
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No, even before.
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It was conceived
in the mind of God.
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That's why it's called
the everlasting covenant.
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Now, let's look
at some verses here.
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Zechariah chapter 6, verse 12
and 13, "Thus says the Lord of
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hosts, saying: 'Behold, the
Man whose name is the branch!"
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Who is the branch? Christ.
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"From his place he shall branch
out, and he shall build the
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temple of the...
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he shall build the
temple of the Lord."
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Now watch what it says here.
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"He shall bear the glory,
and it--shall sit and rule
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on His throne;
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so he shall be a priest on His
throne, and the counsel of peace
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shall be between Them..."
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Who's that
counsel of peace with?
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Who are
they--who's it talking about?
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The Father and the Son.
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Because it's saying that the
Son shall sit as a priest on the
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throne of the Father, amen?
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And so this counsel of
peace, this covenant of
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peace is what was made with--
through the Father and the
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Son before creation.
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That's why it's called
the everlasting covenant.
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Look at what it says in
Isaiah chapter 54, verse 10.
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"For the mountain shall depart
and the hill shall be removed,
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but My kindness," in Spanish it
says My mercy, "shall not depart
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from you, nor shall My," what?
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"'My covenant of peace
be removed,' says the Lord,
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who has mercy on you," amen?
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Notice the
covenant cannot be broken.
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Why can't it be broken?
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Because it was made
between the Son and the Father.
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And so what it says that Jesus
says the covenant of peace--what
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is the name of
Jesus Christ given?
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He's called the
prince of the covenant.
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He's called the
Prince of Peace, why?
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Because through Jesus Christ,
humanity was going to have peace
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again with God, amen?
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And so that's the covenant
that God has made with the Son.
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It's about what?
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It's about showing us
and restoring us back.
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Now, how do we fit
into this? It's very simple.
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It says there that the
everlasting covenant was Christ,
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but we are what?
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Inserted into the covenant.
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Are you catching me?
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That means we can
participate. We can come heirs.
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We can come
beneficiaries, right?
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The everlasting
covenant is with Christ, why?
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Well, my loved ones,
how do we participate?
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Is that we are invited into the
covenant through faith in Jesus
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Christ, and through
faith in Jesus Christ we become
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participants, heirs,
beneficiaries to the promises
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of the covenant, amen?
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That's basically what it
says in Monday's lesson on the
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election of Israel,
it's those that what?
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That choose, that receive, that
heed the call of God to what?
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To be His people. Amen?
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To enter into His covenant.
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That's the
promise of the Father.
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Is everybody with
me? Now watch this.
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Isaiah chapter 42, verse 1 and
6, "Behold, My servant whom I,"
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The Father upholds.
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"My Elect One in
whom My soul delights!
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I have put My Spirit upon Him;
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I, the Lord, have called
You in righteousness, and I
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will hold Your hand.
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I will keep You and give
You as a covenant to," what?
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The covenant through us, amen?
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The Father makes a covenant with
the Son and then He says, "And
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you become," what?
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Heirs of the
covenant. I have a question.
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In a testament, which is
a better explanation of the
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covenant--sometimes we try to
explain covenant in the words of
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an agreement or a contract and
not so much--you can use it, but
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it's very limited, at
least how the Bible presents the
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concept of covenant.
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The concept of
covenant is better explained
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through a testament.
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Now, did you do
anything in a testament?
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No. Who has all the goods?
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It's whoever the person
that made the testament, right?
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You don't do
anything. The person just what?
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Signs over a testament that when
they die everything that belongs
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to them will be
given to you, amen?
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You don't have to do anything.
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Sometimes there
are some conditions.
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Let's not put it
that way, but yes.
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But he gives it over.
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There's nothing on your
part, and that's what God did.
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He said, "I'm going to
make a covenant with My Son."
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Now, why?
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Why does the Father give or
make the covenant with the Son?
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And it explains it in the verse,
if you can put it up, please.
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Because the
Father knew that what?
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That He would be
able to uphold Christ.
00:21:52.01\00:21:54.58
The Father knew that He
would be able to hold His hand.
00:21:54.61\00:21:57.68
The Father knew that He
would be able to keep Jesus.
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In other words, the Father
knew that the Son would live
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completely, constantly,
daily consecrated and surrender
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to the will of the Father.
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And so the Father knew that
the Son was going to do that.
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That's why the Father says,
"I can make a covenant with Him
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because He's not
going to break it."
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Are you catching me?
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He knew that His Son would
always, every decision, every
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step, every
temptation-- everything that He
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does, He knew that the Son
was going to lean and depend and
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seek the counsel and the
guidance and the strength
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of the Father.
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That's why the Father makes
a covenant because He knows,
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"My boy is not going to
break this covenant," amen?
00:22:35.42\00:22:39.85
So why doesn't God
make a covenant with us?
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It's very simple.
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We are incapable of
keeping the covenant.
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We cannot because remember the
basis of the foundation of the
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covenant is what?
00:22:52.63\00:22:54.04
The Ten
Commandments, the law of God.
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God knows this
and God says, "No.
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If I make a covenant with
them, they're going to break it.
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I'm going to make a
covenant with," who?
00:23:03.75\00:23:05.58
"With My Son."
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And through him, his perfect,
righteous life, then we become
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beneficiaries of those promises.
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Amen? Now, remember the thesis.
00:23:15.96\00:23:18.49
I'm pointing to
you to the thesis.
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What was the thesis
of this presentation?
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"The law of God was the basis of
the covenant, which was simply
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an arrangement for bringing
men again into harmony with the
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divine will, placing them where
they could obey God's law."
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Did you catch that?
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What it's saying here is that
the purpose of the covenant is
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to restore us back
into the will of God.
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In other words, that we can live
according to His righteous law,
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to His righteous principles.
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Is everybody with me?
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Can I hear an amen?
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Now, here's where it
gets very interesting.
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Why did God not
make a covenant with us?
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Well, I just explained
it, but let's look at it
00:24:05.31\00:24:06.64
a little bit deeper.
00:24:06.68\00:24:08.01
When you go into
Genesis--Genesis chapter 1 and
00:24:08.04\00:24:10.51
chapter 2, it
explains the beginning, right?
00:24:10.55\00:24:13.28
It explains the beginning.
00:24:13.31\00:24:14.62
God gives
everything to Adam and Eve.
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Is that true? Yes or no?
00:24:16.69\00:24:18.45
Yes, he says, "Here it is."
00:24:18.49\00:24:19.79
The earth is the wedding gift
that God gives to Adam and Eve,
00:24:19.82\00:24:22.89
and all God asks on
their behalf is that they what?
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That they obey His
command. That's all He asks.
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And that is one simple command:
"Don't eat off of the tree."
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One simple command.
God gives them everything.
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Now I had a question.
Does--was Adam and Eve capable?
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Did they have the
capacity to obey that command?
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Yes, they did. So
it wasn't difficult.
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They had all the willpower and
all the moral power to say what?
00:24:46.88\00:24:50.89
"No, I don't want
to eat off that tree."
00:24:50.92\00:24:52.22
Right? This isn't an issue.
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They had everything
capable, all the preparation.
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They had everything into
development to develop those
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characters even more and
more as they got to know God.
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And so when God makes Adam and
Eve, it says they made Him--He
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made them in His
image and likeliness.
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Go with me to
Genesis chapter 1, please.
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Genesis chapter
1. Genesis chapter 1.
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I just love using
Genesis to explain everything.
00:25:13.88\00:25:16.85
The first three chapters of
Genesis, you've probably heard
00:25:16.88\00:25:19.18
me mentioned this before, that
is the foundation of everything
00:25:19.21\00:25:21.92
that happens in the Bible,
and you can explain everything
00:25:21.95\00:25:24.55
through Genesis chapter 1
through 3, especially chapter 3.
00:25:24.59\00:25:29.19
Woo, chapter 3 is my
favorite chapter in the Bible.
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Genesis chapter 1.
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Everybody there?
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Verse number 26.
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Look at what it says here.
00:25:37.03\00:25:38.50
"Then God said, 'Let
us make man in our image,
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according to our likeliness.'"
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Verse 27, "So God created
man and woman in His own image.
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In the image of
God He created him.
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Male and female He," did what?
00:25:50.65\00:25:52.75
He created them.
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So Adam and Eve were created
in the image and likeliness of
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God, or in another
way-- terms--we can say it in
00:25:57.95\00:26:01.06
a number of different ways.
00:26:01.09\00:26:02.52
They had the
character of God, right?
00:26:02.56\00:26:05.09
That was to
develop more and more.
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They had the mind of God.
They had the desires of God.
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They had the feelings of God.
00:26:09.53\00:26:11.30
But one way of saying that they
had the image of God is that
00:26:11.33\00:26:13.64
they had the law of God
written on their hearts.
00:26:13.67\00:26:17.04
That's another way of saying it.
00:26:17.07\00:26:18.47
They already came with the
law written in their hearts
00:26:18.51\00:26:20.68
and their minds,
that means it was already
00:26:20.71\00:26:22.01
part of who they were, right?
00:26:22.04\00:26:24.21
To live according to these
beautiful principles, these
00:26:24.25\00:26:26.61
Ten Commandment promises.
00:26:26.65\00:26:28.55
Is everybody with me?
00:26:28.58\00:26:29.88
That's why it says in Psalms
chapter 40, verse 8, "I delight
00:26:29.92\00:26:32.75
to do Your will, O my
God, and Your law is," where?
00:26:32.79\00:26:37.46
So what it means is that
when they had their laws of God
00:26:37.49\00:26:40.60
written in their hearts and
in their minds, it was what?
00:26:40.63\00:26:42.66
It was a delight to do
the will of the Father.
00:26:42.70\00:26:44.77
That's what it says
in the Book of Psalms.
00:26:44.80\00:26:46.30
That's what it says--Paul
says it in Romans chapter 7.
00:26:46.33\00:26:49.74
He says, "I delight--my
inner being delights in
00:26:49.77\00:26:52.41
the law of God," why?
00:26:52.44\00:26:53.91
Because if the transgression
of the law is sin and sin brings
00:26:53.94\00:26:57.28
misery, and depression,
and sadness, and suffering, and
00:26:57.31\00:27:01.35
pain, then that means that doing
the contrary to sin, which is
00:27:01.38\00:27:04.65
righteousness, must bring what?
00:27:04.69\00:27:06.82
Peace and joy and delight
to the human experience, amen?
00:27:06.86\00:27:11.23
And so when a human being is
exposed to the Ten Commandments,
00:27:11.26\00:27:13.73
then the human being what?
00:27:13.76\00:27:15.03
He delights in doing God's will.
00:27:15.06\00:27:18.30
Who says amen to that?
00:27:18.33\00:27:19.93
Look at how it says here in
the book, "Great Controversy."
00:27:19.97\00:27:22.17
"In the beginning, man was
created in the image of God.
00:27:22.20\00:27:25.84
He was in perfect harmony with
the nature and the law of God."
00:27:25.87\00:27:30.85
And what does that mean?
00:27:30.88\00:27:32.41
"The principles of righteousness
were written upon his heart."
00:27:32.45\00:27:38.32
It's exactly what we're talking
about and what the Bible says,
00:27:38.35\00:27:40.72
that the image of God is what?
00:27:40.76\00:27:42.39
Is to be in perfect harmony with
the nature and the law of God,
00:27:42.42\00:27:47.03
and those laws are the laws
of righteousness written in the
00:27:47.10\00:27:50.63
minds and in the hearts.
00:27:50.67\00:27:53.57
Is everybody with me up to
now? But something happened.
00:27:53.60\00:27:56.71
Genesis chapter
5. Genesis chapter 5.
00:27:56.74\00:27:59.64
Are you enjoying yourself?
00:27:59.67\00:28:01.54
Woo! Genesis chapter 5, verse 3.
00:28:01.58\00:28:07.48
We know that Adam and Eve
sadly chose to disobey God.
00:28:07.52\00:28:12.49
They chose to follow a different
path, and because of that--look
00:28:12.52\00:28:16.52
at what it says in Genesis 5:3.
00:28:16.56\00:28:19.33
"And Adam lived 130 years
and begot a son in his own
00:28:19.36\00:28:26.27
likeliness,
after his own image."
00:28:26.30\00:28:30.07
So that means that after
Adam and Eve sinned, they became
00:28:30.11\00:28:33.04
infected, we can say--if you
want to say it that way, with
00:28:33.07\00:28:36.01
selfishness, right?
00:28:36.04\00:28:38.45
And so no longer did
they have the image of God.
00:28:38.48\00:28:41.68
They now
reflected the image of what?
00:28:41.72\00:28:44.05
Of themselves.
00:28:44.09\00:28:45.79
Of self, of ego, selfishness,
and now the law of God was not
00:28:45.82\00:28:50.63
written in their
hearts and their minds.
00:28:50.66\00:28:52.03
It was not a
delight. It was not natural.
00:28:52.06\00:28:54.23
It was not--they
were not capable.
00:28:54.30\00:28:56.23
They did not
have the preparation.
00:28:56.26\00:28:58.13
They could not
keep the law of God.
00:28:58.17\00:29:00.97
They could not live
according to His righteousness.
00:29:01.00\00:29:04.51
Look at what it
says here, second part.
00:29:04.54\00:29:08.58
"In the beginning, man was
created in the image of God.
00:29:08.61\00:29:11.08
He was in perfect harmony with
the nature and the law of God;
00:29:11.11\00:29:13.45
the principles of righteousness
were written upon his heart.
00:29:13.48\00:29:16.42
But," that could be a--whenever
the word "but" shows up, it's
00:29:16.45\00:29:20.62
really bad or really good.
00:29:20.66\00:29:23.46
"But sin alienated--"
Did I say that right?
00:29:23.49\00:29:28.90
"Alienated." Thank you.
00:29:28.93\00:29:30.40
See, I'm still learning English.
00:29:30.43\00:29:32.70
"But sin alienated
him from his Maker.
00:29:32.73\00:29:36.27
He no longer
reflected the divine image."
00:29:36.30\00:29:38.97
And look at how
she says it here.
00:29:39.01\00:29:40.74
"His heart was now at war with
the principles of God's law."
00:29:40.78\00:29:45.01
Are you catching this?
00:29:45.05\00:29:46.85
So now there's a problem.
00:29:46.88\00:29:48.62
Now we do not have that
law written in our hearts.
00:29:48.65\00:29:51.52
And now if we don't have the law
written in our hearts and in our
00:29:51.55\00:29:54.26
minds and the law is
righteousness, then that means
00:29:54.29\00:29:57.19
that we no longer revealed what?
00:29:57.23\00:29:59.96
The righteousness of God.
00:30:00.00\00:30:01.66
Now we revealed our own
unrighteousness because there is
00:30:01.70\00:30:07.24
only righteousness through God.
00:30:07.27\00:30:09.17
And so anything that is
not righteous then must be
00:30:09.20\00:30:11.57
unrighteousness, and
unrighteousness is sin.
00:30:11.61\00:30:15.68
Is everybody with me?
00:30:15.71\00:30:17.01
Look at how it says in Romans
chapter 3, verse 10 and 12.
00:30:17.05\00:30:19.88
"There is none
righteous, no, not one;
00:30:19.91\00:30:22.18
there is none that understands,
00:30:22.22\00:30:24.22
there is none
that seeks after God.
00:30:24.25\00:30:26.19
They are all
gone out of the way,
00:30:26.22\00:30:28.09
they are together
become unprofitable;
00:30:28.12\00:30:30.49
there is none that does good,
00:30:30.53\00:30:32.19
no, not one."
00:30:32.23\00:30:34.36
Now, what does that mean?
00:30:34.40\00:30:35.63
What it means is we do not have
the capacity, the capability to
00:30:35.66\00:30:39.40
do good or to do righteous.
00:30:39.43\00:30:41.34
Are you following me?
00:30:41.37\00:30:43.17
We--it's not in
our nature anymore.
00:30:43.20\00:30:45.11
We don't have it as it
was part of who we are.
00:30:45.14\00:30:48.48
It's no longer--we're
no longer capable of
00:30:48.51\00:30:51.11
producing righteousness.
00:30:51.15\00:30:53.15
And so what happens is, my
loved ones, that God does what?
00:30:53.18\00:30:58.52
They have to be taken out
of the presence of God, right?
00:30:58.55\00:31:03.99
Go with me to Romans
chapter 8, Romans chapter 8,
00:31:04.03\00:31:08.00
Romans chapter 8.
00:31:08.03\00:31:09.70
This is a very important point.
00:31:09.73\00:31:11.83
We are incapable of keeping
God's law on our own, on our
00:31:11.87\00:31:18.71
fallen nature.
00:31:18.74\00:31:20.04
It's just not possible.
00:31:20.08\00:31:21.54
Romans chapter
8. Everybody there?
00:31:21.58\00:31:25.95
Look at what it says here.
00:31:25.98\00:31:27.68
Romans chapter 8, verse number
7--verse number 6, "For to be
00:31:27.72\00:31:34.52
carnally minded," that is us
in our fallen nature, "is death,
00:31:34.56\00:31:38.79
but to be spiritually minded,"
that's the new birth, "is life
00:31:38.83\00:31:41.66
and peace because," and watch
this, "the carnal mind," that is
00:31:41.70\00:31:46.80
us in our fallen nature--
the carnal mind is what?
00:31:46.84\00:31:50.61
"Enmity against God, for it
is not subject to the law of God
00:31:50.64\00:31:55.14
nor indeed can be."
00:31:55.18\00:31:58.88
Are you catching this?
00:31:58.91\00:32:00.45
We are incapable of obeying
God's law in our fallen nature.
00:32:00.48\00:32:04.25
We just can't do it.
00:32:04.29\00:32:05.62
We don't have the equipment.
00:32:05.65\00:32:07.36
We don't have the preparation.
00:32:07.39\00:32:09.29
We just cannot.
00:32:09.32\00:32:10.66
We are weak both
physically and morally as well.
00:32:10.69\00:32:14.46
Is everybody following me?
00:32:14.46\00:32:16.93
But my question is, before Adam
and Eve were expelled off the
00:32:16.97\00:32:20.67
Garden of Eden, did
God present His covenant?
00:32:20.70\00:32:25.24
Before Adam and Eve were kicked
out of the Garden of Eden, did
00:32:25.27\00:32:27.91
God present the
promise through the seed?
00:32:27.94\00:32:30.71
Oh yes, He did. Amen?
00:32:30.75\00:32:32.38
And that's what it's
number three on my gospel map.
00:32:32.41\00:32:35.72
It says the everlasting
covenant is with who?
00:32:35.75\00:32:38.62
With Christ, and so the Father
now presents to the Son what?
00:32:38.65\00:32:42.26
Number four, the promises
and conditions to--now, these
00:32:42.29\00:32:47.56
promises and these conditions
are presented to humanity right
00:32:47.60\00:32:51.47
after the fall.
00:32:51.50\00:32:52.83
Is everybody with me? Amen.
00:32:52.87\00:32:55.80
Now, what are those--let's
talk about the promises first.
00:32:55.84\00:33:00.04
Well, there are three main
promises that God the Father
00:33:00.08\00:33:03.88
gives or promises to humanity
through His Son Jesus Christ.
00:33:03.91\00:33:08.42
Three main promises:
number one is the forgiveness of
00:33:08.45\00:33:11.99
sins; number two is
the victory over sin; and
00:33:12.02\00:33:16.16
number three is the
eradication or elimination
00:33:16.19\00:33:19.36
of sin from this world
and this universe forever.
00:33:19.39\00:33:24.47
Some of you are
excited about that.
00:33:24.50\00:33:26.63
These are the promises--the
three main promises of the
00:33:26.67\00:33:29.27
covenant: forgiveness
of sin, victory over sin,
00:33:29.30\00:33:32.61
cleansing of sin, however
you want to call it, and the
00:33:32.64\00:33:35.64
eradication and
elimination of sin.
00:33:35.68\00:33:37.58
Now, were all three
presented in Genesis chapter 3?
00:33:37.61\00:33:40.55
Yes, all three of them won.
00:33:40.58\00:33:42.12
First one, God said through
the seed was going to come what?
00:33:42.15\00:33:45.72
A human being.
00:33:45.75\00:33:47.39
"My Son was going to
come through a woman."
00:33:47.42\00:33:49.92
A human being
was going to be born.
00:33:49.96\00:33:51.39
And what was he going to do?
00:33:51.43\00:33:53.33
You are going to
cause an injury to the seed,
00:33:53.36\00:33:55.83
but he was going to what?
00:33:55.86\00:33:57.20
Stomp on your head. Amen?
00:33:57.23\00:33:59.47
In other words, he was
going to defeat the devil.
00:33:59.50\00:34:02.17
Now, how do we defeat the devil?
00:34:02.20\00:34:05.37
How is the devil defeated?
00:34:05.41\00:34:09.51
Through Christ.
00:34:09.54\00:34:10.91
And how did
Christ defeat the devil?
00:34:10.95\00:34:13.38
He never sinned.
00:34:13.42\00:34:15.32
He never gave into temptation.
00:34:15.35\00:34:17.35
He never surrendered to
his fallen nature, amen?
00:34:17.39\00:34:20.32
And so that victory, what it's
saying is you're going to hurt
00:34:20.36\00:34:23.36
him, but he is going to what?
00:34:23.39\00:34:24.96
He is going to
stomp on your head.
00:34:24.99\00:34:27.00
He's going to put an--he's going
to defeat you because he's not
00:34:27.03\00:34:29.03
going to give in.
00:34:29.06\00:34:30.97
But that promise
was not only to the Son.
00:34:31.00\00:34:33.77
You know that promise
is for you and me too?
00:34:33.80\00:34:36.04
Go with me to Romans chapter 16.
00:34:36.07\00:34:37.84
Romans chapter
16, verse number 20.
00:34:37.87\00:34:39.94
Hoo-hoo-hoo, Romans
chapter 16, verse 20.
00:34:39.97\00:34:43.81
Oh, Lord, this is amazing.
00:34:43.85\00:34:46.28
The promise was that the seed
was going to stomp on the head
00:34:46.31\00:34:49.18
of the serpent and put an
end to him, but that promise was
00:34:49.22\00:34:52.65
extended to us, why?
00:34:52.69\00:34:54.12
Because the seed
became a human being.
00:34:54.16\00:34:56.73
Verse 20, "And the God of
peace," the peace covenant,
00:34:56.76\00:35:01.86
"will crush Satan
under Christ's feet shortly."
00:35:01.90\00:35:08.40
You weren't paying attention.
00:35:08.44\00:35:10.31
It doesn't say he was
going to crush Satan under
00:35:10.34\00:35:12.47
the feet of the seed.
00:35:12.51\00:35:13.88
It said he was going to
crush the--Satan under our feet.
00:35:13.91\00:35:18.55
Get excited with me, please.
00:35:18.58\00:35:21.05
That's what he's saying; is
that the same victory that Jesus
00:35:21.08\00:35:24.39
Christ had over the devil, over
temptation, and over sin, that
00:35:24.42\00:35:28.12
same victory was
going to be given to us.
00:35:28.16\00:35:31.73
That same victory, and that's
what Jesus says in Romans--in
00:35:31.76\00:35:34.23
Revelation chapter 3, verse 21.
00:35:34.30\00:35:36.13
He says, "To those that," what?
00:35:36.16\00:35:38.17
"That overcome as I overcame--"
In other words, the victory of
00:35:38.20\00:35:43.27
Jesus Christ over the devil,
temptation, and sin is your
00:35:43.30\00:35:46.34
victory and mine, too.
00:35:46.37\00:35:48.81
We have access to that same
victory, that same power that
00:35:48.84\00:35:52.45
Jesus Christ manifested.
00:35:52.48\00:35:53.92
That's what it says in Romans
chapter 1, verse 16 and 17, that
00:35:53.95\00:35:56.38
that righteousness of God, that
the power of God, the dunamis,
00:35:56.42\00:36:00.36
the dynamite, the gospel
of God was going to be what?
00:36:00.39\00:36:03.19
Was going to be revealed
from faith to faith in His
00:36:03.22\00:36:06.03
Son Jesus Christ, but
it also says the just shall
00:36:06.06\00:36:08.50
also live by faith, amen?
00:36:08.53\00:36:11.33
And that same righteousness
was going to be manifested
00:36:11.37\00:36:13.23
and revealed in us.
00:36:13.27\00:36:14.74
But then God also said in
Genesis 3:21--and how is that
00:36:14.77\00:36:18.87
victory going to happen?
00:36:18.91\00:36:20.44
Through forgiveness.
00:36:20.48\00:36:22.14
Through the blood of the lamb,
victory was going to come, amen?
00:36:22.18\00:36:25.48
The blood of the everlasting
covenant is what was going to
00:36:25.51\00:36:28.08
give humanity
victory through forgiveness.
00:36:28.12\00:36:31.19
Forgiveness is just--is not just
a concept, forgiveness is power.
00:36:31.22\00:36:35.09
Grace is power.
00:36:35.12\00:36:38.29
Because when God says
something, there is power
00:36:38.33\00:36:40.73
behind what He says.
00:36:40.76\00:36:42.43
He doesn't just say it to
say it, He--when He says and
00:36:42.46\00:36:45.20
declares something, He is
also giving us the power, amen?
00:36:45.23\00:36:50.11
And then the last
promise, which is what?
00:36:50.14\00:36:52.01
The eradication of sin from this
world and this universe is--does
00:36:52.04\00:36:55.01
not appear in Genesis chapter 3.
00:36:55.04\00:36:56.71
Yes or no? Yes, it does.
00:36:56.75\00:36:58.75
Because it says at the end of
Genesis chapter 3, it says that
00:36:58.78\00:37:01.02
God guarded or protected
the way of the tree of life.
00:37:01.05\00:37:04.99
It doesn't say He eliminated it.
00:37:05.02\00:37:06.86
It doesn't say He
took it away forever.
00:37:06.89\00:37:08.19
It said He guarded it.
00:37:08.22\00:37:09.46
If He's guarding it, that's why
because there was going to be a
00:37:09.49\00:37:12.63
moment in the future where what?
00:37:12.66\00:37:16.80
Where through the seed,
those that live in faith in
00:37:16.83\00:37:18.63
the seed, they would what?
00:37:18.67\00:37:20.20
They once again would have
access to the tree of life,
00:37:20.24\00:37:22.54
everlasting life, and
that's Revelation 21 and 22.
00:37:22.57\00:37:25.61
There shall be no more pain, no
more suffering, no more sin, no
00:37:25.64\00:37:27.64
more sorrow, amen?
00:37:27.68\00:37:29.68
Those are--the
three promises were there,
00:37:29.71\00:37:31.75
revealed and manifested, amen?
00:37:31.78\00:37:34.02
Now we go to the conditions.
00:37:34.05\00:37:36.05
What are our conditions?
00:37:36.08\00:37:38.85
I used to believe that
the condition of the covenant
00:37:38.89\00:37:45.19
was my obedience.
00:37:45.23\00:37:46.83
[Pastor Muņoz gasping]
00:37:46.86\00:37:49.60
Before you get a vegan heart
attack--I used to believe that.
00:37:49.63\00:37:55.24
But think about it.
00:37:55.27\00:37:56.84
How can obedience be a
condition if we can't obey?
00:37:56.87\00:38:01.84
It can't be a
condition of the covenant.
00:38:01.88\00:38:04.21
I'm going to show you that
obedience is a promise of the
00:38:04.25\00:38:07.35
covenant, amen?
00:38:07.38\00:38:10.75
The covenant promise
is obedience, is living
00:38:10.79\00:38:15.36
according to the will of God.
00:38:15.39\00:38:16.96
That's the purpose of the
covenant; is so that we can live
00:38:16.99\00:38:19.23
according to His will, that
we can live according to His
00:38:19.26\00:38:21.63
righteous law, amen?
00:38:21.66\00:38:23.83
So then you're asking yourself,
"Well, Carlos, what is the
00:38:23.87\00:38:25.73
condition then?"
00:38:25.77\00:38:27.47
The condition is very simple.
00:38:27.50\00:38:29.40
Believe and surrender, or abide.
00:38:29.44\00:38:33.88
In other words, to
live by faith in Christ.
00:38:33.91\00:38:37.75
That's the condition.
00:38:37.78\00:38:39.58
God says the
condition is to believe, trust,
00:38:39.61\00:38:43.25
and walk in faith.
00:38:43.28\00:38:44.89
"And I am going to
give you the power to live
00:38:44.92\00:38:48.06
according to the covenant.
00:38:48.09\00:38:49.76
I am going to give you
the power to walk according to
00:38:49.79\00:38:52.83
this covenant," amen?
00:38:52.86\00:38:54.93
Now, once again I thought,
as it says there, that obedience
00:38:54.96\00:38:58.47
is the condition or the
obligation of God for us
00:38:58.50\00:39:01.94
in the everlasting covenant.
00:39:01.97\00:39:03.37
That's what I thought,
but I now know that obedience
00:39:03.41\00:39:06.81
is not the condition or
the obligation of God for
00:39:06.84\00:39:09.34
us in the everlasting covenant.
00:39:09.38\00:39:10.78
But obedience is the what?
00:39:10.81\00:39:13.15
The promise, the
blessing of God for us in the
00:39:13.18\00:39:16.18
everlasting covenant.
00:39:16.22\00:39:17.65
Now, you're probably
going to be scratching your
00:39:17.69\00:39:19.12
head saying, "What?
00:39:19.15\00:39:21.72
I've never heard that before."
00:39:21.76\00:39:23.73
I know, I was surprised
when I learned it, too.
00:39:23.76\00:39:27.46
'Cause I was always
taught obey, obey, obey,
00:39:27.50\00:39:30.47
obey, obey, and
I'm always trying.
00:39:30.50\00:39:32.97
And here's the problem, and I'll
talk about this in a second.
00:39:33.00\00:39:34.94
We think we have a
misunderstanding of what the
00:39:34.97\00:39:37.31
word "obedience" means in
the Bible because in--look, in
00:39:37.34\00:39:40.38
society,
obedience means to comply.
00:39:40.41\00:39:43.81
And so we think, "I have
to obey, I have to comply."
00:39:43.85\00:39:46.68
Yes. But we can't comply.
00:39:46.72\00:39:50.55
That's because obedience
in the Bible means surrender,
00:39:50.59\00:39:54.52
give, abide.
00:39:54.56\00:39:57.66
That's what obedience means.
00:39:57.69\00:39:59.16
And through that
abiding in Christ, through that
00:39:59.19\00:40:01.63
surrendering, He gives
us the power to comply.
00:40:01.66\00:40:05.10
Is everybody with me?
00:40:05.13\00:40:07.00
Now, let's look
at some evidence.
00:40:07.04\00:40:09.87
"Patriarchs and Prophets," this
is actually in the--your reading
00:40:09.90\00:40:12.07
assignment and the lesson.
00:40:12.11\00:40:13.94
So read it again, chapter
32. Look at what it says here.
00:40:13.98\00:40:16.54
"The covenant of grace
was first made with man
00:40:16.58\00:40:18.58
in Eden," when?
00:40:18.61\00:40:21.75
"After the Fall there was given
a divine promise that the seed
00:40:21.78\00:40:24.89
of the woman should
bruise the serpent's head.
00:40:24.92\00:40:27.26
To all men," and women,
"this covenant offered--"
00:40:27.29\00:40:31.36
Notice the three things.
00:40:31.39\00:40:32.99
Number one, "Pardon."
00:40:33.03\00:40:35.30
Number two, "The assisting grace
of God for future obedience
00:40:35.33\00:40:40.64
through faith in Jesus Christ."
00:40:40.67\00:40:42.10
And number three, "It also
promised the eternal life."
00:40:42.14\00:40:45.51
Who says amen? There
are the three promises.
00:40:45.54\00:40:48.68
You thought I
was making that up.
00:40:48.71\00:40:51.35
But notice this.
On what condition?
00:40:51.38\00:40:54.72
On the condition of fidelity.
00:40:54.75\00:40:58.99
That means faithfulness.
00:40:59.02\00:41:01.69
That means faith.
00:41:01.72\00:41:04.19
Is everybody with me?
00:41:04.23\00:41:05.63
Trusting in what God is
saying, to His law, saying,
00:41:05.66\00:41:08.33
"Lord, yes, I trust."
00:41:08.36\00:41:10.43
And why are you
trusting in the Lord.
00:41:10.47\00:41:11.90
You probably say, "How
can I trust in the Lord?"
00:41:11.93\00:41:13.27
Because in the Bible,
the law, we think of it as
00:41:13.30\00:41:18.11
dos and don'ts.
00:41:18.14\00:41:19.84
But in the Bible, when I
was studying the concept of the
00:41:19.87\00:41:22.34
covenant and the promises,
I remember coming around
00:41:22.38\00:41:24.88
in the New Testament
where it says the promises of
00:41:24.91\00:41:27.12
God, the promises of God.
00:41:27.15\00:41:28.45
The promises show up everywhere
and I'm like, "Oh, I want to
00:41:28.48\00:41:30.75
find those promises."
00:41:30.79\00:41:32.15
But I couldn't find them
anywhere in the old covenant.
00:41:32.19\00:41:34.36
I'm sorry, in the Old Testament.
00:41:34.39\00:41:35.72
I couldn't find
the promises anywhere.
00:41:35.76\00:41:38.56
And you know what I found out?
00:41:38.59\00:41:40.53
Because God doesn't
have to say, "I promise."
00:41:40.56\00:41:43.23
Because when God
speaks, His Word is a promise.
00:41:43.26\00:41:50.34
That's why the Ten
Commandments are the ten
00:41:50.37\00:41:52.07
words or the ten promises.
00:41:52.11\00:41:55.41
When God says to do something,
he's not only showing us why
00:41:55.44\00:41:59.21
that is good, but he's
also giving us the power through
00:41:59.25\00:42:02.78
the command, amen?
00:42:02.82\00:42:05.82
So when it says, "Thou shall
not have other gods," what He's
00:42:05.85\00:42:08.76
saying is, "I through My power
I am going to help you to be
00:42:08.79\00:42:12.69
faithful to Me and
not have other gods."
00:42:12.73\00:42:14.60
When it says, "Thou shall not
commit adultery," what God is
00:42:14.63\00:42:16.77
saying is, "Through My power and
faith in Jesus Christ, I will
00:42:16.80\00:42:20.24
uphold you so that you do not
commit adultery, so that you do
00:42:20.27\00:42:23.61
not lust after women."
00:42:23.64\00:42:24.94
When it says, "Thou shall keep
the Sabbath," God is saying,
00:42:24.97\00:42:27.38
"Through My power and faith in
My Son Jesus Christ, you shall
00:42:27.41\00:42:30.78
learn to keep, to guard, to hold
the Sabbath day as a delight and
00:42:30.81\00:42:36.12
a glory," amen?
00:42:36.15\00:42:37.62
There are ten
promises that God is giving us.
00:42:37.65\00:42:39.69
Now, notice
here--go back to this quote.
00:42:39.72\00:42:41.69
Look at what it says here,
the yellow part highlighted.
00:42:41.72\00:42:45.43
The promise was what?
00:42:45.46\00:42:47.23
The--"This covenant
offered pardon and the assisting
00:42:47.23\00:42:50.53
grace of God for," what?
00:42:50.57\00:42:52.83
"Future obedience
through faith in Christ."
00:42:52.87\00:42:55.74
Is everybody catching that?
00:42:55.77\00:42:57.14
That means that the obedience
was the results of accepting the
00:42:57.17\00:43:00.91
covenant by faith.
00:43:00.94\00:43:04.45
This is so liberating.
00:43:04.48\00:43:08.02
Woo! Look at this other.
00:43:08.05\00:43:10.35
Same chapter.
00:43:10.39\00:43:12.32
"The new covenant was
established upon," what?
00:43:12.35\00:43:14.99
"Better promises,"
that means not the promises
00:43:15.02\00:43:16.83
that the people
made on Mount Sinai
00:43:16.86\00:43:18.86
when they said, "We will do it."
00:43:18.89\00:43:20.36
God says, "You can't do it.
00:43:20.40\00:43:21.66
But if you want to go ahead,
I'm going to let you try and
00:43:21.70\00:43:24.07
show--see how far
you're going to get with that."
00:43:24.10\00:43:26.00
But "The better promises--the
promises of forgiveness of sin
00:43:26.03\00:43:29.34
and of the grace
of God to," do what?
00:43:29.37\00:43:31.24
"To renew the heart."
00:43:31.27\00:43:32.61
And what happens
when the heart is renewed?
00:43:32.64\00:43:35.18
"To bring it into harmony with
the principles of God's law."
00:43:35.21\00:43:39.71
Amen? Look at what it says.
00:43:39.75\00:43:42.12
"'This shall be the covenant
that I will make with the house
00:43:42.15\00:43:44.22
of Israel after
these days,' says the Lord.
00:43:44.25\00:43:45.92
'I will put my law in their
inward parts,'" or in their
00:43:45.95\00:43:47.86
minds, in their hearts, "and
I will write it--in their minds,
00:43:47.89\00:43:50.76
I'm sorry, "and I
will write it in their..."
00:43:50.79\00:43:53.56
That's the new
covenant experience.
00:43:53.60\00:43:56.33
That's the cut--that's
the experience that God
00:43:56.36\00:43:58.13
had with Abraham, amen?
00:43:58.17\00:44:01.70
Abraham had to learn
to live by faith, but he
00:44:01.74\00:44:04.74
learned the lesson.
00:44:04.77\00:44:06.84
And God is wanting us to
learn the lesson, too, amen?
00:44:06.88\00:44:09.78
But notice it says there that
it is the covenant that what?
00:44:09.81\00:44:13.45
That brings us in harmony
with the principles of God.
00:44:13.48\00:44:15.65
And so here's the thesis again,
and the thesis says it very
00:44:15.68\00:44:18.25
clearly, the same chapter
in "Patriarchs and Prophets."
00:44:18.29\00:44:21.19
"The law of God was the basis
of the covenant," pay attention,
00:44:21.22\00:44:26.26
please, "which was simply an
arrangement," between the Father
00:44:26.29\00:44:29.93
and the Son, "to bring
humanity again into harmony
00:44:29.96\00:44:34.74
with the divine will."
00:44:34.77\00:44:36.00
And what does it mean to be
in harmony with the divine will?
00:44:36.04\00:44:38.77
"To place us where
they could obey God's law."
00:44:38.81\00:44:46.01
So now God has restored and
given us back through the power
00:44:46.05\00:44:50.15
of the Holy Spirit despite our
fallen nature, the dunamis of
00:44:50.19\00:44:53.99
God, so that we can live
according to His will, and that
00:44:54.02\00:44:57.56
is the condition to
dwell in His presence.
00:44:57.59\00:45:02.36
Woo, so again, obedience is not
the condition or obligation of
00:45:02.40\00:45:07.20
God for us in the everlasting
covenant, obedience is the
00:45:07.24\00:45:09.67
promise or the blessing
for God in all--of us in
00:45:09.70\00:45:12.84
the everlasting
covenant, who says amen to that?
00:45:12.87\00:45:16.01
Now I'm going to show it to you
in the Bible; I can show it to
00:45:16.04\00:45:18.35
you in the Bible in so many
different places, but there's
00:45:18.38\00:45:20.02
one verse that just brings
it out like a masterpiece.
00:45:20.05\00:45:24.02
Go with me to Hebrews
chapter 13, Hebrews chapter 13.
00:45:24.05\00:45:27.22
Watch this.
00:45:27.26\00:45:28.59
Woo, this is great
news, my loved ones, amen?
00:45:28.62\00:45:31.53
Get that burden
off of your back.
00:45:31.56\00:45:33.26
Stop trying to do things and
surrender to God and trust in
00:45:33.29\00:45:36.30
His promises that give us
the power so that we can live
00:45:36.33\00:45:39.30
according to His Word.
00:45:39.33\00:45:41.27
Hebrews chapter 13.
00:45:41.30\00:45:42.64
Watch this. It
doesn't explain it.
00:45:42.67\00:45:44.47
I think this is the best
explanation to what we're
00:45:44.51\00:45:46.98
sharing here.
00:45:47.01\00:45:48.31
Hebrews chapter
13, verse number 20.
00:45:48.34\00:45:50.98
Look at what it says.
00:45:51.01\00:45:53.38
"Now may the God of peace," God
of the covenant, "who brought up
00:45:53.42\00:45:58.35
our Lord Jesus
Christ from the dead--"
00:45:58.39\00:46:00.46
That means that God has power,
amen, to resurrect the dead.
00:46:00.49\00:46:05.13
"That great shepherd of
the sheep through the," what?
00:46:05.16\00:46:08.90
"Through the blood of
the everlasting covenant."
00:46:08.93\00:46:13.13
Now, what is God going to
give us through the blood of the
00:46:13.17\00:46:16.24
everlasting covenant, through
that power in the sheep--
00:46:16.27\00:46:19.04
in the Lord?
00:46:19.07\00:46:20.38
And verse 21 says,
"To make you complete--"
00:46:20.41\00:46:23.71
In other versions it says,
"Perfect in every good work
00:46:23.75\00:46:27.85
to do His will, working
in you what is well pleasing
00:46:27.88\00:46:31.05
in His sight
through Jesus Christ."
00:46:31.09\00:46:34.92
Did you catch that?
00:46:34.96\00:46:37.26
The promise of the covenant
is that through faith in Jesus
00:46:37.29\00:46:40.40
Christ He was going to
make us complete, perfect.
00:46:40.43\00:46:43.23
Now, when we talk about perfect,
we're talking about character
00:46:43.26\00:46:45.27
perfection, we're talking
about moral perfection, okay?
00:46:45.30\00:46:47.87
Don't get it
confused with perfectionism.
00:46:47.90\00:46:49.20
That's something else.
00:46:49.24\00:46:50.57
God was going to restore His
character, His righteousness in
00:46:50.61\00:46:53.58
us, and that was
going to make us what?
00:46:53.61\00:46:55.81
That was going to make us
complete in every good work to
00:46:55.84\00:46:58.91
do His will, working in you what
is well pleasing in His sight.
00:46:58.95\00:47:05.79
Who's doing all the work here?
00:47:05.82\00:47:08.56
God! All we have to do is what?
00:47:08.59\00:47:11.59
Believe and surrender.
00:47:11.63\00:47:14.20
So when we don't see this power
manifested in our lives, when we
00:47:14.20\00:47:17.23
don't see the righteousness
of God being reproduced, when we
00:47:17.27\00:47:19.57
don't see victory over
sin, it's not God fault.
00:47:19.60\00:47:22.30
It's ours because we don't trust
in the promise, or sometimes we
00:47:22.34\00:47:25.01
don't even know
that it's a promise.
00:47:25.04\00:47:27.44
We just keep on trying to chug
along and trying to do our best
00:47:27.48\00:47:29.44
and obey and obey, and comply
and comply; not knowing that no,
00:47:29.48\00:47:32.01
God is not asking you to comply,
God is asking you to surrender
00:47:32.05\00:47:36.82
so that he can give you the
power to comply and to live a
00:47:36.85\00:47:39.22
righteous, holy life, amen?
00:47:39.25\00:47:41.59
That's why it says in
Philippians chapter 2, verse 13,
00:47:41.62\00:47:44.13
it says, "For it is God who
works in you both to will and to
00:47:44.16\00:47:47.76
do for His good pleasure," amen?
00:47:47.76\00:47:52.77
That's how you write
"Philippians" in Spanish.
00:47:52.80\00:47:54.44
So just giving you a
little Spanish test today?
00:47:54.47\00:47:57.27
God sent us both the will--we
don't have the will or the
00:47:57.31\00:48:00.44
desire and the
doing of His good works.
00:48:00.48\00:48:05.05
Who says amen to that?
00:48:05.08\00:48:07.42
Now, you're probably
sitting there and saying,
00:48:07.45\00:48:08.88
"Wait a minute,
but God says obey?"
00:48:08.92\00:48:11.19
God says, "I'm going to
make a covenant with you."
00:48:11.22\00:48:15.09
Well, look at
what Psalms 23:3 says.
00:48:15.12\00:48:17.46
"He restores my soul;
He leads me into the paths
00:48:17.49\00:48:19.46
of righteousness
for His name's sake."
00:48:19.49\00:48:23.47
Look at Job
chapter 33, verse 26.
00:48:23.50\00:48:25.77
"He shall pray to God,
and He will delight in Him,
00:48:25.80\00:48:29.30
He shall see His face with joy,
for He restores to man His..."
00:48:29.34\00:48:35.11
Get excited about that verse.
00:48:35.14\00:48:37.05
God wants to restore His
righteousness in you and me,
00:48:37.08\00:48:41.55
and that's the promise.
00:48:41.58\00:48:42.88
He says, "I'm going to do
it through the covenant," amen?
00:48:42.92\00:48:46.55
But wait a minute, Carlos.
00:48:46.59\00:48:47.96
Exodus chapter 19, verse 5 says
God says, "Now therefore, if you
00:48:47.99\00:48:50.96
will indeed obey My voice and
keep My covenant, then you shall
00:48:50.99\00:48:54.20
be a special treasure
to Me above all people, for
00:48:54.20\00:48:56.60
all the earth is Mine."
00:48:56.63\00:48:57.93
There's two issues here.
00:48:57.97\00:48:59.27
Number one is that they wanted
to do the covenant on their own
00:48:59.30\00:49:03.20
terms, on their own obedience.
00:49:03.24\00:49:05.51
And God said, "Okay, if that's
what you want, I'm going to let
00:49:05.54\00:49:07.28
you see how far you're
going to get with that."
00:49:07.31\00:49:10.95
But the other thing is that
remember when you see the word
00:49:10.98\00:49:12.95
"obey," don't think compliance.
00:49:12.98\00:49:16.35
When you see the
word obey, think what?
00:49:16.38\00:49:18.49
Power and promise
through surrender, amen?
00:49:18.52\00:49:23.19
The word "obey" says God's
surrender, and I give you the
00:49:23.22\00:49:26.23
power to obey because God knows
that we do not have that power.
00:49:26.26\00:49:29.10
Is everybody with me?
00:49:29.13\00:49:30.43
And when it says, "Keep
My covenant," what does the
00:49:30.47\00:49:32.10
word "keep" mean?
00:49:32.13\00:49:33.44
It doesn't mean to
comply, it means to what?
00:49:33.47\00:49:35.17
To cherish, to hold, to
have in high esteem and say,
00:49:35.20\00:49:38.31
"God, I love Your covenant.
00:49:38.34\00:49:40.21
Give me--change my heart
so that I can live according
00:49:40.24\00:49:43.04
to Your covenant,
according to Your Word."
00:49:43.08\00:49:44.91
Amen? And so I
finish with this quote.
00:49:44.95\00:49:48.22
"All true obedience," "Desire
of Ages," "comes from the heart.
00:49:48.25\00:49:52.52
It was heart work with Christ.
00:49:52.55\00:49:55.22
And if we consent," through
faith, "He will so identify
00:49:55.26\00:50:00.20
Himself with our thoughts and
aims, so blend our hearts and
00:50:00.23\00:50:03.57
minds into conformity to His
will, that when we obey His--
00:50:03.60\00:50:08.10
Him, we will simply be
carrying out our own impulses."
00:50:08.14\00:50:11.51
That is, once the
heart is renewed, once the
00:50:11.54\00:50:14.04
heart is done again, amen?
00:50:14.08\00:50:15.94
Look at what it says: "The
will, refined and sanctified,
00:50:15.98\00:50:19.41
will find its highest
delight in doing His service.
00:50:19.45\00:50:22.18
When we know God as it is our
privilege to know Him, our life
00:50:22.22\00:50:25.42
will be a life of," what?
00:50:25.45\00:50:28.32
Why will it be a life
of continual obedience?
00:50:28.36\00:50:31.43
Because it will be a life of
continual surrender, constant
00:50:31.46\00:50:34.66
surrender, constant abiding,
constant depending, constant
00:50:34.73\00:50:38.33
leaning on God and
not depending on me, amen?
00:50:38.37\00:50:41.20
And when that happens, God
says, "I promise I am going
00:50:41.24\00:50:43.54
to help you, I'm going to give
you the power to obey My Word."
00:50:43.57\00:50:47.14
"Through an appreciation of
the character of Christ, through
00:50:47.18\00:50:49.88
communion with God, sin
will become hateful to us."
00:50:49.91\00:50:53.85
That right there is explained
the life of Jesus Christ.
00:50:53.88\00:50:58.09
That's Jesus that was explained
right there, and that's the
00:50:58.12\00:51:01.26
promise that He gives us too.
00:51:01.29\00:51:03.66
He says, "If you will
learn to surrender completely,
00:51:03.69\00:51:07.60
consistently, daily, every
decision, every temptation,
00:51:07.66\00:51:12.07
everything that comes across
your plate--bro, lift up a
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prayer, ask the Lord for power,
ask the Lord for deliverance."
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If we do that like Christ
did, if we have that type of
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surrender, the faith of
Christ, the mind of Christ, the
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consecration of Christ; if we
have all of that, we will live
00:51:29.52\00:51:35.82
the righteous
life of Christ also.
00:51:35.86\00:51:38.96
That's the promise of
the Word of God, amen?
00:51:38.99\00:51:43.40
And that's why, my loved ones,
when we talk about the law--the
00:51:43.43\00:51:47.27
covenant law, it is a blessing.
00:51:47.30\00:51:49.80
It is a delight. Amen?
00:51:49.84\00:51:52.37
And we will have a new body and
none of this will happen again,
00:51:52.41\00:51:55.31
and that's the last promise.
00:51:55.34\00:51:57.01
Who wants to say tonight--
this morning, "Lord, I want
00:51:57.05\00:51:59.88
to learn to consistently,
completely, daily surrender
00:51:59.91\00:52:03.99
and live like Christ.
00:52:04.02\00:52:05.39
I want to live the
faith of Jesus Christ," amen.
00:52:05.42\00:52:07.76
Stand up if you want
to say, "Lord, help me.
00:52:07.79\00:52:11.79
Help me, Lord,
not to be better--"
00:52:11.83\00:52:13.60
No, no, no, no,
we can't be better.
00:52:13.63\00:52:15.00
This is--there's
no improvement here.
00:52:15.03\00:52:17.70
"Lord, help me to learn to
depend completely and totally
00:52:17.73\00:52:21.60
on You, to learn to live
like Christ, to live in the
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faith of Jesus Christ."
00:52:26.01\00:52:27.31
That should be
our prayer every day.
00:52:27.34\00:52:29.84
Let's pray.
00:52:29.88\00:52:31.18
Father, we thank you for
this wonderful, wonderful,
00:52:31.21\00:52:34.12
everlasting gospel, which is the
everlasting covenant, which is
00:52:34.15\00:52:37.35
the power, the dunamis, which is
your righteousness that draws us
00:52:37.39\00:52:42.32
to You, Father, and
saves humanity when we see the
00:52:42.36\00:52:45.13
goodness and that righteousness,
that power, that dunamis, that
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love was manifested perfectly
through Your Son Jesus Christ
00:52:49.83\00:52:52.63
and his sacrifice.
00:52:52.67\00:52:54.14
And so we ask, Father, that You
help us every day to learn to
00:52:54.17\00:52:58.01
live like Christ.
00:52:58.04\00:52:59.67
We have certain level of
surrender, certain level of
00:52:59.71\00:53:02.21
consecration, but, Father,
we need to learn to live like
00:53:02.24\00:53:05.45
Christ if we want to see
the life of Christ reflected and
00:53:05.48\00:53:08.65
manifested and reproduced in us.
00:53:08.68\00:53:11.02
Help us, Father, to stop to
depend on our own works, on our
00:53:11.05\00:53:14.02
own compliance because we don't
have the capacity as we saw
00:53:14.06\00:53:17.53
today, but help us to learn to
depend on Your promises, on Your
00:53:17.56\00:53:21.30
fidelity, and on Your power
as Christ did every day, every
00:53:21.33\00:53:26.43
moment while he
was here on earth.
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Thank You for this blessing,
Father, and we ask this
00:53:28.34\00:53:29.84
in Jesus's name, amen.
00:53:29.87\00:53:32.97
Happy Sabbath, everyone.
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male: I actually grew
up in a loving home, had no
00:54:24.16\00:54:26.66
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My parents were
completely secular.
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I had questions in my
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"What does my future hold for
me, and what is my purpose of
00:54:33.27\00:54:35.80
even being here?"
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There are questions that
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Because of moving around a lot
and kind of hard to adjust at
00:54:41.14\00:54:44.15
times, by the time I made it
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00:54:44.18\00:54:47.92
really terrible and I
had a problem with authority.
00:54:47.95\00:54:51.62
Started smoking at the age of 14
and drinking by the age of 15.
00:54:51.65\00:54:55.46
I just really started getting
involved with crime: break and
00:54:55.49\00:54:58.16
enters, selling
drugs, stealing cars.
00:54:58.19\00:55:03.00
At one point I had overdosed
on ecstasy, and I was doing
00:55:03.03\00:55:05.30
anything I could just to
find some sort of excitement or
00:55:05.33\00:55:08.37
something that reflected some
version of happiness in my life.
00:55:08.40\00:55:13.38
Didn't want to be alone
and I was looking for some
00:55:13.41\00:55:16.01
sort of relationship.
00:55:16.04\00:55:18.58
I had found myself in Australia,
and I met a girl down there who
00:55:18.61\00:55:21.65
was a Christian girl and we
really started to hit it off.
00:55:21.68\00:55:24.75
We ended up in a long--
fairly long relationship.
00:55:24.79\00:55:26.89
We were together
for about seven years.
00:55:26.92\00:55:28.62
Neither one of us were
having a relationship with God.
00:55:28.66\00:55:30.99
We kind of excluded Him out of
what we were doing and we were
00:55:31.03\00:55:34.36
just trying to do
everything on our own.
00:55:34.36\00:55:37.97
When we came out of that
relationship, I ended up in a
00:55:38.00\00:55:39.87
really deep depression.
00:55:39.90\00:55:42.14
I was so depressed that I was
coming home and as soon as the
00:55:42.17\00:55:44.71
door closed behind me I would
drop down in my knees and just
00:55:44.74\00:55:47.04
start crying.
00:55:47.08\00:55:49.78
I couldn't see the light
at the end of the tunnel.
00:55:49.81\00:55:51.81
I tried to take my life
at one point with pills.
00:55:51.85\00:55:54.48
And it wasn't because I wanted
to die, I just--I didn't want to
00:55:54.52\00:55:56.62
feel this way anymore.
00:55:56.65\00:55:58.35
It hurt so bad, and
I'd never felt so lonely.
00:55:58.39\00:56:03.26
I would end up in my bedroom
and I was praying for hours each
00:56:03.29\00:56:06.29
day, and that
was kind of my life.
00:56:06.33\00:56:08.16
I was alone and unhappy,
and I really needed answers.
00:56:08.20\00:56:15.47
I had started studying the Bible
and found Amazing Facts online
00:56:15.50\00:56:19.84
and was watching hours of
sermons each day, spending more
00:56:19.87\00:56:24.15
time with Pastor Doug Batchelor
and really getting a lot of the
00:56:24.18\00:56:27.08
answers to the questions
that I was seeking out.
00:56:27.12\00:56:30.79
I felt that there was hope that
was coming through that and that
00:56:30.82\00:56:34.19
was kind of pulling me out
of--gradually pulling me out of
00:56:34.22\00:56:37.89
the darkness that I was in.
00:56:37.93\00:56:40.36
So eventually I decided I
was going to go to church.
00:56:40.40\00:56:43.60
I would drive to the church and
I would sit in the parking lot
00:56:43.63\00:56:46.30
for about half an hour
and then I would drive home.
00:56:46.33\00:56:50.44
Eventually I found
myself inside the church.
00:56:50.47\00:56:53.41
They were all quite
amazed that I kind of
00:56:53.44\00:56:54.74
found my own way there.
00:56:54.78\00:56:56.95
I started building relationships
with people there and my life
00:56:56.98\00:56:58.88
really started changing.
00:56:58.91\00:57:01.12
Eventually I was baptized.
Still I couldn't get enough.
00:57:01.15\00:57:04.25
I wanted to read more, I wanted
to study more, and all these new
00:57:04.29\00:57:06.65
things that I was learning
were--it all made sense to me.
00:57:06.69\00:57:10.96
I prayed to God specifically
for two things at this point.
00:57:10.99\00:57:14.46
I prayed for a new job, and I
prayed for an opportunity in my
00:57:14.50\00:57:17.30
life, some direction.
00:57:17.33\00:57:18.90
And within one week, he
had answered the prayer.
00:57:18.93\00:57:21.44
I got a new job and I was going
to be starting right away, but
00:57:21.47\00:57:25.37
he'd also
answered the other prayer.
00:57:25.41\00:57:27.31
Two ladies in my church came up
to me and offered to send me to
00:57:27.34\00:57:31.58
go to AFCOE.
00:57:31.61\00:57:34.12
My life has changed so much
since I started following God's
00:57:34.15\00:57:36.52
path for me.
00:57:36.55\00:57:38.92
I'm just so much
happier in my life.
00:57:38.95\00:57:40.49
And I realized that there's so
much more in this world that I
00:57:40.52\00:57:42.52
can do to help others, and
I look forward to a life of
00:57:42.56\00:57:45.19
service to God.
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