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Shawn Brummund: Hello,
friends, and welcome back to
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another edition of the
"Sabbath School Study Hour."
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It is always good for us to be
able to gather together here in
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the Granite Bay Hilltop
Seventh-day Adventist Church,
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right here in the Greater
Sacramento area of California.
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It is always good to be able
to have our local church members
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with us here this morning as we
come together to worship, as we
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come together to open up God's
Bible that we might be able to
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sit at the feet of Jesus and
continue to learn and continue
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to have Him mold our minds,
our world view, and the way
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that we live our lives.
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And so we trust and know
that you will be blessed as you
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invest over the next
hour as we study through
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our lesson number 12.
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And so this morning we are
looking at lesson number 12 in
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the Quarterly that I know many
of us have been blessed by, and
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it's entitled "The Promise:
God's Everlasting Covenant."
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And as it turns out, this is
our second last study for this
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particular theme and quarter.
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And so I know we're going to be
blessed today and next week but
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then next--the day--the week
after next week we are going to
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be looking at another
Quarterly and another theme.
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By the way, how many have
been blessed by this so far?
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Yeah, I see a number of
hands, amens, that are going up.
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I know that there's
some very rich stuff that we
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continue to look at.
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We're kind of continuing on
a similar theme and the next
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Quarterly is going to be
entitled, "Rest in Christ."
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"Rest in Christ."
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And that word "rest" is used a
number of times, particularly in
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the book of Hebrews, but we also
find it in other--a number of
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other places in
the Bible as well.
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And so I know that you're going
to be blessed by that as well.
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Just an interesting
little trivia for us.
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The authors of this particular
new Quarterly that we'll start
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to look at in just two weeks'
time, is actually authored by
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Pastor Jean Ross's sister and
brother-in-law and so we have
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kind of--it's going to be in the
family, for those of us here in
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Granite Bay because, of course,
many of us know and love Pastor
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Jean and his family very much.
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So we look forward to that.
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Don't forget to take advantage
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have here today--pardon me--
which is "God Drew the Plans."
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"God Drew the Plans."
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This is one of my favorite Study
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number of "Amazing Facts" Study
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You just dial 1-866-788-3966
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Now, we also
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If you're interested in being
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and you live in continental
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certainly also find the link by
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I want to invite you
to join me as we pray.
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Father in heaven, this
morning we are thankful for the
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opportunity to be
able to open Your Word.
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We want to claim the promise
that You have promised since You
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first were on this earth and
left the church to be able to
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continue to grow, that You
would send the Holy Spirit.
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And that the Holy Spirit would
guide us and lead us into all
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truth, open our eyes, and give
us discernment and understanding
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in the things that are
spiritual in Your Word.
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And so, God, we want to
pray that You will bless
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us with that Spirit.
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Give us Your presence, Lord.
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Please bless our pastor and
teacher, Pastor Doug, here today
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as he brings the
Word of life to us.
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God, we want to pray that You
will take it and write it into
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our hearts, each and
every word from Your Bible.
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In Jesus's name we pray
these things, God, amen.
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Doug Batchelor: I
enjoyed listening to our
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young people
sing, how about you?
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That's always nice.
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Welcome, friends, those
of you who are here alive
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in the Granite
Bay Hilltop Church.
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We're glad to welcome you to our
Sabbath School program and we
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know that we've got a lot of
other people who are watching on
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a variety of outlets, everything
from "Amazing Facts Television"
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to 3ABN, Hope, Facebook,
YouTube, and it's just wonderful
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to hear the reports of
people studying the Word of God
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together with us
from around the world.
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We've got a lot of folks
out there that are some of our
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online members because they live
in a part of the country or the
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world where there is no
local church they can attend and
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they're just very thankful
that they can be at least
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one of our online members.
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And if you're out there in that
category and you have no local
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church that you can attend,
you want to know, "How can I
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become an online member?"
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Just go ahead and contact
us at granitebaysda.org and
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we'll talk to you about that.
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You can do, you know, Sabbath
School and church with us.
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We just can't
download a pot luck yet, but
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we're working on it.
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We can't--we can
send you a virtual hug.
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All right, our
lesson today is lesson 12.
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As Pastor Shawn mentioned,
we have one more in this
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series on the covenant.
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This is called "Covenant Faith,"
and we have a memory verse.
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The memory verse is
from Galatians 3:11.
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If you've got your
Bible or your lesson open,
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you can read that with me.
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Galatians 3:11.
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You ready?
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"But that no man is justified by
the law in the sight of God, is
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evident: for, the
just shall live by faith."
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One of the most
famous verses in the Bible.
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Now, when we're talking about
the covenant, it's not a bad
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idea to do a little review, you
know, I think it's a shame to
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assume everybody listening has
already heard all the background
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and then you miss some
of the important points.
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When you say the word
"covenant," covenant comes from
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the word, it's actually--it
comes from an English word that
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comes from a French word
that comes from a Latin word.
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I did a little etymology
on the word "covenant."
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When you ever say
"con" it means with in Latin,
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and it's "convenire."
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It means with agreement,
and that, you know, then went to
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French and then went to
English until it just came
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out anglicized as covenant.
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But it means it's an agreement.
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And a definition for covenant
would be it's usually a formal,
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solemn, and binding
agreement or compact.
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A written agreement or a promise
usually under seal between two
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or more parties, might be
notarized, especially for the
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performance of some
action, is a formal agreement.
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Now God saves us
under a legal agreement.
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Why does it need to
be a legal agreement?
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Because there's law involved.
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We have broken a law.
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And so He makes--God is not only
a loving Father, He's not only
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our Savior, He's not
only a King, He's a Judge.
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And so the agreement to save
us is a legal agreement where He
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has a right to do it because
there is a debt that is paid.
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There is a penalty for sin
and what are the wages for sin?
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Death. And how many have sinned?
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All have sinned and fallen
short of the glory of God.
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And so God has devised a way in
the plan of salvation where He
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will save us but there
are terms to the agreement.
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So this is the covenant.
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Now, when we talk about
covenants in the Bible, scholars
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speculate there are really seven
major covenants in the Bible.
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There's a lot of minor ones.
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Any agreement in the
Bible, someone says, you know,
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"You sow my seed and
I'll pay you for doing it."
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Well, that's technically
an agreement, but the major
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covenants in the Bible are what
are called the Edenic Covenant,
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which you would find
in Genesis chapter 3.
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It's the covenant that God makes
in the Garden of Eden between
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the woman and the seed of the
woman and it's the redemption of
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man where the sacrificial
system is established.
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You have the Noahic Covenant.
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You remember after the flood,
God made a covenant with Noah
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that He would no longer
destroy the earth and that
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He would bless him.
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Then you have the
Abrahamic Covenant.
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We're going to talk a lot
about that in the lesson today,
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so that's three so far.
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Then you've got the
Mosaic Covenant and that's the
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covenant, well, in the Ten
Commandments you find, says, "I
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gave them My covenant which
I commanded them to perform."
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This is actually Deuteronomy
chapter 4, Ten Commandments,
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but--so there's the covenant
there that He made in Exodus.
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You've got the covenant you find
in Levi that He made with the
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sons of Aaron that
they would be His priests,
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the Priestly Covenant.
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Then you have the Davidic
Covenant where God said that
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through the house of the seat
of David the Messiah would come.
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And then, of course, in the New
Testament Jesus with His blood
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ratifies the New Testament
or the Gospel Covenant.
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Now where do you
first find the new covenant?
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In the Old Testament.
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Kind of a trick question.
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Who is the oldest
man who ever lived?
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Methuselah--I heard
someone got it, they said Enoch.
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It's a trick question.
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Methuselah is the
oldest man who ever died.
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The oldest man who ever
lived is Enoch; his father
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is still alive, right?
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He's not died yet.
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So the new covenant
is found in Jeremiah.
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You find it in
the Old Testament.
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And you also find it alluded to
in Ezekiel where He said "A new
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heart I will put within you."
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And so those are the
main covenants or agreements
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that God has made.
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Does God ever make an
agreement or a covenant
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and then fail to fulfill?
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"Not a word of the
Lord falls to the ground.
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What I have said I will do."
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Jesus said, "Heaven and
earth will pass away; My word
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will not pass away."
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Have you made agreements or
covenants with people in the
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past and they fell through?
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Maybe you fell through.
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I think back with some chagrin
on a couple of promises I made
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and I didn't keep
and it's too late now.
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And I always feel some
guilt for that 'cause you want
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to keep your covenants.
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People don't always
keep their agreements, but
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God's Word never fails.
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So if God makes a salvation
covenant with us, if we embrace
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the terms of the
covenant, will He keep His part?
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Isn't that right? He will.
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All right, well, under "Sunday,"
the first section, it's
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"Reflections of Calvary."
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Why was it necessary for
Jesus to die to redeem us?
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Now, some people say, "Well,
Jesus died because covenants
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were often sealed
with a sacrifice."
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Oh, no, that's true but
there's much more than that.
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You know, sometimes people
in the old days, they cut their
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wrists and two people
would shake hands and they were
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called blood brothers.
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It was like an
agreement made in blood.
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Well, the sacrifice of
Christ is more than that.
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There is a debt that is being
paid and the reason that Jesus,
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the Son of God, had to die is
only the Creator had the right
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to pay the debt
for the Creation.
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Now this is so important to
understand because I know there
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are people out there in
the world that question whether
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Jesus was everlasting.
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They say, "Well, no, He
at one time was begotten."
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I say, "What, you
mean He was created?"
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"No, not created; begotten,"
they say, "that's different."
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And I say, "No, you're saying
that He was not in existence and
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the Father brought
Him into existence.
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That's a creation."
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Doesn't matter how you
play with the semantics.
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He went from
non-existence to existence.
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That means He's created.
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But the Bible says:
"All things that were created
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were created by Him."
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Isn't that right?
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So He didn't create Himself.
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And so only Jesus the Creator
could die for the Creation.
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Only the King could die for the
subjects, and only the law giver
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could die for the law breakers.
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An angel could not have done it.
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It was only God Himself that
could do it and that should tell
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you something about the
magnitude of sin that the sin of
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one person to be saved would
require the death of the Creator
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to fulfill the penalty.
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It should also tell you
something about the magnitude of
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God's love for you.
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He didn't have to do it.
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You could pay your own penalty.
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And by the way, many will.
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Because they don't accept the
salvation Jesus has offered for
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them, they when--ultimately
pay the penalty for their sins.
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So Jesus is the
only one who can do that.
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Is there a different covenant of
salvation in the New Testament
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and the Old Testament?
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Yes, the Bible talks
about the new covenant
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and the old covenant.
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Were people in the Old
Testament saved differently
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than people in
the New Testament?
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Not really.
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Now, this is so important.
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Are you saved by
faith in the new covenant?
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Yeah, but you're saved by
works in the old covenant?
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Nobody's saved by works.
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See, this is--I've met in a
lot of dear Christians from the
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dispensational tribe, and they
say, "Well, the Old Testament,
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they had to be saved by works,"
as though they could work
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their way into heaven.
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That would insinuate that there
were some in the Old Testament
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who successfully
worked their way to heaven.
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Isn't that right?
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But no one is going
to be in heaven by works.
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The Bible says: "Abraham
believed God and it was counted
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to him for righteousness."
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He was given credit
for righteousness based
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on his faith.
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Everybody in the Old Testament
was saved by faith, looking
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forward to the cross.
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Everybody in the New Testament
and now, we are saved by faith,
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looking back to the cross.
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Everybody is saved
by faith in the cross.
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There will even be some people
in heaven that are there that
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maybe didn't know the name of
Jesus but everyone is saved by
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Jesus's name and everyone
is saved by Christ's sacrifice.
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And some of these
people are going to be in
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heaven 'cause
they had faith in God.
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They maybe didn't know a
lot about God but God winked at
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their ignorance and--
'cause He's a merciful God.
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So everyone saved is saved
by Christ or saved by faith.
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Nobody is saved by works.
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Now I've heard evangelists,
and I've used it myself, use an
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illustration that talks about
salvation like a person crossing
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a river and
they've got two oars.
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And they've got one oar
called faith and they've
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got one oar called works.
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And if you use only faith, the
boat goes in circles, and if you
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use only works, the
boat goes in circles.
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But if you want to get
across the river, you use both.
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That's really a flawed
illustration because it
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leaves you with the
impression that works contribute
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to your salvation.
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It is true in the Christian life
that if you have saving faith
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you will have works.
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So you will see both
in the Christian life.
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But we are saved by faith.
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The thief who was on the cross
that is saved, was he saved by
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his works in any way?
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Well, there's one work he did.
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You know what that one work is?
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He asked.
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Jesus said, "This is the work
that you shall do: to believe on
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the One the Father has sent."
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So you--if you want to call
believing and asking a work,
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then you--there's
something you must do.
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You must reach out.
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You must ask. And he did that.
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But he didn't do a lot of
charitable deeds, he did not do
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a lot of
sacrificial mission projects.
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He just accepted Jesus, turned
to Jesus, asked for mercy, and
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he was saved by faith in Christ.
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So the good news is that means
everybody here today and all
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those who are watching, you can
be saved right now by turning
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to Christ in faith.
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So that's the
beautiful news of that.
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Now, there's a good quote in
your lesson and it's from the
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"Testimonies to the
Church, Volume 2," page 213.
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"The scenes of Calvary
call for the deepest emotion.
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Upon this subject,
you will be excusable if
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you manifest enthusiasm."
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In other words, some
people say, "They're getting
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too excited in church."
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Here she says, "When it's
talking about the sacrifice of
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Christ for us, you'll be excused
if you get too excited, if you
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get too emotional, because
it--the sacrifice of Jesus
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on our behalf is the
story that should call forth
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the deepest emotion."
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"That Christ so excellent,
so innocent, should suffer such
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painful death, bearing the
weight of the sins of the world,
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our thoughts and imaginations
can never fully comprehend.
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The length, the breadth,
the height, the depth of such
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amazing love we cannot fathom.
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The contemplation of the
matchless depths of the Savior's
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love should fill the mind,
touch and melt the soul, refine
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and elevate the affections,
and completely transform
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the whole character."
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One of my personal prayers
lately has been that I might
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love the Lord more because the
longer I've lived, the more I
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realize that the essence of
everything I need in a Christian
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and sanctification
boils down to loving God more.
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I don't serve God
very well because I don't
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love Him very much.
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Now, I love Him, but I don't
think I love Him like I should.
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I think if I loved Him
more I'd love you more.
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And vice versa, by the way.
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I think the more that we love
God, the better we serve Him;
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the more we love God, the more
we love each other; the more we
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love God, the more joyful
we are, the better advertising
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agents we are for Christianity.
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All of our problems would be
solved if we loved Jesus more.
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So where do you
get more love for God?
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Bible says: "We love Him
because He first loved us."
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As we look at the place where
His love is demonstrated and we
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see His love for
us, love begets love.
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Isn't that right?
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And as we see Him on the cross
and we see His life of love and
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His mercy and His
forgiveness, it should stir
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our hearts and it transforms us.
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I've heard a number of
illustrations that bear this out
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but I remember one in particular
where years ago this lady was
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married to a scoundrel
that had a drinking problem, and
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every night he was down at
the saloon with his buddies, and
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he'd come stumbling home late
at night and sometimes he'd, you
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know, bring his friends over and
his wife was a Christian and she
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was so patient,
she was so loving.
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She had no idea that he
would develop this problem
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when they first married,
and it became a real challenge.
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But she decided to live
out the love of Christ, no
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matter how he acted.
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And one day he
was at the saloon.
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He was bragging to
his friends, he says,
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"I've got the best
wife in the world."
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One of 'em said, "I got
the best wife in the world."
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And this guy said,
"No, you guys have nothing."
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He says, "I want you to come
over to my house right now."
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And he brought three or four of
his half-drunken friends over to
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his house, and his wife
greeted them, and he said,
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"Honey, can you get
us something to eat?"
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And she went in the
kitchen, started cooking.
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Well, it's like, one in the
morning, and she began to bring
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out the food and they took a few
bites and stabbed it a little
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bit and they said, "Yeah,
Zeb, your wife is the nicest
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wife in the world."
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Said, "Who else would put
up with this bad behavior?"
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They all kind of slunk out.
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And he came over--she
came over to her husband and
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he was alone at the table now.
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His friends had all
left and he was crying.
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And she put her arm
around him and said, "What's
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the matter, dear?"
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He said, "Why are
you so good to me?
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I don't understand
why you're so good to me."
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And she said, "Well, God is so
good to me and because God loves
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me so much and He's forgiven me
so much, that's how I love you."
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And she said, "By
the way," she says,
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"when I die, I've
got eternal life."
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She said, "You don't.
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The only happiness
you're ever going to have is
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what you have in this life.
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So I'm just trying to make
you as happy as you can be."
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And he was so
brokenhearted by her response
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that he became a Christian.
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Her love transformed him.
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And it works both ways.
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And so, as we look
at the love of God,
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that's where the power is.
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Romans 5:8: "But God
demonstrated His own love
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towards us in that while we were
still sinners," Jesus didn't die
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for us after we were
beautiful loving Christians.
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He died for us while we
were mean, ornery sinners.
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He died for people that
were cursing His name 'cause
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He still loved them.
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So "Monday" section, "The
Covenant in the Sacrifice."
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Let's look here.
There's a verse, 1 Peter.
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1 Peter 1:18-19: "And knowing
that you were not redeemed with
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corruptible things, like silver
or gold," it's interesting that
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he says corruptible
because silver and gold don't
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corrupt very quickly.
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They last pretty
long, but compared to
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eternity they're corruptible.
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"You were redeemed not with
corruptible things, like silver
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or gold from your
aimless conduct received by the
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tradition of your fathers,"
sometimes people would--they pay
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some money for forgiveness, you
know, some religions teach that
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you can pay for an indulgence
or you can make an offering to
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cover your sin, but Peter said,
"No, you were redeemed with the
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precious blood of
Christ, as a lamb without
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blemish and without spot."
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So in the Bible, there
was an ancient practice of an
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indentured slave, one of the
ways they could be freed is if
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they somehow had the money or if
a friend would pay their master
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the amount owed to free
them from their slavery.
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And this, of
course, is what the Lord
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did for the children of Israel.
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He came and He interceded and
He saved a nation from slavery.
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There was, like, a
redemption price that was paid.
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Some of you have
read the beautiful story
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in the book of Ruth.
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You know, the book of Ruth is a
love story but the book of Ruth
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is a story of redemption.
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It begins with this family of--
is it Elimelech and his sons,
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Milcon and Malcon?
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And they all die.
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They go to Moab and they
all die during the famine
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because they're absent.
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Someone else buys their land and
after years, Naomi comes home
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with Ruth but now she's lost her
land and the only one that has
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the right to get the land back
is a near kinsman who can redeem
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the land by marrying Ruth.
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It's an interesting story,
but he basically pays the dowry.
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He marries Ruth and he marries
back into the family line.
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And so the whole story
is a love story and it's
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also a story of redemption.
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Well, this, of course, is
an allegory of Jesus paying the
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redemption for our sins.
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The price of our sins is death
and Jesus said, "I will redeem
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you from the law,
the curse of the law."
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Everyone who is saved is
saved from the curse of the law.
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What's the curse of the
law? Is the law a cursed thing?
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Not killing, not
stealing? Is that cursed?
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No, the curse of
the law is the penalty.
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God saves us, He redeems us from
the penalty of death, which is
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the curse of the law.
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Some people think that we're
saved from the curse of the law
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and that means we
don't have to keep the law.
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Doesn't mean that, it
means you're saved from
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the curse of the
death penalty of the law.
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And so Jesus does this for us.
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If you look here in 1 John 5,
verse 11 through 13: "And this
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is the testimony: that
God has given us eternal life,
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and this life is in His Son.
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He that has the law--Son has
life; he that does not have the
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Son of God does not have life.
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These things I've written to you
that believe in the name of the
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Son of God, that you might know
that you have eternal life, and
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that you may continue to believe
in the name of the Son of God."
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This is a powerful verse because
how many of you would like to
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know--how much better
would your day be if you knew
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you had eternal life?
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If you never had to wonder.
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Now that doesn't mean you go
round bragging once you're saved
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you can't be lost.
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It means you've got a sweet
confidence that you are abiding
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in Christ and you are saved.
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It's healthy for every believer
to examine himself every now and
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then, but God doesn't want
us always second-guessing our
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salvation because where
could you have happiness as a
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Christian if you're
always in doubt whether
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or not you're saved?
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Doesn't the joy come from
what is righteousness by faith?
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It's having faith
that you're saved.
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And so this is very clear in
John that, you know, you just
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are living life that you have
confidence that He that began a
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good work in you will finish it.
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I think Christians would look
a whole lot more happy, a whole
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lot happier, if we believed
that we had eternal life.
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So where does that come from?
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Says, "Believing in the name of
the Son of God, that you might
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know you have eternal
life, that you might continue to
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believe in the name."
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This is one of the
most misunderstood phrases.
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How many of you have maybe
seen on TV or heard on the radio
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where some pastor is chanting
the name of Jesus and claiming
00:26:57.51\00:27:02.48
the name of Jesus and
proclaiming the name of Jesus
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and saying, "In
the name of Jesus"?
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Now, there's power in the name
of Jesus but I think it's one of
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the most
misunderstood statements.
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The name of Jesus is not an
abracadabra special word that
00:27:12.49\00:27:18.27
you pronounce that
sends the devil running.
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And the reason you've got to
know that is I know some people
00:27:23.37\00:27:26.01
that say, "If you pronounce
the name of Jesus wrong,
00:27:26.04\00:27:29.14
it doesn't work."
00:27:29.18\00:27:32.41
And you've probably met people
that have said, "You must also
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pronounce His name
in the original Hebrew."
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Now, in English we would
say Jesus's name is Joshua.
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In Hebrew you
would say, "Yeshua."
00:27:41.96\00:27:44.73
Do you really think God up in
heaven is looking down and when,
00:27:44.76\00:27:47.40
at the end of your prayer, you
say, "In Jesus's name," He said,
00:27:47.46\00:27:50.53
"Not hearing that
prayer, you said it wrong"?
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Well, that's really
where this goes if you
00:27:54.60\00:27:56.20
start believing that.
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That--so what does it mean
when it says, "In the name of"?
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In the Bible, "in the name of"
is talking about to believe in a
00:28:03.65\00:28:07.75
person's name is
to believe in them.
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The name denotes the
person and their teachings.
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And He talks about those
who are baptized in Moses.
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That's 1 Corinthians
10. What does it mean?
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It means they believed in
the teachings of Moses, they
00:28:20.30\00:28:22.83
followed Moses through the Red
Sea, they were baptized in the
00:28:22.86\00:28:25.27
sea through
following and believing in the
00:28:25.30\00:28:27.27
leadership of Moses.
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So when you are believing in the
name of Jesus, it's much more
00:28:29.37\00:28:33.58
than the mention of His name.
00:28:33.61\00:28:34.94
It means the teachings of Jesus.
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Those who believe in His name,
Jesus says, "Go baptize in the
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name of the Father,
Son, and Holy Spirit."
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So when we have baptisms, as
we will today, praise the Lord.
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So when we have baptisms and
they say, "In the name of the
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Father, the Son, and the
Holy Spirit, if you say the name
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wrong, is the baptism canceled?
00:28:53.53\00:28:57.13
I was at a baptism one time
and a friend of mine, who is a
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pastor, was baptizing a
member who was from Mexico.
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English was his second language
and the pastor wanted to honor
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that and so he learned how
to say it, the proclamation, in
00:29:09.44\00:29:13.48
Spanish, which is something to
the effect of, "I baptize you--"
00:29:13.52\00:29:17.19
[speaking foreign language]
00:29:17.22\00:29:21.49
I'm sure I messed that
up. It's something like that.
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Well, he got flustered and
instead of saying, "In the name
00:29:24.26\00:29:26.80
of the Padre," he said
"in the name of the Papa."
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Well, Papa is either potato or
Pope in Spanish, and neither one
00:29:31.93\00:29:36.47
of those was right.
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So here's the question.
00:29:38.71\00:29:40.01
Afterward, when he realized that
he had messed up, did the guy
00:29:40.04\00:29:43.61
need to go get rebaptized?
00:29:43.65\00:29:46.45
Or did God and the angels
smile and say, "We knew that you
00:29:46.48\00:29:51.35
believed you were being baptized
in the name of the Father,
00:29:51.39\00:29:54.49
Son, and Holy Spirit"?
00:29:54.52\00:29:57.06
Do you know, if a
pastor during a wedding--
00:29:57.09\00:29:58.66
a wedding's a
covenant, you know that?
00:29:58.69\00:30:01.26
A wedding is a holy covenant.
00:30:01.30\00:30:02.93
And in a wedding, when the
pastor says, "Do you," you know,
00:30:02.96\00:30:07.67
"Bill, take you, Jane," and, ha,
00:30:07.70\00:30:15.68
I don't know if I
dare tell you this.
00:30:15.71\00:30:19.41
I mean, wherever your level of
respect is before now, it's not
00:30:19.45\00:30:22.52
going to go up any higher, I
know, if I tell you this, but I
00:30:22.55\00:30:26.09
don't know if it could go
any lower so I'll take a risk.
00:30:26.12\00:30:30.66
You know, when I do weddings, I
write in the name of the husband
00:30:30.69\00:30:34.96
and wife so I don't mess it up.
00:30:35.00\00:30:37.63
And then--I do
a lot of weddings.
00:30:37.67\00:30:39.73
I don't--I hope you won't
disrespect me, but I try to
00:30:39.77\00:30:42.00
tailor them all where they're
a little bit unique but they're
00:30:42.04\00:30:44.14
not all completely 100% new.
00:30:44.17\00:30:47.21
So sometimes, I recycle them,
say, you know, this is a whole
00:30:47.24\00:30:51.28
different audience, they've not
heard this wedding sermon before
00:30:51.31\00:30:53.88
and it's a good
sermon, I want to use it again.
00:30:53.92\00:30:55.52
Is that okay?
Does that make sense?
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So I'm doing this wedding and
I forget to change the names.
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[laughing]
00:31:02.92\00:31:06.56
Do I need to say any more?
00:31:06.59\00:31:10.57
So while I'm doing the wedding,
I got--I think I changed the
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girl's name but I forgot
to change the guy's name.
00:31:14.10\00:31:17.07
And when I said the
name, he went, "Norman?"
00:31:17.11\00:31:23.58
Well, they all got a laugh
out of it, and I, of course,
00:31:23.61\00:31:26.11
turned bright red.
00:31:26.15\00:31:28.28
But they were still
married at the end of the day.
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So--and I did get his name
right before it was all over.
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So the thing to really emphasize
though is it's the covenant.
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It's the covenant, it's
the teachings of the individual
00:31:41.70\00:31:44.47
being baptized in the name.
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All right, under
"Tuesday's" section,
00:31:46.07\00:31:48.80
"The Faith of Abraham, Part 1."
00:31:48.84\00:31:51.61
Genesis 15, verse 6.
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And this is that famous verse
that we've quoted already from
00:31:53.68\00:31:56.18
our memory verse: "And he
believed in the Lord," now this
00:31:56.21\00:32:00.48
is where God promised Abraham
that in spite of the fact he had
00:32:00.52\00:32:03.45
no children, "Your descendants
are going to be in multitude
00:32:03.49\00:32:07.29
like the stars of heaven and
like the sand by the seashore,"
00:32:07.32\00:32:12.16
and even though Abraham is old
and he has no children, he said,
00:32:12.19\00:32:16.70
"Lord, nothing's too
hard for You; I believe You."
00:32:16.73\00:32:19.70
And because of
Abraham's faith, God counted it
00:32:19.73\00:32:22.30
to him for righteousness.
00:32:22.34\00:32:24.77
And, you know, Jesus
often said, "Be it unto you
00:32:24.81\00:32:29.28
according to your faith."
00:32:29.31\00:32:32.38
Faith is one of the single most
important components, if not
00:32:32.41\00:32:35.08
the most important
component in salvation.
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I just typed up a few references
here to try to accentuate this.
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2 Samuel 22:31: "As for
God, His way is perfect.
00:32:43.69\00:32:48.86
The Word of the Lord is proven.
00:32:48.90\00:32:50.57
He is a shield to
all who trust in Him."
00:32:50.60\00:32:54.20
God is a shield for
those who have faith in Him.
00:32:54.24\00:32:57.31
Psalm 9, verse 10: "And those
who know Your name will put
00:32:57.34\00:33:00.61
their trust in You,
for You have not forsaken
00:33:00.64\00:33:04.01
those who seek You."
00:33:04.05\00:33:05.45
Psalm 147, verse 11: "The Lord
takes pleasure in those who fear
00:33:05.48\00:33:09.92
Him and those who
hope in His mercy," and
00:33:09.95\00:33:12.39
trusting in His mercy.
00:33:12.42\00:33:14.02
Proverbs 3:5-6: "Trust in
the Lord with all your heart.
00:33:14.06\00:33:17.76
Lean not on your
own understanding.
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In all your ways acknowledge Him
and He will direct your paths."
00:33:19.69\00:33:22.80
It's a great verse for young
people getting out of college.
00:33:22.83\00:33:26.20
Proverbs 29:25: "The fear of
man brings a snare but whoever
00:33:26.23\00:33:29.87
trusts in the
Lord will be safe."
00:33:29.90\00:33:33.17
Isaiah 26, verse 3: "You
will keep him in perfect peace."
00:33:33.21\00:33:36.54
Who wants that?
00:33:36.58\00:33:37.95
"Whose mind is stayed on
You because he trusts in You."
00:33:37.98\00:33:40.78
So there again,
should a believer have faith?
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Based on what?
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They trust in the Lord.
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Jeremiah 17:7: "Blessed is the
man who trusts in the Lord and
00:33:49.19\00:33:53.13
those who hope in God."
00:33:53.16\00:33:55.10
Jesus, when He healed
people, He turned around.
00:33:55.13\00:33:58.17
He said to the woman,
"Be of good cheer, daughter.
00:33:58.20\00:34:00.04
Your faith has made you well."
00:34:00.07\00:34:03.91
In Matthew 21:21, Jesus
answered and said, "Assuredly, I
00:34:03.94\00:34:06.84
say to you, if you've got faith
and do not doubt, you'll not
00:34:06.88\00:34:09.44
only do what was done to the
fig tree, but you'll say to this
00:34:09.48\00:34:12.08
mountain, 'Be removed and
it will be cast into the sea,"
00:34:12.11\00:34:14.58
and it will be done.'"
00:34:14.62\00:34:16.32
Over and over through the Bible,
00:34:16.35\00:34:17.79
God talks about the
importance of faith.
00:34:17.82\00:34:20.76
"Whatever things you
ask in prayer, believing,
00:34:20.79\00:34:23.19
you will receive."
00:34:23.22\00:34:24.93
So Abraham is--God is so pleased
with Abraham because he believes
00:34:24.96\00:34:29.53
what evidently is impossible and
God says, "Look, if you believe,
00:34:29.56\00:34:33.84
I will honor your faith."
00:34:33.87\00:34:36.37
I don't want to overplay this
story but you're sitting in a
00:34:36.40\00:34:41.91
building a lot of--there's a lot
of faith that went into this.
00:34:41.94\00:34:47.45
I mean, doing what many said was
impossible, you know, many times
00:34:47.48\00:34:53.86
I felt it was impossible.
00:34:53.89\00:34:56.09
But I thought, "Lord, I believe
if You've put this on my heart
00:34:56.12\00:35:00.40
and the hearts of others,
that You will bring it to pass."
00:35:00.43\00:35:03.57
And God never fails, does He?
00:35:03.60\00:35:06.80
So, believe.
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Now, going back to Abraham.
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Romans 4, verse 2 through 5:
"For if Abraham was justified by
00:35:11.57\00:35:15.28
works, he has something to
boast about, but not before God.
00:35:15.31\00:35:19.95
For what does the Scripture say?
00:35:19.98\00:35:22.02
Abraham believed God,
and it was accounted to him,"
00:35:22.05\00:35:25.15
that means it's credited
to him, "as righteousness.
00:35:25.19\00:35:28.22
Now to him who
works, the wages are not
00:35:28.26\00:35:30.06
counted as a grace but a debt."
00:35:30.09\00:35:32.13
If I go work for you all week
long and at the end of the week
00:35:32.16\00:35:35.06
you say, "Okay, I've got a gift
for you," and you hand me my
00:35:35.10\00:35:37.23
paycheck, I'll say, "No,
sirree, this is not a gift.
00:35:37.27\00:35:40.00
You owe it.
00:35:40.04\00:35:41.54
It is a debt you owe me," right?
00:35:41.57\00:35:44.84
So, it can't be a debt.
00:35:44.87\00:35:47.31
"But to him who does not work
but believes on Him who," it
00:35:47.34\00:35:50.25
doesn't mean you
don't do good works.
00:35:50.28\00:35:51.65
It means, "But him who doesn't
trust in his works, but believes
00:35:51.68\00:35:54.78
on Him who justifies
the ungodly, his faith is
00:35:54.82\00:35:57.82
accounted for righteousness."
00:35:57.85\00:36:01.79
"For the wages of sin are
death," Romans 6:23, "but the
00:36:01.82\00:36:04.59
gift of God is eternal
life in Christ Jesus our Lord."
00:36:04.63\00:36:08.40
So it's a gift.
00:36:08.43\00:36:09.96
Now, going--look at back at
Romans 4:20: "Abraham," it's
00:36:10.00\00:36:13.80
saying, "did not waver at the
promise of God through unbelief,
00:36:13.84\00:36:18.74
but he was strengthened in
faith, giving glory to God, and
00:36:18.77\00:36:21.84
being fully convinced that what
He," God, "had promised He was
00:36:21.88\00:36:25.51
able to perform.
00:36:25.55\00:36:27.08
And therefore it was accounted
to him for righteousness."
00:36:27.12\00:36:29.88
Okay, that's such a great verse.
Think about this for a second.
00:36:29.92\00:36:32.85
What God had
promised He's able to perform.
00:36:32.89\00:36:38.03
What promises
has God made to you?
00:36:38.06\00:36:41.66
Did God promise that if
you come to Me I will in
00:36:41.70\00:36:44.20
no wise let you go?
00:36:44.23\00:36:46.40
Is He able to perform that?
00:36:46.43\00:36:48.94
If you believe.
00:36:48.97\00:36:51.67
Did Jesus promise that He has
suffered enough to cover all the
00:36:51.71\00:36:55.08
sins you ever
committed or will commit?
00:36:55.11\00:36:58.78
He did. Do you believe that?
00:36:58.81\00:37:03.35
And so you start going through
the promises that God has made
00:37:03.39\00:37:05.72
connected with your salvation
and it says God is pleased if
00:37:05.75\00:37:08.09
you believe He can
finish the work that He
00:37:08.12\00:37:10.19
started in your life.
00:37:10.23\00:37:12.36
This is why faith is so
crucial to just your peace.
00:37:12.39\00:37:16.90
Galatians 3, verse 6 through 9.
00:37:16.93\00:37:19.23
This is a often-referenced
verse: "Just as Abraham
00:37:19.27\00:37:22.64
believed God, and
it was accounted to him
00:37:22.67\00:37:24.61
for righteousness;
therefore know that only
00:37:24.64\00:37:27.38
those who are of
faith are sons of Abraham.
00:37:27.41\00:37:31.65
And the Scripture, foreseeing
that God would justify the
00:37:31.68\00:37:33.92
Gentiles by faith, preached the
gospel to Abraham beforehand,
00:37:33.95\00:37:38.22
saying, 'In you all the
nations,'" not just the Jews,
00:37:38.25\00:37:41.26
"'but in you all the
nations will be blessed.'
00:37:41.29\00:37:44.86
So then those who
are of faith are blessed
00:37:44.89\00:37:47.86
with believing Abraham."
00:37:47.93\00:37:50.80
All the promises that
God made to Israel belong
00:37:50.83\00:37:52.80
to you if you believe,
that's what He's saying.
00:37:52.83\00:37:56.30
All that He
promised for Abraham is ours.
00:37:56.34\00:37:58.87
Abraham believed
God and it was accounted
00:37:58.91\00:38:01.04
to him for righteousness.
00:38:01.08\00:38:02.44
He was called the friend of God.
00:38:02.48\00:38:04.48
And you see that a
man is justified by works
00:38:04.51\00:38:08.15
and not by faith alone.
00:38:08.18\00:38:10.99
So it's interesting that James
is saying God--that Abraham
00:38:11.02\00:38:16.09
showed his faith in
God when he offered Isaac.
00:38:16.12\00:38:20.43
Now, why did he do that?
00:38:20.46\00:38:22.33
You remember, God said,
"Through your seed all the
00:38:22.36\00:38:24.30
world's going to be blessed,"
and then God says, "Okay,
00:38:24.33\00:38:29.47
I've given you that son.
00:38:29.50\00:38:31.31
It's going to be through
Sarah's son, not Ishmael.
00:38:31.34\00:38:34.48
Through Sarah's son, Isaac, all
the world's going to be blessed,
00:38:34.51\00:38:36.64
all the nations are
going to be blessed.
00:38:36.68\00:38:38.21
Okay, Abraham, let's see
if you really believe Me.
00:38:38.25\00:38:40.55
Take him and kill him.
00:38:40.58\00:38:42.72
Offer him for a sacrifice."
00:38:42.75\00:38:45.12
Does Abraham obey?
00:38:45.15\00:38:46.82
He goes to the point of just
about bringing down the knife.
00:38:46.86\00:38:49.46
God knew that he was ready to
go all the way through with it.
00:38:49.49\00:38:52.59
Why could he do that?
00:38:52.63\00:38:54.50
The key is found in Hebrews 11,
verse 17: "By faith when tested,
00:38:54.56\00:39:00.70
Abraham offered up Isaac, and
he who had received the promise
00:39:00.74\00:39:05.24
offered up his only begotten
son," notice it doesn't talk
00:39:05.27\00:39:08.04
about Ishmael, "of
whom it is said, in
00:39:08.08\00:39:10.58
Isaac your seed
shall be called."
00:39:10.61\00:39:11.98
Why did he do that?"
00:39:12.01\00:39:13.25
"Concluding," verse 19, "God was
able to raise him, even from the
00:39:13.28\00:39:18.22
dead, and which he also
received him in a figure."
00:39:18.25\00:39:21.29
It looked like Isaac was
dead and he sort of was raised
00:39:21.32\00:39:23.06
up by the angel, just as
Jesus was dead and an angel
00:39:23.09\00:39:26.43
opened the prison door
so it's a figure of that.
00:39:26.46\00:39:29.43
But Abraham said, "God, You
promised through Isaac You're
00:39:29.46\00:39:32.23
going to make me a great nation.
00:39:32.27\00:39:33.74
I don't know how You're
going to do it but I believe,
00:39:33.77\00:39:35.44
even if I kill him,
You can raise him up."
00:39:35.47\00:39:37.77
Now, there had not been a lot
of resurrections in the Bible
00:39:37.81\00:39:40.01
at the time Abraham did that.
00:39:40.04\00:39:42.68
Can you name one?
00:39:42.71\00:39:46.18
Elijah's resurrecting the
boy, Elisha resurrecting a boy,
00:39:46.21\00:39:49.88
Elisha's bones
resurrecting a man.
00:39:49.92\00:39:52.05
All that came after Abraham.
00:39:52.09\00:39:54.12
So how much faith did it
take Abraham to believe that God
00:39:54.16\00:39:57.06
could actually raise Isaac up?
00:39:57.09\00:39:58.96
They'd never seen that.
00:39:58.99\00:40:01.46
So that's why he
believed in that.
00:40:01.50\00:40:05.33
And then Genesis 26, verse
4 and 5: "And I will make your
00:40:05.37\00:40:08.10
descendants multiply as the
stars of heaven; I will give
00:40:08.14\00:40:11.64
your descendants all these
lands; and in your seed all the
00:40:11.67\00:40:14.28
nations of the earth will be
blessed; because Abraham obeyed
00:40:14.31\00:40:18.25
My voice and kept My
charge, My commandments,
00:40:18.28\00:40:21.85
My statutes, and My laws."
00:40:21.88\00:40:23.89
Notice the connection between
believing and how does Abraham
00:40:23.92\00:40:27.86
show his belief?
00:40:27.89\00:40:29.42
He "obeyed My voice, kept
My charge, My commandments, My
00:40:29.46\00:40:33.73
statutes, and My laws."
00:40:33.76\00:40:35.40
I've got to throw that in for
those who think you just believe
00:40:35.43\00:40:37.17
and live like the world.
00:40:37.20\00:40:39.17
The way that you show your
belief, "whosoever believeth in
00:40:39.20\00:40:41.90
Jesus shall not perish."
00:40:41.94\00:40:43.74
What does it mean
to believe in Jesus?
00:40:43.77\00:40:45.17
Believe in the name and the
teachings of Jesus, and that
00:40:45.21\00:40:49.68
means following Him.
00:40:49.71\00:40:51.41
Okay, "Faith of
Abraham, Part 2."
00:40:51.45\00:40:56.69
If you look again at Genesis
15:6, we can see that various
00:40:56.72\00:41:01.12
translations reckon
the term "that's counted,"
00:41:01.16\00:41:04.83
means accounted it to him
as righteousness, it's from the
00:41:04.86\00:41:08.66
Hebrew--
[speaking foreign language]
00:41:08.70\00:41:11.70
or reckoned or
credited or accounted.
00:41:11.73\00:41:15.94
You find similar examples of
that in, like, Genesis 15--or
00:41:15.97\00:41:19.74
Genesis 31:15, the daughters of
Laban said, "Are we not counted
00:41:19.77\00:41:24.65
as strangers by him?
00:41:24.68\00:41:26.58
For he has sold us, and also
completely consumed our money."
00:41:26.61\00:41:29.38
They're looking--Laban looked
upon his daughters as strangers,
00:41:29.42\00:41:33.42
instead of as his daughters.
00:41:33.46\00:41:35.76
Well, God looks upon us as sons,
it's the same word, because of
00:41:35.79\00:41:39.73
faith in Christ.
00:41:39.76\00:41:41.70
Leviticus 7:18: "And if
the flesh of the sacrifice, the
00:41:41.73\00:41:46.70
peace offering is eaten at all
on the third day, it shall not
00:41:46.74\00:41:49.97
be accepted," it'll not be
counted, "it will not be imputed
00:41:50.01\00:41:53.51
to him," because that was
supposed to be unclean after
00:41:53.54\00:41:56.48
that three days, the
time of Christ in the tomb.
00:41:56.51\00:42:01.15
Anything beyond that was
considered rotten or unclean,
00:42:01.18\00:42:03.99
and they got no credit for that.
00:42:04.02\00:42:05.49
It had to still be pure.
00:42:05.52\00:42:06.92
So using that same word, God is
saying, "I'm giving you credit,
00:42:06.96\00:42:11.03
I'm looking upon
you as my own son."
00:42:11.06\00:42:14.23
When you accept the faith
and the blood of Jesus in your
00:42:14.30\00:42:16.80
behalf, God looks upon
you as thought you have
00:42:16.83\00:42:20.20
the same
righteousness as His Son.
00:42:20.24\00:42:21.87
It's counted to
you as righteousness.
00:42:21.90\00:42:25.74
So all right, let's move along.
00:42:25.77\00:42:28.84
I've got a couple of
things I'm going to have
00:42:28.88\00:42:30.28
to skip or I won't get to this.
00:42:30.31\00:42:31.61
"Resting on the Promises," this
is the last section, Thursday.
00:42:31.65\00:42:35.02
And I want to point
to 1 Samuel 1:17-18.
00:42:35.05\00:42:39.35
You remember the story where
Hannah, she doesn't have a son.
00:42:39.39\00:42:42.92
She's barren.
00:42:42.96\00:42:44.26
Peninnah has got
a lot of children.
00:42:44.29\00:42:45.66
Peninnah's persecuting
or harassing Hannah and
00:42:45.69\00:42:49.13
making her life miserable.
00:42:49.16\00:42:50.63
Hannah goes to the temple.
She's weeping, she's not eating.
00:42:50.67\00:42:53.34
She goes to the
temple, she prays,
00:42:53.37\00:42:54.94
and she makes a
promise to God: "Lord, if You
00:42:54.97\00:42:57.07
will give me a son, I
will dedicate that son to You.
00:42:57.11\00:43:00.21
He'll be a Nazarite, no
razor will come upon his head.
00:43:00.24\00:43:03.21
Please have mercy
on me. Give me a child.
00:43:03.24\00:43:05.75
Not for me, because I'll give
him back to You, but just so
00:43:05.78\00:43:10.22
I'll know that You've
not forsaken me and that
00:43:10.25\00:43:12.85
You're still with me."
00:43:12.89\00:43:14.19
And so Eli sees her lips moving.
00:43:14.22\00:43:16.96
He has no idea
what she's praying.
00:43:16.99\00:43:18.29
First, he thinks she's drunk.
00:43:18.33\00:43:19.63
She says, "I'm not
drunk. I'm just praying."
00:43:19.66\00:43:21.03
He says, "Oh, okay,
I didn't understand."
00:43:21.06\00:43:22.40
Now listen to what Eli says.
00:43:22.43\00:43:23.83
"He answers and says, 'Go
in peace, and the God of Israel
00:43:23.87\00:43:27.17
grant you your petition
which you have asked of Him.'
00:43:27.20\00:43:30.97
And she said,
'Let your maidservant
00:43:31.01\00:43:32.47
find favor in your sight.'"
00:43:32.51\00:43:34.04
Very similar to what
Mary said to the angel.
00:43:34.08\00:43:36.81
"So the woman went her way," and
notice, it says, "She ate and
00:43:36.85\00:43:43.15
she drank, and her
face was no longer sad."
00:43:43.18\00:43:48.22
Was she pregnant yet?
00:43:48.26\00:43:51.53
As far as we know
she and Elkanah had not
00:43:51.56\00:43:54.23
even gone home yet.
00:43:54.30\00:43:57.23
Why is she happy?
00:43:57.27\00:43:59.67
She has faith that God has
spoken through the high priest
00:43:59.70\00:44:02.14
and God has heard her prayer.
00:44:02.17\00:44:04.41
So what happens as
a result of her faith?
00:44:04.44\00:44:07.28
Does she get
pregnant? Does she have a son?
00:44:07.31\00:44:10.35
She keeps her promise and
God gives her five more kids.
00:44:10.38\00:44:13.35
Be careful what
you pray for, amen?
00:44:13.38\00:44:16.95
So automatically, she
feels differently and what she's
00:44:16.99\00:44:20.29
prayed for, because she
believes, even the priest who
00:44:20.32\00:44:22.72
speaks doesn't even
know he's speaking it.
00:44:22.76\00:44:26.16
But because she believes
the Word of God, God honors
00:44:26.19\00:44:28.53
and blesses her.
00:44:28.56\00:44:30.53
She resting on the promise.
00:44:30.57\00:44:32.83
Some of you remember the story
in the Bible where Nathan the
00:44:32.87\00:44:36.20
prophet told David, this is 1
Chronicles 22, verse 9: "Behold,
00:44:36.24\00:44:41.11
a son will be born to you,
who will be a man of rest; and I
00:44:41.14\00:44:44.68
will give him rest from
all of his enemies all around.
00:44:44.71\00:44:47.05
His name will be Solomon,
for I will give him peace,"
00:44:47.08\00:44:50.05
Solomon is similar to shalom.
00:44:50.09\00:44:52.05
"I will give him
peace and quietness to
00:44:52.09\00:44:53.79
Israel for his days.
00:44:53.82\00:44:56.12
He will build a house for My
name, and he will be My son, and
00:44:56.16\00:44:59.63
I will be his Father;
and I will establish the
00:44:59.66\00:45:01.66
throne of his kingdom forever."
00:45:01.70\00:45:03.20
All right, so what
does David do as soon as he
00:45:03.23\00:45:05.07
hears that promise?
00:45:05.10\00:45:06.67
He begins to assemble materials,
to amass materials, to build the
00:45:06.70\00:45:10.84
temple 'cause he believes
the promise of God, the temple's
00:45:10.87\00:45:13.34
going to be built by the son.
00:45:13.38\00:45:15.44
Does it happen?
00:45:15.48\00:45:17.58
Does Solomon build
the temple? He does.
00:45:17.61\00:45:20.35
So David has the promise
and he acts upon the promise.
00:45:20.38\00:45:23.39
I wonder how many times in life
we have missed miracles because
00:45:23.42\00:45:28.32
we don't step out
in faith and believe.
00:45:28.36\00:45:31.69
And if you look back over your
life, how many times can you see
00:45:31.73\00:45:33.93
that because you believed in
something and you went towards
00:45:33.96\00:45:36.83
it, it happened?
00:45:36.87\00:45:38.90
It's not that we performed
self-fulfilling prophecies but I
00:45:38.93\00:45:42.60
think faith plays a lot bigger
role in our lives than sometimes
00:45:42.64\00:45:46.27
we give it credit for.
00:45:46.31\00:45:48.38
We are out of time, but we made
it through most of the lesson.
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male: I grew up in
a church-going family.
00:46:55.91\00:46:59.15
I mean, we were
at every meeting.
00:46:59.18\00:47:00.65
I sang in four of the
choirs there, I directed three.
00:47:00.68\00:47:04.92
Very involved, very active.
00:47:04.95\00:47:08.29
It almost seemed like
busy work sometimes, you know?
00:47:08.32\00:47:10.99
I went to Sunday
school, I knew about God, I knew
00:47:11.03\00:47:14.93
about Jesus.
00:47:14.96\00:47:17.17
But I didn't have a
personal relationship with
00:47:17.20\00:47:19.23
Jesus Christ.
00:47:19.27\00:47:21.80
My senior year in high
school I got the news that
00:47:21.84\00:47:26.71
my father had been murdered.
00:47:26.74\00:47:30.01
Now, I played it off well.
00:47:30.05\00:47:32.15
No one really saw that
I was struggling with it.
00:47:32.18\00:47:38.22
It just really felt
like there was a hole that
00:47:38.25\00:47:40.96
needed to be filled
and I tried to fill it with
00:47:40.99\00:47:43.63
drugs, with
alcohol, with partying.
00:47:43.66\00:47:47.23
After college, I just stopped
going to church altogether.
00:47:47.30\00:47:54.37
One day, on a Sunday,
'cause I didn't feel like
00:47:54.40\00:47:56.54
going to church with my
mom, I thought, you know,
00:47:56.57\00:48:00.64
"I should get a
little bit of Word."
00:48:00.68\00:48:04.18
She had the satellite
system hooked up and I'm
00:48:04.21\00:48:06.18
flipping through channels.
00:48:06.21\00:48:07.58
And then the logo pops across,
"Amazing Facts Presents."
00:48:07.62\00:48:12.05
I've listened to a lot
of different ministers but
00:48:12.09\00:48:14.36
this was the first time
that he's actually saying
00:48:14.39\00:48:17.03
something where I had to
grab my Bible and actually
00:48:17.06\00:48:19.36
pick it up and I've
never heard this before.
00:48:19.39\00:48:22.50
Let me look
through and find this.
00:48:22.53\00:48:24.47
I went through all
the historicals, I went
00:48:24.50\00:48:26.47
through all the
study guides and I just
00:48:26.50\00:48:28.27
couldn't get enough.
00:48:28.30\00:48:29.60
And then the Sabbath
came up and he's going through
00:48:29.64\00:48:32.44
the appeal and I'm just
going, "Lord, I hear You.
00:48:32.47\00:48:35.94
I have to go to church."
00:48:35.98\00:48:37.68
So I show up.
00:48:37.71\00:48:39.35
It was funny, I didn't
feel like I was going to
00:48:39.38\00:48:41.72
be judged, anything
judgmental, anything.
00:48:41.75\00:48:45.02
And I walked in the
door, and I just felt at home.
00:48:45.05\00:48:48.49
But there's still a problem.
00:48:48.52\00:48:51.56
I'm still partying.
00:48:51.59\00:48:53.06
I was still
going out to the bars.
00:48:53.09\00:48:55.33
At this time, I was
selling cocaine to pay my rent.
00:48:55.36\00:49:00.30
Sixteen days later, I
find myself in a life or
00:49:00.34\00:49:03.34
death situation.
00:49:03.37\00:49:05.14
I had just came back
from a liquor store and I
00:49:05.17\00:49:07.64
grabbed a bottle of vodka.
00:49:07.68\00:49:10.38
And there I am, high off
cocaine, with my Bible in
00:49:10.41\00:49:14.28
hand, trying to
do a Bible study.
00:49:14.32\00:49:18.65
And I heard an audible
voice, "Just look at yourself."
00:49:18.69\00:49:25.53
And I did, and I was,
like, "What am I doing?"
00:49:25.56\00:49:30.33
And I got on my knees
and I said, "Lord, if You do
00:49:30.37\00:49:33.47
not take this away from me
now, I'm going to kill myself."
00:49:33.50\00:49:39.37
I was going to continue
this lifestyle and I was
00:49:39.41\00:49:41.38
going to end up
overdosing, having a heart
00:49:41.41\00:49:44.31
attack, whatever it was.
00:49:44.35\00:49:46.98
"You have to take
this away, all of it."
00:49:47.02\00:49:53.09
And that day, He lift
it all up and away from me.
00:49:53.12\00:49:57.83
It was all gone.
00:49:57.86\00:49:59.56
When God does something in
your life, He does it complete.
00:49:59.59\00:50:05.60
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00:50:05.63\00:50:10.64
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00:50:27.79\00:50:33.43
female: Well, my conversion
story is when I was in the
00:50:35.90\00:50:39.70
Philippines, I just graduated as
a nurse and afterwards I did not
00:50:39.73\00:50:45.67
have any religion and one time
I found myself inside a small
00:50:45.71\00:50:51.51
church, Catholic church, in
Manila, and before a big cross.
00:50:51.55\00:50:58.89
And I was kneeling before and
I could hear Jesus telling me to
00:50:58.92\00:51:04.46
enter the convent, save
myself and also my family.
00:51:04.49\00:51:09.16
And I said, "Lord, I would
like to follow You all the way."
00:51:09.20\00:51:12.20
At that point, I seemed to
be happy externally, but because
00:51:12.23\00:51:16.77
inside the convent we don't read
the Bible, we don't study about
00:51:16.81\00:51:21.08
the Word of God.
00:51:21.11\00:51:22.84
We prayed the rosaries, we also
at the same time studied the
00:51:22.88\00:51:26.92
lives of the saints and also our
founders, and the encyclicals of
00:51:26.95\00:51:31.92
the Pope and the Virgin Mary.
00:51:31.95\00:51:35.22
And so I do not know the
truth and I had this torture of
00:51:35.26\00:51:38.36
conscience, the guilty feelings
that cannot be resolved.
00:51:38.39\00:51:43.23
So I would confess to the priest
in the confessional box, saying,
00:51:43.26\00:51:47.07
"Father, forgive me, since my
last confession was last week.
00:51:47.10\00:51:52.04
Since then I have
committed the following
00:51:52.07\00:51:53.98
sin," including the root cause.
00:51:54.01\00:51:56.61
Why am I falling
and falling in that same
00:51:56.64\00:51:59.65
sin over and over again?
00:51:59.68\00:52:02.28
And still for 21 long
years, I struggle and I
00:52:02.32\00:52:06.59
struggle and I struggle.
00:52:06.62\00:52:09.29
I realized that I was
totally empty, I was totally
00:52:09.32\00:52:14.10
helpless and hopeless.
00:52:14.10\00:52:16.06
And so depressed and so
desperate that I would like
00:52:16.10\00:52:20.04
already to end my life.
00:52:20.07\00:52:22.27
I was working for five years
as dean of the University of San
00:52:22.30\00:52:26.78
Agustin College of Nursing in
Iloilo City, one of the islands
00:52:26.81\00:52:31.55
in the Philippines.
00:52:31.58\00:52:33.15
After five years I received
a commission from my parents to
00:52:33.18\00:52:38.75
help my sister who is
being a battered woman.
00:52:38.79\00:52:43.02
This is one of the reasons why
I came over to United States.
00:52:43.06\00:52:48.00
It is because my
sister needs my help.
00:52:48.03\00:52:51.97
As I was working in the
hospital in New York, my boss--
00:52:52.00\00:52:55.37
he was so gracious
enough to give me an invitation
00:52:55.40\00:52:59.87
to the Millennium Prophecy.
00:52:59.91\00:53:01.91
As I was listening to Pastor
Doug Batchelor's presentation,
00:53:01.94\00:53:06.58
my heart really was beating so
fast, and my mind, I'm able to
00:53:06.61\00:53:11.82
grasp the truth, that this is
the truth that I've been longing
00:53:11.85\00:53:17.36
to hear all my life, that I
have been seeking for so long.
00:53:17.39\00:53:22.66
My personal relationship
with Jesus, I can see Jesus
00:53:22.70\00:53:27.40
as my personal Savior.
00:53:27.44\00:53:29.74
He is not only the Savior
of the whole world but He is my
00:53:29.77\00:53:33.71
personal Savior.
00:53:33.74\00:53:35.71
He was the one who delivered me
mightily from the depths of sin,
00:53:35.74\00:53:41.58
from the mighty clay.
00:53:41.62\00:53:43.32
Pastor Doug Batchelor
has been used by the Lord
00:53:43.35\00:53:47.06
in my conversion.
00:53:47.09\00:53:48.56
The Amazing
Facts, I owe to them.
00:53:48.59\00:53:51.76
The Lord really blessed this
ministry and I'm so proud I was
00:53:51.79\00:53:57.13
able to attend this
Millennium Prophecy.
00:53:57.17\00:54:00.77
My life has never been the same.
00:54:00.80\00:54:03.54
It has given me the peace, the
joy, that never--I have never
00:54:03.57\00:54:10.08
tasted in my life, and
now I am set free to be able
00:54:10.11\00:54:15.02
to work for Him
and to follow Him.
00:54:15.05\00:54:18.32
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00:54:31.13\00:54:35.30
male: I met my
ex-wife, and her family were
00:54:38.74\00:54:41.04
real big into drugs.
00:54:41.08\00:54:42.48
And it started out
with them wanting me to go
00:54:42.51\00:54:45.11
to the doctor to
help get them drugs.
00:54:45.15\00:54:47.45
And you know, I'm noticing
they're going to the doctor,
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they're coming
back with like 60 pills,
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and they're selling these
pills for like 1,000 bucks.
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And I'm thinking, "Wow, this
is a lot of money I'm giving
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these people, so I'm just going
to start selling it myself."
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My problem with that was
that we had all this money,
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but we was absolutely miserable.
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She would go out and sleep
with other guys to get drugs,
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and that ended my marriage.
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But during this time, I have
to get a job to build back up
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to where I was at,
to open my shop again,
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so I get a job at Food City.
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And when I get
this job at Food City,
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there's my wife now, Rebecca.
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She's a cashier there.
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And when I walk in,
she's the most beautiful girl
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I've ever seen in my life.
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I was like, "Man, I could
never have a girl like that.
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Wow, she's so beautiful."
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But as I'm working with her,
she's actually kind of mean to
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me, and she's saying, "I don't
want anything to do with you.
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Get away from
me," stuff like that.
00:55:42.64\00:55:44.71
But you know, I just keep being
nice to her and keep tryin'
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to give her my phone number.
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And it's around Christmas
Eve, we'd just been dating
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for a little
while, moved in together,
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my ex-wife shows up
with my three children
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that I had by her.
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And she's like,
"Here's your kids.
00:55:59.32\00:56:01.12
Here's their birth certificates.
00:56:01.16\00:56:02.46
Here's their
social security cards.
00:56:02.49\00:56:04.33
I'm done."
00:56:04.36\00:56:05.73
And we were starting a family,
we already have three kids.
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During this time, we spent the
next year watching nothing but
00:56:08.66\00:56:12.37
"Amazing Facts" on YouTube.
00:56:12.40\00:56:14.50
I didn't even know they
even had a website at this time.
00:56:14.54\00:56:16.64
I just knew that this little
guy on YouTube was super smart,
00:56:16.67\00:56:20.14
was teaching Bible,
and I wanted to follow him.
00:56:20.18\00:56:23.68
I wanted to be a Christian.
00:56:23.71\00:56:25.01
I gave my life to God
now because of these truths
00:56:25.05\00:56:27.45
that I'm learning
from Doug Bachelor.
00:56:27.48\00:56:29.85
Just because Doug taught
it didn't make me real sure
00:56:29.88\00:56:32.79
about going to this church.
00:56:32.82\00:56:34.22
I really didn't want
anything to do with it.
00:56:34.26\00:56:36.19
But I called the guy
up and I'm telling him,
00:56:36.22\00:56:38.59
and I'm not very
nice about it actually.
00:56:38.63\00:56:40.96
I'm telling him, "Look,
we was thinkin' about coming
00:56:40.96\00:56:42.93
into your church,"
and he's really nice.
00:56:42.96\00:56:45.57
He's like, "Well,
you're more than welcome to.
00:56:45.60\00:56:47.90
We'd like to have you come."
00:56:47.94\00:56:49.50
And I'm like, "Well, hold on.
00:56:49.54\00:56:50.84
I'm going to lay
down some ground rules."
00:56:50.87\00:56:52.67
I'm tellin' him,
I said, "Look here,
00:56:52.71\00:56:54.01
I'm covered in tattoos
and I'm a tattoo artist,"
00:56:54.04\00:56:56.78
and he don't say,
"Well, you know, wow.
00:56:56.81\00:56:59.28
I didn't know all that.
Don't come to my church."
00:56:59.31\00:57:01.22
He says, "You're
more than welcome.
00:57:01.25\00:57:02.88
We would love to have you.
00:57:02.92\00:57:04.79
Please come."
00:57:04.82\00:57:07.09
He asked me what I
want to do and I said,
00:57:07.12\00:57:08.59
"Well, I want to preach."
00:57:08.62\00:57:10.86
I said, "I have
all these truths.
00:57:10.89\00:57:12.56
I have all this knowledge,
stuff I've never known before,
00:57:12.59\00:57:15.36
stuff if I'd've had when I
was younger that would've been
00:57:15.40\00:57:17.83
life-changing to me," I
said, "I got to share this
00:57:17.87\00:57:21.74
with the world."
00:57:21.77\00:57:23.07
I said, "I want to
preach. I want to teach."
00:57:23.10\00:57:25.71
He gives me the
book, says, "Study that."
00:57:25.74\00:57:27.74
Well, now that
I'm a Bible worker,
00:57:27.78\00:57:29.11
I'm able to go reach people
that most of the normal churches
00:57:29.14\00:57:33.31
wouldn't even
bother to even speak to.
00:57:33.35\00:57:35.48
I'm able to go out and
reach the people who have lived
00:57:35.52\00:57:38.62
the life that I've lived.
00:57:38.65\00:57:39.99
I'm able to let them
know that I am like you.
00:57:40.02\00:57:43.43
I've been there. I've done that.
00:57:43.46\00:57:45.76
I want to show you
what my life is like now.
00:57:45.79\00:57:48.20
I'm want to
teach you this Bible.
00:57:48.23\00:57:50.07
I want to show you
what Jesus can do for you.
00:57:50.10\00:57:52.73
It's not too late.
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