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Welcome to another installment
of the Sanctuary, Salvation
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and our Savior.
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Now, I'm really
excited about today's study
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because in today's lesson,
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we'll be looking at
the Ark of the Covenant
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and
specifically, the Law of God...
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the Ten Commandments
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which was
located inside the chest
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known as the
Ark of the covenant.
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Now, on the screen behind
me is an LED of a depiction
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of the Shekinah glory of God.
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This was the
very presence of God
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that was in the sanctuary...
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the Most Holy
Place of the sanctuary,
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and inside this chest
was the Ten Commandments
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on which God wrote
with His own finger
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on tablets of stone
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and God received
or God gave Moses
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the Ten Commandments
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and instructed him to put it
inside the Ark of the Covenant.
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Now, there's a
lot of contradictions
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that seem to
come out of Scripture
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and there's some confusion
in the Christian community
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about the Law of God
and the Ten Commandments.
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Some individuals
say that the Law of God
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was done away at the cross,
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other individuals say
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that if you break
one, you break them all,
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which is it?
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Is the Law still binding today
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or has it been done
away with at the cross?
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And the solution for
this seeming contradiction
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is really that there
are two laws in the Bible,
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let's go to our screen here.
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We have on the left
side the Ten Commandments
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and on the right side,
you have Moses' Ceremonial Law
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and I want to compare
and contrast these two,
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let's go to the
left-hand column here,
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the Ten
Commandments was written by God
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according to
Exodus chapter 31 verse 18
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and was written on stone.
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When God gave Moses
the Ten Commandments,
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He didn't dictate the
Ten Commandments to Moses
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and say, "Hey, I'm about to give
you something very important
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I want you to write it down. "
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No, this was so important to God
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that God said, "I'm
going to write this Myself"
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and notice the
material that God used
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for the Ten Commandments.
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He didn't write it on parchment,
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He didn't write it on a scroll,
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He wrote it in stone.
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Have you ever heard the
saying, "Written in stone?"
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Does that indicate
that it's a passing nature
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or rather unchangeable?
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Notice the very
material that God chose
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to write the Ten
Commandments with stone
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signifying that this was of
an eternal, unchanging form.
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This was not to
change... He wrote it Himself
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on tablets of stone
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and notice the
location as we mentioned before,
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Deuteronomy chapter 10 verse 5,
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it was deposited by
Moses inside of the Ark.
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The location of
this is very important
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because the Ark
of the Covenant...
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the Mercy Seat...
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the Shekinah glory...
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the angels hovering
over the Shekinah glory
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was the throne of God
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and it was placed
inside of the Ark.
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In other words,
the very foundation...
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the throne of God...
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was to be the...
the Ten Commandments.
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The Ten Commandments was not
to be placed in the Courtyard,
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the Ten Commandments was not
to be placed in the Holy Place,
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the Ten Commandments
was not just to be placed
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in the Most Holy Place
in any... any sector of it,
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no, the most sacred
entity in the entire sanctuary
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was the Ark of the Covenant
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and the Ark of the Covenant
held within it... in the chest
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representing the
throne room of God,
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was the Ten Commandments,
placed inside of the Ark.
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Now the very location
of the Ten Commandments
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indicates its significance
and we'll be unpacking that
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as we go in our study.
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Isaiah chapter 42 verse 21,
Christ was to magnify the Law
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and make it honorable.
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In other words,
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Jesus did not come to do
away with the Ten Commandments,
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but as we see in the Beatitudes,
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Jesus came to expound
on the Ten Commandments.
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He said, "You have heard,
'Thou shalt not commit adultery
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but if you commit adultery
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or you think about
lust in your own mind...
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in your own heart...
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you have committed
adultery in your heart. '"
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He expounds on
the Ten Commandments
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so, we look at the Ten
Commandments written by God
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written on stone,
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deposited by
Moses inside of the Ark,
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Christ was to magnify the Law
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and make it honorable.
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Now, let's take a
look at the other Law,
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Moses' Ceremonial Law...
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and we'll compare
and contrast these two.
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Let's take a look at
our screen once again,
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Moses' Ceremonial Law...
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it was written by Moses,
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God's Law - the Ten
Commandments written by God
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this one was written by Moses
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and according to
Exodus chapter 24 verse 4,
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it was placed in a book.
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The third part,
Deuteronomy chapter 31 verse 26,
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it was deposited by the
Levites by the side of the Ark.
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Now, notice the
distinction between the two...
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just in terms of location...
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the Ten Commandments
was placed inside of the Ark
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while, the Book of Moses
which was written by Moses
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and placed inside a book,
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was placed at
the side of the Ark.
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So, just by location,
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the Ten
Commandments had a higher place.
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It was placed inside
the Ark of the Covenant
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while the Book of Moses
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was placed outside of
the Ark of the covenant.
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In Deuteronomy
chapter 31 verse 26,
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it was to be against the people
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and in Colossians
chapter 2 and verse 14,
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it says that you blot...
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they blotted out the
handwriting of ordinances
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that was to be
against the people.
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In other words, when the
Bible talks about the Law of God
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being done away with,
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it's not talking
about the Ten Commandments,
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it's talking about Moses' Law.
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It was to be of a passing nature
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and when Jesus
died on the cross,
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there's something significant
that took place there
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in terms of the temple.
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The temple veil was
rent from top to bottom
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indicating a transition from the
sacrificial ceremonial feast...
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when Jesus died on the
cross as the Passover Lamb,
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we don't have to
kill a Lamb today anymore
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and I praise the Lord for that.
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Praise the Lord that
Jesus is the Passover...
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Jesus is the Lamb of God
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who takes away
the sins of the world
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and all of the
ceremonial feasts and festivals
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that pointed forward to Jesus...
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we don't have to
keep them anymore.
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These are not a part of the
Christian ceremonies and rituals
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we don't have
to do these anymore
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because Jesus
came as the Lamb of God
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and Moses' Law was
nailed to the cross
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but this is not talking
about the Ten Commandments,
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this is talking
about the Ceremonial Law
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which is of passing nature.
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Now, this is a question
that was posed to Billy Graham
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in regards to the Law...
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in regards to some of the
confusion that is out there.
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Here's the
question to Billy Graham.
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"Some religious
people that I know
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tell me that
the Ten Commandments
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are part of the Law
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and that they do
not apply to us today.
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They say that as Christians,
we're free from the Law
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is that right?"
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And here's
Billy Graham's answer.
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"No, it is not right
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and I hope that you will not be
mislead by these false opinions.
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It is very important
that Christians understand
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what the Bible
means when it says,
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'they are free from the Law'
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it certainly does not mean
that they are free from the
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obligations of the Moral
Law and our liberty to sin.
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You see the word 'Law'
is used by the New Testament
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in two senses,
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sometimes it refers
to the Ceremonial Law
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of the Old Testament
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which is concerned about
ritual matters and regulations
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regarding food, drink
and things of that kind,
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this Ceremonial Law
was of a passing character
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and was done away
with when Christ came,
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from this Law,
Christians are indeed free
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but the New Testament
does also speak of a Moral Law
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which is of a
permanent, unchanging character
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and it's summarized
in the Ten Commandments.
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This Law sets forth
God's demands on human life
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and on man's duties
to God and his neighbor
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but it definitely applies
to Christians is made clear
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in Romans 13:8
through 10." Billy Graham.
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I agree with this assessment,
there are two Laws...
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Moses' Law was
of a passing nature
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and was done away with...
it was nailed to the cross,
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but the Ten-Commandment Law
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which was placed
inside of the Ark
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is of an eternal nature.
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It was not done
away with at the cross
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and Billy Graham's assessment
here is absolutely correct.
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In James chapter 1
verse 23, the Bible tells us
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that the Law of
God is like a mirror.
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I praise the Lord for mirrors.
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A mirror tells the truth.
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Have you ever gone through a day
and you think you just look fine
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and then, you look in the mirror
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and then, you're like,
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"Oh, people were looking
at me and I look like this?"
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You know, and you
don't get mad at the mirror,
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you do an adjustment.
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In other words, the mirror
is a moment of self-awareness.
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The mirror shows us our need.
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In the same way, the Law
of God is not the solution...
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the Law of God is
not like a bar of soap,
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it doesn't clean us up.
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The Law of God shows
us our need of a Savior.
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So, when we talk
about the Law of God,
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we must remember that we're
not saved through the Law...
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the Law is the standard.
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The Law is a transcript
of the character of God...
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the Law is like a mirror
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and shows us our
need of a Savior.
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As we looked into the mirror of
God's perfect righteousness...
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His perfect character...
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we see that we are
sinners in need of a Savior.
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So, the Law points to Jesus.
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The Law is not
like a bar of soap...
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that is, its purpose
is not to clean us up
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but to show us our great need.
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Jesus said, "If you love
me, keep my commandments. "
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John 14 verse 15.
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"So, God's
faithful people keep His Law
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because they love Him...
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not in order to be saved
but because they are saved
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by His amazing grace. "
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This is important
for us to recognize
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that we're not
saved through the Law,
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we're saved by grace through
faith in Jesus Christ alone
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and the Law is a
transcript of God's character,
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He writes it in our own hearts
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and we love Him
because He first loved us.
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It is not the
means of salvation...
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it is the response to the love
of God... the Law of God is.
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Now, when we look at
the Ten commandments,
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we note that the first four
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are in reference
to our love to God,
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the last six are in reference
to our love to our neighbor.
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In other words, if you love
God, you will keep the Sabbath.
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If you love God, you will
have no other gods before Him.
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If you love God,
you won't worship idols.
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If you love your
neighbor, you won't kill him...
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you won't take his wife,
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you won't lie,
cheat or steal from him,
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in other words, the Law
of God is fulfilled in love
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and God wants to write that Law
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in our own hearts
and in our own minds.
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The Law of God is not
an imposed extrinsic idea
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of obligation.
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We think of the
Law in terms of...
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"You can't... you can't do this,
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you can't do this...
you can't do this... "
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but actually the Law
of God is written in a way
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that really says,
in a form of a promise,
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"You will not... "
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what a different
paradigm isn't it?
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in other words, if you love God,
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you will not have any
other gods before Him.
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If you love your
neighbor, you will not kill him.
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If you love your
neighbor, you will not cheat...
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you will not take his wife...
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so the Ten Commandments...
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the fulfilling of
the Ten Commandments
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is God writing His Law
of love in our own hearts
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and you will
not do these things.
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The Ten
Commandments, written by God,
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written on stone,
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were placed inside of
the Ark of the Covenant.
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The transcript of
God's character...
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the very
foundation of God's throne...
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was placed inside this chest...
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signify that this was the
foundation of God's government.
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We're going to
take a short break
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and when we come back,
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we'll continue in our
study of the Law of God...
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how God wants to write
his Law in our own hearts...
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in our own minds...
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we're going to
take a short break
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and when we come back,
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we'll continue in our
study of the Law of God
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which is in the
Ark of the Covenant.
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