Hi, and welcome to
3ABN Sabbath School Panel.
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I'm Kenny Shelton.
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I am really thrilled that
you decided to join us today.
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You're gonna see that is
quite an exciting lesson.
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We're going to be
in lesson number 10.
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So get everything
ready if you've got it.
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And we're going to
be on lesson number 10,
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which talks about
Remember, Do Not Forget.
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And so we want to be
sure to remember today,
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we're gonna
remember you in prayer,
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we want you to
remember us in prayer
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as we move
forward on this lesson
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'cause I believe
the Holy Spirit's
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gonna be poured
out in a wonderful way.
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You know, you may not
have the study guides.
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And so we want to
encourage you to do that.
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We always mentioned
here two different ways
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you can do that.
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You can go to the nearest
Seventh-day Adventist Church
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and get your guides
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or you can download
those if you'd like to go
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to absg.adventist.org
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You can get your set.
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I know it's a little
bit late lesson number 10,
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but you can always have
to study with somebody else.
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Again, we're glad you joined us.
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We look forward to
spiritual time together
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and we'll see
you in just a minute.
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Thank you again for joining
us here on lesson number 10.
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Get everything that you need.
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That means, you need your Bible,
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you need pencil,
paper, jot things down.
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Some of us go pretty
quick on some of these,
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a lot to cover in 10 minutes
that we each have that again,
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we're glad you're here with us.
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And I'm excited about it.
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I know Lord's gonna do
great things here today for us.
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I want to introduce
our panel here quickly.
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To my left is Brother
James Rafferty, always good.
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Good to have you.
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Good to be here, Kenny, always
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looking forward to
the lesson concerning
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the days that are passed
is Monday's lesson that I got.
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Yeah, praise the
Lord. Look forward to that.
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And to your left
Brother Ryan Day.
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Praise the Lord is my
buddy. Praise the Lord.
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Hey, you're my
brother. All right.
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Come on. It's good to be here.
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It's right. Right.
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To your left
Sister Shelley Quinn.
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I'm so thrilled to be here.
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I'm excited that
you are joining us
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as we get into a
little more detail,
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a little more
depth in Deuteronomy.
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Yeah. Good.
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And to you left,
Sister Jill Morikone.
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Thank you, Pastor
Kenny, privileged to be here
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and open up God's Word.
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Yeah, it seems
like we go through,
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but we look at it every week,
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we go through
this kind of same type,
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but you know what, new
people, I'm banking on it.
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I believe God's
bringing new people all the time
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they're joining in on the study.
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And so it's a
necessity that we go through
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and can introduce ourselves,
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so they know who maybe
they're listening to and so on
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so forth.
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Anyway, lesson number 10.
We're going to have prayer.
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And we can't do
anything without prayer.
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Amen. It would be
silly to even try.
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If we didn't pray
and ask the Holy Spirit,
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we might as well go
home, isn't that right?
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Brother James, how about you?
Would you pray for us please?
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Absolutely. Let's pray.
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Father, we're
thankful for who You are.
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And how You revealed Yourself
in this present truth Book
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of Deuteronomy, the
favorite book of Christ,
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most quoted by Christ,
and we're learning a lot,
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we want to continue to learn.
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So send Your Holy
Spirit to teach us,
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to guide us, to direct us,
to convict us, to comfort us,
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we ask for
ourselves and for our viewers,
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we ask in Jesus' name.
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Amen. Amen.
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Praise the Lord. Good.
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So in our lesson,
let's go to the Sabbath
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afternoon part, we're
gonna go to our memory text.
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I like this memory
text here a little bit long,
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Deuteronomy 9:7, so
I'm gonna ask Sister Jill,
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she'll read it
for me please. Sure.
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Absolutely. "Remember!
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Do not forget how
you provoked the Lord
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your God to wrath
in the wilderness.
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From the day that you
departed from the land of Egypt
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until you came to this place,
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you have been
rebellious against the Lord."
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You know, just those last
words cause me a little concern
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and cringe just a
little bit, you know,
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how wonderful it be
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if we're just happy in the
Lord and we're gonna follow
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and obey His voice,
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and throughout all
these lessons wanted
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to bring us
closer to Jesus Christ,
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but notice those last words
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and we'll try
to remember, right?
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We don't forget these
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so that we don't
fall in that same trap.
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You know, on this
Sabbath afternoon's lesson,
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I'm gonna just
read it basically out
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of the lesson
book that we have here
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because it talks
about the two words here.
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It's very important,
they're simple words,
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but there's
important it says, "remember,"
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and then "forget."
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Two words in Scripture,
remember, and then forget.
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And I don't know about you,
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but I've heard that
a few times in my life,
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Kenny, you better
remember, and so anyway.
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Both refer to
something that humanness
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is in here, right?
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And happens in our mind.
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So I like what he says.
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He says here, "To
remember is not to forget,
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and to forget is
not to remember."
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That just makes sense.
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It's like wherever I
go, there I am, right?
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Okay, good.
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Jesus tells His
people to remember
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all the things
that He's done for them.
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So and
Deuteronomy has been good.
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We're always reminded
of the goodness of God.
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And He does tell us
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the things that He does
for us that He is doing for us.
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And so therefore we
owe him our allegiance,
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there's no doubt again.
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We don't want to forget.
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Sometimes we
forget to praise Him.
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I don't know if
you ever do that.
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Sometimes... He does so
many good things every day.
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And I like that song that
says Count Your Blessings.
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Name them one by one.
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So often we're not
counting the blessings.
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We're just kind of going over
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the things that
maybe we didn't like
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what happened or
we're not sure of it,
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and we doing more
griping than we are praising.
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And I think more we praise
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the less things will happen
that we can gripe about, right?
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When you have a right
mind and right attitude.
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So this week's
lesson, this is interesting.
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We're gonna express
this in Deuteronomy,
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we'll look at this
important principle, notice,
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of remembering
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and not forgetting God's
interaction in our lives.
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I'm thankful
I'm so very grateful
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and thankful that
God interacts with us.
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What if you could
never hear from Him?
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What if you can
never talk to Him?
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You never pray, you never study,
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it'd be sad, but we
can interact, He interacts.
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He's interested in
us. Praise God for that.
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Okay, I'm gonna
start Sunday's lesson
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if we'll just
turn there quickly.
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Sunday's lesson,
Remembering the Rainbow.
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What is it all about
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when you talk about the rainbow?
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I like that. It's all good.
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The rainbow.
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Now few things here
in Genesis Chapter 9.
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For the first time the
words remember appears.
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That's kind of interesting.
Remember, Genesis 9:15.
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He says, "I will
remember My covenant,"
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notice that, "which
is between Me and you,"
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notice this, "every
living creature of all flesh,
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and the water shall
no more become a flood
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to destroy all flesh."
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I like it when He says I
will remember My covenant.
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So remember, then is a
very important word simple
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as it might be, remember
is very, very important.
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And God assures us
of that when He says
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to remember,
especially when God's involved.
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If God is involved,
and He says remember,
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it behooves us to
remember. I don't know.
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At first He ask us to
remember His promises,
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He ask us to
remember His warnings.
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And He also ask us to remember
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how He deals with people.
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So I need to
remember all of those things,
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and always relate a lot of times
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to things that when I
grew up, like most people,
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when we grow up,
there's things that that just
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indelibly is on
our mind, you know,
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and it was one of those
things when I was growing up,
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a list of few things was
given to me every day to do.
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My dad felt if I was busy,
I would get in less trouble.
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You know, so he wanted
me to stay out of trouble,
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so he'd give me a
list of things to do.
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But every time I don't know why,
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there's always a
warning that was given to me.
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It wasn't just given here,
I think I probably know why,
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but a warning was
given to me that...
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Now what did I tell you to do?
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And so we have to kind
of repeat what he said.
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So there's no mistake on it.
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And if I didn't
answer quickly enough,
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it was repeated.
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So that there'd be no mistake.
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He said that so
often, I want you to know,
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repeat it, so I
know there's no mistake.
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I told you, I
know you understand.
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Now that's my earthly, right?
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But there's some comparisons
with our Heavenly Father.
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Sure enough, once in a while,
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believe it or not I forgot.
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And so, well, I heard about it,
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and then would he...
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It would come
with same old question.
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Kenny, didn't you hear
what I asked you to do?
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And I said, "Well, yeah."
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My answer was always yes.
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I couldn't lie 'cause then
we had a little conversation.
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So I said, "Yeah,
yeah, yeah, I did.
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I did, but I didn't
remember until now."
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I thought it might
work. It never worked.
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I thought it would
work right then and there.
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I was hoping for mercy.
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Lord, have mercy, Lord,
let Dad have mercy on me.
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There was no mercy.
Every time is going...
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What?
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You know, so, you
know, we have to remember,
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what was the right thing to do?
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I had to remember
so I wouldn't forget.
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And so he kind of leaving
some things out there for me.
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And, you know, my
response was always the same.
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"Yeah, Dad, I did remember,
but I forgot for that time."
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And he said,
"Yes, I understand."
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At the same time,
he's drawing his belt out.
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You could hear...
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Oh, here it comes,
belt's come into view well,
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and you know what he said,
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"Maybe this will
help you to remember."
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Now some people say...
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Let me tell you that did
kind of help me to remember.
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I can tell you that right now.
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You're dancing around
and you think you're on fire.
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You're looking for
nearest pond to jump into,
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you know what I'm talking about?
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Genesis...
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Maybe you remember next time.
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Genesis 9:13 says,
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"I do set my bow in the cloud,
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and it shall be a
token of the covenant."
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I like that.
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And Genesis 9:16 says,
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"And the bow
shall be in the cloud,
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and I will look up on
it, that I may," what?
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"I may remember."
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Now that was kind of
interesting, isn't it?
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God said, "I'm
gonna set my bow up there.
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And I will remember."
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I didn't ever think
that He would forget,
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you know, so I'm saying, "Well,
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why do you put that up there?
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We remember
what He had promised,
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why did He put the
rainbow up there for us?"
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Praise God for
that may be simple some,
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but He put it up there for
us so that we would understand
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what He was doing.
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He was saying,
what about those people?
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I've asked myself that question.
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What about the people
who heard about the flood?
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You know, earth pretty
well wiped out except for eight.
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What if that
promise wasn't there?
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Every time they
heard the lightning
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and they felt the
rain drop, they heard,
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you know, they bound to
have heard the stories, right,
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over and over about the
flood, so on and so forth.
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But what encouragement
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I'm sure that
gave some at least,
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that there was a rainbow
in the sky, was a promise,
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was a covenant that God made.
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I'm not going to have to flood
the earth again with water.
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Praise the Lord for that.
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A bow in the heavens
represents God's love for us,
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going around the world.
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I like that
connecting men with God.
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And it shows us
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that He's
looking up on His token
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of the covenant and
He's going to remember
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the promises to us.
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Again, He says in Genesis 9:11,
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"I will look upon it,"
what? "That I may remember."
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Isn't God's so good, isn't He?
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Say, now you remember,
then you know I told you,
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He just set to put up
there so I will remember.
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What a God we serve.
Promise is still good today.
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Genesis 9:9 says,
notice this, it said,
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"Behold, I establish
my covenant with you,
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and I will send,"
notice, "your seed after you."
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Notice, many scientists reject
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the idea there ever
was a worldwide flood.
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You read some of those things,
it's kind of interesting.
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They rejected that
there's a worldwide flood.
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Ellen White wrote
that before the flood came
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many people believed
that the laws of nature
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ruled out the possibility
of a worldwide flood.
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Interesting.
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That could happen.
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So here's what some
of the wise men did.
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Patriarchs and
Prophets 97 says it.
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Always got the
smarties that come along.
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People know some
things they think.
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Notice, they said,
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"The laws are so firmly
established that God Himself
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could not change them."
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Little overstepping the bounds
there just a little bit, right?
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So one group would
say something like,
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before the flood he
said, it couldn't happen.
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Then you had based
on the laws of nature,
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it just couldn't happen.
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Then you have
another group that said,
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based on the laws of nature,
it really never happened.
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So it gets a
little more confusing,
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you know, as we go
along with it there,
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but praise God for that
bow, the bow of promise.
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Remember, you
know, it's a good word,
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remember, again,
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what was the
purpose of the rainbow,
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keep it in mind as we
go through this study.
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It was to help the
people remember the covenant.
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Help them to remember
what God had promised.
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Every time we see
a rainbow in the sky.
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I love to see.
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Let's get back to rain,
you see a rainbow up in there.
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Right there you go
right back into your mind,
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God has promised.
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God's promise that it's not...
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And, you know,
some of the things
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that are happening in
the world today, you say,
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wow, so much,
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you know, the
flooding and different things,
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but in different localities,
but it's not a worldwide flood,
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that rainbow in the sky
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should remind us
that God's judgment upon
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the world because of sin.
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And then also that He
promises not to flood it again.
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I say this you can
count on God's promises.
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There's no doubt about
whatever God promises you,
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I'll tell you,
you can just write,
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claim those by the grace of God.
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Maybe that's why we
don't see a lot of things
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that may be
happening in the world today.
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We just fail maybe to reach out
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and by faith just
grab hold of those promises
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and said God...
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And I've said to Him,
and I know you have to say
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you said, right?
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Not trying to be
pushy or bossy just you
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said in Your Word.
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And because you
said it I agree with it.
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And I believe it. Ezekiel 1:28.
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Last passage here, notice 1:28,
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"As the appearance of the bow
that is in the cloud in the day
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of rain, so was the appearance,
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no was appearance in brightness
around about the throne.
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That was the
appearance of the likeness
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of the glory of Jehovah."
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Isn't that beautiful?
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Getting picture right in
our mind about that glory.
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So what we need to
do is to look at things
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for today and
say, you know, Lord,
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I don't want to forget,
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no things that we'll get into.
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I don't want to
forget what you said in here.
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I don't want to forget the
promises that you have made.
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I don't want to forget,
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I want to remember
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Lord's Sabbath
day to keep it holy.
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So we just want to remember
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what God has said in His Word.
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He said you
remember those things
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and I'll cause you to
ride on the high places
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of the earth.
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And I tell you
by the grace of God,
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I'm ready to ride on the
high places of the earth.
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Brother James? Amen.
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Amen. Thank you, Kenny.
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That was a blessing.
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My name is
Pastor James Rafferty,
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and we are looking at Concerning
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the Days That Are Past in
Monday's lesson on the week,
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Do Not Forget.
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And we be in here in
Deuteronomy Chapter 4,
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it opens up here and it says,
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"In Deuteronomy Chapter 4,
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we have read wonderful
admonitions that the Lord gave
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to His people through Moses
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regarding their great privileges
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as God's chosen people.
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He had redeemed
them out of Egypt."
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And we're quoting
Deuteronomy Chapter 4
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now verse 34,
"By trials, by signs,
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by wonders, by
war, by a mighty hand
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by an outstretched
arm, by great terrors,
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according to all
that the Lord your God
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did for you in
Egypt before your eyes."
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And when we think about this,
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it's so powerful
because Deuteronomy
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Chapter 4 is kind of a
reminder before we repeat
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The Ten Commandments
in Deuteronomy Chapter 5
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of all that God has done for us,
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all of God, that God has done
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is an emphasis on
His delivering power
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or the gospel.
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Basically, it's the gospel,
He's focusing on the gospel.
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And then in
Deuteronomy Chapter 5,
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we have this
repetition of the law,
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we have the gospel and the
law, or the law and the gospel,
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you know, they go together.
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Deuteronomy 5, Deuteronomy 4,
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Deuteronomy 4, Deuteronomy 5,
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remind us that law and
the gospel go together.
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And we see that
all through the Bible,
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we're gonna see
that more and more
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as we move through our lesson,
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but it's important for us
to see that that God's gospel
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and God's law
cannot be separated.
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You can't separate them.
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I love that whole explanation
that Ryan gave to us earlier,
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you know about sin, and the law,
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and Jesus, and forgiveness,
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and church, and the gospel.
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I got it.
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I got most of
those in there, you know.
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So let us
remember, Do Not Forget.
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Do not forget, what?
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What are we not
supposed to forget?
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Well, there's something
else we're not supposed
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to get in Deuteronomy,
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and it's in
Deuteronomy Chapter 9
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and we're gonna
start in verse 7.
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Deuteronomy 9
beginning in verse 7.
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Here's what it says.
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Deuteronomy 9:7,
"Understand therefore,
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that the Lord thy God
giveth thee not this good land
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to possess it for
thy righteousness,
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for thou art a
stiff-necked people."
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Next word.
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Next verse.
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"Remember, and forget not,
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how thou
provoked the Lord thy God
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to wrath in the wilderness
from the day that thou
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didst depart out
of the land of Egypt,
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until you came into this place,
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you have been
rebellious against the Lord."
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Why do we need to remember that?
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Why do we need to remember that?
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Well, we need to remember
that because that magnifies
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the love of God, that
magnifies the goodness of God,
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that magnifies the grace of God.
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And it humbles us.
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It reminds us of
where we came from.
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It reminds us
of how good God is.
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And what God has done for us.
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It's so
powerful. It's so powerful.
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Now, of course, the
devil wants to remind us all
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of that because the
devil wants to use our past,
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our failures to
nullify the love of God,
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but you know what Jesus says?
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Jesus says, "The
devil is a liar."
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That's what Jesus
says, "He's a liar."
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And the gospel proves
that the devil is a liar.
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So we see this beautiful picture
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of God's love in
the context of the law,
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it's always there.
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It has to be there.
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In Deuteronomy 4:40,
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the lesson study asks,
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what conclusion
then did Moses want
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the people to
draw from these words
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about what God
had done for them?
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So Deuteronomy 4:40.
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Let's just take a look
at that verse real quick
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and see what conclusion,
did I get the right verse,
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Deuteronomy 4 and
verse. Yeah, I'm in Genesis.
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Let me get to Deuteronomy 4:40.
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What conclusion
did the Lord want us
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to draw from what He says
to us in Deuteronomy 4:40?
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"Thou shalt keep therefore
his statues, his commandments,
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which I command thee this day,
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that it may go well with thee,
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and with thy
children after thee,
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that thou mayest
prolong thy days upon the earth,
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which the Lord thy
God giveth thee for ever."
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I heard Jill say this earlier,
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you know, whenever
you read therefore,
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there's something
that went before that,
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that is really significant.
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That therefore is based upon
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the previous verses, right?
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God loved us, verse
37, "He loved our fathers,
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he chose us, he
brought us out in his sight
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with a mighty
power out of Egypt,
00:19:01.84\00:19:03.54
to drive out the nations before
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as they were greater
and mightier than we were
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to bring thee into this land.
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Know therefore this day,
and consider it in thine heart,
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that the Lord He is
God in heaven above,
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and earth below,
there is none else.
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Thou shalt keep therefore."
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Based on what's gone before,
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and we see this
all through the Bible,
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this is really powerful.
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We see this gospel
preceding this magnification
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of God's love, of God's
heart, of God's character,
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of who God is preceding,
00:19:29.40\00:19:31.53
everything that
He commands us to do,
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that He asks us to do,
00:19:33.50\00:19:34.84
all of the changes that
take place in our hearts
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come because of
the goodness of God.
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We repent, we turn around,
we make a U-turn in life,
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you know, if you're ever
going in the wrong direction,
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you know, you're
following your GPS and you'd be,
00:19:45.38\00:19:47.15
it says, oh, turn right
there and you're too late,
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you know, you couldn't
get over some of the lane
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and you couldn't and
you go down to the next line
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and the GPS says, reroute,
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reroute make a
U-turn, turn around.
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That's what it means to repent,
to turn around in your life.
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And so the
quarterly asks us, well,
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how does this
model represent the plan
00:20:01.23\00:20:04.87
of salvation as
expressed in the New Testament?
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What we see in
the Old Testament,
00:20:07.84\00:20:09.17
how is that
expressed in the New Testament?
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Was all through
the New Testament.
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It's all through
the New Testament.
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There are verses
left, right, and center.
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For example, let's
look at Ephesians Chapter 2.
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Have we already looked
at Ephesians Chapter 2?
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Yes, we did.
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We might have looked
at Ephesians Chapter 2
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a couple of times,
but we're gonna look
00:20:25.39\00:20:26.72
at Ephesians Chapter 2 again.
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There's no reason why
we can't look at it again,
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but this time, we're
going to start in verse 1
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of Ephesians Chapter
2, looking for that theme
00:20:34.30\00:20:36.73
of God's goodness delivering us
00:20:36.77\00:20:38.57
when we are
stiff-necked and rebellious,
00:20:38.60\00:20:40.57
and then transforming
us by this goodness.
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Ephesians 2:1, "And
you he hath quickened,
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who were dead in
trespasses and sins.
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Wherein in time past
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you walked according to
the course of this world."
00:20:51.05\00:20:53.52
Oh, Paul here is taking
up the theme of Deuteronomy.
00:20:53.55\00:20:55.95
He's reminding us of our past,
but not in a negative sense,
00:20:55.98\00:20:59.69
to magnify the gospel,
00:20:59.72\00:21:01.12
to magnify God's righteousness.
00:21:01.16\00:21:03.89
"Wherein in times past you
walked according the course
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of this world,
according to the prince
00:21:05.73\00:21:07.53
of the power of the air,
00:21:07.56\00:21:08.90
the spirit that now
works in the children
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of disobedience.
00:21:10.30\00:21:11.63
Among whom we also had
our conversation in time
00:21:11.67\00:21:13.20
past in the lusts of our flesh,
00:21:13.23\00:21:15.04
fulfilling the desires
of the flesh of the mind,
00:21:15.07\00:21:17.17
and we were by nature
the children of wrath,
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even as others.
00:21:19.41\00:21:20.74
But God," verse 4,
00:21:20.78\00:21:22.11
"who is rich in
mercy for his great love
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wherewith he loved us,
even when we were dead in sins,
00:21:24.55\00:21:28.08
has quickened us together
in Christ or with Christ,
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by grace you are saved."
00:21:31.39\00:21:32.72
This is not just in verse 8.
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It's not just in
verse 8, it's in verse 5.
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"And hath raise us up together,
00:21:38.16\00:21:39.93
and made us sit
00:21:39.96\00:21:41.40
together in heavenly
places in Christ Jesus.
00:21:41.43\00:21:44.13
That in the ages
to come he might shew
00:21:44.17\00:21:45.67
the exceeding
riches of his grace
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and his kindness toward
us through Christ Jesus."
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See, we remember our past,
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we remember our
stiff-neckedness,
00:21:50.77\00:21:52.11
we remember our failures,
00:21:52.14\00:21:53.48
so that God can be magnified
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not so that we can be overcome
by Satan in all of his lies,
00:21:54.88\00:21:58.58
but so that God
can be magnified,
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we see the same thing
taking place in Romans 5:6-10.
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We can't go there,
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we see the same thing
taking place in Titus 3:1-8,
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we can't go there
because we've got to go
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to 2 Peter Chapter 1.
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Why?
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Because we're
teaching, we're learning about
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present truth in
the Book of Deuteronomy.
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And there's only one
place in the entire Bible
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where present
truth where that phrase
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is actually uttered.
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And it's in 2 Peter Chapter 1.
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Let's just begin in
verse 1, "Simon Peter,
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a servant of the
apostle of Jesus Christ,
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to them that have obtained
like precious faith with us
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through the righteousness of God
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and our Savior Jesus Christ.
00:22:34.38\00:22:35.92
Grace and peace be multiplied
unto you through the knowledge
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of the Lord,
through knowledge of God,
00:22:38.19\00:22:40.62
and of Jesus Christ our Lord,
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according to his divine power
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he's given unto us all things
that pertain unto godliness,
00:22:43.56\00:22:46.36
life and godliness,
through the knowledge
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of him that's called
us into glory and virtue.
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Whereby are given
unto us exceeding great
00:22:51.33\00:22:53.07
and precious
promises that by these you
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might be partakers
of the divine nature,
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having escaped the
corruption that is in the world
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through lust.
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Beside this,
giving all diligence,
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add to your faith
virtue and to virtue knowledge,
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and to knowledge temperance,"
00:23:04.78\00:23:07.15
where am I?
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"Knowledge temperance,
and to temperance patience,
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and to patience godliness,
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and to godliness
brotherly kindness,
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and to brotherly
kindness charity.
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For if these things
be in you, and abound,
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they make that you
shall neither be barren
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nor unfruitful in the knowledge
of our Lord Jesus Christ.
00:23:20.03\00:23:23.37
But he that lacketh
these things is blind,
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cannot see afar off,
00:23:26.74\00:23:28.27
and has forgotten
that he was purged
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from his old sins."
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Do not forget that you've
been purged from the old sins.
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"Wherefore the rather, brethren,
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give diligence to make
your calling election sure,
00:23:42.18\00:23:44.25
for if you do these
things, you shall never fall.
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For so an entrance
shall be ministered unto you
00:23:47.76\00:23:50.46
abundantly into the
everlasting kingdom of our Lord
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and Savior Jesus Christ.
00:23:52.86\00:23:54.33
Wherefore I will not
be negligent to put you
00:23:54.36\00:23:57.10
always in
remembers of these things,
00:23:57.13\00:23:59.47
though you know them,
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that ye may be established
in the present truth."
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Deuteronomy, present truth,
00:24:04.14\00:24:06.44
2 Peter, present
truth, Titus, present truth,
00:24:06.47\00:24:10.05
Romans, present truth,
Ephesians, present truth,
00:24:10.08\00:24:12.51
the Bible, present truth.
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And what is the
present truth all about?
00:24:14.18\00:24:15.65
Remembering how
stiff-neck we were?
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And now in spite of
that God has saved us
00:24:18.95\00:24:21.32
so that He can be magnified
00:24:21.36\00:24:22.82
and glorified through
the gospel of Jesus Christ.
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Amen. Praise the Lord.
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Amen.
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All right, so based off
00:25:12.31\00:25:13.84
everything you've heard so far,
00:25:13.88\00:25:15.74
we're gonna jump into
Tuesday's lesson entitled,
00:25:15.78\00:25:18.25
Take Heed, Lest You Forget.
00:25:18.28\00:25:20.65
My name is Ryan Day. All right.
00:25:20.68\00:25:22.75
And we're going to be jumping
00:25:22.78\00:25:24.12
right into
Deuteronomy Chapter 4,
00:25:24.15\00:25:26.49
because the lesson
just takes us right into it.
00:25:26.52\00:25:28.42
There's really no introduction.
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It takes us right to
Deuteronomy Chapter 4.
00:25:29.82\00:25:31.79
And this whole
entire lesson on Tuesday
00:25:31.83\00:25:33.66
is based on
verses 9 and verse 23.
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And there's a lots of
lessons we can learn from this.
00:25:36.53\00:25:39.10
So Deuteronomy
Chapter 9, excuse me, 4:9,
00:25:39.13\00:25:43.07
I'm gonna start there.
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So notice what the Bible says.
00:25:44.47\00:25:46.17
It says, "Only
take heed to yourself,
00:25:46.21\00:25:48.68
and diligently keep yourself,
00:25:48.71\00:25:51.11
lest you forget the
things your eyes have seen,
00:25:51.15\00:25:54.25
and lest they
depart from your heart
00:25:54.28\00:25:56.18
all the days of your life.
00:25:56.22\00:25:57.85
And teach them to your children
and your grandchildren."
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All right, keep that in mind.
00:26:02.29\00:26:03.63
Now go to verse
23. Deuteronomy 4:23.
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Again, "Take heed to yourselves,
00:26:08.20\00:26:10.93
lest you forget the
covenant of the Lord your God
00:26:10.97\00:26:13.94
which He made with
you, and make for yourselves
00:26:13.97\00:26:16.60
a carved image in
the form of anything
00:26:16.64\00:26:18.81
which the Lord your
God has forbidden you."
00:26:18.84\00:26:22.64
So again, this
is a reminder, okay?
00:26:22.68\00:26:24.48
We've been hearing
remember, remember,
00:26:24.51\00:26:26.48
remember, remember.
00:26:26.51\00:26:28.08
Now, God is again
telling them in a way,
00:26:28.12\00:26:30.29
remember, because He's saying,
00:26:30.32\00:26:32.02
"Remember lest you forget
00:26:32.05\00:26:34.36
all of these
things that I've told you,
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that I've commanded you."
00:26:35.96\00:26:37.29
In this sense,
the verb, take heed,
00:26:37.33\00:26:40.16
which is coming from
the Hebrew word shamar.
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It means to keep yourself.
00:26:42.90\00:26:44.80
It occurs overall
throughout the Old Testament,
00:26:44.83\00:26:47.14
and many different times.
00:26:47.17\00:26:48.50
But it simply means keep,
00:26:48.54\00:26:50.21
to watch, to preserve, to guard.
00:26:50.24\00:26:53.04
So basically, God is
saying, "Look, guard yourself.
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Keep yourself in the way."
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And there's many,
many ways we can do that.
00:26:57.45\00:26:58.98
But it's interesting when you...
00:26:59.01\00:27:00.42
When we take this
into consideration,
00:27:00.45\00:27:01.82
we know that
Moses is declaring this,
00:27:01.85\00:27:04.35
God is declaring
this through Moses,
00:27:04.39\00:27:06.35
and the people are
constantly being reminded,
00:27:06.39\00:27:08.56
remember, remember,
remember, take heed,
00:27:08.59\00:27:10.46
lest you forget.
00:27:10.49\00:27:11.83
But you know, the sad reality
is that they didn't remember.
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If you look afterwards,
00:27:15.90\00:27:17.47
you know, from the
time of Mount Sinai
00:27:17.50\00:27:19.33
all the way through to
the Babylonian captivity,
00:27:19.37\00:27:21.77
we're talking about
on and off 840 years
00:27:21.80\00:27:24.41
of rebellion, in
which the children
00:27:24.44\00:27:26.74
of Israel did not remember,
they did not take heed.
00:27:26.78\00:27:30.18
In fact, you've
an example of this.
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Let's go to Judges Chapter 2,
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they find this to be interesting
00:27:33.38\00:27:34.72
because again this is
during the time in which Joshua
00:27:34.75\00:27:37.45
has now, is dying or has died.
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And now notice
what the Bible says.
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Judges Chapter 2,
00:27:42.59\00:27:43.93
and we're gonna read
first verses 7 through 10.
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And then afterwards,
00:27:46.90\00:27:48.23
we'll also read
verses 11 through 13.
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So notice what it
says here in Judges 2:7-10.
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It says, "So the
people served the Lord
00:27:53.80\00:27:55.24
all the days of Joshua,
00:27:55.27\00:27:56.81
and all the days of the
elders who outlived Joshua,
00:27:56.84\00:27:59.34
who had seen all the
great works of the Lord
00:27:59.37\00:28:01.51
which He had done for Israel.
00:28:01.54\00:28:03.65
Now Joshua the son of
Nun, the servant of the Lord,
00:28:03.68\00:28:06.61
died when he was
hundred and ten years old.
00:28:06.65\00:28:09.25
And they buried
him within the border
00:28:09.28\00:28:12.12
of his
inheritance at Timnath Heres,"
00:28:12.15\00:28:15.52
I guess that's
how you would say it,
00:28:15.56\00:28:16.89
"in the mountains of Ephraim,
00:28:16.93\00:28:18.26
on the north
side of Mount Gaash."
00:28:18.29\00:28:20.56
Now, notice verse 10 here.
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"When all that generation had
been gathered to their fathers,
00:28:22.50\00:28:27.10
another generation arose
after them who did not know
00:28:27.14\00:28:30.61
the Lord nor the work
which He had done for Israel."
00:28:30.64\00:28:34.38
Did they take heed?
00:28:34.41\00:28:36.51
Did they forget?
00:28:36.54\00:28:38.05
Take heed, lest you forget.
00:28:38.08\00:28:39.88
But again, you
know, you have Moses
00:28:39.91\00:28:41.92
and then Joshua
and Caleb's time.
00:28:41.95\00:28:43.55
Now Joshua has died.
00:28:43.59\00:28:45.05
And now there's a
generation that is arose that
00:28:45.09\00:28:47.19
does not know the Lord.
00:28:47.22\00:28:48.56
And obviously, they did
not follow this counsel.
00:28:48.59\00:28:50.59
Continue reading to
verse 11 through 13,
00:28:50.63\00:28:52.89
and you get a
greater understanding
00:28:52.93\00:28:54.73
of what happens here.
00:28:54.76\00:28:56.10
It says, "Then
the children of Israel
00:28:56.13\00:28:57.47
did evil in the
sight of the Lord,
00:28:57.50\00:28:58.97
and served the
Baals, the false gods,
00:28:59.00\00:29:02.20
and they forsook the
Lord God of their fathers,
00:29:02.24\00:29:04.64
who had brought them
out of the land of Egypt,
00:29:04.67\00:29:06.07
and they followed other
gods from among the gods
00:29:06.11\00:29:09.01
of the people who
were all around them,
00:29:09.04\00:29:11.01
and they bowed down to them,
00:29:11.05\00:29:12.38
and they provoked
the Lord to anger.
00:29:12.41\00:29:14.48
They forsook the Lord and
served Baal and Ashtoreths."
00:29:14.52\00:29:18.65
Now, again,
again, keep that in mind
00:29:18.69\00:29:20.16
and go back to verse 23,
00:29:20.19\00:29:21.56
that we just read in
Deuteronomy Chapter 4.
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What did he say?
00:29:23.63\00:29:24.96
"Take heed to
yourselves, lest you forget
00:29:24.99\00:29:26.33
the covenant of the Lord
your God which He made with you,
00:29:26.36\00:29:28.36
and make for your,"
00:29:28.40\00:29:29.73
notice, "and make for yourselves
00:29:29.76\00:29:31.10
a carved image in
the form of anything
00:29:31.13\00:29:32.47
which the Lord
your God has forbidden."
00:29:32.50\00:29:34.14
So again, the commandments
are being forsaken here,
00:29:34.17\00:29:37.61
and we're seeing that
they did not remember,
00:29:37.64\00:29:39.41
they have forgotten.
00:29:39.44\00:29:41.18
Of course, if you fast forward,
00:29:41.21\00:29:43.45
you know, now again,
00:29:43.48\00:29:44.98
we're over 800
years away from this time,
00:29:45.01\00:29:47.05
now we're during the
time prior to the 70 years
00:29:47.08\00:29:49.15
of Babylonian captivity.
00:29:49.18\00:29:50.52
Get over to the
time of Jeremiah.
00:29:50.55\00:29:52.22
This has been a constant,
ongoing theme all throughout
00:29:52.25\00:29:55.69
the history of Israel.
00:29:55.72\00:29:57.06
I'm in Jeremiah Chapter 7.
00:29:57.09\00:29:59.03
Notice what Jeremiah Chapter
7, I'm gonna read verse 16.
00:29:59.06\00:30:01.50
And then we're
going to skip down
00:30:01.53\00:30:02.86
to verses 23 and 24.
00:30:02.90\00:30:04.73
But notice Jeremiah,
00:30:04.77\00:30:06.10
of course, he's known
as the weeping prophet.
00:30:06.13\00:30:07.47
Jeremiah lived in
during the time of the height
00:30:07.50\00:30:10.34
of the apostasy of Israel
00:30:10.37\00:30:11.97
prior to their entry
into Babylonian captivity.
00:30:12.01\00:30:14.34
And it's just so sad
00:30:14.38\00:30:15.71
because Jeremiah is
just crying out to the Lord,
00:30:15.74\00:30:17.55
asking God to forgive them,
00:30:17.58\00:30:18.91
asking God to awaken them,
00:30:18.95\00:30:20.28
and he's pleading
with the people wake up,
00:30:20.32\00:30:22.08
have you forgotten?
00:30:22.12\00:30:23.45
Have you
forgotten? Yes, you have.
00:30:23.49\00:30:24.82
Remember what the
Lord said, lest you forget,
00:30:24.85\00:30:27.42
you know, you have forgotten.
00:30:27.46\00:30:28.82
But now verse 16,
00:30:28.86\00:30:30.19
notice what God
tells Jeremiah His prophet.
00:30:30.23\00:30:32.49
He says, "Therefore do
not pray for this people,
00:30:32.53\00:30:34.90
nor lift up a cry
or prayer for them,
00:30:34.93\00:30:37.50
nor make intercession to
Me, for I will not hear you."
00:30:37.53\00:30:41.24
And then he describes, he said,
00:30:41.27\00:30:42.60
"Do you not see what
they do in the cities?"
00:30:42.64\00:30:45.24
Excuse me, I lost my spot.
00:30:45.27\00:30:46.61
"Do you not see what
they do in the cities of Judah
00:30:46.64\00:30:47.98
and in the streets of Jerusalem?
00:30:48.01\00:30:49.38
The children gather wood,
the fathers kindle the fire,
00:30:49.41\00:30:52.11
and the women knead dough,
00:30:52.15\00:30:53.48
to make their cakes
for the queen of heaven,
00:30:53.52\00:30:55.48
and they pour out drink
offerings to other gods,
00:30:55.52\00:30:58.19
that they may
provoke Me to anger."
00:30:58.22\00:31:01.76
You see this common theme
00:31:01.79\00:31:03.12
all the way
through the Old Testament,
00:31:03.16\00:31:04.59
all the way through
the history of Israel,
00:31:04.63\00:31:05.96
even all the way down
to the time of Jeremiah,
00:31:05.99\00:31:08.70
and Ezekiel, and Daniel.
00:31:08.73\00:31:10.20
And now skip down
to verse 23 and 24,
00:31:10.23\00:31:12.50
you'll see that it's
connected to the same message
00:31:12.53\00:31:15.27
that is given in
Deuteronomy Chapter 4,
00:31:15.30\00:31:17.34
and Chapter 5, and Chapter 6,
00:31:17.37\00:31:19.57
and all the way
through to Chapter 9 and 10.
00:31:19.61\00:31:21.34
Notice what we see here
00:31:21.38\00:31:22.71
in verses 23 and
24 of Jeremiah 7.
00:31:22.74\00:31:26.05
It says, "But this is
what I commanded them, saying,
00:31:26.08\00:31:29.15
'Obey My voice,
and I will be your God,
00:31:29.18\00:31:31.49
and you shall be My people.
00:31:31.52\00:31:33.02
And walk in all the ways
00:31:33.05\00:31:34.39
that I have commanded you
that it may be well with you.'
00:31:34.42\00:31:37.19
Yet they did not
obey or incline their ear,
00:31:37.23\00:31:40.00
but followed the counsels
00:31:40.03\00:31:41.53
and the dictates
of their evil hearts,
00:31:41.56\00:31:43.87
and went
backward and not forward."
00:31:43.90\00:31:46.57
Notice, they did not
progressed in a positive way
00:31:46.60\00:31:49.60
in the relationship with God.
00:31:49.64\00:31:50.97
They went
backward and not forward.
00:31:51.01\00:31:53.14
So much so that by
the time you get to Hosea,
00:31:53.17\00:31:55.38
this scripture
just came to my mind.
00:31:55.41\00:31:57.08
It wasn't in the study,
00:31:57.11\00:31:58.78
it wasn't even a
part of my lesson
00:31:58.81\00:32:00.68
that I had put together.
00:32:00.72\00:32:02.05
But this is, it
just came to my mind,
00:32:02.08\00:32:03.52
Hosea 4:6,
00:32:03.55\00:32:05.29
so much that God is
speaking to the people
00:32:05.32\00:32:07.32
and He says to them in
this height of apostasy.
00:32:07.36\00:32:10.63
Hosea 4:6, He says,
00:32:10.66\00:32:11.99
"My people are destroyed
for lack of knowledge."
00:32:12.03\00:32:16.20
He says, "Because you
have rejected knowledge."
00:32:16.23\00:32:18.43
Notice, they don't
have a lack of knowledge
00:32:18.47\00:32:19.80
because it wasn't there.
00:32:19.83\00:32:21.17
They don't have
a lack of knowledge
00:32:21.20\00:32:22.54
because God didn't
allow it to be there,
00:32:22.57\00:32:23.91
to be given to them.
00:32:23.94\00:32:25.27
They had plenty of
sources, plenty of history,
00:32:25.31\00:32:27.01
plenty of the Word of the Lord
to have access to but notice,
00:32:27.04\00:32:30.41
it says here in verse 6,
00:32:30.45\00:32:31.78
"Because you have
rejected knowledge,
00:32:31.81\00:32:33.62
I will also reject you
from being priest to Me,
00:32:33.65\00:32:35.85
because you have,"
notice, here it is,
00:32:35.88\00:32:37.65
"forgotten the law of your God,
00:32:37.69\00:32:40.79
I will also
forget your children.
00:32:40.82\00:32:42.96
God have mercy.
00:32:42.99\00:32:44.33
Wow.
00:32:44.36\00:32:45.69
Lest you forget, what is it?
00:32:45.73\00:32:47.13
Take heed, lest you forget.
00:32:47.16\00:32:49.40
My friends, there are ways
that we can safeguard ourselves
00:32:49.43\00:32:52.33
from losing sight of
the plan of God for our life
00:32:52.37\00:32:55.24
and the lives of
our future generations.
00:32:55.27\00:32:57.37
Because the
lesson also brings out,
00:32:57.41\00:32:59.34
again brings us back
to the ending portion
00:32:59.37\00:33:01.48
of verse 9 of
Deuteronomy Chapter 4.
00:33:01.51\00:33:04.61
It says there in
the ending portion,
00:33:04.65\00:33:05.98
"And teach them to your children
00:33:06.01\00:33:07.68
and your grandchildren."
00:33:07.72\00:33:09.05
Wasn't that the
problem in Joshua's day?
00:33:09.08\00:33:10.69
When Joshua had died,
there was a generation
00:33:10.72\00:33:12.79
that rose up that
did not know the Lord
00:33:12.82\00:33:14.52
is because they were not
practicing righteousness,
00:33:14.56\00:33:17.63
as the Bible says.
00:33:17.66\00:33:18.99
Notice 1 John 1:6,
I'm gonna go quickly here
00:33:19.03\00:33:21.73
because I have little time left.
00:33:21.76\00:33:23.10
So just write
these references down
00:33:23.13\00:33:24.47
and you can read them later.
00:33:24.50\00:33:25.83
1 John 1:6,
00:33:25.87\00:33:27.20
"If we say that we
have fellowship with Him,
00:33:27.24\00:33:29.20
and walk in darkness,
00:33:29.24\00:33:30.57
we lie and do not
practice the truth."
00:33:30.61\00:33:33.34
How can we safeguard ourselves
00:33:33.38\00:33:35.01
to make sure we don't
forget the way of the Lord?
00:33:35.04\00:33:37.05
We have to
practice righteousness.
00:33:37.08\00:33:38.41
Yes.
00:33:38.45\00:33:39.78
We have to practice
the truth of God's Word.
00:33:39.81\00:33:41.15
1 John is flooded
with this language,
00:33:41.18\00:33:43.08
this word practice.
00:33:43.12\00:33:44.45
1 John 2:29, "If you
know that He is righteous,
00:33:44.49\00:33:47.92
you know that everyone
who practices righteousness
00:33:47.96\00:33:50.83
is born of Him."
00:33:50.86\00:33:52.19
Are you
practicing righteousness?
00:33:52.23\00:33:54.00
Are you making that
a consistent practice
00:33:54.03\00:33:55.86
in your life?
00:33:55.90\00:33:57.23
1 John 3:7, "Little children,
let no one deceive you.
00:33:57.27\00:34:00.04
He who practices
righteousness is righteous,
00:34:00.07\00:34:03.34
just as He is righteous."
00:34:03.37\00:34:05.47
We put ourselves
in the way of God.
00:34:05.51\00:34:07.48
We practice it, we will be okay.
00:34:07.51\00:34:09.38
We also have to be consistent.
00:34:09.41\00:34:10.85
Be consistent in our
faith in practicing it,
00:34:10.88\00:34:13.01
being consistent.
00:34:13.05\00:34:14.38
1 Corinthians 15:15.
00:34:14.42\00:34:15.82
"Therefore, my beloved brethren,
00:34:15.85\00:34:17.19
be steadfast, immovable,
00:34:17.22\00:34:19.25
always abounding in
the work of the Lord,
00:34:19.29\00:34:21.02
knowing that your labor
is not in vain in the Lord."
00:34:21.06\00:34:24.99
Galatians 6:9-10,
00:34:25.03\00:34:27.20
"And let us not grow
weary while doing good,
00:34:27.23\00:34:29.36
for in due season we shall
reap if we do not lose heart.
00:34:29.40\00:34:32.27
Therefore, as we
have opportunity,
00:34:32.30\00:34:34.54
let us do good to all,
00:34:34.57\00:34:35.90
especially to those
00:34:35.94\00:34:37.27
who are of the
household of faith."
00:34:37.31\00:34:39.21
Being steadfast,
being consistent,
00:34:39.24\00:34:41.48
practicing the faith,
00:34:41.51\00:34:42.84
and of course,
teaching it to our children.
00:34:42.88\00:34:45.08
What does the Bible say?
00:34:45.11\00:34:46.95
Proverbs 22:6,
00:34:46.98\00:34:48.78
"Train up a child in
the way he should go,
00:34:48.82\00:34:51.59
and when he is old he
will not depart from it."
00:34:51.62\00:34:54.39
If you train them genuinely
in the way of the Lord,
00:34:54.42\00:34:57.29
they will not depart from it.
00:34:57.33\00:34:58.66
It's not just teaching
them, but leading them,
00:34:58.69\00:35:00.90
leading our children
in the way of Christ.
00:35:00.93\00:35:03.23
When they see Christ in us,
00:35:03.26\00:35:04.70
they will see and
they will keep the faith.
00:35:04.73\00:35:06.94
Ephesians 6:4, I
have to say this,
00:35:06.97\00:35:08.40
"And you, fathers,
00:35:08.44\00:35:09.77
do not provoke
your children to wrath,
00:35:09.80\00:35:11.27
but bring them
up in the training
00:35:11.31\00:35:12.84
and admonition of the Lord."
00:35:12.87\00:35:15.24
Practice
righteousness, be consistent.
00:35:15.28\00:35:17.88
Teach it to your children,
lest you forget, right?
00:35:17.91\00:35:20.52
Take heed, lest you forget.
00:35:20.55\00:35:22.62
Amen.
00:35:22.65\00:35:23.99
Praise the Lord.
00:35:24.02\00:35:25.35
Amen and amen.
00:35:25.39\00:35:26.72
Thank you, Ryan.
That was wonderful.
00:35:26.76\00:35:28.09
I'm Shelley Quinn,
00:35:28.12\00:35:29.46
and I have Wednesday's
lesson Eaten and Full.
00:35:29.49\00:35:33.13
And if I were
going to retitle this,
00:35:33.16\00:35:35.30
I think I would retitle it,
00:35:35.33\00:35:37.90
Deceitfulness of a Life of Ease.
00:35:37.93\00:35:41.47
I just have to make a comment
that I hadn't planned on.
00:35:41.50\00:35:44.24
But, you know,
in Exodus 1 verse,
00:35:44.27\00:35:47.74
or excuse me, Exodus 2:24.
00:35:47.78\00:35:50.81
It says that God heard
the groaning of the children
00:35:50.85\00:35:54.72
that are in bondage.
00:35:54.75\00:35:56.69
And this is interesting.
00:35:56.72\00:35:58.05
It said, "And God
remembered His covenant
00:35:58.09\00:36:02.92
with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob."
00:36:02.96\00:36:08.00
Did God just
forget about His covenant,
00:36:08.03\00:36:11.00
and then all of
a sudden just go,
00:36:11.03\00:36:12.63
oh, yeah, I made a
promise to Abraham,
00:36:12.67\00:36:15.70
Isaac and Jacob.
00:36:15.74\00:36:17.14
No, the word as
I started this out,
00:36:17.17\00:36:20.31
the word remembered
means to take action.
00:36:20.34\00:36:24.85
To forget means
you are not acting.
00:36:24.88\00:36:29.05
So here God,
00:36:29.08\00:36:32.35
we see that the
everlasting covenant.
00:36:32.39\00:36:34.79
Revelation 13:8, the Lamb slain
00:36:34.82\00:36:37.69
from the
foundation of the world,
00:36:37.73\00:36:39.63
then God tells His
everlasting covenant
00:36:39.66\00:36:43.50
to Abraham who is
justified by faith.
00:36:43.53\00:36:46.37
And now we're going to see
00:36:46.40\00:36:47.87
the progressive
revelation of this covenant.
00:36:47.90\00:36:51.51
Even in Luke 1:72, it
says, I think it's in Mary song,
00:36:51.54\00:36:57.21
it says, God remembered
His covenant with Abraham,
00:36:57.25\00:37:02.48
Isaac, and Jacob.
00:37:02.52\00:37:03.85
So it is
unfolding the same covenant
00:37:03.89\00:37:07.66
all throughout
Scripture, it's beautiful.
00:37:07.69\00:37:10.33
So Exodus 4:22-23.
00:37:10.36\00:37:13.33
God begot Israel
00:37:13.36\00:37:17.10
as His covenant son.
00:37:17.13\00:37:20.14
He says to Moses,
00:37:20.17\00:37:22.84
you shall tell
Pharaoh thus says the Lord.
00:37:22.87\00:37:25.57
Israel, he's had a
covenant renewal with...
00:37:25.61\00:37:31.15
He started with Abraham,
00:37:31.18\00:37:32.51
it was renewed with
Isaac, then with Jacob.
00:37:32.55\00:37:34.88
Now, Jacob's 12
sons are called Israel.
00:37:34.92\00:37:38.99
He said, "Israel is
my son, my firstborn."
00:37:39.02\00:37:43.96
Israel's now a nation.
00:37:43.99\00:37:45.93
"So I say to you,
00:37:45.96\00:37:47.30
'Let My son go
that he may serve Me."
00:37:47.33\00:37:51.37
Sonship is a covenant
term to be the Son of God.
00:37:51.40\00:37:55.57
We're called sons of God
00:37:55.60\00:37:56.94
if we're led by the Holy Spirit.
00:37:56.97\00:37:59.04
And also firstborn
is a covenant term.
00:37:59.07\00:38:03.48
So God became Israel's
father having the expectation
00:38:03.51\00:38:06.95
of His covenant people
00:38:06.98\00:38:08.32
that they would
submit to His leadership,
00:38:08.35\00:38:12.59
that they would
submit to His care
00:38:12.62\00:38:15.52
and that they
would follow the path
00:38:15.56\00:38:18.43
that He laid out
for an abundant life
00:38:18.46\00:38:20.36
which is the path of obedience.
00:38:20.40\00:38:22.96
So now let's
look at Deuteronomy 8.
00:38:23.00\00:38:25.97
Deuteronomy 8,
we'll begin with verse 5.
00:38:26.00\00:38:29.60
Deuteronomy 8:5 says,
00:38:29.64\00:38:31.57
"You should know in your heart
that as a man chastens his son,
00:38:31.61\00:38:35.88
so the Lord your
God chastens you."
00:38:35.91\00:38:38.78
He saying,
God's gonna direct you
00:38:38.81\00:38:40.65
in His loving Fatherly care.
00:38:40.68\00:38:43.12
"Therefore,"
verse 6, "therefore,
00:38:43.15\00:38:46.29
because you can anticipate
00:38:46.32\00:38:48.62
God's going to
chasten you as his son.
00:38:48.66\00:38:50.99
You shall keep the commandments
00:38:51.03\00:38:52.59
of the Lord your
God to walk in His ways,
00:38:52.63\00:38:55.53
and to fear Him as a
child would fear a parent
00:38:55.56\00:38:58.23
with respect and honor.
00:38:58.27\00:38:59.87
Deuteronomy 8, let's
jump down to verse 7.
00:38:59.90\00:39:03.97
"For the Lord your God
00:39:04.01\00:39:05.34
is bringing you
into a good land,
00:39:05.37\00:39:06.98
a land of brooks of
water, fountains and springs,
00:39:07.01\00:39:09.84
that flow out of
valleys and hills,
00:39:09.88\00:39:11.95
a land of wheat and barley,
00:39:11.98\00:39:14.62
of vines and fig
trees and pomegranates,
00:39:14.65\00:39:17.39
a land of olive oil and honey,
00:39:17.42\00:39:19.59
a land in which
you will eat bread
00:39:19.62\00:39:22.49
without scarcity,
00:39:22.52\00:39:24.23
in which you will lack nothing,
00:39:24.26\00:39:25.79
a land whose stones are
iron and out of whose hills
00:39:25.83\00:39:29.20
you can dig copper."
00:39:29.23\00:39:32.23
This is the land of plenty.
00:39:32.27\00:39:36.30
Look at verse 10.
00:39:36.34\00:39:38.34
Deuteronomy 8:10,
00:39:38.37\00:39:40.71
"When you have
eaten and are full,
00:39:40.74\00:39:43.95
then you shall
bless the Lord your God
00:39:43.98\00:39:46.25
for the good land
which He has given you.
00:39:46.28\00:39:49.62
Beware," verse 11 says,
00:39:49.65\00:39:52.55
"that you do not
forget the Lord your God
00:39:52.59\00:39:55.02
by not keeping His commandments,
00:39:55.06\00:39:58.56
judgments, statutes
which I command you today,
00:39:58.59\00:40:01.16
lest when you
are eaten and full."
00:40:01.20\00:40:05.07
This is 8:12,
00:40:05.10\00:40:08.30
"Lest when you
have eaten and are full,
00:40:08.34\00:40:11.31
and have built beautiful
houses and dwell in them,
00:40:11.34\00:40:14.58
when your herds and
your flocks multiply,
00:40:14.61\00:40:16.64
your silver and
your gold are multiplied,
00:40:16.68\00:40:18.91
and all that you
have is multiplied.
00:40:18.95\00:40:22.12
When your heart,"
verse 14 said, "is lifted up,
00:40:22.15\00:40:26.12
and you become prideful,
00:40:26.15\00:40:28.19
you forget the Lord your God."
00:40:28.22\00:40:30.63
You quit taking action
according to His covenant.
00:40:30.66\00:40:33.53
You quit walking in His ways.
00:40:33.56\00:40:37.23
"You forget the Lord your God,
00:40:37.27\00:40:38.60
who brought you up
out of the land of Egypt,
00:40:38.63\00:40:40.24
from the house of bondage."
00:40:40.27\00:40:42.14
God was the deliverer.
00:40:42.17\00:40:43.81
He was the
redeemer, He brought him out.
00:40:43.84\00:40:45.61
"Who led you through that
great and terrible wilderness."
00:40:45.64\00:40:48.84
He guided them in
such a protective way.
00:40:48.88\00:40:52.01
He said, this wilderness
00:40:52.05\00:40:53.38
which were fiery
serpents and scorpions
00:40:53.42\00:40:55.62
and thirsty land
where there was no water."
00:40:55.65\00:40:58.49
God was their provider.
00:40:58.52\00:41:00.09
He says, "He brought you
water out of the flinty rock,
00:41:00.12\00:41:02.86
He fed you in the
wilderness with manna,
00:41:02.89\00:41:04.96
which your
fathers did not know."
00:41:04.99\00:41:07.10
And what is the purpose?
00:41:07.13\00:41:09.36
Why was God doing all of this
00:41:09.40\00:41:11.83
so that He might
humble you, and test you.
00:41:11.87\00:41:17.71
Now, hang on just a second,
00:41:17.74\00:41:19.41
what he is saying
00:41:19.44\00:41:20.78
is all of this
wilderness wandering
00:41:20.81\00:41:24.68
was to teach the
people to depend upon God.
00:41:24.71\00:41:29.88
See, as long as they
were in the wilderness,
00:41:29.92\00:41:32.25
every day, they were,
00:41:32.29\00:41:35.16
they had a divine
awareness of His presence.
00:41:35.19\00:41:37.83
From cloud there was the fire.
00:41:37.86\00:41:39.69
Yeah.
00:41:39.73\00:41:41.06
They were depending upon
God for their very existence.
00:41:41.10\00:41:45.33
So you can believe me,
00:41:45.37\00:41:47.10
while they were in
the wilderness wanderings.
00:41:47.14\00:41:49.67
You bet, they remembered God.
00:41:49.70\00:41:52.74
But he's saying here,
00:41:52.77\00:41:56.38
don't forget is
not a loss of memory.
00:41:56.41\00:42:02.12
It's a loss of action.
00:42:02.15\00:42:05.65
You know, when He says
that people forgot My covenant.
00:42:05.69\00:42:08.39
It's not like
that He didn't say,
00:42:08.42\00:42:09.92
oh, yeah, He did that.
00:42:09.96\00:42:11.29
No, they just quit acting on it.
00:42:11.33\00:42:13.13
And they started
serving the Baals.
00:42:13.16\00:42:15.26
And you, if we
forget God's blessings,
00:42:15.30\00:42:18.30
it can lead us to
a lack of obedience.
00:42:18.33\00:42:21.34
You know, Jesus said, Luke 6:46,
00:42:21.37\00:42:25.61
"Why do you call
Me 'Lord, Lord, '
00:42:25.64\00:42:29.54
but you don't do what I say?'"
00:42:29.58\00:42:33.31
The wilderness
test was to teach them
00:42:33.35\00:42:36.79
reliance on God,
00:42:36.82\00:42:39.29
and so that they would
learn to walk in obedience.
00:42:39.32\00:42:43.36
And then all the rest
of the nations would see,
00:42:43.39\00:42:47.16
look at what
their God does for them.
00:42:47.20\00:42:49.66
Deuteronomy 8:18.
00:42:49.70\00:42:51.63
He says, "You shall
remember the Lord your God,
00:42:51.67\00:42:55.54
for it is He who gives
you power to get wealth,
00:42:55.57\00:42:58.21
that He may
establish the covenant
00:42:58.24\00:43:00.11
which He swore to your fathers,
00:43:00.14\00:43:01.84
as it is this day."
00:43:01.88\00:43:03.68
Remember His covenant promises,
His activities in the world,
00:43:03.71\00:43:07.65
His warnings,
remember, take action
00:43:07.68\00:43:10.92
in recognizing the
gracious hand of God.
00:43:10.95\00:43:13.86
I'll tell you what.
00:43:13.89\00:43:15.86
It's praise, as you said.
00:43:15.89\00:43:18.09
You don't pray, half
of my prayers is praise,
00:43:18.13\00:43:21.00
thanking God for
all the blessings daily.
00:43:21.03\00:43:24.17
And then it's to walk in
covenant loyalty, obedience.
00:43:24.20\00:43:29.80
Now, I have to say this,
00:43:29.84\00:43:31.97
there is
deceitfulness in riches.
00:43:32.01\00:43:35.24
Jesus said in Matthew 13:22,
00:43:35.28\00:43:38.48
that the seed that
was sown among thorns,
00:43:38.51\00:43:41.68
he said, that's the
one who hears the word,
00:43:41.72\00:43:43.62
but the cares the world,
00:43:43.65\00:43:44.99
the pleasure
that like the glamour,
00:43:45.02\00:43:46.99
that a
deceitfulness of riches choking,
00:43:47.02\00:43:50.19
suffocate the Word of God
00:43:50.23\00:43:52.63
right out of them,
and it yields no fruit."
00:43:52.66\00:43:55.60
There can be
danger in wealth and ease.
00:43:55.63\00:43:59.43
We forget to rely on God,
we become self sufficient.
00:43:59.47\00:44:04.47
And when riches in
this life are your goal,
00:44:04.51\00:44:08.18
guess what?
00:44:08.21\00:44:09.54
There's never enough.
00:44:09.58\00:44:11.11
Rich people always want more.
00:44:11.15\00:44:13.01
If that's your goal in
life, and you know what?
00:44:13.05\00:44:15.38
Riches can be a
really harsh taskmaster,
00:44:15.42\00:44:19.55
the more you have, the
more time you have to spend
00:44:19.59\00:44:21.99
managing what you have.
00:44:22.02\00:44:24.63
They don't, riches
don't buy happiness.
00:44:24.66\00:44:27.13
They won't even
buy security, really,
00:44:27.16\00:44:28.96
because riches
can be lost overnight.
00:44:29.00\00:44:32.23
So Jesus said in Matthew 6:24,
00:44:32.27\00:44:35.24
"You can't serve
both God and money.
00:44:35.27\00:44:38.81
You can't serve two masters."
00:44:38.84\00:44:41.61
And Paul wrote to Timothy, said,
00:44:41.64\00:44:43.95
"If you desire to be rich,
00:44:43.98\00:44:45.55
you're gonna
fall into temptation."
00:44:45.58\00:44:48.42
And he says, "The love of
money is the root of all evil."
00:44:48.45\00:44:51.89
Money, wealth,
prosperity is a gift from God.
00:44:51.92\00:44:55.79
But the love of money causes us
00:44:55.82\00:44:58.39
to pursue gold
instead of pursuing God."
00:44:58.43\00:45:01.83
Amen.
00:45:01.86\00:45:03.20
Amen.
00:45:03.23\00:45:04.57
Thank you all so
much incredible study.
00:45:04.60\00:45:06.63
Remember my lesson Thursday,
and my name is Jill Morikone.
00:45:06.67\00:45:10.61
My lesson Thursday is Remember
00:45:10.64\00:45:13.98
That You Were a Slave.
00:45:14.01\00:45:15.74
Every saint has a past,
and every sinner has a future.
00:45:15.78\00:45:20.28
Think about Rahab was a harlot,
00:45:20.32\00:45:22.15
yet she became a
forerunner of the Messiah.
00:45:22.18\00:45:25.39
Saul was a murderer, his
name was changed to Paul,
00:45:25.42\00:45:28.69
and he became the
apostle to the Gentiles.
00:45:28.72\00:45:31.36
Ruth was a Moabites, a heathen,
00:45:31.39\00:45:34.30
yet she became part
of the nation of Israel,
00:45:34.33\00:45:37.70
and through her
seed Messiah came.
00:45:37.73\00:45:41.00
Peter swore, David lusted,
00:45:41.04\00:45:44.54
Tamar prostituted,
Jonah ran, Paul murdered,
00:45:44.57\00:45:49.74
and yet God used
each of these in ministry
00:45:49.78\00:45:53.62
as His children to
proclaim His gospel.
00:45:53.65\00:45:57.39
When we look at
remember that you were a slave.
00:45:57.42\00:46:00.26
A few lessons ago,
I had the same lesson,
00:46:00.29\00:46:03.06
remember that you were a slave.
00:46:03.09\00:46:04.83
And I told you if
you watch that lesson,
00:46:04.86\00:46:07.40
I told you I like why questions.
00:46:07.43\00:46:09.26
In that particular
lesson, we looked at
00:46:09.30\00:46:11.70
why they were
brought out of Egypt.
00:46:11.73\00:46:14.47
This lesson
we're going to look at
00:46:14.50\00:46:15.84
why questions again,
00:46:15.87\00:46:17.21
but this will be
why do we forget?
00:46:17.24\00:46:20.48
Deuteronomy 5,
00:46:20.51\00:46:21.84
remember, this is the
heart of the Ten Commandments,
00:46:21.88\00:46:24.41
Fourth Commandment there,
00:46:24.45\00:46:25.78
the re-giving of
the commandments.
00:46:25.81\00:46:27.28
Deuteronomy 5:15.
00:46:27.32\00:46:28.82
We've quoted this many
times this quarter so far.
00:46:28.85\00:46:31.75
"Remember that you were a
slave in the land of Egypt,
00:46:31.79\00:46:34.09
and the Lord your
God brought you out
00:46:34.12\00:46:35.59
from there by a mighty hand,
00:46:35.62\00:46:36.96
by an outstretched arm,
00:46:36.99\00:46:38.49
therefore the Lord
your God commanded you
00:46:38.53\00:46:40.83
to keep the Sabbath day."
00:46:40.86\00:46:43.47
Why do we forget?
00:46:43.50\00:46:44.83
Remember that you were a slave?
00:46:44.87\00:46:46.20
Yeah.
00:46:46.23\00:46:47.57
Why do we forget that?
00:46:47.60\00:46:48.94
Why do we forget
where we came from?
00:46:48.97\00:46:51.71
I would submit to you
there's four reasons we forget.
00:46:51.74\00:46:55.28
The first reason is
found in Deuteronomy 6.
00:46:55.31\00:46:57.25
Turn over to
Deuteronomy Chapter 6,
00:46:57.28\00:46:59.38
we're going to verse 12.
00:46:59.41\00:47:00.95
The context of this,
00:47:00.98\00:47:02.65
this is God
bringing the Israelites
00:47:02.68\00:47:04.49
to the Promised Land.
00:47:04.52\00:47:06.42
And Moses is
telling the people and says,
00:47:06.45\00:47:08.86
"When God brings you
to the Promised Land,
00:47:08.89\00:47:11.03
to cities that you didn't build,
00:47:11.06\00:47:13.33
to beautifully decorated
houses that you didn't decorate,
00:47:13.36\00:47:16.80
to wells that you didn't dig,
00:47:16.83\00:47:19.03
to vineyards and olive
trees that you did not plant,
00:47:19.07\00:47:22.47
when you've eaten and are full."
00:47:22.50\00:47:24.21
Then we read
verse 12, what happens.
00:47:24.24\00:47:26.07
When you've eaten and are full,
00:47:26.11\00:47:27.68
and you're in
this beautiful land
00:47:27.71\00:47:29.04
that God brought you to.
00:47:29.08\00:47:30.75
"Then beware, lest you forget
00:47:30.78\00:47:34.58
the Lord who brought you
out of the land of Egypt,
00:47:34.62\00:47:37.25
from the house of bondage?"
00:47:37.29\00:47:39.75
Why do we forget?
00:47:39.79\00:47:41.12
We forget God when life is easy.
00:47:41.16\00:47:44.69
When it's easy, we
tend to forget God.
00:47:44.73\00:47:47.36
Never rest content
with what you've been given.
00:47:47.40\00:47:50.53
Never think I've arrived.
00:47:50.57\00:47:53.07
Philippians 3, I
love this passage.
00:47:53.10\00:47:55.14
Philippians
3:13-14, Paul speaking,
00:47:55.17\00:47:58.87
he says, "Brethren,
I do not count myself
00:47:58.91\00:48:00.94
to have apprehended,
but this one thing I do,
00:48:00.98\00:48:04.41
forgetting those
things which are behind
00:48:04.45\00:48:06.31
and reaching forward
to those which are before,
00:48:06.35\00:48:09.75
I press toward the goal
00:48:09.78\00:48:11.55
for the prize of
the upward call of God
00:48:11.59\00:48:14.22
in Christ Jesus."
00:48:14.26\00:48:15.79
In the context,
we're looking specifically
00:48:15.82\00:48:17.79
at forgetting the good
that you think you've done.
00:48:17.83\00:48:21.03
But also we can forget
the bad that we've endured.
00:48:21.06\00:48:23.26
We forget the
defeats and the victories.
00:48:23.30\00:48:25.50
We only remember
what He has done.
00:48:25.53\00:48:28.87
So be careful when life is easy,
00:48:28.90\00:48:31.97
that you do not forget
where God has brought you.
00:48:32.01\00:48:35.88
Takeaway number two,
00:48:35.91\00:48:37.35
we're going to
Deuteronomy 15:15.
00:48:37.38\00:48:41.08
Deuteronomy 15:15.
00:48:41.12\00:48:42.75
This is the second
reason why we forget.
00:48:42.78\00:48:46.89
Now the context of this is,
00:48:46.92\00:48:48.26
of course, owning
slaves or servants.
00:48:48.29\00:48:52.33
Now, the
regulation, the commandment,
00:48:52.36\00:48:56.40
though, whatever
the word is the...
00:48:56.43\00:48:58.13
Statute.
00:48:58.17\00:48:59.50
Statute,
whatever, that they had,
00:48:59.53\00:49:02.14
if they owned a slave,
00:49:02.17\00:49:03.51
if they owned a Hebrew
man or woman for six years,
00:49:03.54\00:49:06.11
what happened on
the seventh year,
00:49:06.14\00:49:07.51
they set them free.
00:49:07.54\00:49:10.28
And the Word of God said,
00:49:10.31\00:49:11.88
"Do not send them empty,
00:49:11.91\00:49:14.32
supply them with
whatever the Lord
00:49:14.35\00:49:16.75
has blessed you with."
00:49:16.79\00:49:18.55
Now we come to verse 15.
00:49:18.59\00:49:20.99
"You shall remember
00:49:21.02\00:49:22.36
that you were a
slave in the land of Egypt,
00:49:22.39\00:49:24.93
and the Lord
your God redeemed you,
00:49:24.96\00:49:27.90
therefore I command
you this thing today."
00:49:27.93\00:49:32.33
We forget God when we think
00:49:32.37\00:49:34.54
we're better than other people.
00:49:34.57\00:49:36.97
That is what was
happening in this context.
00:49:37.01\00:49:39.81
They forgot that
they used to be slaves.
00:49:39.84\00:49:41.84
And then when they're seeking
00:49:41.88\00:49:43.65
to set a slave
or a servant free,
00:49:43.68\00:49:45.91
they don't even
give them any blessings
00:49:45.95\00:49:48.08
or give them anything
when they set them free.
00:49:48.12\00:49:49.98
They forgot
where they came from.
00:49:50.02\00:49:52.65
We forget God
00:49:52.69\00:49:54.02
when we think we are
better than other people.
00:49:54.06\00:49:57.26
The same thing we
see in Deuteronomy 24.
00:49:57.29\00:50:00.13
This is same
concept we forget God
00:50:00.16\00:50:02.23
when we think we're
better than other people.
00:50:02.26\00:50:03.60
Deuteronomy 24:17-18,
00:50:03.63\00:50:07.00
"You shall not pervert justice
00:50:07.04\00:50:09.24
to the stranger
or the fatherless,
00:50:09.27\00:50:11.61
nor take a widow's
garment as a pledge."
00:50:11.64\00:50:13.68
Why?
00:50:13.71\00:50:15.04
"Because you shall remember
that you were a slave in Egypt,
00:50:15.08\00:50:18.11
and the Lord your God
redeemed you from there,
00:50:18.15\00:50:20.35
therefore I command
you to do this thing."
00:50:20.38\00:50:24.09
2 Corinthians, Paul tells
us in 2 Corinthians 10:12,
00:50:24.12\00:50:27.29
"We dare not class
ourselves or compare ourselves
00:50:27.32\00:50:29.76
with those who
commend themselves.
00:50:29.79\00:50:32.43
But they, measuring
themselves by themselves,
00:50:32.46\00:50:34.86
and comparing themselves
among themselves are not wise."
00:50:34.90\00:50:39.43
It's a dangerous thing
00:50:39.47\00:50:40.80
when we start looking
around at other people.
00:50:40.84\00:50:42.40
It's a dangerous
thing when we start thinking
00:50:42.44\00:50:44.27
I'm spiritually superior,
00:50:44.31\00:50:45.97
or spiritually
even on the same plane
00:50:46.01\00:50:48.61
with another person.
00:50:48.64\00:50:49.98
It's a dangerous thing
00:50:50.01\00:50:51.35
when we forget
where God brought us from,
00:50:51.38\00:50:54.42
and the pit of
hell where we came from.
00:50:54.45\00:50:58.45
Let's look at the next
verse, Deuteronomy 16:3.
00:50:58.49\00:51:02.82
This is the third
reason why we forget.
00:51:02.86\00:51:06.73
Now this is in the context
of observing the Passover,
00:51:06.76\00:51:09.73
on the yearly basis.
00:51:09.76\00:51:11.13
Deuteronomy 16:3,
00:51:11.17\00:51:12.67
"You shall eat no
leavened bread with it,
00:51:12.70\00:51:17.07
seven days you shall eat
unleavened bread with it,
00:51:17.11\00:51:19.37
that is, the
bread of affliction,
00:51:19.41\00:51:21.31
for you came out of
the land of Egypt in haste,
00:51:21.34\00:51:23.78
that you may remember the day
00:51:23.81\00:51:25.55
in which you came
out of the land of Egypt
00:51:25.58\00:51:28.25
all the days of your life."
00:51:28.28\00:51:31.42
Why do we forget?
00:51:31.45\00:51:32.79
We forget God
when life becomes busy,
00:51:32.82\00:51:36.46
and we need constant
reminders of where we came from.
00:51:36.49\00:51:40.90
The Passover was a constant,
every time they celebrated it,
00:51:40.93\00:51:44.33
it reminded them
00:51:44.37\00:51:45.70
that God
delivered them from Egypt,
00:51:45.73\00:51:47.34
that God redeemed them.
00:51:47.37\00:51:48.84
You know, sometimes
this is telling myself,
00:51:48.87\00:51:51.51
but when one of my
friend's birthday comes up,
00:51:51.54\00:51:55.01
it reminds me how
blessed I am to have them
00:51:55.04\00:51:57.95
in their life, in my life.
00:51:57.98\00:51:59.58
Sometimes I get busy,
00:51:59.61\00:52:01.35
and maybe I take
people for granted.
00:52:01.38\00:52:03.18
You forget how
much people mean to you,
00:52:03.22\00:52:05.22
you forget to express that
00:52:05.25\00:52:07.69
and when their
birthday comes up,
00:52:07.72\00:52:09.06
or a special celebration,
00:52:09.09\00:52:10.89
I'm reminded of that friendship.
00:52:10.93\00:52:14.06
So we need to have
reminders of where we came from.
00:52:14.10\00:52:18.00
And the Sabbath
is a weekly reminder
00:52:18.03\00:52:20.27
that we were redeemed
from the land of Egypt.
00:52:20.30\00:52:23.91
Reminder number four, why?
00:52:23.94\00:52:27.18
Why do we forget?
00:52:27.21\00:52:28.54
Here's reason number
four, we're going to Ephesians.
00:52:28.58\00:52:30.18
Pastor James was in Ephesians 2,
00:52:30.21\00:52:31.71
we're going there.
00:52:31.75\00:52:33.08
We're going to pick up verse 8,
I think he finished in verse 7.
00:52:33.11\00:52:35.42
So we're going to
pick up in verse 8,
00:52:35.45\00:52:36.79
we've read this before,
00:52:36.82\00:52:38.49
"By grace you have
been saved through faith,
00:52:38.52\00:52:40.96
and that not of yourselves,
it's the gift of God,
00:52:40.99\00:52:43.09
not of works, lest
anyone should boast.
00:52:43.12\00:52:45.26
For we are His workmanship,
00:52:45.29\00:52:46.63
created in Christ
Jesus for good works,
00:52:46.66\00:52:48.66
which God prepared beforehand
that we should walk in them."
00:52:48.70\00:52:51.70
Now we're going to keep reading.
00:52:51.73\00:52:53.80
"Therefore remember that you,
00:52:53.84\00:52:57.41
once Gentiles in the flesh,
00:52:57.44\00:53:00.38
who are called Uncircumcision
00:53:00.41\00:53:02.48
by what is
called the Circumcision
00:53:02.51\00:53:04.18
made in the flesh by hands,
00:53:04.21\00:53:05.98
that at that time
you were without Christ,
00:53:06.01\00:53:09.12
being aliens from the
commonwealth of Israel
00:53:09.15\00:53:12.32
and strangers from
the covenant of promise,
00:53:12.35\00:53:15.89
having no hope and
without God in the world."
00:53:15.92\00:53:18.99
Verse 13, "But
now in Christ Jesus
00:53:19.03\00:53:22.83
you who once were far off
00:53:22.86\00:53:24.97
have been brought near
by the blood of Christ."
00:53:25.00\00:53:28.44
We forget God,
00:53:28.47\00:53:29.80
when we forget
where we came from.
00:53:29.84\00:53:31.77
Now this, of course,
is referring to Gentiles,
00:53:31.81\00:53:34.38
but they forgot
where they came from.
00:53:34.41\00:53:35.88
They forgot
00:53:35.91\00:53:37.25
that they were not
children of the promise
00:53:37.28\00:53:38.61
that they were not God's people,
00:53:38.65\00:53:40.25
and they forgot
where they came from.
00:53:40.28\00:53:42.32
We forget God,
00:53:42.35\00:53:43.69
when we forget
where we came from.
00:53:43.72\00:53:45.05
Yes.
00:53:45.09\00:53:46.42
Where did you come from?
00:53:46.45\00:53:47.79
I don't know about you,
00:53:47.82\00:53:49.16
but I came from a
place steeped in sin,
00:53:49.19\00:53:50.53
a place of
addiction and God reached down
00:53:50.56\00:53:52.69
and said, I can deliver you.
00:53:52.73\00:53:55.30
So do not forget where
God has brought you from.
00:53:55.33\00:53:59.13
And how do we remember?
00:53:59.17\00:54:00.87
We remember by looking to Jesus,
00:54:00.90\00:54:03.77
more than we
look to other people.
00:54:03.81\00:54:05.37
Amen.
00:54:05.41\00:54:06.74
2 Corinthians 3:18,
"We all with opened face,
00:54:06.78\00:54:09.01
beholding as in a
glass the glory of the Lord,
00:54:09.04\00:54:11.68
are being
transformed into the same image
00:54:11.71\00:54:14.02
from glory to glory."
00:54:14.05\00:54:15.55
So we remember
by looking to Jesus
00:54:15.58\00:54:18.39
more than we look
around us to other people.
00:54:18.42\00:54:20.89
We remember by
thinking about others
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more than we
think about ourselves.
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Philippians Chapter 2,
that incredible passage about
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not doing anything through
selfish ambition or conceit,
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but esteeming other people
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as better than ourselves.
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And finally, we remember
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by remembering
what He's done for us,
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instead of spending our time
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focused and
worrying on the future.
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We remember how
He's led us in the past
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that gives us
hope and confidence,
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knowing that He will
be with us in the future.
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Psalm 103:2, "Bless
the Lord, O my soul,
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and do not forget
all His benefits."
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So remember what
God has done for you,
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His promises, His
death and resurrection,
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His soon return and His mercy
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and unfailing
love and deliverance.
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Amen. Praise the Lord.
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Oh, so I'm gonna
encourage those of you at home.
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Remember, do not
forget what's been said here
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and all the notes that
you've been taking down,
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so you can go back
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and study a little more on this.
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You're going to be just
blessed again and again.
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We're gonna have
some thoughts here just,
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you know, a couple minutes here.
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So, Brother
James, what do you have?
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Concerning the
days that are passed,
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Remember that the gospel
and the law are together.
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Remember that our past,
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our failures magnify
God's goodness and grace
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and delivering
us from that past.
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Amen.
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That's right. Good.
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Take heed, lest you forget.
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Jeremiah 29:12-13.
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I love the promises here.
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"Then you will call upon
Me and go and pray to Me,
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and I will listen to you.
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And you will
seek Me and find Me,
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when you search for
Me with all your heart."
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Oh, there it is.
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My thought is that
when you're eating full,
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it reminds me of
the Laodicean Church
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that ways, oh, we are
rich and in need of nothing.
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And when really
Christ tells them,
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hey, you are wretched,
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you are miserable, you are poor,
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you're blind, you're naked.
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Remember, that
we always need God,
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never become self-sufficient.
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Amen.
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Thursday, we talked about
remember that you were a slave,
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remember where you came from.
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Don't forget where
God brought you from
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and don't forget whose you are.
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That's who you belong
to the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Amen. Amen.
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Today another just lesson
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that's just indelibly
on my heart and in my mind,
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I want to keep it there.
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And I pray that you do too.
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You know,
remember, do not forget,
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we're remembering the rainbow,
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we did concerning the
days that our pastor went down.
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Take heed lest, you forget,
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eaten and full and
remember you were slave.
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We can just
remember those things.
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And the things that were said
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it will be a
real blessing to us.
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I know in the coming days
and months that lie ahead.
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Again, we're glad that
you have joined us today.
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You stayed right with us.
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I know that the Holy Spirit
did some wonderful things.
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I want to just
read a quick thing here
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in Patriarchs and Prophets 106.
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It says, "It was God's purpose,"
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notice this,
"that as the children
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after the generation should
ask the meaning of the glorious,
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glorious arch
that spans the heaven,
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their parents should
repeat the story of the flood,
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and I will test it,
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and it will
testify of divine love."
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We need that, we
need a testimony, right?
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When He's something
written in the heavens.
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Praise God for that.
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I want to make sure
and just join us next week.
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We're going to
talk about Deuteronomy
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in the later writings.
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Now I know you
don't want to miss that,
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gonna be lesson number 11.
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So be prepared for
that. God bless you.
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We love you and
we'll see you next time.
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Amen.
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