Hello, friends, welcome back
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to the second hour
of Thursday Night Live.
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No, the rapture
didn't take place.
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We don't believe in the rapture.
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We just had a complete change.
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We added two
people subtracted three.
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You go and to do the math.
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But I have to
my right, Ryan Day.
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Good to have you, Ryan.
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It's a blessing to be here.
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Right across to me,
my good old brother,
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Kenny Shelton.
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Always good to be here.
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And we have a Bible
topic for the second hour.
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I know that many of you
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have been sending
in prayer requests,
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we'll talk about those
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and surely have prayer
before the program is done.
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Prayer is always important.
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Matter of fact,
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we had the privilege of
talking about that today
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and won't go into that too much.
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But we've been talking
about a number of things.
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I know you saw the
first hour of the program.
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But if you don't
have your Bibles now,
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this will be a good
time to get your Bibles out,
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because we're going
to talk about something
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that every government has,
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whether they like
to admit it or not,
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they have law.
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And God's
government is not exempt
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when it comes to that,
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yet for some reason,
in the Christian world,
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millions of people have
been taught that somehow,
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God is the only government
that doesn't need a law,
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and just to make that clear,
He nailed it to the cross.
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But we'll find out
that that is not true.
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In fact, we're gonna
make sure that you understand
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the most beautiful government
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is God's
government and you know what?
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He doesn't have to force His law
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because it is kept out of hearts
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that are converted,
hearts that love Him.
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So we're going
to talk about that.
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Ryan, what do you
say as we lead to this?
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Give some foundation.
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We're not going to go
into right away but...
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Yeah, absolutely.
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You know, it's such, you
know, there may be someone
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watching right
now that's saying,
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Oh, another law topic
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another, another
Bible study on the law.
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And the reason why I kind of,
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you know, be facetious
a little bit about that
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is because I've had
people that say that to me,
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but you know, it's amazing.
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I sit in my office
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day in and day
out and I get emails,
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I get phone calls
from people all the time.
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And a large portion
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of those emails and phone calls,
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Brother Kenny, is
it's about the law.
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And people are
asking, they're wondering,
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and then there's those people
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who just want to
simply make a statement,
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because they're fully convinced,
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the law was nailed to the cross,
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that's done away with.
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We're Christians that
are not under the law.
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You know, we're under grace.
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You know, Jesus is
the end of the law,
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as you know, they take out
of context there, Romans 10.
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So this is a subject
that to me it never gets old.
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It's always present truth.
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It's something
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that always
needs to be amplified.
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Maybe because
there's some people
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that didn't hear it
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and we know that
somebody watching tonight,
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or maybe if you're on radio,
like my wife works for radio,
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sure it reminds me to
say listening audience also.
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So you may be
driving and listening
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or whatever audio device.
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But yes, this is a topic
that every time we talk about,
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someone new gets to be
a part of the audience.
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Kenny, what do
you think about that?
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I'm agreeing with everything
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because people
will be tuning in,
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there will be new
ones all the time.
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And many times this
message has been talked about,
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still yet, as you
mentioned, Brother Ryan,
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people are not
quite getting it just yet.
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And I believe
we're repeating it,
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praying for the
power of the Holy Spirit
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to come into the heart,
in the mind, in the life.
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This is the
foundation of God's government.
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This is part of the
job that God has given us
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the Seventh-day Adventists
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to go into all the world
and to preach this message,
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calling people
back to the law of God.
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So and, you know,
it needs to go forward
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because again new people,
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and I believe
there's going to be
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some tonight
will hear and listen
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and they're going
to accept and say,
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I've never heard that before.
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Absolutely. Absolutely.
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It's a good subject.
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Amen. It's an excellent subject.
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And we also have
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just before we
get into our topic,
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we have some roles.
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A while ago, Danny Shelton,
when I say we have some roles,
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not dinner rolls.
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Those of you that are
having dinner right now
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because somebody
somewhere in the world
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is having dinner.
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That's right. But
we have some roles.
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You may remember that
Danny Shelton extended
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a challenge for people to
put together Jesus loves me
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and, Ryan, did you do yours yet?
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I have not. I haven't either.
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And we are right
here in the house
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and people from
all over the world
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are submitting
Jesus loves me roles.
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And so right now,
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we're going to go
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to a couple of
actually four roles.
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And I wanna go
ahead and lead into them.
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Wow!
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This is a very, Tsikirai Family.
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They're going to be
doing one on Jesus loves me.
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Then another one by,
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it's called divine
grace by Ange also,
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unique names
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but also their
rendition of Jesus loves me.
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And then Tamariki Footsteps
Christian Community Preschool,
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preschool children,
that's gonna be nice.
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Also Jesus loves me,
and then the Francis Trio,
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also the song Jesus loves me.
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So sit back and enjoy
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these multiple
renditions of Jesus loves me,
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then right after
that we're going to dive
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into the topic, the law of God.
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Amen.
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Jesus, Jesus, Jesus
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Jesus Jesus loves me
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This I know
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For the Bible tells me so
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Little ones to Him belong
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They are weak, but He is strong
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Yes, Jesus loves me
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Yes, Jesus loves me
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Yes, Jesus loves me
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The Bible tells me so
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Jesus loves me, this I know
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For the Bible tells me so
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Little ones to Him belong
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They are weak, but He is strong
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Yes, Jesus loves me
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Yes, Jesus loves me
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Yes, Jesus loves me
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The Bible tells me so
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Jesus loves me, this I know
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For the Bible tells me so
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Little ones to Him belong
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They are weak, but He is strong
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Yes, Jesus loves me
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Yes, Jesus loves me
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Yes, Jesus loves me
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The Bible tells me so
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Yes, Jesus loves me
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The Bible tells me so
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Jesus loves me, this I know
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For the Bible tells me so
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Little ones to Him belong
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They are weak, but He is strong
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Yes, Jesus loves me
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Yes, Jesus loves me
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Yes, Jesus loves me
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The Bible tells me so
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Jesus loves me, He who died
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Heaven's gate to open wide
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He will wash away my sin
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Let His little child come in
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Yes, Jesus loves me
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Yes, Jesus loves me
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Yes, Jesus loves me
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The Bible tells me so
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Yes, Jesus loves me
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Yes, Jesus loves me
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Yes, Jesus loves me
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The Bible tells me so
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The Bible tells me so.
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Wow!
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I think that would be
what the term is interesting.
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Interesting. Very diverse.
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We heard different languages.
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But bless her little
heart, she was praising Jesus.
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And that little
girl is the only one
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that can pull off that
style of music on 3ABN.
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Yes, Jesus loves
me, that's the message
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that we don't
want you to forget.
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And we live in
a diverse culture,
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diverse society.
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So, let
everything that had breath,
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praise the Lord.
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Amen. That's right.
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Well, we're going to
have a word of prayer
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before we go into the
topic on the law of God.
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I think it's always important
to open the Word of God.
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Not that we don't have
these things in our heart,
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but it's always better
to trust the Spirit of God
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as He leads us.
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Ryan, would you
have prayer for us?
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Absolutely.
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Our Father in heaven,
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Lord, we are so
blessed to be here
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tonight during this
time, doing what we're doing.
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There's not a
moment that goes by, Lord,
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that we should not count
it as precious, precious time.
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And, Lord, as we
take this opportunity
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to open Your Word to,
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to just dive into
the bread of life,
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Lord, may You nourish us.
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Amen.
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May You fill us up
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and may You help
us here on this panel
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to be completely in parallel
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and in harmony
with Your thinking,
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Your thoughts, Your
ideas, Lord, Your truth,
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and may be a
blessing to someone,
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wherever they
are around the world.
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Give us Your Holy
Spirit we ask right now,
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in Jesus' name, amen.
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Amen. Amen.
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Thank you so much.
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Good to have you
guys. We're like a...
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We're a team.
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We missed you last time,
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but I'm glad
you're here tonight.
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Thank you. Yes.
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And we have the
professor who's been around...
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That's right.
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You know, we're not
going chronological here.
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If we did that,
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Ryan will still be
the new kid on the block.
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Still new, that's right.
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But that's okay,
he knows his Bible.
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We're glad to have you all here.
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Just before I
throw the topic to you,
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what I'd like us
to talk about tonight
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and two things I'll
come at the angle of
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is the perpetuity
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and the
immutability of God's law.
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Perpetuity, meaning, it's fixed.
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It doesn't have a maturity date.
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God's law
doesn't become God's law
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the moment it,
the moment He existed,
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His law existed.
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Because there are
those who say, well,
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it didn't exist
until He wrote it down.
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Well, you know, there
are rules and regulations
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that some family members have
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and because the
children won't follow them,
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they said, I'm
going to write these down
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and put them right
above your bed head,
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so when you wake
up in the morning,
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you could see it.
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Since you don't
want to listen to me,
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maybe if you read it every day,
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you'll remember
what I told you last week
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and the week before
that, and the week before that.
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So the law of God is
as eternal as God is,
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the perpetuity of it,
also the immutability of it.
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It cannot be changed.
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I am the Lord, I change not.
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I'm the same, together,
yesterday, today and forever.
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So God's law is, it
has an immutability to it.
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It never changes.
God doesn't change.
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The law doesn't change.
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God is eternal,
the law is eternal.
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But there are those of you,
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and Ryan alluded
to this that said,
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Well, something was
nailed to the cross.
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We are not under some law.
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We are not on the
law, but on the grace.
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What law is the
Bible talking about?
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So I'm gonna go and
throw it to our panelists.
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I'll begin with,
begin with you, Ryan.
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Yeah, absolutely.
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I think you kind
of set the foundation
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really nicely earlier in
using the term government.
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Governments are
governed by laws,
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and the kingdom of
God is no different.
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In fact, the law of
God predates as you said,
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since God has existed, right?
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So even before
this earth was created,
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even before Adam and Eve,
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the very first beings
were placed upon this earth,
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there has been a law of
God and we can prove that.
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Let's go to Ezekiel Chapter 28.
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And I'm going to kind of take
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a little
non-traditional approach
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in launching us
into this conversation.
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I want to kind of
go back to the origin,
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because I was told years ago
and it's always stuck with me.
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If you really want to
know the truth about something,
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then, you know, chase it or
trace it back to its origin,
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find the absolute
oldest possible origin of this,
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and then trace it back to that.
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So I want to go back
to the kingdom of God,
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where I believe we see evidence
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that there was a law
that existed in heaven,
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before this earth,
before Adam and Eve.
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And we're going
to find some evidence
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here in Ezekiel Chapter 28.
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Of course, this is referring
to the rebellion of Lucifer,
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of course, and we see here,
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I'm going to start
reading in verse 14.
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Now, there's a lot to be
said here in this chapter.
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But for sake of time,
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I'm going to jump into verse 14,
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and this is God speaking.
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And He's talking about Lucifer,
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that perfect,
beautiful angel of light.
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So we have to realize
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God didn't create a devil, okay?
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It's not like when He created
Lucifer in the beginning,
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that He just created
him as this evil devil.
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He created him as a beautiful,
perfect angel of life.
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And in and of
himself, that is Lucifer,
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he became a devil.
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He became an enemy of God.
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And we're going
to see this here,
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God is speaking, verse 14.
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Notice what He says.
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He says, "You
were," speaking of Lucifer,
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"you were the
anointed cherub who covers."
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Now a lot of people
aren't going to understand that
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Pastor Lomacang, Pastor Kenny,
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unless they, unless they've had
some exposure to the sanctuary.
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Because when you think of
those two covering cherubs,
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you get into
the Most Holy Place,
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you're there at the heaven,
get this, Ark of the Covenant.
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And on top of that mercy
seat is the covering cherubs.
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And, of course, that
was a replica or a model
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of what was in
the Most Holy Place
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of the heavenly sanctuary,
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which is why when
you go over to Hebrews 8,
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you know, Paul has
told, you know, excuse me,
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probably Paul's writing there,
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and he's referencing
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when Moses was
shown up on Mount Sinai,
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he was given kind
of a vision, an idea
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of kind of what
the heavenly sanctuary
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might have looked
like in a smaller frame
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and God said, "Look, this is,
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I want you to go
build me a miniature model."
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So when God is
speaking here in Ezekiel 28:14,
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"You were the
anointed cherub who covers."
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There were two
covering cherubs in heaven.
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And one of those
two covering cherubs
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originally was Lucifer.
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He was a very high-ranking angel
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with a lot of
authority, very much respected.
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And notice what
God says about him.
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He says, "You were
the anointed cherub
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who covers,
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I established you,
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you were on the
holy mountain of God,
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you walked back and forth
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in the midst of
the fiery stones."
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All of this language
here is in association
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with the very
closeness of God's presence.
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He was literally right
there in God's presence.
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And then notice what
it says here in verse 15.
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He says, "You
were," notice this,
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"You were
perfect in all your ways
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from the day you
were created till,"
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what came into the picture?
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Iniquity.
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"Till iniquity
was found in you."
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Now what is iniquity?
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Iniquity is sin.
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And if we go to the Scripture
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and allow the Scripture
to identify or define for us,
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Brother Kenny, what sin is.
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1 John 3:4 says
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that sin is the
transgression of God's law.
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So here, you know,
I have many friends
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that call me all the time,
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send me emails and
they'll say, you know, hey,
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you believe in the Sabbath,
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you believe in
keeping the commandments
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but yeah, that's a sign I think,
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that's a Moses thing.
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Before that there's no
proof that there was a law.
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But remember in Romans,
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I believe it's Chapter 3 if I'm
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or Chapter 4 actually
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where, I think might
be Chapter 3, Chapter 4,
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I believe where Paul says,
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I think it's
Chapter 4, where Paul says,
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where there is no law,
there is no transgression.
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Okay, in this case,
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because God saw this iniquity...
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Romans 5:13. Romans 5:13.
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I don't know what I said before,
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Romans 5:13,
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where there is no law
there is no transgression.
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So here it is.
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My final point on this part,
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verse 15 here tells us
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that he was perfect
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until iniquity was found in him.
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If iniquity is sin,
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and sin is the
transgression of God's law,
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and where there is no law,
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there is no transgression,
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put all those
puzzle pieces together
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and what do you have?
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There had to have
been a law in heaven.
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And we don't have to,
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we don't have to go
wondering what that law was.
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It is the law of God.
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It's the Ten
Commandments and notice it says,
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he was a covering cherub.
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What are they covering?
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What are they protecting?
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Not God.
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God doesn't need protection.
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God doesn't need establishment,
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which is
essentially what that means.
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They're protecting
and covering the law.
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So Lucifer in heaven,
launched us into this horrible,
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you know, great
controversy battle
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between good and evil,
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you know, righteousness and sin.
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All based on the
fact that he violated,
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he abandoned his post.
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Okay, all right.
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He broke the very
law that he was covering,
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and he sinned and
brought sin into the picture.
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And that's the sanctuary picture
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right there
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because the cherubs that cover,
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they're covering the mercy seat,
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on the inside is the law of God.
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We'll see about
that in just a moment.
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Pastor Kenny?
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Well, maybe just
like to say same approach
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and same message.
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Truth is truth
as you look at it.
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Might just gonna go
back to Book of Genesis,
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and just look, the Bible
talks about Genesis 6:11,
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it just simply says,
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and I think it's
where we're at today
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to where the law of
God needs to be proclaimed,
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programs like
this need to go out
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because the Bible simply said,
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the earth was
corrupt and filled with what?
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Filled with violence.
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So you have to look at corrupt
and you look at violence,
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and is there any transgression
there as we look at God's law.
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Then we can go back and
we can say in Genesis 6:13,
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God said,
because of the corrupt,
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because of the violence,
because of transgression,
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because of what
the people were doing,
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He said, I will destroy what?
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The earth.
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Isn't that
right, the whole earth?
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So we know what seems the
transgression of God's law,
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the penalty is
we realize is death.
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And then we come to the point
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I believe in the hour of
earth's history right now,
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where I'm looking at
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and I believe it's on
my heart in Psalms 119:126.
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I think it's closer
than we think, Pastor.
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I think it's closer, it
said, you know, is that verse 1,
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was it 1:25, 1:26?
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It is time for Lord to
work for they have made what?
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Void died law.
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It's time for thee to work.
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We're looking at the world,
we're looking at violence,
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we're looking at crime,
we're looking at things going.
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Again, these are
just evidences of things
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that tell me that we
need, as I mentioned,
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we need programs just like this.
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Because people are
doing their own thing,
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they're disobeying
that which God has laid out.
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If we obeyed God's law,
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I wonder how much of this stuff
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would be going on
in the world today.
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This just bring
me to the point here
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when I think about when...
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This was David, right?
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When David was writing this.
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He was so concerned
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about the condition of the earth
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and the world in his day.
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He was, he was so
concerned about it,
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that He was crying out to
God, they've made void Your law.
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He was scared
00:20:47.14\00:20:48.48
that God was
just going to let them
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His mercy go and He's
just and just and just,
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you know, completely withdraw,
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yeah, completely withdraw
as it were from the earth.
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And so he began to
pray from his soul,
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which I believe
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that God's people
need to be doing right now.
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We need to be on
our knees seeking God,
00:21:00.59\00:21:02.29
praying like we've
never prayed before
00:21:02.32\00:21:04.59
because God's Spirit
00:21:04.63\00:21:06.56
is getting ready
to leave this world.
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We already know it's
gradually being withdrawn
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because of what's
going on in the world.
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And I'm so very grateful thing
we saw about the law of God,
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pastor brought it up,
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we're talking about the
law as eternal as God's throne.
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It's there forever.
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That remind me
of this just quick
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and then we can come back
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to some other
things a little bit later.
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The passage
everybody, you memorized, right?
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Wouldn't you, in John
3:16, what does it say?
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"For God so loved," what?
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"The world that He gave
His only begotten Son," right?
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"Whosoever believes in Him
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should not
perish but have, " what?
00:21:37.56\00:21:39.19
"Everlasting life."
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And I said, for God so...
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What? He so.
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That right
there is so much proof
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that the law of God
could not be done away with.
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It could be Jesus
wouldn't have to come,
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would He not?
00:21:51.14\00:21:52.47
So I'm looking at here.
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Could the law
have been abolished
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and could have sin
had been disposed of,
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Christ need not
come and died on Calvary.
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If I had nothing
else to throw out there,
00:22:01.78\00:22:03.79
and which we have a
lot, usually we'll know,
00:22:03.82\00:22:05.99
you can go on and on
scripture, that would be,
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I'm going to
say this for myself,
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this would be enough
for me to convince me.
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Okay.
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This would convince me.
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Calvary tells me
00:22:15.16\00:22:16.50
that the law
cannot be done away with.
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That's right, Brother.
00:22:18.60\00:22:19.93
Jesus came and paid the penalty,
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the only one that could do it.
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Christ must come,
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Christ must die
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to satisfy the
claims of God's law or what?
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Or the world
would have perished.
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Make sense to me, I
hope it makes sense to you.
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Not only does it make sense,
00:22:38.02\00:22:39.35
but why would I have to die
if I could just change the law?
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See.
00:22:43.26\00:22:44.59
If I could just change the
law, I don't even have to die.
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If I could change
the demands of the law,
00:22:47.60\00:22:50.20
it's like if a police stop you,
00:22:50.23\00:22:51.70
you say, officer
could we discuss this.
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We just change the speed limit
you and I to 95 miles an hour
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and then that means
you could let me go.
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No, no, he might
look at you and say,
00:23:01.04\00:23:03.85
could you step out?
00:23:03.88\00:23:05.21
I want to do a
breathalyzer on you
00:23:05.25\00:23:07.45
or could you walk
that straight line?
00:23:07.48\00:23:09.58
And that's the
same thing I think
00:23:09.62\00:23:10.99
that sometimes
heaven might feel,
00:23:11.02\00:23:12.95
they want to do a
straight-line test,
00:23:12.99\00:23:15.56
and you know that
men's paths are crooked.
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But going back to
the government concept,
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Isaiah 9:6, the Bible says,
"For unto us a child is born,
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unto us a son is given
00:23:24.93\00:23:26.27
and the government
will be upon his shoulder."
00:23:26.30\00:23:30.31
Government, what
government do you know.
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If you could send us an
email about a government, now,
00:23:32.11\00:23:34.74
it may be a terrible society.
00:23:34.78\00:23:37.01
But somewhere in
all that corruption,
00:23:37.05\00:23:39.05
you'll find a law,
00:23:39.08\00:23:40.42
although maybe
heavily transgressed,
00:23:40.45\00:23:42.55
even the people
working for the system
00:23:42.58\00:23:44.92
because you have corrupt people
working for the legal system.
00:23:44.95\00:23:48.92
You have people
taking money under the table.
00:23:48.96\00:23:50.93
And they, when they
get caught, they get...
00:23:50.96\00:23:53.86
What's the word
convicted by their own laws,
00:23:53.90\00:23:56.36
they make them
and they break them.
00:23:56.40\00:23:58.10
But here's the
condition of the world.
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Isaiah 24:5.
00:23:59.50\00:24:01.80
Why is the world the way it is?
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And, Pastor Kenny,
you talked about this.
00:24:03.20\00:24:05.44
You alluded to it.
00:24:05.47\00:24:07.28
Isaiah 24:5,
00:24:07.31\00:24:09.64
the Bible says the
earth is also defiled
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under its inhabitants.
00:24:13.11\00:24:14.45
Yes. Why?
00:24:14.48\00:24:15.82
Because they have
transgressed the laws,
00:24:15.85\00:24:19.95
changed the ordinance,
00:24:19.99\00:24:21.96
broken the what
kind of covenant?
00:24:21.99\00:24:24.29
Everlasting covenant.
00:24:24.33\00:24:26.93
What covenant?
00:24:26.96\00:24:28.30
The covenant the Lord put
in our hearts and our minds,
00:24:28.33\00:24:31.30
where Hebrews 10:16,
00:24:31.33\00:24:33.00
He put the laws in our minds
and wrote them on our hearts.
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And some people say I'm
a New Testament Christian,
00:24:36.17\00:24:37.87
I'm gonna throw at you
in just a moment, Ryan.
00:24:37.91\00:24:39.37
Because you were there,
00:24:39.41\00:24:40.74
you on the other
side of the coin.
00:24:40.78\00:24:42.44
And a lot of people say, "Well,
I'm a New Testament Christian.
00:24:42.48\00:24:44.61
We are no longer under the law,
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but under grace."
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I'll add one more
thing before we transition.
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Let's go to Matthew 5:17.
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We're going to talk
about the immutability
00:24:51.65\00:24:53.29
of the law of God.
00:24:53.32\00:24:54.79
The immutability,
meaning it cannot be changed.
00:24:54.82\00:24:57.19
It is just as
permanent as God is.
00:24:57.23\00:25:00.06
And Jesus made it very clear,
00:25:00.10\00:25:02.96
because people even
some of the Jews thought
00:25:03.00\00:25:07.34
maybe He's going to do it now.
00:25:07.37\00:25:09.04
So He cleared up
the possible confusion
00:25:09.07\00:25:12.64
with these
phrases, with these words.
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Matthew 5:17 to 19, he says,
00:25:15.01\00:25:19.71
"Do not think, "
what's the three words?
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It says, if the thoughts
going to enter your mind, stop.
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"Do not think that I
came to destroy the law."
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Okay, so let's pause.
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Did He come to
destroy the law, Ryan?
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No. Okay.
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Should you even think He did?
00:25:32.43\00:25:33.76
No, because He just said not to.
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Not to think, okay. Good.
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And so, Kenny, did
Jesus come to destroy the law?
00:25:37.50\00:25:39.43
Oh, absolutely not.
00:25:39.47\00:25:40.80
But what happens if
you start thinking He did?
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What did He say?
00:25:42.44\00:25:44.91
Don't even think about it.
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But there are Christians
when the Lord is saying,
00:25:46.54\00:25:49.04
"Don't even think about it,"
00:25:49.08\00:25:51.15
not only have some
clergy thought about it,
00:25:51.18\00:25:54.02
but they tell their members
opposite to what Jesus said.
00:25:54.05\00:25:57.72
Let's continue on
the words of Christ,
00:25:57.75\00:26:00.26
do not think that I
came to destroy the law
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or the prophets,
00:26:03.12\00:26:04.46
the Old Testament
writers from the Pentateuch
00:26:04.49\00:26:06.03
all the way
through the minor prophets,
00:26:06.06\00:26:07.93
major prophets.
00:26:07.96\00:26:09.30
And the list goes on and
on, all the way to Malachi.
00:26:09.33\00:26:10.97
He said, I didn't come
to destroy any of that.
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And now we're going to
read Isaiah 42:21 just a moment,
00:26:14.14\00:26:16.91
but He says, "For
assuredly I say to you."
00:26:16.94\00:26:20.14
Now we're going to talk
about the perpetuity of it.
00:26:20.18\00:26:23.51
"For I say to you,
00:26:23.55\00:26:24.98
till heaven and earth pass away,
00:26:25.01\00:26:27.28
one jot or one
tittle will by no means,
00:26:27.32\00:26:30.29
pass from the law,
00:26:30.32\00:26:31.85
till all is fulfilled."
00:26:31.89\00:26:33.56
That fulfill
part is Isaiah 42:21.
00:26:33.59\00:26:36.12
The Lord will magnify the
law and make it honorable.
00:26:36.16\00:26:39.33
And we know how He magnified
00:26:39.36\00:26:40.70
and I'll get to
that in just a moment.
00:26:40.73\00:26:42.33
Now, here's the
warning, verse 19.
00:26:42.36\00:26:45.37
"Whoever therefore breaks
00:26:45.40\00:26:47.07
one of the least
of these commandments
00:26:47.10\00:26:48.74
and teaches men
00:26:48.77\00:26:50.11
so shall be called least
in the kingdom of heaven.
00:26:50.14\00:26:53.51
But whoever
does and teaches them
00:26:53.54\00:26:55.44
the same shall be called a great
00:26:55.48\00:26:57.61
in the kingdom of heaven."
00:26:57.65\00:26:59.81
So we have, he says,
don't even think about it.
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Don't think about it.
00:27:02.42\00:27:04.65
Don't think about it.
00:27:04.69\00:27:06.02
Okay, Pastor,
00:27:06.05\00:27:07.39
I know some
pastors might be watching
00:27:07.42\00:27:08.76
the program right now in
a different denomination,
00:27:08.79\00:27:10.49
but probably said,
don't think about it.
00:27:10.53\00:27:12.16
That's not why I came.
00:27:12.19\00:27:13.53
That's right.
What did I come for?
00:27:13.56\00:27:15.36
God sent His Son into the world
00:27:15.40\00:27:16.77
not to condemn the world,
00:27:16.80\00:27:18.13
but that the world
through Him might be saved.
00:27:18.17\00:27:19.97
He didn't come to
get rid of anything.
00:27:20.00\00:27:21.90
He came to get rid of sin,
not the law that defines it.
00:27:21.94\00:27:26.11
Pastor, have we heard
just before he does that
00:27:26.14\00:27:27.91
because you said he
would be called the least.
00:27:27.94\00:27:32.21
Pastors have told me
and different ones said,
00:27:32.25\00:27:34.02
"See, they will be there,
00:27:34.05\00:27:35.95
but they're just going
to be called the least."
00:27:35.98\00:27:38.12
Well, I could give you a text.
00:27:38.15\00:27:39.49
Okay. How do we deal with that?
00:27:39.52\00:27:40.86
Well...
00:27:40.89\00:27:42.76
Okay, last one, and
I'll throw back to you.
00:27:42.79\00:27:45.09
Revelation 22:14.
00:27:45.13\00:27:46.96
You can't violate
00:27:47.00\00:27:48.33
the law of God and be in heaven.
00:27:48.36\00:27:49.70
Come on.
00:27:49.73\00:27:51.07
It's not possible. That's right.
00:27:51.10\00:27:52.43
By the way,
we're not just talking
00:27:52.47\00:27:53.80
about the Sabbath,
00:27:53.84\00:27:55.17
we're talking
about Ten Commandments.
00:27:55.20\00:27:56.54
First four in our
relationship to God,
00:27:56.57\00:27:57.91
the last six our
relationship to fellowmen.
00:27:57.94\00:28:00.68
So you can't break any of
them and be in the kingdom.
00:28:00.71\00:28:04.85
Revelation 22:14 and
then, Ryan, you'll transition.
00:28:04.88\00:28:07.18
Sure, sure.
00:28:07.22\00:28:08.82
Go ahead.
00:28:08.85\00:28:10.19
So Revelation 22:14 says,
00:28:10.22\00:28:12.12
"Blessed are those
who do His commandments,
00:28:12.15\00:28:14.86
that they may have
right to the tree of life,
00:28:14.89\00:28:16.22
and may enter
00:28:16.26\00:28:17.59
through the
gates into the city."
00:28:17.63\00:28:18.96
Right.
00:28:18.99\00:28:20.33
So anybody that
consciously violates
00:28:20.36\00:28:21.80
God's law,
00:28:21.83\00:28:24.23
see they're not
going to be in there.
00:28:24.27\00:28:25.77
So now, we live
in a lawless society
00:28:25.80\00:28:28.00
now more than ever before.
00:28:28.04\00:28:29.44
By the way, I want
to add something, Kenny,
00:28:29.47\00:28:31.17
because we talked
about the world today.
00:28:31.21\00:28:33.01
You know, the world
00:28:33.04\00:28:34.38
has never ever
since the entrance of sin,
00:28:34.41\00:28:36.44
the world has never been right.
00:28:36.48\00:28:38.38
Matter of fact, we're getting
to how it was in Noah's day.
00:28:38.41\00:28:41.38
We're not yet how
it was in Noah's day,
00:28:41.42\00:28:43.72
when we get there, it's over.
00:28:43.75\00:28:46.52
We're getting to
how it was in Lot's day.
00:28:46.55\00:28:49.16
You know, all these
things that happen before
00:28:49.19\00:28:50.69
are being repeated.
00:28:50.73\00:28:52.06
So if we think
00:28:52.09\00:28:53.43
that the world
is getting corrupt,
00:28:53.46\00:28:55.63
got a bulletin.
00:28:55.66\00:28:57.00
It's always been corrupt
and no president nor prelate,
00:28:57.03\00:29:00.77
no government can
make the difference.
00:29:00.80\00:29:02.54
The government is on
the shoulder of Christ.
00:29:02.57\00:29:04.04
Ryan? That's right.
00:29:04.07\00:29:05.41
You know, I love you went there.
00:29:05.44\00:29:06.78
I've had people use
that same text with me.
00:29:06.81\00:29:08.74
You know, oh,
they're going to be there
00:29:08.78\00:29:10.11
but and I and,
Pastor, you just read,
00:29:10.15\00:29:11.78
we just read Revelation 22:14,
00:29:11.81\00:29:13.48
another text that comes to mind
00:29:13.52\00:29:14.85
is back to the
Sermon on the Mount.
00:29:14.88\00:29:16.22
That's right.
00:29:16.25\00:29:17.59
In Matthew 7:23,
Jesus says, "Depart from me
00:29:17.62\00:29:19.19
you who practice
lawlessness or iniquity."
00:29:19.22\00:29:23.02
So it's
interesting there that He says,
00:29:23.06\00:29:25.89
He says, I know you
not or I do not know you.
00:29:25.93\00:29:29.86
And what did
Jesus say in John 17?
00:29:29.90\00:29:33.13
John 17:3,"This is eternal
life that they may know you,
00:29:33.17\00:29:38.84
the only true
God and Jesus Christ
00:29:38.87\00:29:40.48
whom Thou send."
00:29:40.51\00:29:41.84
Now go with me
to 1 John Chapter 2.
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1 John Chapter 2.
Verse 3 and 4, right?
00:29:43.35\00:29:45.61
That's right. Verse 3 and 4.
00:29:45.65\00:29:47.65
So 1 John Chapter 2,
00:29:47.68\00:29:49.02
we're going to
read verses 3 and 4.
00:29:49.05\00:29:50.39
And this is powerful,
00:29:50.42\00:29:51.75
because years
ago when I read that,
00:29:51.79\00:29:53.25
you know, Jesus
is clearly talking
00:29:53.29\00:29:54.76
about when He says,
00:29:54.79\00:29:56.12
"Not everyone who says to me,
00:29:56.16\00:29:57.49
Lord, Lord shall
enter the kingdom of heaven,
00:29:57.53\00:29:58.93
but He who does the will
00:29:58.96\00:30:00.30
of my Father
which is in heaven."
00:30:00.33\00:30:01.86
Psalm 40:8 tells us,
00:30:01.90\00:30:04.33
you know, "I
delight to do Thy will,
00:30:04.37\00:30:06.33
O God, Your law
is within my heart."
00:30:06.37\00:30:09.80
Glad that He put it. Amen.
00:30:09.84\00:30:11.17
It's the will of
God that we obey Him
00:30:11.21\00:30:12.54
and keep His commandments.
00:30:12.57\00:30:13.91
But it's interesting
when I read that in Matthew 7,
00:30:13.94\00:30:15.48
you know, "Depart from Me
00:30:15.51\00:30:16.85
you who practice
lawlessness or iniquity,
00:30:16.88\00:30:18.85
I do not know you."
00:30:18.88\00:30:20.22
I remember years ago
00:30:20.25\00:30:21.58
when I was first
learning this message,
00:30:21.62\00:30:22.95
I wasn't even a
Seventh-day Adventist yet.
00:30:22.98\00:30:24.35
I was still going to churches,
00:30:24.39\00:30:26.22
Sunday keeping churches
and still trying to just,
00:30:26.25\00:30:28.89
you know, really
decipher all that I was reading.
00:30:28.92\00:30:31.69
And I remember just
having a precious prayer
00:30:31.73\00:30:33.76
a moment with
the Lord and saying,
00:30:33.80\00:30:35.13
God, I don't want to
be one of these people,
00:30:35.16\00:30:37.13
who thinks I'm
saved but I'm not,
00:30:37.17\00:30:39.10
who shows up on
Judgment Day and at this time,
00:30:39.13\00:30:40.94
I didn't fully
understand judgment
00:30:40.97\00:30:42.30
but I, you know, I
didn't want to show up
00:30:42.34\00:30:43.67
on judgment day
and here You say to me,
00:30:43.71\00:30:45.87
you know, I don't
know You but Jesus,
00:30:45.91\00:30:47.81
I did all these
wonderful things.
00:30:47.84\00:30:49.61
I prayed to You,
I returned tithe,
00:30:49.64\00:30:52.01
I went to church, I
did all these good things,
00:30:52.05\00:30:53.88
you know, start
listing all of our,
00:30:53.92\00:30:55.55
you know, attributes
and all the wonderful things
00:30:55.58\00:30:57.52
you've done with Jesus
only to hear those words,
00:30:57.55\00:30:58.92
I don't know you.
00:30:58.95\00:31:00.29
So I remember
praying and saying,
00:31:00.32\00:31:01.66
"Jesus, how can I
know that I know You?"
00:31:01.69\00:31:05.03
Right. Okay.
00:31:05.06\00:31:06.39
How can I know that I know You?
00:31:06.43\00:31:09.93
1 John Chapter 2.
00:31:09.96\00:31:12.97
And this is what's powerful.
The Bible is very clear.
00:31:13.00\00:31:15.04
If you just allow the
Bible to interpret itself,
00:31:15.07\00:31:17.91
it makes it very
clear 1 John Chapter 2,
00:31:17.94\00:31:20.14
notice starting with verse 3.
00:31:20.18\00:31:22.01
"Now by this, we
know that we know Him
00:31:22.04\00:31:26.11
if we keep His commandments.
00:31:26.15\00:31:29.22
He who says, I know
Him," now this is powerful.
00:31:29.25\00:31:31.45
Come on now.
00:31:31.49\00:31:32.82
"He who says I know Him
00:31:32.85\00:31:34.56
and does not keep His
commandments is a liar
00:31:34.59\00:31:37.89
and the truth is not in him."
00:31:37.93\00:31:39.26
That's pretty heavy.
00:31:39.29\00:31:40.63
That's pretty
straightforward, my friend.
00:31:40.66\00:31:42.00
That's not to say and I love,
00:31:42.03\00:31:43.80
I've heard you
say this many times,
00:31:43.83\00:31:45.17
and it really stuck with me.
00:31:45.20\00:31:46.53
That's not to say
00:31:46.57\00:31:47.90
that the Holy Spirit's
not working on someone.
00:31:47.94\00:31:50.57
But He wants to work in
us and through us, Pastor.
00:31:50.61\00:31:53.88
But He works on us all the time,
00:31:53.91\00:31:55.48
but He wants to work
in us and through us.
00:31:55.51\00:31:57.61
And these people right here
00:31:57.65\00:31:58.98
are not being
worked in or through.
00:31:59.01\00:32:00.92
Either God's working on them,
00:32:00.95\00:32:03.02
but these are people who
have not fully surrendered
00:32:03.05\00:32:05.95
to all of the truth of Lord
00:32:05.99\00:32:07.32
because there's many
Christians and again,
00:32:07.36\00:32:09.66
this is not trying to be
00:32:09.69\00:32:11.09
and I'm trying to
be transparent here
00:32:11.13\00:32:12.46
but respectful.
00:32:12.49\00:32:13.83
This is not to disrespect anyone
00:32:13.86\00:32:15.20
because I used to be
00:32:15.23\00:32:16.56
one of those
Sunday keeping Christians
00:32:16.60\00:32:17.93
who didn't fully
understand the truth.
00:32:17.97\00:32:19.30
I used to be one of
those Christians that
00:32:19.33\00:32:20.74
that believe I was keeping
all of God's commandments
00:32:20.77\00:32:22.70
when really I wasn't.
00:32:22.74\00:32:24.07
But it wasn't until I
got into the Word of God
00:32:24.11\00:32:25.97
and I finally said,
Lord, I'm just going to dump
00:32:26.01\00:32:28.14
and kind of hit
the reset button.
00:32:28.18\00:32:29.51
Ctrl Alt Delete,
00:32:29.54\00:32:31.15
that's what I had
to do, Ctrl Alt Delete,
00:32:31.18\00:32:34.68
empty the trash dump and say,
00:32:34.72\00:32:36.32
"Okay, Lord, I just want
You to teach me from Your Word.
00:32:36.35\00:32:39.12
And when I allowed
God's Word to just speak to me
00:32:39.15\00:32:41.39
and not man's
preconceived ideas,
00:32:41.42\00:32:43.36
and all these other things,
it became very clear, Ryan,
00:32:43.39\00:32:46.19
you're not saved by the law,
00:32:46.23\00:32:49.50
but if you do the
good works of the law,
00:32:49.53\00:32:52.20
it's evidence that you are
00:32:52.23\00:32:53.64
in a saving
relationship with Jesus.
00:32:53.67\00:32:56.00
And I'm not trying to
jump ahead of us but again,
00:32:56.04\00:32:57.67
I wanted to know
Him and God led me
00:32:57.71\00:32:59.84
to that great Ten
Commandments there.
00:32:59.87\00:33:02.48
That's His character.
00:33:02.51\00:33:03.85
And by the way,
let me add something,
00:33:03.88\00:33:05.21
and I'm gonna throw to
you, Kenny, in a minute.
00:33:05.25\00:33:06.58
And when you said do
the good works of the law,
00:33:06.61\00:33:08.32
let's make it
really, really clear.
00:33:08.35\00:33:10.19
When Revelation 22:14 says,
00:33:10.22\00:33:12.12
"For those that do
the commandments of God."
00:33:12.15\00:33:14.32
That word there
do is not an act of,
00:33:14.36\00:33:17.33
aspect of works.
00:33:17.36\00:33:18.69
That's right.
00:33:18.73\00:33:20.06
But it's saying
your life is in harmony.
00:33:20.10\00:33:22.30
Your life is in harmony.
00:33:22.33\00:33:23.67
So the word there do
could be better illustrated
00:33:23.70\00:33:26.63
in the Greek as represent.
00:33:26.67\00:33:29.67
Your life represents those
in harmony with the law of God
00:33:29.70\00:33:32.11
because in fact,
00:33:32.14\00:33:33.48
when you read
the Ten Commandments,
00:33:33.51\00:33:34.84
there's nothing in it to do,
00:33:34.88\00:33:37.25
the only time you find
00:33:37.28\00:33:38.91
the word works in
the Ten Commandments
00:33:38.95\00:33:40.72
where it says, thou
shalt not do any works,
00:33:40.75\00:33:43.18
but the only activity in
the entire Ten Commandments.
00:33:43.22\00:33:47.49
Matter of fact, there are two,
00:33:47.52\00:33:50.73
honor your
father and your mother,
00:33:50.76\00:33:52.09
let that be an
active aspect of your life.
00:33:52.13\00:33:54.96
And remember the
Sabbath to keep it holy.
00:33:55.00\00:33:57.47
The other eight are the attitude
00:33:57.50\00:34:00.74
and the relationship
00:34:00.77\00:34:03.17
we should have with God
and with our other fellowmen.
00:34:03.20\00:34:06.27
But so very good point you made,
00:34:06.31\00:34:08.24
couldn't be there.
00:34:08.28\00:34:09.61
The law of God
00:34:09.64\00:34:11.11
is that standard by
which we will all be judged.
00:34:11.15\00:34:13.21
And thank you
for making it clear
00:34:13.25\00:34:14.58
that we're not saved by it.
00:34:14.62\00:34:16.35
But while we're not
saved by the speed limit...
00:34:16.38\00:34:20.59
I love that. That's good.
00:34:20.62\00:34:21.96
That mean we don't have...
00:34:21.99\00:34:23.32
We might be alive if we
drive in harmony with it.
00:34:23.36\00:34:25.59
All right?
00:34:25.63\00:34:26.96
That's what we're trying to say.
00:34:27.00\00:34:28.33
The speed limit doesn't save us,
00:34:28.36\00:34:30.10
but if we drive
in harmony with it,
00:34:30.13\00:34:31.57
we might stay
alive a lot longer.
00:34:31.60\00:34:33.20
Pastor Kenny?
00:34:33.23\00:34:34.57
Well, you know, you
talk about doers of the word
00:34:34.60\00:34:36.77
and not hearers only,
00:34:36.81\00:34:38.14
but we realize
00:34:38.17\00:34:39.51
there's
something we need to look,
00:34:39.54\00:34:40.88
I think it's Romans 2:13.
00:34:40.91\00:34:42.48
It says that we need
to be doers of the law,
00:34:42.51\00:34:46.28
you know, again, not as a
means of salvation at all.
00:34:46.31\00:34:49.85
The law has its function,
grace has its function.
00:34:49.88\00:34:52.22
Right.
00:34:52.25\00:34:53.59
And Romans 7:7 talks
about here of the moral law.
00:34:53.62\00:34:56.59
There is, we see
a knowledge of what?
00:34:56.62\00:34:59.13
Of sin.
00:34:59.16\00:35:00.50
I thank God for
a knowledge of sin.
00:35:00.53\00:35:03.03
That's what the law is,
00:35:03.06\00:35:04.40
it simply points
out what sin is to me.
00:35:04.43\00:35:07.94
You see, I look at and I say,
whoo, it says, thou shalt not
00:35:07.97\00:35:09.94
or whatever this
is I look at that.
00:35:09.97\00:35:12.07
And there's two things I
think is very interesting
00:35:12.11\00:35:13.78
we're talking about.
00:35:13.81\00:35:15.14
Could I use the word purpose?
00:35:15.18\00:35:16.81
Purpose in the law of God.
00:35:16.85\00:35:18.38
Is it law, that
the law would govern
00:35:18.41\00:35:20.78
in the lives of God's people.
00:35:20.82\00:35:22.78
This was God's plan.
00:35:22.82\00:35:24.19
We put it in our
heart and our mind,
00:35:24.22\00:35:25.55
it would govern our lifestyle,
00:35:25.59\00:35:27.16
it would govern
choices that we would make.
00:35:27.19\00:35:30.76
James 1:25, I'm
gonna read that here.
00:35:30.79\00:35:33.40
I want it to make sense to us.
00:35:33.43\00:35:35.00
James 1:25 says this,
00:35:35.03\00:35:37.30
"But who so
looketh into the," what?
00:35:37.33\00:35:39.17
"Perfect."
00:35:39.20\00:35:40.54
You know, it's
the law of God here,
00:35:40.57\00:35:41.90
notice, it's called the what?
00:35:41.94\00:35:43.61
The perfect.
00:35:43.64\00:35:44.97
Oh, and then it's
called the royal law.
00:35:45.01\00:35:47.38
The law of liberty, James 2:8-9.
00:35:47.41\00:35:49.34
I mean, there's,
00:35:49.38\00:35:50.71
it shows how perfect that it is.
00:35:50.75\00:35:52.41
But it says here, James 1:25,
00:35:52.45\00:35:54.48
"Whosoever looking
00:35:54.52\00:35:55.85
into the
perfect law of liberty,"
00:35:55.88\00:35:57.35
notice this, "and
continue with," what?
00:35:57.39\00:36:00.36
"If you continue there in,
00:36:00.39\00:36:02.06
he being not a forgetful hearer
00:36:02.09\00:36:03.99
but a doer of the work.
00:36:04.03\00:36:06.29
This man shall be
blessed in His deed."
00:36:06.33\00:36:09.43
I thought that's interesting.
00:36:09.46\00:36:10.80
Perfect law of liberty.
00:36:10.83\00:36:12.23
And what it did when
it was given to Israel,
00:36:12.27\00:36:13.60
what did Israel say?
00:36:13.64\00:36:14.97
Whoa!
00:36:15.00\00:36:16.34
Glory, what did
you say we will do?
00:36:16.37\00:36:17.71
That's why I kind of think like,
00:36:17.74\00:36:19.07
well, this is
good, this is liberties.
00:36:19.11\00:36:20.44
Whatever you say,
Lord, is what we'll do.
00:36:20.48\00:36:21.81
I hear people talking
like that all the time.
00:36:21.84\00:36:24.25
Oh, this is wonderful,
that whatever you say,
00:36:24.28\00:36:25.85
Lord, we'll do and turn
around do the exact opposite.
00:36:25.88\00:36:28.58
And they'll turn around and say,
00:36:28.62\00:36:29.95
it's no longer
binding but whatever you say,
00:36:29.98\00:36:31.39
we will do.
00:36:31.42\00:36:32.75
That didn't
quite make sense to me.
00:36:32.79\00:36:34.46
We need to look in
that perfect law of liberty.
00:36:34.49\00:36:37.16
But when we turn away from it,
00:36:37.19\00:36:39.09
we're starting
to look to the world
00:36:39.13\00:36:40.46
and things of the world
we need to be very careful.
00:36:40.50\00:36:42.30
Second reasons about God
given is the purpose of the law.
00:36:42.33\00:36:45.93
Romans 3:20,
00:36:45.97\00:36:47.30
we've already talked about here
00:36:47.34\00:36:48.70
by the law is
the knowledge of sin.
00:36:48.74\00:36:53.31
What the law did.
00:36:53.34\00:36:54.68
We need to hear more about that.
00:36:54.71\00:36:56.78
The knowledge, well,
the knowledge by the law
00:36:56.81\00:36:59.21
is the knowledge of sin,
00:36:59.25\00:37:00.58
so I know what pleases God
00:37:00.62\00:37:02.68
and I know what
doesn't please Him.
00:37:02.72\00:37:04.92
And by the way, Kenny,
I'm glad you brought that up
00:37:04.95\00:37:07.16
by the laws and
knowledge of sin.
00:37:07.19\00:37:08.52
Let's just
consider that for a moment.
00:37:08.56\00:37:09.92
Okay.
00:37:09.96\00:37:11.29
I can guarantee you
00:37:11.33\00:37:12.66
that maybe
99.99999% of those watching
00:37:12.69\00:37:15.33
have a mirror in their house.
00:37:15.36\00:37:16.90
Go ahead. Got a mirror.
00:37:16.93\00:37:18.27
Yeah.
00:37:18.30\00:37:19.63
Now, what if a law
was passed tomorrow,
00:37:19.67\00:37:23.57
an international law
00:37:23.61\00:37:25.24
that if anyone is
caught with a mirror,
00:37:25.27\00:37:27.58
he'll be put to death.
00:37:27.61\00:37:29.48
Just consider this for a moment.
00:37:29.51\00:37:31.55
So somebody will say,
00:37:31.58\00:37:32.91
"Well, how will I know
what I look like from now on?"
00:37:32.95\00:37:36.79
Any reflective device you have
with a mirror or clean glass,
00:37:36.82\00:37:40.99
we're going to have
the sanitation department
00:37:41.02\00:37:42.52
begin in your neighborhood.
00:37:42.56\00:37:43.89
Anyone found with a
mirror will be put to death.
00:37:43.93\00:37:47.06
Will we know what we look like?
00:37:47.10\00:37:48.90
I say, Ryan, tell
me is my hair in place.
00:37:48.93\00:37:51.43
I'll be your
mirror. You'll be my mirror.
00:37:51.47\00:37:52.93
Now, I want you to get this now.
00:37:52.97\00:37:55.34
Without the mirror,
00:37:55.37\00:37:58.07
I have to rely on what Ryan sees
00:37:58.11\00:38:00.38
and Ryan have to
rely on what I see,
00:38:00.41\00:38:02.14
I become his standard,
he becomes my standard.
00:38:02.18\00:38:05.18
You get where
I'm going? Yes, yes.
00:38:05.21\00:38:06.92
When the Bible
refers to the law of God,
00:38:06.95\00:38:08.55
if anyone looketh
00:38:08.58\00:38:09.92
into the perfect law of liberty.
00:38:09.95\00:38:11.42
The law of God is a mirror.
00:38:11.45\00:38:12.92
It doesn't clean your face.
00:38:12.95\00:38:15.02
It says, you
need to be cleaned up
00:38:15.06\00:38:17.19
and the blood of
Jesus does the cleaning.
00:38:17.23\00:38:19.86
The problem is,
let's go to Romans 7:14.
00:38:19.89\00:38:22.13
So if you get rid of the law,
00:38:22.16\00:38:24.17
you might as well
throw away your mirror
00:38:24.20\00:38:26.74
because that's all the law is.
00:38:26.77\00:38:29.07
This is the mirror that says,
00:38:29.10\00:38:30.54
you know, you
really do need a Savior,
00:38:30.57\00:38:32.94
because the
condition of your life
00:38:32.97\00:38:34.71
is not where the
Lord wants you to be.
00:38:34.74\00:38:36.48
And then it
drives you to the Savior.
00:38:36.51\00:38:38.61
The blood of Jesus is
what cleanses us from sin.
00:38:38.65\00:38:41.75
But look at Romans 7:7.
00:38:41.78\00:38:43.12
I wanna just get
a few verses here
00:38:43.15\00:38:44.49
because we want to
see that Paul the Apostle,
00:38:44.52\00:38:46.76
and by the way,
just to put the context,
00:38:46.79\00:38:48.92
this is after Jesus ascended
and went back to heaven.
00:38:48.96\00:38:51.79
That's right. Well.
00:38:51.83\00:38:53.16
Romans 7:7,
00:38:53.19\00:38:54.53
because if I did
away with something
00:38:54.56\00:38:55.90
like many clergy say,
the law was done away with.
00:38:55.93\00:38:58.23
Would I want to do away
00:38:58.27\00:38:59.60
with something
that's good, Ryan?
00:38:59.63\00:39:01.10
Absolutely not.
00:39:01.14\00:39:02.47
Would I want to do away
with something that's wrong?
00:39:02.50\00:39:04.84
Of course, sure, yeah.
00:39:04.87\00:39:06.21
So something's wrong with it.
00:39:06.24\00:39:07.58
Would I want to do away
with something that's sinful?
00:39:07.61\00:39:09.34
Of course.
00:39:09.38\00:39:10.71
Okay, so let's, since
we got that cleared up
00:39:10.75\00:39:12.58
a series of questions, my
panel was right on target.
00:39:12.61\00:39:15.78
Romans 7:7.
00:39:15.82\00:39:17.32
What shall we say then?
00:39:17.35\00:39:19.69
Is the law sin?
00:39:19.72\00:39:22.49
If the answer was yes,
we need to get rid of it.
00:39:22.52\00:39:25.16
What did Paul
say? Come on, say it.
00:39:25.19\00:39:26.56
Strongest language he
uses in all of his writings,
00:39:26.59\00:39:29.26
in the Greek it's a very strong,
00:39:29.30\00:39:31.10
almost offensive
language, but it's not.
00:39:31.13\00:39:33.37
Certainly not he's saying.
00:39:33.40\00:39:34.80
And then he ends it by
saying, on the contrary.
00:39:34.84\00:39:36.71
Yes.
00:39:36.74\00:39:38.07
That mean, don't even go there.
00:39:38.11\00:39:40.01
I would not have known
sin except through the law.
00:39:40.04\00:39:44.71
For I would not
have known covetousness,
00:39:44.75\00:39:47.28
the tenth commandment
unless the law had said,
00:39:47.32\00:39:50.79
"You shall not covet."
00:39:50.82\00:39:52.59
He's referring directly
to the Ten Commandments.
00:39:52.62\00:39:54.72
But now what he's
going to show you,
00:39:54.76\00:39:56.16
look at verse 12.
00:39:56.19\00:39:57.53
You could go through Romans 7.
00:39:57.56\00:39:58.89
Romans 7 is Paul's
after conversion testimony.
00:39:58.93\00:40:02.50
Look at verse 12.
00:40:02.53\00:40:03.87
Therefore he said,
"Therefore the law is holy,
00:40:03.90\00:40:06.97
and the commandment
holy and just and," what?
00:40:07.00\00:40:08.74
"Good."
00:40:08.77\00:40:10.11
Why would you want
to get rid of something
00:40:10.14\00:40:11.47
that's holy, just and good?
00:40:11.51\00:40:13.51
Then he goes on.
00:40:13.54\00:40:14.94
Let's go on further.
00:40:14.98\00:40:16.34
He says in verse 22,
00:40:16.38\00:40:19.11
"For I delight,"
you read Psalm 40:8,
00:40:19.15\00:40:22.85
"For I delight in the law of God
00:40:22.88\00:40:24.85
according to the inward man."
00:40:24.89\00:40:26.76
Now let's go ahead
00:40:26.79\00:40:28.12
and right away
we're going to hit
00:40:28.16\00:40:29.49
the nail on the head.
00:40:29.52\00:40:30.86
What is the problem?
00:40:30.89\00:40:32.23
The problem is not the law.
00:40:32.26\00:40:33.60
Read verse 14, Ryan.
00:40:33.63\00:40:35.76
7:14? Yeah.
00:40:35.80\00:40:37.13
"For we know that
the law is spiritual,
00:40:37.17\00:40:39.23
but I am carnal sold under sin."
00:40:39.27\00:40:41.60
Okay, so here it is.
00:40:41.64\00:40:43.91
Yes. Police stops me.
00:40:43.94\00:40:46.98
Police stops me.
00:40:47.01\00:40:49.34
How fast were you going?
00:40:49.38\00:40:50.95
I don't know.
00:40:50.98\00:40:52.31
I clocked you at 87 in a 65.
00:40:52.35\00:40:54.95
He says, "What's your problem?"
00:40:54.98\00:40:57.39
He didn't say
what's the law's problem?
00:40:57.42\00:40:59.55
Okay.
00:40:59.59\00:41:00.92
The problem today is
00:41:00.96\00:41:02.59
we are instead of saying
something's wrong with us,
00:41:02.62\00:41:04.56
we're saying
something's wrong with the law.
00:41:04.59\00:41:06.96
That's what the royal.
00:41:07.00\00:41:08.33
That's what
ministers are saying,
00:41:08.36\00:41:09.70
something's
wrong with God's law.
00:41:09.73\00:41:11.07
So if we get away
with the speed limit,
00:41:11.10\00:41:12.60
you could live however you want,
00:41:12.63\00:41:14.97
and don't even
have to worry about it
00:41:15.00\00:41:16.34
because the problem is not
you, the problem is the law,
00:41:16.37\00:41:19.91
so He nailed it to the cross.
00:41:19.94\00:41:21.74
So the problem is gone.
00:41:21.78\00:41:23.68
That's what in
essence is being said.
00:41:23.71\00:41:25.51
So we're talking
about it tonight,
00:41:25.55\00:41:26.88
the perpetuity and
the immutability of it,
00:41:26.92\00:41:28.25
Ryan?
00:41:28.28\00:41:29.62
Absolutely. I want to go to...
00:41:29.65\00:41:31.65
I want to go to
Hebrews Chapter 8,
00:41:31.69\00:41:33.02
let's talk about
this new covenant.
00:41:33.05\00:41:34.49
I was on the
phone a few days ago
00:41:34.52\00:41:36.66
with a gentleman he called me.
00:41:36.69\00:41:38.33
Where he was
basically wanting to show me
00:41:38.36\00:41:41.70
that Christ was
the end of the law,
00:41:41.73\00:41:43.50
it was nailed to the cross.
00:41:43.53\00:41:45.23
And that all of those
old Ten Commandment laws
00:41:45.27\00:41:48.00
are done away with and,
00:41:48.04\00:41:49.37
you know, he quoted
all the famous texts,
00:41:49.40\00:41:50.74
you know, I'm not under the law,
00:41:50.77\00:41:52.11
I'm under grace
and all this stuff.
00:41:52.14\00:41:53.48
So Christ have saved me,
He's freed me from the law.
00:41:53.51\00:41:55.91
And it's interesting, I said,
00:41:55.94\00:41:57.28
"Well, so I'm assuming
00:41:57.31\00:41:58.65
you're a New
Testament Christian."
00:41:58.68\00:42:00.55
I said, "And so therefore,
00:42:00.58\00:42:02.18
you're a new
covenant Christian."
00:42:02.22\00:42:03.69
He said, "Right, right."
00:42:03.72\00:42:05.05
I said, "So you're not
an old covenant Christian,
00:42:05.09\00:42:06.72
you are a new
covenant Christian?"
00:42:06.76\00:42:08.09
"Right, right.
00:42:08.12\00:42:09.46
I'm under that new
covenant freed from the law."
00:42:09.49\00:42:11.56
I said, "Okay, let's
go read the new covenant."
00:42:11.59\00:42:14.10
So here it is.
00:42:14.13\00:42:15.46
This is Hebrews 8:10 and onward,
00:42:15.50\00:42:17.63
it's just the repeat
00:42:17.67\00:42:19.00
of what you find in Jeremiah 31,
00:42:19.03\00:42:20.54
which is where the
original record is found.
00:42:20.57\00:42:22.57
But right here it
says in verse 10, it says,
00:42:22.60\00:42:24.31
"For this is the
covenant that I will make
00:42:24.34\00:42:26.21
with the house of Israel
00:42:26.24\00:42:27.58
after those days
saith the Lord, "
00:42:27.61\00:42:28.94
even though it
says house of Israel,
00:42:28.98\00:42:30.31
remember what Paul
writes in Galatians 3?
00:42:30.35\00:42:32.05
We are seed and heirs
00:42:32.08\00:42:33.82
according to the
promise of Abraham's seed.
00:42:33.85\00:42:36.18
We are spiritual Jews,
so the house of Israel,
00:42:36.22\00:42:37.92
that's us, okay?
00:42:37.95\00:42:39.29
Here it is.
00:42:39.32\00:42:40.66
Notice verse 16,
it goes on to say,
00:42:40.69\00:42:42.02
"I will put my
laws in their mind
00:42:42.06\00:42:45.53
and write them in their heart
00:42:45.56\00:42:47.00
and I will be their God
and they shall be my people."
00:42:47.03\00:42:50.47
Where in this so far has it said
00:42:50.50\00:42:52.70
that I'm doing
away with the law?
00:42:52.73\00:42:54.34
I'm canceling it.
00:42:54.37\00:42:55.70
I'm abolishing it.
00:42:55.74\00:42:57.07
It's done away with.
00:42:57.11\00:42:58.44
Doesn't say that there.
00:42:58.47\00:42:59.81
Reiterate that,
go to Hebrews 10:16
00:42:59.84\00:43:01.18
just to reiterate that.
00:43:01.21\00:43:02.54
Hebrews 10:16, good,
good, good, good verse,
00:43:02.58\00:43:04.71
here it is Bible says,
00:43:04.75\00:43:06.31
"This is the covenant
that we'll make with them
00:43:06.35\00:43:07.95
after those
days, saith the Lord,
00:43:07.98\00:43:09.32
"I will put my laws
00:43:09.35\00:43:10.69
in their hearts
and in their minds,
00:43:10.72\00:43:12.09
I will write them."
00:43:12.12\00:43:14.06
So again, God's
not removing the law.
00:43:14.09\00:43:16.06
Why would you want
to remove the mirror?
00:43:16.09\00:43:18.39
There's nothing
wrong with a mirror.
00:43:18.43\00:43:20.33
The problem's with you, right?
00:43:20.36\00:43:21.96
So here it is, again,
the law doesn't save us,
00:43:22.00\00:43:24.37
but it points us
to the Savior, right?
00:43:24.40\00:43:26.33
So here's what's amazing.
00:43:26.37\00:43:27.70
A lot of
Christians tell me, they say,
00:43:27.74\00:43:29.07
"Well, you know, I'm a
new covenant Christian,"
00:43:29.10\00:43:30.71
but yet when you
read that to them,
00:43:30.74\00:43:32.07
it's like, well,
what laws is he putting
00:43:32.11\00:43:33.44
in our heart and mind?
00:43:33.48\00:43:34.81
What law?
00:43:34.84\00:43:36.18
It's not that old covenant law
00:43:36.21\00:43:37.55
in the sense that it's not
that old sacrificial system
00:43:37.58\00:43:39.85
that was known
as the law of Moses.
00:43:39.88\00:43:41.48
But as we've
clearly established here,
00:43:41.52\00:43:43.35
the Ten Commandment
law of God is everlasting.
00:43:43.39\00:43:45.45
He wants the law to
be in our mind and heart
00:43:45.49\00:43:47.49
because He's stamping
His character upon us, right?
00:43:47.52\00:43:51.03
Now here I want to go to
these next few scriptures
00:43:51.06\00:43:52.93
before we close here
00:43:52.96\00:43:54.30
because we have
just a few minutes
00:43:54.33\00:43:55.66
and this might be the
last time I can share this.
00:43:55.70\00:43:57.40
It always amazes me.
00:43:57.43\00:43:59.07
It always amazes
me that Christians
00:43:59.10\00:44:00.50
and I used to be one of them.
00:44:00.54\00:44:02.00
So I'm not just
throwing everyone under the bus.
00:44:02.04\00:44:03.57
I used to be of this mentality.
00:44:03.61\00:44:05.04
But again the idea
00:44:05.07\00:44:06.41
that you know the
law's done away with,
00:44:06.44\00:44:07.78
we don't, we're
free from the law.
00:44:07.81\00:44:09.14
We're not under the law anymore.
00:44:09.18\00:44:10.51
Okay?
00:44:10.55\00:44:11.88
But it's interesting to me
00:44:11.91\00:44:13.25
that when you go
to the prophetic text,
00:44:13.28\00:44:14.62
it's right there in Revelation.
00:44:14.65\00:44:16.58
We see a people,
00:44:16.62\00:44:18.65
a last day people
00:44:18.69\00:44:20.49
prior to the
second coming of Jesus,
00:44:20.52\00:44:22.22
who are a
commandment keeping people.
00:44:22.26\00:44:23.59
Let me show you
00:44:23.63\00:44:24.96
just a couple
of scriptures here.
00:44:24.99\00:44:26.33
We've read them many
times, Revelation Chapter 12,
00:44:26.36\00:44:27.90
notice verse 17.
00:44:27.93\00:44:29.43
And notice how it
started with the dragon,
00:44:29.46\00:44:31.77
we just started this
program with the devil,
00:44:31.80\00:44:33.84
Lucifer in heaven.
00:44:33.87\00:44:35.20
He's covering the
law, he stops covering it,
00:44:35.24\00:44:37.04
he violates God's law
00:44:37.07\00:44:38.64
and he launches us
into this sin problem.
00:44:38.67\00:44:40.68
And you get down here
to the end of the story,
00:44:40.71\00:44:43.01
and he's now
attacking, notice verse 17.
00:44:43.04\00:44:44.88
"And the dragon was
enraged, or wroth, or angry
00:44:44.91\00:44:47.58
with the woman
00:44:47.62\00:44:48.95
and went to make war
with the rest of her offspring
00:44:48.98\00:44:51.02
or the remnant of her seed, "
00:44:51.05\00:44:52.45
which notice, "keep
the commandments of God
00:44:52.49\00:44:54.89
and have the
testimony of Jesus Christ."
00:44:54.92\00:44:56.69
Let me tell you
something, my friends,
00:44:56.73\00:44:58.06
if you don't get anything else
00:44:58.09\00:44:59.43
from this
particular presentation,
00:44:59.46\00:45:00.80
get this, okay.
00:45:00.83\00:45:02.16
We've already clearly
read the scriptures of Jesus,
00:45:02.20\00:45:04.20
the words of Jesus.
00:45:04.23\00:45:05.57
But if the enemy,
00:45:05.60\00:45:07.70
if the enemy is
attacking a people
00:45:07.74\00:45:11.01
that are a
commandment keeping people,
00:45:11.04\00:45:13.31
then they must be
doing something right.
00:45:13.34\00:45:15.91
I mean, I can't
emphasize that enough.
00:45:15.94\00:45:17.81
If the devil has
you where he wants you,
00:45:17.85\00:45:20.48
he's not worried
about you, but he's where,
00:45:20.52\00:45:23.02
he's not worried about
just any old particular woman.
00:45:23.05\00:45:25.82
He's not worried about
00:45:25.85\00:45:27.19
just any old
particular Christian.
00:45:27.22\00:45:28.56
A woman in Bible prophecy
we know represents a church.
00:45:28.59\00:45:31.33
He's worried
about those churchful.
00:45:31.36\00:45:33.29
Brother Kenny.
00:45:33.33\00:45:34.66
That are keeping God's commands.
00:45:34.70\00:45:36.10
Go over a couple
chapters, Revelation 14.
00:45:36.13\00:45:38.40
Revelation 14:12,
got to get this in here.
00:45:38.43\00:45:40.84
Again, this is
00:45:40.87\00:45:42.20
after the three
angels' messages,
00:45:42.24\00:45:43.57
in fact, this is the end
of the three angels' messages.
00:45:43.61\00:45:45.41
The third angel's message
is going to the entire world.
00:45:45.44\00:45:48.31
And notice what this
says about the saints
00:45:48.34\00:45:49.94
who will inherit
the kingdom of God,
00:45:49.98\00:45:51.81
right there in verse 12,
00:45:51.85\00:45:53.18
"Here is the
patience of the saints,
00:45:53.21\00:45:55.48
here are those who
keep the commandments of God
00:45:55.52\00:45:57.89
and the faith of Jesus."
00:45:57.92\00:46:01.22
What is the faith of Jesus?
00:46:01.26\00:46:02.59
It's a people that has patience
00:46:02.62\00:46:04.49
and being obedient
to God's commandments.
00:46:04.53\00:46:07.16
They're not being
obedient to God's commandments,
00:46:07.20\00:46:09.10
because it saves them
or it's their salvation.
00:46:09.13\00:46:12.30
They're being
obedient to God's commandments
00:46:12.33\00:46:14.04
because they are saved
00:46:14.07\00:46:15.64
in a saving
relationship with Him.
00:46:15.67\00:46:17.37
And they're expressing
00:46:17.41\00:46:18.74
their natural,
responsive love to Him,
00:46:18.77\00:46:21.31
"Lord, You died
on the cross for me,
00:46:21.34\00:46:23.45
I will gladly
follow You and obey You
00:46:23.48\00:46:26.11
whatever You tell me to do."
00:46:26.15\00:46:27.48
We'll get a chance
to come back to you,
00:46:27.52\00:46:28.85
but, Kenny, I
think he's preaching?
00:46:28.88\00:46:30.22
Do you think he's
preaching? I think it's good.
00:46:30.25\00:46:31.59
Yeah, whatever it is, I like it.
00:46:31.62\00:46:32.95
I think he's preaching,
00:46:32.99\00:46:34.32
there's
evangelistic series coming up.
00:46:34.36\00:46:35.69
It's all right.
00:46:35.72\00:46:37.06
You know the point is,
this is an exciting point.
00:46:37.09\00:46:38.89
This point is very well
made and I praise the Lord
00:46:38.93\00:46:40.83
that you have a passion for it.
00:46:40.86\00:46:42.40
Because if the
devil could convince you
00:46:42.43\00:46:45.03
that obedience is a bad thing
00:46:45.07\00:46:47.94
and keeping God's law is
something you shouldn't do,
00:46:47.97\00:46:51.34
then he has you exactly
where he wants you to be.
00:46:51.37\00:46:54.28
If a police stops
me for speeding grossly
00:46:54.31\00:46:57.41
and I've been stopped before,
00:46:57.45\00:46:58.78
I'm confessing,
good for the soul,
00:46:58.81\00:47:00.15
hard on the reputation.
00:47:00.18\00:47:01.52
Praise God for His grace.
00:47:01.55\00:47:02.88
I've got stopped by many
police and they let me go,
00:47:02.92\00:47:06.45
not all the time,
00:47:06.49\00:47:07.82
but I've now become
a law-abiding citizen
00:47:07.86\00:47:09.76
with a radar detector.
00:47:09.79\00:47:13.16
Confession is good for the soul.
00:47:13.19\00:47:14.53
Yes.
00:47:14.56\00:47:15.90
But I want to know
that I'm doing right
00:47:15.93\00:47:17.50
when that thing starts
beeping, I still slow down.
00:47:17.53\00:47:20.27
So, because
naturally some people have to
00:47:20.30\00:47:22.30
and this is the law of God.
00:47:22.34\00:47:23.84
When the law of God
starts beeping, pull it back.
00:47:23.87\00:47:28.31
That's right, pull it back.
00:47:28.34\00:47:29.68
There's a warning
00:47:29.71\00:47:31.05
that you're about
to exceed the law.
00:47:31.08\00:47:33.18
That's why I want to go
ahead and hit one of these,
00:47:33.21\00:47:35.28
Romans 8:6-8.
00:47:35.32\00:47:36.65
Let's look at that,
00:47:36.69\00:47:38.02
and I'm gonna throw it
right to you Kenny after this.
00:47:38.05\00:47:39.65
I talked about the problem.
00:47:39.69\00:47:41.02
Paul says, the law is spiritual,
00:47:41.06\00:47:42.69
but I'm carnal.
00:47:42.72\00:47:44.06
So why is there such a...
00:47:44.09\00:47:46.16
Why is it such an
abrasion towards God's law?
00:47:46.19\00:47:50.00
Here's Romans 8:7.
00:47:50.03\00:47:53.44
What it says?
00:47:53.47\00:47:54.97
Because, he answers,
00:47:55.00\00:47:56.71
"Because the carnal mind
is an enmity against God.
00:47:56.74\00:48:03.41
It is not subject
to the law of God,
00:48:03.45\00:48:07.05
nor indeed can be."
00:48:07.08\00:48:09.62
He's saying,
00:48:09.65\00:48:10.99
it's not the God's
mind that the problem is,
00:48:11.02\00:48:13.96
it's not God's law
where the problem is,
00:48:13.99\00:48:16.39
it's your mind, it's
the way you're thinking,
00:48:16.42\00:48:19.69
because you did what
the Lord said, don't do,
00:48:19.73\00:48:21.70
do not think and you went ahead
00:48:21.73\00:48:23.06
and thought about it,
and you got rid of it.
00:48:23.10\00:48:24.77
And He said, "So see,
now your mind is carnal,
00:48:24.80\00:48:26.87
and now you can't
even be subject to My law."
00:48:26.90\00:48:29.70
You don't want to be
because your mind is not right.
00:48:29.74\00:48:32.14
When the mind is
right, the law of God,
00:48:32.17\00:48:34.51
now let's say this
right, is God perfect?
00:48:34.54\00:48:37.15
Of course. Is He loving?
00:48:37.18\00:48:38.71
Absolutely. Is
He long suffering?
00:48:38.75\00:48:40.12
Yes. Is He the all in all?
00:48:40.15\00:48:42.65
Absolutely.
00:48:42.68\00:48:44.02
Can anybody do for
you what God can do?
00:48:44.05\00:48:45.39
No.
00:48:45.42\00:48:46.76
And He says, "If you love
Me, keep My commandments."
00:48:46.79\00:48:48.12
And we say no.
00:48:48.16\00:48:49.79
Who could take second place?
00:48:49.82\00:48:51.96
So the issue here,
00:48:51.99\00:48:53.33
I'm going to give
it to Kenny right now,
00:48:53.36\00:48:54.70
the issue is not God's law,
the issue is the carnal mind.
00:48:54.73\00:48:58.10
And as a man
thinketh, boom, so is he.
00:48:58.13\00:49:00.47
What's in the mind
00:49:00.50\00:49:01.84
is going to be
acted out in the life.
00:49:01.87\00:49:03.20
Amen. Kenny?
00:49:03.24\00:49:04.57
Well, I tell you, we live
00:49:04.61\00:49:05.94
in such a time of
earth's history right now,
00:49:05.97\00:49:07.74
what's being talked
about here is something
00:49:07.78\00:49:09.88
we really need to be focusing on
00:49:09.91\00:49:11.81
because this to me,
00:49:11.85\00:49:13.18
I'm seeing the
three angels' message.
00:49:13.21\00:49:15.18
I'm seeing
Revelation Chapter 14,
00:49:15.22\00:49:17.25
and what God has commissioned us
00:49:17.29\00:49:18.72
as a people to do, you
know, to warn the world.
00:49:18.75\00:49:21.99
And part of that is
remember in Revelation 14, say,
00:49:22.02\00:49:24.66
it says, "Go back to
the one who made," what?
00:49:24.69\00:49:27.43
"Heaven and earth," and
see where you go back to.
00:49:27.46\00:49:28.93
You go back to the commandments,
00:49:28.96\00:49:30.30
you go back to the
seventh day Sabbath,
00:49:30.33\00:49:31.90
you go back to keeping
all the commandments of God.
00:49:31.93\00:49:33.97
Again now as a
means of salvation,
00:49:34.00\00:49:35.37
but by being obedient.
00:49:35.40\00:49:37.27
And so it's very sad today,
00:49:37.31\00:49:38.64
sometimes we hear
many, many people say,
00:49:38.67\00:49:40.24
we want to make it to heaven,
00:49:40.28\00:49:41.61
we don't believe we have to be
00:49:41.64\00:49:42.98
obedient to
everything that Christ said
00:49:43.01\00:49:44.35
because things have changed.
00:49:44.38\00:49:45.71
It's very interesting in Psalms.
00:49:45.75\00:49:47.88
What is it Psalms 19:7, it says,
00:49:47.92\00:49:50.95
"The law of the Lord is," what?
00:49:50.99\00:49:52.79
"The law of the Lord is
perfect because it does, " what?
00:49:52.82\00:49:55.39
"Converts the soul."
00:49:55.42\00:49:56.76
See, I just, you hang
your hat on those things
00:49:56.79\00:49:58.86
what you were
talking about here.
00:49:58.89\00:50:00.23
The law of the Lord is perfect.
00:50:00.26\00:50:01.60
Why would you want to change it?
00:50:01.63\00:50:02.96
You can go
through that whole chapter
00:50:03.00\00:50:04.33
and you just see
00:50:04.37\00:50:05.70
that the
testimonies of the Lord is sure.
00:50:05.73\00:50:07.30
So you wouldn't want to change
anything that's perfect at all.
00:50:07.34\00:50:10.67
And so as we live in this hour,
00:50:10.71\00:50:12.51
as we live in giving of
the three angels' message
00:50:12.54\00:50:14.74
to the world,
00:50:14.78\00:50:16.11
we're going to be
talking about the law of God,
00:50:16.14\00:50:18.51
we're going to be talking
about the commandments of God.
00:50:18.55\00:50:20.45
Why?
00:50:20.48\00:50:21.82
Because the world is
breaking, people say to me,
00:50:21.85\00:50:23.62
why in the world is
all you want to talk
00:50:23.65\00:50:24.99
about the Sabbath?
00:50:25.02\00:50:26.35
Well, that's not all
that we want to talk about
00:50:26.39\00:50:27.99
but because that's the one
00:50:28.02\00:50:29.36
that's being trampled underfoot.
00:50:29.39\00:50:31.26
It's the one the
world doesn't recognize
00:50:31.29\00:50:32.99
because you think,
00:50:33.03\00:50:34.36
you know, that we can
just do nine and it's fine.
00:50:34.40\00:50:37.33
In James 2, isn't that right?
00:50:37.37\00:50:38.70
In James 2:9 and 10,
what does it through 12?
00:50:38.73\00:50:41.54
If you keep any one...
00:50:41.57\00:50:42.90
If you keep, if you're found
in one point you're guilty of,
00:50:42.94\00:50:46.37
of all, so we can't...
00:50:46.41\00:50:47.74
James 2:12.
00:50:47.78\00:50:49.11
Yeah, we can't
offend at all in any point.
00:50:49.14\00:50:51.58
And so, what if everybody
was keeping the Sabbath,
00:50:51.61\00:50:54.75
keeping all but we were,
let's say, the first one?
00:50:54.78\00:50:58.62
Thou shalt have no
other gods before me.
00:50:58.65\00:51:00.32
What do you think
we should focus on?
00:51:00.36\00:51:02.42
The one that
people are breaking,
00:51:02.46\00:51:03.79
or the one that
everybody understands
00:51:03.83\00:51:05.69
and by the grace
of God we're doing.
00:51:05.73\00:51:07.20
When we focus on that first one,
00:51:07.23\00:51:09.03
so we're focusing on the
one that's causing trouble
00:51:09.06\00:51:11.57
and separation you
see, for people who do,
00:51:11.60\00:51:14.87
because they're missing
quite a blessing you see,
00:51:14.90\00:51:17.77
that God wants to give
because He said, He blessed,
00:51:17.81\00:51:20.18
and He's going to
continue to bless His people.
00:51:20.21\00:51:21.54
Yes.
00:51:21.58\00:51:22.91
And it's powerful to think
00:51:22.94\00:51:24.28
that a lot of people
based on what you just said,
00:51:24.31\00:51:26.01
they're going to go to
that Sabbath commandment,
00:51:26.05\00:51:27.75
and they're going
to automatically throw
00:51:27.78\00:51:29.48
the Sabbath, all
the other commandments
00:51:29.52\00:51:31.49
into this one big
gigantic law conversation.
00:51:31.52\00:51:34.96
In other words,
they're going to take
00:51:34.99\00:51:36.32
all those 603 laws that
was in the law of Moses,
00:51:36.36\00:51:38.86
and they're going to throw
00:51:38.89\00:51:40.23
the Ten
Commandments in there with it,
00:51:40.26\00:51:41.60
it's where they get to 613,
00:51:41.63\00:51:42.96
and they're going to
say it's all the law.
00:51:43.00\00:51:44.73
And while there's some truth
to that into a certain extent,
00:51:44.77\00:51:48.20
the Bible makes it very clear
00:51:48.24\00:51:49.57
the distinction
between those two laws.
00:51:49.60\00:51:51.17
And I'm not going to
spend much time on this
00:51:51.21\00:51:52.54
because I know
we're getting down
00:51:52.57\00:51:53.91
to the end of this,
00:51:53.94\00:51:55.28
but I want to make
this very, very clear.
00:51:55.31\00:51:56.64
There are two
different laws in Scripture.
00:51:56.68\00:51:59.11
One is eternal,
one was temporary.
00:51:59.15\00:52:01.58
If you go to Daniel Chapter,
00:52:01.62\00:52:02.95
and I'm just giving
some references here,
00:52:02.98\00:52:04.32
Daniel 9:10 and 11.
00:52:04.35\00:52:06.05
Daniel makes a clear distinction
00:52:06.09\00:52:07.42
between the law of
God and the law of Moses.
00:52:07.46\00:52:10.03
2 Kings 21:8,
00:52:10.06\00:52:11.59
God Himself makes a distinction
00:52:11.63\00:52:12.96
between His law
and the law of Moses.
00:52:12.99\00:52:15.06
So when it says there
in Colossians Chapter 2,
00:52:15.10\00:52:17.07
that the
handwriting of ordinances
00:52:17.10\00:52:18.60
that was against us,
00:52:18.63\00:52:19.97
God's law is not
against us, contrary to us.
00:52:20.00\00:52:23.37
It was taken out of the
way and nailed to the cross,
00:52:23.41\00:52:25.01
Jesus fulfilled
00:52:25.04\00:52:26.37
that Old Testament
sacramental Law of Moses,
00:52:26.41\00:52:29.41
but God's Ten
Commandments, it's forever.
00:52:29.44\00:52:31.25
It's never there. It's forever.
00:52:31.28\00:52:32.61
You know, we also
have some prayer requests
00:52:32.65\00:52:33.98
that were coming in
00:52:34.02\00:52:35.35
from the request
in the first hour.
00:52:35.38\00:52:36.72
I wanna read some of
these and by the way,
00:52:36.75\00:52:38.35
what we need to
do in the future,
00:52:38.39\00:52:39.72
we'd like to
dedicate an entire hour
00:52:39.75\00:52:41.46
to talking about the
difference between the two laws,
00:52:41.49\00:52:44.29
and I want to have
you guys back again,
00:52:44.33\00:52:46.19
because we need to
make that very, very clear.
00:52:46.23\00:52:47.80
Look for a future program.
00:52:47.83\00:52:49.20
I can't tell you when,
00:52:49.23\00:52:50.57
we're going to
spend that entire program
00:52:50.60\00:52:51.93
talking about the
difference between the two laws
00:52:51.97\00:52:54.07
because I believe
many sincere Christians
00:52:54.10\00:52:56.81
do believe that they're all one
00:52:56.84\00:52:58.37
and since Jesus did
nailed a law to the cross,
00:52:58.41\00:53:01.08
they coupled them all together
00:53:01.11\00:53:02.44
and say we're
no longer under law
00:53:02.48\00:53:03.81
but under grace.
00:53:03.85\00:53:05.18
In the family,
Pastor, one of them says
00:53:05.21\00:53:06.55
there's one of them
00:53:06.58\00:53:07.92
that cannot make
a person perfect.
00:53:07.95\00:53:09.28
That's right. And that's...
00:53:09.32\00:53:10.65
So we're looking to one
that can make a person perfect.
00:53:10.69\00:53:12.02
The law of the Lord
is perfect. Yes, right.
00:53:12.05\00:53:14.76
Don't forget that point now,
00:53:14.79\00:53:16.12
because I'm going to
call you back on that.
00:53:16.16\00:53:17.49
Hebrews 9:9, that's
right. That's right.
00:53:17.53\00:53:18.86
Here we have
some prayer requests,
00:53:18.89\00:53:20.23
and I want to go ahead
00:53:20.26\00:53:21.60
and honor those
who sent them in.
00:53:21.63\00:53:22.96
One says, "Please pray for me.
00:53:23.00\00:53:24.33
I feel like I'm being
tormented by evil spirits.
00:53:24.37\00:53:26.37
I'm often confused
when I try to read the Bible
00:53:26.40\00:53:28.70
and I try to
understand more about God.
00:53:28.74\00:53:30.74
I don't want to
live like this anymore.
00:53:30.77\00:53:32.27
And I want to
understand about God."
00:53:32.31\00:53:34.84
We have to definitely,
00:53:34.88\00:53:36.21
we are going to have a
word of prayer tonight.
00:53:36.24\00:53:37.58
Someone said it very nice.
00:53:37.61\00:53:38.95
Yvonne, you're not here
00:53:38.98\00:53:40.32
but a lady by the
name of Eileen said,
00:53:40.35\00:53:42.12
"Tell Yvonne, I love
her. She's a beautiful lady.
00:53:42.15\00:53:44.62
I wish I had a
beautiful heart that she does."
00:53:44.65\00:53:46.79
And I can tell you,
Yvonne has a beautiful heart.
00:53:46.82\00:53:50.03
You know, wonderful lady.
00:53:50.06\00:53:51.39
Another has a prayer request
00:53:51.43\00:53:53.66
for her left
shoulder and for her family.
00:53:53.70\00:53:57.27
We definitely
want to remember that
00:53:57.30\00:53:59.60
and, wow, dear lady says,
00:53:59.63\00:54:02.14
"Now I'd like to
live to get to this point.
00:54:02.17\00:54:04.07
I'm almost 90,
00:54:04.11\00:54:05.81
a lifetime
Seventh-day Adventist.
00:54:05.84\00:54:07.51
3ABN is the
only channel I watch.
00:54:07.54\00:54:09.58
I love it. Very inspiring.
00:54:09.61\00:54:11.45
It gives me
spiritual affirmation.
00:54:11.48\00:54:14.22
I love the crew
that you got now.
00:54:14.25\00:54:16.85
Jill and Greg are amazing.
00:54:16.89\00:54:18.22
I love them."
00:54:18.25\00:54:19.59
And we love our
pastors here too.
00:54:19.62\00:54:21.52
So praise the Lord for
that. Another one here.
00:54:21.56\00:54:25.13
John asked for a special prayer
of blessing and protection
00:54:25.16\00:54:28.20
for his family.
00:54:28.23\00:54:30.60
Surely.
00:54:30.63\00:54:31.97
And another one
here, I'll read it along.
00:54:32.00\00:54:34.50
"My name is Christopher.
00:54:34.54\00:54:36.14
I'm 37 and I'm
in Papua New Guinea.
00:54:36.17\00:54:38.77
I'm a great follower of 3ABN,
00:54:38.81\00:54:40.14
I watch 3ABN
programs over television,
00:54:40.18\00:54:41.78
every word shared in
the program is awesome
00:54:41.81\00:54:44.05
and I really love
in the glory of God.
00:54:44.08\00:54:46.08
I'm not a perfect person."
00:54:46.11\00:54:47.45
Hey, meet three
imperfect people too.
00:54:47.48\00:54:49.68
"I've gone
through many ups and downs
00:54:49.72\00:54:51.15
and I'm struggling with my life
00:54:51.19\00:54:52.79
as I believe God
has purposed for me.
00:54:52.82\00:54:54.82
Assist with prayer,
00:54:54.86\00:54:56.19
as I have been out of a
job and also kids in school
00:54:56.22\00:54:58.09
and having problem
00:54:58.13\00:54:59.46
with home mortgages in the area.
00:54:59.49\00:55:01.23
I trust in God and believe
00:55:01.26\00:55:02.60
Jesus will get me out of these.
00:55:02.63\00:55:04.63
And I have cast all
my burdens on the Lord."
00:55:04.67\00:55:07.84
And just before this last one,
00:55:07.87\00:55:09.37
I want to publicly just
ask for prayer for my wife.
00:55:09.40\00:55:13.48
You know, keep
her in your prayers.
00:55:13.51\00:55:15.64
My wife is,
00:55:15.68\00:55:17.78
has some health
challenges briefly.
00:55:17.81\00:55:20.92
But the Lord is on her side.
00:55:20.95\00:55:22.98
And I'm on her side.
00:55:23.02\00:55:24.69
And she's going to be just well,
00:55:24.72\00:55:26.05
but many people have
sent us emails and phone calls
00:55:26.09\00:55:28.66
and what's going on.
00:55:28.69\00:55:30.26
And I just want you to know
that the Lord is with my wife.
00:55:30.29\00:55:32.89
Nothing life
threatening so, no cancer,
00:55:32.93\00:55:35.30
none of those types of things,
00:55:35.33\00:55:36.67
but anytime we face a challenge
00:55:36.70\00:55:38.03
many people pray for
prayer and ask request.
00:55:38.07\00:55:41.04
I'm requesting
one for my wife also.
00:55:41.07\00:55:43.44
And this is a very
legitimate question.
00:55:43.47\00:55:45.71
"What do you think
about the protests and rioting
00:55:45.74\00:55:47.88
going on regarding the
shooting and racial injustice?
00:55:47.91\00:55:50.51
How should I feel about it?"
00:55:50.55\00:55:52.01
Let me tell you
something right now.
00:55:52.05\00:55:53.85
We have a lot of
things in America
00:55:53.88\00:55:55.22
that need to be corrected,
00:55:55.25\00:55:56.58
but it can't be
done with rioting
00:55:56.62\00:55:59.29
and killing and shooting,
00:55:59.32\00:56:00.99
and both sides of that
scale need to be balanced.
00:56:01.02\00:56:03.86
There are police officers
00:56:03.89\00:56:05.59
that are not in
harmony with everything.
00:56:05.63\00:56:07.43
There are police officers
that are good individuals.
00:56:07.46\00:56:09.83
On the other side
there are peaceful protesters
00:56:09.86\00:56:12.03
and there are those who
are protesting illegally
00:56:12.07\00:56:14.07
and doing horrible things.
00:56:14.10\00:56:15.70
Right now, this is the
hour to look unto Jesus,
00:56:15.74\00:56:18.31
the author and
finisher of our faith.
00:56:18.34\00:56:20.44
And so right now we
may go out with prayer.
00:56:20.48\00:56:23.24
Pastor Kenny, would you
pray if we go all the way out,
00:56:23.28\00:56:25.78
just want you to know
we thank you for tuning in.
00:56:25.81\00:56:27.42
But we're going
to go now and pray
00:56:27.45\00:56:29.62
as we go out of
the program tonight.
00:56:29.65\00:56:31.09
Pastor Kenny,
can you pray for us?
00:56:31.12\00:56:32.45
Loving Father in heaven,
00:56:32.49\00:56:33.82
truly we thank
You for Your grace,
00:56:33.86\00:56:35.19
Your mercy, long suffering.
00:56:35.22\00:56:36.56
Lord, we want to lift up
00:56:36.59\00:56:37.93
those who want a
new heart tonight.
00:56:37.96\00:56:39.29
We want to lift up
00:56:39.33\00:56:40.66
that one who
has pain in the arm.
00:56:40.70\00:56:42.03
We want to lift up
all the 3ABN viewers
00:56:42.06\00:56:43.40
and the families
00:56:43.43\00:56:44.77
and everyone who's having
00:56:44.80\00:56:46.53
mental, physical,
spiritual problem,
00:56:46.57\00:56:48.10
we lift them,
00:56:48.14\00:56:49.47
we bring to You to
the throne room of God.
00:56:49.50\00:56:51.61
Pastor John's wife
which may in special way
00:56:51.64\00:56:53.41
be with each one we pray,
00:56:53.44\00:56:54.84
those who have
made decisions tonight,
00:56:54.88\00:56:56.28
those who will
continue to make decisions
00:56:56.31\00:56:58.11
that Your Holy Spirit lead,
guide and direct in each heart,
00:56:58.15\00:56:59.98
in each life.
00:57:00.02\00:57:01.35
Lord we give You praise,
00:57:01.38\00:57:02.72
give You honor
and give You glory
00:57:02.75\00:57:04.09
because You set upon the throne,
00:57:04.12\00:57:05.45
You rule the universe.
00:57:05.49\00:57:06.82
You said, I will come again.
00:57:06.86\00:57:08.19
In Jesus' name, amen.
00:57:08.22\00:57:10.03
God bless until
we see you again.
00:57:10.06\00:57:11.59
Amen.
00:57:11.63\00:57:12.96