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Series Code: TDYL
Program Code: TDYL200029B
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00:11 Hello, friends, welcome back
00:12 to the second hour of Thursday Night Live. 00:16 No, the rapture didn't take place. 00:17 We don't believe in the rapture. 00:19 We just had a complete change. 00:21 We added two people subtracted three. 00:25 You go and to do the math. 00:26 But I have to my right, Ryan Day. 00:29 Good to have you, Ryan. 00:30 It's a blessing to be here. 00:31 Right across to me, my good old brother, 00:33 Kenny Shelton. 00:34 Always good to be here. 00:36 And we have a Bible topic for the second hour. 00:40 I know that many of you 00:41 have been sending in prayer requests, 00:42 we'll talk about those 00:44 and surely have prayer before the program is done. 00:46 Prayer is always important. 00:47 Matter of fact, 00:49 we had the privilege of talking about that today 00:51 and won't go into that too much. 00:52 But we've been talking about a number of things. 00:54 I know you saw the first hour of the program. 00:57 But if you don't have your Bibles now, 00:58 this will be a good time to get your Bibles out, 01:01 because we're going to talk about something 01:02 that every government has, 01:05 whether they like to admit it or not, 01:07 they have law. 01:09 And God's government is not exempt 01:11 when it comes to that, 01:12 yet for some reason, in the Christian world, 01:15 millions of people have been taught that somehow, 01:18 God is the only government that doesn't need a law, 01:21 and just to make that clear, He nailed it to the cross. 01:25 But we'll find out that that is not true. 01:27 In fact, we're gonna make sure that you understand 01:29 the most beautiful government 01:31 is God's government and you know what? 01:33 He doesn't have to force His law 01:36 because it is kept out of hearts 01:37 that are converted, hearts that love Him. 01:40 So we're going to talk about that. 01:42 Ryan, what do you say as we lead to this? 01:43 Give some foundation. 01:45 We're not going to go into right away but... 01:46 Yeah, absolutely. 01:47 You know, it's such, you know, there may be someone 01:49 watching right now that's saying, 01:50 Oh, another law topic 01:52 another, another Bible study on the law. 01:54 And the reason why I kind of, 01:55 you know, be facetious a little bit about that 01:57 is because I've had people that say that to me, 01:59 but you know, it's amazing. 02:00 I sit in my office 02:03 day in and day out and I get emails, 02:04 I get phone calls from people all the time. 02:08 And a large portion 02:10 of those emails and phone calls, 02:11 Brother Kenny, is it's about the law. 02:13 And people are asking, they're wondering, 02:16 and then there's those people 02:17 who just want to simply make a statement, 02:18 because they're fully convinced, 02:20 the law was nailed to the cross, 02:21 that's done away with. 02:23 We're Christians that are not under the law. 02:24 You know, we're under grace. 02:26 You know, Jesus is the end of the law, 02:28 as you know, they take out of context there, Romans 10. 02:31 So this is a subject that to me it never gets old. 02:34 It's always present truth. 02:35 It's something 02:37 that always needs to be amplified. 02:38 Maybe because there's some people 02:40 that didn't hear it 02:41 and we know that somebody watching tonight, 02:42 or maybe if you're on radio, like my wife works for radio, 02:44 sure it reminds me to say listening audience also. 02:47 So you may be driving and listening 02:49 or whatever audio device. 02:51 But yes, this is a topic that every time we talk about, 02:54 someone new gets to be a part of the audience. 02:57 Kenny, what do you think about that? 02:59 I'm agreeing with everything 03:00 because people will be tuning in, 03:02 there will be new ones all the time. 03:04 And many times this message has been talked about, 03:08 still yet, as you mentioned, Brother Ryan, 03:09 people are not quite getting it just yet. 03:12 And I believe we're repeating it, 03:14 praying for the power of the Holy Spirit 03:16 to come into the heart, in the mind, in the life. 03:18 This is the foundation of God's government. 03:21 This is part of the job that God has given us 03:24 the Seventh-day Adventists 03:25 to go into all the world and to preach this message, 03:29 calling people back to the law of God. 03:31 So and, you know, it needs to go forward 03:34 because again new people, 03:35 and I believe there's going to be 03:36 some tonight will hear and listen 03:38 and they're going to accept and say, 03:39 I've never heard that before. 03:40 Absolutely. Absolutely. 03:42 It's a good subject. 03:43 Amen. It's an excellent subject. 03:44 And we also have 03:46 just before we get into our topic, 03:49 we have some roles. 03:51 A while ago, Danny Shelton, when I say we have some roles, 03:54 not dinner rolls. 03:57 Those of you that are having dinner right now 03:59 because somebody somewhere in the world 04:00 is having dinner. 04:02 That's right. But we have some roles. 04:03 You may remember that Danny Shelton extended 04:06 a challenge for people to put together Jesus loves me 04:10 and, Ryan, did you do yours yet? 04:12 I have not. I haven't either. 04:14 And we are right here in the house 04:16 and people from all over the world 04:18 are submitting Jesus loves me roles. 04:21 And so right now, 04:22 we're going to go 04:24 to a couple of actually four roles. 04:26 And I wanna go ahead and lead into them. 04:28 Wow! 04:30 This is a very, Tsikirai Family. 04:34 They're going to be doing one on Jesus loves me. 04:38 Then another one by, 04:40 it's called divine grace by Ange also, 04:44 unique names 04:45 but also their rendition of Jesus loves me. 04:49 And then Tamariki Footsteps Christian Community Preschool, 04:53 preschool children, that's gonna be nice. 04:56 Also Jesus loves me, and then the Francis Trio, 05:01 also the song Jesus loves me. 05:02 So sit back and enjoy 05:05 these multiple renditions of Jesus loves me, 05:07 then right after that we're going to dive 05:09 into the topic, the law of God. 05:11 Amen. 05:13 Jesus, Jesus, Jesus 05:17 Jesus Jesus loves me 05:24 This I know 05:26 For the Bible tells me so 05:30 Little ones to Him belong 05:34 They are weak, but He is strong 05:38 Yes, Jesus loves me 05:42 Yes, Jesus loves me 05:46 Yes, Jesus loves me 05:49 The Bible tells me so 06:04 Jesus loves me, this I know 06:09 For the Bible tells me so 06:14 Little ones to Him belong 06:19 They are weak, but He is strong 06:24 Yes, Jesus loves me 06:29 Yes, Jesus loves me 06:33 Yes, Jesus loves me 06:38 The Bible tells me so 06:44 Jesus loves me, this I know 06:49 For the Bible tells me so 06:53 Little ones to Him belong 06:57 They are weak, but He is strong 07:01 Yes, Jesus loves me 07:06 Yes, Jesus loves me 07:10 Yes, Jesus loves me 07:14 The Bible tells me so 07:52 Yes, Jesus loves me 07:57 The Bible tells me so 08:06 Jesus loves me, this I know 08:11 For the Bible tells me so 08:15 Little ones to Him belong 08:20 They are weak, but He is strong 08:27 Yes, Jesus loves me 08:32 Yes, Jesus loves me 08:37 Yes, Jesus loves me 08:41 The Bible tells me so 08:46 Jesus loves me, He who died 08:50 Heaven's gate to open wide 08:55 He will wash away my sin 08:59 Let His little child come in 09:07 Yes, Jesus loves me 09:12 Yes, Jesus loves me 09:16 Yes, Jesus loves me 09:20 The Bible tells me so 09:44 Yes, Jesus loves me 09:48 Yes, Jesus loves me 09:53 Yes, Jesus loves me 09:57 The Bible tells me so 10:02 The Bible tells me so. 10:08 Wow! 10:09 I think that would be what the term is interesting. 10:13 Interesting. Very diverse. 10:14 We heard different languages. 10:16 But bless her little heart, she was praising Jesus. 10:19 And that little girl is the only one 10:20 that can pull off that style of music on 3ABN. 10:24 Yes, Jesus loves me, that's the message 10:26 that we don't want you to forget. 10:28 And we live in a diverse culture, 10:29 diverse society. 10:31 So, let everything that had breath, 10:32 praise the Lord. 10:33 Amen. That's right. 10:35 Well, we're going to have a word of prayer 10:36 before we go into the topic on the law of God. 10:38 I think it's always important to open the Word of God. 10:41 Not that we don't have these things in our heart, 10:44 but it's always better to trust the Spirit of God 10:46 as He leads us. 10:47 Ryan, would you have prayer for us? 10:49 Absolutely. 10:50 Our Father in heaven, 10:51 Lord, we are so blessed to be here 10:54 tonight during this time, doing what we're doing. 10:59 There's not a moment that goes by, Lord, 11:01 that we should not count it as precious, precious time. 11:04 And, Lord, as we take this opportunity 11:07 to open Your Word to, 11:10 to just dive into the bread of life, 11:13 Lord, may You nourish us. 11:14 Amen. 11:16 May You fill us up 11:17 and may You help us here on this panel 11:19 to be completely in parallel 11:22 and in harmony with Your thinking, 11:24 Your thoughts, Your ideas, Lord, Your truth, 11:27 and may be a blessing to someone, 11:29 wherever they are around the world. 11:32 Give us Your Holy Spirit we ask right now, 11:34 in Jesus' name, amen. 11:36 Amen. Amen. 11:38 Thank you so much. 11:40 Good to have you guys. We're like a... 11:41 We're a team. 11:42 We missed you last time, 11:44 but I'm glad you're here tonight. 11:45 Thank you. Yes. 11:46 And we have the professor who's been around... 11:50 That's right. 11:51 You know, we're not going chronological here. 11:53 If we did that, 11:55 Ryan will still be the new kid on the block. 11:56 Still new, that's right. 11:58 But that's okay, he knows his Bible. 11:59 We're glad to have you all here. 12:01 Just before I throw the topic to you, 12:03 what I'd like us to talk about tonight 12:05 and two things I'll come at the angle of 12:08 is the perpetuity 12:10 and the immutability of God's law. 12:13 Perpetuity, meaning, it's fixed. 12:15 It doesn't have a maturity date. 12:17 God's law doesn't become God's law 12:19 the moment it, the moment He existed, 12:23 His law existed. 12:24 Because there are those who say, well, 12:26 it didn't exist until He wrote it down. 12:28 Well, you know, there are rules and regulations 12:30 that some family members have 12:31 and because the children won't follow them, 12:33 they said, I'm going to write these down 12:35 and put them right above your bed head, 12:37 so when you wake up in the morning, 12:38 you could see it. 12:39 Since you don't want to listen to me, 12:41 maybe if you read it every day, 12:42 you'll remember what I told you last week 12:44 and the week before that, and the week before that. 12:46 So the law of God is as eternal as God is, 12:50 the perpetuity of it, also the immutability of it. 12:55 It cannot be changed. 12:57 I am the Lord, I change not. 12:58 I'm the same, together, yesterday, today and forever. 13:02 So God's law is, it has an immutability to it. 13:06 It never changes. God doesn't change. 13:08 The law doesn't change. 13:09 God is eternal, the law is eternal. 13:12 But there are those of you, 13:13 and Ryan alluded to this that said, 13:14 Well, something was nailed to the cross. 13:17 We are not under some law. 13:19 We are not on the law, but on the grace. 13:20 What law is the Bible talking about? 13:22 So I'm gonna go and throw it to our panelists. 13:23 I'll begin with, begin with you, Ryan. 13:25 Yeah, absolutely. 13:27 I think you kind of set the foundation 13:29 really nicely earlier in using the term government. 13:35 Governments are governed by laws, 13:39 and the kingdom of God is no different. 13:42 In fact, the law of God predates as you said, 13:45 since God has existed, right? 13:47 So even before this earth was created, 13:49 even before Adam and Eve, 13:50 the very first beings were placed upon this earth, 13:53 there has been a law of God and we can prove that. 13:55 Let's go to Ezekiel Chapter 28. 13:56 And I'm going to kind of take 13:58 a little non-traditional approach 13:59 in launching us into this conversation. 14:01 I want to kind of go back to the origin, 14:03 because I was told years ago and it's always stuck with me. 14:06 If you really want to know the truth about something, 14:08 then, you know, chase it or trace it back to its origin, 14:13 find the absolute oldest possible origin of this, 14:16 and then trace it back to that. 14:17 So I want to go back to the kingdom of God, 14:20 where I believe we see evidence 14:22 that there was a law that existed in heaven, 14:24 before this earth, before Adam and Eve. 14:27 And we're going to find some evidence 14:28 here in Ezekiel Chapter 28. 14:30 Of course, this is referring to the rebellion of Lucifer, 14:33 of course, and we see here, 14:35 I'm going to start reading in verse 14. 14:36 Now, there's a lot to be said here in this chapter. 14:38 But for sake of time, 14:39 I'm going to jump into verse 14, 14:41 and this is God speaking. 14:43 And He's talking about Lucifer, 14:45 that perfect, beautiful angel of light. 14:47 So we have to realize 14:49 God didn't create a devil, okay? 14:51 It's not like when He created Lucifer in the beginning, 14:52 that He just created him as this evil devil. 14:56 He created him as a beautiful, perfect angel of life. 14:59 And in and of himself, that is Lucifer, 15:01 he became a devil. 15:02 He became an enemy of God. 15:04 And we're going to see this here, 15:05 God is speaking, verse 14. 15:07 Notice what He says. 15:08 He says, "You were," speaking of Lucifer, 15:10 "you were the anointed cherub who covers." 15:13 Now a lot of people aren't going to understand that 15:15 Pastor Lomacang, Pastor Kenny, 15:17 unless they, unless they've had some exposure to the sanctuary. 15:21 Because when you think of those two covering cherubs, 15:23 you get into the Most Holy Place, 15:25 you're there at the heaven, get this, Ark of the Covenant. 15:28 And on top of that mercy seat is the covering cherubs. 15:32 And, of course, that was a replica or a model 15:34 of what was in the Most Holy Place 15:37 of the heavenly sanctuary, 15:39 which is why when you go over to Hebrews 8, 15:41 you know, Paul has told, you know, excuse me, 15:43 probably Paul's writing there, 15:45 and he's referencing 15:46 when Moses was shown up on Mount Sinai, 15:48 he was given kind of a vision, an idea 15:51 of kind of what the heavenly sanctuary 15:53 might have looked like in a smaller frame 15:55 and God said, "Look, this is, 15:57 I want you to go build me a miniature model." 15:59 So when God is speaking here in Ezekiel 28:14, 16:02 "You were the anointed cherub who covers." 16:04 There were two covering cherubs in heaven. 16:06 And one of those two covering cherubs 16:07 originally was Lucifer. 16:10 He was a very high-ranking angel 16:12 with a lot of authority, very much respected. 16:14 And notice what God says about him. 16:16 He says, "You were the anointed cherub 16:17 who covers, 16:18 I established you, 16:20 you were on the holy mountain of God, 16:22 you walked back and forth 16:23 in the midst of the fiery stones." 16:24 All of this language here is in association 16:27 with the very closeness of God's presence. 16:29 He was literally right there in God's presence. 16:31 And then notice what it says here in verse 15. 16:34 He says, "You were," notice this, 16:37 "You were perfect in all your ways 16:40 from the day you were created till," 16:43 what came into the picture? 16:44 Iniquity. 16:45 "Till iniquity was found in you." 16:47 Now what is iniquity? 16:49 Iniquity is sin. 16:51 And if we go to the Scripture 16:53 and allow the Scripture to identify or define for us, 16:55 Brother Kenny, what sin is. 16:57 1 John 3:4 says 17:00 that sin is the transgression of God's law. 17:05 So here, you know, I have many friends 17:06 that call me all the time, 17:08 send me emails and they'll say, you know, hey, 17:09 you believe in the Sabbath, 17:11 you believe in keeping the commandments 17:12 but yeah, that's a sign I think, 17:13 that's a Moses thing. 17:15 Before that there's no proof that there was a law. 17:17 But remember in Romans, 17:18 I believe it's Chapter 3 if I'm 17:20 or Chapter 4 actually 17:22 where, I think might be Chapter 3, Chapter 4, 17:24 I believe where Paul says, 17:25 I think it's Chapter 4, where Paul says, 17:27 where there is no law, there is no transgression. 17:31 Okay, in this case, 17:33 because God saw this iniquity... 17:35 Romans 5:13. Romans 5:13. 17:37 I don't know what I said before, 17:39 Romans 5:13, 17:40 where there is no law there is no transgression. 17:42 So here it is. 17:43 My final point on this part, 17:46 verse 15 here tells us 17:48 that he was perfect 17:49 until iniquity was found in him. 17:51 If iniquity is sin, 17:52 and sin is the transgression of God's law, 17:54 and where there is no law, 17:56 there is no transgression, 17:57 put all those puzzle pieces together 17:58 and what do you have? 18:00 There had to have been a law in heaven. 18:02 And we don't have to, 18:03 we don't have to go wondering what that law was. 18:05 It is the law of God. 18:06 It's the Ten Commandments and notice it says, 18:08 he was a covering cherub. 18:10 What are they covering? 18:12 What are they protecting? 18:14 Not God. 18:15 God doesn't need protection. 18:17 God doesn't need establishment, 18:18 which is essentially what that means. 18:19 They're protecting and covering the law. 18:21 So Lucifer in heaven, launched us into this horrible, 18:25 you know, great controversy battle 18:27 between good and evil, 18:28 you know, righteousness and sin. 18:30 All based on the fact that he violated, 18:33 he abandoned his post. 18:35 Okay, all right. 18:36 He broke the very law that he was covering, 18:40 and he sinned and brought sin into the picture. 18:41 And that's the sanctuary picture 18:43 right there 18:44 because the cherubs that cover, 18:46 they're covering the mercy seat, 18:47 on the inside is the law of God. 18:50 We'll see about that in just a moment. 18:51 Pastor Kenny? 18:53 Well, maybe just like to say same approach 18:55 and same message. 18:56 Truth is truth as you look at it. 18:57 Might just gonna go back to Book of Genesis, 19:00 and just look, the Bible talks about Genesis 6:11, 19:03 it just simply says, 19:05 and I think it's where we're at today 19:06 to where the law of God needs to be proclaimed, 19:08 programs like this need to go out 19:11 because the Bible simply said, 19:12 the earth was corrupt and filled with what? 19:14 Filled with violence. 19:16 So you have to look at corrupt and you look at violence, 19:18 and is there any transgression there as we look at God's law. 19:22 Then we can go back and we can say in Genesis 6:13, 19:25 God said, because of the corrupt, 19:27 because of the violence, because of transgression, 19:29 because of what the people were doing, 19:31 He said, I will destroy what? 19:33 The earth. 19:35 Isn't that right, the whole earth? 19:36 So we know what seems the transgression of God's law, 19:39 the penalty is we realize is death. 19:42 And then we come to the point 19:43 I believe in the hour of earth's history right now, 19:46 where I'm looking at 19:48 and I believe it's on my heart in Psalms 119:126. 19:51 I think it's closer than we think, Pastor. 19:54 I think it's closer, it said, you know, is that verse 1, 19:56 was it 1:25, 1:26? 19:59 It is time for Lord to work for they have made what? 20:03 Void died law. 20:04 It's time for thee to work. 20:06 We're looking at the world, we're looking at violence, 20:08 we're looking at crime, we're looking at things going. 20:10 Again, these are just evidences of things 20:13 that tell me that we need, as I mentioned, 20:15 we need programs just like this. 20:18 Because people are doing their own thing, 20:21 they're disobeying that which God has laid out. 20:23 If we obeyed God's law, 20:26 I wonder how much of this stuff 20:27 would be going on in the world today. 20:29 This just bring me to the point here 20:31 when I think about when... 20:33 This was David, right? 20:34 When David was writing this. 20:36 He was so concerned 20:38 about the condition of the earth 20:40 and the world in his day. 20:42 He was, he was so concerned about it, 20:44 that He was crying out to God, they've made void Your law. 20:47 He was scared 20:48 that God was just going to let them 20:49 His mercy go and He's just and just and just, 20:52 you know, completely withdraw, 20:53 yeah, completely withdraw as it were from the earth. 20:55 And so he began to pray from his soul, 20:57 which I believe 20:59 that God's people need to be doing right now. 21:00 We need to be on our knees seeking God, 21:02 praying like we've never prayed before 21:04 because God's Spirit 21:06 is getting ready to leave this world. 21:08 We already know it's gradually being withdrawn 21:10 because of what's going on in the world. 21:12 And I'm so very grateful thing we saw about the law of God, 21:14 pastor brought it up, 21:16 we're talking about the law as eternal as God's throne. 21:19 It's there forever. 21:20 That remind me of this just quick 21:21 and then we can come back 21:23 to some other things a little bit later. 21:24 The passage everybody, you memorized, right? 21:28 Wouldn't you, in John 3:16, what does it say? 21:31 "For God so loved," what? 21:33 "The world that He gave His only begotten Son," right? 21:36 "Whosoever believes in Him 21:37 should not perish but have, " what? 21:39 "Everlasting life." 21:40 And I said, for God so... 21:41 What? He so. 21:44 That right there is so much proof 21:46 that the law of God could not be done away with. 21:49 It could be Jesus wouldn't have to come, 21:51 would He not? 21:52 So I'm looking at here. 21:53 Could the law have been abolished 21:56 and could have sin had been disposed of, 21:58 Christ need not come and died on Calvary. 22:01 If I had nothing else to throw out there, 22:03 and which we have a lot, usually we'll know, 22:06 you can go on and on scripture, that would be, 22:08 I'm going to say this for myself, 22:10 this would be enough for me to convince me. 22:12 Okay. 22:13 This would convince me. 22:15 Calvary tells me 22:16 that the law cannot be done away with. 22:18 That's right, Brother. 22:19 Jesus came and paid the penalty, 22:21 the only one that could do it. 22:23 Christ must come, 22:25 Christ must die 22:27 to satisfy the claims of God's law or what? 22:31 Or the world would have perished. 22:35 Make sense to me, I hope it makes sense to you. 22:38 Not only does it make sense, 22:39 but why would I have to die if I could just change the law? 22:43 See. 22:44 If I could just change the law, I don't even have to die. 22:47 If I could change the demands of the law, 22:50 it's like if a police stop you, 22:51 you say, officer could we discuss this. 22:54 We just change the speed limit you and I to 95 miles an hour 22:58 and then that means you could let me go. 23:01 No, no, he might look at you and say, 23:03 could you step out? 23:05 I want to do a breathalyzer on you 23:07 or could you walk that straight line? 23:09 And that's the same thing I think 23:11 that sometimes heaven might feel, 23:12 they want to do a straight-line test, 23:15 and you know that men's paths are crooked. 23:18 But going back to the government concept, 23:20 Isaiah 9:6, the Bible says, "For unto us a child is born, 23:24 unto us a son is given 23:26 and the government will be upon his shoulder." 23:30 Government, what government do you know. 23:32 If you could send us an email about a government, now, 23:34 it may be a terrible society. 23:37 But somewhere in all that corruption, 23:39 you'll find a law, 23:40 although maybe heavily transgressed, 23:42 even the people working for the system 23:44 because you have corrupt people working for the legal system. 23:48 You have people taking money under the table. 23:50 And they, when they get caught, they get... 23:53 What's the word convicted by their own laws, 23:56 they make them and they break them. 23:58 But here's the condition of the world. 23:59 Isaiah 24:5. 24:01 Why is the world the way it is? 24:03 And, Pastor Kenny, you talked about this. 24:05 You alluded to it. 24:07 Isaiah 24:5, 24:09 the Bible says the earth is also defiled 24:13 under its inhabitants. 24:14 Yes. Why? 24:15 Because they have transgressed the laws, 24:19 changed the ordinance, 24:21 broken the what kind of covenant? 24:24 Everlasting covenant. 24:26 What covenant? 24:28 The covenant the Lord put in our hearts and our minds, 24:31 where Hebrews 10:16, 24:33 He put the laws in our minds and wrote them on our hearts. 24:36 And some people say I'm a New Testament Christian, 24:37 I'm gonna throw at you in just a moment, Ryan. 24:39 Because you were there, 24:40 you on the other side of the coin. 24:42 And a lot of people say, "Well, I'm a New Testament Christian. 24:44 We are no longer under the law, 24:46 but under grace." 24:47 I'll add one more thing before we transition. 24:49 Let's go to Matthew 5:17. 24:51 We're going to talk about the immutability 24:53 of the law of God. 24:54 The immutability, meaning it cannot be changed. 24:57 It is just as permanent as God is. 25:00 And Jesus made it very clear, 25:03 because people even some of the Jews thought 25:07 maybe He's going to do it now. 25:09 So He cleared up the possible confusion 25:12 with these phrases, with these words. 25:15 Matthew 5:17 to 19, he says, 25:19 "Do not think, " what's the three words? 25:22 It says, if the thoughts going to enter your mind, stop. 25:25 "Do not think that I came to destroy the law." 25:28 Okay, so let's pause. 25:29 Did He come to destroy the law, Ryan? 25:31 No. Okay. 25:32 Should you even think He did? 25:33 No, because He just said not to. 25:35 Not to think, okay. Good. 25:37 And so, Kenny, did Jesus come to destroy the law? 25:39 Oh, absolutely not. 25:40 But what happens if you start thinking He did? 25:42 What did He say? 25:44 Don't even think about it. 25:46 But there are Christians when the Lord is saying, 25:49 "Don't even think about it," 25:51 not only have some clergy thought about it, 25:54 but they tell their members opposite to what Jesus said. 25:57 Let's continue on the words of Christ, 26:00 do not think that I came to destroy the law 26:03 or the prophets, 26:04 the Old Testament writers from the Pentateuch 26:06 all the way through the minor prophets, 26:07 major prophets. 26:09 And the list goes on and on, all the way to Malachi. 26:11 He said, I didn't come to destroy any of that. 26:14 And now we're going to read Isaiah 42:21 just a moment, 26:16 but He says, "For assuredly I say to you." 26:20 Now we're going to talk about the perpetuity of it. 26:23 "For I say to you, 26:25 till heaven and earth pass away, 26:27 one jot or one tittle will by no means, 26:30 pass from the law, 26:31 till all is fulfilled." 26:33 That fulfill part is Isaiah 42:21. 26:36 The Lord will magnify the law and make it honorable. 26:39 And we know how He magnified 26:40 and I'll get to that in just a moment. 26:42 Now, here's the warning, verse 19. 26:45 "Whoever therefore breaks 26:47 one of the least of these commandments 26:48 and teaches men 26:50 so shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven. 26:53 But whoever does and teaches them 26:55 the same shall be called a great 26:57 in the kingdom of heaven." 26:59 So we have, he says, don't even think about it. 27:02 Don't think about it. 27:04 Don't think about it. 27:06 Okay, Pastor, 27:07 I know some pastors might be watching 27:08 the program right now in a different denomination, 27:10 but probably said, don't think about it. 27:12 That's not why I came. 27:13 That's right. What did I come for? 27:15 God sent His Son into the world 27:16 not to condemn the world, 27:18 but that the world through Him might be saved. 27:20 He didn't come to get rid of anything. 27:21 He came to get rid of sin, not the law that defines it. 27:26 Pastor, have we heard just before he does that 27:27 because you said he would be called the least. 27:32 Pastors have told me and different ones said, 27:34 "See, they will be there, 27:35 but they're just going to be called the least." 27:38 Well, I could give you a text. 27:39 Okay. How do we deal with that? 27:40 Well... 27:42 Okay, last one, and I'll throw back to you. 27:45 Revelation 22:14. 27:47 You can't violate 27:48 the law of God and be in heaven. 27:49 Come on. 27:51 It's not possible. That's right. 27:52 By the way, we're not just talking 27:53 about the Sabbath, 27:55 we're talking about Ten Commandments. 27:56 First four in our relationship to God, 27:57 the last six our relationship to fellowmen. 28:00 So you can't break any of them and be in the kingdom. 28:04 Revelation 22:14 and then, Ryan, you'll transition. 28:07 Sure, sure. 28:08 Go ahead. 28:10 So Revelation 22:14 says, 28:12 "Blessed are those who do His commandments, 28:14 that they may have right to the tree of life, 28:16 and may enter 28:17 through the gates into the city." 28:18 Right. 28:20 So anybody that consciously violates 28:21 God's law, 28:24 see they're not going to be in there. 28:25 So now, we live in a lawless society 28:28 now more than ever before. 28:29 By the way, I want to add something, Kenny, 28:31 because we talked about the world today. 28:33 You know, the world 28:34 has never ever since the entrance of sin, 28:36 the world has never been right. 28:38 Matter of fact, we're getting to how it was in Noah's day. 28:41 We're not yet how it was in Noah's day, 28:43 when we get there, it's over. 28:46 We're getting to how it was in Lot's day. 28:49 You know, all these things that happen before 28:50 are being repeated. 28:52 So if we think 28:53 that the world is getting corrupt, 28:55 got a bulletin. 28:57 It's always been corrupt and no president nor prelate, 29:00 no government can make the difference. 29:02 The government is on the shoulder of Christ. 29:04 Ryan? That's right. 29:05 You know, I love you went there. 29:06 I've had people use that same text with me. 29:08 You know, oh, they're going to be there 29:10 but and I and, Pastor, you just read, 29:11 we just read Revelation 22:14, 29:13 another text that comes to mind 29:14 is back to the Sermon on the Mount. 29:16 That's right. 29:17 In Matthew 7:23, Jesus says, "Depart from me 29:19 you who practice lawlessness or iniquity." 29:23 So it's interesting there that He says, 29:25 He says, I know you not or I do not know you. 29:29 And what did Jesus say in John 17? 29:33 John 17:3,"This is eternal life that they may know you, 29:38 the only true God and Jesus Christ 29:40 whom Thou send." 29:41 Now go with me to 1 John Chapter 2. 29:43 1 John Chapter 2. Verse 3 and 4, right? 29:45 That's right. Verse 3 and 4. 29:47 So 1 John Chapter 2, 29:49 we're going to read verses 3 and 4. 29:50 And this is powerful, 29:51 because years ago when I read that, 29:53 you know, Jesus is clearly talking 29:54 about when He says, 29:56 "Not everyone who says to me, 29:57 Lord, Lord shall enter the kingdom of heaven, 29:58 but He who does the will 30:00 of my Father which is in heaven." 30:01 Psalm 40:8 tells us, 30:04 you know, "I delight to do Thy will, 30:06 O God, Your law is within my heart." 30:09 Glad that He put it. Amen. 30:11 It's the will of God that we obey Him 30:12 and keep His commandments. 30:13 But it's interesting when I read that in Matthew 7, 30:15 you know, "Depart from Me 30:16 you who practice lawlessness or iniquity, 30:18 I do not know you." 30:20 I remember years ago 30:21 when I was first learning this message, 30:22 I wasn't even a Seventh-day Adventist yet. 30:24 I was still going to churches, 30:26 Sunday keeping churches and still trying to just, 30:28 you know, really decipher all that I was reading. 30:31 And I remember just having a precious prayer 30:33 a moment with the Lord and saying, 30:35 God, I don't want to be one of these people, 30:37 who thinks I'm saved but I'm not, 30:39 who shows up on Judgment Day and at this time, 30:40 I didn't fully understand judgment 30:42 but I, you know, I didn't want to show up 30:43 on judgment day and here You say to me, 30:45 you know, I don't know You but Jesus, 30:47 I did all these wonderful things. 30:49 I prayed to You, I returned tithe, 30:52 I went to church, I did all these good things, 30:53 you know, start listing all of our, 30:55 you know, attributes and all the wonderful things 30:57 you've done with Jesus only to hear those words, 30:58 I don't know you. 31:00 So I remember praying and saying, 31:01 "Jesus, how can I know that I know You?" 31:05 Right. Okay. 31:06 How can I know that I know You? 31:09 1 John Chapter 2. 31:13 And this is what's powerful. The Bible is very clear. 31:15 If you just allow the Bible to interpret itself, 31:17 it makes it very clear 1 John Chapter 2, 31:20 notice starting with verse 3. 31:22 "Now by this, we know that we know Him 31:26 if we keep His commandments. 31:29 He who says, I know Him," now this is powerful. 31:31 Come on now. 31:32 "He who says I know Him 31:34 and does not keep His commandments is a liar 31:37 and the truth is not in him." 31:39 That's pretty heavy. 31:40 That's pretty straightforward, my friend. 31:42 That's not to say and I love, 31:43 I've heard you say this many times, 31:45 and it really stuck with me. 31:46 That's not to say 31:47 that the Holy Spirit's not working on someone. 31:50 But He wants to work in us and through us, Pastor. 31:53 But He works on us all the time, 31:55 but He wants to work in us and through us. 31:57 And these people right here 31:59 are not being worked in or through. 32:00 Either God's working on them, 32:03 but these are people who have not fully surrendered 32:05 to all of the truth of Lord 32:07 because there's many Christians and again, 32:09 this is not trying to be 32:11 and I'm trying to be transparent here 32:12 but respectful. 32:13 This is not to disrespect anyone 32:15 because I used to be 32:16 one of those Sunday keeping Christians 32:17 who didn't fully understand the truth. 32:19 I used to be one of those Christians that 32:20 that believe I was keeping all of God's commandments 32:22 when really I wasn't. 32:24 But it wasn't until I got into the Word of God 32:26 and I finally said, Lord, I'm just going to dump 32:28 and kind of hit the reset button. 32:29 Ctrl Alt Delete, 32:31 that's what I had to do, Ctrl Alt Delete, 32:34 empty the trash dump and say, 32:36 "Okay, Lord, I just want You to teach me from Your Word. 32:39 And when I allowed God's Word to just speak to me 32:41 and not man's preconceived ideas, 32:43 and all these other things, it became very clear, Ryan, 32:46 you're not saved by the law, 32:49 but if you do the good works of the law, 32:52 it's evidence that you are 32:53 in a saving relationship with Jesus. 32:56 And I'm not trying to jump ahead of us but again, 32:57 I wanted to know Him and God led me 32:59 to that great Ten Commandments there. 33:02 That's His character. 33:03 And by the way, let me add something, 33:05 and I'm gonna throw to you, Kenny, in a minute. 33:06 And when you said do the good works of the law, 33:08 let's make it really, really clear. 33:10 When Revelation 22:14 says, 33:12 "For those that do the commandments of God." 33:14 That word there do is not an act of, 33:17 aspect of works. 33:18 That's right. 33:20 But it's saying your life is in harmony. 33:22 Your life is in harmony. 33:23 So the word there do could be better illustrated 33:26 in the Greek as represent. 33:29 Your life represents those in harmony with the law of God 33:32 because in fact, 33:33 when you read the Ten Commandments, 33:34 there's nothing in it to do, 33:37 the only time you find 33:38 the word works in the Ten Commandments 33:40 where it says, thou shalt not do any works, 33:43 but the only activity in the entire Ten Commandments. 33:47 Matter of fact, there are two, 33:50 honor your father and your mother, 33:52 let that be an active aspect of your life. 33:55 And remember the Sabbath to keep it holy. 33:57 The other eight are the attitude 34:00 and the relationship 34:03 we should have with God and with our other fellowmen. 34:06 But so very good point you made, 34:08 couldn't be there. 34:09 The law of God 34:11 is that standard by which we will all be judged. 34:13 And thank you for making it clear 34:14 that we're not saved by it. 34:16 But while we're not saved by the speed limit... 34:20 I love that. That's good. 34:21 That mean we don't have... 34:23 We might be alive if we drive in harmony with it. 34:25 All right? 34:27 That's what we're trying to say. 34:28 The speed limit doesn't save us, 34:30 but if we drive in harmony with it, 34:31 we might stay alive a lot longer. 34:33 Pastor Kenny? 34:34 Well, you know, you talk about doers of the word 34:36 and not hearers only, 34:38 but we realize 34:39 there's something we need to look, 34:40 I think it's Romans 2:13. 34:42 It says that we need to be doers of the law, 34:46 you know, again, not as a means of salvation at all. 34:49 The law has its function, grace has its function. 34:52 Right. 34:53 And Romans 7:7 talks about here of the moral law. 34:56 There is, we see a knowledge of what? 34:59 Of sin. 35:00 I thank God for a knowledge of sin. 35:03 That's what the law is, 35:04 it simply points out what sin is to me. 35:07 You see, I look at and I say, whoo, it says, thou shalt not 35:09 or whatever this is I look at that. 35:12 And there's two things I think is very interesting 35:13 we're talking about. 35:15 Could I use the word purpose? 35:16 Purpose in the law of God. 35:18 Is it law, that the law would govern 35:20 in the lives of God's people. 35:22 This was God's plan. 35:24 We put it in our heart and our mind, 35:25 it would govern our lifestyle, 35:27 it would govern choices that we would make. 35:30 James 1:25, I'm gonna read that here. 35:33 I want it to make sense to us. 35:35 James 1:25 says this, 35:37 "But who so looketh into the," what? 35:39 "Perfect." 35:40 You know, it's the law of God here, 35:41 notice, it's called the what? 35:43 The perfect. 35:45 Oh, and then it's called the royal law. 35:47 The law of liberty, James 2:8-9. 35:49 I mean, there's, 35:50 it shows how perfect that it is. 35:52 But it says here, James 1:25, 35:54 "Whosoever looking 35:55 into the perfect law of liberty," 35:57 notice this, "and continue with," what? 36:00 "If you continue there in, 36:02 he being not a forgetful hearer 36:04 but a doer of the work. 36:06 This man shall be blessed in His deed." 36:09 I thought that's interesting. 36:10 Perfect law of liberty. 36:12 And what it did when it was given to Israel, 36:13 what did Israel say? 36:15 Whoa! 36:16 Glory, what did you say we will do? 36:17 That's why I kind of think like, 36:19 well, this is good, this is liberties. 36:20 Whatever you say, Lord, is what we'll do. 36:21 I hear people talking like that all the time. 36:24 Oh, this is wonderful, that whatever you say, 36:25 Lord, we'll do and turn around do the exact opposite. 36:28 And they'll turn around and say, 36:29 it's no longer binding but whatever you say, 36:31 we will do. 36:32 That didn't quite make sense to me. 36:34 We need to look in that perfect law of liberty. 36:37 But when we turn away from it, 36:39 we're starting to look to the world 36:40 and things of the world we need to be very careful. 36:42 Second reasons about God given is the purpose of the law. 36:45 Romans 3:20, 36:47 we've already talked about here 36:48 by the law is the knowledge of sin. 36:53 What the law did. 36:54 We need to hear more about that. 36:56 The knowledge, well, the knowledge by the law 36:59 is the knowledge of sin, 37:00 so I know what pleases God 37:02 and I know what doesn't please Him. 37:04 And by the way, Kenny, I'm glad you brought that up 37:07 by the laws and knowledge of sin. 37:08 Let's just consider that for a moment. 37:09 Okay. 37:11 I can guarantee you 37:12 that maybe 99.99999% of those watching 37:15 have a mirror in their house. 37:16 Go ahead. Got a mirror. 37:18 Yeah. 37:19 Now, what if a law was passed tomorrow, 37:23 an international law 37:25 that if anyone is caught with a mirror, 37:27 he'll be put to death. 37:29 Just consider this for a moment. 37:31 So somebody will say, 37:32 "Well, how will I know what I look like from now on?" 37:36 Any reflective device you have with a mirror or clean glass, 37:41 we're going to have the sanitation department 37:42 begin in your neighborhood. 37:43 Anyone found with a mirror will be put to death. 37:47 Will we know what we look like? 37:48 I say, Ryan, tell me is my hair in place. 37:51 I'll be your mirror. You'll be my mirror. 37:52 Now, I want you to get this now. 37:55 Without the mirror, 37:58 I have to rely on what Ryan sees 38:00 and Ryan have to rely on what I see, 38:02 I become his standard, he becomes my standard. 38:05 You get where I'm going? Yes, yes. 38:06 When the Bible refers to the law of God, 38:08 if anyone looketh 38:09 into the perfect law of liberty. 38:11 The law of God is a mirror. 38:12 It doesn't clean your face. 38:15 It says, you need to be cleaned up 38:17 and the blood of Jesus does the cleaning. 38:19 The problem is, let's go to Romans 7:14. 38:22 So if you get rid of the law, 38:24 you might as well throw away your mirror 38:26 because that's all the law is. 38:29 This is the mirror that says, 38:30 you know, you really do need a Savior, 38:32 because the condition of your life 38:34 is not where the Lord wants you to be. 38:36 And then it drives you to the Savior. 38:38 The blood of Jesus is what cleanses us from sin. 38:41 But look at Romans 7:7. 38:43 I wanna just get a few verses here 38:44 because we want to see that Paul the Apostle, 38:46 and by the way, just to put the context, 38:48 this is after Jesus ascended and went back to heaven. 38:51 That's right. Well. 38:53 Romans 7:7, 38:54 because if I did away with something 38:55 like many clergy say, the law was done away with. 38:58 Would I want to do away 38:59 with something that's good, Ryan? 39:01 Absolutely not. 39:02 Would I want to do away with something that's wrong? 39:04 Of course, sure, yeah. 39:06 So something's wrong with it. 39:07 Would I want to do away with something that's sinful? 39:09 Of course. 39:10 Okay, so let's, since we got that cleared up 39:12 a series of questions, my panel was right on target. 39:15 Romans 7:7. 39:17 What shall we say then? 39:19 Is the law sin? 39:22 If the answer was yes, we need to get rid of it. 39:25 What did Paul say? Come on, say it. 39:26 Strongest language he uses in all of his writings, 39:29 in the Greek it's a very strong, 39:31 almost offensive language, but it's not. 39:33 Certainly not he's saying. 39:34 And then he ends it by saying, on the contrary. 39:36 Yes. 39:38 That mean, don't even go there. 39:40 I would not have known sin except through the law. 39:44 For I would not have known covetousness, 39:47 the tenth commandment unless the law had said, 39:50 "You shall not covet." 39:52 He's referring directly to the Ten Commandments. 39:54 But now what he's going to show you, 39:56 look at verse 12. 39:57 You could go through Romans 7. 39:58 Romans 7 is Paul's after conversion testimony. 40:02 Look at verse 12. 40:03 Therefore he said, "Therefore the law is holy, 40:07 and the commandment holy and just and," what? 40:08 "Good." 40:10 Why would you want to get rid of something 40:11 that's holy, just and good? 40:13 Then he goes on. 40:14 Let's go on further. 40:16 He says in verse 22, 40:19 "For I delight," you read Psalm 40:8, 40:22 "For I delight in the law of God 40:24 according to the inward man." 40:26 Now let's go ahead 40:28 and right away we're going to hit 40:29 the nail on the head. 40:30 What is the problem? 40:32 The problem is not the law. 40:33 Read verse 14, Ryan. 40:35 7:14? Yeah. 40:37 "For we know that the law is spiritual, 40:39 but I am carnal sold under sin." 40:41 Okay, so here it is. 40:43 Yes. Police stops me. 40:47 Police stops me. 40:49 How fast were you going? 40:50 I don't know. 40:52 I clocked you at 87 in a 65. 40:54 He says, "What's your problem?" 40:57 He didn't say what's the law's problem? 40:59 Okay. 41:00 The problem today is 41:02 we are instead of saying something's wrong with us, 41:04 we're saying something's wrong with the law. 41:07 That's what the royal. 41:08 That's what ministers are saying, 41:09 something's wrong with God's law. 41:11 So if we get away with the speed limit, 41:12 you could live however you want, 41:15 and don't even have to worry about it 41:16 because the problem is not you, the problem is the law, 41:19 so He nailed it to the cross. 41:21 So the problem is gone. 41:23 That's what in essence is being said. 41:25 So we're talking about it tonight, 41:26 the perpetuity and the immutability of it, 41:28 Ryan? 41:29 Absolutely. I want to go to... 41:31 I want to go to Hebrews Chapter 8, 41:33 let's talk about this new covenant. 41:34 I was on the phone a few days ago 41:36 with a gentleman he called me. 41:38 Where he was basically wanting to show me 41:41 that Christ was the end of the law, 41:43 it was nailed to the cross. 41:45 And that all of those old Ten Commandment laws 41:48 are done away with and, 41:49 you know, he quoted all the famous texts, 41:50 you know, I'm not under the law, 41:52 I'm under grace and all this stuff. 41:53 So Christ have saved me, He's freed me from the law. 41:55 And it's interesting, I said, 41:57 "Well, so I'm assuming 41:58 you're a New Testament Christian." 42:00 I said, "And so therefore, 42:02 you're a new covenant Christian." 42:03 He said, "Right, right." 42:05 I said, "So you're not an old covenant Christian, 42:06 you are a new covenant Christian?" 42:08 "Right, right. 42:09 I'm under that new covenant freed from the law." 42:11 I said, "Okay, let's go read the new covenant." 42:14 So here it is. 42:15 This is Hebrews 8:10 and onward, 42:17 it's just the repeat 42:19 of what you find in Jeremiah 31, 42:20 which is where the original record is found. 42:22 But right here it says in verse 10, it says, 42:24 "For this is the covenant that I will make 42:26 with the house of Israel 42:27 after those days saith the Lord, " 42:28 even though it says house of Israel, 42:30 remember what Paul writes in Galatians 3? 42:32 We are seed and heirs 42:33 according to the promise of Abraham's seed. 42:36 We are spiritual Jews, so the house of Israel, 42:37 that's us, okay? 42:39 Here it is. 42:40 Notice verse 16, it goes on to say, 42:42 "I will put my laws in their mind 42:45 and write them in their heart 42:47 and I will be their God and they shall be my people." 42:50 Where in this so far has it said 42:52 that I'm doing away with the law? 42:54 I'm canceling it. 42:55 I'm abolishing it. 42:57 It's done away with. 42:58 Doesn't say that there. 42:59 Reiterate that, go to Hebrews 10:16 43:01 just to reiterate that. 43:02 Hebrews 10:16, good, good, good, good verse, 43:04 here it is Bible says, 43:06 "This is the covenant that we'll make with them 43:07 after those days, saith the Lord, 43:09 "I will put my laws 43:10 in their hearts and in their minds, 43:12 I will write them." 43:14 So again, God's not removing the law. 43:16 Why would you want to remove the mirror? 43:18 There's nothing wrong with a mirror. 43:20 The problem's with you, right? 43:22 So here it is, again, the law doesn't save us, 43:24 but it points us to the Savior, right? 43:26 So here's what's amazing. 43:27 A lot of Christians tell me, they say, 43:29 "Well, you know, I'm a new covenant Christian," 43:30 but yet when you read that to them, 43:32 it's like, well, what laws is he putting 43:33 in our heart and mind? 43:34 What law? 43:36 It's not that old covenant law 43:37 in the sense that it's not that old sacrificial system 43:39 that was known as the law of Moses. 43:41 But as we've clearly established here, 43:43 the Ten Commandment law of God is everlasting. 43:45 He wants the law to be in our mind and heart 43:47 because He's stamping His character upon us, right? 43:51 Now here I want to go to these next few scriptures 43:52 before we close here 43:54 because we have just a few minutes 43:55 and this might be the last time I can share this. 43:57 It always amazes me. 43:59 It always amazes me that Christians 44:00 and I used to be one of them. 44:02 So I'm not just throwing everyone under the bus. 44:03 I used to be of this mentality. 44:05 But again the idea 44:06 that you know the law's done away with, 44:07 we don't, we're free from the law. 44:09 We're not under the law anymore. 44:10 Okay? 44:11 But it's interesting to me 44:13 that when you go to the prophetic text, 44:14 it's right there in Revelation. 44:16 We see a people, 44:18 a last day people 44:20 prior to the second coming of Jesus, 44:22 who are a commandment keeping people. 44:23 Let me show you 44:24 just a couple of scriptures here. 44:26 We've read them many times, Revelation Chapter 12, 44:27 notice verse 17. 44:29 And notice how it started with the dragon, 44:31 we just started this program with the devil, 44:33 Lucifer in heaven. 44:35 He's covering the law, he stops covering it, 44:37 he violates God's law 44:38 and he launches us into this sin problem. 44:40 And you get down here to the end of the story, 44:43 and he's now attacking, notice verse 17. 44:44 "And the dragon was enraged, or wroth, or angry 44:47 with the woman 44:48 and went to make war with the rest of her offspring 44:51 or the remnant of her seed, " 44:52 which notice, "keep the commandments of God 44:54 and have the testimony of Jesus Christ." 44:56 Let me tell you something, my friends, 44:58 if you don't get anything else 44:59 from this particular presentation, 45:00 get this, okay. 45:02 We've already clearly read the scriptures of Jesus, 45:04 the words of Jesus. 45:05 But if the enemy, 45:07 if the enemy is attacking a people 45:11 that are a commandment keeping people, 45:13 then they must be doing something right. 45:15 I mean, I can't emphasize that enough. 45:17 If the devil has you where he wants you, 45:20 he's not worried about you, but he's where, 45:23 he's not worried about just any old particular woman. 45:25 He's not worried about 45:27 just any old particular Christian. 45:28 A woman in Bible prophecy we know represents a church. 45:31 He's worried about those churchful. 45:33 Brother Kenny. 45:34 That are keeping God's commands. 45:36 Go over a couple chapters, Revelation 14. 45:38 Revelation 14:12, got to get this in here. 45:40 Again, this is 45:42 after the three angels' messages, 45:43 in fact, this is the end of the three angels' messages. 45:45 The third angel's message is going to the entire world. 45:48 And notice what this says about the saints 45:49 who will inherit the kingdom of God, 45:51 right there in verse 12, 45:53 "Here is the patience of the saints, 45:55 here are those who keep the commandments of God 45:57 and the faith of Jesus." 46:01 What is the faith of Jesus? 46:02 It's a people that has patience 46:04 and being obedient to God's commandments. 46:07 They're not being obedient to God's commandments, 46:09 because it saves them or it's their salvation. 46:12 They're being obedient to God's commandments 46:14 because they are saved 46:15 in a saving relationship with Him. 46:17 And they're expressing 46:18 their natural, responsive love to Him, 46:21 "Lord, You died on the cross for me, 46:23 I will gladly follow You and obey You 46:26 whatever You tell me to do." 46:27 We'll get a chance to come back to you, 46:28 but, Kenny, I think he's preaching? 46:30 Do you think he's preaching? I think it's good. 46:31 Yeah, whatever it is, I like it. 46:32 I think he's preaching, 46:34 there's evangelistic series coming up. 46:35 It's all right. 46:37 You know the point is, this is an exciting point. 46:38 This point is very well made and I praise the Lord 46:40 that you have a passion for it. 46:42 Because if the devil could convince you 46:45 that obedience is a bad thing 46:47 and keeping God's law is something you shouldn't do, 46:51 then he has you exactly where he wants you to be. 46:54 If a police stops me for speeding grossly 46:57 and I've been stopped before, 46:58 I'm confessing, good for the soul, 47:00 hard on the reputation. 47:01 Praise God for His grace. 47:02 I've got stopped by many police and they let me go, 47:06 not all the time, 47:07 but I've now become a law-abiding citizen 47:09 with a radar detector. 47:13 Confession is good for the soul. 47:14 Yes. 47:15 But I want to know that I'm doing right 47:17 when that thing starts beeping, I still slow down. 47:20 So, because naturally some people have to 47:22 and this is the law of God. 47:23 When the law of God starts beeping, pull it back. 47:28 That's right, pull it back. 47:29 There's a warning 47:31 that you're about to exceed the law. 47:33 That's why I want to go ahead and hit one of these, 47:35 Romans 8:6-8. 47:36 Let's look at that, 47:38 and I'm gonna throw it right to you Kenny after this. 47:39 I talked about the problem. 47:41 Paul says, the law is spiritual, 47:42 but I'm carnal. 47:44 So why is there such a... 47:46 Why is it such an abrasion towards God's law? 47:50 Here's Romans 8:7. 47:53 What it says? 47:55 Because, he answers, 47:56 "Because the carnal mind is an enmity against God. 48:03 It is not subject to the law of God, 48:07 nor indeed can be." 48:09 He's saying, 48:11 it's not the God's mind that the problem is, 48:13 it's not God's law where the problem is, 48:16 it's your mind, it's the way you're thinking, 48:19 because you did what the Lord said, don't do, 48:21 do not think and you went ahead 48:23 and thought about it, and you got rid of it. 48:24 And He said, "So see, now your mind is carnal, 48:26 and now you can't even be subject to My law." 48:29 You don't want to be because your mind is not right. 48:32 When the mind is right, the law of God, 48:34 now let's say this right, is God perfect? 48:37 Of course. Is He loving? 48:38 Absolutely. Is He long suffering? 48:40 Yes. Is He the all in all? 48:42 Absolutely. 48:44 Can anybody do for you what God can do? 48:45 No. 48:46 And He says, "If you love Me, keep My commandments." 48:48 And we say no. 48:49 Who could take second place? 48:51 So the issue here, 48:53 I'm going to give it to Kenny right now, 48:54 the issue is not God's law, the issue is the carnal mind. 48:58 And as a man thinketh, boom, so is he. 49:00 What's in the mind 49:01 is going to be acted out in the life. 49:03 Amen. Kenny? 49:04 Well, I tell you, we live 49:05 in such a time of earth's history right now, 49:07 what's being talked about here is something 49:09 we really need to be focusing on 49:11 because this to me, 49:13 I'm seeing the three angels' message. 49:15 I'm seeing Revelation Chapter 14, 49:17 and what God has commissioned us 49:18 as a people to do, you know, to warn the world. 49:22 And part of that is remember in Revelation 14, say, 49:24 it says, "Go back to the one who made," what? 49:27 "Heaven and earth," and see where you go back to. 49:28 You go back to the commandments, 49:30 you go back to the seventh day Sabbath, 49:31 you go back to keeping all the commandments of God. 49:34 Again now as a means of salvation, 49:35 but by being obedient. 49:37 And so it's very sad today, 49:38 sometimes we hear many, many people say, 49:40 we want to make it to heaven, 49:41 we don't believe we have to be 49:43 obedient to everything that Christ said 49:44 because things have changed. 49:45 It's very interesting in Psalms. 49:47 What is it Psalms 19:7, it says, 49:50 "The law of the Lord is," what? 49:52 "The law of the Lord is perfect because it does, " what? 49:55 "Converts the soul." 49:56 See, I just, you hang your hat on those things 49:58 what you were talking about here. 50:00 The law of the Lord is perfect. 50:01 Why would you want to change it? 50:03 You can go through that whole chapter 50:04 and you just see 50:05 that the testimonies of the Lord is sure. 50:07 So you wouldn't want to change anything that's perfect at all. 50:10 And so as we live in this hour, 50:12 as we live in giving of the three angels' message 50:14 to the world, 50:16 we're going to be talking about the law of God, 50:18 we're going to be talking about the commandments of God. 50:20 Why? 50:21 Because the world is breaking, people say to me, 50:23 why in the world is all you want to talk 50:25 about the Sabbath? 50:26 Well, that's not all that we want to talk about 50:28 but because that's the one 50:29 that's being trampled underfoot. 50:31 It's the one the world doesn't recognize 50:33 because you think, 50:34 you know, that we can just do nine and it's fine. 50:37 In James 2, isn't that right? 50:38 In James 2:9 and 10, what does it through 12? 50:41 If you keep any one... 50:42 If you keep, if you're found in one point you're guilty of, 50:46 of all, so we can't... 50:47 James 2:12. 50:49 Yeah, we can't offend at all in any point. 50:51 And so, what if everybody was keeping the Sabbath, 50:54 keeping all but we were, let's say, the first one? 50:58 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 51:00 What do you think we should focus on? 51:02 The one that people are breaking, 51:03 or the one that everybody understands 51:05 and by the grace of God we're doing. 51:07 When we focus on that first one, 51:09 so we're focusing on the one that's causing trouble 51:11 and separation you see, for people who do, 51:14 because they're missing quite a blessing you see, 51:17 that God wants to give because He said, He blessed, 51:20 and He's going to continue to bless His people. 51:21 Yes. 51:22 And it's powerful to think 51:24 that a lot of people based on what you just said, 51:26 they're going to go to that Sabbath commandment, 51:27 and they're going to automatically throw 51:29 the Sabbath, all the other commandments 51:31 into this one big gigantic law conversation. 51:34 In other words, they're going to take 51:36 all those 603 laws that was in the law of Moses, 51:38 and they're going to throw 51:40 the Ten Commandments in there with it, 51:41 it's where they get to 613, 51:43 and they're going to say it's all the law. 51:44 And while there's some truth to that into a certain extent, 51:48 the Bible makes it very clear 51:49 the distinction between those two laws. 51:51 And I'm not going to spend much time on this 51:52 because I know we're getting down 51:53 to the end of this, 51:55 but I want to make this very, very clear. 51:56 There are two different laws in Scripture. 51:59 One is eternal, one was temporary. 52:01 If you go to Daniel Chapter, 52:02 and I'm just giving some references here, 52:04 Daniel 9:10 and 11. 52:06 Daniel makes a clear distinction 52:07 between the law of God and the law of Moses. 52:10 2 Kings 21:8, 52:11 God Himself makes a distinction 52:12 between His law and the law of Moses. 52:15 So when it says there in Colossians Chapter 2, 52:17 that the handwriting of ordinances 52:18 that was against us, 52:20 God's law is not against us, contrary to us. 52:23 It was taken out of the way and nailed to the cross, 52:25 Jesus fulfilled 52:26 that Old Testament sacramental Law of Moses, 52:29 but God's Ten Commandments, it's forever. 52:31 It's never there. It's forever. 52:32 You know, we also have some prayer requests 52:34 that were coming in 52:35 from the request in the first hour. 52:36 I wanna read some of these and by the way, 52:38 what we need to do in the future, 52:39 we'd like to dedicate an entire hour 52:41 to talking about the difference between the two laws, 52:44 and I want to have you guys back again, 52:46 because we need to make that very, very clear. 52:47 Look for a future program. 52:49 I can't tell you when, 52:50 we're going to spend that entire program 52:51 talking about the difference between the two laws 52:54 because I believe many sincere Christians 52:56 do believe that they're all one 52:58 and since Jesus did nailed a law to the cross, 53:01 they coupled them all together 53:02 and say we're no longer under law 53:03 but under grace. 53:05 In the family, Pastor, one of them says 53:06 there's one of them 53:07 that cannot make a person perfect. 53:09 That's right. And that's... 53:10 So we're looking to one that can make a person perfect. 53:12 The law of the Lord is perfect. Yes, right. 53:14 Don't forget that point now, 53:16 because I'm going to call you back on that. 53:17 Hebrews 9:9, that's right. That's right. 53:18 Here we have some prayer requests, 53:20 and I want to go ahead 53:21 and honor those who sent them in. 53:23 One says, "Please pray for me. 53:24 I feel like I'm being tormented by evil spirits. 53:26 I'm often confused when I try to read the Bible 53:28 and I try to understand more about God. 53:30 I don't want to live like this anymore. 53:32 And I want to understand about God." 53:34 We have to definitely, 53:36 we are going to have a word of prayer tonight. 53:37 Someone said it very nice. 53:38 Yvonne, you're not here 53:40 but a lady by the name of Eileen said, 53:42 "Tell Yvonne, I love her. She's a beautiful lady. 53:44 I wish I had a beautiful heart that she does." 53:46 And I can tell you, Yvonne has a beautiful heart. 53:50 You know, wonderful lady. 53:51 Another has a prayer request 53:53 for her left shoulder and for her family. 53:57 We definitely want to remember that 53:59 and, wow, dear lady says, 54:02 "Now I'd like to live to get to this point. 54:04 I'm almost 90, 54:05 a lifetime Seventh-day Adventist. 54:07 3ABN is the only channel I watch. 54:09 I love it. Very inspiring. 54:11 It gives me spiritual affirmation. 54:14 I love the crew that you got now. 54:16 Jill and Greg are amazing. 54:18 I love them." 54:19 And we love our pastors here too. 54:21 So praise the Lord for that. Another one here. 54:25 John asked for a special prayer of blessing and protection 54:28 for his family. 54:30 Surely. 54:32 And another one here, I'll read it along. 54:34 "My name is Christopher. 54:36 I'm 37 and I'm in Papua New Guinea. 54:38 I'm a great follower of 3ABN, 54:40 I watch 3ABN programs over television, 54:41 every word shared in the program is awesome 54:44 and I really love in the glory of God. 54:46 I'm not a perfect person." 54:47 Hey, meet three imperfect people too. 54:49 "I've gone through many ups and downs 54:51 and I'm struggling with my life 54:52 as I believe God has purposed for me. 54:54 Assist with prayer, 54:56 as I have been out of a job and also kids in school 54:58 and having problem 54:59 with home mortgages in the area. 55:01 I trust in God and believe 55:02 Jesus will get me out of these. 55:04 And I have cast all my burdens on the Lord." 55:07 And just before this last one, 55:09 I want to publicly just ask for prayer for my wife. 55:13 You know, keep her in your prayers. 55:15 My wife is, 55:17 has some health challenges briefly. 55:20 But the Lord is on her side. 55:23 And I'm on her side. 55:24 And she's going to be just well, 55:26 but many people have sent us emails and phone calls 55:28 and what's going on. 55:30 And I just want you to know that the Lord is with my wife. 55:32 Nothing life threatening so, no cancer, 55:35 none of those types of things, 55:36 but anytime we face a challenge 55:38 many people pray for prayer and ask request. 55:41 I'm requesting one for my wife also. 55:43 And this is a very legitimate question. 55:45 "What do you think about the protests and rioting 55:47 going on regarding the shooting and racial injustice? 55:50 How should I feel about it?" 55:52 Let me tell you something right now. 55:53 We have a lot of things in America 55:55 that need to be corrected, 55:56 but it can't be done with rioting 55:59 and killing and shooting, 56:01 and both sides of that scale need to be balanced. 56:03 There are police officers 56:05 that are not in harmony with everything. 56:07 There are police officers that are good individuals. 56:09 On the other side there are peaceful protesters 56:12 and there are those who are protesting illegally 56:14 and doing horrible things. 56:15 Right now, this is the hour to look unto Jesus, 56:18 the author and finisher of our faith. 56:20 And so right now we may go out with prayer. 56:23 Pastor Kenny, would you pray if we go all the way out, 56:25 just want you to know we thank you for tuning in. 56:27 But we're going to go now and pray 56:29 as we go out of the program tonight. 56:31 Pastor Kenny, can you pray for us? 56:32 Loving Father in heaven, 56:33 truly we thank You for Your grace, 56:35 Your mercy, long suffering. 56:36 Lord, we want to lift up 56:37 those who want a new heart tonight. 56:39 We want to lift up 56:40 that one who has pain in the arm. 56:42 We want to lift up all the 3ABN viewers 56:43 and the families 56:44 and everyone who's having 56:46 mental, physical, spiritual problem, 56:48 we lift them, 56:49 we bring to You to the throne room of God. 56:51 Pastor John's wife which may in special way 56:53 be with each one we pray, 56:54 those who have made decisions tonight, 56:56 those who will continue to make decisions 56:58 that Your Holy Spirit lead, guide and direct in each heart, 57:00 in each life. 57:01 Lord we give You praise, 57:02 give You honor and give You glory 57:04 because You set upon the throne, 57:05 You rule the universe. 57:06 You said, I will come again. 57:08 In Jesus' name, amen. 57:10 God bless until we see you again. 57:11 Amen. |
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