There's a mountain considered
sacred in Jewish history
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but it seems we've
lost its coordinates.
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Some say it's in
the Sinai Peninsula.
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Others have come to believe
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that it's in the
desert of Saudi Arabia.
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Wherever it is,
inspiration tells us that
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this mountain is the backdrop
for the day love thundered.
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The book of Exodus is such
an exciting book in the Bible
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because it reveals the
deity who is a personal God.
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One who cares
about His creation.
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One who's interested in their
personal lives and happiness.
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Exodus presents a God who
actually talks with people,
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not only with one exalted
person but millions of people.
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Indeed it was the
very purpose of God
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for all the people to
hear His voice and know Him.
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"And the Lord said unto
Moses, Lo, I come unto thee
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in a thick cloud
that the people may hear
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when I speak and believe."
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God shows this
mountain as His podium
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and the surrounding desert
plain as His amphitheater.
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And the thunder
from this momentous event
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still wraps our
world in His embrace.
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The disciple
John, the only disciple
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that did not die
a martyr's death,
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declared in 1 John
4:8, "God is love."
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God is love and all He
does is motivated by love,
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a love for the lost and dying.
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"Yea, I have loved thee
with an everlasting love.
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Therefore, with lovingkindness
have I drawn thee."
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That desert
mountain is important,
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not so much for where it is
but for what happened there.
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I believe this is
the place love thundered.
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Thanks, Charles.
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Thunder in the Holy land
has been and continues to be
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a study about the
teachings and life of Jesus.
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Many people who
take the name of Christ,
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Christian, have
been lead to believe
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that the
commandments given by Jehovah
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at Mount Sinai were
done away with at the cross
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and are no longer binding
for New Testament believers.
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However, to come
to that conclusion
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one must turn a
blind eye to the clear
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and direct doctrines
and teachings of Christ.
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So what did Jesus
teach about the law?
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Let's check it out
in Matthew 5:17, 18.
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"Think not that I
am come to destroy
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the law, or the prophets.
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I am not come to
destroy but to fulfil.
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For verily I say unto you,
till heaven and earth pass,
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one jot or one
tittle shall in no wise pass
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from the law,
till all be fulfilled."
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A simple bit of scientific
observation should lead us
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to determine that heaven
and earth are still here.
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Our conclusion then must
be that the law still here,
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valid and important
in the mind of Jesus.
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But in these verses
Jesus used the words
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"fulfil" and "fulfilled."
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That's the apparent
escape clause and some of you
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feel jealous in god's love
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from their present
religious experience.
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They claim that
Christ fulfilled the law
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when He died on the cross.
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However, complete
reading of the Bible
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including the
writings of the Apostle Paul
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indicate
something very different.
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For the purpose of Jesus
coming and dying on the cross
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wasn't merely to
do something for us
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that we
couldn't do for ourselves
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keeping the law but
He also came to show us
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the way it could be done in us.
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Notice carefully
the teachings of Paul
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to the New Testament believers
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that New Dispensation
believers in Romans 8: 3, 4.
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Notice that Paul fully intended
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the law to also
be fulfilled in us.
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It seems strange to get
rid of something you intend
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to have played out in
the lives of your followers.
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The law given to
God's chosen people
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at the foot of Mount
Sinai was a good thing.
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It guided the people
into the way of life.
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In fact, apart
from the folks in Rome
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that the law was
holy and the commandment
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was holy and just and good.
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On the same note, Paul
wrote to Timothy these words,
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"We know that the law is
good, if a man use it lawfully."
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At the foot of Mount
Sinai God gave the people
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a good law written in stone
to guide them into a good place.
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And Jesus clearly wants
that law to be fulfilled in us.
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You're right, Levi.
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The eternal nature of
God's law is clearly laid out
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in the words of
Jesus in Luke 16:17.
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"It is easier for
heaven and earth to pass,
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than one tittle
of the law to fail."
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And there's a reason you
can't get rid of God's law
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because if you did,
you'd also get rid of His love.
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In fact, one experience
Jesus had with the lawyer
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points out what the
heart of the law really is.
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This lawyer actually
used a question, tempting Him.
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You can read about
it in Matthew 22:36.
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"Teacher," the lawyer asked,
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"which is the greatest
commandment in the Law?"
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Out of 613 laws in the Torah,
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what law could Jesus possibly
choose as the most important?
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These important words of
Christ reveal the bedrock,
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the cornerstone of
His divine moral law
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and all
prophetic utterance, love.
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If we dismiss God's law,
de facto dismissing His love.
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For Jesus said in verse 40.
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Did you know that
the Ten Commandments
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were divided into
two parts or divisions?
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In these two
parts are the two laws
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that Jesus said
were the greatest laws.
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In the first four
commandments of the Decalogue
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referred to are vertical
relationship with God Himself.
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And these four laws rest on
the first and great commandment,
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that is to love God
with all our hearts.
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The last six
commandments of the moral law
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are horizontal or laws dealing
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with our
relationships with one another.
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These commandments are
rooted in the second commandment
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that says, "We should love
our neighbors as ourselves."
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Jesus fully endorsed the
law and he made it the bases
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of our love relationship
with divinity in John 15:10.
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Jesus saw the moral law
as a guide for all mankind.
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For He said in Matthew 4:4.
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It was this law that proceeded
from His mouth on Mount Sinai.
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And it was this
law that guided Christ
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while living as a
man here on earth.
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The doctrine of Jesus clearly
establishes the moral law.
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And He states that He obeyed it.
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And Jesus clearly taught
that if we want to remain
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under the shadow of His love,
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we must keep His
commandments also.
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It is this law that prepares
us for successful living here
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and for living
in heaven at last.
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Heaven and
earth were still here,
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fully functioning and
so is his immutable law.
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That's true, Stephen.
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God's law is immutable.
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Immutable means unchanging over
time or unable to be changed.
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There are some
things that can't change.
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For example, it's true that
you can't live without blood.
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This is an immutable fact.
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Another parallel
doctrine of Jesus was
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that He and the Father are one.
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Jesus told Philip that to
see Him was to see the Father.
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They are the same.
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Did you know the same is
true regarding God and His law?
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God and His law
are also insufferable.
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If you want to
know what God is like,
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you need to know His law.
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They are the same.
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You see, to know
the law is to know God.
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It is the written
version of His character.
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Now that took a
little cross-referencing.
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But to make sure this
point is crystal clear,
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let's consider
one of the teachings
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of Jesus from Revelation 12:17.
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This verse describes a people
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from the new dispensation
in conflict with Satan.
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In this battle they
are not wearing uniforms.
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So let's look
carefully at the distinguishing
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mark of God's true followers.
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If the moral law
was done away with
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because it cannot be kept then
why would God's remnant people,
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the one Satan hates and
wars against in these last days,
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be keeping the law?
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God's law is indeed
unchangeable and eternal.
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It's true, Andrea.
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God's moral law
is still as eternal
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and unchangeable
as it was the day
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He thundered those
words from Mount Sinai.
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So why is it
that so many churches
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and pastors preach and teach
that the law was eliminated?
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The answer to that
question is simple.
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They
misinterpret Colossians 2:14.
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But you don't need a
degree to understand this verse.
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If you allow the
Bible to interpret itself,
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careful study
reveals that though the Jews
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used one word "law," in their
mind it had different meanings.
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It could mean the moral
law, the Ten Commandments,
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or it could mean
laws regarding our health.
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There was also a division
of law just for social issues.
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And then there
were the ceremonial laws
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dealing with the
temple and worship.
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In many cases only
context will tell you
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which law is being referred to
since they all use the word law.
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Without understanding,
let's take a look at this verse
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that is so
often employed to push
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the moral law out of
the Christian experience.
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Colossians 2:14 says.
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Now remember, a text
without a context is a pretext.
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The broader context
of Jesus' life tells us
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that He was very
supportive of the moral law.
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This larger context is not lost
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or broken at all in
the writings of Paul.
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If you look again at
the verse in Colossians,
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you will find the Ten
Commandments even mentioned.
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The verse says.
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If you compare
scripture with scripture,
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you'll discover
that there was a law
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mentioned in
Deuteronomy 31: 24 and 26.
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That contains the key elements
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that are mentioned
in Colossians 2:14.
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These elements
are, one, "handwriting"
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and two, "against us."
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Now let's look
at Deuteronomy 31.
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Notice this law was not
written with the finger of God
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on stone but was the
handwriting of Moses in a book.
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Then Moses told the Levites.
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Notice this verse calls at
law but this law was not put
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inside the ark with
the Ten Commandments
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but in the side
of or beside the ark.
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And this law was a
witness against the people.
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The law that was nailed
to the cross in Colossians
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was the law
contained in ordinances,
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not the moral law which had been
written with the finger of God.
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So if the law
Paul is talking about
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was not the moral
law but the ordinances,
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what law was it that
was nailed to the cross?
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To discover that we
need to look at the context
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and let's start
at Colossians 2:16,
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"Let no man
therefore judge you in meat,"
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which were
offerings, "or in drink,"
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which were also offerings,
"or in respect of an holyday,"
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or holydays, "or
of the new moon,"
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these were Jewish festivals,
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"or of the
ceremonial Sabbath days,"
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like Passover, etc.
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These items in verse 16,
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"which are a
shadow of things to come,"
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are all descriptions
of the ceremonial law.
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You see, the ceremonial laws
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were a shadow of things
to come, namely, Christ.
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That's why it was
nailed to the cross because
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everything about the sanctuary
service represented Christ.
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He was the Lamb, the sacrifice
that was nailed to the cross.
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So the
ceremonial laws were taken
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out of the way
but not the moral law.
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That's right, Charles.
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All this
discussion about the law
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being done away
with and has, in fact,
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hurt the cause of Christ,
His church and our communities.
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God intends for His
church to be a standard
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that defends against the
lawlessness of the world.
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And the dismissal of
God's moral law is partly
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responsible for our
social state of lawlessness.
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It is, in fact, a lie palmed off
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on us by the enemy of our souls.
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God gave us a law.
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It is still in force and
important for our lives today.
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And God himself
told us why His law
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is important for
us in Deuteronomy 6.
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God didn't give us a
law just to be arbitrary.
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He gave us the law for our
good and good is important.
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The assumption that the
law is important is a safe one
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because God Himself
spoke it and wrote it down.
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And since He tells
us it's for our good,
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now let's take a
few moments to know
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some of the good things
that result from embracing
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the law with an obedient heart.
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The first is predictability.
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Each of us enjoys a
certain amount of spontaneity
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and that's just fine.
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But suppose the law of
gravity was intermittent
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and sometimes you
woke up in the morning
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on the ceiling
rather than in bed,
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without gravity we
might spin off into space.
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But just knowing that gravity
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will always keep
our car on the road,
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that our drink of water
will always stay in its glass,
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makes life predictable and safe.
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In the same way,
God is predictable.
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God and His law
both operate on love,
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on the principle of
giving what is needed most.
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That's a constant.
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"For I am the
Lord, I change not."
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That's why His
compassion never fails
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and that's why our relationship
with Him is predictable.
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The next good thing
the law provides to those
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who are true in
heart is education.
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According to the
Apostle Paul, the law teaches us
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where the line is between
what is good and what is sin.
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And notice Paul's
quoting from number 10
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of the Ten
Commandments to make this point.
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To the mind of
this follower of Christ,
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the moral law is
still valid and in force.
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Another thing the law provides
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that most people never
think about is happiness.
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Sin always causes
death and separation,
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both of which do
nothing towards promoting
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our happiness and peace.
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But obedience to the
law makes for happiness.
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The wise man said, "he that
keepeth the law, happy is he."
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And Jesus was absolutely clear
that happiness comes from doing
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what He told us to,
obeying His law of love.
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The fourth thing the
law provides is freedom.
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Only in obedience to God's
law do we find true liberty.
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Freedom is most clearly seen
in the power that God gives us
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to do the right thing
under every circumstance.
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The next thing the
law provides is proof.
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Obedience to God's law is
the proof that we love Him.
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Many are fluent in lip
service but doing what God says
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proves our loyalty and our love.
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And one more thing the
law brings to the table
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by way of blessing,
the law is a change agent.
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There's a great
principle that says,
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"by beholding
we become changed."
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When we look to the study,
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predictable principles
of the law of God asking
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His will to be our
will, we become like Him.
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And so that's only six things
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that the law
brings to the table.
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The six
wonderful things we obtain
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only through
obedience to God's moral law.
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And speaking of
obedience to the lawly life,
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there is one law
that Jesus spoke of
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that truly has
relevance for every culture.
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I think God actually
placed it as part of our DNA.
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That law is the golden
rule found in Matthew 7:12.
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The golden rule says,
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"do unto others as you
would have them do unto you."
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But did you know
that Jesus taught
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that the "do" is
defined by His law.
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Check it out.
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You don't want people
lie to you don't lie to them.
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That's the ninth commandment.
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You don't want people to steal
your things then don't steal.
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That's the eighth commandment.
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You don't want
your spouse cheating
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on you then
don't commit adultery.
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That's the seventh commandment.
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You see, obedience to
the law makes life safe,
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predictable, and happy.
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God's great
principles are not merely
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embodied in the
Ten Commandments.
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They are ultimately exemplified
in the life of Christ.
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It is His life of obedience to
the law that becomes a mirror,
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but how a mirror revealing
the truth about our lives.
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We don't just ask the
question, what would Jesus do?
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We ask the
question, what did Jesus do?
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What did He teach?
What does He ask of us?
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And one more thing about
the "do" in the moral law
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and the golden rule, it
really is important to Jesus.
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In fact, Jesus said,
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"it determines
where we spend eternity."
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Now don't misunderstand
what Jesus is saying here.
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He's not saying that
if you obey good enough
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you have the right to heaven.
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You and I have already sinned
and the wages to sin is death.
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And no amount of obedience
will cancel that death.
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We need Jesus'
perfect obedience to the law
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and His death on the
cross to atone for our sins.
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But now that
He's paid the price,
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Jesus wants us to
live perfect lives.
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New Testament
doctrine clearly indicates
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that the intention now is that
the law will be fulfilled in us.
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In fact, the new covenant is not
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that the law's done away
with, but that His moral law
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will be written on our hearts.
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You're right, Stephen.
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We are not saved
because we keep the law
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but we can't be
saved without keeping it.
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On this Jesus is clear.
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Again from Matthew 7:21.
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The words "not" and "but"
highlight the strong contrast
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between the mere talker and
the actual doer of God's will.
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Mere profession is worthless.
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He who pretends to
know God and yet disobeys
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His commandments is a liar.
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For the New Testament believer
the teaching of Jesus is clear
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and that was the
same teaching learned
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and taught by Jesus' disciples.
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And how did Jesus walk?
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Here is how He
walked in His own words.
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John 15:10.
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Based on that
example, He says to each of us.
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There's no
lasting and eternal joy
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outside total and
complete obedience to God.
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Not here nor in paradise.
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Heaven wouldn't be heaven
if the law was not embraced.
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It wouldn't be safe.
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That was why Satan
could no longer stay there.
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His lies were changing the
atmosphere from one of peace
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and joy to
anxiety and confusion.
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Interesting options.
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Peace and joy or
anxiety and confusion.
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Seems like a simple choice.
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And it is simple but
because of the evilness
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of our hearts
it's not always easy.
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That is, it's not
easy unless you love God.
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It's not easy
unless you are experiencing
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the gift of repentance.
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So let's review.
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First we learned
that God is love.
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And based on that
solid foundational principle,
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Jesus taught all
law and all prophecy
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is built on, is founded on love.
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We also learned that God as well
as his moral law are eternal.
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Those laws He spoke to all
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His chosen people at
the foot of Mount Sinai.
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And the teachings of
Jesus are absolutely clear
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that God's moral
law cannot be changed.
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And it is also
the doctrine of Jesus
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that if we would accept His
offer to be His chosen people,
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then that law is
still binding on us as well.
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That is, if we wish
to abide in His love.
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Some 3,500 years
ago love thundered a law
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from Mount Sinai that was
designed by God to protect us,
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to guide us, to
make us safe and happy.
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Every problem,
every experience by man
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is a direct result of
someone breaking that law.
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If Jesus is Lord
that is our duty to accept
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His life changing grace and so
be obedient to His law of love.
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This law cannot be changed.
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And there's biblical proof
that this law cannot be changed.
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Come with me to another
mountain where love thundered.
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Not in Egypt or Saudi Arabia.
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This is Mount
Calvary, right here in Israel.
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On this Mount our God
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and Savior said, "I
love you this much."
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It was not the nail
that held him there.
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It was love and
that love prayed for you.
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He prayed for you.
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If you would embraced that love,
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that love that would
leave the glory of heaven to die
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in your behalf then
embrace the teachings of Jesus.
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"If you love me," Jesus
said, "keep my commandments."
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And His
commandments are not burdensome.
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There are lots
of people who say,
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"I love Jesus" but there is only
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one way to know
if you love Jesus.
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1 John 5:2 says.
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Jesus' teachings are clear.
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If you want to
enter into eternal life
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you must keep the commandments.
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If you find that you've
been disobedient to His love
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then ask Him for a new
heart, a repentant heart.
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And then say yes to Him
with all your known choices.
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Jesus taught that if we are
not actively gathering souls
00:28:07.67\00:28:10.79
into the kingdom of heaven
then we are actively scattering.
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I'd like you to join us in
causing some positive thunder
00:28:15.32\00:28:18.25
by deliberately
giving Bible studies,
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by sharing the teachings of
our friend and Savior Jesus.
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