Our Father in heaven,
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tonight as we
look at this covenant
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that You desire to
make with each of us
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we pray that You will help
us understand what's involved
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that we might realize
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what You want to
do for each of us.
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We ask, Lord, that our faith
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may not be weak
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but that we might look to You
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and know that
all heaven and earth
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is dependent upon Your power,
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Your strength. And
the very throne of heaven
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is staked on the
fulfillment of Your Word.
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And so we ask tonight
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that You'll bless us as
we study Your Word together.
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For this we pray in
Christ's name, Amen.
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Revelation the 19th chapter
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pictures Jesus coming
back on a white horse.
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And it just simply
says that when He comes back
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He has His name
written certain places.
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This is what it
says... Revelation 19:16:
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So it says He has
written on His thigh
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and on His robe His name:
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"KING OF KINGS
AND LORD OF LORDS. "
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Why would that be?
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Why would He have His
name written on His thigh?
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Rather strange
place to write His name.
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Or why would He
write it on His robe?
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Well, you remember a man in
the Bible by the name of Jacob?
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You remember
Jacob was coming back
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from his uncle Laban's
house headed back to Canaan.
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He's got out onto the plains
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of Peniel and
there he's concerned
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because when he
left 20 years ago
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his father's
home his brother Esau
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had said to him: "When Dad
dies I'm going to kill you. "
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And now he's headed back home
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and he hears that Esau is coming
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with 400 soldiers.
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And so he thinks that
his life is in danger.
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And so here he is out
in the middle of this plain
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and a stranger
comes into the camp.
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And he begins to wrestle
with this stranger thinking that
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it's Esau.
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Wrestles with
him all night long.
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As it begins to break
towards dawn, he realizes
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that he's been
wrestling with an angel.
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And it says that he
took hold of this angel
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and said to him:
"I will not let you go
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unless you bless me. "
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Do you remember? Do you
remember what that angel did?
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Said that he touched his thigh
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and from that day
on Jacob was crippled.
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Touched his thigh. Now
Jacob is an old old man.
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He's in Egypt.
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He is dying.
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Watch what happens here:
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He said: "If I have
found favor in your sight,
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put your hand
under my thigh... "
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You see, this was a way
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that they
entered into a covenant.
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That's the way that they entered
into an oath with that person
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is they put their
hand under their thigh
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and they entered into a
covenant or took an oath.
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And there's other cases in
Scripture where that took place.
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So when Jesus comes back
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and He has His name
written on His thigh
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that is a sign of the
covenant that He has with you.
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That's what that is.
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That's why His name
is written on His thigh.
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Why is it written on His robe?
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Well listen... this
is what it tells us:
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Now listen carefully:
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You see, part of this covenant
that God wants to make with you
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is that He takes His
robe of righteousness
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and places that robe of
righteousness around you
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and around me.
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That's the reason
when He comes back
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He has His name
written on His robe.
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Because His robe represents
the righteousness of God
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that God covers you with.
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That's what it stands for...
that's what it represents.
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Listen... Hebrews 10 verse 16:
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All right, this is the covenant
He's entering into with you.
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OK.
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You see, He simply takes
that robe of righteousness
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and He covers you and I
with that robe of righteousness.
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So when Jesus comes
back in the clouds of heaven
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and He has His name
written on His thigh
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and upon His robe, that is the
covenant that He's made with you
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and He says: "Listen, I'm
not going to remember your sins
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any more. " That's
what He's talking about.
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Very very special covenant
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that God wants to
make with you tonight.
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You see, in the English language
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we have quite a few
different words for a covenant.
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Sometimes we refer
to a covenant as a will.
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Sometimes when they make
out a will they refer to it
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as a covenant.
This is an agreement...
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something that they
made. We use the word
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contract also for a covenant.
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That can refer to a covenant.
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Or we use the word testament.
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That's what you have here.
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Old and New Testament
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means old and new covenant.
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See, that's a word for
covenant is the word testament.
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Or you have the word agreement.
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That's another
word for a covenant.
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An agreement
that's made... a contract.
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Or you use the
word covenant itself.
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So when we're
talking about a covenant
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and entering into
a covenant with God
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there's very special things
that we want to see about that
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covenant. So tonight I
want to give you a definition
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of what a covenant
is so you can understand
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if you're going to
enter into a covenant with God
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what are those conditions.
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This is what the
definition of a covenant is:
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That is a covenant.
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When an individual or parties
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bind themselves to each other
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to fulfill certain
conditions that is a covenant.
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OK?
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So, let's say tonight
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we're going to
enter into a covenant.
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OK... let's say that
you and I are going to
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enter into a covenant.
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If we enter into a covenant,
when is that covenant in force?
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Now let me
illustrate what I'm saying.
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Let's say that you and
I enter into a covenant.
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We put down all the
conditions of the covenant.
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We list it all... we
decide what we agree on.
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And we take that to a lawyer
and we have that written up
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in legal language.
He writes it all up.
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We have it notarized.
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OK. Can that
covenant be changed?
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Can that covenant be changed?
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Well, let's say there's
some condition in that covenant
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that both of us don't like.
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We make the
covenant, we get it all settled
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and everything but it
just doesn't work quite right
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and so both of us don't like it.
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Can we go back to the
lawyer and get that changed?
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Oh, yes... we can
go back to the lawyer.
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We can have him
strike out part of it
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and we can initial it. OK?
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Let's say that one of us dies.
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Can it be changed?
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All right... now
listen carefully:
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So the covenant goes in
force after men are dead.
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So what I'm trying
to tell you tonight:
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don't let anybody ever
tell you any different,
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the covenant...
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if Jesus Christ
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was going to
change the covenant -
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follow me, folks -
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if Jesus Christ was
going to change the covenant,
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He had to do it before He died
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because when He died He
sealed it with His blood.
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Cannot be
changed once Jesus died.
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So no matter what
anybody ever tells you
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the covenant had to be changed
if it was going to be changed
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before Jesus died
not after He died.
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The Bible doesn't teach that.
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Neither does
legal terms teach that.
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It teaches it's
enforced after men are dead.
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OK. So God has
a special covenant
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that He wants to enter
into with you and with me.
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It's just simply saying
that it was dedicated to blood.
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God has a covenant that
He wants to make with man.
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Let's take a look...
see what that covenant is.
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Now dear friends, I can't
think of anything in God's Word
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that offers more to you
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and to me than what
I'm about to read to you.
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You look at this carefully.
Wonderful promise, OK?
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Now God's saying to you
and we'll see that this applies
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to you tonight. God's saying:
"If you'll obey My voice,
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keep my covenant... "
what's going to happen?
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God said: "If you
will obey My voice,
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keep My covenant, you will
be a special people to Me. "
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That's what God is saying.
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He said: "All
the earth's Mine...
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you'll be My special people. "
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So God wants to enter in to
this covenant with you tonight
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in a very special way.
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Listen to some of
the things that He says:
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So God is saying to you:
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"If you'll enter
into a covenant with Me,
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then I will put
My law in your heart.
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I'll write it on your mind;
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you will be My people
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and I will be your God. "
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That's what He promises
to all of you here tonight...
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to each one of us.
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That is the covenant He wants.
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"Walk in all the ways
that I have commanded you
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and it will be... "
Come on... "it will be
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well with you. "
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Now folks, this
Book has not failed!
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I mean, it has stood the
test of time. It hasn't failed.
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So if God says: "If you do
this it will be well with you"
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then is it going
to be well with you?
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You'd better believe it is.
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God makes that promise
and He says: "Just do this.
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It will be well with you. "
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So God wants to enter in to
a covenant with you tonight.
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Now God has made some covenants,
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and some of the
covenants that He has made
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were what we call
everlasting covenants.
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Everlasting covenants mean
that they never end, right?
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Never come to an end.
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They're everlasting covenants.
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One of the everlasting
covenants that God made -
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one you ought to remember -
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was what? Do you
remember this one?
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OK, let's see
what the covenant is.
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God entered into a covenant
with man. He said: "Never
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again will the entire earth
ever be flooded with water. "
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That's a covenant that God made.
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Let me ask you something:
has God broken His covenant?
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Never!
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Every time you walk out
there and you see a rainbow
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that is a sign of God's
covenant that He is faithful
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that He does not fail.
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And that covenant is
an everlasting covenant.
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Never ends. You with me?
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OK, God made an
everlasting covenant
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with Abraham.
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He's making this covenant
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with Abraham. That's
who He's making it with.
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So He said: "Abraham,
I'm going to enter in to an
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everlasting covenant with you. "
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So He said: "Abraham,
I'm going to be your God;
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you are going to be My people. "
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That's the covenant
He made with Abraham.
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He said: "I'll be your God;
you're going to be My people. "
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That covenant that
God made with Abraham
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is an everlasting
covenant. Listen to this:
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So dear friends,
the Scripture says
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That God is a
covenant-keeping God.
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Doesn't fail... OK?
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Everlasting... to a
thousand generations.
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All right.
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So He made an
everlasting covenant with them.
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Now that being the case
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that God said: "Abraham,
I'm going to make a covenant
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with you and with your descend-
ants. It will be forever. "
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Then the question that you
and I have to ask ourselves
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tonight is: "Does that covenant
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include the Gentile or
is it just for the Jew? "
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Now folks, you've got to
settle that in your heart
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and in your soul because
if you do not settle that
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once and for all,
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you will never
understand this Book.
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So you've got to settle
it in your heart tonight.
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Does that
covenant that God made...
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does that covenant
include the Gentile
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or was it made just
to the Jewish people?
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And if you don't settle it
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then you will never fully
understand the Word of God.
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OK? So we need to
look at some Scripture here
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and ask ourselves very clearly
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does that covenant
include the Gentile?
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All right. Moses...
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right down there about ready
to cross the Jordan River...
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Moses is soon going to go up
to Mount Nebo where he will die.
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He is repeating the covenant.
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I want you to listen
to what it says here:
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Now here all the children of
Israel are standing out there.
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All they are.
And Moses is saying:
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"This covenant that God
is making, He's not making it
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with you alone. " Hmm.
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Who else is there?
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What Gentiles?
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Are there Gentiles
there? Yes there are.
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There's a lot of Egyptians
that left the land of Egypt
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with the children of Israel.
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So He's saying: "I'm not just
making this with you alone. "
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Let's go on:
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He said: "All of you
that are standing out there -
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Jew, Gentile... all of you
that are standing out there -
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I'm making this
covenant with you
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before the Lord our God... "
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Does it include the Gentiles?
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Are you sure?
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Well, let's look
at another scripture.
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He said: "No...
not just with you;
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I'm giving you as a
light to the Gentiles. "
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So that covenant does
not include just the Jew.
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It includes the Gentile as well.
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Look at one more:
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All right.
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So it doesn't
include just the Jew.
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And you find when you
move into the New Testament
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it makes it very very
clear that it included more
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than the Jew. Galatians
the 3rd chapter verse 14 says:
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Now, God made an
everlasting covenant with who?
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Abraham.
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So dear friend, tonight
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I hope that you are 100% clear
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that that covenant included you.
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OK? Now if that
covenant included you,
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then we need to take
a good close look at it
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and see what's involved in it.
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That we might receive
the promise of the Spirit
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through faith. That He promises,
that's part of the covenant.
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OK. You see, the covenant...
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Did you know that?
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I mean, it's not just some-
thing that God takes lightly.
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God had a very special
place that He kept the covenant.
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And He made the covenant
there with the Jewish people -
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Abraham and all of them -
and the Scripture says this:
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So the ark... the ark
was the place where God
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kept the covenant.
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Put it in the ark, and it was
kept in a special place there
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because it was special to God.
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But you remember
Nebuchadnezzar came down
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and destroyed the temple.
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And Jeremiah and some
devout men took the ark
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and hid it. Never
been found to this day.
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So what about the covenant now?
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Is it just hidden in some cave
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and God knows where it
is but you and I don't?
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No... the Scripture
doesn't leave you in any doubt.
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Listen:
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So the ark's there in heaven.
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There's an ark there
in heaven, and in that ark
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is the covenant that
God enters into with you.
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Right there in heaven.
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"And there were
lightnings and noises
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and thunders and great
earthquakes and great hail. "
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So it talks about
the ark up in heaven.
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Now what we want to do now
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is we want to take a
look at what the New Testament
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has to say about the covenant.
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You see, you may
not have realized it
00:25:25.29\00:25:28.69
but many of you
when you go to church
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you do something
that when you do it
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you may not have
understood that you're actually
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entering into a
covenant with God.
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You're actually
entering into this covenant
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and saying: "Lord,
listen, I'll be Your people;
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You be my God. "
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Do you know what you do
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when you do something at church?
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Every time you
celebrate the Lord's Supper
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that's what you're doing is
you're entering into a covenant
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with God.
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So when you
celebrate the Lord's Supper
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you're actually entering
into a covenant with the Lord.
00:26:21.08\00:26:25.61
That's what you're doing.
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You may not understand
00:26:27.25\00:26:29.48
the
ramifications of the covenant.
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And I hope tonight that you
will understand what's involved
00:26:32.85\00:26:36.52
in the covenant and what
God wants you to understand.
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Galatians...
Galatians the third chapter
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and verse 29. It says:
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You understand that statement
"If you are Christ's? "
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That means if you
belong to the Lord.
00:26:52.27\00:26:54.14
That means if you've given
your heart to Jesus Christ.
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If you've accepted Him...
that's what that's saying.
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Hmm... so if you
accept Jesus Christ
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you are what? Abraham's seed.
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Are you beginning
to get the picture?
00:27:19.53\00:27:21.30
God made the
covenant with Abraham.
00:27:21.50\00:27:24.51
He made an everlasting covenant.
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And when you accept Jesus Christ
00:27:26.84\00:27:29.04
you become part of
Abraham's seed and therefore
00:27:29.24\00:27:33.98
you become part of the covenant
that God made with Abraham.
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OK? That's what happens.
00:27:39.25\00:27:41.46
That's what takes place.
You become an heir to the
00:27:41.66\00:27:45.69
promise because you
are an heir of Abraham.
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Can't do anything
about that, can we?
00:28:00.61\00:28:02.64
That's the way we're born.
00:28:02.84\00:28:04.71
Born a Gentile in the flesh
00:28:04.91\00:28:06.98
so that's nothing that you
and I can do anything about.
00:28:07.18\00:28:10.12
But watch what
God promises you here.
00:28:10.52\00:28:13.09
When you were a
Gentile in the flesh
00:28:16.86\00:28:18.69
God says you at that
time were without Christ.
00:28:18.89\00:28:22.30
If there's any of you here
tonight that do not know Jesus
00:28:22.50\00:28:26.53
Christ as your personal Savior
00:28:26.74\00:28:28.47
then you are without Christ.
00:28:28.67\00:28:30.81
OK? You are a
Gentile in the flesh.
00:28:31.77\00:28:34.84
That's what the Scripture says.
00:28:35.04\00:28:36.38
All right:
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You're not connected to Israel.
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You're an alien
00:28:44.62\00:28:45.95
separated from Israel because
you don't know Jesus Christ.
00:28:45.99\00:28:49.06
But oh, when you
accept Jesus Christ
00:28:57.87\00:29:01.27
ah, you become... you
become a seed of Abraham.
00:29:01.67\00:29:07.14
You become an
heir to the promise.
00:29:07.34\00:29:09.31
You become part of the
covenant that God made.
00:29:09.51\00:29:13.01
That's what you become.
00:29:13.21\00:29:14.65
All right? So that promise
was given to you, dear friend,
00:29:14.85\00:29:18.79
just as much as it
was given to the Jew.
00:29:18.99\00:29:22.02
Now the question I've
gotta ask you tonight:
00:29:22.22\00:29:23.93
why do we need a new covenant?
00:29:26.23\00:29:28.76
Was there something
wrong with the old covenant?
00:29:30.63\00:29:32.73
And if there was nothing
wrong with the old covenant,
00:29:35.27\00:29:37.51
then why did they
have a new covenant?
00:29:37.87\00:29:39.77
See? Why does the Scripture,
New Testament, talk about
00:29:41.51\00:29:44.81
a new covenant. Was there some-
thing wrong with the old one?
00:29:45.01\00:29:47.98
And if there's something
wrong with the old one,
00:29:48.38\00:29:50.29
what was wrong with it?
Well, let's take a look.
00:29:50.49\00:29:54.12
Let's see where the problem is.
00:29:54.32\00:29:55.92
Moses came down
out of the mountain,
00:30:08.77\00:30:10.61
took the Book of the Covenant,
and read it to the people.
00:30:10.81\00:30:14.61
All right? "And they said... "
00:30:15.01\00:30:17.28
Good response or bad response?
00:30:22.65\00:30:25.15
You don't know, huh?
00:30:27.99\00:30:29.32
Good response or bad response?
00:30:30.33\00:30:32.36
Good response... good response.
00:30:32.76\00:30:35.76
Not anything wrong
with that. They said:
00:30:35.96\00:30:37.83
"All that the Lord has said
we will do and be obedient. "
00:30:38.03\00:30:41.44
That was a good response!
00:30:41.74\00:30:43.27
OK? That was not
where the problem was.
00:30:44.04\00:30:47.58
Remember that a covenant,
a covenant is an agreement...
00:30:47.78\00:30:52.51
That's what they did.
00:30:57.92\00:30:59.42
They said: "All
that the Lord has said
00:30:59.82\00:31:02.89
we will do and be obedient. "
00:31:03.09\00:31:06.73
Not anything wrong with
that in any way. That was good.
00:31:07.66\00:31:11.07
OK. Now the question is:
00:31:11.90\00:31:15.07
Do you understand
what I mean by that?
00:31:21.04\00:31:23.21
Was there something wrong
with what was written down.
00:31:23.61\00:31:26.95
The conditions of it. The
things that were written down
00:31:28.85\00:31:32.72
in God's covenant, was
there something wrong with that?
00:31:32.92\00:31:35.22
Or where was the problem?
If there was something wrong,
00:31:36.16\00:31:39.26
where was the problem?
00:31:39.46\00:31:40.80
Well let's see if we can
find out where the problem was.
00:31:40.93\00:31:44.27
So the Bible says very clearly
00:31:53.38\00:31:55.44
if there wasn't something
wrong with the first one,
00:31:55.64\00:31:58.08
then there would have
been no reason for the second.
00:31:58.28\00:32:00.25
So there must be something
wrong with the first one.
00:32:00.45\00:32:03.28
The question you have to
settle in your heart tonight:
00:32:03.69\00:32:06.19
is the problem
with the first covenant
00:32:06.39\00:32:09.49
concerning what
was written down?
00:32:09.69\00:32:11.59
The conditions of it?
00:32:11.99\00:32:13.33
Well let's see if the Scripture
tells us where the problem is.
00:32:14.16\00:32:16.93
The problem was not in
what was written down...
00:32:23.77\00:32:27.74
the problem was with the people.
00:32:27.94\00:32:29.74
Not anything wrong
with what was written down.
00:32:31.25\00:32:33.98
The problem was with the people.
00:32:34.85\00:32:36.65
They said: "All
that the Lord has said
00:32:37.05\00:32:39.22
we will do. "
This is what they did.
00:32:39.42\00:32:41.52
They did not do what they said
00:32:47.90\00:32:50.37
and God said:
"Therefore I will not honor them
00:32:50.57\00:32:53.94
because they didn't do
what they said they would do. "
00:32:54.14\00:32:56.67
So the problem was
not in the conditions.
00:32:56.87\00:32:59.31
The problem was with the people.
00:32:59.51\00:33:02.24
What did they do?
They took the old covenant
00:33:02.44\00:33:05.91
and they turned it
into obedience by works.
00:33:06.11\00:33:11.19
And they said: "If you do
00:33:11.82\00:33:14.86
this, this, this, and this,
00:33:15.06\00:33:17.43
you're going to
get into heaven. "
00:33:17.63\00:33:19.09
And they made it
totally and completely
00:33:20.53\00:33:23.67
a matter of works.
00:33:23.97\00:33:26.20
That's what they believed.
00:33:27.04\00:33:28.60
That's what they thought.
00:33:29.00\00:33:30.77
Are you
acquainted with this woman?
00:33:31.51\00:33:34.41
Her name is Dr. Laura.
00:33:34.61\00:33:37.35
You hear her on the radio.
00:33:37.55\00:33:38.88
Huh? Acquainted with her?
00:33:39.01\00:33:40.78
You understand that she's a Jew?
00:33:41.28\00:33:43.59
OK... she wrote a book
called The Ten Commandments.
00:33:44.92\00:33:48.46
I read the book.
00:33:48.76\00:33:50.13
Very good book. Very
excellent book on morals.
00:33:50.33\00:33:53.73
In the book she says this
and she gives a definition
00:33:54.93\00:33:58.33
of Christianity.
00:33:58.73\00:34:00.94
One of the clearest
definitions I have ever read.
00:34:01.10\00:34:04.31
I want you to
listen to it carefully.
00:34:04.51\00:34:06.54
That's beautiful, folks.
That's exactly what Jesus does
00:34:17.52\00:34:20.76
for you, what He does for me.
00:34:20.96\00:34:22.86
I accept Jesus Christ
and He comes in and begins
00:34:23.96\00:34:28.83
to change my life and
to change the tendencies
00:34:29.03\00:34:32.00
and to change the
way I live. Listen:
00:34:32.20\00:34:34.34
So you and I...
by faith we reach out
00:34:46.98\00:34:50.22
and we accept Jesus
Christ. And as we accept Him
00:34:50.42\00:34:53.56
we turn our life over
to Him. And He comes in
00:34:53.76\00:34:55.86
and He begins to do His
work in our life and changes us.
00:34:56.06\00:35:00.00
That's what the
Christian believes.
00:35:00.20\00:35:01.83
This is what she believes:
00:35:02.86\00:35:04.90
That is salvation by works.
00:35:14.14\00:35:18.28
Great great difference
than what Jesus taught.
00:35:18.98\00:35:23.55
He taught that
salvation was by grace.
00:35:23.95\00:35:26.86
Salvation was by looking to Him.
00:35:27.26\00:35:29.52
Salvation did not
come in one's ability.
00:35:29.72\00:35:33.50
OK... that's what
the Jewish people did:
00:35:34.13\00:35:37.20
they took that covenant
and they turned that into
00:35:37.40\00:35:40.10
a covenant of works.
00:35:40.30\00:35:41.74
Now the Scripture
simply tells us this:
00:35:42.60\00:35:45.27
Jesus Christ has obtained
a more excellent ministry...
00:35:52.45\00:35:55.88
Hmm? Established
on better promises?
00:36:08.86\00:36:12.47
Let me ask you:
00:36:13.44\00:36:15.37
are your promises
better than the Jewish people?
00:36:15.77\00:36:18.41
You've got more
backbone than Jewish people?
00:36:20.14\00:36:23.98
You've got more willpower
than the Jewish people?
00:36:25.55\00:36:28.15
Huh? Are your promises
better than the Jewish people?
00:36:29.02\00:36:32.02
Well if your promises aren't any
better than the Jewish people
00:36:33.56\00:36:36.93
then how can you make
it on better promises?
00:36:37.13\00:36:39.49
Well you see,
the first covenant -
00:36:43.50\00:36:46.33
the old covenant -
00:36:46.74\00:36:48.20
was simply between
God and the people.
00:36:48.40\00:36:51.57
Moses came down, read
it, and they said: "All
00:36:51.97\00:36:54.04
that the Lord has said we
will do and be obedient. "
00:36:54.24\00:36:56.61
But they weren't.
00:36:57.35\00:36:58.68
The new covenant is not
between God and the people.
00:36:59.35\00:37:02.98
The new covenant is
between God and Jesus Christ.
00:37:03.39\00:37:06.09
That's why it's on
much much better promises:
00:37:07.06\00:37:11.96
because it is
between God and Jesus.
00:37:12.46\00:37:15.83
That's what
makes it much better.
00:37:16.46\00:37:18.23
And so when you and
I come to Jesus Christ
00:37:18.43\00:37:20.84
and we accept Him
00:37:21.04\00:37:23.04
ah, dear friend, THEN
He begins to do His work
00:37:23.24\00:37:27.31
in our hearts. Watch
00:37:27.51\00:37:29.94
'cause it says here
in Hebrew 9 verse 15:
00:37:30.15\00:37:32.98
OK, what is He saying?
00:37:41.92\00:37:43.32
He's saying: "Listen, this
new covenant... I have sealed it
00:37:43.53\00:37:47.00
with My death. "
00:37:47.20\00:37:49.53
You see, it required blood.
00:37:50.30\00:37:52.73
And so He
died... paid the price.
00:37:52.93\00:37:55.70
He sealed that
covenant forever by His death.
00:37:55.90\00:37:58.84
So He said: "Listen, I'm
going to give you this promise
00:38:11.35\00:38:13.96
because I died. "
00:38:14.16\00:38:15.49
Jesus Christ said: "I'm
making this covenant with you
00:38:23.30\00:38:26.07
and I'm going to come down
and I'm going to pay the price
00:38:26.27\00:38:29.14
for each one of
you here tonight. "
00:38:29.34\00:38:31.24
And that He did for
every last one of you here.
00:38:31.44\00:38:34.38
But that wasn't enough!
00:38:35.38\00:38:37.35
That wasn't enough, friends.
00:38:37.81\00:38:39.75
If all that was
necessary to save you
00:38:40.62\00:38:43.69
was for Jesus to die,
00:38:44.19\00:38:46.49
He could have died as a
baby and gone back to heaven.
00:38:48.26\00:38:52.43
He wouldn't have had to
stick around for 30 years.
00:38:53.19\00:38:56.83
Why? 'Cause the covenant
required something else.
00:38:58.40\00:39:02.94
God says: "Hang on! "
00:39:15.98\00:39:17.49
He is our High
Priest; He can sympathize
00:39:25.36\00:39:28.33
with our weaknesses
because He came here
00:39:28.53\00:39:30.77
and He lived on this
earth just like you and I.
00:39:30.97\00:39:34.37
OK? Lived here.
00:39:34.77\00:39:37.87
Came down here and He
lived an absolute perfect life
00:39:46.35\00:39:50.29
because the covenant
says: "If you obey Me
00:39:50.49\00:39:54.36
and follow Me. " Jesus
said: "I'll live a perfect life
00:39:54.56\00:39:58.19
for you. " So He died
and He lived a perfect life
00:39:58.49\00:40:04.47
for you and me. Therefore
He says to you: "Because
00:40:04.67\00:40:07.40
I did that for you, let
us therefore come boldly
00:40:07.60\00:40:11.21
to the throne of grace... "
00:40:11.41\00:40:13.11
Now I want you to understand
00:40:21.75\00:40:25.42
some of the
conditions of the covenant here.
00:40:25.62\00:40:27.59
What I'm sharing with
you right now, dear friends,
00:40:27.99\00:40:30.76
as far as I'm
concerned is the most important
00:40:31.03\00:40:33.73
part of the whole covenant.
00:40:33.93\00:40:35.86
And you have to listen
carefully or you'll miss it.
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Many times if you're
reading if you don't read slowly
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and you don't read carefully
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you miss some of the great
great promises of God's Word.
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So listen carefully...
Hebrews 13 verse 20:
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So it's talking about
the everlasting covenant.
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Now folks, if you don't
watch carefully you miss it.
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It says: "make you complete. "
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Who makes you complete?
00:41:20.98\00:41:22.38
Jesus Christ!
You see, we miss that
00:41:23.01\00:41:25.61
many times... we
think that's our job
00:41:25.81\00:41:28.35
is to make ourselves complete.
00:41:28.55\00:41:30.09
No... that's God's job!
00:41:30.29\00:41:32.05
Your responsibility and mine
00:41:32.25\00:41:34.46
is to turn your live over to Him
00:41:34.66\00:41:36.46
and let Him do
His work in your life
00:41:36.66\00:41:38.79
and He will make you
complete to do His will.
00:41:39.19\00:41:42.53
He promises that.
00:41:42.73\00:41:44.07
And I don't care who you are,
I don't care what you've done,
00:41:44.10\00:41:47.17
I don't care what
your situation is,
00:41:47.37\00:41:49.24
if you get up every
morning and you commit your life
00:41:49.44\00:41:52.67
to Jesus Christ HE WILL
do His work in your life.
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Change it; make
it different for you.
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He'll work in your life and
He'll change and He'll make it
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different.
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That is the promise.
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And dear friends, when you enter
into that kind of relationship
00:42:18.27\00:42:21.74
with Jesus Christ
you no longer have
00:42:21.94\00:42:24.91
obedience by works.
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You no longer have that.
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You have something
completely different.
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Who does the putting?
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Jesus Christ. He
said: "I'll put My law
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in your mind; I'll
write it on your heart. "
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That, dear friend,
is obedience by faith.
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See? Totally and
completely different
00:43:04.18\00:43:06.41
than obedience by works.
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It's when I turn my life
over and by faith I cling
00:43:08.58\00:43:12.25
to the Lord Jesus Christ
He does His work in my life
00:43:12.45\00:43:15.59
and that changes it
and makes it different.
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That is a joyous occasion.
00:43:18.36\00:43:20.83
That's a joyous work
because the Lord is doing it
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and He changes my life.
00:43:24.33\00:43:25.90
This idea that we have
of struggling and fighting
00:43:26.90\00:43:29.64
all the time... that's
why so many people go around
00:43:29.84\00:43:33.24
with long faces 'cause
their Christian experience
00:43:33.44\00:43:36.64
is not happy.
00:43:36.85\00:43:38.18
See? Because they never
have found the joy there is
00:43:38.28\00:43:40.78
in Jesus Christ.
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Now God has a covenant.
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That covenant... He
has a sign of the covenant.
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Always has a
sign of the covenant.
00:43:52.13\00:43:54.10
He made an everlasting
covenant with you and me.
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That was the rainbow.
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So that when you see the
rainbow you know the earth's
00:44:00.60\00:44:03.44
never going to be flooded.
00:44:03.64\00:44:04.97
In order for
that sign to be right
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it has to fulfill
certain requirements.
00:44:08.04\00:44:10.38
One: in order for
that sign to be right
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it has to be universal.
00:44:13.28\00:44:14.92
If, you know, you only saw
rainbows in the United States,
00:44:15.32\00:44:19.05
that wouldn't be
very good, would it?
00:44:19.25\00:44:20.72
I mean, it's gotta be universal,
it's gotta be everywhere.
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Secondly, not only
does it have to be universal
00:44:23.56\00:44:25.63
it has to be tangible. It
has to be something you can see,
00:44:25.83\00:44:27.96
feel, taste.
You've gotta be able to
00:44:28.16\00:44:30.10
know that it's
there... it's gotta be tangible.
00:44:30.30\00:44:32.33
Thirdly, it has
to be well-defined.
00:44:32.53\00:44:34.97
And the rainbow is
very well-defined, right?
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Don't have any trouble...
when you see it you know it.
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All right. Four: it
has to be incorruptible.
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You can't corrupt it.
00:44:43.75\00:44:45.08
No way... I don't care
how long you look for the
00:44:45.25\00:44:47.62
end of the rainbow
you can't corrupt it:
00:44:47.82\00:44:50.09
you can't steal the gold. OK?
00:44:50.29\00:44:52.32
And it has to be personal.
00:44:52.52\00:44:54.16
OK? Those are things
that have to be in a sign
00:44:54.36\00:44:59.39
of a covenant. Now God
has an everlasting covenant,
00:44:59.59\00:45:03.63
right? that He
made with Abraham.
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OK... do you
know what the sign is?
00:45:06.80\00:45:10.84
God gave a sign.
Just the same as a rainbow
00:45:12.87\00:45:15.94
He gave a sign of
that everlasting covenant.
00:45:16.14\00:45:18.41
Let's see if we can
find out what it is.
00:45:18.61\00:45:20.65
Listen, I'm going to
read you several texts.
00:45:35.13\00:45:36.97
Watch... it
makes it crystal clear
00:45:37.17\00:45:38.93
that the Sabbath is the
sign of God's covenant with you.
00:45:39.13\00:45:42.30
That's what it is.
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So He said: "This is a sign that
I have given of My covenant. "
00:45:57.49\00:46:00.29
So He says: "I've
given the Sabbath.
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That is a sign of My covenant. "
00:46:14.57\00:46:17.67
OK... if the Sabbath
00:46:33.39\00:46:36.26
is God's sign of the covenant
that He made with Abraham,
00:46:37.03\00:46:41.13
then does it fulfill
all the requirements?
00:46:41.53\00:46:45.27
Got to ask ourselves that.
00:46:46.37\00:46:47.70
"It is a sign between Me and the
children of Israel forever. "
00:46:47.87\00:46:50.97
Well, let's see if it does.
00:47:06.35\00:47:08.12
Well, to begin
with: is it universal?
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Sure. Any place
you go in the world
00:47:12.33\00:47:15.10
it's universal. All right?
00:47:15.30\00:47:17.50
Secondly, is it tangible?
00:47:17.70\00:47:20.47
Huh? Absolutely...
it's a piece of time.
00:47:21.17\00:47:24.34
It is tangible.
00:47:24.54\00:47:25.87
OK? Very much a piece of time.
00:47:26.21\00:47:28.28
Thirdly, is it well-defined?
00:47:28.88\00:47:32.05
Huh? Oh, very
well defined indeed.
00:47:33.01\00:47:37.15
For you remember God made
it very clear that the Sabbath
00:47:37.35\00:47:41.19
began at sunset
00:47:42.12\00:47:44.99
and goes to sunset.
00:47:45.86\00:47:49.13
He defined it... absolutely.
00:47:49.33\00:47:51.37
So no question...
it is well-defined
00:47:51.77\00:47:55.00
when you take a look at it.
00:47:55.20\00:47:56.54
So when we took a look at
it we found that the Sabbath
00:47:56.87\00:47:59.64
is:
00:47:59.84\00:48:01.18
OK... Let's go on.
00:48:08.65\00:48:09.98
Is it incorruptible?
00:48:10.19\00:48:12.15
Absolutely! You may not keep
it but you can't corrupt it.
00:48:13.09\00:48:15.59
See? It's incorruptible!
00:48:16.73\00:48:18.76
And five: is it personal?
00:48:19.53\00:48:22.06
So it fits all the
criteria of a sign...
00:48:22.46\00:48:25.87
the Sabbath does.
00:48:26.07\00:48:27.40
All right. So my question
is simply this one which you've
00:48:27.64\00:48:32.01
gotta settle in your heart...
00:48:32.21\00:48:33.54
The question that
you have to settle is:
00:48:34.21\00:48:36.34
Now you understand
what you're saying?
00:48:41.48\00:48:43.35
See, you've already
told me that that covenant
00:48:44.25\00:48:47.26
included the Gentile.
00:48:47.46\00:48:48.89
And if the covenant
included the Gentile
00:48:49.29\00:48:51.79
and the Sabbath is a
sign of the covenant,
00:48:52.49\00:48:55.56
then does it
include the Gentile?
00:48:55.76\00:48:57.87
Absolutely... but
let's look at some Scripture
00:48:58.27\00:49:00.60
and see if the Bible says that
it's for the Gentile as well as
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for the Jew.
00:49:03.87\00:49:05.21
Listen carefully, friends:
00:49:30.53\00:49:32.13
Therefore, does it
include the Gentile?
00:49:44.68\00:49:47.75
Yes. Did it include the
Gentile in the New Testament?
00:49:47.95\00:49:51.75
Was it involved
there? Listen very carefully.
00:49:52.15\00:49:54.82
Paul is preaching.
00:49:55.22\00:49:57.03
As he preaches Paul says:
00:49:57.23\00:49:59.46
Now listen carefully:
00:50:14.98\00:50:16.95
They heard about it and
they said: "Praise God...
00:50:25.05\00:50:27.52
We're included! " See?
00:50:27.72\00:50:30.99
"We're included! "
00:50:31.19\00:50:32.53
Paul and his companions,
they've made their way over to
00:50:37.37\00:50:41.57
Macedonia. That's Europe.
00:50:41.77\00:50:44.21
There at that time in
history the Jewish people had
00:50:44.61\00:50:47.94
not settled much into Europe.
00:50:48.14\00:50:49.74
They've made their way
up to the city of Philippi.
00:50:49.94\00:50:53.15
They're there for a number
of days. The Sabbath comes.
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Let's see what happens here in
Acts the 16th chapter verse 12:
00:50:56.38\00:51:00.62
OK... no Jewish synagogue here.
00:51:10.00\00:51:12.27
They heard about these
women that were meeting
00:51:24.48\00:51:26.35
out by the river. They went
out and worshiped with them.
00:51:26.55\00:51:28.65
This is where
Lydia was converted.
00:51:28.85\00:51:31.22
So definitely the Gentiles
are keeping the Sabbath.
00:51:31.85\00:51:35.19
Listen... Acts 17 verse 2:
00:51:35.39\00:51:39.13
Who's he reasoning with?
00:51:47.60\00:51:49.24
Not just Jews... it
included more than that...
00:51:56.85\00:52:00.48
in the marketplace daily with
those who happened to be there.
00:52:00.68\00:52:04.85
So dear friend, yes...
the Sabbath was involved
00:52:05.05\00:52:09.52
not just with the Jew
but with the Gentile as well.
00:52:09.72\00:52:13.40
So put it down. God
has never changed it.
00:52:21.34\00:52:25.64
It will never be changed.
00:52:26.04\00:52:28.14
If Jesus was going to change it,
He had to do it before He died.
00:52:28.34\00:52:32.41
And you find that He
said very clearly that He was
00:52:33.42\00:52:36.42
Lord of the Sabbath.
00:52:36.62\00:52:37.95
It even tells you that the
Sabbath will be kept in heaven.
00:52:38.85\00:52:41.69
Listen, Isaiah 66:22:
00:52:42.66\00:52:45.86
Listen:
00:52:53.87\00:52:55.20
Hmm?
00:53:10.19\00:53:11.52
Because it is a sign
00:53:11.72\00:53:15.82
of an everlasting
perpetual covenant.
00:53:16.02\00:53:20.53
Do you know what
language Jesus Christ spoke?
00:54:01.30\00:54:04.97
Do you know?
00:54:07.14\00:54:08.48
Aramaic.
00:54:08.51\00:54:10.01
I'm going to read you
a text from the Aramaic
00:54:10.41\00:54:13.25
translated into English.
00:54:13.45\00:54:15.28
Comes from
Hebrews the 4th chapter
00:54:15.48\00:54:18.25
verse 9. This is what it says:
00:54:18.45\00:54:20.46
That's the way
it reads in Aramaic.
00:54:28.70\00:54:30.47
"It is the duty of the people
of God to keep the Sabbath. "
00:54:30.67\00:54:33.97
Now... Jesus wants to
enter into a covenant with you.
00:54:35.00\00:54:38.97
A covenant is
about a relationship.
00:54:40.08\00:54:42.48
Jesus had a very close
relationship with His Father.
00:54:42.88\00:54:45.81
And you remember
as He prayed there
00:54:46.01\00:54:48.62
in the Garden of
Gethsemane He said:
00:54:48.82\00:54:50.25
Now folks, He's
talking to His Father
00:55:00.96\00:55:03.57
and He's talking to His
Father in very familiar terms.
00:55:03.77\00:55:07.07
That's the reason the
Scripture translates that word
00:55:07.47\00:55:10.01
Abba 'cause we
do not have a word
00:55:10.21\00:55:12.84
in English that
expresses the intimacy
00:55:13.04\00:55:17.25
that that word Abba does.
00:55:17.45\00:55:19.15
The closest word
we have in English
00:55:19.45\00:55:21.68
for that word Abba is Daddy.
00:55:21.88\00:55:24.85
That's the closest word we have.
00:55:25.25\00:55:26.86
So He's appealing
to His Father here
00:55:27.06\00:55:29.42
in very intimate terms.
00:55:29.62\00:55:31.69
Abba Father. OK? It means a very
00:55:31.89\00:55:36.50
very close relationship.
That's what it means.
00:55:36.70\00:55:39.93
That's what it stands for.
00:55:40.14\00:55:41.47
A covenant... It says that
when God enters into a covenant
00:55:41.60\00:55:45.94
that's a sign of a relation-
ship between you and God.
00:55:46.14\00:55:49.31
And it says that He comes in
and He writes it in your heart
00:55:49.51\00:55:52.48
and puts it where? In your mind.
00:55:52.68\00:55:55.18
OK? The Scripture says that
He's going to write His name
00:55:55.58\00:55:59.62
in your mind on your forehead.
00:55:59.82\00:56:02.09
That He's going to
put His law in your mind.
00:56:02.49\00:56:05.33
Do you know how He does that?
00:56:05.93\00:56:07.46
Huh? Do you know
how He does that?
00:56:08.53\00:56:11.10
This is how He does it, friends:
00:56:12.03\00:56:14.04
See... that's what's there.
00:56:18.21\00:56:20.61
See, it has His name
right in the very heart of it.
00:56:20.81\00:56:25.11
And so that Sabbath
represents... He said:
00:56:25.31\00:56:27.88
"Listen, that's My covenant
with you; that's the sign
00:56:28.08\00:56:30.92
of this relationship
that I have with you. "
00:56:31.12\00:56:33.39
God wants to enter into a
covenant with you tonight.
00:56:51.57\00:56:54.38
He wants to write His
law, put it in your heart,
00:56:55.31\00:56:59.11
write it on your mind.
00:56:59.31\00:57:00.65
Abba, Father,
00:57:05.29\00:57:10.39
let me be
00:57:10.59\00:57:15.16
Yours and Yours
00:57:15.56\00:57:20.14
alone.
00:57:20.34\00:57:25.27
May my life
00:57:25.67\00:57:29.91
forever be
00:57:30.31\00:57:35.78
evermore
00:57:35.98\00:57:41.36
Your own.
00:57:41.66\00:57:47.56