Hello, everyone.
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"The nice thing
about crime," someone said,
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"is that it usually
happens to someone else."
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and However, rising
crime statistics tell us more
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and more that someone
else is likely to be you.
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We have been robbed.
Victims of road rage.
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Sued by someone
we didn't even know.
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See facts are crime's showing
up in some surprising ways.
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Enron, anthrax,
shoe bombs, snipers.
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No longer if we just kind
of shrug our shoulders and say,
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"Well, crime that something
that happens to someone else."
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Now, crime and
violence is everywhere.
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In fact it's big business,
weaseling into politics
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and government,
infecting police departments
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and even Washington D.C.
Students bomb their schools,
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kid's murder teachers
and fellow classmates.
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Even small children carry guns.
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We've had in recent years
cult murders, assassinations,
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hijacking, jihad,
terrorists, mailbox bombs,
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Wall Street and
government corruption,
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reported every day in
countries all over the world.
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The question tonight is
why all the lawlessness?
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Whatever happened
to right and wrong?
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I received the Los
Angeles Times when I'm at home
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and sportswriter,
the late Jim Murray, said
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and I'm gonna
paraphrase what he said.
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He said, "Americans have
bred a generation of rebels,
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questioning,
skeptical, challenging.
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Children who
imitate TV's role models.
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Oh, come on, TV violence, Mom?
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No, I'm just watching
Rambo. Fathers cheat at work.
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Both parents
cheat on each other.
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The children see it all
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and the broken homes
are leaving ugly scars.
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And who's to instill a
sense of right and wrong
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if parents won't?
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Says, Jim Murray.
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I mean, schools
can't teach morality.
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We've outgrown the
Bible's moral standard.
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Well, I don't know but
maybe Jim Murray is right.
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But would you like to know
how all of this snowballed,
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especially in our 21st
century modern society?
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Now this may shock you,
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but it actually
started with preachers.
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Of all people in one of
the strangest developments
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in the 20th
century religious world,
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we have watched
this amazing spectacle
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of churches adopting attitudes
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that disregard God's
boundaries calling it freedom.
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Churches saying, well,
God's laws no longer apply.
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His commandments
have been abolished,
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they're no longer
relevant and in fact,
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they're impossible to keep.
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Now this whole
convoluted philosophy
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got started a few years ago
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and it catapulted in popularity
with the publication of a book
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when I was going to
college Southern California book
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by a certain
Dr. Joseph Fletcher,
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a book called
"Situation Ethics."
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Now he claimed to be
a Christian psychologist
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but Fletcher shocked
the world when he announced,
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hey, modern Christians.
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You don't need rules,
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you don't need
laws to govern behavior.
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You see, God wants us
to be "love children."
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Free love.
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He gave us a brain so you decide
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what's right for
you, in your situation
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depending on the
situation, I'll decide for me.
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But we'll just go out
and do the "loving thing."
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And in my era that exploded
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in the Haight-Ashbury
hippie era of the 1970s,
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the drug culture
of LSD and marijuana.
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But you know what happened
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is that preachers
then got on the bandwagon
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and they said, hey,
Dr. Fletcher is right,
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"it makes sense,
we're not under the law,
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Bible says, we're
under grace," and the result?
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Fletcher scored a real
hit, because now all of a sudden
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why have you
figured it out long enough
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adultery could for
example, be okay for some people
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depending on the situation.
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You know you do your own thing,
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meant that everybody was right,
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drugs, the thief,
the crook, the murderer.
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And tens and tens of
millions of Christians
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for the past 50 years
have bought into this.
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In fact psychologists
jumped on the bandwagon.
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Have you heard of a gentleman
by the name of Dr. Spock,
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he wrote in his
parenting manual,
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and he said, "Moms, Dads,
don't discipline your children.
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Well, that will stifle their
creativity and their freedom.
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Just let them do
their own thing."
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Have you heard
that expression? No.
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But folks, do you know what?
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This I submit is
twisted thinking.
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In fact Dr. Spock
finally apologized
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in "Redbook Magazine."
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He realized, "oops,
maybe we made a big mistake
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and he confessed.
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He said, I was wrong.
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I have helped breed a whole
generation of American rebels."
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And I'm so glad
that my fellow ministers
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and other denominations
priests and rabbi's and bishops,
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they are now back pedaling too.
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But "uh-oh, too late."
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Because in 2003, 2004,
we're reaping a bumper harvest
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of broken homes and
children out of control,
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and crimes so
violent that we shudder.
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And the Voice of Prophecy
speaks once again to us today,
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in the words of
Hosea, the prophet,
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in chapter 8 and verse 7.
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He predicted a
last-day prophecy of our day
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almost quoting sports-writer
Jim Murray word for word.
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He says, "They sow the
wind, and reap the whirlwind."
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You see, ladies and gentlemen,
Dr. Fletcher forgot something.
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He forgot human nature.
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Because who determines
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when a situation
is right or wrong?
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Isn't even the moral
judgment of good people
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often imperfect at times?
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In fact the Bible says,
we're not good judges at all.
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Proverbs 14:12
says, "There is a way
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that seems right to a
man, but its end is," what?
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"The way of death."
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You see, Dr.
Fletcher, you forgot something.
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You forgot that even love
does not tell you what to do.
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Now, justice can.
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Laws can. Rules can.
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They come to our
rescue and help us.
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In fact, they're
kind of like a roadmap.
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They give us direction
on how to express ourselves.
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The human beings need a
standard of right and wrong
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that's outside of ourselves
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and not just our own
feelings and desires,
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as the Apostle Paul
says in 2 Timothy 4:3, 4.
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You see folks,
we don't get freedom
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by throwing out the rules.
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Couple of years ago
Phil Draper and Jeannie
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and our Voice of Prophecy Staff
were doing a series of meetings
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down in Caracas, Venezuela.
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You've been
watching them in the news
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with all the problems
and revelation so forth.
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Well, their President Chavez,
in order to get political votes
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and get into the
office where he now,
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he made a campaign promise
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and he said, folks,
"If you will vote for me,
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I'll give you brand new freedoms
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you've never
have enjoyed before.
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In fact, I will
remove all the traffic signs
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and the stoplights in town."
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No more rules and he did.
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Can you imagine what
the result is down there?
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Absolute total chaos. He
even went further than that.
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For those who are not wealthy,
didn't have money, he said,
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well, you just go
and rob from the rich.
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Take what's you need.
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You go down
there, here is a picture,
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they have bars on their windows,
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15 stories high in
all of the apartments.
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You see whenever you removed
standards of right and wrong,
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whenever you suspend the rules,
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whenever human
beings have no laws
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total license, chaos follows.
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Friend, listen, you tell me.
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Do we need rules
down here in 2003, 2004?
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Yes. Oh, what are the rules?
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Who's to decide
what's right and wrong?
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Well, in God's
prophetic word, the Bible.
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God gave human
beings a 10-word formula
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for a crime-free society.
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Just 10 words.
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And had they
always been followed,
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even preachers like
Billy Graham now admit
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the crime would
never have it existed.
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Everyone would be safe
and happy any place on Earth.
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So right now let's
hit the pause button
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and rewind and go
back in our Bibles
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to when the
wild-west shoot-em-up
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bandito outlaw
Israelites blasted their way
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out of slavery in Egypt.
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You know, the Bible says
that they were so wild-eyed
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and they were so criminal,
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they didn't know their
right hand from their left.
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I mean, for 400 years remember
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they have been caged up
like slaves living like animals.
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Total
totalitarian terror reigned.
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They were
killing, they were raping,
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they were stealing,
they were embezzling.
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They were immoral scam.
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What a motley
bunch when the dear Lord
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came down to meet them at Sinai.
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He had, had the
thunder rolled its kettle drums
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and lightning shook
its fiery white lances,
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and God said,
"Okay, enough already.
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You can't go on living like this
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so I'm going you some rules
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etched on stone
with My own finger.
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So, you can learn to
get along with each other.
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Are you listening, He said."
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Notice what it
says in Exodus 20:12,
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He said now, "I
am the Lord your God,
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who brought you out
of the land of Egypt,
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out of the house of bondage."
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I'm the One who opened
up the Red Sea before you.
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I'm your Deliverer.
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I'm your Protector
because I care about you,
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you can trust Me.
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These rules are going
to be for your own good.
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Kind of like buying a new car?
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Haven't had too many
those in my life time
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I must assure you.
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But whenever I bought a new car,
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the two times in
the glove compartment
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is the owner's manual.
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Now I'll tell you I've read
it right through both times,
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because it tells you what grade
of motor oil for the engine,
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the type of
gasoline to run in the gas
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thank for tip-top
optimum performance.
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Well, God says to the Israelites
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and My divine law
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is like the
manufacturer's specifications,
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so that you can live
life in peace and safety.
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It's very simple,
very quick, clear,
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reference point to
know right from wrong.
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Because what I'm gonna give you
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is a reflection
of what God is like.
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I want you to be like
God. So here, take a look.
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And in Exodus 20,
just to summarize quickly
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you can look on the screen
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and see the full
text if you wish.
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But number one God says,
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"I guarantee that
you'll be happiest
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if you don't get
confused about who to worship."
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Exodus 20:3, "You shall
have no other gods before me."
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Number two, He says,
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"Don't worship
stuff, materialism."
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Number three, "Don't swear."
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Number four, "Don't forget
to take time off with Me."
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Number five, "Your
family, they're holy."
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Number six, "Life is sacred."
Seven, "Marriage is holy."
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Number eight, " The
right for people our property."
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That is holy. Number
nine, "Truth is holy.
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And finally number ten,
"You got to have holy motives."
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Well, as the
people listen to this,
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voice of voice of thunder
there they were very impressed
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and especially since
it was just in ten words.
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According the Jewish
Mishnah and the Jewish Rabbi's,
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the original Ten Commandments
was in just ten words.
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I mean compared to all
the libraries of law books
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that we have in
our countries, awesome.
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Well, this is great.
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If that's God's will,
just ten words, we'll do it.
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God, of course,
knowing how forgetful
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we humans being tend to be,
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not wanting to trust
the frail memory of man,
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He wrote those Ten
Commandments down in stone.
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Notice Exodus 31:18,
"When the Lord finished
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speaking to
Moses on Mount Sinai,
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He gave him the two
tables of the Testimony,
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the tablets of stone
inscribed by the finger of God."
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Now what I'd like
to point out right now
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was it this was
not the very first time
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the God gave the
Ten Commandments.
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Many people they say,
well, those are just for Jews.
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Maybe it was the first time
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that they received them
in written form like this.
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But those commandments
existed from all eternity.
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Long before Mount
Sinai or even Adam and Eve,
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Paul says they existed.
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God's eternal,
unchangeable standard of right
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the basis of God's
government in heaven.
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In fact, did you know
that the angels were governed
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by those commandments?
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They were given the choice
either of following God's law
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or just ignoring it
and rebelling against it.
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We're already talked in
previous night and you know
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that Satan and his
angels chose situation ethics.
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We'll do our own thing.
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Thank you very much
we'll make our own rules.
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And this rebellion of
course led to their expulsion
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from heaven as it
says in Revelation 12:7-9
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it talks about "war
broke out in heaven."
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Why?
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Because they chose not to
remain loyal to God's law,
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His commandments.
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Notice Psalm 103:20,
"Bless the Lord, ye His angels,
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that excel in strength,
that do His commandments."
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You see, folks,
the reason heaven
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is a perfect place
of perfect happiness
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is because they don't
have any law-breakers up there.
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Adam and Eve had
a knowledge of those
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Ten Commandments
in the Garden of Eden.
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In fact, as long as they kept
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the Ten Commandments law of God,
00:14:37.52\00:14:39.65
they obeyed it
the Garden of Eden.
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It was paradise for
them perfect happiness,
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perfect peace, perfect bliss.
00:14:44.98\00:14:47.20
And that's why when they sinned,
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they broke that law
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and they felt the
emotions of shame and guilt.
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In fact, you
noticed very clearly
00:14:56.56\00:14:58.17
that when Cain,
remember when he became angry,
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killed his brother Abel,
God asked him in Genesis 4:6,7.
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God said, Cain.
"Why are you angry?
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Why has your countenance fallen?
00:15:10.60\00:15:12.89
If you do well,
will you not be accepted?
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And if you do not do
well, sin lies at the door."
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You see God's law of
the sixth commandment,
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"Thou shalt not kill" had
to be in effect at the time
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because Paul
says in Romans 4:15,
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"Where no law is,
there is no transgression."
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You see the Bible
clearly says long, long, long
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before Mt.
Sinai's Ten Commandments
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that God blessed Abraham
because he obeyed the law.
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Genesis 26:5
"Because Abraham obeyed
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My voice and kept My
charge, My Commandments,
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My statutes and My laws."
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So you see long before Sinai.
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In fact, you
recall the Old Testament
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story of the
young movie star Hunk,
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we would say today, Joseph.
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And he is almost affair
with the original Madonna,
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Potiphar's wife.
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And how did Joseph's
sensitive conscience lead him
00:16:07.99\00:16:10.31
to resist her sexual
rendezvous temptation.
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When he pushed her aside,
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listen to what he
said in Genesis 39:9.
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"My master has withheld
nothing from me except you,
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because you are his wife.
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How could I do
such a wicked thing
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and sin against God?"
00:16:30.17\00:16:33.55
Well, now how could Joseph know
00:16:33.58\00:16:35.46
adultery was wrong
when the Ten Commandments
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hadn't been written
for another 500 years?
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Because he already knew
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of God's standard
of right and wrong.
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Amen, amen.
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Long before Pharaoh
placed the children of Israel
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under bondage in
Egypt, they knew God's Law.
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But during slavery they forgot.
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But the point is, our
Bible tonight is consistent.
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God's law has always been there
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because His perfect
laws govern His universe.
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He's got laws of
nature, laws of physics.
00:17:04.15\00:17:07.15
Aren't you glad you're not gonna
00:17:07.18\00:17:08.21
hit the ceiling
here in two minutes
00:17:08.24\00:17:09.40
because you don't know of
gravity will hold you down?
00:17:09.43\00:17:11.73
We know that this
consistent laws of flight,
00:17:11.76\00:17:14.05
laws of astronomy,
medicine, nuclear fission,
00:17:14.08\00:17:16.42
instinct pauses
in 1 Corinthians 14,
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"For God is not the
author of confusion."
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I'm so glad he says,
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"Let all things be
done decently and in order."
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Amen.
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You know folks,
when you think about it,
00:17:29.33\00:17:30.72
no government, no
society can exist without laws.
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Even our kids can't
go outside and play games
00:17:33.86\00:17:36.02
in the playground
without some kind of rules.
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So the Bible says in Romans 2:13
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"For it is not
those who hear the law
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who are
righteous in God's sight,
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but it is those who obey the law
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who will be declared," what?
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"Righteous." That's Paul.
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He's saying, in another words,
00:17:58.63\00:17:59.66
"Yes, it's
important to know the rules
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but it's more
important to play by the rules."
00:18:02.84\00:18:06.02
If you want to win
the Olympics spiritually,
00:18:06.05\00:18:08.28
God says follow the rules.
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But He's
saying, you got to do it
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for the right
reason or, you know,
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what, you're just a
legalist, you're Pharisee.
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Don't keep them, Jesus says,
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unless "If you love Me
then keep my commandments."
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In fact, you see love is
the basis for the commandments.
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Matthew 22:37-40, Jesus said.
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"You shall love the Lord
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your God with all of your heart,
00:18:31.84\00:18:33.27
with all of your
soul, with all your mind.
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This is the first
and great commandment.
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But the second is like it,
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You shall love your
neighbor as yourself.
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On these two commandments hang
all the Law and the Prophets."
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And you know
every single Jew knew
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exactly what
Jesus was saying there.
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Jesus was saying, you
can boil the Ten Commandments
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down to just two sections.
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Number one, the first
tells us how to love God
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and that's found in the first
four commandments of the ten.
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The second section tells
us how to love each other,
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our fellow mankind.
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That's defined in the last six.
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In other words,
00:19:08.52\00:19:09.55
you have our vertical
obligation to God, first.
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Second, our horizontal
relationships with each other.
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Jut ten words. Ten Commands.
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That's all you need, God says.
00:19:21.36\00:19:23.29
But do you know what
man say and our attorney?
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Well, thank you very much, God.
00:19:26.70\00:19:28.94
But we don't
think ten is enough.
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We'll try to come up
with our own sets of laws
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and estimates
indicate lawyers and attorneys
00:19:34.57\00:19:37.77
and law schools
have come up with--
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Can anybody guess
how many laws we have?
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Thirty five million laws
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drafted by man
the control behavior.
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Has it worth.
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Look at the mess.
Look at our courts.
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Folks, not God,
just Ten Commandments,
00:19:54.75\00:19:58.46
in ten words He
drafted a code of conduct
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that covers all human
behavior and I say tonight
00:20:01.37\00:20:04.35
only God could write
such a law with no defects.
00:20:04.38\00:20:08.66
In fact Psalm 19:7, 11.
00:20:08.69\00:20:12.03
"The Law of the Lord is perfect
00:20:12.06\00:20:15.70
and in keeping them
there is great" what?
00:20:15.73\00:20:18.76
"Reward."
00:20:18.79\00:20:19.85
That's because
the Ten Commandments
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are a perfect
mirror of God Himself.
00:20:21.63\00:20:26.45
They're reflect Him,
they reflect His character.
00:20:26.48\00:20:29.20
They are what I'd
like to call codified love.
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As theologian
August Strong wrote,
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"Law is only the
transcript of God's nature."
00:20:38.35\00:20:44.96
And say, guess what's happening
00:20:44.99\00:20:46.73
in churches in
the last 25 years?
00:20:46.76\00:20:51.09
Preachers are now saying,
you listen to them on Sunday,
00:20:51.12\00:20:54.57
whether it's on
radio or television.
00:20:54.60\00:20:56.15
Well, you know, I think
we need the commandments
00:20:56.18\00:20:58.59
in fact more than ever.
00:20:58.62\00:21:00.06
Even Dr. Laura
Schlessinger wrote a book call,
00:21:00.09\00:21:03.08
"The Ten Commandments."
00:21:03.11\00:21:04.14
It's on the best-seller list.
00:21:04.17\00:21:05.76
I was at NRB in-- or
I was in Los Angeles,
00:21:05.79\00:21:10.13
I stood next to Dr. Laura,
she stands about this high.
00:21:10.16\00:21:13.23
She was a Jew receiving this
award from the NRB for her book
00:21:13.26\00:21:16.32
of the "Ten
Commandments" bestseller.
00:21:16.35\00:21:18.31
You listen to radio
and television evangelists
00:21:18.34\00:21:20.06
and they're all preaching
about the Ten Commandments,
00:21:20.09\00:21:22.01
they're don't say
any more, well, you know,
00:21:22.04\00:21:24.05
may be we're not under the law
weren't-- they don't say that.
00:21:24.08\00:21:27.14
They're saying now
we've misunderstood that text.
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Even Billy Graham says,
00:21:30.68\00:21:31.95
Jesus did not come
to do away with the law.
00:21:31.98\00:21:34.93
Billy Graham says,
He came to make them
00:21:34.96\00:21:36.42
tougher than ever to keep.
00:21:36.45\00:21:38.94
Because any
change in the Law of God,
00:21:38.97\00:21:41.30
you see, would make
that law less than perfect.
00:21:41.33\00:21:44.93
But a perfect law
never needs to be altered
00:21:44.96\00:21:48.40
because Jesus
said in Matthew 5:17.
00:21:48.43\00:21:51.20
"Don't even
think, don't even think
00:21:51.23\00:21:53.95
that I came to destroy
the Law or the Prophets.
00:21:53.98\00:21:56.67
I did not come to destroy
00:21:56.70\00:21:58.76
but to fulfill" or fill
them up to their full measure.
00:21:58.79\00:22:04.21
Luke 16:17 Jesus went on to say,
00:22:04.24\00:22:06.89
"it is easier for
heaven and earth to pass away
00:22:06.92\00:22:10.33
than for one tittle
of the Law to fail."
00:22:10.36\00:22:14.53
You see folks,
00:22:14.56\00:22:15.59
if Jesus could've
done away with the law,
00:22:15.62\00:22:19.71
then they
wouldn't be any more sin.
00:22:19.74\00:22:22.09
And Jesus wouldn't
have to die on the cross.
00:22:22.12\00:22:24.98
In fact, His death would
have been a meaningless charade.
00:22:25.01\00:22:28.99
You see, if there's no law,
then Paul says there's no sin.
00:22:29.02\00:22:33.51
Hey, Jesus, didn't have to die.
00:22:33.54\00:22:35.52
No friend, Jesus didn't
come to destroy the law,
00:22:35.55\00:22:39.41
He came to free us
from the penalty of the law.
00:22:39.44\00:22:43.58
To free us from the slavery
of breaking it, disobeying it.
00:22:43.61\00:22:48.18
Well, someone says,
you know, law and the rules
00:22:48.21\00:22:50.16
kind of offence me and
they restrict my happiness.
00:22:50.19\00:22:53.98
Oh, on the
contrary, God intended His law
00:22:54.01\00:22:58.25
would guarantee
freedom and safety everywhere.
00:22:58.28\00:23:02.33
I want you to think
about it this way for a moment.
00:23:02.36\00:23:04.06
You know, if all of those
terrorists on September 11,
00:23:04.09\00:23:07.70
if they were all
born-again Christians
00:23:07.73\00:23:10.10
all obeying God's laws,
00:23:10.13\00:23:12.17
we would all be
flying safely today.
00:23:12.20\00:23:15.41
Amen.
00:23:15.44\00:23:16.48
See God says in
Deuteronomy 5:29,
00:23:16.51\00:23:20.26
"O that there were
such an heart in them,
00:23:20.29\00:23:23.03
that they would fear Me,
and keep all My commandments
00:23:23.06\00:23:25.65
always, that it
might be well with them,
00:23:25.68\00:23:28.42
and with their
children," how long?
00:23:28.45\00:23:30.57
Forever. "Forever."
00:23:30.60\00:23:33.56
Think about it when you
drive in the smoky mountains
00:23:33.59\00:23:35.32
or in the skyline
drive in Lake Tahoe,
00:23:35.35\00:23:38.15
you folks in California.
00:23:38.18\00:23:39.24
Why do we build guardrails
on bridges and mountain roads?
00:23:39.27\00:23:44.06
To restrict us,
so we can't just go
00:23:44.09\00:23:45.76
right off there and
enjoy that little flight mount.
00:23:45.79\00:23:48.94
They protect us from danger.
00:23:48.97\00:23:53.20
God gave His
law like a guardrail
00:23:53.23\00:23:56.62
to protect us on
the road of life.
00:23:56.65\00:23:58.39
Romans 3:20 says
00:23:58.42\00:24:00.30
Lon, "by the law is
the knowledge of sin."
00:24:00.33\00:24:05.01
In Romans 7:7 he says,
00:24:05.04\00:24:06.58
"I would have not known
sin except through the law.
00:24:06.61\00:24:10.74
For I would not
have known covetousness
00:24:10.77\00:24:12.43
unless the law had
said, 'You shall not covet.'"
00:24:12.46\00:24:16.38
What Paul saying is that law
00:24:16.41\00:24:20.76
is like this mirror
I have up here, okay.
00:24:20.79\00:24:24.16
You see that?
00:24:24.19\00:24:25.84
This mirror perfectly
reflects what God is like,
00:24:25.87\00:24:31.51
His perfect character.
00:24:31.54\00:24:34.16
Now each morning when
I look in that mirror,
00:24:34.19\00:24:38.96
I don't always like myself.
00:24:38.99\00:24:41.56
In fact, I see my
hair kind of askew
00:24:41.59\00:24:43.34
and beard there and face
00:24:43.37\00:24:46.05
kind of needs re-arranging
and this mirror tells me,
00:24:46.08\00:24:48.56
"Lon, what you been
doing, eating dirt?"
00:24:48.59\00:24:51.84
You need to get
that sink over there Lon,
00:24:51.87\00:24:53.63
reach for the soap and
water and the washcloth and hey,
00:24:53.66\00:24:56.81
come on clean up.
00:24:56.84\00:24:59.71
But then do I take this mirror
00:24:59.74\00:25:01.22
and try to clean
myself with the mirror?
00:25:01.25\00:25:05.15
No, I don't rub this on my
face or try to shave with it
00:25:05.18\00:25:07.57
or clean myself with the mirror.
00:25:07.60\00:25:09.70
Can applying
this mirror to my face
00:25:09.73\00:25:12.01
and solve my cleansing problem?
00:25:12.04\00:25:14.83
Absolutely not.
00:25:14.86\00:25:15.93
This simply points me
to the water and the soap.
00:25:15.96\00:25:20.87
Well, folks, it's
exactly the same with God's law.
00:25:20.90\00:25:24.15
When Paul looked
into that mirror,
00:25:24.18\00:25:27.64
Ouch! He said.
00:25:27.67\00:25:29.20
That mirror of
the Ten Commandments,
00:25:29.23\00:25:31.25
it reflects God.
00:25:31.28\00:25:32.54
It reflects perfection.
00:25:32.57\00:25:34.01
A perfect standard shows
us, "Paul, you got problems.
00:25:34.04\00:25:37.06
You got smudges.
00:25:37.09\00:25:38.12
You got sins,
you look pretty bad.
00:25:38.15\00:25:39.64
I mean
especially compared to God,
00:25:39.67\00:25:41.07
since this reflects Him."
00:25:41.10\00:25:43.04
But what's the solution?
00:25:43.07\00:25:45.48
If I really want to get
cleaned up, I need soap.
00:25:45.51\00:25:49.18
I need forgiveness.
00:25:49.21\00:25:50.52
Well, I need to hurry and
get to Calvary for the cleansing
00:25:50.55\00:25:52.77
through Jesus'
blood, don't you agree?
00:25:52.80\00:25:54.67
Amen.
00:25:54.70\00:25:55.75
Obeying the Ten
Commandments can't cleanse me.
00:25:55.78\00:25:59.67
They only tell me, "Lon,
boy, you need soap and water."
00:25:59.70\00:26:03.50
Do you ever need the
blood of Jesus Christ
00:26:03.53\00:26:05.37
to get you cleaned up?
00:26:05.40\00:26:06.43
Amen.
00:26:06.46\00:26:07.81
But you see, some Christians
have gotten a little confused
00:26:07.84\00:26:09.86
about this over the decades
and they say, "Well, hey,
00:26:09.89\00:26:12.60
why don't we just
get rid of the law,
00:26:12.63\00:26:15.36
let's get rid of the mirror.
00:26:15.39\00:26:16.90
Let's do away with
those Ten Commandments
00:26:16.93\00:26:18.40
and well, you won't be guilty
of breaking them anymore."
00:26:18.43\00:26:21.73
That old law? Well,
it's just too technical.
00:26:21.76\00:26:23.92
This mirror is too legalistic.
00:26:23.95\00:26:26.27
We're not under the law,
00:26:26.30\00:26:27.33
we are under
grace, we don't need it.
00:26:27.36\00:26:28.39
So I just take this mirror
and I'm gonna get rid of it.
00:26:28.42\00:26:34.06
I smashed it.
00:26:34.09\00:26:36.17
Now that doing
away with the mirror,
00:26:36.20\00:26:39.08
does that clean up
the problem of my face?
00:26:39.11\00:26:43.69
Does doing away with God's
mirror solve our sin problem?
00:26:43.72\00:26:48.45
No.
00:26:48.48\00:26:49.51
Doesn't clean up
our spiritual face.
00:26:49.54\00:26:52.22
But as we look in
God's mirror, sure,
00:26:52.25\00:26:54.18
maybe we're not
pleased with what we see
00:26:54.21\00:26:56.05
but that law is a guide, simply,
00:26:56.08\00:26:58.22
a guardrail to
remind us we need to hurry
00:26:58.25\00:27:00.99
over to the cleansing
blood of Calvary's cross.
00:27:01.02\00:27:03.83
We need Jesus' soap
and water of salvation.
00:27:03.86\00:27:06.61
His blood that forgives,
His power that has power,
00:27:06.64\00:27:12.42
power to change us and
help Lonnie obey the law,
00:27:12.45\00:27:15.18
so I can start
living a life of victory.
00:27:15.21\00:27:17.93
Happy, guilt-free.
00:27:17.96\00:27:20.51
And how does
God do this miracle?
00:27:20.54\00:27:23.94
How does He do that?
00:27:23.97\00:27:27.04
Well, at the very
gates of the Garden of Eden,
00:27:27.07\00:27:29.34
God instituted
a graphic reminder
00:27:29.37\00:27:32.13
that disobeying brings death.
00:27:32.16\00:27:35.65
The wages of sin is what? Death.
00:27:35.68\00:27:38.77
Walking along
beside Adam were two pets.
00:27:38.80\00:27:43.42
He'd named them.
00:27:43.45\00:27:45.83
And God one day says to Adam,
00:27:45.86\00:27:47.18
"Adam, I want you to
take one of these pets."
00:27:47.21\00:27:49.06
"Well, okay, what for, God?"
00:27:49.09\00:27:51.37
"Well, Adam because
you don't really understand
00:27:51.40\00:27:53.22
what sin does to you
00:27:53.25\00:27:55.07
and you
certainly don't understand
00:27:55.10\00:27:56.46
what it's doing to me, Adam.
00:27:56.49\00:27:59.11
So I'm gonna show you.
00:27:59.14\00:28:01.42
Adam, where is the knife
00:28:01.45\00:28:02.48
that you were using to
prune the garden this morning?"
00:28:02.51\00:28:05.35
Oh, Adam says,
00:28:05.38\00:28:06.41
"Here I just left
it right over here."
00:28:06.44\00:28:09.29
Oh, says God, "Okay.
00:28:09.32\00:28:12.49
Adam, I want you
to take that knife now
00:28:12.52\00:28:15.71
and I want you to
prune that lamb's throat."
00:28:15.74\00:28:19.57
"What?" Adam
says, "What do You mean?
00:28:19.60\00:28:23.13
God, why would you
ask me to do this?"
00:28:23.16\00:28:24.95
Adam pleads, "No, please."
00:28:24.98\00:28:26.46
"Adam, I want you
to take that knife
00:28:26.49\00:28:29.99
and prune that lamb's throat."
00:28:30.02\00:28:32.64
"Oh, please, God."
00:28:32.67\00:28:33.70
And he falls down there
and he holds that little lamb
00:28:33.73\00:28:36.46
and finally he-- He does
it and he slits its throat.
00:28:36.49\00:28:40.81
And in horror he
and Eve watch there
00:28:40.84\00:28:42.97
and that innocent lamb is
jumping around on that altar
00:28:43.00\00:28:45.70
and it's slain
to show the sinner,
00:28:45.73\00:28:47.71
you see, what sin does,
00:28:47.74\00:28:49.75
it causes death
to the heart of God.
00:28:49.78\00:28:54.33
And Adam is looking there.
00:28:54.36\00:28:55.80
God says, "Now Adam,
take the other lamb."
00:28:55.83\00:29:01.40
"What for?" "For
your wife, Adam."
00:29:01.43\00:29:06.78
Please and she
kneels down beside
00:29:06.81\00:29:08.66
and they go
through this horror again.
00:29:08.69\00:29:10.31
And Adam begins to
understand God's holy law
00:29:10.34\00:29:14.26
that the innocent son of God
00:29:14.29\00:29:15.92
must die to pay
for breaking God's law.
00:29:15.95\00:29:19.22
Christ, the Lamb of
God, who would one day
00:29:19.25\00:29:21.76
take man's
punishment and suffer His death.
00:29:21.79\00:29:25.02
You see, that law
could not save anyone.
00:29:25.05\00:29:27.55
Never has, it never will.
00:29:27.58\00:29:29.62
Galatians 3:21 says,
00:29:29.65\00:29:32.10
"For if there
had been a law given
00:29:32.13\00:29:35.40
which could have given
life, truly righteousness
00:29:35.43\00:29:38.57
would have been by the law."
00:29:38.60\00:29:41.27
Folks, keeping the law
does not bring cleansing.
00:29:41.30\00:29:44.97
Keeping laws does not forgive.
00:29:45.00\00:29:47.39
Only Christ's
sacrifice on Calvary
00:29:47.42\00:29:49.78
pays the price for my sin.
00:29:49.81\00:29:52.14
Romans 6:23, "For the
wages of sin is death,
00:29:52.17\00:29:55.90
but the gift of
God is eternal life
00:29:55.93\00:29:57.81
through Jesus Christ, our Lord."
00:29:57.84\00:29:59.68
Praise the Lord.
00:29:59.71\00:30:00.84
You don't earn
salvation by keeping the law.
00:30:00.87\00:30:03.17
Ephesians 2:8, 9,
00:30:03.20\00:30:04.66
"For by grace you have
been saved through faith,
00:30:04.69\00:30:08.00
and that not of yourselves,
00:30:08.03\00:30:09.59
it is the gift of
God, not of works,
00:30:09.62\00:30:11.80
lest anyone should boast."
00:30:11.83\00:30:15.27
Someone says tonight well, "Lon,
00:30:15.30\00:30:17.62
if then we're save my grace,
00:30:17.65\00:30:20.43
aren't we free to just go right
and out and disobey that law?"
00:30:20.46\00:30:25.15
Never.
00:30:25.18\00:30:26.21
Paul wrote, Romans 6:1,
2 "What shall we say then?
00:30:26.24\00:30:32.43
Shall we continue in
sin that grace may abound?
00:30:32.46\00:30:35.78
Certainly not!
00:30:35.81\00:30:37.82
How shall we who died to
sin live any longer in it?"
00:30:37.85\00:30:41.74
I like The King
James Version that one,
00:30:41.77\00:30:43.68
"Do we then make void
the law through faith?
00:30:43.71\00:30:46.75
God forbid!"
00:30:46.78\00:30:47.81
Paul says "Yea, we
establish the law!"
00:30:47.84\00:30:51.94
You see, the Good News of
the Gospel's amazing grace
00:30:51.97\00:30:55.84
is that grace doesn't
do away with God's law.
00:30:55.87\00:30:59.48
When He forgives
me, He also gives me
00:30:59.51\00:31:02.39
the miracle
power being born again
00:31:02.42\00:31:04.72
to start obeying
and doing His well.
00:31:04.75\00:31:06.99
Amen.
00:31:07.02\00:31:08.36
I want to tell you about friend
of mine by the name of Bill.
00:31:08.39\00:31:11.71
I went to college in the 1960s
in and Riverside California
00:31:11.74\00:31:15.30
and Bill was in
Christian college.
00:31:15.33\00:31:16.98
Bill was Hippie.
00:31:17.01\00:31:18.88
He was not a Christian
before he came to our college,
00:31:18.91\00:31:20.66
he was when he came.
00:31:20.69\00:31:21.72
But he had been
living in the 60s
00:31:21.75\00:31:23.09
in Hermosa Beach California
working as a caricature artist
00:31:23.12\00:31:26.40
in Hollywood's
Universal Studios.
00:31:26.43\00:31:28.83
And let me tell you Bill is
one top-flight caricature artist
00:31:28.86\00:31:33.00
he made good money.
00:31:33.03\00:31:35.07
Most of his
friends, unfortunately,
00:31:35.10\00:31:36.29
were on drugs or
in jail, but not Bill.
00:31:36.32\00:31:38.93
He had lot of
parties, he had good life.
00:31:38.96\00:31:41.09
Decide I do all my
cleaning my apartment
00:31:41.12\00:31:43.67
I'll advertise for a maid
00:31:43.70\00:31:45.29
and he did put a advertisement
the Hollywood Free Press.
00:31:45.32\00:31:48.04
Here came a young lady one
day she wanted to work for him
00:31:48.07\00:31:50.33
if he would
gonna pay good money.
00:31:50.36\00:31:52.41
And so we got this maid
00:31:52.44\00:31:53.50
and he put up a
blackboard inside his front door
00:31:53.53\00:31:56.19
which told her what
responsibilities were.
00:31:56.22\00:31:58.18
Monday, he wrote out the rules.
00:31:58.21\00:32:00.07
You got to do general cleanup,
get this mess back in shape.
00:32:00.10\00:32:03.90
Tuesday, do my washing,
00:32:03.93\00:32:05.26
Wednesday, if I have
any ironing you do that.
00:32:05.29\00:32:07.09
Thursday, cooking but Friday
was general clean up again
00:32:07.12\00:32:10.67
get ready for the next
big bash on the weekend.
00:32:10.70\00:32:13.31
Well this young lady came
in kind of not too sure about
00:32:13.34\00:32:16.21
this character but
she obeyed that rule list
00:32:16.24\00:32:18.61
because of the good
money she was getting paid for.
00:32:18.64\00:32:21.67
Well, to make a long story short
00:32:21.70\00:32:22.81
Bill says that
believe it or not,
00:32:22.84\00:32:24.99
this young lady
I found out one day
00:32:25.02\00:32:26.58
as I was coming to from work
00:32:26.61\00:32:28.13
she's very attractive,
never noticed that before.
00:32:28.16\00:32:30.37
We had a lot in common.
00:32:30.40\00:32:32.07
You know, what one
day we fell in love
00:32:32.10\00:32:34.91
and I did something I
thought I would never ever do
00:32:34.94\00:32:36.78
is a bachelor I
ask her to marry me.
00:32:36.81\00:32:39.33
She said yes.
00:32:39.36\00:32:41.43
He says now she moves
into this apartment with me.
00:32:41.46\00:32:43.91
He said Lon, what do you think
happened to that blackboard
00:32:43.94\00:32:46.00
that list of rules
up behind the front door
00:32:46.03\00:32:48.68
tells Monday it's this
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
00:32:48.71\00:32:51.05
straight into the trash can.
00:32:51.08\00:32:53.80
But he said guess what happened.
00:32:53.83\00:32:56.04
She was now
doing all those rules.
00:32:56.07\00:32:59.05
In fact, she was doing more--
00:32:59.08\00:33:00.11
she wasn't
getting paid to do it now.
00:33:00.14\00:33:02.90
She was starching your
shirts better than ever,
00:33:02.93\00:33:05.10
she was even
helping wash the car
00:33:05.13\00:33:06.59
once in a while
and doing the lawn
00:33:06.62\00:33:08.94
because all of those
rules now were written where?
00:33:08.97\00:33:12.47
On her heart.
00:33:12.50\00:33:13.53
She did those things
now because she loved him.
00:33:13.56\00:33:16.90
And God's word says
it's identically the same
00:33:16.93\00:33:19.18
when we fall in love with Jesus.
00:33:19.21\00:33:21.48
Bible says when we accept
Christ as Savior and Lord,
00:33:21.51\00:33:24.34
He takes His law and
He writes it on our heart.
00:33:24.37\00:33:28.35
Hebrews 8:10 and on.
00:33:28.38\00:33:31.16
"I will put My
laws in their mind
00:33:31.19\00:33:33.81
and write them on their hearts."
00:33:33.84\00:33:36.62
Mothers Days coming up.
00:33:36.65\00:33:39.06
We all love our mothers
00:33:39.09\00:33:40.72
and it is easy to do
something real sweat,
00:33:40.75\00:33:43.22
real nice for
someone you love, isn't it?
00:33:43.25\00:33:46.60
And friend, that's the only
way I'll ever be able to obey.
00:33:46.63\00:33:51.15
Love has to motivate me
00:33:51.18\00:33:53.59
to want to love
and obey His law.
00:33:53.62\00:33:56.63
In fact, that is the
only way Jesus was able
00:33:56.66\00:33:58.66
to keep the Ten
Commandments because of love.
00:33:58.69\00:34:01.05
John 15:10 Jesus says
00:34:01.08\00:34:03.63
"I have kept my
Father's commandments
00:34:03.66\00:34:05.73
and abide in His love."
00:34:05.76\00:34:08.44
Amen.
00:34:08.47\00:34:09.50
See Jesus never demands
Lon, you better keep that law.
00:34:09.53\00:34:14.03
No, He says,
"Lon, if you love Me,
00:34:14.06\00:34:18.18
keep My commandments."
00:34:18.21\00:34:19.68
And He says
"I'll help you love Me
00:34:19.71\00:34:21.51
and I'll help
you keep them, too."
00:34:21.54\00:34:23.97
I want you to come
with me in your imagination
00:34:24.00\00:34:26.72
to a garden
outside of Old Jerusalem
00:34:26.75\00:34:30.12
2003 years ago or their abouts.
00:34:30.15\00:34:34.21
Jesus is praying there
00:34:34.24\00:34:36.04
I've been to that
Garden of Gethsemane
00:34:36.07\00:34:37.68
it's not a
Hollywood scene by the way
00:34:37.71\00:34:39.26
with every hair in
place and cameras clicking.
00:34:39.29\00:34:42.78
Cypress trees wept
heavy dew on His stricken form
00:34:42.81\00:34:46.50
and he clutches the
ground as if to be kept from
00:34:46.53\00:34:49.68
separating from His
Father in agony the Bible says
00:34:49.71\00:34:52.35
He sweat so hard it
became great drops of blood
00:34:52.38\00:34:55.51
trickling down His face
00:34:55.54\00:34:58.18
He prayed "O my
Father, if it is possible,
00:34:58.21\00:35:01.69
let this cup pass
from me, nevertheless,
00:35:01.72\00:35:05.86
not as I will, but as You will."
00:35:05.89\00:35:08.67
I want to tell you
the fate of the human race
00:35:08.70\00:35:11.27
hung in the balance
00:35:11.30\00:35:13.16
and the
universe held its breath.
00:35:13.19\00:35:16.02
With this young
Galilean just wipe the sweat
00:35:16.05\00:35:18.34
from His brow and say,
well, let those wretches
00:35:18.37\00:35:21.16
suffer the
consequence of their own sin
00:35:21.19\00:35:24.69
or would He carry the
cross for you, for me?
00:35:24.72\00:35:30.34
Pay the price
to pardon our sins.
00:35:30.37\00:35:32.44
Praise the Lord.
00:35:32.47\00:35:33.50
And let wicked men
nail Him to a cross.
00:35:33.53\00:35:36.84
I want to tell
you that awful crisis
00:35:36.87\00:35:38.37
when everything was
at stake I'm so thankful
00:35:38.40\00:35:41.35
Jesus dipped His pen
of love in the crimson ink
00:35:41.38\00:35:44.74
that drained like
liquid love from His own veins
00:35:44.77\00:35:48.55
and He wrote pardoned
across your record and mine.
00:35:48.58\00:35:52.54
Amen. On that old rugged cross.
00:35:52.57\00:35:54.67
Amazing grace, costly grace.
00:35:54.70\00:35:58.00
Folks,
forgiveness cost something.
00:35:58.03\00:36:00.99
The infinite price
God was willing to pay
00:36:01.02\00:36:03.27
to satisfy the
claims of His broken law
00:36:03.30\00:36:06.86
and save guilty
humans was the life
00:36:06.89\00:36:09.41
of His precious
Son, Jesus Christ.
00:36:09.44\00:36:12.78
Do you see, God could no
more ignore guilty man sins
00:36:12.81\00:36:19.14
but He couldn't change His law,
00:36:19.17\00:36:21.80
and that is why
we needed a Savior.
00:36:21.83\00:36:24.68
Thank God He gave us
Jesus to die as our substitute.
00:36:24.71\00:36:28.75
John 3:16 repeated with me
"For God so loved the world,
00:36:28.78\00:36:32.97
that He gave His
only begotten Son,
00:36:33.00\00:36:35.72
that whosoever believeth
in Him should not perish,
00:36:35.75\00:36:39.24
but have everlasting life."
00:36:39.27\00:36:40.92
Amen.
00:36:40.95\00:36:42.60
Now here's why this
is so important tonight.
00:36:42.63\00:36:46.45
The Voice of
Prophecy speaks again
00:36:46.48\00:36:48.94
through the Book of Revelation
and it tells us God's people
00:36:48.97\00:36:53.22
ready to meet Jesus,
ready to go home with Him
00:36:53.25\00:36:56.23
to spend eternity
in that heavenly city,
00:36:56.26\00:36:59.19
God says something
stunning about those people
00:36:59.22\00:37:01.89
just here the hedge of eternity
00:37:01.92\00:37:03.66
that you can know
exactly who they are.
00:37:03.69\00:37:05.78
In fact, it says they stand out
tonight they're identifiable.
00:37:05.81\00:37:09.08
here they are
00:37:09.11\00:37:11.82
"Here is the
patience of the saints,
00:37:11.85\00:37:13.86
here are those who" what?
00:37:13.89\00:37:16.21
"Keep the commandments of
God and the faith of Jesus."
00:37:16.24\00:37:20.27
Amen.
00:37:20.30\00:37:21.33
By the way Revelation 14
paints the most spectacular
00:37:21.36\00:37:24.33
picture of the second coming
of Jesus in all of the Bible.
00:37:24.36\00:37:27.87
We've tried to
have an artist do this.
00:37:27.90\00:37:30.07
Revelation 14:14 says
00:37:30.10\00:37:31.66
"I looked, and
behold, a white cloud,
00:37:31.69\00:37:34.70
and on the cloud sat
One like the Son of Man,
00:37:34.73\00:37:37.05
having on His
head a golden crown,
00:37:37.08\00:37:38.91
and in His hand a sharp sickle."
00:37:38.94\00:37:41.30
Which is
metaphor for the harvest
00:37:41.33\00:37:43.29
the end of the world.
00:37:43.32\00:37:44.44
But I want you to notice.
00:37:44.47\00:37:45.68
It says God's people
will be doing something
00:37:45.71\00:37:48.63
and it's gonna be
making Satan furious
00:37:48.66\00:37:50.51
just before Jesus comes.
00:37:50.54\00:37:51.69
says
00:37:51.72\00:37:53.66
the "Dragon was
enraged with the woman,
00:37:53.69\00:37:55.46
and he went to make war
with the rest of her offspring,
00:37:55.49\00:37:58.69
who keep the commandments of God
00:37:58.72\00:38:01.41
and have the
testimony of Jesus."
00:38:01.44\00:38:04.21
There you have
it, the blackboard.
00:38:04.24\00:38:07.82
God's law is
written in their hearts.
00:38:07.85\00:38:12.87
The last book of the Bible says
00:38:12.90\00:38:14.42
God's people love their Creator,
00:38:14.45\00:38:16.80
they love their Redeemer
so much that they want to do
00:38:16.83\00:38:19.29
all that He asks and His
will is written on their hearts.
00:38:19.32\00:38:25.91
With outstretched arms tonight,
00:38:25.94\00:38:27.19
Jesus is
inviting to you and to me.
00:38:27.22\00:38:30.03
Come, tonight I want
to give you forgiveness.
00:38:30.06\00:38:33.99
Tonight I want to give
you power to live to obey
00:38:34.02\00:38:36.77
and I want to
wash away your sin.
00:38:36.80\00:38:39.06
Jesus said friend,
if you really love Me,
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will you keep My Commandments?
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Revelation 22:17 Jesus said
"And let him who thirsts come.
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Whoever desires, let him
take the water of life freely."
00:38:50.34\00:38:56.96
It was 40 below zero
in Borislav, Ukraine,
00:38:56.99\00:39:01.03
when I was their in 1992
with Jeannie and my parents,
00:39:01.06\00:39:04.73
Voice of
Prophecy team conducting
00:39:04.76\00:39:06.70
the first Bible meetings ever
00:39:06.73\00:39:08.95
since the fall
of the Soviet Union.
00:39:08.98\00:39:11.34
And I want to tell
you was a thrill for me
00:39:11.37\00:39:12.87
to go back to my grandparents
00:39:12.90\00:39:14.21
came from and
to see those people
00:39:14.24\00:39:16.20
who never heard about
the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
00:39:16.23\00:39:18.41
Thousands came out in the cold
00:39:18.44\00:39:20.16
40 below zero than
wait for two hours here
00:39:20.19\00:39:21.84
my dad sing base Basso Profundo.
00:39:21.87\00:39:24.31
Dad used to sing base in
the King's Heralds Quartet
00:39:24.34\00:39:26.42
if you saw the other
night when I was one.
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But from night to
night there was a young man
00:39:29.65\00:39:33.05
who was coming I didn't know
00:39:33.08\00:39:34.52
that he could speak
a little bit English
00:39:34.55\00:39:35.89
his name was Orrest
00:39:35.92\00:39:37.52
and he was a young
retired soviet naval officer.
00:39:37.55\00:39:40.97
But one night he came up to me
00:39:41.00\00:39:42.05
and in very broken
English I added long time listed
00:39:42.08\00:39:44.62
but he said he
had been stationed
00:39:44.65\00:39:46.43
during the cold-war in
Soviet sub off of Miami.
00:39:46.46\00:39:51.52
And he says we're out there
in the depths of the Atlantic
00:39:51.55\00:39:53.98
playing cat-and-mouse
with the U.S. Navy.
00:39:54.01\00:39:56.79
This was the real
hunt for Red October.
00:39:56.82\00:40:00.03
He said I drank, I
lived an immoral life
00:40:00.06\00:40:02.12
I carouse, I
broke all of God's laws.
00:40:02.15\00:40:04.20
But as he came to our
meetings he sat right about
00:40:04.23\00:40:05.97
where you are
ma'am, every night.
00:40:06.00\00:40:07.87
He said I've been
feeling strangely drawn
00:40:07.90\00:40:10.15
to accept this person
you're calling Christ.
00:40:10.18\00:40:13.44
And when Orrest finally did
00:40:13.47\00:40:15.64
I'll tell you mysterious change
completely overwhelmed him
00:40:15.67\00:40:19.41
because now he started
to love spiritual things.
00:40:19.44\00:40:22.64
He loved to open
his Bible and read it
00:40:22.67\00:40:24.43
he loved to sing hymns
00:40:24.46\00:40:25.49
no more carousing gave
up his old way of life.
00:40:25.52\00:40:28.19
When I finally stood
with him in the baptistery
00:40:28.22\00:40:31.94
and I raised my hand and
I talked about who he was
00:40:31.97\00:40:34.88
and how I was taught to hate him
00:40:34.91\00:40:36.39
and he was taught to
hate me by our government's
00:40:36.42\00:40:39.06
those red communist, you know.
00:40:39.09\00:40:41.84
When he was baptized I tell you
00:40:41.87\00:40:43.02
I could not keep the tears back.
00:40:43.05\00:40:44.32
What a thrill
because from an enemy,
00:40:44.35\00:40:46.65
Orrest became not only my friend
00:40:46.68\00:40:48.81
he became my brother.
00:40:48.84\00:40:50.00
Amen.
00:40:50.03\00:40:51.48
God's law written
on his heart. Amen.
00:40:51.51\00:40:54.17
He is over there
tonight he may be watching.
00:40:54.20\00:40:56.83
Friend, this
salvation can be yours, too.
00:40:56.86\00:40:59.75
Jesus not only
wants to forgive you.
00:40:59.78\00:41:01.62
He wants to change
you and give you power
00:41:01.65\00:41:04.39
to begin a brand
new life that wins
00:41:04.42\00:41:06.72
and tonight He's
inviting-- friend,
00:41:06.75\00:41:09.51
don't let
anything hold you back.
00:41:09.54\00:41:12.16
Whether it's pleasure or money
00:41:12.19\00:41:14.97
or career don't let anything
separate you from eternal life.
00:41:15.00\00:41:20.08
Jesus is calling
for you, come He says,
00:41:20.11\00:41:23.64
I can change
your life completely.
00:41:23.67\00:41:25.45
I not only want to
forgive you and give you peace
00:41:25.48\00:41:28.29
but my grace and my power
00:41:28.32\00:41:31.20
and help you
began keeping My law.
00:41:31.23\00:41:33.25
Amen. I'll do
it for you He says.
00:41:33.28\00:41:34.99
You may feel weak,
Jesus says I'm strong.
00:41:35.02\00:41:38.43
No matter what
you've done in the past,
00:41:38.46\00:41:40.79
Jesus will forgive you.
00:41:40.82\00:41:43.11
He'll cleanse
you, He will give you
00:41:43.14\00:41:45.28
His strength to
live a brand new life.
00:41:45.31\00:41:49.91
Do you have a longing
deep down in your soul
00:41:49.94\00:41:52.10
for the peace tonight
that only Jesus can give?
00:41:52.13\00:41:57.16
As Joey and Phil sing
the song quietly respond,
00:41:57.19\00:41:59.89
"Jesus, I'm coming,
I'm coming right now."
00:41:59.92\00:42:06.21
The world will try to satisfy
00:42:12.11\00:42:18.80
That longing in your soul
00:42:18.83\00:42:23.82
You may search
the wide world over
00:42:23.85\00:42:29.73
But you'll be just as before
00:42:29.76\00:42:34.25
You'll never
find true satisfaction
00:42:34.28\00:42:40.95
Until you've found the Lord
00:42:40.98\00:42:45.86
For only Jesus
can satisfy your soul
00:42:45.89\00:42:53.50
Satisfy your soul
00:42:53.53\00:42:56.54
Only Jesus Can satisfy
00:42:56.57\00:43:02.75
Your soul
00:43:02.78\00:43:06.12
And only He can
change your heart
00:43:06.15\00:43:12.31
And make you whole
00:43:12.34\00:43:16.32
He'll give you
peace you never knew
00:43:16.35\00:43:22.34
Sweet love and
joy and Heaven too
00:43:22.37\00:43:27.67
For only Jesus can satisfy
00:43:27.70\00:43:34.21
Your soul
00:43:34.24\00:43:39.12
Before they sing the
rest of that beautiful song,
00:43:39.15\00:43:41.36
I'd like to have us go
to prayer for a moment,
00:43:41.39\00:43:43.22
if you bow your head with me.
00:43:43.25\00:43:45.62
Precious Savior,
I want to thank You
00:43:45.65\00:43:47.04
for speaking to
our hearts tonight
00:43:47.07\00:43:49.74
and teaching us about
Your ten positive promises,
00:43:49.77\00:43:54.16
that they're given
for victory in our lives.
00:43:54.19\00:43:57.61
Victory they can reshape
our lives to serve you better
00:43:57.64\00:44:03.00
and all you ask
is an honest response
00:44:03.03\00:44:04.98
and desired to do your will.
00:44:05.01\00:44:08.57
We want to invite
you Lord would you come
00:44:08.60\00:44:10.18
and would you
write those precepts
00:44:10.21\00:44:12.21
on our hearts beautiful mirror,
00:44:12.24\00:44:16.68
so we can reflect
the picture of You.
00:44:16.71\00:44:20.03
Lord, we can do it that
You promise to motivate us
00:44:20.06\00:44:24.58
to walk to obey all
ten of Your commandments.
00:44:24.61\00:44:29.61
And Father, I'm sure
that there are some tonight
00:44:29.64\00:44:31.76
have never understood
this quite like this before
00:44:31.79\00:44:34.26
that obedience is not an option
00:44:34.29\00:44:37.57
it's a thrilling part
of the Christian life.
00:44:37.60\00:44:41.33
For tonight by
faith we would like
00:44:41.36\00:44:43.87
this brand new
life, this new experience,
00:44:43.90\00:44:46.59
this miracle and
having You reach down
00:44:46.62\00:44:50.69
and right Your
law in our hearts.
00:44:50.72\00:44:54.40
This very moment friend,
if you wish to invite Jesus
00:44:54.43\00:44:56.83
to come in and not
only forgive your sins,
00:44:56.86\00:45:00.25
but to work this
miracle in your heart,
00:45:00.28\00:45:02.41
so you can begin to love
Jesus and love His holy law.
00:45:02.44\00:45:06.98
Would you join me in
just reaching your hand
00:45:07.01\00:45:08.70
toward heaven and
saying Lord, please help me.
00:45:08.73\00:45:10.94
Help me to open
your mind your heart
00:45:10.97\00:45:14.72
the door of your
heart this wonderful power
00:45:14.75\00:45:18.31
and then the row captains
00:45:18.34\00:45:19.71
will pass those containers
down the rows just now
00:45:19.74\00:45:22.93
and I want you to
take out the decision card
00:45:22.96\00:45:24.75
and mark your commitment
for Jesus Christ tonight.
00:45:24.78\00:45:28.68
Well our heads are
still bowed in this prayer.
00:45:28.71\00:45:32.29
If you need a
pencil you can take.
00:45:32.32\00:45:33.51
One thank you row captains,
00:45:33.54\00:45:34.94
making sure those are
passed down every row.
00:45:34.97\00:45:37.39
The first one I hope
we can all checked this,
00:45:37.42\00:45:40.05
I invite Jesus
into my life asking Him
00:45:40.08\00:45:42.68
to write His holy
law of love on my heart.
00:45:42.71\00:45:47.11
And secondly many will want
to choose the second one too.
00:45:47.14\00:45:50.93
By God's grace I lovingly choose
00:45:50.96\00:45:54.69
to obey Jesus and
keep His commandments.
00:45:54.72\00:45:59.11
And number three, I need prayer
for power to obey God's will.
00:45:59.14\00:46:05.78
I would check
that when every day.
00:46:05.81\00:46:08.61
And number four
maybe there's someone
00:46:08.64\00:46:09.97
would like some
additional materials on this
00:46:10.00\00:46:11.86
we'll be happy to
place that in your hands.
00:46:11.89\00:46:14.66
Just mark your decision,
00:46:14.69\00:46:17.00
the containers will
come back down your row
00:46:17.03\00:46:19.38
you place that card in
it as Joey sings again.
00:46:19.41\00:46:25.96
If you could have
the fame and fortune
00:46:25.99\00:46:32.42
All the wealth you could obtain
00:46:32.45\00:46:37.57
Yet you have not Christ within
00:46:37.60\00:46:43.32
Your living
here would be in vain
00:46:43.35\00:46:47.83
There'll come a time
when death shall call you
00:46:47.86\00:46:54.40
Riches can not help you then
00:46:54.43\00:46:59.20
So come to Jesus
for only He can satisfy
00:46:59.23\00:47:07.01
Satisfy your soul
00:47:07.04\00:47:09.86
Only Jesus can satisfy
00:47:09.89\00:47:16.03
Your soul
00:47:16.06\00:47:19.46
And only He can
change your heart
00:47:19.49\00:47:25.76
And make you whole
00:47:25.79\00:47:29.79
He'll give you
peace you never knew
00:47:29.82\00:47:35.90
Sweet love and
joy and Heaven too
00:47:35.93\00:47:41.29
For only Jesus can satisfy
00:47:41.32\00:47:47.15
Your soul
00:47:47.18\00:47:50.67
He'll give you
peace you never knew
00:47:50.70\00:47:56.72
Sweet love and
joy and Heaven too
00:47:56.75\00:48:02.08
For only Jesus can satisfy
00:48:02.11\00:48:08.45
Your soul
00:48:08.48\00:48:14.39
Amen. Amen.
00:48:14.42\00:48:15.82
We want to continue this
prayer for just a moment.
00:48:20.48\00:48:22.34
Lord, may angels be here now
00:48:22.37\00:48:25.03
right now beside us
to guard us from Satan.
00:48:25.06\00:48:27.74
Bless each commitment
and send us divine empowering
00:48:27.77\00:48:30.13
to love and obey
You in Jesus name, amen.
00:48:30.16\00:48:34.99
Amen.
00:48:35.02\00:48:36.05
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Friday night
"Millions Fooled By A Myth."
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We'll see you then.
00:48:53.67\00:48:55.02
Remember friend, as you
go God really does love you.
00:48:55.05\00:49:00.18
Goodnight.
00:49:00.21\00:49:01.24