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00:02 >>THIS PRESENTATION IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE FRIENDS OF THE
00:05 AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY. 00:09 >>ONE OF THE MORE BIZARRE LAWS IN MINNESOTA FORBIDS ANY GAME 00:14 WHERE PARTICIPANTS CHASE A GREASED PIG IN ORDER CATCH IT. 00:18 IT'S ALSO ILLEGAL TO THROW KNIVES AT MEN WEARING STRIPED 00:22 SUITS IN NATOMA, KANSAS. IN WEST VIRGINIA, USING YOUR 00:27 FERRET FOR HUNTING CAN LAND YOU IN JAIL FOR UP TO 100 DAYS. 00:32 AND, YOU BETTER NOT TRANSPORT ICE CREAM IN YOUR POCKET IN 00:35 KENTUCKY. IT'S AGAINST THE LAW TO GATHER 00:38 SEAWEED AT NIGHT IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. 00:41 AND, IN VERMONT, A WOMAN NEEDS WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM HER 00:43 HUSBAND BEFORE SHE CAN LAWFULLY WEAR FALSE TEETH. 00:48 DOESN'T IT SEEM LIKE HUMANS EXCEL AT MAKING THINGS 00:50 UNNECESSARILY COMPLEX? ON THE OTHER HAND, GOD'S MORAL 00:55 CODE IS STREAMLINED, SIMPLE, AND TOTALLY PRACTICAL. 00:59 THE TEN COMMANDMENTS ARE ALSO A PERFECT REFLECTION OF THE LOVING 01:03 CHARACTER OF GOD TO HELP US TO SEE SIN IN OUR LIVES AND TO 01:07 POINT US IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. SO JOIN ME TODAY AS WE LOOK 01:11 DEEPER INTO THIS ESSENTIAL LAW OF LOVE. 01:19 >>YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT I'D GIVE YOU A LITTLE AMAZING FACT AT THE 01:20 BEGINNING. FOR YEARS, AS THESE ANCIENT SHIPS WOULD MAKE THEIR 01:24 WAY ACROSS THE OCEAN, ONE OF THE ONLY THINGS THAT KEPT THOSE 01:28 SHIPS FROM SINKING WAS ROCKS. NOW YOU MIGHT BE SURPRISED, 01:33 'HOW DO ROCKS KEEP A SHIP FROM SINKING?' 01:36 BUT MANY OF THE ANCIENT SAILBOATS, THEY UNDERSTOOD THAT 01:40 WHEN THEY HAD A TALL MAST AND THAT LEVERAGE WHEN THEY WERE IN 01:43 THE WIND AND THE WAVES, TO GIVE THEM THE BALLAST AND THE CENTER 01:47 OF GRAVITY THEY NEEDED TO PREVENT THEM FROM CAPSIZING, 01:51 THEY WOULD TAKE VERY CAREFULLY CHOSEN STONES THAT WOULDN'T 01:54 CRACK AND TURN INTO GRAVEL, THEY'D PLACE THEM, 01:57 STRATEGICALLY, ACROSS THE BOTTOM KEEL OF THE SHIP - AND THEY WERE 02:01 CALLED BALLAST STONES - AND IT GAVE THE SHIP A CENTER OF 02:06 GRAVITY - KEPT IT FROM CAPSIZING IN THE WIND AND IN THE WAVES AND 02:10 IT'S BEEN INTERESTING TO GEOLOGISTS. 02:13 AS THEY'VE GONE TO DIFFERENT PORTS AROUND THE WORLD, THEY 02:15 WILL FIND - IN THE CARIBBEAN, FOR INSTANCE, AND PROBABLY ON 02:18 THE COAST OF FLORIDA, ALL OF THESE INTERESTING GRANITE 02:21 STONES. NOW, IF YOU'RE A FLORIDIAN, DO 02:23 YOU HAVE ANY GRANITE IN FLORIDA? NO, EVEN THE ROADS ARE 02:26 MADE OF CORAL HERE, RIGHT? EVERYTHING'S CORAL. 02:29 BUT THEY FOUND, IN THE PORTS, THEY - MATTER OF FACT, THE 02:32 HIGHEST MOUNTAIN IN FLORIDA, I THINK, IS AN OVERPASS, RIGHT? 02:35 (RAUCOUS LAUGHTER) THE FREEWAY - THEY FOUND, IN THE PORTS, THESE 02:39 GRANITE STONES AND THEY SAID, 'HOW'D THEY GET HERE? 02:42 AND THEY WERE IDENTIFIED WITH ROCKS THAT YOU'D FIND IN ITALY 02:44 OR SPAIN OR PORTUGAL OR FRANCE OR ENGLAND - IT'S BECAUSE, WHEN 02:48 MANY OF THE SHIPS CAME OVER THEY TOOK SOME OF THEIR BALLAST 02:51 STONES, THEY'D DUMP THEM OUT AND THEY'D ADD CARGO THAT THEY PUT 02:54 LOWER IN THE HOLD AND IT GAVE THEM STABILITY. 02:57 IT KEPT THEM FROM CAPSIZING. IT KEPT THEM FROM BLOWING 03:00 OVER AND SINKING - A STONE. AND, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED A 03:05 BALLAST STONE IN YOUR LIFE. SO, TONIGHT WE HAVE A VERY 03:09 IMPORTANT PROGRAM AND IT'S DEALING WITH THE SUBJECT 03:12 OF THE LAW OF GOD. NOW THE TITLE OF THE SERIES IS 03:15 THE LAW OF THE LAMB , BECAUSE JESUS IS GOD THE SON. AMEN? 03:19 >>AMEN. >>GOD PUT HIS WORD - THE TEN 03:22 COMMANDMENTS - ON TWO TABLES OF STONE. 03:26 THIS IS THE LAW OF THE LAMB. IT IS WRITTEN BY THE 03:28 LORD, BY HIS OWN FINGER. NOW, JAMES USES AN ILLUSTRATION 03:32 WHERE HE SAYS, 'THE LAW OF GOD IS LIKE A MIRROR; WHOSO LOOKS 03:36 INTO THE PERFECT LAW OF LIBERTY AND CONTINUES THEREIN, NOT BEING 03:39 A FORGETFUL HEARER, BUT A DOER OF THE WORK, THE SAME MAN WILL 03:42 BE BLESSED IN WHAT HE DOES.' AND YOU CAN SEE THE REFERENCE 03:45 THERE FOR JAMES 1:23. AND THEN, IF YOU'RE WONDERING 03:48 WHAT LAW OF LIBERTY IS JAMES TALKING ABOUT, HE THEN GOES ON 03:52 TO QUOTE FROM TWO OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. 03:55 SO, LET ME SEE IF I CAN ILLUSTRATE WHY THIS WOULD BE 04:00 IMPORTANT USING THE PRINCIPLE THAT JAMES WAS TALKING ABOUT 04:09 THERE. ALRIGHT, NOW, DO YOU SEE ANYTHING DIFFERENT? 04:12 >>YES. >>LET'S SUPPOSE THAT THIS IS 04:17 DIRT. I DON'T SEE IT. 04:23 NOW YOU SEE THAT I'VE GOT A PROBLEM. 04:25 I WENT UP TO A GUY IN THE AIRPORT - NEVER MET HIM BEFORE - 04:28 BUT HE WENT THROUGH SECURITY - YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO TAKE OFF 04:30 YOUR JACKET AND PUT YOUR JACKET BACK ON - AND HIS COLLAR WAS ALL 04:33 FLIPPED AROUND - HE DIDN'T KNOW IT. AND, YOU KNOW, YOUR IQ LOOKS 04:36 LOWER WHEN YOU WALK AROUND LIKE THAT. (LAUGHTER) 04:38 AND NO GUY - NO GUY WANTS THAT TO HAPPEN AND SO, I SAID, 'HEY, 04:42 PARDON ME, BROTHER,' - I SAID - 'LET ME HELP YOU WITH THIS.' 04:43 YOU KNOW, AND I FIXED HIS COLLAR. 04:46 AND HE LOOKED AT ME REALLY STRANGE. 04:47 I THOUGHT, 'I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN TO MEDDLE,' - I SAID - 04:49 'YOUR COLLAR WAS FLIPPED AROUND BACKWARDS.' I WALKED AWAY, I 04:51 WENT IN THE RESTROOM, MY COLLAR WAS FLIPPED AROUND BACKWARDS - 04:54 (RAUCOUS LAUGHTER) I'D GONE THROUGH SECURITY TOO. 04:59 HE'S LOOKING AT ME AND THINKS, 'BOY, REMOVE THE MOTE FROM YOUR 05:02 OWN EYE BEFORE YOU - YOU'VE GOT A BEAM IN YOUR OWN EYE, YOU'RE 05:06 FIXIN' MINE.' SO, I DON'T SEE ANYTHING WRONG WITH ME. 05:12 I DIDN'T SEE MY JACKET WAS MESSED UP THAT DAY. 05:14 IF I'M GOING TO SEE IT - WHEN DID I NOTICE THAT MY COLLAR WAS 05:17 ALL CALLYWAMP - WHEN I LOOKED IN WHAT? 05:20 I WISH I HAD A MIRROR. IT JUST SO HAPPENS I'VE GOT 05:24 A FRIEND IN HIGH PLACES. ALRIGHT, SO, I FEEL OKAY NOW. 05:29 I FEEL JUST LIKE I DID TEN MINUTES AGO, BUT YOU SAY 05:31 SOMETHING'S CHANGED. I'VE GOT SOMETHING WRONG. 05:35 IT'S DIRT. IT'S SIN, RIGHT? SO, I GO LIKE THIS AND I 05:39 LOOK AND I THINK, 'OH, WOW. THAT'S EMBARRASSING. 05:42 THAT LOOKS REALLY SILLY. I DON'T FEEL SO GOOD ANYMORE. 05:45 I FEEL LIKE SOMETHING'S WRONG.' OBVIOUSLY I FELT GOOD BEFORE I 05:49 LOOKED IN THE MIRROR, SO WHAT'S WRONG IS THE MIRROR. 05:55 IF I JUST GET RID OF THE MIRROR, EVERYTHING'S OKAY. 05:58 >>NO. >>RIGHT? 06:00 >>NOPE. >>BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU EVER HEARD 06:03 THE EXPRESSION 'IGNORANCE IS BLISS'? 06:06 THERE'S A LOT CHRISTIANS WHO ARE GOING BY 'IGNORANCE IS BLISS'. 06:09 THEY SAY, 'GET RID OF THE LAW. I DON'T WANT TO LOOK AT THE LAW. 06:11 LAW MAKES ME FEEL BAD.' BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S LOOKING IN THE LAW 06:14 THAT GIVES YOU CONVICTION - THAT MAKES YOU SAY, 'WOW, SOMETHING 06:17 NEEDS TO BE DONE.' AND THEN THERE'S SOME WHO THINK, 'WELL, I 06:20 FELT OKAY UNTIL I LOOKED IN THE MIRROR SO, SINCE THIS SHOWED IT 06:24 TO ME, THIS SHOULD PROBABLY BE WHAT TAKES IT AWAY. 06:28 AND SO, HOW AM I GOING TO DO TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, TAKE IT OFF 06:31 WITH THE MIRROR?' IS THAT WHAT THE 06:32 FUNCTION OF THIS IS? >>NO. 06:33 >>THIS IS - IT SHOWS IT TO ME BUT IT DOESN'T TAKE IT AWAY. 06:37 SO IT'S USELESS. JUST GET RID OF IT. I'LL FEEL BETTER. 06:40 THE FUNCTION OF THE MIRROR IS NOT TO TAKE IT AWAY, IT IS 06:42 SIMPLY TO SHOW ME THAT I'VE GOT SOMETHING WRONG. 06:45 SO LET'S SUPPOSE THIS IS DIRT - THIS IS A SIN. 06:47 THIS DOESN'T TAKE IT AWAY, IT'S SIMPLY SUPPOSED TO SHOW ME. 06:51 SO WHAT DO I DO TO TAKE AWAY MY SIN? 06:54 WHAT CAN WASH AWAY MY SIN? 06:55 >>NOTHING BUT THE BLOOD OF JESUS.' 06:57 >>THE BLOOD - BOY, I WISH I HAD AN 06:58 ILLUSTRATION FOR THAT. THANK YOU, MRS. BATCHELOR. 07:02 SO, THIS IS THE LAW; THIS IS THE BLOOD OF CHRIST. 07:06 I NEED THIS TO SAY, 'OH, I'VE GOT A PROBLEM. 07:09 I'M CONVICTED.' AND THEN, I DID THIS ONCE WITH PERMANENT MARKER 07:12 AND IT DIDN'T WORK VERY WELL. I SAID - THEN I LOOK IN 07:17 THE MIRROR AND I SAY, 'OH, EVERYTHING'S OKAY. 07:21 I FEEL BETTER.' AND SO, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THIS NOW, WHERE 07:24 I HAD A PROBLEM WITH IT BEFORE. 07:27 SOME PEOPLE HATE THE LAW BECAUSE IT'S CONVICTING THEM THAT 07:30 THERE'S SOMETHING THEY'RE DOING WRONG. 07:32 AND THEN THEY SAY, 'I HATE THE LAW.' THE PROBLEM'S NOT THE LAW. 07:34 THE PROBLEM IS YOU NEED THE BLOOD OF JESUS - 07:35 >>AMEN. >>TO TAKE AWAY THE SIN. 07:38 YOU'LL HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE LAW THEN. 07:40 THE LAW IS SIMPLY SUPPOSED TO POINT YOU TO JESUS. 07:42 NOW, IF YOU GET RID OF THE MIRROR, YOU WILL NOT SEE YOUR 07:45 SIN AND THE DEVIL WILL HAVE YOU LIVING UNDER THE ILLUSION THAT 07:49 EVERYTHING'S FINE AND YOU'LL BE DOING WHAT I JUST DID, PREACHING 07:52 WITH A BIG MARK ON YOUR FACE - AND EVERYONE SEES IT BUT YOU AND 07:57 YOU'RE LIVING IN A DREAM. ARE THERE PEOPLE, WHEN CHRIST 08:00 COMES, THEY'RE GOING TO SAY, 'LORD, LORD,' - AND HE'S GOING 08:03 TO SAY, 'I DON'T KNOW YOU.' >>THAT'S RIGHT. 08:05 >>WHY DOES HE SAY, 'I DON'T KNOW YOU'? 08:07 HE SAYS, 'DEPART FROM ME YOU WORKERS OF INIQUITY.' YOU KNOW 08:10 WHAT THAT WORD 'INIQUITY' IS? YOU READ IT IN THE 08:12 GREEK - 'LAWLESSNESS'. A LOT OF PEOPLE, THEY KNOW 08:16 JESUS' NAME AND THEY SAY, 'OH, I TAUGHT IN YOUR STREETS, I DID 08:18 MANY WONDERFUL WORKS.' HE'LL SAY, 'I DON'T KNOW YOU. 08:21 DEPART FROM ME, WORKERS OF INIQUITY. 08:23 WHY DO YOU CALL ME 'LORD, LORD' AND DO NOT THE THINGS THAT I 08:25 SAY?' WHERE'S THE WILL OF GOD? IT'S IN THE LAW OF GOD. 08:31 SO WHAT IS THE OLD COVENANT? BECAUSE, OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE LIVING 08:35 UNDER THE NEW COVENANT NOW, RIGHT? 08:37 YOU CAN READ IN DEUTERONOMY 4:13, "AND HE DECLARED UNTO YOU 08:41 HIS COVENANT, WHICH HE COMMANDED YOU TO PERFORM, EVEN TEN 08:45 COMMANDMENTS, AND HE WROTE THEM UPON TWO TABLES OF STONE." 08:48 SO THE OLD COVENANT IS THE TEN COMMANDMENTS THAT WERE WRITTEN 08:52 ON STONE. AND YOU KNOW WHAT A COVENANT IS? 08:55 A COVENANT IS AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE. 08:58 GOD FIRST SPOKE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS IN THE HEARING OF 09:01 THE NATION OF ISRAEL AND THE PEOPLE SAID, 'ALL THAT THE LORD 09:03 HAS SAID WE WILL DO.' YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU MAKE AN AGREEMENT WITH 09:06 SOMEBODY - YOU SAY, 'LOOK, I'LL SELL YOU MY HOUSE. 09:08 I WANT 300,000 DOLLARS.' AND THEY SAY, 'OH, HOW ABOUT 09:12 280,000?' AND YOU SAY, 'OKAY, WE'LL DO IT FOR 290,000. 09:15 WE'LL SETTLE.' 'ALRIGHT.' YOU MADE A VERBAL AGREEMENT, LET'S 09:18 WRITE IT DOWN. YOU CODIFY IT. THEN YOU GET A COPY OF THE SALES 09:22 AGREEMENT - PURCHASE AGREEMENT - I GET A COPY - ISN'T 09:25 THAT HOW IT WORKS? THAT'S A COVENANT. 09:27 THAT'S ALL A COVENANT IS - IT'S AN AGREEMENT. 09:29 GOD SPOKE IT, THEY SAID, 'ALL THE LORD SAYS WE WILL DO.' GOD 09:32 SAID, 'I'LL GO MAKE THE COPIES.' MOSES WENT UP THE MOUNTAIN, GOD 09:36 GAVE HIM THE AGREEMENT - THE COVENANT - HE SAID, 'HERE'S MY 09:38 LAW.' AND YOU READ DEUTERONOMY 28, HE SAYS, 'IF YOU LOVE ME AND 09:42 YOU KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS' - YOU KNOW, RIGHT IN THE TEN 09:44 COMMANDMENTS IT SAYS, 'LOVE GOD' - IN THE COMMANDMENT ABOUT 09:47 IDOLATRY IT SAYS, 'SHOWING MERCY UNTO THOUSANDS OF THEM THAT LOVE 09:51 ME AND KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS.' SO THE KEY IS LOVING GOD. 09:55 BUT DID THEY KEEP HIS LAW? >>NO. 09:58 >>BEFORE MOSES EVEN CAME DOWN THE MOUNTAIN THEY MADE A GOLDEN 10:00 CALF - THEY DID IT IN THE CONTEXT OF WORSHIP - AND THEY 10:03 HAD A WILD PARTY AND BEFORE THE DAY WAS OVER, IT SAYS, THEY MADE 10:07 THEMSELVES NAKED - IT GOT WAY OUT OF HAND AND THEY BROKE ALL 10:10 THE LAW - THEY WORSHIPED IDOLS AND GOD SAID, 'LOOK, YOU DIDN'T 10:15 KEEP OUR COVENANT.' NOW THAT WAS THE OLD COVENANT WHERE THE LAW 10:19 OF GOD WAS WRITTEN IN STONE. UPON WHAT IS THE 10:23 NEW COVENANT BASED? IT TELLS THAT THE NEW COVENANT - 10:26 HE SAYS, "I WILL PUT MY LAW IN THEIR MIND, AND I'LL WRITE 10:30 THEM IN THEIR HEARTS." THAT'S HEBREWS 8:10. 10:33 NOW, IF YOU HAVE YOUR BIBLES, IF YOU TURN IN YOUR BIBLES TO 10:36 JEREMIAH 31:31, WHERE DO YOU FIRST FIND THE NEW COVENANT? 10:40 NOT IN THE NEW TESTAMENT. WHEN PAUL QUOTES THERE, IN 10:43 HEBREWS, THE NEW COVENANT, HE'S QUOTING JEREMIAH. 10:47 YOU LOOK IN JEREMIAH 31:31, "'BEHOLD, THE DAYS ARE COMING,' 10:50 SAYS THE LORD, 'I WILL MAKE A NEW COVENANT WITH THE HOUSE OF 10:53 ISRAEL, WITH THE HOUSE OF JUDAH, NOT ACCORDING TO THE COVENANT I 10:56 MADE WITH THEIR FATHERS IN THE DAY I TOOK THEM BY THE HAND TO 10:59 LEAD THEM OUT OF EGYPT, MY COVENANT THAT THEY BROKE.'" THEY 11:03 BROKE IT WAY BACK BEFORE JEREMIAH - "THOUGH I WAS A 11:05 HUSBAND TO THEM. BUT THIS IS THE NEW COVENANT 11:08 THAT I WILL MAKE WITH THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL, AFTER THOSE 11:10 DAYS,' SAYS THE LORD." - 'I'LL GIVE THEM 11:12 A DIFFERENT LAW. I'LL CHANGE THE LAW. 11:14 I'LL DO AWAY WITH THE LAW.' NO. IT DOESN'T SAY THAT. 11:16 I'M JUST WONDERING IF YOU'RE FOLLOWING. 11:18 HE SAYS, 'I'LL PUT MY LAW' - SAME LAW - 'IN A DIFFERENT 11:21 PLACE. I'LL PUT MY LAW IN THEIR MINDS 11:24 AND I'LL WRITE IT IN THEIR HEARTS, AND I'LL BE THEIR GOD 11:27 AND THEY'LL BE MY PEOPLE.' SO THE NEW COVENANT IS NOT A CHANGE 11:31 IN THE LAW, THE NEW COVENANT IS A CHANGE IN THE PLACE 11:33 THE LAW IS WRITTEN. GOD WRITES HIS LAW IN 11:36 YOUR HEART THROUGH LOVE. >>AMEN. 11:39 >>DOESN'T LIVING UNDER GOD'S GRACE MAKE KEEPING GOD'S LAW 11:43 NON-ESSENTIAL? YOU'VE HEARD THAT? 11:45 'I'M NOT UNDER THE LAW ANYMORE. I'M NOW UNDER GRACE.' AND THE 11:48 BIBLE TALKS ABOUT NOT BEING UNDER LAW. 11:50 WHAT DOES PAUL MEAN WHEN HE SAYS, 'NOT BEING UNDER LAW'? 11:53 HE DOES NOT MEAN YOU'RE NO LONGER UNDER AN OBLIGATION TO 11:57 KEEP THE LAW - BECAUSE JUST FOLLOW THAT THROUGH. 11:59 DOES THAT MEAN YOU'RE NOT OBLIGATED TO BE HONEST? 12:03 YOU'RE NOT OBLIGATED TO NOT STEAL? 12:06 YOU DON'T WANT TO TURN TO YOUR SPOUSE AND SAY, 'YOU'RE NOT 12:08 OBLIGATED TO KEEP THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT.' DOES ANYONE 12:11 BELIEVE THAT? THAT'S OUTRAGEOUS. 12:14 SO PAUL, CERTAINLY, DOESN'T MEAN THAT. 12:16 HE MEANS, BECAUSE OF THE SACRIFICE OF JESUS WE ARE NO 12:19 LONGER UNDER THE PENALTY OF THE LAW.' - THE WAGES ARE DEATH. 12:25 HE'S NOT SAYING YOU'RE NOT UNDER AN OBLIGATION TO OBEY IT. 12:29 ANNOUNCER: DON'T FORGET TO REQUEST TODAY'S 12:30 LIFE-CHANGING FREE RESOURCE. 12:32 NOT ONLY CAN YOU RECEIVE THIS FREE GIFT IN THE MAIL, 12:34 YOU CAN DOWNLOAD A DIGITAL COPY STRAIGHT TO YOUR COMPUTER 12:37 OR MOBILE DEVICE. 12:39 TO GET YOUR COPY OF TODAY'S FREE GIFT, SIMPLY CALL 12:41 US AND ASK FOR THE OFFER NUMBER SHOWN ON YOUR SCREEN, 12:45 OR VISIT THE WEB ADDRESS AND DOWNLOAD A DIGITAL COPY. 12:48 AND BE SURE TO SELECT THAT DIGITAL DOWNLOAD OPTION 12:51 ON THE REQUEST PAGE. 12:52 IT'S NOW EASIER THAN EVER FOR YOU TO STUDY GOD'S WORD 12:55 WITH "AMAZING FACTS," WHEREVER AND WHENEVER YOU WANT. 12:58 AND MOST IMPORTANT, TO SHARE IT WITH OTHERS. 13:03 >>I'M DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD ONE DAY - THIS IS A TRUE STORY - AND 13:07 I WAS DEEP IN THOUGHT - GOING TOO FAST - AND I MUST HAVE BEEN 13:10 REALLY DEEP IN THOUGHT BECAUSE I ACTUALLY PASSED - SPEEDING - 13:15 A HIGHWAY PATROLMAN THAT WAS NEXT TO ME. 13:18 (LAUGHTER) AND HE PULLED ME OVER - HE WAS PRETTY NICE - AND HE 13:22 SAID, 'LOOK, YOU WEREN'T GOING THAT FAST, BUT I WAS FOLLOWING 13:24 SOMEONE ELSE AND YOU PASSED ME AND YOU WERE SPEEDING AND I 13:26 THOUGHT, 'WELL, I CAN'T PULL THEM OVER IF YOU'RE JUST' - I 13:28 SAID, 'OH, OFFICER, I AM SO SORRY.' - I SAID - 'I JUST WAS 13:30 ON ONE OF THESE ROADS THAT WAS 70 MILES AN HOUR AND THEN I CAME 13:33 ON - I SWITCHED OFF ONTO THIS HIGHWAY AND I JUST - I REALLY' - 13:36 I SAID - I SAID, 'CAN YOU PLEASE HAVE MERCY?' 13:39 (LAUGHTER) NOW I'VE BEEN - I'M NOT PROUD OF MY DRIVING RECORD 13:46 AND I COULD PROBABLY TEACH TRAFFIC SCHOOL (LAUGHTER) YOU 13:51 KNOW, I KNOW THE LORD'S COMING SOON SO WE NEED TO MAKE HASTE 13:55 AND SO I'VE GOTTEN MORE THAN A COUPLE OF SPEEDING TICKETS. 13:59 AND I SAID, 'PLEASE HAVE MERCY. 14:02 YOU KNOW, MY INSURANCE JUST FINALLY WENT DOWN. 14:04 I'M TRYING TO KEEP IT THAT WAY' - (LAUGHTER) - 'AND I CAN'T GO 14:06 HOME AND TELL MY WIFE THAT I JUST GOT ANOTHER TICKET.' AND I 14:10 JUST CONFESSED, I SAID, 'I'M GUILTY. 14:12 I REPENT. HAVE MERCY. ALL I CAN ASK FOR IS MERCY. 14:14 I DON'T WANT JUSTICE, I WANT MERCY.' (LAUGHTER) AND HE SAID, 14:18 'ALRIGHT.' HE SAID, 'I'M GOING TO WRITE YOU A WARNING.' AND SO 14:20 HE WRITES ME A WARNING. HE SAID, 'ALRIGHT, SLOW DOWN.' 14:23 AND I SAID, 'PRAISE THE LORD.' NOW, I DIDN'T WANT TO PULL OVER 14:26 WHEN HE PULLED ME OVER BECAUSE I WAS IN A HURRY. 14:28 DON'T YOU HATE IT WHEN YOU'RE IN A HURRY AND THEN THE POLICEMAN 14:30 PULLS YOU OVER AND THEN YOU'RE REALLY LATE AND YOU HAVE TO SAY, 14:33 'OFFICER, CAN YOU PLEASE HURRY UP WITH THIS TICKET BECAUSE I'VE 14:35 GOT TO GET GOING?' (LAUGHTER) 14:36 AND I'M GOING TO HAVE TO DRIVE TWICE AS FAST BECAUSE 14:38 YOU PULLED ME OVER.' (LAUGHTER) THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE THINKING. 14:43 AND SO, I HAD TO PULL OVER BECAUSE I BROKE THE LAW. 14:48 AND SO, WHEN I SEE THOSE BLUE AND RED LIGHTS - YOU EVER NOTICE 14:52 WHEN YOU SEE A POLICEMAN - HOW MANY OF YOU AUTOMATICALLY TAKE 14:54 YOUR FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR? YOU MAY BE STOPPED AT A LIGHT 14:58 AND YOU SEE A POLICEMAN, YOU - (LAUGHTER) - AND SO 15:04 I HAD TO PULL OVER. AND FINALLY, WHEN HE GAVE ME 15:07 BACK THE WARNING HE SAID, 'LOOK, I'M GOING TO LET YOU GO. 15:09 I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU A TICKET.' I'M NO LONGER UNDER THE 15:13 LAW, I'M NOW UNDER GRACE. HE'S FORGIVEN ME. 15:17 BOY, IT'D BE REALLY GREAT IF HE SAID, 'LOOK, THERE'S A PENALTY. 15:19 I'M GOING TO PAY YOUR TICKET FOR YOU.' THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN VERY 15:21 OFTEN, BUT THAT WOULD BE REALLY A GREAT ILLUSTRATION IF THAT 15:24 HAPPENED. BUT HE SAID, 'I'M GOING TO LET 15:27 YOU GO.' SO NOW I SAID, 'PRAISE THE LORD, I'M NO LONGER UNDER 15:30 THE LAW. HE SAID I'M FREE.' I BELIEVE HIS WORD THAT I'M 15:33 FREE, WHICH MEANS NOW I GET TO DRIVE 90 MILES AN HOUR. 15:37 SO I REV MY ENGINE AND I PEEL OUT AWAY FROM THE POLICEMAN, 15:40 SPRAY GRAVEL OVER THE HOOD OF HIS CAR AND SAY, 'PRAISE GOD I'M 15:44 NO LONGER UNDER THE LAW, I'M UNDER GRACE NOW.' IS THAT HOW 15:47 YOU DO IT? >>NO! 15:48 >>NO, NO, YOU KNOW WHAT I DID? 15:50 I SAID, 'THANK YOU VERY MUCH, OFFICER.' I TOOK OUT SOMETHING, 15:53 I CLEANED OFF MY REARVIEW MIRROR, I LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW, 15:57 I PUT MY BLINKER ON, I PUT IT IN GEAR, I PULLED OUT VERY SLOW - I 16:03 WAITED 'TIL THERE WERE NO CARS FOR SIX MILES IN ANY DIRECTION - 16:06 (LAUGHTER) - I PULLED OUT VERY CAREFULLY AND I WENT LIKE 45 ½ 16:09 MILES AN HOUR LOOKING BOTH WAYS BECAUSE, PRAISE THE LORD, I'VE 16:12 JUST BEEN FORGIVEN. I AM NOW UNDER GRACE. I AM GOING TO BE 16:14 THE MOST CAREFUL PERSON ON THE ROAD, RIGHT? 16:17 CHRISTIANS, WHEN THEY REALIZE WHAT THEIR FORGIVENESS 16:21 HAS COST, WHEN CHRISTIANS REALIZE WHAT THEIR LAWBREAKING 16:26 HAS COST, SHOULD BE THE ONES WHO ARE THE MOST CAREFUL NOT TO DO 16:31 THE THING THAT CRUCIFIED JESUS, AMEN? 16:34 >>AMEN. >>AND BE OBEDIENT. 16:36 SO, NO, WE ARE NOT UNDER THE LAW, WE ARE UNDER GRACE. 16:41 BUT WHAT DOES PAUL SAY IN ROMANS 6:15? 16:43 "WHAT THEN? SHALL WE SIN BECAUSE WE ARE NOT UNDER THE LAW, BUT 16:47 UNDER GRACE? GOD FORBID." HE SAID, 'DON'T EVEN THINK THAT.' 16:50 AND YET, THAT'S WHAT SOME CHURCHES ARE TEACHING. 16:53 ROMANS 3:31, "DO WE THEN MAKE VOID THE LAW THROUGH FAITH? 16:58 GOD FORBID: YEA, WE ESTABLISH THE LAW." 17:01 WHEN YOU'VE GOT FAITH YOU DON'T MAKE VOID THE LAW, YOU SEAL IT; 17:04 YOU ENDORSE IT, YOU AFFIRM IT. 17:06 INDEED, JESUS SAID, "AND IT IS EASIER FOR HEAVEN AND EARTH TO 17:09 PASS, THAN ONE TITTLE OF THE LAW TO FAIL." 17:13 IS HEAVEN STILL THERE? IS EARTH STILL THERE? 17:17 THEN GOD'S TEN COMMANDMENTS ARE STILL THERE. 17:19 AND I ALREADY QUOTED YOU, 'JESUS CHRIST IS THE SAME YESTERDAY, 17:21 TODAY, AND FOREVER.' SO, ARE PEOPLE SAVED BY KEEPING THE LAW? 17:26 THIS IS A POINT I NEED TO MAKE VERY CLEAR. 17:29 IS ANYONE SAVED BY KEEPING THE LAW? 17:31 I'VE HEARD FOLKS SAY, 'WELL, IN THE OLD TESTAMENT THEY WERE 17:33 SAVED BY THE LAW. NOW WE'RE SAVED BY 17:35 GRACE.' THAT IS NONSENSE. ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD AND 17:40 GOD COUNTED IT UNTO HIM FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS. 17:42 ABRAHAM WAS SAVED BY FAITH. READ HEBREWS 11, IT TALKS ABOUT 17:46 ALL THE OLD TESTAMENT CHARACTERS WHO WERE SAVED BY FAITH. 17:50 THEY WERE SAVED BY FAITH LOOKING FORWARD TO THE MESSIAH. 17:53 WE ARE SAVED BY FAITH LOOKING BACK TO CHRIST. EVERYBODY IS 17:56 SAVED BY JESUS. NOBODY IS SAVED BY WORKS. WE'RE ALL SAVED BY 18:02 FAITH. WE DO NOT KEEP THE LAW TO BE SAVED, WE KEEP THE LAW 18:06 BECAUSE WE ARE SAVED. >>AMEN. 18:08 >>JESUS SAID, 'YOU'LL KNOW THEM BY THEIR FRUITS.' AND IF WE'VE 18:11 GOT THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT, WHICH IS LOVE - AND JESUS SAID, 18:14 'IF YOU LOVE ME, KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS' - EPHESIANS 2:8. 18:17 HE GOES ON TO SAY, "FOR BY GRACE ARE YE SAVED THROUGH FAITH; AND 18:21 THAT NOT OF YOURSELVES: IT IS THE GIFT OF GOD: NOT OF WORKS, 18:25 LEST ANY MAN SHOULD BOAST." I LIKE WHAT D.L. 18:29 MOODY SAID - HE WAS A GREAT PREACHER - HE SAID, "THE 18:32 COMMANDMENTS OF GOD GIVEN TO MOSES IN THE MOUNT AT HOREB ARE 18:36 AS BINDING TODAY AS EVER THEY HAVE BEEN SINCE THE TIME WHEN 18:40 THEY WERE PROCLAIMED IN THE HEARING OF THE PEOPLE." 18:43 AND SOMEONE ASKED BILLY GRAHAM A QUESTION - HE USED TO HAVE A 18:45 QUESTION AND ANSWER THING IN THE DALLAS NEWS WHERE THEY'D MAIL IN 18:48 QUESTIONS - AND THE QUESTION WAS, 'DOES GOD STILL EXPECT US 18:51 TO KEEP THE TEN COMMANDMENTS?' HERE'S THE ANSWER FROM 18:55 DR. GRAHAM, "THE TEN COMMANDMENTS ARE JUST AS VALID 18:58 TODAY AS WHEN GOD GAVE THEM TO MOSES OVER 3,000 YEARS AGO. 19:02 JESUS SAID, 'I TELL YOU THE TRUTH, UNTIL HEAVEN AND EARTH 19:04 DISAPPEAR, NOT THE SMALLEST LETTER, NOT THE LEAST STROKE OF 19:08 THE PEN, WILL BY ANY MEANS DISAPPEAR FROM THE LAW.'" 19:12 WHAT LAW IS IT THEN THAT WAS NAILED TO THE CROSS? 19:15 AND THIS IS WHERE SOME PEOPLE GET CONFUSED. 19:18 YOU CAN READ IN COLOSSIANS 2:14 - NOW YOU NEED TO - YOU MIGHT 19:21 WANT TO TAKE A FEW NOTES - AND THIS WILL BE IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL 19:23 MATERIAL, IF YOU'RE FOLLOWING ALONG - WE'VE GOT A LESSON THAT 19:27 TALKS ABOUT WRITTEN IN STONE AND IT EXPLAINS THE DIFFERENCE 19:32 BETWEEN WHAT LAWS ARE NAILED TO THE CROSS, THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, 19:35 AND THE CEREMONIAL LAWS - COLOSSIANS 2:14, "BLOTTING OUT 19:39 THE" - NOW I UNDERLINED THAT - WHAT'S IT SAY? 19:41 - "HANDWRITING...THAT WAS AGAINST US, WHICH WAS CONTRARY 19:47 TO US, AND TOOK IT OUT OF THE WAY, NAILING IT TO HIS CROSS." 19:52 NOW, IF YOU GO TO EXODUS 32 - LET'S FIND OUT WHAT WAS NAILED 19:56 TO THE CROSS - EXODUS 32:16, "NOW THE TABLETS WERE THE WORK 20:00 OF GOD, AND THE WRITING WAS THE WRITING OF GOD ENGRAVED ON THE 20:04 TABLETS." - GOD WROTE AN ENGRAVING OF THE TEN 20:06 COMMANDMENTS - IT IS GOD-WRITTEN, IT IS NOT 20:08 THE HANDWRITING OF MAN. BUT, WHAT MOSES WROTE, AS 20:13 FAR AS THE CEREMONIAL LAW AND ORDINANCES YOU CAN READ IN 2 20:16 CHRONICLES 33:8 - I WANT YOU TO NOTICE THERE - HE SAYS, "THEY 20:21 WILL TAKE HEED TO DO ALL THAT I HAVE COMMANDED THEM," - SO GOD 20:25 IS SPEAKING - "ALL THAT I HAVE COMMANDED THEM, ACCORDING TO THE 20:27 WHOLE LAW AND" - SO AFTER HE SAYS, 'WHOLE LAW' AND THEN HE 20:30 SAYS, 'AND' - WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? 20:31 AND MEANS WHAT? YOU'RE ADDING SOMETHING TO IT. "AND THE 20:34 STATUTES AND THE ORDINANCES BY THE HAND OF MOSES." 20:40 ORDINANCES, HANDWRITING - THE CEREMONIAL LAWS CONTAINED IN 20:45 ORDINANCES - NOW WHERE DID THEY PUT THE TEN COMMANDMENTS? 20:49 WAS IT - IN THE ARK OF THE COVENANT - WHERE WERE THE 20:52 CEREMONIAL LAWS PLACED? >>ON THE OUTSIDE. 20:54 >>READ IN DEUTERONOMY 31:26, "AND TAKE THIS BOOK OF THE LAW," 20:59 - WRITTEN ON PAPER - "AND PUT IT IN THE SIDE OF THE ARK OF THE 21:03 COVENANT OF THE LORD YOUR GOD. 21:05 THAT IT MAY BE THERE FOR A WITNESS AGAINST THEE." 21:09 YOU REMEMBER WHAT PAUL SAID IN COLOSSIANS? 21:10 HANDWRITING, ORDINANCES, AGAINST US. 21:14 IT IS SO CLEAR, WHEN YOU ARE A JEW, LIKE PAUL, AND HE 21:17 UNDERSTOOD THE OLD TESTAMENT AND HE'S TALKING ABOUT THE 21:20 HANDWRITING OF MOSES THAT WAS IN THE CEREMONIAL LAWS, PLACED 21:23 OUTSIDE THE ARK, TO WITNESS AGAINST US. 21:26 NOT TALKING ABOUT THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. 21:28 BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO LAWS. 21:30 EPHESIANS 2:15, "HAVING ABOLISHED...THE LAW OF 21:34 COMMANDMENTS CONTAINED IN ORDINANCES." 21:37 SO, ARE THERE SOME LAWS THAT ARE NAILED TO THE CROSS? 21:42 CAN YOU NAIL STONE TO ANYTHING? NOT VERY EASILY, HUH? 21:45 IT WAS THE CEREMONIAL LAWS THAT WERE NAILED TO THE CROSS. 21:48 THIS IS THE LAWS THAT CONTAINED THE ANNUAL SABBATHS, THE MEAT 21:52 OFFERINGS, THE DRINK OFFERINGS - SO MANY THINGS THAT REVOLVED 21:55 AROUND THE SANCTUARY AND ITS SERVICES - THE TEN COMMANDMENT 21:58 LAW IS ETERNAL IN NATURE. WAS IT A SIN FOR JOSEPH TO 22:03 COMMIT ADULTERY WITH POTIPHAR'S WIFE? 22:05 >>YES. >>IT WOULD HAVE BEEN. 22:08 YEAH, HE SAID 'HOW CAN I DO THIS TERRIBLE THING AND SIN?' 22:11 THE TEN COMMANDMENTS HADN'T BEEN WRITTEN YET - IT WAS STILL A SIN 22:14 BEFORE THAT HAPPENED. WAS - DID GOD TELL CAIN - HE 22:19 SAID, 'SIN IS AT YOUR DOOR,' WHEN HE WAS THINKING OF 22:21 MURDERING HIS BROTHER. YOU MEAN WAY BACK IN THE GARDEN 22:23 OF EDEN, BEFORE MOSES WROTE 'THOU SHALT NOT MURDER.' 22:25 MURDER WAS A SIN. TEN COMMANDMENTS GO 22:28 ALL THE WAY BACK. THEY'RE ETERNAL IN NATURE. 22:32 THE CEREMONIAL LAWS DID NOT APPEAR UNTIL THE EXODUS AND THEY 22:34 ENDED WITH THE CROSS - THEY'RE TEMPORARY - 22:37 THEY WERE TO HELP US RECOGNIZE JESUS, FRIENDS. 22:39 THIS IS REALLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT SUBJECTS BECAUSE IT'S 22:43 SO STRANGE THAT WE'RE LIVING IN TIME WHERE CHRISTIANS ARE FUZZY 22:46 ABOUT SOMETHING AS BASIC AS THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. 22:48 I WOULD THINK WE'D NOTICE THAT WHEN GOD GATHERS A NATION 22:52 TOGETHER AND HE SPEAKS TO THEM AUDIBLY IN HIS OWN VOICE, ON A 22:57 MOUNTAIN, THUNDER AND SMOKE, THEN HE TAKES STONE - NOT PAPER 23:01 - AND HE WRITES IT WITH HIS OWN FINGER, AND HE SAYS, 'PUT IT IN 23:05 THE MOST SACRED LOCATION IN YOUR NATION' - THE GOLDEN BOX IN THE 23:09 MIDDLE OF THE HOLY OF HOLIES - THE INNER SANCTUM OF THE 23:12 SANCTUARY - HE SAYS, 'THIS IS MY WORD. 23:14 I SPOKE TO YOU MY WILL.' AND FOR CHRISTIANS TO SAY THEY LOVE 23:18 JESUS, WHO HAVE THE AUDACITY TO SAY, 'HE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT 23:22 THAT.' OR 'THAT'S NO LONGER IMPORTANT.' WHERE IN THE WORLD 23:27 DO WE GET THAT IDEA? I'LL BE TELLING YOU WHERE 23:30 THAT IDEA COMES FROM, LATER. BUT FRIENDS, THE BOTTOM 23:32 LINE IS 'DO YOU LOVE ME?' IF YOU KNOW HOW MUCH JESUS LOVES 23:38 YOU - BECAUSE HE DIED TO SAVE YOU. 23:40 I REMEMBER HEARING A STORY ABOUT A MAN, HE WAS DRIVING TOO FAST 23:44 THROUGH THIS SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD AND HE SAW THE RED 23:47 AND BLUE LIGHTS AND HE PULLED OVER AND THE POLICEMAN CAME UP 23:52 AND HE SAID, 'LOOK OFFICER, I WASN'T GOING THAT FAST. 23:55 I KNOW I DIDN'T STOP COMPLETELY AT THE STOP SIGN; I KIND OF 23:58 ROLLED THROUGH IT, BUT I LOOKED AROUND BEFORE I DID AND - AND 24:01 CAN YOU GIVE ME A BREAK? AND AFTER ALL, I'M ALMOST SURE 24:03 YOU GO TO THE SAME CHURCH I GO TO.' AND THE OFFICER 24:07 DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING. HE WALKED BEHIND THE GUY'S 24:10 CAR AND HE STARTED WRITING. HE GOT REALLY MAD - THE DRIVER 24:12 - HE SAID, 'MAN, HE COULD HAVE GIVEN ME A BREAK, YOU KNOW?' 24:15 AND JUST STARTED SLAMMING ON HIS STEERING WHEEL AND THOUGHT, 'OH, 24:17 MY INSURANCE IS GOING TO GO UP.' AND HE WAS ALL UPSET AND HE WAS 24:19 FUMING AND FINALLY THE POLICEMAN CAME OVER, HE TAPPED ON HIS 24:23 WINDOW AND HE JUST ROLLED THE WINDOW DOWN THAT FAR. 24:26 THE POLICEMAN POPPED THE PIECE OF PAPER THROUGH THE CRACK IN 24:30 THE WINDOW - THE GUY WAS BEING VERY RUDE NOW - AND THE 24:33 POLICEMAN GOT IN HIS CAR AND DROVE OFF. 24:35 THE GUY PICKED UP THE PAPER - IT WASN'T A TICKET, IT WAS A NOTE. 24:40 AND THE POLICEMAN SAID, 'I KNOW YOU, BOB.' - AND HE SAID, 'I'M 24:45 GOING TO LET YOU GO TODAY.' - HE SAID, 'I JUST WANT TO LET YOU 24:48 KNOW THAT A SPEEDING DRIVER KILLED MY DAUGHTER FOUR YEARS 24:53 AGO AND I'M REALLY STRUGGLING TO FORGIVE, AND I'M HOPING THAT ONE 24:59 MORE ACT OF FORGIVENESS IS GOING TO HELP ME TODAY. 25:03 PLEASE SLOW DOWN.' SO HERE'S A QUESTION: WHEN THAT GUY PULLED 25:08 AWAY, DO YOU THINK HE DROVE DIFFERENT? 25:14 HE WAS FORGIVEN. EVEN THOUGH THAT OFFICER HAD 25:18 LOST A CHILD TO A SPEEDER. >>WOW. 25:21 >>WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CROSS, JESUS IS HANGING THERE, NOT JUST 25:24 FOR THE SINS OF THE WORLD, HE'S HANGING THERE FOR YOUR SIN. 25:27 >>THAT'S RIGHT. >>HE'S HANGING THERE 25:28 FOR YOUR LAWLESSNESS. AND HE SAYS, 'IF YOU LOVE ME, 25:33 PLEASE DON'T KEEP DOING THE THINGS THAT HURT YOU AND THEY 25:35 HURT ME AND THEY HURT OTHERS.' YOUR DISOBEDIENCE NOT ONLY HURTS 25:39 GOD, IT NOT ONLY HURTS YOU, IT HURTS YOUR NEIGHBOR. 25:43 AND BECAUSE YOU LOVE GOD, AND BECAUSE YOU LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR, 25:45 AND BECAUSE YOU LOVE YOURSELF, YOU WANT TO BE OBEYING GOD'S 25:49 LAW. YOU WILL BE BLESSED. YOU WILL HAVE PEACE. 25:52 WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE THAT PEACE, FRIENDS? 25:53 >>AMEN. >>WOULD YOU LIKE TO ASK HIM 25:56 TONIGHT? HOW MUCH CAN WE DO WITHOUT GOD'S 25:58 HELP? >>NOTHING. 25:59 >>NOTHING. 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