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00:03 by the friends of the Amazing Facts Ministry. 00:10 Doug Batchelor: Did you know it's against the law to doze off 00:13 under a hair dryer in Florida, to play Hopscotch on Sunday in 00:17 Missouri, to hunt camels in Arizona, to insert a penny in 00:22 your ear in Hawaii, to tie a giraffe to a telephone pole in 00:26 Atlanta, to catch mice without a license in Cleveland, to put a 00:31 skunk in your boss's desk in Michigan, to detonate a nuclear 00:36 weapon within Chico, California city limits-- which carries a 00:39 punishment of $500, to bathe less than once a year in 00:43 Kentucky, to pawn your dentures in Las Vegas? 00:47 Yes, there are about 2 million laws in the U.S., and, if a 00:52 person could review them at a rate of about two a day, you'd 00:55 be qualified to act as a law-abiding citizen in about 00:59 6,000 years. 01:00 Yet the Lord was able to summarize the entire duty of man 01:04 to God in just 10 simple precepts that contain about 01:08 325 words. 01:10 Jesus said God's law boils down to two crucial principles: love 01:15 for God and love for our fellow man. 01:18 Join me now, friends, as we consider the relevance of God's 01:22 law in our lives today. 01:28 Doug: Do any of you remember a day when you didn't even lock 01:30 your doors in your house? 01:33 Don't raise your hand if you do it now; someone will be 01:36 watching; they'll look you up on the Internet. 01:39 But, let's admit it, you know, times have changed, and the 01:43 values and the morals of the culture have changed. 01:46 Now, I was not raised in a religious home. 01:49 My mother is from a Jewish background, but she was 01:51 basically atheist. 01:53 And my father, he was raised Baptist. 01:55 But, after World War II, he was basically atheist. 01:58 So I didn't grow up with a lot of strong religious training. 02:03 But I still remember, when I went to public school in 02:07 California, they had The Ten Commandments on the wall. 02:11 They called it The Golden Rules. 02:12 Any of you remember that? 02:14 Public school. 02:16 And then, you know, more people were worried about separation of 02:19 church and state-- and we'll talk a little about that 02:21 tonight-- and pretty soon they weren't there anymore. 02:24 And I can understand the government telling people, 02:28 you're not supposed to dictate the first four commandments, 02:32 what God's name is or what God you worship or how you worship 02:37 Him or what His name is or when you worship Him. 02:40 But the government must enforce the last six commandments, 02:46 parental authority-- the government doesn't own your 02:49 children, things like property rights, the sanctity of 02:55 marriage, shouldn't be coveting your neighbor's things, honesty, 03:01 telling the truth. 03:02 These are things that must be observed and enforced by any 03:05 civilized culture. 03:07 And America was built on those principles by Roger Williams, 03:10 where you basically separate the two tables of stone, and the 03:14 government doesn't meddle with the first four, but they must 03:17 enforce the last six. 03:18 And that's what made it such a great country. 03:22 But they, in not wanting any mingling of religion, they took 03:27 all of the law out, which is kind of strange because it's up 03:29 on the Supreme Court building, got a picture of Moses up there. 03:32 Did you know that? 03:35 Now, we are using this as a foundation for our studies each 03:39 night, Revelation 14. 03:40 What is our verse in Revelation 14, and how does that relate? 03:44 It's in verse 12, "Here is the patience of the saints--" 03:48 talking about the ones that are saved as opposed to the ones 03:51 with the mark. 03:52 "Here's the patience of the saints; here are those who keep 03:55 the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus." 04:00 Here, you've got the commandments of God and the 04:02 faith of Jesus, the Bible calls it, "the law and the prophets." 04:07 And so this is something that is crucial in the life of 04:10 a believer. 04:11 They were, we're not just hearers of the Word, but we're 04:13 doers of the Word. 04:14 First question. 04:16 What is God's moral law? 04:18 Not to be confused with lots of different laws in the Bible, 04:21 there's a very simple moral law. 04:24 What is it? 04:25 You can read, in Exodus 24, verse 12, 04:28 "Then the Lord said to me, to Moses, 04:30 rather, 'Come up to me on the mountain and there 04:33 I will give you--'" what-- 04:34 ''tablets of stone, and the law 04:38 and commandments which I have written, 04:40 that you may teach them.'" 04:42 He gave him these two tables of stone, and what were they? 04:47 Deuteronomy 10:4, "And He wrote on the tables according to the 04:50 first writing, The Ten 04:53 Commandments, which the Lord had 04:55 spoken to you in the mountain 04:56 from the midst of the fire in 04:57 the day the Lord assembled; and 05:00 the Lord gave them to me." 05:01 So, when God delivered The Ten Commandments, He did something 05:04 He had never before done in history. 05:06 Not one prophet or two, having a vision or a dream, but, while a 05:12 whole nation was gathered in assembly, the Lord God Almighty 05:17 spoke audibly-- no artificial PA system-- and He declared The Ten 05:23 Commandments with thunder and lightning from the mountain. 05:25 It was heard by the whole nation, and the nation said, 05:28 "All the Lord has said we will do." 05:30 And then Moses said, "They've agreed to the covenant." 05:32 God says, "Okay, we're agreeing to the terms. 05:34 Come up. 05:35 I'll give you a written copy." 05:37 That's how contracts work. 05:38 First, you kind of work it out verbally, right? 05:40 No sense writing it up every time. 05:42 First get a verbal agreement, then you say, "That 05:44 sounds good." 05:45 Then you write it up, make it official. 05:46 This is what God did, and he gave him The Ten Commandments. 05:50 Number two. 05:51 To what does the Bible equate God's law? 05:54 Answer, "Therefore the law is holy, and the commandment is 06:01 holy and just and good." 06:05 Now, part of the reason for the lesson tonight, I'm just going 06:08 to tell you up front, is because we know that there's a lot of 06:12 lawlessness in society and people that don't want the law. 06:15 But, what scares me is, there are pastors now that are saying, 06:18 "We don't want the law." 06:20 There are pastors that are turning away from the law, and 06:22 they're saying, "No, we're not under the law anymore. 06:24 We're under grace, and that means we don't need to keep The 06:26 Ten Commandments." 06:27 How many of you have heard that? 06:30 Okay, that is a lie. 06:32 Paul talks about doctrines of devils. 06:34 And, if there's a doctrine of devils, the idea that God 06:36 doesn't care whether or not you keep The Ten Commandments is a 06:39 categorical lie, and I can tell you that based on an abundance 06:42 of scripture I'm going to share with you tonight. 06:44 He did not give us The Ten Suggestions. 06:48 They are not The Ten Recommendations. 06:50 They are The Ten Commandments, and God did not make a mistake. 06:55 And I've heard pastors say, "Well, God gave them the law 06:58 just to prove they couldn't keep it. 06:59 And then He punished them for not keeping it." 07:01 What parent does that? 07:03 Every command of God inherent is the command is the power to 07:07 do it. 07:09 So why can we not get rid of The Ten Commandments? 07:13 Because, when you look at the definition for The Ten 07:16 Commandments in the Bible, the same words are used to describe 07:19 God Himself. 07:21 For example, the Bible says God is perfect. 07:25 Well, the Bible says, in Psalm 19, verse 7, "The law 07:28 is perfect." 07:29 By the way, the verse for God being perfect is Jesus, Matthew 07:32 5:48, "Be therefore perfect even as your Father in heaven 07:35 is perfect." 07:36 The Bible says, "God is love," 1 John 4:8, many places. 07:40 Romans 13:10 says, "The law is love." 07:43 The Bible says, "God is righteous," Exodus 9:27; it 07:48 says, "The law is righteous," and you got the verses on the 07:50 screen, Psalm 119. 07:52 "God is truth." 07:53 "The law is truth." 07:55 "God is pure." 07:56 "The law is pure." 07:57 "God is spiritual." 07:59 "The law is spiritual." 08:00 "God is eternal." 08:01 "The law is eternal." 08:03 "God is unchangeable." 08:04 "Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, today, and forever. 08:06 I am the Lord. 08:07 I change not." 08:09 "His law is unchangeable." 08:11 He says, "I will not alter the covenant that has gone out of 08:13 My lips." 08:16 What does God's law do? 08:19 Well, for one thing, it tells us our need of a Savior. 08:22 You can read, in Romans 7:7, "I would not have known sin except 08:27 through the law. 08:28 For I would not have known covetousness unless the law 08:30 said, 'You shall not covet.'" 08:33 And so, you know, God gives us law because we need it to 08:36 avoid disobedience. 08:37 You can also read here, "By the law is the knowledge of sin." 08:43 Now, is it important for us to know what sin is? 08:45 How can you repent from your sins if you don't know what 08:47 sin is? 08:49 If the devil takes away the law, without the law, there's no sin, 08:52 you with me? 08:53 If there's no sin, do we need a Savior? 08:57 The Lord gives us the law so we'll recognize when we've 08:59 disobeyed, and we can repent and turn from our disobedience and 09:03 turn to Jesus for mercy and power. 09:06 But the law is a blessing. 09:08 And, again, the best Bible definition for what sin is, "Sin 09:13 is lawlessness." 09:15 If you've got the King James Version, "Sin Is the 09:17 transgression of the law." 09:19 People who are taking away the law are taking away the very 09:21 definition of sin, and the devil loves that because Jesus wants 09:26 us to know what our sins are so that He can forgive us. 09:30 So, let's just suppose for a moment that, if I was to go 09:38 through-- Hey, wasn't that tricky? 09:39 If I was to go through the presentation like this, would 09:43 that be at all distracting? 09:45 Do you realize I don't see anything? 09:48 And, you know, I came to the meeting tonight, and I brushed, 09:51 gargled, deodorized, do everything, and I feel fine. 09:55 Now, how are you going to convince me there's a problem? 09:58 A mirror, how convenient. 10:02 So, I feel fine; I'm preaching; I'm talking. 10:06 You're all saying, "Doug, you got an issue." 10:09 I said, "No, I don't." 10:10 You said, "Look in the mirror." 10:11 I look in the mirror, and I go, "Oh, man, that does really 10:13 look foolish." 10:14 So, all right, well, I felt fine until I looked in the mirror. 10:18 So the answer is obviously, just don't look in the mirror. 10:23 I heard about a man in China that ordered one of the first 10:26 microscopes, and he was so fascinated, looking at 10:29 everything under the microscope. 10:31 But then he looked at his rice under the microscope, and he saw 10:34 there was all these microscopic creatures on the rice. 10:37 He loved rice. 10:39 So he threw away the microscope. 10:43 So, is the answer to just get rid of the law because I love 10:45 my sin? 10:47 That's the way a lot of people treat it. 10:50 Or is the answer to use the mirror to try to take this off? 10:54 Is that the solution? 10:56 Is that the purpose of this? 10:58 The law is not to take away our sin. 11:00 So, if this was a mark-- forget it's tape for a minute-- if it 11:04 was a mark, how would I get rid of it? 11:09 You've got to wash it, right? 11:11 So, the law, the law shows me the sin, but I use this-- What 11:18 is this? 11:20 Red, it's a clue? 11:21 Blood of Christ. 11:23 What will wash away my sin? 11:25 Nothing but the blood of Jesus. 11:27 And so, I do this, and then I do this; I feel much better. 11:33 This did not take it away; this took it away. 11:37 This showed me the need for this. 11:40 Do we need this? 11:42 Then we need this to show us our need for this. 11:46 We need the law to show us our need for the cleansing from 11:50 sin, amen? 11:53 So that's the purpose of the law. 11:57 That's why we need it, and that's why the devil hates 11:59 the law. 12:00 Next question. 12:02 Can God's law be amended or repealed? 12:05 What's the Bible say? 12:07 Psalm 89, verse 34, "My covenant I will not break--" you with 12:12 me?-- "nor alter." 12:15 I'm not going to break it; I'm not going to alter it. 12:17 "The word that has gone out of My lips." 12:20 So, some are thinking right now, "What about the new covenant?" 12:23 Stay with me; we'll get to that. 12:26 Again, "All of His precepts are sure. 12:29 They stand fast--" how long?-- "Forever and ever." 12:33 So here you've got The Ten Commandments. 12:35 Now, there's one little thing about this representation here. 12:39 Technically, you'd have the first four commandments on one 12:42 stone, and then the last six would be on the other. 12:45 But this is a summary, and the artist put five on one and five 12:48 on the other. 12:50 So, just to be accurate, it would actually be four and six. 12:53 The first four commandments deal with our love for God. 12:56 What's the great commandment? 12:58 Wait, let me back up. 12:59 God is love. 13:02 So, if you want to melt everything down, it's God 13:05 is love. 13:06 But now, if you break that down a little bit, the two great 13:09 commandments, Jesus said, are what? 13:12 "Love the Lord with all your heart." 13:14 And the other one is, what? 13:16 "Love your neighbor as yourself." 13:18 I've got two arms with 10 fingers, and these fingers do 13:23 what the arms tell it to do. 13:25 If we love God, will we keep the first four commandments? 13:29 If we love God, will we take His Name in vain? 13:32 Will we worship other gods? 13:34 Will we want to revere our time with Him? 13:36 We'll honor His name. 13:37 I did it out of order. 13:39 But those are the first four. 13:40 If we love Him, of course. 13:42 Now, let's go over here and consider for a minute the 13:47 other commandments. 13:48 So here you've got, technically, this would be the last six; 13:50 fifth commandment is honor your father and mother. 13:52 If you love your father and mother, do you honor them? 13:56 If you love, do you kill? 13:58 Do you kill your neighbor? 13:59 Do you lie to your neighbor? 14:01 Do you steal from your neighbor? 14:03 You don't commit adultery. 14:05 You don't covet. 14:07 "Love," Paul says, "is the fulfilling of the law," amen? 14:12 But some people are wanting to just get rid of the law and make 14:16 it disappear. 14:17 Should a born again Christian keep The Ten Commandments? 14:19 This is what we're talking about. 14:21 New Testament, born again Christian. 14:22 "If you love Me," Jesus said, "keep My commandments." 14:27 Wait, someone's saying, "Oh, well, that's 14:29 Jesus's commandments. 14:30 That'd be different from The Ten Commandments." 14:31 Wait a second, who gave The Ten Commandments? 14:35 Jesus-- Bible says, John says, "All things that were made were 14:38 made by Him." 14:40 That's His law. 14:41 So, when He said, "If you love Me, keep my commandments," he 14:44 says, "I have kept My father's commandments, and I abide in 14:46 His love." 14:48 Jesus lived a perfect life of obedience, and it says He's 14:51 given us an example, that we should walk as He walked. 14:53 Now, we may not feel perfect, but His life is an example of 14:57 one of obedience to the law, amen. 15:00 Why? 15:01 Because we love Him, "Now by this we know that we know Him, 15:05 if we--" Do what? 15:06 How do you know if you know Him? 15:08 "If you keep His commandments." 15:11 In fact, the Bible says, "He that says I know Him and keeps 15:14 not His commandments is a liar," John goes on to say. 15:17 A lot of people say, "I love you Lord, I love you Lord;" they 15:19 just don't obey Him. 15:21 And, if you really love Him, you'll want to obey Him. 15:24 "It is not the hearers of the law that are justified, 15:28 but the doers of the law will be justified." 15:31 If that's clear, please say, "Amen." 15:33 People often try to make Paul sound like he's getting rid of 15:35 the law law. 15:36 This is about as clear as you can be. 15:38 It is not the hearers of the law, but the doers, that will 15:41 be justified. 15:42 But doesn't living under grace through faith make keeping the 15:45 law non-essential? 15:47 No, Romans 6:15, 15:49 what does Paul say? 15:50 "What then? 15:52 Shall we sin because we're not under the law but under grace?" 15:54 How does He respond? 15:56 God forbid, people say, "I'm not under the law now, I'm 15:58 under grace. 15:59 I can break the law." 16:01 God forbid. 16:02 And, again, "Do we then make 16:04 void the law through faith?" 16:06 What's the answer? 16:07 "Certainly not! 16:08 On the contrary, we establish the law." 16:12 So, when we look at the cross and we see what our forgiveness 16:17 has cost, do we want to break the law? 16:20 Or are we more eager now to keep the law, out of love? 16:25 We want to be doers of the Word. 16:27 Can you say, "Amen?" 16:29 Was there a law in the Bible that was abolished? 16:33 Now, this is important; a lot of people misunderstand. 16:36 Yes; you can read here in Ephesians 2:14, "He has--" 16:41 what-- "abolished in His flesh the enmity, that is, the law of 16:46 commandments contained in--" in what-- "ordinances." 16:51 There was a law of ordinances; these were revolving around the 16:55 ceremonial laws. 16:56 And, again, you can read, in Colossians 2, verse 13 and 14, 17:00 "He has--" done what-- "he's wiped out the handwriting." 17:04 What kind of writing? 17:06 "Which was against us, which was contrary to us. 17:08 And he's taken it out of the way, having nailed it to 17:11 the cross." 17:12 What were The Ten Commandments written on? 17:15 What were the mosaic laws written on? 17:17 Paper or parchment? 17:20 There are different laws, and it is true, Paul says, 17:25 "Circumcision is nothing, uncircumcision is nothing, but 17:27 keeping the commandments is what matters." 17:29 That can't be more clear. 17:31 He says, "Don't worry about circumcision and the ceremony 17:33 law, but keeping the commandments--" What 17:36 commandments is he talking about? 17:38 Clearly, at least The Ten Commandments, right? 17:41 And you can look in Deuteronomy chapter 4; I think I've got it 17:45 marked here; go to verse 13, "So he declared to you his covenant, 17:49 which he commanded you to perform, The Ten Commandments. 17:53 And he wrote them on two tables of stone. 17:57 And the Lord, and the Lord commanded me at that time to 18:02 teach you statutes and judgments, that you might 18:04 observe them in the land that you cross over to possess." 18:07 So you've got The Ten Commandments, that were placed 18:09 in the Ark of the Covenant. 18:11 And then the Lord had Moses write out a long raft of civil 18:15 laws, ceremonial laws, health laws, and a lot of those laws 18:18 are still the foundation for our society. 18:20 Did you know that? 18:22 Moses is the one who explained, there is first degree murder, 18:25 and there's second degree murder, and intent has a lot to 18:28 do with it. 18:29 And, if your neighbor's donkey wanders away, you should bring 18:31 it back. 18:33 And there's all kinds of great laws that God gave the children 18:35 of Israel that became a foundation for laws all over 18:37 the world. 18:38 It's brilliant, how smart it was. 18:41 But the ceremonial laws, that had to do with the sanctuary. 18:46 When Jesus died on the cross, the veil in the holy place was 18:50 torn from top to bottom, symbolizing that the purpose for 18:54 the earthly sanctuary was fulfilled. 18:57 Jesus said, "Destroy this temple made with hands, and then I will 19:00 make one without hands." 19:01 He spoke of what, His Body. 19:03 Who is the devil's special target in the last days? 19:09 The "dragon was wroth--" King James says wroth-- "enraged with 19:14 the woman, and he went to make war--" this is the battle of 19:17 Armageddon, by the way-- "with the rest of her 19:20 offspring, who--" do what? 19:22 Who is the devil making war with in the last days? 19:26 What is a woman? 19:28 He's making war with a woman, a church, that "keeps the 19:31 commandments of God and has the testimony of Jesus." 19:36 And we'll be talking more about that, but you can't miss 19:38 this, friends. 19:39 You go to the book of Daniel, chapter 3, 19:42 King of Babylon makes a law. 19:44 His government law tells everybody to bow to a 19:46 graven image. 19:47 Those who do not bow to the image will be killed. 19:50 But the Bible says, "Do not pray to images." 19:53 Three Hebrews said, "We would rather go to the fiery furnace 19:57 and disobey the government law, this government religious law, 20:00 than God's law." 20:01 And they were put in, on test because of that law. 20:06 You go to Daniel 6, Persian king makes a law. 20:08 Everybody has to pray to him for King Darius for 30 days. 20:12 Daniel says not to have other gods, that breaks the 20:14 first commandment. 20:15 He had to decide, who am I going to obey? 20:20 In the last days, there is a law made that, if you do not worship 20:23 the beast in his image, you cannot buy or sell. 20:25 Ultimately, there will be a death decree. 20:27 I believe that's going to happen. 20:30 So, if we're fuzzy about what we're supposed to do with The 20:33 Ten Commandments, friends, we're in big trouble because you've 20:37 got the example in the Bible of these heroes that stood up at 20:40 the point of being willing to die rather than disobey 20:43 God willingly. 20:45 So we need to know what we believe. 20:48 The law of God, they are the commandments of the Almighty; 20:51 breaking them is sin. 20:54 And that's why this is important, friends. 20:56 There's going to be a battle between the dragon and 20:59 the woman. 21:00 Simple rule of life: Find out what God makes happy and do it; 21:05 find out what makes the devil happy, don't do it; find out 21:09 what makes the devil mad, do it. 21:12 And then you can read, in Revelation 14, verse 12, "Here 21:15 is the patience of the saints; here are those," and this is in 21:19 our foundation verse for Revelation 14, "here are the 21:22 ones that keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus." 21:26 God's people that survive this final trial are going to 21:28 be obedient. 21:30 They're going to believe in God. 21:31 All right, are people saved by keeping the law? 21:34 I want to just reemphasize this point. 21:36 No; Bible is very clear, "For by grace you are saved; it is not 21:41 of yourselves; it is a gift of God, not of works, lest any man 21:46 should boast." 21:47 We are saved by grace. 21:48 Now, some people think, "Well, during the new covenant, we're 21:52 saved by grace. 21:53 But, during the old covenant, they were saved by law." 21:56 Nobody is saved by works. 21:59 Everybody is saved by grace. 22:01 The Bible says, "Abraham is the father of the faithful." 22:04 It says, "Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him 22:07 for righteousness." 22:09 He was saved by faith. 22:10 They were saved by faith, looking forward to the cross. 22:13 We are saved by faith, looking back to the cross. 22:16 But everybody is saved by the cross, friends. 22:18 Nobody is getting to heaven by work, by works, amen. 22:22 Can a person be saved without keeping God's law? 22:26 "If you want to enter into life," what does the Bible say, 22:29 "keep the commandments." 22:31 Jesus said, "If you know these things, happy are ye if you 22:36 do them." 22:37 Revelation, this is the last chapter in the Bible. 22:39 I mean, if you want something clear, "Blessed--" How many want 22:42 to be blessed? 22:44 "Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they might 22:47 have a right to the tree of life, and enter in through the 22:50 gates of the city." 22:51 Now, when you hear a message like this, I know it may it 22:55 frighten you a little bit. 22:57 You said, "Oh, man, there might be areas in my life where 22:59 I'm disobeying." 23:01 Every area in your life where, if you see any, if there's a 23:04 dishonesty, if there's any sin-- and, keep in mind, Jesus said, 23:09 "The Ten Commandments are not just the literal, 23:11 outward obedience. 23:15 It's also the inner attitude." 23:18 And, if you're an honest Spirit-filled Christian, that 23:20 Holy Spirit is going to convict you every time you start getting 23:23 near the spiritual edge of the law, not just the literal edge. 23:27 And that's what it means to be a Christian. 23:30 You want to be led by the Spirit, not just obeying the 23:33 letter but obeying the Spirit of the law-- and the letter; you 23:36 need both. 23:38 What is the outcome of keeping God's law? 23:40 It says, "I've spoken these things to you, that your joy may 23:45 be full." 23:46 Don't believe the lie that happiness comes 23:48 from disobedience. 23:50 Misery comes from disobedience. 23:53 Jesus and Paul, they tell us, "God's going to give you a peace 23:56 that passes understanding." 23:57 When you surrender and say, "Lord, forgive my sin," He not 24:00 only gives you forgiveness for past sins. 24:03 When you come to Jesus, He then gives you power to live a new 24:07 kind of life. 24:08 And I threw in another scripture as a bonus for you; it's not in 24:11 your lesson. 24:12 Deuteronomy 5; I like this because God begins with the 24:14 word, "Oh." 24:16 Translate that for me. 24:18 "Oh;" it's the heart of God breaking. 24:20 "Oh, that they had such a heart in them that they'd fear Me and 24:24 always keep--" how many commandments?-- "all of My 24:28 commandments--" how often, always-- "that it might be well 24:33 with them and their children--" It'll not only bless you, but it 24:38 blesses your children. 24:39 For how long?-- "forever!" 24:41 He offers us eternal life. 24:44 God promises joy and peace when we keep his law. 24:47 How many of you want to say, "Lord, help me to be a doer and 24:50 not just a hearer?" 24:52 Father in heaven, be with everyone here, those watching. 24:55 Give us the gift of the Spirit; help us know what it means to 24:58 not just be hearers but doers of Your Word, and bring us back 25:02 again to prepare to serve You better and live in the 25:04 last days. 25:06 In Christ's name, amen. 25:09 ♪♪♪ 25:12 Doug: Here at Amazing Facts International, we strive to 25:15 reach the world with the amazing truths of the Bible and proclaim 25:19 the love of Jesus. 25:21 We print thousands of easy-to-read materials such as 25:24 books, tracts, and fully illustrated magazines that are 25:28 all designed to change lives by clearing up the many 25:31 misunderstandings people have regarding the Word of God. 25:35 Our warehouse is filled with resources ready to mail out, and 25:39 we're eager to send them to you. 25:41 Make the most of your Bible study today by requesting our 25:44 free offer. 25:45 It'll surely enhance your knowledge of the Bible while 25:48 imparting a blessing to you and those in your life. 25:51 Simply follow the instructions on the screen, and we'll send it 25:54 to you free of charge. 25:56 And, once you read it, be sure to share it with a friend. 25:59 ♪♪♪ 26:08 ♪♪♪ 26:12 Doug: God is offering you peace and eternal life. 26:16 How? 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