WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:02.068 Some atheists have waged war 00:02.135 --> 00:03.403 against the Ten Commandments in 00:03.470 --> 00:05.271 recent decades, forcing 00:05.338 --> 00:07.006 monuments off public property 00:07.073 --> 00:09.075 wherever they find them. 00:09.142 --> 00:11.845 One famous case involved Alabama 00:11.911 --> 00:14.114 Chief Justice Roy Moore, who 00:14.180 --> 00:15.915 placed a monument of the Ten 00:15.982 --> 00:17.350 Commandments in the judicial 00:17.417 --> 00:19.986 building rotunda in Montgomery, 00:20.053 --> 00:21.621 the state capitol. 00:21.688 --> 00:22.689 This caused no 00:22.756 --> 00:24.557 small controversy. 00:24.624 --> 00:26.393 After a lengthy legal battle, 00:26.459 --> 00:28.161 the monument was removed from 00:28.228 --> 00:31.064 the rotunda and Roy Moore was 00:31.131 --> 00:33.400 removed from his judgeship. 00:33.466 --> 00:35.502 In another famous incident, a 00:35.568 --> 00:37.003 monument displaying the Ten 00:37.070 --> 00:38.505 Commandments at the Arkansas 00:38.571 --> 00:41.074 State Capitol was destroyed by a 00:41.141 --> 00:43.009 man who deliberately crashed his 00:43.076 --> 00:46.079 car into it less than 24 hours 00:46.146 --> 00:48.748 after it had been erected. 00:48.815 --> 00:50.483 The same individual destroyed 00:50.550 --> 00:51.951 another display by the same 00:52.018 --> 00:53.486 method a year earlier in 00:53.553 --> 00:56.289 Oklahoma, but was this only an 00:56.356 --> 00:59.426 act of one crazed man? 00:59.492 --> 01:00.693 As reported by 01:00.760 --> 01:02.295 the Associated Press: 01:18.812 --> 01:20.313 Some professing Christians are 01:20.380 --> 01:21.714 rightfully angered by the 01:21.781 --> 01:23.650 assault against this God-given 01:23.716 --> 01:26.786 code of law, yet surprisingly, 01:26.853 --> 01:28.755 the greatest enemy to the 01:28.822 --> 01:31.658 commandments is not atheists. 01:31.724 --> 01:33.760 I will show you who that enemy 01:33.827 --> 01:35.862 is, and it may surprise you. 01:35.929 --> 01:37.530 So stay tuned. 01:37.597 --> 01:43.837 ♪ 01:43.903 --> 01:45.972 A warm welcome to all of you 01:46.039 --> 01:47.474 from all of us here at 01:47.540 --> 01:49.008 Tomorrow's World. 01:49.075 --> 01:51.211 On today's program I will be 01:51.277 --> 01:53.079 revealing who is the greatest 01:53.146 --> 01:55.348 enemy of God's Law and it may 01:55.415 --> 01:57.750 not be who you think. 01:57.817 --> 01:59.486 I grew up in mainstream 01:59.552 --> 02:01.287 Protestantism and was taught the 02:01.354 --> 02:03.623 Ten Commandments as a child. 02:03.690 --> 02:05.325 Now I was never much good at 02:05.391 --> 02:07.627 memorization, but I somehow 02:07.694 --> 02:09.629 managed to quote all ten well 02:09.696 --> 02:11.831 enough to receive a personal 02:11.898 --> 02:14.400 copy of the New Testament. 02:14.467 --> 02:16.603 Imagine how surprised I was a 02:16.669 --> 02:18.137 few years later when I was 02:18.204 --> 02:19.506 told we no longer need 02:19.572 --> 02:21.608 to keep these laws. 02:21.674 --> 02:23.109 Not by my atheist 02:23.176 --> 02:25.612 Uncle George, but by two 02:25.678 --> 02:27.847 professing Christians. 02:27.914 --> 02:29.148 All that memorization 02:29.215 --> 02:31.217 time was wasted. 02:31.284 --> 02:32.819 These were not the exact words 02:32.886 --> 02:34.554 they used, but were similar to 02:34.621 --> 02:36.656 those found on one website: 02:51.971 --> 02:54.474 The author of the site goes on 02:54.541 --> 02:56.242 to quote the pet scriptures 02:56.309 --> 02:57.710 that make it appear that the 02:57.777 --> 03:00.580 law is indeed done away. 03:00.647 --> 03:02.015 So what is the truth? 03:02.081 --> 03:02.982 Is the law of God 03:03.049 --> 03:04.951 still in effect? 03:05.018 --> 03:06.119 Or has it been 03:06.185 --> 03:07.820 replaced by grace? 03:07.887 --> 03:08.988 Which is it? 03:09.055 --> 03:11.190 Law or grace? 03:11.257 --> 03:12.158 In the remainder of this 03:12.225 --> 03:13.326 program, I'll answer that 03:13.393 --> 03:15.295 question with five easy to 03:15.361 --> 03:16.829 understand keys that unlock the 03:16.896 --> 03:19.432 answer, but before doing so, 03:19.499 --> 03:20.667 let us notice a few 03:20.733 --> 03:22.101 scriptures that are used by 03:22.168 --> 03:24.304 antinomians--that is, those who 03:24.370 --> 03:26.472 are against the law and claim we 03:26.539 --> 03:28.341 do not need to keep it. 03:28.408 --> 03:30.209 Romans 3:28... 03:37.951 --> 03:41.421 And in Romans 6:14... 03:48.695 --> 03:49.762 And then in the book of 03:49.829 --> 03:52.098 Galatians the second chapter, 03:52.165 --> 03:54.834 verses 15-16 it says... 04:21.060 --> 04:22.662 When you're seventeen years old 04:22.729 --> 04:24.597 and someone cherry-picks 04:24.664 --> 04:26.199 scriptures such as these 04:26.265 --> 04:27.900 and doesn't explain them, 04:27.967 --> 04:29.569 it can be very convincing that 04:29.636 --> 04:31.371 there is no longer any need to 04:31.437 --> 04:33.306 keep the law of God. 04:33.373 --> 04:35.174 To do so sounds like 04:35.241 --> 04:37.577 "salvation by works." 04:37.644 --> 04:38.845 But let's look a little 04:38.911 --> 04:40.947 deeper into the subject. 04:41.014 --> 04:42.382 The first of the five keys 04:42.448 --> 04:43.650 to understanding whether 04:43.716 --> 04:45.051 or not the Apostle Paul 04:45.118 --> 04:47.020 contradicted other apostles, 04:47.086 --> 04:50.123 and Christ Himself, is: 04:50.189 --> 04:51.457 Key #1: 04:55.128 --> 04:56.696 The Apostle Peter warned us that 04:56.763 --> 04:58.998 people twist Paul's writings, 04:59.065 --> 05:00.299 and even tells us 05:00.366 --> 05:02.301 who the culprits are. 05:02.368 --> 05:03.569 Here is the warning, 05:03.636 --> 05:08.775 as found in 2 Peter 3:15-16. 05:08.841 --> 05:10.543 Breaking into a thought, 05:10.610 --> 05:11.577 he writes that... 05:34.300 --> 05:35.702 But, who are these people 05:35.768 --> 05:38.104 who are untaught, unstable, 05:38.171 --> 05:40.506 and who twist Paul's writings? 05:40.573 --> 05:41.541 Let's continue... 05:54.821 --> 05:56.322 Other versions, such as the 05:56.389 --> 05:57.857 Revised Standard, 05:57.924 --> 05:59.192 the New English, 05:59.258 --> 06:00.426 and the New International, 06:00.493 --> 06:02.195 translate wicked as: 06:02.261 --> 06:03.763 "Lawless men." 06:03.830 --> 06:05.765 Now consider for a moment 06:05.832 --> 06:07.667 what lawless means. 06:07.734 --> 06:09.836 Whether the translators use the 06:09.902 --> 06:12.038 term wicked or lawless, it's 06:12.105 --> 06:14.006 evident that those who twist 06:14.073 --> 06:15.108 Paul's letters have 06:15.174 --> 06:17.076 a problem with law. 06:17.143 --> 06:18.845 Think about that. 06:18.911 --> 06:20.012 So our first key to 06:20.079 --> 06:21.848 understanding the Apostle Paul's 06:21.914 --> 06:24.050 teachings on law and grace 06:24.117 --> 06:25.585 is that, according to Peter: 06:25.651 --> 06:26.886 Key #1: 06:30.857 --> 06:32.625 The subject of law and grace 06:32.692 --> 06:33.726 goes further than 06:33.793 --> 06:35.595 the Ten Commandments. 06:35.661 --> 06:36.963 It is clear from New Testament 06:37.029 --> 06:38.898 scriptures that sacrifices, 06:38.965 --> 06:41.467 circumcision, and other ritual 06:41.534 --> 06:44.103 laws are no longer necessary, 06:44.170 --> 06:46.139 but there are statutes in 06:46.205 --> 06:47.640 addition to the Ten Commandments 06:47.707 --> 06:50.843 that Jesus, the Apostles and the 06:50.910 --> 06:52.612 first century church of God 06:52.678 --> 06:54.614 observed, such as the biblical 06:54.680 --> 06:56.783 festivals and holy days. 06:56.849 --> 06:58.718 Why is it dear friends that 06:58.785 --> 07:00.987 professing Christianity claims 07:01.053 --> 07:03.122 it is "salvation by works" to 07:03.189 --> 07:05.358 observe the days God spelled out 07:05.424 --> 07:07.193 in the scriptures, but not 07:07.260 --> 07:08.928 salvation by 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few minutes at 09:27.166 --> 09:28.634 some of those writings that are 09:28.701 --> 09:30.369 twisted by lawless men who 09:30.436 --> 09:33.606 reject God's laws, but first, 09:33.673 --> 09:34.573 let us look at: 09:34.640 --> 09:36.075 Key #2: 09:40.813 --> 09:42.682 Do you realize that if you do 09:42.748 --> 09:45.017 away with law, you do away with 09:45.084 --> 09:48.087 the need for God's forgiveness? 09:48.154 --> 09:49.555 Here is a point that so many 09:49.622 --> 09:50.656 fundamentally do not 09:50.723 --> 09:52.124 understand, and yet a 09:52.191 --> 09:54.760 child can easily understand it. 09:54.827 --> 09:56.963 If there is no law, there can 09:57.029 --> 10:00.099 be no transgression of the law. 10:00.166 --> 10:01.233 Let us read that straight 10:01.300 --> 10:02.201 from the writings 10:02.268 --> 10:03.436 of the Apostle Paul... 10:22.221 --> 10:23.956 Yes, the law does bring about 10:24.023 --> 10:27.126 wrath--the death penalty. 10:27.193 --> 10:29.362 But if you do away with the law, 10:29.428 --> 10:31.430 you of necessity do away 10:31.497 --> 10:33.065 with the penalty. 10:33.132 --> 10:34.867 And if there is no penalty, 10:34.934 --> 10:36.102 there is no need for grace. 10:36.168 --> 10:37.870 Think about it. 10:37.937 --> 10:39.572 This brings us to the crucial 10:39.638 --> 10:43.142 question, "What is sin?" 10:43.209 --> 10:44.577 When was the last time you heard 10:44.643 --> 10:46.912 the Bible definition of sin? 10:46.979 --> 10:47.880 Here it is in 10:47.947 --> 10:50.783 1 John 3, and verse 4... 10:59.625 --> 11:00.526 That is from the 11:00.593 --> 11:01.827 King James Version. 11:01.894 --> 11:03.863 So let us sum up Key #2 with 11:03.929 --> 11:05.831 this simple equation: 11:19.712 --> 11:20.846 So let us move onto our next 11:20.913 --> 11:22.415 key to understanding the 11:22.481 --> 11:24.283 subject of law and grace. 11:24.350 --> 11:25.951 Key #3: 11:29.188 --> 11:30.322 This principle is found in the 11:30.389 --> 11:32.024 Scriptures, but I will put 11:32.091 --> 11:33.692 it in a modern parable 11:33.759 --> 11:35.661 to make the point. 11:35.728 --> 11:36.629 A certain man went into 11:36.695 --> 11:38.230 a bar one evening. 11:38.297 --> 11:39.865 And after spending too much time 11:39.932 --> 11:41.434 at the bottle, he got into 11:41.500 --> 11:43.569 his car heading for home. 11:43.636 --> 11:44.870 Along the way he missed a stop 11:44.937 --> 11:47.807 light, crashed into another car, 11:47.873 --> 11:48.774 and severely 11:48.841 --> 11:51.010 injured its occupant. 11:51.077 --> 11:52.678 Six months later he appeared 11:52.745 --> 11:54.647 before the judge who asked him, 11:54.713 --> 11:56.749 "How do you plead?" 11:56.816 --> 11:58.918 Feeling very remorseful, he 11:58.984 --> 12:01.520 pleaded, "Guilty as charged, 12:01.587 --> 12:03.355 your honor." 12:03.422 --> 12:05.524 The judge then sentenced him 12:05.591 --> 12:08.461 to a $1,000,000 in fine 12:08.527 --> 12:11.263 or one year in prison. 12:11.330 --> 12:13.032 The man thought to himself, 12:13.099 --> 12:14.266 "I don't have a million 12:14.333 --> 12:15.768 dollars and if I go 12:15.835 --> 12:17.503 to jail, who will take care 12:17.570 --> 12:19.905 of my wife and children?" 12:19.972 --> 12:21.874 So he pleaded with the judge, 12:21.941 --> 12:23.909 expressing his deep regrets 12:23.976 --> 12:26.212 about what he did and proposed, 12:26.278 --> 12:28.347 "Your honor, I promise to never 12:28.414 --> 12:30.616 drink and drive again. 12:30.683 --> 12:32.751 I'll obey all traffic laws, 12:32.818 --> 12:35.154 pay every penny I owe in taxes, 12:35.221 --> 12:36.388 and keep all laws as 12:36.455 --> 12:38.257 perfectly as I am able 12:38.324 --> 12:40.259 from this day forward." 12:40.326 --> 12:41.727 The judge replied, 12:41.794 --> 12:42.828 "That's what 12:42.895 --> 12:44.497 we expect of all people, 12:44.563 --> 12:45.931 but you broke the law and 12:45.998 --> 12:48.200 severely injured a man. 12:48.267 --> 12:49.535 Your keeping the law from this 12:49.602 --> 12:51.670 day forward will not undo what 12:51.737 --> 12:53.973 you did six months ago. 12:54.039 --> 12:56.041 The man bargained further, 12:56.108 --> 12:57.309 "I'll also do 10 hours of 12:57.376 --> 12:59.111 public service each week for 12:59.178 --> 13:00.946 the rest of my life." 13:01.013 --> 13:02.748 The judge replied, 13:02.815 --> 13:03.916 "That will not heal 13:03.983 --> 13:05.784 the injured man. 13:05.851 --> 13:07.419 Choose, 1 year in 13:07.486 --> 13:10.589 prison, or $1,000,000." 13:10.656 --> 13:11.690 Now there was a man in the back 13:11.757 --> 13:13.826 of the courtroom who reasoned, 13:13.893 --> 13:14.860 "This man is truly 13:14.927 --> 13:16.695 sorry for what he did. 13:16.762 --> 13:18.531 I believe he will follow through 13:18.597 --> 13:20.065 with obedience to the law 13:20.132 --> 13:21.734 from this day forward. 13:21.800 --> 13:24.937 I'll pay the fine for him." 13:25.004 --> 13:26.906 Do you realize this is what 13:26.972 --> 13:29.708 Jesus did for you and for me if 13:29.775 --> 13:31.877 we repent of our sins and accept 13:31.944 --> 13:34.180 His payment for us? 13:34.246 --> 13:35.748 Now here are a couple 13:35.814 --> 13:37.883 questions to ponder. 13:37.950 --> 13:39.585 Do you really think the kind 13:39.652 --> 13:41.554 gentleman who paid the fine 13:41.620 --> 13:43.622 would do so if he thought the 13:43.689 --> 13:45.024 man would disregard the 13:45.090 --> 13:46.425 law that caused him to 13:46.492 --> 13:47.860 be brought before the judge 13:47.927 --> 13:49.762 in the first place? 13:49.828 --> 13:51.096 And did the fact that the 13:51.163 --> 13:53.165 penalty was satisfied somehow 13:53.232 --> 13:55.568 do away with the law? 13:55.634 --> 13:57.236 Yet, that is exactly what the 13:57.303 --> 13:58.470 "do away with the law" 13:58.537 --> 14:00.606 crowd teach--that Jesus 14:00.673 --> 14:03.175 did it all for us. 14:03.242 --> 14:04.343 Therefore they reason that the 14:04.410 --> 14:07.346 law, rather than our sins, was 14:07.413 --> 14:08.948 nailed to the cross and we no 14:09.014 --> 14:11.383 longer need to keep it. 14:11.450 --> 14:12.952 And this brings us to 14:13.018 --> 14:14.753 key number 4. 14:14.820 --> 14:16.522 I'll give you that central key 14:16.589 --> 14:18.624 that ties all of this together 14:18.691 --> 14:20.292 in a moment, but I want to 14:20.359 --> 14:22.061 remind you of today's free 14:22.127 --> 14:24.063 offer The Holy Days: 14:24.129 --> 14:26.198 God's Master Plan. 14:26.265 --> 14:28.100 You cannot reject these days and 14:28.167 --> 14:29.868 understand God's plan for 14:29.935 --> 14:32.605 mankind as it's through these 14:32.671 --> 14:33.939 special days that we 14:34.006 --> 14:36.308 learn of His plan. 14:36.375 --> 14:37.743 Don't believe me just 14:37.810 --> 14:39.578 because I say it. 14:39.645 --> 14:41.113 Order your free copy of The 14:41.180 --> 14:44.049 Holy 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program I'm 15:27.192 --> 15:28.927 covering a crucial subject 15:28.994 --> 15:30.462 about which many professing 15:30.529 --> 15:33.032 Christians are confused. 15:33.098 --> 15:34.500 The subject is law or 15:34.566 --> 15:37.136 grace--which one? 15:37.202 --> 15:38.570 The truth as we are seeing is 15:38.637 --> 15:40.539 that we are under grace, 15:40.606 --> 15:41.974 but grace does not 15:42.041 --> 15:44.443 abrogate the law of God. 15:44.510 --> 15:45.544 So far, I have given 15:45.611 --> 15:46.845 you three keys: 15:46.912 --> 15:47.880 Key #1: 15:50.683 --> 15:52.117 Key #2: 15:55.487 --> 15:56.922 And key #3: 15:59.758 --> 16:01.293 Now for crucial: 16:01.360 --> 16:02.961 Key #4: 16:07.633 --> 16:08.767 The word justify is 16:08.834 --> 16:10.736 grossly misunderstood. 16:10.803 --> 16:12.304 Yet, many of us use the word all 16:12.371 --> 16:14.840 the time in word processing. 16:14.907 --> 16:16.675 We have a command in the menu 16:16.742 --> 16:18.043 bar that determines whether a 16:18.110 --> 16:20.546 letter or manuscript is left, 16:20.612 --> 16:24.316 right, or fully justified. 16:24.383 --> 16:26.051 Left justification means 16:26.118 --> 16:27.252 the left side of a 16:27.319 --> 16:29.154 column is lined up. 16:29.221 --> 16:30.689 Right justification means the 16:30.756 --> 16:33.192 right side is lined up. 16:33.258 --> 16:35.027 And full justification means 16:35.094 --> 16:37.529 both sides are lined up. 16:37.596 --> 16:39.231 Similarly, in the Biblical 16:39.298 --> 16:41.667 sense, when we are out of line 16:41.734 --> 16:43.035 or out of step with God 16:43.102 --> 16:44.903 due to sin, we need to 16:44.970 --> 16:47.373 be back in line, and Paul points 16:47.439 --> 16:49.375 to the only way to get in a 16:49.441 --> 16:51.577 right relationship with God 16:51.643 --> 16:53.445 once we're out of line. 16:53.512 --> 16:55.047 No amount of law-keeping 16:55.114 --> 16:57.750 will wipe away past sins. 16:57.816 --> 16:58.717 That's where the man at the 16:58.784 --> 16:59.818 back of the courtroom 16:59.885 --> 17:00.986 in the parable I gave 17:01.053 --> 17:02.888 earlier is necessary. 17:02.955 --> 17:04.356 That is where faith in the 17:04.423 --> 17:07.159 sacrifice of Christ comes in. 17:07.226 --> 17:08.761 He is that Man who 17:08.827 --> 17:11.430 pays the penalty for us. 17:11.497 --> 17:12.664 Now let us notice how this 17:12.731 --> 17:13.999 understanding makes clear 17:14.066 --> 17:15.834 what Paul wrote. 17:15.901 --> 17:17.069 Paul rightfully declared 17:17.136 --> 17:21.006 in Romans 3:28... 17:24.877 --> 17:25.778 [In other words, 17:25.844 --> 17:27.679 "Has his sins forgiven."] 17:31.350 --> 17:33.152 All our past, present or 17:33.218 --> 17:35.287 future law-keeping will do 17:35.354 --> 17:39.024 nothing to justify our sins, but 17:39.091 --> 17:40.893 what those against the law often 17:40.959 --> 17:43.829 fail to do is read the context. 17:43.896 --> 17:45.397 Notice this clear statement 17:45.464 --> 17:47.399 four verses later where Paul 17:47.466 --> 17:49.735 asks a crucial question 17:49.802 --> 17:50.936 and answers it... 18:00.345 --> 18:01.880 Yet, that is exactly what some 18:01.947 --> 18:04.283 misguided people think--that 18:04.349 --> 18:07.719 the law is voided by faith! 18:07.786 --> 18:08.987 Why do not they believe 18:09.054 --> 18:10.589 what Paul wrote? 18:10.656 --> 18:12.191 Now let us ask the question, 18:12.257 --> 18:13.158 how does faith 18:13.225 --> 18:15.194 establish the law? 18:15.260 --> 18:16.862 Well simply put, the fact that 18:16.929 --> 18:18.397 we need faith in Christ's 18:18.464 --> 18:20.799 sacrifice means there is a 18:20.866 --> 18:23.135 broken law, the penalty of 18:23.202 --> 18:25.571 which needs to be satisfied. 18:25.637 --> 18:26.605 Let's notice 18:26.672 --> 18:27.840 another passage used by 18:27.906 --> 18:29.641 antinomians, that is those 18:29.708 --> 18:31.310 people against the law 18:31.376 --> 18:34.613 in Romans 6:14... 18:42.054 --> 18:43.722 Aww--"not under law, 18:43.789 --> 18:45.657 but under grace." 18:45.724 --> 18:47.392 Now, taken out of context 18:47.459 --> 18:48.660 this may appear to say we don't 18:48.727 --> 18:50.896 have to keep the law, but is 18:50.963 --> 18:53.899 that what Paul is saying? 18:53.966 --> 18:55.200 Why don't people read 18:55.267 --> 18:56.668 the very next verse... 19:20.259 --> 19:21.293 Now, how can I fail to 19:21.360 --> 19:22.594 mention one more scripture that 19:22.661 --> 19:23.829 the "law is done away with" 19:23.896 --> 19:28.534 crowd loves--Galatians 3:13... 19:39.845 --> 19:43.081 The man who seeks justification, 19:43.148 --> 19:44.149 seeks to have his past 19:44.216 --> 19:45.951 sins forgiven through 19:46.018 --> 19:48.554 law keeping will fail. 19:48.620 --> 19:50.689 The law is meant to define sin, 19:50.756 --> 19:53.559 not justify past sins. 19:53.625 --> 19:55.160 Only faith in the sacrifice 19:55.227 --> 19:57.729 of Christ can do that. 19:57.796 --> 19:58.730 Now notice that the 19:58.797 --> 20:00.132 previous passage does 20:00.198 --> 20:02.868 not say the law is a curse. 20:02.935 --> 20:04.269 Paul even tells us in 20:04.336 --> 20:06.905 Romans 7:12... 20:13.912 --> 20:15.480 The curse, as shown in the 20:15.547 --> 20:16.882 passage from which Paul 20:16.949 --> 20:19.418 quotes Galatians 3:13 20:19.484 --> 20:21.787 is the death penalty. 20:21.853 --> 20:22.754 Read it for yourself in 20:22.821 --> 20:26.391 Deuteronomy 21:22-23. 20:26.458 --> 20:29.528 The law is not the curse, 20:29.595 --> 20:30.596 but disobedience to 20:30.662 --> 20:32.431 it brings a curse, 20:32.497 --> 20:33.999 which is death. 20:34.066 --> 20:35.567 And that is why we need a savior 20:35.634 --> 20:38.370 to pay the penalty for us. 20:38.437 --> 20:39.638 There is a 5th key to 20:39.705 --> 20:41.039 understanding what the Bible 20:41.106 --> 20:42.207 teaches about law 20:42.274 --> 20:43.609 and 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our past sins. 22:56.708 --> 22:57.876 It is time now for, 22:57.943 --> 22:59.578 Key #5: 23:04.583 --> 23:05.884 Mankind from the beginning 23:05.951 --> 23:07.285 has had a hostile attitude 23:07.352 --> 23:09.621 to the law of God. 23:09.688 --> 23:10.655 Adam and Eve chose to 23:10.722 --> 23:12.624 determine for themselves right 23:12.691 --> 23:14.593 and wrong rather than listen 23:14.659 --> 23:16.194 to their Creator. 23:16.261 --> 23:17.562 And Paul speaks of this 23:17.629 --> 23:22.000 hostility in Romans 8:7... 23:35.247 --> 23:36.748 But does that mean that we are 23:36.815 --> 23:39.951 to remain hostile to the law? 23:40.018 --> 23:41.586 Certainly not. 23:41.653 --> 23:42.788 Paul continues... 23:58.637 --> 24:01.473 That is Romans 8:8-9. 24:01.540 --> 24:02.440 So what does the 24:02.507 --> 24:04.609 Spirit of God do for you? 24:04.676 --> 24:06.311 God gave the Ten Commandments 24:06.378 --> 24:07.579 to Israel on what the 24:07.646 --> 24:09.447 New Testament refers to as the 24:09.514 --> 24:11.550 day of Pentecost. 24:11.616 --> 24:13.652 Nearly fifteen centuries later, 24:13.718 --> 24:15.587 God poured out the Holy Spirit 24:15.654 --> 24:18.156 on His fledgling Church. 24:18.223 --> 24:19.291 Is there any connection 24:19.357 --> 24:22.594 between those two Pentescosts? 24:22.661 --> 24:23.995 We read right after the 24:24.062 --> 24:25.063 restatement of the 24:25.130 --> 24:26.064 Ten Commandments in 24:26.131 --> 24:29.501 Deuteronomy 5 and verse 29... 24:40.879 --> 24:42.514 Do you realize dear friends, 24:42.581 --> 24:44.382 that hostility to the law 24:44.449 --> 24:46.551 is the problem that the New 24:46.618 --> 24:49.020 Covenant is to rectify? 24:49.087 --> 24:50.989 A change of heart is what the 24:51.056 --> 24:52.991 New Covenant is about. 24:53.058 --> 24:53.959 Read that in 24:54.025 --> 24:57.329 Hebrews 8, and verse 10... 25:12.577 --> 25:14.579 The law was given on Pentecost 25:14.646 --> 25:16.781 when Israel came out of Egypt, 25:16.848 --> 25:18.183 but they didn't have the 25:18.250 --> 25:20.819 heart to keep it, so God gave 25:20.886 --> 25:22.120 the Holy Spirit on the first 25:22.187 --> 25:24.723 Pentecost after the resurrection 25:24.789 --> 25:26.625 to effect a new attitude 25:26.691 --> 25:28.593 of heart and mind. 25:28.660 --> 25:30.362 Under the New Covenant, not only 25:30.428 --> 25:32.430 does the law still exist, but 25:32.497 --> 25:33.798 it's even more difficult to 25:33.865 --> 25:36.334 keep, because we are to keep the 25:36.401 --> 25:37.936 spirit or the intent of the 25:38.003 --> 25:40.839 law as well as the letter. 25:40.906 --> 25:42.407 And this is shown in Jesus' 25:42.474 --> 25:43.975 sermon on the mount... 25:57.822 --> 26:02.027 That is Mathew 5:27-28. 26:02.093 --> 26:03.395 Perhaps you have been told that 26:03.461 --> 26:06.031 the law of God is burdensome, 26:06.097 --> 26:09.301 but is that what the Bible says? 26:09.367 --> 26:10.969 Listen to the Apostle John in 26:11.036 --> 26:13.939 1 John 5, and verse 3... 26:18.610 --> 26:19.744 And notice this... 26:23.415 --> 26:24.449 Now, here is the 26:24.516 --> 26:25.917 dirty little secret. 26:25.984 --> 26:27.585 Most rational people are not 26:27.652 --> 26:29.020 against all of the 26:29.087 --> 26:31.389 commandments--just the ones they 26:31.456 --> 26:33.558 disagree with, and the one they 26:33.625 --> 26:35.360 disagree with the most is, 26:35.427 --> 26:36.695 the fourth one: 26:36.761 --> 26:38.163 "Remember the Sabbath Day 26:38.229 --> 26:40.365 to keep it holy." 26:40.432 --> 26:42.200 They're fine with nine but 26:42.267 --> 26:44.336 conclude that God made a mistake 26:44.402 --> 26:46.471 with one of them and sent Christ 26:46.538 --> 26:48.206 to correct the error. 26:48.273 --> 26:49.841 In effect, they claim all ten 26:49.908 --> 26:51.476 are voided but nine are 26:51.543 --> 26:53.211 resurrected in what they call 26:53.278 --> 26:55.747 the "law of Christ." 26:55.814 --> 26:57.048 Of course, they also want 26:57.115 --> 26:58.350 to get around the Biblical 26:58.416 --> 26:59.851 Holy Days so they can 26:59.918 --> 27:01.586 substitute holidays that are 27:01.653 --> 27:02.821 steeped through and 27:02.887 --> 27:05.557 through with pagan customs. 27:05.623 --> 27:07.559 Apparently, keeping Sunday 27:07.625 --> 27:09.361 and pagan holidays, 27:09.427 --> 27:10.328 according to them is not 27:10.395 --> 27:12.397 burdensome, and not trying to 27:12.464 --> 27:14.566 save yourself by your works, 27:14.632 --> 27:16.935 but resting on the day that God 27:17.002 --> 27:18.370 chose at Creation--that 27:18.436 --> 27:19.871 is the seventh day--and 27:19.938 --> 27:22.040 keeping His holy days is 27:22.107 --> 27:24.376 burdensome, according to them, 27:24.442 --> 27:25.343 and trying to save 27:25.410 --> 27:27.479 yourself by your works. 27:27.545 --> 27:28.913 Is that what you 27:28.980 --> 27:30.949 think, my friends? 27:31.016 --> 27:33.351 I hope for much better from you, 27:33.418 --> 27:36.654 our Tomorrow's World followers. 27:36.721 --> 27:38.256 Be sure to come back next week 27:38.323 --> 27:39.791 when Richard Ames, Wallace 27:39.858 --> 27:42.093 Smith, Rod McNair, and I will 27:42.160 --> 27:43.762 continue to share with you the 27:43.828 --> 27:46.231 revelation of Jesus Christ, the 27:46.297 --> 27:47.832 good news of the coming Kingdom 27:47.899 --> 27:50.135 of God, and the exciting 27:50.201 --> 27:51.803 end-time prophecies 27:51.870 --> 27:53.538 and their meaning. 27:53.605 --> 27:55.206 So be sure to join us right here 27:55.273 --> 27:59.110 next week at this same time. 27:59.177 --> 28:00.879 For today's free offer call... 28:05.984 --> 28:06.951 Or go to... 28:10.455 --> 28:11.923 Call today and join millions 28:11.990 --> 28:13.525 around the world who are turning 28:13.591 --> 28:16.094 to Tomorrow's World for truth, 28:16.161 --> 28:18.196 prophecy, and hope in these 28:18.263 --> 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