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Increasingly protesters fill
the streets--waving signs
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and chanting slogans.
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They want change,
and they want it now.
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And honestly, who
can blame them?
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We may not agree with all
their individual causes,
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but only the blind could
fail to see that our world
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truly is broken.
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And only the heartless
could not want to fix it.
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So, let's do it.
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Let's fix the world.
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On this episode of
Tomorrow's World,
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we're going to show you how.
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♪
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Greetings, and welcome to
Tomorrow's World, where we
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help you make sense of
your world through the
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pages of the Bible.
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We're very glad you're here.
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The title of today's program might sound like a real
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stretch--after all, how can you and I go about fixing the world?
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But we can.
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And, no, I'm not just
pulling your leg.
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Yes, the problems are big,
and yes, the actions we need
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to take are great as well.
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But they are the only
actions that will work.
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Stick with me today,
and I'll explain.
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I'll also give you an opportunity to request
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our free resource on
the Ten Commandments.
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In the 1980's, the pop duo
Tears for Fears had a huge hit
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with the song, "Everybody
Wants to Rule the World."
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The song was written with an
eye toward the ongoing Cold War
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between the Western world and Russia (or the Soviet Union),
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the potential for nuclear
war, the possibilities of
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totalitarianism, and other
social concerns of the day.
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Frankly, with barely any
changes at all, those are
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our concerns today, as well.
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As a teenager listening to the song, it resonated with me.
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Because it was clear that
the world was broken.
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And while I might like to
think I'm not "ancient,"
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let's be honest--I'm not
a teenager anymore.
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And yet the world
is still broken.
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Even as I speak here in our studio today, major wars still
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rage in the Middle East and
on the doorstep of Europe.
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Haiti continues to suffer under a "gang-ocracy," and civil war
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continues to destroy the
lives of millions in Sudan.
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Within our nations, it is clear that racism is still very real.
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Poverty is still very real.
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Broken families are
still very real.
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Fears of violence
are still very real.
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In the United States, considered by many the most powerful and
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successful nation in the world, suicide rates have climbed
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with rare interruption
for the last 25 years.
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Consider the irony of
our current situation.
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On one hand, we live in the
most remarkable times in the
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entire history of civilization.
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Scientifically, we may,
today, understand more about
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how the physical world works than any other generation
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in the history of man.
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We may not yet know how to
wed quantum mechanics and
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general relativity, but man's comprehension of the physical
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laws of the universe
is truly astonishing.
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And our level of technological advancement has surpassed levels
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that many would have found wondrous even 20 years ago.
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Thanks to Artificial Intelligence, we're talking
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with our machines as if
they were people,
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and some are literally
drawing up plans to
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begin colonies on Mars.
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God told Daniel that in
"the time of the end...
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knowledge shall increase,"
and it has.
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Yet, for all of that
knowledge we've accumulated,
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the knowledge of how to
actually live with each other
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continues to escape us.
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Our attempts to address
racism in recent years
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have made relations between
the races even worse.
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Our attempts to expand sex
and gender equality to the
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limits of our secular philosophies have done
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nothing but thrown sex and gender into utter confusion,
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to the point that we are surgically, chemically, and
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irreversibly altering children to appear as the opposite sex.
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Our approach to sexuality-- meant to maximize human freedom
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and silence moral judgment--
is resulting in a world of
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broken relationships, broken hearts, and broken families
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that seems to benefit no one
but the makers of drugs for
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sexually transmitted diseases.
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Even democracy and democratic republics--supposedly the best
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of all political systems-- result these days in chaos,
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as stability gets thrown out
the door, and each new election
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threatens to bring in a new party that will spend most of
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its time throwing out all the decisions of the previous party.
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We all want to fix the world.
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The problem is that no one seems to know just how to do that.
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The reality of our world was well summarized by the prophet
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Isaiah in chapter 59
of his book...
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"The way of peace they have not known, and there is no justice
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in their ways; They have made themselves crooked paths;
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whoever takes that way
shall not know peace.
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Therefore justice is far from us, nor does righteousness
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overtake us; we look for light, but there is darkness!
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For brightness, but
we walk in blackness!
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We grope for the wall like
the blind, and we grope as if
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we had no eyes; we stumble
at noonday as at twilight;
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we are as dead men
in desolate places."
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If we're going to fix the world, we need someone to show us how.
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And the only "someone" who
truly qualifies is our Creator
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and the Designer of Humanity--
the God of the Bible.
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In our next segment, we'll take a look at how He recommends
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we construct a society
and fix our world.
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Before we do, let me take
this time to let you request
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today's free resource,
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You may have heard of
the Ten Commandments.
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You may have even been forced
to memorize them as a child.
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But I guarantee you, you've never seen them explained
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like this.
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In this free, easy-to-read booklet, the late
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Roderick C. Meredith--a minister of Jesus Christ for more than
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60 years--guides you through each of the Ten Commandments,
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one by one, spending time with each one and helping you to see
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how every single one of these ancient commands offers an
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opportunity to change your life.
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People pay hundreds and even thousands of dollars in
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self-help books, courses,
and resources, when one of
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the greatest sources of
personal change and renewal
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has been in their
Bible all along.
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You just need a
guide to show you.
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Request your free copy
of The Ten Commandments,
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and I'll be right back to help illustrate how these simple
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laws delivered by our Creator offer real solutions to
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this world's problems.
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Don't go away.
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♪
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Welcome back.
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We left off in our last
segment recognizing that,
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while everyone wants to fix
the world, no one really seems
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to know how to do so.
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And all our attempts to do so, at best, work for a little
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while before failing, or, at worst, make things even worse
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than when we began.
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Well, let's turn to our Creator for a moment and see how He
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would fix the world.
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More than three millennia ago, God gave His people ten simple
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commands--commonly called
the Ten Commandments.
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They can be found in Exodus 20.
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1. You shall have no
other gods before Me.
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2. You shall not make for yourself a carved image
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[or idol].
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3. You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain.
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4. Remember the Sabbath day,
to keep it holy.
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5. Honor your father
and your mother.
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6. You shall not murder.
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7. You shall not
commit adultery.
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8. You shall not steal.
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9. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
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10. You shall not covet.
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These are more than just a list of "religious-y sounding rules"
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for children to memorize
for a prize in church.
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They are inspired commands from the Creator of life itself--
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the Designer of humanity,
who knows how we should
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live with Him and
live with each other.
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A careful look at the
Ten Commandments reveals
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a structure.
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Notice, the first four commandments--about having
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no other gods, not worshiping God with carved images,
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not misusing His name,
and keeping His Sabbath on
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the seventh day--are all about our relationship with Him.
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And the six commandments that follow--about honoring your
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parents, not murdering, being sexually faithful to your
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spouse, not stealing, lying,
or coveting your neighbor's
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things--are all about our relationship with each other...
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what your Bible calls
your neighbor.
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Jesus Christ, Himself, talked about these two great objectives
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of the Ten Commandments as the greatest commands of God's law.
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We see this in Matthew 22,
when someone comes up to
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Jesus and asks Him a question...
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"Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?"
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Jesus said to him, 'You shall love the Lord your God with
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all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.'
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This is the first and
great commandment.
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And the second is like it:
'You shall love your
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neighbor as yourself.'
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On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets."
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Look at that again, and then look at the Ten Commandments
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again: You shall love the Lord your God, and you shall love
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your neighbor as yourself.
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These ten simple commandments are at the very heart of the
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way of life Jesus came to exemplify for humanity.
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In fact, when a young man asked Jesus how to have eternal life,
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Jesus told Him...
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"[I]f you want to enter into life, keep the commandments."
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In fact, God's commandments
were so important to Christ,
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that later His beloved disciple John would say of those who
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claimed to be Christian...
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"He who says, 'I know Him,' and does not keep His commandments,
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is a liar, and the truth
is not in him."
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Now that might sound odd to those of you brought up to think
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that the Ten Commandments were not important for Christians or
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that keeping the commandments wasn't necessary for Christians.
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But it is the inspired
word of your own Bible.
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And it doesn't take much meditating on the commandments
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before you realize that keeping them would radically alter our
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entire world for the better.
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For instance, consider the impact of a world that embraced
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a way of life in which children honor their father and mother
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like we're told in the fifth commandment, and in which
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spouses are faithful to each other like we're encouraged
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in the seventh...
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Imagine a world in which
broken families became
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a thing of the past.
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A world in which children learned to respect their elders
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and those in authority, in families that were committed
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to staying together through
thick and thin.
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With those changes alone, how much closer to a "fixed world"
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would we become?
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But go further.
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Consider the simplicity
of the ninth commandment
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about not lying.
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What a radical remake of civilization would be
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experienced if this value
were embraced by the world.
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What if honesty were considered one of the highest values of
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society, to the point that none would dare ever want to utter
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an untruthful word.
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What if lies were not expected of our politicians, like they
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are today, but were unheard of?
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What if everything you were
ever told about the products
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you considered purchasing
could be trusted?
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What if every news story
you ever heard was always
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true and reliable?
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Throw in the sixth and eighth commandments, as well,
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and you'd never again
have to lock a door.
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Never again have to take
the keys out of your car--
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or even need keys, at all.
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You'd never have to worry about a lost child, or a dark alley.
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Women would not need to worry about "safe spaces," because
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all spaces would be safe.
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Even the first
four commandments...
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It's easy to think those
aren't as important,
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but of course they are.
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How much trouble in this broken world is caused by religious
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confusion--people following
gods that aren't gods?
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What would it mean for the
world for everyone to embrace
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the true Creator of the world?
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To worship Him how He wants to be worshipped--not according to
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our own ideas, which often clash and conflict with each other.
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But according to
His own commands.
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My friends, the Ten Commandments would fix the world.
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Now of course, you might
be saying at your screen
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right now: "That's unrealistic.
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There's no way everyone
will agree to keep the
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Ten Commandments."
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Now on one hand, I would
respond that it is funny how
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few academics and philosophers bring up how unrealistic
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a giant socialistic or
communistic world is.
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But let's set that aside.
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Because, on the other hand,
I completely agree.
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It is unrealistic to expect eight billion people to suddenly
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agree to completely change their entire way of life and embrace
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the Ten Commandments.
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But it is not unreasonable to expect one family to do so...
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or even one person.
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And the real key to fixing
the world lies in that truth.
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I'll explain why
in just a moment.
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But first, let me give you another opportunity to request
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today's free resource,
The Ten Commandments.
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It is a tragedy that so many people suffer without guidance
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or direction in life when
their Bibles contain exactly
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what they need.
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In this free booklet,
Roderick C. Meredith
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brings each and every one of
the Ten Commandments to life.
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Jesus once said...
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"If you want to enter into life, keep the commandments."
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And this unique resource
is designed to help you
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do just that.
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Each and every one of God's beautiful commandments is
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defined, explained, and meditated on in this booklet.
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Far from being old, dusty,
out-of-date words from the past,
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this booklet will help you to see that God's Ten Commandments
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are vibrant, relevant, and powerful tools God can
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wield to change your life,
if only you will let Him.
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Request your copy right now,
and I'll be right back
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to explain how the Ten Commandments can help you
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begin to truly change
the world right now.
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Don't miss it.
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♪
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If you're calling for the
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receive a free annual
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Tomorrow's World magazine.
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Six inspiring issues discussing news, science, and modern
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biblical perspective.
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Call today and join millions around the world who are
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As we begin to near the conclusion of our program,
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we've come to a profound truth.
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I mentioned earlier that I wasn't kidding--we were going
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to talk about how to fix the world and how we can begin
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fixing it right now.
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And that is exactly
what we've discussed.
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Because fixing the world
begins with fixing ourselves.
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Not in the meaningless way
such talk is normally used--
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where "focusing on yourself"
is code for simply embracing
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your character flaws and
changing nothing.
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No, we need change.
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I need change.
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You need change.
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And changing the world--99.9999 plus percent of which is outside
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of our control--begins with changing the minuscule part
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that is in our control.
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It begins with you deciding
to fix your life.
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Your family.
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Your relationship to God,
Your Creator, and to
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Jesus Christ, Your Savior.
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That decision to change--
to turn around from the
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direction you're going and
to go a new direction,
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a direction taking you closer
to God in obedience to His
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commandments instead of in continued rejection of them--
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that decision to change
is called repentance.
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And it is at the heart
of the message that the
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Son of God brought to this
planet 2,000 years ago.
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Don't take my word for it--
look at it with me.
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In Mark chapter 1, we see
the very beginning of Jesus'
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mission to the world and the message He brought simply put.
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Look in verses 14 and 15...
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"Now after John was put in prison, Jesus came to Galilee,
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preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, and saying,
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"The time is fulfilled, and
the kingdom of God is at hand.
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Repent, and believe
in the gospel."
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Repent.
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It's not a word you hear
very often anymore.
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Sort of old-fashioned, maybe.
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But the commands of God
never go out of fashion.
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In fact--they are the
key to fixing this world.
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Now, I know this will sound like I'm undermining all I've said
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so far, but while the Ten Commandments are vital,
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they're not enough.
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Even if we could somehow convince every one of the eight
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billion human beings on planet Earth to begin keeping the Ten
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Commandments--worshipping God as He commands us to worship Him,
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loving our neighbor as
God instructs us to--
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it would not be enough
to fix the world.
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Now don't get me wrong--
it would be wonderful...
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at least for a while.
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But it wouldn't last.
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How do I know?
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Because God proved that to
us in the experience of the
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children of Israel.
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Gathered together as a
free people at the foot of
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Mount Sinai more than 3,000 years ago, God delivered the
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Ten Commandments to them--
laws of life and living that
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would build a beautiful society.
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Before they entered the Promised Land, Moses made clear to them
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the blessing they had been
given in these commands.
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Read it with me in
Deuteronomy in chapter 4,
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beginning in verse 5...
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"Surely I have taught you
statutes and judgments,
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just as the Lord my God commanded me, that you should
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act according to them in the land which you go to possess.
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Therefore be careful to observe them; for this is your wisdom
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and your understanding in the sight of the peoples who will
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hear all these statutes,
and say, 'Surely this great
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nation is a wise and understanding people.'
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For what great nation is there that has God so near to it,
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as the Lord our God is to us, for whatever reason we may
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call upon Him?
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And what great nation
is there that has such
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statutes and righteous
judgments as are in all
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this law which I set
before you this day?"
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Yet the history is clear.
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They did not keep those laws.
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They made covenants and
agreements to do so over
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and over again, but then they broke them, over and over again.
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Faced with the good, pure,
righteous commandments of God
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and the rich, remarkable, rewarding way of life that
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they make possible, their selfish, carnal, human nature
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won out time and time again.
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As the Apostle Paul summarizes in Romans and chapter 8...
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"Because the carnal mind
is enmity against God;
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for it is not subject to the
law of God, nor indeed can be.
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So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God."
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And, like they did,
you will fail, too.
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Those who choose to turn to
the Ten Commandments the
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only way of life God blesses
and endorses in this world,
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the only way to true peace
and happiness, and the
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only way to fix the world... will find they inevitably fail.
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They slip up, and they sin.
21:40.465 --> 21:42.634
Well, that's just great
you might be thinking:
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"You bring us this whole way and tell us the Ten Commandments are
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the way to fix our lives and
the world--and then you pull
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the rug out from under us.
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What's going on,
Tomorrow's World guy?"
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Well, I can understand
your frustration.
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But the good news--the very
good news--is that all of those
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who seek to truly keep God's commandments are not alone
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in their efforts.
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And the help we need
is within reach.
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We'll explain that help in the last portion of our program.
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Welcome back.
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In our last segment,
we seemed to undo the
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very claims we just
made minutes before.
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Living according to the Ten Commandments would fix our
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world--in fact, they're the
only way of life that will
24:13.318 --> 24:16.822
fix our world--yet human
nature runs exactly counter
24:16.888 --> 24:18.323
to those commandments.
24:18.390 --> 24:20.358
So, are we stuck with
a broken world?
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No, we're not.
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We read part of Romans 8
last time, but let's continue
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in the same passage.
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We'd just read that...
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"the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not
24:32.103 --> 24:35.407
subject to the law of God,
nor indeed can be.
24:35.473 --> 24:39.544
So then, those who are in
the flesh cannot please God."
24:39.611 --> 24:41.680
But read further...
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"But you are not in the
flesh but in the Spirit,
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if indeed the Spirit of
God dwells in you..."
24:49.621 --> 24:53.558
For those willing to turn
and repent, God makes help
24:53.625 --> 24:57.529
available to keep His laws--
His commandments.
24:57.596 --> 24:59.631
Read earlier in the
same chapter...
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"For what the law could not
do in that it was weak through
25:02.801 --> 25:07.606
the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness
25:07.672 --> 25:12.777
of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the
25:12.844 --> 25:16.448
flesh, that the righteous requirement of the law might
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be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh
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but according to the Spirit.
25:23.188 --> 25:26.391
For those who live according
to the flesh set their minds
25:26.458 --> 25:29.828
on the things of the flesh,
but those who live according
25:29.895 --> 25:33.665
to the Spirit, the things
of the Spirit."
25:33.732 --> 25:37.235
Yes, God has not abandoned
us to our carnal nature.
25:37.302 --> 25:40.805
Jesus Christ died so that we
may be forgiven of our sins,
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and He lives now in the lives
of those who commit their lives
25:45.176 --> 25:48.914
to Him--transforming them through His Spirit so that,
25:48.980 --> 25:53.418
day by day, week by week, they learn to keep His laws and
25:53.485 --> 25:56.187
commandments, just as He did.
25:56.254 --> 25:59.291
We see this promise of aid
and transformation reflected
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in the words of the book of Hebrews, itself quoting from
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the Old Testament.
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Read with me in Hebrews chapter 10, beginning in verse 16...
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"This is the covenant that I will make with them after
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those days, says the Lord:
I will put My laws into their
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hearts, and in their minds
I will write them,"
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Then He adds...
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"Their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more."
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And for those who are willing, in this life, to fix their own
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worlds--to repent and to embrace the Ten Commandments of God, and
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to allow Jesus Christ to forgive them of their sins and begin
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the process of transforming them, from the inside out--
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there really is good news ahead.
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Because those who have allowed Jesus Christ to fix their lives
26:46.838 --> 26:51.409
in this way, in this life, will be allowed to reign alongside
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Jesus Christ after His return...
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and to truly begin fixing
the whole world.
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Yes, if we really want to
fix the world--truly and
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profoundly fix it, and
make it the world of
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peace, joy, and contentment we've always longed to see--
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then the key is to allow God
to fix our own lives first.
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So, in the end, if we want to join Jesus Christ in finally
27:16.901 --> 27:20.005
fixing the world tomorrow,
we need to turn to Him in
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obedience and let Him
fix our lives, today.
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Thank you so much
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Gerald Weston, Rod McNair and I will be right here waiting
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the good news of His coming Kingdom, and the end-time
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prophecies of God’s word.
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Until then, take care.
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