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 Lord, I pray that you would write in our hearts your law, that we would be inclined to serve you, to love you with all of our being.

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 And Lord, as we hear your word, would you open our hearts to know your word and to remember your word. In Jesus' name, amen.

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 You may be seated.

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 So, many people think that in order to be a Christian, you need to give up your autonomy and your sense of personal identity.

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 And it makes it quite uncomfortable when we think of laws that really dig deep inside of us, that shape all of our life.

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 And so, is that true? Is that what the Bible is saying about Christianity?

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 Is it really something that removes our autonomy, our sense of identity?

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 Well, if you have your Bibles with you, we'll turn to Exodus, chapter 20, and we'll look at verses 1 to 3.

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 So, Exodus, chapter 20, verses 1 to 3.

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 And God spoke all these words, saying,

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 I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

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 You shall have no other gods before me.

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 See, when we read this in our culture, and even some Christians might, you know, go into this line of thinking after walking with the Lord for a long time,

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 we might hear the words when we read this,

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 And God spoke all these words, saying,

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 I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land to oppress you and to make you my slave.

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 See, when we think of the story here, doesn't it seem like, you know, God is saving a people,

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 he's bringing them out of Egypt so that they can be God's slaves?

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 See, weren't they just doing what the Pharaoh told them, and now they're going to go do what God told them?

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 Like, isn't that a bit strange?

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 Isn't that like a bit of a contradiction?

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 Well, it's hard to accept a religion and a worldview in our day and age that invades our whole life.

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 When we tend to think in terms of simply adding a little bit of this and a little bit of that to our lives,

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 maybe a little bit of church going, or maybe a little bit of yoga, or a little bit of prayer to angels,

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 or a little bit of New Age, it won't hurt if we just do a little bit at a time, right?

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 As long as we do everything in moderation, and we try to keep a good balance.

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 See, this is today's Canadian philosophy of pluralism.

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 We don't want to give ourselves up entirely to something.

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 And when we hear words like this in the First Commandment, when it says,

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 you shall have no other gods before me, that seems kind of un-Canadian.

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 That seems a bit too much, a bit extreme, that we should say no to all the other religions and say yes to this God.

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 Why should we do that to this God?

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 Why should we say yes to this God only?

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 So the question is, why does God command such strict allegiance to him?

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 Why can't he be like my co-worker, who, you know, he's so suave, and so, you know, he's so outgoing,

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 and just does a little bit of everything, and seems to be enjoying life a lot.

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 Why does God have to be so strict?

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 He shall only have one God.

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 Well, let's look again at this text.

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 Let's see what it says.

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 So the commandment says, you shall have no other gods before me.

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 And to understand that, just a bit of an aside, if you've grown in the church for a long time,

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 you grew up in the church and you heard the Ten Commandments said over and over again,

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 you might have seen the plaque on the side with the Ten Commandments.

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 Oftentimes, we think of the Ten Commandments out of their context.

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 We think of them as rules.

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 This is what you must do to be in relationship with God.

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 So let's look at the context.

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 If you can, turn with me to Exodus 19, and we'll read verses 4 to 9.

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 So Exodus 19, verses 4 to 9.

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 So God here is commanding.

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 Moses to speak to Israel these words.

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 And so we continue.

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 So Moses came and called the elders of the people and set before them all the words that the Lord had commanded him.

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 All the people answered together and said,

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 All that the Lord has spoken, we will do.

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 And Moses reported the words of the people to the Lord.

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 And the Lord said to Moses,

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 Behold, I am coming to you in a thick cloud,

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 that the people may hear when I speak with you,

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 and may also believe you forever.

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 So in reading this,

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 we get a bit of a glimpse that there's a relationship going on.

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 God saved the people from slavery,

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 400 years of slavery,

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 and now he wants to give them a new life.

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 So if we can have our first point.

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 Second point, actually.

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 Thanks.

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 God's intention through Israel's salvation

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 is to create a new human race

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 who will live in freedom

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 like in the Garden of Eden.

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 So this is what's happening here.

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 And let's look back at verse 4 to 9.

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 Here it says,

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 You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians

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 and how I bore you on eagles' wings

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 and brought you to myself.

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 So God carried them

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 almost like an eagle would carry the little baby eagles

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 on their wings, on their back,

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 and carry them to safety.

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 And he says that he brought you to myself.

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 God brought Israel to himself.

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 And now therefore,

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 if you will indeed obey my voice

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 and keep my covenant,

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 you shall be my treasured possession

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 among all peoples.

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 So just pause here.

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 The word treasured possession

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 is not God saying,

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 Israel, you will be my little sweetheart.

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 You will be my little cupcake.

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 Treasured possession.

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 It's actually saying

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 something a little bit deeper than that.

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 In the ancient days,

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 the word treasured possession

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 is something that a god

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 would say to the king of a nation.

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 It would say to that king

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 in having a relationship

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 that the king would be personally chosen,

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 blessed, and protected by God.

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 So it's interesting that

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 this is the language that's communicated

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 between a god and a king.

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 And here we have

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 God,

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 the Lord,

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 Yahweh,

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 who's speaking to Israel.

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 So Israel is like a king,

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 essentially,

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 what it's trying to say.

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 And what do kings do

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 in the ancient days?

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 They rule.

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 They have dominion over the earth.

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 And so if that's starting

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 to ring a bell,

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 that's a good thing.

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 This is language

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 that is kind of communicating

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 that we're going back

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 to the Garden of Eden.

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 We're going to have

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 dominion over the earth.

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 And then kingdom of priests.

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 The kingdom of priests

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 refers to those

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 who serve in the presence

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 of God

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 and the holy nation.

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 God calls them

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 a holy nation.

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 And that's

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 for those who carry out

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 God's likeness

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 or God's image

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 in all the earth.

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 So we see that

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 God's relationship with them

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 is quite special.

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 God's intention

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 through Israel's salvation

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 is to create

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 a new human race

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 who will live in freedom

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 like in the Garden of Eden.

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 If I can have

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 the second point, Andrew.

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 So false gods

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 are selected

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 by broken people

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 because they claim

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 to bring power

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 and success.

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 God mercifully

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 gathers broken people

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 to restore them

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 to life.

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 So there's a big

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 difference here.

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 The way that

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 false gods operate

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 and the way that

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 the God of Israel,

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 the creator of all

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 the earth,

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 operates.

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 And so God

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 commands his people

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 to not have other gods

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 because if they do that,

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 they'll go back

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 into slavery.

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 And it's tempting

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 because they promise

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 success

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 and they promise power.

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 But the God of Israel,

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 God mercifully

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 gathers broken people

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 to restore them

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 to life.

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 So we see here

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 that God

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 gives Israel

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 a similar mission

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 as he gave Adam.

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 And I just want

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 to point out

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 one more thing here.

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 It says,

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 Now therefore,

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 if you will

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 indeed obey my voice

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 and keep my covenant,

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 you shall be

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 my treasured possession

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 among all peoples,

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 for all the earth

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 is mine.

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 For all the earth

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 is mine.

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 If you remember,

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 we just did a series

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 in Genesis,

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 one to the beginning

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 of chapter 12.

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 And in Genesis 1,

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 the great commission

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 that is in Genesis 1,

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 or we call it

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 the creation mandate,

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 is that human beings

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 are to be fruitful

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 and multiply

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 and fill the earth.

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 And here,

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 God is gathering a people.

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 He's giving them a land

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 so that they can be

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 image bearers

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 in his land.

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 But his plan

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 is beyond the land.

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 He says,

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 All the earth

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 is mine.

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 So God's plan

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 is to fill the earth.

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 Again,

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 just like in Genesis 1.

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 Okay,

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 so we have this

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 relationship happening

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 between Israel and God,

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 and now God wants them

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 to obey him.

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 And that may not seem

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 to sit very easily with us.

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 So maybe an analogy

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 will help.

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 A few months ago,

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 I got engaged.

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 And I promise

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 I don't read the whole Bible

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 in light of marriage,

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 but this is something

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 that I think is relevant,

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 is that

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 before we got engaged,

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 we had a conversation

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 something like,

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 I'm just paraphrasing here,

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 and this is not

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 word for word,

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 but, you know,

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 we share a mutual affection

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 for one another.

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 And, you know,

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 we love Jesus,

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 and we want to serve

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 Jesus together

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 for the rest of our lives.

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 And we both agree on this,

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 and this is likely

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 to look like

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 vocational ministry.

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 Are you okay with that?

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 Yes, I am.

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 Okay.

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 And then we talk about,

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 you know,

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 I asked Renee

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 if she would want

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 to marry me,

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 and she said yes.

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 Okay.

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 So we have this

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 illustration.

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 Let's look at

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 verses 4 to 6 again

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 from chapter 19.

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 You yourselves

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 have seen

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 what I did

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 to the Egyptians,

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 and how I bore you

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 on eagles' wings

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 and brought you

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 to myself.

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 Now therefore,

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 if you will indeed

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 obey my voice

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 and keep my covenant,

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 you shall be

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 my treasured possession

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 among all peoples,

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 for all the earth

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 is mine.

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 And you shall be to me

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 a kingdom of priests

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 and a holy nation.

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 These are the words

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 that you shall speak

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 to the people of Israel.

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 So we see here

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 that God is having

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 this relationship.

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 He's establishing

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 a clarity

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 about what the relationship

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 is going to look like

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 with Israel.

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 Okay.

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 So God is going

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 to be king,

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 and Israel is going

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 to be the holy nation,

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 the kingdom of priests.

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 And so they're

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 establishing clarity here

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 and expectations,

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 what this relationship

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 will look like.

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 Okay,

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 and then we continue.

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 What is Israel's response?

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 Let's look at verse 8.

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 It says,

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 all the people,

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 all of Israel,

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 answered together

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 and said in one voice,

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 all that the Lord

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 has spoken,

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 we will do.

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 And Moses reported

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 these words

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 of the people

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 to the Lord.

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 So we see God

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 makes a proposal

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 to Israel.

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 Israel says,

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 yes,

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 we will do it.

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 We will be

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 your people

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 and you will be

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 our God.

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 And so

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 this is the

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 kind of engagement

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 picture,

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 and then we move

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 to Exodus 20.

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 So let's turn there,

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 Exodus 20,

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 and we're on

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 the wedding day,

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 so to speak.

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 So let's read here.

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 And God spoke

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 all these words saying,

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 I am the Lord,

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 your God,

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 who brought you

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 out of the land

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 of Egypt,

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 out of the house

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 of slavery.

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 So just pause here

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 in verse 2.

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 We see that God

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 is mentioning

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 the two people

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 who are part

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 of this relationship.

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 It says,

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 I am the Lord,

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 your God,

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 and you,

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 referring to Israel.

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 So he's communicating

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 this is what's

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 going to happen.

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 This is what I did.

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 This is our relationship.

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 This is the nature

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 of our relationship.

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 And this is quite

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 similar to when

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 on my wedding day

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 with Renee,

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 I'm going to say,

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 I, Jonathan,

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 take you,

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 Renee,

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 to be my lawfully

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 wedded wife

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 and vice versa.

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 And so we're

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 establishing that covenant.

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 We're saying,

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 these are the parties

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 that are involved

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 in this relationship.

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 But now back

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 to the text here.

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 In verse 3,

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 we see,

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 you shall have

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 no other gods

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 before me.

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 And this is a stipulation.

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 This is God's expectation

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 in the relationship.

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 And on our wedding day,

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 we're going to say

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 something similar like,

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 for better,

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 for worse,

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 for richer,

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 for poorer,

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 in sickness

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 and in health.

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 And those are the promises,

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 the vows that we're making

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 to one another

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 to establish our relationship.

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 So,

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 this text is talking about

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 having no other gods

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 before me.

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 And this is a stipulation.

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 But what does God mean

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 exactly by

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 no other gods

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 before me?

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 Like,

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 does he mean

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 instead of me?

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 Or does he mean

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 ahead of me?

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 Or next to me?

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 Think of it this way.

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 you who are husbands

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 in the room,

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 if your wife

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 would come to you

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 at the end of the day

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 and would say,

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 honey,

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 there's this man

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 who,

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 you know,

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 that I met at work

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 or at the mall

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 or something

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 and he wants to be

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 my husband as well,

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 would he be okay

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 if he was

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 my husband

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 instead of you?

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 And the answer

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 would be no.

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 Could he be

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 my husband

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 ahead of you?

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 No.

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 Could he be

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 my husband

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 next to you?

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 No.

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 So the answer is no.

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 There is no other

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 husband in the picture.

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 I am your husband.

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 You are my wife.

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 We are together.

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 And this is our covenant.

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 This is what we've established.

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 Okay.

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 So,

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 okay,

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 so we're talking

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 about gods here.

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 And in our modern age,

00:14:30.620 --> 00:14:30.839
 like,

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 we understand

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 that there were

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 gods back then.

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 And there are

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 other religions today.

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 But, like,

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 how does this work

00:14:36.919 --> 00:14:37.860
 in our day and age?

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 Other gods

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 before me.

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 and in our

00:14:41.639 --> 00:14:42.120
 relationship

00:14:42.120 --> 00:14:43.480
 with God.

00:14:45.259 --> 00:14:45.679
 Well,

00:14:45.719 --> 00:14:46.319
 there are all sorts

00:14:46.319 --> 00:14:47.039
 of different gods

00:14:47.039 --> 00:14:48.339
 these days

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 that we don't

00:14:48.799 --> 00:14:49.860
 necessarily call gods.

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 But we refer

00:14:51.500 --> 00:14:52.179
 to them as gods

00:14:52.179 --> 00:14:52.799
 because they have

00:14:52.799 --> 00:14:53.620
 a certain power

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 and a certain promise.

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 Whether it's

00:14:55.879 --> 00:14:57.100
 the god

00:14:57.100 --> 00:14:58.100
 in our modern day

00:14:58.100 --> 00:14:59.059
 of success

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 that if we do

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 certain exercises

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 or we do

00:15:01.719 --> 00:15:02.459
 certain

00:15:02.459 --> 00:15:04.019
 vows

00:15:04.019 --> 00:15:04.860
 to certain

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 people,

00:15:06.240 --> 00:15:06.579
 we follow

00:15:06.579 --> 00:15:07.639
 certain rich people,

00:15:08.059 --> 00:15:09.059
 we will be rich

00:15:09.059 --> 00:15:09.419
 as well,

00:15:09.479 --> 00:15:10.319
 we will be successful

00:15:10.319 --> 00:15:10.759
 or the god

00:15:10.759 --> 00:15:11.419
 of sexuality

00:15:11.419 --> 00:15:12.000
 or the god

00:15:12.000 --> 00:15:12.819
 of power,

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 of influence,

00:15:14.000 --> 00:15:14.979
 or of convenience.

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 And we live

00:15:16.079 --> 00:15:16.599
 by them

00:15:16.599 --> 00:15:18.399
 and God

00:15:18.399 --> 00:15:19.019
 calls us

00:15:19.019 --> 00:15:19.779
 to a strict

00:15:19.779 --> 00:15:21.319
 devotion to him

00:15:21.319 --> 00:15:22.219
 for our good.

00:15:24.639 --> 00:15:25.099
 So,

00:15:25.319 --> 00:15:26.159
 you might be thinking

00:15:26.159 --> 00:15:27.019
 despite the fact

00:15:27.019 --> 00:15:28.219
 that God says,

00:15:28.459 --> 00:15:29.179
 or the Bible says,

00:15:29.239 --> 00:15:29.779
 that we are

00:15:29.779 --> 00:15:30.799
 being saved

00:15:30.799 --> 00:15:31.419
 from slavery

00:15:31.419 --> 00:15:32.559
 into freedom,

00:15:33.979 --> 00:15:34.619
 it still doesn't

00:15:34.619 --> 00:15:35.959
 really make sense

00:15:35.960 --> 00:15:37.519
 that freedom

00:15:37.519 --> 00:15:38.680
 involves following

00:15:38.680 --> 00:15:39.120
 commandments.

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 I'm not too sure

00:15:40.460 --> 00:15:40.879
 I follow.

00:15:41.400 --> 00:15:41.600
 Okay,

00:15:41.720 --> 00:15:42.400
 so let's just

00:15:42.400 --> 00:15:43.259
 look at this.

00:15:43.540 --> 00:15:44.080
 Maybe I can give

00:15:44.080 --> 00:15:44.480
 an analogy

00:15:44.480 --> 00:15:45.019
 that will help.

00:15:45.940 --> 00:15:46.740
 If I were to

00:15:46.740 --> 00:15:47.440
 babysit one of my

00:15:47.440 --> 00:15:48.100
 little nephews,

00:15:48.700 --> 00:15:49.360
 I were to bring

00:15:49.360 --> 00:15:49.980
 him to the park,

00:15:50.940 --> 00:15:51.680
 we would arrive

00:15:51.680 --> 00:15:52.120
 at the park

00:15:52.120 --> 00:15:52.980
 and we're there

00:15:52.980 --> 00:15:53.759
 to go play

00:15:53.759 --> 00:15:54.180
 in the park,

00:15:54.240 --> 00:15:54.400
 right?

00:15:54.560 --> 00:15:54.660
 So,

00:15:55.019 --> 00:15:55.800
 we get there

00:15:55.800 --> 00:15:57.220
 and I would say,

00:15:57.700 --> 00:15:57.900
 okay,

00:15:58.019 --> 00:15:59.080
 little nephew,

00:15:59.660 --> 00:16:01.639
 don't run

00:16:01.639 --> 00:16:02.379
 in the rose bush,

00:16:02.860 --> 00:16:04.080
 watch for the beehive,

00:16:04.379 --> 00:16:04.860
 don't get bit

00:16:04.860 --> 00:16:05.460
 by the dog,

00:16:06.220 --> 00:16:07.460
 et cetera,

00:16:07.539 --> 00:16:07.860
 et cetera,

00:16:07.919 --> 00:16:08.100
 right?

00:16:08.139 --> 00:16:09.259
 Because we're there

00:16:09.259 --> 00:16:09.940
 to play in the park,

00:16:10.120 --> 00:16:10.480
 we're there

00:16:10.480 --> 00:16:11.480
 to enjoy the park

00:16:11.480 --> 00:16:12.740
 and we won't enjoy

00:16:12.740 --> 00:16:13.080
 the park

00:16:13.080 --> 00:16:13.820
 if we have to go

00:16:13.820 --> 00:16:14.360
 to the hospital

00:16:14.360 --> 00:16:15.720
 because the bees

00:16:15.720 --> 00:16:17.019
 and the dogs

00:16:17.019 --> 00:16:17.560
 bit you

00:16:17.560 --> 00:16:18.580
 and all that,

00:16:18.639 --> 00:16:18.759
 right?

00:16:18.820 --> 00:16:18.980
 So,

00:16:19.399 --> 00:16:21.300
 for maximum performance

00:16:21.300 --> 00:16:22.000
 in the park,

00:16:22.340 --> 00:16:23.019
 we want to have fun,

00:16:23.080 --> 00:16:24.360
 we want to take advantage

00:16:24.360 --> 00:16:25.180
 of these 30 minutes

00:16:25.180 --> 00:16:25.480
 that we're going

00:16:25.480 --> 00:16:26.019
 to spend in the park

00:16:26.019 --> 00:16:26.580
 or maybe hour,

00:16:27.200 --> 00:16:28.100
 let's just make sure

00:16:28.100 --> 00:16:29.139
 we play in the park

00:16:29.139 --> 00:16:30.139
 and we don't go

00:16:30.139 --> 00:16:30.940
 outside of the park

00:16:30.940 --> 00:16:31.560
 where it's dangerous.

00:16:32.120 --> 00:16:32.279
 Okay,

00:16:32.879 --> 00:16:33.399
 good.

00:16:34.860 --> 00:16:35.279
 And we're good?

00:16:36.279 --> 00:16:36.680
 Okay,

00:16:36.980 --> 00:16:37.259
 so,

00:16:37.940 --> 00:16:40.019
 what this is saying

00:16:40.019 --> 00:16:40.500
 is that

00:16:40.500 --> 00:16:42.779
 when we sin,

00:16:43.779 --> 00:16:45.840
 we sort of lose touch

00:16:45.840 --> 00:16:46.580
 with the purpose

00:16:46.580 --> 00:16:47.139
 of life.

00:16:50.740 --> 00:16:52.019
 We sort of lose

00:16:52.019 --> 00:16:54.159
 touch with the purpose

00:16:54.159 --> 00:16:55.259
 of life

00:16:55.259 --> 00:16:56.220
 and we need

00:16:56.220 --> 00:16:57.039
 proper boundaries

00:16:57.039 --> 00:16:58.800
 because our inner explorer

00:16:58.800 --> 00:17:00.440
 will be drawn

00:17:00.440 --> 00:17:01.320
 to all sorts

00:17:01.320 --> 00:17:02.000
 of other things

00:17:02.000 --> 00:17:04.140
 around the park

00:17:04.140 --> 00:17:05.180
 or in the peripheries

00:17:05.180 --> 00:17:05.640
 of life

00:17:05.640 --> 00:17:06.619
 that just want

00:17:06.619 --> 00:17:07.400
 to destroy us.

00:17:08.579 --> 00:17:08.819
 And so,

00:17:08.980 --> 00:17:10.319
 here's the point

00:17:10.319 --> 00:17:10.980
 of God giving us

00:17:10.980 --> 00:17:11.339
 commandments.

00:17:11.960 --> 00:17:12.819
 God provides us

00:17:12.819 --> 00:17:13.900
 moral perimeters

00:17:13.900 --> 00:17:14.700
 to live by

00:17:14.700 --> 00:17:16.740
 but the question remains,

00:17:16.839 --> 00:17:17.559
 what is the purpose

00:17:17.559 --> 00:17:18.859
 of life?

00:17:19.059 --> 00:17:19.680
 Can we have the next

00:17:19.680 --> 00:17:19.980
 slide,

00:17:20.059 --> 00:17:20.279
 Andrew?

00:17:23.079 --> 00:17:24.099
 We like to think

00:17:24.099 --> 00:17:25.519
 we can create

00:17:25.519 --> 00:17:26.579
 our own purpose

00:17:26.579 --> 00:17:26.960
 in life

00:17:26.960 --> 00:17:28.160
 apart from God's will

00:17:28.160 --> 00:17:29.740
 but we will run

00:17:29.740 --> 00:17:30.680
 away from his commandments

00:17:30.680 --> 00:17:31.700
 towards our

00:17:31.700 --> 00:17:32.940
 re-enslavement.

00:17:35.480 --> 00:17:36.480
 We like to think

00:17:36.480 --> 00:17:37.120
 we can create

00:17:37.120 --> 00:17:37.880
 our own purpose

00:17:37.880 --> 00:17:38.259
 in life

00:17:38.259 --> 00:17:39.300
 apart from God's will

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 but we run

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 away from his commandments

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 towards re-enslavement.

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 A little while back

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 I watched a video

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 on email,

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 it's one of those

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 chain emails

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 that gets sent around

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 and I try to watch them

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 because some of them

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 are actually really funny.

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 Anyway,

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 this video,

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 there was a cheetah

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 who was stuck

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 in this life trap.

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 I think it was the paw

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 that was stuck

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 in the trap

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 and the cat

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 was just going everywhere

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 and there were

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 these two forest rangers

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 or safari park rangers

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 that were trying

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 to free the cheetah

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 and they had these poles

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 and they were just

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 kind of holding

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 around the neck,

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 holding on this leg

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 until they can get

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 the trap open

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 so that the cat

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 can be free.

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 Now,

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 I was thinking like,

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 oh my goodness,

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 this cat is angry.

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 This cat is going to like

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 shred these guys

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 with the claws

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 and these guys

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 are done with

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 if the cat is set free.

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 Like,

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 what are they doing?

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 And so anyway,

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 they get closer and closer

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 and as soon as

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 they get the trap open,

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 the cat is ready

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 to be released

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 except that they still

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 have the poles

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 around their necks

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 and I'm just,

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 I'm kind of losing it.

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 And anyway,

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 the cat is just furious

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 and they finally get

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 the poles

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 with the little straps

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 around off the neck,

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 off the paw

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 and we're ready

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 for action.

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 And I would think

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 that people would try

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 to poke the cat

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 and say like,

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 go away,

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 go away,

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 don't attack us.

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 But the reality is

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 that they didn't need

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 to do that.

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 The cheetah just ran

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 for dear life.

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 The cheetah went

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 and,

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 well,

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 the video didn't really

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 show what the cheetah did

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 but I assume

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 that the cheetah went

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 to go be a cheetah again.

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 You know,

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 go around the pond,

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 drink some water,

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 eat some food,

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 do a bit of hunting,

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 hang around with other cats

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 and that's kind of

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 what I assumed

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 out of the picture.

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 But here's why

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 I bring up this illustration.

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 Unlike the cheetah,

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 we don't run towards

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 doing what God

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 frees us to do.

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 See,

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 if it was just us,

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 we would just be set free

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 and then we'd probably

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 stick around,

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 you know,

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 smell the trap

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 and hang around

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 with the forest rangers.

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 The Bible uses words

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 like enslavement,

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 modern terms,

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 we talk about addiction.

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 For people who are

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 walking to be set free

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 from different addictions,

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 whether it's from alcohol

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 or drugs

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 or sex

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 or money,

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 it's not as simple

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 as just being told

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 that you're set free.

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 We always run back.

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 We have these

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 desires within us

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 that are shaped

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 by things of this world

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 and God wants

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 to set us free

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 from the things

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 that captivate us,

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 things that hold us

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 in bondage.

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 Okay,

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 so in the biblical narrative

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 as we've seen so far,

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 the problem is that

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 the Israelites'

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 freedom from Egypt

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 is not sufficient.

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 They're saved by God

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 but they still need

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 to know

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 how to live.

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 And so,

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 can we have

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 the next slide?

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 Is there a slide

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 before that?

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 Okay,

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 I might have missed it.

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 So,

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 I'll just say it.

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 God's command,

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 God's commandments

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 reflect his character

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 whereby only God

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 can fulfill the law.

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 The question is not

00:21:06.779 --> 00:21:08.080
 what will help me

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 but who will help me?

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 See,

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 in the nature

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 of God's command,

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 God gives Israel

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 his commandments

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 and Israel is not,

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 you know,

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 better than everyone else.

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 God saves them

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 because he's merciful,

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 not because they're good.

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 And that is a picture,

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 Israel is a picture

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 of the whole world

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 that whatever Israel does,

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 we would,

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 anyone who's outside

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 of Israel

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 would do the same.

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 Israel sins,

00:21:33.459 --> 00:21:34.319
 anyone else would sin

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 at God's commandments.

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 So,

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 God gives us commandments

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 that reflect him.

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 They kind of articulate

00:21:40.119 --> 00:21:40.919
 his character

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 for us

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 because his commandments

00:21:44.019 --> 00:21:44.539
 are holy

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 and they're so holy

00:21:46.080 --> 00:21:46.960
 that only God

00:21:46.960 --> 00:21:47.860
 can fulfill them.

00:21:49.279 --> 00:21:49.759
 So,

00:21:49.800 --> 00:21:50.720
 the question is not

00:21:50.720 --> 00:21:51.940
 what will help me

00:21:51.940 --> 00:21:53.600
 but who will help me?

00:21:55.279 --> 00:21:55.660
 See,

00:21:55.720 --> 00:21:56.360
 we are creatures

00:21:56.360 --> 00:21:57.039
 who are driven

00:21:57.039 --> 00:21:58.380
 by desire,

00:21:58.539 --> 00:21:59.100
 by love

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 and we find those things

00:22:00.980 --> 00:22:02.500
 in things that don't

00:22:02.500 --> 00:22:03.160
 fulfill us

00:22:03.160 --> 00:22:05.259
 and the Bible

00:22:05.259 --> 00:22:05.860
 will make the claim

00:22:05.860 --> 00:22:06.460
 that because we're

00:22:06.460 --> 00:22:07.060
 made in the image

00:22:07.060 --> 00:22:07.400
 of God,

00:22:07.480 --> 00:22:08.080
 only God

00:22:08.080 --> 00:22:09.279
 can fulfill us,

00:22:09.360 --> 00:22:09.920
 only God

00:22:09.920 --> 00:22:11.500
 can satisfy us,

00:22:11.940 --> 00:22:12.620
 only God

00:22:12.620 --> 00:22:13.160
 because God

00:22:13.160 --> 00:22:13.800
 is personal

00:22:13.800 --> 00:22:14.960
 and,

00:22:14.960 --> 00:22:16.820
 you know,

00:22:17.040 --> 00:22:17.880
 art is not,

00:22:18.040 --> 00:22:18.880
 sciences are not,

00:22:19.360 --> 00:22:20.240
 mathematics are not,

00:22:20.320 --> 00:22:21.540
 those things are great.

00:22:22.180 --> 00:22:22.580
 They can be

00:22:22.580 --> 00:22:23.580
 false gods

00:22:23.580 --> 00:22:24.560
 who will drive us

00:22:24.560 --> 00:22:25.140
 into slavery

00:22:25.140 --> 00:22:26.640
 and make us more empty

00:22:26.640 --> 00:22:27.680
 unless God

00:22:27.680 --> 00:22:28.640
 is there to save us.

00:22:28.640 --> 00:22:32.500
 So,

00:22:32.900 --> 00:22:34.320
 God's commandments

00:22:34.320 --> 00:22:35.720
 reflect his character

00:22:35.720 --> 00:22:36.820
 whereby only he

00:22:36.820 --> 00:22:37.759
 can fulfill the law.

00:22:38.700 --> 00:22:39.540
 The question is not

00:22:39.540 --> 00:22:40.460
 what will help me

00:22:40.460 --> 00:22:41.800
 but who will help me?

00:22:42.300 --> 00:22:42.420
 Now,

00:22:42.440 --> 00:22:43.320
 what do I mean by this?

00:22:44.880 --> 00:22:46.060
 When we look at the law,

00:22:46.560 --> 00:22:48.140
 we look beyond the law

00:22:48.140 --> 00:22:49.500
 to the law giver

00:22:49.500 --> 00:22:50.920
 and that is God.

00:22:51.080 --> 00:22:52.060
 God is the law giver

00:22:52.060 --> 00:22:53.380
 and we look to a God

00:22:53.380 --> 00:22:54.040
 of grace

00:22:54.040 --> 00:22:55.700
 who sets us free

00:22:55.700 --> 00:22:57.280
 and gives us parameters

00:22:57.280 --> 00:22:58.460
 to stay free

00:22:58.460 --> 00:23:00.039
 to continue in freedom

00:23:00.039 --> 00:23:02.100
 and so God's laws

00:23:02.100 --> 00:23:03.180
 are grace to us

00:23:03.180 --> 00:23:05.240
 yet we can't

00:23:05.240 --> 00:23:06.279
 follow through.

00:23:06.420 --> 00:23:07.539
 We can't do them perfectly.

00:23:08.059 --> 00:23:09.120
 We still fall short

00:23:09.120 --> 00:23:10.840
 and so for this reason

00:23:10.840 --> 00:23:11.720
 we need a Messiah.

00:23:11.880 --> 00:23:12.860
 We need a God man,

00:23:13.440 --> 00:23:15.000
 someone who is a human

00:23:15.000 --> 00:23:16.720
 yet has God's zeal

00:23:16.720 --> 00:23:17.380
 for holiness

00:23:17.380 --> 00:23:19.680
 and so God sends

00:23:19.680 --> 00:23:20.360
 his son Jesus

00:23:20.360 --> 00:23:21.440
 for us

00:23:21.440 --> 00:23:22.720
 to live

00:23:22.720 --> 00:23:23.460
 the life

00:23:23.460 --> 00:23:24.299
 that we should have lived

00:23:24.299 --> 00:23:24.960
 but we couldn't

00:23:24.960 --> 00:23:25.799
 because we are

00:23:25.799 --> 00:23:26.480
 too sinful.

00:23:27.299 --> 00:23:28.140
 Jesus comes,

00:23:28.140 --> 00:23:29.380
 he lives a perfect life

00:23:29.380 --> 00:23:32.360
 and he walks perfectly

00:23:32.360 --> 00:23:32.920
 in holiness

00:23:32.920 --> 00:23:33.600
 before God

00:23:33.600 --> 00:23:35.100
 fulfilling all of his commandments

00:23:35.100 --> 00:23:37.560
 and he also taught us

00:23:37.560 --> 00:23:39.200
 the first commandment

00:23:39.200 --> 00:23:40.300
 that we're looking at today

00:23:40.300 --> 00:23:42.440
 though the words here say

00:23:42.440 --> 00:23:44.580
 you shall have no other gods

00:23:44.580 --> 00:23:45.200
 before me.

00:23:45.780 --> 00:23:45.940
 Andrew,

00:23:46.000 --> 00:23:46.900
 can we have the next slide?

00:23:46.900 --> 00:23:49.860
 Jesus taught us

00:23:49.860 --> 00:23:50.920
 the most important commandment

00:23:50.920 --> 00:23:51.980
 is hear Israel

00:23:51.980 --> 00:23:52.759
 the Lord our God

00:23:52.759 --> 00:23:53.920
 the Lord is one

00:23:53.920 --> 00:23:54.780
 and you shall have

00:23:54.780 --> 00:23:55.480
 no other God

00:23:55.480 --> 00:23:56.500
 or you shall love

00:23:56.500 --> 00:23:57.080
 the Lord your God

00:23:57.080 --> 00:23:57.860
 with all your heart

00:23:57.860 --> 00:23:58.920
 and with all your soul

00:23:58.920 --> 00:23:59.880
 and with all your mind

00:23:59.880 --> 00:24:01.340
 and with all your strength.

00:24:02.600 --> 00:24:02.960
 See,

00:24:03.000 --> 00:24:03.280
 Jesus

00:24:03.280 --> 00:24:04.500
 having lived

00:24:04.500 --> 00:24:05.280
 this life

00:24:05.280 --> 00:24:06.280
 he

00:24:06.280 --> 00:24:07.340
 also

00:24:07.340 --> 00:24:08.720
 taught this commandment

00:24:08.720 --> 00:24:09.080
 but taught

00:24:09.080 --> 00:24:10.500
 the positive implication

00:24:10.500 --> 00:24:11.240
 of the commandment

00:24:11.240 --> 00:24:12.300
 to love God

00:24:12.300 --> 00:24:13.519
 not just avoid

00:24:13.519 --> 00:24:14.140
 other gods

00:24:14.140 --> 00:24:14.759
 but to

00:24:14.759 --> 00:24:15.619
 have God

00:24:15.619 --> 00:24:16.460
 that's what the commandment

00:24:16.460 --> 00:24:16.940
 is implied

00:24:16.940 --> 00:24:18.140
 to love God

00:24:18.140 --> 00:24:18.500
 and so

00:24:18.500 --> 00:24:19.799
 how can we love God?

00:24:20.720 --> 00:24:20.839
 Well,

00:24:20.859 --> 00:24:21.559
 we just look at him

00:24:21.559 --> 00:24:22.759
 we think of God

00:24:22.759 --> 00:24:23.599
 we think of his acts

00:24:23.599 --> 00:24:24.680
 we think of what he has done

00:24:24.680 --> 00:24:25.220
 for us

00:24:25.220 --> 00:24:26.200
 see God has done

00:24:26.200 --> 00:24:27.379
 everything possible

00:24:27.379 --> 00:24:28.059
 for us

00:24:28.059 --> 00:24:29.559
 to be in a right relationship

00:24:29.559 --> 00:24:30.099
 with him

00:24:30.099 --> 00:24:31.240
 when we could not

00:24:31.240 --> 00:24:32.279
 God does it

00:24:32.279 --> 00:24:32.960
 and God

00:24:32.960 --> 00:24:33.920
 provides

00:24:33.920 --> 00:24:35.500
 pardon through his son

00:24:35.500 --> 00:24:36.519
 on the cross

00:24:36.519 --> 00:24:37.900
 that when we believe in him

00:24:37.900 --> 00:24:39.440
 we are forgiven our sins

00:24:39.440 --> 00:24:40.460
 and he also gives us

00:24:40.460 --> 00:24:41.579
 power to live

00:24:41.579 --> 00:24:42.599
 a life

00:24:42.599 --> 00:24:43.660
 a new life

00:24:43.660 --> 00:24:44.299
 that reflects

00:24:44.299 --> 00:24:44.839
 his holiness

00:24:44.839 --> 00:24:45.659
 he pours out

00:24:45.659 --> 00:24:46.399
 his Holy Spirit

00:24:46.399 --> 00:24:47.579
 to those who trust

00:24:47.579 --> 00:24:48.059
 in Jesus

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 and so this is our hope

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 the hope is that

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 Jesus has done it all

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 that we look to Jesus

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 we fall in love

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 with Jesus

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 because he loved us first

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 we follow Jesus

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 because of the power

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 that he

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 imparts

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 to us

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 so now if you're

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 a Christian

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 here

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 and you might be

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 wondering why

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 we teach the

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 Ten Commandments

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 we just started

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 a series today

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 we're going to go

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 for the next ten weeks

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 looking at the Ten Commandments

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 and you might be wondering

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 like why

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 the Ten Commandments

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 like I'm a spiritual

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 Christian

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 I'm not a

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 law Christian

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 Andrew can we have

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 the next slide

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 can we say this together

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 whoever keeps

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 his commandments

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 abides in God

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 and God

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 in him

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 but

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 sorry

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 okay

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 what this is saying

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 is that

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 when we're in a relationship

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 with God

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 when we love God

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 we reflect him

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 and by this we know

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 that when we follow him

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 that his spirit

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 is the spirit

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 who is working

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 in and through us

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 and so to be

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 a spiritual Christian

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 is to be a Christian

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 who follows God

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 who follows his laws

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 not to be in right

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 relationship with him

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 but because we're in right

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 relationship with him

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 so I would invite you

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 to stand

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 at this point

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 and we're going to have

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 a closing prayer

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 so please stand

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 so some of you

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 might not have given

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 your life to Jesus yet

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 but

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 you want to

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 there's something

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 today that

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 really interests you

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 this could be

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 a conversion prayer

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 for you

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 and

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 either way

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 this is a prayer

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 for Christians

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 as we walk

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 with God

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 on a daily basis

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 so let's pray this together

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 or let's say this together

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 Lord

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 though your word

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 commands me

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 to love you

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 with all my being

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 you know

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 the propensity

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 of my heart

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 is to leave you

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 out of my life

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 in your mercy

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 write your law

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 upon my heart

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 turn me to Jesus

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 the one

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 whom the law

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 directs me

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 to worship

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 pour out

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 your Holy Spirit

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 upon

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 so that I may

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 be inclined

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 to keep it

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 all the days

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 of my life

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 through Jesus Christ

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 our Lord

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 Amen

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 just remaining standing

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 Father we're

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 thankful for

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 your grace

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 that you've shown

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 Lord you've given us

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 your son

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 so that we may

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 be made right

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 with you

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 so that we may

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 continue in this

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 commission

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 that you've created

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 human beings

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 to be a part of

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 to fill the earth

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 to be creative

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 and to do

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 your will

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 and to reflect

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 you

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 and to enjoy

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 you

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 Lord would you

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 teach us that

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 today

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 would you teach

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 us that

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 in Jesus name

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 Amen