WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.500 There we go. Good morning, everyone. Great to be in church with you this morning. 00:00:05.280 --> 00:00:12.859 When I first became a Christian, I was 23. I did a 15-week evangelism training course, 00:00:12.980 --> 00:00:18.400 not dissimilar to the one that some of you are doing now with Kel. The training course was 00:00:18.400 --> 00:00:24.800 Evangelism Explosion. It was very formative for me in my early days as a Christian, getting clarity 00:00:24.800 --> 00:00:31.200 on what it is that I believe and the ability to be able to communicate that to others. I remember 00:00:31.200 --> 00:00:35.320 it as a time of very significant spiritual growth. There you go. Another plug for you. 00:00:35.840 --> 00:00:39.659 I encourage you to get into that thing with Kel this afternoon or straight after this service. 00:00:40.219 --> 00:00:50.100 EE, as it's known, used two diagnostic questions as its foundation, if you like, in terms of 00:00:50.100 --> 00:00:54.920 communicating. The first question is, you're speaking to someone, you say, imagine that you 00:00:54.920 --> 00:01:01.620 were to die now. Would you be certain that you would go to heaven? Answers, yes or no. The issue 00:01:01.620 --> 00:01:09.900 raised how assured you are of your salvation and your eternal future. The second question is, 00:01:10.319 --> 00:01:15.379 imagine that you did die and you ended up standing in front of God and he asked you, 00:01:15.379 --> 00:01:23.039 why should I let you in to heaven? What would you say? So that question, first question highlights 00:01:23.039 --> 00:01:28.560 your assurance. Are you saved or not saved? The second question basically is getting to the point 00:01:28.560 --> 00:01:35.560 of where is the basis of your assurance? Where is your confidence for your eternal life? 00:01:36.579 --> 00:01:44.039 So armed with that training and those two questions, I found myself in a lengthy discussion 00:01:44.040 --> 00:01:52.320 with a guy that I knew from high school and it was late one night and I hadn't seen him for many, 00:01:52.460 --> 00:02:00.460 many years and I used those two questions on him and he did not understand the point of them at all. 00:02:01.360 --> 00:02:06.920 And I repeated them again and again and again. It just made no difference to the discussion 00:02:06.920 --> 00:02:14.460 whatsoever. About a week later, I'm standing in Woolworths lining up to buy some groceries 00:02:14.460 --> 00:02:20.520 and across from the other side of the supermarket, this is in a small country town, 00:02:20.840 --> 00:02:28.259 across the other side of the supermarket, I hear this guy yell out, hey Fox! Now Fox was the nickname I had 00:02:28.259 --> 00:02:32.580 at school because I used to have red hair. In fact, I used to have hair. 00:02:32.580 --> 00:02:40.040 Anyway, so from across the supermarket, hey Fox! And of course, all eyes are on the guy who best 00:02:40.040 --> 00:02:44.580 suits the description, Fox in that moment. And you know, small country town, the only guy with red 00:02:44.580 --> 00:02:50.500 hair, they're all looking at me. So he walks up to me and he says, those two questions you asked me 00:02:50.500 --> 00:03:00.100 the other night, what were the answers again? And so I repeated the questions and then talked him 00:03:00.099 --> 00:03:04.219 through the answers as this, you know, blip, blip, blip going through the supermarket. 00:03:04.900 --> 00:03:09.539 He then said, can I have your, can I have your shopping list? And I grabbed his shopping list, 00:03:09.599 --> 00:03:14.159 he pulled a pen out of his pocket and he wrote down, now tell me again, what were the answers? 00:03:15.280 --> 00:03:19.819 And you know, I explained to him and he wrote them down, the answers to each question. 00:03:20.519 --> 00:03:23.340 He then folded up the piece of paper and put it in his pocket. 00:03:23.340 --> 00:03:32.699 And then he, and I'm like, what are you doing? And he said, well, just in case I do die, 00:03:32.900 --> 00:03:35.800 I now have the answers when God asked me those questions. 00:03:38.800 --> 00:03:46.020 And he said to me, I can't believe it is so easy to get into heaven. 00:03:46.020 --> 00:03:54.180 And out he went. And I'm like, you have totally missed the point. 00:03:55.420 --> 00:04:01.460 And yet you've got the point. You've totally missed it. And yet you've got it at the same time. 00:04:01.660 --> 00:04:08.040 Is it really that easy to be saved? Whenever you hear the radical claims of salvation by grace, 00:04:08.080 --> 00:04:14.000 which you should be hearing again and again and again and again from this platform in this church, 00:04:14.000 --> 00:04:18.180 which is the DNA of this church, you must be prompted to think at some point, 00:04:18.339 --> 00:04:22.459 it can't be that easy, can it? Is it really that easy? 00:04:24.560 --> 00:04:28.180 We've been journeying through Exodus this term. 00:04:28.560 --> 00:04:35.240 The whole nation of Israel has been rescued from Egypt by God's mighty hand and by his grace. 00:04:35.860 --> 00:04:39.600 And we should, again, we should have heard it many, many times already. 00:04:39.600 --> 00:04:42.939 Israel has not lifted a finger. 00:04:44.439 --> 00:04:45.460 They've done nothing. 00:04:47.060 --> 00:04:49.760 Even in the process of rescuing, they've been disobedient. 00:04:51.820 --> 00:04:55.820 And God now takes it to Mount Sinai and he gives them this extensive law, 00:04:55.900 --> 00:05:00.360 just a little bit of what we've read, but we've got five chapters of it in front of us now. 00:05:00.800 --> 00:05:02.879 Where does this law fit? 00:05:02.879 --> 00:05:08.899 Where do all these instructions fit to salvation by grace? 00:05:10.180 --> 00:05:18.259 Where does the law obedience fit into their salvation and what part does it play in our life as Christians now? 00:05:19.779 --> 00:05:25.120 All of our questions about how to live as Christians are linked to that central question. 00:05:25.120 --> 00:05:30.620 What is the relationship of the Christian to the law of God? 00:05:32.720 --> 00:05:35.959 Now, today what I'm going to do is I'm going to do a helicopter view. 00:05:36.399 --> 00:05:37.519 I'm not going to go through. 00:05:37.620 --> 00:05:40.959 You'd be glad to know and explain each law and how it fits. 00:05:42.439 --> 00:05:43.879 This is a helicopter view. 00:05:43.959 --> 00:05:45.519 We're going to dip in and out of Exodus. 00:05:46.120 --> 00:05:53.240 But my focus is going to be in Galatians 3 to help us to understand Exodus about the law and the Christian. 00:05:53.240 --> 00:05:56.600 So if you've got the St. Paul's app in front of you, it'd be great. 00:05:56.720 --> 00:05:57.439 Open that up. 00:05:57.980 --> 00:05:59.100 Get the app open. 00:05:59.220 --> 00:06:00.379 You've got three points there. 00:06:00.480 --> 00:06:01.960 What the law does not do. 00:06:02.420 --> 00:06:03.920 What the law does do. 00:06:05.100 --> 00:06:07.900 And the place of the law in the life of the Christian. 00:06:08.060 --> 00:06:09.780 This is a helicopter view across the whole thing. 00:06:09.879 --> 00:06:13.960 We're not going to explain why you shouldn't cook a baby goat in its mother's milk. 00:06:14.040 --> 00:06:14.759 All that sort of stuff. 00:06:14.780 --> 00:06:15.639 We're not going to do all that. 00:06:15.860 --> 00:06:16.120 Okay? 00:06:16.360 --> 00:06:17.240 This is a helicopter view. 00:06:18.199 --> 00:06:19.519 So what the law does not do. 00:06:19.519 --> 00:06:23.500 The first thing to tackle is what John tackled last week. 00:06:23.639 --> 00:06:26.859 And that is the law does not save. 00:06:28.719 --> 00:06:30.500 The law does not save. 00:06:31.099 --> 00:06:34.740 John took us there beginning of Exodus 20 last week. 00:06:35.439 --> 00:06:36.680 Exodus 20 verse 2. 00:06:36.859 --> 00:06:39.560 I am the Lord your God who brought you out of Egypt. 00:06:39.819 --> 00:06:42.099 Out of the land of slavery. 00:06:43.120 --> 00:06:46.500 They're already saved before this moment. 00:06:46.500 --> 00:06:51.300 Then in chapter 22 verse 21 and chapter 23 verse 9. 00:06:51.399 --> 00:06:53.939 The reason that they are to treat foreigners so well. 00:06:54.120 --> 00:06:56.759 Is because you were a foreigner yourself in Egypt. 00:06:57.759 --> 00:07:00.740 It's because you were a slave in Egypt. 00:07:02.199 --> 00:07:04.480 They've already been rescued from slavery. 00:07:04.959 --> 00:07:06.480 Before they were given the law. 00:07:06.560 --> 00:07:07.939 The law does not save. 00:07:08.199 --> 00:07:08.899 Secondly though. 00:07:09.740 --> 00:07:13.240 The law does not keep you saved. 00:07:13.240 --> 00:07:18.240 You don't get in by God's grace. 00:07:18.480 --> 00:07:20.280 And stay in by your effort. 00:07:21.160 --> 00:07:22.300 By your righteousness. 00:07:23.819 --> 00:07:25.879 And so at this point let's jump into Galatians. 00:07:26.400 --> 00:07:27.460 Galatians chapter 3. 00:07:27.600 --> 00:07:29.780 In his letter to the Galatian Christians. 00:07:30.360 --> 00:07:32.340 Paul was addressing some false teachers. 00:07:32.720 --> 00:07:36.079 Who were turning back to the law of Moses. 00:07:36.560 --> 00:07:40.300 And enforcing it as a guide for Christians. 00:07:41.300 --> 00:07:42.500 In the Galatian church. 00:07:42.500 --> 00:07:43.500 In the Galatians. 00:07:43.500 --> 00:07:44.699 These were Jews. 00:07:44.860 --> 00:07:47.100 Who believed that Jesus was the Messiah. 00:07:48.480 --> 00:07:50.759 They believed that Jesus was the Messiah. 00:07:51.439 --> 00:07:57.000 But they still wanted to keep traditional Jewish religious laws and rituals. 00:07:57.459 --> 00:07:59.560 As the way to be truly saved. 00:08:00.199 --> 00:08:01.259 And that was the problem. 00:08:02.139 --> 00:08:04.720 The problem was they had the order wrong. 00:08:06.040 --> 00:08:07.100 The order was wrong. 00:08:07.639 --> 00:08:09.459 The false teachers were saying this. 00:08:09.459 --> 00:08:10.939 Step 1. 00:08:11.659 --> 00:08:13.060 Believing Jesus Christ. 00:08:13.439 --> 00:08:14.180 As the Messiah. 00:08:14.539 --> 00:08:15.439 Step 2. 00:08:15.439 --> 00:08:18.099 Keep the Old Testament law. 00:08:18.560 --> 00:08:19.539 And step 3. 00:08:19.539 --> 00:08:21.759 Then you can be guaranteed you're truly saved. 00:08:21.759 --> 00:08:27.159 And in the first couple of chapters. 00:08:27.959 --> 00:08:31.439 The Apostle Paul establishes that we're saved. 00:08:31.719 --> 00:08:32.819 We're justified. 00:08:33.259 --> 00:08:34.379 We're redeemed. 00:08:34.480 --> 00:08:36.819 Only by faith in Jesus Christ. 00:08:36.819 --> 00:08:39.620 And not through any law obedience. 00:08:39.620 --> 00:08:43.440 And so what Paul does. 00:08:43.539 --> 00:08:43.879 He says. 00:08:43.879 --> 00:08:45.980 Actually the gospel order is this. 00:08:46.899 --> 00:08:48.179 Step number 1. 00:08:48.480 --> 00:08:50.519 Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:08:51.019 --> 00:08:52.360 Step number 2. 00:08:52.720 --> 00:08:54.980 You are saved in that moment. 00:08:55.500 --> 00:08:56.679 Step number 3. 00:08:56.820 --> 00:08:58.019 You've now been saved. 00:08:58.179 --> 00:08:59.340 You've been set free. 00:08:59.600 --> 00:09:01.519 To live a life of obedience to God. 00:09:01.519 --> 00:09:06.000 One order. 00:09:08.500 --> 00:09:11.299 Is a dutiful obedience. 00:09:12.620 --> 00:09:14.419 It's a religious order. 00:09:15.220 --> 00:09:16.759 The other is. 00:09:17.059 --> 00:09:18.879 I'm loved by God. 00:09:19.079 --> 00:09:20.519 In Jesus Christ. 00:09:20.720 --> 00:09:23.019 And so I delight to obey and serve him. 00:09:24.039 --> 00:09:25.340 One's a religious order. 00:09:25.679 --> 00:09:27.100 The other's a gospel order. 00:09:27.100 --> 00:09:32.340 These are not two versions of the same faith. 00:09:33.120 --> 00:09:34.980 These are opposites. 00:09:36.320 --> 00:09:37.899 These are opposites. 00:09:40.120 --> 00:09:41.860 Not a different reading. 00:09:42.540 --> 00:09:43.600 They are opposites. 00:09:43.700 --> 00:09:45.480 They're not compatible in any way. 00:09:48.000 --> 00:09:50.100 And Paul pushes this point. 00:09:50.420 --> 00:09:51.480 In chapter 3. 00:09:51.560 --> 00:09:52.800 The bit that Kel read out to us. 00:09:52.860 --> 00:09:54.840 Chapter 3 verses 15 to 18. 00:09:54.840 --> 00:09:56.019 By revealing to us. 00:09:56.060 --> 00:09:57.899 How the Old Testament law actually works. 00:09:59.540 --> 00:10:01.300 Just as no one can set aside. 00:10:01.379 --> 00:10:02.639 Or add to a human covenant. 00:10:02.940 --> 00:10:04.259 That has been duly established. 00:10:04.399 --> 00:10:05.560 So it is in this case. 00:10:06.000 --> 00:10:06.960 He says what I mean is this. 00:10:07.019 --> 00:10:09.500 The law introduced 430 years later. 00:10:09.720 --> 00:10:11.259 Does not set aside the covenant. 00:10:11.460 --> 00:10:13.100 Previously established by God. 00:10:13.100 --> 00:10:15.060 And thus do away with the promise. 00:10:15.540 --> 00:10:17.920 For if the inheritance depends on the law. 00:10:18.100 --> 00:10:20.440 Then it is no longer depends on the promise. 00:10:21.519 --> 00:10:23.500 But God in his grace. 00:10:23.500 --> 00:10:25.000 Gave it to Abraham. 00:10:25.000 --> 00:10:27.000 Through a promise. 00:10:28.779 --> 00:10:31.320 He's saying they're not compatible. 00:10:32.279 --> 00:10:33.299 They're two opposites. 00:10:34.480 --> 00:10:38.179 The very concept of promise or gift. 00:10:39.440 --> 00:10:43.480 And law and works are mutually exclusive. 00:10:45.139 --> 00:10:46.480 Paul says they don't go together. 00:10:47.340 --> 00:10:49.659 Law is not an extension of. 00:10:49.720 --> 00:10:51.860 Or a development of a promise. 00:10:52.220 --> 00:10:53.100 They're opposites. 00:10:53.100 --> 00:10:58.080 I think what he's trying to get at here. 00:10:58.220 --> 00:11:00.120 Is that for a promise. 00:11:00.300 --> 00:11:01.720 To bring a result. 00:11:02.720 --> 00:11:05.000 It only needs to be believed. 00:11:06.500 --> 00:11:08.240 But for a law. 00:11:08.460 --> 00:11:09.720 To bring a result. 00:11:10.279 --> 00:11:12.440 It has to be obeyed. 00:11:13.960 --> 00:11:15.000 So imagine. 00:11:15.540 --> 00:11:17.220 Imagine this scenario. 00:11:17.300 --> 00:11:17.820 I say to you. 00:11:17.820 --> 00:11:20.020 I've got five dollars here behind this pillar. 00:11:20.820 --> 00:11:24.540 And I'm willing to give you that five dollars. 00:11:24.760 --> 00:11:26.020 I'm willing to give it to you. 00:11:26.300 --> 00:11:27.800 That is my promise to you. 00:11:28.820 --> 00:11:33.640 The only way you fail to receive the promise. 00:11:34.700 --> 00:11:37.600 Is fail to grab the five dollars. 00:11:37.840 --> 00:11:39.560 Fail to accept the claim. 00:11:40.479 --> 00:11:41.539 If on the other hand. 00:11:41.539 --> 00:11:41.819 I say. 00:11:41.819 --> 00:11:43.339 I've got five dollars behind this pillar. 00:11:43.539 --> 00:11:44.799 And I'm willing to give it to you. 00:11:44.939 --> 00:11:46.399 But the condition is. 00:11:46.500 --> 00:11:47.519 In order to get your five dollars. 00:11:47.639 --> 00:11:49.819 The requirement for you to receive that five dollars. 00:11:50.179 --> 00:11:52.639 Is you must give me a foot massage first. 00:11:52.639 --> 00:11:59.480 One's a promised gift. 00:11:59.759 --> 00:12:01.740 The other is a law wage. 00:12:03.779 --> 00:12:05.779 One only needs to be believed. 00:12:05.899 --> 00:12:07.240 In order to receive the five dollars. 00:12:07.340 --> 00:12:08.240 The other one. 00:12:08.600 --> 00:12:09.220 You must. 00:12:09.899 --> 00:12:11.159 Give me the foot massage. 00:12:12.740 --> 00:12:14.179 You must achieve something. 00:12:14.259 --> 00:12:15.319 You must work at something. 00:12:15.699 --> 00:12:17.080 If the law of Moses. 00:12:17.080 --> 00:12:17.840 Was intended. 00:12:17.840 --> 00:12:19.879 To be a means of salvation. 00:12:19.879 --> 00:12:22.080 Or even to maintain salvation. 00:12:22.080 --> 00:12:23.759 Then the covenant promise. 00:12:23.860 --> 00:12:24.940 God made to Abraham. 00:12:24.940 --> 00:12:25.820 Is a lie. 00:12:27.259 --> 00:12:28.600 It's all false. 00:12:31.879 --> 00:12:34.040 Paul also alludes to God. 00:12:34.139 --> 00:12:35.200 Sealing his promise. 00:12:35.660 --> 00:12:36.980 To Abraham with a covenant. 00:12:37.440 --> 00:12:37.560 So. 00:12:38.040 --> 00:12:38.900 In verse 15. 00:12:39.080 --> 00:12:39.700 Just as. 00:12:40.280 --> 00:12:41.620 No one can set aside. 00:12:41.620 --> 00:12:43.220 Or add to a human covenant. 00:12:43.680 --> 00:12:45.020 That has been duly established. 00:12:45.160 --> 00:12:47.020 Show it is in this case. 00:12:48.259 --> 00:12:49.820 Now what Paul's alluding to there. 00:12:49.879 --> 00:12:50.580 In Galatians. 00:12:50.580 --> 00:12:53.240 Is Genesis 15. 00:12:54.960 --> 00:12:56.000 Genesis 15. 00:12:56.320 --> 00:12:56.480 And. 00:12:56.920 --> 00:12:58.520 If you've read through Genesis 15. 00:12:58.700 --> 00:12:59.080 You will know. 00:12:59.139 --> 00:13:00.440 It's a bit of a weird scene. 00:13:00.900 --> 00:13:01.620 It's an odd thing. 00:13:03.080 --> 00:13:04.680 In the ancient Near East. 00:13:04.759 --> 00:13:05.860 The way they signed off. 00:13:05.900 --> 00:13:07.100 In a covenant agreement. 00:13:08.360 --> 00:13:08.759 Was. 00:13:08.920 --> 00:13:09.620 Slightly different. 00:13:09.759 --> 00:13:10.840 Than the way we would sign off. 00:13:10.860 --> 00:13:11.620 On something nowadays. 00:13:11.740 --> 00:13:12.480 Where you put your signature. 00:13:12.520 --> 00:13:13.180 On a piece of paper. 00:13:13.379 --> 00:13:14.259 Back in those days. 00:13:14.259 --> 00:13:16.159 They would slaughter animals. 00:13:16.679 --> 00:13:17.500 Cut them in half. 00:13:17.700 --> 00:13:19.159 And lay the carcasses. 00:13:20.240 --> 00:13:20.740 You know. 00:13:20.799 --> 00:13:21.319 In a row. 00:13:21.759 --> 00:13:23.120 Half of the carcasses in a row. 00:13:24.179 --> 00:13:25.259 Two rows. 00:13:25.539 --> 00:13:26.220 Half an odd side. 00:13:26.340 --> 00:13:26.679 If you like. 00:13:27.259 --> 00:13:27.460 And. 00:13:27.779 --> 00:13:28.519 What they would do. 00:13:28.679 --> 00:13:28.759 Is. 00:13:28.919 --> 00:13:29.799 Both parties. 00:13:30.240 --> 00:13:32.179 Would walk between the carcasses. 00:13:32.299 --> 00:13:33.379 The row of the carcasses. 00:13:34.200 --> 00:13:35.039 And in effect. 00:13:35.240 --> 00:13:35.840 Agreeing. 00:13:36.159 --> 00:13:38.080 That may this happen to me. 00:13:38.139 --> 00:13:39.299 If I break this covenant. 00:13:40.139 --> 00:13:42.019 May my blood be shed. 00:13:42.019 --> 00:13:43.799 If I break this agreement. 00:13:45.860 --> 00:13:47.659 In Genesis 15. 00:13:50.059 --> 00:13:50.620 God. 00:13:50.740 --> 00:13:52.179 Is the only one who walks. 00:13:53.299 --> 00:13:54.500 Between the carcasses. 00:13:56.960 --> 00:13:57.480 Abraham. 00:13:58.299 --> 00:13:59.340 Is asleep. 00:14:01.199 --> 00:14:03.220 God commits himself. 00:14:04.259 --> 00:14:05.879 To his promise. 00:14:06.259 --> 00:14:07.039 To Abraham. 00:14:07.639 --> 00:14:09.000 And is in effect. 00:14:09.139 --> 00:14:09.679 Saying here. 00:14:10.179 --> 00:14:11.659 I will die. 00:14:12.019 --> 00:14:12.899 Before. 00:14:13.600 --> 00:14:14.399 This covenant. 00:14:15.179 --> 00:14:15.799 Is broken. 00:14:16.220 --> 00:14:17.259 This covenant promise. 00:14:17.500 --> 00:14:18.019 Is broken. 00:14:18.819 --> 00:14:19.600 The covenant promise. 00:14:19.679 --> 00:14:20.360 Of salvation. 00:14:21.000 --> 00:14:22.120 Through Abraham's. 00:14:22.419 --> 00:14:22.860 Seed. 00:14:23.379 --> 00:14:24.159 I will die. 00:14:25.500 --> 00:14:26.639 Before this is broken. 00:14:27.980 --> 00:14:29.659 And what Paul is simply pointing out. 00:14:29.720 --> 00:14:30.460 Here in Galatians. 00:14:30.579 --> 00:14:32.079 Is the impossibility. 00:14:32.720 --> 00:14:33.919 Of God. 00:14:34.360 --> 00:14:35.500 Adding obedience. 00:14:35.620 --> 00:14:37.079 Demands to his covenant promise. 00:14:37.639 --> 00:14:38.939 God has guaranteed. 00:14:38.939 --> 00:14:40.120 That he will keep. 00:14:40.340 --> 00:14:40.939 His promise. 00:14:40.940 --> 00:14:41.600 His promise. 00:14:43.220 --> 00:14:43.860 And so friends. 00:14:43.940 --> 00:14:44.800 It is essential. 00:14:44.800 --> 00:14:45.880 That we understand. 00:14:45.880 --> 00:14:47.060 The purpose of the law. 00:14:47.320 --> 00:14:47.740 Otherwise. 00:14:47.740 --> 00:14:49.060 We get the Christian faith. 00:14:49.460 --> 00:14:50.260 Totally wrong. 00:14:50.460 --> 00:14:51.540 Not just skewed. 00:14:51.540 --> 00:14:52.140 A little bit. 00:14:52.140 --> 00:14:52.700 I mean. 00:14:52.920 --> 00:14:53.760 Totally wrong. 00:14:54.760 --> 00:14:55.880 I think Charles Spurgeon. 00:14:56.000 --> 00:14:56.160 The. 00:14:56.820 --> 00:14:57.860 19th century preacher. 00:14:57.860 --> 00:14:58.840 Had a nice way. 00:14:58.920 --> 00:15:00.020 Of capturing this thought. 00:15:01.020 --> 00:15:02.120 He liked to say. 00:15:02.240 --> 00:15:03.240 When he talked about the law. 00:15:03.280 --> 00:15:04.060 And the purpose of the law. 00:15:04.160 --> 00:15:04.780 He used to say. 00:15:05.100 --> 00:15:05.920 A hand saw. 00:15:06.040 --> 00:15:06.900 Is a good thing. 00:15:06.899 --> 00:15:09.120 But not to shave with. 00:15:10.120 --> 00:15:10.959 A hand saw. 00:15:10.959 --> 00:15:12.500 Is good for cutting wood. 00:15:12.620 --> 00:15:13.799 But not facial hair. 00:15:14.500 --> 00:15:15.919 And if you put your hand saw. 00:15:16.019 --> 00:15:17.459 To that sort of use. 00:15:17.879 --> 00:15:19.240 You'll wind up losing. 00:15:19.620 --> 00:15:20.419 More than your hair. 00:15:21.240 --> 00:15:22.199 A good thing. 00:15:22.199 --> 00:15:23.439 Is not a good thing. 00:15:23.439 --> 00:15:25.000 When it's taken out of place. 00:15:27.679 --> 00:15:28.120 So. 00:15:28.279 --> 00:15:29.240 What does the Lord do? 00:15:30.360 --> 00:15:31.620 That's our second question. 00:15:31.620 --> 00:15:33.240 And there are three things. 00:15:34.220 --> 00:15:34.759 I want to. 00:15:34.980 --> 00:15:35.919 Touch on here. 00:15:36.560 --> 00:15:36.960 Firstly. 00:15:37.799 --> 00:15:39.580 It points us to God's will. 00:15:40.580 --> 00:15:42.560 God doesn't have one set of behaviors. 00:15:42.560 --> 00:15:43.539 In the Old Testament. 00:15:43.679 --> 00:15:44.799 And then we get to the New Testament. 00:15:44.919 --> 00:15:45.000 He goes. 00:15:45.060 --> 00:15:45.679 Well that didn't work. 00:15:45.759 --> 00:15:47.100 Let me come up with a new set of behaviors. 00:15:49.500 --> 00:15:50.940 His will is fixed. 00:15:51.019 --> 00:15:51.879 And it's eternal. 00:15:52.379 --> 00:15:54.419 How his will is expressed. 00:15:55.060 --> 00:15:55.500 However. 00:15:56.220 --> 00:15:57.159 Does vary. 00:15:58.060 --> 00:15:59.240 The law of Moses. 00:15:59.240 --> 00:16:00.639 Moses expresses. 00:16:01.379 --> 00:16:02.659 God's will. 00:16:03.100 --> 00:16:04.580 To a specific people. 00:16:04.759 --> 00:16:06.139 In a specific context. 00:16:06.299 --> 00:16:07.519 In a specific moment. 00:16:08.860 --> 00:16:10.740 The context for Israel. 00:16:11.460 --> 00:16:13.940 Is only 50 days. 00:16:15.259 --> 00:16:17.120 Before these chapters. 00:16:18.039 --> 00:16:19.399 They were oppressed. 00:16:19.960 --> 00:16:21.120 As slaves. 00:16:21.680 --> 00:16:22.419 In Egypt. 00:16:22.419 --> 00:16:24.139 Just 50 days before. 00:16:26.060 --> 00:16:27.799 And to former slaves. 00:16:27.799 --> 00:16:30.559 The recipient of these laws. 00:16:30.559 --> 00:16:32.939 Are like a breath of fresh air. 00:16:33.620 --> 00:16:35.299 In our modern context. 00:16:35.519 --> 00:16:36.559 We read these things. 00:16:36.679 --> 00:16:37.240 And we think. 00:16:37.339 --> 00:16:38.079 Oh my goodness. 00:16:38.579 --> 00:16:39.579 These poor people. 00:16:40.019 --> 00:16:42.279 That's not how they receive them. 00:16:43.859 --> 00:16:45.379 These here laws. 00:16:45.539 --> 00:16:46.379 Are liberation. 00:16:46.659 --> 00:16:48.359 They are a declaration of freedom. 00:16:48.839 --> 00:16:50.179 Under Pharaoh's rule. 00:16:50.319 --> 00:16:51.439 50 days earlier. 00:16:51.779 --> 00:16:52.559 The powerful. 00:16:52.779 --> 00:16:53.919 Had complete power. 00:16:54.000 --> 00:16:55.019 Over other people. 00:16:55.019 --> 00:16:57.039 Under God's exodus rule. 00:16:57.039 --> 00:16:58.340 We read in Genesis. 00:16:58.819 --> 00:16:59.059 Sorry. 00:16:59.159 --> 00:17:00.779 In Exodus 20 verse 3. 00:17:01.240 --> 00:17:02.879 The very first commandment. 00:17:02.939 --> 00:17:04.660 Declaring that God's authority. 00:17:04.879 --> 00:17:06.660 Prevents people from claiming. 00:17:07.299 --> 00:17:08.299 Power over. 00:17:08.660 --> 00:17:09.299 Other people. 00:17:11.299 --> 00:17:12.119 Under Pharaoh. 00:17:12.579 --> 00:17:14.259 Production and consumption. 00:17:14.259 --> 00:17:16.519 Went on unrestrained. 00:17:18.259 --> 00:17:19.980 Under God's exodus rule. 00:17:20.059 --> 00:17:21.000 The Sabbath sets limits. 00:17:21.099 --> 00:17:22.200 To production and consumption. 00:17:22.639 --> 00:17:23.379 Under Pharaoh. 00:17:23.380 --> 00:17:24.820 Vulnerable workers. 00:17:25.020 --> 00:17:25.700 Are exploited. 00:17:25.860 --> 00:17:26.860 And overworked. 00:17:27.040 --> 00:17:28.340 Every single day. 00:17:29.060 --> 00:17:30.020 Wore them out. 00:17:30.120 --> 00:17:31.620 Under God's exodus rule. 00:17:31.700 --> 00:17:33.240 There is rest for everyone. 00:17:33.880 --> 00:17:35.660 Protection for the vulnerable workers. 00:17:35.800 --> 00:17:36.560 Under Pharaoh. 00:17:36.740 --> 00:17:37.180 The weak. 00:17:37.440 --> 00:17:38.780 Are vulnerable. 00:17:38.780 --> 00:17:39.740 To violence. 00:17:39.920 --> 00:17:42.160 And even state organized genocide. 00:17:42.640 --> 00:17:44.380 Under God's exodus rule. 00:17:44.540 --> 00:17:45.580 There is respect. 00:17:45.580 --> 00:17:47.400 For every single human life. 00:17:47.400 --> 00:17:49.960 I could go on. 00:17:49.960 --> 00:17:50.080 And on. 00:17:50.080 --> 00:17:50.880 And on. 00:17:50.880 --> 00:17:51.060 And on. 00:17:51.060 --> 00:17:51.620 And on. 00:17:52.360 --> 00:17:53.759 And show you how. 00:17:53.960 --> 00:17:56.060 Every single law here. 00:17:56.220 --> 00:17:58.320 Is a declaration of freedom. 00:18:01.720 --> 00:18:03.940 Where God is putting constraint. 00:18:03.940 --> 00:18:05.160 Around human sin. 00:18:05.160 --> 00:18:10.279 These laws are about freedom. 00:18:10.420 --> 00:18:11.000 And liberation. 00:18:11.000 --> 00:18:11.500 And love. 00:18:11.600 --> 00:18:13.540 The law of Moses expresses something. 00:18:13.740 --> 00:18:15.120 Of God's eternal will. 00:18:15.220 --> 00:18:15.740 His good. 00:18:16.080 --> 00:18:16.880 And perfect will. 00:18:16.960 --> 00:18:17.640 For his world. 00:18:18.640 --> 00:18:19.380 And frankly. 00:18:19.540 --> 00:18:20.740 It is not difficult. 00:18:20.740 --> 00:18:21.540 To discern. 00:18:21.920 --> 00:18:22.920 What is timeless. 00:18:23.180 --> 00:18:23.920 And universal. 00:18:24.400 --> 00:18:25.580 In the law of Moses. 00:18:25.579 --> 00:18:31.259 The law shows us. 00:18:31.259 --> 00:18:32.359 What it means. 00:18:32.359 --> 00:18:33.199 To love God. 00:18:33.240 --> 00:18:33.899 And love others. 00:18:34.099 --> 00:18:34.419 In fact. 00:18:34.439 --> 00:18:35.460 That is how Jesus summed up. 00:18:35.500 --> 00:18:36.079 The whole thing. 00:18:36.740 --> 00:18:37.679 Mark chapter 12. 00:18:37.779 --> 00:18:38.199 Love God. 00:18:38.259 --> 00:18:38.779 Love people. 00:18:39.259 --> 00:18:40.559 What the law does. 00:18:40.779 --> 00:18:41.659 Is it puts. 00:18:42.000 --> 00:18:43.039 Those two. 00:18:43.500 --> 00:18:44.399 Key principles. 00:18:44.519 --> 00:18:45.099 Of loving God. 00:18:45.139 --> 00:18:45.939 And loving people. 00:18:46.359 --> 00:18:48.339 Which still stand today. 00:18:48.579 --> 00:18:49.919 Into the context. 00:18:50.220 --> 00:18:51.399 Of Israel. 00:18:51.960 --> 00:18:53.339 At the time of Moses. 00:18:54.299 --> 00:18:55.199 In an Agarian society. 00:18:55.579 --> 00:18:55.740 In an Agarian society. 00:18:56.740 --> 00:18:58.159 That is why most of it. 00:18:58.199 --> 00:18:59.199 Has to do with livestock. 00:19:00.179 --> 00:19:02.179 We don't generally need laws today. 00:19:02.259 --> 00:19:02.939 In Chatswood. 00:19:03.000 --> 00:19:04.139 About what to do. 00:19:04.379 --> 00:19:05.439 When my bull. 00:19:05.779 --> 00:19:07.720 Gores your sheep. 00:19:08.839 --> 00:19:09.919 Don't need that. 00:19:10.699 --> 00:19:11.559 Maybe a law. 00:19:11.679 --> 00:19:12.460 If my dog. 00:19:12.599 --> 00:19:13.279 Eats your cat. 00:19:13.559 --> 00:19:13.859 Maybe. 00:19:17.859 --> 00:19:19.639 This list of laws here. 00:19:19.740 --> 00:19:20.619 Is in no way. 00:19:20.919 --> 00:19:21.439 Comprehensive. 00:19:21.439 --> 00:19:22.699 For all of life. 00:19:23.419 --> 00:19:24.720 Although they do cover. 00:19:24.720 --> 00:19:25.980 All aspects of life. 00:19:26.900 --> 00:19:27.839 One commentator. 00:19:27.839 --> 00:19:28.660 Says this about. 00:19:28.880 --> 00:19:30.299 Exodus 21 to 23. 00:19:31.339 --> 00:19:32.799 It makes a very significant point. 00:19:33.200 --> 00:19:34.220 No attempt. 00:19:34.420 --> 00:19:34.980 Is made. 00:19:35.100 --> 00:19:35.579 To develop. 00:19:35.720 --> 00:19:36.319 An all. 00:19:36.519 --> 00:19:37.160 Embracing. 00:19:37.400 --> 00:19:37.839 Law. 00:19:38.420 --> 00:19:38.839 Code. 00:19:39.059 --> 00:19:39.920 For all people. 00:19:40.960 --> 00:19:41.259 Instead. 00:19:41.420 --> 00:19:42.259 God provides. 00:19:42.600 --> 00:19:43.240 Paradigms. 00:19:43.660 --> 00:19:44.279 Authoritative. 00:19:44.460 --> 00:19:45.019 Patterns. 00:19:45.160 --> 00:19:45.819 Which allow. 00:19:45.960 --> 00:19:46.460 Israel. 00:19:46.579 --> 00:19:47.400 And the church. 00:19:47.480 --> 00:19:48.100 To this day. 00:19:48.200 --> 00:19:48.620 Still. 00:19:49.000 --> 00:19:49.640 To think through. 00:19:49.640 --> 00:19:50.820 How to apply. 00:19:51.320 --> 00:19:51.800 Basic. 00:19:51.800 --> 00:19:53.000 Ethical principles. 00:19:53.259 --> 00:19:53.759 In a variety. 00:19:53.759 --> 00:19:54.580 Of situations. 00:19:55.140 --> 00:19:56.040 Love God. 00:19:56.300 --> 00:19:57.160 Love people. 00:19:58.840 --> 00:19:59.880 The second thing. 00:19:59.920 --> 00:20:00.640 The law does. 00:20:01.340 --> 00:20:02.400 Is it reveals. 00:20:03.080 --> 00:20:04.200 Our sin. 00:20:04.759 --> 00:20:05.660 The law. 00:20:06.020 --> 00:20:06.700 Shows us. 00:20:06.700 --> 00:20:07.680 Our problem. 00:20:08.300 --> 00:20:08.820 Not. 00:20:09.020 --> 00:20:09.980 How to solve. 00:20:09.980 --> 00:20:10.540 The problem. 00:20:11.780 --> 00:20:12.300 It doesn't. 00:20:12.400 --> 00:20:12.759 Attempt. 00:20:12.880 --> 00:20:13.320 To solve. 00:20:13.420 --> 00:20:13.800 The problem. 00:20:13.800 --> 00:20:14.400 For us. 00:20:14.880 --> 00:20:15.400 Paul writes. 00:20:15.400 --> 00:20:15.980 These words. 00:20:15.980 --> 00:20:16.360 To the. 00:20:16.460 --> 00:20:16.900 Christians. 00:20:17.019 --> 00:20:17.420 In Rome. 00:20:17.759 --> 00:20:18.000 Therefore. 00:20:18.279 --> 00:20:18.880 No one. 00:20:18.980 --> 00:20:19.500 Will be declared. 00:20:19.640 --> 00:20:20.079 Righteous. 00:20:20.200 --> 00:20:21.000 In God's sight. 00:20:21.440 --> 00:20:22.279 By the works. 00:20:22.400 --> 00:20:23.200 Of the law. 00:20:24.079 --> 00:20:24.599 Rather. 00:20:24.839 --> 00:20:25.500 Through the law. 00:20:25.579 --> 00:20:25.920 We become. 00:20:26.240 --> 00:20:26.640 Conscious. 00:20:26.819 --> 00:20:27.900 Of our sin. 00:20:28.299 --> 00:20:29.460 As we understand. 00:20:29.579 --> 00:20:30.480 The will of God. 00:20:31.480 --> 00:20:32.599 What he requires. 00:20:32.640 --> 00:20:33.299 Of humanity. 00:20:33.900 --> 00:20:34.779 We realize. 00:20:34.920 --> 00:20:35.599 We fall way. 00:20:35.660 --> 00:20:36.259 Short of that. 00:20:37.880 --> 00:20:38.759 The law. 00:20:38.759 --> 00:20:39.519 Has the power. 00:20:39.640 --> 00:20:40.360 To show us. 00:20:40.360 --> 00:20:40.940 That we. 00:20:40.940 --> 00:20:41.640 Are not. 00:20:42.000 --> 00:20:42.559 Righteous. 00:20:43.240 --> 00:20:43.920 But it. 00:20:44.000 --> 00:20:44.380 Cannot. 00:20:44.480 --> 00:20:44.799 Give us. 00:20:44.920 --> 00:20:45.259 The power. 00:20:45.420 --> 00:20:45.940 To be. 00:20:46.480 --> 00:20:46.980 Righteous. 00:20:48.140 --> 00:20:48.680 The first. 00:20:48.759 --> 00:20:49.240 Commandment. 00:20:49.299 --> 00:20:49.559 Is. 00:20:49.640 --> 00:20:50.039 You shall. 00:20:50.140 --> 00:20:50.339 Have. 00:20:50.460 --> 00:20:50.960 No other. 00:20:51.019 --> 00:20:51.259 Gods. 00:20:51.339 --> 00:20:51.960 Before me. 00:20:53.460 --> 00:20:53.900 So. 00:20:53.960 --> 00:20:54.480 I ask you. 00:20:54.559 --> 00:20:54.819 Have you ever. 00:20:54.900 --> 00:20:55.140 Made. 00:20:55.259 --> 00:20:55.660 Anything. 00:20:55.660 --> 00:20:56.140 Else. 00:20:56.460 --> 00:20:57.259 More important. 00:20:57.339 --> 00:20:57.720 Than God. 00:20:57.759 --> 00:20:58.319 In your life. 00:21:00.019 --> 00:21:00.880 Have you ever. 00:21:00.880 --> 00:21:01.700 Loved yourself. 00:21:01.900 --> 00:21:02.299 First. 00:21:04.579 --> 00:21:05.140 More than. 00:21:05.220 --> 00:21:05.819 Anyone else. 00:21:06.259 --> 00:21:06.819 More than. 00:21:06.900 --> 00:21:07.259 God. 00:21:08.380 --> 00:21:09.039 The second. 00:21:09.160 --> 00:21:09.519 Commandment. 00:21:09.559 --> 00:21:10.039 Not to make. 00:21:10.120 --> 00:21:10.380 An image. 00:21:10.460 --> 00:21:10.860 Out of God. 00:21:10.920 --> 00:21:11.240 Have you ever. 00:21:11.360 --> 00:21:11.779 Formulated. 00:21:11.900 --> 00:21:12.279 In your own. 00:21:12.279 --> 00:21:12.620 Mind. 00:21:12.720 --> 00:21:13.360 What you think. 00:21:13.400 --> 00:21:14.059 God is like. 00:21:14.099 --> 00:21:14.720 And what you think. 00:21:14.740 --> 00:21:15.360 He should do. 00:21:15.359 --> 00:21:16.879 Ever. 00:21:17.039 --> 00:21:17.319 Ever. 00:21:17.519 --> 00:21:18.019 In a moment. 00:21:18.019 --> 00:21:18.639 Of crisis. 00:21:18.639 --> 00:21:19.839 Cryed out to God. 00:21:19.939 --> 00:21:20.179 And said. 00:21:20.279 --> 00:21:20.419 What. 00:21:20.759 --> 00:21:21.719 What are you doing here? 00:21:21.759 --> 00:21:22.819 This is not how you should do it. 00:21:23.819 --> 00:21:24.539 Ever done that? 00:21:29.279 --> 00:21:29.719 Ever. 00:21:30.519 --> 00:21:30.799 Thought. 00:21:30.799 --> 00:21:30.839 God. 00:21:31.480 --> 00:21:31.819 God. 00:21:31.819 --> 00:21:31.839 God. 00:21:31.839 --> 00:21:31.859 God. 00:21:31.859 --> 00:21:31.879 God. 00:21:31.879 --> 00:21:32.819 Should be like this. 00:21:32.919 --> 00:21:34.039 Based on my observation. 00:21:34.200 --> 00:21:34.359 My. 00:21:34.480 --> 00:21:34.919 Deming. 00:21:35.720 --> 00:21:36.139 Ignore. 00:21:36.259 --> 00:21:36.399 Ever. 00:21:36.579 --> 00:21:37.139 Ignored. 00:21:37.379 --> 00:21:38.419 God's self-revelation. 00:21:38.500 --> 00:21:39.599 Of who he actually is. 00:21:40.980 --> 00:21:41.319 Third. 00:21:41.379 --> 00:21:41.720 Commandment. 00:21:41.759 --> 00:21:42.779 Do not take the Lord's name. 00:21:42.859 --> 00:21:43.619 In vain. 00:21:43.779 --> 00:21:44.319 Have you ever. 00:21:44.819 --> 00:21:45.240 Damaged. 00:21:45.319 --> 00:21:46.419 God's reputation. 00:21:46.419 --> 00:21:47.680 By the way you live. 00:21:48.200 --> 00:21:49.339 By the things that you've said. 00:21:49.519 --> 00:21:49.720 Ever. 00:21:49.819 --> 00:21:50.819 Damaged his reputation. 00:21:52.740 --> 00:21:53.480 I'll keep going. 00:21:54.480 --> 00:21:54.740 Ever. 00:21:54.819 --> 00:21:55.639 Got your identity. 00:21:55.639 --> 00:21:56.379 Or security. 00:21:56.379 --> 00:21:57.279 From your work. 00:21:57.480 --> 00:21:58.099 And broken. 00:21:58.099 --> 00:21:58.980 In the Sabbath law. 00:21:59.639 --> 00:22:00.059 Have you ever. 00:22:00.219 --> 00:22:01.299 Bristled under authority. 00:22:01.419 --> 00:22:02.379 And rejected authority. 00:22:02.599 --> 00:22:02.759 Ever. 00:22:03.480 --> 00:22:04.000 You know. 00:22:04.639 --> 00:22:05.799 Rejected your parents. 00:22:05.980 --> 00:22:06.419 For instance. 00:22:08.099 --> 00:22:08.699 Have you ever. 00:22:08.759 --> 00:22:10.000 Harbored violent thoughts. 00:22:10.119 --> 00:22:10.559 Or plotted. 00:22:10.679 --> 00:22:11.139 Or imagined. 00:22:11.259 --> 00:22:12.419 Someone else's downfall. 00:22:12.819 --> 00:22:13.259 Have you ever. 00:22:13.419 --> 00:22:14.740 Had a lustful thought. 00:22:14.819 --> 00:22:15.619 Ever imagined. 00:22:15.740 --> 00:22:16.379 Sexual intimacy. 00:22:16.379 --> 00:22:17.459 With another person. 00:22:18.059 --> 00:22:19.179 Who's not your spouse. 00:22:19.740 --> 00:22:20.039 Ever. 00:22:20.119 --> 00:22:21.399 Harbored greedy thoughts. 00:22:22.319 --> 00:22:23.319 Consumeristic thoughts. 00:22:24.259 --> 00:22:24.559 Ever. 00:22:24.799 --> 00:22:25.199 Decided. 00:22:25.379 --> 00:22:25.699 Or told. 00:22:26.119 --> 00:22:26.519 Deceived. 00:22:26.599 --> 00:22:27.399 Or told a lie. 00:22:27.519 --> 00:22:27.919 Or even just. 00:22:27.920 --> 00:22:28.779 The part truth. 00:22:28.880 --> 00:22:29.960 Or not the complete truth. 00:22:30.400 --> 00:22:31.420 Ever wish someone. 00:22:31.539 --> 00:22:32.380 Didn't have something. 00:22:32.480 --> 00:22:33.960 Because you don't have it. 00:22:34.140 --> 00:22:34.900 And the answer. 00:22:35.039 --> 00:22:35.380 Of course. 00:22:35.480 --> 00:22:36.140 Is yes. 00:22:36.480 --> 00:22:36.960 Yes. 00:22:37.320 --> 00:22:37.820 Yes. 00:22:37.820 --> 00:22:40.380 This is who we are. 00:22:41.660 --> 00:22:42.660 And more. 00:22:45.140 --> 00:22:46.519 People are capable. 00:22:46.519 --> 00:22:48.100 Of great good. 00:22:48.580 --> 00:22:50.560 But we are not people. 00:22:51.080 --> 00:22:52.960 Who just simply slip up. 00:22:53.080 --> 00:22:53.800 Occasionally. 00:22:54.460 --> 00:22:56.060 We are not good people. 00:22:56.059 --> 00:22:56.980 Who occasionally. 00:22:56.980 --> 00:22:57.000 Who occasionally. 00:22:57.000 --> 00:22:58.639 Bristle under authority. 00:22:58.639 --> 00:23:00.179 Or look at porn. 00:23:00.179 --> 00:23:01.559 Or feel discontent. 00:23:01.559 --> 00:23:02.200 In life. 00:23:03.019 --> 00:23:03.960 You and I. 00:23:04.099 --> 00:23:05.259 Are God rejecters. 00:23:05.460 --> 00:23:06.960 We are God reducers. 00:23:07.319 --> 00:23:07.839 We are God. 00:23:07.839 --> 00:23:09.119 Are disgraces. 00:23:09.619 --> 00:23:10.259 We are God. 00:23:10.740 --> 00:23:11.339 Replacers. 00:23:11.759 --> 00:23:13.419 That is who we are. 00:23:13.480 --> 00:23:14.500 As human beings. 00:23:15.319 --> 00:23:16.139 We are rebels. 00:23:16.359 --> 00:23:17.460 We are murderers. 00:23:17.579 --> 00:23:18.659 We are adulterers. 00:23:18.960 --> 00:23:19.819 We are thieves. 00:23:20.119 --> 00:23:21.019 We are liars. 00:23:21.339 --> 00:23:22.259 We are enviers. 00:23:22.259 --> 00:23:26.019 We are sinful. 00:23:26.220 --> 00:23:26.920 To the core. 00:23:31.000 --> 00:23:33.180 You will never know forgiveness. 00:23:33.180 --> 00:23:34.480 And freedom from sin. 00:23:34.839 --> 00:23:36.039 Until we face. 00:23:36.420 --> 00:23:37.460 That reality. 00:23:40.420 --> 00:23:42.480 Denial is no way forward. 00:23:42.859 --> 00:23:44.599 And it's certainly no way out. 00:23:44.599 --> 00:23:48.919 I think it's worth quoting. 00:23:49.019 --> 00:23:50.199 The great John Stott. 00:23:50.339 --> 00:23:51.099 At length here. 00:23:52.259 --> 00:23:53.719 After God gave the promise. 00:23:53.719 --> 00:23:54.339 To Abraham. 00:23:54.579 --> 00:23:55.939 He gave the law to Moses. 00:23:56.779 --> 00:23:57.279 Why? 00:23:59.679 --> 00:24:01.599 He had to make things worse. 00:24:01.679 --> 00:24:03.059 Or he could make them better. 00:24:04.059 --> 00:24:05.740 The law exposed sin. 00:24:06.799 --> 00:24:07.679 Provoked sin. 00:24:08.759 --> 00:24:09.539 Condemned sin. 00:24:09.539 --> 00:24:11.299 The purpose of the law. 00:24:11.460 --> 00:24:12.779 Was not to lift the lid. 00:24:12.779 --> 00:24:14.180 Of man's respectability. 00:24:14.359 --> 00:24:14.799 And disclose. 00:24:14.799 --> 00:24:16.299 What he really is underneath. 00:24:18.440 --> 00:24:18.799 Sorry. 00:24:18.899 --> 00:24:19.859 The law was. 00:24:20.139 --> 00:24:20.859 To lift the lid. 00:24:21.000 --> 00:24:21.500 Of man's. 00:24:21.819 --> 00:24:23.440 Of man's respectability. 00:24:23.599 --> 00:24:24.099 And disclose. 00:24:24.240 --> 00:24:25.319 What really is underneath. 00:24:26.259 --> 00:24:26.779 Sinful. 00:24:27.339 --> 00:24:27.940 Rebellious. 00:24:28.460 --> 00:24:28.779 Guilty. 00:24:29.259 --> 00:24:30.700 Under the judgment of God. 00:24:30.759 --> 00:24:31.299 And helpless. 00:24:31.460 --> 00:24:32.319 To save himself. 00:24:32.980 --> 00:24:33.799 And the law. 00:24:34.079 --> 00:24:35.099 Must be allowed. 00:24:35.099 --> 00:24:35.720 To do. 00:24:35.899 --> 00:24:36.659 It's God. 00:24:36.740 --> 00:24:37.139 Given. 00:24:37.139 --> 00:24:37.619 Duty. 00:24:37.619 --> 00:24:37.980 Today. 00:24:37.980 --> 00:24:38.920 We must. 00:24:38.920 --> 00:24:39.500 Never. 00:24:40.340 --> 00:24:40.940 Never. 00:24:41.120 --> 00:24:42.039 Bypass the law. 00:24:42.180 --> 00:24:42.820 And come straight. 00:24:42.920 --> 00:24:43.500 To the gospel. 00:24:44.320 --> 00:24:45.180 It is only. 00:24:45.600 --> 00:24:46.860 Against the inky. 00:24:47.080 --> 00:24:47.600 Blackness. 00:24:47.740 --> 00:24:48.779 Of the night sky. 00:24:48.960 --> 00:24:50.039 That the stars. 00:24:50.380 --> 00:24:51.259 Begin to appear. 00:24:51.880 --> 00:24:52.580 And it is only. 00:24:52.779 --> 00:24:53.519 Against the dark. 00:24:53.580 --> 00:24:54.460 Background of sin. 00:24:54.580 --> 00:24:55.120 And judgment. 00:24:55.759 --> 00:24:56.660 That the gospel. 00:24:57.140 --> 00:24:58.160 Shines forth. 00:24:59.960 --> 00:25:01.200 And so the law. 00:25:01.560 --> 00:25:02.160 Reveals. 00:25:02.320 --> 00:25:03.060 God's will. 00:25:04.200 --> 00:25:05.300 It reveals. 00:25:05.300 --> 00:25:06.259 Our inability. 00:25:06.259 --> 00:25:07.660 To live up to it. 00:25:07.660 --> 00:25:09.440 But. 00:25:09.440 --> 00:25:09.940 It also. 00:25:09.940 --> 00:25:11.180 Points us to a solution. 00:25:11.380 --> 00:25:11.880 A savior. 00:25:13.480 --> 00:25:14.940 Galatians 3.19. 00:25:15.140 --> 00:25:15.700 We read. 00:25:16.100 --> 00:25:16.560 What then. 00:25:16.680 --> 00:25:17.779 Was the purpose of the law. 00:25:18.740 --> 00:25:19.460 It was added. 00:25:19.660 --> 00:25:21.320 Because of transgressions. 00:25:21.420 --> 00:25:21.620 Was added. 00:25:21.700 --> 00:25:22.460 Because of sin. 00:25:23.140 --> 00:25:23.580 Until. 00:25:24.360 --> 00:25:25.420 The seed. 00:25:25.800 --> 00:25:26.220 To whom. 00:25:26.300 --> 00:25:27.160 The promise referred. 00:25:27.300 --> 00:25:27.740 Had come. 00:25:30.740 --> 00:25:31.480 In Matthew. 00:25:31.560 --> 00:25:32.279 Chapter 5. 00:25:32.279 --> 00:25:34.599 Jesus. 00:25:34.599 --> 00:25:34.720 Jesus. 00:25:35.500 --> 00:25:35.980 Gathers. 00:25:38.660 --> 00:25:39.420 God's people. 00:25:39.539 --> 00:25:40.119 To himself. 00:25:40.240 --> 00:25:41.059 On the mountaintop. 00:25:42.259 --> 00:25:42.740 Reference. 00:25:42.899 --> 00:25:43.139 To. 00:25:44.319 --> 00:25:44.759 God. 00:25:44.839 --> 00:25:45.359 And Moses. 00:25:45.559 --> 00:25:46.119 Right here. 00:25:46.200 --> 00:25:46.839 In the reparting. 00:25:46.899 --> 00:25:47.200 Of the law. 00:25:47.259 --> 00:25:47.639 And Jesus. 00:25:47.839 --> 00:25:48.200 Teaches. 00:25:48.700 --> 00:25:49.379 The people. 00:25:49.519 --> 00:25:50.379 The word of God. 00:25:52.399 --> 00:25:53.139 And he says. 00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:53.899 I've come to fulfill. 00:25:53.980 --> 00:25:54.299 The law. 00:25:56.099 --> 00:25:57.200 He perfectly. 00:25:57.420 --> 00:25:57.839 Embodies. 00:25:58.059 --> 00:25:58.759 Love for God. 00:25:58.799 --> 00:25:59.619 And love for people. 00:25:59.619 --> 00:26:01.099 He's the only one. 00:26:01.099 --> 00:26:02.399 To completely fulfill. 00:26:02.559 --> 00:26:03.199 The requirements. 00:26:03.199 --> 00:26:03.899 Of the law. 00:26:04.039 --> 00:26:04.419 Totally. 00:26:04.799 --> 00:26:05.639 He's the embodiment. 00:26:05.639 --> 00:26:06.679 Of the good life. 00:26:07.299 --> 00:26:08.139 The reality is. 00:26:08.259 --> 00:26:08.719 No one. 00:26:08.919 --> 00:26:09.199 Ever. 00:26:09.519 --> 00:26:09.839 Live. 00:26:09.919 --> 00:26:10.879 Like Jesus Christ. 00:26:11.000 --> 00:26:11.299 Lived. 00:26:12.039 --> 00:26:12.959 It is a fact. 00:26:13.000 --> 00:26:13.559 Of history. 00:26:13.559 --> 00:26:14.599 That he has. 00:26:14.799 --> 00:26:15.459 A character. 00:26:15.839 --> 00:26:16.399 That is. 00:26:17.079 --> 00:26:17.639 Untouchable. 00:26:19.319 --> 00:26:19.919 Even. 00:26:20.299 --> 00:26:20.879 Atheists. 00:26:21.159 --> 00:26:21.699 Admire. 00:26:22.099 --> 00:26:22.779 The integrity. 00:26:22.959 --> 00:26:23.519 And the purity. 00:26:23.519 --> 00:26:24.379 Of Jesus Christ. 00:26:24.699 --> 00:26:26.419 Even in his own time. 00:26:26.599 --> 00:26:27.519 He was regarded. 00:26:27.699 --> 00:26:28.439 As flawless. 00:26:29.619 --> 00:26:33.419 And so. 00:26:33.500 --> 00:26:34.219 He fulfills the law. 00:26:34.279 --> 00:26:34.899 By obeying it. 00:26:35.439 --> 00:26:36.279 By completing it. 00:26:37.119 --> 00:26:37.839 But he also. 00:26:37.839 --> 00:26:38.759 Fulfills the law. 00:26:39.059 --> 00:26:40.459 By meeting the needs. 00:26:40.519 --> 00:26:41.439 The law exposes. 00:26:42.319 --> 00:26:43.439 He is God's. 00:26:44.079 --> 00:26:44.519 Glorious. 00:26:44.679 --> 00:26:45.119 Solution. 00:26:45.339 --> 00:26:46.259 To our sin. 00:26:46.899 --> 00:26:47.319 Even. 00:26:47.799 --> 00:26:48.159 As. 00:26:48.519 --> 00:26:48.839 His. 00:26:49.179 --> 00:26:49.739 Enemies. 00:26:50.219 --> 00:26:51.299 Broke the law. 00:26:51.779 --> 00:26:53.019 And murdered him. 00:26:53.359 --> 00:26:54.119 His heart. 00:26:54.579 --> 00:26:55.339 Was not filled. 00:26:55.339 --> 00:26:55.939 With hatred. 00:26:57.439 --> 00:26:58.419 And he prays. 00:26:58.500 --> 00:26:58.699 Father. 00:26:58.799 --> 00:26:59.319 Forgive them. 00:27:00.579 --> 00:27:01.279 Forgive them. 00:27:06.619 --> 00:27:07.859 He was crucified. 00:27:07.859 --> 00:27:08.899 Not because. 00:27:08.899 --> 00:27:09.439 Of his. 00:27:09.599 --> 00:27:10.299 Flawed character. 00:27:10.859 --> 00:27:11.799 He was crucified. 00:27:11.799 --> 00:27:12.419 For his. 00:27:12.619 --> 00:27:13.059 Claim. 00:27:13.639 --> 00:27:14.339 To be God. 00:27:14.379 --> 00:27:14.739 Himself. 00:27:14.859 --> 00:27:15.779 Come into this world. 00:27:18.719 --> 00:27:19.559 And Jesus. 00:27:19.959 --> 00:27:20.359 Declares. 00:27:20.879 --> 00:27:21.599 I'm going. 00:27:21.679 --> 00:27:22.319 To the cross. 00:27:22.839 --> 00:27:23.500 My blood. 00:27:23.619 --> 00:27:24.099 As a God. 00:27:24.139 --> 00:27:24.579 Of this world. 00:27:24.659 --> 00:27:25.099 My blood. 00:27:25.179 --> 00:27:25.679 Will be shed. 00:27:25.759 --> 00:27:26.199 To keep. 00:27:26.299 --> 00:27:26.959 My promise. 00:27:26.960 --> 00:27:30.840 His plans. 00:27:30.840 --> 00:27:31.559 Were dominated. 00:27:31.559 --> 00:27:32.539 By his desire. 00:27:32.539 --> 00:27:33.079 To give. 00:27:33.079 --> 00:27:34.100 His own life. 00:27:34.740 --> 00:27:35.200 In order. 00:27:35.200 --> 00:27:35.660 To give. 00:27:35.660 --> 00:27:36.140 Others. 00:27:36.140 --> 00:27:36.660 Life. 00:27:36.779 --> 00:27:37.120 To trade. 00:27:37.200 --> 00:27:37.980 His sinfulness. 00:27:38.240 --> 00:27:39.200 His sinlessness. 00:27:39.700 --> 00:27:40.980 For our sinfulness. 00:27:41.400 --> 00:27:42.360 To shed. 00:27:42.360 --> 00:27:43.259 His blood. 00:27:43.920 --> 00:27:45.100 For our covenant. 00:27:45.559 --> 00:27:46.079 Unfaithfulness. 00:27:46.079 --> 00:27:47.579 For rejecting. 00:27:47.579 --> 00:27:48.240 God's will. 00:27:48.240 --> 00:27:49.019 For our lives. 00:27:52.159 --> 00:27:53.799 We didn't get to read this. 00:27:53.939 --> 00:27:55.859 But this section of the law in Exodus. 00:27:55.859 --> 00:27:58.299 Closes with a wonderful scene. 00:27:58.299 --> 00:28:00.539 Of covenant confirmation. 00:28:01.180 --> 00:28:02.899 In chapter 24. 00:28:04.339 --> 00:28:05.559 So we've got five. 00:28:06.379 --> 00:28:07.919 Chapters of law. 00:28:08.159 --> 00:28:09.980 And it closes in chapter 24. 00:28:11.079 --> 00:28:13.039 And Moses relays. 00:28:13.259 --> 00:28:15.659 All that God has said to his people Israel. 00:28:16.079 --> 00:28:18.519 About his will for them and their life. 00:28:18.740 --> 00:28:21.279 And they all declare with one voice. 00:28:21.279 --> 00:28:22.240 In verse 3. 00:28:22.879 --> 00:28:25.559 Everything the Lord has said. 00:28:25.639 --> 00:28:26.440 We will do it. 00:28:26.440 --> 00:28:28.720 We're going to do it. 00:28:31.500 --> 00:28:34.039 We will obey all this law. 00:28:35.500 --> 00:28:35.880 Of course. 00:28:36.059 --> 00:28:37.039 Next week we'll keep reading. 00:28:37.200 --> 00:28:39.519 And we'll see how quickly that unravels. 00:28:40.960 --> 00:28:41.640 And then. 00:28:41.840 --> 00:28:42.680 Then in that moment. 00:28:42.759 --> 00:28:43.900 The covenant is sealed. 00:28:44.360 --> 00:28:46.200 They declare covenant faithfulness. 00:28:46.259 --> 00:28:47.500 The covenant is then sealed. 00:28:47.680 --> 00:28:49.680 As it was with Abraham back. 00:28:49.680 --> 00:28:51.220 In Genesis 15. 00:28:51.460 --> 00:28:52.600 In this case here. 00:28:52.700 --> 00:28:53.660 In Exodus 24. 00:28:53.799 --> 00:28:54.920 By the shedding of blood. 00:28:54.920 --> 00:28:54.960 God. 00:28:55.860 --> 00:28:56.940 And in this case. 00:28:57.039 --> 00:28:58.620 The people are sprinkled. 00:28:58.800 --> 00:29:00.400 With the blood of the sacrifice. 00:29:01.400 --> 00:29:02.600 Setting them apart. 00:29:02.700 --> 00:29:03.759 As God's people. 00:29:04.580 --> 00:29:05.880 Of covenant obedience. 00:29:07.820 --> 00:29:10.160 The covenant agreement is sealed. 00:29:12.160 --> 00:29:14.279 And it symbolizes. 00:29:14.279 --> 00:29:15.120 What is required. 00:29:15.240 --> 00:29:16.840 If the covenant is ever broken. 00:29:16.839 --> 00:29:18.679 Your life. 00:29:18.679 --> 00:29:21.439 If you break this covenant. 00:29:21.439 --> 00:29:22.240 As you said. 00:29:22.319 --> 00:29:23.859 You won't. 00:29:24.500 --> 00:29:26.639 Your life will be demanded of you. 00:29:27.759 --> 00:29:29.220 Your blood will be shed. 00:29:29.740 --> 00:29:30.779 You will die. 00:29:32.779 --> 00:29:34.879 And what happens immediately. 00:29:36.159 --> 00:29:38.139 Immediately after that moment. 00:29:38.379 --> 00:29:39.699 Is extraordinary. 00:29:39.700 --> 00:29:43.080 Because if you've been reading through Exodus. 00:29:43.080 --> 00:29:44.120 You'll notice. 00:29:44.120 --> 00:29:45.799 In Exodus 19. 00:29:46.180 --> 00:29:48.080 There are dire warnings. 00:29:48.980 --> 00:29:51.539 Do not approach the mountain of God. 00:29:51.960 --> 00:29:53.519 Do not touch the mountain. 00:29:53.900 --> 00:29:55.580 You do not walk into my presence. 00:29:55.720 --> 00:29:57.100 Or I will strike you down. 00:29:57.259 --> 00:29:58.840 Even if your dog touches it. 00:29:58.900 --> 00:29:59.940 The dog must die. 00:29:59.940 --> 00:30:03.259 And then. 00:30:03.600 --> 00:30:04.779 In Exodus 24. 00:30:05.259 --> 00:30:07.320 Having sealed the covenant with blood. 00:30:09.539 --> 00:30:10.440 Verse 10. 00:30:10.500 --> 00:30:10.820 11. 00:30:12.740 --> 00:30:13.500 The leaders. 00:30:13.759 --> 00:30:15.120 Approach God. 00:30:15.279 --> 00:30:16.059 In the mountain. 00:30:16.860 --> 00:30:17.900 And they didn't. 00:30:18.400 --> 00:30:18.820 Die. 00:30:19.799 --> 00:30:21.039 And more than that. 00:30:21.299 --> 00:30:22.900 Not only did they not die. 00:30:23.620 --> 00:30:24.640 They actually. 00:30:24.960 --> 00:30:26.140 Saw God. 00:30:26.660 --> 00:30:27.220 And they. 00:30:27.460 --> 00:30:29.299 They drank with him. 00:30:30.480 --> 00:30:32.740 The promise of covenant obedience. 00:30:32.740 --> 00:30:34.220 And the shedding of blood. 00:30:34.759 --> 00:30:35.080 Meant. 00:30:35.420 --> 00:30:36.259 That a meal. 00:30:36.420 --> 00:30:37.460 Could now be had. 00:30:37.539 --> 00:30:38.640 In the presence of God. 00:30:38.720 --> 00:30:40.559 They are now communing with God. 00:30:41.160 --> 00:30:42.059 In his presence. 00:30:44.299 --> 00:30:46.200 This extraordinary moment. 00:30:46.200 --> 00:30:47.080 On the mountain. 00:30:50.140 --> 00:30:51.220 Was repeated. 00:30:52.160 --> 00:30:53.799 On the night before Jesus died. 00:30:55.840 --> 00:30:57.180 In Luke 22. 00:30:58.039 --> 00:30:58.960 It tells us. 00:30:58.960 --> 00:31:00.400 That after supper. 00:31:00.400 --> 00:31:00.779 Jesus. 00:31:00.779 --> 00:31:00.940 Jesus. 00:31:01.420 --> 00:31:02.420 Took the cup. 00:31:03.980 --> 00:31:04.799 And he says. 00:31:05.000 --> 00:31:05.319 This cup. 00:31:05.440 --> 00:31:06.180 Is the new covenant. 00:31:06.400 --> 00:31:07.220 In my blood. 00:31:09.100 --> 00:31:10.460 Which is being poured out. 00:31:10.559 --> 00:31:10.900 For you. 00:31:11.980 --> 00:31:13.019 It's being poured out. 00:31:13.079 --> 00:31:13.380 For you. 00:31:13.840 --> 00:31:14.720 Not your blood. 00:31:15.200 --> 00:31:16.539 For covenant disobedience. 00:31:17.039 --> 00:31:17.660 My blood. 00:31:18.340 --> 00:31:20.039 For your covenant disobedience. 00:31:20.039 --> 00:31:23.480 He made a new covenant. 00:31:23.480 --> 00:31:24.240 With his people. 00:31:25.319 --> 00:31:26.220 His death. 00:31:26.940 --> 00:31:28.000 The shedding of his blood. 00:31:28.000 --> 00:31:28.599 On the cross. 00:31:28.599 --> 00:31:29.859 Would turn the anger of God. 00:31:29.859 --> 00:31:30.940 Away from all those. 00:31:31.059 --> 00:31:31.799 Sprinkled by. 00:31:32.420 --> 00:31:33.200 His blood. 00:31:36.200 --> 00:31:37.819 And the shedding of his blood. 00:31:38.819 --> 00:31:40.319 Brings us to God. 00:31:40.519 --> 00:31:41.539 It draws us. 00:31:41.539 --> 00:31:42.379 Into fellowship. 00:31:42.379 --> 00:31:43.079 With God. 00:31:43.079 --> 00:31:43.119 God. 00:31:45.179 --> 00:31:45.819 You see friends. 00:31:45.879 --> 00:31:47.939 Salvation is not just having your sins forgiven. 00:31:48.659 --> 00:31:50.879 It's being drawn into fellowship with God. 00:31:51.879 --> 00:31:53.559 To be brought into his presence. 00:31:54.419 --> 00:31:56.799 And every time we celebrate communion. 00:31:57.240 --> 00:32:00.559 We look back to the shedding of Jesus blood. 00:32:00.559 --> 00:32:02.359 Which reconciles us to God. 00:32:02.359 --> 00:32:04.419 And we look forward by faith. 00:32:05.539 --> 00:32:07.299 To the eternal feast. 00:32:07.819 --> 00:32:12.199 Where we will enjoy the full and glorious presence. 00:32:13.339 --> 00:32:14.679 Of God forever. 00:32:15.819 --> 00:32:18.839 Described multiple times in the New Testament. 00:32:19.439 --> 00:32:21.439 As the feast that will never end. 00:32:25.199 --> 00:32:25.719 Okay. 00:32:26.759 --> 00:32:30.059 So where does the law fit now for the gospel life for Christian? 00:32:30.059 --> 00:32:34.279 Does this mean that we just now to forget the law? 00:32:35.019 --> 00:32:36.079 We don't need it now? 00:32:36.960 --> 00:32:40.859 And the answer of the New Testament is absolutely not. 00:32:42.519 --> 00:32:43.519 Absolutely not. 00:32:44.639 --> 00:32:49.639 Nowhere in the New Testament will you read that the Christian no longer has any relationship. 00:32:49.919 --> 00:32:52.700 To the values and the principles of God's law. 00:32:54.539 --> 00:32:56.119 It is unhelpful. 00:32:56.899 --> 00:32:58.240 And hear me say this. 00:32:58.460 --> 00:32:59.720 It is unhelpful. 00:32:59.720 --> 00:33:01.860 When I hear Christians say. 00:33:02.240 --> 00:33:02.799 Well. 00:33:03.039 --> 00:33:04.860 The ceremonial laws. 00:33:04.940 --> 00:33:07.200 And the sacrificial laws don't apply anymore. 00:33:07.339 --> 00:33:09.000 Just the moral laws apply now. 00:33:09.880 --> 00:33:12.480 That is a total misunderstanding of the law. 00:33:13.600 --> 00:33:16.819 Every single bit of the law still applies. 00:33:19.460 --> 00:33:23.420 But every single bit of the law has been fulfilled for us by Jesus. 00:33:23.420 --> 00:33:23.660 Jesus. 00:33:24.039 --> 00:33:31.019 Jesus has set us free from the slavery to sin by his death and resurrection. 00:33:31.500 --> 00:33:33.460 Now that we are set free. 00:33:34.200 --> 00:33:36.060 Set free in Jesus. 00:33:36.640 --> 00:33:40.240 What is Paul's instructions to the Galatian Christians? 00:33:40.240 --> 00:33:44.480 Chapter 5 verses 13 to 14. 00:33:44.480 --> 00:33:48.740 You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. 00:33:48.740 --> 00:33:52.000 But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh. 00:33:52.000 --> 00:33:55.180 Rather, serve one another humbly in love. 00:33:55.259 --> 00:33:59.579 For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command. 00:33:59.579 --> 00:34:03.299 Love your neighbor as yourself. 00:34:04.859 --> 00:34:10.920 The salvation that Jesus freely brings and offers as a gift to everyone by faith. 00:34:10.920 --> 00:34:17.360 Is the freedom to live according to God's will. 00:34:17.360 --> 00:34:23.360 It's the freedom to live as God intended. 00:34:24.539 --> 00:34:30.680 It's a life in conformity to the character of God and his revealed will. 00:34:31.099 --> 00:34:32.940 Love of God, love of others. 00:34:33.099 --> 00:34:36.760 All of the Old Testament laws are summed up on those two principles. 00:34:37.340 --> 00:34:41.059 Salvation is so much more than just forgiveness of sins. 00:34:41.059 --> 00:34:47.280 It is so much more than being able to answer a couple of questions in the right way at the right time. 00:34:47.820 --> 00:34:55.599 Grace and the law, grace of God and the law of God work together to allow us to love God. 00:34:55.599 --> 00:35:00.200 And enable us to show true love in grateful obedience to him. 00:35:04.500 --> 00:35:07.519 And so where is your confidence and where is your assurance? 00:35:09.940 --> 00:35:12.220 Right now, some of us are hearing this. 00:35:12.380 --> 00:35:14.380 And what you need from the law of God. 00:35:14.380 --> 00:35:18.400 God is you need for your sinfulness to be exposed. 00:35:19.559 --> 00:35:20.559 That's what you need. 00:35:20.920 --> 00:35:26.619 You need for God's word here to shine light on your soul. 00:35:26.840 --> 00:35:29.420 To break through the hard heartedness. 00:35:29.840 --> 00:35:31.400 To break through the self confidence. 00:35:31.800 --> 00:35:33.300 To break through the pretense. 00:35:34.420 --> 00:35:35.900 The self righteousness. 00:35:36.940 --> 00:35:38.619 The judgmentalism. 00:35:38.619 --> 00:35:43.139 And for your life to stand beside Jesus' life. 00:35:43.299 --> 00:35:45.980 And to be measured by his perfect righteousness. 00:35:46.599 --> 00:35:48.279 And you need to be humbled and broken. 00:35:48.420 --> 00:35:49.859 To see that you are flawed. 00:35:50.019 --> 00:35:50.759 And you are sinful. 00:35:51.079 --> 00:35:52.119 And you need a savior. 00:35:52.119 --> 00:36:01.420 In other words, for some of us here, we need the law right now to give us a good solid kick up the butt. 00:36:01.420 --> 00:36:08.820 Some of us. 00:36:10.139 --> 00:36:11.200 Trusting Jesus. 00:36:12.519 --> 00:36:15.260 And we need something different in this moment. 00:36:17.340 --> 00:36:19.760 We are so aware of our failure. 00:36:21.400 --> 00:36:22.500 So aware of it. 00:36:22.500 --> 00:36:27.380 And maybe this week you've tried super hard. 00:36:27.900 --> 00:36:28.820 Super hard. 00:36:29.039 --> 00:36:30.239 To be a good mother. 00:36:30.380 --> 00:36:31.400 And to love your children. 00:36:32.679 --> 00:36:36.000 But now you're feeling, right now you're just feeling utterly defeated by that. 00:36:39.300 --> 00:36:41.400 Maybe you've accessed porn. 00:36:41.880 --> 00:36:45.360 And you hide a deep sense of shame and failure. 00:36:47.460 --> 00:36:49.599 You've failed so many times. 00:36:49.699 --> 00:36:51.260 And you just think, I've just got to give up on this. 00:36:51.260 --> 00:36:55.400 Or maybe you're expressing anger. 00:36:56.020 --> 00:36:58.560 And to people that you love. 00:36:59.180 --> 00:37:01.580 And it just eats you up inside. 00:37:01.780 --> 00:37:03.580 You've failed so many times. 00:37:03.940 --> 00:37:07.460 And you feel after decades, you're just feeling defeated by that. 00:37:10.280 --> 00:37:12.700 Maybe you're trying to be a good leader of a church. 00:37:13.300 --> 00:37:15.260 But it feels so precarious. 00:37:16.820 --> 00:37:20.360 And setback just brings you crashing down again and again. 00:37:20.360 --> 00:37:22.940 And you're acutely aware of your own failure. 00:37:23.980 --> 00:37:25.320 Your own sinfulness. 00:37:27.140 --> 00:37:28.480 Maybe you're unsettled. 00:37:28.579 --> 00:37:29.180 You're disconnected. 00:37:29.400 --> 00:37:31.160 You're envious of the lives of others. 00:37:32.180 --> 00:37:34.760 Maybe you don't, in fact, even like your life. 00:37:34.760 --> 00:37:37.840 Maybe you feel God has let you down. 00:37:37.840 --> 00:37:37.860 Maybe you feel God has let you down. 00:37:39.480 --> 00:37:44.060 When you measure your life against God's standards, you know you fail. 00:37:44.480 --> 00:37:47.220 And there are plenty of people reminding you of it. 00:37:47.219 --> 00:37:52.259 And so acknowledge it. 00:37:53.679 --> 00:37:54.579 Feel it. 00:37:55.859 --> 00:37:57.039 And then turn to the gospel. 00:37:59.719 --> 00:38:02.219 Every act of love. 00:38:03.639 --> 00:38:05.519 Every act of obedience. 00:38:05.519 --> 00:38:09.039 Every right word he spoke. 00:38:10.300 --> 00:38:11.420 He did it for you. 00:38:13.039 --> 00:38:13.800 He did it for you. 00:38:18.039 --> 00:38:24.920 Our goal over the next five years is to see each one of us grow in faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:38:25.000 --> 00:38:25.759 You know what that means? 00:38:25.760 --> 00:38:35.200 It means to grow downward and out of self-confidence and more upward in God confidence. 00:38:35.280 --> 00:38:36.000 That's what it means. 00:38:36.520 --> 00:38:37.420 That's what our goal is. 00:38:37.480 --> 00:38:41.680 For you to grow more in confidence in Jesus Christ and the gospel. 00:38:42.460 --> 00:38:45.080 This is what we need to grasp more and more. 00:38:45.079 --> 00:38:52.000 If you have faith in Jesus, then God places you in Jesus. 00:38:53.099 --> 00:38:59.619 And all of those things that he has done for you are credited to you. 00:39:00.440 --> 00:39:05.539 Every time you break God's law, remember that Jesus kept it for you. 00:39:05.659 --> 00:39:08.139 Saints reminding you, oh dear, oh dear. 00:39:08.900 --> 00:39:10.940 Remember he did it for you. 00:39:10.940 --> 00:39:16.679 Every time you fail to do God's will, remember Jesus perfectly obeyed it for you. 00:39:17.039 --> 00:39:24.639 God the Father has put you in Jesus and he treats you as Jesus' record deserves. 00:39:25.220 --> 00:39:28.740 And the verdict that is written across your life, 00:39:29.940 --> 00:39:32.720 you are my child. 00:39:34.280 --> 00:39:38.059 You are my child whom I love. 00:39:38.059 --> 00:39:41.920 And with you, I am well pleased. 00:39:52.799 --> 00:39:54.039 Five dollars. 00:39:58.539 --> 00:40:03.679 A promised gift just needs to be received. 00:40:04.679 --> 00:40:06.380 Just needs to be received. 00:40:06.380 --> 00:40:10.000 Believe it and receive it. 00:40:11.960 --> 00:40:14.700 A law wage needs to be earned. 00:40:17.200 --> 00:40:20.960 Any of you could have walked up here in the middle of my talk and grabbed that five dollars 00:40:20.960 --> 00:40:21.800 and I wouldn't have stopped you. 00:40:22.980 --> 00:40:26.160 It just, my word just needed to be believed. 00:40:27.079 --> 00:40:28.320 And for you to receive it. 00:40:28.320 --> 00:40:30.000 It just needs to be served. 00:40:30.000 --> 00:40:30.700 We are TJ 00:40:30.720 --> 00:40:46.059 And we are 00:40:48.700 --> 00:40:50.100 short-term relationship. 00:40:50.100 --> 00:40:51.260 And tonight, 00:40:51.300 --> 00:40:53.100 we are 00:40:53.100 --> 00:40:54.300 in the next