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 In verse 1, Moses summoned all Israel and said,

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 Hear, O Israel, the decrees and the laws I declare in your hearing today.

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 Learn them and be sure to follow them.

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 The Lord our God made a covenant with us at Horeb.

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 It was not with our fathers that the Lord made this covenant,

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 but with us, with all of us who are alive here today.

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 The Lord spoke to you face to face out of the fire on the mountain.

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 And at that time I stood between the Lord and you to declare to you the word of the Lord,

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 because you were afraid of the fire and did not go up to the mountain.

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

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 You shall have no gods before me.

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 You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above

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 or on the earth beneath or in the waters below.

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 You shall not bow down to them or worship them, for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God.

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 Punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,

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 but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.

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 You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God,

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 for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.

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 Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy as the Lord your God has commanded you.

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 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God.

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 On it you shall not do any work, neither you nor your son or daughter,

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 nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your ox, your donkey or any of your animals,

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 nor the alien within your gates,

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 so that your manservant and maidservant may rest as you do.

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 Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and that the Lord your God brought you out of there

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 with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm.

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 Therefore, the Lord your God has commanded you to observe the Sabbath.

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 Honor your father and your mother as the Lord your God has commanded you,

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 so that you may live long and that it may go well with you in the land your God has given you.

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 You shall not murder.

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 You shall not commit adultery.

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 You shall not steal.

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 You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

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 And you shall not covet your neighbor's wife.

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 You shall not set your desire on your neighbor's house or land,

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 his manservant or maidservant, his ox or donkey,

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 or anything that belongs to your neighbor.

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 These are the commands the Lord proclaimed in a loud voice to you,

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 to your whole assembly there on the mountain from out of the fire,

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 the cloud and the deep darkness.

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 And he added nothing more than he wrote them on two stone tablets and gave them to me.

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 Thanks, Johnny.

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 Thanks, Johnny.

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 Thanks, Johnny.

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 Concern for those who've been asking how we are.

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 We're doing all right.

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 It's a case of 60-40 at this stage rather than 40-60,

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 if you can work that out, doing better and on the mend.

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 So thank you.

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 But keep praying for me as I preach.

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 I have water, but I need God's strength.

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 So keep your Bibles open, please, to Deuteronomy.

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 Well, we're going to look a little bit at chapter 4 as well, just briefly, and chapters 5 and 6.

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 This is from the body of Jesus.

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 This is yours.

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 Sorry, there is another announcement.

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 Reality at 6, half 6 at Maria's.

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 So, all those involved, see you there.

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 Well, let's pray.

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 Father God, we thank you so much for your love, your kindness, your goodness expressed in so many different ways.

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 Thank you for your word.

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 Thank you for your commands, for your laws.

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 And as we look at them together, help us to see what they are to us today.

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 And help us to see what they point us to.

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 Encourage us through this morning.

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 And bless us richly.

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 We ask this in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Well, when I was a kid, I had this, what you might call a love-hate relationship with my parents.

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 Most of the time, we were getting on great.

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 Fun family times, going on holidays.

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 A mum and a dad who supported me, who cared for me deeply.

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 But then there were occasions when I would get really angry and annoyed and think they were the worst parents in the world.

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 And you're probably sitting there thinking, hey, you didn't have the worst, I had the worst.

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 No, you didn't.

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 I'd go up to my room, huffing and puffing.

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 What are they saying?

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 All that sort of thing.

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 And what would get me so worked up was, they would tell me that I couldn't do something that I really wanted to do.

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 Like, watch telly at half ten at night on school days or something.

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 Or that they would tell me I had to do something that I really didn't want to do.

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 Like, help out my brother or sister.

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 You see, I enjoyed their love, but I hated their laws.

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 And in some ways, that's the problem with Deuteronomy.

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 Because Deuteronomy is all about law.

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 That's what Deuteronomy means.

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 It means a second law, a retelling of God's law.

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 Look at chapter 4, verse 44.

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 Chapter 4, verse 44.

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 This is the law Moses set before the Israelites.

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 These are the stipulations, decrees, and laws Moses gave them when they came out of Egypt.

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 Now, who wants to read something like that?

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 Why not talk about good stuff like God's love or God's compassion?

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 Why spoil it all by talking about God's laws?

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 Why not talk about good stuff like that?

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 Why not talk about good stuff like that?

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 You see, God's law is one of the major stumbling blocks for people to Christianity.

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 People just read something like this and they say,

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 See, it's all about rules and regulations.

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 Things you must do and things that you can't do.

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 It's restrictive and oppressive.

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 God is nothing more than a big bully, a ruthless dictator who just makes up rules to spoil our fun and to take away our freedom.

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 Well, in chapter 5 and 6, we are introduced to God's law.

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 What is well known as the Ten Commandments.

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 But surprisingly, God's love is not opposite to God's law.

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 Just as my parents, well, they actually did love me and care for me,

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 and they gave me laws because they did love me.

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 Well, so God gives us his law because he cares and loves us.

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 We're going to look at three big things here in regards to the law.

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 The first one is this.

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 The reason for God's law.

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 God gave his law in the context of a loving covenant.

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 Look at verse 1 of chapter 5.

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 Moses summoned all Israel and said,

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 Hear, O Israel, the decrees and laws I declare in your hearing today.

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 Learn them and be sure to follow them.

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 The Lord our God made a covenant with us at Horeb.

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 That was Mount Sinai.

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 It was not with our fathers that the Lord made this covenant,

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 but with us, with all of us who are alive here today.

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 You see, like the promises we make in marriage to our spouse,

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 so God's covenant is his promise towards his people.

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 His passionate, eternal commitment towards his people.

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 A commitment to bless them.

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 A commitment to be with them.

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 A commitment to give them a land.

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 To save them.

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 To give them life in all its fullness.

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 And because of his promise,

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 God would do what it would take to keep his people.

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 In fact, God would lay down his life for us.

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 God, who made his commitment to his people,

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 would die for his people to ensure that that relationship would stay for all eternity.

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 Now, it's in that context that God gives his law.

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 God is not a dictator.

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 God is not a bully.

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 He is deeply committed to us, his people.

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 We're given two reasons for his law.

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 First, to remind us of his amazing grace.

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 Look what God says to the people before he even gives a single law.

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 In verse 6.

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 I am the Lord your God who brought you out of Egypt,

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 out of the land of slavery.

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 I am the God who has graciously rescued you.

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 I delivered you from your chains.

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 I freed you from slavery.

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 This whole theme of grace is picked up again in chapter 6.

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 Have a look at verse 10 of chapter 6.

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 Verse 10.

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 When the Lord your God brings you into the land,

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 he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob,

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 to give you a land with large flourishing cities

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 you did not build,

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 houses filled with all kinds of good things

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 you did not provide,

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 wells you did not dig,

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 and vineyards and olive groves you did not plant.

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 Then when you eat and are satisfied

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 when you're sitting down in the chair rubbing your full belly,

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 be careful that you do not forget the Lord

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 who bought you out of Egypt,

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 out of the land of slavery.

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 You see, the laws were there to remind them,

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 hey guys, listen,

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 everything that you have,

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 where you live,

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 the land that you have,

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 is all been graciously and generously provided to you by God.

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 Or look down at chapter 6, verse 20.

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 In the future,

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 when your son asks you,

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 Dad, what is the meaning of the stipulations,

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 the decrees and the laws that the Lord our God has commanded us?

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 Well, tell him,

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 Son, it was like this.

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 We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt,

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 but the Lord bought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand.

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 Before our eyes,

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 the Lord sent miraculous signs and wonders,

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 great and terrible,

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 upon Egypt and Pharaoh and his whole household.

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 But he bought us out from there

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 to bring us in and give us the land

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 that he promised on oath to our forefathers.

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 You see, the law is there to teach them

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 that grace covers their whole life.

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 It stretches back into their past,

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 to their rescue from Egypt,

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 and it stretches forward into eternity,

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 to the future,

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 as they get ready to go into the promised land.

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 So every time we ask the question,

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 why do we have God's law?

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 Why must we obey O God?

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 Well, the answer is simple.

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 Because God has been incredibly gracious to us.

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 Because God, in our sense,

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 is the one who has rescued us.

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 He is the one who has freed us

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 from slavery to sin and death.

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 God is the one who has promised us a future,

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 an eternal home in heaven.

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 Not because of what you do,

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 but because of who he is.

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 So God gives us his law

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 so that we will never forget,

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 but always remember

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 his amazing grace towards us.

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 Which brings us to the second reason for the law.

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 To show us how to live

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 in relationship with this God

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 who has rescued us.

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 Look at the headlines

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 of chapter 5,

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 the Ten Commandments,

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 starting at verse 7.

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 Let's just go through them.

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 Just the headlines.

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 You shall have no other gods before me.

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 Verse 8.

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 You shall not make for yourself an idol.

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 Verse 11.

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 You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God.

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 Verse 12.

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 Observe the Sabbath day.

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 Verse 11.

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 16.

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 16.

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 Honor your father and your mother.

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 17.

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 You shall not murder.

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 You shall not commit adultery.

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 You shall not steal.

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 You shall not give false testimony.

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 Verse 21.

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 You shall not covet your neighbor's wife.

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 And you shall not set your desire

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 on your neighbor's possessions.

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 These Ten Commandments

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 show us how we are to live

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 in relationship with God.

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 The first four,

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 if you look there,

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 all relate to God.

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 How we should view God.

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 How we should respect God.

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 How we honour God.

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 The last six

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 all relate to other people.

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 How we should live with each other.

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 How we should treat each other

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 within society.

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 Now while we could make this division

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 and this distinction,

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 we've got to be careful

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 that we don't separate them.

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 You see,

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 how we love each other

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 is a sign of how we love God.

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 So for example,

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 I can't say,

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 oh I worship God.

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 But then at the same time say,

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 I'm sick and fed up of Kirsty.

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 I think I'll have another wife.

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 You can't do that.

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 You can't separate them.

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 Similarly,

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 you can't say,

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 I won't have any other God.

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 God is my only God.

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 But then at the same time,

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 make work

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 or your family

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 more important than God.

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 Look at chapter 6,

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 verse 4.

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 Hear,

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 O Israel,

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 the Lord our God,

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 the Lord is one.

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 Love the Lord your God

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 with all your heart

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 and with all your soul

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 and with all your strength.

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 These commandments

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 that I give you today

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 are to be upon your hearts.

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 In other words,

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 to love God

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 God

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 is to take

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 all of his commands

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 to heart

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 and it's to live them

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 all out.

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 So to show that I do

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 love God

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 with all my heart,

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 strength and soul

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 means

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 loving

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 my neighbour,

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 means loving

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 all those

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 within my community

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 with the commandments

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 that God has given me.

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 So God gives us

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 the law

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 so that we will know

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 how to live

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 in relationship

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 with him

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 and with the people

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 that he has put

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 around us.

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 Now before we move on,

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 I want us to notice

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 the order

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 in which

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 the law came

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 and it's vital

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 that we see this.

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 The rescue

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 from Egypt

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 came first,

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 the relationship

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 in the promised land

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 came second.

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 Now we've got

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 to get that right.

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 Grace comes first,

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 then comes the law.

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 You see,

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 God

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 did not give them

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 the law first

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 and say,

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 if you obey

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 this law perfectly,

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 if you

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 keep it

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 the way

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 I've given it to you,

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 then

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 I will rescue you

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 and then

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 I will bring you

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 into a new land.

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 No,

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 God didn't say that.

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 God says,

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 because I have

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 rescued you,

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 because I have

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 delivered you,

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 I give you

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 my law

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 so that you can

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 live

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 in relationship

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 with me.

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 So the law

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 is given

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 to remind us

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 of God's

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 amazing grace

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 and how we are

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 to live

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 in relationship

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 with God.

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 God's

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 So that's the

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 reason for the law.

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 Thanks,

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 Ralph.

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 Second,

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 there's a problem

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 with God's law.

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 Moses reminds

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 the people

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 of what happened

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 when they

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 received

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 God's law.

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 Look at chapter 5,

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 verse 23.

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 Here he is

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 on the mountain

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 reminding them

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 of what had

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 happened.

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 He says,

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 verse 23,

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 when you heard

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 the voice

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 out of the

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 darkness,

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 while the

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 mountain was

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 ablaze with

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 fire,

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 all the leading

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 men of your

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 tribes and your

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 elders came to

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 me.

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 And you said,

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 the Lord our

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 God has shown

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 us his glory

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 and his majesty

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 and we have

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 heard his voice

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 from the fire.

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 Today we have

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 seen that a man

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 can live

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 even if God

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 speaks with him.

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 But now,

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 why should we

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 die?

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 this great

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 fire will

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 consume us

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 and we will

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 die if we

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 hear the

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 voice of the

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 Lord our

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 God any

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 longer.

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 Now, do you

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 see the

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 tension in

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 those verses?

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 They want to

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 hear God's

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 voice.

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 They want to

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 hear God's

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 law because

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 it's good.

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 But they're

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 also afraid if

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 they hear God's

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 voice, if they

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 do get God's

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 law, that

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 they will die.

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 look at

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 verse 26.

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 For what

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 mortal man

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 has ever

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 heard the

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 voice of the

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 living God

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 speaking out

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 of the fire

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 as we have

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 and survived?

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 You see,

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 they want to

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 hear, they

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 want God's

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 law, but

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 they can't

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 handle God's

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 law.

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 On the one

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 side they know

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 that God's

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 law is good

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 and it's

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 beautiful, but

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 they also know

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 on the other

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 side that it is

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 dangerous and

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 condemning.

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 So they've

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 got this

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 tension, we

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 want it, but

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 we can't

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 handle it.

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 You see, God's

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 law brings

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 life and

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 death.

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 Keep your

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 finger there in

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 chapter 5 and

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 6 and jump

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 forward to

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 Deuteronomy

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 chapter 30.

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 These verses

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 sum up, if

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 you like, the

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 great tension

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 that exists in

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 the law.

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 Deuteronomy

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 chapter 30,

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 verse 15.

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 See, I set

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 before you

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 today life

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 life and

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 prosperity,

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 death and

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 destruction.

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 There's the

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 two things,

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 life and

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 death.

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 Verse 16,

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 for I command

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 you today to

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 love the

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 Lord your

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 God, to

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 walk in

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 his ways,

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 and to

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 keep his

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 commands,

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 decrees,

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 and laws.

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 Then you

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 will live

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 and increase

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 and the

00:22:03.880 --> 00:22:04.360
 Lord your

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 God will

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 bless you

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 in the

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 land you

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 are entering

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 to

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 possess.

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 But,

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 verse 17,

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 if your

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 hearts turn

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 away and

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 you are

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 not obedient,

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 and if

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 you are

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 drawn away

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 to bow

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 down to

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 other gods

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 and worship

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 them, I

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 declare to

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 you this

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 day that

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 you will

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 certainly be

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 destroyed.

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 You will

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 not live

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 long in

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 the land

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 you are

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 crossing

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 the

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 Jordan

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 to

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 enter

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 and

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 possess.

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 Go back

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 to chapter

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 5.

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 So do

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 you see

00:22:36.400 --> 00:22:36.940
 the tension

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 there?

00:22:37.259 --> 00:22:37.800
 By keeping

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 the law

00:22:38.259 --> 00:22:38.780
 and following

00:22:38.780 --> 00:22:39.220
 the law,

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 it's going

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 to go

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 well for

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 you.

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 But the

00:22:41.940 --> 00:22:42.600
 opposite is

00:22:42.600 --> 00:22:43.360
 also true.

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 If you

00:22:43.759 --> 00:22:44.519
 fail to

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 keep this

00:22:45.100 --> 00:22:45.420
 law,

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 it's going

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 to be

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 disastrous

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 for you.

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 God will

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 punish you.

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 God will

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 condemn

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 you.

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 And that's

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 the tension.

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 So the

00:22:55.960 --> 00:22:56.280
 people,

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 they want

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 God's law,

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 they love

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 God's law

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 because it's

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 going to be

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 good for

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 them.

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 Think of

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 it like

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 this.

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 If you

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 could

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 imagine

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 if we

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 could all

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 keep these

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 Ten Commandments,

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 we would

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 have the

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 most perfect

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 of communities.

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 Imagine a

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 community where

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 instead of

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 everybody being

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 self-centered

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 and always

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 looking after

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 what they

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 want,

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 they are

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 God-centered.

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 And God

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 is their

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 priority.

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 community.

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 Imagine a

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 place where

00:23:36.040 --> 00:23:37.120
 looking at

00:23:37.120 --> 00:23:37.580
 the fourth

00:23:37.580 --> 00:23:38.380
 commandment,

00:23:39.340 --> 00:23:40.900
 we understand

00:23:40.900 --> 00:23:42.640
 what work

00:23:42.640 --> 00:23:43.519
 is and

00:23:43.519 --> 00:23:44.140
 what rest

00:23:44.140 --> 00:23:45.300
 is and

00:23:45.300 --> 00:23:45.600
 we have

00:23:45.600 --> 00:23:46.320
 that balance

00:23:46.320 --> 00:23:46.900
 completely

00:23:46.900 --> 00:23:48.540
 right and

00:23:48.540 --> 00:23:48.960
 there's no

00:23:48.960 --> 00:23:50.140
 exploitation of

00:23:50.140 --> 00:23:51.380
 employees and

00:23:51.380 --> 00:23:51.780
 there's no

00:23:51.780 --> 00:23:52.360
 abuse.

00:23:55.460 --> 00:23:56.600
 Imagine a

00:23:56.600 --> 00:23:57.460
 community where

00:23:57.460 --> 00:23:58.640
 children honour

00:23:58.640 --> 00:23:59.560
 their parents

00:23:59.559 --> 00:24:01.539
 and that

00:24:01.539 --> 00:24:02.019
 all goes

00:24:02.019 --> 00:24:02.460
 right and

00:24:02.460 --> 00:24:03.259
 where parents

00:24:03.259 --> 00:24:05.740
 equally look

00:24:05.740 --> 00:24:06.259
 after their

00:24:06.259 --> 00:24:07.299
 children correctly.

00:24:09.619 --> 00:24:10.599
 Imagine a

00:24:10.599 --> 00:24:11.359
 community where

00:24:11.359 --> 00:24:12.299
 there's no

00:24:12.299 --> 00:24:14.379
 murder and

00:24:14.379 --> 00:24:15.220
 we can expand

00:24:15.220 --> 00:24:15.879
 that out to

00:24:15.879 --> 00:24:17.119
 language of

00:24:17.119 --> 00:24:18.319
 hate and

00:24:18.319 --> 00:24:19.980
 retaliation and

00:24:19.980 --> 00:24:20.539
 anger.

00:24:22.179 --> 00:24:23.019
 Imagine a

00:24:23.019 --> 00:24:23.779
 community where

00:24:23.779 --> 00:24:24.299
 there's no

00:24:24.299 --> 00:24:25.299
 adultery,

00:24:26.500 --> 00:24:27.240
 either of the

00:24:27.240 --> 00:24:28.359
 physical kind or

00:24:28.359 --> 00:24:29.059
 the internet

00:24:29.059 --> 00:24:29.579
 kind,

00:24:30.779 --> 00:24:31.319
 where there's

00:24:31.319 --> 00:24:32.079
 no stealing

00:24:32.079 --> 00:24:33.000
 and that

00:24:33.000 --> 00:24:33.459
 doesn't just

00:24:33.459 --> 00:24:34.000
 mean taking

00:24:34.000 --> 00:24:35.419
 sweeties from

00:24:35.419 --> 00:24:35.979
 the shop,

00:24:36.619 --> 00:24:37.259
 it means

00:24:37.259 --> 00:24:38.379
 knocking off

00:24:38.379 --> 00:24:38.879
 early from

00:24:38.879 --> 00:24:39.619
 work or

00:24:39.619 --> 00:24:40.619
 not paying

00:24:40.619 --> 00:24:41.539
 taxes or

00:24:41.539 --> 00:24:42.679
 people charging

00:24:42.679 --> 00:24:43.500
 for things that

00:24:43.500 --> 00:24:43.959
 are more

00:24:43.959 --> 00:24:44.699
 expensive than

00:24:44.699 --> 00:24:44.979
 what they

00:24:44.979 --> 00:24:45.639
 really are,

00:24:47.099 --> 00:24:48.399
 where proper

00:24:48.399 --> 00:24:49.599
 business practices

00:24:49.599 --> 00:24:50.119
 happen.

00:24:51.599 --> 00:24:52.240
 Imagine a

00:24:52.240 --> 00:24:52.939
 community where

00:24:52.939 --> 00:24:53.299
 there's no

00:24:53.299 --> 00:24:54.059
 lies or

00:24:54.059 --> 00:24:54.759
 unhealthy

00:24:54.759 --> 00:24:55.399
 desires.

00:24:55.819 --> 00:24:56.559
 This all

00:24:56.559 --> 00:24:57.399
 flows out of

00:24:57.399 --> 00:24:57.759
 the Ten

00:24:57.759 --> 00:24:58.339
 Commandments,

00:24:58.359 --> 00:24:58.679
 you see,

00:24:58.759 --> 00:24:59.099
 it's not

00:24:59.099 --> 00:24:59.759
 bad,

00:25:00.519 --> 00:25:01.139
 it's actually

00:25:01.139 --> 00:25:01.759
 good.

00:25:03.939 --> 00:25:04.639
 And this is

00:25:04.639 --> 00:25:05.179
 the kind of

00:25:05.179 --> 00:25:06.059
 community that

00:25:06.059 --> 00:25:06.919
 we all long

00:25:06.919 --> 00:25:08.000
 for and no

00:25:08.000 --> 00:25:08.519
 wonder the

00:25:08.519 --> 00:25:08.939
 people are

00:25:08.939 --> 00:25:09.139
 saying,

00:25:09.299 --> 00:25:09.639
 yes, we

00:25:09.639 --> 00:25:11.000
 want God's

00:25:11.000 --> 00:25:11.240
 law.

00:25:11.619 --> 00:25:12.819
 We do want

00:25:12.819 --> 00:25:13.479
 it because it

00:25:13.479 --> 00:25:14.199
 is perfectly

00:25:14.199 --> 00:25:15.419
 good for us.

00:25:17.699 --> 00:25:18.439
 But the

00:25:18.439 --> 00:25:18.919
 more we

00:25:18.919 --> 00:25:19.919
 commit ourselves

00:25:19.919 --> 00:25:20.679
 to God,

00:25:21.979 --> 00:25:22.779
 the more we

00:25:22.779 --> 00:25:23.759
 realise how

00:25:23.759 --> 00:25:24.919
 incapable we

00:25:24.919 --> 00:25:25.679
 are of

00:25:25.679 --> 00:25:26.379
 keeping this

00:25:26.379 --> 00:25:26.679
 law.

00:25:26.680 --> 00:25:26.720
 law.

00:25:27.500 --> 00:25:28.100
 It's too

00:25:28.100 --> 00:25:28.580
 big.

00:25:29.140 --> 00:25:29.720
 It's too

00:25:29.720 --> 00:25:30.279
 great.

00:25:31.320 --> 00:25:32.299
 We break

00:25:32.299 --> 00:25:33.039
 it every

00:25:33.039 --> 00:25:34.100
 single day.

00:25:36.200 --> 00:25:37.320
 We don't

00:25:37.320 --> 00:25:38.100
 love God

00:25:38.100 --> 00:25:38.700
 with all our

00:25:38.700 --> 00:25:39.860
 heart and

00:25:39.860 --> 00:25:40.240
 all our

00:25:40.240 --> 00:25:41.420
 soul and

00:25:41.420 --> 00:25:41.799
 all our

00:25:41.799 --> 00:25:42.200
 strength.

00:25:43.480 --> 00:25:44.320
 We love

00:25:44.320 --> 00:25:44.700
 me.

00:25:47.259 --> 00:25:48.140
 And that's

00:25:48.140 --> 00:25:48.700
 the tension

00:25:48.700 --> 00:25:49.160
 that we

00:25:49.160 --> 00:25:49.640
 face.

00:25:50.000 --> 00:25:50.720
 We want to

00:25:50.720 --> 00:25:51.279
 do what's

00:25:51.279 --> 00:25:51.519
 right.

00:25:51.519 --> 00:25:52.019
 we want

00:25:52.019 --> 00:25:52.420
 God's

00:25:52.420 --> 00:25:52.819
 law because

00:25:52.819 --> 00:25:53.500
 it creates

00:25:53.500 --> 00:25:54.099
 a beautiful

00:25:54.099 --> 00:25:54.559
 life.

00:25:54.779 --> 00:25:55.319
 It brings

00:25:55.319 --> 00:25:55.940
 about a

00:25:55.940 --> 00:25:56.200
 great

00:25:56.200 --> 00:25:56.799
 community.

00:25:57.460 --> 00:25:57.879
 But the

00:25:57.879 --> 00:25:58.460
 deeper that

00:25:58.460 --> 00:25:58.839
 we get

00:25:58.839 --> 00:25:59.339
 into it,

00:25:59.440 --> 00:25:59.799
 the more

00:25:59.799 --> 00:26:00.099
 that we

00:26:00.099 --> 00:26:00.599
 try to

00:26:00.599 --> 00:26:01.119
 live it

00:26:01.119 --> 00:26:02.119
 and enjoy

00:26:02.119 --> 00:26:02.440
 it,

00:26:03.220 --> 00:26:04.019
 the more

00:26:04.019 --> 00:26:04.539
 it actually

00:26:04.539 --> 00:26:05.420
 overcomes

00:26:05.420 --> 00:26:06.839
 us and

00:26:06.839 --> 00:26:07.379
 we actually

00:26:07.379 --> 00:26:08.619
 drown in

00:26:08.619 --> 00:26:09.039
 God's

00:26:09.039 --> 00:26:09.519
 law because

00:26:09.519 --> 00:26:10.200
 we fail

00:26:10.200 --> 00:26:10.539
 and we

00:26:10.539 --> 00:26:11.299
 fall all

00:26:11.299 --> 00:26:11.799
 the time.

00:26:11.799 --> 00:26:14.740
 look at

00:26:14.740 --> 00:26:15.339
 chapter 6

00:26:15.339 --> 00:26:16.379
 verse 25.

00:26:23.079 --> 00:26:23.740
 Look what

00:26:23.740 --> 00:26:24.139
 the people

00:26:24.139 --> 00:26:24.480
 say.

00:26:24.480 --> 00:26:25.839
 If we

00:26:25.839 --> 00:26:26.579
 are careful

00:26:26.579 --> 00:26:27.339
 to obey

00:26:27.339 --> 00:26:28.299
 all this

00:26:28.299 --> 00:26:29.740
 law before

00:26:29.740 --> 00:26:30.220
 the Lord

00:26:30.220 --> 00:26:30.740
 our God

00:26:30.740 --> 00:26:31.279
 as he

00:26:31.279 --> 00:26:31.879
 has commanded

00:26:31.879 --> 00:26:32.319
 us,

00:26:33.119 --> 00:26:33.980
 that will

00:26:33.980 --> 00:26:34.399
 be our

00:26:34.399 --> 00:26:34.940
 righteousness.

00:26:36.759 --> 00:26:37.419
 If we

00:26:37.419 --> 00:26:37.940
 can do

00:26:37.940 --> 00:26:38.399
 everything

00:26:38.399 --> 00:26:38.879
 that God

00:26:38.879 --> 00:26:39.440
 asks of

00:26:39.440 --> 00:26:39.639
 us,

00:26:39.940 --> 00:26:40.419
 we will

00:26:40.419 --> 00:26:41.139
 live in

00:26:41.140 --> 00:26:41.900
 this beautiful

00:26:41.900 --> 00:26:42.540
 relationship

00:26:42.540 --> 00:26:43.120
 with God

00:26:43.120 --> 00:26:43.520
 and with

00:26:43.520 --> 00:26:44.000
 each other.

00:26:44.220 --> 00:26:44.540
 Everything

00:26:44.540 --> 00:26:44.920
 is going

00:26:44.920 --> 00:26:45.140
 to be

00:26:45.140 --> 00:26:45.560
 perfectly

00:26:45.560 --> 00:26:46.020
 good

00:26:46.020 --> 00:26:46.800
 if we

00:26:46.800 --> 00:26:47.280
 can do

00:26:47.280 --> 00:26:47.620
 it.

00:26:50.040 --> 00:26:50.920
 But that's

00:26:50.920 --> 00:26:51.440
 the problem

00:26:51.440 --> 00:26:51.840
 of the

00:26:51.840 --> 00:26:52.140
 law.

00:26:53.460 --> 00:26:54.120
 And that's

00:26:54.120 --> 00:26:54.700
 our problem

00:26:54.700 --> 00:26:55.080
 too.

00:26:55.940 --> 00:26:56.580
 We want

00:26:56.580 --> 00:26:56.860
 it.

00:26:57.320 --> 00:26:57.840
 We long

00:26:57.840 --> 00:26:58.400
 to obey

00:26:58.400 --> 00:26:58.780
 it.

00:26:59.660 --> 00:27:00.460
 Because it

00:27:00.460 --> 00:27:01.040
 creates the

00:27:01.040 --> 00:27:01.680
 most beautiful

00:27:01.680 --> 00:27:02.280
 and perfect

00:27:02.280 --> 00:27:02.840
 of life

00:27:02.840 --> 00:27:03.580
 and community,

00:27:04.780 --> 00:27:05.720
 we know

00:27:05.720 --> 00:27:06.200
 it will be

00:27:06.200 --> 00:27:06.620
 good for

00:27:06.620 --> 00:27:07.000
 us.

00:27:08.120 --> 00:27:08.940
 But we

00:27:08.940 --> 00:27:10.320
 just can't

00:27:10.320 --> 00:27:11.120
 keep it.

00:27:11.140 --> 00:27:11.320
 it.

00:27:12.520 --> 00:27:13.820
 We fail

00:27:13.820 --> 00:27:14.500
 and we

00:27:14.500 --> 00:27:15.040
 fall

00:27:15.040 --> 00:27:16.220
 miserably

00:27:16.220 --> 00:27:17.200
 all of

00:27:17.200 --> 00:27:17.680
 the time.

00:27:19.020 --> 00:27:19.860
 So what

00:27:19.860 --> 00:27:20.080
 are we

00:27:20.080 --> 00:27:20.520
 to do

00:27:20.520 --> 00:27:21.960
 with God's

00:27:21.960 --> 00:27:22.160
 law?

00:27:23.840 --> 00:27:24.520
 Well that

00:27:24.520 --> 00:27:24.960
 brings us

00:27:24.960 --> 00:27:25.280
 to the

00:27:25.280 --> 00:27:25.540
 third

00:27:25.540 --> 00:27:26.080
 aspect,

00:27:26.780 --> 00:27:27.500
 the

00:27:27.500 --> 00:27:27.980
 solution

00:27:27.980 --> 00:27:29.100
 to God's

00:27:29.100 --> 00:27:29.300
 law.

00:27:30.420 --> 00:27:30.920
 Thankfully

00:27:30.920 --> 00:27:31.620
 God has

00:27:31.620 --> 00:27:32.520
 done something

00:27:32.520 --> 00:27:33.700
 about our

00:27:33.700 --> 00:27:34.600
 inability to

00:27:34.600 --> 00:27:35.320
 keep God's

00:27:35.320 --> 00:27:35.540
 law.

00:27:36.440 --> 00:27:36.820
 Look at

00:27:36.820 --> 00:27:37.600
 chapter 5

00:27:37.600 --> 00:27:38.420
 verse 4.

00:27:38.420 --> 00:27:51.680
 chapter 5

00:27:51.680 --> 00:27:52.279
 verse 4.

00:27:53.860 --> 00:27:54.700
 The Lord

00:27:54.700 --> 00:27:55.560
 spoke to you

00:27:55.560 --> 00:27:56.620
 face to face

00:27:56.620 --> 00:27:57.360
 out of the

00:27:57.360 --> 00:27:58.320
 fire on

00:27:58.320 --> 00:27:59.019
 that mountain.

00:28:00.600 --> 00:28:01.519
 Moses says,

00:28:01.519 --> 00:28:02.079
 at that

00:28:02.079 --> 00:28:03.359
 time I

00:28:03.359 --> 00:28:04.019
 stood

00:28:04.019 --> 00:28:05.480
 between the

00:28:05.480 --> 00:28:06.980
 Lord and

00:28:06.980 --> 00:28:09.319
 you to

00:28:09.319 --> 00:28:09.940
 declare to

00:28:09.940 --> 00:28:10.279
 you the

00:28:10.279 --> 00:28:10.700
 word of

00:28:10.700 --> 00:28:11.139
 the Lord

00:28:11.139 --> 00:28:12.099
 because you

00:28:12.099 --> 00:28:12.799
 were afraid

00:28:12.799 --> 00:28:13.160
 of the

00:28:13.160 --> 00:28:14.180
 fire and

00:28:14.180 --> 00:28:14.619
 did not

00:28:14.619 --> 00:28:15.319
 go up

00:28:15.319 --> 00:28:16.240
 the mountain.

00:28:17.900 --> 00:28:18.460
 Moses,

00:28:18.619 --> 00:28:19.000
 do you see,

00:28:19.200 --> 00:28:19.960
 stands in

00:28:19.960 --> 00:28:20.299
 for the

00:28:20.299 --> 00:28:20.700
 people.

00:28:21.740 --> 00:28:22.379
 He stands

00:28:22.379 --> 00:28:23.559
 between God

00:28:23.559 --> 00:28:24.000
 and the

00:28:24.000 --> 00:28:24.299
 people.

00:28:24.480 --> 00:28:25.099
 He acts

00:28:25.099 --> 00:28:25.740
 as a

00:28:25.740 --> 00:28:26.400
 mediator.

00:28:27.619 --> 00:28:28.039
 Now I

00:28:28.039 --> 00:28:28.379
 think we're

00:28:28.379 --> 00:28:28.940
 used to

00:28:28.940 --> 00:28:29.700
 mediators.

00:28:29.700 --> 00:28:30.180
 We have

00:28:30.180 --> 00:28:30.700
 them whenever

00:28:30.700 --> 00:28:31.140
 there's a

00:28:31.140 --> 00:28:32.220
 breakdown in

00:28:32.220 --> 00:28:32.940
 a relationship

00:28:32.940 --> 00:28:33.720
 between two

00:28:33.720 --> 00:28:34.200
 parties.

00:28:35.420 --> 00:28:36.120
 We've seen

00:28:36.120 --> 00:28:36.700
 it on this

00:28:36.700 --> 00:28:37.140
 island.

00:28:37.360 --> 00:28:37.660
 We have

00:28:37.660 --> 00:28:38.259
 political

00:28:38.259 --> 00:28:39.100
 mediators,

00:28:39.640 --> 00:28:40.299
 as was the

00:28:40.299 --> 00:28:40.840
 case for the

00:28:40.840 --> 00:28:41.360
 Good Friday

00:28:41.360 --> 00:28:41.960
 Agreement.

00:28:43.819 --> 00:28:44.380
 Someone's

00:28:44.380 --> 00:28:45.019
 speaking on

00:28:45.019 --> 00:28:45.759
 behalf of the

00:28:45.759 --> 00:28:46.480
 other parties.

00:28:46.940 --> 00:28:47.580
 We have

00:28:47.580 --> 00:28:48.519
 marriage

00:28:48.519 --> 00:28:50.080
 mediators who

00:28:50.080 --> 00:28:50.660
 are there to

00:28:50.660 --> 00:28:51.380
 help bring the

00:28:51.380 --> 00:28:52.460
 separated couple

00:28:52.460 --> 00:28:53.680
 back to each

00:28:53.680 --> 00:28:53.980
 other.

00:28:55.120 --> 00:28:55.940
 Well in his

00:28:55.940 --> 00:28:56.539
 role as a

00:28:56.539 --> 00:28:57.220
 mediator,

00:28:57.819 --> 00:28:58.380
 Moses was

00:28:58.380 --> 00:28:58.840
 there to

00:28:58.840 --> 00:28:59.440
 speak to

00:28:59.440 --> 00:29:00.100
 God for

00:29:00.100 --> 00:29:00.680
 the people

00:29:00.680 --> 00:29:02.220
 and Moses

00:29:02.220 --> 00:29:02.900
 was there to

00:29:02.900 --> 00:29:03.400
 speak to

00:29:03.400 --> 00:29:03.920
 the people

00:29:03.920 --> 00:29:04.620
 for God.

00:29:05.180 --> 00:29:05.559
 Look at

00:29:05.559 --> 00:29:06.420
 chapter 5

00:29:06.420 --> 00:29:07.660
 verse 26.

00:29:12.120 --> 00:29:12.900
 The people

00:29:12.900 --> 00:29:13.200
 said,

00:29:13.320 --> 00:29:13.680
 for what

00:29:13.680 --> 00:29:14.480
 mortal man

00:29:14.480 --> 00:29:14.920
 has ever

00:29:14.920 --> 00:29:15.299
 heard the

00:29:15.299 --> 00:29:15.740
 voice of

00:29:15.740 --> 00:29:16.080
 the living

00:29:16.080 --> 00:29:16.799
 God speaking

00:29:16.799 --> 00:29:17.279
 out of the

00:29:17.279 --> 00:29:17.840
 fires we

00:29:17.840 --> 00:29:18.240
 have and

00:29:18.240 --> 00:29:18.840
 survived?

00:29:19.920 --> 00:29:20.620
 So they

00:29:20.620 --> 00:29:21.000
 said to

00:29:21.000 --> 00:29:21.279
 Moses,

00:29:21.400 --> 00:29:22.000
 verse 27,

00:29:22.220 --> 00:29:22.960
 go near

00:29:22.960 --> 00:29:24.120
 and listen

00:29:24.120 --> 00:29:24.900
 to all that

00:29:24.900 --> 00:29:25.360
 the Lord

00:29:25.360 --> 00:29:25.920
 our God

00:29:25.920 --> 00:29:26.500
 says.

00:29:27.420 --> 00:29:28.340
 Then you

00:29:28.340 --> 00:29:29.299
 tell us

00:29:29.299 --> 00:29:30.119
 whatever the

00:29:30.119 --> 00:29:30.539
 Lord our

00:29:30.539 --> 00:29:31.200
 God tells

00:29:31.200 --> 00:29:32.680
 you and

00:29:32.680 --> 00:29:33.639
 we will

00:29:33.639 --> 00:29:34.500
 listen and

00:29:34.500 --> 00:29:34.879
 obey.

00:29:36.680 --> 00:29:37.480
 It sounds

00:29:37.480 --> 00:29:38.180
 easy enough,

00:29:38.259 --> 00:29:38.799
 doesn't it?

00:29:40.119 --> 00:29:41.200
 But here's

00:29:41.200 --> 00:29:41.839
 the difficulty.

00:29:42.099 --> 00:29:42.759
 Moses could

00:29:42.759 --> 00:29:43.740
 only tell the

00:29:43.740 --> 00:29:44.339
 people what

00:29:44.339 --> 00:29:44.859
 God would

00:29:44.859 --> 00:29:45.159
 do.

00:29:46.039 --> 00:29:46.399
 Look,

00:29:46.579 --> 00:29:46.919
 everyone,

00:29:47.079 --> 00:29:47.759
 if you keep

00:29:47.759 --> 00:29:48.119
 the law,

00:29:48.440 --> 00:29:48.940
 God is going

00:29:48.940 --> 00:29:49.399
 to bless you.

00:29:49.460 --> 00:29:49.839
 This is what

00:29:49.839 --> 00:29:50.119
 he's going

00:29:50.119 --> 00:29:50.539
 to do for

00:29:50.539 --> 00:29:50.700
 you.

00:29:50.919 --> 00:29:51.319
 If you

00:29:51.319 --> 00:29:51.799
 break the

00:29:51.799 --> 00:29:52.019
 law,

00:29:52.379 --> 00:29:52.720
 God is

00:29:52.720 --> 00:29:53.019
 going to

00:29:53.019 --> 00:29:53.619
 punish you.

00:29:54.759 --> 00:29:55.379
 And all

00:29:55.379 --> 00:29:55.899
 Moses could

00:29:55.899 --> 00:29:56.359
 do on the

00:29:56.359 --> 00:29:56.879
 other side

00:29:56.879 --> 00:29:57.279
 was he

00:29:57.279 --> 00:29:57.680
 could only

00:29:57.680 --> 00:29:58.380
 report to

00:29:58.380 --> 00:29:58.799
 God what

00:29:58.799 --> 00:29:59.259
 the people

00:29:59.259 --> 00:29:59.640
 would do.

00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:00.240
 Well,

00:30:00.340 --> 00:30:00.560
 God,

00:30:00.660 --> 00:30:00.820
 you know,

00:30:00.880 --> 00:30:01.259
 the people

00:30:01.259 --> 00:30:01.759
 have promised

00:30:01.759 --> 00:30:02.160
 that they're

00:30:02.160 --> 00:30:02.500
 going to

00:30:02.500 --> 00:30:02.920
 listen to

00:30:02.920 --> 00:30:03.160
 you and

00:30:03.160 --> 00:30:03.820
 obey you.

00:30:05.539 --> 00:30:06.080
 That's his

00:30:06.080 --> 00:30:06.799
 only function

00:30:06.799 --> 00:30:07.180
 as a

00:30:07.180 --> 00:30:07.759
 mediator.

00:30:10.420 --> 00:30:10.840
 Well,

00:30:10.880 --> 00:30:11.279
 the fact

00:30:11.279 --> 00:30:11.700
 is,

00:30:12.259 --> 00:30:12.740
 they did

00:30:12.740 --> 00:30:13.519
 not listen

00:30:13.519 --> 00:30:14.500
 and they

00:30:14.500 --> 00:30:14.980
 did not

00:30:14.980 --> 00:30:15.360
 obey.

00:30:16.640 --> 00:30:17.400
 And although

00:30:17.400 --> 00:30:18.240
 Moses was a

00:30:18.240 --> 00:30:18.799
 mediator,

00:30:18.900 --> 00:30:19.400
 he could do

00:30:19.400 --> 00:30:19.940
 nothing to

00:30:19.940 --> 00:30:20.600
 make the

00:30:20.600 --> 00:30:21.460
 people obey.

00:30:22.060 --> 00:30:22.640
 Moses had

00:30:22.640 --> 00:30:23.340
 no power

00:30:23.340 --> 00:30:23.820
 in himself

00:30:23.820 --> 00:30:24.560
 to change

00:30:24.559 --> 00:30:25.119
 their life

00:30:25.119 --> 00:30:25.799
 or behaviour.

00:30:27.639 --> 00:30:28.220
 So it

00:30:28.220 --> 00:30:28.679
 seems at

00:30:28.679 --> 00:30:29.159
 this stage

00:30:29.159 --> 00:30:29.539
 it's more

00:30:29.539 --> 00:30:29.779
 of a

00:30:29.779 --> 00:30:30.119
 problem

00:30:30.119 --> 00:30:30.539
 than a

00:30:30.539 --> 00:30:30.960
 solution.

00:30:32.440 --> 00:30:33.200
 But God

00:30:33.200 --> 00:30:34.119
 knows the

00:30:34.119 --> 00:30:35.339
 people and

00:30:35.339 --> 00:30:35.899
 God does

00:30:35.899 --> 00:30:36.379
 not give

00:30:36.379 --> 00:30:36.740
 up on

00:30:36.740 --> 00:30:37.299
 his people.

00:30:38.099 --> 00:30:38.379
 God

00:30:38.379 --> 00:30:39.159
 longs that

00:30:39.159 --> 00:30:39.539
 we would

00:30:39.539 --> 00:30:40.119
 love him

00:30:40.119 --> 00:30:41.019
 and obey

00:30:41.019 --> 00:30:41.279
 him.

00:30:41.359 --> 00:30:41.599
 Look at

00:30:41.599 --> 00:30:42.819
 verse 29.

00:30:47.339 --> 00:30:47.859
 Oh,

00:30:47.960 --> 00:30:48.480
 he says,

00:30:48.480 --> 00:30:48.960
 oh,

00:30:49.099 --> 00:30:49.539
 that their

00:30:49.539 --> 00:30:50.259
 hearts

00:30:50.259 --> 00:30:51.419
 would be

00:30:51.419 --> 00:30:52.299
 inclined to

00:30:52.299 --> 00:30:53.019
 fear me

00:30:53.019 --> 00:30:54.359
 and keep

00:30:54.359 --> 00:30:55.000
 all my

00:30:55.000 --> 00:30:55.480
 commands

00:30:55.480 --> 00:30:56.299
 always

00:30:56.299 --> 00:30:57.539
 so that

00:30:57.539 --> 00:30:57.900
 it might

00:30:57.900 --> 00:30:58.420
 go well

00:30:58.420 --> 00:30:58.960
 with them

00:30:58.960 --> 00:30:59.879
 and their

00:30:59.879 --> 00:31:00.519
 children

00:31:00.519 --> 00:31:01.759
 forever.

00:31:02.920 --> 00:31:03.539
 This is

00:31:03.539 --> 00:31:04.259
 the cry

00:31:04.259 --> 00:31:05.480
 of a

00:31:05.480 --> 00:31:05.900
 deeply

00:31:05.900 --> 00:31:06.759
 passionate,

00:31:07.559 --> 00:31:07.859
 loving,

00:31:08.519 --> 00:31:09.079
 and committed

00:31:09.079 --> 00:31:09.660
 God.

00:31:10.680 --> 00:31:11.119
 Oh,

00:31:11.220 --> 00:31:11.720
 that their

00:31:11.720 --> 00:31:12.559
 hearts

00:31:12.559 --> 00:31:13.519
 would be

00:31:13.519 --> 00:31:14.259
 inclined to

00:31:14.259 --> 00:31:14.440
 me.

00:31:15.680 --> 00:31:16.160
 This is

00:31:16.160 --> 00:31:16.720
 the cry

00:31:16.720 --> 00:31:17.160
 of a

00:31:17.160 --> 00:31:17.900
 heartache.

00:31:19.099 --> 00:31:19.559
 God's

00:31:19.559 --> 00:31:19.940
 deepest

00:31:19.940 --> 00:31:20.440
 longing,

00:31:20.879 --> 00:31:21.259
 God's

00:31:21.259 --> 00:31:21.700
 greatest

00:31:21.700 --> 00:31:22.400
 desire

00:31:22.400 --> 00:31:23.080
 is that

00:31:23.080 --> 00:31:23.440
 we would

00:31:23.440 --> 00:31:23.860
 love

00:31:23.860 --> 00:31:24.180
 him,

00:31:24.300 --> 00:31:24.820
 that we

00:31:24.820 --> 00:31:25.040
 would

00:31:25.040 --> 00:31:25.560
 obey

00:31:25.560 --> 00:31:25.820
 him,

00:31:25.880 --> 00:31:26.140
 that we

00:31:26.140 --> 00:31:26.340
 would

00:31:26.340 --> 00:31:26.800
 want

00:31:26.800 --> 00:31:27.000
 to

00:31:27.000 --> 00:31:27.220
 do

00:31:27.220 --> 00:31:27.580
 it.

00:31:29.019 --> 00:31:29.300
 And

00:31:29.300 --> 00:31:29.840
 God's

00:31:29.840 --> 00:31:30.160
 heart

00:31:30.160 --> 00:31:31.060
 breaks

00:31:31.060 --> 00:31:32.140
 when we

00:31:32.140 --> 00:31:32.680
 turn away

00:31:32.680 --> 00:31:33.200
 from him.

00:31:34.840 --> 00:31:35.519
 And he

00:31:35.519 --> 00:31:36.080
 won't give

00:31:36.080 --> 00:31:36.920
 up on us.

00:31:37.660 --> 00:31:38.120
 And he

00:31:38.120 --> 00:31:38.519
 won't give

00:31:38.519 --> 00:31:38.980
 up on his

00:31:38.980 --> 00:31:39.400
 people.

00:31:40.980 --> 00:31:41.600
 So God

00:31:41.600 --> 00:31:41.960
 in his

00:31:41.960 --> 00:31:42.340
 grace

00:31:42.340 --> 00:31:43.140
 provides

00:31:43.140 --> 00:31:45.480
 another

00:31:45.480 --> 00:31:46.259
 mediator.

00:31:47.340 --> 00:31:47.980
 He sends

00:31:47.980 --> 00:31:48.940
 a better

00:31:48.940 --> 00:31:50.240
 and greater

00:31:50.240 --> 00:31:51.259
 mediator,

00:31:51.259 --> 00:31:51.299
 mediator,

00:31:51.940 --> 00:31:52.759
 the perfect

00:31:52.759 --> 00:31:53.640
 mediator,

00:31:54.319 --> 00:31:54.660
 Jesus

00:31:54.660 --> 00:31:55.299
 Christ.

00:31:56.819 --> 00:31:57.779
 Because in

00:31:57.779 --> 00:31:58.559
 his role

00:31:58.559 --> 00:31:59.799
 as mediator,

00:32:00.839 --> 00:32:01.660
 Jesus comes

00:32:01.660 --> 00:32:02.339
 to stand

00:32:02.339 --> 00:32:03.299
 in for

00:32:03.299 --> 00:32:03.819
 us.

00:32:04.960 --> 00:32:05.619
 Jesus is

00:32:05.619 --> 00:32:05.960
 the one

00:32:05.960 --> 00:32:06.400
 who came

00:32:06.400 --> 00:32:06.819
 into the

00:32:06.819 --> 00:32:07.660
 world to

00:32:07.660 --> 00:32:08.240
 represent

00:32:08.240 --> 00:32:09.099
 us.

00:32:10.480 --> 00:32:11.379
 My life

00:32:11.379 --> 00:32:11.900
 becomes

00:32:11.900 --> 00:32:12.740
 his life

00:32:12.740 --> 00:32:14.079
 and his

00:32:14.079 --> 00:32:14.859
 life becomes

00:32:14.859 --> 00:32:15.660
 my life.

00:32:16.480 --> 00:32:16.700
 Well,

00:32:16.759 --> 00:32:17.519
 how does

00:32:17.519 --> 00:32:18.079
 that work

00:32:18.079 --> 00:32:18.420
 out?

00:32:18.420 --> 00:32:20.039
 we'll

00:32:20.039 --> 00:32:20.580
 get these

00:32:20.580 --> 00:32:21.820
 two ideas.

00:32:23.080 --> 00:32:23.460
 First,

00:32:23.640 --> 00:32:24.640
 Jesus loved

00:32:24.640 --> 00:32:25.560
 and obeyed

00:32:25.560 --> 00:32:26.400
 God perfectly

00:32:26.400 --> 00:32:27.240
 for us.

00:32:28.920 --> 00:32:29.220
 Jesus

00:32:29.220 --> 00:32:30.340
 kept the

00:32:30.340 --> 00:32:31.560
 law that

00:32:31.560 --> 00:32:32.060
 we could

00:32:32.060 --> 00:32:32.900
 never keep

00:32:32.900 --> 00:32:33.700
 on our

00:32:33.700 --> 00:32:34.300
 behalf.

00:32:35.160 --> 00:32:35.480
 Jesus,

00:32:35.660 --> 00:32:35.940
 when he

00:32:35.940 --> 00:32:36.539
 walked this

00:32:36.539 --> 00:32:36.759
 earth,

00:32:36.820 --> 00:32:37.240
 was the

00:32:37.240 --> 00:32:38.259
 only one

00:32:38.259 --> 00:32:40.400
 who could

00:32:40.400 --> 00:32:41.300
 truly say,

00:32:41.840 --> 00:32:42.300
 I loved

00:32:42.300 --> 00:32:42.820
 God with

00:32:42.820 --> 00:32:43.380
 all my

00:32:43.380 --> 00:32:43.779
 heart,

00:32:43.900 --> 00:32:44.320
 with all

00:32:44.320 --> 00:32:44.940
 my soul,

00:32:45.220 --> 00:32:45.580
 and with

00:32:45.580 --> 00:32:46.180
 all my

00:32:46.180 --> 00:32:46.740
 strength.

00:32:46.740 --> 00:32:47.480
 Jesus

00:32:47.480 --> 00:32:48.299
 kept the

00:32:48.299 --> 00:32:48.539
 Ten

00:32:48.539 --> 00:32:49.120
 Commandments

00:32:49.120 --> 00:32:49.759
 perfectly.

00:32:50.620 --> 00:32:51.240
 He never

00:32:51.240 --> 00:32:51.740
 got any

00:32:51.740 --> 00:32:52.059
 of them

00:32:52.059 --> 00:32:52.359
 wrong.

00:32:52.700 --> 00:32:53.440
 He obeyed

00:32:53.440 --> 00:32:53.900
 God's

00:32:53.900 --> 00:32:54.339
 law for

00:32:54.339 --> 00:32:54.920
 us,

00:32:55.640 --> 00:32:56.500
 so that

00:32:56.500 --> 00:32:57.059
 we might

00:32:57.059 --> 00:32:58.079
 freely receive

00:32:58.079 --> 00:32:58.700
 the blessings

00:32:58.700 --> 00:32:59.120
 of God,

00:32:59.180 --> 00:32:59.440
 that we

00:32:59.440 --> 00:33:00.299
 might enjoy

00:33:00.299 --> 00:33:00.920
 God and

00:33:00.920 --> 00:33:01.559
 a relationship

00:33:01.559 --> 00:33:02.220
 with him.

00:33:03.460 --> 00:33:04.140
 So that's

00:33:04.140 --> 00:33:04.579
 what he does

00:33:04.579 --> 00:33:05.019
 on one

00:33:05.019 --> 00:33:05.420
 side.

00:33:06.539 --> 00:33:07.259
 But it's

00:33:07.259 --> 00:33:07.759
 so much

00:33:07.759 --> 00:33:08.120
 more,

00:33:08.200 --> 00:33:08.640
 because on

00:33:08.640 --> 00:33:09.039
 the other

00:33:09.039 --> 00:33:09.579
 side,

00:33:10.620 --> 00:33:11.299
 he doesn't

00:33:11.299 --> 00:33:11.859
 just keep

00:33:11.859 --> 00:33:12.319
 the law,

00:33:13.539 --> 00:33:13.819
 Jesus

00:33:13.819 --> 00:33:14.480
 takes the

00:33:14.480 --> 00:33:15.620
 blame for

00:33:15.620 --> 00:33:15.980
 our

00:33:15.980 --> 00:33:16.720
 disobedience.

00:33:17.480 --> 00:33:18.460
 He takes

00:33:18.460 --> 00:33:19.339
 the failure

00:33:19.339 --> 00:33:20.620
 to keep

00:33:20.620 --> 00:33:21.099
 the law

00:33:21.099 --> 00:33:21.980
 on himself,

00:33:22.099 --> 00:33:22.339
 and he

00:33:22.339 --> 00:33:22.940
 suffers the

00:33:22.940 --> 00:33:23.339
 punishment

00:33:23.339 --> 00:33:23.799
 that we

00:33:23.799 --> 00:33:24.180
 deserve.

00:33:24.480 --> 00:33:24.940
 That's what

00:33:24.940 --> 00:33:25.380
 his death

00:33:25.380 --> 00:33:25.680
 on the

00:33:25.680 --> 00:33:26.099
 cross is

00:33:26.099 --> 00:33:26.700
 all about.

00:33:27.640 --> 00:33:27.900
 The

00:33:27.900 --> 00:33:28.319
 judgment

00:33:28.319 --> 00:33:28.940
 that Jesus

00:33:28.940 --> 00:33:29.519
 received

00:33:29.519 --> 00:33:29.880
 was a

00:33:29.880 --> 00:33:30.140
 judgment

00:33:30.140 --> 00:33:30.720
 for you

00:33:30.720 --> 00:33:31.079
 and for

00:33:31.079 --> 00:33:31.380
 me.

00:33:32.299 --> 00:33:32.720
 And he

00:33:32.720 --> 00:33:33.660
 stands in

00:33:33.660 --> 00:33:34.400
 for us.

00:33:35.059 --> 00:33:35.720
 He takes

00:33:35.720 --> 00:33:36.359
 the hit

00:33:36.359 --> 00:33:37.240
 for us.

00:33:39.960 --> 00:33:40.599
 Jesus

00:33:40.599 --> 00:33:41.240
 suffered

00:33:41.240 --> 00:33:41.819
 hell,

00:33:43.059 --> 00:33:43.579
 which is

00:33:43.579 --> 00:33:44.019
 like an

00:33:44.019 --> 00:33:44.660
 eternity

00:33:44.660 --> 00:33:45.620
 without

00:33:45.620 --> 00:33:46.279
 commands.

00:33:46.740 --> 00:33:47.559
 where

00:33:47.559 --> 00:33:48.039
 everybody

00:33:48.039 --> 00:33:48.680
 does

00:33:48.680 --> 00:33:49.200
 as they

00:33:49.200 --> 00:33:49.779
 like,

00:33:50.759 --> 00:33:51.440
 destroying

00:33:51.440 --> 00:33:52.240
 one another,

00:33:52.660 --> 00:33:53.099
 wrecking

00:33:53.099 --> 00:33:53.759
 one another.

00:33:54.319 --> 00:33:54.900
 And Jesus

00:33:54.900 --> 00:33:55.319
 suffered

00:33:55.319 --> 00:33:55.920
 hell for

00:33:55.920 --> 00:33:56.640
 us so

00:33:56.640 --> 00:33:57.079
 that we

00:33:57.079 --> 00:33:57.900
 might enjoy

00:33:57.900 --> 00:33:58.940
 heaven and

00:33:58.940 --> 00:33:59.880
 eternity with

00:33:59.880 --> 00:34:00.579
 him where

00:34:00.579 --> 00:34:01.599
 everybody does

00:34:01.599 --> 00:34:02.400
 obey and

00:34:02.400 --> 00:34:03.160
 everybody does

00:34:03.160 --> 00:34:04.140
 everything perfectly

00:34:04.140 --> 00:34:04.680
 right.

00:34:06.279 --> 00:34:07.319
 We can

00:34:07.319 --> 00:34:08.039
 summarize it

00:34:08.039 --> 00:34:08.679
 like this

00:34:08.679 --> 00:34:09.980
 on the

00:34:09.980 --> 00:34:10.340
 screen.

00:34:10.340 --> 00:34:10.640
 it's

00:34:10.640 --> 00:34:10.920
 there.

00:34:15.240 --> 00:34:15.960
 Jesus

00:34:15.960 --> 00:34:16.280
 was

00:34:16.280 --> 00:34:16.700
 treated

00:34:16.700 --> 00:34:18.019
 as a

00:34:18.019 --> 00:34:18.660
 lawbreaker

00:34:18.660 --> 00:34:19.559
 for us

00:34:19.559 --> 00:34:21.079
 so that

00:34:21.079 --> 00:34:21.700
 we might

00:34:21.700 --> 00:34:22.360
 be treated

00:34:22.360 --> 00:34:23.640
 as a

00:34:23.640 --> 00:34:24.320
 lawkeeper

00:34:24.320 --> 00:34:25.200
 like

00:34:25.200 --> 00:34:25.620
 him.

00:34:26.320 --> 00:34:26.760
 That's

00:34:26.760 --> 00:34:27.019
 what he

00:34:27.019 --> 00:34:27.480
 did for

00:34:27.480 --> 00:34:27.960
 us.

00:34:29.860 --> 00:34:30.539
 So,

00:34:30.800 --> 00:34:31.660
 what does

00:34:31.660 --> 00:34:32.180
 that mean

00:34:32.180 --> 00:34:32.780
 in terms

00:34:32.780 --> 00:34:33.240
 of the

00:34:33.240 --> 00:34:33.840
 law today?

00:34:34.160 --> 00:34:34.980
 What's our

00:34:34.980 --> 00:34:35.539
 relationship

00:34:35.539 --> 00:34:36.039
 with the

00:34:36.039 --> 00:34:36.200
 law?

00:34:36.199 --> 00:34:36.619
 Does it

00:34:36.619 --> 00:34:37.299
 mean we

00:34:37.299 --> 00:34:37.839
 just throw

00:34:37.839 --> 00:34:38.199
 the law

00:34:38.199 --> 00:34:38.359
 out?

00:34:38.419 --> 00:34:38.679
 We don't

00:34:38.679 --> 00:34:39.000
 need the

00:34:39.000 --> 00:34:39.199
 Ten

00:34:39.199 --> 00:34:39.679
 Commandments?

00:34:39.779 --> 00:34:39.899
 Sure,

00:34:39.939 --> 00:34:40.559
 Jesus died

00:34:40.559 --> 00:34:40.919
 for us

00:34:40.919 --> 00:34:41.439
 and forgave

00:34:41.439 --> 00:34:41.619
 us.

00:34:41.859 --> 00:34:42.199
 That's

00:34:42.199 --> 00:34:42.539
 all right

00:34:42.539 --> 00:34:42.739
 now.

00:34:42.779 --> 00:34:43.059
 I don't

00:34:43.059 --> 00:34:43.480
 need the

00:34:43.480 --> 00:34:43.699
 law.

00:34:45.139 --> 00:34:45.359
 Well,

00:34:45.419 --> 00:34:45.519
 no,

00:34:45.599 --> 00:34:45.899
 remember

00:34:45.899 --> 00:34:46.279
 what we

00:34:46.279 --> 00:34:46.619
 said at

00:34:46.619 --> 00:34:46.739
 the

00:34:46.739 --> 00:34:47.079
 beginning.

00:34:48.819 --> 00:34:49.259
 Rescue

00:34:49.259 --> 00:34:50.299
 came first,

00:34:50.819 --> 00:34:51.519
 then came

00:34:51.519 --> 00:34:51.699
 the

00:34:51.699 --> 00:34:52.319
 relationship.

00:34:53.480 --> 00:34:53.859
 Grace

00:34:53.859 --> 00:34:54.719
 comes first,

00:34:55.039 --> 00:34:55.839
 then comes

00:34:55.839 --> 00:34:56.299
 the law.

00:34:56.919 --> 00:34:57.339
 God

00:34:57.339 --> 00:34:58.039
 doesn't give

00:34:58.039 --> 00:34:58.419
 us the

00:34:58.419 --> 00:34:58.819
 law and

00:34:58.819 --> 00:34:59.059
 say,

00:34:59.419 --> 00:34:59.699
 listen

00:34:59.699 --> 00:35:00.139
 guys,

00:35:00.319 --> 00:35:00.919
 if you

00:35:00.919 --> 00:35:01.699
 obey this

00:35:01.699 --> 00:35:02.559
 law perfectly,

00:35:02.839 --> 00:35:03.299
 I will

00:35:03.299 --> 00:35:04.119
 love you and

00:35:04.119 --> 00:35:04.419
 I will

00:35:04.419 --> 00:35:05.000
 care for

00:35:05.000 --> 00:35:05.359
 you and

00:35:05.359 --> 00:35:05.639
 I will

00:35:05.639 --> 00:35:06.039
 give my

00:35:06.039 --> 00:35:06.619
 life for

00:35:06.619 --> 00:35:06.800
 you.

00:35:07.059 --> 00:35:07.519
 If you

00:35:07.519 --> 00:35:08.239
 keep this

00:35:08.239 --> 00:35:09.119
 law perfectly,

00:35:09.559 --> 00:35:10.159
 I will

00:35:10.159 --> 00:35:10.940
 accept you

00:35:10.940 --> 00:35:11.480
 and welcome

00:35:11.480 --> 00:35:11.820
 you.

00:35:12.940 --> 00:35:13.199
 No,

00:35:13.259 --> 00:35:13.800
 God never

00:35:13.800 --> 00:35:14.599
 says that.

00:35:15.820 --> 00:35:16.320
 God

00:35:16.320 --> 00:35:16.639
 says,

00:35:16.779 --> 00:35:18.039
 because I

00:35:18.039 --> 00:35:18.639
 have kept

00:35:18.639 --> 00:35:19.199
 the law

00:35:19.199 --> 00:35:19.800
 for you,

00:35:20.920 --> 00:35:22.259
 I love

00:35:22.259 --> 00:35:22.599
 you.

00:35:23.480 --> 00:35:24.779
 Because I

00:35:24.779 --> 00:35:25.480
 was punished

00:35:25.480 --> 00:35:26.019
 as a

00:35:26.019 --> 00:35:26.579
 lawbreaker

00:35:26.579 --> 00:35:27.119
 for you,

00:35:27.400 --> 00:35:28.300
 I welcome

00:35:28.300 --> 00:35:29.300
 you and

00:35:29.300 --> 00:35:29.980
 I accept

00:35:29.980 --> 00:35:30.320
 you.

00:35:31.360 --> 00:35:32.300
 Because I

00:35:32.300 --> 00:35:33.059
 died for

00:35:33.059 --> 00:35:33.340
 you,

00:35:34.820 --> 00:35:35.639
 I give

00:35:35.639 --> 00:35:36.059
 you my

00:35:36.059 --> 00:35:36.420
 good

00:35:36.420 --> 00:35:36.819
 law.

00:35:38.079 --> 00:35:38.500
 A

00:35:38.500 --> 00:35:39.239
 law not

00:35:39.239 --> 00:35:40.619
 there so

00:35:40.619 --> 00:35:41.019
 you can

00:35:41.019 --> 00:35:41.539
 try and

00:35:41.539 --> 00:35:42.659
 earn my

00:35:42.659 --> 00:35:43.159
 favour,

00:35:44.500 --> 00:35:45.000
 but a

00:35:45.000 --> 00:35:45.480
 law that

00:35:45.480 --> 00:35:45.920
 is there

00:35:45.920 --> 00:35:46.460
 to say,

00:35:47.460 --> 00:35:48.859
 follow this

00:35:48.859 --> 00:35:50.400
 law as

00:35:50.400 --> 00:35:50.859
 a way of

00:35:50.859 --> 00:35:51.139
 saying,

00:35:51.440 --> 00:35:52.019
 thank you

00:35:52.019 --> 00:35:53.019
 that you

00:35:53.019 --> 00:35:53.480
 are my

00:35:53.480 --> 00:35:53.960
 saviour.

00:35:54.480 --> 00:35:55.179
 It's not

00:35:55.179 --> 00:35:55.699
 there to

00:35:55.699 --> 00:35:56.579
 earn favour,

00:35:57.579 --> 00:35:58.019
 but to

00:35:58.019 --> 00:35:58.719
 say thank

00:35:58.719 --> 00:35:59.920
 you for

00:35:59.920 --> 00:36:01.159
 being my

00:36:01.159 --> 00:36:01.679
 saviour.

00:36:01.679 --> 00:36:04.319
 God's

00:36:04.319 --> 00:36:04.759
 law is

00:36:04.759 --> 00:36:05.339
 a good

00:36:05.339 --> 00:36:05.679
 law,

00:36:06.480 --> 00:36:08.139
 because it

00:36:08.139 --> 00:36:08.839
 points us

00:36:08.839 --> 00:36:09.519
 to Jesus

00:36:09.519 --> 00:36:11.480
 and helps

00:36:11.480 --> 00:36:11.799
 us to

00:36:11.799 --> 00:36:12.159
 see our

00:36:12.159 --> 00:36:12.980
 need of

00:36:12.980 --> 00:36:13.519
 Jesus.

00:36:14.599 --> 00:36:15.259
 But Jesus

00:36:15.259 --> 00:36:15.759
 then in

00:36:15.759 --> 00:36:16.299
 turn brings

00:36:16.299 --> 00:36:16.719
 us back

00:36:16.719 --> 00:36:17.019
 to the

00:36:17.019 --> 00:36:17.299
 law and

00:36:17.299 --> 00:36:17.519
 says,

00:36:17.940 --> 00:36:18.599
 follow the

00:36:18.599 --> 00:36:19.960
 law as

00:36:19.960 --> 00:36:20.379
 a way of

00:36:20.379 --> 00:36:21.019
 saying thank

00:36:21.019 --> 00:36:21.319
 you to

00:36:21.319 --> 00:36:22.279
 me for

00:36:22.279 --> 00:36:22.719
 all that

00:36:22.719 --> 00:36:23.019
 I have

00:36:23.019 --> 00:36:24.219
 done for

00:36:24.219 --> 00:36:24.519
 you.

00:36:25.519 --> 00:36:26.079
 Let's

00:36:26.079 --> 00:36:26.359
 pray.

00:36:26.359 --> 00:36:26.440
 Amen.

00:36:26.440 --> 00:36:26.480
 Amen.

00:36:26.480 --> 00:36:26.500
 Amen.

00:36:26.500 --> 00:36:26.519
 Amen.

00:36:26.519 --> 00:36:26.539
 Amen.

00:36:26.539 --> 00:36:26.559
 Amen.

00:36:26.559 --> 00:36:26.619
 Amen.

00:36:26.619 --> 00:36:28.500
 Amen.

00:36:28.500 --> 00:36:28.539
 Amen.

00:36:28.539 --> 00:36:28.619
 Amen.

00:36:28.619 --> 00:36:28.639
 Amen.

00:36:28.639 --> 00:36:30.519
 Amen.

00:36:30.519 --> 00:36:30.619
 Amen.

00:36:30.619 --> 00:36:30.679
 Amen.

00:36:30.679 --> 00:36:31.659
 Amen.

00:36:31.659 --> 00:36:37.399
 Our

00:36:37.399 --> 00:36:37.960
 Father God,

00:36:38.019 --> 00:36:38.480
 we thank

00:36:38.480 --> 00:36:40.799
 you for

00:36:40.799 --> 00:36:41.379
 your good

00:36:41.379 --> 00:36:41.699
 law.

00:36:43.500 --> 00:36:44.299
 We thank

00:36:44.299 --> 00:36:44.619
 you that

00:36:44.619 --> 00:36:45.039
 you have

00:36:45.039 --> 00:36:45.980
 given us

00:36:45.980 --> 00:36:46.819
 your words

00:36:46.819 --> 00:36:48.259
 so that

00:36:48.259 --> 00:36:48.679
 we know

00:36:48.679 --> 00:36:49.199
 how to

00:36:49.199 --> 00:36:49.519
 live.

00:36:51.639 --> 00:36:52.319
 And we

00:36:52.319 --> 00:36:52.779
 pray that

00:36:52.779 --> 00:36:53.359
 as we

00:36:53.359 --> 00:36:55.099
 read your

00:36:55.099 --> 00:36:55.399
 law,

00:36:55.500 --> 00:36:55.779
 as we

00:36:55.779 --> 00:36:56.559
 seek to

00:36:56.559 --> 00:36:57.000
 follow it,

00:36:57.039 --> 00:36:57.299
 it would

00:36:57.299 --> 00:36:58.019
 remind us

00:36:58.019 --> 00:36:58.579
 daily of

00:36:58.579 --> 00:36:59.239
 your amazing

00:36:59.239 --> 00:36:59.739
 grace,

00:36:59.739 --> 00:37:01.500
 of how

00:37:01.500 --> 00:37:01.819
 you have

00:37:01.819 --> 00:37:02.559
 rescued us

00:37:02.559 --> 00:37:03.099
 and blessed

00:37:03.099 --> 00:37:03.659
 us and

00:37:03.659 --> 00:37:04.219
 given us

00:37:04.219 --> 00:37:04.859
 so much.

00:37:07.259 --> 00:37:08.059
 And help

00:37:08.059 --> 00:37:08.519
 us in the

00:37:08.519 --> 00:37:08.939
 days,

00:37:09.479 --> 00:37:10.539
 the hours,

00:37:10.679 --> 00:37:11.279
 the moments,

00:37:11.279 --> 00:37:12.779
 where we're

00:37:12.779 --> 00:37:13.519
 so conscious

00:37:13.519 --> 00:37:14.079
 of us

00:37:14.079 --> 00:37:14.500
 failing,

00:37:16.099 --> 00:37:16.759
 that we

00:37:16.759 --> 00:37:17.199
 would run

00:37:17.199 --> 00:37:17.839
 to Christ

00:37:17.839 --> 00:37:19.879
 and remember

00:37:19.879 --> 00:37:20.439
 that he is

00:37:20.439 --> 00:37:21.019
 the one who

00:37:21.019 --> 00:37:22.339
 has not only

00:37:22.339 --> 00:37:22.899
 kept the

00:37:22.899 --> 00:37:23.419
 law for

00:37:23.419 --> 00:37:23.879
 us,

00:37:24.779 --> 00:37:25.259
 but taken

00:37:25.259 --> 00:37:25.879
 the punishment

00:37:25.879 --> 00:37:26.579
 for breaking

00:37:26.579 --> 00:37:27.099
 the law.

00:37:27.099 --> 00:37:30.420
 and he

00:37:30.420 --> 00:37:30.779
 has given

00:37:30.779 --> 00:37:31.219
 us new

00:37:31.219 --> 00:37:31.699
 life in

00:37:31.699 --> 00:37:32.299
 its place.

00:37:34.119 --> 00:37:34.779
 So help

00:37:34.779 --> 00:37:35.119
 us to

00:37:35.119 --> 00:37:35.400
 live in

00:37:35.400 --> 00:37:35.759
 the light

00:37:35.759 --> 00:37:36.059
 of that

00:37:36.059 --> 00:37:36.500
 today.

00:37:37.920 --> 00:37:38.500
 Help us

00:37:38.500 --> 00:37:38.900
 to live

00:37:38.900 --> 00:37:39.279
 in the

00:37:39.279 --> 00:37:39.599
 light of

00:37:39.599 --> 00:37:39.920
 that in

00:37:39.920 --> 00:37:40.079
 our

00:37:40.079 --> 00:37:40.659
 relationships

00:37:40.659 --> 00:37:41.079
 within

00:37:41.079 --> 00:37:41.299
 our

00:37:41.299 --> 00:37:41.799
 family,

00:37:43.199 --> 00:37:44.420
 within

00:37:44.420 --> 00:37:44.719
 our

00:37:44.719 --> 00:37:45.279
 community,

00:37:45.699 --> 00:37:45.920
 in our

00:37:45.920 --> 00:37:46.519
 places of

00:37:46.519 --> 00:37:46.860
 work,

00:37:48.219 --> 00:37:49.239
 and help

00:37:49.239 --> 00:37:51.259
 us to

00:37:51.259 --> 00:37:51.679
 show the

00:37:51.679 --> 00:37:52.199
 grace of

00:37:52.199 --> 00:37:52.679
 God to

00:37:52.679 --> 00:37:53.259
 those around

00:37:53.259 --> 00:37:54.460
 us as

00:37:54.460 --> 00:37:54.880
 we seek

00:37:54.880 --> 00:37:55.480
 to follow

00:37:55.480 --> 00:37:56.199
 your ways.

00:37:57.099 --> 00:37:57.779
 We pray

00:37:57.779 --> 00:37:58.219
 this in

00:37:58.219 --> 00:37:58.500
 Jesus'

00:37:58.699 --> 00:37:58.920
 name.

00:37:59.920 --> 00:38:00.299
 Amen.

00:38:00.299 --> 00:38:00.420
 Amen.

00:38:27.099 --> 00:38:33.380
 So in

00:38:33.380 --> 00:38:35.179
 response to

00:38:35.179 --> 00:38:35.440
 what we've

00:38:35.440 --> 00:38:35.779
 heard this

00:38:35.779 --> 00:38:36.079
 morning,

00:38:36.860 --> 00:38:37.460
 particularly

00:38:37.460 --> 00:38:37.860
 Jesus'

00:38:38.099 --> 00:38:38.739
 role as

00:38:38.739 --> 00:38:38.900
 our

00:38:38.900 --> 00:38:39.319
 mediator,

00:38:39.460 --> 00:38:39.719
 we're going

00:38:39.719 --> 00:38:40.159
 to sing

00:38:40.159 --> 00:38:41.279
 before the

00:38:41.279 --> 00:38:42.099
 throne of

00:38:42.099 --> 00:38:42.380
 God

00:38:42.380 --> 00:38:42.739
 above.

00:38:46.500 --> 00:38:46.940
 We're

00:38:46.940 --> 00:38:47.179
 coming

00:38:47.179 --> 00:38:47.679
 seated.

00:38:49.679 --> 00:38:50.159
 This

00:38:50.159 --> 00:38:50.639
 serves as a

00:38:50.639 --> 00:38:51.139
 good introduction

00:38:51.139 --> 00:38:51.460
 to our

00:38:51.460 --> 00:38:51.860
 time around

00:38:51.860 --> 00:38:52.239
 the Lord's

00:38:52.239 --> 00:38:52.539
 table.

00:38:53.339 --> 00:38:53.579
 So we

00:38:53.579 --> 00:38:53.860
 just want

00:38:53.860 --> 00:38:54.299
 to continue

00:38:54.300 --> 00:38:54.780
 that

00:38:54.780 --> 00:38:55.900
 thought

00:38:55.900 --> 00:38:56.140
 or that

00:38:56.140 --> 00:38:56.780
 idea of

00:38:56.780 --> 00:38:57.519
 Jesus as

00:38:57.519 --> 00:38:58.560
 our

00:38:58.560 --> 00:38:59.000
 mediator,

00:38:59.100 --> 00:38:59.500
 the person

00:38:59.500 --> 00:39:00.019
 that stands

00:39:00.019 --> 00:39:00.420
 in the

00:39:00.420 --> 00:39:01.700
 gap for

00:39:01.700 --> 00:39:02.000
 us,

00:39:02.140 --> 00:39:02.740
 between us

00:39:02.740 --> 00:39:03.539
 and a

00:39:03.539 --> 00:39:03.840
 righteous

00:39:03.840 --> 00:39:04.360
 and Holy

00:39:04.360 --> 00:39:04.720
 God.

00:39:04.720 --> 00:39:04.800
 Amen.

00:39:05.220 --> 00:39:05.280
 Amen.

00:39:05.280 --> 00:39:05.340
 Amen.

00:39:05.340 --> 00:39:06.280
 Amen.

00:39:06.280 --> 00:39:06.580
 Amen.

00:39:06.580 --> 00:39:07.440
 Amen.

00:39:07.440 --> 00:39:08.440
 Amen.

00:39:08.440 --> 00:39:10.500
 Amen.

00:39:14.500 --> 00:39:15.420
 Amen.

00:39:15.420 --> 00:39:16.519
 Amen.

00:39:16.519 --> 00:39:17.580
 Amen.

00:39:17.580 --> 00:39:18.680
 Amen.

00:39:18.680 --> 00:39:20.039
 Amen.

00:39:20.039 --> 00:39:20.180
 Amen.

00:39:20.180 --> 00:39:20.620
 Amen.

00:39:20.620 --> 00:39:20.720
 Amen.

00:39:20.720 --> 00:39:21.160
 Amen.

00:39:21.160 --> 00:39:21.220
 Amen.

00:39:21.220 --> 00:39:21.320
 Amen.

00:39:21.400 --> 00:39:21.860
 Amen.

00:39:22.019 --> 00:39:22.820
 Amen.

00:39:22.820 --> 00:39:23.180
 Amen.

00:39:23.180 --> 00:39:23.320
 Amen.

00:39:23.320 --> 00:39:30.539
 Before the throne of God above

00:39:30.539 --> 00:39:34.920
 I have a stronger, perfect plea

00:39:34.920 --> 00:39:39.340
 A great high priest whose name is love

00:39:39.340 --> 00:39:43.400
 Whoever lives and pleads for me

00:39:43.400 --> 00:39:48.100
 My name is graven on his hands

00:39:48.100 --> 00:39:52.460
 My name is written on his heart

00:39:52.460 --> 00:39:56.780
 I know that while in heaven he stands

00:39:56.780 --> 00:40:00.460
 No tongue can bid me hence depart

00:40:00.460 --> 00:40:05.340
 No tongue can bid me hence depart

00:40:05.340 --> 00:40:11.480
 When Satan tempts me to despair

00:40:11.480 --> 00:40:16.199
 And tells me of the guilt within

00:40:16.199 --> 00:40:20.480
 Upward I look and see him there

00:40:20.480 --> 00:40:24.699
 Who made an end to all my sin

00:40:24.699 --> 00:40:28.480
 Because the sinless Savior died

00:40:29.059 --> 00:40:33.300
 My sinful soul is counted free

00:40:33.300 --> 00:40:37.119
 But God the just is satisfied

00:40:37.119 --> 00:40:41.119
 To look on him and pardon me

00:40:41.119 --> 00:40:45.119
 To look on him and pardon me

00:40:45.119 --> 00:40:46.119
 To look on him and pardon me

00:40:46.119 --> 00:40:52.400
 Behold him there, the risen Lamb

00:40:52.400 --> 00:40:55.980
 My perfect, spotless righteousness

00:40:55.980 --> 00:41:00.119
 The great, unchangeable I am

00:41:00.119 --> 00:41:04.119
 The King of glory and of grace

00:41:04.119 --> 00:41:08.119
 One with himself I cannot find

00:41:08.119 --> 00:41:12.119
 My sinful soul is healed by his blood

00:41:12.119 --> 00:41:17.119
 For life is his with Christ on high

00:41:17.119 --> 00:41:21.119
 With Christ my Savior and my God

00:41:21.119 --> 00:41:28.119
 With Christ my Savior and my God

00:41:28.119 --> 00:41:29.319
 The King of the Lord

00:41:29.319 --> 00:41:30.779
 And cond complètement

00:41:30.779 --> 00:41:31.119
 We are dead

00:41:31.119 --> 00:41:32.119
 And then we areHHH

00:41:32.119 --> 00:41:49.359
 First, we areVS

00:41:49.359 --> 00:41:53.519
 And then we are eventually