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The Issues about Women's Liberty pt 21: The Giving of the Law · Near East Christian Fellowship Sermons

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the end for a rewarding experience. Let's dive
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right in. Thank you, Jesus. Amen. So we will
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be looking at today the giving of the law. The
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giving of the law. I believe that we have listened
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to the last teaching, part 20. I don't know whether
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this one should go outside the teaching. However,
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we'll just continue like that. Amen. So, the
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giving of the law. Now, don't forget that, as
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we have noted, why we are going this far is to
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come to an understanding regarding women's dressing.
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although it affects men as well but because of
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the series we are on we are focusing on women's
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dressing and this part is an inclusion in the
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entire series we've been doing the issues about
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women liberty and as we said The first scripture
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that many people run to each time they discuss
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dressing is Deuteronomy 22, 5. The woman shall
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not wear that which pertains to a man. That's
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if you're using King James. Neither shall a man
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put on woman's garment. For all that do so are
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abomination unto the Lord. Now, and we answered
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already two questions. That is, who wrote that?
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We say Moses. And to who was he addressing that
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text? And we said the Deuteronomy generation.
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Because the Exodus generation had perished, and
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this is they are about to enter the promised
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land. And Moses wrote this to them. Amen. And
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we noted carefully, which is very important and
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is going to help us later on, that this generation
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as well are unbelievers. Is that okay? Is that
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what we said? Yes, they are rebellious generation.
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Now, and last thing we did was to look at the
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explanation of Jesus and Apostle Paul. And we
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saw something very unique. They never called
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the Ten Commandments the Ten Commandments. Is
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that correct? Yes. So what they explain as what
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we call the Ten Commandments is the love of God.
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That is love of God. Amen? What you will do in
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us and through us. Are we together? Amen. Yes.
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So, and... We saw that the Ten Commandments,
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they are a revelation of what God would do in
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man and through man, in Christ. So in other words,
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the Ten Commandments is the gospel. The Ten Commandments
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is the gospel. Now, there are questions that
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I want to begin to address in this teaching.
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In trying to answer the thought questions, why
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did Moses write that instruction in Deuteronomy
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22 .5? Now, in trying to answer that that's why
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we're going this far, why did he have, since
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Jesus and the apostles explained it to us now,
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and we now understand that, ah, It's not supposed
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to be in that 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, what we call
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the 10 today. No. Why then were the gospel, now,
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why were the gospel written in that form, in
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the form of regulations and rules? Why? Why?
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Note, last time we also discussed and we noted
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that God's plan is not to write his law on the
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tablets of stones. That God's intention was to
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write it in our heart. Is that correct? Yes.
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So, since the 10th commandment is the gospel,
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And we said that Moses' teaching material was
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from what he was passed. How then did we have
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courses in the law of Moses? Where did they come
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from? Because we understood that it was from
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what he was given that he started to use to teach
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the people. Why did we have courses, sicknesses?
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Remember, because we know that as Jesus and Paul
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explain it, that the Ten Commandments is a gospel.
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And of course, even though they were written
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that way, at least we know that there is no curse,
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there is no sicknesses, there is no diseases,
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there is no disease. Where then did they smuggle
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the issue of diseases, sicknesses, death, affliction?
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You understand? In the law of Moses, where none
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existed in the Ten Commandments. Now, answering
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these questions, we will have to understand how
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was the law given. That's why we are considering
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this the giving of the law. Are we together?
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There are certain details that I want us to note
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carefully as we continue. And why are we careful?
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It's because these details are not just captured,
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especially in the Old Testament. The portion
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of the Bible we call the Old Testament. And that's
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why our sister helped us to read. Acts chapter
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7. Let's start from there. Are we together? Acts
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chapter 7. And I want to just leave out what
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she read from the earlier verses. I'll just move
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to verse 37. So come with me to verse 37. This
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is that Moses who said to the children of Israel.
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The Lord your God would raise up for you a prophet
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like me. From your brethren, him you shall hear.
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I remember we treated this. This is the gospel.
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And when you read, Apostle Peter explained this
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text in Acts chapter 3. And he told us that.
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This raising is not like raising a child. It's
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resurrection. Are we together? Yes. Are we together?
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Amen. And the essence is that he will bring,
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he will bless his people by returning them away
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from their sins. Why is he called a prophet like
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unto me? Moses led the children of Israel from
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Capa. into freedom. That is a foreshadow of what
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the Christ was to do. That is to take his people
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from bondage into captivity. That was why Moses
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coded it and said a prophet like what? Unto me.
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And that's why he said hear him. Him shall you
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hear. And verse 38. He said, this is he who was
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in the congregation in the wilderness with the
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angel who spoke to him on where? Where? Mount
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Sinai. And with our fathers. The one who received
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the living oracles to give to us. Whom our fathers
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will not do what? Will not obey. Remember? Moses
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told them, him shall you hear. But they refused
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to what? They refused to hear. Look at it. What
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did he say? He said, one of who received the
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living oracles. The living oracles. I want you
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to look at that word. The living oracles. It's
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supposed to be lively oracles, actually. Living.
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Not really. Because that word is zao. Are we
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together? Zao, the Greek word. And we noted last
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time that word living. Lively. Supposed to be
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lively oracles. It's from the word we obtain
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zoe. Right? Yes. So, zao. Z -A -O in Greek. It
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means the life -giving words. It means the life.
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Do what? Life -giving word. That's why they are
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called the... The lively oracles. And they mean
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the revelation or the message delivered by God
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to Moses. Now, I want you to note, what did God
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deliver to Moses? The lively oracles. That is
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the life -giving word. Please note that one.
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Very important. That was what God gave to Moses.
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But how come? Come to me. Just fold your hands
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in acts and come with me. I'm trying not to rush
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because I'm praying God will help me. Romans
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chapter 7. We read that text before. I want you
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to see something here. Don't forget. What did
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God pass to Moses? Lively oracles. Look at verse
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7. Romans 7 verse 7. He said, what shall we say
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then? Is the law sin? Certainly not. On the contrary,
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I will not have known sin except through the
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law. Did you see the problem before we even continue?
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He already said, is the law sin? He said, certainly
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not. But the same that is not sin, he said, I
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would not have known sin except through the law.
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He said, for would not have known covetousness
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unless the law had said, you shall not covet.
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But sin, taking advantage or taking opportunity
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by the commandment, produced in me all manner
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of evil desires. For apart from the law, sin
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was dead. I was alive. Apart from the law, sin
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was dead. I was alive once without the law. But
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when the commandment came, sin revived and I
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died. Remember we... we explain that text. And
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we say what the explanation is that Paul is saying,
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when I was living without the law, you understand?
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I didn't know the consciousness of sin. But then
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when the law came, it brought the consciousness
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of sin at my state. Are we together? Yes. So,
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verse 10. And the commandment which was to bring
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life. Please, I want you to note verse 10 again.
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The commandment doesn't look like what Stephen
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told us. The lively oracles, right? So, the commandment.
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Which was to bring life? Or which is life? Or
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which life? Do you understand what I'm saying?
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Yes. If you remove those things, the translators
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added. He said, I found to bring death. Or I
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found death. How could something that was given,
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meant to give life? Produced it. Are we together?
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The reason is because what was supposed to give
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life was turned to legalism. Are you here with
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me? So, because it was spoken as the gospel.
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But you are given to men that reject it. And
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so they transform it into regulations. And so
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what was supposed to be life now produced death.
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It produced death. Come with me. That's the same
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thing Paul also said. So it's not here that Paul
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only said. You understand? Go to 2 Corinthians
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chapter 3. So Paul repeated this teaching, this
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explanation. You understand what I'm saying?
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He repeated this explanation in 2 Corinthians
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3. Let me read from verse 4. And we have such
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trust through Christ toward God. Not that we
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are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything
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as being from ourselves, but our sufficiency
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is from God. Who made us sufficient as ministers
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of the new covenant? Now look at it. What is
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the new covenant? The new covenant is not of
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letters. but of the Spirit, for they let us kill
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it. But the Spirit gives life. But if the ministry
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of the dead written and engraved on stones was
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glorious so that the children of Israel could
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not look steadily at the face of Moses because
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of the glory of his countenance, which was...
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which glory was passing away, how will the ministry
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of the Spirit not be more glorious? For if the
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ministry of condemnation had glory, the ministry
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of righteousness exceeds more of glory. For even
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what was made glorious had no glory in this respect
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because of the glory that excelled. For if what
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is passing away was glorious, what remains is
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much more glorious. Because there was a system
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that came in between that is to change what was
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to give light into letters. to transform what
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was to give life into regulations and rules.
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That's a hardened man. That's a hardened heart.
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That refused, that rejected the word which was
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to give life, but transformed them into rules
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and regulations, into legalism. That was why
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what was supposed to give life now produce what?
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Produce death. So Jesus and the apostles, when
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they had to explain what was transformed into
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regulations, they now return it back from how
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it was intended. Are we together? That the message
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was that God will do it by himself. Did you hear
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what I said? Jesus and the apostles. Now, take
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what we call the Ten Commandments and then return
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it to how it was originally intended. That's
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the message. God is the one to do it all the
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way. Are we together? Yes. All you need to do
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is to receive. Now, not longer. One, two, three,
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four, five. Don't do this, do that. Don't do
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this, do that. Don't do this, do that. We're
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going to read subsequently. You will see that
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is how the law is when you read Colossians. Touch
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not. Handle not. You understand? That is the
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law. That's the way of the law. But the way of
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righteousness, that's why he said the ministry
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of righteousness. The way of righteousness is
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you receiving God the doer. You understand? And
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that's why we saw love. Love the Lord. You just
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believe. He comes into you and he produces his
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work through you. And that's why we call the
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love your neighbor as yourself. Jesus said, the
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second is as the first. Because all is by the
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Spirit. Say, all is by the Spirit. Hallelujah.
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Now, but we need to answer a question. How did
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we have it transform into legalism? You know,
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that's where we are going. Yes. How did we, how
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did we have, end up having it as legalism? Go
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back to our scripture. Let's go back to our scripture
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where we started. Acts chapter... Look at verse
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51. You stiff necked and uncircumcised in the
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heart and ears. You always resist the Holy Spirit
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as your fathers did. So do you. Verse 52. Verse
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53. Please look at this place. 53. Who have received
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the law? How? By the direction of angels. And
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have not kept it. Now I want you to note that
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word. The direction of angels. That is. The law.
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Was received. Was given. How? By the direction
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of angels. This means. Angels were involved in
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the giving of the law. Angels were involved in
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the giving of the law. Look at verse 38. Go back
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to verse 38. This is he who was in the congregation
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in the wilderness. With who? Oh, talk to me now.
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With who? Who do what? Spoke to him where? On
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Mount Sinai. Now, we need to study Mount Sinai.
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You know, last week, I deliberately used that.
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You know, when we are... I mean, not last week.
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Sorry. Not even the last... Earlier, when we
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started in this direction, you know, I did a
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comparison. It's deliberately a user. I said,
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God was the one who gave the Ten Commandments
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in the sun directly. And then Moses wrote the
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book of the Lord, right? We did that comparison.
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Are we together? Amen. But because I'm coming
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to teach further, I didn't mention anything around
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that. Now you know that God did not give the
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Ten Commandments in the way we have it. Are we
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together? Are we together? Because what he gave
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to Moses was lively oracles. And we said, by
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the explanation of Jesus, now again, Stephen
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helping us, we now know that that was the gospel.
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That the Ten Commandments is the gospel. So,
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but we need to study Mount Sinai. That means,
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what we normally see there, that we know I say,
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and the Lord spoke to him, and the Lord spoke
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to him. There is other beings there doing some
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things that we need to keep, we need to study,
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you understand? Because this is, you know, this
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is one of the things that we just brush and leads
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us to accord to God or to push the responsibility
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of certain things, you understand, toward God.
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while God knew nothing about it. Are we together?
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So now we know that it was an angel who spoke
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to Moses on Mount Sinai. And verse 53 tells us
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that the law, the giving of the law, is by the
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direction of angels. Now, let's look at that
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word direction. Go to verse 53. Who have received
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the law by the direction of angels. Now, what
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is that word direction? Direction. It was translated
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from the Greek word diatage. D -I -A T -A -G
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-E D -I -A T -A -G -E The word is used incidentally
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in only two places in the standard word direction.
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Let's look at the other one. The first one is
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at 53. Act 753. But the second one is in Romans
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13. Romans 13. Verse 2. Romans 13. Verse 2. Therefore,
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whoever resists the authority resists the ordinance
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of God. That word ordinance. Ordinance. It means
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the direction. It's a noun. The ordinance of
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God. And those who resist will bring judgment
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on themselves. To that word ordinance is the
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word direction. So direction implies ordinance.
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It implies disposition. It implies arrangement.
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It implies arrangement. It also implies instrumentality.
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That is, you can substitute it and say, through
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the instrumentality of angels. Did you understand
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what I'm trying to say? Yes. Through the instrumentality,
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Or through the arrangements of angels. Through
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the arrangement of angels. You see, I see some
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of us are not writing. You can't learn like that.
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You understand? You can't know God. The church
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is a school. Understand that some of us, where
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we are coming, It has been a challenge because
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the church has not been ordered exactly the way
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it's supposed to be. The church is a training
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ground. So when you come, you come with seriousness.
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We don't want that which was ordained to life
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to produce death. Did you understand what I'm
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trying to say? No, no, no, no. You know, there
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are so many mistakes we are doing. It's because
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we have not spent time to learn the Word. Our
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attitude towards church needs to change if we
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want to see a difference. Hallelujah. So we have
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encouraged people to always come with a book.
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Understand? With a Bible. Understand? That is
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how... To learn. We are students of the word.
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Amen. Now that word. Arrangement. Which was used
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by Stephen. Was derived from another word. So
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that means. That word was derived from another
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word. That's to so. That's to so is a verb. In
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a sense. D -I -A -T -O -S -S -O. D -I -A -T -O
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-S -S -O. And this word, you know, sometimes
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you can understand even more about the noun from
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the verb. Do you understand what I'm trying to
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say? Yes. So, if we go further to study this
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arrangement, instrumentality, direction, you
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understand? From the verb. And Paul used the
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verb. Did you understand what I'm saying? Hallelujah.
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Galatians chapter 3 verse 19. Let's go to how
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Paul used the word. You understand? Galatians
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3 verse 19. Now look at it. He said, what purpose
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then does the law serve? He said, it was added.
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It was added because of transgression. Till the
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seed shall come to whom the promise was made.
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And it was appointed. It was appointed through
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the, through who? Angels by the what? Are we
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together? That word appointed is a verb. That's
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the soul, you understand, of what we saw Stephen
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used. So, it is appointed. So that means this
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death to sow implies to appoint. It implies to
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command. It means to ordain. It means to give
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order. It means to give responsibility to another.
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So, The verb there, to sow, means to command,
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to appoint, to ordain, to give order, or to give
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responsibility to another. And there are a lot
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of places where you can find that, particularly
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the verb, it's not just only that. Let me call
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those scriptures so that when you go back, you
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just read them. You understand? Now, in Matthew
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11, verse 1, the same diastole was used, but
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in that you will see it commanding. That's how
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it was put, commanding. Matthew 11, verse 1.
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Luke 8. Luke 8. Verse 55. Luke 17. Now, this
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one, from the next one, which is the Luke part,
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you will see it as commanded. Commanded. Commanded.
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So, this scripture is under commanded. This scripture
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is used to show as commanded. Luke 8 .55. Luke
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17 .9. And 10. Acts chapter 18 verse 2. Acts
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chapter 23 verse 31. Acts 24 verse 23. 1 Corinthians
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9 verse 14. And Titus 1 verse 5. Luke 8 verse
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55. Luke 17, 9 and verse 10. Acts 18, 2. Acts
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23, 31. Acts 24, 23. 1 Corinthians 9, 14. And
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Titus 1, verse 5. As commanded. Now the next
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one is as appointed. Luke 3, verse 13. Luke 3,
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verse 13. And Acts 7 verse 44. Acts 7 verse 44.
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And then it was also used to give orders. Like
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give orders. Acts 20 verse 13. And 1 Corinthians
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16 verse 1. Then it is also used as ordain. Ordain.
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1 Corinthians 7 verse 17. 1 Corinthians 7 verse
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17. And then it is also used as to set in order.
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To set in order. 1 Corinthians 11 verse 34. Hallelujah.
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Are we together? We are moving together. Good.
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So Stephen now and Paul help us to understand
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and they explain by the Spirit that the involvement
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of angels on Mount Sinai was actually an order.
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It was a sign. It was appointed by Moses. Are
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we together? It was appointed by who? By Moses.
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If we read that part 19, you understand. He said
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that, and it was appointed through angels by
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who? Oh, are we together? Are we together? He
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said by the hand of who? By the hand of a mediator.
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In the text of scripture, we only have two people.
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One who was assigned by men and one who is the
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plan of God. Christ the mediator and Moses the
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man -made mediator. We're going to study that
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to see how people appointed Moses the mediator.
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So I want you to have it at the back of your
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mind. When we are talking about that the law
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was added, it's not just only the law that was
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added, but mediation was also added. Because
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that mediation of Moses was not the plan of God.
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That Moses mediated between the people and God
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was never the plan of God. It's a system of the
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law. It was brought by unbelief and rejection
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of the gospel. Are we together? So the word added
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implies that it was not part of the promise.
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So both the mediation of Moses as well as the
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law were an addition. It was brought by Moses
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through the instrumentality, through the disposition,
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through angels. I know some people will say,
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wait a minute. How did the angels get involved?
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That's why we are taking time to study. And the
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reason is that because there are some strange
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things we have been seeing that we need to explain
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where they are coming. You know there are some
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people who have accorded all those things to
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God. Are we together? Hallelujah. Amen. So there
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would have been no need for the addition. Because
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the promise was there. What did... Abraham and
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the rest live without the law. Do you understand
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what I'm saying? So, there came a generation
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that are rebellious. You know, sir? And they
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don't want to. They rejected what their fathers
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have received. They are quick to say, Abraham
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is our father. You know, sir? But they did not
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follow the ways of Abraham. Are we together?
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Hallelujah. Amen. You know, I challenged one
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lady one day in the sand, the way she was dressed.
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I said, where are you? She said, she's from Winner's
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Chapel. I said, you are not from there. I said,
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why? I said, because you are not following the
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headman. Because I know momy faith in the son.
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I don't see any attribute of her in you. So they
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are like the Pharisee that will say, Abraham
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is our father, but his ways they are not following.
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Are we together? Amen. So they rejected it. So,
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What do we do? Now, it is important that now
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let's study something about this mediation. You
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know, remember I said by the hand of a mediator.
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Are we together? Let's go back to Exodus 20.
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Exodus 20. Exodus. chapter 20. Look at verse
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18. He said, now Mount Sinai was completely in
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smoke. Please, just be observing the events that
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are happening. We are going to go slowly. You
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understand? Now Mount Sinai was completely in
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smoke because the Lord descended upon it in fire.
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Its smoke ascended like the smoke of the furnace
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and the whole mountain quaked greatly. That's
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how the Lord normally descends. Hallelujah. Verse
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19. And when the blast of the trumpet sounded
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long and became louder and louder, Moses spoke.
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And God answered him by voice. He spoke and God
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answered him how? By voice. Amen? Amen? Where
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was I reading? 19, right? Oh, sorry. Did you?
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Let's start from 19. I was just moving very fast.
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Yes, chapter 19. Yes, chapter 19, please. Oh,
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and you are looking at me. Yes, let's start from
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there, chapter 19. Yes, I mentioned the scripture
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ahead and then I started behind. Sorry for that.
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Understand. Are we together? Now, did you see
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those events? I want you to pay attention. We
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are coming back to them. How they said the Lord
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descended. Remember I said we're going to study
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Mount Sinai. It's very important. Right? Now
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move to verse 20 which I said earlier on. 20
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verse what? 18. Now all the people witnessed
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the thundering. Did you see again? Are we together?
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Witnessed the what? The thundering. The lightning
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flashes. The sound of the trumpet. And the mountain
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smoking. When the people saw it, they did what?
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They trembled and stood where? Afar. Then they
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said to Moses, you speak with us and we will
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hear. But let not God speak with us. Lest we
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do what? Lest we do what? How can someone who
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wants life for you and what you are perceiving
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is that? So, you see, this is telling us, this
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is where the beginning of they never wanted to
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hear directly from God. Remember when Moses was
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going, Moses also told a prophet like unto me,
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he said, hear what? Hear him. They refused. Moses,
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where Moses was going? He also told them, hear
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him. They never wanted to hear from God. You
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understand? I think we did that study in this
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church. But the point is that they rejected God
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and just wanted Moses. Go and hear and then tell
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us. This is how they meet Moses the mediator.
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So as we read, he said, appointed by angels by
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the hand of a mediator. So Moses was a man -made
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mediator through unbelief and rejection of the
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gospel. Through unbelief and rejection of the
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gospel. Come down to Hebrews chapter 8. Hebrews
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chapter 8. Hebrews chapter 8. Look at verse 7.
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Verse 7. For if that first covenant had been
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faultless, then no place would have been sought
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for a second. Now, most people when they read
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this, they would think that God gave first, the
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first one. You understand? Do you understand
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what I'm saying? So they said, that's how they
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look at it, that the first covenant God gave
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it, so it fails. They say, okay, let me bring
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the second one. No, there has no time. God has
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given multiple covenants. It has always been
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one, one, one, and one. And the covenant, please
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hold your hand here. Come to that Galatians we
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read. There's something I want to point out before
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we jump in the sun. Because we are at the time
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where we need to wrap up something for this session.
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Galatians 3 verse what? Verse 19. He said, what
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purpose then does the law serve? He said, it
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was added because of transgression till the seed
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should come to whom the promise was made. To
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whom the promise was made in the Son. Now, you
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have to understand that the covenant is not with
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you. Are we together? God made the covenant with
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himself. We are the beneficiaries. Let me repeat
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again. We are the beneficiaries of God's covenant.
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The covenant is not with you. Because, you know,
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when you talk about covenant, It means you have
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a part to play. You don't, sir. Sorry. You don't
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have a part in it. Because he promised it by
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himself, to himself, to keep it by himself. We
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are beneficiaries. We received it. What he has
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promised. Hallelujah. Now go back to where I
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was trying to read. He now said, verse 7, right?
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For if that first covenant had been faultless,
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then no place would have been sought for a second.
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Because finding fault with them, he says, behold,
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the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will
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make a new covenant. With the house of Israel.
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And the house of Jacob. Now look at that word
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in verse 8. He said finding fault with them.
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The question is. Who or what finds fault with
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them? Are we together? Did you hear my question?
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Who or what finds fault with them? Remember in
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verse 7 he said. For if. The first covenant had
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been faultless. That means the first covenant
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has a fault. There will not have been need for
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the second because the second is faultless. So
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what this verse is saying is that the faulted
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or fault covenant was the one that find fault.
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You understand? That's why I say because finding
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fault. Who finds fault? The covenant that has
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fault was the one that had fault in them. Because
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God does not find fault. The covenant of righteousness
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does not find fault in men. Did you understand
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what I'm trying to say? No fault. And there are
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scriptures that tell us more about that God does
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not find fault. He does not find. You understand?
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James told us. Right? James 1, verse 5. Right?
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Are we together? Please, come with me. I want
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to show you that God's covenant of righteousness
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does not do what? Does not find fault. It is
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the fault covenant. That old system brought by
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unbelief that find fault. You know, sir, Remember
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what we said, Paul said in the psalm. I would
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not have known. Did you understand what I'm saying?
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Except the Lord came. When the Lord came, that
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was when sin revived. Meaning, that was when
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I became aware of sin. That was when I became
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aware of sin. Oh, glory to God. Look at verse
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5. He said, If any of you lack wisdom, let him
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ask God. Who give how? Liberally. Without what?
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Without reproach. That word reproach. Without
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shame. Eh? Without shame. Without abuse. Without
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shaming you. Huh? There's one song, you see.
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Oh, God, no, go shame us. You know that song?
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You know, these people are laughing. Yes. God
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does not shame. Did you understand what I'm saying?
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Yes. He doesn't insult. He doesn't abuse. He
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does not defame. That's what reproach means.
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Defame me. Reproach. He said he doesn't do that.
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He gives liberally without looking for fault.
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When he's trying to give you something, he will
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not be looking and say, hey, okay, he did this
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thing. No. You understand? We shall deal with
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him. He did that. He did that. No, he doesn't
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pile up to watch your iniquities. You understand?
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To give. No, that's not God. Look at that text
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we normally read. Hallelujah. 2 Corinthians.
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2 Corinthians 5. 2 Corinthians 5, what? 19. Let
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me read from verse 18. Now all things are of
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God who has reconciled us to himself through
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Jesus Christ and has given us the ministry of
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reconciliation. Look at verse 19. He said, that
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is, That God was where? In Christ reconciling
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the world to himself. Not doing what? Not imputing
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their trespasses to them. And has committed unto
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us the word of reconciliation. So God does not
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do what? Does not impute. You understand? He
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does not impute sin. Faults of man. No. But what
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system does that? Romans 5. What system does
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that? Romans 5. 13. Are we together? Amen. Romans
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5. 13. For unto the law, sin, Was where? But
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sin is not imputed when there is no... So during
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the days of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, you know,
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sir, there was no imputation of sin. God relate
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with men not finding fault. It was when the Lord
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came in and piled up, say, you do this, you do
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that, you do that, you do this, you do this,
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you know, sir. So when that text, you know, sir,
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in fact... Romans 3, when you move back a little
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bit, Romans 3 .20, Romans 3 .20, it says, Therefore,
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by the deeds of the law, no flesh will be justified
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in its sight. For by the law is the what? Is
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the knowledge of sin. You cannot live by the
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law not to be, you must be beholding your sins
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and iniquities every day. That is that law. That
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is that covenant. That was why that verse we
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read in Hebrews says what? Finding fault with
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them. You understand? That is the covenant. That
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is a system that finds faults. You understand?
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This new system is the one that takes away the
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fault of men. Are we together? He's the one that
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takes away the iniquity. The Lord laid upon him
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the iniquities of us all. You understand? Hallelujah.
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So God's intention is not to have anyone as a
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mediator between God and man. But for he himself
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to come. For Jesus himself to be the mediator.
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The mediator of better covenant and not Moses.
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So both the law and the mediation of Moses were
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an addition. Where is an old system. So God revealed
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his plan. Lively oracles. But to a rebellious
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people. He rejected it. And what happened? Moses
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gave the law. How? By the instrumentality of
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angels. We're going to further look at that to
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study much more. You understand? Study much more
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to see other texts that talks about also because
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we're going to read other texts. Now we just
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studied Stephen and Paul. We're going to study
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others to see how the law was given to the instrumentality
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of angels. Now you should begin to picture. Does
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that mean that means those things we've been
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seeing, angels were the ones doing those things?
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We shall see. Hallelujah. Can you just pray and
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thank the Lord? We appreciate you being here
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