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The Issues About Women's Liberty pt 19 · Near East Christian Fellowship Sermons

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Welcome to NECF sermons. Each message here is
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the end for a rewarding experience. Let's dive
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right in. Hallelujah. Amen. Deuteronomy 22. Deuteronomy
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22. Now we began a series that for a long time,
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and I promised you that we will continue from
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there. Hallelujah. And we've been discussing
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about issues about women's liberty, issues about
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women's liberty. We looked at a number of things.
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We looked at, is it scriptural for a woman to
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speak in church? I mean, we look at some controversial
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issues because our sisters have been tormented
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over the years. So we wanted to see the counsel
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of God. Is it forbidden for a woman to speak
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in church? Some scripture seems to suggest that.
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I say seems, they don't, but it seems. He said
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that a woman should keep quiet in the church.
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If she has anything, she should ask her husband.
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And then we saw that that's not what that place
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is talking about. We're going to return to it.
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But then we looked at also, is it permitted for
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a woman to lead a church? That's another place
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where they are forbidden. Looks at, they cannot
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teach men. Or that's the basis. And then we saw
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from what we call the Old Testament to the New
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Testament. There was nowhere that suggests that,
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that the woman cannot lead a church or the woman
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cannot be in the ministry gifts. After we started
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discussing the ministry gifts here and there,
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and there was nowhere that it mentioned either
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male or female. You understand? The Bible just
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says that when he ascended, you understand, he
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gave gifts to who? Are we together? So there
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was no name mentioned. Amen. And then we also
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moved on to look at, that's where we stayed a
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little longer. What is God's original plan or
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intention for creating a woman? And after that
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long journey, we came to an understanding that
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God's intention and original plan for creating
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a woman is not different. from his intention
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of creating a man. Amen. And we saw that God's
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intention of creating mankind is the same. It's
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one, male and female. Are we together? He created
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them. He created them in his image. Hallelujah.
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And this part is going to be the, for now, the
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concluding part. I don't know how long it will
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take us, but this part is the part of A woman's
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dressing. And we're going to look at two parts,
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particularly the ones that is much hot or hotter.
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Should a woman cover her head in church? And
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should women wear trousers? So these are the
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parts we're going to deal with. So before I go
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into it, because I want us to have a very solid
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foundation. So what I will do now. is to establish
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some foundation that will help us to answer those
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questions. Are we together? And I don't want
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you to sleep because whether you like it or not,
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it will come to you. You understand? We don't
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just want you to say, Pastor said. No. We want
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you to explain it. That's what it means by growth.
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Amen? Hallelujah. So I'm going to look at that,
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the issue of the woman's dressing. Now the issue
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of... A woman's dressing in scripture requires
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careful handling and proper interpretation. And
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that's why we're going to take some time. And
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a popular text that many believers turn to when
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discussing women's dressing is Deuteronomy 22
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verse 5. Let's look at Deuteronomy 22 verse 5.
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So we'll start from there. It says that a woman
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should not wear anything that pertains to a man,
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nor shall a man put on a woman's garments. For
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all who do so are an abomination to the Lord
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your God. Now, one of the injustice we have done
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to this text is to plug it out of the context.
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And then because we have done that, we can make
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it say what it's not saying. Now, everybody interpret
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it based according to their own culture. Are
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we together? Hallelujah. I remember I started
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having problem when I was growing up in my mother
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church. the church I was born into. So, you know,
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I agree. I never had problem with that. Like
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women, because the interpretation here is that
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back home is that what pertains to a woman is
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kids and rappers and what pertains to a man is
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trouser. Are we together? That's how they interpret
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it to us. And we grew in that system. You dare
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not wear a trouser to the church. They will send
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you out. Let me repeat again. You dare not wear
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a trouser to the church. They will send you out.
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In fact, I remember one of the, my cousin, she
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went to the campus and then, you know, how, so
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she was somehow, you know, influenced. Of course,
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when you go to the campus, So you are influenced
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somehow. But the influence is not that much,
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so to say. You know, she wore a gown. You know,
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these wrappers. So she saw a long wrapper, a
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gown, but just by the side, there was a little
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bit gap. And then she wore, she now saw the trouser
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inside, in the sand. So if she... If she's standing,
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you can't see that she's wearing a trouser. But
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as she walks, of course, because of the... So
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you can see that the inside garment is a trouser.
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It's a man's garment. Did you understand what
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I'm trying to say? So I remember as she walked,
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she reached the gate. I was in front of her.
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We were about to enter the gate of the church.
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They stopped her. There were women. They didn't
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even allow her to reach the church. right at
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the gate. You understand? Because the church
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was fenced. They stopped her. They said she can't
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enter. Why? That she is wearing a trouser. She
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said, but this one, the gown is long down. He
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said, how can you see that I'm wearing anything?
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That because she's wearing a trouser, she cannot
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enter the church. Now, religion is terrible,
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I'm telling you. Yet, there are other ladies,
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because they wore skirts, Their skirt is ungodly
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because it was tight, yet they allowed them to
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enter because they are wearing a what? A skirt.
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But her own, the dress is baggy. You cannot see
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any of her contour. You understand? But yet she
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was sent back home. So they didn't have a choice.
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She has to just branch and enter one of the pentacles.
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I didn't even know the name. You understand?
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She just saw a church and just entered. And they
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welcomed her. And she had her service there before
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she now returned back home. And when I came back,
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I just started loving. Now, we have had all kinds
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of experiences like that. Are we together? Now,
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it will do you well to pay attention. I beg you
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in the name of God to pay attention. Hallelujah.
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So, now, how do we understand this text? Now,
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the first thing to understand, we have taught
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in this church, to understand a text is to read.
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You understand? If you are lazy in reading, you'll
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be gullible. If you are not diligent in the study
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of God's word, you'll be a candidate of deception.
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I don't believe any lazy man will ever receive
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revelation because it requires a lot of careful
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reading. The intentions of the Holy Spirit is
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already there. Are we together? This is his words.
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You understand? All scriptures is given by the
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inspirations of God. Are we together? Amen. This
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is already. So the intention is not outside.
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The intention is already there. You just need
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to pay attention. to the intention of the author.
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Now, what are we going to do to be able to understand
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these things? There are basically three things
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we're going to do to be able to help us understand
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this. And all of it, we can summarize it as reading
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the context. So what I'm going to do now and
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probably Wednesday and probably beyond is to
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actually study the context. If you don't know
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context, just follow me. Whatever you saw me
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doing, I mean, see me doing, that's we are trying
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to read the context. Three things, as I said,
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to help us study the context. Now, the first
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one is that who spoke those words? Deuteronomy
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22, 5. Who spoke those words? That's the first
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thing. The second thing, to whom was the author
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addressing them? That's the second thing. To
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whom was the author addressing those words? Number
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three, why? Number three, why? Are we together?
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Who wrote those words? To whom was the author
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addressing them? And the third thing is why?
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If we're able to answer this, we will know the
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meaning. of this text. Amen. Let's go back a
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little bit to Deuteronomy chapter 1. Let's see
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from the beginning of Deuteronomy where I will
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begin to answer the first question. Amen. Excuse
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me. Deuteronomy chapter 1 verse 1. I'll read
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1 to 3. These are the words. With who? Oh, talk
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to me. Moses spoke to all who? To all Israel.
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On this side of the Jordan, in the wilderness.
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In the plain opposite to Sue, between Parham,
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Tophel, Laman, Hezrod. And there's a help. Verse
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2. It is 11 days journey from Horeb. Now, not
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Horeb, because we're going to, we will do a lot
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of things at Horeb. By the way of Mount Seir
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to Kadesh Bener. Now it came to pass. In the
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40th year, in the 40th year, in the 11th month,
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on the first day of the month, that Moses spoke
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to the children of Israel according to all that
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the Lord had given him as commandment to them.
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So did we see something there? Now, the book
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of Deuteronomy. Who was speaking? Moses to who?
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Who? To all of Israel, the children of Israel.
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Please don't forget this. I beg you. The children
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of Israel. Moses, children of Israel. Now, let's
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go closer to the end of Deuteronomy. Am I slow?
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The end of Deuteronomy. Deuteronomy 31. Deuteronomy
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31. Because he said he spoke to them according
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to what? According to the commandment. So we're
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going to see there's something I want to do there
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before we move on. Go to Deuteronomy 31. Then
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Moses went and spoke. This word to all Israel,
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yet again, we are confirming the word is to all
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Israel. And he said to them, I am 120 years old
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today. I can no longer go out and come in. Also,
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the Lord has said to me, you shall not cross
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over this Jordan. Now go to verse nine, John
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to verse nine. So Moses wrote this law and delivered
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it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who bore
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the ark of the covenant of the Lord and to all
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the elders of Israel. Move to 24, verse 24. So
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it was when Moses had completed writing the words
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of this law, In a where? In a book. Are we together?
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When they were finished, verse 25, that Moses
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commanded the Levites who bore the Ark of the
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Covenant of the Lord, saying, take this book
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of the law and put it beside the Ark of the Covenant.
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of the Lord your God, that it may be witness,
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it may be dear as a witness against you. Let's
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stop for that for now. Amen? Are we together?
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So if you look at also this one, show to us that
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Moses was the one that was speaking, and he was
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speaking to the children of Israel. So we answer
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the... At least we're answering the first and
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the second. Are we together? Now, when you look
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at verse 26, he said he commanded that the book,
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so he wrote the law and put it, he wrote it in
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a book and said that they should put it besides
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the Ark of the Covenant, which contain, and I
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want you to see, now that Ark of Covenant, please
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just follow me gently. Now go to Hebrews. Hebrews
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chapter 9. Just hold. We are coming back to this
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Deuteronomy. So just hold and go to Hebrews chapter
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9. What is that ark? What does the ark contain?
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The ark of the covenant. Hebrews chapter 9. Verse
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4. Let me read from verse 3. And behind the second
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veil, the part of the tabernacle, which is called
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the holiest of old, which had the golden censer
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and the ark of the covenant overlaid on all sides
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with gold, in which were, one, the golden pots
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that had the manna, two, the arrow's rod that
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budded, and three, The tablets of the covenant.
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Now, did you see the three things that are in
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the ark of covenant? The golden pots, right?
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Are we together? The golden pots that had the
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manna, the Aaron's rod that bought it, and then
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the stone tablets of the covenant. Note that
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one. So, listen now. Let me come back again.
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So, we have Moses. who wrote the law and wrote
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it in a book. And he asked them to put it beside
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the Ark of the Covenant. And this Ark of the
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Covenant contains three things. The golden pot,
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the Aaron's rod, and the stone tablet of the
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covenant. Now, go to... Go back to Deuteronomy.
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But this time around, Deuteronomy chapter 10.
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Deuteronomy chapter 10. So, leave the Aaron's
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rod and leave the pot, you understand, that had
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what? Manna, right? There are two things now
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that contains law. I want us to look at. One
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is a book. So, you have to distinguish them.
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One is a book. that Moses wrote, which is called
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the book of Moses or the law of Moses. So, and
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the second is the stone tablet that contains
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also commandments. Are we together? Are we together?
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Good. They are not the same. That's just one
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thing I wanted to know. So I wanted to go back
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to that Deuteronomy. Look at chapter 10. Just
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to expand shade, expand shade about or more,
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give light. with that issue of the stones or
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the tablets, the stone's tablet or the tablet
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of stone. In Deuteronomy 10, look at verse 1.
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At that time, the Lord said to me, Heal for yourself
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two words. Oh, talk, please, I want you to walk
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with me. Amen. Two words. Two tablets of stone
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like the first. And come up to me. Remember,
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Moses scattered the other one. The first one.
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Amen. So the Lord asked him to sit like the first.
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And come up to me on the mount. And make yourself
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an ark of what? An ark of what? Wood. And I will
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write on the tablets. The words that were on
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the first tablet, which you broke. And you shall
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put them in the ark. So I made an ark of acacia
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wood. Hew two tablets of stones like the first
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and went up the mountain. Having the two tablets
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in my hand. Verse 4. And he wrote. On the tablet,
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according to the first writing, what did he write?
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Oh, talk to me. The 10 commandments which the
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Lord had spoken to you in the mountains from
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the mist of the fire in the day of the assembly,
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the Lord gave them to me. He gave them to me.
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Look at verse five. Then I turned and came down.
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from the mountain and put the tablets, where?
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In the ark, which I had made. And there they
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are, just as the Lord commanded. Amen. So we
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have the two stone tablets, which contains the
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10 commandments. Are we together? Then we have
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the book of the law of Moses. which God instructed,
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Moses instructed that it should be put beside.
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Beside. So we have two things. Amen. Go back
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to that Deuteronomy 30, that one, right? Yes,
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that one. Verse 26. He said, take this book of
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the law and put it beside the ark of the covenant
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of the Lord your God, that it may be there as
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a witness against you. So what we are trying
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to say is that, that the law of Moses or the
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book of the law of Moses is different from the
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law of Moses. Now follow me, because when I use
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different, you have to just understand what I
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mean. So just follow me gradually. Amen. Now,
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let me do something now. Just look at what is
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the difference between the law of Moses and the
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Ten Commandments. The law of Moses and Ten Commandments.
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You know, most times people confuse them. Immediately
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you say the law of Moses. People think about
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the Ten Commandments. Or when you said the Ten
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Commandments, people think about the law of Moses.
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But actually, we're trying to see that they're
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not exactly the same. But follow me to know what
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I mean by they are not the same. Amen. Now, look
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at it. Now, the first thing we have already,
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let me read again maybe another one. The first
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one is that the Ten Commandments were written
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and given. Are we together? Were written and
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given by God. This for now. Amen. They were given
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by the Lord. Are we together? We read it in chapter
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10. Right? So write that text in chapter 10 where
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we read. Deuteronomy chapter 10, verse 1 to 4.
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And let me read chapter 5 also. So add this scripture
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there. Deuteronomy 5, verse 22. Deuteronomy 5,
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verse 22. This word the Lord spoke. Now, if you
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read from verse 1, you will see that it's a 10th
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commandment. Are we together? Deuteronomy chapter
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5 up to 21 is the 10th commandment. So he now
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said these words, meaning that he's referring
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to the 10th commandment. He has already listed
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them. The Lord spoke to your assembly in the
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mountain from the midst of the fire and the cloud
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and the thick darkness with the loud voice and
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he... added no more. And he wrote them on the
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two tablets of stone and gave them to me. Are
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we together? We read that in chapter 10, verse
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4. Amen? Now, while the law of Moses, the law
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of Moses, when we saw, was written directly by
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Moses. You see the difference? Was written what?
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Directly by who? By Moses. We read it in Deuteronomy
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1 .24. We say after Moses had finished writing.
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Deuteronomy 1 .24. Of course, John 1 .17 also
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tells us that the law came through who? Are we
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together? Through who? Moses. Amen. The second
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thing is that the 10 commandments, as we saw
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already, that were written on where? On the tablet
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of stone. Tablet of stone. We saw it. Again,
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you can write that text. Deuteronomy 10, of course,
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verse 1 to 4. And Deuteronomy 5, verse 22. Also,
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it clearly shows us that. But then when you go
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back, when you go to Deuteronomy 31 verse 26,
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where we read already, he said that actually,
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verse 24 particularly, he said it was written
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in a book. So we have book, the law of Moses,
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and the what? Tablet of stones, the 10th commandment.
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Amen? Now, the ark was kept inside the ark, where
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we read again. Deuteronomy 1, that's the number
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3. Please follow me, this is very important.
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Deuteronomy 1, I mean 10 verse 1. Are we together?
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And verse 5. And of course, where we read Hebrews
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chapter 9 verse 4, it says that the tablet of
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tone we are kept where? Inside the ark. However,
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where we read also in Deuteronomy 31 verse 26,
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it says that that the book or the law of Moses
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was kept beside. It was not inside the ark. The
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fourth point is that the 10th commandment was
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given or were given on the top of Mount Sinai.
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We saw it also in Deuteronomy 10. Verse 1 to
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5. We are given on the top of Mount Sinai. But
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the law, Moses wrote it. Are we together? Probably
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Moses began writing the events from Horeb. After
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Horeb, that was why they said no. They now chose
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Moses as the mediator after God made an offer
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and then they were not rejected. He said, no,
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we don't want to hear God. Moses, you go and
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hear whatever you hear, then tell us. So, somehow,
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somehow, it appears that after that event, Moses
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may have begun writing the law. Are we together?
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Because when we, where we read at Deuteronomy
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31, you understand, all those texts. 31, verse
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1 to 2, and as well, verse 9, verse 24 to 6,
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shows to us that Moses was finishing writing.
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So it was not at that time he was writing the
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law. Are we together? The Bible says when he
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has finished. That means he has begun sometimes
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ago. Amen. Good. The fifth point is that these,
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what do you call it? The Ten Commandments. was
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actually written after the event at Horeb. Of
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course, Deuteronomy 5, where we read 22, Deuteronomy
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10, verse 4, showed to us that there was God
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presented it. You know what I'm saying? There
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is a presentation of that, of the 10 commandments
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to these people. And they say, no, we don't want
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it. We want Moses to be, whatever you say, say
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it through Moses. Are we together? So it was
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then documented, you understand, on the tablets.
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And of course, that definitely will be before
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the law. Are we together? And then when you look
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at the law, you will see that when it was written,
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we'll definitely, of course, the New Testament
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told us, that it was 430 years after the promise.
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Right? Galatians chapter 3. Look at it. Galatians
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chapter 3. Galatians 3 .16. Now to Abraham and
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his seeds where the promise made. He does not
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say unto the seeds, as of many, but as one unto
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your seeds, who is Christ. Verse 17. And this
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I say, that the law, which was 400 and what?
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Are we together? 430 years what? Later. Note
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that word. 430 years later. cannot annul the
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covenant that was confirmed before by God in
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Christ that he should make the promise of no
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effect. So he's talking about the promise. And
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we know about that promise. He's talking about
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the promise of Abraham, the covenant he made.
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Are we together? In fact, that coincide, look
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at Exodus, because Exodus 12, 12 verse 40 and
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41. Exodus 12. Now, the sojourner of the children
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of Israel who live in Egypt was what? Was what?
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Oh, talk to me. 430 years. And it was, and it
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came to pass at the end of 130 years, on that
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very same day, it came to pass that all the armies
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of the Lord went out of the land of Egypt. Now
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look at Exodus 19. Look at Exodus 19. I want
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to connect something here. Exodus 19. He said,
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in the third month, after the children of Israel
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had gone out of the land of Egypt, on the same
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day, they came to the wilderness of Sinai. In
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the wilderness of Sinai. Give me NLT. Give me
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NLT. NLT put it. Quite simple. In the third month,
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meaning that the second month, this one is doing
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disco like, I don't know what to do. Amen. We
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love you. Hallelujah. You will see that NLT,
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yes, read NLT for us. Exactly two months, what?
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After the Israelites left Egypt, they arrived
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at the what? And what they set up their camp
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at the base of what? Mount Sinai. Now, I've already
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mentioned that at Mount Sinai, that was where
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Moses... Wait, are you hearing me? Listen, I
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want to connect the dates. That's what I'm trying
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to do. Paul said that the law came 430 years
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later. That is after the covenant. Now God told
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Abraham, are we together? That his seed will
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go to captivity 400 years. But we saw that he
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added 30 years. That's for another day. How did
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they add 30 years? Because God, you know, this
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is another thing for you to see. The fact that
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God said something and there's a prophecy over
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your life does not mean that it's automatically
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going to work. You can delay it. Are we together?
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In Babylon, if not because of Daniel, they would
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have spent more than 70 years. Jeremiah has already
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prophesied that they will spend 70 years in Babylon.
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It took a man that is studious, a man that is
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diligent. You understand? While reading, he now
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saw it and started raising a cry. Else, they
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would have also stayed in Babylon, although there
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is a prophecy that they will have to leave. We
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saw here, they spent 430 years. Amen. Okay, that's
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what it is. Now, the point I'm trying to say
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is that So after 430 years, after the God talked
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to Abraham, you understand? Now, exactly 430
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years, they left Egypt. But how we know that
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what our brother Paul said is that that same
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year, in just about two months time, they traveled
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out of Egypt. to the Mount Sinai area at the
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base of the mountain. And that event that we
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have read, when the Lord talked to them and said,
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this is what I want to do. I want you to make
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you as priests and kings. Are we together? And
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then spoke to them the gospel. They said, no,
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we don't want to hear you. Moses, go. Whatever
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you heard, come and tell us. So they rejected
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God there. Are we together? That's why I said
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the giving of the law, the writing, started after
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that event of rejection. So it is from that moment,
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these people, since they have rejected the offer
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of God, Moses began to write and say, these rebellious
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people need something to keep them in check.
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So Moses started writing the law. Amen. Are we
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together? Amen. So, if you look at other things,
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of course, like there is no divorce in the Ten
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Commandments. Is there any law to divorce? No.
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Are we together? If you look at Matthew, what
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Jesus talked about, in the law, there is what?
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There is divorce. They asked Jesus, of course,
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they were quoting Deuteronomy 24, where Moses
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wrote about divorce. Deuteronomy 24, verse 1
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to 4. They were asking Jesus, why then did Moses
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tell us that we should give a certificate of
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divorce? Did you understand what I'm trying to
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say? So that means there was divorce written
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in the law. Amen? There's no revenge in the Ten
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Commandments. There's nowhere written revenge
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or hatred. But in the law, if you read Matthew
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chapter 5, Matthew chapter 5, verse 38 to 48,
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you will see verse 38 spoke, he was quoting from
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the law, talking about revenge. You understand?
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An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. Of course,
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if you go to verse 43, it talks about hatred.
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Verse 43, it talks about that. It says, you have
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heard that you should love your neighbor and
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do what? And hate your what? Your enemy. We don't
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have that in the 10th commandment. Amen? Again,
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there are no causes in the 10th commandment.
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There are no causes. sicknesses will come, death
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will come, affliction will come. If you read
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Deuteronomy 27, verse 16 to 24, particularly
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even Deuteronomy 28 from verse 1, you see all
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kinds of causes, death, affliction. If you don't
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do this, you will not give birth. You are barren.
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You are this. You are that. This is where you
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find causes. We don't see cause in the Ten Commandments.
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Of course, Jesus, In John chapter 5, verse 45,
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mentioned that in the law, Moses accused them.
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Are we together? So in the law, there is accusation.
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Moses just said, he said, he was talking about
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that Moses has already accused you. You know
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that word accused? It's the same word. is the
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same name given to the devil, accuser of the
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brethren. Are we together? In Revelation chapter
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12, accuser of the what? Of the brethren. It
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means to find fault. That is what that means,
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accuse. To accuse means to find fault, to charge
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with an offense. So in the law, Moses has been
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pointing them to their fault. You find fault,
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you judge them. We don't see that in the Ten
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Commandments. Now, it's very important what I
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just did now. You understand as I keep moving.
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Go back to Romans chapter 7. Let me just put
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up some things. Romans chapter 7. Look up at
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7. It's amazing how time moves. What? What shall
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we say then? Is the law sin? You say what? Certainly
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not. Is it on the contrary? I would have known
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sin. I would not have known sin except through
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the law. For I will not have known covetousness
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unless the law had said, you shall not covet.
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Now, I want you to think something. This one,
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you shall not covet, where is it located? Using
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what? Using the Ten Commandments. Right? Take
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note of that. I'm coming to do something here.
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But sin, taking opportunity by the commandment,
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producing in me all manners of evil desires.
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For apart from the law, sin, the law, sin was
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dead. Look at verse 9. I was alive once without
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the law. But when the commandment came, sin revived
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and I died. And the commandment, which was to
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bring life, I found to bring what? Death. For
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sin, taken occasion by the commandment, deceived
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me. and by it kill me. Therefore the law is holy,
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and the commandment holy and just and good. Has
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then what is good become dead to me? Certainly
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not. But sin, that it might appear sin, was producing
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death in me. through what is good so that sin
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through the commandment might become exceedingly
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sinful. Now, that's why I said you have to know
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what I mean by the difference between the law
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and the 10 commandments. Now, let me just say
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some few things before I go. Now, I want you
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to get something. Here, that when he said that
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you shall not covet, we know it's in the 10th
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commandment. The question is that, is it in the
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law of Moses? Again, let me note something. When
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Paul said, but sin, where is it? Okay, I would
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not have known sin except through the law. And
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then he move us nine. He said, I was alive once
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without the law, but when the commandment came,
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sin revived and I died. Which means the way he
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said, when the commandment came, that means there
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was a time when that commandment, which Paul
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quoted, thou shalt not covet, came. That means
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it was not there all the while. Are we together
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what I'm going to say? Are we together? So that
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proved to us what we are trying to say. that
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there was a presentation to them, they rejected
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it, and then there was a documentation. Are we
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together? Now, but I wanted to note, when we
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read, let me just point out something. When we
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read the 10 commandments from Deuteronomy chapter
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5, and from, of course, we didn't read that one,
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the other one, from Exodus chapter 20, the question
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is that, what do we call them? Which books are
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they from? Did you understand what I'm trying
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to say? Are you together with me? I'm saying,
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when we read those things, do we call the Deuteronomy
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and Exodus the book of the law of Moses? Are
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they part of the writings that Moses asked them
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to keep beside the ark? Are we together? Amen.
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Are you with me? Now, listen, because you know,
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most times they move the ark. So the ark is,
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they are not opening the ark always. They always
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carry the ark and move it anywhere they are.
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You understand? Listen, all Moses' teachings,
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what we call the law, that he wrote the law,
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they are a product of the 10th commandment. Let
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me repeat again. Moses was not writing from above.
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Remember the 10 commandments was what was presented
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to them and they rejected. Are we together? So
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Moses took from the 10 commandments and that
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was what he was writing. That was why you will
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find the 10 commandments written again and again
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inside the book. So we now have the 10 commandments
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stone tablets, which is inside the ark. We also
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have the Ten Commandments, which is written in
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the book. Are you together with me? Are you together
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with me? So, that is what most times when you
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read the epistles or the New Testament, and you
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hear the law, don't always conclude that it's
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talking about the Ten Commandments. In fact,
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Because you will see that. That's why you see
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neither Jesus nor any of the apostles ever faulted
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Moses. Are we together? Moses wrote from the
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10th commandment. And that was his teaching material.
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And then the other prophet that came after him
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taught from his what? From his material. Are
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we together? So what are we saying here? The
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question I want to ask before we... we meet next,
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is that when Paul said in verse 9, I was alive
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once without the law. What does that mean? Was
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Paul saying he was physically alive before Moses
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gave Israel the law? Are we together? Remember
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we read in chapter 1, That Moses completed writing
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the law. That Paul was not alive then. If you
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look at the time Paul was born, the space is
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about more than 1 ,500 years. So this implies
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that Paul was not talking about being physically
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alive. Or dead. So in verse 9, was alive. It's
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one word. That word was alive. It's one word.
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And what's translated in Greek towards the word
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ZOA? O. No, it's ZAO. Z -A -O. ZAO. Z -A -O.
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And actually... If you look at it, it is from
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the Greek word from which what we normally sing
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zoe came from. Zoe is a noun. Zoa is the verb.
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So zoe came from zoa. Zoe, Z -O -E, that was
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where it was derived. So zoa means to live, breathe.
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To be among the living. To be active. To be active.
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So the word once, you remember he said, I was
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alive once without the law. That word once is
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from the word in Greek, pote. P -O -T -E. P -O
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-T -E, which means aforetime or at some time
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or in time past. At some time or in time past.
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Look again. I want you to look at verse 9 again.
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He used a word later. He said that I was alive
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once without the law, but when the commandment
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came, sin revive and I die. So that word revive
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was translated from the word Anazua. Now we already
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mentioned Zua. Zau, sorry. Zau is from the word,
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just add Ana. Ana, Zau. So it's from the word
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Zau. That is Ana Zau. So you have A -N -A. Z
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-A -O. A -N -A -Z -A -O. Which means to revive.
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It implies to live again. To recover life. To
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be raised to life. To be raised to life. Now,
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let me mention that one. To be raised to life.
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What does that mean? Remember, already we have
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a clue. That means those terms are not physical.
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They are talking about spiritual realities. Are
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we together? Look at that same word, Anazao,
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was used in Luke 15. It was used by Jesus, Luke
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15, 24. Luke 15, 24. Look at that place. Luke
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15, 24. For this my son was what? Dead and is
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alive. He's talking about the prodigal son. He
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was dead and is alive again. That word alive
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again is anazahu. Which means that here, of course,
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he's not talking about he was dead physically.
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Are we together? That means life and death in
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this context means the father is trying to say
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we were separated for a while. Are we together?
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Now, connected together means I am alive. Which
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means that he was talking about his son. That
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is, the son was brought back. How did the son
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appear back again? The person that ran from the
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home. The Bible says he came to his awareness.
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Are we together? So it means that what alive
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is talking about, I came to the awareness or
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to the knowledge of it. So when Paul was talking
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about that I was once alive without the law,
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you understand? Of course, he was not talking
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about physical things. You understand? But when
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he said I was revived, You understand? He was
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still talking about spiritual realities. And
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when we come on Wednesday, I will explain how
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Paul is talking about his awareness of the law.
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That though he sinned, but now he is coming to
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the awareness of the law. You understand? Are
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we together? Amen. So what am I trying to show
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as this section? Is first and foremost, I want
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you to note that remember Deuteronomy 22. Now,
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why are we going this far? We want to answer
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why. Remember, we've already answered the two.
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Amen. We have already answered the two. Moses
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was the one writing and we distinguish. What
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Moses wrote. And we show that Moses, after writing,
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he wrote it to the children of Israel. But now
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we are asking, why did he write the law? Why
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was there a need to write the law? That's the
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question we want to ask. Remember, Deuteronomy
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22 was part of the what? The law of Moses. A
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man should not. So why did he have to write?
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That way, that's what we're trying to answer.
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And I want you to just follow gradually. By the
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time we arrive, you'll be able to understand,
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you'll be able to understand why that scripture
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was written. And we will understand what it means.
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And that will help us with the foundation about
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the woman's dressing. Amen. Can you just pray
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and say, thank you, Lord. Thank you for all you've
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been doing. I thank you for your light. Appreciate
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you Lord.