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Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text
Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.72,0:00:04.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, I won't review some of the things that I would normally review
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.41,0:00:08.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we were speaking with a day or two in between,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.51,0:00:13.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because everything is pretty fresh in our minds.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.40,0:00:17.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This series is about the law of Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.27,0:00:20.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we still haven't even talked about the law of Christ [Laughter].
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.70,0:00:24.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We haven't talked about what it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.78,0:00:32.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But Paul says in Corinthians, there in this passage\N(we've been reading 1 Corinthians 9),
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.62,0:00:38.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he says, "To those who are without law, I became as without law."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.46,0:00:41.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then he wants us to realize, "not without the law of God,"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.76,0:00:46.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then he identifies that with the law of Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.10,0:00:52.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He says, as Christians we're in-lawed to Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.35,0:00:56.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he doesn't give us much of a hint here\Nas to what the law of Christ is.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.96,0:01:03.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He doesn't really say anything, which ought to be an indicator to us
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.64,0:01:10.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that this was something so familiar to the early church\Nthat they didn't need an explanation.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.88,0:01:16.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what about it? Can you think of anywhere else in Scripture
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.80,0:01:27.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the phrase "the law of Christ" is specifically used?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.58,0:01:30.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyone?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.09,0:01:34.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, you just can't come up with something right off.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.69,0:01:50.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the fact is, it is used, Paul uses it in Galatians 6, so let's turn to that. (P)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.71,0:01:59.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Galatians 6:1, he says, "Brethren,\Neven if a man is caught in any trespass,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.52,0:02:04.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness;
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.37,0:02:08.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,looking to yourselves lest you too be tempted.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.72,0:02:16.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bear one another's burdens, and thus fulfill the law of Christ."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.24,0:02:18.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, there it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.15,0:02:22.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that helps a lot more to give a hint of what is going on –
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.31,0:02:26.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bearing one another's burdens, and thus fulfill the law of Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.03,0:02:32.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look, the law of Christ has to do with loving one another.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.63,0:02:35.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, that brings up a further question:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.07,0:02:44.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where would they get the idea that loving\None another would be called the law of Christ?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.67,0:02:55.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Love one another" – what do you think? where does that come up?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.34,0:02:58.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Audience answers] It's one of the great commandments.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.68,0:03:03.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, you could say, "Well, that's the law of God."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.22,0:03:07.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why would they come up with "the law of Christ"? (P)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.74,0:03:15.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, let's look at this in John 13.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.82,0:03:26.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,John 13, here we are at the Last Supper,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.26,0:03:31.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and verse 34, "A new commandment I give to you,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.99,0:03:38.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you love one another, even as I have loved you,\Nthat you also love one another.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.98,0:03:44.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By this all men will know that you are My disciples,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.21,0:03:46.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you have love for one another."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.94,0:03:57.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then over in John 15:12, "This is My commandment," –
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.47,0:04:02.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is the law of Christ – "This is My commandment,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.21,0:04:07.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you love one another, just as I have loved you.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.22,0:04:13.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Greater love has no one than this,\Nthat one lay down his life for his friends."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.63,0:04:21.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then in verse 17, "This I command you, that you love one another." (P)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.82,0:04:30.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now this is the Lord, here in the upper room on the very last night,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.01,0:04:34.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and giving this new commandment to love one another.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.26,0:04:36.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Love is the new commandment.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.42,0:04:43.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now the question is: Why does the Lord\Nrefer to this as a new commandment?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.24,0:04:46.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here they are, sitting around here at the Last Supper,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.58,0:04:51.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and He says, "I want to say something;\NI've got a new commandment for you."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.60,0:04:53.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they all perk up...
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.47,0:04:56.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He says, "Love one another." (P)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.04,0:05:02.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, has the Bible ever said that before? Absolutely!
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.21,0:05:04.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is calling this a new commandment.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.54,0:05:07.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the question is, Why? What's new about this?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.65,0:05:10.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God had told them to love one another before.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.54,0:05:16.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, we saw that was one of the two great commandments.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.78,0:05:22.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So why was this a new commandment? (P)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.49,0:05:33.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, let me ask you a question,\Nwas there anything else that was new that night?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.72,0:05:35.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was a new covenant.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.83,0:05:41.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He holds the cup up, He says, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.12,0:05:43.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now He is giving a new covenant;
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.90,0:05:51.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in connection with the new covenant,\NHe's giving a new commandment.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.17,0:05:53.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You remember when the old covenant was given,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.99,0:05:58.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we better turn back there and look at this, Exodus 24.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.78,0:06:07.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We forget about the fact that when the old covenant was given,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.73,0:06:16.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there was the shedding of blood, and there was a covenant meal.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.12,0:06:26.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Exodus 24:7, "Then he took the book of the covenant\Nand read it in the hearing of the people;
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.45,0:06:31.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they said, 'All that the LORD has spoken\Nwe will do, and we will be obedient.'
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.18,0:06:34.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So Moses took the blood and sprinkled it on the people,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.65,0:06:38.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and said, 'Behold the blood of the covenant,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.08,0:06:43.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(think of Jesus' words: This cup is the blood of the new covenant.)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.20,0:06:47.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD\Nhas made with you in accordance with all these words.'
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.76,0:06:53.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then Moses went up with Aaron, Nadab and Abihu,\Nand seventy of the elders of Israel,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.28,0:06:55.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they saw the God of Israel;
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.48,0:07:01.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and under His feet there appeared to be a\Npavement of sapphire, as clear as the sky itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.38,0:07:05.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yet He did not stretch out His hand\Nagainst the nobles of the sons of Israel;
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.60,0:07:11.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they beheld God, and they ate and drank."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.08,0:07:13.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't even think about that.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.45,0:07:20.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was a covenant meal, the shedding of blood, and the giving of law. (P)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.51,0:07:23.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now what have we got in the upper room?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.18,0:07:25.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're sitting there, they're having the covenant meal;
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.34,0:07:27.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He says, "This is My blood of the new covenant."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.46,0:07:30.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now He says, "I've got a commandment to give you along,"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.32,0:07:34.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not a book with 613 laws,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.99,0:07:38.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I've got one thing I want you to remember."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.35,0:07:41.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Isn't it something?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.06,0:07:45.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's the one thing we forget really quickly.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.100,0:07:48.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have seen situations as a pastor,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.80,0:07:52.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I've got this hard problem with so and so,\Nwhat am I going to say to them?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.14,0:07:54.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a mess, what am I going to say?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.92,0:08:00.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as soon as I got to the point where my\Nheart was filled with love for that person,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.80,0:08:04.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I knew immediately what to say to them."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.80,0:08:09.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when you are angry or frustrated or whatever, you don't know what to do. (P)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.78,0:08:18.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, it is not the idea, beloved,\Nthat in the Law of Moses we've got 613,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.81,0:08:23.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now in the New Covenant you go through\Nand list all the commandments in the New Testament,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.20,0:08:25.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you've got this new code of law.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.82,0:08:28.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not what it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.34,0:08:30.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't have that. You don't need that.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.12,0:08:37.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What you've got in the New Covenant\Nis signposts pointing you to the life in the Spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.31,0:08:40.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is the big one: He says, Love one another.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.33,0:08:44.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the big one. That's going to be the hardest thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.06,0:08:46.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, to truly love one another,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.66,0:08:49.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said that's going to be the hardest possible thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.32,0:08:55.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's also the thing that He puts in your heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.11,0:08:58.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's nothing more demanding than this,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.16,0:09:01.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's nothing more exacting, there's nothing more difficult.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.29,0:09:07.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there's nothing more liberating, is there? Just love one another. (P)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.39,0:09:13.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, why does He call it a new commandment?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.06,0:09:16.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because it's associated with a new covenant.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.56,0:09:18.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's part of this whole thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.89,0:09:23.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's saying, "In the new covenant," as He is getting ready to leave,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.62,0:09:30.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He says, "This is what I want you to keep foremost in your minds: Love one another."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.61,0:09:34.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, Paul later, he knows what this means,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.56,0:09:39.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he says, "Bear one another's burdens,\Nand thus fulfill this commandment, this law of Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.51,0:09:43.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this new commandment that He gives to you. Love one another." (P)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.59,0:09:46.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it was new in that it was part of a new covenant.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.34,0:09:54.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What else? Well, it's new because it has a whole new depth of meaning.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.56,0:09:59.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's one thing to say, "Love one another," but He didn't say that, did He?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.34,0:10:02.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said, "Love one another, as I have loved you."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.92,0:10:07.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, that just raised the bar out of sight.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.78,0:10:09.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's new. That's a new commandment.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.90,0:10:18.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Never, in all of human history, has there\Never been a revelation of duty like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.91,0:10:24.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Love as Christ loved – that's the highest revelation.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.39,0:10:26.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the most wonderful - the most exacting -
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.76,0:10:32.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the most wonderful revelation of man's duty that has ever been given.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.97,0:10:40.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, to love others as much as Christ loved us by His actions,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.22,0:10:42.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we'll talk about that more in a minute.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.28,0:10:47.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that was a new commandment. That's something new. (P)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.15,0:10:49.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, why is this a new commandment?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.36,0:10:52.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, it's associated with a new covenant;
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.17,0:10:56.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it gives an entirely new depth of meaning to the word "love" –
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.38,0:11:02.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we know love by this, that He did such and such, you see.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.29,0:11:03.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All right.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.22,0:11:08.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what else? Well, there's a third reason that it's new.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.01,0:11:28.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's just turn to this in 1 John 2:7, John brings this up,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.02,0:11:33.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Beloved, I am not writing a new commandment to you,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.78,0:11:37.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning;
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.36,0:11:40.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the old commandment is the word which you have heard.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.60,0:11:44.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the other hand, I am writing a new commandment to you,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.81,0:11:49.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is true in Him and in you,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.57,0:11:57.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.67,0:12:01.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's new about this? Well, the thing that makes it new
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.41,0:12:06.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that there's something that has happened in you, if you're a Christian.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.94,0:12:12.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He says, in a way this is just the same old thing,\Nit was all through the Old Testament.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.17,0:12:14.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But he says, it's new now because the true light is shining,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.95,0:12:17.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the day is already starting to dawn.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.13,0:12:22.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something has happened in you. It's true in Him and in you.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.38,0:12:25.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the true light is already shining, the darkness is passing away. (P)
Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.96,0:12:31.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can feel a little bit of what this means to love.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.30,0:12:36.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, we know that we've passed from death to life because we love.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.09,0:12:39.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It begins at conversion.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.21,0:12:45.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is what God meant whenever He said, "I'll write My laws on your heart."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.69,0:12:47.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Remember that, in the New Covenant?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.69,0:12:52.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I'll write My laws on your heart."\NWhat does He write on your heart?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.10,0:12:54.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember I was a brand new Christian,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.56,0:12:57.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and first thing I think when I get up in the morning,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:57.97,0:13:01.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Wow, I don't want to light a fire in my dwelling
Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.15,0:13:04.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from 6:00pm Friday night to 6:00pm Saturday night."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.79,0:13:08.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, that's not the law that He writes on your heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:08.12,0:13:09.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or, "I really don't wanna...
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.76,0:13:14.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No longer do I want to wear garments\Nthat are cotton and polyester."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.52,0:13:18.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not the law that He writes on your heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:18.21,0:13:23.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what He does write on your heart is:\N"Love for God and love for your fellow man." (P)
Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.05,0:13:27.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember I walked to work, and there was a guy at that filling station
Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.22,0:13:31.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(I used to work for 50 cents an hour, that tells you how old I am),
Dialogue: 0,0:13:31.38,0:13:34.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I despised that guy.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.38,0:13:38.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I walked in there, I'm a new creation, I love.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:38.17,0:13:44.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Isn't that amazing? He has written His law on your heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.21,0:13:46.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the big stuff.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:46.78,0:13:50.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul says, "Concerning love for another, I have no need to write you,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:50.95,0:13:56.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you yourselves are taught of God to love one another" (1 Thess. 4:9).
Dialogue: 0,0:13:56.21,0:14:02.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that's something that happens: every Christian loves God.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:02.00,0:14:03.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every Christian.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.42,0:14:05.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul calls Christians by that,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:05.35,0:14:13.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he says, "We know that God causes all things\Nto work together for good to them that love God."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:13.69,0:14:16.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's another name for a Christian.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:16.30,0:14:20.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ,\Nlet him be accursed" (1 Corinth. 16:22).
Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.89,0:14:25.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And all Christians love their fellow man.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:25.64,0:14:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We know that we have passed from death\Nto life, because we love the brethren.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:29.00,0:14:31.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If anybody hates his brother, he is a murderer;
Dialogue: 0,0:14:31.55,0:14:34.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him" (1 John 3:14-15). (P)
Dialogue: 0,0:14:34.85,0:14:39.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is in you when you become a Christian.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:39.24,0:14:44.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God writes it on your heart. He writes the law of love on your heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:44.39,0:14:48.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And one of the brothers mentioned, Jesus brings this up,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:48.81,0:14:54.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Matthew 22:36, "A certain man came to Him,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:54.40,0:15:00.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he said, 'Rabbi, what's the great commandment in the Law?'
Dialogue: 0,0:15:00.88,0:15:04.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He said, the greatest thing of anything there is in the Law is,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:04.61,0:15:10.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength.' "
Dialogue: 0,0:15:10.83,0:15:13.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, why didn't He just stop with that?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:13.29,0:15:16.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The guy didn't ask Him, "What's the second greatest commandment?"
Dialogue: 0,0:15:16.14,0:15:18.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus volunteered it.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:18.79,0:15:20.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said, "The second is like it."
Dialogue: 0,0:15:20.83,0:15:24.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How is it like it? It has to do with love. "
Dialogue: 0,0:15:24.03,0:15:27.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The second is like it, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' "
Dialogue: 0,0:15:27.19,0:15:30.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now why did He bring that up? why did He volunteer the second one?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:30.05,0:15:35.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because He wanted to lay the foundation for an important teaching.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:35.73,0:15:44.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He says, "On these two commandments hang the whole Law and the Prophets."
Dialogue: 0,0:15:44.52,0:15:48.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What Jesus is saying is, "These are the big ones;
Dialogue: 0,0:15:48.07,0:15:55.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and everything else hangs on that, it depends on that."
Dialogue: 0,0:15:55.06,0:15:58.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Love is the big thing. (P)
Dialogue: 0,0:15:58.65,0:16:06.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A Brother and I were talking about: adultery is not a big thing to God;
Dialogue: 0,0:16:06.95,0:16:10.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now listen to me, stealing is not a big thing to God;
Dialogue: 0,0:16:10.38,0:16:13.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,murder is not a big thing to God;
Dialogue: 0,0:16:13.03,0:16:16.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,except as it relates to breaking the law of love.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:16.37,0:16:21.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now let me say it another way: adultery is a really big thing to God.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:21.32,0:16:22.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He hates it.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:22.94,0:16:26.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why? Because it's breaking the law of love.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:26.94,0:16:29.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you see, what Jesus is saying is,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:29.43,0:16:35.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all these commandments hang on the Love commandments.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:35.10,0:16:39.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Murder hangs on the Love commandment.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:39.15,0:16:45.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not something in itself, it has to do with the fact\Nthat it is breaking the Love commandments.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:45.47,0:16:47.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why are the Love commandments so big?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:47.24,0:16:50.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because God is love.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:50.64,0:16:53.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Bible never says God is justice.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:53.06,0:16:56.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It says He is just, but it doesn't say He is justice.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:56.01,0:16:58.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it does say He is love.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:58.62,0:17:02.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Isn't it amazing, we have a God who is love.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:02.77,0:17:08.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that law that everybody hates so much\Nis just an expression of who He is. (P)
Dialogue: 0,0:17:08.67,0:17:10.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, here you have a God who is perfect love;
Dialogue: 0,0:17:10.100,0:17:17.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and He gives you a law, He says, "Look, don't curse a deaf man."
Dialogue: 0,0:17:17.26,0:17:22.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now what kind of a God would give a law like that?\NWell, a God of love.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:22.94,0:17:27.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You shall not place a stumbling block in front of a blind man."
Dialogue: 0,0:17:27.40,0:17:28.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here comes this blind man along,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:28.93,0:17:32.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you say, "Let's have a little fun with him. Let's stick something there."
Dialogue: 0,0:17:32.44,0:17:38.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you realize if you love that man, you'll keep that law automatically.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:38.97,0:17:44.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God makes a law, He says, "Look, there's an open pitch, you've got to cover that."
Dialogue: 0,0:17:44.99,0:17:47.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why? Because it relates to love.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:47.88,0:17:51.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You've got an ox, it gores people, you've got to confine it."
Dialogue: 0,0:17:51.28,0:17:54.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You go through those list of laws, what are they?
Dialogue: 0,0:17:54.62,0:17:58.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're hanging on love. (P)
Dialogue: 0,0:17:58.52,0:18:01.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now this is amazing.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:01.04,0:18:03.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of those men came to Jesus, he said,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:03.87,0:18:06.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Rabbi, what must I do to have eternal life?"
Dialogue: 0,0:18:06.13,0:18:09.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said, "Read in the Law, what does it say to you?
Dialogue: 0,0:18:09.60,0:18:11.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does the Law say?"
Dialogue: 0,0:18:11.56,0:18:13.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he says, "Well, you shall love..."
Dialogue: 0,0:18:13.30,0:18:17.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This guy must have been a pretty amazing Bible scholar actually.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:17.07,0:18:21.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He says, "It says you shall love the Lord your God\Nwith all your heart, soul, mind, and strength;
Dialogue: 0,0:18:21.04,0:18:23.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and your neighbor as yourself."
Dialogue: 0,0:18:23.01,0:18:28.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus didn't say, "Well yeah, but there's 611 other commandments you gotta keep."
Dialogue: 0,0:18:28.15,0:18:32.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He says, "You've answered correctly; do this and you will live."
Dialogue: 0,0:18:32.54,0:18:34.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He says if you'll do those two things,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:34.38,0:18:38.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you will fulfill everything, you'll have eternal life.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:38.33,0:18:41.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The problem is, nobody has ever done any of them for five minutes,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:41.82,0:18:46.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,except for one Person - the Lord Jesus. (P)
Dialogue: 0,0:18:46.39,0:18:48.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But think of this:
Dialogue: 0,0:18:48.84,0:18:53.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When He said there's a first commandment and a second commandment,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:53.43,0:18:56.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He wasn't saying there's a long list -\Nthere's the third, and the fourth, and so on.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:56.97,0:19:03.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said, "These two take in everything. They really do."
Dialogue: 0,0:19:03.75,0:19:07.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you love your neighbor you're going to tell him about the Lord;
Dialogue: 0,0:19:07.65,0:19:10.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it doesn't take some commandments about sharing the Gospel.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:10.22,0:19:12.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, you can just go down through the list -
Dialogue: 0,0:19:12.07,0:19:15.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if I love my neighbor, I don't want to steal his wife,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:15.34,0:19:20.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't want to steal his car.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:20.46,0:19:25.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as you go through the New Testament you'll find this.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:25.40,0:19:36.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I won't look up all the verses because\Nwe just had lunch, but they are so many.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:36.09,0:19:41.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,1 Timothy 1:5, he says, "The goal of our instruction..." -
Dialogue: 0,0:19:41.36,0:19:43.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why, why are we spending this time,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:43.12,0:19:45.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why are the preachers up front there?
Dialogue: 0,0:19:45.66,0:19:50.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is the goal of our instruction that we might know what the symbolic meaning
Dialogue: 0,0:19:50.31,0:19:55.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the tenth toe of Daniel's image is for prophecy? No!
Dialogue: 0,0:19:55.64,0:20:04.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The goal of our instruction is love from a pure heart,\Nan undefiled conscience, and a sincere faith."
Dialogue: 0,0:20:04.84,0:20:06.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the goal of everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:06.31,0:20:09.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul says, "Owe no man anything, but to love one another."
Dialogue: 0,0:20:09.74,0:20:16.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He used "love" in order to fulfill the Law.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:16.58,0:20:19.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is writing to Gentiles in Galatians,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:19.18,0:20:24.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he says, "The whole Law is fulfilled in one word, 'Love one another' " (Gal. 5:14).
Dialogue: 0,0:20:24.96,0:20:28.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The whole thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:28.49,0:20:32.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They didn't know all the ins and outs of all those commandments,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:32.30,0:20:37.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he just tells them, "If you just love, you'll fulfill the Law." (P)
Dialogue: 0,0:20:37.71,0:20:40.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe I ought to give you the references anyway.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:40.33,0:20:45.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've got time, we'll look at some of these.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:45.05,0:20:55.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,1 Timothy 1:5. I mentioned 1 Thessalonians 3:11-13, he says,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:55.06,0:21:00.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"May our God and Father Himself and Jesus our Lord direct our way to you;
Dialogue: 0,0:21:00.08,0:21:05.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and may the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love for one another,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:05.15,0:21:08.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and for all men, just as we also do for you;
Dialogue: 0,0:21:08.81,0:21:12.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that He may establish your hearts unblameable in holiness."
Dialogue: 0,0:21:12.42,0:21:18.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's how you grow in holiness - growing in love.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:18.60,0:21:42.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Galatians 5:13, he says, "For you were called to freedom, brethren;
Dialogue: 0,0:21:42.22,0:21:46.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:46.02,0:21:49.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but through love serve one another.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:49.74,0:21:52.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For the whole Law is fulfilled in one word,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:52.35,0:21:55.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the statement, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' "
Dialogue: 0,0:21:55.03,0:21:57.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Amazing statement!
Dialogue: 0,0:21:57.64,0:22:02.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then in verse 6 of the same chapter:
Dialogue: 0,0:22:02.73,0:22:07.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"In Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:07.73,0:22:12.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but faith working through love." (P)
Dialogue: 0,0:22:12.48,0:22:17.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Galatians 5:22, "But the fruit of the Spirit is love" - first thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:17.78,0:22:23.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Galatians 6:2, "Bear one another's burdens,\Nand so fulfill the law of Christ." - love again.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:23.06,0:22:32.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,1 Peter 4:8, he says, "Above all (above all - most important thing),
Dialogue: 0,0:22:32.30,0:22:39.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,keep fervent in your love for one another,\Nbecause love covers a multitude of sins."
Dialogue: 0,0:22:39.40,0:22:53.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Colossians 3:14, he says, "Beyond all these things put on love,"
Dialogue: 0,0:22:53.01,0:22:55.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after he has gone through this whole list,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:55.81,0:22:59.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"which is the perfect bond of unity."
Dialogue: 0,0:22:59.68,0:23:13.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Ephesians 4:31 and on, "Let all bitterness\Nand wrath and anger and clamor and slander
Dialogue: 0,0:23:13.73,0:23:17.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be put away from you, along with all malice.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:17.20,0:23:20.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:20.62,0:23:23.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just as God in Christ also has forgiven you.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:23.05,0:23:26.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children;
Dialogue: 0,0:23:26.46,0:23:30.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you
Dialogue: 0,0:23:30.43,0:23:35.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(you see, that's a new commandment,\NLove one another as I have loved you)
Dialogue: 0,0:23:35.37,0:23:38.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and gave Himself up for us,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:38.12,0:23:42.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma."
Dialogue: 0,0:23:42.01,0:23:56.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One more, Romans 13:8, "Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another;
Dialogue: 0,0:23:56.95,0:24:01.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:01.92,0:24:05.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For this, 'You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:05.26,0:24:07.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You shall not steal, You shall not covet,'
Dialogue: 0,0:24:07.27,0:24:10.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if there is any other commandment, it is summed up in this saying,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:10.26,0:24:16.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'
Dialogue: 0,0:24:16.19,0:24:23.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Love does no wrong to a neighbor;\Ntherefore love is the fulfillment of the law." (P)
Dialogue: 0,0:24:23.32,0:24:26.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is a central thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:26.61,0:24:31.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now think of how much more wonderful the law of\NChrist is, than going back to the Law of Moses.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:31.27,0:24:35.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just think of this in some areas.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:35.24,0:24:47.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Suppose some brother receives a gift, somebody gives Chad a new car,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:47.98,0:24:54.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he already had a car that was better than mine.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:54.51,0:24:59.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, you know, I think back to what Moses said, "Thou shall not covet."
Dialogue: 0,0:24:59.55,0:25:03.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I try not to covet, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:03.61,0:25:11.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I do fairly well as long as I don't look at his car.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:11.69,0:25:12.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think of that.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:12.63,0:25:20.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But suppose that I love him as Christ loved,\Nand somebody gives him something,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:20.12,0:25:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what's your immediate response?
Dialogue: 0,0:25:22.00,0:25:26.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You praise God, because you love the person.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:26.95,0:25:30.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your attitude is not this attitude of "I've got to try..."
Dialogue: 0,0:25:30.99,0:25:39.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's one that fulfills it automatically. You're delighted. (P)
Dialogue: 0,0:25:39.40,0:25:45.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here you're going down the street,\Nyou meet some woman that's immodestly dressed,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:45.56,0:25:52.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you have the thought, you know,\N"The Law said, 'You shall not commit adultery.' "
Dialogue: 0,0:25:52.90,0:25:56.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now how does that compare to, if you've just come out of a prayer meeting
Dialogue: 0,0:25:56.64,0:26:01.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(your heart is full of love), or you're out on the street witnessing,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:01.36,0:26:05.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you see that same person totally different?
Dialogue: 0,0:26:05.79,0:26:12.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You fulfill the law in a much higher level,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:12.27,0:26:16.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you're concerned for the soul, you love the person.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:16.52,0:26:19.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You love them. (P)
Dialogue: 0,0:26:19.13,0:26:23.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was an evangelist a couple hundred years ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:23.59,0:26:28.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think maybe he was in Boston, he had just been converted.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:28.52,0:26:31.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe it was a little less than two hundred years ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:31.31,0:26:37.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyway, he was a new Christian full of love for God,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:37.49,0:26:42.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this woman came up and propositioned him.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:42.70,0:26:46.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now he didn't realize what she was asking at first,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:46.04,0:26:50.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then he finally thought, "She's a prostitute."
Dialogue: 0,0:26:50.51,0:26:55.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He burst into tears. And then she burst into tears.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:55.78,0:27:00.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is that? He was full of love for her.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:00.38,0:27:05.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She never had anybody love her. You see the difference?
Dialogue: 0,0:27:05.44,0:27:10.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead of saying, "You wicked woman, what are you doing?"
Dialogue: 0,0:27:10.29,0:27:15.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the law of Christ, and it's such a higher level. (P)
Dialogue: 0,0:27:15.58,0:27:24.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Giving: you know, "Well, I paid my tithe, and I've got it taken care of."
Dialogue: 0,0:27:24.19,0:27:29.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How different is that than loving as Jesus loved – He gave everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:29.06,0:27:33.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, you might have to give away, not one dollar, but all ten of them,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:33.31,0:27:36.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you might have to give away your billfold.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:36.73,0:27:40.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or, you might not give away anything.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:40.75,0:27:46.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why? Because you're led by the Spirit of God, teaching us, you see, teaching us.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:46.21,0:27:50.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the law of Christ, it's not a list of rules and dos and don'ts.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:50.46,0:27:58.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It cannot be codified, it's too incisive to be codified. (P)
Dialogue: 0,0:28:03.10,0:28:07.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me give you an example.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:07.35,0:28:13.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of you have read this and you're aware of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:13.64,0:28:22.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is Evangeline Booth,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:22.58,0:28:29.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who was a daughter of William Booth, founder of Salvation Army.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:29.48,0:28:40.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Evangeline Booth: "As one who ministered often to the dregs of society,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:40.97,0:28:45.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she found herself one morning outside the large iron gates
Dialogue: 0,0:28:45.11,0:28:49.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a local police court and temporary prison.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:49.02,0:28:54.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Waiting for the gates to open she heard the\Nshuffling of heavy feet and loud, agitated voices.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:54.21,0:28:57.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In her own words (and I'm quoting from her),
Dialogue: 0,0:28:57.18,0:29:02.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she says, 'The gates opened wide, and I witnessed a sight
Dialogue: 0,0:29:02.16,0:29:06.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which, if eternity could wash away from my mind, time never can.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:06.06,0:29:08.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a woman.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:08.56,0:29:11.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two policemen walked in front and two behind.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:11.20,0:29:13.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Now the Salvation Army, in the early days,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:13.20,0:29:18.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they reached out to the lowest of the low and they were full of life).
Dialogue: 0,0:29:18.86,0:29:21.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two policemen walked in front and two behind.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:21.92,0:29:26.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One stalwart man firmly held the right arm and the other the left.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:26.08,0:29:32.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(You got six guys escorting this woman out).
Dialogue: 0,0:29:32.46,0:29:36.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Her hair was uncombed and matted and disheveled.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:36.13,0:29:38.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Her right temple was blackened with bruises.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:38.96,0:29:43.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Clots of dry blood stood upon her left temple.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:43.08,0:29:46.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Her clothes were torn and bloodstained.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:46.49,0:29:49.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She tried to wrench her arms from the grasp of the policemen.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:49.53,0:29:54.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The very atmosphere of the morning\Nwas laden with her curses and oaths.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:54.56,0:30:00.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She tossed her head wildly as the six policemen\Ndragged her down the passageway.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:00.76,0:30:02.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What could I do?
Dialogue: 0,0:30:02.73,0:30:06.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One more moment and the golden opportunity to be of help would be gone.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:06.92,0:30:09.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Could I offer a prayer? No, there was not time.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:09.57,0:30:11.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Could I sing? It would be absurd.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:11.95,0:30:14.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Could I give her money? She could not take it.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:14.80,0:30:19.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Could I quote a verse of Scripture? She would not heed it. (P)
Dialogue: 0,0:30:19.39,0:30:25.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Whether it was a divine suggestion or not, I did not stop to think,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:25.52,0:30:30.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the impulse of a burning desire which filled my heart as she passed
Dialogue: 0,0:30:30.28,0:30:35.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,made me step forward and kiss her on the cheek.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:35.78,0:30:39.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whether the police were taken off their\Nguard by my extraordinary action,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:39.59,0:30:42.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,relaxed their grasp, I do not know.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:42.49,0:30:46.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But with one wrench she freed her arms and clasped her hands
Dialogue: 0,0:30:46.88,0:30:49.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the wind spread her matted, disheveled hair,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:49.34,0:30:55.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she looked toward the grey skies and said, 'My God.'
Dialogue: 0,0:30:55.03,0:31:00.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She looked around wildly for a moment\Nand then said, 'My God, who kissed me?
Dialogue: 0,0:31:00.23,0:31:02.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My God, who kissed me?
Dialogue: 0,0:31:02.63,0:31:06.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nobody has kissed me since my mother died.' (P)
Dialogue: 0,0:31:06.40,0:31:10.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Lifting her tattered apron she buried her face in her hands
Dialogue: 0,0:31:10.94,0:31:16.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, like a little lamb, she was led to the vehicle which took her to prison.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:16.39,0:31:18.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Later I went to the prison in the hope of seeing her,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:18.92,0:31:20.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and at the door stood the warden.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:20.39,0:31:25.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I approached the warden,\Nshe said, 'We think her mind is gone.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:25.37,0:31:28.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She does nothing but pace up and down her cell,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:28.14,0:31:34.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,asking me every time I go in if I know who kissed her.'
Dialogue: 0,0:31:34.01,0:31:39.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Would you let me go in and speak to her?' I asked,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:39.80,0:31:45.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'I am her only and best friend.'
Dialogue: 0,0:31:45.12,0:31:46.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The door was opened and I slipped in.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:46.92,0:31:49.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Her face was clean. Her eyes were large and beautiful.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:49.89,0:31:52.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she said, 'Do you know who kissed me?'
Dialogue: 0,0:31:52.63,0:31:54.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then she told me her story.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:54.95,0:31:59.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'When I was a little girl of seven years old, my widowed mother died.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:59.37,0:32:02.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She died very poor, although she was of genteel birth.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:02.36,0:32:05.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She died in a back basement in the dark.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:05.99,0:32:09.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When she was dying she called me to her,\Ntook my little face in her hands,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:09.42,0:32:12.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and kissed and said to me, 'My poor, little girl.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:12.83,0:32:14.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My defenceless, little girl.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:14.32,0:32:16.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,O God, have pity on my little girl;
Dialogue: 0,0:32:16.17,0:32:19.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when I'm gone, protect her and take care of her.'
Dialogue: 0,0:32:19.29,0:32:25.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From that day to this, nobody ever put a kiss upon my face until recently.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:25.56,0:32:27.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then again she asked me, 'Do you know who kissed me?'
Dialogue: 0,0:32:27.81,0:32:30.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, 'It was I who kissed you.' (P)
Dialogue: 0,0:32:30.65,0:32:36.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Then I told her of Him whose life was so\Nmuch more tender than mine could ever be,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:36.50,0:32:40.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how He went to the cross and bore our sins upon Himself
Dialogue: 0,0:32:40.03,0:32:41.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and was wounded for our transgressions,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:41.90,0:32:46.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that He might put the kiss of pardon upon our brow.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:46.24,0:32:49.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Him she found light, and joy, and comfort,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:49.79,0:32:53.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and salvation, and healing, and love.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:53.37,0:32:55.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before she was released from the prison,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:55.58,0:33:00.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the warden testified not only to the\Nchange in her life, but to its beauty.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:00.90,0:33:04.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was made, through Christ, the means of salvation
Dialogue: 0,0:33:04.41,0:33:08.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to numbers of others who were down as low as she had been,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:08.42,0:33:14.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and who were bound with fetters as heavy as those\Nwith which she herself had been bound." (P)
Dialogue: 0,0:33:14.83,0:33:16.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now what is that?
Dialogue: 0,0:33:16.16,0:33:21.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What law are you going to say, "Kiss this woman now"?
Dialogue: 0,0:33:21.12,0:33:22.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see how different it is?
Dialogue: 0,0:33:22.89,0:33:28.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The New Testament is not the idea God gave us a new list of laws.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:28.18,0:33:30.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He didn't do that. He gave us the life of Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:30.94,0:33:34.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and He gave us some signposts saying, "Look fellows, this is radical.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:34.58,0:33:37.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is what it's going to look like."
Dialogue: 0,0:33:37.13,0:33:41.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what He is doing in the Sermon on the Mount.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:41.02,0:33:46.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And these things are things that God has given when we desperately need...
Dialogue: 0,0:33:46.28,0:33:49.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How did she know to do that?
Dialogue: 0,0:33:49.54,0:33:53.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She knew it because she loved people like that,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:53.66,0:33:56.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the Holy Spirit prompted her to do it right then;
Dialogue: 0,0:33:56.69,0:34:00.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she just did it, without thinking.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:00.64,0:34:04.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what we need. That's what we're talking about.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:04.49,0:34:06.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And beloved, I'm speaking for myself,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:06.45,0:34:11.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are so quick to become acting atheists\Nand forget about the Lord Jesus,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:11.100,0:34:18.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and read our Bible verses and do our thing, our Christian thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:18.85,0:34:26.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if you're full of Christ and full of love, it's totally different, isn't it?
Dialogue: 0,0:34:26.17,0:34:28.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Totally different. And it's a living relationship.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:28.98,0:34:31.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to be brought back to that over and over and over.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:31.74,0:34:34.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not your list of rules. (P)
Dialogue: 0,0:34:34.36,0:34:42.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes I go on trips overseas, come back,\Nmy wife's standing at the door,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:42.90,0:34:47.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she's got a list: "Kiss husband. Hug husband."
Dialogue: 0,0:34:47.53,0:34:51.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you realize how insulting that is?
Dialogue: 0,0:34:51.20,0:34:56.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you've got love in your heart you're going to do the right things.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:56.63,0:35:01.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But a lot of times, that's the way we are treating the Lord.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:01.46,0:35:03.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I didn't do this, I didn't do this..."
Dialogue: 0,0:35:03.74,0:35:10.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's looking at something a lot bigger than that. (P)
Dialogue: 0,0:35:12.16,0:35:16.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now which of these things do you think will most convict of sin:
Dialogue: 0,0:35:16.32,0:35:21.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Law of Moses or the law of Christ?
Dialogue: 0,0:35:21.57,0:35:25.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's an example - what I just read.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:25.14,0:35:26.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, it's convicting.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:26.40,0:35:29.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember when I was a college student,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:29.01,0:35:35.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was staying with a family that was full of the Spirit of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:35.26,0:35:40.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there were always a lot of people coming there for meals,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:40.71,0:35:43.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the kitchen was just a beehive of activity -
Dialogue: 0,0:35:43.62,0:35:45.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,women fixing stuff and what have you.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:45.28,0:35:49.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And one of the kids came in, right in the middle of all that,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:49.98,0:35:53.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and had to get a glass of milk out of the refrigerator.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:53.49,0:35:56.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, it's like he was already an annoyance.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:56.55,0:36:02.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then he opens the door up,\Nand breaks the glass of milk all over the floor,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:02.90,0:36:07.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right while they're preparing this big meal.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:07.11,0:36:10.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And his mother turned around like this,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:10.02,0:36:15.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she said, "Oh, Steven, I love you."
Dialogue: 0,0:36:15.07,0:36:17.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She took his face in her hand.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:17.39,0:36:20.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That did more to convict a self-centered college student.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:20.24,0:36:23.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, we were talking last night about college students.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:23.35,0:36:27.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They'll come through your door, and they'll say, "Feed me, I'm yours.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:27.16,0:36:31.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What can you do to serve me?" [Laughter].
Dialogue: 0,0:36:31.74,0:36:38.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But to see that, you see, that's much more than the "thou shalt nots".
Dialogue: 0,0:36:38.33,0:36:40.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's convicting. (P)
Dialogue: 0,0:36:40.59,0:36:44.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Watchman Nee tells a story, there was a Christian there in China
Dialogue: 0,0:36:44.77,0:36:48.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where they had these fields that they would paddle full of water - rice fields -
Dialogue: 0,0:36:48.91,0:36:52.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they would paddle them full of water using a bicycle-like contraption
Dialogue: 0,0:36:52.98,0:36:55.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that has a water wheel on it.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:55.99,0:37:01.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this man paddled and paddled, filled his field full of water.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:01.72,0:37:03.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the neighbor came in the night and opened the gate,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:03.78,0:37:08.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and let the water out, and it ran down to the neighbor's field.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:08.17,0:37:11.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the Christian came the next day, he saw that;
Dialogue: 0,0:37:11.41,0:37:18.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he closed the gate, didn't say anything, filled his field up again.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:18.100,0:37:21.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Next night, same thing happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:21.23,0:37:24.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was time for prayer meeting, he came in and said,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:24.91,0:37:26.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I haven't done anything against my neighbor,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:26.94,0:37:29.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I haven't said anything hurtful to him or anything.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:29.92,0:37:36.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But somehow I feel like this is just not measuring up to Christ."
Dialogue: 0,0:37:36.56,0:37:38.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they prayed about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:38.48,0:37:42.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The next day he opened the gate and filled his neighbor's field first,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:42.53,0:37:44.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then closed the gate and filled his field.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:44.96,0:37:49.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The neighbor came to him, and he eventually became a Christian.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:49.75,0:37:55.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said, "What, What, What is this?"
Dialogue: 0,0:37:55.88,0:37:58.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the law of Christ! (P)
Dialogue: 0,0:37:58.63,0:38:03.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Jesus said, "If they compel you to go one mile, go with them two,"
Dialogue: 0,0:38:03.82,0:38:09.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, the Romans had the right to compel you\Nto carry their burden for one mile.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:09.74,0:38:11.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So they yell at you and call you over there,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:11.45,0:38:12.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you think, "Well, I'm doing pretty well.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:12.93,0:38:16.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not complaining, I'm not really angry, I didn't curse the guy,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:16.97,0:38:19.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not thinking bad things about him."
Dialogue: 0,0:38:19.13,0:38:22.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,None of that measures up, does it?
Dialogue: 0,0:38:22.53,0:38:25.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So Jesus said, Go the second mile.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:25.48,0:38:30.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's during that second mile the guy is wondering,\N"What is different about this person?"
Dialogue: 0,0:38:30.58,0:38:36.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, he starts talking to you,\Nand you have the opportunity to witness to him.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:36.52,0:38:38.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It all sounds so good, doesn't it brethren,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:38.58,0:38:47.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until you're carrying that burden the first half a mile [Laughter].
Dialogue: 0,0:38:47.51,0:38:51.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a lot easier to preach about it than it is to do it,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:51.84,0:38:58.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because in reality it's sweaty and it's heavy, and your back is hurting.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:58.49,0:39:03.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the same way with our spouses.\NIt's the same way with our children.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:03.66,0:39:07.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the same way in the body of Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:07.35,0:39:10.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's nothing more costly than that.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:10.80,0:39:15.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's costly.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:15.27,0:39:22.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that's where it is. That's what we're talking about. (P)
Dialogue: 0,0:39:24.00,0:39:28.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another question comes up, How can you tell what real love is?
Dialogue: 0,0:39:28.13,0:39:32.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two college students living in sin,\Nthey say, "Well, we love one another."
Dialogue: 0,0:39:32.89,0:39:39.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jack Kevorkian, he loves his people so much he helps them commit suicide.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:39.58,0:39:44.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Love is claimed to support abortion.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:44.36,0:39:49.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it sounds like Jesus left us a pretty flexible, mushy-type standard, doesn't it?
Dialogue: 0,0:39:49.93,0:39:52.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what did He say? He didn't say, "Love one another, "
Dialogue: 0,0:39:52.47,0:39:55.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said, "Love one another as I have loved you."
Dialogue: 0,0:39:55.78,0:40:00.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words, all of His teaching, His holiness, His perfection, His life,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:00.38,0:40:05.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everything about Him, His manner, all that, that's the standard.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:05.63,0:40:07.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that takes care of the problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:07.83,0:40:11.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The conduct and life and person of the Lord Jesus Himself
Dialogue: 0,0:40:11.65,0:40:15.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the rule and duty of the Christian.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:15.70,0:40:19.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're called upon to be just as holy as He was. (P)
Dialogue: 0,0:40:19.08,0:40:21.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In closing, what I want to draw your attention to here,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:21.85,0:40:25.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is how the New Testament teaches ethics.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:25.19,0:40:34.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You think about giving: how does the New Testament teach giving?
Dialogue: 0,0:40:34.88,0:40:39.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well, you know, in the Law it says you're supposed to tithe,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:39.15,0:40:43.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I still believe that is still binding on us: we've got to tithe."
Dialogue: 0,0:40:43.71,0:40:46.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, the standard is a lot higher than that.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:46.08,0:40:50.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's a starting point. It tells you what is reasonable.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:50.69,0:40:54.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, ten families ought to be able to support one.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:54.17,0:40:57.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know that's not too big of a burden, the Jews did that.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:57.61,0:41:01.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, there's help from the Law;
Dialogue: 0,0:41:01.29,0:41:07.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's not the standard for the Christian, it's just a starting point.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:07.54,0:41:11.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It gives us a little thought of what they did then.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:11.17,0:41:13.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when you start looking at Christ...
Dialogue: 0,0:41:13.08,0:41:16.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, let's look at it, how does Paul teach giving?
Dialogue: 0,0:41:16.99,0:41:27.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,II Corinthians 8:7, "Just as you abound in everything,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:27.43,0:41:36.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in faith and utterance and knowledge and in all earnestness
Dialogue: 0,0:41:36.27,0:41:38.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in the love we inspired in you,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:38.35,0:41:41.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,see that you abound in this gracious work also.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:41.77,0:41:44.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am not speaking this as a command,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:44.58,0:41:48.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity of your love also.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:48.69,0:41:50.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Love, love, love).
Dialogue: 0,0:41:50.76,0:41:54.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:54.66,0:41:58.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:58.98,0:42:02.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that you through His poverty might become rich." (P)
Dialogue: 0,0:42:02.39,0:42:04.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, what is the example of giving?
Dialogue: 0,0:42:04.51,0:42:07.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, here is one.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:07.11,0:42:09.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was richer than anyone has ever been,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:09.24,0:42:11.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and He became poorer than anyone has ever been,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:11.66,0:42:13.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we might become rich.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:13.100,0:42:15.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see what a standard that is?
Dialogue: 0,0:42:15.38,0:42:18.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's so much higher than Moses, it's just unbelievable.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:18.10,0:42:20.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see what John was saying?
Dialogue: 0,0:42:20.42,0:42:22.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The Law came through Moses;
Dialogue: 0,0:42:22.65,0:42:27.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ" (John 1:17).
Dialogue: 0,0:42:27.56,0:42:31.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Beloved, we are not diminishing in the least the Law of Moses.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:31.17,0:42:35.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was glorious, it was great, it was perfect.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:35.11,0:42:44.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you're talking about a candle in relation to the sun shining in its fullness. (P)
Dialogue: 0,0:42:44.53,0:42:47.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The way we treat our wives: How should we treat our wives?
Dialogue: 0,0:42:47.60,0:42:51.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ephesians 5:25, "Husbands, love your wives,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:51.96,0:42:56.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:56.93,0:43:01.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her\Nby the washing of water with the word." (P)
Dialogue: 0,0:43:01.22,0:43:04.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Serving: What about serving?
Dialogue: 0,0:43:04.15,0:43:12.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,John 13:13-15 says, "You call Me Teacher and Lord;\Nand you are right, for so I am.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:12.21,0:43:15.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I then, the Teacher and Lord, washed your feet,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:15.35,0:43:17.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you also ought to wash one another's feet.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:17.59,0:43:22.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For I left you an example that you should also do as I did to you."
Dialogue: 0,0:43:22.50,0:43:25.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is Christ again, "Love as I love."
Dialogue: 0,0:43:25.26,0:43:28.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see how much is coming up? (P)
Dialogue: 0,0:43:28.35,0:43:30.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yielding our rights: Romans 15:1-3,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:30.96,0:43:34.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the weak
Dialogue: 0,0:43:34.24,0:43:36.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not just please ourselves ...
Dialogue: 0,0:43:36.65,0:43:41.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For even Christ pleased not Himself;
Dialogue: 0,0:43:41.35,0:43:45.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but as it is written, 'The reproaches of those who reproached You fell on Me.' "
Dialogue: 0,0:43:45.33,0:43:52.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So see, Paul says, Look, if you want to talk about ethics,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:52.14,0:43:56.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is nothing that you can use that's greater than the example of Christ. (P)
Dialogue: 0,0:43:56.23,0:44:00.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kindness: We read that in Ephesians 5:2, "Walk in love,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:00.16,0:44:07.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:07.12,0:44:09.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma." (P)
Dialogue: 0,0:44:09.88,0:44:26.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The way we treat the poor: James 2:8,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:26.43,0:44:30.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he says, "If, however, you are fulfilling the royal law
Dialogue: 0,0:44:30.38,0:44:35.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(or, literally, the law of our King, that is, the law of Christ)
Dialogue: 0,0:44:35.74,0:44:39.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,according to the Scripture, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself,'
Dialogue: 0,0:44:39.10,0:44:41.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are doing well."
Dialogue: 0,0:44:41.87,0:44:47.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Verse 12, "So speak and so act as those\Nwho are to be judged by the law of liberty."
Dialogue: 0,0:44:47.09,0:44:50.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what he calls this, the law of liberty.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:50.86,0:44:55.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"For judgment will be merciless to the one who has shown no mercy;
Dialogue: 0,0:44:55.02,0:44:56.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mercy triumphs over judgment."
Dialogue: 0,0:44:56.78,0:45:01.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words, this law of our King - Love -
Dialogue: 0,0:45:01.96,0:45:07.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you're not in that category, judgment is going to be merciless to you. (P)
Dialogue: 0,0:45:07.70,0:45:10.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How about laying down our lives for others:
Dialogue: 0,0:45:10.13,0:45:17.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,1 John 3:16, "We know love by this, that He loved us, He gave Himself,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:17.16,0:45:23.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He laid down His life for us;\Nand we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren." (P)
Dialogue: 0,0:45:23.01,0:45:29.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not striking back: 1 Peter 2:20-23,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:29.24,0:45:34.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he says, "What credit is there if, when you sin\Nand are harshly treated, you endure it with patience?
Dialogue: 0,0:45:34.52,0:45:39.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if when you do what is right and suffer for it you patiently endure it,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:39.66,0:45:41.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this finds favor with God.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:41.19,0:45:46.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For you have been called for this purpose, since Christ also suffered for you,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:46.97,0:45:51.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,leaving you an example for you to follow in His steps,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:51.94,0:45:56.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who committed no sin, nor was any deceit found in His mouth;
Dialogue: 0,0:45:56.03,0:46:00.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and while being reviled, He did not revile in return."
Dialogue: 0,0:46:00.48,0:46:06.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like any area of duty and responsibility,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:06.04,0:46:10.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can never find a better example than Jesus. (P)
Dialogue: 0,0:46:10.80,0:46:13.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Humility: that's the last one we'll look at.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:13.44,0:46:16.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think of humility.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:16.06,0:46:19.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You could say, "Well, Moses in his day was the meekest man on earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:19.63,0:46:21.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look at how he fell down and prayed for them."
Dialogue: 0,0:46:21.70,0:46:24.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was an example, wasn't he?
Dialogue: 0,0:46:24.48,0:46:30.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the humility of Moses is nothing compared to the humilty of Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:30.25,0:46:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He says, "Let this mind be in you that also was in Christ Jesus,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:34.00,0:46:38.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who, although He existed in the form of God,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:38.69,0:46:43.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,did not regard equality with God a thing to be held onto, to be grasped,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:43.84,0:46:47.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but He emptied Himself and came down, taking the form of a servant.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:47.81,0:46:50.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Being made in fashion as a man, He humbled Himself
Dialogue: 0,0:46:50.19,0:46:55.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by becoming obedient to the point of death,\Neven death on the cross" (Phillipians 2:5-8).
Dialogue: 0,0:46:55.03,0:46:57.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now how can you have a better example of humility than that?
Dialogue: 0,0:46:57.89,0:47:01.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's nothing like it! (P)
Dialogue: 0,0:47:02.66,0:47:10.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, all of this stuff just congeals together, it all fits together, perfectly.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:10.03,0:47:15.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's our example? Our example is the Lord Jesus.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:15.19,0:47:16.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Love one another as I have loved you."
Dialogue: 0,0:47:16.80,0:47:20.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You could sum it up if you read 1 Corinthians 13,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:20.59,0:47:29.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and instead of putting the word "love" in there, just put "Christ" in there.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:29.27,0:47:33.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Christ is patient, Christ is kind and is not jealous;
Dialogue: 0,0:47:33.85,0:47:38.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,did not brag, was not arrogant, never acted unbecomingly;
Dialogue: 0,0:47:38.54,0:47:40.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,did not seek His own, was never provoked,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:40.80,0:47:43.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,did not take into account the wrong suffered;
Dialogue: 0,0:47:43.61,0:47:46.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,did not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoiced with the truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:46.89,0:47:50.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He bore all things, He believed all things, He hoped all things..."
Dialogue: 0,0:47:50.50,0:47:53.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why? Because He was love incarnate.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:53.16,0:47:56.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is God? God is love.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:56.42,0:48:05.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What you see in Christ is, you see God walking around as a man,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:05.04,0:48:08.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,perfectly fulfilling love to God and to His fellow man. (P)
Dialogue: 0,0:48:08.92,0:48:11.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now look at where we've come.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:11.97,0:48:16.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're new creatures in a new realm;
Dialogue: 0,0:48:16.08,0:48:19.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have a new commandment that has been written on our hearts;
Dialogue: 0,0:48:19.12,0:48:22.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have new hearts.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:22.14,0:48:27.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have a new standard, and we obey, not by following external rules,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:27.87,0:48:31.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but by the outworking of an inward power.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:31.05,0:48:32.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the standard is Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:32.59,0:48:40.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is the ultimate and final revelation of the invisible God and His will for us.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:40.69,0:48:46.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He is at work in us right now to will and do of His good pleasure. (P)
Dialogue: 0,0:48:46.96,0:48:53.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, these things that I have said to you have been criticized by some.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:53.16,0:48:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They say, "Look, if you don't have the Ten Commandments,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:57.00,0:49:00.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you don't have the Law of Moses, you don't have any objective standard.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:00.45,0:49:04.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're just adrift on a sea of subjectivism."
Dialogue: 0,0:49:04.23,0:49:07.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, beloved, we have the whole Bible.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:07.14,0:49:09.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have Christ's example.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:09.94,0:49:15.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But like I said, this is too incisive to be codified in a list of rules.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:15.73,0:49:23.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You cannot get a list of rules to plumb the depth of Christ's being!
Dialogue: 0,0:49:23.52,0:49:26.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Only He can do that by His Spirit in various situations,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:26.92,0:49:30.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like that example that we read.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:30.06,0:49:32.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You could never possibly list them all.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:32.02,0:49:35.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's happened down through church history over and over and over,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:35.41,0:49:40.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Spirit of Christ working in His people\Nhas caused them to say and do things...
Dialogue: 0,0:49:40.66,0:49:45.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Haven't you experienced it yourself\Nwhen the Holy Spirit is with you and God is real?
Dialogue: 0,0:49:45.14,0:49:50.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You say things that you would not have said otherwise. (P)
Dialogue: 0,0:49:50.08,0:49:55.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember sitting out in my van years ago, reading my Bible in the morning.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:55.54,0:49:59.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was one of those times where the\NLord just drew near to me in a measure,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:59.46,0:50:01.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and He was real.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:01.04,0:50:04.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First thing I thought of, "There's my neighbor over there,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:04.02,0:50:07.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to talk to him about the Lord."
Dialogue: 0,0:50:07.07,0:50:12.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would not have done that, apart from the Holy Spirit prompting.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:12.17,0:50:14.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's all we need, beloved.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:14.18,0:50:17.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All we need is to be in touch with our Lord,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:17.15,0:50:18.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to have the help of His Spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:18.88,0:50:23.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's all we need. That's all we need.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:23.92,0:50:29.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what we're talking about when we talk about the law of Christ. (P)
Dialogue: 0,0:50:29.33,0:50:33.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had a pastor write to me from a different country.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:33.43,0:50:38.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was offended by my book, and he said,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:38.17,0:50:41.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Now think of this, I'm holding up Jesus as our standard),
Dialogue: 0,0:50:41.26,0:50:47.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he said, "I can't believe that you would deny the moral law of God."
Dialogue: 0,0:50:47.47,0:50:52.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Deny the moral law of God?? Jesus?
Dialogue: 0,0:50:52.42,0:50:58.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But he wanted a list, you see.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:58.32,0:51:01.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,May God help us.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:01.78,0:51:05.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are wonderful things, like I said, to talk about.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:05.14,0:51:10.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Lord is worthy of our glorifying Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:10.03,0:51:14.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's hard, come Monday morning, isn't it, when you're at work.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:14.20,0:51:15.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need help.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:15.44,0:51:18.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need the Lord's help. Amen.