The Law of Christ (Part 3) - Charles Leiter
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0:01 - 0:04Well, I won't review some of the things that I would normally review
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0:04 - 0:09if we were speaking with a day or two in between,
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0:09 - 0:13because everything is pretty fresh in our minds.
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0:13 - 0:17This series is about the law of Christ,
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0:17 - 0:21and we still haven't even talked about the law of Christ [Laughter].
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0:21 - 0:25We haven't talked about what it is.
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0:25 - 0:33But Paul says in Corinthians, there in this passage
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0:33 - 0:38he says, "To those who are without law, I became as without law."
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0:38 - 0:42But then he wants us to realize, "not without the law of God,"
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0:42 - 0:46and then he identifies that with the law of Christ.
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0:46 - 0:52He says, as Christians we're in-lawed to Christ.
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0:52 - 0:57And he doesn't give us much of a hint here
as to what the law of Christ is. -
0:57 - 1:04He doesn't really say anything, which ought to be an indicator to us
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1:04 - 1:11that this was something so familiar to the early church
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1:11 - 1:17But what about it? Can you think of anywhere else in Scripture
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1:17 - 1:28where the phrase "the law of Christ" is specifically used?
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1:28 - 1:30Anyone?
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1:30 - 1:35I mean, you just can't come up with something right off.
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1:35 - 1:51But the fact is, it is used, Paul uses it in Galatians 6, so let's turn to that. (P)
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1:51 - 2:00Galatians 6:1, he says, "Brethren,
even if a man is caught in any trespass, -
2:00 - 2:04you who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness;
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2:04 - 2:09looking to yourselves lest you too be tempted.
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2:09 - 2:16Bear one another's burdens, and thus fulfill the law of Christ."
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2:16 - 2:18Now, there it is.
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2:18 - 2:22And that helps a lot more to give a hint of what is going on –
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2:22 - 2:26bearing one another's burdens, and thus fulfill the law of Christ.
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2:26 - 2:33Look, the law of Christ has to do with loving one another.
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2:33 - 2:35Now, that brings up a further question:
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2:35 - 2:45Where would they get the idea that loving
one another would be called the law of Christ? -
2:45 - 2:55"Love one another" – what do you think? where does that come up?
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2:55 - 2:59[Audience answers] It's one of the great commandments.
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2:59 - 3:03Of course, you could say, "Well, that's the law of God."
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3:03 - 3:08Why would they come up with "the law of Christ"? (P)
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3:08 - 3:15Well, let's look at this in John 13.
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3:18 - 3:26John 13, here we are at the Last Supper,
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3:26 - 3:32and verse 34, "A new commandment I give to you,
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3:32 - 3:39that you love one another, even as I have loved you,
that you also love one another. -
3:39 - 3:44By this all men will know that you are My disciples,
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3:44 - 3:47if you have love for one another."
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3:47 - 3:57And then over in John 15:12, "This is My commandment," –
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3:57 - 4:02this is the law of Christ – "This is My commandment,
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4:02 - 4:07that you love one another, just as I have loved you.
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4:07 - 4:14Greater love has no one than this,
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4:14 - 4:22And then in verse 17, "This I command you, that you love one another." (P)
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4:22 - 4:30Now this is the Lord, here in the upper room on the very last night,
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4:30 - 4:34and giving this new commandment to love one another.
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4:34 - 4:36Love is the new commandment.
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4:36 - 4:43Now the question is: Why does the Lord
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4:43 - 4:47Here they are, sitting around here at the Last Supper,
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4:47 - 4:52and He says, "I want to say something;
I've got a new commandment for you." -
4:52 - 4:53And they all perk up...
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4:53 - 4:56And He says, "Love one another." (P)
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4:56 - 5:02I mean, has the Bible ever said that before? Absolutely!
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5:02 - 5:05He is calling this a new commandment.
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5:05 - 5:08So the question is, Why? What's new about this?
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5:08 - 5:11God had told them to love one another before.
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5:11 - 5:17In fact, we saw that was one of the two great commandments.
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5:17 - 5:22So why was this a new commandment? (P)
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5:22 - 5:34Well, let me ask you a question,
was there anything else that was new that night? -
5:34 - 5:36There was a new covenant.
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5:36 - 5:41He holds the cup up, He says, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood."
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5:41 - 5:44Now He is giving a new covenant;
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5:44 - 5:51and in connection with the new covenant,
He's giving a new commandment. -
5:51 - 5:54You remember when the old covenant was given,
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5:54 - 5:59we better turn back there and look at this, Exodus 24.
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5:59 - 6:08We forget about the fact that when the old covenant was given,
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6:08 - 6:16there was the shedding of blood, and there was a covenant meal.
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6:16 - 6:26Exodus 24:7, "Then he took the book of the covenant
and read it in the hearing of the people; -
6:26 - 6:31and they said, 'All that the LORD has spoken
we will do, and we will be obedient.' -
6:31 - 6:35So Moses took the blood and sprinkled it on the people,
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6:35 - 6:38and said, 'Behold the blood of the covenant,
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6:38 - 6:43(think of Jesus' words: This cup is the blood of the new covenant.)
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6:43 - 6:48Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD
has made with you in accordance with all these words.' -
6:48 - 6:53Then Moses went up with Aaron, Nadab and Abihu,
and seventy of the elders of Israel, -
6:53 - 6:55and they saw the God of Israel;
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6:55 - 7:01and under His feet there appeared to be a
pavement of sapphire, as clear as the sky itself. -
7:01 - 7:06Yet He did not stretch out His hand
against the nobles of the sons of Israel; -
7:06 - 7:11and they beheld God, and they ate and drank."
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7:11 - 7:13We don't even think about that.
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7:13 - 7:21There was a covenant meal, the shedding of blood, and the giving of law. (P)
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7:21 - 7:23Now what have we got in the upper room?
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7:23 - 7:25They're sitting there, they're having the covenant meal;
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7:25 - 7:27He says, "This is My blood of the new covenant."
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7:27 - 7:30Now He says, "I've got a commandment to give you along,"
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7:30 - 7:35not a book with 613 laws,
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7:35 - 7:38"I've got one thing I want you to remember."
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7:38 - 7:41Isn't it something?
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7:41 - 7:46And it's the one thing we forget really quickly.
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7:46 - 7:49I have seen situations as a pastor,
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7:49 - 7:52"I've got this hard problem with so and so,
what am I going to say to them? -
7:52 - 7:55This is a mess, what am I going to say?
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7:55 - 8:01And as soon as I got to the point where my
heart was filled with love for that person, -
8:01 - 8:05I knew immediately what to say to them."
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8:05 - 8:10But when you are angry or frustrated or whatever, you don't know what to do. (P)
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8:10 - 8:19You see, it is not the idea, beloved,
that in the Law of Moses we've got 613, -
8:19 - 8:23now in the New Covenant you go through
and list all the commandments in the New Testament, -
8:23 - 8:26and you've got this new code of law.
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8:26 - 8:28That's not what it is.
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8:28 - 8:30You don't have that. You don't need that.
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8:30 - 8:37What you've got in the New Covenant
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8:37 - 8:40And this is the big one: He says, Love one another.
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8:40 - 8:44That's the big one. That's going to be the hardest thing.
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8:44 - 8:47I mean, to truly love one another,
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8:47 - 8:49He said that's going to be the hardest possible thing.
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8:49 - 8:55And it's also the thing that He puts in your heart.
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8:55 - 8:58There's nothing more demanding than this,
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8:58 - 9:01there's nothing more exacting, there's nothing more difficult.
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9:01 - 9:07But there's nothing more liberating, is there? Just love one another. (P)
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9:07 - 9:13So, why does He call it a new commandment?
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9:13 - 9:17Because it's associated with a new covenant.
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9:17 - 9:19It's part of this whole thing.
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9:19 - 9:24He's saying, "In the new covenant," as He is getting ready to leave,
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9:24 - 9:31He says, "This is what I want you to keep foremost in your minds: Love one another."
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9:31 - 9:35And so, Paul later, he knows what this means,
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9:35 - 9:40he says, "Bear one another's burdens,
and thus fulfill this commandment, this law of Christ, -
9:40 - 9:44this new commandment that He gives to you. Love one another." (P)
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9:44 - 9:46So it was new in that it was part of a new covenant.
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9:46 - 9:55What else? Well, it's new because it has a whole new depth of meaning.
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9:55 - 9:59It's one thing to say, "Love one another," but He didn't say that, did He?
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9:59 - 10:03He said, "Love one another, as I have loved you."
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10:03 - 10:08Now, that just raised the bar out of sight.
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10:08 - 10:10It's new. That's a new commandment.
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10:10 - 10:19Never, in all of human history, has there
ever been a revelation of duty like this. -
10:19 - 10:24Love as Christ loved – that's the highest revelation.
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10:24 - 10:27It's the most wonderful - the most exacting -
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10:27 - 10:33but the most wonderful revelation of man's duty that has ever been given.
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10:33 - 10:40And so, to love others as much as Christ loved us by His actions,
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10:40 - 10:42we'll talk about that more in a minute.
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10:42 - 10:47But that was a new commandment. That's something new. (P)
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10:47 - 10:49And so, why is this a new commandment?
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10:49 - 10:52Well, it's associated with a new covenant;
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10:52 - 10:56it gives an entirely new depth of meaning to the word "love" –
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10:56 - 11:02we know love by this, that He did such and such, you see.
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11:02 - 11:03All right.
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11:03 - 11:08But what else? Well, there's a third reason that it's new.
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11:08 - 11:28Let's just turn to this in 1 John 2:7, John brings this up,
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11:28 - 11:34"Beloved, I am not writing a new commandment to you,
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11:34 - 11:37but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning;
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11:37 - 11:41the old commandment is the word which you have heard.
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11:41 - 11:45On the other hand, I am writing a new commandment to you,
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11:45 - 11:50which is true in Him and in you,
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11:50 - 11:58because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining."
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11:58 - 12:01What's new about this? Well, the thing that makes it new
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12:01 - 12:07is that there's something that has happened in you, if you're a Christian.
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12:07 - 12:12He says, in a way this is just the same old thing,
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12:12 - 12:15But he says, it's new now because the true light is shining,
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12:15 - 12:17the day is already starting to dawn.
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12:17 - 12:22Something has happened in you. It's true in Him and in you.
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12:22 - 12:26And the true light is already shining, the darkness is passing away. (P)
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12:26 - 12:31You can feel a little bit of what this means to love.
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12:31 - 12:36In fact, we know that we've passed from death to life because we love.
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12:36 - 12:39It begins at conversion.
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12:39 - 12:46This is what God meant whenever He said, "I'll write My laws on your heart."
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12:46 - 12:48Remember that, in the New Covenant?
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12:48 - 12:52"I'll write My laws on your heart."
What does He write on your heart? -
12:52 - 12:55I remember I was a brand new Christian,
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12:55 - 12:58and first thing I think when I get up in the morning,
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12:58 - 13:01"Wow, I don't want to light a fire in my dwelling
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13:01 - 13:05from 6:00pm Friday night to 6:00pm Saturday night."
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13:05 - 13:08No, that's not the law that He writes on your heart.
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13:08 - 13:10Or, "I really don't wanna...
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13:10 - 13:15No longer do I want to wear garments
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13:15 - 13:18That's not the law that He writes on your heart.
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13:18 - 13:23But what He does write on your heart is:
"Love for God and love for your fellow man." (P) -
13:23 - 13:27I remember I walked to work, and there was a guy at that filling station
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13:27 - 13:31(I used to work for 50 cents an hour, that tells you how old I am),
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13:31 - 13:34and I despised that guy.
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13:34 - 13:38And I walked in there, I'm a new creation, I love.
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13:38 - 13:44Isn't that amazing? He has written His law on your heart.
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13:44 - 13:47It's the big stuff.
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13:47 - 13:51Paul says, "Concerning love for another, I have no need to write you,
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13:51 - 13:56because you yourselves are taught of God to love one another" (1 Thess. 4:9).
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13:56 - 14:02So that's something that happens: every Christian loves God.
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14:02 - 14:03Every Christian.
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14:03 - 14:05Paul calls Christians by that,
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14:05 - 14:14he says, "We know that God causes all things
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14:14 - 14:16That's another name for a Christian.
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14:16 - 14:21"If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ,
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14:21 - 14:26And all Christians love their fellow man.
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14:26 - 14:29"We know that we have passed from death
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14:29 - 14:32If anybody hates his brother, he is a murderer;
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14:32 - 14:35and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him" (1 John 3:14-15). (P)
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14:35 - 14:39So this is in you when you become a Christian.
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14:39 - 14:44God writes it on your heart. He writes the law of love on your heart.
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14:44 - 14:49And one of the brothers mentioned, Jesus brings this up,
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14:49 - 14:54Matthew 22:36, "A certain man came to Him,
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14:54 - 15:01and he said, 'Rabbi, what's the great commandment in the Law?'
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15:01 - 15:05And He said, the greatest thing of anything there is in the Law is,
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15:05 - 15:11'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength.' "
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15:11 - 15:13Now, why didn't He just stop with that?
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15:13 - 15:16The guy didn't ask Him, "What's the second greatest commandment?"
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15:16 - 15:19Jesus volunteered it.
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15:19 - 15:21He said, "The second is like it."
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15:21 - 15:24How is it like it? It has to do with love. "
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15:24 - 15:27The second is like it, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' "
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15:27 - 15:30Now why did He bring that up? why did He volunteer the second one?
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15:30 - 15:36Because He wanted to lay the foundation for an important teaching.
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15:36 - 15:45He says, "On these two commandments hang the whole Law and the Prophets."
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15:45 - 15:48What Jesus is saying is, "These are the big ones;
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15:48 - 15:55and everything else hangs on that, it depends on that."
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15:55 - 15:59Love is the big thing. (P)
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15:59 - 16:07A Brother and I were talking about: adultery is not a big thing to God;
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16:07 - 16:10now listen to me, stealing is not a big thing to God;
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16:10 - 16:13murder is not a big thing to God;
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16:13 - 16:16except as it relates to breaking the law of love.
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16:16 - 16:21Now let me say it another way: adultery is a really big thing to God.
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16:21 - 16:23He hates it.
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16:23 - 16:27Why? Because it's breaking the law of love.
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16:27 - 16:29But you see, what Jesus is saying is,
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16:29 - 16:35all these commandments hang on the Love commandments.
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16:35 - 16:39Murder hangs on the Love commandment.
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16:39 - 16:45It's not something in itself, it has to do with the fact
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16:45 - 16:47Why are the Love commandments so big?
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16:47 - 16:51Because God is love.
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16:51 - 16:53The Bible never says God is justice.
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16:53 - 16:56It says He is just, but it doesn't say He is justice.
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16:56 - 16:59But it does say He is love.
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16:59 - 17:03Isn't it amazing, we have a God who is love.
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17:03 - 17:09And that law that everybody hates so much
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17:09 - 17:11So, here you have a God who is perfect love;
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17:11 - 17:17and He gives you a law, He says, "Look, don't curse a deaf man."
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17:17 - 17:23Now what kind of a God would give a law like that?
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17:23 - 17:27"You shall not place a stumbling block in front of a blind man."
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17:27 - 17:29Here comes this blind man along,
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17:29 - 17:32you say, "Let's have a little fun with him. Let's stick something there."
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17:32 - 17:39Do you realize if you love that man, you'll keep that law automatically.
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17:39 - 17:45God makes a law, He says, "Look, there's an open pitch, you've got to cover that."
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17:45 - 17:48Why? Because it relates to love.
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17:48 - 17:51"You've got an ox, it gores people, you've got to confine it."
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17:51 - 17:55You go through those list of laws, what are they?
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17:55 - 17:59They're hanging on love. (P)
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17:59 - 18:01Now this is amazing.
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18:01 - 18:04One of those men came to Jesus, he said,
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18:04 - 18:06"Rabbi, what must I do to have eternal life?"
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18:06 - 18:10He said, "Read in the Law, what does it say to you?
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18:10 - 18:12What does the Law say?"
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18:12 - 18:13And he says, "Well, you shall love..."
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18:13 - 18:17This guy must have been a pretty amazing Bible scholar actually.
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18:17 - 18:21He says, "It says you shall love the Lord your God
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18:21 - 18:23and your neighbor as yourself."
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18:23 - 18:28Jesus didn't say, "Well yeah, but there's 611 other commandments you gotta keep."
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18:28 - 18:33He says, "You've answered correctly; do this and you will live."
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18:33 - 18:34He says if you'll do those two things,
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18:34 - 18:38you will fulfill everything, you'll have eternal life.
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18:38 - 18:42The problem is, nobody has ever done any of them for five minutes,
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18:42 - 18:46except for one Person - the Lord Jesus. (P)
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18:46 - 18:49But think of this:
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18:49 - 18:53When He said there's a first commandment and a second commandment,
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18:53 - 18:57He wasn't saying there's a long list -
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18:57 - 19:04He said, "These two take in everything. They really do."
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19:04 - 19:08If you love your neighbor you're going to tell him about the Lord;
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19:08 - 19:10it doesn't take some commandments about sharing the Gospel.
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19:10 - 19:12I mean, you can just go down through the list -
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19:12 - 19:15if I love my neighbor, I don't want to steal his wife,
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19:15 - 19:20I don't want to steal his car.
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19:20 - 19:25And as you go through the New Testament you'll find this.
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19:25 - 19:36I won't look up all the verses because
we just had lunch, but they are so many. -
19:36 - 19:411 Timothy 1:5, he says, "The goal of our instruction..." -
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19:41 - 19:43why, why are we spending this time,
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19:43 - 19:46why are the preachers up front there?
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19:46 - 19:50Is the goal of our instruction that we might know what the symbolic meaning
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19:50 - 19:56of the tenth toe of Daniel's image is for prophecy? No!
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19:56 - 20:05"The goal of our instruction is love from a pure heart,
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20:05 - 20:06That's the goal of everything.
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20:06 - 20:10Paul says, "Owe no man anything, but to love one another."
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20:10 - 20:17He used "love" in order to fulfill the Law.
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20:17 - 20:19He is writing to Gentiles in Galatians,
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20:19 - 20:25he says, "The whole Law is fulfilled in one word, 'Love one another' " (Gal. 5:14).
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20:25 - 20:28The whole thing.
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20:28 - 20:32They didn't know all the ins and outs of all those commandments,
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20:32 - 20:38but he just tells them, "If you just love, you'll fulfill the Law." (P)
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20:38 - 20:40Maybe I ought to give you the references anyway.
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20:40 - 20:45We've got time, we'll look at some of these.
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20:45 - 20:551 Timothy 1:5. I mentioned 1 Thessalonians 3:11-13, he says,
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20:55 - 21:00"May our God and Father Himself and Jesus our Lord direct our way to you;
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21:00 - 21:05and may the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love for one another,
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21:05 - 21:09and for all men, just as we also do for you;
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21:09 - 21:12so that He may establish your hearts unblameable in holiness."
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21:12 - 21:19That's how you grow in holiness - growing in love.
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21:19 - 21:42In Galatians 5:13, he says, "For you were called to freedom, brethren;
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21:42 - 21:46only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh,
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21:46 - 21:50but through love serve one another.
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21:50 - 21:52For the whole Law is fulfilled in one word,
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21:52 - 21:55in the statement, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' "
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21:55 - 21:58Amazing statement!
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21:58 - 22:03And then in verse 6 of the same chapter:
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22:03 - 22:08"In Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything,
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22:08 - 22:12but faith working through love." (P)
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22:12 - 22:18Galatians 5:22, "But the fruit of the Spirit is love" - first thing.
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22:18 - 22:23Galatians 6:2, "Bear one another's burdens,
and so fulfill the law of Christ." - love again. -
22:23 - 22:321 Peter 4:8, he says, "Above all (above all - most important thing),
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22:32 - 22:39keep fervent in your love for one another,
because love covers a multitude of sins." -
22:39 - 22:53Colossians 3:14, he says, "Beyond all these things put on love,"
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22:53 - 22:56after he has gone through this whole list,
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22:56 - 23:00"which is the perfect bond of unity."
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23:00 - 23:14And Ephesians 4:31 and on, "Let all bitterness
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23:14 - 23:17be put away from you, along with all malice.
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23:17 - 23:21And be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other,
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23:21 - 23:23just as God in Christ also has forgiven you.
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23:23 - 23:26Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children;
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23:26 - 23:30and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you
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23:30 - 23:35(you see, that's a new commandment,
Love one another as I have loved you) -
23:35 - 23:38and gave Himself up for us,
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23:38 - 23:42an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma."
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23:42 - 23:57One more, Romans 13:8, "Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another;
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23:57 - 24:02for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
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24:02 - 24:05For this, 'You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder,
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24:05 - 24:07You shall not steal, You shall not covet,'
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24:07 - 24:10and if there is any other commandment, it is summed up in this saying,
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24:10 - 24:16'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'
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24:16 - 24:23Love does no wrong to a neighbor;
therefore love is the fulfillment of the law." (P) -
24:23 - 24:27So this is a central thing.
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24:27 - 24:31Now think of how much more wonderful the law of
Christ is, than going back to the Law of Moses. -
24:31 - 24:35Just think of this in some areas.
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24:35 - 24:48Suppose some brother receives a gift, somebody gives Chad a new car,
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24:48 - 24:55and he already had a car that was better than mine.
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24:55 - 25:00And so, you know, I think back to what Moses said, "Thou shall not covet."
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25:00 - 25:04And I try not to covet, you know,
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25:04 - 25:12and I do fairly well as long as I don't look at his car.
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25:12 - 25:13Think of that.
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25:13 - 25:20But suppose that I love him as Christ loved,
and somebody gives him something, -
25:20 - 25:22what's your immediate response?
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25:22 - 25:27You praise God, because you love the person.
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25:27 - 25:31Your attitude is not this attitude of "I've got to try..."
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25:31 - 25:39It's one that fulfills it automatically. You're delighted. (P)
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25:39 - 25:46Here you're going down the street,
you meet some woman that's immodestly dressed, -
25:46 - 25:53and you have the thought, you know,
"The Law said, 'You shall not commit adultery.' " -
25:53 - 25:57Now how does that compare to, if you've just come out of a prayer meeting
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25:57 - 26:01(your heart is full of love), or you're out on the street witnessing,
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26:01 - 26:06and you see that same person totally different?
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26:06 - 26:12You fulfill the law in a much higher level,
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26:12 - 26:17because you're concerned for the soul, you love the person.
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26:17 - 26:19You love them. (P)
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26:19 - 26:24There was an evangelist a couple hundred years ago,
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26:24 - 26:29I think maybe he was in Boston, he had just been converted.
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26:29 - 26:31Maybe it was a little less than two hundred years ago.
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26:31 - 26:37Anyway, he was a new Christian full of love for God,
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26:37 - 26:43and this woman came up and propositioned him.
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26:43 - 26:46Now he didn't realize what she was asking at first,
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26:46 - 26:51and then he finally thought, "She's a prostitute."
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26:51 - 26:56He burst into tears. And then she burst into tears.
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26:56 - 27:00What is that? He was full of love for her.
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27:00 - 27:05She never had anybody love her. You see the difference?
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27:05 - 27:10Instead of saying, "You wicked woman, what are you doing?"
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27:10 - 27:16It's the law of Christ, and it's such a higher level. (P)
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27:16 - 27:24Giving: you know, "Well, I paid my tithe, and I've got it taken care of."
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27:24 - 27:29How different is that than loving as Jesus loved – He gave everything.
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27:29 - 27:33You know, you might have to give away, not one dollar, but all ten of them,
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27:33 - 27:37and you might have to give away your billfold.
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27:37 - 27:41Or, you might not give away anything.
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27:41 - 27:46Why? Because you're led by the Spirit of God, teaching us, you see, teaching us.
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27:46 - 27:50It's the law of Christ, it's not a list of rules and dos and don'ts.
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27:50 - 27:59It cannot be codified, it's too incisive to be codified. (P)
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28:03 - 28:07Let me give you an example.
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28:07 - 28:14Some of you have read this and you're aware of it.
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28:14 - 28:23This is Evangeline Booth,
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28:23 - 28:29who was a daughter of William Booth, founder of Salvation Army.
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28:29 - 28:41Evangeline Booth: "As one who ministered often to the dregs of society,
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28:41 - 28:45she found herself one morning outside the large iron gates
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28:45 - 28:49of a local police court and temporary prison.
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28:49 - 28:54Waiting for the gates to open she heard the
shuffling of heavy feet and loud, agitated voices. -
28:54 - 28:57In her own words (and I'm quoting from her),
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28:57 - 29:02she says, 'The gates opened wide, and I witnessed a sight
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29:02 - 29:06which, if eternity could wash away from my mind, time never can.
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29:06 - 29:09It was a woman.
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29:09 - 29:11Two policemen walked in front and two behind.
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29:11 - 29:13(Now the Salvation Army, in the early days,
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29:13 - 29:19they reached out to the lowest of the low and they were full of life).
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29:19 - 29:22Two policemen walked in front and two behind.
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29:22 - 29:26One stalwart man firmly held the right arm and the other the left.
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29:26 - 29:32(You got six guys escorting this woman out).
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29:32 - 29:36Her hair was uncombed and matted and disheveled.
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29:36 - 29:39Her right temple was blackened with bruises.
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29:39 - 29:43Clots of dry blood stood upon her left temple.
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29:43 - 29:46Her clothes were torn and bloodstained.
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29:46 - 29:50She tried to wrench her arms from the grasp of the policemen.
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29:50 - 29:55The very atmosphere of the morning
was laden with her curses and oaths. -
29:55 - 30:01She tossed her head wildly as the six policemen
dragged her down the passageway. -
30:01 - 30:03What could I do?
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30:03 - 30:07One more moment and the golden opportunity to be of help would be gone.
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30:07 - 30:10Could I offer a prayer? No, there was not time.
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30:10 - 30:12Could I sing? It would be absurd.
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30:12 - 30:15Could I give her money? She could not take it.
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30:15 - 30:19Could I quote a verse of Scripture? She would not heed it. (P)
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30:19 - 30:26"Whether it was a divine suggestion or not, I did not stop to think,
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30:26 - 30:30but the impulse of a burning desire which filled my heart as she passed
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30:30 - 30:36made me step forward and kiss her on the cheek.
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30:36 - 30:40Whether the police were taken off their
guard by my extraordinary action, -
30:40 - 30:42relaxed their grasp, I do not know.
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30:42 - 30:47But with one wrench she freed her arms and clasped her hands
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30:47 - 30:49as the wind spread her matted, disheveled hair,
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30:49 - 30:55and she looked toward the grey skies and said, 'My God.'
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30:55 - 31:00She looked around wildly for a moment
and then said, 'My God, who kissed me? -
31:00 - 31:03My God, who kissed me?
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31:03 - 31:06Nobody has kissed me since my mother died.' (P)
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31:06 - 31:11"Lifting her tattered apron she buried her face in her hands
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31:11 - 31:16and, like a little lamb, she was led to the vehicle which took her to prison.
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31:16 - 31:19Later I went to the prison in the hope of seeing her,
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31:19 - 31:20and at the door stood the warden.
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31:20 - 31:25When I approached the warden,
she said, 'We think her mind is gone. -
31:25 - 31:28She does nothing but pace up and down her cell,
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31:28 - 31:34asking me every time I go in if I know who kissed her.'
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31:34 - 31:40'Would you let me go in and speak to her?' I asked,
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31:40 - 31:45'I am her only and best friend.'
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31:45 - 31:47The door was opened and I slipped in.
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31:47 - 31:50Her face was clean. Her eyes were large and beautiful.
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31:50 - 31:53And she said, 'Do you know who kissed me?'
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31:53 - 31:55Then she told me her story.
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31:55 - 31:59'When I was a little girl of seven years old, my widowed mother died.
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31:59 - 32:02She died very poor, although she was of genteel birth.
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32:02 - 32:06She died in a back basement in the dark.
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32:06 - 32:09When she was dying she called me to her,
took my little face in her hands, -
32:09 - 32:13and kissed and said to me, 'My poor, little girl.
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32:13 - 32:14My defenceless, little girl.
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32:14 - 32:16O God, have pity on my little girl;
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32:16 - 32:19and when I'm gone, protect her and take care of her.'
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32:19 - 32:26From that day to this, nobody ever put a kiss upon my face until recently.
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32:26 - 32:28Then again she asked me, 'Do you know who kissed me?'
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32:28 - 32:31I said, 'It was I who kissed you.' (P)
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32:31 - 32:36"Then I told her of Him whose life was so
much more tender than mine could ever be, -
32:36 - 32:40and how He went to the cross and bore our sins upon Himself
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32:40 - 32:42and was wounded for our transgressions,
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32:42 - 32:46that He might put the kiss of pardon upon our brow.
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32:46 - 32:50In Him she found light, and joy, and comfort,
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32:50 - 32:53and salvation, and healing, and love.
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32:53 - 32:56Before she was released from the prison,
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32:56 - 33:01the warden testified not only to the
change in her life, but to its beauty. -
33:01 - 33:04She was made, through Christ, the means of salvation
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33:04 - 33:08to numbers of others who were down as low as she had been,
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33:08 - 33:15and who were bound with fetters as heavy as those
with which she herself had been bound." (P) -
33:15 - 33:16Now what is that?
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33:16 - 33:21What law are you going to say, "Kiss this woman now"?
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33:21 - 33:23You see how different it is?
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33:23 - 33:28The New Testament is not the idea God gave us a new list of laws.
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33:28 - 33:31He didn't do that. He gave us the life of Christ,
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33:31 - 33:35and He gave us some signposts saying, "Look fellows, this is radical.
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33:35 - 33:37This is what it's going to look like."
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33:37 - 33:41That's what He is doing in the Sermon on the Mount.
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33:41 - 33:46And these things are things that God has given when we desperately need...
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33:46 - 33:50How did she know to do that?
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33:50 - 33:54She knew it because she loved people like that,
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33:54 - 33:57and the Holy Spirit prompted her to do it right then;
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33:57 - 34:01and she just did it, without thinking.
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34:01 - 34:04That's what we need. That's what we're talking about.
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34:04 - 34:06And beloved, I'm speaking for myself,
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34:06 - 34:12we are so quick to become acting atheists
and forget about the Lord Jesus, -
34:12 - 34:19and read our Bible verses and do our thing, our Christian thing.
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34:19 - 34:26But if you're full of Christ and full of love, it's totally different, isn't it?
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34:26 - 34:29Totally different. And it's a living relationship.
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34:29 - 34:32We have to be brought back to that over and over and over.
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34:32 - 34:34It's not your list of rules. (P)
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34:34 - 34:43Sometimes I go on trips overseas, come back,
my wife's standing at the door, -
34:43 - 34:48she's got a list: "Kiss husband. Hug husband."
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34:48 - 34:51Do you realize how insulting that is?
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34:51 - 34:57If you've got love in your heart you're going to do the right things.
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34:57 - 35:01But a lot of times, that's the way we are treating the Lord.
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35:01 - 35:04"I didn't do this, I didn't do this..."
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35:04 - 35:10He's looking at something a lot bigger than that. (P)
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35:12 - 35:16Now which of these things do you think will most convict of sin:
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35:16 - 35:22the Law of Moses or the law of Christ?
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35:22 - 35:25Here's an example - what I just read.
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35:25 - 35:26I mean, it's convicting.
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35:26 - 35:29I remember when I was a college student,
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35:29 - 35:35I was staying with a family that was full of the Spirit of God.
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35:35 - 35:41And there were always a lot of people coming there for meals,
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35:41 - 35:44and the kitchen was just a beehive of activity -
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35:44 - 35:45women fixing stuff and what have you.
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35:45 - 35:50And one of the kids came in, right in the middle of all that,
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35:50 - 35:53and had to get a glass of milk out of the refrigerator.
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35:53 - 35:57You know, it's like he was already an annoyance.
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35:57 - 36:03And then he opens the door up,
and breaks the glass of milk all over the floor, -
36:03 - 36:07right while they're preparing this big meal.
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36:07 - 36:10And his mother turned around like this,
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36:10 - 36:15she said, "Oh, Steven, I love you."
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36:15 - 36:17She took his face in her hand.
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36:17 - 36:20That did more to convict a self-centered college student.
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36:20 - 36:23I mean, we were talking last night about college students.
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36:23 - 36:27They'll come through your door, and they'll say, "Feed me, I'm yours.
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36:27 - 36:32What can you do to serve me?" [Laughter].
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36:32 - 36:38But to see that, you see, that's much more than the "thou shalt nots".
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36:38 - 36:41It's convicting. (P)
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36:41 - 36:45Watchman Nee tells a story, there was a Christian there in China
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36:45 - 36:49where they had these fields that they would paddle full of water - rice fields -
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36:49 - 36:53they would paddle them full of water using a bicycle-like contraption
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36:53 - 36:56that has a water wheel on it.
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36:56 - 37:02And this man paddled and paddled, filled his field full of water.
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37:02 - 37:04And the neighbor came in the night and opened the gate,
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37:04 - 37:08and let the water out, and it ran down to the neighbor's field.
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37:08 - 37:11So the Christian came the next day, he saw that;
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37:11 - 37:19he closed the gate, didn't say anything, filled his field up again.
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37:19 - 37:21Next night, same thing happened.
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37:21 - 37:25And it was time for prayer meeting, he came in and said,
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37:25 - 37:27"I haven't done anything against my neighbor,
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37:27 - 37:30I haven't said anything hurtful to him or anything.
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37:30 - 37:37But somehow I feel like this is just not measuring up to Christ."
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37:37 - 37:38And they prayed about it.
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37:38 - 37:43The next day he opened the gate and filled his neighbor's field first,
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37:43 - 37:45then closed the gate and filled his field.
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37:45 - 37:50The neighbor came to him, and he eventually became a Christian.
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37:50 - 37:56He said, "What, What, What is this?"
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37:56 - 37:59It's the law of Christ! (P)
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37:59 - 38:04When Jesus said, "If they compel you to go one mile, go with them two,"
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38:04 - 38:10you know, the Romans had the right to compel you
to carry their burden for one mile. -
38:10 - 38:11So they yell at you and call you over there,
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38:11 - 38:13you think, "Well, I'm doing pretty well.
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38:13 - 38:17I'm not complaining, I'm not really angry, I didn't curse the guy,
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38:17 - 38:19I'm not thinking bad things about him."
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38:19 - 38:23None of that measures up, does it?
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38:23 - 38:25So Jesus said, Go the second mile.
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38:25 - 38:31It's during that second mile the guy is wondering,
"What is different about this person?" -
38:31 - 38:37I mean, he starts talking to you,
and you have the opportunity to witness to him. -
38:37 - 38:39It all sounds so good, doesn't it brethren,
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38:39 - 38:48until you're carrying that burden the first half a mile [Laughter].
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38:48 - 38:52It's a lot easier to preach about it than it is to do it,
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38:52 - 38:58because in reality it's sweaty and it's heavy, and your back is hurting.
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38:58 - 39:04It's the same way with our spouses.
It's the same way with our children. -
39:04 - 39:07It's the same way in the body of Christ.
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39:07 - 39:11There's nothing more costly than that.
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39:11 - 39:15It's costly.
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39:15 - 39:22But that's where it is. That's what we're talking about. (P)
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39:24 - 39:28Another question comes up, How can you tell what real love is?
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39:28 - 39:33Two college students living in sin,
they say, "Well, we love one another." -
39:33 - 39:40Jack Kevorkian, he loves his people so much he helps them commit suicide.
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39:40 - 39:44Love is claimed to support abortion.
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39:44 - 39:50So it sounds like Jesus left us a pretty flexible, mushy-type standard, doesn't it?
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39:50 - 39:52But what did He say? He didn't say, "Love one another, "
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39:52 - 39:56He said, "Love one another as I have loved you."
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39:56 - 40:00In other words, all of His teaching, His holiness, His perfection, His life,
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40:00 - 40:06everything about Him, His manner, all that, that's the standard.
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40:06 - 40:08And that takes care of the problem.
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40:08 - 40:12The conduct and life and person of the Lord Jesus Himself
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40:12 - 40:16is the rule and duty of the Christian.
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40:16 - 40:19We're called upon to be just as holy as He was. (P)
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40:19 - 40:22In closing, what I want to draw your attention to here,
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40:22 - 40:25is how the New Testament teaches ethics.
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40:25 - 40:35You think about giving: how does the New Testament teach giving?
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40:35 - 40:39"Well, you know, in the Law it says you're supposed to tithe,
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40:39 - 40:44and I still believe that is still binding on us: we've got to tithe."
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40:44 - 40:46Oh, the standard is a lot higher than that.
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40:46 - 40:51That's a starting point. It tells you what is reasonable.
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40:51 - 40:54For example, ten families ought to be able to support one.
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40:54 - 40:58We know that's not too big of a burden, the Jews did that.
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40:58 - 41:01You see, there's help from the Law;
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41:01 - 41:08but it's not the standard for the Christian, it's just a starting point.
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41:08 - 41:11It gives us a little thought of what they did then.
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41:11 - 41:13But when you start looking at Christ...
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41:13 - 41:17Well, let's look at it, how does Paul teach giving?
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41:17 - 41:27II Corinthians 8:7, "Just as you abound in everything,
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41:27 - 41:36in faith and utterance and knowledge and in all earnestness
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41:36 - 41:38and in the love we inspired in you,
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41:38 - 41:42see that you abound in this gracious work also.
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41:42 - 41:45I am not speaking this as a command,
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41:45 - 41:49but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity of your love also.
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41:49 - 41:51(Love, love, love).
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41:51 - 41:55For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,
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41:55 - 41:59that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor,
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41:59 - 42:02so that you through His poverty might become rich." (P)
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42:02 - 42:05So, what is the example of giving?
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42:05 - 42:07Well, here is one.
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42:07 - 42:09He was richer than anyone has ever been,
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42:09 - 42:12and He became poorer than anyone has ever been,
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42:12 - 42:14that we might become rich.
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42:14 - 42:15You see what a standard that is?
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42:15 - 42:18It's so much higher than Moses, it's just unbelievable.
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42:18 - 42:20You see what John was saying?
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42:20 - 42:23"The Law came through Moses;
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42:23 - 42:28grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ" (John 1:17).
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42:28 - 42:31Beloved, we are not diminishing in the least the Law of Moses.
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42:31 - 42:35It was glorious, it was great, it was perfect.
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42:35 - 42:45But you're talking about a candle in relation to the sun shining in its fullness. (P)
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42:45 - 42:48The way we treat our wives: How should we treat our wives?
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42:48 - 42:52Ephesians 5:25, "Husbands, love your wives,
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42:52 - 42:57just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her,
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42:57 - 43:01that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her
by the washing of water with the word." (P) -
43:01 - 43:04Serving: What about serving?
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43:04 - 43:12John 13:13-15 says, "You call Me Teacher and Lord;
and you are right, for so I am. -
43:12 - 43:15If I then, the Teacher and Lord, washed your feet,
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43:15 - 43:18you also ought to wash one another's feet.
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43:18 - 43:22For I left you an example that you should also do as I did to you."
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43:22 - 43:25There is Christ again, "Love as I love."
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43:25 - 43:28You see how much is coming up? (P)
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43:28 - 43:31Yielding our rights: Romans 15:1-3,
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43:31 - 43:34"We who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the weak
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43:34 - 43:37and not just please ourselves ...
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43:37 - 43:41For even Christ pleased not Himself;
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43:41 - 43:45but as it is written, 'The reproaches of those who reproached You fell on Me.' "
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43:45 - 43:52So see, Paul says, Look, if you want to talk about ethics,
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43:52 - 43:56there is nothing that you can use that's greater than the example of Christ. (P)
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43:56 - 44:00Kindness: We read that in Ephesians 5:2, "Walk in love,
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44:00 - 44:07just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us,
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44:07 - 44:10an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma." (P)
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44:10 - 44:26The way we treat the poor: James 2:8,
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44:26 - 44:30he says, "If, however, you are fulfilling the royal law
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44:30 - 44:36(or, literally, the law of our King, that is, the law of Christ)
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44:36 - 44:39according to the Scripture, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself,'
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44:39 - 44:42you are doing well."
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44:42 - 44:47Verse 12, "So speak and so act as those
who are to be judged by the law of liberty." -
44:47 - 44:51That's what he calls this, the law of liberty.
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44:51 - 44:55"For judgment will be merciless to the one who has shown no mercy;
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44:55 - 44:57mercy triumphs over judgment."
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44:57 - 45:02In other words, this law of our King - Love -
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45:02 - 45:08if you're not in that category, judgment is going to be merciless to you. (P)
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45:08 - 45:10How about laying down our lives for others:
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45:10 - 45:171 John 3:16, "We know love by this, that He loved us, He gave Himself,
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45:17 - 45:23He laid down His life for us;
and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren." (P) -
45:23 - 45:29Not striking back: 1 Peter 2:20-23,
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45:29 - 45:35he says, "What credit is there if, when you sin
and are harshly treated, you endure it with patience? -
45:35 - 45:40But if when you do what is right and suffer for it you patiently endure it,
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45:40 - 45:41this finds favor with God.
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45:41 - 45:47For you have been called for this purpose, since Christ also suffered for you,
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45:47 - 45:52leaving you an example for you to follow in His steps,
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45:52 - 45:56who committed no sin, nor was any deceit found in His mouth;
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45:56 - 46:00and while being reviled, He did not revile in return."
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46:00 - 46:06It's like any area of duty and responsibility,
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46:06 - 46:11you can never find a better example than Jesus. (P)
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46:11 - 46:13Humility: that's the last one we'll look at.
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46:13 - 46:16Think of humility.
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46:16 - 46:20You could say, "Well, Moses in his day was the meekest man on earth.
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46:20 - 46:22Look at how he fell down and prayed for them."
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46:22 - 46:24He was an example, wasn't he?
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46:24 - 46:30But the humility of Moses is nothing compared to the humilty of Christ.
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46:30 - 46:34He says, "Let this mind be in you that also was in Christ Jesus,
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46:34 - 46:39who, although He existed in the form of God,
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46:39 - 46:44did not regard equality with God a thing to be held onto, to be grasped,
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46:44 - 46:48but He emptied Himself and came down, taking the form of a servant.
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46:48 - 46:50Being made in fashion as a man, He humbled Himself
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46:50 - 46:55by becoming obedient to the point of death,
even death on the cross" (Phillipians 2:5-8). -
46:55 - 46:58Now how can you have a better example of humility than that?
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46:58 - 47:02There's nothing like it! (P)
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47:03 - 47:10You see, all of this stuff just congeals together, it all fits together, perfectly.
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47:10 - 47:15What's our example? Our example is the Lord Jesus.
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47:15 - 47:17"Love one another as I have loved you."
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47:17 - 47:21You could sum it up if you read 1 Corinthians 13,
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47:21 - 47:29and instead of putting the word "love" in there, just put "Christ" in there.
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47:29 - 47:34"Christ is patient, Christ is kind and is not jealous;
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47:34 - 47:39did not brag, was not arrogant, never acted unbecomingly;
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47:39 - 47:41did not seek His own, was never provoked,
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47:41 - 47:44did not take into account the wrong suffered;
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47:44 - 47:47did not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoiced with the truth.
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47:47 - 47:50He bore all things, He believed all things, He hoped all things..."
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47:50 - 47:53Why? Because He was love incarnate.
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47:53 - 47:56What is God? God is love.
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47:56 - 48:05What you see in Christ is, you see God walking around as a man,
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48:05 - 48:09perfectly fulfilling love to God and to His fellow man. (P)
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48:09 - 48:12Now look at where we've come.
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48:12 - 48:16We're new creatures in a new realm;
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48:16 - 48:19we have a new commandment that has been written on our hearts;
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48:19 - 48:22we have new hearts.
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48:22 - 48:28We have a new standard, and we obey, not by following external rules,
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48:28 - 48:31but by the outworking of an inward power.
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48:31 - 48:33And the standard is Christ.
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48:33 - 48:41He is the ultimate and final revelation of the invisible God and His will for us.
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48:41 - 48:47And He is at work in us right now to will and do of His good pleasure. (P)
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48:47 - 48:53Now, these things that I have said to you have been criticized by some.
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48:53 - 48:57They say, "Look, if you don't have the Ten Commandments,
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48:57 - 49:00if you don't have the Law of Moses, you don't have any objective standard.
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49:00 - 49:04You're just adrift on a sea of subjectivism."
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49:04 - 49:07Well, beloved, we have the whole Bible.
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49:07 - 49:10We have Christ's example.
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49:10 - 49:16But like I said, this is too incisive to be codified in a list of rules.
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49:16 - 49:24You cannot get a list of rules to plumb the depth of Christ's being!
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49:24 - 49:27Only He can do that by His Spirit in various situations,
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49:27 - 49:30like that example that we read.
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49:30 - 49:32You could never possibly list them all.
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49:32 - 49:35It's happened down through church history over and over and over,
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49:35 - 49:41the Spirit of Christ working in His people
has caused them to say and do things... -
49:41 - 49:45Haven't you experienced it yourself
when the Holy Spirit is with you and God is real? -
49:45 - 49:50You say things that you would not have said otherwise. (P)
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49:50 - 49:56I remember sitting out in my van years ago, reading my Bible in the morning.
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49:56 - 49:59And it was one of those times where the
Lord just drew near to me in a measure, -
49:59 - 50:01and He was real.
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50:01 - 50:04First thing I thought of, "There's my neighbor over there,
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50:04 - 50:07I want to talk to him about the Lord."
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50:07 - 50:12I would not have done that, apart from the Holy Spirit prompting.
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50:12 - 50:14That's all we need, beloved.
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50:14 - 50:17All we need is to be in touch with our Lord,
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50:17 - 50:19and to have the help of His Spirit.
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50:19 - 50:24That's all we need. That's all we need.
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50:24 - 50:29That's what we're talking about when we talk about the law of Christ. (P)
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50:29 - 50:33I had a pastor write to me from a different country.
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50:33 - 50:38He was offended by my book, and he said,
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50:38 - 50:41(Now think of this, I'm holding up Jesus as our standard),
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50:41 - 50:47he said, "I can't believe that you would deny the moral law of God."
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50:47 - 50:52Deny the moral law of God?? Jesus?
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50:52 - 50:58But he wanted a list, you see.
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50:58 - 51:02May God help us.
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51:02 - 51:05These are wonderful things, like I said, to talk about.
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51:05 - 51:10The Lord is worthy of our glorifying Him.
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51:10 - 51:14But it's hard, come Monday morning, isn't it, when you're at work.
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51:14 - 51:15We need help.
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51:15 - 51:18We need the Lord's help. Amen.
- Title:
- The Law of Christ (Part 3) - Charles Leiter
- Description:
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The law of Christ is superior to every other revelation of law because it flows from His “new commandment” that we are to “loved as He loved.” This Christlike love embodies and fulfills the essence of the law and gives us the highest revelation of man's duty imaginable... It can only be fulfilled in our lives as Christ Himself in the Person of the Holy Spirit, lives His life through us. - Charles Leiter (pg. 119 http://www.grantedministries.org/law-of-christ-book-charles-leiter/)
MP3: http://illbehonest.com/law-christ-part-3-charles-leiter
Series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL26iMaGhMzT2f1KsHZKm6EP9ukchdQtjy
- Video Language:
- English
- Duration:
- 51:22
Michael Okiei edited English subtitles for The Law of Christ (Part 3) - Charles Leiter |