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Welcome to Lesson 5 of the Kingdom school.
I'm very excited to be with you.

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I think that this lesson 
will bless you a lot.

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Some of you will experience 
freedom today.

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Some of you will have never 
heard this before.

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But I know some people will have 
an issue with what I'm sharing.

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But please bear with me. You’ll see 
that these things are actually biblical.

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Let’s start. I hope you're ready. 
Lesson 4 was called: ‘Saved out of Egypt:

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Our journey of salvation.’ 
I love that lesson.

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I want to start now by reading 
this beautiful feedback:

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A man wrote here: ‘Brother Torben!
I'm 72 years old.

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This is the first time I've heard 
the Full Gospel message like this:

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Preached out of the Old Testament. 
That is such a great teaching.

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The Church needs to hear it, 
even more than the lost.’

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So, this man is 72 years old.

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This was the first time he’s heard the 
gospel preached out of the Old Testament.

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This comment really affected me. I 
experienced the same thing in jail.

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God revealed it to me in a new way: the 
gospel in the Old and New Testaments.

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The gospel of the Kingdom. 
Much of this was new for me.

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This is what the church needs. God 
brought me to jail to reveal this to me.

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So I get extremely excited 
when I receive a comment like this.

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The first four lessons:

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Lesson 1: The Beginning of Eden 
to the new Heaven and Earth:

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The Fall, Noah, and the Flood.

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Lesson 2: Abraham Our Father:

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This happened after the fall, 
wickedness and destruction.

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How God desired a people who are 
His, beginning with Abraham.

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He is the father of Faith - a man had 
a family that later became a nation.

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Lesson 3: I explained how that 
nation was called out of Egypt.

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Likewise, we are called out of Babylon.

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It was called: ‘Called out of Egypt’: How 
that nation was called out from Egypt.

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How we today are called 
out to be the Church.

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We are set apart as God's holy people.

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I love that lesson. I want to start 
with a personal testimony.

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Last week, my daughter Simone got married.

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Here’s a picture of the area just outside 
this studio. I'm standing there, smiling.

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Simone and Joshua have just said “Yes” 
to each other. They were so excited.

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This wedding, this past week, 
is the strongest picture for me of this:

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The church is those who are called out. 
They are holy and separated.

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This wedding was holy and so beautiful.

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The fear of God was there 
in a beautiful way.

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What happened just 
a few hours before this?

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I saw my daughter Simone in her 
wedding dress for the first time.

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Her hair was done. She had makeup on 
and everything. It was so, so beautiful.

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Here is a one-minute video of my reaction.

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For the first time I saw my daughter 
standing in the beautiful wedding dress.

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My reaction surprised me. 
I really broke down.

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I want to show you this clip 
and then will continue talking it.

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[Unclear speech and Danish, crying] 
So, you can see here that I broke down.

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It’s in Danish so it’s hard to understand.
Not a lot was said:

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“You're beautiful”, “I love you Simone”, 
“I love you Dad”

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It was a strong experience for me. 
I saw my daughter there.

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She was so holy, beautiful, clean and 
ready to be given away to Joshua.

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This is what the bride is. 
She is called-out and separated.

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She is ready for her husband. 
Here are some verses.

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Paul wrote: “For I am jealous for you 
with the jealousy of God himself”

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God is also jealous for His people.

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“I promised you as a pure bride 
to one husband – Christ.”

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So Paul promised the church 
as a pure bride to one husband.

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That husband is Christ. 
Here are so many beautiful pictures.

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Revelation 19: “Let us be glad and 
rejoice, and let us give honour to him.

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For the time has come for the wedding 
feast of the Lamb, and his bride”

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the church “has prepared herself.” 
We, the church, prepare ourselves:

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“She has been given the finest of 
pure white linen to wear” What is that?

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“For the fine linen represents the 
good deeds of God's holy people.”

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Here’s a photo of myself walking with 
my daughter Simone. Here’s the kiss.

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I actually made a video about it. 
This is the thumbnail.

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If you’ve not seen the video, please do.

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I explain that this was the first time 
they’d kissed each other.

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He has been living with us for four years.

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They never touched each other 
intimately or kissed each other.

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After the wedding, they left. 
Then these two virgins became one flesh.

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The blood was spilled. 
They entered into a covenant.

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Watch the video. Look at this wedding.

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See that we, the church, have fallen 
far away from God's grace and intentions.

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This wedding was an extremely 
clear example of what we should be:

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Called-out, holy and separated. 
We should be purifying ourselves.

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We’re not only invited to a wedding: 
We’re the bride and living for that day.

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I’ll talk a lot more about the wedding 
feast and God’s kingdom in another lesson.

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But this is an extremely beautiful example
of the topic we’re speaking about here.

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There’s a link under this video.

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Please watch my video: 
“Now you may kiss the bride”.

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I explain that the wedding is 
connected with the God’s kingdom.

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We’re invited to the wedding feast.

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Lesson 4: The Process of Being Called 
Out: The Israelites were called out.

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Likewise, we must remove the yeast 
from our house (repentance).

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There’s the blood (the cross) and 
the Red Sea (baptism into Christ).

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Then the Israelites walked through 
the wilderness toward the Promised Land.

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They were guided by the 
Pillar of Cloud and Fire.

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Likewise, we’ve received the Holy Spirit. 
We walk by the Spirit toward our goal:

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The heavenly Jerusalem that will 
come down from heaven.

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Those were the first four lessons. We’ll 
move on now. I’ll talk about Moses today.

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In these lessons, we look at the New and 
Old Covenants and how they work together.

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Today, we’ll look at Moses 
and the giving of the law.

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From the law with Moses, 
to truth and grace in Christ.

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There’s a difference between 
the old and new covenants.

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Lesson 5’s focus is on Freedom from sin.

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We’re called to be free 
and to live holy lives.

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After a few more lessons, we’ll look at 
how David is connected with God’s kingdom.

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Then there’ll be a permanent shift.

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Instead of focussing on the nation 
of Israel, we'll focus on the kingdom.

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I hope you're ready. I’ll pray 
and then we'll start.

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God, I thank You for this 
revelation. I thank You for Your truth.

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I pray that it will bring 
understanding, God.

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That it will bring truth and 
freedom to people, God.

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That they will experience the freedom, 
Jesus, that You have for them.

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Come with Your Holy Spirit. 
Help me to share this.

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Help people to receive this, God. 
In the name of Jesus, Amen.

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Lesson 5 will also be long. 
I will talk about a lot of things.

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But there’ll be a break in the middle, 
if you need it.

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Lesson 5: The law of Moses. There is 
the word ‘Death’. That law brings death.

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The law of Christ: That law brings 
life. Here you can see:

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True understanding (of 
things being taught) brings:

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Freedom from sin, holiness, purity, 
victory and eternal life.

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What happened with my daughter and 
Joshua? Now you may kiss your bride.

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This was the first time they kissed 
and were together.

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That’s the fruit of a true understanding. 
It is not about an external law.

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It’s actually about the heart. 
This comes from a true understanding.

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A false understanding brings slavery to 
sin, a double life and eternal death.

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A true understanding of what the 
law means for us today, will bring that.

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A false understanding of 
the law will bring this.

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A true understanding of 
grace will bring this.

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A false understanding of 
grace will bring this.

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Some people with a false 
understanding talk a lot about the law.

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You can know a tree by the fruit.

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Those people are enslaved 
and living a double life.

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But others talk a lot about grace.

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They are also enslaved 
and living a double life.

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They don't have the right 
understanding of it.

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It’s important to say this at the start, 
when we look at the law of Moses.

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Let’s move on: It’s possible to 
divide this law into three parts:

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1. Commandments governing 
their personal lives.

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2. Law for their social lives 
with one another.

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3. Ordination for religious lives. We can 
divide the law like this. I am not a Jew.

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I've never been a Jew. I'm a Gentile and 
a born-again believer. I'm grafted in.

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The promise is mine. But I'm not a Jew. 
The law was given to Israel as a nation.

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Actually, it was never given to those who 
are Gentiles and live in another country.

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It's really important to understand 
this concept. Right now, I’m in Mexico.

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I used to live in America.

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In America, you can drive through 
a red light if you’re turning right.

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This is not breaking the law. 
But it's different in Mexico.

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I can’t drive through a red light and 
turn right, apart from a few exceptions.

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In Europe, it's even worse. There, I’m 
not allowed to drive through a red light.

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But here in Mexico, I can’t say, “But 
they do that in Denmark. Or in America.

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So, I can do it.” No. I'm here now. 
It matters where you are.

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I can see a great lack of 
understanding here.

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Gentiles didn’t have ancestors 
living in Israel.

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But those Gentiles try to apply 
the law of Moses to today

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– how we should live with each other.

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Some try to apply the religious 
laws of offerings and sacrifices today.

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But those have nothing do with us.

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It all goes wrong, if we don’t understand 
to whom the law was given and when.

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If we don’t understand the covenant 
that it was part of.

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This is extremely important. 
True understanding brings freedom.

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You can fall into one of two ditches, 
when listening to teaching about this.

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One ditch is legalism, where you try to 
go under the law and become bound to it.

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The other is lawlessness, where you say: 
I'm not under the law of Moses. I'm free.

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They don’t understand that we are under 
a different law now, the law of Christ.

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That law is written on your heart. 
I’ll talk about that later.

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So, there's a narrow road 
between two ditches.

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On one side is legalism, and 
on the other side is lawlessness.

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We’re called to live in the middle 
of the road. I hope you're ready.

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Exodus 20 is about Moses 
and the Ten Commandments.

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Exodus 19: “Now if you obey me fully” 
Not 30% or half but fully

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“and keep my covenant, then out of all 
nations you'll be my treasured possession.

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Although the whole earth is mine,

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you will be for me a kingdom 
of priests and a holy nation.”

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Whom did God say that to? The 
Israelites, not the Danish or Americans.

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He said that to Israel. The promise was 
given to them. The law was given to them.

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They needed to fully obey God’s 
commands. Then He would do His part.

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We read here: “The people 
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“We will do everything the LORD has 
said.” Did they do what God had commanded?

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No. But God did not give up. 
Keep my commands (laws).

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Then you'll be my treasured possession… 
a kingdom of priests, a holy nation…

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I’ll talk about that later. Let’s read a 
longer text that describes this.

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What actually happened when the law 
was given and Moses was on the mountain.

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This is a very significant event compared 
to others recorded in the Bible.

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Exodus 19: “On the morning of the third 
day, there was thunder and lightning,

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with a thick cloud over the mountain, 
and a very loud trumpet blast.

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Everyone in the camp trembled.” 
The spectacle was frightening.

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“Then Moses led the people 
out of the camp to meet God,

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and they stood at the foot 
of the mountain.

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Mount Sinai was covered with smoke 
because the LORD descended on it in fire.

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The smoke billowed up…” 
It was an incredible spectacle.

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“As the sound of the trumpet 
grew louder and louder, Moses spoke,

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and the voice of God answered him.” 
Moses talked with God.

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“The LORD descended to the top of 
Mount Sinai and called Moses

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to the top of the mountain. 
So Moses went up.” What a spectacle!

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“And the LORD said to him, 
“Go down and warn the people

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so they do not force their way through 
to see the LORD and many of them perish.”

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So Moses was commanded to prevent 
the people from going up.

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Otherwise, they would die. Why? 
Because this was a holy place.

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A holy moment. We read here: 
“Even the priests, who approach the LORD,

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must consecrate themselves, or 
the LORD will break out against them.”

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So God was there. His holiness was there.

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The other Israelites couldn’t simply 
approach God like Moses could.

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The priest needed to consecrate 
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Otherwise, God would break out 
against them. Then we read:

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“When Moses went and told the 
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they responded with one voice, 
“Everything the LORD has said we will do.”

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Moses then wrote down 
everything the LORD had said.”

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Moses built an altar. Israelites 
sacrificed offerings on it.

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I’m going through this quickly. 
“Moses then took half of the blood…

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the other he splashed against the altar. 
Then he took the Book of the Covenant

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and read it to the people. They responded,
“We will do everything the LORD has said;

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we will obey.” Moses then took the blood, 
sprinkled it on the people, and said,

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“This is the blood of the covenant that 
the LORD has made with you

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in accordance with all these words.” So, 
Moses went up to God. God spoke to Moses.

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It was all written down. The altar was 
built. They slaughtered animals.

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Moses splashed half of the blood 
against the altar.

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He sprinkled the other half on the 
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“We will obey everything the Lord 
have said.” But did they do that?

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No, they didn’t. Read this: 
“This is the blood of the covenant

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that the LORD has made” 
This points to the New Testament.

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Jesus said, “This is my blood of 
the New Covenant.” It points to Jesus.

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Let’s continue: “The LORD said to 
Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain

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and stay here, and I will give you 
the tablets of stone with the law

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and commandments I have 
written for their instruction.”

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When Moses went up on the 
mountain, the cloud covered it.

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Then Moses entered the cloud 
as he went on up the mountain.

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And he stayed on the mountain 
forty days and forty nights.”

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Please read the whole of Exodus, because 
it's very important. This is our history.

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It’s not just a Jewish story. It’s our 
story. All of this points to Christ.

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In chapter 24, Moses went up the mountain.

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In chapters 25 to 31, are some of the 
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The Ark of the Covenant, the Table for 
the Bread and the Golden Lampstand.

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Chapter 26: The Tabernacle 
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where God came down later and met with 
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Chapter 27: The Bronze Altar. 
Chapter 28: The Priests’ Garments.

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Chapter 29: Consecration of the Priests. 
Chapter 30: The Altar of Incense.

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Chapter 31: The Sabbath. We read 
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speaking to Moses on Mount Sinai, he gave 
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the tablets of stone inscribed 
by the finger of God.”

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But what happened while Moses was 
on the mountain in God’s presence?

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Only a short time before, 
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“We will do everything the LORD 
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But not long after, they did the opposite,
while Moses was on the mountain.

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We read here: “When the people saw 
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from the mountain, they gathered 
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“Come, make us gods who will go before us.

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As for this fellow Moses who 
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we don't know what has 
happened to him.””

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Try to imagine this situation. 
They’d said, “God, we want to obey you.”

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Then Moses had sprinkled the blood 
of the covenant on the people.

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They had said, "We will obey 
everything the LORD has commanded."

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Moses had gone up the mountain. 
After less than 40 days, they said

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“We don't know what’s happened 
about Moses. Let's make a golden calf.”

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Then they broke God's law. 
I’ll talk more about that later.

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They actually broke the first 
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You shall have no other gods before me.

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You shan't make yourself an image in the
form of anything in heaven or on earth.

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You shall not bow down to them. But that’s
what they did. They made a golden calf.

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What did they call it? “This is the 
LORD who brought us out of Egypt.

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This is the LORD our God, Yahweh, 
who brought us out of Egypt.”

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They did not change God's name 
but they changed his image.

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We do the same in our minds today. We 
say, “We serve God, the god of the Bible.

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We serve Christ Jesus.” 
We don’t change God’s name.

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But we change His image in our minds. 
Suddenly, this is a different Jesus.

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A different God. I want to ask: Is your 
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Is He the God who brought 
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If not, you’ve made yourself an idol. 
You are serving a different god.

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You’ve done the same as the Israelites. 
Many people do that today.

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They serve a New Testament god, 
full of grace and mercy.

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They say that the Old Testament god was 
evil. But the Bible is the true story.

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I’ll talk about that later. Three thousand
people were killed that day.

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I’ll talk about that, shortly. Before we 
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The covenants point to Christ 
and the New Covenant.

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I want to show you these pictures 
and shadows, that'll become clear to you.

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We’ve looked now at Noah, 
Abraham and Moses.

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With Noah, the sign of the covenant 
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A sign of hope and a new beginning 
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the rest perished in the waters. 
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The cutting of the foreskin 
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- so that the people would 
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Instead, they would inherit through 
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God gave him stone tablets 
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The Israelites first needed 
to keep His laws.

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Then God would make them 
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A kingdom of priests and a holy 
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With Noah: “In Christ, we are now saved 
from the waters (symbolizing baptism).

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We leave behind the old life and 
embrace hope for eternal life.

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The ark is like Christ, in whom we are 
now saved. We put off that old life.

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We are saved through the water. 
Now, we have hope and eternal life.

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Abraham and the circumcision: In 
Christ, we have circumcision of the heart.

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We will inherit as children of Abraham. 
Moses and the stone tablets: In Christ:

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God has written His laws on our hearts. 
We can become God's treasured possession.

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A kingdom of priests and a holy nation. 
This is so beautiful.

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Each covenant adds another part to the 
picture of what we have in Christ.

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Now, I’ll talk about some things 
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After that, we’ll return to the Old 
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came as high priest of the good 
things that are now already here,

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he went through the greater 
and more perfect tabernacle”

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Christ came as high priest and went 
through a greater, more perfect tabernacle

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“that is not made with human hands, that 
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He did not enter by means of 
the blood of goats and calves;

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but he entered into the Most Holy Place 
once for all by his own blood,

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thus obtaining eternal redemption. The 
blood of goats and bulls and the ashes…”

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could only clean people on the outside. 
All the things we have read about:

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Moses, the tabernacle, the priestly 
garments, the high priest and the Sabbath.

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These are all pictures and shadows 
of a new reality that is in Christ.

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He who went through the real tabernacle 
in heaven. We read here: “How much more,

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then, will the blood of Christ, who 
through the eternal Spirit offered himself

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unblemished to God, cleanse our 
consciences from acts that lead to death,

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so that we may serve the living God!”

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Offerings of goats and calves and their 
blood could not cleanse the conscience.

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But Christ did. It's not external.
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“For this reason, Christ is the mediator 
of a new covenant, that those who are

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called may receive the promised eternal 
inheritance - now that he has died as

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a ransom to set them free from the sins 
committed under the first covenant.”

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I’ll go on to explain this. “Now if you 
obey me fully and keep my covenant,

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then out of all nations you will 
be my treasured possession…

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you will be for me a kingdom of 
priests and a holy nation.”

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That was God’s command. 
Did the Israelites fully obey God?

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No. Did they break His laws? Yes. 
Have you fully obeyed God? No.

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Have you broken His laws? Yes.

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That means that if it depended on you, you
wouldn’t become a treasured possession.

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Nor a kingdom of priests. Nor a holy 
nation. You didn’t keep the conditions.

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But Christ did. In Him, we’re forgiven. 
In Him, we’re grafted in.

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In Him, we’re free. In Him, 
this belongs to us.

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What did Peter say to the church 
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The same is true of born-again Jewish 
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“But you are a chosen people, 
a royal priesthood, a holy nation,

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God's special possession, that you may 
declare the praises of him who called you

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out of darkness into his wonderful light. 
Once you were not a people,

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but now you are the people of God; 
once you had not received mercy,

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but now you have received mercy.” When 
you understand this it’s really beautiful.

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The law could not do this. We all 
failed. We’ve all broken the law.

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But Christ kept it. In Him, we 
become what God said. In Christ:

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We’re God's chosen people, 
a royal priesthood, and a holy nation.

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We’re God's special possession. I want to 
say this: God hasn’t forgotten the Jews.

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I’ll talk about the Jews, shortly. 
The promise is still for them.

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But this is our reality now, in Christ.

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But not everyone in a church 
building, is part of the church.

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Not everyone who professes 
a faith in God, is a child of God.

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Not everyone who confesses Jesus, actually
obeys Jesus. This is really important.

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The promise is real. But to receive it, 
you need to be fully born again.

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You need to live this new life. 
You need to be in Christ.

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Then, this will be your reality. 
Let's continue reading Hebrews:

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“It was necessary, then, for 
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to be purified with these sacrifices”

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What were Moses' tabernacle in the desert
the sacrifices and the offerings?

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They were copies of the heavenly things.

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“For Christ did not enter a sanctuary 
made with human hands”

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So, he wasn’t like the other priests. That
earthly sanctuary was a copy, a picture.

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It was different. “that was only a copy of
the true one; he entered heaven itself”

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We need to understand this. Let’s continue
reading. Hebrews is an amazing book.

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The author wrote about offerings. 
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“Just as people are destined to die once, 
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so Christ was sacrificed once to 
take away the sins of many;

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and he will appear a second time, 
not to bear sin, but to bring salvation

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to those who are waiting for 
him.” Remember this:

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At the time of Moses, 
the tabernacle was temporary.

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It was a copy of the real heavenly one. 
Like everything else, it points to Christ.

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This will get clearer as we continue. 
Now, we'll return to the events in Exodus.

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Moses came down the mountain. 
The Israelites had made a golden calf.

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We read about the events beforehand: “When
the people saw that Moses was so long

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in coming down from the mountain, 
they gathered around Aaron and said,

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“Come make us gods who will go before us. 
As for this fellow Moses who brought us

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up out of Egypt, we don’t know 
what has happened to him.””

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Then they took the gold rings off that 
their wives, sons, and daughters wore.

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They brought them to Aaron. 
“He took what they handed him and made it

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into an idol cast in the shape of a calf. 
He shaped it with a tool. Then they said,

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“This, Israel, is your god who brought 
you out of the land of Egypt.””

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Try to imagine the situation. 
God had brought them out.

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Now they’d made a golden calf 
that had no connection with Yahweh.

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The LORD had brought them out. 
They said of the golden calf:

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This is Yahweh who brought us out. 
They called it by His name:

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“Tomorrow there will be a festival 
to the LORD.” to Yahweh.

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They worshipped Him, in the 
form of a golden calf.

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“So the next day the people rose early 
and sacrificed burnt offerings…

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Then the people sat down to eat and 
drink, and then they got up to play.”

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People do this today. We call an idol 
using God’s name. But He's not the same.

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It's scary. I could take ten Christians in
a line and ask them to say who God is.

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In some cases, they’ll have weird ideas. 
They are not serving the same god.

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Not the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

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Not the God who brought 
the people out of Egypt.

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They’ve made an image of a god 
in their minds, that suits them:

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“Oh, no, my God isn’t like that. He’s
like this” “Then the LORD said to Moses,

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“Go down, because your people, 
whom you brought up out of Egypt,

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have become corrupt. They have been 
quick to turn away from what

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I commanded them and have made themselves 
an idol cast in the shape of a calf.

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They have bowed down to it and 
sacrificed to it and have said,

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“This, Israel, is your god who brought 
you out of the land of Egypt.””

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So, God sees everything. He saw exactly 
what they were doing.

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“I have seen these people,” 
the LORD said to Moses.

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“and they are a stiff-necked people.” 
Notice what He said here:

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“Now leave me alone so that my anger may 
burn against them that I may destroy them.

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Then I will make you into a great nation.”

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When this happened, God wanted to destroy 
Israel, those he saved out of Egypt.

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They’d slaughtered the Passover lambs. 
He’d passed over their houses.

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They’d went through the Red Sea. A few 
weeks later, He was ready to destroy them.

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But He wouldn’t destroy all of them. Why? 
Because He’d made a promise to Abraham.

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He'll keep that – to make Abraham 
into a great nation.

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But whom will He keep the promise with? 
He wanted to destroy the Israelites.

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Then He said, “I will make you, Moses, 
into a great nation.”

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It’s important to understand this: God 
gave a promise to Abraham. He'll keep it.

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God is a promise keeper. But with whom? 
With Abraham’s descendants.

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But not every descendant of Abraham 
is a child of Abraham, in that sense.

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Here, He was ready to destroy everyone 
and then keep His promise with Moses.

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God is faithful and will do everything
He has said. But the question is:

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Are you part of that or not? Are we 
part of what God wants to do?

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God will do what He’s promised to Abraham,
Isaac, Jacob, David and Jesus.

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But the question is, are we a part of 
that? Let's learn from this.

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Let’s have a healthy fear of God in our
lives, so we won't be cut off.

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Many Israelites were cut off when these 
events happened. Moses interceded:

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“But Moses sought the favour of the 
LORD his God. “LORD,” he said,

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“why should your anger burn against your 
people, whom you brought out of Egypt

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with great power and a mighty hand? 
Why should the Egyptians say,

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“It was with evil intent that he brought 
them out to kill them in the mountains and

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to wipe them off the face of the earth”?
Turn from your fierce anger; relent

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and do not bring disaster on your people.”
Moses interceded “Remember your servants

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Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, to whom 
you swore by your own self:

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“I will make your descendants as numerous 
as the stars in the sky and I will give

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your descendants all this land I 
promised them… Then the Lord relented

414
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and did not bring on his people 
the disaster he had threatened.”

415
00:43:35,154 --> 00:43:40,710
Reading how Moses interceded, 
reminds us of something:

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Wickedness was all over the earth 
but Noah found favour.

417
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God wanted to destroy the Israelites 
but Moses interceded.

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The whole world will be destroyed, 
but Christ can save us from that.

419
00:43:57,307 --> 00:44:03,977
This is a picture of Christ, who stood 
in the gap for us. It's really beautiful.

420
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Moses interceded and later 
went down from the mountain:

421
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“When Moses approached the camp and saw 
the calf and dancing, his anger burned,

422
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and he threw the tablets out of his 
hands, breaking them into pieces…”

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He also destroyed the golden calf. 
Judgement came. We read:

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“that day about three thousand 
of the people died.” This is interesting.

425
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What is the clear message here?

426
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As soon as the Old Covenant law 
was given, 3,000 people died.

427
00:44:56,895 --> 00:45:03,746
As soon as the New Covenant Spirit 
was given, 3,000 received new life.

428
00:45:03,746 --> 00:45:17,563
This is all connected. 
This all points to Christ. Exodus 32:

429
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“The next day Moses said to the people, 
“You have committed a great sin.””

430
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By this time, around 3,000 people had 
been killed. Moses said to the rest:

431
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“You have committed a great sin. 
But now I will go up to the LORD;

432
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perhaps I can make atonement 
for your sin.”

433
00:45:31,845 --> 00:45:35,809
So Moses went back to the LORD 
and said, “Oh, what a great sin

434
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these people have committed! 
They have made themselves gods of gold.

435
00:45:41,361 --> 00:45:44,537
But now, please forgive their sin”

436
00:45:44,537 --> 00:45:52,346
Then Moses interceded in an amazing 
and beautiful way: “but if not,

437
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then blot me out of the book you have 
written.” Moses really stood in the gap.

438
00:46:03,287 --> 00:46:11,347
He said, “Either forgive them or blot me 
out of the book.” What a man! “The LORD

439
00:46:11,347 --> 00:46:17,304
replied to Moses, “Whoever has sinned 
against me I will blot out of my book.””

440
00:46:17,304 --> 00:46:20,583
Now, we read about the book of life.

441
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Books will be opened at the great 
judgment, at the great judgment seat:

442
00:46:26,446 --> 00:46:31,461
At the end of Revelation. I’ll talk about 
these books later in this series.

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It's possible to be blotted out of the 
book of life. People say today:

444
00:46:36,287 --> 00:46:39,517
“If your name is written in the book 
of life, everything is fine.”

445
00:46:39,517 --> 00:46:46,362
That’s true if your name is there and 
stays there. But what is very clear here?

446
00:46:46,362 --> 00:46:53,562
That a person can be blotted out of God's 
book. Then God said to Moses: “Now go,

447
00:46:53,562 --> 00:47:01,825
lead the people to the place I spoke of, 
and my angel will go before you.

448
00:47:01,825 --> 00:47:09,121
However, when the time comes for me to 
punish, I will punish them for their sin.”

449
00:47:09,121 --> 00:47:22,243
So about 3,000 people died right away. In 
Lesson 3 (‘Called-out’), I explained this:

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The sinful generation didn’t enter the 
promised land, but later were punished.

451
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It's a very clear picture of our salvation
journey. Someone commented on Lesson 3

452
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(‘Called-out’): “Yeah, but you can’t use 
the example of the promised land.

453
00:47:46,196 --> 00:47:52,437
There were giants in the promised land.” 
Yeah, we can use that example.

454
00:47:52,437 --> 00:47:56,890
What will happen when Jesus sets up 
God’s kingdom on earth?

455
00:47:56,890 --> 00:48:04,142
He will need to deal with some things 
at the beginning. We’ll take the land.

456
00:48:04,142 --> 00:48:11,457
People will submit under Jesus’ Lordship 
and rule. All will bow down at His feet.

457
00:48:11,457 --> 00:48:19,090
But there’ll be a time of judgment. The 
righteousness will bring peace on earth.

458
00:48:19,090 --> 00:48:23,099
It'll be cleaned up. It won’t just happen, 
from one day to another.

459
00:48:23,099 --> 00:48:28,472
Those of us who are there, will receive 
heavenly bodies and rule with him.

460
00:48:28,472 --> 00:48:33,143
There’ll be a time of cleaning up. Giants 
in the land is a really good picture.

461
00:48:33,143 --> 00:48:37,908
Other good pictures are possessing, 
taking and subduing the land.

462
00:48:37,908 --> 00:48:41,891
I’ll talk about the promised land 
in a later lesson.

463
00:48:41,891 --> 00:48:52,029
But the Israelites didn’t enter because 
of disobedience. God is very serious.

464
00:48:52,029 --> 00:48:55,352
Sometimes, judgment come right away 
and sometimes it’s delayed.

465
00:48:55,352 --> 00:48:59,775
This should really create a fear of God 
in our lives, a healthy fear of God.

466
00:48:59,775 --> 00:49:05,011
After this God called Moses up the 
mountain again. “The LORD said to Moses,

467
00:49:05,011 --> 00:49:12,572
“Cut out for yourself two stone tablets 
like the first ones, and I’ll write on

468
00:49:12,572 --> 00:49:18,093
the tablets the words which were on 
the first tablets which you broke.””

469
00:49:18,093 --> 00:49:24,020
So there were two sets of tablets. 
The first set of tablets were destroyed.

470
00:49:24,020 --> 00:49:28,309
Then God called Moses up again 
and said, “Cut out two new tablets.

471
00:49:28,309 --> 00:49:35,023
I will write the same on them.” 
This is very interesting.

472
00:49:35,023 --> 00:49:42,286
God wrote on the first tablets. Later, 
Moses made new ones. God wrote on those.

473
00:49:42,286 --> 00:49:50,829
This points forward to God writing 
His law on new tablets.

474
00:49:50,829 --> 00:50:01,829
He is writing His law on our hearts, 
not with written code on stone tablets.

475
00:50:01,829 --> 00:50:08,515
He is writing on our hearts by His Spirit.
This is all about the gospel.

476
00:50:08,515 --> 00:50:11,971
It points to Christ, to the time we are
living in and to God’s kingdom.

477
00:50:11,971 --> 00:50:33,697
Many years after Moses, Jeremiah 
prophesied this: “The days are coming,”

478
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declares the LORD, “when I will make a 
new covenant with the people of Israel

479
00:50:40,372 --> 00:50:47,005
and with the people of Judah. It will 
not be like the covenant”

480
00:50:47,005 --> 00:50:52,958
So, it’s not just a continuation of the 
Mosaic covenant. It’s different:

481
00:50:52,958 --> 00:50:58,087
“It will not be like the covenant I made 
with their ancestors when I took them

482
00:50:58,087 --> 00:51:02,974
by the hand to lead them out of Egypt.” 
Why will it be different? “because

483
00:51:02,974 --> 00:51:10,922
they broke my covenant, though I was 
a husband to them,” declares the LORD.”

484
00:51:10,922 --> 00:51:19,792
So, it’s a New Covenant. They broke 
the other one.

485
00:51:19,792 --> 00:51:26,906
“This is the covenant I'll make with the 
people of Israel” With Israel the nation.

486
00:51:26,906 --> 00:51:33,164
Now, we’re grafted in and have received 
it in Christ. I’ll talk about it later.

487
00:51:33,164 --> 00:51:41,452
“After that time” declares the LORD. “I'll
put my law in their minds and write it”

488
00:51:41,452 --> 00:51:49,277
on stone tablets? No, He’d already done 
that and it hadn’t worked.

489
00:51:49,277 --> 00:51:56,813
The law, written externally, brought 
death. It didn't work.

490
00:51:56,813 --> 00:52:01,772
You cannot obey a law as an 
external written code.

491
00:52:01,772 --> 00:52:16,220
It's to be written on the heart. Or 
it won't work: “write it on their hearts.

492
00:52:16,220 --> 00:52:21,250
I'll be their God, and they'll be my 
people. No longer will they teach

493
00:52:21,250 --> 00:52:25,175
their neighbour, or say to one 
another, “Know the LORD””

494
00:52:25,175 --> 00:52:29,037
We don’t need a human priest in order 
to have a relationship with God: "because

495
00:52:29,037 --> 00:52:32,083
they will all know me, from the least of 
them to the greatest,”

496
00:52:32,083 --> 00:52:35,790
“For I will forgive their wickedness 
and will remember their sins no more.”

497
00:52:35,790 --> 00:52:44,162
Ezekiel prophesied similar things around 
the same time. He added some things:

498
00:52:44,162 --> 00:52:50,268
“I will give them an undivided HEART 
and put a new spirit in them;”

499
00:52:50,268 --> 00:52:52,917
So, we read about God writing 
the law on our hearts.

500
00:52:52,917 --> 00:52:57,400
We read about an undivided heart 
and a new spirit.

501
00:52:57,400 --> 00:53:00,417
“I will remove from them their 
heart of stone”

502
00:53:00,417 --> 00:53:08,158
- God won’t write His law on a heart 
of stone or tablets. He will remove that.

503
00:53:08,158 --> 00:53:14,558
He'll then write on a new heart by the 
Spirit - “and give them a heart of flesh.”

504
00:53:14,558 --> 00:53:22,541
This is not a license for us to sin: “Then
they will follow my decrees and be

505
00:53:22,541 --> 00:53:27,175
careful to keep my laws. They will 
be my people, and I will be their God.”

506
00:53:27,175 --> 00:53:30,296
God writes His laws on our hearts, 
so that we can obey Him.

507
00:53:30,296 --> 00:53:38,978
Not so we can continue sinning. He did it,
so we can be holy as our Father is holy.

508
00:53:38,978 --> 00:53:42,966
Now you may kiss your bride.

509
00:53:42,966 --> 00:53:49,720
Now you can enter into a covenant 
and be one flesh in a marriage.

510
00:53:49,720 --> 00:53:54,484
You can’t do that if your heart 
is not transformed.

511
00:53:54,484 --> 00:54:01,989
It has to come from your heart, 
not from an external law: “You may not….”

512
00:54:01,989 --> 00:54:08,635
No, we need a changed heart. 
We’ll look at that later.

513
00:54:08,635 --> 00:54:18,229
I have some more slides here
before we shortly have a break.

514
00:54:18,229 --> 00:54:22,299
I want to talk more here about 
Israel as a nation.

515
00:54:22,299 --> 00:54:28,146
The fact is, the law of Moses was 
never actually given to Gentiles.

516
00:54:28,146 --> 00:54:34,403
It was given to Israel as a nation. 
These are not laws for me.

517
00:54:34,403 --> 00:54:41,052
They were for Israel as a nation. But in 
Christ, I am grafted into the promise.

518
00:54:41,052 --> 00:54:44,248
I am not part of the physical 
nation of Israel.

519
00:54:44,248 --> 00:54:47,235
But I have been grafted into the 
promise in a spiritual sense.

520
00:54:47,235 --> 00:54:52,881
I talked about in previous lessons. So
now, we’re a holy people. We’re called out.

521
00:54:52,881 --> 00:54:58,802
We’re God's possession. But that doesn’t 
mean that God has rejected Israel.

522
00:54:58,802 --> 00:55:08,339
I want to talk about that before we move 
on. Romans 11:25-29 is very important.

523
00:55:08,339 --> 00:55:15,667
Paul writes: “Brothers and sisters, here 
is a mystery I want you to understand.

524
00:55:15,667 --> 00:55:23,118
It'll keep you from being proud.” But 
many people have rejected the Jews.

525
00:55:23,118 --> 00:55:26,650
They’re very proud: “We’re now the 
people of God. I am a holy nation.”

526
00:55:26,650 --> 00:55:34,285
But it's only because of Christ that 
you are. So please don't be proud.

527
00:55:34,285 --> 00:55:41,672
Remember this: “Part of Israel” not all of
Israel. There are people who love Jesus.

528
00:55:41,672 --> 00:55:45,912
They are born again and follow 
the Messiah Jesus.

529
00:55:45,912 --> 00:55:50,520
“Part of Israel has refused to obey 
God.” We see this today.

530
00:55:50,520 --> 00:56:02,814
“That will continue until the full number 
of non-Jews has entered God's kingdom.”

531
00:56:02,814 --> 00:56:06,314
So, at the moment they still reject 
God as a whole.

532
00:56:06,314 --> 00:56:15,503
This will continue until we as 
Gentiles have come in.

533
00:56:15,503 --> 00:56:22,431
This will create jealousy and so on. 
“And so all Israel will be saved.”

534
00:56:22,431 --> 00:56:27,029
There’s a hardness right now. But there’ll
be a time when all Israel will be saved.

535
00:56:27,029 --> 00:56:31,063
“It is written, “The One who saves 
will come from Mount Zion.

536
00:56:31,063 --> 00:56:35,588
He will remove sin from Jacob.” 
God has said that. He’ll do it.

537
00:56:35,588 --> 00:56:39,951
“Here is my covenant with them. 
I will take away their sins.”

538
00:56:39,951 --> 00:56:46,990
So, this covenant has been given 
to the Jews.

539
00:56:46,990 --> 00:56:53,450
“As far as the gospel is concerned, 
the people of Israel are enemies.”

540
00:56:53,450 --> 00:56:57,484
So many of the Jews are enemies. 
They're not in the New Covenant.

541
00:56:57,484 --> 00:56:59,797
God’s laws are not yet written 
on their hearts.

542
00:56:59,797 --> 00:57:05,660
They haven’t received the spirit, nor are 
obeying God's laws as a whole.

543
00:57:05,660 --> 00:57:15,456
They’re enemies according to the gospel. 
“But as far as God's choice is concerned,

544
00:57:15,456 --> 00:57:20,709
the people of Israel are loved.” 
They’re still called.

545
00:57:20,709 --> 00:57:29,749
“That is because of God's promises 
to the founders of our nation.

546
00:57:29,749 --> 00:57:35,461
God does not take back his gifts.

547
00:57:35,461 --> 00:57:39,531
He does not change his mind 
about those he has chosen.”

548
00:57:39,531 --> 00:57:44,529
So, the nation of Israel is still 
chosen and called.

549
00:57:44,529 --> 00:57:49,196
God’ll establish a new covenant 
with them, in their hearts.

550
00:57:49,196 --> 00:57:55,098
But right now, this belongs to us. 
Each one of us can receive it.

551
00:57:55,098 --> 00:58:04,500
A new covenant where the law is written 
on the heart. I will be their God.

552
00:58:04,500 --> 00:58:09,949
They'll be my people. Then they'll follow 
my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.

553
00:58:09,949 --> 00:58:16,556
All will know me and I will 
remember their sins no more.

554
00:58:16,556 --> 00:58:21,156
We’re talking here about 
following God’s law.

555
00:58:21,156 --> 00:58:26,724
So, should we go back and do everything 
God spoke to Israel as a nation? No.

556
00:58:26,724 --> 00:58:31,675
That law was given to Israel as a nation. 
I'm not a Jew and never have been.

557
00:58:31,675 --> 00:58:36,619
I'm a Gentile. But I'm following Christ 
and His word.

558
00:58:36,619 --> 00:58:42,111
We need to understand that there 
is a change in the law. Hebrews 7:

559
00:58:42,111 --> 00:58:45,790
We read here that Jesus is in the 
priestly order of Melchizedek.

560
00:58:45,790 --> 00:58:51,258
There is a change in the priesthood. 
Please read it yourself.

561
00:58:51,258 --> 00:58:58,047
“For when the priesthood is changed, 
the law must be changed also.”

562
00:58:58,047 --> 00:59:05,892
Because of this change, we’re not bound 
to the written code given to Moses.

563
00:59:05,892 --> 00:59:13,154
Instead, we’re bound to the law of Christ.
The law of God's written on our hearts.

564
00:59:13,154 --> 00:59:23,272
Let’s read a few verses from Romans. 
There’ll be a break shortly.

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00:59:23,272 --> 00:59:28,934
“A person is not a Jew who is one only 
outwardly, nor is circumcision merely

566
00:59:28,934 --> 00:59:38,041
outward and physical. No, a person is a 
Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision

567
00:59:38,041 --> 00:59:45,246
is circumcision of the heart, by the 
Spirit, not by the written code.”

568
00:59:45,246 --> 00:59:51,999
That was the Pharisees’ problem. 
Jesus said this to them: “Woe to you,

569
00:59:51,999 --> 00:59:57,443
teachers of the law and Pharisees, 
you hypocrites! You clean the outside of

570
00:59:57,443 --> 01:00:02,661
the cup and dish, but inside they are 
full of greed and self-indulgence.

571
01:00:02,661 --> 01:00:10,257
Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside 
of the cup and dish,

572
01:00:10,257 --> 01:00:20,091
and then the outside also will be clean.” 
Our hearts need to be transformed.

573
01:00:20,091 --> 01:00:25,786
The law is not written on books or 
tablets, but on the heart.

574
01:00:25,786 --> 01:00:30,297
Of course, we have a physical Bible. 
God is speaking to through His Word.

575
01:00:30,297 --> 01:00:34,496
But we are loosed from the law of Moses.

576
01:00:34,496 --> 01:00:44,042
I’ll talk more about that after the break 
and read more of Romans 6 and 7.

577
01:00:44,042 --> 01:00:54,027
In Romans 7, we read: “But now, by dying
to what once bound us (the law),

578
01:00:54,027 --> 01:01:05,632
we have been released from the law so 
that we serve in the new way of the Spirit

579
01:01:05,632 --> 01:01:12,888
and not in the old way of the written 
code.” We’ve been released from the law.

580
01:01:12,888 --> 01:01:21,426
Now we can serve in a new way. 
The covenant with Moses was everlasting.

581
01:01:21,426 --> 01:01:33,875
However, it has changed (in Christ). 
It's not written on stone tablets.

582
01:01:33,875 --> 01:01:42,373
It’s being written on our hearts, not as 
a written code. The new way of the Spirit.

583
01:01:42,373 --> 01:01:53,127
From law to grace. From death to life. 
I’ll talk more about that after the break.

584
01:01:53,127 --> 01:02:02,220
It's extremely important. I believe that 
this will set you free.

585
01:02:02,220 --> 01:02:05,836
You’ll understand that you don't need to 
be under the law anymore.

586
01:02:05,836 --> 01:02:10,822
You can be under grace. You can walk in 
freedom and listen to the Spirit in you.

587
01:02:10,822 --> 01:02:29,878
So let's take a break here [Music] We’re 
back again. This’ll be very interesting.

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01:02:29,878 --> 01:02:35,821
I hope you're ready for this. We’ll read 
in Romans. We see the cross here.

589
01:02:35,821 --> 01:02:42,456
I already talked about it in Romans 6. 
But we’ll read it again.

590
01:02:42,456 --> 01:02:54,482
Bear the law of Moses in mind: “Don’t 
touch this. Don’t eat that food etc.”

591
01:02:54,482 --> 01:03:01,117
Romans 6: “Or don’t you know that all of 
us who were baptized into Christ Jesus

592
01:03:01,117 --> 01:03:05,804
were baptized into his death?” So, a 
death takes place when we are baptized.

593
01:03:05,804 --> 01:03:10,190
We’re baptized into Christ’s death. 
Death is important. Bear that in mind.

594
01:03:10,190 --> 01:03:16,333
“We were therefore buried with him 
through baptism into death in order that,

595
01:03:16,333 --> 01:03:19,773
just as Christ was raised from the dead 
through the glory of the Father,

596
01:03:19,773 --> 01:03:24,672
we too may live a new life.” We’re 
baptized into His death. That’s important.

597
01:03:24,672 --> 01:03:31,006
Why? Because we’re only bound 
to a law, as long as you live.

598
01:03:31,006 --> 01:03:41,877
But when we die, we’re loosed from that
law. Romans 6 and 7 focus on that.

599
01:03:41,877 --> 01:03:46,771
“Because anyone who had died 
has been set free from sin.”

600
01:03:46,771 --> 01:03:52,204
But this is not only about sin. 
The law is connected with sin.

601
01:03:52,204 --> 01:03:59,693
Here’s something important. Romans 7: 
“Do you not know, brothers and sisters

602
01:03:59,693 --> 01:04:05,239
- for I am speaking to those who know 
the law - that the law has authority

603
01:04:05,239 --> 01:04:19,957
over someone only as long as that person
lives? For example, by law a married woman

604
01:04:21,848 --> 01:04:30,138
is bound to her husband as long as he is 
alive, but if her husband dies, she is

605
01:04:30,138 --> 01:04:40,968
released from the law that binds her to 
him.” Why does Paul write about this?

606
01:04:40,968 --> 01:04:48,657
Romans 6 - 8 is about the new life and 
freedom from the law of sin and death.

607
01:04:48,657 --> 01:04:56,601
Paul not only teaches about marriage 
and divorce, but also about the law.

608
01:04:56,601 --> 01:05:10,377
It’s an example to show this: We’re 
bound to the law as long as we live.

609
01:05:10,377 --> 01:05:17,447
But we can read beforehand that we're 
baptized into Christ, into His death.

610
01:05:18,319 --> 01:05:28,392
The baptism is a death. The law was 
never given to me as a Gentile.

611
01:05:28,392 --> 01:05:33,327
I'm not physically part of Israel. 
I was without hope in this world.

612
01:05:33,327 --> 01:05:39,999
I was lost without hope and without God. 
But the law is also spiritual.

613
01:05:39,999 --> 01:05:44,481
In that sense, it’s working in everyone.

614
01:05:44,481 --> 01:05:53,823
When we start to sin, 
you become a slave to that sin.

615
01:05:53,823 --> 01:05:59,185
The law is at work in a way 
we don’t realise.

616
01:05:59,185 --> 01:06:06,027
To take an example, imagine that 
you’re going to stay at someone’s house.

617
01:06:06,027 --> 01:06:09,308
The person says, “Hey, you can stay at 
my house. Here's the kitchen.

618
01:06:09,308 --> 01:06:14,240
Just take some breakfast in the morning. 
Here are all the things you can take.

619
01:06:14,240 --> 01:06:20,257
You can eat anything you want. But 
you’re not allowed to open this closet.

620
01:06:20,257 --> 01:06:27,301
It’s very important 
that you don’t open it.”

621
01:06:27,301 --> 01:06:31,741
If someone tells you not to 
do something, what happens?

622
01:06:31,741 --> 01:06:38,226
You’ll think, “Why can’t I 
open that closet?”

623
01:06:38,226 --> 01:06:42,378
When we’re told not to do something, 
something happens inside us.

624
01:06:42,378 --> 01:06:46,061
For example, imagine a man 
going to a Walmart.

625
01:06:46,061 --> 01:06:55,728
Before he goes in, he repeats to himself, 
“Don’t look with lust on a woman”.

626
01:06:55,728 --> 01:06:58,743
What will happen? He’ll go in 
and continue thinking of that.

627
01:06:58,743 --> 01:07:09,745
In the end, he’ll look at a woman. It does
not work. That law doesn't bring freedom.

628
01:07:09,745 --> 01:07:19,347
Christ brings freedom. If we’re bound to
the law of sin and death, it works in us.

629
01:07:19,347 --> 01:07:25,533
We’re bound to that law as long as 
we live. That's why we need to die.

630
01:07:25,533 --> 01:07:35,212
Read Romans 6 about dying to 
the law. We’re dead to the law.

631
01:07:35,212 --> 01:07:41,426
We're not under the law. We are freed 
or loosed from the law. We read here:

632
01:07:41,426 --> 01:07:52,429
“For sin shall no longer be your master” 
Sin won’t have authority over us. Why not?

633
01:07:52,429 --> 01:07:56,739
Because the law only has authority 
over a person as long as he lives.

634
01:07:56,739 --> 01:08:01,519
But in baptism, we die. 
It's no longer we who live, but Christ.

635
01:08:01,519 --> 01:08:04,079
So the law of sin and death 
has no authority over me.

636
01:08:04,079 --> 01:08:08,800
“For sin shall no longer be 
your master” Why not?

637
01:08:08,800 --> 01:08:17,906
“because you are not under the law” 
You’re dead to the law “but under grace”

638
01:08:17,906 --> 01:08:26,972
So, the law came with Moses. 
Grace and truth came with Christ.

639
01:08:26,972 --> 01:08:33,660
Many people try to follow Christ 
by trying to keep the law of Moses.

640
01:08:33,660 --> 01:08:37,887
They don’t realise that they’ve 
been loosed from that law.

641
01:08:37,887 --> 01:08:44,035
That's when they were baptized into 
Christ. They entered into a new covenant.

642
01:08:44,035 --> 01:08:51,457
It’s not about the written code written 
on stones, what's written on your heart.

643
01:08:51,457 --> 01:09:03,825
That’s where true freedom is. Let’s move 
on: Under the law, sin was our master.

644
01:09:03,825 --> 01:09:14,357
Under grace, you're baptized into Christ. 
You’re dead to the law, alive in Christ.

645
01:09:14,357 --> 01:09:21,266
You’re free from the law and the sin 
that once kept you enslaved.

646
01:09:21,266 --> 01:09:28,793
If you’re a slave to sin, 
you’re still not under grace.

647
01:09:28,793 --> 01:09:32,687
Remember that true grace 
is not a cover up for sin.

648
01:09:32,687 --> 01:09:38,734
True Grace empowers us to 
live a new life, free from sin.

649
01:09:38,734 --> 01:09:48,349
You can still be a Christian 
and have your mind set on Egypt.

650
01:09:48,349 --> 01:09:52,495
That’s because you’ve never really left.

651
01:09:52,495 --> 01:09:58,943
It's time to leave and 
live a new life by the Spirit.

652
01:09:58,943 --> 01:10:05,685
I’m saying here that many Christians 
are still under the law.

653
01:10:05,685 --> 01:10:10,467
They’re still trying to obey 
the law instead of living by the spirit.

654
01:10:10,467 --> 01:10:13,085
They’re not living 
the new way of the spirit.

655
01:10:13,085 --> 01:10:18,870
Their minds are still set on the old ways 
of Egypt. They’re never really left.

656
01:10:18,870 --> 01:10:24,807
They haven’t experienced the freedom, 
with the law written on their hearts.

657
01:10:24,807 --> 01:10:31,428
The ministry we bring, 
should set people free.

658
01:10:31,428 --> 01:10:38,289
Paul wrote about this ministry 
we’ve been given. 2 Corinthians 3:

659
01:10:38,289 --> 01:10:44,755
“You show that you're a letter from 
Christ, the result of our ministry,

660
01:10:44,755 --> 01:10:58,558
written not with ink but with the Spirit 
of the living God, not on tablets of stone

661
01:10:58,558 --> 01:11:08,685
but on tablets of human hearts.” Our 
ministry's different from Moses' law.

662
01:11:08,685 --> 01:11:14,074
That was the old covenant written on 
stones. Now, we have a new ministry.

663
01:11:14,074 --> 01:11:19,909
A new way. God’s laws are written on the 
heart by the spirit of the Living God.

664
01:11:19,909 --> 01:11:25,475
Paul continues: “Now if the ministry 
that brought death”

665
01:11:25,475 --> 01:11:32,727
What happened when the law of Moses 
was given? 3,000 died right away.

666
01:11:32,727 --> 01:11:44,588
His ministry brought death that "was 
engraved in letters on stone, came with

667
01:11:44,588 --> 01:11:48,955
glory, so that the Israelites could
not look steadily at the face of Moses

668
01:11:48,955 --> 01:11:54,494
because of its glory, transitory though it
was, will not this ministry of the Spirit

669
01:11:54,494 --> 01:12:04,218
be even more glorious?” Of course. “If
the ministry that brought condemnation”

670
01:12:04,218 --> 01:12:11,344
bringing death and condemnation “was 
glorious, how much more glorious is

671
01:12:11,344 --> 01:12:20,476
the ministry that brings righteousness!”
We have the ministry of the new covenant.

672
01:12:20,476 --> 01:12:28,050
This doesn't bring condemnation. 
It can truly cleanse our conscience.

673
01:12:28,050 --> 01:12:35,922
It can bring righteousness. Then 
we’re free, not to live in condemnation.

674
01:12:35,922 --> 01:12:39,473
We’re free from the law, free 
to live by the spirit.

675
01:12:39,473 --> 01:12:45,988
You need to receive this through 
the new birth, by faith.

676
01:12:45,988 --> 01:12:50,152
I'm going to share a personal testimony 
and experience shortly:

677
01:12:50,152 --> 01:12:57,293
“Therefore, since we have such a hope, 
we are very bold. We are not like Moses,

678
01:12:57,293 --> 01:13:04,607
who would put a veil over his face to 
prevent the Israelites from seeing the end

679
01:13:04,607 --> 01:13:09,473
of what was passing away.” So, the 
law of Moses was passing away.

680
01:13:09,473 --> 01:13:15,104
Moses’ face was veiled, so the Israelites 
wouldn’t see it. "But their minds were

681
01:13:15,104 --> 01:13:23,368
made dull, for to this day the same veil 
remains when the old covenant is read.”

682
01:13:23,368 --> 01:13:27,819
Also today when people read about 
Moses and the old Covenant,

683
01:13:27,819 --> 01:13:32,322
there’s a veil over their faces. 
So, they don’t understand it:

684
01:13:32,322 --> 01:13:41,836
“It has not been removed, because 
only in Christ is it taken away.”

685
01:13:41,836 --> 01:13:51,934
Many read the law in the Bible. They have
a blindness. They don’t understand it.

686
01:13:51,934 --> 01:13:58,962
Only in Christ, is the blindness taken 
away. Some people have a fear.

687
01:13:58,962 --> 01:14:03,160
They say: “We need law. If we don’t, 
people will live in sin.”

688
01:14:03,160 --> 01:14:09,628
But what happened with the law? Did 
the law help people to live holy lives?

689
01:14:09,628 --> 01:14:13,991
Did the Israelites live holy lives because
they had the law? No.

690
01:14:13,991 --> 01:14:19,220
But God gave a new spirit and 
wrote a new law in our hearts.

691
01:14:19,220 --> 01:14:29,596
So, we’ll obey God's decree and follow His
laws. How do we live that holy life?

692
01:14:29,596 --> 01:14:37,452
Not by following Moses, but by following 
Christ by the spirit. Paul continues:

693
01:14:37,452 --> 01:14:42,768
“But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, 
the veil is taken away.

694
01:14:42,768 --> 01:14:50,498
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the 
Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.”

695
01:14:50,498 --> 01:15:01,479
Freedom. You need to receive this by 
the Spirit. Here's some examples.

696
01:15:01,479 --> 01:15:07,070
I heard the gospel for the first time 
from my friend Tommy.

697
01:15:07,070 --> 01:15:13,269
I told him, he was brainwashed. I couldn't
see it. I said, he was brainwashed.

698
01:15:13,269 --> 01:15:16,863
It was wrong. He was in a cult. 
He should be careful.

699
01:15:16,863 --> 01:15:19,943
I thought that he was crazy 
and brainwashed. I thought:

700
01:15:19,943 --> 01:15:23,446
I needed to help him and save him out 
of that cult. I didn't understand.

701
01:15:23,446 --> 01:15:29,982
A few days later, I got born again. 
My eyes opened. The veil was taken away.

702
01:15:29,982 --> 01:15:34,742
Then my father told me, “Torben, 
you’re brainwashed. It’s a cult.”

703
01:15:34,742 --> 01:15:38,900
My father couldn’t see it. Why? Because 
he still had a a veil over his face.

704
01:15:38,900 --> 01:15:45,145
He couldn’t see it. I told him, “Father, 
you’re saying what I said to Tommy.

705
01:15:45,145 --> 01:15:50,644
But it's the truth. I see it now.” Before 
I was blinded, like my father was blinded.

706
01:15:50,644 --> 01:15:54,054
But some years later, he repented. 
Then he saw it.

707
01:15:54,054 --> 01:15:59,258
This happens when someone truly repents 
and is born again. Their eyes open.

708
01:15:59,258 --> 01:16:06,205
However, my mind was still set on Egypt 
for the first years of my Christian life.

709
01:16:06,205 --> 01:16:13,865
I did not understand that I had buried 
the old life in the baptism.

710
01:16:13,865 --> 01:16:24,067
That I had died to the law of sin and 
death, and wasn’t bound to it anymore.

711
01:16:24,067 --> 01:16:27,629
I was free from sin. I didn't need 
to be a slave anymore.

712
01:16:27,629 --> 01:16:31,621
During the first six years of my 
Christian life, I was repenting.

713
01:16:31,621 --> 01:16:35,327
The law was written on my heart.
I had received a new spirit.

714
01:16:35,327 --> 01:16:41,976
Many things in my life changed. 
But in some areas, I was not free.

715
01:16:41,976 --> 01:16:49,058
I kept falling into the same sins. I felt,
I was becoming a slave of sin again.

716
01:16:49,058 --> 01:16:56,180
I was not free. Then one day I read 
Romans 6. I really understood it.

717
01:16:56,180 --> 01:17:02,944
God revealed it to me by the Spirit: 
“Hey, I'm dead to the law! I'm free!

718
01:17:02,944 --> 01:17:06,474
I don't need to sin anymore! 
The law is spiritual!”

719
01:17:06,474 --> 01:17:08,867
So, this broke down something 
wrong inside me.

720
01:17:08,867 --> 01:17:12,827
I realised, I wasn’t not under the 
law of sin and death anymore.

721
01:17:12,827 --> 01:17:21,542
I'm free to follow Christ. This gave 
me a totally new freedom.

722
01:17:21,542 --> 01:17:29,369
I've been free ever since for many years.
It doesn't mean that I'm sinless.

723
01:17:29,369 --> 01:17:34,207
We can still do wrong things. 
But then we feel convicted right away.

724
01:17:34,207 --> 01:17:37,802
We ask God for forgiveness. He’s
faithful to forgive us. Then we move on.

725
01:17:37,802 --> 01:17:45,832
I'm not bound. I don’t ask forgiveness, 
to repeat the sin 2 weeks later.

726
01:17:45,832 --> 01:17:52,341
I don’t feel like a slave to sin. No. 
I feel free. I'm not focused on the law.

727
01:17:52,341 --> 01:17:58,250
I'm don’t go into a mall, telling myself 
repeatedly “Don't look at woman” and fail.

728
01:17:58,250 --> 01:18:03,639
I'm free to go into the mall. I focus 
on Christ. I don’t think like this:

729
01:18:03,639 --> 01:18:09,238
“Don't touch! Don't watch! Don't do 
this or that!” I'm free to follow Christ.

730
01:18:09,238 --> 01:18:16,772
You need a revelation so you can 
really experience that freedom.

731
01:18:16,772 --> 01:18:22,747
You can love Jesus, walk by the spirit,
occasionally doing something wrong.

732
01:18:22,747 --> 01:18:28,226
I don't have the ten commandments 
written in my phone or on a poster.

733
01:18:28,226 --> 01:18:34,041
Why not? Because I'm not under 
the law. It's written in my heart.

734
01:18:34,041 --> 01:18:41,886
I'm following Christ and obeying 
His words. I read His words.

735
01:18:41,886 --> 01:18:56,510
But if I do, say or think something wrong,
I feel it right away: “Oh, I know it.”

736
01:18:56,510 --> 01:19:00,790
No one needs to teach me to know the Lord 
and to do different things. I know Him.

737
01:19:00,790 --> 01:19:09,134
I feel it in my heart. Why? The law’s 
written on my heart. I am convicted.

738
01:19:09,134 --> 01:19:12,467
From this perspective, the Christian 
life is actually really easy:

739
01:19:12,467 --> 01:19:18,961
Don't follow the law of Moses. Listen 
to Christ and obey His word.

740
01:19:18,961 --> 01:19:26,801
Listen to the Spirit, God has 
given you. Follow the Holy Spirit.

741
01:19:26,801 --> 01:19:30,917
If Holy Spirit says, “Don't say that. 
Don't look at that. Don’t do this.

742
01:19:30,917 --> 01:19:34,469
Don’t do that” then stop doing it. 
Listen to the Spirit.

743
01:19:34,469 --> 01:19:40,507
Let the Spirit guide you through 
the wilderness toward the promised land.

744
01:19:40,507 --> 01:19:46,080
Let the Holy Spirit guide you. 
God speaks to us about different things.

745
01:19:46,080 --> 01:19:55,789
We really need to follow God 
and live in that freedom. 1 Corinthians:

746
01:19:55,789 --> 01:20:03,995
“He has made us competent 
as ministers of a new covenant, not

747
01:20:03,995 --> 01:20:15,800
of the letter but of the Spirit; for the
letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.”

748
01:20:15,800 --> 01:20:24,270
The letter kills, 
but the Spirit gives life.

749
01:20:24,270 --> 01:20:31,743
What happened when the law was given 
on Mount Sinai? 3,000 were killed.

750
01:20:31,743 --> 01:20:36,605
What happened when the Spirit 
was given on Pentecost in Jerusalem?

751
01:20:36,605 --> 01:20:45,330
Three thousand received new life. The
letter kills but the Spirit gives life.

752
01:20:45,330 --> 01:20:49,647
We read that in Acts 2: “Those who 
accepted the message were baptized,

753
01:20:49,647 --> 01:20:54,511
and about three thousand were 
added to their number that day.”

754
01:20:55,617 --> 01:21:05,213
When did that happen? On Pentecost, 
Shavuot, the Feast of Weeks.

755
01:21:05,213 --> 01:21:11,972
At that time, Israelites from all over 
Israel came to Jerusalem to celebrate:

756
01:21:11,972 --> 01:21:30,671
The giving of the law. It happened on 
that day, not a week or month before.

757
01:21:30,671 --> 01:21:38,963
So, when we read about Moses and the 
law, we read about temporary things.

758
01:21:38,963 --> 01:21:43,727
These are just pictures that point 
to Christ and the New Covenant.

759
01:21:43,727 --> 01:21:45,615
Today, we are under the New Covenant.

760
01:21:45,615 --> 01:21:53,275
Sadly, many people today prefer 
following the law than the Spirit.

761
01:21:53,275 --> 01:22:02,021
They don't have the Spirit. So, they 
follow the law. You need to be born again.

762
01:22:02,021 --> 01:22:08,522
You need the Holy Spirit. It must come 
from your heart. Walking by the Spirit.

763
01:22:08,522 --> 01:22:12,436
Live a life with a clean conscience.

764
01:22:12,436 --> 01:22:16,543
If you step out of God's plan, 
you’ll feel it in your heart.

765
01:22:16,543 --> 01:22:19,014
Then you must return to the narrow road.

766
01:22:19,014 --> 01:22:25,343
But if you stop listening to the Spirit 
and go into the law, you’ll become bound.

767
01:22:25,343 --> 01:22:31,782
You’ll walk away from Christ and the road 
that leads to righteousness.

768
01:22:31,782 --> 01:22:39,336
I've seen so many people start in the 
spirit but end in the flesh under the law.

769
01:22:39,336 --> 01:22:47,690
We are loosed from the law. 
I don't keep the Sabbath. People tell me,

770
01:22:47,690 --> 01:22:50,940
“You need to keep the Sabbath.” 
They only read some of the verses.

771
01:22:50,940 --> 01:22:54,360
What did God say? Keep the Sabbath. 
Have one day of rest per week.

772
01:22:54,360 --> 01:22:56,386
No, he also told them to work six days.

773
01:22:56,386 --> 01:23:04,149
But most people I know who are eager 
to keep Sabbath, don’t work six days.

774
01:23:04,149 --> 01:23:10,790
They work five days. Why do they do that? 
How can people say,

775
01:23:10,790 --> 01:23:14,460
“Oh, we keep the Sabbath. This is 
our Sabbath” if they only work five days?

776
01:23:14,460 --> 01:23:19,717
God didn’t say that. He told them 
to work six days and take one day off.

777
01:23:19,717 --> 01:23:24,411
This law was never given to Gentile. 
It was given to the Israelites.

778
01:23:24,411 --> 01:23:30,125
This doesn’t mean, I can’t learn from it. 
It is important. I do some things.

779
01:23:30,125 --> 01:23:37,065
Sometimes the Holy Spirit tells me to rest
one day. I have a day that I take off.

780
01:23:37,065 --> 01:23:43,945
I don't work seven days and then start 
a new week of seven days. We need this.

781
01:23:43,945 --> 01:23:48,374
But this is not because of the Mosaic 
law. It’s not an obligation or a law.

782
01:23:48,374 --> 01:23:50,328
It’s nothing to do with righteousness.

783
01:23:50,328 --> 01:23:59,345
It just shows us that God want us 
also to rest and take time with him.

784
01:23:59,345 --> 01:24:03,861
Don't be too busy. We need to 
understand this rightly.

785
01:24:03,861 --> 01:24:07,661
But some people are so fixed on 
keeping the Mosaic law.

786
01:24:07,661 --> 01:24:13,239
But the Sabbath law said that people 
shouldn’t light a fire on that day.

787
01:24:13,239 --> 01:24:16,674
Do you do that? At that time, they 
lit fires using wood.

788
01:24:16,674 --> 01:24:18,794
Do you turn on the oven on the Sabbath?

789
01:24:18,794 --> 01:24:24,102
If you start going down that road, 
you’ll suddenly become bound.

790
01:24:24,102 --> 01:24:28,818
If you keep a little of the law, 
you’re obligated to keep it all.

791
01:24:28,818 --> 01:24:35,488
Christ kept it for us, to set us free from
the law: Not that we could live in sin.

792
01:24:35,488 --> 01:24:42,647
It was so we could walk by the Spirit in 
freedom. Listen to this. Romans 2:

793
01:24:42,647 --> 01:24:50,757
“All who sin apart from the law will 
also perish apart from the law,

794
01:24:50,757 --> 01:24:54,829
and all who sin under the law 
will be judged by the law.”

795
01:24:54,829 --> 01:24:59,643
So, if we sin apart from the law 
we’ll perish apart from the law.

796
01:24:59,643 --> 01:25:02,711
If we sin under the law, we’ll be 
judged by the law.

797
01:25:02,711 --> 01:25:04,522
This refers to Jews and Gentiles.

798
01:25:04,522 --> 01:25:10,749
“For it is not those who hear the law 
who are righteous in God's sight,

799
01:25:10,749 --> 01:25:15,310
but it is those who obey the law 
who will be declared righteous.

800
01:25:15,310 --> 01:25:23,437
(Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have 
the law” as the law wasn’t given to us

801
01:25:23,437 --> 01:25:33,659
“do by nature the things required by the 
law, they are a law for themselves,

802
01:25:33,659 --> 01:25:36,238
even though they do not have the law.)

803
01:25:36,238 --> 01:25:44,972
They show that the requirements of 
the law are written on their hearts”

804
01:25:44,972 --> 01:25:47,950
How do we obey the law?

805
01:25:47,950 --> 01:25:52,887
Love God with all your heart and love your
neighbour as yourself. What is the law?

806
01:25:52,887 --> 01:25:57,044
What is the heart of the law?
“written on their hearts,

807
01:25:57,044 --> 01:26:04,784
their consciences also bearing witness, 
and their thoughts sometimes

808
01:26:04,784 --> 01:26:10,193
accusing them and at other times 
even defending them.”

809
01:26:10,193 --> 01:26:15,488
This is extremely important. 
Gentiles don't have this law.

810
01:26:15,488 --> 01:26:16,828
It was never given to them.

811
01:26:16,828 --> 01:26:20,436
We’ll still be judged even if we’re 
not under the law - if we live in sin.

812
01:26:20,436 --> 01:26:29,601
But Gentiles who are born again, have 
the Christ's law written on the heart.

813
01:26:29,601 --> 01:26:34,996
They have a conscience. 
The conscience bears witness.

814
01:26:34,996 --> 01:26:42,735
Sometimes our thoughts accuse us 
and other times they defend us.

815
01:26:42,735 --> 01:26:54,415
I'm free. I'm free to eat things. 
I don’t think about the Sabbath.

816
01:26:54,415 --> 01:26:57,091
When I was born again, 
the law was written on my heart.

817
01:26:57,091 --> 01:27:14,247
I never felt when I made food on a
Sabbath (or Saturday): “I can’t do this.”

818
01:27:14,247 --> 01:27:17,779
I’ve never felt that I can’t do a 
kickstart or training on that day.

819
01:27:17,779 --> 01:27:22,465
I’ve never felt condemned in that 
area. It's not written on my heart.

820
01:27:22,465 --> 01:27:28,016
It’s the same with head coverings. 
We need to understand the context.

821
01:27:28,016 --> 01:27:29,386
I’ll talk about that later.

822
01:27:29,386 --> 01:27:33,890
I've never met anyone who'd just received 
the Holy Spirit and God’s love, saying:

823
01:27:33,890 --> 01:27:38,032
“The Holy Spirit says that I need to cover
my head. I can’t work on the Sabbath.

824
01:27:38,032 --> 01:27:41,567
I have to do this. I can’t play cards. 
I have to wear a long dress.”

825
01:27:41,567 --> 01:27:46,606
I never met someone who said that 
that is written on their heart.

826
01:27:46,606 --> 01:27:51,816
Then they read the law and get confused: 
“Oh no! I need to do this and that.”

827
01:27:51,816 --> 01:27:55,522
Condemnation comes. 
Then they try to keep the law.

828
01:27:55,522 --> 01:27:58,943
This leads them away from the 
pure and narrow road in Christ.

829
01:27:58,943 --> 01:28:02,366
They try to do this, not to do that, 
not to eat that and all the rest.

830
01:28:02,366 --> 01:28:05,917
But I have been convicted 
in my heart many times.

831
01:28:05,917 --> 01:28:10,168
I had said, done or looked 
at something wrong.

832
01:28:10,168 --> 01:28:15,557
For example, after I got born again, 
I slept with my girlfriend.

833
01:28:15,557 --> 01:28:20,306
I felt so condemned: What have I done? 
Red light, red light, sin, sin, sin!

834
01:28:20,306 --> 01:28:23,955
I knew it was sin. I did not need 
to read it in the Bible.

835
01:28:23,955 --> 01:28:26,734
I hadn’t read that yet, 
but it was written on my heart.

836
01:28:26,734 --> 01:28:29,949
This happens with so many other things.

837
01:28:29,949 --> 01:28:38,655
For example, if I say something wrong 
or reply in anger, I feel condemned.

838
01:28:38,655 --> 01:28:45,562
It happened once when I was in jail. You 
can read my book, if you haven’t already.

839
01:28:45,562 --> 01:28:53,870
There was a nasty guard in jail, 
who was not nice.

840
01:28:53,870 --> 01:28:56,940
They came in and checked us, 
when we were sitting in there.

841
01:28:56,940 --> 01:29:01,620
They scanned our card for their records.

842
01:29:01,620 --> 01:29:09,468
For a long time, we’d been allowed 
to leave some food to eat later.

843
01:29:09,468 --> 01:29:13,022
But he suddenly changed all the rules 
and they took all our food away.

844
01:29:13,022 --> 01:29:20,232
He was nasty. I remember sitting there 
in my cell. He opened my cell and came in.

845
01:29:20,232 --> 01:29:22,022
He wanted to scan my card.

846
01:29:22,022 --> 01:29:24,779
He had just taken some food away 
or something like that.

847
01:29:24,779 --> 01:29:31,242
I felt irritated. He said, “Give me your 
card” [Showing irritation] “Here”

848
01:29:31,242 --> 01:29:36,137
He said, “Don't be so nasty.” 
I just took the card out of his hand.

849
01:29:36,137 --> 01:29:39,041
I was just irritated. Then he moved on.

850
01:29:39,041 --> 01:29:47,624
As soon as I reacted like that,
I felt that it was wrong of me.

851
01:29:47,624 --> 01:29:53,332
I asked God to forgive me 
for reacting like that.

852
01:29:53,332 --> 01:29:59,877
I have many examples like that. 
It’s because of my conscience.

853
01:29:59,877 --> 01:30:03,339
But other times, I stand up, 
preach and do things.

854
01:30:03,339 --> 01:30:05,825
Then my conscience bears 
witness that all is good.

855
01:30:05,825 --> 01:30:10,467
But other times, I feel that I 
shouldn’t have done something.

856
01:30:10,467 --> 01:30:12,646
I've seen that happening 
with other people.

857
01:30:12,646 --> 01:30:21,612
When anyone is at the start of their 
new life, they have a clean conscience.

858
01:30:21,612 --> 01:30:25,792
The Holy Spirit teaches, helps 
and purifies them.

859
01:30:25,792 --> 01:30:30,931
But then I see them suddenly turning 
away from that, going under the law.

860
01:30:30,931 --> 01:30:36,782
They start trying to keep the rules 
and guidelines, and get confused.

861
01:30:36,782 --> 01:30:38,780
That doesn’t lead to holiness.

862
01:30:38,780 --> 01:30:43,782
Suddenly they feel condemned, 
whereas before they did not:

863
01:30:43,782 --> 01:30:47,112
“Oh, I cannot drive. I cannot wear a 
dress. I have to cover my head.

864
01:30:47,112 --> 01:30:50,466
I cannot do this or that.” They start 
to feel condemned all the time.

865
01:30:50,466 --> 01:30:55,625
Why? Because they're going 
back under the law.

866
01:30:55,625 --> 01:30:59,752
They don't know that they're in a New 
Covenant and are free from the law.

867
01:30:59,752 --> 01:31:02,256
I want to do a Q&A video very soon.

868
01:31:02,256 --> 01:31:05,582
I know that many people are asking 
questions about this topic.

869
01:31:05,582 --> 01:31:09,066
Please come with your questions. 
I'll do a Q&A video.

870
01:31:09,066 --> 01:31:13,599
Lesson 6 will be about Hagar and Sarah.

871
01:31:13,599 --> 01:31:23,559
I’ll talk much more about the spirit, the 
flesh, the law, grace and freedom etc.

872
01:31:23,559 --> 01:31:27,706
I’ll go over all of this, because 
it’s new for many of you.

873
01:31:27,706 --> 01:31:30,180
You’re saying, “Torben, 
what are you saying?

874
01:31:30,180 --> 01:31:33,699
Are you saying that we don't need to 
obey the law of Moses?” Yes, I am.

875
01:31:33,699 --> 01:31:37,882
“Are you saying that we’re just free to 
live the way we want to?” No, I'm not.

876
01:31:37,882 --> 01:31:45,496
You're free to walk by the spirit. 
You’re free to listen to your conscience.

877
01:31:45,496 --> 01:31:48,651
Keep your conscience clean, 
above all things.

878
01:31:48,651 --> 01:31:53,421
If your conscience starts to condemn 
you, do something about it.

879
01:31:53,421 --> 01:31:56,338
But don’t do it in your own strength.

880
01:31:56,338 --> 01:32:00,519
Ask God to give you a revelation 
of who you are in Christ.

881
01:32:00,519 --> 01:32:05,180
Listen to these verses in 1 John. 
This lesson is almost finished.

882
01:32:05,180 --> 01:32:17,690
But this is important: “Dear friends, 
now we are children of God,

883
01:32:17,690 --> 01:32:21,454
and what we will be has not 
yet been made known.

884
01:32:21,454 --> 01:32:24,664
But we know that when Christ 
appears, we shall be like him,

885
01:32:24,664 --> 01:32:30,911
for we shall see him as he is. All who 
have this hope in him” That is our hope.

886
01:32:30,911 --> 01:32:36,073
We’re invited to a wedding. We, 
the bride, need to purify ourselves

887
01:32:36,073 --> 01:32:39,641
“purify themselves, just as he is pure.

888
01:32:39,641 --> 01:32:46,519
Everyone who sins breaks the law; 
in fact, sin is lawlessness.

889
01:32:46,519 --> 01:32:51,716
But you know that he appeared so 
that he might take away our sins.

890
01:32:51,716 --> 01:33:01,022
And in him is no sin. No one who 
lives in him keeps on sinning.”

891
01:33:01,022 --> 01:33:10,323
That is the secret. Live in Christ. “No 
one who lives in him keeps on sinning.”

892
01:33:10,323 --> 01:33:14,084
This doesn’t mean that we can never sin. 
But we are not to keep on sinning.

893
01:33:14,084 --> 01:33:15,655
That’s not how we live.

894
01:33:15,655 --> 01:33:23,613
“No one who continues to sin has 
either seen him or known him.”

895
01:33:23,613 --> 01:33:28,520
Many people who sit in church 
buildings, don’t really know Him

896
01:33:28,520 --> 01:33:30,305
- they keep on sinning.

897
01:33:30,305 --> 01:33:34,350
“Dear children, do not let 
anyone lead you astray.

898
01:33:34,350 --> 01:33:38,233
The one who does what 
is right is righteous”

899
01:33:38,233 --> 01:33:42,893
It's not so much about what we believe, 
but what we do “just as he is righteous.

900
01:33:42,893 --> 01:33:45,903
The one who does what is sinful 
is of the devil,

901
01:33:45,903 --> 01:33:48,524
because the devil has been 
sinning from the beginning.

902
01:33:48,524 --> 01:33:55,167
The reason the Son of God appeared 
was to destroy the devil’s work.

903
01:33:55,167 --> 01:34:07,900
No one who is born of God will continue to
sin, because God's seed remains in them;”

904
01:34:07,900 --> 01:34:10,992
God’s law is written on our hearts.

905
01:34:10,992 --> 01:34:16,358
His seed is the Spirit we’ve now 
received, the word of God.

906
01:34:16,358 --> 01:34:23,472
“they cannot go on sinning because 
they have been born of God.”

907
01:34:23,472 --> 01:34:26,945
It's not about praying the sinner's 
prayer. It's about the new birth.

908
01:34:26,945 --> 01:34:30,976
“This is how we know who the 
children of God are

909
01:34:30,976 --> 01:34:34,609
and who the children of the devil are:” 
The way we live.

910
01:34:34,609 --> 01:34:37,831
“Anyone who does not do what 
is right is not God’s child,

911
01:34:37,831 --> 01:34:41,405
nor is anyone who does not love 
their brother and sister.”

912
01:34:41,405 --> 01:34:45,455
So, let’s close this lesson. 
What do we need to do?

913
01:34:45,455 --> 01:34:55,967
Repent and be baptized, 
and receive the Holy Spirit.

914
01:34:55,967 --> 01:35:03,176
Then: Know that you are free from 
the law of sin and death. Pray.

915
01:35:03,176 --> 01:35:08,873
Ask God to reveal this truth to you. 
You need to live it by faith.

916
01:35:08,873 --> 01:35:14,423
It’s a revelation. I am free. 
Yes. I don't need to sin anymore.

917
01:35:14,423 --> 01:35:16,625
You are dead to the law. You are free.

918
01:35:16,625 --> 01:35:23,408
Know, you're free from the law of sin and 
death that once bound and enslaved you.

919
01:35:23,408 --> 01:35:28,726
Believe it. Understand that Christ 
has set you free.

920
01:35:28,726 --> 01:35:39,974
Now walk by the Spirit in a new life. 
Paul wrote so clearly about the law:

921
01:35:39,974 --> 01:35:45,991
“Though I am free and belong to no one, 
I have made myself

922
01:35:45,991 --> 01:35:48,801
a slave to everyone, to win 
as many as possible.”

923
01:35:48,801 --> 01:35:54,218
Now, he wrote something interesting here: 
“To the Jews, I became like a Jew,

924
01:35:54,218 --> 01:36:01,670
to win the Jews. To those under the law, 
I became like one under the law

925
01:36:01,670 --> 01:36:05,415
(though I myself am not under the law)”

926
01:36:05,415 --> 01:36:08,345
Paul wrote that he became like them 
when he was with them.

927
01:36:08,345 --> 01:36:11,422
He became like them to win them. 
But he wasn’t under the law.

928
01:36:11,422 --> 01:36:15,169
Me, neither. I'm not under the law. 
I'm free from the law.

929
01:36:15,169 --> 01:36:17,950
You're free from the law. We are 
free from the law. Why?

930
01:36:17,950 --> 01:36:22,054
Because we’re dead to the law.
The law bound us as long we lived.

931
01:36:22,054 --> 01:36:25,597
But it's no longer I who live, it’s Christ
who lives. I'm dead to the law.

932
01:36:25,597 --> 01:36:30,793
What does that mean, to not be 
under the law? Are we without law? No.

933
01:36:30,793 --> 01:36:36,900
Paul continues: “To those not having the 
law, I became like one not having the law

934
01:36:36,900 --> 01:36:43,538
(though I am not free from God's law 
but am under Christ’s law)”

935
01:36:43,538 --> 01:36:48,293
Paul wrote in one place that 
he wasn’t under the law.

936
01:36:48,293 --> 01:36:54,023
In another place, he said he wasn’t free 
from God's law, but under Christ’s law.

937
01:36:54,023 --> 01:37:00,654
What does that mean? We're not under the 
law of sin and death, that Moses brought.

938
01:37:00,654 --> 01:37:05,799
But we’re under the law of Christ. 
What is that?

939
01:37:05,799 --> 01:37:08,616
That is to listen to Him and His word.

940
01:37:08,616 --> 01:37:13,921
Law is not only written commandments 
written in the Bible.

941
01:37:13,921 --> 01:37:16,762
It is what Jesus said. 
Read what Jesus said.

942
01:37:16,762 --> 01:37:21,530
Did he say, “If you love me, keep what 
Moses said.” No, He didn’t say that.

943
01:37:21,530 --> 01:37:24,975
He said “If you love me, 
keep my commands…”

944
01:37:24,975 --> 01:37:29,494
Some people are very eager 
to keep the Mosaic law.

945
01:37:29,494 --> 01:37:32,890
They keep the feasts, the food laws, 
the Sabbath and the dress code.

946
01:37:32,890 --> 01:37:37,673
But they are not eager to keep Jesus’ law:
Love your neighbour as yourself.

947
01:37:37,673 --> 01:37:45,858
Go out and make disciples. 
Preach the gospel. Obey Christ.

948
01:37:45,858 --> 01:37:52,804
“If you love me, keep my commands.” Jesus 
said. I need to finish the lesson here:

949
01:37:52,804 --> 01:38:00,341
“So the law” with Moses “was 
our guardian until Christ came

950
01:38:00,341 --> 01:38:02,653
that we might be justified by faith.

951
01:38:02,653 --> 01:38:09,275
Now that this faith has come, 
we are no longer under a guardian.”

952
01:38:09,275 --> 01:38:14,857
We're now in faith. “So in Christ Jesus, 
you're all children of God through faith,

953
01:38:14,857 --> 01:38:19,796
for all of you who were baptized into Christ 
have clothed yourselves with Christ.”

954
01:38:19,796 --> 01:38:23,478
We can say it like this: You are 
baptized into Christ’s death.

955
01:38:23,478 --> 01:38:30,903
Therefore, you're no longer bound to the 
law. You don't need a guardian anymore.

956
01:38:30,903 --> 01:38:34,849
You are now in Christ. “There is neither 
Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free…

957
01:38:34,849 --> 01:38:37,500
If you belong to Christ, 
then you are Abraham’s seed”.

958
01:38:37,500 --> 01:38:41,401
So, I’ll finish the lesson now. 
Old Covenant (Moses): Until Christ.

959
01:38:41,401 --> 01:38:55,107
Law on stone tablets. Written code. 
Brought death. Could not obey the old way.

960
01:38:55,107 --> 01:38:57,138
God rejected the whole generation.

961
01:38:57,138 --> 01:39:03,375
Did not inherit the Promised Land but 
Joshua brought the next generation in.

962
01:39:03,375 --> 01:39:06,219
Joshua’s and Jesus’ 
names are directly related.

963
01:39:06,219 --> 01:39:11,663
Moses could not bring them 
into the promised land but Joshua did.

964
01:39:11,663 --> 01:39:15,799
The law cannot bring you into the 
kingdom of God but Jesus can.

965
01:39:15,799 --> 01:39:28,249
The law is good if we use it the rightly: 
to reveal sin so we can come to Christ.

966
01:39:28,249 --> 01:39:35,779
But in baptism, we die to the law. New 
Covenant (Jesus): Everlasting covenant.

967
01:39:35,779 --> 01:39:46,209
Law is written on hearts of flesh. 
New way by the Spirit. Brought life.

968
01:39:46,209 --> 01:39:49,128
Can now obey in the new way.

969
01:39:49,128 --> 01:39:52,578
We’ll one day enter into 
the Promised Land:

970
01:39:52,578 --> 01:39:56,528
If we are victorious and 
continue in Christ.

971
01:39:56,528 --> 01:40:07,515
Jesus fulfilled the law’s requirements. 
We are now: God's treasured possession.

972
01:40:07,515 --> 01:40:11,678
A kingdom of priests. A holy nation. 
But it's not complete yet.

973
01:40:11,678 --> 01:40:14,696
We will be those things one day 
when he comes.

974
01:40:14,696 --> 01:40:24,043
Then we’ll rule with Him here on earth. 
A few more verses:

975
01:40:24,043 --> 01:40:31,240
“Therefore, there is no condemnation 
for those who are in Christ Jesus…

976
01:40:31,240 --> 01:40:38,681
because through Christ Jesus the law 
of the Spirit who gives life

977
01:40:38,681 --> 01:40:43,137
has set us free from the law 
and sin and death.”

978
01:40:43,137 --> 01:40:51,826
When you’re in Christ, you are under the
law of the spirit written on your heart.

979
01:40:51,826 --> 01:40:55,426
You’re set free from the law of sin 
and death.

980
01:40:55,426 --> 01:41:00,349
“For what the law was powerless to do 
because it was weakened by the flesh, God

981
01:41:00,349 --> 01:41:05,772
did by sending his own Son in the likeness
of sinful flesh to be a sin offering.

982
01:41:05,772 --> 01:41:13,137
And so he condemned sin in the flesh, 
in order that the righteous requirement

983
01:41:13,137 --> 01:41:20,331
of the law might be fully met in us, 
who do not live according to the flesh

984
01:41:20,331 --> 01:41:27,092
but according to the Spirit.” 
So, get born again. Live by the spirit.

985
01:41:27,092 --> 01:41:32,989
Listen to the Holy Spirit. 
When your heart condemns you, repent.

986
01:41:32,989 --> 01:41:38,566
Don't try to live by the law of Moses 
and go under the law.

987
01:41:38,566 --> 01:41:44,685
That’ll bring condemnation and death. 
Live in the New Covenant, by the Spirit.

988
01:41:44,685 --> 01:41:50,032
Obey Jesus. If you love Him, 
keep His commands and you will live.

989
01:41:50,032 --> 01:41:53,768
I’ll pray for you. God, I thank You 
for everyone who’s seen this.

990
01:41:53,768 --> 01:41:58,488
I pray that this will bring freedom to 
them. Freedom from the law.

991
01:41:58,488 --> 01:42:01,200
Freedom to live a holy life 
as You are holy.

992
01:42:01,200 --> 01:42:05,583
Freedom to live by the Spirit. I pray 
that everyone will understand this:

993
01:42:05,583 --> 01:42:11,481
When we are baptized, Jesus, we 
are baptized into Your death.

994
01:42:11,481 --> 01:42:17,504
It's no longer I who live, 
but it's You who lives.

995
01:42:17,504 --> 01:42:21,565
A woman is only bound to the law, 
as long as her husband is alive.

996
01:42:21,565 --> 01:42:24,006
But when we die, we’re loosed 
from that law.

997
01:42:24,006 --> 01:42:29,305
We're free to be married to somebody 
else. Christ Jesus is our bridegroom.

998
01:42:29,305 --> 01:42:34,690
Help us to purify ourselves. 
Purify us by the Spirit.

999
01:42:34,690 --> 01:42:37,390
Help us to walk by the Spirit, 
without condemnation.

1000
01:42:37,390 --> 01:42:42,664
Then, one day, Jesus, we’ll inherit this 
earth together with You.

1001
01:42:42,664 --> 01:42:46,964
Thank You for what You're doing. I pray 
that it will bring freedom to people.

1002
01:42:46,964 --> 01:42:52,032
Come and speak to people out there 
through this. In the name of Jesus, Amen.

1003
01:42:52,032 --> 01:42:55,066
See you next time. Come with 
your questions.

1004
01:42:55,066 --> 01:42:59,961
I'll do a Q&A video soon where I will 
answer some of them. God bless you.

1005
01:42:59,961 --> 01:43:04,372
Let's live the new life by the Spirit 
that God has for all of us. Bye bye.