WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:01.200 In your name we pray, amen. 00:01.700 --> 00:03.400 Man, the title of the sermon this evening 00:03.400 --> 00:06.340 is whatsoever is right in your eyes. 00:06.500 --> 00:07.720 Whatsoever is right in your eyes, 00:07.820 --> 00:10.140 the Bible says in Deuteronomy 12 verse eight, 00:10.340 --> 00:13.320 ye shall not do after all the things 00:13.320 --> 00:14.680 that we do here this day, 00:15.140 --> 00:18.760 every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes. 00:18.960 --> 00:20.220 So the law of God says, hey, 00:20.600 --> 00:24.040 do not just go through life doing whatever is right 00:24.040 --> 00:25.040 in your own eyes. 00:25.160 --> 00:27.480 We as a church, we as a congregation, 00:27.480 --> 00:30.040 we're not just gonna do whatever is right 00:30.040 --> 00:31.560 in our own eyes, right? 00:31.940 --> 00:34.380 God is the one who determines what is right and wrong, 00:34.700 --> 00:37.320 and more specifically, it is the word of God 00:37.320 --> 00:39.540 that spells out right and wrong, 00:39.720 --> 00:41.560 not just what we think is right 00:41.560 --> 00:43.800 or what we feel is right. 00:44.140 --> 00:46.080 Of course, famously in the book of Judges, 00:46.160 --> 00:48.100 we have this statement that comes up over and over again 00:48.100 --> 00:49.980 in the end part of Judges 00:49.980 --> 00:52.600 where we just have horrific things going on. 00:52.600 --> 00:57.500 And really, there's one case of just absurd idolatry, 00:57.640 --> 01:02.900 just outrageously unbiblical, ungodly idolatry, 01:03.240 --> 01:07.060 kind of just showing the total disregard for God's law 01:07.060 --> 01:08.940 with regard to spiritual things, right? 01:09.380 --> 01:11.540 Then you have another story at the end of the book of Judges 01:11.540 --> 01:14.380 showing just the most outrageous violation 01:14.920 --> 01:16.120 of people physically, 01:16.120 --> 01:19.140 where you have the concubine that ends up getting 01:19.140 --> 01:22.780 violated and killed and so forth by sodomites. 01:23.300 --> 01:24.720 And so it's like you have these two examples 01:25.300 --> 01:26.500 at the end of the book of Judges, 01:26.700 --> 01:29.020 one having to do with man's relationship with God 01:29.500 --> 01:31.260 and one having to do with man's relationship 01:31.260 --> 01:32.280 with his fellow man. 01:32.520 --> 01:34.620 And both of them, it says of it, 01:34.980 --> 01:37.120 in those days there was no king in Israel, 01:37.440 --> 01:40.340 but every man did that which was right in his own eyes. 01:40.480 --> 01:43.020 So when we do what's right in our own eyes, 01:43.100 --> 01:46.700 when we just follow our heart and just trust our instinct 01:46.700 --> 01:48.600 instead of going to the word of God, 01:48.600 --> 01:52.960 we're going to end up violating God's law spiritually. 01:53.600 --> 01:55.760 And also we're going to end up violating our fellow man 01:55.760 --> 01:57.420 and harming the people around us. 01:57.580 --> 01:59.720 And that's what we're going to see tonight in the sermon. 02:00.460 --> 02:02.820 And so in those days there was no king in Israel, 02:03.400 --> 02:05.960 every man did that which was right in his own eyes. 02:06.060 --> 02:07.040 Well, here's the problem with that. 02:07.740 --> 02:09.780 Proverbs chapter 21 verse two says this, 02:10.220 --> 02:13.180 every way of a man is right in his own eyes, right? 02:13.380 --> 02:15.820 I mean, people do what they think is right. 02:15.820 --> 02:18.320 Virtually everybody on some level, 02:18.500 --> 02:20.880 no matter how evil or sick they are, 02:20.940 --> 02:22.280 they think like, oh, well, 02:22.320 --> 02:24.100 this is what I'm supposed to be doing. 02:24.180 --> 02:25.140 I'm doing the right thing. 02:25.600 --> 02:27.020 You know, and I brought up this example before, 02:27.180 --> 02:30.020 I just brought it up recently in a sermon, 02:30.400 --> 02:33.500 but you know, the suicide bombers over in Israel, right? 02:33.660 --> 02:36.180 You'll have these Muslim jihadists over there. 02:36.420 --> 02:38.500 And look, I'm not for the Jewish state, 02:38.640 --> 02:40.700 I'm not for Israel, I'm not for the Jews, 02:40.860 --> 02:42.940 I'm not for Judaism, but what you'll have 02:42.940 --> 02:44.880 is all these Muslim extremists 02:44.880 --> 02:47.980 that will literally just get on a bus in the morning 02:47.980 --> 02:52.060 where men, women, and children are on their way to school, 02:52.500 --> 02:55.620 on their way to work, and they'll just blow themselves up 02:55.620 --> 02:57.000 and just blow up innocent people. 02:57.220 --> 02:59.180 And I was reading about a particular young man 02:59.180 --> 03:03.300 where his mom is literally making him his favorite meal 03:03.300 --> 03:05.360 because she knows that he is gonna go 03:05.360 --> 03:06.560 blow himself up on a bus. 03:07.060 --> 03:08.280 He's just gonna go get on a bus 03:08.280 --> 03:09.880 and just randomly kill Israelis. 03:09.880 --> 03:12.640 And so she's making him his favorite meal, 03:13.160 --> 03:14.640 she's hugging him and saying, 03:14.820 --> 03:17.480 son, I'm so proud of you, you're such a good boy. 03:17.960 --> 03:21.100 Mommy is so proud, she sends him out the door 03:21.100 --> 03:25.400 to go blow up a bunch of innocent people, okay? 03:25.900 --> 03:26.360 But why? 03:26.520 --> 03:29.100 Because he thinks that this is what is right, 03:29.320 --> 03:32.480 because he's following a sick twisted evil religion 03:32.480 --> 03:33.020 called Islam. 03:33.840 --> 03:35.240 And you know what, there are all kinds of Jews 03:35.240 --> 03:38.180 following Judaism, doing evil things as well, 03:38.180 --> 03:40.120 because guess what, I got news for you, 03:40.240 --> 03:42.800 every religion other than Christianity is false and evil. 03:42.980 --> 03:43.540 It's of the devil. 03:43.980 --> 03:47.300 I don't care if it's Hinduism, Buddhism, atheism, 03:48.080 --> 03:50.540 there's no other name under heaven given among men 03:50.540 --> 03:51.880 whereby we must be saved 03:51.880 --> 03:53.520 than the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. 03:53.800 --> 03:54.920 That's what the Bible says. 03:55.580 --> 03:57.780 And so, again, this attitude of just, 03:58.100 --> 04:00.320 well, you just gotta do what you think is right, 04:00.460 --> 04:01.140 follow your heart. 04:01.200 --> 04:02.620 Well, the Bible says the heart is deceitful 04:02.620 --> 04:05.880 above all things and desperately wicked who can know it. 04:06.440 --> 04:09.580 You know, Jesus talked about this too in John chapter 16. 04:09.660 --> 04:12.700 He said, the time will come when whosoever killeth you 04:12.700 --> 04:14.920 will think that he doeth God's service. 04:15.960 --> 04:17.740 I mean, the Jews are being super religious 04:17.740 --> 04:19.020 as they're crucifying Jesus. 04:19.280 --> 04:20.780 They're like, well, I wanna crucify Jesus, 04:20.860 --> 04:22.560 but we gotta make sure that we don't get defiled 04:22.560 --> 04:23.520 because we gotta do the Passover. 04:24.860 --> 04:25.340 What? 04:25.580 --> 04:26.500 Jesus is the Passover. 04:27.160 --> 04:28.200 You know, they're missing it. 04:28.580 --> 04:31.980 But people doing what's right in their own eyes 04:31.980 --> 04:34.380 is always gonna lead to a moral failure. 04:34.380 --> 04:36.620 We've got to follow what the Bible says. 04:37.120 --> 04:37.260 Why? 04:37.520 --> 04:40.380 Because every way of a man is right in his own eyes, 04:40.460 --> 04:43.200 but the Lord pondereth the hearts. 04:43.620 --> 04:45.400 The Bible says in Proverbs 12.5, 04:45.500 --> 04:47.980 the way of a fool is right in his own eyes. 04:48.440 --> 04:51.200 But he that hearkenedeth unto counsel is wise. 04:51.380 --> 04:53.460 He's saying, look, you've gotta sometimes listen 04:53.460 --> 04:55.720 to other people and most importantly, 04:55.860 --> 04:56.720 you gotta listen to the Lord. 04:57.300 --> 04:59.700 Because when it says whoso hearkened unto counsel 04:59.700 --> 05:01.560 is wise, yeah, you could get counsel 05:01.560 --> 05:04.300 from other godly Christians and good people 05:04.300 --> 05:06.300 who know the Bible, but at the end of the day, 05:06.340 --> 05:08.200 there's also just the counsel of the Lord. 05:08.740 --> 05:10.280 What is the Lord counsel in his word? 05:10.380 --> 05:11.840 Now you're there in Psalm 33, hopefully, 05:12.060 --> 05:13.120 that's where we started the service. 05:13.640 --> 05:15.280 Psalm 33, verse 10 says this, 05:15.460 --> 05:19.100 the Lord bringeth the counsel of the heathen to not. 05:19.940 --> 05:21.840 Right, so whatever their stupid advice 05:21.840 --> 05:24.460 that they give you, God's gonna bring that to nothing. 05:24.860 --> 05:27.600 He makeeth the devices of the people of none effect, 05:27.860 --> 05:31.560 the counsel of the Lord standeth forever 05:32.020 --> 05:35.200 the thoughts of his heart to all generations. 05:35.580 --> 05:38.280 Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord 05:38.280 --> 05:42.160 and the people whom he hath chosen for his inheritance. 05:42.380 --> 05:45.700 Notice how God's counsel stands unto all generations, 05:45.840 --> 05:49.480 meaning that God has the same advice for me in 2026 05:49.480 --> 05:53.180 that he had for my dad back in the 70s 05:53.180 --> 05:56.200 or my grandpa back in the 40s and 50s or whatever. 05:56.200 --> 06:00.340 And it's the same every single generation, 06:00.800 --> 06:02.340 God's word is still saying the same thing. 06:02.800 --> 06:05.920 Although, culture can dramatically swing 06:05.920 --> 06:09.200 one way or the other, where people are super strict 06:09.200 --> 06:11.680 in one generation, super lenient in another 06:11.680 --> 06:15.060 and then they get overly strict, overly lenient, 06:15.420 --> 06:17.200 just making it up as they go along, folks. 06:17.740 --> 06:19.640 But the Bible says the counsel of the Lord 06:19.640 --> 06:24.540 standeth forever his thoughts to all generations. 06:25.380 --> 06:28.340 And so, bless is the nation whose God is the Lord 06:28.340 --> 06:30.260 and the people whom he hath chosen for his inheritance. 06:31.200 --> 06:33.600 Go through it to Proverbs chapter 19, 06:33.800 --> 06:36.000 Proverbs chapter 19, and while you're turned 06:36.000 --> 06:37.380 to Proverbs 19, I'm gonna read for you 06:37.380 --> 06:38.840 from Jeremiah chapter 23. 06:40.020 --> 06:42.060 Actually, turn to Proverbs 19 06:42.060 --> 06:44.780 and then turn to Proverbs, or that, Jeremiah 23. 06:44.880 --> 06:46.920 I want you to look at both, Proverbs 19 06:46.920 --> 06:48.920 and then we're gonna go to Jeremiah 23. 06:50.520 --> 06:52.640 But we're talking about the counsel of the Lord. 06:53.100 --> 06:56.200 It says in Proverbs 19, 20, here counsel 06:56.760 --> 07:00.240 and receive instruction that thou mayest be wise 07:00.240 --> 07:01.320 in thy latter end. 07:01.860 --> 07:03.740 There are many devices in a man's heart. 07:04.100 --> 07:06.400 Nevertheless, the counsel of the Lord, 07:07.100 --> 07:08.760 that shall stand, right? 07:08.900 --> 07:09.360 And you know what? 07:09.560 --> 07:10.740 This right here is a rock. 07:11.160 --> 07:12.880 It was here before I was born. 07:13.100 --> 07:14.260 It'll be here after I'm gone. 07:14.980 --> 07:16.220 People can get mad at it. 07:16.320 --> 07:17.260 They can rage against it. 07:17.340 --> 07:19.140 They can try to replace it with a counterfeit 07:19.140 --> 07:21.940 and some watered-down, NIV, 07:22.760 --> 07:26.320 numeric and standard, legacy, standard Bible or whatever. 07:26.600 --> 07:26.940 But you know what? 07:27.020 --> 07:28.340 At the end of the day, the King James Bible 07:28.340 --> 07:30.620 is not going anywhere, because it's God's word. 07:30.860 --> 07:31.460 It's a rock. 07:31.920 --> 07:32.840 It'll always be here. 07:33.820 --> 07:35.940 Jeremiah 23, verse 16 says this. 07:36.060 --> 07:37.060 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, 07:37.520 --> 07:39.820 harken not unto the words of the prophets 07:39.820 --> 07:41.060 that prophesy unto you. 07:41.920 --> 07:42.520 He's saying, you know, 07:42.540 --> 07:43.940 these preachers that are preaching to you, 07:44.640 --> 07:46.100 he says they make you vain. 07:47.280 --> 07:49.480 They speak a vision of their own heart, 07:49.560 --> 07:50.740 not out of the mouth of the Lord. 07:51.140 --> 07:53.180 They say still unto them that despise me. 07:53.660 --> 07:55.860 The Lord has said, you shall have peace, right? 07:56.200 --> 07:58.320 So people that just totally despise God, 07:58.840 --> 08:00.980 hate the Lord, don't care what the Bible says, 08:01.500 --> 08:02.420 they just tell those people, 08:02.600 --> 08:04.820 oh man, it's gonna be great, you're fine. 08:05.300 --> 08:06.200 You'll have peace. 08:06.620 --> 08:07.740 There's no consequences. 08:08.380 --> 08:09.940 Love ya girl or whatever. 08:10.640 --> 08:11.680 You shall have peace. 08:12.020 --> 08:13.740 And they say unto everyone that walketh 08:13.740 --> 08:15.680 after the imagination of his own heart, 08:15.680 --> 08:17.700 no evil shall come upon you. 08:18.520 --> 08:20.880 For who hath stood in the counsel of the Lord 08:20.880 --> 08:23.260 and hath perceived and heard his word? 08:23.360 --> 08:24.360 Hey, I got news for you. 08:24.700 --> 08:26.980 I have, you have, we all have, 08:27.080 --> 08:28.060 because we have the Bible. 08:28.600 --> 08:30.860 We have stood in the counsel of the Lord 08:30.860 --> 08:32.100 and we have heard his word. 08:32.620 --> 08:34.760 What a blessing it is to have the entire Bible 08:34.760 --> 08:35.880 at your fingertips right here. 08:37.080 --> 08:37.880 We've heard it. 08:38.440 --> 08:38.760 We're there. 08:40.200 --> 08:42.840 Behold, a whirlwind of the Lord is gone forth. 08:42.840 --> 08:46.200 Verse 19, in fury, even a grievous whirlwind, 08:46.660 --> 08:48.620 it shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked. 08:49.100 --> 08:51.220 The anger of the Lord shall not return 08:51.220 --> 08:52.560 until he hath executed, 08:53.140 --> 08:55.120 until he hath performed the thoughts of his heart 08:55.120 --> 08:58.120 in the latter days, ye shall consider it perfectly. 08:58.380 --> 08:59.440 And here's the problem, 08:59.880 --> 09:02.080 is that unfortunately the blessings 09:02.080 --> 09:03.520 and the judgments of God, 09:03.900 --> 09:05.740 they're on a delayed reaction, unfortunately. 09:06.500 --> 09:08.460 Quite unfortunately, as it turns out. 09:08.860 --> 09:10.200 And so the problem is, 09:10.200 --> 09:12.940 things will not happen immediately 09:13.460 --> 09:15.820 and then people will kind of think like, 09:15.880 --> 09:18.040 oh, I'm getting away with it, right? 09:18.200 --> 09:20.620 Or somebody will do a lot of really good things 09:20.620 --> 09:23.680 and say like, why am I not being blessed by God? 09:23.860 --> 09:24.460 Where's the reward? 09:24.640 --> 09:25.160 Where's the blessing? 09:25.460 --> 09:27.100 Ever since I started going to church 09:27.100 --> 09:28.540 and soul win and do good, 09:28.760 --> 09:30.000 it's like my life's gotten harder. 09:30.620 --> 09:31.480 Things are getting worse. 09:31.860 --> 09:35.560 The problem is that these things happen on a delay 09:35.560 --> 09:37.220 and so it says here, 09:37.220 --> 09:38.720 in the latter days, 09:38.860 --> 09:40.000 ye shall consider it perfectly. 09:40.260 --> 09:42.340 So it's like, yeah, God's gonna punish the wicked, 09:42.580 --> 09:43.480 they're all getting smoked. 09:43.880 --> 09:45.240 And it's like, in the end, 09:45.780 --> 09:47.380 of course you're gonna look back and see that. 09:47.680 --> 09:48.420 You're gonna look back 09:48.420 --> 09:50.180 and see how the good people were blessed 09:50.180 --> 09:51.640 and the bad people got smoked. 09:52.020 --> 09:53.600 But the problem is, 09:53.720 --> 09:54.600 when you're living it, 09:54.680 --> 09:55.260 when you're there, 09:55.500 --> 09:56.260 when you're in the middle of it, 09:56.340 --> 09:57.140 it doesn't feel that way, 09:57.220 --> 09:58.080 it doesn't seem that way 09:58.080 --> 09:59.960 because of the timing of it. 10:00.240 --> 10:01.840 And this emboldens the wicked 10:02.340 --> 10:04.700 and discourages the righteous, unfortunately. 10:05.520 --> 10:06.560 But without faith, 10:06.660 --> 10:07.760 it's impossible to please God. 10:08.280 --> 10:09.680 And so we just have to believe 10:09.680 --> 10:10.640 that God's promises 10:10.640 --> 10:12.200 are ultimately going to come true. 10:12.620 --> 10:14.380 And in the latter days, 10:14.520 --> 10:15.300 yeah, you look back, 10:15.480 --> 10:16.280 you consider it perfectly, 10:16.480 --> 10:17.300 it all makes sense. 10:17.620 --> 10:19.300 And you say, like the song says, 10:19.480 --> 10:20.600 Jesus led me all the way. 10:21.220 --> 10:21.920 Look at verse 21, 10:22.140 --> 10:24.280 it says, I've not sent these prophets yet they ran. 10:24.920 --> 10:27.180 I've not spoken to them yet they prophesied, 10:27.560 --> 10:30.000 but if they had stood in my counsel 10:30.480 --> 10:33.240 and it caused my people to hear my words, 10:33.240 --> 10:34.940 then they should have turned them 10:34.940 --> 10:35.900 from their evil way 10:35.900 --> 10:38.540 and from the evil of their doings. 10:38.560 --> 10:40.000 Now go if you were to Romans chapter 13. 10:40.220 --> 10:43.020 So we notice so far you got people doing 10:43.020 --> 10:44.500 what's right in their own eyes. 10:44.960 --> 10:47.380 Every idiot thinks that their way is right. 10:47.500 --> 10:50.120 The Bible says everybody in general 10:50.120 --> 10:51.360 thinks that their way is right. 10:51.720 --> 10:53.600 We saw in the book of Judges 10:53.600 --> 10:56.400 the horrible spiritual atrocities 10:56.400 --> 10:58.760 and the physical atrocities that take place 10:58.760 --> 11:02.040 when people just make their own conscience 11:02.040 --> 11:04.600 or their own heart or their own opinions, 11:05.140 --> 11:06.940 the guideline instead of, 11:06.940 --> 11:08.080 thus sayeth the Lord, 11:08.460 --> 11:10.440 engraven in stone, black and white, 11:10.640 --> 11:11.340 thus sayeth the Lord. 11:11.720 --> 11:12.560 That's the problem. 11:14.420 --> 11:15.980 And we see that the counsel of the Lord 11:15.980 --> 11:17.520 stands forever, every generation. 11:17.920 --> 11:18.680 It doesn't change. 11:20.160 --> 11:22.400 Somebody could listen to a recording of this sermon 11:22.400 --> 11:24.960 500 years from now and it's still gonna make sense. 11:25.340 --> 11:27.760 They could listen to recordings of most of my sermons 11:27.760 --> 11:29.220 and 500 years from now, 11:29.500 --> 11:31.160 99% of it's still gonna make sense. 11:32.120 --> 11:34.780 And it's still gonna be the same type of things 11:35.200 --> 11:36.340 that people are dealing with, 11:36.520 --> 11:38.480 maybe in different quantities, 11:38.860 --> 11:41.860 but life is life, human nature is human nature. 11:42.460 --> 11:44.540 Romans 13 though is important 11:44.540 --> 11:48.060 because it talks about the latter half of the law 11:48.060 --> 11:51.020 because remember the law really is in two sections, 11:51.340 --> 11:53.580 loving God and loving your neighbor. 11:54.360 --> 11:55.740 And we talked about how in Judges 11:55.740 --> 11:57.420 they failed on both accounts 11:57.940 --> 11:59.500 from doing what's right in their own eyes. 11:59.500 --> 12:02.160 But look at Romans 13, verse eight, 12:02.280 --> 12:03.620 it says, oh no man anything, 12:04.260 --> 12:05.400 but to love one another, 12:06.060 --> 12:08.600 for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. 12:09.320 --> 12:10.920 And of course, Brother Sigoura 12:10.920 --> 12:12.020 preached a great sermon this morning 12:12.540 --> 12:14.420 about charity and about the importance 12:14.420 --> 12:15.140 of loving one another. 12:15.380 --> 12:16.780 But here's the thing about loving one another 12:16.780 --> 12:19.080 is that the Bible says let's not love in word, 12:19.540 --> 12:22.660 neither in tongue, but in deed and in truth. 12:22.840 --> 12:24.560 Love is shown by our actions. 12:25.540 --> 12:27.700 And so if you're loving your neighbor, 12:27.880 --> 12:28.700 you know what you're not gonna do? 12:29.130 --> 12:30.180 You're not gonna commit adultery. 12:30.500 --> 12:31.500 What does the Bible say? 12:31.980 --> 12:33.560 That shall not commit adultery, verse nine, 12:33.960 --> 12:36.100 that shall not kill, that shall not steal. 12:36.280 --> 12:37.240 Oh, and by the way, if you have one 12:37.240 --> 12:39.020 of these stupid worthless modern versions 12:39.020 --> 12:40.480 like the NIV or the ESV, 12:40.820 --> 12:42.660 it'll leave out that shall not bear false witness. 12:43.600 --> 12:44.400 Isn't that funny? 12:45.320 --> 12:46.380 That shall bear false witness. 12:46.560 --> 12:49.000 A book of lies leaves out the commandment, 12:49.320 --> 12:51.140 that shall not bear false witness in Romans 13. 12:52.440 --> 12:53.860 That shall not bear false witness, 12:54.320 --> 12:55.080 that shall not covet. 12:55.260 --> 12:56.660 And if there be any other commandment, right? 12:56.660 --> 12:58.520 Because the Ten Commandments 12:58.520 --> 13:02.220 is like a Cliff's Notes version of God's moral law. 13:02.560 --> 13:04.520 So he's saying, look, these are the basics. 13:05.100 --> 13:07.540 Don't kill, don't steal, don't commit adultery, 13:07.660 --> 13:08.940 don't bear false witness, and don't covet. 13:09.480 --> 13:11.220 And those five will keep you pretty busy anyway, 13:11.680 --> 13:13.380 and those five will condemn 13:13.380 --> 13:15.120 a lot of our society right now. 13:15.720 --> 13:18.880 But he says, look, this is all summed up 13:18.880 --> 13:20.720 along with all the other commandments 13:20.720 --> 13:22.340 that are along those lines. 13:23.760 --> 13:25.560 Briefly, you could just put it 13:25.560 --> 13:26.640 on the back of a postage stamp, 13:27.040 --> 13:28.660 thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. 13:29.160 --> 13:31.500 Love worketh no ill to his neighbor, 13:31.660 --> 13:33.100 therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. 13:33.360 --> 13:34.460 And it's funny how people will say 13:34.460 --> 13:36.180 that they love you as they're harming you. 13:36.960 --> 13:38.480 As they're working you ill, 13:38.960 --> 13:40.380 as they're bearing false witness, 13:40.680 --> 13:42.820 oh, but I love you, I love you so much 13:42.820 --> 13:44.540 as they're bearing false witness against you. 13:45.500 --> 13:47.260 And you know what's funny about that is 13:47.260 --> 13:48.580 these are the same people that say, 13:48.640 --> 13:50.460 oh, you're mean, you're harsh, 13:50.600 --> 13:51.760 you're tone, or whatever. 13:52.560 --> 13:54.080 Now, when I was a teenager, 13:54.700 --> 13:57.720 this was a major, major problem in churches, 13:57.860 --> 13:59.000 and I'm sure it still is today, 13:59.420 --> 14:02.760 but this was all the rage when I was a teenager. 14:02.900 --> 14:05.700 This doctrine was sweeping the nation 14:06.300 --> 14:08.700 of, hey, we are free in Christ. 14:09.860 --> 14:11.940 Everybody had this on the tip of their tongue, 14:12.340 --> 14:14.940 and to them this meant commandments don't matter. 14:15.760 --> 14:17.700 So it was like everybody had on the tip of their tongue, 14:17.840 --> 14:18.800 we're free in Christ, 14:19.100 --> 14:21.100 and any time when I was a teenager, 14:21.180 --> 14:23.020 if you took the Bible and showed someone, 14:23.020 --> 14:26.000 hey, what you're doing is a sin. 14:26.380 --> 14:28.400 This is wrong, this is not okay. 14:28.520 --> 14:29.460 Look what the Bible says about it. 14:29.700 --> 14:30.780 Here's what they would say to you. 14:31.220 --> 14:33.400 They'd say, look, I'm glad that the Holy Spirit 14:33.400 --> 14:34.580 has spoken to you about that, 14:35.560 --> 14:37.860 but the Holy Spirit hasn't spoken to me about that. 14:38.480 --> 14:40.800 And you know, God doesn't want us following the letter. 14:41.560 --> 14:43.200 He wants us to walk in the spirit. 14:43.360 --> 14:46.660 And so, you know, if the spirit speaks to me about that, 14:46.740 --> 14:47.820 then I'll stop doing it. 14:48.040 --> 14:51.080 But until the spirit speaks to me about that, 14:51.940 --> 14:53.680 now you shouldn't do it, 14:53.700 --> 14:55.280 because it's clear that the Holy Spirit 14:55.280 --> 14:56.340 has spoken to you about it. 14:57.400 --> 14:59.860 So it's like different rules for different people 15:00.340 --> 15:03.080 based on what the spirit is saying to who. 15:03.440 --> 15:06.220 Now, put up your hand if you've heard that idea before 15:06.220 --> 15:09.240 of like, hey, the spirit hasn't spoken to me about that. 15:09.460 --> 15:11.460 And they will literally act like 15:11.460 --> 15:13.360 there's different rules for different people 15:13.800 --> 15:15.640 just based on what the Holy Spirit brings up. 15:15.900 --> 15:17.860 You know, here's what I think is going on. 15:18.040 --> 15:19.620 I think some of us are just actually listening 15:19.620 --> 15:20.240 to the Holy Spirit, 15:20.240 --> 15:21.620 and then other people aren't. 15:23.300 --> 15:25.240 So it's like the Holy Spirit hasn't spoken to me about that. 15:25.320 --> 15:26.900 Well, he probably doesn't tell you much. 15:28.620 --> 15:30.800 He probably hasn't spoken to you about much, 15:30.980 --> 15:34.400 you know, which explains the way that you're living. 15:34.940 --> 15:37.060 But what a wicked thing to just look at the Bible 15:37.060 --> 15:38.600 and just say, well, that doesn't matter to me 15:38.600 --> 15:40.580 because I'm waiting to hear a still small voice 15:40.580 --> 15:41.140 tell me that. 15:41.700 --> 15:43.340 Well, why don't you just let the Bible tell you that? 15:44.140 --> 15:45.500 You know, you can't just sit there 15:45.500 --> 15:48.280 and wait for God to tell you everything. 15:48.620 --> 15:49.680 Like basically what they'll do is 15:49.680 --> 15:51.080 this is how they test right and wrong. 15:51.460 --> 15:53.420 They do something and if they don't feel guilty 15:53.420 --> 15:54.460 they're like must be fine. 15:55.820 --> 15:58.000 Because feeling guilty is the Holy Spirit 15:58.000 --> 15:59.020 speaking to me about it. 15:59.220 --> 16:00.500 So if you can just do it without feeling, 16:00.620 --> 16:02.240 but here's what I've noticed is some of the most rotten 16:02.240 --> 16:03.540 people can just do bad things 16:03.540 --> 16:04.680 without feeling bad about it. 16:06.100 --> 16:08.240 But they're just so free in Christ. 16:08.940 --> 16:10.520 But here's what's going on, my friend. 16:11.260 --> 16:12.920 Because a lot of people will try to twist this 16:12.920 --> 16:15.280 and say, well, it's all about 16:15.280 --> 16:17.380 just follow the Spirit's guidance 16:17.920 --> 16:18.920 and just walk in love. 16:18.920 --> 16:21.840 And look, obviously every lie is based on some truth. 16:22.360 --> 16:26.300 The true story is that if you're being led of the Spirit, 16:26.560 --> 16:28.540 yeah, you don't even need to even worry about commandments 16:28.540 --> 16:30.120 because when you're being led of the Spirit 16:30.120 --> 16:32.460 you're gonna be automatically doing the right things. 16:32.760 --> 16:34.220 Because if you walk in the Spirit 16:34.220 --> 16:36.320 you'll not fulfill the last of the flesh, right? 16:36.660 --> 16:38.700 And obviously if you love your neighbor as yourself 16:38.700 --> 16:41.040 you're automatically not going to kill, steal, 16:41.420 --> 16:43.060 commit adultery, bear false witness or covet. 16:43.600 --> 16:44.740 Because you're walking in the Spirit 16:44.740 --> 16:45.760 because you're walking in love 16:45.760 --> 16:46.820 because you love your neighbor. 16:47.080 --> 16:48.440 Why would I steal from my neighbor 16:48.440 --> 16:49.300 if I love my neighbor? 16:49.880 --> 16:51.520 But what they're twisting it though 16:51.520 --> 16:54.020 is they will be violating God's word, 16:54.320 --> 16:55.800 working ill to their neighbor, 16:56.140 --> 16:59.420 doing things that are just boldly against the word of God 16:59.420 --> 17:02.200 and just saying, oh, I'm following the Spirit 17:02.760 --> 17:03.860 and I'm walking in love. 17:03.960 --> 17:05.500 No, you're a liar is what you are 17:06.580 --> 17:08.800 because you're just lying and saying you are 17:08.800 --> 17:10.480 but this is the check, the test. 17:10.800 --> 17:12.380 See, yeah, we wanna walk in love, 17:12.520 --> 17:13.120 wanna walk in the Spirit. 17:13.380 --> 17:14.480 But here's the test. 17:15.200 --> 17:17.020 If we're truly walking in the Spirit 17:17.020 --> 17:18.800 and if we're truly walking in love 17:18.800 --> 17:20.680 we were following the Bible. 17:21.340 --> 17:22.740 So if we go to the Bible 17:22.740 --> 17:25.180 and the Bible is inconsistent with our life 17:25.180 --> 17:28.960 then that is proof that we're not walking in Spirit. 17:29.040 --> 17:30.300 Like if I'm stealing 17:30.840 --> 17:33.900 then that's proof I'm not walking in the Spirit, right? 17:34.720 --> 17:36.040 Is it possible for someone to just be 17:36.040 --> 17:37.720 committing adultery in the Spirit? 17:37.940 --> 17:38.700 Absolutely not. 17:39.200 --> 17:42.640 And that's where this bizarre doctrine falls apart 17:43.100 --> 17:46.060 of claiming that freedom in Christ simply means 17:46.060 --> 17:48.500 that we just let our conscience be our guide 17:48.500 --> 17:51.040 and we just do what's right in our own eyes 17:51.040 --> 17:53.220 and just go through life waiting to feel bad 17:53.220 --> 17:54.560 or not feel bad about things 17:54.560 --> 17:56.320 and that that's how we determine right or wrong. 17:56.580 --> 17:58.620 Basically everybody's just being their own God 17:58.620 --> 18:00.280 and just deciding what's right and wrong 18:00.280 --> 18:03.220 instead of submitting themselves onto the law of God. 18:04.300 --> 18:05.760 Now look, when it comes to salvation, 18:06.340 --> 18:08.580 yeah, we don't have to keep commandments to be saved. 18:09.000 --> 18:11.300 We don't have to live a good life to be saved. 18:11.380 --> 18:12.580 If we did, we'd all be in trouble 18:12.580 --> 18:13.860 because we've all sinned 18:13.860 --> 18:15.580 and come short of the glory of God. 18:16.320 --> 18:17.980 There is none righteous, no, not one. 18:19.160 --> 18:21.940 But after we're saved, once we've believed on Christ, 18:22.280 --> 18:24.840 once we're saved, we are eternally secure. 18:25.880 --> 18:28.100 No man can pluck us out of his hand. 18:28.420 --> 18:30.380 Nothing can separate us from the love of God 18:30.380 --> 18:31.440 which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. 18:31.840 --> 18:34.540 But we still should do the right things. 18:35.040 --> 18:36.340 Not to earn our salvation. 18:36.460 --> 18:38.160 Our salvation's already paid for, it's already done 18:38.640 --> 18:40.680 so that we can please God 18:40.680 --> 18:42.360 so that we can have a relationship with God 18:42.360 --> 18:43.900 so that we can help other people, 18:44.000 --> 18:45.020 be a blessing to other people 18:45.020 --> 18:46.780 so that we can avoid chastisement 18:46.780 --> 18:49.280 so that we can earn rewards and so forth. 18:49.680 --> 18:52.780 That's why we should continue to care 18:52.780 --> 18:54.960 what the Bible says about what's right and wrong 18:54.960 --> 18:56.820 even though we're already saved. 18:57.800 --> 18:58.980 See, the famous verse says, 18:59.440 --> 19:01.100 for by grace are you saved through faith 19:01.100 --> 19:03.780 and that not of yourselves it is the gift of God, 19:04.160 --> 19:05.860 not of works lest any man should boast 19:05.860 --> 19:07.860 for we are his workmanship 19:07.860 --> 19:11.380 created in Christ Jesus unto good works 19:11.380 --> 19:13.020 which God has before ordained 19:13.020 --> 19:15.000 that we should walk in them. 19:15.580 --> 19:17.280 So works don't save us. 19:17.400 --> 19:19.400 We're saved by faith, not by works, 19:19.660 --> 19:23.340 but God has saved us unto good works 19:23.340 --> 19:25.080 meaning that once we're saved, 19:25.300 --> 19:28.260 he now has works that he has before ordained 19:28.260 --> 19:29.860 that we should walk in them 19:29.860 --> 19:31.760 and we should do those things 19:31.760 --> 19:35.140 and we should be every day seeking the will of God 19:35.140 --> 19:37.700 and denying self and taking up the cross 19:37.700 --> 19:38.820 and following Jesus. 19:38.820 --> 19:41.020 That's what we should be doing. 19:42.020 --> 19:43.760 It's nothing to do with whether we go to heaven 19:43.760 --> 19:46.300 but it has a lot to do with whether we're a good son 19:46.300 --> 19:47.300 or a bad son, 19:47.720 --> 19:49.080 whether we're an obedient Christian 19:49.620 --> 19:51.640 or a disobedient Christian, right? 19:51.820 --> 19:54.060 Whether we're right with God walking in the spirit 19:54.060 --> 19:56.880 or just carnal and backslidden and whatever. 19:57.660 --> 19:59.560 And so we wanna make sure that we get that right. 20:00.020 --> 20:01.000 But here's the thing, 20:01.840 --> 20:03.500 just not committing adultery, 20:03.680 --> 20:04.800 not stealing, not killing, 20:05.220 --> 20:06.780 not bearing false witness and not coveting 20:06.780 --> 20:09.680 and also obviously any other such law, 20:10.180 --> 20:11.960 that's only half of the equation. 20:12.880 --> 20:15.380 If you want God to look down on you 20:15.380 --> 20:17.280 and say, hey, you're a good person, 20:17.400 --> 20:18.060 you're doing well, 20:18.560 --> 20:19.720 obviously nobody's perfect 20:19.720 --> 20:21.680 but we want God to look down on us 20:21.680 --> 20:22.760 and be pleased with us 20:23.460 --> 20:26.320 and we want him to be happy with our lives 20:26.320 --> 20:28.860 and we want him to bless us and so forth. 20:29.600 --> 20:32.300 This Romans 13 passage right here 20:32.300 --> 20:33.720 is only half of the equation 20:33.720 --> 20:34.460 and not only that, 20:34.880 --> 20:36.780 it is the less important half. 20:37.900 --> 20:38.520 How do I know that? 20:38.620 --> 20:39.700 We'll go to Mark chapter 12. 20:39.920 --> 20:42.160 Go to Mark chapter 12 verse 28. 20:42.720 --> 20:44.400 Now it's super important, don't get me wrong. 20:45.000 --> 20:45.860 It's super important, 20:45.960 --> 20:47.560 but the other half is even more important 20:47.560 --> 20:49.420 to where this takes a back seat actually. 20:50.140 --> 20:51.660 And let's see what Jesus Christ Himself 20:51.660 --> 20:52.660 had to say about this 20:52.660 --> 20:55.300 in the Gospel of Mark chapter 12 20:55.300 --> 20:58.260 and we're gonna begin reading in verse number 28. 20:59.640 --> 21:00.840 Let me get there myself. 21:01.360 --> 21:02.640 Mark 12, 28 21:02.640 --> 21:04.120 and one of the scribes came 21:04.120 --> 21:05.580 and having heard them reasoning together 21:05.920 --> 21:09.220 and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, 21:10.100 --> 21:12.500 which is the first commandment of all? 21:13.320 --> 21:14.640 And Jesus answered him, 21:15.180 --> 21:17.480 the first of all the commandments is, 21:17.820 --> 21:20.700 hero is real, the Lord our God is one Lord 21:20.700 --> 21:23.620 and thou shalt love the Lord thy God 21:23.620 --> 21:25.780 with all thy heart and with all thy soul 21:25.780 --> 21:27.980 and with all thy mind and with all thy strength, 21:28.300 --> 21:30.400 this is the first commandment. 21:31.300 --> 21:34.500 And the second is like, namely this, 21:34.940 --> 21:37.100 thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, 21:37.480 --> 21:39.460 there is none other commandment greater than these. 21:39.740 --> 21:42.800 So it sounds to me like it's 51% love God 21:42.800 --> 21:45.640 and it's 49% love your neighbor 21:45.640 --> 21:48.020 or whatever percent you wanna put on that, 21:48.240 --> 21:50.060 but number one is loving God 21:50.640 --> 21:52.700 and number two is loving your neighbor. 21:54.280 --> 21:56.020 So if you're gonna screw one of these up, 21:56.080 --> 21:57.100 you certainly don't wanna screw up 21:57.100 --> 21:58.960 the one about loving God, right? 21:58.960 --> 22:00.780 And I'm not condoning not loving your neighbor 22:00.780 --> 22:02.040 because you're supposed to do both. 22:02.360 --> 22:04.600 They're both connected, you know? 22:04.720 --> 22:06.960 And if you say, oh, I love God 22:06.960 --> 22:08.680 and I hate my brother, you're a liar, right? 22:08.800 --> 22:10.640 The Bible says, he that loveeth God 22:10.640 --> 22:11.460 should love his brother also. 22:11.600 --> 22:13.280 Obviously they're connected, obviously they're entwined, 22:13.620 --> 22:15.720 but what we have today is a bunch of people 22:15.720 --> 22:17.900 who wanna completely ditch the first part 22:17.900 --> 22:19.460 and go straight to the second commandment and say, 22:19.700 --> 22:22.240 all that matters is just that we just love people 22:22.820 --> 22:24.320 and just follow basic morality. 22:24.620 --> 22:26.380 Well, no, there's a bigger commandment 22:26.900 --> 22:29.200 than loving people and following basic morality. 22:29.580 --> 22:30.840 You know what the biggest commandment is? 22:32.200 --> 22:33.000 Loving God. 22:34.080 --> 22:35.180 So how about this one? 22:35.280 --> 22:37.080 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 22:38.300 --> 22:39.580 Isn't that super important? 22:40.480 --> 22:42.220 Go if you would to Exodus chapter 20. 22:42.460 --> 22:44.340 Let's go take a look at it, Exodus chapter 20. 22:44.800 --> 22:46.100 This is the moral law of God. 22:46.200 --> 22:47.980 The moral law of God is not simply just 22:47.980 --> 22:50.900 thou shalt not steal, thou shalt not kill, 22:51.140 --> 22:52.180 thou shalt not commit adultery. 22:52.460 --> 22:53.720 No, the moral law of God is 22:53.720 --> 22:55.560 thou shalt have no other gods before me. 22:56.500 --> 22:57.380 That's step one. 22:57.980 --> 23:00.040 And you say, well, yeah, but the stealing, 23:00.480 --> 23:01.800 that's the most important part, really? 23:02.140 --> 23:03.340 Because Jesus didn't say, 23:03.780 --> 23:05.160 the first commandment is love your neighbor 23:05.160 --> 23:06.320 and the second is love God. 23:06.400 --> 23:06.900 Is that what he said? 23:07.740 --> 23:09.500 No, he said, the first commandment is love God 23:09.860 --> 23:11.360 and the second commandment is love your neighbor. 23:11.680 --> 23:13.360 And it's not a coincidence, there's 10 commandments 23:14.040 --> 23:17.260 and in Romans 13, the latter five 23:17.800 --> 23:19.480 are summed up as love your neighbor. 23:20.040 --> 23:22.040 To me, that would mean that the first five 23:22.540 --> 23:23.860 are summing up love God. 23:24.400 --> 23:26.520 So it's like you got five commandments for love God 23:26.520 --> 23:28.320 and five commandments for love your neighbor. 23:28.580 --> 23:30.160 That's how the 10 commandments break down. 23:31.180 --> 23:33.780 And so this is what the Bible is teaching 23:34.260 --> 23:36.000 that we need to first and foremost, 23:36.280 --> 23:39.540 love the Lord our God with all our heart, mind, soul 23:39.540 --> 23:40.120 and strength. 23:40.660 --> 23:43.920 Remember that famous interview where that guy interviewed me 23:44.400 --> 23:47.040 and he said, isn't the first commandment 23:47.040 --> 23:48.980 and the 10 commandments, isn't it thou shalt not kill? 23:50.060 --> 23:50.220 Right? 23:50.220 --> 23:51.240 He's a Jew. 23:52.060 --> 23:53.820 He doesn't even have to mess with the New Testament. 23:54.000 --> 23:55.360 He doesn't even have to think about the New Testament. 23:55.660 --> 23:57.140 It's like, bro, you had one job. 23:57.440 --> 23:59.420 You guys only think that the first five books 23:59.420 --> 24:00.980 of the Bible are even super holy. 24:01.320 --> 24:03.680 You had one job and you can't even figure out 24:03.680 --> 24:06.480 the most famous passage in the most famous part 24:06.480 --> 24:09.180 of the most famous, you know, part 24:09.180 --> 24:11.380 that you supposedly care about as a Jew. 24:11.740 --> 24:14.260 Isn't the first commandment, thou shalt not kill? 24:14.400 --> 24:15.740 I said, no, the first commandment is 24:15.740 --> 24:17.400 thou shalt have no other gods before me. 24:17.960 --> 24:23.200 Let me take you to Shula, Mr. Jewish Shlomo, 24:23.380 --> 24:27.820 whatever your name is, or not Shula, I'm speaking German. 24:28.100 --> 24:29.540 Shul, that's what they call it. 24:29.700 --> 24:32.540 In Yiddish it's shul, so I goofed up the joke 24:32.540 --> 24:34.640 just a little bit, but not much. 24:34.700 --> 24:36.500 Nobody cares, because most people here 24:36.500 --> 24:37.520 don't speak Yiddish anyway. 24:39.680 --> 24:43.260 But look at Exodus chapter 20 and it says in verse one, 24:43.380 --> 24:44.720 God spake all these words saying, 24:44.720 --> 24:46.960 I'm the Lord thy God, which have brought thee 24:46.960 --> 24:48.880 out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 24:49.180 --> 24:50.240 Commandment number one is, 24:50.760 --> 24:53.540 thou shalt have no other gods before me. 24:53.900 --> 24:55.480 So you say, oh, I'm gonna go to heaven 24:55.480 --> 24:56.420 because I'm a good person. 24:56.800 --> 24:59.200 Well, not if you're not worshiping the Lord Jesus Christ. 25:00.080 --> 25:02.020 Not if you don't believe that the Lord Jesus Christ 25:02.020 --> 25:02.820 is the son of God. 25:03.760 --> 25:05.360 If you're worshiping some other God, 25:05.600 --> 25:06.660 how are you a good person? 25:07.740 --> 25:09.060 And by the way, if you don't have the son, 25:09.160 --> 25:09.740 you don't have the father. 25:10.680 --> 25:12.260 So no, you're not a good person 25:12.260 --> 25:14.580 if you have a God other than the God of the Bible 25:14.580 --> 25:16.740 because step one in the moral law is, 25:16.840 --> 25:18.120 thou shalt have no other gods before me. 25:19.380 --> 25:21.260 Okay, let's continue to test 25:21.260 --> 25:23.220 whether people are good people or not. 25:23.820 --> 25:25.840 Verse four, thou shalt not make under the integraven image. 25:26.060 --> 25:27.940 Look, if somebody's doing idolatry, 25:28.280 --> 25:29.780 oh yeah, but they mean well, 25:29.900 --> 25:31.060 their heart's in the right place. 25:31.400 --> 25:34.020 Hey, thou shalt not make under the integraven image. 25:35.460 --> 25:36.340 It's idolatry. 25:36.720 --> 25:39.340 You bound down to statues, you're praying to statues, 25:39.840 --> 25:41.520 you're serving images and idols. 25:41.520 --> 25:44.060 That's idolatry and you're not right with God. 25:44.680 --> 25:46.460 The third commandment is this, 25:47.020 --> 25:48.700 thou shalt not take verse seven, 25:49.300 --> 25:51.540 the name of the Lord by God in vain, 25:51.900 --> 25:54.000 for the Lord will not hold him guilless 25:54.000 --> 25:55.240 that taketh his name in vain. 25:56.260 --> 25:57.980 And so taking God's name in vain, 25:58.360 --> 26:01.000 meaning that you are using God's name, 26:01.300 --> 26:03.280 naming the name of God flippantly 26:03.280 --> 26:05.140 and in a cavalier manner, 26:05.900 --> 26:07.740 just using it as a cuss word, 26:07.960 --> 26:09.100 using it as an expletive. 26:09.620 --> 26:11.140 You know, whenever you say the name of God, 26:11.140 --> 26:13.160 you should be talking to God or about God. 26:13.760 --> 26:15.720 You shouldn't be just throwing it out there 26:15.720 --> 26:18.140 as a, you know, like some kind of a valley girl, 26:18.380 --> 26:23.440 kind of, oh my God, you know, it's blasphemous, right? 26:23.540 --> 26:27.440 You need to not take the name of the Lord your God in vain. 26:28.080 --> 26:28.900 What does in vain mean? 26:29.420 --> 26:30.940 In vain means empty. 26:31.560 --> 26:33.280 It means there's no point. 26:33.760 --> 26:34.600 There's no reason. 26:34.780 --> 26:36.800 It's just you're just using the name of God 26:36.800 --> 26:37.820 and there's no purpose. 26:38.580 --> 26:39.320 You're just using it 26:39.320 --> 26:40.620 because you hit your thumb with a hammer. 26:41.200 --> 26:43.300 You're just using it as an expletive. 26:44.740 --> 26:46.500 And then the fourth commandment is this, 26:46.800 --> 26:48.900 remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. 26:49.380 --> 26:50.280 Now here's the thing about this 26:50.280 --> 26:51.480 is that in the New Testament, 26:51.560 --> 26:53.020 it is specifically spelled out 26:53.540 --> 26:55.380 that Jesus Christ is our Sabbath. 26:55.500 --> 26:57.560 The whole point of working six days 26:57.560 --> 26:59.680 and then resting on the seventh day 26:59.680 --> 27:02.880 was that he that has entered into his rest, 27:02.960 --> 27:06.480 meaning that we are trusting in Jesus Christ as our savior, 27:06.820 --> 27:08.780 we're resting in the finished work of Christ. 27:08.780 --> 27:11.900 We have ceased from our own works as God did from his. 27:12.300 --> 27:15.180 God worked for six days, he rests on the seventh day. 27:15.600 --> 27:17.960 We have to cease from our own works, 27:18.060 --> 27:19.760 trying to work our way into heaven 27:20.240 --> 27:25.300 and rest, trust, rely on the finished work of Jesus Christ. 27:25.480 --> 27:26.520 Salvation is rest. 27:27.060 --> 27:28.520 It's the exact opposite of work. 27:28.860 --> 27:29.620 What's the opposite of work? 27:29.960 --> 27:30.120 Rest. 27:30.920 --> 27:31.760 What's the opposite of work? 27:32.000 --> 27:33.080 Sabbath, okay? 27:33.400 --> 27:33.840 Well here's the thing, 27:33.960 --> 27:34.720 most people out there, 27:35.080 --> 27:37.760 are they trusting in that Sabbath to get them to heaven? 27:37.760 --> 27:40.060 That rest of resting in Jesus 27:40.060 --> 27:41.560 and ceasing from their own works 27:41.560 --> 27:43.900 and trusting the finished work of Christ? 27:44.240 --> 27:45.280 No, they're trusting in works. 27:45.480 --> 27:46.940 We're trusting in rest. 27:47.440 --> 27:49.900 We are resting in his promise. 27:50.200 --> 27:52.000 We are trusting in the finished work of Christ. 27:52.880 --> 27:54.260 That is what gets us to heaven. 27:54.620 --> 27:57.540 So with respect to our salvation, the work is done. 27:58.040 --> 27:59.600 We're just resting in the finished work. 27:59.700 --> 28:01.640 Now obviously physically, literally on this earth, 28:01.960 --> 28:04.140 we're working to serve him as his servants, 28:04.440 --> 28:05.620 but when it comes to salvation, 28:06.140 --> 28:08.360 it's just, we just relax and kick back 28:08.360 --> 28:10.500 and say I'm going to heaven because Jesus paid it all. 28:11.260 --> 28:12.220 And that is spelled out. 28:12.280 --> 28:13.380 I don't have time to preach that, 28:13.440 --> 28:14.680 but it's in Hebrews chapter four. 28:14.980 --> 28:15.860 Go read it on your own. 28:16.040 --> 28:17.360 And if you read Hebrews chapter four 28:17.360 --> 28:19.320 and you still think that salvation is by works 28:19.320 --> 28:21.780 and you still wanna just think 28:21.780 --> 28:23.520 that you gotta take every Saturday off and whatever, 28:23.720 --> 28:25.040 well maybe you're just not even saved then. 28:25.240 --> 28:27.140 So sorry that you can't understand the Bible. 28:27.460 --> 28:29.200 But that's what Hebrews four spells out. 28:29.560 --> 28:30.940 I don't have time to develop it. 28:31.360 --> 28:32.260 But here's the thing, 28:32.440 --> 28:34.160 is that the Bible says in the New Testament, 28:34.620 --> 28:36.300 the priesthood being changed, 28:36.540 --> 28:39.600 there's made of necessity a change also of the law. 28:40.720 --> 28:42.780 The Bible does not say throw out the law. 28:43.480 --> 28:44.580 The law doesn't matter. 28:44.980 --> 28:45.720 Ignore the law. 28:45.800 --> 28:47.940 No, what the Bible says is the law of the Lord's perfect. 28:48.280 --> 28:49.940 And the Bible says all scripture, 28:50.320 --> 28:53.320 including Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, 28:53.720 --> 28:55.800 all scripture is given by inspiration of God 28:55.800 --> 28:59.440 and is profitable, is profitable for doctrine, 28:59.760 --> 29:01.460 for reproof, for correction, 29:01.460 --> 29:04.860 for instruction in righteousness. 29:05.220 --> 29:07.560 In the New Testament, old Testament scripture 29:07.560 --> 29:09.760 is for instruction in righteousness. 29:10.220 --> 29:13.020 How do I know how to live right by following the Bible? 29:13.760 --> 29:15.600 And I can read Old Testament, read New Testament. 29:15.800 --> 29:18.780 Now, the Bible says the priesthood being changed, 29:18.880 --> 29:20.800 there's made of necessity a change also of the law. 29:21.140 --> 29:22.820 So there's no more Levitical priesthood. 29:22.980 --> 29:24.320 There's no more animal sacrifices. 29:24.920 --> 29:27.420 And the Bible spells out the meats, 29:28.100 --> 29:30.120 the drinks, the carnal washings, 29:30.120 --> 29:30.960 the diverse ordinances. 29:31.460 --> 29:33.300 Those are not New Testament practices. 29:33.980 --> 29:35.600 And he even spells out, he says, 29:35.720 --> 29:38.440 look, the Sabbath days, the holidays, 29:39.460 --> 29:41.520 the feasts, that stuff is done away in Christ. 29:42.020 --> 29:44.080 But we're not gonna throw out the entire law, 29:44.440 --> 29:46.700 all we're doing is we are basically saying, 29:46.780 --> 29:49.140 okay, the moral law still stands. 29:49.840 --> 29:51.380 The moral law still stands. 29:51.840 --> 29:54.120 What has been changed is the ceremonial law 29:54.620 --> 29:57.700 as far as the tabernacle, the Ark of the Covenant, 29:58.320 --> 29:59.500 and animal sacrifices. 29:59.500 --> 30:01.840 Those things are no longer enforced in the New Testament. 30:02.040 --> 30:05.320 And the Sabbath, according to Colossians chapter two 30:05.320 --> 30:07.700 and Hebrews chapter four and Romans 14, 30:08.120 --> 30:09.020 falls under that. 30:09.840 --> 30:11.620 And so here's the thing. 30:12.240 --> 30:13.520 When you're looking at this commandment, 30:13.740 --> 30:15.500 remember the Sabbath to keep it holy. 30:16.080 --> 30:17.820 You know how I would apply that 30:17.820 --> 30:19.720 as a New Testament Christian in 2006? 30:20.100 --> 30:23.100 I'd say, hey, remember salvation is not by works at all. 30:24.140 --> 30:26.440 It's all rest in the finished work of Christ. 30:26.720 --> 30:28.980 So therefore it becomes the most important 30:28.980 --> 30:29.720 of the Ten Commandments. 30:30.480 --> 30:33.080 It's the critical one because if you're not trusting 30:33.080 --> 30:35.860 in that rest, if you've not entered into that rest, 30:36.080 --> 30:37.740 and the Bible says in Hebrews three, 30:38.040 --> 30:40.420 they didn't enter into the rest because of their unbelief. 30:41.060 --> 30:43.320 But it says, we, which have believed, 30:43.820 --> 30:45.400 do enter into rest. 30:46.740 --> 30:48.180 Boy, if you screw this up, 30:48.980 --> 30:50.560 I don't care what you do with the other nine. 30:51.000 --> 30:53.460 If you screw up entering into Christ's rest, 30:53.700 --> 30:54.540 you're going to hell, buddy. 30:55.440 --> 30:57.420 Because you gotta believe in Jesus Christ 30:57.420 --> 30:59.560 and you gotta rest in his finish. 30:59.740 --> 31:00.600 That's how you get to heaven. 31:01.220 --> 31:02.660 That's the most critical of all. 31:03.320 --> 31:04.100 And so here's the thing. 31:04.180 --> 31:06.660 I'm supposed to love the Lord my God with all my heart. 31:06.700 --> 31:08.800 That means I've no other gods before him. 31:09.040 --> 31:10.380 I'm not going to make a graven image 31:10.380 --> 31:11.740 and serve it or anything like that. 31:11.980 --> 31:13.600 I'm not going to take God's name in vain. 31:13.880 --> 31:16.220 I'm not going to try to take credit for my salvation 31:16.720 --> 31:18.400 and try to work my way to heaven 31:18.400 --> 31:20.640 and try to get to heaven on filthy rags. 31:22.100 --> 31:23.780 And then the fifth commandment is of course, 31:24.380 --> 31:25.920 honor thy father and thy mother 31:26.380 --> 31:28.200 that thy days may be long upon the land 31:28.200 --> 31:29.240 which the Lord thy God giveth thee. 31:29.340 --> 31:30.980 And you know, this would seem like 31:30.980 --> 31:33.000 it would go better with the second half 31:33.000 --> 31:34.420 so that maybe you could say, okay, 31:34.500 --> 31:35.980 the first four are about God 31:36.440 --> 31:38.480 and the next six are about your fellow man. 31:38.760 --> 31:40.960 But I think that there could be a pretty strong case 31:40.960 --> 31:43.260 made though, since God is our father, 31:43.380 --> 31:46.820 which is in heaven, that honoring your father 31:46.820 --> 31:50.180 and your mother is pretty much on earth 31:51.040 --> 31:52.380 the analog of that. 31:52.580 --> 31:53.640 And here's the thing about that, 31:53.640 --> 31:55.940 is that before you know who God is, 31:56.040 --> 31:57.020 you know who your mom and dad are. 31:57.740 --> 31:59.180 Who did you meet first? 31:59.940 --> 32:01.300 God or dad? 32:02.880 --> 32:03.320 Right? 32:03.980 --> 32:06.920 You met dad first and you learned to honor dad, 32:07.340 --> 32:08.980 you know, and then you earned honor. 32:09.120 --> 32:09.540 And you know what? 32:09.740 --> 32:12.140 The same people who hate their father and mother 32:12.140 --> 32:14.800 hate God as well, right? 32:14.980 --> 32:16.940 And if you're disobedient to your father and mother, 32:17.140 --> 32:18.120 you're disobeying God. 32:18.480 --> 32:21.440 Because God is the one who ordained parental authority 32:21.440 --> 32:24.120 and when you see people scoffing at 32:24.120 --> 32:26.500 and rebelling against and defying parents, 32:26.860 --> 32:27.300 you know what? 32:27.420 --> 32:29.260 They're the same people that are gonna go defy God. 32:29.420 --> 32:29.980 Oh, not me. 32:30.160 --> 32:32.540 No, it's just my parents are such a drag, man. 32:32.640 --> 32:33.660 They're just always on my case. 32:34.000 --> 32:35.460 You know why your parents are always on your case? 32:35.560 --> 32:36.820 Because you're being an idiot, that's why. 32:37.520 --> 32:39.060 Your parents are always on your case 32:39.060 --> 32:42.060 because you're not obeying, right? 32:42.860 --> 32:45.240 And you say, well, yeah, but you know, 32:45.340 --> 32:48.880 they just, it's a generation gap, man. 32:49.640 --> 32:52.580 And they just, you know, and in the words of Brother Hiles, 32:52.780 --> 32:55.980 the generation gap is bridged with the razor strap. 32:56.560 --> 32:57.960 That's what Brother Hiles said. 32:58.560 --> 33:01.000 Now, modern fundamental Baptist don't believe that. 33:01.340 --> 33:05.020 He said, you cure the generation gap with the razor strap. 33:05.120 --> 33:06.100 That's what Brother Hiles said. 33:06.600 --> 33:09.180 And you know, I think that he also has the spirit of God. 33:11.220 --> 33:13.520 But today we have this attitude of like, 33:13.740 --> 33:17.060 well, I will honor my father and mother 33:17.060 --> 33:19.740 if they are worthy to be honored. 33:20.200 --> 33:20.880 And you know what that is? 33:20.980 --> 33:22.400 That's you doing what's right in your own eyes, 33:22.600 --> 33:23.080 what that is. 33:24.060 --> 33:26.920 It's you deciding whether your parents are worthy to be honored. 33:26.920 --> 33:28.800 I don't know, God just told you just to do it, right? 33:29.100 --> 33:30.780 I guess you also sit around and decide 33:30.780 --> 33:33.200 which people to kill, which people you can kill, 33:33.340 --> 33:34.780 and not go, I mean, I could say the same thing. 33:34.940 --> 33:36.740 I could say, well, the Bible says that's not killed, 33:36.920 --> 33:42.480 but you know, this guy, you know, 33:42.600 --> 33:44.180 I could just, or, well, the Bible says 33:44.180 --> 33:46.600 not to commit adultery, but you know, 33:47.100 --> 33:49.020 see we need some moral absolutes, don't we? 33:49.220 --> 33:52.860 We need some absolutes like just don't dishonor your parents. 33:53.520 --> 33:56.200 Just don't steal, don't kill. 33:56.800 --> 33:59.900 Well, and people come at you with some wild scenario 33:59.900 --> 34:02.800 where they think abortion's okay, right? 34:03.140 --> 34:04.720 Well, what about this situation? 34:05.100 --> 34:07.240 And they'll paint some picture for you 34:07.240 --> 34:09.140 of some horrible situation. 34:09.420 --> 34:10.500 But you know what, there are certain lines 34:10.500 --> 34:11.560 that we just shouldn't cross, right? 34:11.640 --> 34:12.620 You just don't murder. 34:13.420 --> 34:15.080 Don't commit murder, you know, it's like, 34:15.200 --> 34:17.260 well, what about this situation? 34:17.360 --> 34:18.780 Can I murder my baby in this situation? 34:19.280 --> 34:19.620 No. 34:20.420 --> 34:21.840 Can I commit adultery in this situation? 34:22.300 --> 34:22.700 No. 34:23.360 --> 34:25.460 Just get some moral absolutes. 34:25.640 --> 34:26.500 Don't bear false witness. 34:28.160 --> 34:28.920 Don't covet. 34:29.440 --> 34:30.380 Don't commit adultery. 34:31.100 --> 34:31.780 Don't murder. 34:32.360 --> 34:33.460 Don't dishonor your parents. 34:34.080 --> 34:36.100 Get some moral absolutes and you say, 34:36.120 --> 34:37.680 no, I know what's right. 34:37.760 --> 34:38.360 No, you don't. 34:38.440 --> 34:40.520 The counsel of the Lord is what's gonna stand forever. 34:40.520 --> 34:43.560 And we need to follow the Bible. 34:45.000 --> 34:47.120 And that is what determines what is right and wrong, 34:47.360 --> 34:49.260 not your prerogative. 34:50.300 --> 34:52.220 And so if you would flip over to, 34:53.300 --> 34:55.040 well, let's have you jump over to, 34:58.400 --> 35:00.200 let's go to Proverbs 16. 35:00.680 --> 35:02.640 Proverbs 16, I'm gonna read for you some stuff 35:02.640 --> 35:03.420 while we're getting there. 35:05.960 --> 35:07.660 But you know, the Bible says 35:08.180 --> 35:10.200 in Malachi chapter three, verse six, 35:10.200 --> 35:12.740 it says, for I'm the Lord, I change not. 35:14.180 --> 35:15.940 Therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed. 35:16.120 --> 35:17.840 That's why the counsel of the Lord just stands forever. 35:18.840 --> 35:19.620 You know, he doesn't change. 35:19.740 --> 35:20.420 The world changes. 35:20.860 --> 35:22.680 He doesn't, the Bible says in Hebrews 13, 35:22.820 --> 35:25.380 8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday 35:25.960 --> 35:28.160 and today and forever. 35:29.020 --> 35:32.140 Psalm 119, verse 89, forever, O Lord, 35:32.260 --> 35:33.520 thy word is settled in heaven. 35:34.180 --> 35:34.480 Right? 35:34.620 --> 35:36.680 I mean, it's there, it's settled. 35:36.840 --> 35:37.580 It doesn't change. 35:38.380 --> 35:40.180 We have the original up there 35:40.180 --> 35:43.720 and God has made sure that on this earth, 35:43.940 --> 35:45.140 heaven and earth may pass away, 35:45.260 --> 35:47.580 but God's word will not pass away. 35:48.320 --> 35:49.440 He said, verily I say unto you, 35:49.600 --> 35:50.400 till heaven and earth pass, 35:50.880 --> 35:53.660 one jot or one tittle shall know why it's passed 35:53.660 --> 35:55.200 from the law till all be fulfilled. 35:55.640 --> 35:57.000 Whosoever therefore shall break 35:57.000 --> 35:58.020 one of these least commandments 35:58.020 --> 36:00.100 and shall teach men, so the same shall be called, 36:00.660 --> 36:02.820 excuse me, let me make sure I get this right. 36:03.300 --> 36:05.580 Whosoever shall break one of these least commandments 36:05.580 --> 36:06.760 and shall teach men, 36:06.760 --> 36:08.460 so the same shall be called the least 36:08.460 --> 36:09.220 in the kingdom of heaven, 36:09.380 --> 36:11.360 but whosoever shall do and teach them 36:11.360 --> 36:12.980 the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. 36:13.460 --> 36:15.020 And you know, one interesting thing about that 36:15.020 --> 36:18.260 is that even if you break commandments 36:18.260 --> 36:20.100 and even if you teach people to break commandments, 36:20.420 --> 36:21.860 you can still go to heaven potentially. 36:23.380 --> 36:25.160 How does that work with workspace salvation? 36:26.100 --> 36:27.540 He says you could break commandments, 36:27.880 --> 36:29.200 you can teach people to break commandments, 36:29.680 --> 36:30.600 you'll go to heaven, 36:30.680 --> 36:32.640 but you'll be called the least in the kingdom of heaven, 36:32.900 --> 36:34.520 meaning you're gonna be sweeping the floor, 36:34.660 --> 36:35.840 you're not gonna be ruling and reigning, 36:35.840 --> 36:38.860 you're gonna be cleaning the toilets, okay? 36:39.800 --> 36:42.220 But hey, I would love to clean toilets for all eternity 36:42.220 --> 36:42.900 if it's in heaven. 36:43.880 --> 36:44.280 Amen? 36:45.360 --> 36:45.800 Let's do it. 36:45.800 --> 36:48.000 I'd rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God 36:48.000 --> 36:49.600 than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. 36:50.320 --> 36:51.520 I'd rather have the most, 36:51.820 --> 36:53.240 I'd rather be the bottom run guy, 36:53.540 --> 36:55.640 I'd rather just show up and God be like, 36:55.720 --> 36:57.820 man, you are the most screwed up person 36:57.820 --> 36:59.160 that has ever gotten into heaven 36:59.660 --> 37:02.420 and it's amazing that I'm even letting you in. 37:02.680 --> 37:04.940 You are the ultimate testament to my grace. 37:04.940 --> 37:05.860 Come on in, son. 37:06.440 --> 37:08.160 I'd rather be that any day of the week 37:08.640 --> 37:09.900 than to go to the other place, amen? 37:11.360 --> 37:12.820 I'll just be like, great, hey, 37:13.160 --> 37:14.880 I miss this as good as a mile, you know? 37:15.380 --> 37:15.880 Made it. 37:17.740 --> 37:18.960 Obviously I'm being a little silly, 37:19.120 --> 37:20.360 obviously I wanna please God, 37:20.620 --> 37:22.520 I wanna earn rewards, I wanna do right, 37:22.880 --> 37:24.760 but I'm saying, man, there's a big difference 37:24.760 --> 37:26.140 between heaven and hell. 37:26.740 --> 37:27.960 So a real big difference. 37:29.300 --> 37:30.100 But you know what? 37:30.200 --> 37:31.340 The one who's gonna be called great 37:31.340 --> 37:32.120 in the kingdom of heaven 37:32.120 --> 37:33.440 is not gonna be some guy 37:33.440 --> 37:35.140 who's teaching a bunch of permissive living 37:35.140 --> 37:38.380 and hey, just whatever the Holy Spirit tells you 37:38.380 --> 37:41.060 and ignore the Bible, just go with your gut, 37:41.460 --> 37:43.600 follow your nose like toucan Sam 37:44.020 --> 37:45.520 and you know, it's all gonna be great. 37:46.640 --> 37:46.940 Nope. 37:48.320 --> 37:49.900 And you know this whole thing of like, 37:50.240 --> 37:52.120 oh man, why would you bring up the law, man? 37:52.260 --> 37:53.200 Why are you bringing up the Old Testament? 37:53.740 --> 37:55.400 Well then, okay, well then nobody can tell you 37:55.400 --> 37:56.840 to love God then, cause that's Old Testament. 37:57.720 --> 37:58.020 Right? 37:59.320 --> 38:01.060 Whoa, love the Lord by God, 38:01.060 --> 38:03.100 that's the greatest commandment in the law. 38:04.880 --> 38:06.420 Greatest commandment in the law. 38:06.680 --> 38:08.400 What part of law don't you understand? 38:08.900 --> 38:10.820 We're free in Christ, I don't have to love God. 38:11.000 --> 38:12.100 What are you talking, love my neighbor? 38:12.300 --> 38:14.280 What the heck, that's the greatest commandment in the law. 38:15.120 --> 38:16.340 I'm free in Christ. 38:17.260 --> 38:19.700 I just follow my nose, it always knows, you know? 38:21.960 --> 38:23.100 See how stupid that is? 38:23.580 --> 38:25.560 It's dumb, no, no, the Old Testament 38:25.560 --> 38:27.540 is profitable for instruction and righteousness. 38:28.140 --> 38:30.780 It doesn't mean that we're following the law 38:30.780 --> 38:33.460 as like we're under the law, we're living in Israel, 38:34.020 --> 38:35.960 following these exact to the letter, no, no, no. 38:36.200 --> 38:37.640 But it teaches us how to live right 38:38.160 --> 38:38.900 and guess what? 38:39.080 --> 38:41.040 The definition of sin is transgression of the law. 38:41.700 --> 38:43.080 Sin, this is a New Testament definition. 38:43.880 --> 38:45.960 Sin is the transgression of the law. 38:46.160 --> 38:48.900 So how do I even know what sin is? 38:49.000 --> 38:51.000 Well, the Bible said, don't covet if I do what I'm sinning. 38:51.960 --> 38:53.240 If I murder, I'm sinning. 38:53.480 --> 38:54.500 If I steal, I'm sinning. 38:54.760 --> 38:56.040 If I bear false witness, I'm sinning. 38:56.100 --> 38:57.600 If I dishonor mom and dad, I'm sinning. 38:58.180 --> 38:59.140 That's what the Bible says. 39:01.320 --> 39:03.580 The grass withereth, the flower faded, 39:03.740 --> 39:05.360 but the word of our God shall stand forever. 39:06.820 --> 39:09.540 Psalm 119, 142, thy righteousness 39:09.540 --> 39:11.200 is an everlasting righteousness, 39:11.780 --> 39:14.000 and thy law is the truth. 39:14.960 --> 39:19.920 Psalm 119, verse 160, thy word is true from the beginning 39:19.920 --> 39:22.840 and every one of thy righteous judgments endure forever. 39:24.560 --> 39:27.160 And so Exodus 20, one through 17, 39:27.780 --> 39:28.800 we have the Ten Commandments, 39:28.800 --> 39:32.300 which is the Cliffs Notes version of God's moral law, 39:32.540 --> 39:35.120 and you got people today violating the Ten Commandments 39:35.120 --> 39:37.060 and thinking that they're right with God and they're not. 39:37.860 --> 39:38.220 Why? 39:38.300 --> 39:39.660 Because they're just doing what's right in their own eyes. 39:40.400 --> 39:41.680 Oh, but I prayed about it, brother. 39:42.220 --> 39:42.720 I prayed about it. 39:42.880 --> 39:45.820 You do not have to pray about what God explicitly tells you. 39:45.920 --> 39:47.440 I don't have to pray, should I murder? 39:48.980 --> 39:50.860 I mean, can you imagine me just getting 39:50.860 --> 39:52.380 on my knees every night and saying like, 39:52.760 --> 39:58.280 oh God, I'm contemplating murder, adultery, stealing. 39:58.280 --> 39:59.960 Can you give me peace about it, God? 40:00.780 --> 40:01.800 It'd be stupid, right? 40:02.260 --> 40:02.720 Well, guess what? 40:02.820 --> 40:04.160 It's stupid with all the other sins 40:04.160 --> 40:05.200 that you plug in there, too. 40:05.860 --> 40:08.440 Because people would never do that about stealing or murder, 40:08.660 --> 40:11.520 but they'll pick other sins and they'll plug it in 40:11.520 --> 40:13.160 and then they will pray about, 40:13.360 --> 40:15.900 I'm praying about whether to dishonor my father or mother. 40:16.160 --> 40:19.240 I'm praying about whether to divorce my wife. 40:19.400 --> 40:23.360 I'm praying about whether to do whatever. 40:23.960 --> 40:24.460 See what I'm saying? 40:24.460 --> 40:26.920 It's like, no man, you need to just do 40:26.920 --> 40:28.260 what the Bible says to do. 40:29.400 --> 40:30.980 And look, I'm 100% for prayer, 40:31.560 --> 40:33.260 but there are times when God told people, 40:33.580 --> 40:34.740 get off your face and quit praying 40:34.740 --> 40:36.640 because you need to just go fix the problem. 40:37.540 --> 40:39.040 Joshua is on his face praying 40:39.040 --> 40:40.580 and he says, get off your face 40:40.580 --> 40:42.480 and get rid of the accursed thing. 40:42.560 --> 40:43.580 That's why you're not being blessed 40:43.580 --> 40:45.280 because you're not obeying the word of God. 40:47.740 --> 40:49.280 Did I have to turn to Proverbs 16? 40:49.840 --> 40:51.880 Look at verse 25, it says there is a way 40:52.320 --> 40:54.720 that seemeth right unto a man, 40:55.040 --> 40:57.640 but the end thereof are the ways of death. 40:58.440 --> 41:02.100 There are a lot of things in this world that seem right. 41:03.220 --> 41:06.660 Do you really trust yourself to always be the one 41:06.660 --> 41:07.460 to make the judgment? 41:08.320 --> 41:09.540 This just feels right. 41:09.840 --> 41:11.800 Some people will say, yeah, I know Pastor Anderson 41:11.800 --> 41:13.820 is preaching the Bible, but it just don't feel right. 41:14.240 --> 41:14.860 Doesn't seem right. 41:15.600 --> 41:16.220 Well, you know what? 41:16.440 --> 41:17.620 Have you read the Bible cover to cover? 41:17.780 --> 41:19.160 Because maybe that's why I don't feel right. 41:19.940 --> 41:21.620 Because your feeler is broken. 41:22.800 --> 41:26.260 Okay, and it's like, oh, it just doesn't seem right. 41:26.620 --> 41:28.180 Okay, go read the Bible 10 times 41:28.180 --> 41:29.100 and then you're gonna come back 41:29.100 --> 41:30.200 and tell me if it feels right. 41:32.840 --> 41:34.240 But this is what people say, right? 41:34.440 --> 41:37.060 And then you flip it over and it'll be like, 41:37.180 --> 41:39.040 oh, I don't know, this just feels so right. 41:39.140 --> 41:40.140 This just seems so right. 41:40.260 --> 41:41.020 It'll be some sin. 41:41.940 --> 41:43.900 It'll be something blatantly against God's word. 41:44.140 --> 41:46.260 Just honor just feels right to me, just seems right. 41:46.940 --> 41:48.680 Well, there is a way that seems right 41:48.680 --> 41:49.260 unto a man. 41:49.860 --> 41:51.500 People in this world, they're not going out 41:51.500 --> 41:53.200 and just doing stuff that seems wrong. 41:53.320 --> 41:54.460 They're doing stuff that seems right. 41:56.180 --> 41:59.680 I would say the vast majority of America in 2026 42:00.220 --> 42:01.920 does what they think is right. 42:03.040 --> 42:05.060 They do stuff that seems right, feels right. 42:05.120 --> 42:07.580 But the problem is, the vast majority of our country 42:07.580 --> 42:10.300 is in severe disobedience to God. 42:11.640 --> 42:13.420 I mean, look, this is what the young man 42:13.420 --> 42:14.640 is gonna tell you, young lady, 42:15.000 --> 42:17.060 as he seeks to fornicate with you. 42:18.680 --> 42:21.040 Hey, stop me at any time if this doesn't feel right. 42:21.800 --> 42:23.360 Hey, this should feel right. 42:24.640 --> 42:27.460 Folks, no, it's called flea fornication. 42:28.160 --> 42:29.960 It's called this is the will of God, 42:30.340 --> 42:31.380 even your sanctification, 42:31.680 --> 42:33.040 that you should abstain from fornication. 42:33.120 --> 42:35.600 Not like, well, stop me if it doesn't feel right. 42:36.560 --> 42:38.640 Just cause it feels right or it doesn't feel right. 42:38.840 --> 42:39.900 No, how about is right? 42:40.440 --> 42:41.280 According to the Bible. 42:41.920 --> 42:43.240 Not right according to the Bible. 42:43.380 --> 42:44.180 That's what matters. 42:45.820 --> 42:48.780 All kinds of skeevy guys out there seeking 42:50.040 --> 42:53.800 to deflower good, godly, Christian girls. 42:54.060 --> 42:56.460 They're out to devour them and deflower them. 42:56.740 --> 42:58.920 And also there are the girls that are out there, 42:59.000 --> 43:00.900 the sleazy, strange women of this world 43:00.900 --> 43:04.080 that are out there to corrupt good, godly young men. 43:05.560 --> 43:08.220 And oh, but it just seemed so right. 43:08.980 --> 43:10.200 It just felt so right. 43:10.320 --> 43:12.900 No, my friend, what saith the Lord. 43:14.000 --> 43:16.800 This is the love of God that we keep his commandments 43:16.800 --> 43:18.240 and his commandments are not grievous. 43:18.360 --> 43:19.320 That's what the Bible says. 43:21.320 --> 43:23.340 Now go through it to Romans chapter three. 43:23.480 --> 43:25.620 Romans chapter three, I'm almost done. 43:25.780 --> 43:26.620 Romans chapter three. 43:30.540 --> 43:32.820 Man, I mixed up the hour hand and the minute hand 43:32.820 --> 43:34.120 kind of freaked out for a second. 43:34.300 --> 43:36.900 I was like, I know I haven't been preaching that long. 43:38.060 --> 43:39.080 I'm almost done. 43:39.960 --> 43:41.860 And you know, by the way, I encourage you, 43:41.860 --> 43:43.300 if you get a chance, you know, 43:43.340 --> 43:44.780 listen to some of the sermons that I've preached 43:44.780 --> 43:46.980 over the past few days and the past couple weeks 43:46.980 --> 43:48.600 that I preached in other places. 43:49.540 --> 43:53.320 Okay, you know, you missed me this morning, 43:53.480 --> 43:55.440 but obviously you had a great sermon from Brother Sigura. 43:55.820 --> 43:56.380 But guess what? 43:56.500 --> 43:58.040 I preached three sermons elsewhere 43:58.040 --> 43:59.360 in the last week and a half. 43:59.580 --> 44:01.180 And I would love for you to go listen to those sermons 44:01.180 --> 44:03.560 because I did a sermon called Railing Defined. 44:04.000 --> 44:05.040 And you know what's interesting is 44:05.040 --> 44:07.640 when we look at what the Bible teaches about railing 44:07.640 --> 44:08.800 and when you listen to that sermon 44:08.800 --> 44:11.040 where I'm preaching all that Bible about railing, 44:11.040 --> 44:12.640 you know what you'll find is that you end up 44:12.640 --> 44:15.780 with a really clear, concrete definition of railing 44:15.780 --> 44:16.900 that can actually be enforced. 44:18.320 --> 44:21.560 But what happens is this other foolish definition 44:21.560 --> 44:23.360 of railing that I preach against in that sermon, 44:23.460 --> 44:25.620 this is kind of a little infomercial for that sermon, 44:26.640 --> 44:29.220 railing defined, that I preached at Sher Foundation, 44:29.620 --> 44:31.180 Baptist Church in Vancouver, Washington. 44:31.800 --> 44:33.240 And in that sermon, you know, 44:33.280 --> 44:35.120 I'm talking about how these people are just saying, 44:35.380 --> 44:37.660 oh no, no, railing is just when you're really 44:37.660 --> 44:39.620 like harshly rebuking someone 44:39.620 --> 44:42.200 or you're mocking them or scolding them in a mean way. 44:42.660 --> 44:44.140 You know, then it just becomes totally subjective. 44:44.980 --> 44:47.180 So whenever it's them and their friends doing it, 44:47.220 --> 44:48.000 it's not railing. 44:48.380 --> 44:50.560 Whenever it's people that they don't like, it's railing. 44:50.680 --> 44:51.420 That's their definition. 44:51.660 --> 44:52.780 That's how they do business. 44:53.280 --> 44:56.400 So and here's, it goes perfectly with this whole like, 44:56.760 --> 44:58.980 oh, the Holy Spirit hasn't told me, blah, blah, blah. 44:59.320 --> 45:01.900 Because what happens is they will bear false witness 45:01.900 --> 45:03.120 but they'll be nice about it. 45:03.720 --> 45:05.520 Super nice when they bear false witness. 45:05.920 --> 45:09.160 Just super nice, just kind of just sliding the knife 45:09.160 --> 45:12.040 into you like, oh, you're gonna feel a little prick? 45:12.840 --> 45:14.520 You know, it's like, it's like going to the doctor 45:14.520 --> 45:15.280 or something, right? 45:15.400 --> 45:17.400 Like, okay, there's gonna be just a little prick. 45:17.880 --> 45:20.820 You know, as they just smite you under the fifth rib. 45:22.820 --> 45:26.100 As they're doing evil, but they're nice about it. 45:26.280 --> 45:26.980 They're so nice. 45:27.160 --> 45:28.280 And they will literally get up and say, 45:28.660 --> 45:31.420 oh, I love you as they bear false witness, 45:32.020 --> 45:33.480 as they dishonor father and mother, 45:33.740 --> 45:36.340 as they cheat, steal, commit adultery, murder, 45:36.420 --> 45:38.420 whatever, oh, I love you so much. 45:38.420 --> 45:39.580 But here's the thing. 45:40.220 --> 45:42.320 Then they'll get on somebody who's doing right 45:42.320 --> 45:45.080 and speaking truth and preaching the word of God 45:45.080 --> 45:47.740 and say, oh, you're really, even though it's true. 45:48.100 --> 45:50.000 And of course, I totally destroyed that in that sermon. 45:50.300 --> 45:51.440 But here's the thing about that. 45:51.580 --> 45:52.900 I love what Brother Hiles said again. 45:53.260 --> 45:57.100 He said, I'd rather do right wrongly than wrong rightly. 45:57.840 --> 45:59.840 You know, you got a bunch of people who wanna do wrong 45:59.840 --> 46:00.800 but they'll do it right. 46:02.000 --> 46:04.960 They do wrong rightly, meaning that they're so nice 46:04.960 --> 46:09.320 and kind and friendly as they do evil and hurt people, right? 46:09.780 --> 46:11.700 But then you got people that are actually doing 46:11.700 --> 46:13.840 the right thing, but it's like, oh, but you're so mean. 46:14.420 --> 46:16.040 Now, obviously we wanna do right rightly, 46:16.300 --> 46:18.220 but if I had to choose, I'll do right wrongly 46:18.220 --> 46:19.260 before doing wrong rightly. 46:20.420 --> 46:22.200 I'd rather stay married wrongly 46:22.200 --> 46:23.420 than to get divorced rightly. 46:26.880 --> 46:29.320 I'd rather be a virgin when I'm married, 46:29.880 --> 46:31.540 but you know, on the day that I get married, 46:31.800 --> 46:34.340 I'd rather be a virgin wrongly, right? 46:34.340 --> 46:37.160 Maybe some guy touches you or something 46:37.160 --> 46:38.840 and you punch him in the face or something, you know? 46:38.920 --> 46:40.400 It's like, hey, maybe you shouldn't have 46:40.400 --> 46:41.080 punched him in the face. 46:41.200 --> 46:42.000 Yeah, but you know what? 46:42.200 --> 46:42.740 You did right. 46:43.640 --> 46:45.440 Whether you did it wrongly, you did right. 46:47.640 --> 46:49.780 Versus just, oh, I was too nice to say no 46:49.780 --> 46:53.060 and oh, you know, one thing led to another or whatever. 46:53.540 --> 46:55.100 No, man, you got to flee fornication. 46:56.160 --> 46:56.840 Do right. 46:58.440 --> 47:00.080 We need some moral absolutes. 47:00.500 --> 47:03.000 We need some lines that we don't cross in our lives. 47:03.680 --> 47:05.520 We need some rules that we follow. 47:06.620 --> 47:09.740 Major sin needs to be eschewed 47:10.340 --> 47:12.680 and not made excuses for it and whatever. 47:14.240 --> 47:16.660 But then you get this attitude of just, 47:16.700 --> 47:18.880 well, you just be nice and be kind 47:18.880 --> 47:21.500 and as long as you're positive and friendly and nice, 47:21.860 --> 47:24.340 that's what the world defines as good. 47:25.220 --> 47:27.340 And then evil to them is like Star Wars, 47:27.540 --> 47:31.680 the dark side, fear, anger, hatred. 47:32.320 --> 47:34.220 This is the path to the dark side 47:34.220 --> 47:36.440 when in reality, like the fear of the Lord 47:36.440 --> 47:37.820 is you're on the right path. 47:38.320 --> 47:43.280 Like that's step one, fear of the Lord, right? 47:43.620 --> 47:44.720 Hey, and you know what the Bible says? 47:44.840 --> 47:46.100 The fear of the Lord is to hate evil. 47:46.980 --> 47:50.300 We've already lost Yoda in the dust at that point. 47:51.180 --> 47:53.160 When it said the fear of the Lord is to hate, 47:53.240 --> 47:54.900 he's like, his little ears are like, 47:55.540 --> 47:59.080 fear of the Lord is to hate evil, right? 48:00.540 --> 48:03.160 What about when the spirit of the Lord came upon Saul 48:03.640 --> 48:06.120 and it says that he was filled with wrath? 48:07.400 --> 48:10.420 While he's spirit filled and he chops up 48:10.920 --> 48:13.440 a couple of innocent oxen. 48:15.040 --> 48:17.320 He just chops up a couple oxen 48:17.320 --> 48:18.480 and just mails them out everywhere. 48:18.860 --> 48:21.640 Just takes a bunch of bloody pieces of oxen 48:21.640 --> 48:23.300 to the post office and mails them out, right? 48:24.720 --> 48:26.020 And says, hey, this is what I'm gonna do 48:26.020 --> 48:28.840 to all of y'all's oxen if you don't show up for this. 48:29.780 --> 48:32.600 I mean, does anybody read the Bible or is it just me, right? 48:34.480 --> 48:36.460 You know, I mean, Jesus got angry. 48:37.160 --> 48:39.000 We know he's 100% spirit filled 48:39.000 --> 48:40.140 every second of every day. 48:41.920 --> 48:44.220 God gave not the spirit by measure unto him. 48:44.360 --> 48:46.240 Just maxed out just infinity, 48:46.600 --> 48:48.440 Holy Spirit's power all the time with him. 48:50.260 --> 48:53.860 And so, you know, don't get your religion 48:53.860 --> 48:58.420 from Buddhism and Eastern mysticism and Star Wars, okay? 48:58.760 --> 49:00.560 Get your religion from the Bible. 49:02.680 --> 49:04.540 But in Romans chapter three, verse 19, 49:04.700 --> 49:06.620 it says, now we know that what things 49:06.620 --> 49:08.800 so ever the law sayeth, it sayeth to them 49:08.800 --> 49:11.300 who are under the law that every mouth may be stopped 49:11.300 --> 49:14.600 and all the world may become guilty before God, 49:15.040 --> 49:16.240 therefore by the deeds of the law 49:16.240 --> 49:18.440 there should no flesh be justified in his sight, 49:18.540 --> 49:20.560 for by the law is the knowledge of sin, you know? 49:20.900 --> 49:22.500 The law tells us what sin is. 49:22.500 --> 49:24.440 That's why it can't save us. 49:24.660 --> 49:26.480 All it does is just, you know, condemn us. 49:27.000 --> 49:28.560 And that's why we need Jesus to save us, 49:28.560 --> 49:29.980 which is why a couple of verses later, 49:30.060 --> 49:31.260 it says, therefore we conclude 49:31.740 --> 49:33.600 that a man is justified by faith 49:33.600 --> 49:35.240 without the deeds of the law. 49:36.020 --> 49:39.020 But here's the thing, every mouth will be stopped 49:39.020 --> 49:42.700 by the law, meaning that God's law condemns everybody 49:42.700 --> 49:44.180 because it's not like, well, 49:44.320 --> 49:45.740 the Holy Spirit didn't speak to me about that. 49:45.820 --> 49:46.460 It's like, well, no, no, no. 49:46.740 --> 49:49.120 If you stole and the Bible said thou should not steal, 49:49.520 --> 49:51.640 it doesn't matter whether you got a special telegram 49:51.640 --> 49:52.800 from the Holy Spirit about that, 49:53.100 --> 49:55.260 like you got the Bible and that should be enough, 49:55.560 --> 49:56.180 thou should not steal. 49:58.000 --> 50:00.260 You know, the Bible says in James chapter two, 50:00.660 --> 50:02.280 whosoever shall keep the whole law 50:02.280 --> 50:05.340 and yet offend in one point, he's guilty of all. 50:06.700 --> 50:08.260 For he that said, do not commit adultery, 50:08.460 --> 50:09.500 said also, do not kill. 50:09.980 --> 50:12.640 Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, 50:13.040 --> 50:15.180 thou art become a transgressor of the law, you know? 50:15.280 --> 50:17.020 And so God's got these laws 50:17.480 --> 50:20.060 and it's not like we pick the ones that we wanna do 50:20.060 --> 50:21.140 and we're gonna do this one 50:21.140 --> 50:22.140 and we're not gonna do that one. 50:22.580 --> 50:23.360 You know, at the end of the day, 50:23.660 --> 50:26.480 God's law is the determining factor 50:26.480 --> 50:28.720 for what is right, what is not right. 50:29.060 --> 50:30.000 Even in the New Testament, 50:30.280 --> 50:32.740 it gives us instruction in right living, 50:33.440 --> 50:34.680 instruction in righteousness. 50:35.380 --> 50:38.000 How to be right with God, 50:38.280 --> 50:39.880 how to be right with your fellow man. 50:40.320 --> 50:42.060 You gotta read the Bible and go by that. 50:42.400 --> 50:45.480 And so we should not do here this day 50:46.100 --> 50:49.440 every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes. 50:49.440 --> 50:51.520 That is the way the world does it. 50:51.620 --> 50:53.820 That's the way America does it in 2026. 50:54.220 --> 50:55.880 But the people of God, nope, 50:56.240 --> 51:00.260 we've got a much firmer council here to follow the Bible. 51:00.420 --> 51:01.180 Let's bow our heads and have a word of prayer. 51:01.300 --> 51:02.680 Father, we thank you so much for your word. 51:03.200 --> 51:08.100 And Lord, we thank you for just clarity, Lord, 51:08.700 --> 51:11.040 and the rock that we can be founded upon 51:11.040 --> 51:13.200 and that we don't have to just shift 51:13.200 --> 51:16.680 with the sands of every generational fad 51:16.680 --> 51:17.760 that comes along, Lord. 51:17.760 --> 51:20.820 Help us to study to show ourselves approved, Lord. 51:21.180 --> 51:23.760 Help us to meditate in your word day and night, Lord. 51:24.200 --> 51:25.580 And help us to follow your word 51:25.580 --> 51:28.260 and not follow our gut 51:28.660 --> 51:31.240 when it comes to moral issues 51:31.240 --> 51:33.360 that are already spelled out in the Bible. 51:34.020 --> 51:36.320 Thank you for this day that we've had at church, 51:36.460 --> 51:37.400 for the people that have been saved 51:37.400 --> 51:38.760 and for all the people that are here, Lord. 51:39.220 --> 51:40.700 Bless us now as we go our separate ways. 51:40.960 --> 51:42.140 And in Jesus' name we pray, amen.