1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:10,960 Who temperature this? 2 00:00:10,960 --> 00:00:16,740 이거 3 00:00:16,740 --> 00:00:28,740 Don't we care for a land so blue, single, brown? 4 00:00:28,740 --> 00:00:35,740 A bring you more than a song, for a song in its hill 5 00:00:35,740 --> 00:00:40,740 Is not what you have required 6 00:00:40,740 --> 00:00:47,740 You're such much deeper within, you're the way things appear 7 00:00:47,740 --> 00:00:53,740 Floating into my heart 8 00:00:53,740 --> 00:00:58,740 I'm coming back to the heart of worship 9 00:00:58,740 --> 00:01:05,740 And it's all about you, it's all about you Jesus 10 00:01:05,740 --> 00:01:10,740 I'm sorry Lord for the thing I've made 11 00:01:10,740 --> 00:01:18,740 And it's all about you, it's all about you Jesus 12 00:01:29,740 --> 00:01:34,740 I'm coming back to the heart of worship 13 00:01:34,740 --> 00:01:41,740 And it's all about you, it's all about you Jesus 14 00:01:41,740 --> 00:01:46,740 I'm sorry Lord for the thing I've made 15 00:01:46,740 --> 00:01:53,740 And it's all about you, it's all about you Jesus 16 00:01:53,740 --> 00:01:58,740 I'm coming back to the heart of worship 17 00:01:58,740 --> 00:02:05,740 And it's all about you, it's all about you Jesus 18 00:02:05,740 --> 00:02:10,740 I'm sorry Lord for the thing I've made 19 00:02:10,740 --> 00:02:17,740 And it's all about you, it's all about you Jesus 20 00:02:17,740 --> 00:02:23,740 I'm bringing you more than a song, for a song in its hill 21 00:02:23,740 --> 00:02:29,740 Is not what you have required 22 00:02:29,740 --> 00:02:35,740 You're such much deeper within, you're the way things appear 23 00:02:35,740 --> 00:03:01,740 Floating into my heart 24 00:03:01,740 --> 00:03:07,740 Worthy is the Lamb of God said 25 00:03:07,740 --> 00:03:13,740 Holy, holy is he 26 00:03:13,740 --> 00:03:19,740 Sing the new song, till heaven shifts off 27 00:03:19,740 --> 00:03:26,740 With his mercy to sing 28 00:03:26,740 --> 00:03:32,740 Worthy is the Lamb of God said 29 00:03:32,740 --> 00:03:38,740 Holy, holy is he 30 00:03:38,740 --> 00:03:44,740 Sing the new song, till heaven shifts off 31 00:03:44,740 --> 00:03:51,740 With his mercy to sing 32 00:03:51,740 --> 00:03:57,740 Holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty 33 00:03:57,740 --> 00:04:03,740 Who was, that is, and is to come 34 00:04:03,740 --> 00:04:07,740 With all creation I stand 35 00:04:07,740 --> 00:04:10,740 Rest through the king case 36 00:04:10,740 --> 00:04:13,740 Who are by the bed 37 00:04:13,740 --> 00:04:18,740 And tower of the Dorian homes 38 00:04:18,740 --> 00:04:23,740 I stand by 39 00:04:23,740 --> 00:04:28,740 I stand by 40 00:04:28,740 --> 00:04:35,740 Golden-grey walls of living color 41 00:04:35,740 --> 00:04:41,740 Freshest of iron, rose of gold 42 00:04:41,740 --> 00:04:48,740 Blessing and God has strengthened, through you come with me 43 00:04:48,740 --> 00:04:54,740 To you the only wise King 44 00:04:54,740 --> 00:05:01,740 Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty 45 00:05:01,740 --> 00:05:07,740 Who was, that is, and is to come 46 00:05:07,740 --> 00:05:11,740 With all creation I stand 47 00:05:11,740 --> 00:05:14,740 Rest through the king of kings 48 00:05:14,740 --> 00:05:17,740 Who are by the bed 49 00:05:17,740 --> 00:05:23,740 And tower of the Dorian homes 50 00:05:23,740 --> 00:05:40,740 Fill with wonder, O struck wonder 51 00:05:40,740 --> 00:05:45,740 At the mention of your name 52 00:05:45,740 --> 00:05:49,740 Jesus, your name is power 53 00:05:49,740 --> 00:05:53,740 Love of the living water 54 00:05:53,740 --> 00:05:59,740 Such a marvelous mystery 55 00:05:59,740 --> 00:06:03,740 Holy, holy, holy Almighty 56 00:06:03,740 --> 00:06:09,740 Who was, that is, and is to come 57 00:06:09,740 --> 00:06:13,740 With all creation I stand 58 00:06:13,740 --> 00:06:16,740 Rest through the king of kings 59 00:06:16,740 --> 00:06:19,740 Who are by the bed 60 00:06:19,740 --> 00:06:23,740 And tower of the Dorian homes 61 00:06:23,740 --> 00:06:29,740 Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty 62 00:06:29,740 --> 00:06:35,740 Who was, that is, and is to come 63 00:06:35,740 --> 00:06:38,740 With all creation I stand 64 00:06:38,740 --> 00:06:42,740 Rest through the king of kings 65 00:06:42,740 --> 00:06:45,740 Who are by the bed 66 00:06:45,740 --> 00:06:50,740 And tower of the Dorian homes 67 00:07:16,740 --> 00:07:20,740 A little bit of color 68 00:07:20,740 --> 00:07:23,740 A little bit of color 69 00:07:23,740 --> 00:07:28,740 A splash of color, a hint of color 70 00:07:28,740 --> 00:07:31,740 A bit 71 00:07:31,740 --> 00:07:35,740 I have all the answers 72 00:07:35,740 --> 00:07:38,740 I take my answers 73 00:07:38,740 --> 00:07:51,740 I take my answers 74 00:07:51,740 --> 00:07:53,740 Okay, so the worksheet works 75 00:07:53,740 --> 00:07:56,740 Goes from upper left to lower right 76 00:07:56,740 --> 00:07:57,740 That's how it works 77 00:07:57,740 --> 00:07:58,740 We're going to go all the way down 78 00:07:58,740 --> 00:08:00,740 The left hand side to the box 79 00:08:00,740 --> 00:08:01,740 Then we're going to go to the 80 00:08:01,740 --> 00:08:02,740 Lightning bolt in the middle 81 00:08:02,740 --> 00:08:03,740 And then we're going to go all the way 82 00:08:03,740 --> 00:08:04,740 Down the right hand side 83 00:08:04,740 --> 00:08:05,740 Kind of like three rows, if you will 84 00:08:05,740 --> 00:08:07,740 And it's going to go quick 85 00:08:07,740 --> 00:08:08,740 So be ready 86 00:08:08,740 --> 00:08:12,740 It's going to go by kind of fast 87 00:08:12,740 --> 00:08:21,740 All right 88 00:08:21,740 --> 00:08:22,740 So if you'll look right in the top 89 00:08:22,740 --> 00:08:23,740 Of your lightning bolt 90 00:08:23,740 --> 00:08:24,740 On the top, on the upper part 91 00:08:24,740 --> 00:08:25,740 Right there, there should be 92 00:08:25,740 --> 00:08:27,740 A little space sideways 93 00:08:27,740 --> 00:08:28,740 Should be a line 94 00:08:28,740 --> 00:08:29,740 Line space sideways 95 00:08:29,740 --> 00:08:34,740 You see a space? 96 00:08:34,740 --> 00:08:35,740 It's right on the top there 97 00:08:35,740 --> 00:08:38,740 Got green lines right there 98 00:08:38,740 --> 00:08:39,740 Oh, in that box 99 00:08:39,740 --> 00:08:40,740 Lightning bolt box 100 00:08:40,740 --> 00:08:41,740 In the top of the lightning bolt 101 00:08:41,740 --> 00:08:42,740 Not the black lines 102 00:08:42,740 --> 00:08:43,740 Green lines up here 103 00:08:43,740 --> 00:08:46,740 Going up and down the vertical 104 00:08:46,740 --> 00:08:47,740 So I'm going to give you the 105 00:08:47,740 --> 00:08:50,740 Reference that goes right there 106 00:08:50,740 --> 00:08:52,740 Okay, yep 107 00:08:52,740 --> 00:08:55,740 On the side, sideways 108 00:08:55,740 --> 00:09:00,740 Sideways 109 00:09:00,740 --> 00:09:01,740 Okay, the reference is 110 00:09:01,740 --> 00:09:11,740 Matthew 5.34 111 00:09:11,740 --> 00:09:14,740 Matthew 5.34 112 00:09:14,740 --> 00:09:16,740 Okay 113 00:09:16,740 --> 00:09:17,740 All right 114 00:09:17,740 --> 00:09:18,740 So I'm going to read 115 00:09:18,740 --> 00:09:23,740 Matthew 5.33 through 34 116 00:09:23,740 --> 00:09:25,740 And then we're going to go down 117 00:09:25,740 --> 00:09:26,740 The left hand side 118 00:09:26,740 --> 00:09:27,740 And look at the verses 119 00:09:27,740 --> 00:09:28,740 On the left hand side 120 00:09:28,740 --> 00:09:29,740 Okay, so this is what it says 121 00:09:29,740 --> 00:09:31,740 This is taking place 122 00:09:31,740 --> 00:09:32,740 If you're wondering what my 123 00:09:32,740 --> 00:09:34,740 Geography in the background here 124 00:09:34,740 --> 00:09:35,740 You got water coming up 125 00:09:35,740 --> 00:09:36,740 From the left hand side 126 00:09:36,740 --> 00:09:37,740 Like a shoreline 127 00:09:37,740 --> 00:09:40,740 You got like a big cliff edge there 128 00:09:40,740 --> 00:09:41,740 Because this takes place 129 00:09:41,740 --> 00:09:43,740 During the Sermon on the Mount 130 00:09:43,740 --> 00:09:45,740 Jesus standing up high 131 00:09:45,740 --> 00:09:46,740 Talking to thousands of people 132 00:09:46,740 --> 00:09:47,740 On the shoreline 133 00:09:47,740 --> 00:09:49,740 Okay 134 00:09:49,740 --> 00:09:50,740 And it says this 135 00:09:50,740 --> 00:09:52,740 Again, you have heard 136 00:09:52,740 --> 00:09:54,740 That the ancients were told 137 00:09:54,740 --> 00:09:57,740 You shall not make false vows 138 00:09:57,740 --> 00:09:59,740 But shall fulfill your vows 139 00:09:59,740 --> 00:10:01,740 To the Lord 140 00:10:01,740 --> 00:10:02,740 But I say to you 141 00:10:02,740 --> 00:10:03,740 Make no vow at all 142 00:10:03,740 --> 00:10:05,740 Either by heaven 143 00:10:05,740 --> 00:10:08,740 Or for it is the throne of God 144 00:10:08,740 --> 00:10:09,740 Or by the earth 145 00:10:09,740 --> 00:10:11,740 Or by the footstool of his feet 146 00:10:11,740 --> 00:10:12,740 Or by Jerusalem 147 00:10:12,740 --> 00:10:14,740 Or by the city of the great king 148 00:10:14,740 --> 00:10:15,740 We'll stop there for a minute 149 00:10:15,740 --> 00:10:18,740 Okay, so notice it says 150 00:10:18,740 --> 00:10:20,740 Again, you have heard 151 00:10:20,740 --> 00:10:22,740 That the ancients were told 152 00:10:22,740 --> 00:10:24,740 All right, so who were the ancients? 153 00:10:24,740 --> 00:10:25,740 If you're talking about 154 00:10:25,740 --> 00:10:26,740 Matthew 155 00:10:26,740 --> 00:10:27,740 This book of the Bible, by the way 156 00:10:27,740 --> 00:10:29,740 The book of Matthew was written 157 00:10:29,740 --> 00:10:31,740 Probably in Hebrew 158 00:10:31,740 --> 00:10:33,740 Written by a man who was 159 00:10:33,740 --> 00:10:35,740 Testifying to Jews 160 00:10:35,740 --> 00:10:37,740 Okay, so people who were of 161 00:10:37,740 --> 00:10:39,740 Jesus' nationality 162 00:10:39,740 --> 00:10:40,740 All right 163 00:10:40,740 --> 00:10:44,740 And so their ancients 164 00:10:44,740 --> 00:10:45,740 Who do you think they would be 165 00:10:45,740 --> 00:10:46,740 Talking about? 166 00:10:46,740 --> 00:10:48,740 Give me some ancient Jews 167 00:10:48,740 --> 00:10:50,740 Moses, perfect, right? 168 00:10:50,740 --> 00:10:52,740 So Moses is the one I was 169 00:10:52,740 --> 00:10:53,740 Looking for, that's easy 170 00:10:53,740 --> 00:10:55,740 But you could have said Noah 171 00:10:55,740 --> 00:10:57,740 Right, Noah goes back 172 00:10:57,740 --> 00:11:01,740 Abraham, Jacob, Lot, Isaac 173 00:11:01,740 --> 00:11:02,740 All of them, right? 174 00:11:02,740 --> 00:11:03,740 So Jacob would be a really good one 175 00:11:03,740 --> 00:11:04,740 Because he's kind of the 176 00:11:04,740 --> 00:11:05,740 Founder of the nation 177 00:11:05,740 --> 00:11:08,740 Jacob's name was changed to Israel 178 00:11:08,740 --> 00:11:10,740 And then if you were in Israelite 179 00:11:10,740 --> 00:11:12,740 That means you came out of Jacob 180 00:11:12,740 --> 00:11:14,740 Okay, but we're really looking 181 00:11:14,740 --> 00:11:16,740 For Moses right at this moment 182 00:11:16,740 --> 00:11:17,740 And so we're going to go back 183 00:11:17,740 --> 00:11:18,740 To some of those books 184 00:11:18,740 --> 00:11:20,740 So the first one 185 00:11:20,740 --> 00:11:21,740 I'll read it to you first 186 00:11:21,740 --> 00:11:22,740 Then you can summarize it 187 00:11:22,740 --> 00:11:24,740 In the verses and in the blanks 188 00:11:24,740 --> 00:11:26,740 And then put the reference, okay? 189 00:11:26,740 --> 00:11:29,740 So the first one 190 00:11:29,740 --> 00:11:34,740 Is in Leviticus 1912 191 00:11:34,740 --> 00:11:37,740 Okay, and this is what it says 192 00:11:37,740 --> 00:11:40,740 It says 193 00:11:40,740 --> 00:11:41,740 I'm in the wrong book 194 00:11:41,740 --> 00:11:45,740 Hold on 195 00:11:45,740 --> 00:11:46,740 Leviticus, there we go 196 00:11:46,740 --> 00:11:49,740 19 and 12, all right 197 00:11:49,740 --> 00:11:52,740 It says, you shall 198 00:11:52,740 --> 00:11:54,740 And you shall not swear falsely 199 00:11:54,740 --> 00:11:55,740 By my name 200 00:11:55,740 --> 00:11:57,740 So as to profane the name 201 00:11:57,740 --> 00:11:59,740 Of your God 202 00:11:59,740 --> 00:12:01,740 I am the Lord 203 00:12:01,740 --> 00:12:02,740 So just as he said 204 00:12:02,740 --> 00:12:03,740 The ancients were told 205 00:12:03,740 --> 00:12:04,740 I'll get you in one second, Haley 206 00:12:04,740 --> 00:12:05,740 Just as he said 207 00:12:05,740 --> 00:12:06,740 The ancients were told 208 00:12:06,740 --> 00:12:08,740 Don't swear falsely by my name 209 00:12:08,740 --> 00:12:10,740 All right, so on the black blanks 210 00:12:10,740 --> 00:12:11,740 On the left-hand side on the top 211 00:12:11,740 --> 00:12:12,740 Are you with me now? 212 00:12:12,740 --> 00:12:13,740 That way you're going to ask me 213 00:12:13,740 --> 00:12:14,740 Where I'm at? 214 00:12:14,740 --> 00:12:15,740 Okay, yep 215 00:12:15,740 --> 00:12:16,740 On the upper left-hand side 216 00:12:16,740 --> 00:12:17,740 You should see three blanks 217 00:12:17,740 --> 00:12:18,740 And the three blanks says 218 00:12:18,740 --> 00:12:21,740 Don't swear falsely by my name 219 00:12:21,740 --> 00:12:22,740 Six words 220 00:12:22,740 --> 00:12:24,740 And then the reference 221 00:12:24,740 --> 00:12:28,740 Leviticus 19 and 12 222 00:12:28,740 --> 00:12:29,740 Get it? 223 00:12:29,740 --> 00:12:31,740 On the upper left-hand side 224 00:12:31,740 --> 00:12:32,740 Six blanks 225 00:12:32,740 --> 00:12:34,740 Don't swear falsely by my name 226 00:12:34,740 --> 00:12:35,740 The six black lines 227 00:12:35,740 --> 00:12:36,740 And then right under that 228 00:12:36,740 --> 00:12:38,740 Leviticus 19 and 12 229 00:12:38,740 --> 00:12:39,740 That's what I just read 230 00:12:39,740 --> 00:12:43,740 And who wrote the book of Leviticus? 231 00:12:43,740 --> 00:12:45,740 It was Moses, that's right 232 00:12:45,740 --> 00:12:47,740 He's the one who put it down on paper 233 00:12:47,740 --> 00:12:49,740 Or whatever they had 234 00:12:49,740 --> 00:12:51,740 Probably more like papyrus 235 00:12:51,740 --> 00:12:53,740 Really dense material 236 00:12:53,740 --> 00:12:56,740 Okay, so don't swear falsely by my name 237 00:12:56,740 --> 00:12:58,740 Was a command that they had gotten from Moses 238 00:12:58,740 --> 00:12:59,740 And they were living by 239 00:12:59,740 --> 00:13:01,740 Remember that by this 240 00:13:01,740 --> 00:13:03,740 Before the New Testament 241 00:13:03,740 --> 00:13:04,740 That's all they had to live by 242 00:13:04,740 --> 00:13:06,740 Was the Old Testament, right? 243 00:13:06,740 --> 00:13:09,740 Now they're in the New Testament 244 00:13:09,740 --> 00:13:10,740 And Jesus is saying 245 00:13:10,740 --> 00:13:12,740 You heard from the ancients 246 00:13:12,740 --> 00:13:14,740 Don't swear falsely by my name 247 00:13:14,740 --> 00:13:16,740 Leviticus 19 and 12 248 00:13:16,740 --> 00:13:19,740 Then also 249 00:13:19,740 --> 00:13:20,740 It sort of repeats 250 00:13:20,740 --> 00:13:22,740 But is a little bit different 251 00:13:22,740 --> 00:13:28,740 In the book of Numbers 252 00:13:28,740 --> 00:13:31,740 And who wrote the book of Numbers? 253 00:13:31,740 --> 00:13:34,740 Anybody know? 254 00:13:34,740 --> 00:13:35,740 Moses, that's right 255 00:13:35,740 --> 00:13:37,740 Still Moses 256 00:13:37,740 --> 00:13:39,740 Still a very long time ago 257 00:13:39,740 --> 00:13:40,740 And what they would consider 258 00:13:40,740 --> 00:13:42,740 The leader of their nation 259 00:13:42,740 --> 00:13:43,740 In his era for sure 260 00:13:43,740 --> 00:13:45,740 He's the one who led them out of Egypt 261 00:13:45,740 --> 00:13:47,740 Lived right up to the edge of the promised land 262 00:13:47,740 --> 00:13:49,740 And so on 263 00:13:49,740 --> 00:13:52,740 And so in Numbers 30 and verse 2 264 00:13:52,740 --> 00:13:53,740 It says 265 00:13:53,740 --> 00:13:55,740 If a man makes a vow to the Lord 266 00:13:55,740 --> 00:13:57,740 Or takes an oath to bind himself 267 00:13:57,740 --> 00:13:59,740 With a binding obligation 268 00:13:59,740 --> 00:14:01,740 He shall not violate his word 269 00:14:01,740 --> 00:14:03,740 He shall do according to all 270 00:14:03,740 --> 00:14:05,740 That proceeds out of his mouth 271 00:14:05,740 --> 00:14:07,740 And so 272 00:14:07,740 --> 00:14:08,740 Moses was saying 273 00:14:08,740 --> 00:14:11,740 Do or fulfill your vows 274 00:14:11,740 --> 00:14:12,740 That's the next three blanks 275 00:14:12,740 --> 00:14:13,740 So right there 276 00:14:13,740 --> 00:14:14,740 You can put fulfill 277 00:14:14,740 --> 00:14:15,740 If you like that word 278 00:14:15,740 --> 00:14:16,740 Because it's bigger 279 00:14:16,740 --> 00:14:17,740 And it kind of has to do with vows 280 00:14:17,740 --> 00:14:18,740 Or you can just put do 281 00:14:18,740 --> 00:14:20,740 Because that's the word that Moses uses 282 00:14:20,740 --> 00:14:21,740 Kind of cool 283 00:14:21,740 --> 00:14:23,740 Do your vows 284 00:14:23,740 --> 00:14:24,740 Okay 285 00:14:24,740 --> 00:14:27,740 And the reference was Numbers 30 verse 2 286 00:14:27,740 --> 00:14:29,740 So it's do your vows 287 00:14:29,740 --> 00:14:30,740 Or fulfill your vows 288 00:14:30,740 --> 00:14:32,740 Numbers 32 289 00:14:32,740 --> 00:14:35,740 30 colon 2 290 00:14:35,740 --> 00:14:37,740 Okay 291 00:14:37,740 --> 00:14:39,740 And we got one more 292 00:14:39,740 --> 00:14:41,740 So this is all what they would have been thinking 293 00:14:41,740 --> 00:14:42,740 Yeah, we've heard it 294 00:14:42,740 --> 00:14:43,740 We've heard it 295 00:14:43,740 --> 00:14:44,740 This is where we heard it 296 00:14:44,740 --> 00:14:46,740 Okay 297 00:14:46,740 --> 00:14:50,740 And now we got Deuteronomy 298 00:14:50,740 --> 00:14:52,740 And who wrote the book of Deuteronomy? 299 00:14:52,740 --> 00:14:54,740 We know it by now, don't we? 300 00:14:54,740 --> 00:14:55,740 Moses 301 00:14:55,740 --> 00:14:57,740 Okay, so can anybody tell me 302 00:14:57,740 --> 00:15:00,740 This would be a big one for somebody to get 303 00:15:00,740 --> 00:15:05,740 Can anybody tell me what the book of Deuteronomy is made up of? 304 00:15:05,740 --> 00:15:07,740 Oh 305 00:15:07,740 --> 00:15:11,740 Why is it called Deuteronomy? 306 00:15:11,740 --> 00:15:14,740 Does anybody know? 307 00:15:14,740 --> 00:15:16,740 Deut 308 00:15:16,740 --> 00:15:17,740 It's two 309 00:15:17,740 --> 00:15:20,740 It's the two final speeches of Moses 310 00:15:20,740 --> 00:15:21,740 Okay 311 00:15:21,740 --> 00:15:25,740 So we actually taught through this entire book as a church 312 00:15:25,740 --> 00:15:26,740 Right 313 00:15:26,740 --> 00:15:30,740 So the two final speeches of Moses are in the book of Deuteronomy 314 00:15:30,740 --> 00:15:31,740 That's what they are 315 00:15:31,740 --> 00:15:37,740 And so part of the last words that Moses gave Israel to live by 316 00:15:37,740 --> 00:15:38,740 Is what I'm about to read to you 317 00:15:38,740 --> 00:15:40,740 Deuteronomy 23 318 00:15:40,740 --> 00:15:42,740 And it says this 319 00:15:42,740 --> 00:15:45,740 When you take a vow to the Lord your God 320 00:15:45,740 --> 00:15:48,740 You shall not delay to pay it 321 00:15:48,740 --> 00:15:50,740 For it would be sin in you 322 00:15:50,740 --> 00:15:54,740 And the Lord your God will surely require it of you 323 00:15:54,740 --> 00:15:57,740 I'm going to skip 22 324 00:15:57,740 --> 00:15:59,740 Then it says in 23 325 00:15:59,740 --> 00:16:03,740 You shall be careful to perform what goes out from your lips 326 00:16:03,740 --> 00:16:07,740 Just as you have voluntarily vowed to the Lord your God 327 00:16:07,740 --> 00:16:10,740 What you have promised 328 00:16:10,740 --> 00:16:11,740 Okay 329 00:16:11,740 --> 00:16:14,740 So there's kind of like three things in there 330 00:16:14,740 --> 00:16:16,740 The first is the next three blanks 331 00:16:16,740 --> 00:16:20,740 And he said do not delay 332 00:16:20,740 --> 00:16:26,740 Do not delay 333 00:16:26,740 --> 00:16:29,740 He also said voluntarily vowed 334 00:16:29,740 --> 00:16:31,740 That was your choice 335 00:16:31,740 --> 00:16:33,740 You made a choice to make that vow 336 00:16:33,740 --> 00:16:36,740 You didn't have to do that 337 00:16:36,740 --> 00:16:38,740 Do not delay 338 00:16:38,740 --> 00:16:40,740 Then voluntarily vowed 339 00:16:40,740 --> 00:16:46,740 And then voluntarily pay 340 00:16:46,740 --> 00:16:47,740 Okay 341 00:16:47,740 --> 00:16:49,740 Electro candy 342 00:16:49,740 --> 00:16:50,740 Alright 343 00:16:50,740 --> 00:16:53,740 At the very top in the lightning bolt 344 00:16:53,740 --> 00:16:57,740 The reference for that one was Deuteronomy 23 345 00:16:57,740 --> 00:17:02,740 Versus 21 and 23 346 00:17:02,740 --> 00:17:03,740 Okay 347 00:17:03,740 --> 00:17:04,740 So at the very top in the lightning bolt 348 00:17:04,740 --> 00:17:07,740 The first thing I said I read you a verse from Matthew 349 00:17:07,740 --> 00:17:09,740 Jason did you write it down? 350 00:17:09,740 --> 00:17:12,740 What was it? 351 00:17:12,740 --> 00:17:16,740 One out of two 352 00:17:16,740 --> 00:17:17,740 One out of two I knew that 353 00:17:17,740 --> 00:17:18,740 That was good good catch 354 00:17:18,740 --> 00:17:22,740 Alright 355 00:17:22,740 --> 00:17:24,740 The first three blanks on the left hand side 356 00:17:24,740 --> 00:17:26,740 Natalie did you write it down? 357 00:17:26,740 --> 00:17:28,740 What you got? 358 00:17:28,740 --> 00:17:29,740 Perfect 359 00:17:29,740 --> 00:17:30,740 Coming back 360 00:17:30,740 --> 00:17:31,740 One out of two 361 00:17:31,740 --> 00:17:32,740 No zero out of two 362 00:17:32,740 --> 00:17:34,740 But she's going to eat them anyway 363 00:17:34,740 --> 00:17:39,740 Okay 364 00:17:39,740 --> 00:17:40,740 Let's see 365 00:17:40,740 --> 00:17:43,740 Three blanks above numbers 366 00:17:43,740 --> 00:17:45,740 Chapter 30 verse 2 367 00:17:45,740 --> 00:17:49,740 Kashan did you get it? 368 00:17:49,740 --> 00:17:53,740 Yep 369 00:17:53,740 --> 00:17:54,740 That was fun 370 00:17:54,740 --> 00:17:55,740 Okay 371 00:17:55,740 --> 00:17:57,740 Alright 372 00:17:57,740 --> 00:18:00,740 So what we've got is Jesus 373 00:18:00,740 --> 00:18:04,740 Making reference to how they've been taught this 374 00:18:04,740 --> 00:18:06,740 Notice the word ancient there 375 00:18:06,740 --> 00:18:09,740 He said since ancient times 376 00:18:09,740 --> 00:18:11,740 You have been taught this 377 00:18:11,740 --> 00:18:13,740 Under the word ancient 378 00:18:13,740 --> 00:18:16,740 Next time goes much 379 00:18:16,740 --> 00:18:17,740 If something is ancient 380 00:18:17,740 --> 00:18:20,740 Then that means there has been much time 381 00:18:20,740 --> 00:18:23,740 From when it started being taught to now 382 00:18:23,740 --> 00:18:24,740 Okay 383 00:18:24,740 --> 00:18:27,740 He said you heard this since ancient times 384 00:18:27,740 --> 00:18:29,740 So much time 385 00:18:29,740 --> 00:18:32,740 Also next to the word times 386 00:18:32,740 --> 00:18:33,740 As you can imagine 387 00:18:33,740 --> 00:18:35,740 Many times 388 00:18:35,740 --> 00:18:37,740 So understand these are 389 00:18:37,740 --> 00:18:39,740 Jewish men primarily 390 00:18:39,740 --> 00:18:40,740 Not only right 391 00:18:40,740 --> 00:18:43,740 But primarily Jewish men who are hearing this 392 00:18:43,740 --> 00:18:45,740 There were also women and children 393 00:18:45,740 --> 00:18:47,740 The children five to nine years old 394 00:18:47,740 --> 00:18:51,740 Had already heard dozens of times 395 00:18:51,740 --> 00:18:52,740 That if they made a vow 396 00:18:52,740 --> 00:18:54,740 They should not swear falsely 397 00:18:54,740 --> 00:18:56,740 They should do their vows 398 00:18:56,740 --> 00:18:58,740 They should not delay 399 00:18:58,740 --> 00:18:59,740 They voluntarily vowed 400 00:18:59,740 --> 00:19:01,740 So they should voluntarily pay 401 00:19:01,740 --> 00:19:02,740 They have heard that 402 00:19:02,740 --> 00:19:04,740 Dozens of times already 403 00:19:04,740 --> 00:19:06,740 But by the time they are 30 years old 404 00:19:06,740 --> 00:19:09,740 And becoming a responsible man in their society 405 00:19:09,740 --> 00:19:12,740 They have heard it hundreds of times 406 00:19:12,740 --> 00:19:15,740 In fact the Pharisees that were present 407 00:19:15,740 --> 00:19:18,740 Memorized the whole book of Deuteronomy 408 00:19:18,740 --> 00:19:21,740 From the first word to the last word 409 00:19:21,740 --> 00:19:23,740 Memorized 410 00:19:23,740 --> 00:19:25,740 They could recite the whole thing 411 00:19:25,740 --> 00:19:27,740 Which meant they could recite 412 00:19:27,740 --> 00:19:31,740 Deuteronomy 23, 21, and 23 413 00:19:31,740 --> 00:19:34,740 And it was common for them to do that 414 00:19:34,740 --> 00:19:35,740 When they were preaching or teaching 415 00:19:35,740 --> 00:19:38,740 Which meant that everybody that was there 416 00:19:38,740 --> 00:19:42,740 Had much time to hear the verses 417 00:19:42,740 --> 00:19:44,740 And had been in their literature and stories 418 00:19:44,740 --> 00:19:45,740 Right? 419 00:19:45,740 --> 00:19:47,740 You think of pre-Christian literature now 420 00:19:47,740 --> 00:19:49,740 If somebody read something then 421 00:19:49,740 --> 00:19:51,740 These commands would have been in it 422 00:19:51,740 --> 00:19:52,740 You follow? 423 00:19:52,740 --> 00:19:55,740 Also every time they went to the synagogue 424 00:19:55,740 --> 00:19:57,740 Various verses were read 425 00:19:57,740 --> 00:19:59,740 And it would be common to have almost 426 00:19:59,740 --> 00:20:01,740 Every single Sabbath day 427 00:20:01,740 --> 00:20:03,740 Which for them was Saturday at that time 428 00:20:03,740 --> 00:20:06,740 For some verse of these three to be read 429 00:20:06,740 --> 00:20:08,740 You follow? 430 00:20:08,740 --> 00:20:12,740 So they had heard it 52 times a year 431 00:20:12,740 --> 00:20:15,740 If they are 40 years old 432 00:20:15,740 --> 00:20:17,740 They had heard it maybe 433 00:20:17,740 --> 00:20:19,740 Let's say 50 times a year for 40 years 434 00:20:19,740 --> 00:20:22,740 That's 2000 times one of those three verses 435 00:20:22,740 --> 00:20:23,740 I just read to you 436 00:20:23,740 --> 00:20:25,740 That's many times 437 00:20:25,740 --> 00:20:27,740 Okay? 438 00:20:27,740 --> 00:20:31,740 So then if you look in between those two triangles 439 00:20:31,740 --> 00:20:33,740 There's some little blanks there 440 00:20:33,740 --> 00:20:35,740 And the question that goes in there is 441 00:20:35,740 --> 00:20:37,740 What would you do? 442 00:20:37,740 --> 00:20:38,740 Okay? 443 00:20:38,740 --> 00:20:40,740 And then on the bottom 444 00:20:40,740 --> 00:20:42,740 It says I 445 00:20:42,740 --> 00:20:43,740 And you're going to write in there 446 00:20:43,740 --> 00:20:46,740 Had you heard this many times 447 00:20:46,740 --> 00:20:48,740 And for much time 448 00:20:48,740 --> 00:20:50,740 What would you do? 449 00:20:50,740 --> 00:20:53,740 So then you write in the box 450 00:20:53,740 --> 00:20:54,740 What you would do 451 00:20:54,740 --> 00:20:55,740 If you were like them 452 00:20:55,740 --> 00:20:56,740 And you could say 453 00:20:56,740 --> 00:20:57,740 Well you had heard 454 00:20:57,740 --> 00:20:59,740 Don't swear falsely 455 00:20:59,740 --> 00:21:00,740 By His name 456 00:21:00,740 --> 00:21:02,740 Do your vows 457 00:21:02,740 --> 00:21:03,740 Do not delay 458 00:21:03,740 --> 00:21:04,740 Voluntarily vowed 459 00:21:04,740 --> 00:21:06,740 Voluntarily pay 460 00:21:06,740 --> 00:21:07,740 If you do 461 00:21:07,740 --> 00:21:09,740 That's been taught to you 462 00:21:09,740 --> 00:21:11,740 Thousands of times 463 00:21:11,740 --> 00:21:12,740 I would 464 00:21:12,740 --> 00:21:14,740 What? What would you do? 465 00:21:14,740 --> 00:21:16,740 Put it in there 466 00:21:16,740 --> 00:21:17,740 Yours is going to be different 467 00:21:17,740 --> 00:21:23,740 Than anybody else's 468 00:21:23,740 --> 00:21:25,740 Because you've got to have something in the box 469 00:21:25,740 --> 00:21:31,740 To get the object lesson out of the whole story here 470 00:21:31,740 --> 00:21:32,740 What would 471 00:21:32,740 --> 00:21:33,740 Had you heard it many times 472 00:21:33,740 --> 00:21:34,740 And for much time 473 00:21:34,740 --> 00:21:35,740 What would I do? 474 00:21:35,740 --> 00:21:36,740 That's right 475 00:21:36,740 --> 00:21:38,740 This is what the crowd was thinking 476 00:21:38,740 --> 00:21:40,740 As Jesus was saying that 477 00:21:40,740 --> 00:21:43,740 He says you have heard it said 478 00:21:43,740 --> 00:21:44,740 Right? 479 00:21:44,740 --> 00:21:45,740 I'll read the verse 480 00:21:45,740 --> 00:21:48,740 Again you have heard that the ancients were told 481 00:21:48,740 --> 00:21:50,740 You shall not make false vows 482 00:21:50,740 --> 00:21:53,740 But shall fulfill your vows to the Lord 483 00:21:53,740 --> 00:21:55,740 So they said yeah 484 00:21:55,740 --> 00:21:56,740 We have heard that 485 00:21:56,740 --> 00:21:58,740 Thousands of times 486 00:21:58,740 --> 00:22:00,740 In fact most of them went yeah 487 00:22:00,740 --> 00:22:01,740 That's in Deuteronomy 488 00:22:01,740 --> 00:22:02,740 He's quoting Deuteronomy 23 489 00:22:02,740 --> 00:22:04,740 Yeah he's quoting Numbers 30 490 00:22:04,740 --> 00:22:07,740 Yeah he's quoting Leviticus 19 491 00:22:07,740 --> 00:22:13,740 Right? 492 00:22:13,740 --> 00:22:18,740 And they said well based on that I know what I have to do 493 00:22:18,740 --> 00:22:19,740 Okay? 494 00:22:19,740 --> 00:22:23,740 Now we're moving to the lightning bolt in the middle 495 00:22:23,740 --> 00:22:24,740 It divides the page 496 00:22:24,740 --> 00:22:28,740 And you'll see there are blank black lines on the top 497 00:22:28,740 --> 00:22:32,740 Jesus said but I say to you 498 00:22:32,740 --> 00:22:33,740 That's what goes on the blank black lines 499 00:22:33,740 --> 00:22:36,740 But I say to you 500 00:22:36,740 --> 00:22:39,740 Now the but I say to you is important 501 00:22:39,740 --> 00:22:42,740 Because this is a teaching method that Jesus was using 502 00:22:42,740 --> 00:22:45,740 If you have your Bibles open 503 00:22:45,740 --> 00:22:46,740 And you look back 504 00:22:46,740 --> 00:22:49,740 You'll see that he did this several times 505 00:22:49,740 --> 00:22:51,740 In the Sermon on the Mount 506 00:22:51,740 --> 00:22:54,740 So it's been said but I say to you 507 00:22:54,740 --> 00:22:56,740 It's been said but I say to you 508 00:22:56,740 --> 00:22:58,740 For example back in verse 28 509 00:22:58,740 --> 00:23:00,740 You have heard in 27 510 00:23:00,740 --> 00:23:01,740 You have heard that it was said 511 00:23:01,740 --> 00:23:03,740 You shall not commit adultery 512 00:23:03,740 --> 00:23:05,740 But I say to you 513 00:23:05,740 --> 00:23:07,740 And then he goes on to teach on it 514 00:23:07,740 --> 00:23:08,740 Right? 515 00:23:08,740 --> 00:23:10,740 In verse 22 516 00:23:10,740 --> 00:23:12,740 You have heard that the ancients were told 517 00:23:12,740 --> 00:23:13,740 You shall not commit murder 518 00:23:13,740 --> 00:23:15,740 And whoever commits murder shall be liable to the court 519 00:23:15,740 --> 00:23:17,740 But I say to you 520 00:23:17,740 --> 00:23:20,740 That everyone who is angry with his brother and so on 521 00:23:20,740 --> 00:23:23,740 So this formula of Jesus is saying 522 00:23:23,740 --> 00:23:26,740 You know all this and you could even say 523 00:23:26,740 --> 00:23:28,740 And because of that you would do 524 00:23:28,740 --> 00:23:30,740 And whatever you put in the box 525 00:23:30,740 --> 00:23:34,740 But Jesus is saying but I say to you 526 00:23:34,740 --> 00:23:36,740 Something more 527 00:23:36,740 --> 00:23:37,740 Right? 528 00:23:37,740 --> 00:23:38,740 When he said it was about adultery 529 00:23:38,740 --> 00:23:41,740 It was a man angry in his heart with his brother 530 00:23:41,740 --> 00:23:43,740 Is guilty before the court 531 00:23:43,740 --> 00:23:44,740 Right? 532 00:23:44,740 --> 00:23:46,740 For committing murder 533 00:23:46,740 --> 00:23:48,740 And he said 534 00:23:48,740 --> 00:23:51,740 But I say to you 535 00:23:51,740 --> 00:23:52,740 A man committing adultery 536 00:23:52,740 --> 00:23:55,740 But a man who lost in his own heart toward another 537 00:23:55,740 --> 00:23:56,740 Is guilty of adultery 538 00:23:56,740 --> 00:23:59,740 So basically every time it's more extreme 539 00:23:59,740 --> 00:24:00,740 He's taking the next step 540 00:24:00,740 --> 00:24:02,740 He's saying you've got to go further 541 00:24:02,740 --> 00:24:04,740 Than you've ever gone before 542 00:24:04,740 --> 00:24:07,740 But I say to you means you've got to go further 543 00:24:07,740 --> 00:24:11,740 And then over on the right hand side 544 00:24:11,740 --> 00:24:12,740 Where there's blanks 545 00:24:12,740 --> 00:24:14,740 There's a big blank, a little blank 546 00:24:14,740 --> 00:24:15,740 Then a big blank, two little blanks 547 00:24:15,740 --> 00:24:16,740 You see it there 548 00:24:16,740 --> 00:24:19,740 It's kind of on the cliff space 549 00:24:19,740 --> 00:24:22,740 Yeah, kind of looks like that 550 00:24:22,740 --> 00:24:25,740 Okay 551 00:24:25,740 --> 00:24:27,740 Verse 34 552 00:24:27,740 --> 00:24:28,740 But I say to you 553 00:24:28,740 --> 00:24:32,740 Make no oath at all 554 00:24:32,740 --> 00:24:33,740 That's what goes in the blanks 555 00:24:33,740 --> 00:24:36,740 Make no oath at all 556 00:24:36,740 --> 00:24:39,740 That's what Jesus said 557 00:24:39,740 --> 00:24:44,740 Now is that the natural or logical outflow of these verses? 558 00:24:44,740 --> 00:24:45,740 If you were living a 559 00:24:45,740 --> 00:24:47,740 Is that what you put in the box? 560 00:24:47,740 --> 00:24:50,740 Did you put I would make no oath at all? 561 00:24:50,740 --> 00:24:54,740 Or did you put I would keep my oaths? 562 00:24:54,740 --> 00:24:57,740 See the difference? 563 00:24:57,740 --> 00:24:59,740 And somebody might put I would make no oath at all 564 00:24:59,740 --> 00:25:03,740 That's a possibility, right? 565 00:25:03,740 --> 00:25:06,740 But the verses were correcting them in the way of saying 566 00:25:06,740 --> 00:25:08,740 If you're going to make an oath, make it right 567 00:25:08,740 --> 00:25:09,740 Now he goes on a little further 568 00:25:09,740 --> 00:25:10,740 He says 569 00:25:10,740 --> 00:25:12,740 But I say to you make no oaths at all 570 00:25:12,740 --> 00:25:15,740 Either by heaven, for it is the throne of God 571 00:25:15,740 --> 00:25:18,740 Or by earth, for it is the footstool of his feet 572 00:25:18,740 --> 00:25:20,740 Or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great king 573 00:25:20,740 --> 00:25:22,740 And you see a big knot circle there 574 00:25:22,740 --> 00:25:25,740 And there's the head with a little mullet 575 00:25:25,740 --> 00:25:27,740 And the heaven and earth 576 00:25:27,740 --> 00:25:29,740 So you don't make any oaths or promises 577 00:25:29,740 --> 00:25:32,740 Based on anything else 578 00:25:32,740 --> 00:25:33,740 Right? 579 00:25:33,740 --> 00:25:34,740 So you don't say 580 00:25:34,740 --> 00:25:37,740 On my dead mother's grave 581 00:25:37,740 --> 00:25:40,740 Or if I don't do this, I'll give you money 582 00:25:40,740 --> 00:25:41,740 Right? 583 00:25:41,740 --> 00:25:42,740 You don't make oaths 584 00:25:42,740 --> 00:25:47,740 Jesus said make no oaths at all 585 00:25:47,740 --> 00:25:50,740 But does that sound like a step up? 586 00:25:50,740 --> 00:25:52,740 Jason, if I say to you 587 00:25:52,740 --> 00:25:55,740 If you make an oath, you've got to keep it 588 00:25:55,740 --> 00:25:56,740 And then I come back later and I say 589 00:25:56,740 --> 00:25:59,740 Make no oaths at all 590 00:25:59,740 --> 00:26:01,740 Does that sound like a step up? 591 00:26:01,740 --> 00:26:02,740 Right? 592 00:26:02,740 --> 00:26:06,740 If I haven't written this before 593 00:26:06,740 --> 00:26:08,740 And you come up to me and say 594 00:26:08,740 --> 00:26:09,740 Keep your oaths 595 00:26:09,740 --> 00:26:11,740 And then I come back in the Bible and say 596 00:26:11,740 --> 00:26:12,740 Make no oaths at all 597 00:26:12,740 --> 00:26:15,740 It feels like you're going against your word 598 00:26:15,740 --> 00:26:17,740 Right, it's almost like a contradiction, right? 599 00:26:17,740 --> 00:26:19,740 So what is he saying? 600 00:26:19,740 --> 00:26:21,740 And that's where we get it, okay? 601 00:26:21,740 --> 00:26:24,740 And it goes a little further 602 00:26:24,740 --> 00:26:25,740 Verse 36 603 00:26:25,740 --> 00:26:28,740 Nor shall you make an oath by your head 604 00:26:28,740 --> 00:26:30,740 For you cannot make one hair white or black 605 00:26:30,740 --> 00:26:33,740 And notice your head with your mullets in the circle there 606 00:26:33,740 --> 00:26:34,740 Then 37 607 00:26:34,740 --> 00:26:37,740 But let your statement be 608 00:26:37,740 --> 00:26:39,740 Yes, yes 609 00:26:39,740 --> 00:26:41,740 Or no, no 610 00:26:41,740 --> 00:26:44,740 And anything beyond these is of evil 611 00:26:44,740 --> 00:26:46,740 Alright, and so you see two boxes there 612 00:26:46,740 --> 00:26:48,740 And yes goes in both boxes 613 00:26:48,740 --> 00:26:51,740 Yes equals yes 614 00:26:51,740 --> 00:26:56,740 And the next box, no equals no 615 00:26:56,740 --> 00:26:57,740 And then the final equation 616 00:26:57,740 --> 00:27:00,740 Anybody want to take a stab at it and guess it? 617 00:27:00,740 --> 00:27:04,740 Anything else or anything more equals evil 618 00:27:04,740 --> 00:27:06,740 Very good 619 00:27:06,740 --> 00:27:09,740 And in the word it actually says anything beyond these 620 00:27:09,740 --> 00:27:13,740 So anything different, anything going beyond that 621 00:27:13,740 --> 00:27:19,740 So it seems like if I said to you 622 00:27:19,740 --> 00:27:22,740 If you make an oath you've got to keep it 623 00:27:22,740 --> 00:27:25,740 Then I sound like I don't trust you, right? 624 00:27:25,740 --> 00:27:28,740 Like what are you saying exactly? 625 00:27:28,740 --> 00:27:30,740 I'm not going to keep my word? 626 00:27:30,740 --> 00:27:31,740 I said I was going to do it 627 00:27:31,740 --> 00:27:34,740 I said I made a promise, right? 628 00:27:34,740 --> 00:27:37,740 So then I say well I'm going to keep it 629 00:27:37,740 --> 00:27:39,740 And I'm like okay, you've got to keep it 630 00:27:39,740 --> 00:27:40,740 Well I'm going to keep it 631 00:27:40,740 --> 00:27:42,740 Okay, I really want you to believe I'm going to keep it 632 00:27:42,740 --> 00:27:44,740 I believe you but I'm saying you're going to keep it 633 00:27:44,740 --> 00:27:47,740 And there's a contrast, there's a struggle 634 00:27:47,740 --> 00:27:49,740 So then what you do is you say well I'm going to keep it 635 00:27:49,740 --> 00:27:53,740 Or else I'll do this, right? 636 00:27:53,740 --> 00:27:58,740 This can be my penalty if I don't keep what I say 637 00:27:58,740 --> 00:28:00,740 And then you go oh man if that's your penalty 638 00:28:00,740 --> 00:28:03,740 And it's enforceable by law 639 00:28:03,740 --> 00:28:06,740 So you're going to sacrifice your deposit 640 00:28:06,740 --> 00:28:07,740 Or you're going to have to pay money 641 00:28:07,740 --> 00:28:10,740 Or you're going to have to give up something 642 00:28:10,740 --> 00:28:13,740 No TV for a month or whatever 643 00:28:13,740 --> 00:28:15,740 Then you're like well yeah 644 00:28:15,740 --> 00:28:19,740 Now I really believe you're saying what you're saying, right? 645 00:28:19,740 --> 00:28:24,740 Jesus is saying you can't do it that way anymore 646 00:28:24,740 --> 00:28:29,740 You cannot decide whether or not you're going to keep your oath 647 00:28:29,740 --> 00:28:33,740 By what it's going to cost you 648 00:28:33,740 --> 00:28:36,740 You cannot decide whether or not you're going to keep your word 649 00:28:36,740 --> 00:28:38,740 By what it's going to cost you 650 00:28:38,740 --> 00:28:43,740 You can't say well I know I promised I would be there at seven 651 00:28:43,740 --> 00:28:46,740 But something came up and now I'm not 652 00:28:46,740 --> 00:28:48,740 In the back of your mind you know 653 00:28:48,740 --> 00:28:50,740 The person that you promised you were going to be there at seven 654 00:28:50,740 --> 00:28:51,740 They may not think you're going to be there 655 00:28:51,740 --> 00:28:53,740 They might be sad that you're not going to be there 656 00:28:53,740 --> 00:28:55,740 They may think well next time he promises me he'll be there at seven 657 00:28:55,740 --> 00:28:57,740 They might not trust you 658 00:28:57,740 --> 00:28:59,740 But you're willing to risk that 659 00:28:59,740 --> 00:29:03,740 Because you think something important came up 660 00:29:03,740 --> 00:29:07,740 See, Jesus said you can't do that 661 00:29:07,740 --> 00:29:11,740 Whatever you say, that's it 662 00:29:11,740 --> 00:29:13,740 Now I want you to think about who God is 663 00:29:13,740 --> 00:29:15,740 Remember our lesson from last week 664 00:29:15,740 --> 00:29:16,740 Proverbs chapter 8 665 00:29:16,740 --> 00:29:18,740 The first thing on the list to wisdom 666 00:29:18,740 --> 00:29:20,740 Does anybody remember what it was? 667 00:29:20,740 --> 00:29:21,740 The first thing on the list 668 00:29:21,740 --> 00:29:23,740 I happen to have the paper right here 669 00:29:23,740 --> 00:29:26,740 Psalms, it was Proverbs 8.32 670 00:29:26,740 --> 00:29:28,740 But this one's blank 671 00:29:28,740 --> 00:29:29,740 But fortunately I remember what it was 672 00:29:29,740 --> 00:29:31,740 Does anybody remember? 673 00:29:31,740 --> 00:29:36,740 They have their paper stuffed in their Bible 674 00:29:36,740 --> 00:29:42,740 Blessed are you if you keep my ways 675 00:29:42,740 --> 00:29:47,740 So if you do what God does, you'll be blessed 676 00:29:47,740 --> 00:29:49,740 God will take care of it 677 00:29:49,740 --> 00:29:53,740 So when God speaks, what happens? 678 00:29:53,740 --> 00:29:55,740 God said let there be light, what happened? 679 00:29:55,740 --> 00:29:57,740 There was light, right? 680 00:29:57,740 --> 00:29:59,740 Technically God said light be 681 00:29:59,740 --> 00:30:01,740 That's what it actually says in the Hebrew language 682 00:30:01,740 --> 00:30:04,740 It says light be and light sprung into existence 683 00:30:04,740 --> 00:30:07,740 As if it was waiting there to do exactly what God said 684 00:30:07,740 --> 00:30:09,740 Waiting just outside existence 685 00:30:09,740 --> 00:30:11,740 And it started, it began 686 00:30:11,740 --> 00:30:13,740 It became 687 00:30:13,740 --> 00:30:16,740 God is a creator and He creates with His voice 688 00:30:16,740 --> 00:30:18,740 And if you say I'll be there at seven 689 00:30:18,740 --> 00:30:22,740 Then you have created with your voice a condition 690 00:30:22,740 --> 00:30:25,740 Which means you will be there at seven 691 00:30:25,740 --> 00:30:28,740 Not you might be, not you will be if you can 692 00:30:28,740 --> 00:30:29,740 Right? 693 00:30:29,740 --> 00:30:33,740 That's why we did a lesson months ago about willfulness, right? 694 00:30:33,740 --> 00:30:36,740 That's why you say if the Lord so wills 695 00:30:36,740 --> 00:30:38,740 Meaning I could be wrong 696 00:30:38,740 --> 00:30:40,740 I'm saying I'm going to be there at seven 697 00:30:40,740 --> 00:30:42,740 But I could be wrong and God could be saying something different 698 00:30:42,740 --> 00:30:44,740 Bless you, I think 699 00:30:44,740 --> 00:30:47,740 Anyway, so God could be doing something different 700 00:30:47,740 --> 00:30:49,740 So God could not let me be there at seven 701 00:30:49,740 --> 00:30:51,740 Or Jesus could come again before then 702 00:30:51,740 --> 00:30:52,740 I wouldn't be there at seven 703 00:30:52,740 --> 00:30:55,740 So you say if the Lord wills, I'll be there at seven 704 00:30:55,740 --> 00:30:58,740 But if there's nothing else 705 00:30:58,740 --> 00:31:03,740 If the Lord doesn't cause a miraculous intervention to stop me from being there 706 00:31:03,740 --> 00:31:05,740 Then you're there 707 00:31:05,740 --> 00:31:08,740 Or the alternative 708 00:31:08,740 --> 00:31:11,740 Don't say you'll be there 709 00:31:11,740 --> 00:31:14,740 It says let your yes be yes and your no be no 710 00:31:14,740 --> 00:31:15,740 God's ways are like this 711 00:31:15,740 --> 00:31:19,740 Has God ever made a promise that He didn't keep? 712 00:31:19,740 --> 00:31:20,740 No 713 00:31:20,740 --> 00:31:21,740 Never been a promise that God didn't keep 714 00:31:21,740 --> 00:31:24,740 Now there are promises He hasn't kept yet 715 00:31:24,740 --> 00:31:25,740 Right? 716 00:31:25,740 --> 00:31:27,740 They're still in the works 717 00:31:27,740 --> 00:31:29,740 But God doesn't make promises and not keep them 718 00:31:29,740 --> 00:31:31,740 So we're like God 719 00:31:31,740 --> 00:31:33,740 You're made in the image of God initially 720 00:31:33,740 --> 00:31:34,740 But you're flawed because of your sin 721 00:31:34,740 --> 00:31:36,740 But now you've been reborn 722 00:31:36,740 --> 00:31:37,740 You're following the Lord 723 00:31:37,740 --> 00:31:39,740 When you say you're going to do something 724 00:31:39,740 --> 00:31:40,740 You do it 725 00:31:40,740 --> 00:31:42,740 To what extent? 726 00:31:42,740 --> 00:31:44,740 How far does it go? 727 00:31:44,740 --> 00:31:45,740 What does it have to cost me? 728 00:31:45,740 --> 00:31:48,740 What if it costs me my life? 729 00:31:48,740 --> 00:31:51,740 What if I have to die or risk death 730 00:31:51,740 --> 00:31:53,740 In order to be there like I said I would 731 00:31:53,740 --> 00:31:56,740 Or show up for that person like I said I would? 732 00:31:56,740 --> 00:31:58,740 Then you die or risk death 733 00:31:58,740 --> 00:31:59,740 Or in the first place 734 00:31:59,740 --> 00:32:01,740 You don't say you're going to do it 735 00:32:01,740 --> 00:32:02,740 Why? 736 00:32:02,740 --> 00:32:04,740 Because you're created in the image of God 737 00:32:04,740 --> 00:32:05,740 And you belong to Him 738 00:32:05,740 --> 00:32:07,740 And you're following His example 739 00:32:07,740 --> 00:32:09,740 Blessed are you if you keep His ways 740 00:32:09,740 --> 00:32:11,740 One of His ways is He does what He says 741 00:32:11,740 --> 00:32:12,740 He keeps His promises 742 00:32:12,740 --> 00:32:14,740 He creates with His voice 743 00:32:14,740 --> 00:32:16,740 And the list goes on 744 00:32:18,740 --> 00:32:21,740 So on the left side you have the commands 745 00:32:21,740 --> 00:32:25,740 By the time Jesus was preaching in this day 746 00:32:25,740 --> 00:32:28,740 That had been changed to 747 00:32:28,740 --> 00:32:32,740 If a man said I'll pay you 50 gold on payday 748 00:32:32,740 --> 00:32:34,740 Which was never gold because that's worth way too much 749 00:32:34,740 --> 00:32:36,740 If a man said I'll pay you 50 minas 750 00:32:36,740 --> 00:32:40,740 Like small copper coins on payday 751 00:32:40,740 --> 00:32:42,740 And he couldn't or he didn't 752 00:32:42,740 --> 00:32:45,740 Then there was a fine or a penalty or interest 753 00:32:45,740 --> 00:32:47,740 Like a late fee was built in 754 00:32:47,740 --> 00:32:50,740 But otherwise no big deal 755 00:32:50,740 --> 00:32:54,740 But if a man said I'll pay you 50 minas on payday 756 00:32:54,740 --> 00:32:57,740 Or on the house of God 757 00:32:57,740 --> 00:32:59,740 Or on the altar 758 00:32:59,740 --> 00:33:01,740 Or in the name of God 759 00:33:01,740 --> 00:33:04,740 Or on my head 760 00:33:04,740 --> 00:33:07,740 Then if he didn't do it 761 00:33:07,740 --> 00:33:10,740 It was punishable under law 762 00:33:10,740 --> 00:33:12,740 He could be put in debtors prison 763 00:33:12,740 --> 00:33:15,740 He could be killed 764 00:33:15,740 --> 00:33:18,740 For blaspheme 765 00:33:18,740 --> 00:33:21,740 That's the day they were living in 766 00:33:21,740 --> 00:33:24,740 I ask you are we living in the same kind of a day? 767 00:33:24,740 --> 00:33:28,740 There are so many people today that say they'll do whatever 768 00:33:28,740 --> 00:33:30,740 And they don't do it 769 00:33:30,740 --> 00:33:32,740 You can't 770 00:33:32,740 --> 00:33:34,740 You can't be like that 771 00:33:34,740 --> 00:33:36,740 You must be like Jesus commanded us to be 772 00:33:36,740 --> 00:33:38,740 Which is your yes is yes 773 00:33:38,740 --> 00:33:40,740 Your no is no 774 00:33:40,740 --> 00:33:42,740 Somebody says can you do this? 775 00:33:42,740 --> 00:33:43,740 You say no 776 00:33:43,740 --> 00:33:44,740 That settles it 777 00:33:44,740 --> 00:33:46,740 Or you shouldn't have said no in the first place 778 00:33:46,740 --> 00:33:48,740 They say can you do this? 779 00:33:48,740 --> 00:33:49,740 You say yes 780 00:33:49,740 --> 00:33:51,740 That settles it 781 00:33:51,740 --> 00:33:52,740 You do it 782 00:33:52,740 --> 00:33:54,740 If you have to get help from others 783 00:33:54,740 --> 00:33:56,740 If you have to get a third job 784 00:33:56,740 --> 00:33:59,740 If you have to bleed, sweat 785 00:33:59,740 --> 00:34:01,740 If you have to wake up late, go without sleep 786 00:34:01,740 --> 00:34:03,740 Go without eating 787 00:34:03,740 --> 00:34:08,740 If you can't be that firm about what you say 788 00:34:08,740 --> 00:34:12,740 Then don't say it 789 00:34:12,740 --> 00:34:14,740 And that's what Jesus was teaching 790 00:34:14,740 --> 00:34:16,740 It is a step up from 791 00:34:16,740 --> 00:34:19,740 Well if I don't do it I'll take a penalty 792 00:34:19,740 --> 00:34:22,740 If I don't do it people will mistrust me 793 00:34:22,740 --> 00:34:24,740 Or whatever 794 00:34:24,740 --> 00:34:26,740 You keep your promises 795 00:34:26,740 --> 00:34:30,740 I find it interesting that in the Christian world 796 00:34:30,740 --> 00:34:34,740 We see some men and women who will go the distance 797 00:34:34,740 --> 00:34:37,740 They'll do what it is that God called them to do 798 00:34:37,740 --> 00:34:38,740 No matter what it takes 799 00:34:38,740 --> 00:34:40,740 And they say I'll be there and I'll do it 800 00:34:40,740 --> 00:34:43,740 Alicia's here tonight leading worship with congestion in her chest 801 00:34:43,740 --> 00:34:45,740 Feels like crap, rather be home sleeping 802 00:34:45,740 --> 00:34:46,740 Right? 803 00:34:46,740 --> 00:34:49,740 Fighting it off 804 00:34:49,740 --> 00:34:51,740 I'm here teaching 805 00:34:51,740 --> 00:34:53,740 And I've taught a number of times when I've been sick 806 00:34:53,740 --> 00:34:55,740 RJ's had to preach for the first 807 00:34:55,740 --> 00:34:56,740 I don't know 808 00:34:56,740 --> 00:34:57,740 20 times he preached 809 00:34:57,740 --> 00:34:59,740 It seemed like the enemy was after him 810 00:34:59,740 --> 00:35:01,740 And a lot of times he would get sick right before 811 00:35:01,740 --> 00:35:04,740 And yet he did it anyway 812 00:35:04,740 --> 00:35:05,740 Right? 813 00:35:05,740 --> 00:35:08,740 But you get sick working a Pizza Hut job or whatever 814 00:35:08,740 --> 00:35:11,740 And you call off 815 00:35:11,740 --> 00:35:14,740 While you're serving the Lord you said I would be there 816 00:35:14,740 --> 00:35:15,740 Right? 817 00:35:15,740 --> 00:35:19,740 And in fact most employers have emergency time off planned 818 00:35:19,740 --> 00:35:21,740 So you can call off a certain number of times 819 00:35:21,740 --> 00:35:22,740 When I was at Pizza Hut 820 00:35:22,740 --> 00:35:26,740 If you missed three times in six months you lost your job 821 00:35:26,740 --> 00:35:30,740 Met a lot of minimum wage employees 822 00:35:30,740 --> 00:35:32,740 And the rules were if you missed three times 823 00:35:32,740 --> 00:35:34,740 And you're like but I called off but I had a doctor's note 824 00:35:34,740 --> 00:35:36,740 But what it doesn't matter 825 00:35:36,740 --> 00:35:39,740 We need people who actually can and want to work 826 00:35:39,740 --> 00:35:42,740 And the restaurant doesn't run if the people don't show up 827 00:35:42,740 --> 00:35:45,740 And everybody was like freaked out by that 828 00:35:45,740 --> 00:35:47,740 I had a person had a doctor's note twice 829 00:35:47,740 --> 00:35:50,740 The third time they called off because they want to play football in their backyard 830 00:35:50,740 --> 00:35:52,740 And then they lost their job 831 00:35:52,740 --> 00:35:53,740 And they're like what? 832 00:35:53,740 --> 00:35:57,740 I can't believe I lost my job I had a doctor's note twice 833 00:35:57,740 --> 00:36:00,740 And yet the restaurant has to run and we can't hold your spot for you 834 00:36:00,740 --> 00:36:03,740 Because you said you would be here and you're not here 835 00:36:03,740 --> 00:36:04,740 But I was sick 836 00:36:04,740 --> 00:36:06,740 Yeah I understand that 837 00:36:06,740 --> 00:36:10,740 Two times you were sick and one time you were playing football 838 00:36:10,740 --> 00:36:12,740 And I get that I feel bad about that 839 00:36:12,740 --> 00:36:14,740 But you knew the rules you understand 840 00:36:14,740 --> 00:36:16,740 Voluntarily took the job knowing the rules 841 00:36:16,740 --> 00:36:19,740 Now you don't have the job you can get a job somewhere else 842 00:36:19,740 --> 00:36:22,740 And the next job you get I suggest you show up on time 843 00:36:22,740 --> 00:36:25,740 Every day in uniform 844 00:36:25,740 --> 00:36:27,740 Don't take time off 845 00:36:27,740 --> 00:36:29,740 It's not back then 846 00:36:29,740 --> 00:36:32,740 Sometimes now I think it is and things are changing 847 00:36:32,740 --> 00:36:36,740 But back then it wasn't reasonable to be sick three times and miss work in six months 848 00:36:36,740 --> 00:36:39,740 And now with COVID things have changed 849 00:36:39,740 --> 00:36:40,740 Right? 850 00:36:40,740 --> 00:36:42,740 But people can work when they're sick 851 00:36:42,740 --> 00:36:44,740 They just can't work when they're contagious 852 00:36:44,740 --> 00:36:46,740 Or they shouldn't 853 00:36:46,740 --> 00:36:48,740 And some jobs you can if you don't work with people 854 00:36:48,740 --> 00:36:51,740 Bottom line is Jesus was taking it a step further 855 00:36:51,740 --> 00:36:53,740 He was not backing it down 856 00:36:53,740 --> 00:36:56,740 The one verse I didn't read to you and I'll close on this 857 00:36:56,740 --> 00:36:59,740 Deuteronomy 23, 22 858 00:36:59,740 --> 00:37:02,740 Which is in between 21 and 23 which I did read to you 859 00:37:02,740 --> 00:37:06,740 Deuteronomy 23, 22 860 00:37:06,740 --> 00:37:09,740 I'll read it right out of the Bible 861 00:37:09,740 --> 00:37:11,740 This is the last thing we're going to close on 862 00:37:11,740 --> 00:37:13,740 23, 22 says this 863 00:37:13,740 --> 00:37:15,740 21 you'll recall says 864 00:37:15,740 --> 00:37:18,740 When you make a vow to the Lord your God you shall not delay to pay it 865 00:37:18,740 --> 00:37:20,740 For it would be sin in you 866 00:37:20,740 --> 00:37:23,740 And the Lord your God will surely require it of you 867 00:37:23,740 --> 00:37:26,740 22 says, however if you refrain from vowing 868 00:37:26,740 --> 00:37:29,740 It would not be sin in you 869 00:37:29,740 --> 00:37:32,740 You shall be careful to perform what goes out from your lips 870 00:37:32,740 --> 00:37:35,740 Just as you have voluntarily vowed to the Lord your God 871 00:37:35,740 --> 00:37:37,740 What you have promised 872 00:37:37,740 --> 00:37:39,740 Notice that the second part of that it says 873 00:37:39,740 --> 00:37:42,740 You shall 874 00:37:42,740 --> 00:37:45,740 Be careful to perform what goes out from your lips 875 00:37:45,740 --> 00:37:47,740 Just as you have voluntarily vowed 876 00:37:47,740 --> 00:37:51,740 Just as you have voluntarily vowed to the Lord your God 877 00:37:51,740 --> 00:37:55,740 In other words, you should be careful to perform whatever goes out from your lips 878 00:37:55,740 --> 00:37:58,740 Is the let your yes be yes and your no be no 879 00:37:58,740 --> 00:38:00,740 But they had let that go 880 00:38:00,740 --> 00:38:03,740 And the question is do we live in a time where people have let it go 881 00:38:03,740 --> 00:38:06,740 You know that there was a time a couple hundred years ago 882 00:38:06,740 --> 00:38:09,740 That nobody ever signed a contract 883 00:38:09,740 --> 00:38:12,740 It wasn't cell phones or even telephones 884 00:38:12,740 --> 00:38:14,740 Two hundred years ago it wasn't even telephones 885 00:38:14,740 --> 00:38:16,740 Right, what year was that invented? Maybe 886 00:38:16,740 --> 00:38:19,740 Now, two hundred years ago we didn't have telephones 887 00:38:19,740 --> 00:38:21,740 Right, telegram 888 00:38:21,740 --> 00:38:24,740 Right, so it wasn't somebody in California providing something for 889 00:38:24,740 --> 00:38:27,740 So you went down to the store to buy what you needed 890 00:38:27,740 --> 00:38:30,740 And you couldn't pay for it and you told them you'd pay for it when you had the money 891 00:38:30,740 --> 00:38:32,740 There was no contract 892 00:38:32,740 --> 00:38:34,740 There was no sign on the dotted line, you said you'd pay 893 00:38:34,740 --> 00:38:36,740 Everybody knew you'd pay 894 00:38:36,740 --> 00:38:38,740 But now, two hundred years later 895 00:38:38,740 --> 00:38:41,740 You're thinking, always thinking about how they can get out of their commitments 896 00:38:41,740 --> 00:38:43,740 And that's not how it works 897 00:38:43,740 --> 00:38:46,740 In the kingdom of God, you do what you said you would do 898 00:38:46,740 --> 00:38:49,740 Or otherwise you don't say you would do it 899 00:38:49,740 --> 00:38:53,740 You say, but I messed up, I forgot, I didn't put on my calendar 900 00:38:53,740 --> 00:38:56,740 Or I didn't know I had another commitment 901 00:38:56,740 --> 00:39:01,740 You're responsible for that, you have to know if you had another commitment 902 00:39:01,740 --> 00:39:05,740 Right, so you shouldn't say yes without first checking your calendar 903 00:39:05,740 --> 00:39:09,740 Or if you don't keep your own calendar with your parents, your grandparents, or your wife or your husband 904 00:39:09,740 --> 00:39:11,740 First checking to make sure 905 00:39:11,740 --> 00:39:15,740 And if you're a man in the room and you didn't check your calendar or check with your wife first 906 00:39:15,740 --> 00:39:22,740 And you made a commitment and now you have to go back to your wife and say, I'm sorry, now I'm double booked 907 00:39:22,740 --> 00:39:26,740 And when I do that, I either find a way to make sure both works 908 00:39:26,740 --> 00:39:29,740 Or I take the hardest road 909 00:39:29,740 --> 00:39:33,740 Right, because that's what you do, that's what men do 910 00:39:33,740 --> 00:39:37,740 And if you're an adult female, you understand that when the appointment comes 911 00:39:37,740 --> 00:39:40,740 When the calendar is scheduled, when it's on there 912 00:39:40,740 --> 00:39:44,740 You have to be there, or you have to reschedule it 913 00:39:44,740 --> 00:39:47,740 Right, you said you'd be there 914 00:39:47,740 --> 00:39:50,740 And by the way, doctor's office is now charging fees when you miss your appointment 915 00:39:50,740 --> 00:39:54,740 And you don't renew your license plates until you get a ticket 916 00:39:54,740 --> 00:39:57,740 And the list just goes on and on 917 00:39:57,740 --> 00:40:01,740 Keep your commitments, let your yes be yes, your no be no, that's what he was talking about 918 00:40:01,740 --> 00:40:04,740 And anything other than that 919 00:40:04,740 --> 00:40:08,740 Like for example, if you would say, I know I should do this 920 00:40:08,740 --> 00:40:11,740 But I don't want to have to do it, so I'm not going to keep my commitment 921 00:40:11,740 --> 00:40:16,740 Anything other than that is considered as evil 922 00:40:16,740 --> 00:40:19,740 Okay, I'm pulling all these out here 923 00:40:19,740 --> 00:40:22,740 Let's see 924 00:40:22,740 --> 00:40:26,740 I'm going to get a bunch out because I'm going to use these up so I can buy new candy bars next week 925 00:40:26,740 --> 00:40:33,740 There we go 926 00:40:33,740 --> 00:40:37,740 That'll be enough 927 00:40:37,740 --> 00:40:40,740 Okay, so if your paper is at least half filled out, I'm bringing you candy 928 00:40:40,740 --> 00:40:45,740 So show me your paper 929 00:40:45,740 --> 00:40:56,740 Okay 930 00:40:56,740 --> 00:41:17,740 Okay 931 00:41:17,740 --> 00:41:19,740 All right, so we're going to close in prayer 932 00:41:19,740 --> 00:41:24,740 And then there are cookies and snack cakes and lemonade and cafeteria 933 00:41:24,740 --> 00:41:29,740 And I'll meet you there, let's pray together 934 00:41:29,740 --> 00:41:33,740 Father in heaven, this road that you set us on 935 00:41:33,740 --> 00:41:36,740 If we were to try to walk it without Jesus 936 00:41:36,740 --> 00:41:39,740 Would be virtually impossible 937 00:41:39,740 --> 00:41:41,740 We would get it right sometimes and wrong sometimes 938 00:41:41,740 --> 00:41:45,740 And when we got it wrong, the price to be paid would be too high 939 00:41:45,740 --> 00:41:49,740 When we got it wrong, we'd be too alone, we'd be too trapped outside 940 00:41:49,740 --> 00:41:54,740 We'd be too stuck in the darkness 941 00:41:54,740 --> 00:41:58,740 But Lord, now when we walk this road and do what it is 942 00:41:58,740 --> 00:42:01,740 That we try to do what it is that we're supposed to try to be the person we're supposed to be 943 00:42:01,740 --> 00:42:04,740 Make our yes, yes and our no, no 944 00:42:04,740 --> 00:42:08,740 When we screw that up, you're there with us 945 00:42:08,740 --> 00:42:14,740 You're in us and you can help us keep our promises 946 00:42:14,740 --> 00:42:17,740 And make it turn out the way it's supposed to 947 00:42:17,740 --> 00:42:19,740 And even correct us in the moment 948 00:42:19,740 --> 00:42:21,740 I think about the times where I said to myself 949 00:42:21,740 --> 00:42:23,740 Well, I'm going to say I'll do this 950 00:42:23,740 --> 00:42:25,740 And you said, don't do that 951 00:42:25,740 --> 00:42:29,740 And I couldn't think of any reason at all why I shouldn't say so 952 00:42:29,740 --> 00:42:33,740 But in my spirit, you were correcting me and saying don't 953 00:42:33,740 --> 00:42:36,740 And then when the time comes, there was something going on at that time 954 00:42:36,740 --> 00:42:39,740 That was completely outside my control and there was no way I could do it 955 00:42:39,740 --> 00:42:44,740 I thank you Lord that you protect godly men and women to try to follow you 956 00:42:44,740 --> 00:42:46,740 I also know that we get it wrong sometimes 957 00:42:46,740 --> 00:42:48,740 We're going to make commitments 958 00:42:48,740 --> 00:42:51,740 Sometimes we do it quick and we're not quite ready 959 00:42:51,740 --> 00:42:53,740 Whatever, we jump on ahead of you 960 00:42:53,740 --> 00:42:59,740 And I also know that Jesus' blood on the cross pays for that 961 00:42:59,740 --> 00:43:00,740 It covers it 962 00:43:00,740 --> 00:43:09,740 And so it's an impossible thing for a human being to say and do everything that they say 963 00:43:09,740 --> 00:43:12,740 And then it's an impossible thing for a human being to not say 964 00:43:12,740 --> 00:43:14,740 Because this life runs on commitments 965 00:43:14,740 --> 00:43:19,740 It runs on I'm taking care of my wife, I'm taking care of my kids, I'm taking care of my job, I'm paying my bills 966 00:43:19,740 --> 00:43:23,740 I'm following the law, following the rules 967 00:43:23,740 --> 00:43:26,740 It runs on commitment in a lot of ways 968 00:43:26,740 --> 00:43:30,740 And that's because without that, we would have a hard time relating with other people 969 00:43:30,740 --> 00:43:34,740 Because they want from us all the time and we have to know when to say no 970 00:43:34,740 --> 00:43:38,740 And they want from us and we have to know when it's right and we say yes 971 00:43:38,740 --> 00:43:39,740 And we need that wisdom 972 00:43:39,740 --> 00:43:42,740 And just as we talked about the wisdom from Proverbs 8 973 00:43:42,740 --> 00:43:45,740 And one of the things is following the ways that you've set before us 974 00:43:45,740 --> 00:43:49,740 And one of the ways that you've set before us is this way 975 00:43:49,740 --> 00:43:55,740 That our yes be yes and our no be no and anything more than that is evil 976 00:43:55,740 --> 00:43:56,740 We love you Lord 977 00:43:56,740 --> 00:44:00,740 We ask you to help us stand firm and do what's right and keep our commitments 978 00:44:00,740 --> 00:44:02,740 And we pray all this in Jesus' name 979 00:44:02,740 --> 00:44:12,740 Amen