WEBVTT 00:00:01.159 --> 00:00:06.639 Welcome to NECF sermons. Each message here is 00:00:06.639 --> 00:00:09.660 designed to uplift and strengthen you in your 00:00:09.660 --> 00:00:13.939 walk with God. Don't miss out. Stay with us until 00:00:13.939 --> 00:00:17.879 the end for a rewarding experience. Let's dive 00:00:17.879 --> 00:00:30.539 right in. Hallelujah. Amen. Deuteronomy 22. Deuteronomy 00:00:30.539 --> 00:00:40.439 22. Now we began a series that for a long time, 00:00:40.600 --> 00:00:43.539 and I promised you that we will continue from 00:00:43.539 --> 00:00:48.259 there. Hallelujah. And we've been discussing 00:00:48.259 --> 00:00:55.140 about issues about women's liberty, issues about 00:00:55.140 --> 00:01:01.700 women's liberty. We looked at a number of things. 00:01:03.060 --> 00:01:07.780 We looked at, is it scriptural for a woman to 00:01:07.780 --> 00:01:11.299 speak in church? I mean, we look at some controversial 00:01:11.299 --> 00:01:13.900 issues because our sisters have been tormented 00:01:13.900 --> 00:01:17.319 over the years. So we wanted to see the counsel 00:01:17.319 --> 00:01:20.780 of God. Is it forbidden for a woman to speak 00:01:20.780 --> 00:01:24.219 in church? Some scripture seems to suggest that. 00:01:24.299 --> 00:01:29.010 I say seems, they don't, but it seems. He said 00:01:29.010 --> 00:01:33.150 that a woman should keep quiet in the church. 00:01:33.870 --> 00:01:36.069 If she has anything, she should ask her husband. 00:01:37.049 --> 00:01:39.469 And then we saw that that's not what that place 00:01:39.469 --> 00:01:42.469 is talking about. We're going to return to it. 00:01:43.290 --> 00:01:45.790 But then we looked at also, is it permitted for 00:01:45.790 --> 00:01:47.709 a woman to lead a church? That's another place 00:01:47.709 --> 00:01:51.909 where they are forbidden. Looks at, they cannot 00:01:51.909 --> 00:01:58.620 teach men. Or that's the basis. And then we saw 00:01:58.620 --> 00:02:03.359 from what we call the Old Testament to the New 00:02:03.359 --> 00:02:06.000 Testament. There was nowhere that suggests that, 00:02:06.040 --> 00:02:08.960 that the woman cannot lead a church or the woman 00:02:08.960 --> 00:02:12.300 cannot be in the ministry gifts. After we started 00:02:12.300 --> 00:02:16.740 discussing the ministry gifts here and there, 00:02:16.879 --> 00:02:19.819 and there was nowhere that it mentioned either 00:02:19.819 --> 00:02:23.419 male or female. You understand? The Bible just 00:02:23.419 --> 00:02:26.039 says that when he ascended, you understand, he 00:02:26.039 --> 00:02:29.919 gave gifts to who? Are we together? So there 00:02:29.919 --> 00:02:34.039 was no name mentioned. Amen. And then we also 00:02:34.039 --> 00:02:37.300 moved on to look at, that's where we stayed a 00:02:37.300 --> 00:02:41.080 little longer. What is God's original plan or 00:02:41.080 --> 00:02:45.159 intention for creating a woman? And after that 00:02:45.159 --> 00:02:48.139 long journey, we came to an understanding that 00:02:48.139 --> 00:02:52.340 God's intention and original plan for creating 00:02:52.340 --> 00:02:56.099 a woman is not different. from his intention 00:02:56.099 --> 00:03:00.159 of creating a man. Amen. And we saw that God's 00:03:00.159 --> 00:03:03.439 intention of creating mankind is the same. It's 00:03:03.439 --> 00:03:07.639 one, male and female. Are we together? He created 00:03:07.639 --> 00:03:12.680 them. He created them in his image. Hallelujah. 00:03:13.479 --> 00:03:17.900 And this part is going to be the, for now, the 00:03:17.900 --> 00:03:19.879 concluding part. I don't know how long it will 00:03:19.879 --> 00:03:26.370 take us, but this part is the part of A woman's 00:03:26.370 --> 00:03:29.090 dressing. And we're going to look at two parts, 00:03:29.110 --> 00:03:32.689 particularly the ones that is much hot or hotter. 00:03:33.530 --> 00:03:39.710 Should a woman cover her head in church? And 00:03:39.710 --> 00:03:44.370 should women wear trousers? So these are the 00:03:44.370 --> 00:03:47.610 parts we're going to deal with. So before I go 00:03:47.610 --> 00:03:50.430 into it, because I want us to have a very solid 00:03:50.430 --> 00:03:53.479 foundation. So what I will do now. is to establish 00:03:53.479 --> 00:03:56.979 some foundation that will help us to answer those 00:03:56.979 --> 00:03:59.699 questions. Are we together? And I don't want 00:03:59.699 --> 00:04:01.719 you to sleep because whether you like it or not, 00:04:01.759 --> 00:04:04.439 it will come to you. You understand? We don't 00:04:04.439 --> 00:04:07.719 just want you to say, Pastor said. No. We want 00:04:07.719 --> 00:04:10.719 you to explain it. That's what it means by growth. 00:04:11.259 --> 00:04:15.039 Amen? Hallelujah. So I'm going to look at that, 00:04:15.060 --> 00:04:19.019 the issue of the woman's dressing. Now the issue 00:04:19.019 --> 00:04:22.069 of... A woman's dressing in scripture requires 00:04:22.069 --> 00:04:25.850 careful handling and proper interpretation. And 00:04:25.850 --> 00:04:29.269 that's why we're going to take some time. And 00:04:29.269 --> 00:04:34.310 a popular text that many believers turn to when 00:04:34.310 --> 00:04:37.790 discussing women's dressing is Deuteronomy 22 00:04:37.790 --> 00:04:40.569 verse 5. Let's look at Deuteronomy 22 verse 5. 00:04:41.089 --> 00:04:48.410 So we'll start from there. It says that a woman 00:04:49.199 --> 00:04:56.560 should not wear anything that pertains to a man, 00:04:56.720 --> 00:05:05.040 nor shall a man put on a woman's garments. For 00:05:05.040 --> 00:05:13.240 all who do so are an abomination to the Lord 00:05:13.240 --> 00:05:18.620 your God. Now, one of the injustice we have done 00:05:18.620 --> 00:05:22.399 to this text is to plug it out of the context. 00:05:23.220 --> 00:05:27.240 And then because we have done that, we can make 00:05:27.240 --> 00:05:32.079 it say what it's not saying. Now, everybody interpret 00:05:32.079 --> 00:05:35.259 it based according to their own culture. Are 00:05:35.259 --> 00:05:39.040 we together? Hallelujah. I remember I started 00:05:39.040 --> 00:05:41.699 having problem when I was growing up in my mother 00:05:41.699 --> 00:05:47.430 church. the church I was born into. So, you know, 00:05:47.470 --> 00:05:51.149 I agree. I never had problem with that. Like 00:05:51.149 --> 00:05:56.110 women, because the interpretation here is that 00:05:56.110 --> 00:06:02.269 back home is that what pertains to a woman is 00:06:02.269 --> 00:06:08.350 kids and rappers and what pertains to a man is 00:06:08.350 --> 00:06:11.709 trouser. Are we together? That's how they interpret 00:06:11.709 --> 00:06:17.839 it to us. And we grew in that system. You dare 00:06:17.839 --> 00:06:22.800 not wear a trouser to the church. They will send 00:06:22.800 --> 00:06:29.319 you out. Let me repeat again. You dare not wear 00:06:29.319 --> 00:06:32.180 a trouser to the church. They will send you out. 00:06:32.240 --> 00:06:35.899 In fact, I remember one of the, my cousin, she 00:06:35.899 --> 00:06:38.660 went to the campus and then, you know, how, so 00:06:38.660 --> 00:06:41.480 she was somehow, you know, influenced. Of course, 00:06:41.480 --> 00:06:43.759 when you go to the campus, So you are influenced 00:06:43.759 --> 00:06:45.759 somehow. But the influence is not that much, 00:06:45.839 --> 00:06:50.579 so to say. You know, she wore a gown. You know, 00:06:50.600 --> 00:06:57.259 these wrappers. So she saw a long wrapper, a 00:06:57.259 --> 00:07:02.300 gown, but just by the side, there was a little 00:07:02.300 --> 00:07:05.980 bit gap. And then she wore, she now saw the trouser 00:07:05.980 --> 00:07:10.250 inside, in the sand. So if she... If she's standing, 00:07:10.250 --> 00:07:12.509 you can't see that she's wearing a trouser. But 00:07:12.509 --> 00:07:15.910 as she walks, of course, because of the... So 00:07:15.910 --> 00:07:22.329 you can see that the inside garment is a trouser. 00:07:22.329 --> 00:07:25.290 It's a man's garment. Did you understand what 00:07:25.290 --> 00:07:27.769 I'm trying to say? So I remember as she walked, 00:07:27.949 --> 00:07:31.269 she reached the gate. I was in front of her. 00:07:31.329 --> 00:07:32.910 We were about to enter the gate of the church. 00:07:33.089 --> 00:07:35.529 They stopped her. There were women. They didn't 00:07:35.529 --> 00:07:40.550 even allow her to reach the church. right at 00:07:40.550 --> 00:07:44.170 the gate. You understand? Because the church 00:07:44.170 --> 00:07:46.610 was fenced. They stopped her. They said she can't 00:07:46.610 --> 00:07:53.129 enter. Why? That she is wearing a trouser. She 00:07:53.129 --> 00:07:56.649 said, but this one, the gown is long down. He 00:07:56.649 --> 00:07:58.550 said, how can you see that I'm wearing anything? 00:07:58.709 --> 00:08:00.129 That because she's wearing a trouser, she cannot 00:08:00.129 --> 00:08:02.350 enter the church. Now, religion is terrible, 00:08:02.550 --> 00:08:05.790 I'm telling you. Yet, there are other ladies, 00:08:06.129 --> 00:08:09.660 because they wore skirts, Their skirt is ungodly 00:08:09.660 --> 00:08:13.040 because it was tight, yet they allowed them to 00:08:13.040 --> 00:08:16.100 enter because they are wearing a what? A skirt. 00:08:17.420 --> 00:08:20.779 But her own, the dress is baggy. You cannot see 00:08:20.779 --> 00:08:25.040 any of her contour. You understand? But yet she 00:08:25.040 --> 00:08:28.459 was sent back home. So they didn't have a choice. 00:08:28.480 --> 00:08:30.540 She has to just branch and enter one of the pentacles. 00:08:30.620 --> 00:08:32.399 I didn't even know the name. You understand? 00:08:32.500 --> 00:08:35.049 She just saw a church and just entered. And they 00:08:35.049 --> 00:08:37.090 welcomed her. And she had her service there before 00:08:37.090 --> 00:08:40.509 she now returned back home. And when I came back, 00:08:40.590 --> 00:08:44.289 I just started loving. Now, we have had all kinds 00:08:44.289 --> 00:08:47.950 of experiences like that. Are we together? Now, 00:08:47.990 --> 00:08:51.070 it will do you well to pay attention. I beg you 00:08:51.070 --> 00:08:55.309 in the name of God to pay attention. Hallelujah. 00:08:57.049 --> 00:09:02.899 So, now, how do we understand this text? Now, 00:09:02.919 --> 00:09:05.100 the first thing to understand, we have taught 00:09:05.100 --> 00:09:10.559 in this church, to understand a text is to read. 00:09:11.059 --> 00:09:14.320 You understand? If you are lazy in reading, you'll 00:09:14.320 --> 00:09:19.360 be gullible. If you are not diligent in the study 00:09:19.360 --> 00:09:21.720 of God's word, you'll be a candidate of deception. 00:09:22.440 --> 00:09:25.320 I don't believe any lazy man will ever receive 00:09:25.320 --> 00:09:30.259 revelation because it requires a lot of careful 00:09:30.259 --> 00:09:40.159 reading. The intentions of the Holy Spirit is 00:09:40.159 --> 00:09:43.000 already there. Are we together? This is his words. 00:09:43.259 --> 00:09:46.600 You understand? All scriptures is given by the 00:09:46.600 --> 00:09:51.639 inspirations of God. Are we together? Amen. This 00:09:51.639 --> 00:09:54.519 is already. So the intention is not outside. 00:09:55.720 --> 00:09:59.019 The intention is already there. You just need 00:09:59.019 --> 00:10:02.259 to pay attention. to the intention of the author. 00:10:03.299 --> 00:10:06.419 Now, what are we going to do to be able to understand 00:10:06.419 --> 00:10:09.360 these things? There are basically three things 00:10:09.360 --> 00:10:12.639 we're going to do to be able to help us understand 00:10:12.639 --> 00:10:16.379 this. And all of it, we can summarize it as reading 00:10:16.379 --> 00:10:22.299 the context. So what I'm going to do now and 00:10:22.299 --> 00:10:27.259 probably Wednesday and probably beyond is to 00:10:27.259 --> 00:10:30.389 actually study the context. If you don't know 00:10:30.389 --> 00:10:32.950 context, just follow me. Whatever you saw me 00:10:32.950 --> 00:10:35.350 doing, I mean, see me doing, that's we are trying 00:10:35.350 --> 00:10:39.409 to read the context. Three things, as I said, 00:10:39.450 --> 00:10:44.070 to help us study the context. Now, the first 00:10:44.070 --> 00:10:47.649 one is that who spoke those words? Deuteronomy 00:10:47.649 --> 00:10:52.190 22, 5. Who spoke those words? That's the first 00:10:52.190 --> 00:10:56.649 thing. The second thing, to whom was the author 00:10:56.649 --> 00:10:59.639 addressing them? That's the second thing. To 00:10:59.639 --> 00:11:07.860 whom was the author addressing those words? Number 00:11:07.860 --> 00:11:13.059 three, why? Number three, why? Are we together? 00:11:13.539 --> 00:11:17.940 Who wrote those words? To whom was the author 00:11:17.940 --> 00:11:21.840 addressing them? And the third thing is why? 00:11:23.940 --> 00:11:26.600 If we're able to answer this, we will know the 00:11:26.600 --> 00:11:33.279 meaning. of this text. Amen. Let's go back a 00:11:33.279 --> 00:11:39.500 little bit to Deuteronomy chapter 1. Let's see 00:11:39.500 --> 00:11:44.240 from the beginning of Deuteronomy where I will 00:11:44.240 --> 00:11:50.480 begin to answer the first question. Amen. Excuse 00:11:50.480 --> 00:11:56.960 me. Deuteronomy chapter 1 verse 1. I'll read 00:11:56.960 --> 00:12:03.220 1 to 3. These are the words. With who? Oh, talk 00:12:03.220 --> 00:12:10.860 to me. Moses spoke to all who? To all Israel. 00:12:11.279 --> 00:12:15.840 On this side of the Jordan, in the wilderness. 00:12:16.620 --> 00:12:20.799 In the plain opposite to Sue, between Parham, 00:12:20.840 --> 00:12:28.539 Tophel, Laman, Hezrod. And there's a help. Verse 00:12:28.539 --> 00:12:37.059 2. It is 11 days journey from Horeb. Now, not 00:12:37.059 --> 00:12:40.539 Horeb, because we're going to, we will do a lot 00:12:40.539 --> 00:12:46.980 of things at Horeb. By the way of Mount Seir 00:12:46.980 --> 00:12:54.539 to Kadesh Bener. Now it came to pass. In the 00:12:54.539 --> 00:12:59.960 40th year, in the 40th year, in the 11th month, 00:13:00.059 --> 00:13:05.580 on the first day of the month, that Moses spoke 00:13:05.580 --> 00:13:09.600 to the children of Israel according to all that 00:13:09.600 --> 00:13:15.799 the Lord had given him as commandment to them. 00:13:16.399 --> 00:13:21.899 So did we see something there? Now, the book 00:13:21.899 --> 00:13:27.919 of Deuteronomy. Who was speaking? Moses to who? 00:13:29.500 --> 00:13:33.299 Who? To all of Israel, the children of Israel. 00:13:33.340 --> 00:13:36.559 Please don't forget this. I beg you. The children 00:13:36.559 --> 00:13:42.779 of Israel. Moses, children of Israel. Now, let's 00:13:42.779 --> 00:13:48.200 go closer to the end of Deuteronomy. Am I slow? 00:13:51.279 --> 00:13:57.319 The end of Deuteronomy. Deuteronomy 31. Deuteronomy 00:13:57.319 --> 00:14:04.899 31. Because he said he spoke to them according 00:14:04.899 --> 00:14:10.000 to what? According to the commandment. So we're 00:14:10.000 --> 00:14:11.519 going to see there's something I want to do there 00:14:11.519 --> 00:14:18.179 before we move on. Go to Deuteronomy 31. Then 00:14:18.179 --> 00:14:24.659 Moses went and spoke. This word to all Israel, 00:14:24.759 --> 00:14:28.059 yet again, we are confirming the word is to all 00:14:28.059 --> 00:14:35.720 Israel. And he said to them, I am 120 years old 00:14:35.720 --> 00:14:42.460 today. I can no longer go out and come in. Also, 00:14:42.600 --> 00:14:46.259 the Lord has said to me, you shall not cross 00:14:46.259 --> 00:14:50.919 over this Jordan. Now go to verse nine, John 00:14:50.919 --> 00:14:56.240 to verse nine. So Moses wrote this law and delivered 00:14:56.240 --> 00:15:01.159 it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who bore 00:15:01.159 --> 00:15:05.600 the ark of the covenant of the Lord and to all 00:15:05.600 --> 00:15:14.659 the elders of Israel. Move to 24, verse 24. So 00:15:14.659 --> 00:15:20.120 it was when Moses had completed writing the words 00:15:20.120 --> 00:15:26.889 of this law, In a where? In a book. Are we together? 00:15:27.389 --> 00:15:33.590 When they were finished, verse 25, that Moses 00:15:33.590 --> 00:15:37.950 commanded the Levites who bore the Ark of the 00:15:37.950 --> 00:15:43.210 Covenant of the Lord, saying, take this book 00:15:43.210 --> 00:15:51.029 of the law and put it beside the Ark of the Covenant. 00:15:51.720 --> 00:15:57.879 of the Lord your God, that it may be witness, 00:15:58.059 --> 00:16:04.740 it may be dear as a witness against you. Let's 00:16:04.740 --> 00:16:08.440 stop for that for now. Amen? Are we together? 00:16:08.759 --> 00:16:12.139 So if you look at also this one, show to us that 00:16:12.139 --> 00:16:17.539 Moses was the one that was speaking, and he was 00:16:17.539 --> 00:16:20.299 speaking to the children of Israel. So we answer 00:16:20.299 --> 00:16:23.360 the... At least we're answering the first and 00:16:23.360 --> 00:16:27.019 the second. Are we together? Now, when you look 00:16:27.019 --> 00:16:32.299 at verse 26, he said he commanded that the book, 00:16:32.460 --> 00:16:36.799 so he wrote the law and put it, he wrote it in 00:16:36.799 --> 00:16:41.019 a book and said that they should put it besides 00:16:41.019 --> 00:16:45.159 the Ark of the Covenant, which contain, and I 00:16:45.159 --> 00:16:48.159 want you to see, now that Ark of Covenant, please 00:16:48.159 --> 00:16:53.590 just follow me gently. Now go to Hebrews. Hebrews 00:16:53.590 --> 00:16:57.090 chapter 9. Just hold. We are coming back to this 00:16:57.090 --> 00:17:00.350 Deuteronomy. So just hold and go to Hebrews chapter 00:17:00.350 --> 00:17:04.150 9. What is that ark? What does the ark contain? 00:17:04.269 --> 00:17:11.009 The ark of the covenant. Hebrews chapter 9. Verse 00:17:11.009 --> 00:17:19.750 4. Let me read from verse 3. And behind the second 00:17:19.750 --> 00:17:23.390 veil, the part of the tabernacle, which is called 00:17:23.390 --> 00:17:27.970 the holiest of old, which had the golden censer 00:17:27.970 --> 00:17:32.829 and the ark of the covenant overlaid on all sides 00:17:32.829 --> 00:17:38.049 with gold, in which were, one, the golden pots 00:17:38.049 --> 00:17:45.269 that had the manna, two, the arrow's rod that 00:17:45.269 --> 00:17:50.630 budded, and three, The tablets of the covenant. 00:17:51.230 --> 00:17:52.930 Now, did you see the three things that are in 00:17:52.930 --> 00:17:56.309 the ark of covenant? The golden pots, right? 00:17:57.109 --> 00:18:03.130 Are we together? The golden pots that had the 00:18:03.130 --> 00:18:06.630 manna, the Aaron's rod that bought it, and then 00:18:06.630 --> 00:18:12.769 the stone tablets of the covenant. Note that 00:18:12.769 --> 00:18:15.349 one. So, listen now. Let me come back again. 00:18:15.490 --> 00:18:22.960 So, we have Moses. who wrote the law and wrote 00:18:22.960 --> 00:18:28.200 it in a book. And he asked them to put it beside 00:18:28.200 --> 00:18:31.579 the Ark of the Covenant. And this Ark of the 00:18:31.579 --> 00:18:34.480 Covenant contains three things. The golden pot, 00:18:34.720 --> 00:18:40.619 the Aaron's rod, and the stone tablet of the 00:18:40.619 --> 00:18:47.490 covenant. Now, go to... Go back to Deuteronomy. 00:18:47.650 --> 00:18:50.130 But this time around, Deuteronomy chapter 10. 00:18:52.049 --> 00:18:57.670 Deuteronomy chapter 10. So, leave the Aaron's 00:18:57.670 --> 00:19:01.490 rod and leave the pot, you understand, that had 00:19:01.490 --> 00:19:05.890 what? Manna, right? There are two things now 00:19:05.890 --> 00:19:10.970 that contains law. I want us to look at. One 00:19:10.970 --> 00:19:13.529 is a book. So, you have to distinguish them. 00:19:13.970 --> 00:19:17.599 One is a book. that Moses wrote, which is called 00:19:17.599 --> 00:19:23.359 the book of Moses or the law of Moses. So, and 00:19:23.359 --> 00:19:26.940 the second is the stone tablet that contains 00:19:26.940 --> 00:19:31.420 also commandments. Are we together? Are we together? 00:19:31.759 --> 00:19:35.480 Good. They are not the same. That's just one 00:19:35.480 --> 00:19:37.539 thing I wanted to know. So I wanted to go back 00:19:37.539 --> 00:19:42.019 to that Deuteronomy. Look at chapter 10. Just 00:19:42.019 --> 00:19:44.779 to expand shade, expand shade about or more, 00:19:44.819 --> 00:19:47.829 give light. with that issue of the stones or 00:19:47.829 --> 00:19:52.049 the tablets, the stone's tablet or the tablet 00:19:52.049 --> 00:19:59.450 of stone. In Deuteronomy 10, look at verse 1. 00:20:01.569 --> 00:20:07.130 At that time, the Lord said to me, Heal for yourself 00:20:07.130 --> 00:20:11.269 two words. Oh, talk, please, I want you to walk 00:20:11.269 --> 00:20:15.859 with me. Amen. Two words. Two tablets of stone 00:20:15.859 --> 00:20:20.319 like the first. And come up to me. Remember, 00:20:20.500 --> 00:20:23.160 Moses scattered the other one. The first one. 00:20:23.240 --> 00:20:27.940 Amen. So the Lord asked him to sit like the first. 00:20:28.500 --> 00:20:34.920 And come up to me on the mount. And make yourself 00:20:34.920 --> 00:20:41.319 an ark of what? An ark of what? Wood. And I will 00:20:41.319 --> 00:20:46.819 write on the tablets. The words that were on 00:20:46.819 --> 00:20:51.079 the first tablet, which you broke. And you shall 00:20:51.079 --> 00:20:55.759 put them in the ark. So I made an ark of acacia 00:20:55.759 --> 00:21:00.579 wood. Hew two tablets of stones like the first 00:21:00.579 --> 00:21:06.240 and went up the mountain. Having the two tablets 00:21:06.240 --> 00:21:12.529 in my hand. Verse 4. And he wrote. On the tablet, 00:21:12.589 --> 00:21:15.190 according to the first writing, what did he write? 00:21:15.809 --> 00:21:19.910 Oh, talk to me. The 10 commandments which the 00:21:19.910 --> 00:21:23.690 Lord had spoken to you in the mountains from 00:21:23.690 --> 00:21:27.369 the mist of the fire in the day of the assembly, 00:21:27.589 --> 00:21:35.890 the Lord gave them to me. He gave them to me. 00:21:35.930 --> 00:21:38.730 Look at verse five. Then I turned and came down. 00:21:39.099 --> 00:21:42.160 from the mountain and put the tablets, where? 00:21:42.359 --> 00:21:49.160 In the ark, which I had made. And there they 00:21:49.160 --> 00:21:54.099 are, just as the Lord commanded. Amen. So we 00:21:54.099 --> 00:21:59.079 have the two stone tablets, which contains the 00:21:59.079 --> 00:22:04.160 10 commandments. Are we together? Then we have 00:22:04.160 --> 00:22:11.740 the book of the law of Moses. which God instructed, 00:22:11.880 --> 00:22:14.519 Moses instructed that it should be put beside. 00:22:17.200 --> 00:22:23.640 Beside. So we have two things. Amen. Go back 00:22:23.640 --> 00:22:32.400 to that Deuteronomy 30, that one, right? Yes, 00:22:32.400 --> 00:22:35.920 that one. Verse 26. He said, take this book of 00:22:35.920 --> 00:22:39.039 the law and put it beside the ark of the covenant 00:22:39.039 --> 00:22:43.259 of the Lord your God, that it may be there as 00:22:43.259 --> 00:22:45.799 a witness against you. So what we are trying 00:22:45.799 --> 00:22:49.059 to say is that, that the law of Moses or the 00:22:49.059 --> 00:22:55.640 book of the law of Moses is different from the 00:22:55.640 --> 00:23:00.220 law of Moses. Now follow me, because when I use 00:23:00.220 --> 00:23:02.220 different, you have to just understand what I 00:23:02.220 --> 00:23:06.450 mean. So just follow me gradually. Amen. Now, 00:23:06.490 --> 00:23:10.230 let me do something now. Just look at what is 00:23:10.230 --> 00:23:13.849 the difference between the law of Moses and the 00:23:13.849 --> 00:23:16.130 Ten Commandments. The law of Moses and Ten Commandments. 00:23:16.170 --> 00:23:18.789 You know, most times people confuse them. Immediately 00:23:18.789 --> 00:23:21.369 you say the law of Moses. People think about 00:23:21.369 --> 00:23:24.670 the Ten Commandments. Or when you said the Ten 00:23:24.670 --> 00:23:26.589 Commandments, people think about the law of Moses. 00:23:26.670 --> 00:23:29.289 But actually, we're trying to see that they're 00:23:29.289 --> 00:23:32.670 not exactly the same. But follow me to know what 00:23:32.670 --> 00:23:37.089 I mean by they are not the same. Amen. Now, look 00:23:37.089 --> 00:23:39.930 at it. Now, the first thing we have already, 00:23:40.109 --> 00:23:44.210 let me read again maybe another one. The first 00:23:44.210 --> 00:23:48.009 one is that the Ten Commandments were written 00:23:48.009 --> 00:23:51.549 and given. Are we together? Were written and 00:23:51.549 --> 00:23:57.210 given by God. This for now. Amen. They were given 00:23:57.210 --> 00:23:59.950 by the Lord. Are we together? We read it in chapter 00:23:59.950 --> 00:24:03.940 10. Right? So write that text in chapter 10 where 00:24:03.940 --> 00:24:07.180 we read. Deuteronomy chapter 10, verse 1 to 4. 00:24:08.000 --> 00:24:11.680 And let me read chapter 5 also. So add this scripture 00:24:11.680 --> 00:24:16.339 there. Deuteronomy 5, verse 22. Deuteronomy 5, 00:24:16.359 --> 00:24:22.819 verse 22. This word the Lord spoke. Now, if you 00:24:22.819 --> 00:24:25.759 read from verse 1, you will see that it's a 10th 00:24:25.759 --> 00:24:28.059 commandment. Are we together? Deuteronomy chapter 00:24:28.059 --> 00:24:32.559 5 up to 21 is the 10th commandment. So he now 00:24:32.559 --> 00:24:37.119 said these words, meaning that he's referring 00:24:37.119 --> 00:24:39.519 to the 10th commandment. He has already listed 00:24:39.519 --> 00:24:47.019 them. The Lord spoke to your assembly in the 00:24:47.019 --> 00:24:50.900 mountain from the midst of the fire and the cloud 00:24:50.900 --> 00:24:54.420 and the thick darkness with the loud voice and 00:24:54.420 --> 00:24:59.170 he... added no more. And he wrote them on the 00:24:59.170 --> 00:25:03.430 two tablets of stone and gave them to me. Are 00:25:03.430 --> 00:25:06.589 we together? We read that in chapter 10, verse 00:25:06.589 --> 00:25:13.829 4. Amen? Now, while the law of Moses, the law 00:25:13.829 --> 00:25:19.230 of Moses, when we saw, was written directly by 00:25:19.230 --> 00:25:23.069 Moses. You see the difference? Was written what? 00:25:23.980 --> 00:25:29.740 Directly by who? By Moses. We read it in Deuteronomy 00:25:29.740 --> 00:25:34.720 1 .24. We say after Moses had finished writing. 00:25:35.220 --> 00:25:43.400 Deuteronomy 1 .24. Of course, John 1 .17 also 00:25:43.400 --> 00:25:49.180 tells us that the law came through who? Are we 00:25:49.180 --> 00:25:55.710 together? Through who? Moses. Amen. The second 00:25:55.710 --> 00:26:00.869 thing is that the 10 commandments, as we saw 00:26:00.869 --> 00:26:06.769 already, that were written on where? On the tablet 00:26:06.769 --> 00:26:11.890 of stone. Tablet of stone. We saw it. Again, 00:26:11.950 --> 00:26:15.589 you can write that text. Deuteronomy 10, of course, 00:26:15.589 --> 00:26:21.769 verse 1 to 4. And Deuteronomy 5, verse 22. Also, 00:26:21.849 --> 00:26:24.910 it clearly shows us that. But then when you go 00:26:24.910 --> 00:26:28.950 back, when you go to Deuteronomy 31 verse 26, 00:26:29.109 --> 00:26:33.190 where we read already, he said that actually, 00:26:33.470 --> 00:26:37.829 verse 24 particularly, he said it was written 00:26:37.829 --> 00:26:41.089 in a book. So we have book, the law of Moses, 00:26:41.250 --> 00:26:44.849 and the what? Tablet of stones, the 10th commandment. 00:26:44.910 --> 00:26:50.369 Amen? Now, the ark was kept inside the ark, where 00:26:50.369 --> 00:26:53.490 we read again. Deuteronomy 1, that's the number 00:26:53.490 --> 00:26:55.690 3. Please follow me, this is very important. 00:26:57.609 --> 00:27:01.769 Deuteronomy 1, I mean 10 verse 1. Are we together? 00:27:01.970 --> 00:27:05.190 And verse 5. And of course, where we read Hebrews 00:27:05.190 --> 00:27:09.950 chapter 9 verse 4, it says that the tablet of 00:27:09.950 --> 00:27:13.430 tone we are kept where? Inside the ark. However, 00:27:13.789 --> 00:27:17.690 where we read also in Deuteronomy 31 verse 26, 00:27:17.970 --> 00:27:21.930 it says that that the book or the law of Moses 00:27:21.930 --> 00:27:31.829 was kept beside. It was not inside the ark. The 00:27:31.829 --> 00:27:40.170 fourth point is that the 10th commandment was 00:27:40.170 --> 00:27:44.930 given or were given on the top of Mount Sinai. 00:27:45.230 --> 00:27:49.869 We saw it also in Deuteronomy 10. Verse 1 to 00:27:49.869 --> 00:27:57.329 5. We are given on the top of Mount Sinai. But 00:27:57.329 --> 00:28:03.150 the law, Moses wrote it. Are we together? Probably 00:28:03.150 --> 00:28:09.410 Moses began writing the events from Horeb. After 00:28:09.410 --> 00:28:12.230 Horeb, that was why they said no. They now chose 00:28:12.230 --> 00:28:15.789 Moses as the mediator after God made an offer 00:28:15.789 --> 00:28:18.420 and then they were not rejected. He said, no, 00:28:18.480 --> 00:28:21.460 we don't want to hear God. Moses, you go and 00:28:21.460 --> 00:28:25.160 hear whatever you hear, then tell us. So, somehow, 00:28:25.279 --> 00:28:28.799 somehow, it appears that after that event, Moses 00:28:28.799 --> 00:28:31.859 may have begun writing the law. Are we together? 00:28:32.440 --> 00:28:36.400 Because when we, where we read at Deuteronomy 00:28:36.400 --> 00:28:41.049 31, you understand, all those texts. 31, verse 00:28:41.049 --> 00:28:44.609 1 to 2, and as well, verse 9, verse 24 to 6, 00:28:44.789 --> 00:28:48.329 shows to us that Moses was finishing writing. 00:28:48.349 --> 00:28:51.789 So it was not at that time he was writing the 00:28:51.789 --> 00:28:54.970 law. Are we together? The Bible says when he 00:28:54.970 --> 00:28:57.170 has finished. That means he has begun sometimes 00:28:57.170 --> 00:29:06.089 ago. Amen. Good. The fifth point is that these, 00:29:06.369 --> 00:29:11.220 what do you call it? The Ten Commandments. was 00:29:11.220 --> 00:29:17.880 actually written after the event at Horeb. Of 00:29:17.880 --> 00:29:21.440 course, Deuteronomy 5, where we read 22, Deuteronomy 00:29:21.440 --> 00:29:29.380 10, verse 4, showed to us that there was God 00:29:29.380 --> 00:29:32.819 presented it. You know what I'm saying? There 00:29:32.819 --> 00:29:35.980 is a presentation of that, of the 10 commandments 00:29:35.980 --> 00:29:39.180 to these people. And they say, no, we don't want 00:29:39.180 --> 00:29:42.910 it. We want Moses to be, whatever you say, say 00:29:42.910 --> 00:29:46.829 it through Moses. Are we together? So it was 00:29:46.829 --> 00:29:51.029 then documented, you understand, on the tablets. 00:29:51.769 --> 00:29:54.730 And of course, that definitely will be before 00:29:54.730 --> 00:29:58.450 the law. Are we together? And then when you look 00:29:58.450 --> 00:30:05.150 at the law, you will see that when it was written, 00:30:05.230 --> 00:30:08.450 we'll definitely, of course, the New Testament 00:30:08.450 --> 00:30:16.259 told us, that it was 430 years after the promise. 00:30:16.519 --> 00:30:20.579 Right? Galatians chapter 3. Look at it. Galatians 00:30:20.579 --> 00:30:35.319 chapter 3. Galatians 3 .16. Now to Abraham and 00:30:35.319 --> 00:30:39.230 his seeds where the promise made. He does not 00:30:39.230 --> 00:30:46.029 say unto the seeds, as of many, but as one unto 00:30:46.029 --> 00:30:51.049 your seeds, who is Christ. Verse 17. And this 00:30:51.049 --> 00:30:56.029 I say, that the law, which was 400 and what? 00:30:56.950 --> 00:31:02.970 Are we together? 430 years what? Later. Note 00:31:02.970 --> 00:31:09.259 that word. 430 years later. cannot annul the 00:31:09.259 --> 00:31:14.059 covenant that was confirmed before by God in 00:31:14.059 --> 00:31:16.680 Christ that he should make the promise of no 00:31:16.680 --> 00:31:19.779 effect. So he's talking about the promise. And 00:31:19.779 --> 00:31:21.920 we know about that promise. He's talking about 00:31:21.920 --> 00:31:28.059 the promise of Abraham, the covenant he made. 00:31:28.200 --> 00:31:32.099 Are we together? In fact, that coincide, look 00:31:32.099 --> 00:31:40.049 at Exodus, because Exodus 12, 12 verse 40 and 00:31:40.049 --> 00:31:59.990 41. Exodus 12. Now, the sojourner of the children 00:31:59.990 --> 00:32:03.769 of Israel who live in Egypt was what? Was what? 00:32:04.329 --> 00:32:13.119 Oh, talk to me. 430 years. And it was, and it 00:32:13.119 --> 00:32:17.900 came to pass at the end of 130 years, on that 00:32:17.900 --> 00:32:21.619 very same day, it came to pass that all the armies 00:32:21.619 --> 00:32:29.539 of the Lord went out of the land of Egypt. Now 00:32:29.539 --> 00:32:34.750 look at Exodus 19. Look at Exodus 19. I want 00:32:34.750 --> 00:32:39.450 to connect something here. Exodus 19. He said, 00:32:39.549 --> 00:32:44.529 in the third month, after the children of Israel 00:32:44.529 --> 00:32:51.849 had gone out of the land of Egypt, on the same 00:32:51.849 --> 00:32:57.210 day, they came to the wilderness of Sinai. In 00:32:57.210 --> 00:33:01.630 the wilderness of Sinai. Give me NLT. Give me 00:33:01.630 --> 00:33:05.519 NLT. NLT put it. Quite simple. In the third month, 00:33:05.660 --> 00:33:10.019 meaning that the second month, this one is doing 00:33:10.019 --> 00:33:19.019 disco like, I don't know what to do. Amen. We 00:33:19.019 --> 00:33:26.319 love you. Hallelujah. You will see that NLT, 00:33:26.599 --> 00:33:31.819 yes, read NLT for us. Exactly two months, what? 00:33:34.120 --> 00:33:40.160 After the Israelites left Egypt, they arrived 00:33:40.160 --> 00:33:45.000 at the what? And what they set up their camp 00:33:45.000 --> 00:33:49.799 at the base of what? Mount Sinai. Now, I've already 00:33:49.799 --> 00:33:53.039 mentioned that at Mount Sinai, that was where 00:33:53.039 --> 00:33:57.880 Moses... Wait, are you hearing me? Listen, I 00:33:57.880 --> 00:34:00.000 want to connect the dates. That's what I'm trying 00:34:00.000 --> 00:34:07.859 to do. Paul said that the law came 430 years 00:34:07.859 --> 00:34:15.079 later. That is after the covenant. Now God told 00:34:15.079 --> 00:34:20.940 Abraham, are we together? That his seed will 00:34:20.940 --> 00:34:26.280 go to captivity 400 years. But we saw that he 00:34:26.280 --> 00:34:31.780 added 30 years. That's for another day. How did 00:34:31.780 --> 00:34:37.079 they add 30 years? Because God, you know, this 00:34:37.079 --> 00:34:38.880 is another thing for you to see. The fact that 00:34:38.880 --> 00:34:42.440 God said something and there's a prophecy over 00:34:42.440 --> 00:34:43.780 your life does not mean that it's automatically 00:34:43.780 --> 00:34:47.159 going to work. You can delay it. Are we together? 00:34:47.820 --> 00:34:51.139 In Babylon, if not because of Daniel, they would 00:34:51.139 --> 00:34:54.119 have spent more than 70 years. Jeremiah has already 00:34:54.119 --> 00:34:57.920 prophesied that they will spend 70 years in Babylon. 00:34:59.050 --> 00:35:04.110 It took a man that is studious, a man that is 00:35:04.110 --> 00:35:07.510 diligent. You understand? While reading, he now 00:35:07.510 --> 00:35:11.969 saw it and started raising a cry. Else, they 00:35:11.969 --> 00:35:14.969 would have also stayed in Babylon, although there 00:35:14.969 --> 00:35:18.030 is a prophecy that they will have to leave. We 00:35:18.030 --> 00:35:25.449 saw here, they spent 430 years. Amen. Okay, that's 00:35:25.449 --> 00:35:27.250 what it is. Now, the point I'm trying to say 00:35:27.250 --> 00:35:33.019 is that So after 430 years, after the God talked 00:35:33.019 --> 00:35:38.079 to Abraham, you understand? Now, exactly 430 00:35:38.079 --> 00:35:44.059 years, they left Egypt. But how we know that 00:35:44.059 --> 00:35:49.480 what our brother Paul said is that that same 00:35:49.480 --> 00:35:54.539 year, in just about two months time, they traveled 00:35:54.539 --> 00:35:59.150 out of Egypt. to the Mount Sinai area at the 00:35:59.150 --> 00:36:01.769 base of the mountain. And that event that we 00:36:01.769 --> 00:36:05.769 have read, when the Lord talked to them and said, 00:36:05.809 --> 00:36:07.710 this is what I want to do. I want you to make 00:36:07.710 --> 00:36:12.210 you as priests and kings. Are we together? And 00:36:12.210 --> 00:36:15.210 then spoke to them the gospel. They said, no, 00:36:15.230 --> 00:36:19.949 we don't want to hear you. Moses, go. Whatever 00:36:19.949 --> 00:36:23.369 you heard, come and tell us. So they rejected 00:36:23.369 --> 00:36:26.300 God there. Are we together? That's why I said 00:36:26.300 --> 00:36:30.179 the giving of the law, the writing, started after 00:36:30.179 --> 00:36:35.920 that event of rejection. So it is from that moment, 00:36:36.139 --> 00:36:40.440 these people, since they have rejected the offer 00:36:40.440 --> 00:36:44.860 of God, Moses began to write and say, these rebellious 00:36:44.860 --> 00:36:47.239 people need something to keep them in check. 00:36:48.420 --> 00:36:53.699 So Moses started writing the law. Amen. Are we 00:36:53.699 --> 00:36:59.500 together? Amen. So, if you look at other things, 00:36:59.579 --> 00:37:03.059 of course, like there is no divorce in the Ten 00:37:03.059 --> 00:37:05.820 Commandments. Is there any law to divorce? No. 00:37:06.280 --> 00:37:09.079 Are we together? If you look at Matthew, what 00:37:09.079 --> 00:37:11.599 Jesus talked about, in the law, there is what? 00:37:11.820 --> 00:37:16.420 There is divorce. They asked Jesus, of course, 00:37:16.460 --> 00:37:19.960 they were quoting Deuteronomy 24, where Moses 00:37:19.960 --> 00:37:23.590 wrote about divorce. Deuteronomy 24, verse 1 00:37:23.590 --> 00:37:29.010 to 4. They were asking Jesus, why then did Moses 00:37:29.010 --> 00:37:34.010 tell us that we should give a certificate of 00:37:34.010 --> 00:37:36.190 divorce? Did you understand what I'm trying to 00:37:36.190 --> 00:37:39.309 say? So that means there was divorce written 00:37:39.309 --> 00:37:45.190 in the law. Amen? There's no revenge in the Ten 00:37:45.190 --> 00:37:47.449 Commandments. There's nowhere written revenge 00:37:47.449 --> 00:37:56.219 or hatred. But in the law, if you read Matthew 00:37:56.219 --> 00:38:03.400 chapter 5, Matthew chapter 5, verse 38 to 48, 00:38:03.739 --> 00:38:08.119 you will see verse 38 spoke, he was quoting from 00:38:08.119 --> 00:38:13.179 the law, talking about revenge. You understand? 00:38:13.900 --> 00:38:20.760 An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. Of course, 00:38:20.780 --> 00:38:23.400 if you go to verse 43, it talks about hatred. 00:38:24.519 --> 00:38:29.519 Verse 43, it talks about that. It says, you have 00:38:29.519 --> 00:38:32.800 heard that you should love your neighbor and 00:38:32.800 --> 00:38:38.320 do what? And hate your what? Your enemy. We don't 00:38:38.320 --> 00:38:43.820 have that in the 10th commandment. Amen? Again, 00:38:43.900 --> 00:38:45.800 there are no causes in the 10th commandment. 00:38:46.400 --> 00:38:50.369 There are no causes. sicknesses will come, death 00:38:50.369 --> 00:38:53.269 will come, affliction will come. If you read 00:38:53.269 --> 00:38:57.510 Deuteronomy 27, verse 16 to 24, particularly 00:38:57.510 --> 00:39:02.230 even Deuteronomy 28 from verse 1, you see all 00:39:02.230 --> 00:39:06.050 kinds of causes, death, affliction. If you don't 00:39:06.050 --> 00:39:08.489 do this, you will not give birth. You are barren. 00:39:08.530 --> 00:39:10.769 You are this. You are that. This is where you 00:39:10.769 --> 00:39:13.869 find causes. We don't see cause in the Ten Commandments. 00:39:15.389 --> 00:39:21.030 Of course, Jesus, In John chapter 5, verse 45, 00:39:21.150 --> 00:39:26.750 mentioned that in the law, Moses accused them. 00:39:27.489 --> 00:39:31.190 Are we together? So in the law, there is accusation. 00:39:32.969 --> 00:39:39.050 Moses just said, he said, he was talking about 00:39:39.050 --> 00:39:42.530 that Moses has already accused you. You know 00:39:42.530 --> 00:39:48.239 that word accused? It's the same word. is the 00:39:48.239 --> 00:39:52.800 same name given to the devil, accuser of the 00:39:52.800 --> 00:39:56.179 brethren. Are we together? In Revelation chapter 00:39:56.179 --> 00:40:00.980 12, accuser of the what? Of the brethren. It 00:40:00.980 --> 00:40:02.960 means to find fault. That is what that means, 00:40:03.079 --> 00:40:07.500 accuse. To accuse means to find fault, to charge 00:40:07.500 --> 00:40:12.219 with an offense. So in the law, Moses has been 00:40:12.219 --> 00:40:16.280 pointing them to their fault. You find fault, 00:40:16.400 --> 00:40:21.599 you judge them. We don't see that in the Ten 00:40:21.599 --> 00:40:27.880 Commandments. Now, it's very important what I 00:40:27.880 --> 00:40:30.239 just did now. You understand as I keep moving. 00:40:30.960 --> 00:40:35.159 Go back to Romans chapter 7. Let me just put 00:40:35.159 --> 00:40:48.019 up some things. Romans chapter 7. Look up at 00:40:48.019 --> 00:41:02.920 7. It's amazing how time moves. What? What shall 00:41:02.920 --> 00:41:10.000 we say then? Is the law sin? You say what? Certainly 00:41:10.000 --> 00:41:18.179 not. Is it on the contrary? I would have known 00:41:18.179 --> 00:41:24.340 sin. I would not have known sin except through 00:41:24.340 --> 00:41:29.119 the law. For I will not have known covetousness 00:41:29.119 --> 00:41:36.539 unless the law had said, you shall not covet. 00:41:37.179 --> 00:41:41.199 Now, I want you to think something. This one, 00:41:41.239 --> 00:41:45.079 you shall not covet, where is it located? Using 00:41:45.079 --> 00:41:49.679 what? Using the Ten Commandments. Right? Take 00:41:49.679 --> 00:41:52.420 note of that. I'm coming to do something here. 00:41:53.440 --> 00:41:58.260 But sin, taking opportunity by the commandment, 00:41:58.380 --> 00:42:04.000 producing in me all manners of evil desires. 00:42:04.179 --> 00:42:10.199 For apart from the law, sin, the law, sin was 00:42:10.199 --> 00:42:15.349 dead. Look at verse 9. I was alive once without 00:42:15.349 --> 00:42:20.550 the law. But when the commandment came, sin revived 00:42:20.550 --> 00:42:28.809 and I died. And the commandment, which was to 00:42:28.809 --> 00:42:36.389 bring life, I found to bring what? Death. For 00:42:36.389 --> 00:42:40.489 sin, taken occasion by the commandment, deceived 00:42:40.489 --> 00:42:50.559 me. and by it kill me. Therefore the law is holy, 00:42:50.699 --> 00:42:56.840 and the commandment holy and just and good. Has 00:42:56.840 --> 00:43:00.900 then what is good become dead to me? Certainly 00:43:00.900 --> 00:43:08.059 not. But sin, that it might appear sin, was producing 00:43:08.059 --> 00:43:14.369 death in me. through what is good so that sin 00:43:14.369 --> 00:43:20.530 through the commandment might become exceedingly 00:43:20.530 --> 00:43:26.750 sinful. Now, that's why I said you have to know 00:43:26.750 --> 00:43:29.889 what I mean by the difference between the law 00:43:29.889 --> 00:43:33.829 and the 10 commandments. Now, let me just say 00:43:33.829 --> 00:43:38.650 some few things before I go. Now, I want you 00:43:38.650 --> 00:43:44.239 to get something. Here, that when he said that 00:43:44.239 --> 00:43:48.699 you shall not covet, we know it's in the 10th 00:43:48.699 --> 00:43:51.280 commandment. The question is that, is it in the 00:43:51.280 --> 00:43:57.260 law of Moses? Again, let me note something. When 00:43:57.260 --> 00:44:03.260 Paul said, but sin, where is it? Okay, I would 00:44:03.260 --> 00:44:07.559 not have known sin except through the law. And 00:44:07.559 --> 00:44:12.079 then he move us nine. He said, I was alive once 00:44:12.079 --> 00:44:16.739 without the law, but when the commandment came, 00:44:17.039 --> 00:44:20.639 sin revived and I died. Which means the way he 00:44:20.639 --> 00:44:22.780 said, when the commandment came, that means there 00:44:22.780 --> 00:44:26.420 was a time when that commandment, which Paul 00:44:26.420 --> 00:44:30.219 quoted, thou shalt not covet, came. That means 00:44:30.219 --> 00:44:32.420 it was not there all the while. Are we together 00:44:32.420 --> 00:44:35.039 what I'm going to say? Are we together? So that 00:44:35.039 --> 00:44:37.219 proved to us what we are trying to say. that 00:44:37.219 --> 00:44:39.380 there was a presentation to them, they rejected 00:44:39.380 --> 00:44:42.780 it, and then there was a documentation. Are we 00:44:42.780 --> 00:44:45.840 together? Now, but I wanted to note, when we 00:44:45.840 --> 00:44:49.219 read, let me just point out something. When we 00:44:49.219 --> 00:44:53.179 read the 10 commandments from Deuteronomy chapter 00:44:53.179 --> 00:44:56.840 5, and from, of course, we didn't read that one, 00:44:56.840 --> 00:45:01.059 the other one, from Exodus chapter 20, the question 00:45:01.059 --> 00:45:04.980 is that, what do we call them? Which books are 00:45:04.980 --> 00:45:09.500 they from? Did you understand what I'm trying 00:45:09.500 --> 00:45:15.599 to say? Are you together with me? I'm saying, 00:45:15.699 --> 00:45:19.519 when we read those things, do we call the Deuteronomy 00:45:19.519 --> 00:45:27.639 and Exodus the book of the law of Moses? Are 00:45:27.639 --> 00:45:31.219 they part of the writings that Moses asked them 00:45:31.219 --> 00:45:40.159 to keep beside the ark? Are we together? Amen. 00:45:40.159 --> 00:45:44.440 Are you with me? Now, listen, because you know, 00:45:44.480 --> 00:45:46.840 most times they move the ark. So the ark is, 00:45:46.900 --> 00:45:49.480 they are not opening the ark always. They always 00:45:49.480 --> 00:45:51.320 carry the ark and move it anywhere they are. 00:45:51.599 --> 00:45:56.519 You understand? Listen, all Moses' teachings, 00:45:56.679 --> 00:46:00.599 what we call the law, that he wrote the law, 00:46:00.860 --> 00:46:05.760 they are a product of the 10th commandment. Let 00:46:05.760 --> 00:46:11.380 me repeat again. Moses was not writing from above. 00:46:13.159 --> 00:46:16.320 Remember the 10 commandments was what was presented 00:46:16.320 --> 00:46:20.800 to them and they rejected. Are we together? So 00:46:20.800 --> 00:46:23.619 Moses took from the 10 commandments and that 00:46:23.619 --> 00:46:26.380 was what he was writing. That was why you will 00:46:26.380 --> 00:46:28.980 find the 10 commandments written again and again 00:46:28.980 --> 00:46:34.960 inside the book. So we now have the 10 commandments 00:46:37.500 --> 00:46:40.719 stone tablets, which is inside the ark. We also 00:46:40.719 --> 00:46:43.760 have the Ten Commandments, which is written in 00:46:43.760 --> 00:46:47.199 the book. Are you together with me? Are you together 00:46:47.199 --> 00:46:53.760 with me? So, that is what most times when you 00:46:53.760 --> 00:46:57.420 read the epistles or the New Testament, and you 00:46:57.420 --> 00:46:59.699 hear the law, don't always conclude that it's 00:46:59.699 --> 00:47:01.719 talking about the Ten Commandments. In fact, 00:47:02.190 --> 00:47:04.570 Because you will see that. That's why you see 00:47:04.570 --> 00:47:07.190 neither Jesus nor any of the apostles ever faulted 00:47:07.190 --> 00:47:12.030 Moses. Are we together? Moses wrote from the 00:47:12.030 --> 00:47:15.949 10th commandment. And that was his teaching material. 00:47:17.369 --> 00:47:19.630 And then the other prophet that came after him 00:47:19.630 --> 00:47:23.130 taught from his what? From his material. Are 00:47:23.130 --> 00:47:27.989 we together? So what are we saying here? The 00:47:27.989 --> 00:47:31.889 question I want to ask before we... we meet next, 00:47:32.150 --> 00:47:39.050 is that when Paul said in verse 9, I was alive 00:47:39.050 --> 00:47:47.070 once without the law. What does that mean? Was 00:47:47.070 --> 00:47:50.250 Paul saying he was physically alive before Moses 00:47:50.250 --> 00:47:56.070 gave Israel the law? Are we together? Remember 00:47:56.070 --> 00:48:00.409 we read in chapter 1, That Moses completed writing 00:48:00.409 --> 00:48:04.869 the law. That Paul was not alive then. If you 00:48:04.869 --> 00:48:09.130 look at the time Paul was born, the space is 00:48:09.130 --> 00:48:14.849 about more than 1 ,500 years. So this implies 00:48:14.849 --> 00:48:18.389 that Paul was not talking about being physically 00:48:18.389 --> 00:48:28.500 alive. Or dead. So in verse 9, was alive. It's 00:48:28.500 --> 00:48:33.239 one word. That word was alive. It's one word. 00:48:33.480 --> 00:48:36.920 And what's translated in Greek towards the word 00:48:36.920 --> 00:48:50.840 ZOA? O. No, it's ZAO. Z -A -O. ZAO. Z -A -O. 00:48:51.119 --> 00:49:00.590 And actually... If you look at it, it is from 00:49:00.590 --> 00:49:04.510 the Greek word from which what we normally sing 00:49:04.510 --> 00:49:11.769 zoe came from. Zoe is a noun. Zoa is the verb. 00:49:12.610 --> 00:49:19.909 So zoe came from zoa. Zoe, Z -O -E, that was 00:49:19.909 --> 00:49:25.190 where it was derived. So zoa means to live, breathe. 00:49:26.250 --> 00:49:33.250 To be among the living. To be active. To be active. 00:49:34.349 --> 00:49:39.909 So the word once, you remember he said, I was 00:49:39.909 --> 00:49:45.110 alive once without the law. That word once is 00:49:45.110 --> 00:49:55.239 from the word in Greek, pote. P -O -T -E. P -O 00:49:55.239 --> 00:50:00.639 -T -E, which means aforetime or at some time 00:50:00.639 --> 00:50:09.800 or in time past. At some time or in time past. 00:50:11.119 --> 00:50:14.659 Look again. I want you to look at verse 9 again. 00:50:14.880 --> 00:50:19.159 He used a word later. He said that I was alive 00:50:19.159 --> 00:50:23.139 once without the law, but when the commandment 00:50:23.139 --> 00:50:28.630 came, sin revive and I die. So that word revive 00:50:28.630 --> 00:50:35.530 was translated from the word Anazua. Now we already 00:50:35.530 --> 00:50:41.489 mentioned Zua. Zau, sorry. Zau is from the word, 00:50:41.510 --> 00:50:46.530 just add Ana. Ana, Zau. So it's from the word 00:50:46.530 --> 00:50:53.900 Zau. That is Ana Zau. So you have A -N -A. Z 00:50:53.900 --> 00:51:02.239 -A -O. A -N -A -Z -A -O. Which means to revive. 00:51:02.400 --> 00:51:07.340 It implies to live again. To recover life. To 00:51:07.340 --> 00:51:13.539 be raised to life. To be raised to life. Now, 00:51:13.599 --> 00:51:16.440 let me mention that one. To be raised to life. 00:51:16.460 --> 00:51:18.099 What does that mean? Remember, already we have 00:51:18.099 --> 00:51:22.579 a clue. That means those terms are not physical. 00:51:22.760 --> 00:51:26.579 They are talking about spiritual realities. Are 00:51:26.579 --> 00:51:30.280 we together? Look at that same word, Anazao, 00:51:30.519 --> 00:51:36.619 was used in Luke 15. It was used by Jesus, Luke 00:51:36.619 --> 00:51:48.599 15, 24. Luke 15, 24. Look at that place. Luke 00:51:48.599 --> 00:52:05.480 15, 24. For this my son was what? Dead and is 00:52:05.480 --> 00:52:08.380 alive. He's talking about the prodigal son. He 00:52:08.380 --> 00:52:13.139 was dead and is alive again. That word alive 00:52:13.139 --> 00:52:17.940 again is anazahu. Which means that here, of course, 00:52:17.980 --> 00:52:19.960 he's not talking about he was dead physically. 00:52:19.980 --> 00:52:23.800 Are we together? That means life and death in 00:52:23.800 --> 00:52:26.159 this context means the father is trying to say 00:52:26.159 --> 00:52:28.659 we were separated for a while. Are we together? 00:52:28.980 --> 00:52:33.000 Now, connected together means I am alive. Which 00:52:33.000 --> 00:52:39.099 means that he was talking about his son. That 00:52:39.099 --> 00:52:44.159 is, the son was brought back. How did the son 00:52:44.159 --> 00:52:46.699 appear back again? The person that ran from the 00:52:46.699 --> 00:52:50.039 home. The Bible says he came to his awareness. 00:52:50.340 --> 00:52:53.300 Are we together? So it means that what alive 00:52:53.300 --> 00:52:56.880 is talking about, I came to the awareness or 00:52:56.880 --> 00:53:00.119 to the knowledge of it. So when Paul was talking 00:53:00.119 --> 00:53:04.920 about that I was once alive without the law, 00:53:05.179 --> 00:53:06.960 you understand? Of course, he was not talking 00:53:06.960 --> 00:53:10.039 about physical things. You understand? But when 00:53:10.039 --> 00:53:14.659 he said I was revived, You understand? He was 00:53:14.659 --> 00:53:19.300 still talking about spiritual realities. And 00:53:19.300 --> 00:53:26.420 when we come on Wednesday, I will explain how 00:53:26.420 --> 00:53:31.039 Paul is talking about his awareness of the law. 00:53:31.940 --> 00:53:38.480 That though he sinned, but now he is coming to 00:53:38.480 --> 00:53:42.000 the awareness of the law. You understand? Are 00:53:42.000 --> 00:53:45.500 we together? Amen. So what am I trying to show 00:53:45.500 --> 00:53:51.239 as this section? Is first and foremost, I want 00:53:51.239 --> 00:53:58.840 you to note that remember Deuteronomy 22. Now, 00:53:58.920 --> 00:54:01.760 why are we going this far? We want to answer 00:54:01.760 --> 00:54:04.780 why. Remember, we've already answered the two. 00:54:04.880 --> 00:54:08.179 Amen. We have already answered the two. Moses 00:54:08.179 --> 00:54:11.300 was the one writing and we distinguish. What 00:54:11.300 --> 00:54:16.300 Moses wrote. And we show that Moses, after writing, 00:54:16.639 --> 00:54:21.340 he wrote it to the children of Israel. But now 00:54:21.340 --> 00:54:25.739 we are asking, why did he write the law? Why 00:54:25.739 --> 00:54:28.960 was there a need to write the law? That's the 00:54:28.960 --> 00:54:31.420 question we want to ask. Remember, Deuteronomy 00:54:31.420 --> 00:54:36.559 22 was part of the what? The law of Moses. A 00:54:36.559 --> 00:54:38.980 man should not. So why did he have to write? 00:54:40.360 --> 00:54:44.159 That way, that's what we're trying to answer. 00:54:44.880 --> 00:54:48.119 And I want you to just follow gradually. By the 00:54:48.119 --> 00:54:50.420 time we arrive, you'll be able to understand, 00:54:50.699 --> 00:54:54.579 you'll be able to understand why that scripture 00:54:54.579 --> 00:54:58.480 was written. And we will understand what it means. 00:54:58.579 --> 00:55:01.039 And that will help us with the foundation about 00:55:01.039 --> 00:55:05.699 the woman's dressing. Amen. Can you just pray 00:55:05.699 --> 00:55:09.719 and say, thank you, Lord. Thank you for all you've 00:55:09.719 --> 00:55:12.760 been doing. I thank you for your light. Appreciate 00:55:12.760 --> 00:55:13.219 you Lord.