WEBVTT 00:00:01.159 --> 00:00:06.639 Welcome to NECF sermons. Each message here is 00:00:06.639 --> 00:00:09.640 designed to uplift and strengthen you in your 00:00:09.640 --> 00:00:13.919 walk with God. Don't miss out. Stay with us until 00:00:13.919 --> 00:00:17.879 the end for a rewarding experience. Let's dive 00:00:17.879 --> 00:00:28.329 right in. Thank you, Jesus. Amen. So we will 00:00:28.329 --> 00:00:32.250 be looking at today the giving of the law. The 00:00:32.250 --> 00:00:44.710 giving of the law. I believe that we have listened 00:00:44.710 --> 00:00:52.390 to the last teaching, part 20. I don't know whether 00:00:52.390 --> 00:00:56.149 this one should go outside the teaching. However, 00:00:56.390 --> 00:01:01.829 we'll just continue like that. Amen. So, the 00:01:01.829 --> 00:01:10.290 giving of the law. Now, don't forget that, as 00:01:10.290 --> 00:01:17.930 we have noted, why we are going this far is to 00:01:17.930 --> 00:01:25.349 come to an understanding regarding women's dressing. 00:01:25.790 --> 00:01:30.730 although it affects men as well but because of 00:01:30.730 --> 00:01:36.269 the series we are on we are focusing on women's 00:01:36.269 --> 00:01:45.390 dressing and this part is an inclusion in the 00:01:45.390 --> 00:01:50.349 entire series we've been doing the issues about 00:01:50.349 --> 00:01:55.310 women liberty and as we said The first scripture 00:01:55.310 --> 00:01:57.969 that many people run to each time they discuss 00:01:57.969 --> 00:02:02.810 dressing is Deuteronomy 22, 5. The woman shall 00:02:02.810 --> 00:02:07.489 not wear that which pertains to a man. That's 00:02:07.489 --> 00:02:11.689 if you're using King James. Neither shall a man 00:02:11.689 --> 00:02:19.990 put on woman's garment. For all that do so are 00:02:19.990 --> 00:02:26.069 abomination unto the Lord. Now, and we answered 00:02:26.069 --> 00:02:31.409 already two questions. That is, who wrote that? 00:02:31.590 --> 00:02:36.810 We say Moses. And to who was he addressing that 00:02:36.810 --> 00:02:40.710 text? And we said the Deuteronomy generation. 00:02:41.770 --> 00:02:45.310 Because the Exodus generation had perished, and 00:02:45.310 --> 00:02:47.469 this is they are about to enter the promised 00:02:47.469 --> 00:02:54.180 land. And Moses wrote this to them. Amen. And 00:02:54.180 --> 00:02:56.740 we noted carefully, which is very important and 00:02:56.740 --> 00:03:01.360 is going to help us later on, that this generation 00:03:01.360 --> 00:03:04.379 as well are unbelievers. Is that okay? Is that 00:03:04.379 --> 00:03:08.560 what we said? Yes, they are rebellious generation. 00:03:10.240 --> 00:03:18.180 Now, and last thing we did was to look at the 00:03:18.180 --> 00:03:24.689 explanation of Jesus and Apostle Paul. And we 00:03:24.689 --> 00:03:27.930 saw something very unique. They never called 00:03:27.930 --> 00:03:30.569 the Ten Commandments the Ten Commandments. Is 00:03:30.569 --> 00:03:35.689 that correct? Yes. So what they explain as what 00:03:35.689 --> 00:03:38.250 we call the Ten Commandments is the love of God. 00:03:38.710 --> 00:03:42.949 That is love of God. Amen? What you will do in 00:03:42.949 --> 00:03:48.689 us and through us. Are we together? Amen. Yes. 00:03:49.270 --> 00:03:53.900 So, and... We saw that the Ten Commandments, 00:03:54.000 --> 00:04:00.580 they are a revelation of what God would do in 00:04:00.580 --> 00:04:05.759 man and through man, in Christ. So in other words, 00:04:05.780 --> 00:04:11.460 the Ten Commandments is the gospel. The Ten Commandments 00:04:11.460 --> 00:04:15.699 is the gospel. Now, there are questions that 00:04:15.699 --> 00:04:18.379 I want to begin to address in this teaching. 00:04:19.920 --> 00:04:22.939 In trying to answer the thought questions, why 00:04:22.939 --> 00:04:27.819 did Moses write that instruction in Deuteronomy 00:04:27.819 --> 00:04:33.120 22 .5? Now, in trying to answer that that's why 00:04:33.120 --> 00:04:39.120 we're going this far, why did he have, since 00:04:39.120 --> 00:04:43.019 Jesus and the apostles explained it to us now, 00:04:43.180 --> 00:04:46.660 and we now understand that, ah, It's not supposed 00:04:46.660 --> 00:04:49.980 to be in that 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, what we call 00:04:49.980 --> 00:04:59.720 the 10 today. No. Why then were the gospel, now, 00:04:59.819 --> 00:05:08.000 why were the gospel written in that form, in 00:05:08.000 --> 00:05:15.040 the form of regulations and rules? Why? Why? 00:05:16.269 --> 00:05:20.670 Note, last time we also discussed and we noted 00:05:20.670 --> 00:05:27.050 that God's plan is not to write his law on the 00:05:27.050 --> 00:05:33.730 tablets of stones. That God's intention was to 00:05:33.730 --> 00:05:37.389 write it in our heart. Is that correct? Yes. 00:05:38.449 --> 00:05:42.910 So, since the 10th commandment is the gospel, 00:05:45.680 --> 00:05:50.819 And we said that Moses' teaching material was 00:05:50.819 --> 00:05:56.019 from what he was passed. How then did we have 00:05:56.019 --> 00:06:02.139 courses in the law of Moses? Where did they come 00:06:02.139 --> 00:06:04.740 from? Because we understood that it was from 00:06:04.740 --> 00:06:08.620 what he was given that he started to use to teach 00:06:08.620 --> 00:06:13.959 the people. Why did we have courses, sicknesses? 00:06:15.379 --> 00:06:21.019 Remember, because we know that as Jesus and Paul 00:06:21.019 --> 00:06:24.399 explain it, that the Ten Commandments is a gospel. 00:06:24.560 --> 00:06:26.220 And of course, even though they were written 00:06:26.220 --> 00:06:28.600 that way, at least we know that there is no curse, 00:06:28.759 --> 00:06:33.500 there is no sicknesses, there is no diseases, 00:06:33.639 --> 00:06:37.000 there is no disease. Where then did they smuggle 00:06:37.000 --> 00:06:42.519 the issue of diseases, sicknesses, death, affliction? 00:06:42.660 --> 00:06:48.089 You understand? In the law of Moses, where none 00:06:48.089 --> 00:06:57.069 existed in the Ten Commandments. Now, answering 00:06:57.069 --> 00:07:02.329 these questions, we will have to understand how 00:07:02.329 --> 00:07:05.730 was the law given. That's why we are considering 00:07:05.730 --> 00:07:09.290 this the giving of the law. Are we together? 00:07:12.399 --> 00:07:15.860 There are certain details that I want us to note 00:07:15.860 --> 00:07:20.980 carefully as we continue. And why are we careful? 00:07:22.079 --> 00:07:25.860 It's because these details are not just captured, 00:07:25.959 --> 00:07:29.680 especially in the Old Testament. The portion 00:07:29.680 --> 00:07:34.139 of the Bible we call the Old Testament. And that's 00:07:34.139 --> 00:07:41.740 why our sister helped us to read. Acts chapter 00:07:41.740 --> 00:07:45.480 7. Let's start from there. Are we together? Acts 00:07:45.480 --> 00:07:47.759 chapter 7. And I want to just leave out what 00:07:47.759 --> 00:07:51.620 she read from the earlier verses. I'll just move 00:07:51.620 --> 00:07:59.899 to verse 37. So come with me to verse 37. This 00:07:59.899 --> 00:08:06.019 is that Moses who said to the children of Israel. 00:08:06.990 --> 00:08:13.029 The Lord your God would raise up for you a prophet 00:08:13.029 --> 00:08:19.850 like me. From your brethren, him you shall hear. 00:08:19.990 --> 00:08:22.370 I remember we treated this. This is the gospel. 00:08:23.189 --> 00:08:28.050 And when you read, Apostle Peter explained this 00:08:28.050 --> 00:08:34.649 text in Acts chapter 3. And he told us that. 00:08:35.980 --> 00:08:39.700 This raising is not like raising a child. It's 00:08:39.700 --> 00:08:43.659 resurrection. Are we together? Yes. Are we together? 00:08:43.799 --> 00:08:48.679 Amen. And the essence is that he will bring, 00:08:49.100 --> 00:08:53.899 he will bless his people by returning them away 00:08:53.899 --> 00:09:00.539 from their sins. Why is he called a prophet like 00:09:00.539 --> 00:09:05.299 unto me? Moses led the children of Israel from 00:09:05.299 --> 00:09:12.309 Capa. into freedom. That is a foreshadow of what 00:09:12.309 --> 00:09:17.710 the Christ was to do. That is to take his people 00:09:17.710 --> 00:09:23.590 from bondage into captivity. That was why Moses 00:09:23.590 --> 00:09:26.950 coded it and said a prophet like what? Unto me. 00:09:27.129 --> 00:09:30.570 And that's why he said hear him. Him shall you 00:09:30.570 --> 00:09:43.480 hear. And verse 38. He said, this is he who was 00:09:43.480 --> 00:09:49.559 in the congregation in the wilderness with the 00:09:49.559 --> 00:09:58.740 angel who spoke to him on where? Where? Mount 00:09:58.740 --> 00:10:05.669 Sinai. And with our fathers. The one who received 00:10:05.669 --> 00:10:10.269 the living oracles to give to us. Whom our fathers 00:10:10.269 --> 00:10:19.289 will not do what? Will not obey. Remember? Moses 00:10:19.289 --> 00:10:22.769 told them, him shall you hear. But they refused 00:10:22.769 --> 00:10:26.549 to what? They refused to hear. Look at it. What 00:10:26.549 --> 00:10:31.850 did he say? He said, one of who received the 00:10:31.850 --> 00:10:39.980 living oracles. The living oracles. I want you 00:10:39.980 --> 00:10:48.320 to look at that word. The living oracles. It's 00:10:48.320 --> 00:10:51.279 supposed to be lively oracles, actually. Living. 00:10:51.500 --> 00:10:55.080 Not really. Because that word is zao. Are we 00:10:55.080 --> 00:10:58.879 together? Zao, the Greek word. And we noted last 00:10:58.879 --> 00:11:05.269 time that word living. Lively. Supposed to be 00:11:05.269 --> 00:11:09.070 lively oracles. It's from the word we obtain 00:11:09.070 --> 00:11:20.590 zoe. Right? Yes. So, zao. Z -A -O in Greek. It 00:11:20.590 --> 00:11:27.309 means the life -giving words. It means the life. 00:11:27.330 --> 00:11:30.129 Do what? Life -giving word. That's why they are 00:11:30.129 --> 00:11:39.379 called the... The lively oracles. And they mean 00:11:39.379 --> 00:11:45.019 the revelation or the message delivered by God 00:11:45.019 --> 00:11:48.500 to Moses. Now, I want you to note, what did God 00:11:48.500 --> 00:11:54.940 deliver to Moses? The lively oracles. That is 00:11:54.940 --> 00:11:58.240 the life -giving word. Please note that one. 00:11:58.299 --> 00:12:02.519 Very important. That was what God gave to Moses. 00:12:07.799 --> 00:12:12.279 But how come? Come to me. Just fold your hands 00:12:12.279 --> 00:12:20.980 in acts and come with me. I'm trying not to rush 00:12:20.980 --> 00:12:28.779 because I'm praying God will help me. Romans 00:12:28.779 --> 00:12:31.100 chapter 7. We read that text before. I want you 00:12:31.100 --> 00:12:36.399 to see something here. Don't forget. What did 00:12:36.399 --> 00:12:50.419 God pass to Moses? Lively oracles. Look at verse 00:12:50.419 --> 00:12:57.889 7. Romans 7 verse 7. He said, what shall we say 00:12:57.889 --> 00:13:06.070 then? Is the law sin? Certainly not. On the contrary, 00:13:06.250 --> 00:13:15.269 I will not have known sin except through the 00:13:15.269 --> 00:13:24.990 law. Did you see the problem before we even continue? 00:13:26.250 --> 00:13:29.210 He already said, is the law sin? He said, certainly 00:13:29.210 --> 00:13:34.429 not. But the same that is not sin, he said, I 00:13:34.429 --> 00:13:39.750 would not have known sin except through the law. 00:13:43.389 --> 00:13:47.529 He said, for would not have known covetousness 00:13:47.529 --> 00:13:52.750 unless the law had said, you shall not covet. 00:13:53.769 --> 00:13:56.809 But sin, taking advantage or taking opportunity 00:13:56.809 --> 00:14:00.789 by the commandment, produced in me all manner 00:14:00.789 --> 00:14:04.950 of evil desires. For apart from the law, sin 00:14:04.950 --> 00:14:11.690 was dead. I was alive. Apart from the law, sin 00:14:11.690 --> 00:14:17.009 was dead. I was alive once without the law. But 00:14:17.009 --> 00:14:20.710 when the commandment came, sin revived and I 00:14:20.710 --> 00:14:24.340 died. Remember we... we explain that text. And 00:14:24.340 --> 00:14:27.779 we say what the explanation is that Paul is saying, 00:14:27.960 --> 00:14:34.860 when I was living without the law, you understand? 00:14:36.559 --> 00:14:43.639 I didn't know the consciousness of sin. But then 00:14:43.639 --> 00:14:46.279 when the law came, it brought the consciousness 00:14:46.279 --> 00:14:52.389 of sin at my state. Are we together? Yes. So, 00:14:52.389 --> 00:14:58.789 verse 10. And the commandment which was to bring 00:14:58.789 --> 00:15:02.809 life. Please, I want you to note verse 10 again. 00:15:03.710 --> 00:15:11.210 The commandment doesn't look like what Stephen 00:15:11.210 --> 00:15:19.929 told us. The lively oracles, right? So, the commandment. 00:15:20.940 --> 00:15:27.019 Which was to bring life? Or which is life? Or 00:15:27.019 --> 00:15:28.659 which life? Do you understand what I'm saying? 00:15:28.840 --> 00:15:34.559 Yes. If you remove those things, the translators 00:15:34.559 --> 00:15:40.759 added. He said, I found to bring death. Or I 00:15:40.759 --> 00:15:47.519 found death. How could something that was given, 00:15:47.600 --> 00:15:59.220 meant to give life? Produced it. Are we together? 00:16:00.740 --> 00:16:04.879 The reason is because what was supposed to give 00:16:04.879 --> 00:16:12.379 life was turned to legalism. Are you here with 00:16:12.379 --> 00:16:16.960 me? So, because it was spoken as the gospel. 00:16:18.220 --> 00:16:23.340 But you are given to men that reject it. And 00:16:23.340 --> 00:16:28.659 so they transform it into regulations. And so 00:16:28.659 --> 00:16:32.639 what was supposed to be life now produced death. 00:16:37.519 --> 00:16:43.960 It produced death. Come with me. That's the same 00:16:43.960 --> 00:16:47.539 thing Paul also said. So it's not here that Paul 00:16:47.539 --> 00:16:52.500 only said. You understand? Go to 2 Corinthians 00:16:52.500 --> 00:16:57.799 chapter 3. So Paul repeated this teaching, this 00:16:57.799 --> 00:17:00.200 explanation. You understand what I'm saying? 00:17:00.600 --> 00:17:05.900 He repeated this explanation in 2 Corinthians 00:17:05.900 --> 00:17:12.779 3. Let me read from verse 4. And we have such 00:17:12.779 --> 00:17:16.289 trust through Christ toward God. Not that we 00:17:16.289 --> 00:17:20.109 are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything 00:17:20.109 --> 00:17:24.509 as being from ourselves, but our sufficiency 00:17:24.509 --> 00:17:32.309 is from God. Who made us sufficient as ministers 00:17:32.309 --> 00:17:37.329 of the new covenant? Now look at it. What is 00:17:37.329 --> 00:17:40.450 the new covenant? The new covenant is not of 00:17:40.450 --> 00:17:47.039 letters. but of the Spirit, for they let us kill 00:17:47.039 --> 00:17:54.859 it. But the Spirit gives life. But if the ministry 00:17:54.859 --> 00:18:00.359 of the dead written and engraved on stones was 00:18:00.359 --> 00:18:03.960 glorious so that the children of Israel could 00:18:03.960 --> 00:18:07.140 not look steadily at the face of Moses because 00:18:07.140 --> 00:18:10.119 of the glory of his countenance, which was... 00:18:12.490 --> 00:18:16.849 which glory was passing away, how will the ministry 00:18:16.849 --> 00:18:22.490 of the Spirit not be more glorious? For if the 00:18:22.490 --> 00:18:27.730 ministry of condemnation had glory, the ministry 00:18:27.730 --> 00:18:35.529 of righteousness exceeds more of glory. For even 00:18:35.529 --> 00:18:44.960 what was made glorious had no glory in this respect 00:18:44.960 --> 00:18:49.259 because of the glory that excelled. For if what 00:18:49.259 --> 00:18:52.799 is passing away was glorious, what remains is 00:18:52.799 --> 00:18:57.900 much more glorious. Because there was a system 00:18:57.900 --> 00:19:06.640 that came in between that is to change what was 00:19:06.640 --> 00:19:11.150 to give light into letters. to transform what 00:19:11.150 --> 00:19:15.450 was to give life into regulations and rules. 00:19:16.789 --> 00:19:19.529 That's a hardened man. That's a hardened heart. 00:19:19.690 --> 00:19:23.809 That refused, that rejected the word which was 00:19:23.809 --> 00:19:26.710 to give life, but transformed them into rules 00:19:26.710 --> 00:19:30.410 and regulations, into legalism. That was why 00:19:30.410 --> 00:19:33.289 what was supposed to give life now produce what? 00:19:33.690 --> 00:19:51.289 Produce death. So Jesus and the apostles, when 00:19:51.289 --> 00:19:53.529 they had to explain what was transformed into 00:19:53.529 --> 00:20:00.069 regulations, they now return it back from how 00:20:00.069 --> 00:20:05.329 it was intended. Are we together? That the message 00:20:05.329 --> 00:20:11.650 was that God will do it by himself. Did you hear 00:20:11.650 --> 00:20:16.170 what I said? Jesus and the apostles. Now, take 00:20:16.170 --> 00:20:20.410 what we call the Ten Commandments and then return 00:20:20.410 --> 00:20:27.109 it to how it was originally intended. That's 00:20:27.109 --> 00:20:32.029 the message. God is the one to do it all the 00:20:32.029 --> 00:20:36.170 way. Are we together? Yes. All you need to do 00:20:36.170 --> 00:20:42.259 is to receive. Now, not longer. One, two, three, 00:20:42.319 --> 00:20:44.720 four, five. Don't do this, do that. Don't do 00:20:44.720 --> 00:20:46.759 this, do that. Don't do this, do that. We're 00:20:46.759 --> 00:20:49.980 going to read subsequently. You will see that 00:20:49.980 --> 00:20:52.700 is how the law is when you read Colossians. Touch 00:20:52.700 --> 00:20:56.359 not. Handle not. You understand? That is the 00:20:56.359 --> 00:21:00.539 law. That's the way of the law. But the way of 00:21:00.539 --> 00:21:02.180 righteousness, that's why he said the ministry 00:21:02.180 --> 00:21:05.680 of righteousness. The way of righteousness is 00:21:05.680 --> 00:21:11.140 you receiving God the doer. You understand? And 00:21:11.140 --> 00:21:15.799 that's why we saw love. Love the Lord. You just 00:21:15.799 --> 00:21:21.000 believe. He comes into you and he produces his 00:21:21.000 --> 00:21:23.319 work through you. And that's why we call the 00:21:23.319 --> 00:21:26.700 love your neighbor as yourself. Jesus said, the 00:21:26.700 --> 00:21:35.519 second is as the first. Because all is by the 00:21:35.519 --> 00:21:40.680 Spirit. Say, all is by the Spirit. Hallelujah. 00:21:43.960 --> 00:21:47.599 Now, but we need to answer a question. How did 00:21:47.599 --> 00:21:51.160 we have it transform into legalism? You know, 00:21:51.160 --> 00:21:55.559 that's where we are going. Yes. How did we, how 00:21:55.559 --> 00:22:02.720 did we have, end up having it as legalism? Go 00:22:02.720 --> 00:22:05.059 back to our scripture. Let's go back to our scripture 00:22:05.059 --> 00:22:14.640 where we started. Acts chapter... Look at verse 00:22:14.640 --> 00:22:30.480 51. You stiff necked and uncircumcised in the 00:22:30.480 --> 00:22:35.740 heart and ears. You always resist the Holy Spirit 00:22:35.740 --> 00:22:45.849 as your fathers did. So do you. Verse 52. Verse 00:22:45.849 --> 00:23:07.210 53. Please look at this place. 53. Who have received 00:23:07.210 --> 00:23:13.170 the law? How? By the direction of angels. And 00:23:13.170 --> 00:23:16.789 have not kept it. Now I want you to note that 00:23:16.789 --> 00:23:25.309 word. The direction of angels. That is. The law. 00:23:26.690 --> 00:23:32.349 Was received. Was given. How? By the direction 00:23:32.349 --> 00:23:39.220 of angels. This means. Angels were involved in 00:23:39.220 --> 00:23:46.220 the giving of the law. Angels were involved in 00:23:46.220 --> 00:24:05.140 the giving of the law. Look at verse 38. Go back 00:24:05.140 --> 00:24:11.130 to verse 38. This is he who was in the congregation 00:24:11.130 --> 00:24:14.829 in the wilderness. With who? Oh, talk to me now. 00:24:14.890 --> 00:24:21.710 With who? Who do what? Spoke to him where? On 00:24:21.710 --> 00:24:24.349 Mount Sinai. Now, we need to study Mount Sinai. 00:24:25.549 --> 00:24:28.809 You know, last week, I deliberately used that. 00:24:28.890 --> 00:24:30.730 You know, when we are... I mean, not last week. 00:24:30.769 --> 00:24:34.829 Sorry. Not even the last... Earlier, when we 00:24:34.829 --> 00:24:37.269 started in this direction, you know, I did a 00:24:37.269 --> 00:24:39.450 comparison. It's deliberately a user. I said, 00:24:39.549 --> 00:24:41.809 God was the one who gave the Ten Commandments 00:24:41.809 --> 00:24:45.230 in the sun directly. And then Moses wrote the 00:24:45.230 --> 00:24:46.890 book of the Lord, right? We did that comparison. 00:24:47.069 --> 00:24:51.210 Are we together? Amen. But because I'm coming 00:24:51.210 --> 00:24:53.630 to teach further, I didn't mention anything around 00:24:53.630 --> 00:24:57.069 that. Now you know that God did not give the 00:24:57.069 --> 00:24:59.849 Ten Commandments in the way we have it. Are we 00:24:59.849 --> 00:25:03.740 together? Are we together? Because what he gave 00:25:03.740 --> 00:25:08.099 to Moses was lively oracles. And we said, by 00:25:08.099 --> 00:25:12.200 the explanation of Jesus, now again, Stephen 00:25:12.200 --> 00:25:15.980 helping us, we now know that that was the gospel. 00:25:16.299 --> 00:25:20.480 That the Ten Commandments is the gospel. So, 00:25:20.539 --> 00:25:26.339 but we need to study Mount Sinai. That means, 00:25:26.519 --> 00:25:31.150 what we normally see there, that we know I say, 00:25:31.190 --> 00:25:33.410 and the Lord spoke to him, and the Lord spoke 00:25:33.410 --> 00:25:38.309 to him. There is other beings there doing some 00:25:38.309 --> 00:25:40.769 things that we need to keep, we need to study, 00:25:40.910 --> 00:25:43.890 you understand? Because this is, you know, this 00:25:43.890 --> 00:25:48.390 is one of the things that we just brush and leads 00:25:48.390 --> 00:25:54.750 us to accord to God or to push the responsibility 00:25:54.750 --> 00:25:59.089 of certain things, you understand, toward God. 00:25:59.710 --> 00:26:03.529 while God knew nothing about it. Are we together? 00:26:03.750 --> 00:26:12.230 So now we know that it was an angel who spoke 00:26:12.230 --> 00:26:16.230 to Moses on Mount Sinai. And verse 53 tells us 00:26:16.230 --> 00:26:19.690 that the law, the giving of the law, is by the 00:26:19.690 --> 00:26:29.140 direction of angels. Now, let's look at that 00:26:29.140 --> 00:26:32.839 word direction. Go to verse 53. Who have received 00:26:32.839 --> 00:26:35.460 the law by the direction of angels. Now, what 00:26:35.460 --> 00:26:40.400 is that word direction? Direction. It was translated 00:26:40.400 --> 00:26:52.680 from the Greek word diatage. D -I -A T -A -G 00:26:52.680 --> 00:27:03.579 -E D -I -A T -A -G -E The word is used incidentally 00:27:03.579 --> 00:27:09.819 in only two places in the standard word direction. 00:27:10.859 --> 00:27:13.779 Let's look at the other one. The first one is 00:27:13.779 --> 00:27:19.940 at 53. Act 753. But the second one is in Romans 00:27:19.940 --> 00:27:32.349 13. Romans 13. Verse 2. Romans 13. Verse 2. Therefore, 00:27:32.349 --> 00:27:37.630 whoever resists the authority resists the ordinance 00:27:37.630 --> 00:27:42.670 of God. That word ordinance. Ordinance. It means 00:27:42.670 --> 00:27:47.970 the direction. It's a noun. The ordinance of 00:27:47.970 --> 00:27:51.730 God. And those who resist will bring judgment 00:27:51.730 --> 00:27:55.190 on themselves. To that word ordinance is the 00:27:55.190 --> 00:28:05.220 word direction. So direction implies ordinance. 00:28:06.319 --> 00:28:13.099 It implies disposition. It implies arrangement. 00:28:15.759 --> 00:28:20.980 It implies arrangement. It also implies instrumentality. 00:28:21.000 --> 00:28:23.319 That is, you can substitute it and say, through 00:28:23.319 --> 00:28:26.339 the instrumentality of angels. Did you understand 00:28:26.339 --> 00:28:30.859 what I'm trying to say? Yes. Through the instrumentality, 00:28:31.960 --> 00:28:38.579 Or through the arrangements of angels. Through 00:28:38.579 --> 00:28:42.759 the arrangement of angels. You see, I see some 00:28:42.759 --> 00:28:46.819 of us are not writing. You can't learn like that. 00:28:47.819 --> 00:28:54.059 You understand? You can't know God. The church 00:28:54.059 --> 00:28:57.720 is a school. Understand that some of us, where 00:28:57.720 --> 00:29:01.089 we are coming, It has been a challenge because 00:29:01.089 --> 00:29:05.890 the church has not been ordered exactly the way 00:29:05.890 --> 00:29:09.150 it's supposed to be. The church is a training 00:29:09.150 --> 00:29:15.130 ground. So when you come, you come with seriousness. 00:29:19.569 --> 00:29:22.490 We don't want that which was ordained to life 00:29:22.490 --> 00:29:24.390 to produce death. Did you understand what I'm 00:29:24.390 --> 00:29:27.359 trying to say? No, no, no, no. You know, there 00:29:27.359 --> 00:29:30.220 are so many mistakes we are doing. It's because 00:29:30.220 --> 00:29:36.480 we have not spent time to learn the Word. Our 00:29:36.480 --> 00:29:40.200 attitude towards church needs to change if we 00:29:40.200 --> 00:29:44.079 want to see a difference. Hallelujah. So we have 00:29:44.079 --> 00:29:46.819 encouraged people to always come with a book. 00:29:47.319 --> 00:29:55.059 Understand? With a Bible. Understand? That is 00:29:55.059 --> 00:29:59.180 how... To learn. We are students of the word. 00:30:00.140 --> 00:30:11.099 Amen. Now that word. Arrangement. Which was used 00:30:11.099 --> 00:30:15.059 by Stephen. Was derived from another word. So 00:30:15.059 --> 00:30:17.799 that means. That word was derived from another 00:30:17.799 --> 00:30:24.400 word. That's to so. That's to so is a verb. In 00:30:24.400 --> 00:30:36.220 a sense. D -I -A -T -O -S -S -O. D -I -A -T -O 00:30:36.220 --> 00:30:42.079 -S -S -O. And this word, you know, sometimes 00:30:42.079 --> 00:30:48.819 you can understand even more about the noun from 00:30:48.819 --> 00:30:50.599 the verb. Do you understand what I'm trying to 00:30:50.599 --> 00:30:55.029 say? Yes. So, if we go further to study this 00:30:55.029 --> 00:30:57.930 arrangement, instrumentality, direction, you 00:30:57.930 --> 00:31:05.470 understand? From the verb. And Paul used the 00:31:05.470 --> 00:31:08.549 verb. Did you understand what I'm saying? Hallelujah. 00:31:09.630 --> 00:31:12.329 Galatians chapter 3 verse 19. Let's go to how 00:31:12.329 --> 00:31:17.289 Paul used the word. You understand? Galatians 00:31:17.289 --> 00:31:38.660 3 verse 19. Now look at it. He said, what purpose 00:31:38.660 --> 00:31:43.660 then does the law serve? He said, it was added. 00:31:44.960 --> 00:31:50.299 It was added because of transgression. Till the 00:31:50.299 --> 00:31:54.339 seed shall come to whom the promise was made. 00:31:55.660 --> 00:32:02.549 And it was appointed. It was appointed through 00:32:02.549 --> 00:32:09.630 the, through who? Angels by the what? Are we 00:32:09.630 --> 00:32:15.150 together? That word appointed is a verb. That's 00:32:15.150 --> 00:32:20.549 the soul, you understand, of what we saw Stephen 00:32:20.549 --> 00:32:32.170 used. So, it is appointed. So that means this 00:32:32.170 --> 00:32:38.890 death to sow implies to appoint. It implies to 00:32:38.890 --> 00:32:46.009 command. It means to ordain. It means to give 00:32:46.009 --> 00:32:54.210 order. It means to give responsibility to another. 00:32:57.809 --> 00:33:03.690 So, The verb there, to sow, means to command, 00:33:03.930 --> 00:33:07.470 to appoint, to ordain, to give order, or to give 00:33:07.470 --> 00:33:13.089 responsibility to another. And there are a lot 00:33:13.089 --> 00:33:17.230 of places where you can find that, particularly 00:33:17.230 --> 00:33:20.849 the verb, it's not just only that. Let me call 00:33:20.849 --> 00:33:23.089 those scriptures so that when you go back, you 00:33:23.089 --> 00:33:28.230 just read them. You understand? Now, in Matthew 00:33:28.230 --> 00:33:33.230 11, verse 1, the same diastole was used, but 00:33:33.230 --> 00:33:36.490 in that you will see it commanding. That's how 00:33:36.490 --> 00:33:41.650 it was put, commanding. Matthew 11, verse 1. 00:33:43.130 --> 00:34:01.990 Luke 8. Luke 8. Verse 55. Luke 17. Now, this 00:34:01.990 --> 00:34:05.430 one, from the next one, which is the Luke part, 00:34:05.609 --> 00:34:10.510 you will see it as commanded. Commanded. Commanded. 00:34:11.210 --> 00:34:16.190 So, this scripture is under commanded. This scripture 00:34:16.190 --> 00:34:22.949 is used to show as commanded. Luke 8 .55. Luke 00:34:22.949 --> 00:34:33.539 17 .9. And 10. Acts chapter 18 verse 2. Acts 00:34:33.539 --> 00:34:43.800 chapter 23 verse 31. Acts 24 verse 23. 1 Corinthians 00:34:43.800 --> 00:34:50.940 9 verse 14. And Titus 1 verse 5. Luke 8 verse 00:34:50.940 --> 00:34:59.940 55. Luke 17, 9 and verse 10. Acts 18, 2. Acts 00:34:59.940 --> 00:35:07.059 23, 31. Acts 24, 23. 1 Corinthians 9, 14. And 00:35:07.059 --> 00:35:12.559 Titus 1, verse 5. As commanded. Now the next 00:35:12.559 --> 00:35:20.400 one is as appointed. Luke 3, verse 13. Luke 3, 00:35:20.460 --> 00:35:29.059 verse 13. And Acts 7 verse 44. Acts 7 verse 44. 00:35:29.920 --> 00:35:33.320 And then it was also used to give orders. Like 00:35:33.320 --> 00:35:40.179 give orders. Acts 20 verse 13. And 1 Corinthians 00:35:40.179 --> 00:35:49.699 16 verse 1. Then it is also used as ordain. Ordain. 00:35:50.440 --> 00:35:56.199 1 Corinthians 7 verse 17. 1 Corinthians 7 verse 00:35:56.199 --> 00:36:02.320 17. And then it is also used as to set in order. 00:36:03.019 --> 00:36:11.539 To set in order. 1 Corinthians 11 verse 34. Hallelujah. 00:36:11.840 --> 00:36:16.599 Are we together? We are moving together. Good. 00:36:17.260 --> 00:36:23.300 So Stephen now and Paul help us to understand 00:36:23.300 --> 00:36:31.039 and they explain by the Spirit that the involvement 00:36:31.039 --> 00:36:40.760 of angels on Mount Sinai was actually an order. 00:36:40.840 --> 00:36:47.260 It was a sign. It was appointed by Moses. Are 00:36:47.260 --> 00:36:51.900 we together? It was appointed by who? By Moses. 00:36:53.139 --> 00:36:59.840 If we read that part 19, you understand. He said 00:36:59.840 --> 00:37:05.219 that, and it was appointed through angels by 00:37:05.219 --> 00:37:09.880 who? Oh, are we together? Are we together? He 00:37:09.880 --> 00:37:14.579 said by the hand of who? By the hand of a mediator. 00:37:15.659 --> 00:37:18.360 In the text of scripture, we only have two people. 00:37:18.659 --> 00:37:23.639 One who was assigned by men and one who is the 00:37:23.639 --> 00:37:28.039 plan of God. Christ the mediator and Moses the 00:37:28.039 --> 00:37:31.260 man -made mediator. We're going to study that 00:37:31.260 --> 00:37:34.320 to see how people appointed Moses the mediator. 00:37:34.800 --> 00:37:36.760 So I want you to have it at the back of your 00:37:36.760 --> 00:37:40.420 mind. When we are talking about that the law 00:37:40.420 --> 00:37:43.179 was added, it's not just only the law that was 00:37:43.179 --> 00:37:46.219 added, but mediation was also added. Because 00:37:46.219 --> 00:37:48.960 that mediation of Moses was not the plan of God. 00:37:49.400 --> 00:37:53.079 That Moses mediated between the people and God 00:37:53.079 --> 00:37:56.079 was never the plan of God. It's a system of the 00:37:56.079 --> 00:37:59.559 law. It was brought by unbelief and rejection 00:37:59.559 --> 00:38:06.030 of the gospel. Are we together? So the word added 00:38:06.030 --> 00:38:10.150 implies that it was not part of the promise. 00:38:11.070 --> 00:38:16.389 So both the mediation of Moses as well as the 00:38:16.389 --> 00:38:24.769 law were an addition. It was brought by Moses 00:38:24.769 --> 00:38:29.530 through the instrumentality, through the disposition, 00:38:29.869 --> 00:38:37.139 through angels. I know some people will say, 00:38:37.219 --> 00:38:39.400 wait a minute. How did the angels get involved? 00:38:42.840 --> 00:38:46.239 That's why we are taking time to study. And the 00:38:46.239 --> 00:38:48.659 reason is that because there are some strange 00:38:48.659 --> 00:38:52.980 things we have been seeing that we need to explain 00:38:52.980 --> 00:38:54.380 where they are coming. You know there are some 00:38:54.380 --> 00:38:56.079 people who have accorded all those things to 00:38:56.079 --> 00:39:02.820 God. Are we together? Hallelujah. Amen. So there 00:39:02.820 --> 00:39:05.800 would have been no need for the addition. Because 00:39:05.800 --> 00:39:11.659 the promise was there. What did... Abraham and 00:39:11.659 --> 00:39:14.000 the rest live without the law. Do you understand 00:39:14.000 --> 00:39:19.199 what I'm saying? So, there came a generation 00:39:19.199 --> 00:39:22.880 that are rebellious. You know, sir? And they 00:39:22.880 --> 00:39:26.480 don't want to. They rejected what their fathers 00:39:26.480 --> 00:39:31.500 have received. They are quick to say, Abraham 00:39:31.500 --> 00:39:35.739 is our father. You know, sir? But they did not 00:39:35.739 --> 00:39:39.920 follow the ways of Abraham. Are we together? 00:39:41.099 --> 00:39:45.320 Hallelujah. Amen. You know, I challenged one 00:39:45.320 --> 00:39:48.119 lady one day in the sand, the way she was dressed. 00:39:48.300 --> 00:39:50.199 I said, where are you? She said, she's from Winner's 00:39:50.199 --> 00:39:56.960 Chapel. I said, you are not from there. I said, 00:39:56.980 --> 00:40:00.400 why? I said, because you are not following the 00:40:00.400 --> 00:40:05.840 headman. Because I know momy faith in the son. 00:40:06.199 --> 00:40:13.539 I don't see any attribute of her in you. So they 00:40:13.539 --> 00:40:17.320 are like the Pharisee that will say, Abraham 00:40:17.320 --> 00:40:19.559 is our father, but his ways they are not following. 00:40:21.519 --> 00:40:28.679 Are we together? Amen. So they rejected it. So, 00:40:28.969 --> 00:40:31.130 What do we do? Now, it is important that now 00:40:31.130 --> 00:40:34.289 let's study something about this mediation. You 00:40:34.289 --> 00:40:36.769 know, remember I said by the hand of a mediator. 00:40:38.090 --> 00:40:45.829 Are we together? Let's go back to Exodus 20. 00:40:47.409 --> 00:41:03.949 Exodus 20. Exodus. chapter 20. Look at verse 00:41:03.949 --> 00:41:17.650 18. He said, now Mount Sinai was completely in 00:41:17.650 --> 00:41:21.409 smoke. Please, just be observing the events that 00:41:21.409 --> 00:41:23.909 are happening. We are going to go slowly. You 00:41:23.909 --> 00:41:28.710 understand? Now Mount Sinai was completely in 00:41:28.710 --> 00:41:36.889 smoke because the Lord descended upon it in fire. 00:41:38.869 --> 00:41:43.769 Its smoke ascended like the smoke of the furnace 00:41:43.769 --> 00:42:02.030 and the whole mountain quaked greatly. That's 00:42:02.030 --> 00:42:13.809 how the Lord normally descends. Hallelujah. Verse 00:42:13.809 --> 00:42:18.730 19. And when the blast of the trumpet sounded 00:42:18.730 --> 00:42:24.289 long and became louder and louder, Moses spoke. 00:42:24.730 --> 00:42:30.590 And God answered him by voice. He spoke and God 00:42:30.590 --> 00:42:41.670 answered him how? By voice. Amen? Amen? Where 00:42:41.670 --> 00:42:45.510 was I reading? 19, right? Oh, sorry. Did you? 00:42:45.809 --> 00:42:49.829 Let's start from 19. I was just moving very fast. 00:42:53.309 --> 00:42:57.610 Yes, chapter 19. Yes, chapter 19, please. Oh, 00:42:58.590 --> 00:43:02.550 and you are looking at me. Yes, let's start from 00:43:02.550 --> 00:43:06.269 there, chapter 19. Yes, I mentioned the scripture 00:43:06.269 --> 00:43:10.250 ahead and then I started behind. Sorry for that. 00:43:10.650 --> 00:43:14.329 Understand. Are we together? Now, did you see 00:43:14.329 --> 00:43:17.230 those events? I want you to pay attention. We 00:43:17.230 --> 00:43:20.690 are coming back to them. How they said the Lord 00:43:20.690 --> 00:43:23.639 descended. Remember I said we're going to study 00:43:23.639 --> 00:43:27.099 Mount Sinai. It's very important. Right? Now 00:43:27.099 --> 00:43:31.000 move to verse 20 which I said earlier on. 20 00:43:31.000 --> 00:43:39.719 verse what? 18. Now all the people witnessed 00:43:39.719 --> 00:43:43.179 the thundering. Did you see again? Are we together? 00:43:44.260 --> 00:43:47.400 Witnessed the what? The thundering. The lightning 00:43:47.400 --> 00:43:52.619 flashes. The sound of the trumpet. And the mountain 00:43:52.619 --> 00:43:56.679 smoking. When the people saw it, they did what? 00:43:57.219 --> 00:44:02.539 They trembled and stood where? Afar. Then they 00:44:02.539 --> 00:44:12.039 said to Moses, you speak with us and we will 00:44:12.039 --> 00:44:17.840 hear. But let not God speak with us. Lest we 00:44:17.840 --> 00:44:25.320 do what? Lest we do what? How can someone who 00:44:25.320 --> 00:44:29.559 wants life for you and what you are perceiving 00:44:29.559 --> 00:44:38.960 is that? So, you see, this is telling us, this 00:44:38.960 --> 00:44:42.300 is where the beginning of they never wanted to 00:44:42.300 --> 00:44:45.719 hear directly from God. Remember when Moses was 00:44:45.719 --> 00:44:50.820 going, Moses also told a prophet like unto me, 00:44:50.880 --> 00:44:57.360 he said, hear what? Hear him. They refused. Moses, 00:44:57.380 --> 00:45:00.780 where Moses was going? He also told them, hear 00:45:00.780 --> 00:45:07.599 him. They never wanted to hear from God. You 00:45:07.599 --> 00:45:10.079 understand? I think we did that study in this 00:45:10.079 --> 00:45:13.940 church. But the point is that they rejected God 00:45:13.940 --> 00:45:17.639 and just wanted Moses. Go and hear and then tell 00:45:17.639 --> 00:45:21.079 us. This is how they meet Moses the mediator. 00:45:23.030 --> 00:45:32.030 So as we read, he said, appointed by angels by 00:45:32.030 --> 00:45:38.510 the hand of a mediator. So Moses was a man -made 00:45:38.510 --> 00:45:42.909 mediator through unbelief and rejection of the 00:45:42.909 --> 00:45:49.449 gospel. Through unbelief and rejection of the 00:45:49.449 --> 00:45:58.400 gospel. Come down to Hebrews chapter 8. Hebrews 00:45:58.400 --> 00:46:10.179 chapter 8. Hebrews chapter 8. Look at verse 7. 00:46:12.780 --> 00:46:22.179 Verse 7. For if that first covenant had been 00:46:22.179 --> 00:46:28.420 faultless, then no place would have been sought 00:46:28.420 --> 00:46:32.659 for a second. Now, most people when they read 00:46:32.659 --> 00:46:35.039 this, they would think that God gave first, the 00:46:35.039 --> 00:46:37.920 first one. You understand? Do you understand 00:46:37.920 --> 00:46:40.460 what I'm saying? So they said, that's how they 00:46:40.460 --> 00:46:43.239 look at it, that the first covenant God gave 00:46:43.239 --> 00:46:44.820 it, so it fails. They say, okay, let me bring 00:46:44.820 --> 00:46:49.280 the second one. No, there has no time. God has 00:46:49.280 --> 00:46:52.730 given multiple covenants. It has always been 00:46:52.730 --> 00:47:02.510 one, one, one, and one. And the covenant, please 00:47:02.510 --> 00:47:05.530 hold your hand here. Come to that Galatians we 00:47:05.530 --> 00:47:07.869 read. There's something I want to point out before 00:47:07.869 --> 00:47:16.010 we jump in the sun. Because we are at the time 00:47:16.010 --> 00:47:19.769 where we need to wrap up something for this session. 00:47:22.499 --> 00:47:30.500 Galatians 3 verse what? Verse 19. He said, what 00:47:30.500 --> 00:47:34.460 purpose then does the law serve? He said, it 00:47:34.460 --> 00:47:38.320 was added because of transgression till the seed 00:47:38.320 --> 00:47:46.219 should come to whom the promise was made. To 00:47:46.219 --> 00:47:51.179 whom the promise was made in the Son. Now, you 00:47:51.179 --> 00:47:54.599 have to understand that the covenant is not with 00:47:54.599 --> 00:48:01.260 you. Are we together? God made the covenant with 00:48:01.260 --> 00:48:07.820 himself. We are the beneficiaries. Let me repeat 00:48:07.820 --> 00:48:11.960 again. We are the beneficiaries of God's covenant. 00:48:12.800 --> 00:48:17.719 The covenant is not with you. Because, you know, 00:48:17.760 --> 00:48:20.199 when you talk about covenant, It means you have 00:48:20.199 --> 00:48:24.159 a part to play. You don't, sir. Sorry. You don't 00:48:24.159 --> 00:48:32.199 have a part in it. Because he promised it by 00:48:32.199 --> 00:48:39.500 himself, to himself, to keep it by himself. We 00:48:39.500 --> 00:48:44.619 are beneficiaries. We received it. What he has 00:48:44.619 --> 00:48:47.699 promised. Hallelujah. Now go back to where I 00:48:47.699 --> 00:48:53.780 was trying to read. He now said, verse 7, right? 00:48:55.460 --> 00:49:00.079 For if that first covenant had been faultless, 00:49:00.280 --> 00:49:04.739 then no place would have been sought for a second. 00:49:06.960 --> 00:49:12.320 Because finding fault with them, he says, behold, 00:49:12.440 --> 00:49:16.739 the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will 00:49:16.739 --> 00:49:20.489 make a new covenant. With the house of Israel. 00:49:20.869 --> 00:49:25.070 And the house of Jacob. Now look at that word 00:49:25.070 --> 00:49:29.489 in verse 8. He said finding fault with them. 00:49:29.869 --> 00:49:34.230 The question is. Who or what finds fault with 00:49:34.230 --> 00:49:40.050 them? Are we together? Did you hear my question? 00:49:40.650 --> 00:49:45.869 Who or what finds fault with them? Remember in 00:49:45.869 --> 00:49:50.159 verse 7 he said. For if. The first covenant had 00:49:50.159 --> 00:49:52.860 been faultless. That means the first covenant 00:49:52.860 --> 00:49:57.719 has a fault. There will not have been need for 00:49:57.719 --> 00:50:02.800 the second because the second is faultless. So 00:50:02.800 --> 00:50:08.500 what this verse is saying is that the faulted 00:50:08.500 --> 00:50:12.579 or fault covenant was the one that find fault. 00:50:13.900 --> 00:50:16.619 You understand? That's why I say because finding 00:50:16.619 --> 00:50:21.869 fault. Who finds fault? The covenant that has 00:50:21.869 --> 00:50:26.210 fault was the one that had fault in them. Because 00:50:26.210 --> 00:50:31.690 God does not find fault. The covenant of righteousness 00:50:31.690 --> 00:50:34.369 does not find fault in men. Did you understand 00:50:34.369 --> 00:50:38.409 what I'm trying to say? No fault. And there are 00:50:38.409 --> 00:50:42.070 scriptures that tell us more about that God does 00:50:42.070 --> 00:50:44.110 not find fault. He does not find. You understand? 00:50:44.610 --> 00:50:51.460 James told us. Right? James 1, verse 5. Right? 00:50:52.179 --> 00:50:57.420 Are we together? Please, come with me. I want 00:50:57.420 --> 00:51:00.320 to show you that God's covenant of righteousness 00:51:00.320 --> 00:51:06.119 does not do what? Does not find fault. It is 00:51:06.119 --> 00:51:11.960 the fault covenant. That old system brought by 00:51:11.960 --> 00:51:18.360 unbelief that find fault. You know, sir, Remember 00:51:18.360 --> 00:51:23.559 what we said, Paul said in the psalm. I would 00:51:23.559 --> 00:51:26.519 not have known. Did you understand what I'm saying? 00:51:28.119 --> 00:51:30.840 Except the Lord came. When the Lord came, that 00:51:30.840 --> 00:51:33.500 was when sin revived. Meaning, that was when 00:51:33.500 --> 00:51:40.900 I became aware of sin. That was when I became 00:51:40.900 --> 00:51:52.380 aware of sin. Oh, glory to God. Look at verse 00:51:52.380 --> 00:51:58.639 5. He said, If any of you lack wisdom, let him 00:51:58.639 --> 00:52:04.519 ask God. Who give how? Liberally. Without what? 00:52:04.840 --> 00:52:07.980 Without reproach. That word reproach. Without 00:52:07.980 --> 00:52:14.860 shame. Eh? Without shame. Without abuse. Without 00:52:14.860 --> 00:52:22.239 shaming you. Huh? There's one song, you see. 00:52:22.380 --> 00:52:24.900 Oh, God, no, go shame us. You know that song? 00:52:27.860 --> 00:52:33.119 You know, these people are laughing. Yes. God 00:52:33.119 --> 00:52:36.960 does not shame. Did you understand what I'm saying? 00:52:37.320 --> 00:52:41.340 Yes. He doesn't insult. He doesn't abuse. He 00:52:41.340 --> 00:52:43.360 does not defame. That's what reproach means. 00:52:43.480 --> 00:52:48.400 Defame me. Reproach. He said he doesn't do that. 00:52:48.539 --> 00:52:51.800 He gives liberally without looking for fault. 00:52:51.840 --> 00:52:53.800 When he's trying to give you something, he will 00:52:53.800 --> 00:52:56.099 not be looking and say, hey, okay, he did this 00:52:56.099 --> 00:52:58.780 thing. No. You understand? We shall deal with 00:52:58.780 --> 00:53:02.039 him. He did that. He did that. No, he doesn't 00:53:02.039 --> 00:53:05.420 pile up to watch your iniquities. You understand? 00:53:06.659 --> 00:53:10.940 To give. No, that's not God. Look at that text 00:53:10.940 --> 00:53:13.880 we normally read. Hallelujah. 2 Corinthians. 00:53:14.699 --> 00:53:31.130 2 Corinthians 5. 2 Corinthians 5, what? 19. Let 00:53:31.130 --> 00:53:34.070 me read from verse 18. Now all things are of 00:53:34.070 --> 00:53:36.750 God who has reconciled us to himself through 00:53:36.750 --> 00:53:40.610 Jesus Christ and has given us the ministry of 00:53:40.610 --> 00:53:44.389 reconciliation. Look at verse 19. He said, that 00:53:44.389 --> 00:53:51.159 is, That God was where? In Christ reconciling 00:53:51.159 --> 00:53:56.619 the world to himself. Not doing what? Not imputing 00:53:56.619 --> 00:54:02.000 their trespasses to them. And has committed unto 00:54:02.000 --> 00:54:05.980 us the word of reconciliation. So God does not 00:54:05.980 --> 00:54:12.360 do what? Does not impute. You understand? He 00:54:12.360 --> 00:54:20.110 does not impute sin. Faults of man. No. But what 00:54:20.110 --> 00:54:27.030 system does that? Romans 5. What system does 00:54:27.030 --> 00:54:38.869 that? Romans 5. 13. Are we together? Amen. Romans 00:54:38.869 --> 00:54:46.619 5. 13. For unto the law, sin, Was where? But 00:54:46.619 --> 00:54:53.440 sin is not imputed when there is no... So during 00:54:53.440 --> 00:54:57.800 the days of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, you know, 00:54:57.840 --> 00:55:02.179 sir, there was no imputation of sin. God relate 00:55:02.179 --> 00:55:04.179 with men not finding fault. It was when the Lord 00:55:04.179 --> 00:55:06.500 came in and piled up, say, you do this, you do 00:55:06.500 --> 00:55:07.840 that, you do that, you do this, you do this, 00:55:07.840 --> 00:55:11.500 you know, sir. So when that text, you know, sir, 00:55:11.500 --> 00:55:15.360 in fact... Romans 3, when you move back a little 00:55:15.360 --> 00:55:20.619 bit, Romans 3 .20, Romans 3 .20, it says, Therefore, 00:55:20.820 --> 00:55:26.099 by the deeds of the law, no flesh will be justified 00:55:26.099 --> 00:55:31.840 in its sight. For by the law is the what? Is 00:55:31.840 --> 00:55:35.880 the knowledge of sin. You cannot live by the 00:55:35.880 --> 00:55:39.360 law not to be, you must be beholding your sins 00:55:39.360 --> 00:55:44.170 and iniquities every day. That is that law. That 00:55:44.170 --> 00:55:48.610 is that covenant. That was why that verse we 00:55:48.610 --> 00:55:53.230 read in Hebrews says what? Finding fault with 00:55:53.230 --> 00:55:58.030 them. You understand? That is the covenant. That 00:55:58.030 --> 00:56:02.349 is a system that finds faults. You understand? 00:56:02.929 --> 00:56:07.949 This new system is the one that takes away the 00:56:07.949 --> 00:56:11.179 fault of men. Are we together? He's the one that 00:56:11.179 --> 00:56:16.079 takes away the iniquity. The Lord laid upon him 00:56:16.079 --> 00:56:20.639 the iniquities of us all. You understand? Hallelujah. 00:56:21.719 --> 00:56:27.800 So God's intention is not to have anyone as a 00:56:27.800 --> 00:56:35.960 mediator between God and man. But for he himself 00:56:35.960 --> 00:56:40.670 to come. For Jesus himself to be the mediator. 00:56:40.829 --> 00:56:44.030 The mediator of better covenant and not Moses. 00:56:45.309 --> 00:56:48.909 So both the law and the mediation of Moses were 00:56:48.909 --> 00:56:58.849 an addition. Where is an old system. So God revealed 00:56:58.849 --> 00:57:07.110 his plan. Lively oracles. But to a rebellious 00:57:07.110 --> 00:57:13.840 people. He rejected it. And what happened? Moses 00:57:13.840 --> 00:57:19.380 gave the law. How? By the instrumentality of 00:57:19.380 --> 00:57:23.780 angels. We're going to further look at that to 00:57:23.780 --> 00:57:30.539 study much more. You understand? Study much more 00:57:30.539 --> 00:57:35.340 to see other texts that talks about also because 00:57:35.340 --> 00:57:37.730 we're going to read other texts. Now we just 00:57:37.730 --> 00:57:42.510 studied Stephen and Paul. We're going to study 00:57:42.510 --> 00:57:47.670 others to see how the law was given to the instrumentality 00:57:47.670 --> 00:57:51.670 of angels. Now you should begin to picture. Does 00:57:51.670 --> 00:57:53.750 that mean that means those things we've been 00:57:53.750 --> 00:57:56.449 seeing, angels were the ones doing those things? 00:57:57.050 --> 00:58:01.030 We shall see. Hallelujah. Can you just pray and 00:58:01.030 --> 00:58:06.340 thank the Lord? We appreciate you being here 00:58:06.340 --> 00:58:09.420 today. We hope you carry this word with you throughout 00:58:09.420 --> 00:58:12.300 your week. Don't forget to check the show notes 00:58:12.300 --> 00:58:15.059 for additional insights. Stay connected with 00:58:15.059 --> 00:58:17.760 us through our website or follow us on social 00:58:17.760 --> 00:58:21.420 media. If you are encouraged, share this message 00:58:21.420 --> 00:58:24.420 with someone you care about. 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