1 00:00:04,240 --> 00:00:08,520 This is Living Waters of Grace, the teaching ministry of Lewis 2 00:00:08,520 --> 00:00:12,200 Harold, assistant pastor of Calvary Chapel of Westmoreland 3 00:00:12,200 --> 00:00:16,520 County in Greensburg, PA. Now here's Pastor Lewis as he 4 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:18,920 continues teaching through God's Word. 5 00:00:37,160 --> 00:00:40,200 And those are the three things that I think about even today. 6 00:00:40,720 --> 00:00:45,760 Well, I know who I believe. I believe the author of the true 7 00:00:45,760 --> 00:00:48,720 Word of God. I believe what's in here. 8 00:00:49,560 --> 00:00:53,960 Not some of it. All of it, all of it. 9 00:00:54,960 --> 00:00:56,960 No one can tell me. Well, some of these things 10 00:00:56,960 --> 00:00:58,600 aren't necessarily true because they're not for today. 11 00:00:58,600 --> 00:01:02,160 No, no, no, you can't tell me that all of this is God's word. 12 00:01:02,160 --> 00:01:06,760 And if it's all God's Word, then it's all truth that. 13 00:01:06,760 --> 00:01:08,920 Sure is a simple way to look at the Bible. 14 00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:13,200 If the Bible is the word of God, then it's all truth. 15 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:17,480 It's as simple as that. Today, Pastor Lewis shows us 16 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:21,120 that some within the church are approaching the Word of God like 17 00:01:21,120 --> 00:01:24,840 it's the local Chinese buffet. I'll take a little of this and a 18 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:27,080 little of that, but I don't want any of that. 19 00:01:27,800 --> 00:01:30,800 The Bible isn't meant to be approached like a buffet. 20 00:01:31,440 --> 00:01:35,400 You must take the entirety of the Word of God into your very 21 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:38,720 person. It is all meant for your good. 22 00:01:39,240 --> 00:01:42,440 Now here's Pastor Lewis in the Book of First Timothy, chapter 23 00:01:42,440 --> 00:01:46,080 one with today's edition of Living Waters of Grace. 24 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:49,400 So we aren't saved because we do good things, say, because we 25 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:52,600 believe in him who is good. And then is the last I'm just 26 00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:54,600 going to mention here is this prosperity gospel. 27 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:58,240 Prosperity gospel teaches that we are saved to be rich, you're 28 00:01:58,240 --> 00:02:01,720 saved to be happy, you're saved to be healthy and whole, that if 29 00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:05,440 we give our lives to Jesus, then we will live a blessed, 30 00:02:05,480 --> 00:02:09,400 prosperous and happy life. But in order to do that, you got 31 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:12,360 to give, you got to plant some seeds. 32 00:02:12,680 --> 00:02:15,720 You know, you got to give, you know, you have to, you have to 33 00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:20,360 give to the church and then you can receive these, these things 34 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:22,960 that Jesus can offer once we give to him first. 35 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:25,560 Well, Jesus already died for us. There's really nothing we can do 36 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:27,760 for him, right? He already died for us. 37 00:02:27,760 --> 00:02:29,080 It's all done. It's finished. 38 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:31,200 He said it on the cross, it's finished. 39 00:02:31,680 --> 00:02:36,160 So we know that that's not a a true gospel. 40 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:40,080 So we have to be careful of some of the doctrines that can make 41 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:43,480 their way into the church. But Paul said that these 42 00:02:43,480 --> 00:02:46,280 doctrines, these doctrines, these other doctrines, these 43 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:49,040 fables, which are basically just myths, they're untrue. 44 00:02:49,320 --> 00:02:52,160 You know, these things along with endless genealogies. 45 00:02:52,320 --> 00:02:54,720 And what he means here is that there are people who are 46 00:02:54,720 --> 00:02:57,920 actually trying to achieve righteousness through their 47 00:02:57,920 --> 00:03:01,280 lineage based on who they're related to. 48 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:04,680 You know, this is my lineage. And you heard the Pharisees do 49 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:06,480 it. We're of Abraham, we're 50 00:03:06,480 --> 00:03:10,880 Abraham's seed. Jesus said before Abraham was I 51 00:03:10,880 --> 00:03:15,800 am, so it has nothing to do with who I'm related to. 52 00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:19,000 My mother could be saved. If I'm living like the devil, 53 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:22,160 I'm sorry, but I'm not going to be saved unless I repent and 54 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:24,280 trust in Jesus Christ for my salvation. 55 00:03:24,840 --> 00:03:27,680 We all got to have that relationship with Him, not just 56 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:29,840 because we're related to somebody who does. 57 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:33,760 And they were trusted in some of these genealogies. 58 00:03:33,920 --> 00:03:36,760 And these things weren't doing nothing but causing disputes and 59 00:03:36,760 --> 00:03:40,480 speculations. But Paul said these things don't 60 00:03:40,480 --> 00:03:42,640 edify. You see, they can't change our 61 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:45,200 lives. These new doctrines can't change 62 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:47,200 our lives. Or we can make you feel good for 63 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:49,680 a while because they do address your flesh. 64 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:52,520 They go right to your flesh. But it does nothing for the 65 00:03:52,520 --> 00:03:55,320 spirit man. So the spirit man doesn't grow. 66 00:03:55,320 --> 00:03:58,960 We don't become more mature in the Lord listening to strange 67 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:02,840 doctrines. The only thing that causes us to 68 00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:08,320 grow is the word of truth, the gospel of truth. 69 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:14,560 Jesus said sanctify them by your truth, not by these other 70 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:17,440 gospels. Sanctify them by your truth. 71 00:04:17,839 --> 00:04:23,000 Your word is truth. So we're sanctified by the truth 72 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:26,800 of the gospel of Jesus Christ. So then we go on to verse 5 and 73 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:30,800 it says now the purpose of the commandment is love. 74 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:34,360 So Paul says, look, that other gospel were dumped, other things 75 00:04:34,360 --> 00:04:36,720 that they're teaching those false teachings. 76 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:40,520 It's not doing anything but bringing speculation, disputes, 77 00:04:40,760 --> 00:04:43,960 causing us to go into more sin, causing people to go into more 78 00:04:43,960 --> 00:04:46,240 sin. It's not doing anything for our 79 00:04:46,240 --> 00:04:47,680 hearts. It's not changing us. 80 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:51,520 It doesn't do anything for us. But the purpose of the 81 00:04:51,520 --> 00:04:55,840 commandment, that means the true doctrine is love. 82 00:04:56,160 --> 00:05:02,120 The gospel is a love message. It's a love message for God. 83 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:05,800 So love the world He gave his only begotten Son. 84 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:10,680 Romans 5 and 8 says that he demonstrates his love toward us 85 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:12,880 and that why we were yet sinners. 86 00:05:12,880 --> 00:05:16,480 He died for us. The gospel is a love message. 87 00:05:16,960 --> 00:05:19,320 It gives us a love message. It gives us love. 88 00:05:19,320 --> 00:05:22,680 Jesus say, you'll know them, you'll know them by their love 89 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:25,600 for one another, You'll know that they are my disciples by 90 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:28,040 the way that they love one another. 91 00:05:28,280 --> 00:05:30,600 Now the purpose of the commandment is love, and it's 92 00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:34,200 love from a pure heart, which means that a love, a heart 93 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:38,000 that's untainted, a heart that's uncorrupted by worldliness. 94 00:05:39,160 --> 00:05:42,160 So it's a pure heart. And we know that it's the pure 95 00:05:42,160 --> 00:05:45,320 that sees God, right? I mean, when we look at the 96 00:05:45,320 --> 00:05:49,480 beatitudes, blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see 97 00:05:49,480 --> 00:05:52,920 God, they shall see God, the pure in heart. 98 00:05:53,240 --> 00:05:54,480 So it's love out of a pure heart. 99 00:05:54,520 --> 00:05:56,600 It's also love from a good conscience. 100 00:05:57,400 --> 00:05:59,800 You see, the Word of God, the gospel doesn't give, it doesn't 101 00:05:59,800 --> 00:06:03,440 teach condemnation, it doesn't teach judgment and condemnation 102 00:06:03,440 --> 00:06:06,520 and all those kind of things. You don't feel condemned. 103 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:10,080 Paul said There is therefore no condemnation to them who walk 104 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:12,280 not after the flesh but after the Spirit. 105 00:06:13,480 --> 00:06:16,000 There is no condemnation. We don't have to feel condemned 106 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:19,960 when we read the gospel. The law makes us feel condemned 107 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:23,480 or when people make you feel like you don't measure up, that 108 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:26,480 causes condemnation. And Paul says here it's it's 109 00:06:26,480 --> 00:06:28,000 it's love with a good conscience. 110 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:33,080 Our conscience is clear. If I do wrong, I repent and I'm 111 00:06:33,080 --> 00:06:35,520 back in fellowship with God. I don't have to carry around 112 00:06:35,640 --> 00:06:39,560 condemnation and feel like I've fallen out of love with God 113 00:06:39,800 --> 00:06:44,160 because I did something wrong. God said there's nothing that 114 00:06:44,160 --> 00:06:47,600 can separate us from his love. And then it says here and from a 115 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:51,720 sincere faith, the sincere faith, not a hypocritical faith, 116 00:06:52,040 --> 00:06:55,240 not someone living double lives, not someone acting like they're 117 00:06:55,240 --> 00:06:57,800 keeping the law and putting all this bondage on other people to 118 00:06:57,800 --> 00:06:59,800 keep it and they can't do it themselves. 119 00:07:01,280 --> 00:07:04,040 That's a hypocritical law. That's a hypocritical gospel. 120 00:07:04,720 --> 00:07:06,520 That's not what this love is coming from. 121 00:07:06,640 --> 00:07:11,200 It's a sincere gospel. We sincerely love the Lord. 122 00:07:11,440 --> 00:07:14,400 We are sincere before Him, even when we repent. 123 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:17,880 Lord, I blew it. I messed up, please forgive me. 124 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:22,680 I desire to do the right thing, but sometimes I don't. 125 00:07:23,160 --> 00:07:25,960 Lord, please forgive me. That's a sincere heart. 126 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:30,200 A sincere heart. And then he goes on to verse 5, 127 00:07:30,760 --> 00:07:34,760 it says from which some having strayed meaning from the sincere 128 00:07:34,760 --> 00:07:39,040 faith or the word of God, some having strayed, they they've 129 00:07:39,040 --> 00:07:44,040 turned away from it and having turned aside to idle talk, idle 130 00:07:44,040 --> 00:07:48,520 talk, vain talk, empty talk. It doesn't go anywhere. 131 00:07:48,680 --> 00:07:53,280 It's circular, it's speculation. Majoring on the minors is 132 00:07:53,280 --> 00:07:56,720 basically what that is. It's idle talk, verse 7 says, 133 00:07:56,720 --> 00:08:00,040 designed to be teachers of the law, understanding neither what 134 00:08:00,040 --> 00:08:03,240 they say nor the things which they affirm. 135 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:07,720 They don't even understand what they truly believe in. 136 00:08:07,920 --> 00:08:10,840 They don't understand exactly what they're standing on. 137 00:08:11,200 --> 00:08:13,840 They don't have a real good understanding of it, and it 138 00:08:13,840 --> 00:08:16,760 can't. If, if it's not truth, then it's 139 00:08:16,760 --> 00:08:20,120 always changing. Then it's always changing. 140 00:08:20,280 --> 00:08:22,480 So you don't really know what you're standing on. 141 00:08:23,680 --> 00:08:24,960 You don't really know what you're standing on. 142 00:08:24,960 --> 00:08:27,280 When I was, when we were, when we were younger, when we first 143 00:08:27,280 --> 00:08:30,560 got saved, our mentor used to tell us, he said, look, you need 144 00:08:30,560 --> 00:08:33,240 to know three things. You need to know three things 145 00:08:33,240 --> 00:08:35,840 about your salvation. First of all, you need to know 146 00:08:36,200 --> 00:08:41,720 who you believe. Secondly, you need to know what 147 00:08:41,720 --> 00:08:45,080 you believe. And thirdly, you need to know 148 00:08:45,360 --> 00:08:49,280 why you believe it. And those are the three things 149 00:08:49,400 --> 00:08:53,680 that I think about even today. Well, I know who I believe. 150 00:08:54,120 --> 00:08:57,520 I believe the author of the true Word of God. 151 00:08:58,160 --> 00:09:04,320 I believe what's in here. Not some of it, all of it, all 152 00:09:04,320 --> 00:09:06,440 of it. No one can tell me. 153 00:09:06,440 --> 00:09:08,520 Well, some of these things aren't necessarily true because 154 00:09:08,520 --> 00:09:10,520 they're not for today. No, no, no, you can't tell me 155 00:09:10,520 --> 00:09:15,080 that all of this is God's word. And if it's all God's Word, then 156 00:09:15,080 --> 00:09:18,680 it's all truth. It's all truth. 157 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:21,840 So that's who I believe. What do I believe? 158 00:09:21,880 --> 00:09:23,920 I believe that Jesus Christ is the true Son of God. 159 00:09:23,920 --> 00:09:28,160 I believe he came and he died for my sins and your sins. 160 00:09:28,640 --> 00:09:31,160 I believe that he was buried, and I believe that on the third 161 00:09:31,160 --> 00:09:35,000 day he arose. And I believe that we have 162 00:09:35,040 --> 00:09:38,880 eternal life in Him. For those who believe on him, 163 00:09:39,080 --> 00:09:43,680 that's what I believe. And they say, well, why do you 164 00:09:43,680 --> 00:09:44,960 believe it? Because God said it. 165 00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:48,600 For me, it's very simple. I believe because God said I'll 166 00:09:48,600 --> 00:09:50,160 have to give a dissertation while I believe it. 167 00:09:50,760 --> 00:09:55,520 God said it. Now we hear people say God said 168 00:09:55,520 --> 00:09:59,160 it, I believe it. That settles it. 169 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:03,280 I used to say that too. I don't say that no more because 170 00:10:03,280 --> 00:10:04,720 it doesn't matter whether I believe it or not. 171 00:10:05,080 --> 00:10:08,560 It's still true. So the word, so it should be. 172 00:10:08,560 --> 00:10:10,520 God said it, and that settles it. 173 00:10:11,560 --> 00:10:15,680 There's nothing in between my believing it or not, my 174 00:10:15,680 --> 00:10:16,880 believing it or not believing it. 175 00:10:16,880 --> 00:10:19,480 Doesn't make it any less true or any more true. 176 00:10:21,200 --> 00:10:23,760 And we need to understand that as a community, as a society, 177 00:10:24,080 --> 00:10:26,600 people think that because they don't believe something that 178 00:10:26,600 --> 00:10:29,720 they read in the word of God, then it's not necessarily true 179 00:10:30,400 --> 00:10:31,760 because it doesn't make sense to them. 180 00:10:32,160 --> 00:10:34,280 Sorry. Just because it doesn't make 181 00:10:34,280 --> 00:10:35,680 sense to you doesn't mean it's not true. 182 00:10:36,080 --> 00:10:42,280 It's true anyway. 2 + 2 equal 4. If I have 4 beads sitting up 183 00:10:42,280 --> 00:10:44,080 here, I don't care what you do with it. 184 00:10:44,200 --> 00:10:47,120 If I put these two over here together with this two over here 185 00:10:47,120 --> 00:10:48,920 and put them together, I'm going to have 4 beads. 186 00:10:50,800 --> 00:10:52,280 Whether I believe it's true or not. 187 00:10:52,880 --> 00:10:56,560 It's 4B sitting on my table. God's word is true whether we 188 00:10:56,560 --> 00:10:59,840 believe it or not. So that's why I believe it, 189 00:10:59,840 --> 00:11:03,880 because God said it. So then he goes on here and he 190 00:11:03,880 --> 00:11:09,080 says in verse 8. So apparently what we learn is 191 00:11:09,080 --> 00:11:12,600 that this problem that they had with bringing with the strange 192 00:11:12,600 --> 00:11:15,760 doctrines, it had to do something with the law. 193 00:11:15,760 --> 00:11:19,240 They were misinterpreting the law or misusing the law. 194 00:11:20,040 --> 00:11:23,400 And we know that Judaizers were coming into different places and 195 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:25,720 that's what they were doing. They were misusing the law. 196 00:11:26,560 --> 00:11:29,360 Judaizers were saying, yeah, it's Jesus Christ. 197 00:11:29,360 --> 00:11:32,760 Plus, OK, you know, you have to believe in Jesus Christ, but 198 00:11:32,760 --> 00:11:34,280 then you also have to get circumcised. 199 00:11:35,560 --> 00:11:37,440 You can believe in Jesus Christ, but you also have to keep the 200 00:11:37,440 --> 00:11:41,120 law of Moses. OK, That's Jesus Christ plus. 201 00:11:41,160 --> 00:11:43,080 There is no Jesus Christ plus. It's Jesus Christ. 202 00:11:44,120 --> 00:11:47,440 We're saved by grace alone through faith alone in Christ 203 00:11:47,440 --> 00:11:48,160 alone. That's it. 204 00:11:48,960 --> 00:11:51,840 There is no Jesus plus. But they must have thought that 205 00:11:51,840 --> 00:11:54,200 there was a Jesus plus, so Paul says. 206 00:11:54,200 --> 00:11:59,920 But we know that the law is good if one uses it lawfully. 207 00:12:00,200 --> 00:12:04,040 When the law is used the correct way for what it's intended for, 208 00:12:04,520 --> 00:12:08,160 the law is good. In evangelism, people who 209 00:12:08,160 --> 00:12:14,160 understand the law and are able to share the law in a way where 210 00:12:14,160 --> 00:12:17,800 people understand there's that balance between law and grace. 211 00:12:18,120 --> 00:12:20,680 The law is good. The law is good. 212 00:12:20,840 --> 00:12:23,640 The purpose of the law, and this is what we're going into now, 213 00:12:23,760 --> 00:12:27,560 the purpose of the law is to point out our sin. 214 00:12:28,880 --> 00:12:31,880 That's what the law is for. It was to point out our sin. 215 00:12:32,760 --> 00:12:34,720 How do I know that? Well, let's look at a couple of 216 00:12:34,720 --> 00:12:36,640 verses that tells us that. How about we do that? 217 00:12:36,880 --> 00:12:40,120 Let's go to Galatians first. Now let's go to Romans. 218 00:12:40,120 --> 00:12:41,640 Go to Romans first. We'll do it in order. 219 00:12:42,080 --> 00:12:47,080 Go to Romans first. Romans chapter 3, right around 220 00:12:47,080 --> 00:12:51,440 the beginning of Romans, Romans chapter 3 verse 19 says, Now we 221 00:12:51,440 --> 00:12:55,640 know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under 222 00:12:55,640 --> 00:13:00,800 the law, that every mouth may be stopped and all the world may 223 00:13:00,800 --> 00:13:04,840 become guilty before God. Therefore, by the deeds of the 224 00:13:04,840 --> 00:13:08,040 law, no flesh will be justified in His sight. 225 00:13:08,200 --> 00:13:14,240 For by the law is the knowledge of sin, for by law is the 226 00:13:14,240 --> 00:13:19,080 knowledge of sin. The law simply points out our 227 00:13:20,440 --> 00:13:23,080 sins. And then let's go to go to 228 00:13:23,080 --> 00:13:26,640 Galatians. Let's go over to Galatians and 229 00:13:26,640 --> 00:13:31,840 go to chapter 3 in Galatians, and I'm going to start right 230 00:13:31,840 --> 00:13:34,440 here, verse 21. It says for if there had been a 231 00:13:34,440 --> 00:13:40,880 law given which could have given life by righteousness, for if 232 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:46,480 there had been a law given which could have given life, OK, truly 233 00:13:46,480 --> 00:13:48,560 righteousness would have been by the law. 234 00:13:48,560 --> 00:13:53,280 But the Scripture has confirmed all under sin, that the promise 235 00:13:53,280 --> 00:13:57,680 by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe. 236 00:13:58,120 --> 00:14:04,200 But before faith came, we were kept under guard by the law, 237 00:14:04,400 --> 00:14:08,440 kept for the faith which would come afterward be revealed. 238 00:14:08,600 --> 00:14:13,240 Therefore the law was our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we 239 00:14:13,240 --> 00:14:17,600 might be justified by faith. But after faith has come, we are 240 00:14:17,600 --> 00:14:21,680 no longer under the tutor. So it came to point out our sin. 241 00:14:21,680 --> 00:14:24,960 It was not a remedy or a cure for our sins. 242 00:14:24,960 --> 00:14:26,360 So the law is like a thermometer. 243 00:14:28,120 --> 00:14:31,400 Laws like a thermometer. A thermometer can tell you 244 00:14:31,400 --> 00:14:33,720 you're sick, but it can't cure you. 245 00:14:35,720 --> 00:14:37,920 It tells you you're sick, but it doesn't cure you. 246 00:14:38,800 --> 00:14:42,800 A laws like that tells you just how sick we are, but there's no 247 00:14:42,800 --> 00:14:46,280 cure in the law itself. So let's let's go on. 248 00:14:46,280 --> 00:14:49,120 We know that the law cannot empower us to change. 249 00:14:49,440 --> 00:14:51,280 The law cannot be on the inside of us. 250 00:14:51,280 --> 00:14:53,880 The law is on the outside. It's the new covenant where God 251 00:14:53,880 --> 00:14:57,360 said, I'm going to put my law in your heart and I'm going to put 252 00:14:57,360 --> 00:15:01,560 it on your minds and your sins. I will remember no more. 253 00:15:01,720 --> 00:15:05,720 And that's because the law giver is now in each and every one of 254 00:15:05,720 --> 00:15:09,280 you and me. The law giver is in US. 255 00:15:09,960 --> 00:15:13,560 So all we do is submit to the Spirit that's in US, and that's 256 00:15:13,560 --> 00:15:17,560 how we walk in obedience to the Lord when we submit to the 257 00:15:17,560 --> 00:15:21,040 Spirit that's in US. So then we go on here in verse 9 258 00:15:21,240 --> 00:15:24,400 where it says now knowing this, that the law is not made for a 259 00:15:24,400 --> 00:15:26,840 righteous person but for the lawless. 260 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:29,480 OK, So what I'm going to do now, I'm going to mention these 261 00:15:29,480 --> 00:15:34,600 violations and these first six violations that I mentioned are 262 00:15:34,600 --> 00:15:39,960 all going to fall under the 1st four of the 10 commandments. 263 00:15:40,400 --> 00:15:42,080 It's very interesting how Paul did this. 264 00:15:42,360 --> 00:15:45,920 He says here the law is for the lawless and the insubordinate. 265 00:15:45,920 --> 00:15:49,920 That means the disobedient or the rebellious is for the 266 00:15:49,920 --> 00:15:55,080 ungodly and for sinners and for the unholy and profane. 267 00:15:55,360 --> 00:15:58,480 OK, that's who the law. Those six, you look at those six 268 00:15:58,480 --> 00:16:03,200 things and they fall under the 1st 410 commandments. 269 00:16:03,840 --> 00:16:05,880 It's very interesting. Thou should have no other God 270 00:16:05,880 --> 00:16:07,400 before me. Thou should have no graven 271 00:16:07,400 --> 00:16:09,640 images. Thou should not take the Lord's 272 00:16:09,640 --> 00:16:13,360 name in vain. Thou should remember the Sabbath 273 00:16:13,360 --> 00:16:15,680 and keep it holy. All those things fall under 274 00:16:15,680 --> 00:16:17,640 these, these things that Paul just mentioned. 275 00:16:17,720 --> 00:16:21,440 So now we're going to go to the next 8, which are going to fall 276 00:16:21,440 --> 00:16:23,960 under the next. This might be complicated, might 277 00:16:23,960 --> 00:16:29,040 fall out of the next 5 of 610 commandments because he doesn't 278 00:16:29,040 --> 00:16:30,600 mention covetous here, which would have been the 10th 279 00:16:30,600 --> 00:16:32,120 command. We don't mention that one, but 280 00:16:32,120 --> 00:16:35,720 he does mention the first, that next five of the 10 commandments 281 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:38,720 and I'll go through them. But he says here it says for 282 00:16:38,720 --> 00:16:42,680 murderers of fathers, murderers of mothers, that means you know 283 00:16:42,680 --> 00:16:46,200 your patricides and your matricides, people who kill 284 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:48,480 their fathers and their mothers. You know the 10 commandments 285 00:16:48,480 --> 00:16:51,360 tells us that what, that we have to honor our fathers and our 286 00:16:51,360 --> 00:16:53,560 mothers. And then it says for manslayers, 287 00:16:53,760 --> 00:16:55,760 10 commandments said thou shalt not commit murder. 288 00:16:55,760 --> 00:16:58,840 So it falls under that. And for fornication and 289 00:16:58,840 --> 00:17:02,080 sodomites to commandments, they should not commit adultery. 290 00:17:02,320 --> 00:17:06,560 But these fall under sexual immorality. 291 00:17:07,640 --> 00:17:10,000 These fall under sexual immorality. 292 00:17:10,160 --> 00:17:13,319 But I also want to point out to you that since we're on the 293 00:17:13,319 --> 00:17:16,640 subject, I want to point out to you that he separated 294 00:17:16,640 --> 00:17:21,520 fornicators and sodomites, or in some versions it may read 295 00:17:21,520 --> 00:17:24,280 homosexuals. In some versions. 296 00:17:24,599 --> 00:17:27,880 He took the time to point that out because I believe He's 297 00:17:27,880 --> 00:17:30,840 letting us low. He's letting us know that being 298 00:17:30,840 --> 00:17:37,600 a homosexual is no less of a sin or no more of a sin than being a 299 00:17:37,600 --> 00:17:41,160 fornicator. Having sex outside of marriage 300 00:17:41,160 --> 00:17:47,080 with a woman is no less of a sin than two men having sex. 301 00:17:49,080 --> 00:17:52,080 It's all sinful to the Lord. It's abominable to the Lord. 302 00:17:53,280 --> 00:17:56,920 OK, but I also want to point this out because somebody might 303 00:17:56,920 --> 00:18:00,240 be thinking, but wait a minute. What if the two men are married? 304 00:18:01,120 --> 00:18:02,960 What if the two women are married? 305 00:18:04,240 --> 00:18:07,840 Is it still a sin? I have a resounding yes, it's 306 00:18:07,840 --> 00:18:11,440 still a sin. God does not acknowledge 307 00:18:11,800 --> 00:18:14,360 homosexual marriages, a man to man. 308 00:18:14,360 --> 00:18:15,960 God does not acknowledge that marriage. 309 00:18:16,400 --> 00:18:18,840 He does not acknowledge the marriage of two women. 310 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:22,640 God does not acknowledge that. How do you know Lewis? 311 00:18:22,960 --> 00:18:27,160 Well, because back in Genesis when God was talking to Adam and 312 00:18:27,160 --> 00:18:30,440 Eve and He was talking about their marriage, he said for this 313 00:18:30,440 --> 00:18:32,680 reason, this is back in chapter 2, verse 24. 314 00:18:32,680 --> 00:18:35,640 You can check it out. He said for this reason shall a 315 00:18:35,640 --> 00:18:39,040 man leave his father and his mother and be joined to his 316 00:18:39,360 --> 00:18:42,320 wife? Under no circumstances is a wife 317 00:18:42,360 --> 00:18:47,880 ever identified as a man. A wife is a woman, and then if 318 00:18:47,880 --> 00:18:52,280 you go to Matthew chapter 19, verse 5, Jesus said the exact 319 00:18:52,280 --> 00:18:56,360 same thing. For this reason shall a man be 320 00:18:56,360 --> 00:19:00,680 joined together with his wife. For this reason he leaves his 321 00:19:00,680 --> 00:19:03,800 father and his mother, and he's joined together with his wife, 322 00:19:04,840 --> 00:19:07,000 and the two shall become one flesh. 323 00:19:08,280 --> 00:19:09,960 That's the institution of marriage. 324 00:19:10,560 --> 00:19:13,760 And I'm sorry, but the one who created the institution has the 325 00:19:13,760 --> 00:19:18,080 right to call what it is, in my opinion. 326 00:19:18,520 --> 00:19:21,440 I can't go into your house and I tell you what the rules of your 327 00:19:21,440 --> 00:19:24,840 house is going to be. You ain't going for that, nor 328 00:19:24,840 --> 00:19:27,880 can we do it with the institution of marriage. 329 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:31,640 So let's go on. So then he says for kidnappers, 330 00:19:31,640 --> 00:19:35,440 some people believe that the Bible doesn't talk about 331 00:19:35,600 --> 00:19:37,280 slavery. For slavery. 332 00:19:37,280 --> 00:19:39,680 The Bible was doesn't doesn't mention anything about that. 333 00:19:39,680 --> 00:19:42,480 Well, here's one place that it does because it's kidnappers. 334 00:19:42,480 --> 00:19:47,480 He's talking about men, Steelers, men stealers, men who 335 00:19:47,600 --> 00:19:51,080 actually steal other men or women and force them into 336 00:19:51,080 --> 00:19:53,360 slavery. That's what this is talking 337 00:19:53,360 --> 00:19:55,560 about. And then he says for liars and 338 00:19:55,560 --> 00:19:57,640 for perjurers, I mean, all liars. 339 00:19:57,640 --> 00:20:02,080 And we know that all liars have their place in the lake of fire. 340 00:20:02,200 --> 00:20:04,320 But what's interesting, I looked up now, you know, the penalty 341 00:20:04,320 --> 00:20:06,800 for perjury is a pretty severe penalty. 342 00:20:06,800 --> 00:20:08,680 I mean, it's a, it's a third degree felony here in 343 00:20:08,680 --> 00:20:11,720 Pennsylvania. It's a pretty severe penalty, 344 00:20:11,840 --> 00:20:15,680 and the penalty, the punishment for it is like $15,000 in fines 345 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:18,080 and up to seven years prison time. 346 00:20:19,400 --> 00:20:23,800 That's pretty severe. But that is nothing compared to 347 00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:28,360 what a unrepentant, unbelieving liar or perjurer is going to 348 00:20:28,360 --> 00:20:32,960 have to face when they face eternity in the lake of fire. 349 00:20:34,360 --> 00:20:39,080 It says for if a perjurus and if there is any other thing that is 350 00:20:39,080 --> 00:20:44,040 contrary to sound doctrine, well, maybe somebody is sitting 351 00:20:44,040 --> 00:20:46,320 here and thinking, well, I don't do none of those things. 352 00:20:47,640 --> 00:20:50,200 Just because it doesn't list, it doesn't mean this is an 353 00:20:50,200 --> 00:20:55,200 unexhausted list. OK, this is not everything, but 354 00:20:55,200 --> 00:20:59,880 he said he captures it at the bottom when he says in any other 355 00:20:59,880 --> 00:21:03,520 thing that is not contrary to sound doctrine. 356 00:21:04,120 --> 00:21:08,040 OK, so we're all lawbreakers, We've all broken the law. 357 00:21:08,240 --> 00:21:10,240 We all need the grace of Jesus Christ. 358 00:21:10,760 --> 00:21:12,880 We all need the love of Jesus Christ, and we all need the 359 00:21:12,880 --> 00:21:15,840 mercy of Jesus Christ. And thank God it's there. 360 00:21:15,880 --> 00:21:17,880 Amen. Thank God it's there. 361 00:21:18,080 --> 00:21:21,200 So to teach this, to try to teach this, if somebody tries to 362 00:21:21,200 --> 00:21:26,200 teach the law and use it as a way to keep you in bondage or 363 00:21:26,200 --> 00:21:31,880 use it as a way to control you or ever try to get you to think 364 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:35,360 that the law is your way to righteousness or right standing 365 00:21:35,360 --> 00:21:39,440 with God, or that the law is the way to salvation, that is misuse 366 00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:42,800 of the law. That is misuse of the law. 367 00:21:44,960 --> 00:21:46,720 The law is there to point it out. 368 00:21:47,400 --> 00:21:52,720 This is sin. God's grace and His love and 369 00:21:52,720 --> 00:21:54,600 faith in Him is the way to salvation. 370 00:21:55,640 --> 00:21:57,800 Believing on Him, that's the way to salvation. 371 00:21:58,080 --> 00:22:00,440 It got to be balanced. Amen. 372 00:22:00,840 --> 00:22:03,560 And then of course, verse 11 says, according to the glorious 373 00:22:03,560 --> 00:22:08,800 gospel of the blessed God, that's the balance which was 374 00:22:08,800 --> 00:22:13,200 committed to my trust. I just want to close with this. 375 00:22:13,680 --> 00:22:16,440 Romans 10/4 says for Christ is the end of the law for 376 00:22:16,440 --> 00:22:21,240 righteousness for everyone or to everyone who believes. 377 00:22:22,200 --> 00:22:25,160 People try to use doctrine to do whatever it is that they wanted 378 00:22:25,160 --> 00:22:27,640 to do. They try to use it to control 379 00:22:27,640 --> 00:22:29,120 you. They try to use it to condemn. 380 00:22:29,320 --> 00:22:33,400 They try to use it to try to get you to think that you have to 381 00:22:33,800 --> 00:22:36,560 complete a bunch of do's and don'ts in order to be righteous 382 00:22:36,560 --> 00:22:40,480 or in order to be saved. But the Lord has come. 383 00:22:40,560 --> 00:22:43,520 Lord Jesus Christ has come for our salvation. 384 00:22:43,520 --> 00:22:45,840 He's already paid the penalty for it. 385 00:22:46,520 --> 00:22:49,760 He's already paid the penalty. And as I said before, we now 386 00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:53,040 have the Spirit of God living on the inside of us that all we 387 00:22:53,040 --> 00:22:55,880 have to do is yield to it, to Him. 388 00:22:56,840 --> 00:23:01,880 And He is the one that empowers us to live holy. 389 00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:04,520 He empowers us to change our lives. 390 00:23:04,520 --> 00:23:09,040 He empowers us to understand when we have violated the law of 391 00:23:09,040 --> 00:23:12,400 God and we repent and we turn from it and God is there with 392 00:23:12,400 --> 00:23:15,160 his arms open, just like we are with our children when they 393 00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:17,840 violate or one of our rules or they violate something in the 394 00:23:17,840 --> 00:23:20,480 household. We don't kick them out forever. 395 00:23:20,600 --> 00:23:23,920 We don't look at them haughty, but we invite them back when 396 00:23:23,920 --> 00:23:26,960 they say, mom, dad, I'm sorry. And they come and give you that 397 00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:28,920 hug around your waist. You melt. 398 00:23:30,400 --> 00:23:37,840 You melt and we serve a God who loves For us to acknowledge that 399 00:23:37,840 --> 00:23:41,880 we're in agreement with Him that we have sinned, but He also love 400 00:23:41,880 --> 00:23:46,040 it when we come back to Him and we admit that we're wrong and we 401 00:23:46,040 --> 00:23:48,720 repent and we are able to restore. 402 00:23:48,720 --> 00:23:52,120 He restores. Our fellowship with Him isn't 403 00:23:52,120 --> 00:23:54,200 awesome. What a plan. 404 00:23:54,800 --> 00:23:58,760 What a plan. Thank you for tuning in to 405 00:23:58,800 --> 00:24:01,920 Living Waters of Grace with Pastor Lewis Harold. 406 00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:05,440 We're currently in the books of First and Second Timothy. 407 00:24:05,680 --> 00:24:09,360 Some of the things included in these New Testament letters from 408 00:24:09,360 --> 00:24:14,000 Paul are that the young and newly established Pastor Timothy 409 00:24:14,360 --> 00:24:17,760 was being encouraged to hold fast to what was true. 410 00:24:18,240 --> 00:24:22,160 He was challenged to confront and address the false teachers 411 00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:26,120 that were rising up. He was also reminded to accept 412 00:24:26,120 --> 00:24:30,000 his calling to the ministry with gratefulness and to address the 413 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:33,200 happenings going on in the Ephesian church. 414 00:24:33,840 --> 00:24:37,760 Paul was imparting his experience and knowledge to the 415 00:24:37,760 --> 00:24:41,040 next generation. Timothy was receptive to 416 00:24:41,040 --> 00:24:43,960 learning and gleaning what he could from Paul's wisdom. 417 00:24:44,600 --> 00:24:47,960 This is how it should be in ministry across multiple 418 00:24:47,960 --> 00:24:50,920 generations. Those who have lived a little 419 00:24:50,920 --> 00:24:55,360 more life should be open to sharing their successes and also 420 00:24:55,360 --> 00:24:57,280 things they've learned along the way. 421 00:24:57,280 --> 00:25:00,800 That we're not a wind. The younger generations coming 422 00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:04,960 up can learn and appreciate much from those ahead of them, and 423 00:25:04,960 --> 00:25:09,200 perhaps avoid some of the same pitfalls that their mentors work 424 00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:13,760 through mentoring. It's a beautiful relationship 425 00:25:13,960 --> 00:25:17,040 when the hearts are in the right place to learn and grow. 426 00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:20,000 We trust that you're in a community where this is 427 00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:23,120 happening. Older ones providing advice and 428 00:25:23,120 --> 00:25:27,400 wisdom, and each side learning and growing from one another. 429 00:25:28,040 --> 00:25:31,440 This certainly was the case for Paul and Timothy as they were 430 00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:33,760 comrades for the sake of the gospel. 431 00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:38,000 For more information on where this teaching came from, go to 432 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:42,800 calvarychapelonline.com. There you can also learn about 433 00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:45,360 our service times to join us in person. 434 00:25:45,800 --> 00:25:48,760 This has been living waters of grace.