The Issues about Women's Liberty pt 20

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seat Deuteronomy chapter 22 Deuteronomy 22 Look

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at verse 5 Deuteronomy 22 verse 5. A woman shall

Deuteronomy 22:5

not wear anything that pertains to a man, nor

shall a man put on a woman's garment. For all

who do so are an abomination to the Lord your

God. We started on Sunday. our discussion on

a woman's dressing. Part of the series we said

on issues about women's liberty. That's how we

title it. And we noted that most times when the

discussion of addressing comes up. A popular

text that many believers turn to is Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy 22:5

22 verse 5. And we said that to understand this

text we need to do some studies. We began by

answering a few questions which is a usual way

in which we study Bible by looking at the context.

We answered two questions last Sunday. Who spoke

those words and to whom was he addressing them?

We say it was Moses and he was addressing it

to the children of Israel, particularly the generation

that were either born in the wilderness or they

were less than 20 years when they left. Egypt.

But the older generation actually died in the

wilderness. So this is a generation he was communicating,

particularly Deuteronomy. And we stop at when

we were looking at Romans chapter 7. So let's

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go to that place. So the other question that

we are yet to answer is why. That is why Moses

wrote these words, especially now in regards

to this verse 5. Why? Let's go to Romans chapter

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7. That's why we stop. Romans 7 verse 7. Romans

Romans 7:7 Romans 7:7

7 verse 7. Let me read to 13. And what shall

we see then? Is this the law sin? Certainly not.

On the contrary, I will not have known sin except

through the law. For I will not have known covetousness

unless the law has said, You shall not covet.

But sin, taken opportunity by the commandment,

produce in me all manner of evil desires. For

apart from the law, sin was dead. Verse 9. I

was alive once without the law, but when the

commandment came, sin revived, and I died. And

the commandment, which was to bring life, I found

to bring death. For sin, taking occasion, by

the commandment deceived me, and by it killed

me. Verse 12. Therefore the law is holy. and

the commandment holy and just and good. Has then

what is good become death to me? Certainly not.

But sin, that it might appear sin, was producing

death in me through what is good, so that sin

through the commandment might become exceedingly

sinful. And so we first started to look at particularly

verse 9, which is one part that is sometimes

confusing when you read this text. Verse 9, I

was alive once without the law. And we try to

ask the question, what does that mean? Was Paul

referring or saying that he was physically alive

before Moses gave the law? And we say, no, that's

not what he's trying to say. Because if you look

at the context, that was not the discussion.

We said actually Paul lived about for more than

1 ,500 years after Moses was honored. And then

we looked at what actually that meant. And we

started looking at some keyword there. We said

was alive was translated from the Greek word

zao. And then we said that word zao is a verb.

The noun that was derived from that, we call

it zoe. And that's what we normally, we know

that one, zoe. And we said this zao means to

live, to breathe, to be among the living, to

be active. And the word once we noted is pote,

which means at full time or at some time. or

in the time past. And we looked again at that

verse 9, and we noticed some of the words also,

like revive, and we said revive was translated

from the Greek word anazao, which implies to

live again, to recover life, or to raise to life.

And the word we said anazao was used in the parable

of The lost son. Are we together? Or we call

the parable of the prodigal son. Amen? Let's

go back to that text also. Let's read it quickly.

Luke 15. That word, which is to revive. Are you

in Luke 15? Luke 15. I will read 24. Verse 24.

I'll read verse 24 and 32 because that's where

the word revive or anazao appears. Verse 24,

for this my son was dead and is alive again.

He was lost and is found. So that means what

he's trying to say that the word dead means he

was lost. Are we together? Means alive again

means he was found. Amen. Now go to verse 32.

Verse 32 says, it was right that we should make

merry and be glad for your brother was dead and

is alive again, was lost and was lost and is

found through the same communication. Amen. So

Jesus used the word alive again in this text.

And what he's trying to say is not saying that

the son was physically dead, no, and was brought

back to life, no. Alive again we saw that it

means he was brought back to awareness or consciousness.

Another thing again we should note that when

the father was talking, it means that they were...

He has seen him again. You remember when he said

he was dead, that means he was separated from

him. He was not seeing him. But now the boy has

returned back, means he's alive again. Amen.

So the time I was alive, seen revived, and I

died, we saw in verse 9. are actually spiritual

terms and should be understood in the context.

And I don't want you to forget that Paul in the

context was speaking about sin and the law. Are

we together? When you read from chapter one,

of course, Pastor, you might help us for those

of us who are in the training center in the center

for us to study from the book of Romans. Excuse

me. So I want to read some few texts so that

you understand from where Paul was coming. Go

back to Romans, go to Romans rather. We have

not gone there before. Amen. So go to, go to

Romans, Romans chapter three, verse 20. Romans

chapter three, verse 20. Therefore, by the deeds,

Of the law, no flesh will be justified in his

sight. For by the law is the knowledge of what?

Are we together? Is the knowledge. So that means

the awareness of sin is brought about by the

law. Hallelujah. Okay, that's very important.

Go to verse, chapter 5, verse 13. Romans 5, 13.

Romans 5, 13. He said, for until the law, sin

was in the world. Are we together? Yes, but sin

is not imputed when there is no law. Okay, so

Paul talks about the consciousness of sin or

what we call the awareness of sin. which is brought

about by the law. In fact, this is what the writer

of Hebrews was talking about in Hebrews chapter

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10. Go to Hebrews chapter 10. And that's why

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those who live by the law will always and consistently

be seen conscious. Are we together? Seen conscious.

Look at Romans chapter 10. Sorry, that's a Romans,

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Hebrews chapter 10. For the law having a shadow

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of the good things to come and not every image

of the things can never with these same sacrifices

which they offer continually year by year make

those who approach perfect. For then, will they

not have ceased to be offered? For the worshiper

once purified will have had no more consciousness

of what? That means if the law could make a man

perfect, there was no need for a year by year

coming to be purified again. But verse 3, but

in those sacrifice, O sacrifices, there is a

reward, a reminder of what? Of sins every year.

For it is not possible that the blood of bulls

and goats could take away sins. Therefore, when

he came into the world, he said, Sacrifice and

offering you did not desire, but a body you have

prepared for me. In burnt offering and sacrifice

for sin, you had no pleasure. Then I said, Behold,

I have come, in the volumes of the books it is

written of me, to do your will, O God. Previously

saying, Sacrifice and offering, bond offerings,

and offerings for sin you did not desire, nor

had pleasure in them, which are offered according

to the law. Then he said, Behold, I have come

to you to do your will, O God. that he may establish

a second. Verse 10. By that will, we have been

sanctified through the offering of the body of

Jesus Christ once and what? Once and for all.

Verse 11. And every priest stands ministering

daily and offering repeatedly the same sacrifice.

which can never take away sins. It can never

take away sins. But the only thing we have seen

is that there is a reminder of the sin, the consciousness

of sin. So that was what actually Paul was saying.

You understand? By the knowledge of sin, the

law brings the knowledge of sin. Verse 12, he

said, but this man, after he had offered one

sacrifice for sin forever, sat down at the right

hand of God. For that time, waiting till his

enemies are made his footstool. Of course, the

book of 1 Corinthians told us that the last enemy

that shall be destroyed is what? Is death. Verse

14. For by one offering, he has perfected, you

see, what was not perfected year in year out

by sacrifice, One offering has perfected forever

those who are sanctified, not those who are being

sanctified. It's all a continuous thing. That's

why he said it's once and for all. Hallelujah.

Amen. So you and I do not need anything. That's

why the man of the spirit is not sin conscious

because his sins has been taken away. He's not

under the law. Are we together? He is not under

the law. Amen. Hallelujah. He said, for sin shall

no longer have dominion over you, for you are

under grace and not under the law. Romans 6,

14. So in verse 9 of Romans, if you go back to

Romans, let's go back to Romans. So if you look

at Romans 7, Verse 9. That word died was translated

Romans 7:9

from the Greek word apotnesko. That is A -P -O

-A -P -O -T -H -N -E -S -K -O. A -P -O -T -H

-N -E -S -K -O. It implies to be slain, to be

separated. to be separated. So in the parables

that Jesus gave, when the father said, for this

my son was dead, he was not referring, as we

said, the fact that he was physically dead. No,

but he meant that they were separated or that

he did not see him again because that separation

did this. didn't allow him to see the son. Thus,

it's alive again where we saw in that Luke 15,

24 and verse 32 was to communicate the fact that

the son now has returned and he could be seen

and now they are not separated. Amen. Hallelujah.

Are we together? So, therefore, when you look

at that verse 9, we can See that Paul is talking

about that he was without sin, the consciousness

of sin. If you can put all those things together,

what Paul is saying, the explanation is that

I was not conscious of sin before. But when the

Lord came, I became conscious of sin. Simple

and short. Are we together? Yes. That's what

Paul is trying to say. And remember we said,

the consciousness of sin is brought about by

what? The law. And also, not just only the sin,

the consciousness of your state. When Paul said,

when Paul said, sinly revived and I die, what

he's trying to say is that, remember, that word,

I died was describing his state. Now I'm using

I, I, you know, there has been an argument. Was

Paul talking about himself? Because when you

read that throughout, was Paul talking about

himself or is he talking about the experience

of another person? Amen. I think when our brother,

is he anointed? Yes. Anointed once was asking

of this, I think we have to do a study from chapter

4, 5, 6. We read through up to chapter 8. You

understand? Because we wanted to see was Paul

actually talking about the way he was using I,

I, I die, I this, I this, then sin this, then

sin this. You understand? And then we look at

where he was talking about, oh, wretched man

that I am, who would deliver me from the ground

of sin. And then he entered chapter 8, you understand,

and keep discussing by time. He was describing

that man that is under the law and don't have

the spirit, you understand, because that's what

it means. By the time you read verse 8 of chapter

8, it now says, so then, those who are in the

flesh cannot please God, but those who are not

in the flesh, but in the spirit, if, I mean,

those who are not in the flesh, but in the spirit,

if indeed the spirit dwells in you, now, if you,

if anyone does not have the spirit of Christ,

he is not of his. Definitely, Paul is not describing

his state. because he has the spirit of God,

you understand? And of course, he's not a wretched

man. Are we together? We have noted in a number

of texts, sometimes you can use an analogy to

like identification. Like I can be talking now

and I said, you see, any man that is stealing

is definitely going to be miserable. You see,

when I do this battle, I'm actually going to

end up a miserable man. Now, I'm not talking

about myself. Did you understand what I'm trying

to say? So, but you know, there is a way you

can use I in a sample. You are not speaking about

your reality now. Amen. So that's exactly what

Paul was trying to do here. Amen. So now that's

not the point, but we're trying to say that it's

about what Paul is trying to describe is that.

A man, when the Lord came, he brought consciousness

of sin. He brought consciousness of sin and the

state of a people. And that's why, if you look

at verse, what do you call it? Chapter 8, Romans

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chapter 8. Romans chapter 8, verse 2. He said,

Romans 8:2

for the Lord. of the spirit of life in Christ

Jesus has made me free from the what? From the

what? The law of sin and what? And death. That's

what the law, the law of Moses brought. When

you live by the deeds of the law, you understand?

This is what we call the law of sin and death.

So when he said sin revived, It means I became

conscious of sin and I died. It means I became

conscious of sin and the state in which I am,

which is death. Amen? So, but there is something

I want us to look further, which is verse 7.

Go back to verse 7 of chapter 7. He said, what

shall we say then? Is the law sin? Is the law

sin? It is certainly not. On the contrary, I

will not have known sin except through the law.

For I will not have known covetousness unless

the law has said, you shall not covet. You shall

not what? Covet. So Paul was directly quoting

from... what we call the Ten Commandments. We

have seen it already. And that is Exodus 20,

Exodus 20:17

verse 17. Talking about you shall not covet.

Exodus 20, 17. Now, you can recall that earlier

in our discussion that we state the differences

between the law of Moses and the Ten Commandments.

One of the points we raised was that the Ten

Commandments was directly given by God. And then

the law of Moses was written by Moses personally.

We saw it in Deuteronomy chapter 31, particularly

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from verse 24 to 26. And we saw that the Ten

Commandments was given by God on the mount, on

Mount Sinai. We saw that also in Deuteronomy

10. Verse 1 to 4. So we also noted that the Ten

Commandments were received before the law of

Moses, certainly. Because the first and foremost

we saw, and I wanted to note something which

I want to make clear. That before the Ten Commandments

was written, even on the stones, in the sand,

the stone tablets, they were first spoken. Please

note that one. This is very important. Before

the Ten Commandments were even written on the

stones tablets, they were first what? Spoken.

Amen? And before the law of Moses was written,

the Ten Commandments on the tablets of stones

were written. Did you see the order? Good. Now,

because there is something very important I want

us to see later on. So go to Exodus 34. Exodus

34. And remember what I said last Sunday? That

I said Moses' teaching, the law, was based on

the Ten Commandments. Is that okay? And that's

why you saw that even the Ten Commandments are

also again written in the book of Moses. Is that

okay? In fact, it was repeated again. It was

first written in Exodus and then repeated in

Deuteronomy. Showing that this generation that

we are talking about are the Deuteronomy generation.

The Exodus generation that the first was given

to them, they have already perished in the wilderness.

Because at this time that we are discussing,

they are just about Jordan, to cross the Jordan.

That's the end part of Moses' life. Okay. Deuteronomy,

they say, okay, I say Exodus 34, right? Exodus

34. I want us to read. Let me start from reading

verse 1, Exodus 34, 1. And the Lord said to Moses,

cut two tablets. cut two tablets of stones like

the first. And I will write on these tablets

the word that were on the first tablet you broke.

The question you want to ask that, what cost

Moses to break the first tablet? Amen. Okay,

look at verse 27. Then the Lord said to Moses,

write this word for according to the tenor of

these words, I have made a covenant with you

and with Israel. He was there with the Lord 40

days and 40 nights. He neither eats bread nor

drank water. And he wrote on the tablets the

words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments.

Now it was so when Moses came down from Mount

Sinai and the two tablets of the testimony were

in Moses' hand. When he came down from the mountain,

that Moses did not know that the skin of his

face shone while he talked with him. So when

Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses,

behold, the skin of his face shone and they were

afraid to come near him. Then Moses called to

them and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation

returned to him. And Moses talked. Afterward,

all the children of Israel came near, and he

gave them as commandment all that the Lord had

spoken to him under Mount Sinai. Verse 33 And

when Moses had finished speaking with them, he

put a veil on his face. But when Moses went in

before the Lord to speak with him, he would take

the veil off until he came out. And he would

come out and speak to the children of Israel,

whatever he had been commanded. And whenever

the children of Israel saw the face of Moses,

that the skins of Moses' face shone, then Moses

would put the veil on his face again until he

went in to speak. Hallelujah. Amen. Now, this

was made reference in 2 Corinthians. In 2 Corinthians

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chapter 3. I want to look at chapter 3. 2 Corinthians

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chapter 3. Let me read verse 3. Clearly, You

are an epistles of Christ ministered by us, written

not with ink, but by the spirit of the living

God, not on tablet of stones. Listen, that means,

please listen to me. That means I'm coming to

you. Just follow me. I'll be saying some few

things and we'll build that. That means the desire

of God was not to write his words on the tablet

of stones. Are we together? Now note that, I'm

coming back to it. In answer, not on the tablet

of stones, of stone, but on the tablet of flesh,

that is of the heart. And we have such trust

through Christ toward God. Not that we are sufficient

of ourselves to think of anything as being, from

ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God, who

also made us sufficient as ministers of the new

covenant. You see that? Not of the letters, but

of the Spirit. Where is the Spirit written? In

the tablet of flesh. For? The letters killer,

but the spirit reward gives life. But if the

ministry of death written and engraved on stones.

was glorious so that the children of Israel could

not look steadily at the face of Moses because

of the glory of his containers. Which glory was

passing away? How will the ministry of the Spirit

not be more glorious? For if the ministry of

condemnation had glory, the ministry of righteousness

exceeds much more in glory. For even what was

made glorious had no glory in this respect because

of the glory that excels. For if what is passing

away was glorious, what remains is much more

glorious. Therefore, since we have such hope,

we use great boldness of speech. Unlike Moses

who put a veil. over his face so that the children

of Israel could not look steadily at the end

of what was passing away. But their minds were

what? Oh, talk to me. Their minds were what?

Were blinded. For until this day, the same veil.

So what Moses was putting was a shadow, was actually

depicting the reality, the spiritual reality

of these people. Did you understand what I'm

trying to say? He said, until this day, the same

veil remains unlifted in the reading of the Old

Testament. Because the veil is taken away in

Christ. But even to this day, when Moses is read,

that is when the Old Testament. What is describing

as Old Testament is the system of unbelief. Do

you understand what I'm trying to say? Are we

together? That's why we say Old Testament is

all books. Old Testament, New Testament is all

books. Do you understand what I'm saying? Yes.

You say, but even to this day, when Moses is

read, a veil lies on their heart. Nevertheless,

When one turns to the Lord, the veil is what?

Is taken away. So, but their minds were blind.

So what he's trying to describe is that there

was a necessity to put down the law. I mean,

the Ten Commandments. Let's start from the Ten

Commandments first. We are not even going first

to the law of Moses. From the Ten Commandments,

it has to be put down because these men have

rejected. what was spoken first. Are we together?

It were rejected the plan of God. The plan of

God was this and that was why Jeremiah noted

it. When you read in Hebrews chapter 8, you see

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also the plan of God. He said, I will write my

laws upon your hearts. That was the, it's not

upon the tablet of a stone. That was the desire

of God right from the beginning. Hallelujah.

Deuteronomy chapter 12. Go back to Deuteronomy

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chapter 12. 4. Let's read 4. Deuteronomy 4. Look

at verse 12. And the Lord spoke to Moses out

of the midst of the fire. You heard the sound

of the words, but saw no form. You only heard

a voice. So he declared to you his covenant,

and he commanded you to perform the tenth commandment.

And he wrote them on the two tablets of stone.

And the Lord commanded me at that time to do

what? Hey, talk to me. To do what? To teach you

the status and the judgment that you might observe

them in the land which you cross over to possess.

You see, this is where Moses began to take from

the Ten Commandments and do what? To teach them.

That's where we start having the writing of the

law, which we now call the book of the law of

Moses. Amen. Now look at what Jesus did. Let's

just look a little bit about Mark chapter 10.

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In Mark chapter 10, 19. And you know the commandment.

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Do not commit adultery. Do not murder. Do not

steal. Do not bear false witness. Do not defraud.

Honor your father and mother. Where is this located?

In the 10th commandment. Are we together? Amen.

You can see that when Jesus was, Jesus didn't

say just 10th commandment. He was just saying,

You have heard from the commandment. He didn't

say 10 commandments. Amen? He just called them

commandments. Look at Romans chapter 10. Let's

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see one of the apostles, particularly Paul again.

Let's go to Romans chapter 13. Romans 13. Verse

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8. Oh, no one anything except to love one another.

For he who loves another has fulfilled the word,

has fulfilled the law. For the commandments,

you shall not commit adultery, you shall not

murder, you shall not steal, you shall not be

a false witness. You shall not covet. And if

there is any other commandment, and all are all

summed up in this saying, namely, you shall love

your neighbor as yourself. You shall love your

neighbor. So the same goes with Paul. He did

not refer to it as 10 commandments. Are we together?

He summarized it. Did you understand? Of course,

Paul was quoting from the 10th commandment as

we noted, as it is written in. And then by the

time, listen to me, these words, you shall love

your neighbor as yourself is a quotation from

Leviticus 19, 18. It's a quotation from Leviticus

19, what? 18. So what Paul did, of course, we're

going to see it because he saw it also from Christ.

What Paul did was to summarize a section, you

understand? You can actually divide the Ten Commandments

into two. So the second part of the Ten Commandments

that Paul quoted, that has to do with men. You

understand what I'm saying? If you divide it,

One part, especially if you are looking at Exodus,

Exodus 20, we look at from verse 12 to 17. This

is talking about toward men. Or if you look at

it from Deuteronomy 5, verse 16 to 21, it's also

Deuteronomy 5:16–21

talking about them towards men. That's what Paul

quoted. What Paul did was to summarize it as

one. What is it? It's a love your neighbor as

your what? Yourself. Now, listen, this one does

not, I hear some people quoting this verse very

badly. You know those proponents of self -love?

How can you know how to love somebody? Unless

first you know how to love yourself, then you

will know how to love your neighbor. Where did

you hear that kind of interpretation? No, no.

You understand? There is nowhere that says you

should love yourself. Nowhere. You understand?

Because how you know to love is by you having

the love of God, not to love yourself. How can

you know how to love yourself? Amen. Now, what

am I trying to say? So Paul summarizes it like

that. Go back to Matthew 22. Matthew 22. Matthew

22. Let's see what Jesus, because Paul was speaking

from how Jesus did something to the Ten Commandments.

Remember, we said Jesus, no, Paul never called

it the Ten Commandments. Matthew 22, verse 36.

Matthew 22:36

Teacher, which is the great commandment in the

law? Jesus answered to him, You shall love the

Lord your God with all your heart, with all your

soul, and with all your mind. This is the first,

say to your neighbor, the first commandment is

not to love yourself. but to love the Lord. You

know, that's why I'm trying to decongest that

problem. That is saying that the way to know

how to love your neighbor is to first know how

to love yourself. That idea of self -love is

a world system love. You understand? The first

is said, the commandment. This is the first and

the great commandment. And the second is like

it. you shall love your neighbor as yourself.

On these two commandments hang what? The law

and the prophets. That's what he's saying. On

these two. So when we bring the word of Jesus

and as well what Paul has already told us, remember,

this love your neighbor as yourself also, Jesus

was quoting from Leviticus 19. So what we can

see is that Jesus summarized what we call the

Ten Commandments into just one. Because both

of them mean the same. He said the second is

like the first. So that one has parts. The first

part and the second part. And when you look at

that, I've already mentioned thou shalt love

your neighbor as yourself. But loving the Lord,

the path is toward God. When you look at Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy 20:1–17

chapter 20, verse 1 to 17, it talks about things

toward God. And then, of course, if you are looking

at Deuteronomy, you see Deuteronomy chapter 5,

Deuteronomy 5:6–22

verse 6 to 22. All talks about God. We've already

dealt with the issue of like Sabbath, like the

issue of many things we discussed in this short.

That the Sabbath is describing rest in Christ.

Are we together? So the point is that if you

look at verse 37, yes, he's talking about loving

the Lord. with all your heart, with all your

mind, with all your soul. Remember also, this

love is a combination. Jesus also used text and

summarized that. Are we together? Look at Deuteronomy

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chapter 6. Deuteronomy chapter 6. So love your

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neighbor as yourself is Leviticus 19, 18, right?

Loving the Lord your God with all your heart,

with all your soul, with all your mind is taken

from this text. Deuteronomy 6, verse 5. And you

Deuteronomy 6:5

shall love the Lord your God with all your heart

and with all your soul and with all your strength.

Look at chapter 10, verse 12. Deuteronomy 10,

Deuteronomy 10:12

verse 12. And now, Israel, what does the Lord

your God require of you? But to what? To fear

the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, and

to love him, to serve him. To serve the Lord

your God with all your heart and with all your

what? Soul. Look at chapter 30, verse 6. Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy 30:6

30, verse 6. And the Lord your God will circumcise

your heart and the heart of your descendant to

love the Lord your God with all your heart, with

all your soul, that you may what? Please note

those, especially two texts. He said, what did

the Lord require? He said, that's what you require

from you, to love the Lord your God. In the Psalm.

And then he said, this is what you will do. And

you do what? And you leave. That's what you will

do so that you leave. So what can we say? We

can see that Jesus is re -explaining the Ten

Commandments. That the way the Ten Commandments

were written were actually not to be as rules

and regulations, but you are a message of the

gospel. That's why he said, that is what the

Lord required from you. And that if you have

done that, you will live. So there is life in

obeying the commandment, the 10th commandment.

But you see, it's not just rules. It's not just

the first one is, I don't call the name of the

Lord in vain. Because that's what Israel took

it, literal. And they are running. And when Jesus

explained, he explained to it and now condense

it into those texts. So from Jesus' words, what

does it mean to love the Lord? Because that's

what he said. If you love, you will live. To

love the Lord with all your heart, with all your

soul, and with all your mind. What does that

mean? Look at John 14. Verse 21. He who has my

commandment and keep them. It is he who do what?

Who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved

by my Father, and I will love him and manifest

myself to him. And Judas, not Iscariot, said

to him, Lord, how is it that you will manifest

yourself to us and not to the world? Look at

the answer. Jesus answered and said to him, If

anyone loves me, He will keep my words. And my

father will love him. And we will come to him

and make our home with him. He who does not love

me does not keep my commandment. And the word

which you hear is not mine, but the father's

who sent me. So since loving him means keeping

his commandment, Do we agree there? Amen. So

the question is that, again is, what is this

commandment? How can a person keep it? Did you

hear the question? What is this commandment that

Jesus is saying? If you keep my commandment,

you are the one that love me. And how can a man

keep it? Look at from verse 6 of that same John.

Jesus said to him, I am the way, the truth, and

the life. No one comes to the Father except through

me. If you had known me, you would have known

my Father also. And from now on, you know him

and have seen him. the Father, and it is sufficient

for us. Verse 9, Jesus said to him, have I been

with you so long and yet you have not known me,

Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father.

So how can you say, show us the Father? Verse

10, do you not believe that I am in the Father

and the Father in me? The word that I speak to

you, I do not speak on my own authority, but

the Father who dwells in me does the work. Verse

11. Believe me that I am in the Father and the

Father in me, or else believe me for the sake

of the works themselves. Most assuredly, I say

to you, He who believes in me and the works that

I do, he will do also. And greater works than

these he will do because I go to my Father. Verse

13. And whatsoever you ask in my name that I

will do, the Father may be glorified in the Son.

If you ask anything in my name, I will do it.

If you love me, keep what? If you love me, do

what? Keep my commandment. So that means whatever

he has been saying before, before verse 15, this

is what? This is commandment. In fact, from verse

1, he said, he said, let not your heart be troubled.

believe, it's not you believe in me, no, because

they have not. Believe in me, in God, and believe

also in where? In me. If you begin to look at

it, that's the, that's the always decision. He

said, believe in me. At least if you're not believing,

believe in the works. Didn't I tell you, I am

my father, because that was what he was telling

them. I am my father, I want, so believe it.

Did you understand what I'm trying to say? So

the commandment here is belief. That's why by

the time he came to verse 15, he said, if you

love me, keep my commandment. What's the commandment

he has been given? Belief. Okay, let's look at,

John clarified that more because he's the writer

of this text. Are we together? First, go to 1

John. Go to 1 John chapter 3. Look at verse 22.

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John, in his epistle, gave more light on what

that commandment is. Chapter 3, verse 22. And

Isaiah 3:22

whatever we ask, we received from him. Remember

in John 21, he said, ask. Did you see that place?

So he said, whatever. We ask, we receive. So

in that text of John, he was not talking about,

because he said, ask anything in my name. That

anything. Oh, glory to Jesus. You know, sometimes

we like using, when we say anything, it just

means his car. No, I want to go to America. No,

I want to go to, no, that is not the anything

you are talking about because it's contextual.

Are we together? So John came here and he was

saying, And whatsoever we ask, we received from

him. Because we do what? We keep his commandment.

And do those things that are pleasing in his

sight. What are those things? And this is his

word. That we should do what? In the name of

his son Jesus. And do what? And love one another.

That's why he said, this is the commandment.

These are the things that please him. As he has

commanded or given us his commandment. Verse

24. Now, he who keeps his commandment abides

in him. That's the point. Remember what he said

in that verse 24. You understand? He said, the

one that keeps his commandment, we will come

together and make him our what? Our home. Did

you understand what I'm saying? Yes. So that's

what it means. He said, he who keeps his commandment

abides in him. Because now he becomes the abbot

of God. And the commandment is to believe. And

by this we know this. And by this we know that

he abides in us. How? By the Spirit whom he has

given us. Whom he has given us. So to love God

means to keep his commandment. And to keep his

commandment means to believe in him. So when

Jesus was saying, love the Lord with all your

heart, he said, believe in him. That was why

in Deuteronomy, Moses was writing to the children

of Israel. He said, this is what the Lord demanded

of you. That when you believe him, you live.

And the living there he's talking about is a

life everlasting. So the 10 commandments are

not regulations. They are actually the gospel.

To believe in the son of the living God. And

he make his home with us. Who loved him. Who

believed in him. Who believed him. That's life

when you have the spirit. When the spirit has

make you his home. That's life. That's salvation.

The word home there in John chapter 3. Verse

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23. Earlier did I say 24? It's 23. Yes, John

John 14:23

chapter 14, verse 23. Yes. He said, Jesus answered

and said to him, if anyone loves me, he will

keep my word and my father will love him. And

we will come to him and make our home with him.

That word home there, is the Greek word money,

which is the same word with mansion in verse

2. You know, some people have been believing

and trusting God that in heaven there are two

mansions, three mansions. Their own is under

construction. The one is under construction.

In my father's house are many mansions. That

word home, It's the same word with damn mansions.

It means in my father's house there are dwellings.

Home. It means resident. So you are the father's

house. You are the dwelling. His dwelling place.

His resting place. Are we together? Jesus, after

the walk of salvation, he rested in you. Did

you understand what I'm saying? When Jesus said,

all ye that are heavy laden, come, I will give

you rest. What he is saying is that, come, I

want to rest in you. That's also what he is saying.

Rest means to carry Christ. That's what it means.

To be the resident of Christ, that's rest. That's

rest. So the result of the indwelling. Listen,

when you become the resident of the Holy Spirit,

the resident of Christ by loving God. So next

time you read texts, many texts like All things

work together for the good of those who do what?

Who love God and are called according to his

purpose. What is love? Belief. You got the point.

You know, most times when they say love God,

you think you should do step one, step two. You

understand? That's what they say. And some of

us always sing, I love God, Lord, I love you.

You think it's prayer, study, going to this,

going to that, going to this, going to that.

All these things are good. But to love God means

to believe in him. Amen. Say, I love the Lord.

I love the Lord. So next time you are singing,

I love you, you understand? Know what you are

saying is that, I believe in you. So like Nathanael

Bassey would say, Jesus, the son of God, I believe

in you. I believe. It also means, I love you.

That's also what it means. So in your mind, don't

be thinking about works when you say you love

the Lord. Do you understand what I'm saying?

Yes. So by the time you love the Lord, kept his

commandment and you have become the resident

of God, then there is something that is produced.

The result of his indwelling in you is what we

call love toward others. What we call the fruit

of the spirit. You understand? Love, joy, peace,

patience. You know, Galatians 5. That is the

result of the dwelling. Give me an amplifier.

Give me an amplifier. Galatians chapter 5, verse

Galatians 5:22

22. Galatians 5, verse 22. But the fruit of the

Galatians 5:22

Holy Spirit, the what? Give me, not classic,

if you have the amplifier, not classic. Yes.

But the fruit of the spirit, the what? The result

of his what? Presence within us is love. And

they are in his body. All of these ones, they

are love. It's just a valid expression of love.

That's why It's not a type of erudite. He might

say, is. No. All these things here, they are

called love. That's why you see, Jesus was talking

about the second is like the first. The second

is like what? Like the first. Let me end by giving

you this text. Look at how Paul puts this text.

Ephesians chapter 1. I'll just read Ephesians

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1. Ephesians 1 .15. And I'll also read Colossians

1 .4 and Philemon 1 .4. Just this way to see

that one is not... That's why Jesus put it. He

said first and then the second. Did you understand

what I'm trying to say? Good. Look at how Paul

put it. Ephesians chapter 1 verse 15. Is it here?

Ephesians 1:15

Wherefore I also after I heard of what? In the

Lord Jesus. That means after I have heard your

love. The first. And what? And the love to what?

To all sent. Give me Colossians. Colossians 1

Colossians 1:4

verse 4. Since we heard of your faith in what?

And of your love which you have what? Toward

all saints. Philemon 1 .4 I thank my God making

mention of thee always in my prayers. Hearing

of your what? Which is faith? With thou hast

what? Wait, wait, wait now. Where are you running

to? Where did you run to? Go back. You see that?

Hearing of thy love and faith, with thou hast

toward the what? And what? All sense. Is always

first the love of God. Meaning to have faith

in him and then toward the side. Because it is

his indwelling that produces the fruit which

we love one another. Which we do what? We love

one another. So a man must first believe. A man

must what? First believe and then the next do

what? So let me give you these thoughts as we

close. In the epistles, you will never see anywhere

where they ask to love the Lord. That was why

you saw in Romans 13, what Paul did was to tell

them what? Love your neighbor as yourself. But

he never told them to love the Lord because they

have done what? They have loved the Lord by believing

in him. So the second thing again I want you

to note is that Now, by this explanation that

the Holy Spirit has provided, the Ten Commandments,

they are a revelation of who Christ is. They

are a revelation of who we are in Christ. There

are no rules and regulations. The Ten Commandments,

in essence, were not given as rules and regulations.

They are not a demand of performance by God.

No. They are a revelation of what God will do

in us and do through us. That the Ten Commandments

is not or are not given as rules and regulations.

They are not a demand of performance from God.

No. They are a revelation of what God will do

in man and through man. And that's why Jesus

said the first is like the second. So the 10th

commandment is a promise of God. So next time

you are reading, don't read them as rules. Are

we together? And I want you never to forget this

sequence. First, this promise. So when you hear

that at Mount Sinai, when they came to Horeb,

he described and told them what to do. And they

rejected. You knew that he gave them the promise

and they rejected. Did you understand what I'm

saying? Now by this explanation that Jesus and

the apostles gave us, we knew that the 10th commandment

was the promise of God. What he wanted to do

in them and through them. But they rejected it.

So God now wrote it on the tablet and told Moses,

this is what you will do. You have to teach them

this castle. Are we together? And that was how

Moses began the writing of the law. Remember,

but these are people. who refuse to believe.

When we come, as God will give us opportunity,

we'll begin to now ask, how now and why? You

know, remember, we have not answered the why.

Why did Moses write the law? Since there is the

Ten Commandments. Are we together? And that was

what God asked him to teach them. We have read

it already. Why did Moses have to write a law?

Already there was the Ten Commandments. Are we

together? which already is on a tablet. He would

have been using and be every day. We say, okay,

today we are reading this and keep teaching them.

But why will he go on to write the law or the

book of the law? Amen. Can you just appreciate

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