The Issues About Women's Liberty pt 19

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right in. Hallelujah. Amen. Deuteronomy 22. Deuteronomy

22. Now we began a series that for a long time,

and I promised you that we will continue from

there. Hallelujah. And we've been discussing

about issues about women's liberty, issues about

women's liberty. We looked at a number of things.

We looked at, is it scriptural for a woman to

speak in church? I mean, we look at some controversial

issues because our sisters have been tormented

over the years. So we wanted to see the counsel

of God. Is it forbidden for a woman to speak

in church? Some scripture seems to suggest that.

I say seems, they don't, but it seems. He said

that a woman should keep quiet in the church.

If she has anything, she should ask her husband.

And then we saw that that's not what that place

is talking about. We're going to return to it.

But then we looked at also, is it permitted for

a woman to lead a church? That's another place

where they are forbidden. Looks at, they cannot

teach men. Or that's the basis. And then we saw

from what we call the Old Testament to the New

Testament. There was nowhere that suggests that,

that the woman cannot lead a church or the woman

cannot be in the ministry gifts. After we started

discussing the ministry gifts here and there,

and there was nowhere that it mentioned either

male or female. You understand? The Bible just

says that when he ascended, you understand, he

gave gifts to who? Are we together? So there

was no name mentioned. Amen. And then we also

moved on to look at, that's where we stayed a

little longer. What is God's original plan or

intention for creating a woman? And after that

long journey, we came to an understanding that

God's intention and original plan for creating

a woman is not different. from his intention

of creating a man. Amen. And we saw that God's

intention of creating mankind is the same. It's

one, male and female. Are we together? He created

them. He created them in his image. Hallelujah.

And this part is going to be the, for now, the

concluding part. I don't know how long it will

take us, but this part is the part of A woman's

dressing. And we're going to look at two parts,

particularly the ones that is much hot or hotter.

Should a woman cover her head in church? And

should women wear trousers? So these are the

parts we're going to deal with. So before I go

into it, because I want us to have a very solid

foundation. So what I will do now. is to establish

some foundation that will help us to answer those

questions. Are we together? And I don't want

you to sleep because whether you like it or not,

it will come to you. You understand? We don't

just want you to say, Pastor said. No. We want

you to explain it. That's what it means by growth.

Amen? Hallelujah. So I'm going to look at that,

the issue of the woman's dressing. Now the issue

of... A woman's dressing in scripture requires

careful handling and proper interpretation. And

that's why we're going to take some time. And

a popular text that many believers turn to when

discussing women's dressing is Deuteronomy 22

Deuteronomy 22:5

verse 5. Let's look at Deuteronomy 22 verse 5.

Deuteronomy 22:5

So we'll start from there. It says that a woman

should not wear anything that pertains to a man,

nor shall a man put on a woman's garments. For

all who do so are an abomination to the Lord

your God. Now, one of the injustice we have done

to this text is to plug it out of the context.

And then because we have done that, we can make

it say what it's not saying. Now, everybody interpret

it based according to their own culture. Are

we together? Hallelujah. I remember I started

having problem when I was growing up in my mother

church. the church I was born into. So, you know,

I agree. I never had problem with that. Like

women, because the interpretation here is that

back home is that what pertains to a woman is

kids and rappers and what pertains to a man is

trouser. Are we together? That's how they interpret

it to us. And we grew in that system. You dare

not wear a trouser to the church. They will send

you out. Let me repeat again. You dare not wear

a trouser to the church. They will send you out.

In fact, I remember one of the, my cousin, she

went to the campus and then, you know, how, so

she was somehow, you know, influenced. Of course,

when you go to the campus, So you are influenced

somehow. But the influence is not that much,

so to say. You know, she wore a gown. You know,

these wrappers. So she saw a long wrapper, a

gown, but just by the side, there was a little

bit gap. And then she wore, she now saw the trouser

inside, in the sand. So if she... If she's standing,

you can't see that she's wearing a trouser. But

as she walks, of course, because of the... So

you can see that the inside garment is a trouser.

It's a man's garment. Did you understand what

I'm trying to say? So I remember as she walked,

she reached the gate. I was in front of her.

We were about to enter the gate of the church.

They stopped her. There were women. They didn't

even allow her to reach the church. right at

the gate. You understand? Because the church

was fenced. They stopped her. They said she can't

enter. Why? That she is wearing a trouser. She

said, but this one, the gown is long down. He

said, how can you see that I'm wearing anything?

That because she's wearing a trouser, she cannot

enter the church. Now, religion is terrible,

I'm telling you. Yet, there are other ladies,

because they wore skirts, Their skirt is ungodly

because it was tight, yet they allowed them to

enter because they are wearing a what? A skirt.

But her own, the dress is baggy. You cannot see

any of her contour. You understand? But yet she

was sent back home. So they didn't have a choice.

She has to just branch and enter one of the pentacles.

I didn't even know the name. You understand?

She just saw a church and just entered. And they

welcomed her. And she had her service there before

she now returned back home. And when I came back,

I just started loving. Now, we have had all kinds

of experiences like that. Are we together? Now,

it will do you well to pay attention. I beg you

in the name of God to pay attention. Hallelujah.

So, now, how do we understand this text? Now,

the first thing to understand, we have taught

in this church, to understand a text is to read.

You understand? If you are lazy in reading, you'll

be gullible. If you are not diligent in the study

of God's word, you'll be a candidate of deception.

I don't believe any lazy man will ever receive

revelation because it requires a lot of careful

reading. The intentions of the Holy Spirit is

already there. Are we together? This is his words.

You understand? All scriptures is given by the

inspirations of God. Are we together? Amen. This

is already. So the intention is not outside.

The intention is already there. You just need

to pay attention. to the intention of the author.

Now, what are we going to do to be able to understand

these things? There are basically three things

we're going to do to be able to help us understand

this. And all of it, we can summarize it as reading

the context. So what I'm going to do now and

probably Wednesday and probably beyond is to

actually study the context. If you don't know

context, just follow me. Whatever you saw me

doing, I mean, see me doing, that's we are trying

to read the context. Three things, as I said,

to help us study the context. Now, the first

one is that who spoke those words? Deuteronomy

22, 5. Who spoke those words? That's the first

thing. The second thing, to whom was the author

addressing them? That's the second thing. To

whom was the author addressing those words? Number

three, why? Number three, why? Are we together?

Who wrote those words? To whom was the author

addressing them? And the third thing is why?

If we're able to answer this, we will know the

meaning. of this text. Amen. Let's go back a

little bit to Deuteronomy chapter 1. Let's see

Deuteronomy 1 · chapter mention

from the beginning of Deuteronomy where I will

begin to answer the first question. Amen. Excuse

me. Deuteronomy chapter 1 verse 1. I'll read

Deuteronomy 1:1

1 to 3. These are the words. With who? Oh, talk

to me. Moses spoke to all who? To all Israel.

On this side of the Jordan, in the wilderness.

In the plain opposite to Sue, between Parham,

Tophel, Laman, Hezrod. And there's a help. Verse

2. It is 11 days journey from Horeb. Now, not

Horeb, because we're going to, we will do a lot

of things at Horeb. By the way of Mount Seir

to Kadesh Bener. Now it came to pass. In the

40th year, in the 40th year, in the 11th month,

on the first day of the month, that Moses spoke

to the children of Israel according to all that

the Lord had given him as commandment to them.

So did we see something there? Now, the book

of Deuteronomy. Who was speaking? Moses to who?

Who? To all of Israel, the children of Israel.

Please don't forget this. I beg you. The children

of Israel. Moses, children of Israel. Now, let's

go closer to the end of Deuteronomy. Am I slow?

The end of Deuteronomy. Deuteronomy 31. Deuteronomy

31. Because he said he spoke to them according

to what? According to the commandment. So we're

going to see there's something I want to do there

before we move on. Go to Deuteronomy 31. Then

Moses went and spoke. This word to all Israel,

yet again, we are confirming the word is to all

Israel. And he said to them, I am 120 years old

today. I can no longer go out and come in. Also,

the Lord has said to me, you shall not cross

over this Jordan. Now go to verse nine, John

to verse nine. So Moses wrote this law and delivered

it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who bore

the ark of the covenant of the Lord and to all

the elders of Israel. Move to 24, verse 24. So

it was when Moses had completed writing the words

of this law, In a where? In a book. Are we together?

When they were finished, verse 25, that Moses

commanded the Levites who bore the Ark of the

Covenant of the Lord, saying, take this book

of the law and put it beside the Ark of the Covenant.

of the Lord your God, that it may be witness,

it may be dear as a witness against you. Let's

stop for that for now. Amen? Are we together?

So if you look at also this one, show to us that

Moses was the one that was speaking, and he was

speaking to the children of Israel. So we answer

the... At least we're answering the first and

the second. Are we together? Now, when you look

at verse 26, he said he commanded that the book,

so he wrote the law and put it, he wrote it in

a book and said that they should put it besides

the Ark of the Covenant, which contain, and I

want you to see, now that Ark of Covenant, please

just follow me gently. Now go to Hebrews. Hebrews

Hebrews 9 · chapter mention

chapter 9. Just hold. We are coming back to this

Deuteronomy. So just hold and go to Hebrews chapter

Hebrews 9 · chapter mention

9. What is that ark? What does the ark contain?

The ark of the covenant. Hebrews chapter 9. Verse

Hebrews 9 · chapter mention

4. Let me read from verse 3. And behind the second

veil, the part of the tabernacle, which is called

the holiest of old, which had the golden censer

and the ark of the covenant overlaid on all sides

with gold, in which were, one, the golden pots

that had the manna, two, the arrow's rod that

budded, and three, The tablets of the covenant.

Now, did you see the three things that are in

the ark of covenant? The golden pots, right?

Are we together? The golden pots that had the

manna, the Aaron's rod that bought it, and then

the stone tablets of the covenant. Note that

one. So, listen now. Let me come back again.

So, we have Moses. who wrote the law and wrote

it in a book. And he asked them to put it beside

the Ark of the Covenant. And this Ark of the

Covenant contains three things. The golden pot,

the Aaron's rod, and the stone tablet of the

covenant. Now, go to... Go back to Deuteronomy.

But this time around, Deuteronomy chapter 10.

Deuteronomy 10 · chapter mention

Deuteronomy chapter 10. So, leave the Aaron's

Deuteronomy 10 · chapter mention

rod and leave the pot, you understand, that had

what? Manna, right? There are two things now

that contains law. I want us to look at. One

is a book. So, you have to distinguish them.

One is a book. that Moses wrote, which is called

the book of Moses or the law of Moses. So, and

the second is the stone tablet that contains

also commandments. Are we together? Are we together?

Good. They are not the same. That's just one

thing I wanted to know. So I wanted to go back

to that Deuteronomy. Look at chapter 10. Just

to expand shade, expand shade about or more,

give light. with that issue of the stones or

the tablets, the stone's tablet or the tablet

of stone. In Deuteronomy 10, look at verse 1.

At that time, the Lord said to me, Heal for yourself

two words. Oh, talk, please, I want you to walk

with me. Amen. Two words. Two tablets of stone

like the first. And come up to me. Remember,

Moses scattered the other one. The first one.

Amen. So the Lord asked him to sit like the first.

And come up to me on the mount. And make yourself

an ark of what? An ark of what? Wood. And I will

write on the tablets. The words that were on

the first tablet, which you broke. And you shall

put them in the ark. So I made an ark of acacia

wood. Hew two tablets of stones like the first

and went up the mountain. Having the two tablets

in my hand. Verse 4. And he wrote. On the tablet,

according to the first writing, what did he write?

Oh, talk to me. The 10 commandments which the

Lord had spoken to you in the mountains from

the mist of the fire in the day of the assembly,

the Lord gave them to me. He gave them to me.

Look at verse five. Then I turned and came down.

from the mountain and put the tablets, where?

In the ark, which I had made. And there they

are, just as the Lord commanded. Amen. So we

have the two stone tablets, which contains the

10 commandments. Are we together? Then we have

the book of the law of Moses. which God instructed,

Moses instructed that it should be put beside.

Beside. So we have two things. Amen. Go back

to that Deuteronomy 30, that one, right? Yes,

that one. Verse 26. He said, take this book of

the law and put it beside the ark of the covenant

of the Lord your God, that it may be there as

a witness against you. So what we are trying

to say is that, that the law of Moses or the

book of the law of Moses is different from the

law of Moses. Now follow me, because when I use

different, you have to just understand what I

mean. So just follow me gradually. Amen. Now,

let me do something now. Just look at what is

the difference between the law of Moses and the

Ten Commandments. The law of Moses and Ten Commandments.

You know, most times people confuse them. Immediately

you say the law of Moses. People think about

the Ten Commandments. Or when you said the Ten

Commandments, people think about the law of Moses.

But actually, we're trying to see that they're

not exactly the same. But follow me to know what

I mean by they are not the same. Amen. Now, look

at it. Now, the first thing we have already,

let me read again maybe another one. The first

one is that the Ten Commandments were written

and given. Are we together? Were written and

given by God. This for now. Amen. They were given

by the Lord. Are we together? We read it in chapter

10. Right? So write that text in chapter 10 where

we read. Deuteronomy chapter 10, verse 1 to 4.

Deuteronomy 10:1–4

And let me read chapter 5 also. So add this scripture

there. Deuteronomy 5, verse 22. Deuteronomy 5,

Deuteronomy 5:22 Deuteronomy 5:22

verse 22. This word the Lord spoke. Now, if you

read from verse 1, you will see that it's a 10th

commandment. Are we together? Deuteronomy chapter

Deuteronomy 5 · chapter mention

5 up to 21 is the 10th commandment. So he now

said these words, meaning that he's referring

to the 10th commandment. He has already listed

them. The Lord spoke to your assembly in the

mountain from the midst of the fire and the cloud

and the thick darkness with the loud voice and

he... added no more. And he wrote them on the

two tablets of stone and gave them to me. Are

we together? We read that in chapter 10, verse

4. Amen? Now, while the law of Moses, the law

of Moses, when we saw, was written directly by

Moses. You see the difference? Was written what?

Directly by who? By Moses. We read it in Deuteronomy

1 .24. We say after Moses had finished writing.

Deuteronomy 1 .24. Of course, John 1 .17 also

tells us that the law came through who? Are we

together? Through who? Moses. Amen. The second

thing is that the 10 commandments, as we saw

already, that were written on where? On the tablet

of stone. Tablet of stone. We saw it. Again,

you can write that text. Deuteronomy 10, of course,

verse 1 to 4. And Deuteronomy 5, verse 22. Also,

Deuteronomy 5:22

it clearly shows us that. But then when you go

back, when you go to Deuteronomy 31 verse 26,

Deuteronomy 31:26

where we read already, he said that actually,

verse 24 particularly, he said it was written

in a book. So we have book, the law of Moses,

and the what? Tablet of stones, the 10th commandment.

Amen? Now, the ark was kept inside the ark, where

we read again. Deuteronomy 1, that's the number

3. Please follow me, this is very important.

Deuteronomy 1, I mean 10 verse 1. Are we together?

And verse 5. And of course, where we read Hebrews

Hebrews 9:4

chapter 9 verse 4, it says that the tablet of

tone we are kept where? Inside the ark. However,

where we read also in Deuteronomy 31 verse 26,

Deuteronomy 31:26

it says that that the book or the law of Moses

was kept beside. It was not inside the ark. The

fourth point is that the 10th commandment was

given or were given on the top of Mount Sinai.

We saw it also in Deuteronomy 10. Verse 1 to

5. We are given on the top of Mount Sinai. But

the law, Moses wrote it. Are we together? Probably

Moses began writing the events from Horeb. After

Horeb, that was why they said no. They now chose

Moses as the mediator after God made an offer

and then they were not rejected. He said, no,

we don't want to hear God. Moses, you go and

hear whatever you hear, then tell us. So, somehow,

somehow, it appears that after that event, Moses

may have begun writing the law. Are we together?

Because when we, where we read at Deuteronomy

31, you understand, all those texts. 31, verse

1 to 2, and as well, verse 9, verse 24 to 6,

shows to us that Moses was finishing writing.

So it was not at that time he was writing the

law. Are we together? The Bible says when he

has finished. That means he has begun sometimes

ago. Amen. Good. The fifth point is that these,

what do you call it? The Ten Commandments. was

actually written after the event at Horeb. Of

course, Deuteronomy 5, where we read 22, Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy 10:4

10, verse 4, showed to us that there was God

presented it. You know what I'm saying? There

is a presentation of that, of the 10 commandments

to these people. And they say, no, we don't want

it. We want Moses to be, whatever you say, say

it through Moses. Are we together? So it was

then documented, you understand, on the tablets.

And of course, that definitely will be before

the law. Are we together? And then when you look

at the law, you will see that when it was written,

we'll definitely, of course, the New Testament

told us, that it was 430 years after the promise.

Right? Galatians chapter 3. Look at it. Galatians

Galatians 3 · chapter mention Galatians 3 · chapter mention

chapter 3. Galatians 3 .16. Now to Abraham and

his seeds where the promise made. He does not

say unto the seeds, as of many, but as one unto

your seeds, who is Christ. Verse 17. And this

I say, that the law, which was 400 and what?

Are we together? 430 years what? Later. Note

that word. 430 years later. cannot annul the

covenant that was confirmed before by God in

Christ that he should make the promise of no

effect. So he's talking about the promise. And

we know about that promise. He's talking about

the promise of Abraham, the covenant he made.

Are we together? In fact, that coincide, look

at Exodus, because Exodus 12, 12 verse 40 and

41. Exodus 12. Now, the sojourner of the children

of Israel who live in Egypt was what? Was what?

Oh, talk to me. 430 years. And it was, and it

came to pass at the end of 130 years, on that

very same day, it came to pass that all the armies

of the Lord went out of the land of Egypt. Now

look at Exodus 19. Look at Exodus 19. I want

to connect something here. Exodus 19. He said,

in the third month, after the children of Israel

had gone out of the land of Egypt, on the same

day, they came to the wilderness of Sinai. In

the wilderness of Sinai. Give me NLT. Give me

NLT. NLT put it. Quite simple. In the third month,

meaning that the second month, this one is doing

disco like, I don't know what to do. Amen. We

love you. Hallelujah. You will see that NLT,

yes, read NLT for us. Exactly two months, what?

After the Israelites left Egypt, they arrived

at the what? And what they set up their camp

at the base of what? Mount Sinai. Now, I've already

mentioned that at Mount Sinai, that was where

Moses... Wait, are you hearing me? Listen, I

want to connect the dates. That's what I'm trying

to do. Paul said that the law came 430 years

later. That is after the covenant. Now God told

Abraham, are we together? That his seed will

go to captivity 400 years. But we saw that he

added 30 years. That's for another day. How did

they add 30 years? Because God, you know, this

is another thing for you to see. The fact that

God said something and there's a prophecy over

your life does not mean that it's automatically

going to work. You can delay it. Are we together?

In Babylon, if not because of Daniel, they would

have spent more than 70 years. Jeremiah has already

prophesied that they will spend 70 years in Babylon.

It took a man that is studious, a man that is

diligent. You understand? While reading, he now

saw it and started raising a cry. Else, they

would have also stayed in Babylon, although there

is a prophecy that they will have to leave. We

saw here, they spent 430 years. Amen. Okay, that's

what it is. Now, the point I'm trying to say

is that So after 430 years, after the God talked

to Abraham, you understand? Now, exactly 430

years, they left Egypt. But how we know that

what our brother Paul said is that that same

year, in just about two months time, they traveled

out of Egypt. to the Mount Sinai area at the

base of the mountain. And that event that we

have read, when the Lord talked to them and said,

this is what I want to do. I want you to make

you as priests and kings. Are we together? And

then spoke to them the gospel. They said, no,

we don't want to hear you. Moses, go. Whatever

you heard, come and tell us. So they rejected

God there. Are we together? That's why I said

the giving of the law, the writing, started after

that event of rejection. So it is from that moment,

these people, since they have rejected the offer

of God, Moses began to write and say, these rebellious

people need something to keep them in check.

So Moses started writing the law. Amen. Are we

together? Amen. So, if you look at other things,

of course, like there is no divorce in the Ten

Commandments. Is there any law to divorce? No.

Are we together? If you look at Matthew, what

Jesus talked about, in the law, there is what?

There is divorce. They asked Jesus, of course,

they were quoting Deuteronomy 24, where Moses

wrote about divorce. Deuteronomy 24, verse 1

Deuteronomy 24:1–4

to 4. They were asking Jesus, why then did Moses

tell us that we should give a certificate of

divorce? Did you understand what I'm trying to

say? So that means there was divorce written

in the law. Amen? There's no revenge in the Ten

Commandments. There's nowhere written revenge

or hatred. But in the law, if you read Matthew

Matthew 5 · chapter mention

chapter 5, Matthew chapter 5, verse 38 to 48,

Matthew 5:38–48

you will see verse 38 spoke, he was quoting from

the law, talking about revenge. You understand?

An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. Of course,

if you go to verse 43, it talks about hatred.

Verse 43, it talks about that. It says, you have

heard that you should love your neighbor and

do what? And hate your what? Your enemy. We don't

have that in the 10th commandment. Amen? Again,

there are no causes in the 10th commandment.

There are no causes. sicknesses will come, death

will come, affliction will come. If you read

Deuteronomy 27, verse 16 to 24, particularly

Deuteronomy 27:16–24

even Deuteronomy 28 from verse 1, you see all

kinds of causes, death, affliction. If you don't

do this, you will not give birth. You are barren.

You are this. You are that. This is where you

find causes. We don't see cause in the Ten Commandments.

Of course, Jesus, In John chapter 5, verse 45,

John 5:45

mentioned that in the law, Moses accused them.

Are we together? So in the law, there is accusation.

Moses just said, he said, he was talking about

that Moses has already accused you. You know

that word accused? It's the same word. is the

same name given to the devil, accuser of the

brethren. Are we together? In Revelation chapter

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12, accuser of the what? Of the brethren. It

means to find fault. That is what that means,

accuse. To accuse means to find fault, to charge

with an offense. So in the law, Moses has been

pointing them to their fault. You find fault,

you judge them. We don't see that in the Ten

Commandments. Now, it's very important what I

just did now. You understand as I keep moving.

Go back to Romans chapter 7. Let me just put

Romans 7 · chapter mention

up some things. Romans chapter 7. Look up at

Romans 7 · chapter mention

7. It's amazing how time moves. What? What shall

we say then? Is the law sin? You say what? Certainly

not. Is it on the contrary? I would have known

sin. I would not have known sin except through

the law. For I will not have known covetousness

unless the law had said, you shall not covet.

Now, I want you to think something. This one,

you shall not covet, where is it located? Using

what? Using the Ten Commandments. Right? Take

note of that. I'm coming to do something here.

But sin, taking opportunity by the commandment,

producing in me all manners of evil desires.

For apart from the law, sin, the law, sin was

dead. Look at 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 what? Death. For

sin, taken occasion by the commandment, deceived

me. and by it kill me. Therefore the law is holy,

and the commandment holy and just and good. Has

then what is good become dead 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. Now, that's why I said you have to know

what I mean by the difference between the law

and the 10 commandments. Now, let me just say

some few things before I go. Now, I want you

to get something. Here, that when he said that

you shall not covet, we know it's in the 10th

commandment. The question is that, is it in the

law of Moses? Again, let me note something. When

Paul said, but sin, where is it? Okay, I would

not have known sin except through the law. And

then he move us nine. He said, I was alive once

without the law, but when the commandment came,

sin revived and I died. Which means the way he

said, when the commandment came, that means there

was a time when that commandment, which Paul

quoted, thou shalt not covet, came. That means

it was not there all the while. Are we together

what I'm going to say? Are we together? So that

proved to us what we are trying to say. that

there was a presentation to them, they rejected

it, and then there was a documentation. Are we

together? Now, but I wanted to note, when we

read, let me just point out something. When we

read the 10 commandments from Deuteronomy chapter

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5, and from, of course, we didn't read that one,

the other one, from Exodus chapter 20, the question

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is that, what do we call them? Which books are

they from? Did you understand what I'm trying

to say? Are you together with me? I'm saying,

when we read those things, do we call the Deuteronomy

and Exodus the book of the law of Moses? Are

they part of the writings that Moses asked them

to keep beside the ark? Are we together? Amen.

Are you with me? Now, listen, because you know,

most times they move the ark. So the ark is,

they are not opening the ark always. They always

carry the ark and move it anywhere they are.

You understand? Listen, all Moses' teachings,

what we call the law, that he wrote the law,

they are a product of the 10th commandment. Let

me repeat again. Moses was not writing from above.

Remember the 10 commandments was what was presented

to them and they rejected. Are we together? So

Moses took from the 10 commandments and that

was what he was writing. That was why you will

find the 10 commandments written again and again

inside the book. So we now have the 10 commandments

stone tablets, which is inside the ark. We also

have the Ten Commandments, which is written in

the book. Are you together with me? Are you together

with me? So, that is what most times when you

read the epistles or the New Testament, and you

hear the law, don't always conclude that it's

talking about the Ten Commandments. In fact,

Because you will see that. That's why you see

neither Jesus nor any of the apostles ever faulted

Moses. Are we together? Moses wrote from the

10th commandment. And that was his teaching material.

And then the other prophet that came after him

taught from his what? From his material. Are

we together? So what are we saying here? The

question I want to ask before we... we meet next,

is that when Paul said in verse 9, I was alive

once without the law. What does that mean? Was

Paul saying he was physically alive before Moses

gave Israel the law? Are we together? Remember

we read in chapter 1, That Moses completed writing

the law. That Paul was not alive then. If you

look at the time Paul was born, the space is

about more than 1 ,500 years. So this implies

that Paul was not talking about being physically

alive. Or dead. So in verse 9, was alive. It's

one word. That word was alive. It's one word.

And what's translated in Greek towards the word

ZOA? O. No, it's ZAO. Z -A -O. ZAO. Z -A -O.

And actually... If you look at it, it is from

the Greek word from which what we normally sing

zoe came from. Zoe is a noun. Zoa is the verb.

So zoe came from zoa. Zoe, Z -O -E, that was

where it was derived. So zoa means to live, breathe.

To be among the living. To be active. To be active.

So the word once, you remember he said, I was

alive once without the law. That word once is

from the word in Greek, pote. P -O -T -E. P -O

-T -E, which means aforetime or at some time

or in time past. At some time or in time past.

Look again. I want you to look at verse 9 again.

He used a word later. He said that I was alive

once without the law, but when the commandment

came, sin revive and I die. So that word revive

was translated from the word Anazua. Now we already

mentioned Zua. Zau, sorry. Zau is from the word,

just add Ana. Ana, Zau. So it's from the word

Zau. That is Ana Zau. So you have A -N -A. Z

-A -O. A -N -A -Z -A -O. Which means to revive.

It implies to live again. To recover life. To

be raised to life. To be raised to life. Now,

let me mention that one. To be raised to life.

What does that mean? Remember, already we have

a clue. That means those terms are not physical.

They are talking about spiritual realities. Are

we together? Look at that same word, Anazao,

was used in Luke 15. It was used by Jesus, Luke

15, 24. Luke 15, 24. Look at that place. Luke

15, 24. For this my son was what? Dead and is

alive. He's talking about the prodigal son. He

was dead and is alive again. That word alive

again is anazahu. Which means that here, of course,

he's not talking about he was dead physically.

Are we together? That means life and death in

this context means the father is trying to say

we were separated for a while. Are we together?

Now, connected together means I am alive. Which

means that he was talking about his son. That

is, the son was brought back. How did the son

appear back again? The person that ran from the

home. The Bible says he came to his awareness.

Are we together? So it means that what alive

is talking about, I came to the awareness or

to the knowledge of it. So when Paul was talking

about that I was once alive without the law,

you understand? Of course, he was not talking

about physical things. You understand? But when

he said I was revived, You understand? He was

still talking about spiritual realities. And

when we come on Wednesday, I will explain how

Paul is talking about his awareness of the law.

That though he sinned, but now he is coming to

the awareness of the law. You understand? Are

we together? Amen. So what am I trying to show

as this section? Is first and foremost, I want

you to note that remember Deuteronomy 22. Now,

why are we going this far? We want to answer

why. Remember, we've already answered the two.

Amen. We have already answered the two. Moses

was the one writing and we distinguish. What

Moses wrote. And we show that Moses, after writing,

he wrote it to the children of Israel. But now

we are asking, why did he write the law? Why

was there a need to write the law? That's the

question we want to ask. Remember, Deuteronomy

22 was part of the what? The law of Moses. A

man should not. So why did he have to write?

That way, that's what we're trying to answer.

And I want you to just follow gradually. By the

time we arrive, you'll be able to understand,

you'll be able to understand why that scripture

was written. And we will understand what it means.

And that will help us with the foundation about

the woman's dressing. Amen. Can you just pray

and say, thank you, Lord. Thank you for all you've

been doing. I thank you for your light. Appreciate

you Lord.