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Jack Graham - One Nation Under God

June 21, 2026 | 27:29

Jack Graham - One Nation Under God
Dr. Jack Graham's mission is to glorify God by introducing Jesus Christ as Lord to all people.
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Power Point with Jack Graham | Jack Graham - One Nation Under God | June 21, 2026
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  • There is no person that god cannot save!
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  • There is no promise that god will not keep!
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  • There is nothing that our god cannot do!
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  • The 10 commandments are foundational to the moral law
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  • Of western civilization. and if foundational to the moral law
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  • Of western civilization, to america, the 10 commandments,
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  • They are clear, they are concise, and they are
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  • Comprehensive.
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  • And because our country was built upon this moral
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  • Foundation, we need to take a look at to what the
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  • Commandments are saying in case you're wondering, is it true?
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  • You go to the supreme court, for example, you will see a
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  • Depiction of moses. i believe we have one on the screen and
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  • The 10 commandments as they adorn the outside of the
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  • Building on the east side of the supreme court of the united
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  • States of america, where our justices deliberate and lead
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  • Our nation's judicial system. and so the very laws of
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  • America, we are a nation of laws. we have a declaration and
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  • A constitution and this country is built upon these laws. and
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  • Where did the laws come from? these are the laws of god,
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  • God's code of conduct and the 10 commandments, though some
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  • May see them as obsolete and others see them as oppressive.
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  • Yet the 10 commandments are as relevant and reliable as always.
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  • The 10 commandments are god's timeless values and virtues for
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  • Life today.
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  • Although they were written 3,500 years ago, these
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  • Commandments still thunder from mount sinai where they were
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  • First given as god wrote them on tablets of stones to signify
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  • Their permanence and their significance. these are god's
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  • Law written by his own hand, by his own finger, the laws of
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  • God. what are they? you find them in exodus chapter 20, so
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  • Maybe you'd want to take your highlighter soon if you haven't
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  • Already done this and mark these commandments in your
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  • Bible.
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  • What we're going to do today is i'm going to give you a quick
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  • View of the 10 commandments. rather than read these verses
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  • Today, you could read them, but i want to give you maybe a
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  • Reader's digest version of the 10 commandments. here they are.
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  • We're going to put them on the screen. i gave them to you a
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  • Little earlier in the upbeat of the message, but here they are.
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  • You shall have no other gods before me. you shall not make
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  • For yourselves an idol. number three, you shall not misuse the
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  • Name of the lord your god. number four, remember the
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  • Sabbath day by keeping it holy. five, honor your father and
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  • Your mother. number six, you shall not murder. number seven,
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  • You shall not commit adultery. eight, you shall not steal.
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  • Nine, you shall not bear false witness or give false
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  • Testimony. and number 10, you shall not covet.
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  • So here's your assignment, class. memorize those 10
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  • Commandments and make them your own. this is the christian
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  • Ethic, but it is also your own morality. god's law is a
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  • Perfect 10. you can try, but you cannot add or improve the
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  • 10 commandments. you can't think of an 11th because again,
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  • These rules are for living and a guardian of truth. these are
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  • Boundaries for our believing. god knows what is best for us.
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  • So he's given us these commandments in order to not
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  • Just inspire us, but instruct us. when we see and study the
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  • Laws of god, we do understand the difference between what is
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  • Right and what is wrong.
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  • And for all of us, the 10 commandments, when we see our
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  • Own sin in the face of the commandments, we're driven to
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  • Our knees to repent because we've broken god's
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  • Commandments. and the commandments of god contain
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  • Good news because they point us to a savior who saves us from
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  • Our sin and our brokenness. you don't really break the 10
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  • Commandments, you're broken on them. just like you don't break
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  • The law of gravity. you can say, i'm going to jump off this
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  • Roof of this building and i'm going to break the laws of
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  • Gravity. no, you'll be broken on the law. and so it is when
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  • We break god's laws, we're broken indeed.
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  • And the fact is we have all broken in spirit and substance,
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  • The commandments of god. jesus took a deep dive into the
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  • Commandments as he spoke of adultery, not just being
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  • Adultery on the surface and physical adultery, but adultery
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  • In the heart. he spoke of murder as not only being
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  • Murdered, taking a life physically, but having hatred
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  • In your heart towards another person. so jesus did not come
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  • To destroy the law. he came to fulfill it. and he came to save
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  • Us because we're not saved by the law, but we're saved by the
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  • Grace of god because we've broken the commandments. you
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  • Say, well, i haven't broken all of them. well, james tells us
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  • In james 2 and verse 10, that "if you break even one of the
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  • Laws of god, you are guilty of all."
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  • Imagine a chain of 10 links. and you're at the end of this
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  • Chain and you're hanging over a chasm. how many links in the
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  • Chain are broken, need to be broken for you to fall into the
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  • Chasm? well, just one. and so that was james's point, that
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  • When we break one of the commandments, we are breaking
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  • Them all in effect.
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  • With the bible being our worldview as followers of
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  • Jesus, this includes the commandment. and just as our
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  • Nation has a constitution and laws that govern us, these laws
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  • That govern us and guide us as believers are the laws of god.
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  • And we should delight in the law. we should love god's law.
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  • God's law is not restrictive. jesus said, i've come to set
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  • You free. the laws of god are for our liberty. remember, for
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  • Every negative, there's a positive. so when god says, you
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  • Shall not do this, he's saying, you shall do this. you shall
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  • Help yourself to my way and my will in your life. and that's
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  • Always the best way.
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  • Speaking of america, many of the leaders of our nation
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  • Throughout its history, from the beginning, the founders and
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  • The framers to more current presidents, have spoken of the
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  • Impact of the ten commandments upon their own lives as well as
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  • The nation. for example, one of my favorite presidents is
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  • Ronald reagan. look what reagan said. the ten commandments are
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  • The basis of all morality and justice.
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  • And what about dwight david eisenhower, who was president
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  • Of the united states during my childhood in the 1950s, the
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  • First president i remember. he led our nation's forces on
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  • D-day. he came to faith in jesus christ before his
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  • Inauguration, led to a personal faith in christ by billy
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  • Graham. and here's what eisenhower said. president
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  • Eisenhower, we have staked the whole future of american
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  • Civilization upon the capacity of us to govern ourselves
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  • According to the ten commandments of god.
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • We're living at a time when many people are asking very
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  • Hard questions. questions about faith, about truth, about jesus
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  • Himself. questions like, is he lord or is he a legend?
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  • That's why i want to introduce to you a trusted friend and a
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  • Collaborator in the gospel of the lord jesus christ, dr.
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  • Jeremiah johnston. god is using jeremiah in a powerful way to
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  • Uncover the historical evidence for the life, death, and
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  • Resurrection of jesus. and in his latest book, the jesus
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  • Discoveries, you'll discover how archeology, ancient text,
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  • And real history all point to the truth of who jesus is.
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  • [jeremiah johnston] dr. graham has been such an encouragement
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  • In my life and ministry, and it's truly an honor to share my
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  • Newest book with you. my prayer is that the jesus discoveries
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  • Will strengthen your and give you confidence that what you
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  • Believe about jesus is rooted in real historical truth.
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  • [jack graham] amen. and i want you to have this resource.
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • Here we are in the beginning of the 21st century, and we are
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  • Facing moral chaos and confusion in our beloved
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  • Nation. there is an absence of clarity and conviction, even in
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  • The pulpits of our churches. and thus, we have lawlessness
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  • In the streets.
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  • Where do we get our morality these days? from the media,
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  • From movies, from music, from youtube influencers,
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  • Podcasters, social media? no. if you are a follower of jesus,
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  • You want to get your morality, your way of living, god's way
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  • From the bible.
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  • But now we are in a position of needing to defend god's laws.
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  • In previous generations, previous generations, everyone
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  • Knew it was wrong to lie. everyone knew it was wrong to
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  • Steal. everyone knew it was wrong to commit adultery.
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  • Everyone knew it was wrong to bear false witness. everyone
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  • Knew it was wrong to take god's name in vain. and now we had a
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  • Sexual revolution in the 60s, situational ethics rose, and
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  • Now sinful practices are promoted and praised and
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  • Celebrated. this is now america.
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  • We don't need to modify the ten commandments. we need to
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  • Clarify the ten commandments. because breaking god's laws is
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  • Always sinful, and it always results in judgment, always.
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  • Sin has consequences. and we are facing the consequences of
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  • Sin in our own lives, our families, our communities, and
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  • America.
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  • You know, situational ethics would say that you should not
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  • Commit adultery ordinarily. you should not lie ordinarily. you
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  • Should not steal ordinarily, unless it's convenient or
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  • Unless you need to steal. so situational ethics,
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  • Circumstantial conduct is never taught in the bible.
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  • And the moral decline of america and europe, let's throw
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  • Europe in as well, is staggering. it is shocking. and
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  • That swirling, sucking sound that you hear today is the
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  • Sound of civilization going under. you say, well, you can't
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  • Legislate morality. you ever heard that? sure you can. all
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  • Laws are legislation regarding what is right and what is
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  • Wrong. you certainly can legislate against what is
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  • Immoral and illegal.
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  • Ironically, people want to abolish the ten commandments
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  • For the sake of freedom. they see the ten commandments as
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  • Oppressive and restrictive. and yet, the price we pay for
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  • Breaking god's laws is not freedom, it is bondage. as i
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  • Said, it is breaking. and wouldn't you say that we, our
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  • Country now is more dangerous and less loving than ever
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  • Before? it's true.
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  • Law and liberty are not opponents. laws do not limit
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  • Us, they liberate us.
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  • The ten commandments are filled with promise to set us free and
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  • Appoint us to salvation in jesus christ. the commandments
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  • Of god are his gps to navigate us and show us his way
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  • And his will for our lives.
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  • And one more thing, all the commands are for christians.
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  • You say, i thought the commands were for the jewish people or i
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  • Thought the commands were about the law and we're under grace.
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  • Well, we are not saved by keeping the law. we can't keep
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  • The law, number one, because "all have sinned and come short
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  • Of the glory of god." as i noted earlier, we've all broken
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  • His commandments. so we're not saved by law keeping. we're
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  • Saved by grace through faith in our lord jesus christ.
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  • The law is described in the bible as a bit like a mirror.
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  • You look into a mirror and you see your face is dirty, but the
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  • Mirror can't clean your face. so when we look into the law of
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  • Liberty, we see ourselves in our sin and realize we do need
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  • A savior. we do need salvation. but once we are followers of
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  • Jesus who died for us and rose again, who said, "if you love
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  • Me, keep my commandments." and jesus, along with the writers
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  • Of the new testament, repeated all of the ten commandments.
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  • You say the ten commandments is all about the old testament.
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  • Well, it's all about the new testament as well. it's all
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  • About the bible.
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  • So with that said, commandment number one, "you shall have no
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  • Other gods before me." in fact, let's look at verses one
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  • Through three. "god spoke all these words saying, i am the
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  • Lord your god who brought you out of the land of egypt, out
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  • Of the house of slavery. you shall have no other gods before
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  • Me."
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  • Obviously, this commandment is first and foremost of the ten
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  • Commandments. all of the other commandments make sense because
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  • Of what god says in the first commandment. god, not man, not
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  • Moses, but god himself is the life giver and the law maker.
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  • The commandments, therefore, are authoritative because they
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  • Come from god. our nation is in deep, deep trouble because we
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  • Have forgotten god, what god has clearly said.
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  • So this is not, these commandments are not a social
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  • Construct or a human opinion or ethic. you can't take god out
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  • Of the bible and you certainly take god out of the ten
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  • Commandments. he's at the top. this is not human opinion or
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  • Best practices for living. this is god's word and these rules
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  • Make no sense apart from the one who made the rules.
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  • And at the top of the commandments is this clear
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  • Word. god says, i am god and you are not. i'm the lord who
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  • Brought you out, the name of god. in fact, there are names
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  • Of god mentioned here. the names of god are precious, but
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  • He is called god elohim. he is called the lord yahweh. he is
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  • Called king. he is called redeemer.
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  • Remember the christian life is all about a relationship with
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  • God, not about a list of keeping do's and don'ts or
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  • Self-righteous behavior or behavior modification. it's all
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  • About having a right relationship with god, not
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  • Self-righteousness, but his righteousness. so this is where
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  • The commandments begin. they begin where the bible begins.
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  • "in the beginning, god created the heavens and the earth."
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  • So he is yahweh. that is his name. he is elohim. he is king
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  • And he is redeemer. he says, the god who brought you out of
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  • Bondage, the god israel who brought you out of slavery and
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  • Christians, the god who brought you out of sin and the bondage
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  • Of your own life, is he the lord your god? that's what the
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  • Scripture says. i am the lord your god, the great i am. i am
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  • The lord your god. god belongs to you in the sense that he has
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  • Chosen you as his own. he is your god. can you say that?
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  • Again, the commandments make no sense apart from, first, this
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  • Relationship with god. he is our freedom. he is the one who
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  • Sets us free from sin and death. and what is freedom? and
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  • What is freedom? what is this path to freedom? freedom is not
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  • Doing what you want. freedom is doing what god wills. freedom
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  • Is not doing as you please. it's doing as god pleases.
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  • "you shall have no other gods before me,"
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  • He says. so with god, there are no rivals and there are no
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  • Equals. i am the lord your god. it's like, similar, in fact,
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  • The prophets of the old testament describe it often as
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  • A marriage relationship. in a marriage relationship, when you
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  • Commit to one another as husband and wife, you commit to
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  • An exclusive relationship. you don't come in one day and say
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  • To your wife, you know, wife, i love you, honey. you're the
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  • Dearest to me. but i found another woman and we're going
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  • To share this life together. and she's going to be another
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  • Wife to me. how do you think that would go over in your
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  • Household? not so much. not at all. and it certainly doesn't
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  • Go over with god.
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  • And yes, in the world, there are false deities and false
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  • Religions, but there's only one true god. sometimes people
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  • Question, is the god of islam the same as the god of the
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  • Bible? the answer is absolutely not. our god, according to the
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  • Bible, is the god and father of our lord jesus christ. you
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  • Don't, you don't get to choose your god, who god is.
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  • And yet, in this country, did you know that pure paganism is
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  • On the rise? pagan practices are increasing all around us.
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  • There's an uprising of secularism and progressivism
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  • And pluralism. what is pluralism? it is you worship
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  • Your god and i worship mine. it's religion or religious
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  • Roulette. pick a god, choose a god, any god. but our god is
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  • One god. god the father, god the son, god the holy spirit.
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  • And jesus had the absolute audacity and authority to say,
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  • "i am the way, the truth, the life. and no one comes to the
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  • Father. no one comes to god except through me." that is the
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  • Clear teaching of the bible.
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  • And it means, dear friends, that if god is one and only
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  • One, then he's enough. you don't need another god. you
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  • Don't need to look to other religions. you don't need to be
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  • On a search for meaning. you have found meaning and purpose
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  • In your god.
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  • So commandment number two sounds like the first a bit.
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  • For it says, you shall make no graven image. "you shall make
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  • Or create or worship idols." so if you're outlining with me,
  • 00:23:34.803 --> 00:23:41.243
  • The first commandment is have no other gods. the second one
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  • Is worship no idols. if the first commandment is about who
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  • God is, the second commandment is how we worship god. how are
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  • We to worship god? because some people worship the god of their
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  • Own vain imaginations, their own image of god. they make god
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  • Of their own image, and that god often looks like man.
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  • So have no graven images. thirdly, and quickly, the third
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  • Commandment says, honor god's name. "do not take the name of
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  • The lord your god in vain." which is to be translated, do
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  • Not misuse god's name.
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  • So god's name, above all names, is never to be abused, spoken
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  • In vain.
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  • So the positive side of that is, of course, speak the name
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  • Of god with reverence, with honor and respect. what did
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  • Jesus say when he taught us how to pray? "our father who art in
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  • Heaven, hallowed holy is your name."
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  • So how would a person misuse the name of god? let's clarify
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  • It. well, obviously the first thing you think of is
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  • Profanity. you think of profanity as a curse, swearing,
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  • Cursing, blasphemy.
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  • And then, not only profanity, but frivolity, the name speaks
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  • Of taking his name vainly, which means to belittle it, to
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  • Make it small or meaningless.
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  • You know, if you call somebody out
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  • For taking god's name in vain, they probably say something
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  • Like, i don't mean anything by that. i don't mean anything by
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  • That. that's the whole point. you take god's name and use it
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  • In a way that is meaningless, frivial.
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  • That is breaking this commandment
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  • And then finally, hypocrisy. if you carry the name of
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  • Christian, you carry the name of god in an unworthy way,
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  • You're breaking this commandment. believers were
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  • First called christians at antioch. and why were they
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  • Called christians? because they reminded people of christ. they
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  • Didn't have a less named the church contest, came up with
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  • Christian. no, unbelievers, the outside world looked at their
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  • Lives and said, you remind me of jesus. so christians, so
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  • Instead of taking his name in blasphemy or profanity or
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  • Frivolity, take his name seriously and lovingly. and
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  • Lovingly. colossians 3:17, "whatever you do in word or in
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  • Deed, do it all in the name, in the name of the lord jesus
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  • Christ." we love his name. we're to live his name and
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  • We're to speak his name in prayer, in praise and in power.
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  • ♪♪♪
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