Amen so Deuteronomy chapter 5 we'll just jump right into it of course there in
verse 1 where it says Moses called all Israel and said unto them hero Israel
the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day that you may learn
them and keep them and do them the Lord our God made a covenant with us in
horrib and of course you've already talked about the fact that horrib is
referring to Sinai and you know we've got we've dealt that with previous
sermon so don't let that confuse you that's talking about when he came to
Sinai out of the out of Egypt and the pillar of fire came down as we'll see
here he says in verse 3 the Lord made not his covenant with our fathers but
with us even us who are all of us here alive this day the Lord talked with you
face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire so you were talking
even previously they know this keeps coming up about how God talked them out
of the midst of fire and just that this what an intense meeting this was what a
unique time that this was you know did God ever do this before has God ever
done this sense no this is a very unique thing and he he goes on to verse 5 and
says and I stood between the Lord at you at that time to show you the word of the
Lord for you were afraid by the reason of the fire and went not up into the
mount saying I am the Lord thy God which brought the other land of Egypt from the
house of bondage and of course he goes on this is one of the few one of the
couple places you find the Ten Commandments you know we're all probably
very familiar with that and this is the Ten Commandments of course the other
places you find those are over there in Exodus 20 so you know in a good way a
trick you know if you ever kind of wonder where are the Ten Commandments I
always think about the fact that your Deuteronomy 5 5 is half of 10 and then
Exodus 20 10 times 10 is 20 or 10 yeah 10 times 2 sorry 10 times 10 is 100 so
anyway this isn't a good night for math but you see how I kind of made an
association there so that always help me I don't know if that'll help you but I
throw out a throw it out there but he gets into the Ten Commandments here now
you know it's just Ten Commandments of course we know the Word of God has many
other Commandments there's a lot of other things but these are kind of the
synopsis this is kind of the overview this is kind of the the main points of
the law that God gives the children of Israel and you know he didn't give it
you know in a memo you didn't send an email or text them I mean he made when
he came down in a pillar of fire that great site that they beheld it says that
they were afraid of it and you know this is what he had to say when God spoke
face to face with a man excuse yeah face to face as with a man as with a
friend when he spoke to them out of the midst of the fire you know of course
they couldn't see God because he was in the fire but when they heard his voice
this is what he said you know this is Moses recounting what was said so when
God comes down in a pillar of fire upon a mountain to speak to his people you
know what he has to say is probably pretty important you know so this is
these are important things that we should understand so he begins there and
he says I am the Lord thy God which brought thee out of land of Egypt and
from the house of bondage verse 7 thou shall have no other gods before me thou
shall not make into thee any make thee any graven image or any likeness of the
thing that is in heaven above or that is in the earth beneath or that is in the
waters beneath the earth so God is you know right out of the gate saying he
should have no other gods before me you know he used to be the Lord their God
that's the only God that they should serve and then he moves right into the
next commandment of you know thou shall not make thee any graven image you know
talking about idolatry they should be making images and statues and things
like that and worshipping them and bowing themselves down specifically what
he said what he says and he says that they are not to make any likeness of
anything that is in heaven above they're not making any case of anything as the
earth beneath or things in or that is in the waters beneath the earth now don't
let that phrase confuse you waters beneath the earth because all that's
referring to is the fact that you know obviously obviously if you ever stood on
us you know like a beach if you ever stood on the shore next to a body of
water the water is beneath the earth you know that's not because we know that
earth means dry land that's why the Bible says in Genesis 1 verse 10 and God
called the dry land earth that's what he's referring to is the fact that the
water is beneath the earth it's not that there's you know all of our continents
are drifting around like lily pads you know and there's a bunch of water
underneath of them so that don't let that throw you off there now what I kind
of want to focus in on here is the fact you know that the Catholic Church you
know they they start this is where we start to get some serious differences
because here's the thing the Catholic Church they make graven images you know
there's no denying that anyone who's been in a Catholic Church their statues
everywhere of Saints and Mary and Jesus where were they suppose he look like you
know Jesus in all stages of life as a baby you know every Catholic Church has
you know Jesus hanging on the cross somewhere it usually at some point so
they have a lot of imagery you know and they and they're sensitive about this
they don't they don't like to talk about this and they they so you say well how
do they get around this well what they do is they just kind of combine the
first two Commandments they just say thou shalt have no other Lord thy God
they shall have no other God besides me you know I'm the Lord thy God which
brought the land of Egypt thou shalt have no other gods before me you know
that's the first commandment and then they'll just take the second one which
is thou shalt not make thee any graven image that's the second man and I'll
just make it the same thing and they'll just say you know well that's okay to do
that because you know God just doesn't want us to worship you know you know
heathen gods you know so they'll combine those two and then of course at the end
you have to have ten commandments so they divide up the last commandment
about covetousness and we'll get to that in a minute but they'll argue that you
know that's okay for them to do this because it's a religious use of statues
that's what they say this is God never can you know condemn the religious use
of statues you know they'll say back then they didn't know who God was or
they didn't know what God looked like but then Jesus came and and now we can
make these statues of Mary and everybody else because these aren't these aren't
pagan heathen gods and but here's the thing God said very clearly that thou
shalt not make thee any graven image period you know that's that's what he
said and then they'll kind of argue they'll try to cite some other passages
where where it might you might think oh where God has somebody make a graven
image like in the ark or excuse me on the Ark of the Covenant they argue you
know they'll say well God used religious engravings when he made the Ark of the
Covenant and he had the two cherry bins remember that the rings their wings were
outstretched but here's the thing it's true that God did that but you don't
ever you never see them bowing down to that you know and and the reason why God
did that is because all of those things the ark the tabernacle all of that were
a direct reflection of what is actually in heaven now God couldn't send physical
actual cherry bins like are up in heaven to stand over the Ark of the Covenant
like like are there but so he had to make these things to represent what is
in heaven and you find that Hebrews 8 and forsake a time we've got a lot to
get through I'm not going to turn us there but Hebrews 8 very tells us very
clearly that that he that God Moses was admonished of God when he was about to
make the tabernacle for see saith he that thou maketh make all things
according to the pattern show thee in the mount and that these things were a
shadow of the heavenly the heavenly things so that's why God used that now
you can't just take that one instance and run with it and say well God let
them make cherry buns yeah but that's like that's one instance where God
allowed that and it was for a very specific reason and then just turn that
into okay well now we're gonna have this multitude of graven images that we're
gonna bow down to and here's the thing you never see got you never see God's
people bowing down to these statues you never see him bowing down to the cherry
bims you never seen them worshiping the cherry bims they're always worshiping
the Lord God and you do see you do see Catholics bowing down to to these images
all the time they admit that and you know very verse 9 is very clear it says
thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them he's like you're not gonna make a
graven image and don't bow down to it and they couldn't be clear it clear nor
serve them for I the Lord thy God I'm a jealous God visiting the iniquity of the
fathers upon the children under the third and fourth generation of them that
hate me so again why is God so adamant about this because he's a jealous God we
talked about that you know Sunday night when we went through dude around before
you know God doesn't like man creating an image and saying this is God and
venerating it whatever you want to call it worshiping it bowing down to it and
when God's up in heaven you know get in the cold shoulder and God very clearly
says thou shalt not bow down thyself now again the Catholic Church they don't
like this you know they don't they get very touchy about this and the fact
they've got a lot of counter arguments they try to pull out and if you go to
catholic.com you know you can you can find some articles like I did where it's
you know this one question says what about bowing so this is how the
Catholics will explain it they'll say some anti Catholics you know the site
Deuteronomy 5 9 where God said concerning idols you shall not bow down
to them since many Catholics sometimes bow or kneel in front of statue now stop
what right there the guy just admitted on the article at catholic.com that
Catholics bow down to him right okay so he's saying look it's true yeah we bow
down to him all right now watch him change the goal post he'll move the
goal post and say you know cuz what's the commandment thou shalt not bow down
to them right but we bow down to them okay well you're guilty right there
you've broken the commandment but they try to move the goal post by saying
they'll say they say that that that because they bow down or sometimes bow
or kneel in front of statues of Jesus and the Saints anti Catholics confuse the
legitimate veneration of a sacred image with the sin of idolatry and they'll say
though bowing can be used to as a posture and worship not all bowing is
worship yeah but that's not the point that God didn't say don't worship them
he does say that elsewhere to not worship them but here when he gives the
commandments he says don't bow down whether you're doing because you're
worshiping them what are you doing because you're venerating them or that's
not found in the Bible well they're doing because you just have respect or
as they try to explain it which I found humorous here that it's just it's just
it's like giving a handshake that's that's what they say in Japan people
show respect by bowing and greeting the equivalent of the Western handshake so
that that's that's that's you know it's kind of a silly argument to say well we
can't obviously we can't shake this idols hand you know I can't say hey
mother Mary how are you doing today so we're just gonna bow you know and just
show a sign of respect then they're bowing down to these things and that's
whether they're doing for whatever reason they're doing it the Bible is
very clear here and I've looked it up in their own Bibles this is in their Bible
that they use it says thou shalt not and it's a word a little different it's the
same thing thou shalt not bow down thyself so they'll say you know look
we're just you know we're just bowing to it but that doesn't mean we're
worshiping it you know we're just venerating it but the thing is the
Bible is very clear this is not to bow down to it and you know here's the thing
you think well you're being you know and here's the thing I'm not I'm not I'm not
mad at Catholics I don't hate Catholics I hate the Catholic Church yeah I hate
Catholic doctrine because it's leading people to hell because they teach a
false gospel they teach a false salvation and I want to I want to rescue
people out of Catholicism that's why we go to you know these neighborhoods and
when we we knock the doors of Catholics and try to give them the gospel of
salvation by grace through faith and try to pull them out of that because they're
you know they're good intention they're good people often but you know what
they're they're unsaved and if they die believing what the Catholic Church
teaches them they're gonna wake up in hell and you know I have more of a
burden for them then then you know probably have as a church we have more
of a burden for them then in most people you know we love them we want them to be
saved but you know I'm not gonna it's not gonna stop me from pointing out that
the the fallacy in the Catholic Church to to to point out the error in the
Catholic Church and to point out the wickedness in the leadership in the
Catholic Church you know and they they could say they don't bow down to it the
day they don't worship these images well then how do you explain this how do you
explain a man in a dress who calls himself father you know the Pope you
know who we're got when Jesus very clearly said call no man upon the earth
father you know there's another one kissing these statues this is a little
bit more than just bowing I mean here he is smooching these things he's laying a
big wet one on him right I mean you look at me he's got the baby here he's kissing
the baby you think that's the same picture no same baby different hat you
know he's got the day gone fish hat on this one and now here's one kissing some
bloody Christ picture you know what I never understood is why they always want
to keep Jesus on the cross you know my Savior isn't on the cross my Savior came
down off the cross was buried died and rose again he's sitting at the right
hand the father I know why they want to keep bringing up this image in their
mind of Christ on the cross it's like they it's it's like Satan likes just
pointing out the fact that Jesus died so you know how do you explain this then
you know well we're just we're just venerating it I'd say so I mean I'd say
you're really venerating there you know and this is just the pictures of the
Pope that I felt appropriate to show I'm not showing you the ones where he's
kissing another man on the mouth I'm not saying like you know in some cut in some
cultures where they just kind of do the you know the little thing on the cheek
whatever we don't do that here you know you know we don't bow like in Japan we
shake hands get some docks every now and then you know like tonight when you have
you've been blowing your nose do the docks you know but we don't kiss on the
cheek and we certainly don't kiss another man on the mouth but this guy
does okay and I've got pictures that you just go look Catholic or go look up Pope
kissing statues and you'll find it kissing emoms on the mouth weird man so
they could sit there and say you know well we don't we don't worship them well
I mean what do you call this you know what's veneration yeah I mean it's it's
it's a little extreme you know and again I'm not trying to you know just pick on
Catholics and just mock everything but this is a wicked man you know teaching
false doctrine to truly a trillion people or trillion a billion people my
math is way off tonight a billion you know one-seventh of the earth's
population identify as Catholic you know that's a billion people and it's a
false gospel and you know we could go into all of that about the Catholic
Church and those are whole sermons that could be preached but I just want to
take the time to point out the fact that you know they they violate this
commandment call it whatever you want call it venerating worship a deeper
spec whatever you're bowing down to it you've broken the commandment you know
if you if you trip and fall over it and do this you know that I mean you're this
close to bowing you know watch it make sure your shoes are tied when you walk
around those things God said not to bow down to them he doesn't make any mention
of worshiping in the context of these commandments and look man common sense
just tells us this is worship this is bowing down to an idol that's what this
is let's move on though verse 10 and he goes on and says you know he visits the
iniquity of verse 9 of the first under the first and fourth generation and
showing mercy and a thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments
you know there's still good news for the Catholic and every other false religion
out there that God is still willing to show mercy and save them he goes on to
verse 11 it says thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain for the
Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain so the next
commandment you know not to take the name of the Lord God in vain now what
does that mean it's when you're just kind of using God's name flippantly you
know when you're using God's name like a cuss word when you're using God's name
to express your personal disgust for something you know like I heard today at
church when they had the contractor come the carpet installer showed up and
they're you know they're they're just throwing God's name around in a church
you know and it's it's wrong it's wicked and here's the thing you know it's
always interesting that that's what people use to express their personal
disdain for something you know they use they use the Lord's name like that you
know why don't they use Buddha why don't they use Muhammad you know it's wicked
and God says don't do it you can see why God's making these these Ten
Commandments why God took the time when he came down a pillar of fire to bring
up these specific Commandments he goes you got this you got people saying it
taking his name in vain you know it seems like these are common things among
men so he says to not to take the name of the Lord thy God in vain if the Lord
will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain now you know just as
you know on this point you know a lot of people will say you know if you hear
somebody take do that you got to rebuke them sharply you know and and I agree
with that to an extent I think you kind of have to feel those people out because
I've done that and have people like oh you don't like that and then they just
pour it on more so you got to figure out who it is you're dealing with before you
go you know because then you're gonna hear it all the time you know and you're
not their dad you can't make them stop they're just gonna do whatever they want
so but I think it's appropriate you know when we hear somebody do that to at
least you know you know again depending on the type of people you're that you're
dealing with you say hey I'd appreciate if you don't do that you know I had I
remember one time I had a guy at work and he was he was doing it but I could
tell he knew I was Christian he knew I was you know I believed in the Bible and
all that and he would take the Lord's name in vain you know but he I could
tell he's just doing it a habit you know it wasn't like trying to you know get
one in on me or something like that because some guys will do that if they
find out you don't like that kind of thing they just laid on thicker you
know that's why you should never you know complain about having your
feelings hurt to to a group of guys or something because it was just they'll
just pile on it's like you know it's like blood in the water you know and the
sharks come so but he this guy you know he had said it and one day I just it was
bothering me I was like man I gotta say something I got it I want this to stop
you know I could tell he's just doing it you kind of you know subconsciously he's
not really thinking about what he's saying so he said it one day he was
standing right next to me he said it he said you know Jesus Christ and I said I
said praise his holy name that's all right that's all I kind of
reviewed him he kind of looked at me and then he did it again later I said praise
his holy name bless him you know I knew another guy whenever he had guys do that
work that he'd say oh you know my Savior too you know him oh great and you want
you try to get him saved and stuff like that so you know because that happens a
lot people you'll hear it all the time you know and even as you know just
because you got saved doesn't mean you're gonna stop doing that you know
you might not say Jesus Christ but we might say you know God you know whatever
you know we stub our toe or we you know get hurt we inflict physical pain upon
ourselves and you know that's when you really find out what's in the heart of
man you know when you when you when you hurt yourself severely what comes out of
your mouth you know that's when the abundance of the heart really begins to
speak you know when you're in traffic and you know you're in road raging or
whatever like I know this one guy he worked at UPS early in the morning and
he he was he was in a loader unloader loader so all the boxes are coming off
all the packages and you have to sort him on the belt and get him down there
and he had this like it credit it was an over 70 pound anytime he got 70 pounds
or more he had to get two guys to move the box and that was the policy but a
lot of guys would just grab it you know and just because they it was all about
get it done and he grabs the 70 pound box and some of those little boxes could
be really heavy you don't know what's in them and he drops it on his toe and he's
just wearing sneakers he's not wearing steel toes and it literally like I
don't get too graphic but like just burst his big toe like it would like he
took his sock off later just like it was just like hamburger but he was so proud
of himself because he was kind of a new Christian and he came to it was money he
was sharing the story at a men's prayer you know Monday night men's prayer
meeting we were at he's like man I dropped this thing on my toe today and
praise God I I just said ouch you know I didn't I didn't blaspheme I didn't I
didn't say cuss words he just went oh and he said I you know I went back to
work and I took care of it later you know he's really proud of himself but
you know I don't know why I'm going off on that but you know but that is kind of
what people do isn't it they get hurt you know they hit their thumb with a
hammer and the next thing you know the Lord's name is coming up you know we
shouldn't we shouldn't take the Lord's name and express our disgust for
something you know it's not what his name is there for his name is holy you
know his name is to be is to be exalted on high his name is to be lifted up in
praise you know and you know it's interesting as pastor anise was
preaching on Exodus chapter 20 last night so I kind of got some some like a
pre listen prep for this sermon I just worked out that way because he's going
through the Ten Commandments too and he said and I this is really good rule of
thumb you know it to figure out whether or not you're using the Lord's name
correctly you know and here's what you have to ask yourself two questions to
figure out whether or not you're using the names of the Lord correctly you can
ask yourself these two questions are you talking to God or are you talking about
God and if you're talking to God or about God you know you're probably not
blaspheming God you're using his name in the proper context anything outside of
that you might want to check out what's going on you know because you're
probably probably not so let's go ahead and just keep moving through here and he
says in verse 12 you know and keep the Sabbath day to sanctify it as the Lord
hat God hath commanded thee six days thou shalt labor and do all thy work but
the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord in it thou shalt do not do any work
thou nor thy son or thy daughter nor thy mans the man serve men serve it a man
servant nor they maid servant or than ox nor than asked on any of thy cattle nor
thy stranger that is within the gates that thy man servant and they maid
servant may rest as well as thou so he's saying look everybody's gonna get the
day off and you're gonna you're gonna do this and why because God labored six
days and he took a rest now this there are a lot of things that that we still
observe in the law this is not one of them this has been done away in Christ
and you know a lot of people will get hung up on this you know I believe it's
the seventh-day Adventists that are all about the Sabbath you know and and the
Sabbath they worship on Saturday that's their day off and you know we do not
observe the Sabbath any longer this has been done away in Christ because here's
the thing there are specific specific Commandments that God has specifically
repealed in the New Testament and if you would go to Colossians chapter 2
Colossians chapter 2 and we're gonna look at a few verses now a lot of things
you know God doesn't have to be redundant I mean isn't the Old Testament
pretty long Old Testament's got a lot a lot of you know stories but it's also
got a lot of you know chronologies and it's also got a lot of of the
commandments and God laid down the law does God need to repeat all that in the
New Testament to remind us what has and what hasn't been done away in Christ no
he doesn't and the things that are are no longer to be observed the New
Testament are specifically addressed in the New Testament he says look these
things are done away he says in Colossians chapter 2 look at verse 13 and
you being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision in your flesh hath he
quickened together with him having forgiven you all trespasses blotting out
the handwriting of ordinances that which was against us which was contrary to
you and took it out of the way nailing it to the cross and having spoiled
principalities he made a show of them hopefully trying them in it let no man
okay verse 16 let no man therefore judge you in meat or a drink or
inspective and holy day that would be a Sabbath that's a holy day or any of the
feast days the Passover the Feast of Trumpets the feast the ingathering all
these things or the new moon you know you've got we don't observe new moons
anymore or of the Sabbath days okay so he specifically says don't let any man
judge you in this so so do we observe this commandment in the New Testament
that we were to keep the Sabbath day no but what but why is that because it's
specifically repealed now does God have to reiterate the fact that we shouldn't
take his name in vain for us to observe that that that rule or many any of the
other laws that are outside of the Ten Commandments does God have to remind us
that you know we shouldn't be looking on the nakedness of our in-law or of our of
our relatives or in-laws or anything like that no God addresses all that in
Leviticus is you just shall not look on the nakedness of you know your your aunt
your uncle your niece your nephew your sister your but you know it just goes on
and on all these people whose nakedness you're not to uncover which is your
euphemism and so does God have to reiterate all that in the New Testament
to remind us not to do that no the things that God has repealed the New
Testament are specifically addressed in the New Testament so if it's not brought
up we still observe it and the Sabbath here he's specifically saying look don't
let any man judge you in this these things are done away in Christ look at
Hebrews chapter 7 you say well you know why why is God changing the law you know
why are some things changed but the things are there are things that are
changed look at Hebrews chapter 7 verse 12 for the priesthood being changed
there is made of necessity a change also of the law so he's saying right
here look the priesthood change it used to be the Levitical priesthood now we
were under the you know the priesthood of Christ you know the Melchizedek
Melchizedek excuse me and that because there's a change of this
priesthood there is a change also of the law it's not that the law is done away
completely that there aren't things that we observe in the law that are still
applicable today it's just that some things have been changed there is a
change in law and what are those changes it's the Sabbaths it's the holy it's the
it's the new moons it's the holy days you know it's the the dietary
restrictions have been lifted you know in Acts where Peter is up on the roof
and you see has the vision of the blanket come down and God says rise neat
there's all the manner of beasts in it and that in that quilt that blanket that
comes down and he says not so Lord no nothing unclean has ever entered my
mouth you know he said I've never eaten unclean beasts and God rebukes him and
says what God have cleansed called on thou not unclean so God's repealing that
of course because here's the thing all of these things were symbolic all these
things there was no magical thing about the Sabbath day there was no magical
thing about not eating shellfish all these things were were just were to be
you know used as symbolism to picture Christ you know the Sabbath is a picture
of the rest that we have in Christ well Christ has come he is our Sabbath you
know he is our rest so that the Sabbath has done away we no longer look to
Christ in that sense we we have that knowledge so so here's the thing it says
there that there was a change also of the law so you can't argue that that
some things have changed in the law right so if the Sabbath and the
sacrifices are not changed what did change that's what I would ask these
people well we still observe the steps okay well then what did change you know
it's okay to take a look on you know your auntie's nakedness now all of a
sudden no you know is it okay to go ahead and marry your sister no well what
changed then well it says right there what changed you know we read it it's a
change of these the Sabbath days the meat the drink the respective holidays
the new moons and all that so you know again I know I'm kind of just going over
these things and just kind of touching on them and really these these could
deserve whole sermons I preached about the Sabbath I think a few months ago and
we could talk more about that another time but let's move along here
commandment number five verse 16 honor thy father and thy mother as the Lord
thy God hath commanded thee does God need to reiterate that again in the in
the New Testament no but you know what he does he doesn't he doesn't reiterate
does remind us of that that they days may be prolonged that it may be well with
thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee so it says that we are to
honor our father and thy mother that's what he says there now how do you do
that how do you honor your father and your mother I should have had you stay
there in the New Testament but in Ephesians chapter 6 verse 1 you know
every kid every kid in this room they all know this first right this is every
child in this room this is your life verse right you've got this memorized
this is you you wake up in the morning just this is the first thing that enters
your mind it should because it's addressed to you you know why do we keep
the kids in the church well because the Bible addresses them I mean isn't
interesting that Ephesians a book to to the the people at Ephesus specifically
addresses children look there in Ephesians chapter 6 verse 1 children it
doesn't say parents it doesn't say parents go you know after junior church
remind your kids you know he's no this epistle was be to read in the church and
he's addressing children in the church in the church service children obey your
parents in the Lord for this is right I mean isn't that a great thing kids that
the Bible is written to you that God has specifically addressed kids you might
not like what he has to say right but isn't it great that God is addressing
you he says children obey your parents in the Lord for this is right look at
verse 2 honor thy father on it and thy mother which is the first commandment
with promise now it's interesting he says that there he says that this
commandment this fifth commandment is the first commandment with promise
meaning that there's a promise attached with it that if you'll observe this
there's something you benefit from it that it may be well with thee and that
thou mayst live long on the earth you know obeying your parents kids is
important God puts a premium on it and God promises that if you obey your
parents that'll be well with thee and that you will live long on the earth now
who doesn't want that who doesn't want to live a long life on the earth I know
I do you know I'm kind of you know feel like it's half over all right you know
I'm like man I want to get I want to get as much out of this ladder half as I can
get you know so we should honor our parents you know and that's a that's a
promise that's made made to us that if we'll honor our parents that God is
going to bless us for that and how do you do that you obey your parents in the
Lord for this is right you know when mom and dad say to do something you do it
you know you don't back talk you don't give excuses you just do what you're
told that's how you obey well you know obedience is not it's not where you is
not a two-way conversation where you're told to do something and then you and
then you bring up an objection you know and obedience is you're told to do
something and you do it that's what it means to obey so again all of the all
these topics we're talking about tonight every one of these could just be entire
sermons that's a great one there that's and that's not just you know well why
does God want to you know me to obey my parents so that would be well with thee
because here's the thing your parents you know if they're godly parents they
have your best interest in mind they've already been down that road that you're
approaching they've already lived life longer than you they already know the
pitfalls and the snares of life and they want to teach you and they want to give
you character they want you to you know grow up in the nurture the mission of
the Lord so you can avoid these mistakes you can avoid these pitfalls you know
they have your best interest in mind that's why you had a bear obey your
parents now go back to exit or excuse me Deuteronomy where we were he says in
Deuteronomy you know we'll get into verse 17 you know the shortest of the
commandments thou shalt not kill you know thou shalt not kill now if you
would keep something there but go over to Matthew chapter 19 because we need to
clarify this especially in this day and age you know in a day and age where
people will try to there will be people that will turn this verse and say well
that you know right there that means we should never put anybody to death you
know they're anti capital punishment but hang on the Bible prescribes the death
penalty the Bible specifically says in certain instances that you are to put
somebody to death there's only there's only three punishments in the Bible in
criminal the criminal law is you know if the criminal justice system the Bible is
pay pay a fine take a beating or die those are the three things that God
prescribes you won't find jail you won't find prison you won't find
probation you won't find all these mother man-made things there's just
these three things and it's better because it lets people get over it pay
their due and move on with their life you know unless of course you know they
hit the death penalty it's kind of hard to move on your life after that but you
know people will turn us and say well see we shouldn't have the death penalty
because the Bible says thou shalt not kill but is that what the Bible means
here because that would be a huge contradiction I mean we all know
Leviticus 20 13 you know they are worthy of that you know that their blood shall
be upon them you know so it says in Matthew 19 look at verse 16 Jesus
clarifies what this means he gives it more specifically he says in verse 16
and behold one came and said unto him good master what good thing shall I do
that I may have eternal life and he said unto him why callest thou me good
there is none good but one would that is God but if thou will enter into life
keep the commandments he sayeth unto them which Jesus said thou shalt do no
murder thou shalt not commit adultery thou shalt not steal so you read it in
Deuteronomy is thou shalt not kill but when Jesus the Lord cites it when he
quotes it in the New Testament he calls it murder so that's what the Bible means
here it doesn't mean you should not you should never kill anybody because there
are instances where people are to be killed he's talking about you should not
murder somebody you know you should not exact vengeance on someone just because
you have a grudge or you shouldn't you know you covet something that kind of
stuff happens all the time you know you shouldn't go hire a hitman to take out
your spouse that'd be murder that's what's talking about here that kind of
stuff happens you know you shouldn't kill people just to get what you want so
it's the this isn't talking about anti being anti capital punishment this isn't
even talking about being anti war you know and I'm not for the wars you know
the vast majority of the war is probably all of them by and large that we are
involved with you know they're not they're not over there fighting for our
freedoms because you know and that and I want to get political it's a whole
other thing but they're fighting to build an empire you know and resources
you know they lust and desire and have not they lust and desire and they kill
and have not but you know this isn't an anti-war slogan you know there are times
when a nation should defend itself or we as individuals should defend ourselves
that we should you know defend ourselves physically and kill the other individual
if need if so if a guy's coming to kill me it's gonna be me or him it's I'm
gonna do everything in my power to make sure it's him you know and that's not
murder that's me defending myself it's a nation defending itself and by the way
this is not pro vegan either you know we got to clarify that today because
that that is just going getting out of control I'm getting updates of our
notifications on my phone for my Chipotle app now or Chipotle I got to
train myself I always say it wrong Chipotle because you know they're like
hey come get bonus points today go meatless at Chipotle like the first
section there's like a whole section of your of your of your bar there that it's
nothing but meat you know why would I go there and not eat meat you know so
they're promoting this even even them are trying to promote this vegan lifestyle
this is taking off in this country and around the world this pro vegan don't
kill if it has a face don't eat it you know even the fish you know just because
you can't hear him scream doesn't mean it's not murder it's out there folks
people are going bananas and you can't but you can't turn to this verse and say
that's what that means because Jesus said it's talking about murder okay and
killing a cow and putting it between two buns and eating it is not murder
all right that's called common sense and good practice so I'm glad we took the
time to clarify thou shalt not kill hopefully you know I you guys can go the
kids can go back to stomping on bugs and everything like that and so on so forth
it goes on in verse 18 the next it goes and the next command we get there so we
get just several of them here just back to back in these verses thou shalt not
commit adultery you know I'm sure everybody for the most part in the room
knows what that is you know you shouldn't go and cheat on your spouse
you know you shouldn't and you know violate the the bonds of matrimony you
know you should you shouldn't go sleeping around with other people's
spouses which by the way you know speaking of death penalty is something
that God condemned with definitely that's another sermon for no time he
goes on neither shalt thou steal I think we all know what that is right if
you don't just come see me after service I'll take something that's yours to
illustrate what that's saying that's what it is hold out your wallet this is
called stealing you know government does it every paycheck I said I was gonna be
political verse 20 neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbor
now this one you got to kind of clear up because a lot of people say you know
we'll use this to say well that means you shouldn't lie I mean yeah it because
bearing false witness is lying but you know there are instances in the in in in
the in even in the Bible where you see people lying and God blessing him for it
you think of the the the midwives in Egypt where Pharaoh said you know kill
kill all the firstborn and they said oh you know in your abuse the midwives for
not doing they say well the the Hebrew women are lively and they you know they
given birth before we can there's it's too late by the time you get that that
wasn't true and got in the Bible says that God gave them houses of their own
meaning he also gave them families for standing up you know for it was right
for they were they lied to preserve life right and you know you think of like
Rahab the harlot you know she hid the spies when they came over to the spied
out Jericho and she told him oh they tick off already you need to go find
him God you know God blessed her she spared her family you know so what this
is talking about is more of a you know you shouldn't bear false witness in the
sense that you should not bring an accusation against somebody that is
untrue you know you cannot you cannot condemn but here's the thing you can't
also you cannot use this to condemn those that are making judgments based on
the facts that they're presented with okay so someone gives you if somebody
makes a judgment based on the facts that are presented to them well whether it's
from a false witness or a true witness you cannot condemn that person making
that judgment does that make sense I read I you know pastor did a really good
job clarifying this last night if you know and by the I've been meaning to say
this if you're listening to any other preaching outside of what's going on
here you should be listening to Pastor Anderson because he is your pastor and
if you listen to the sermon you preached last night he goes into depth on this
and was a really good point and then I read this today in my devotions and I'd
like to take a look at it because I thought this was a perfect example of
what he was talking about last night go to 2nd Samuel chapter 1 2nd Samuel
chapter 1 if I'm a judge if I'm a judge and I'm here to pass judgment on
somebody in a criminal court and the witness let's say there's a guy over
here he's accused of murder and they we have these witnesses and they're saying
oh yeah it was him you know I saw a guy who was driving the same car that the
you're saying the murderer had his car was on the scene same make same model I
saw it you know he was fleeing the scene he was there and that guy that's saying
that is lying that's a false witness that's what's talking about you know
somebody's saying oh yeah I saw him didn't see him just lying bold-faced
lying that's the false witness okay now if I as a judge I have no way of knowing
whether or not this guy's telling the truth or not okay if he's found out to
be a false witness then the Bible teaches that he should receive the
punishment that was intended for the one accused so if this guy's over here
facing the death penalty and it's found out this false witness is bringing you
know a false witness against him and it's found out then this guy gets the
death penalty and this guy goes free but that doesn't always happen not every
time am I gonna know whether or not this guy as the judge the this witness is
telling the truth or not but if I take all the facts that are presented and I
make a judgment based on the facts presented me that doesn't and I'm wrong
and I can I say well you know based on all the testimony that we received you
know I find you guilty of X Y & Z but and the guy's not guilty that doesn't
make me a false witness as the judge because all I'm doing is I'm using the
facts that are presented to me and this is important because you know people
will make judgments and say things about people and say based on the evidence
that I see about this individual the things that they said the things that
they do the way they look the way they're acting they are this or that or
the other thing and then people say well you're a fault that's not true you're a
false witness you know you're bringing a railing accusation no I'm taking the
information that's presented to me and making a judgment the only person that
can be the false witness is the guy that comes and knowingly lies and says yeah I
saw him and just a bold-faced lie that's the false witness for second saying
let's take the time to read it because this is a great example of it chapter 1
verse 1 this is after of course in verse 1 it says now it came to pass after the
death of Saul when David was returned from the slaughter of the malachites and
David abode two days in ziklag it came to pass in the third day that behold a
man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent and earth upon his head
so it was when he came to David that he fell to the earth and did obeisance and
David said unto from whence comest thou and he said out of the camp of Israel my
escape and David's David said unto him how went the matter I pray thee tell me
and he answered the people are fled from the battle and many of the people also
are fallen and dead and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also and
David said unto the young man that told him how how knowest thou that Saul and
Jonathan his son be dead and the young man told him said that told him said as
I happened my chance upon Mount Geboah behold Saul leaned upon a spear and lo
the chariots and horsemen follow hard after him and he we looked behind me he
saw me and he called unto me and I answered and I answered here am I and he
said unto me who art thou and I answered him I am in a malachite and he said unto
me again stand I pray thee upon me and slay me for anguish has come upon me
because my life is yet whole so I stood upon him and slew him because I was sure
that he could not live after that he was fallen and I took the crown that was
upon his head and the bracelet was on his arm and have brought them hither to
my Lord now is that how Saul died no if you read the previous you know the last
chapter of the previous book a few pages behind your Bible Bible teaches is very
clearly that Saul Paul fell upon his own sword he asked his armor bearer he said
slay me you know lest they come in and and invite you know they were gonna he
was afraid the Philistines were gonna come and desecrate his body which they
did and but this the armor bearer wouldn't do it so he says he fell on his
own sword it doesn't mean he was running with scissors and tripped he put the
sword down and laid himself on it gruesome death and his armor bearer did
likewise when he saw that Saul was dead so this guy's lying right this guy's a
false witness he's saying this is what happened this is how it all played out
let me tell you all about how it played out and what it what happens to this guy
of course we understand his motive he's trying to get something from David
because he knows that David and Saul are you know enemies although David is you
know hasn't hasn't done anything against Saul even though he could or had
opportunity to so he's trying to get reward from David because he knows
they've been enemies in the past saying hey if I go tell David that I killed
Saul you know he'll probably you know give me something say oh good job you
know and give me a reward so it breaks up this story about how he found Saul
you know and he's the one that killed him it's a false witness right so what
does David do and then David took hold of his clothes verse 11 and rent them
and likewise all the men that were that were with them and they mourned and
wept and fasted until even for Saul and for Jonathan his son and for the people
of the word of the house of Israel because they were fallen by the sword
now if I were this Amalekite that just brought this story I'd be getting
nervous right about now because that's not their reaction I would have was
hoping for hey I killed your enemy fasting ashes morning like uh-oh you
know you did so you know David didn't roll out the cake and ice cream and put
on the party hats and start popping confetti yeah Saul's dead have a good
time this bothered him you know and anyway I don't want to go off in that
because that I mean that the way David was towards Saul is is a very
interesting a very compassionate very long-suffering but but this isn't the
other the reaction the guy was expecting in verse 13 and David said I'm the young
man that told him whence art thou he answered I am the son of a stranger and
Amalekite and David said unto him how was thou not afraid to stretch forth
thine hand to destroy the Lord's anointed oh and David called for one of
the young men it said go near and fall upon him and and he smote him that he
died and the David said unto him thy blood be upon thy head for thy mouth has
testified against thee saying I have slain the Lord's anointed so does that
make David a false accuser does that make him a false witness I mean did this
guy do it no he didn't do it but a false witness came and gave you know this is
why you should not bear false witness because one you'll condemn the guiltless
and two it could come back on your own head so this is a perfect example I mean
David was right to do this the Bible does not condemn David for having done
this anywhere you won't find it where he said well you know Dave was a little
harsh Amalekite and it was and David took it took the evidence that was
presented him and passed judgment upon the man and the Bible doesn't condemn
him for it so you know that's a good example I thought that was a great
example of someone being a false witness and how if we pass judgment based on
someone's testimony what they say if we just go with the facts that are
presented us that kid does not make us a false witness even if it's a bad
testimony if it's a false testimony it's given to us does that make sense okay
I'll move on because it's getting there so he says in verse to go back to verse
21 so we've been covering the Ten Commandments tonight honor you know your
father and mother thou shalt not kill you know neither shalt thou commit
adultery neither shalt thou still thou shalt not bear false witness against
thy neighbor verse 21 neither shalt thou desire thy neighbor's wife neither
shalt thou covet thy neighbor's house in his field or his manservant or his maid
servant his ox or his ass or anything that is thy neighbors so this is the
commandment that because remember earlier the we talked about how the
fact the Catholic Church they take the first two commandments and put them
together well if you do that now you only got nine commandments and everyone
knows it's ten commandments right so now you got it well we're gonna make up
this other commandment well this is where they make it up because they'll
say you know not thou shalt not desire their neighbor's wife that's one
commandment and thou shalt not covet thy neighbor stuff so they separate the
wife and the possessions of your neighbors and say well that's two
commandments there so that's where they make up the other one but you know the
Bible just you know and elsewhere it quotes it is thou shalt not covet you
know just what it doesn't it doesn't make that clarification between a wife
and possessions so you know for whatever that's worth that's where they make it
up verse 22 and the Lord spake unto all your assembly in the mount of the midst
of the fire of the cloud and of the thick darkness with a great voice and he
added no more you know this this is another statement that keeps coming up
you know you shall not add art you shall not add to it neither shalt thou
diminish art from it you know God's given you enough to work on right there
you know you did those Ten Commandments you know if you know just work on that
and we'll all get along and he added no more and he wrote them in two tables of
stone and delivered them unto me I mean that's an amazing this is such an
amazing event we get so just used to hearing about it but he when says he
wrote them on tables it's time about the fact that God wrote them it was written
with the very finger of God that God wrote on these stones these Ten
Commandments and gave them to Moses to take down and give to them it's amazing
story but you know before we you know we're kind of closing out the Ten
Commandments here we're getting to the end of the chapter but what is the
purpose of the Ten Commandments like what what is it about the Ten Commandments
that we should understand well one you know the the Jesus said the whole law
you know it can be summed up in this one thing that the love thy neighbor as
thyself and you can see that in these Commandments you know if you love your
neighbor you're you know you're not gonna you're not going to kill him you
know you're not gonna commit adultery with their spouse you're not gonna steal
from them you're not gonna bear false witness against them you're not gonna
covet their things and steal right that's how you could say well if you
love your neighbor as yourself because you don't want anyone doing those things
to you right so that's you know those Commandments they show us that this is a
good way for society operate and if we could just get those things down and
isn't that what society struggles with the most and so these are so simple this
is such a basic you know chapter these Ten Commandments only ten yeah but these
are the things that society gets wrong the most look at all the theft and the
murder and the adultery and the coveting that's going on in the world you know
and this is so you know if we worked on these things we'd be off it would be a
lot better off as people but what the law also does here is it shows us our
sinfulness because again this is the things that we struggle with the most go
ahead and turn over to 2nd Corinthians chapter 3 we're almost done here you get
to 2nd Corinthians 3 keep something there it's interesting what Paul calls
the Ten Commandments in the New Testament look at 2nd Corinthians
chapter 3 verse 6 who also hath made us able ministers of the New Testament not
of the letter but of the Spirit for the letter killeth right he's talking about
the Old Testament he's talking about the law the letter killeth but the Spirit
giveth light verse 7 but if the ministration of death written and
engraven in stones was glorious so what was written and engraven in stones the
Ten Commandments the law right that's what was written engraven in stone right
but what does he call it here in verse 7 the ministration of death that's what
the Ten Commandments are it's the ministration of death because what the
Ten Commandments do is show you you've broken these you can't keep these well
I've never committed adultery Jesus said if they'll look upon a woman the less
thou commit adultery already in her heart well I've never killed anybody if
thou has hated thy brother in there if you hate your brother you've committed
murder in your heart already so it the the law the Ten Commandments deal with
the heart of man and it shows us that whether or not we do these things we
struggle with them inwardly and it's called the ministration of death because
we have broken these these these Commandments either in our hearts or
actually having done them and he goes on go ahead turn over to Galatians chapter
3 Galatians chapter 3 I'll read to you from Romans 7 what shall we say then is
the law sin God forbid nay I had not known sin but by the law for I had not
known lust except the law had said thou shalt not covet and again didn't you
he just said thou shalt not covet that's one commandment but sin taking occasion
by the commandment rotten manner of me all all manner of concupiscence for
without the law sin was dead for I was alive without the law once but when the
commandment came sin revived and I died and the commandment which was ordained
to life I found to be into death for sin taking a commation by the commandment
deceive me and by it slew me can you see why Paul called it the ministration of
death because the law slew him wherefore the law is holy and the commandment holy
and just and good but was then that which is good made death unto me God
forbid but sin that it might pierce in working death in me by that which is
good that sin by the commandment might become exceedingly sinful the camp the
Commandments the ministration of death it's the ministration of death because
it shows us how sinful we are and the soul that sin is shall die look at
Galatians chapter 3 verse 21 is the law then against the promises of God God
forbid if there had been a law given which could have given life verily the
righteousness which had been by the law you know if you could keep all the
commandments and never break them you could go to heaven because you wouldn't
have any sin right I mean if you can keep all these things perfect like the
good like the rich young ruler said to Jesus all these things that I kept for
my youth up what lack I yet you know if you could do that which wasn't true by
the way it guys liar you could do all those things you could live you could
live in those things and you could go to heaven but here's the thing we've all
broken these things because we all have a sin nature we all have you know sin
within us and the law brings that out it shows us our sinful condition look at
22 but the scripture hath concluded all under sin that the promise by faith of
Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe but before faith came we were
kept under the law shut up unto faith which should afterwards be revealed
wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ that was the
purpose of the law to show you your sinner and that you need Christ it was
to teach you that you cannot get to heaven based on your own good works
because you you're already condemned by the law and it's amazing how many people
say when we knock on their door how do you go to heaven by being a good person
but the Bible says there are none good no not one oh but you'll keep the
commandments but we haven't kept them whosoever shall keep the whole law yet
offended one point is guilty of all but people they say that all the time well
I'm gonna keep the commandments I'm gonna live a good life I'm a big good
person but that's not what the commandments are there for they're there
to show you you're not a good person in the eyes of God now humanly speaking we
say that guy's a good guy right we understand that but the Bible showing us
that the that the purpose of the law was to be a schoolmaster to bring us unto
Christ to show us a need for a Savior that we might be justified by faith but
after that faith has come we are no longer under a schoolmaster so you don't
go to heaven by keeping law you go to heaven through Christ that's why it says
we are no longer under a schoolmaster once we've come to this knowledge you
know we don't the law isn't there to we understand that we're condemned we're
saved we've learned the lesson so to speak from the schoolmaster but let's
just close up here in verse 23 of Deuteronomy chapter 5 and it came to
pass when you heard the voice verse 23 out of the midst of the darkness for the
mountain did burn with fire that you came near unto me even all the heads of
your tribes and your elders so he's gonna begin describing what their
reaction was when they saw this what was the reaction of the people you know was
it like ooh ah you know they saw the fire and everything coming down like
they're looking at fireworks you know like they're they're trying to
synchronize it with some kind of you know operatic piece of music or
something no what was their what was their reaction and he said verse 24
behold the Lord our God has showed us his glory and his greatness and we have
heard his voice out of the midst of a fire and we have seen this day that God
does talk with man and he liveth now therefore why should we die for this
great fire will consume us if we hear the voice of Lord our God anymore then
we shall die and they were overwhelmed by this they were afraid for who is
there of all flesh that heard the voice of the Living God speaking out of the
midst of fire as we have and lived go thou near and hear all the that the Lord
our God shall say and speak thou unto us that the Lord our God shall speak unto
thee and we will hear it and do it you say you know what we don't want to hear
from him anymore Moses you go talk to him and tell us what he had to say we
can't take this anymore this is too intense and this wasn't like prolonged
the God came down the pillar of fire all of the thick blackness the darkness the
clouds the lightings the thunderings the quakings all that and he said no
more he this is all he said and that was enough for them to say we can't take
this this wasn't you know a four-hour you know lecture this was God just
coming down and speaking the law to them and that was enough for them to say we
were gonna die Moses you tell him just just make him stop he said verse 27 go
down here and hear all the Lord shall say and speak that one to us all the
Lord shall speak unto thee and we will hear and do it and the Lord heard your
voice of your word so he's saying look and God heard so he's saying the God
heard what you said to me when you said that you know when you told me to go to
God and I would tell you what he said God heard you say that he heard you what
you said in verse 27 and the Lord heard the voice of your words when you spake
unto me and the Lord said unto me I have heard the words of the voice of this
people which they have spoken unto thee and every time I read this he just sent
shivers up my spine they have well said all that they have spoken God said you
know what you're right to be afraid you're right to want Moses to come talk
to me you're right to think that this is too much for you to take that you'll be
consumed it's what he said they have well spoken and all they have said oh
that there were such a heart in them and God not only that not only does he
approve that he wishes it would continue this fear that's in them oh that there
were such an heart in them that they would fear me and keep all my
commandments always that it might be well with them and with their children
forever exclamation point there God's very emphatic about this I always found
that interesting that God has said hey you know you know I'm not that bad of a
guy you know it's not hey it's not like that you know I'm sorry if I came off a
little too harsh with the whole pillar of fire thing you know I know I
understand it's a little overwhelming for you but you know I'm really gentle
and God is all those things but you know this is the other side of God the
consuming fire you know the holy righteous God and the and he says you
know what you're right to be afraid go verse 30 go to them go say to them get
you into your tents again but as for thee stand out here by me and I will
speak unto thee all the commandments and the statutes and the judgments which
thou shalt teach them but they may do them in the land which I shall give them
to possess it so God had more to say than commandments but now he's gonna
say well I'll tell you what the rest of it I'll tell the Moses and he can
reiterate to you you shall observe to do therefore the Lord your God hath
commanded you you shall not turn aside the right hand of the left you shall
walk in all the ways which is Lord your God hath commanded you that you may live
you know and I brought this up before I know I'm gonna bring this up again why
does God have these rules that you may live and that you may be well with you
not so that God's not just trying to stroke his own ego with these rules God's
trying to protect mankind because he knows man is sinful he's already seen
the earth filled with violence once he doesn't want it to happen again so he
lays down the law that it may be well with you and he may prolong your days
and the land which you shall possess again all these commandments are given
to us for our own good you know and they're they're they're not grievous
you know they're good for us and you know it just shows us you know that God
has is our best interest in mind you know and if we ever get an attitude
about you know having to keep these commandments or you know I just want to
kill you know why not well you know whosoever shall live by the sword shall
die by the sword God's looking out for you you know God doesn't want and he's
looking out for others you know so that's gonna be our sermon let's go
ahead pray