<TITLE>03. Par 19-31</TITLE>L-19 And I find, many times, that people, meeting them on the street, in the highways, and on planes, trains, buses, I'll say to them, "Are you a Christian?"

L-20 One of them will say, "Well, I'm Methodist. I'm Baptist. I'm Presbyterian. I'm Lutheran. Pentecostal," or something on that manner. And all... [Microphone system squeals--Ed.]

L-21   Everyone has got a denomination that he wishes to represent. And that's perfectly all right to be represented by a denomination, but, still, the bad part of it, that each one thinks that this certain group is the only group that--that's going to go to Heaven, and it's the only one that--that God is represented in, at all, is somebody's certain group. I thought this afternoon would be a good time to settle that. [Congregation applauds--Ed.] And perhaps that's why Satan keeps working on this microphone. You know, anything that man makes will go wrong, but what God makes doesn't go wrong. So being a good time to do it, a good place to do it, so, God help us that, by His grace, we will try to do our best to talk about it.

L-22   Now this text, coming out of the Book of Deuteronomy. I understand that Deuteronomy... as I have some Scriptures and things written down here.

L-23 It used to be I could think of them real fast, but since I passed twenty-five, the second time, it comes a little hard for me to remember it all. So, I go into the room and pray. And as He gives me the Scriptures, I jot them down, and maybe a note now and then, with it, kind of keep my mind running the way it was when He gave it to me.

L-24   Deuteronomy being a Greek word meaning "two laws," the word Deuteronomy. And God has two laws.

L-25 And one of them is the law of death, to disobedient to His Word. We find that, when Eve disobeyed His Word, it brought death. That's one of His laws, "The day you eat thereof, that day you die."

L-26 And then He has another law, which is the law of Life, to obedience, if you don't do such a things. Why, keeping His Word, you'll live.

L-27 It boils down to two things, to my way of thinking, that's, either keeping His Word or disobeying His Word.

L-28 One of these laws was given at Mount Sinai. And the other was... That's the law of death. The other law was give at Mount Calvary, where the law of Life was given, through Christ Jesus.
He also has two covenants.

L-29   He had a covenant with Adam, the first man on earth. And that covenant was on conditions, "If you do so-and-so, I'll do so-and-so." Adam would had something to do in order to keep this covenant alive before God. He had to walk in God's ways, keeping all of His Word, not breaking one Word.

L-30 But then He made another covenant, and that was with Abraham. This covenant was not on conditions, but was unconditionally. God gave the covenant to Abraham, no strings tied to it, at all. Unconditional! Not, "I will." "I have! I've already done it."

L-31 And that's the law that Christians must live by. Is not what we do ourself, but what He has done for us. Christ has already been sacrificed. Not, "He will be." He has been! It's a finished product. He lived, died, rose again, ascended into Heaven, has come back in the form of the Holy Ghost. So, it's a finished work, with God. Christ, knowing no sin, became my sin; that I might stand in His place, He took my place. I was in Him, at Calvary, when He died. There I must die with Him, to live. Because the law of sin and death is in the body, you have to die, to be reconciled to Him.


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