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SECTION 1: TERMS OF MOSAIC COVENANT
=> The Law Is The Mosaic Covenant
Hebrews 9:1 Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary.
Hebrews 9:19 For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people,
1. Tabernacle Rituals, Ordinances Of Divine Service & Worldly Sanctuary
Hebrews 9:1, 8-9 Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary
8 The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing:
9 Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience;
* all kinds of rituals and tabernacles. That’s what consisted of the Mosaic covenant
2. Gifts And Sacrifices
Hebrews 9:9 Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience;
3. Blood Sacrifices
Hebrews 9:19 For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people,
4. Dietery Rules & Physical Rules
Hebrews 9:10 Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.
* Dietery Rules = Meats and drinks
* Physical Rules including hygiene = divers washings, and carnal ordinances
5. Observance Of Days, Sabbath Days, Feast Of Unleavened Bread, Etc
Matthew 12:5 Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?
6. Social Aspects, How To Deal With People
Matthew 22:36-40 Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
38 This is the first and great commandment.
39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
* If we look at the book of Leviticus and Numbers, they go chapters long about this
* What we see is just simple verses to cover all that instead reading chapter after chapter
* If we read the book of Exodus, Leviticus, Number and even Deuteronomy we’ll see a whole bunch of rules which will contain all these
7. Follow The Law For Physical Blessings
Deuteronomy 28:1-2 And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:
2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.
* all these rules and laws they had to observe it for physical prosperity (see vs 3-14)
* A lot of churches teaches prosperity gospel, God's gonna make us rich
* Physical blessings & physical riches accompanies the physical law of Moses (observing days, hygiene, dietary rules etc)
* Christians are not bound by that. We gain spiritual blessings because we a spiritual people of God (spiritual nation)
SECTION 2: MOSAIC THEME = LAW
1. Law By Moses, Grace & Truth By Jesus
John 1:17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
* Majority of the bible time period went by the law
2. Before Faith From Jesus Came, They Were Under The Law
Galatians 3:23 But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed
Note:
* its all about rules and commandments
SECTION 3: MOSAIC SALVATION = FAITH + WORKS
1. Faith & Works Is Required For Salvation
Hebrews 11:23-40 By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king's commandment.
24 By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;
25 Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
26 Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.
27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.
28 Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.
29 By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned.
30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days.
31 By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace.
32 And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets:
33 Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,
34 Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
35 Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:
36 And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:
37 They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;
38 (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
39 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:
40 God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.
a. Forgetting God And Doing Wicked Is Considered No Faith
Deuteronomy 32:18-22 Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.
19 And when the LORD saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.
20 And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith.
21 They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
22 For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
* Their salvation is definitely doing works
* This is very different from christian’s today. We are still considered saved by faith even though we sin against God but this verse shows one is considered automatically as no faith
* God’s judgement on them is God’s wrath coming on them that burns even to the lowest hell
* compare it to the next verse
(i) Wicked & All Who Forget God Shall Be Turned Into Hell
Psalms 9:17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
* this verse matches with the verse above.
* If we are honest, how can some people insist that salvation in the law of Moses is by faith alone with all those rules and rituals going on pages after pages long?
2. Works Is Required For Salvation: Doing Works To Obtain Man’s Own Righteousness Was Part Of Their Salvation Plan
a. People Who Walk In God’s Commandments Is Considered To Be Righteous & Blameless
Luke 1:6 And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
* Before Jesus died, God considered people who does this as righteous and blameless.
* God was judging them at the best of their ability that time
b. They Have To Deliver The Salvation Of Their Own Soul By Their Own Righteousness
Ezekiel 14:14 Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord GOD.
* they have to do it by their own effort
* We christians are different. We are saved by Christ's righteousness not our own righteousness
c. If One Quits Living Righteously, One Is Going To Die In Their Sins And Their Soul Will Die
Ezekiel 18:21-24 But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
22 All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.
23 Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord GOD: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?
24 But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.
* This is the scariest verse in the bible
* What does death mean here? It means dying in their sin, its eternally gone
* Ezekial 3:18-21 also talks about the soul that lives or the soul that dies in his sins
* How can someone say that under the law of Moses, they don’t have to do work for their salvation? No. God said right here that if one quits living righteously, one will die in their sins and one’s soul will die
d. Jesus Said To Follow The Law To Inherit Eternal Life
Luke 10:25-28 And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
26 He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?
27 And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
28 And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.
* Jesus asked him to follow the law to get eternal life and to do those works as mentioned in the verses above
e. God Condemns Us Today If We Rely On Our Own Righteousness
Romans 10:3-4 For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.
4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.
* When Jesus died, He ended the law of righteousness
* This shows that there was a time period where people's salvation method are by man's righteousness not God's righteousness
3. Blood Atonement Through Animal Sacrifices Is Required For Forgiveness Of Sins
a. The Sinner Is Required To Sacrifice An Innocent Animal By Killing & Slaying It Before God
Leviticus 4:1-4 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not to be done, and shall do against any of them:
3 If the priest that is anointed do sin according to the sin of the people; then let him bring for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock without blemish unto the LORD for a sin offering.
4 And he shall bring the bullock unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD; and shall lay his hand upon the bullock's head, and kill the bullock before the LORD.
b. Priest’s Are Required For Making Atonement For The Sin Of The People To Get Forgiveness Of Sin.
Leviticus 4:5-7, 26 And the priest that is anointed shall take of the bullock's blood, and bring it to the tabernacle of the congregation:
6 And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before the LORD, before the vail of the sanctuary.
7 And the priest shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the LORD, which is in the tabernacle of the congregation; and shall pour all the blood of the bullock at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
26 And he shall burn all his fat upon the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall make an atonement for him as concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven him.
* the blood is applied everywhere in the tabernacle
SECTION 4: IMPORTANT HIGHLIGHTS
A. GOD DEALS BY PHYSICAL DEALINGS DURING THIS TIME
* Remember, because the spirit is dead, after Adam sinned, God had to deal with them physically
* So it makes sense, even though they had faith, they had to do works out of it physically because God is dealing with physical and he can't based it on spiritual things
* Today's christians we can just go by faith (spiritual) and God can deal with us spiritually because we have a spiritual nature that is alive as a result of Christ sacrifice
* During their time they never had that because when Adam sinned, the spiritual nature died, so God can't do that with them. God deals primarily by physical dealings.
* However we see that God's grace is carried from the beginning to the end (Genesis-Revelation) as He will do some sort of spiritual dealings too but he does not do everything based of spiritual dealings
* Because the spiritual nature was dead, that's why works (physical) that was their salvation system and they cannot do spiritual because the spiritual nature of man was dead
B. THE SOUL UNDER THE LAW VS THE SOUL UNDER CHRISTIANITY
I. THE SOUL UNDER THE LAW: THEIR SOUL IS STUCK TO THEIR BODY. WHATEVER THEY DO IN THEIR PHYSICAL BODY EFFECTS THE SALVATION OF THEIR SOUL
1. Whenever Their Body Did Something, Their Soul Followed Along With That And God Connects It To The Salvation Of Their Soul
Leviticus 5:1-4 And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness, whether he hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity.
2 Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it be a carcase of an unclean beast, or a carcase of unclean cattle, or the carcase of unclean creeping things, and if it be hidden from him; he also shall be unclean, and guilty.
3 Or if he touch the uncleanness of man, whatsoever uncleanness it be that a man shall be defiled withal, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty.
4 Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these.
* Notice verse 2: soul touch? Can our soul touch something?
* Notice verse 4: soul swear? Can our soul swear someone?
* When we read these verses we know its actually their physical body doing that
* Whatever the physical body did, God counted it as their soul doing it and it effects the salvation of their soul
* Why? Because their soul is connected to their body
* Whatever they do in their physical body, it effects their soul
* Their soul’s salvation is connected to what their body does
* See another example below
2. Their Body Is Connected To Their Soul: He Tells The Soul To Bow Down But Its The Body That Bows Down
Isaiah 51:23 But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over.
* Its like their body and their soul are stuck together
* Why? Because their body and their soul are connected to each other and they are interchangeable
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* So, God will judge a person in the old testament by whatever their physical body did and that determies wheter their soul will be going to heaven or hell
* This is interesting, why a christian’s soul goes to heaven and doesn’t go to hell no matter what the body sins because God spiritually circumcised us out of our body
* That’s why our salvation can be done by faith alone (spiritual and not by physical actions)
* Whereas the people in the old testament they had to live by physical actions or else their soul will be judged
II. THE SOUL UNDER CHRISTIANITY: OUR SOUL IS CUT OFF FROM OUR PHYSICAL BODY. WHATEVER WE DO IN OUR BODY DOES NOT EFFECT OUR SALVATION
1. Christians Are Circumcised Spiritually, Our Fleshy Body Of Sins Is Cut Off From Us, Circumcission Of Christ
Colossians 2:11 In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:
* Once we got saved by faith, we got this circumcision already
* its a spiritual circumcision: “circumcision made without hands”
* circumcision of Christ means its done by Lord Jesus Christ. He is the one who performs this circumcission at the moment of salvation when we believe
“ What did God do? What did God circumcise us out of?
* We are are cut off completely from our body. So, no matter what our body sins, it will not contaminate and effect us
* Who is us? We are the soul. When someone dies, its their soul that goes to either heaven or hell
Eg. Ice Cube Tray
* Fill up water in the tray - ice becomes part of the tray
* Break up the ice from the tray but leave the ice in the tray - ice is no longer part of the tray - it is cut off but still in the tray
* If a save person sins with his body, it doesnt affect his soul
* Our soul is not corrupted with sin no matter how many times we sin in our body
* That’s why when we die, we will go to heaven no matter what.
=> Once Saved Always Saved
* But we still commit sin in our body and God is going to judge our soul for the sins done in our body
2. How Will Christians’s Be Judged? We Will Be Judged For Things Done In Our Body, Our Works And Service To God
a. We Will Be Judged At The Judgement Seat Of Christ, God Will Judge Good Or Bad Things Done In Our “Body”
2 Corinthians 5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
b. We Will Be Judged For Our “Work”: Every Secret, Good Or Evil Work
Ecclesiastes 12:14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
c. We Are Judged For Our Service To God: “Works” Will Be Revealed And Tried By Fire: Good Works Rewarded, Bad Works Burnt (We Loose Rewards) We Are Still Saved
1 Corinthians 3:12-15 Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
13 Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.
14 If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.
15 If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.
* Our works will be revealed and tried by fire
* If our works are good, we will get rewards (gold, silver or precious stones). If our works are bad, we will loose rewards but we are still saved
* Noticed verse 15: “but he himself shall be saved” we are still saved
* This judgement is not to judge our salvation but it is to judge our service to God
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* In the old testament, everything that their physical body did, God counted it as the salvation of soul in old testament because their soul was connected to their body
* Jehovah witness thinks the body and soul is the same. When we die, the body is dead. It doesn't go to heaven or hell. They don’t believe in soul and body but that will be solved if they study dispensationalism
* The reason people criticize right doctrine and believe wrong doctrine so easily is because the don’t have the right foundation.
* If they are familiar with dispensationalismh, then they will understand what is wrong with these wrong teachings
* If we learn dispensationalism we will understand that there is a physical circumcission and a spiritual circumsission and the judgement seat of christ which is to judge our service to God and not a judgement that judges our soul wheter we are going to heaven or hell, then a lot of question will be answered and it will solve a lot of supposedly contradictions
* Dispensationalism means dividing. God administering things in order. Not all things are the same
C. PHYSICAL SIGNS WERE REQUIRED TO THE JEWS FOR THEM TO BELIEVE (TO HAVE FAITH)
1. Physical Jews Require Physical Signs: Jews Require A Sign
1 Corinthians 1:22 For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:
2. Very First Mention Of Physical Signs: It Is To The Jews To Make Them Believe (To Have Faith)
Exodus 4:1-9 And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The LORD hath not appeared unto thee.
2 And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod.
3 And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it.
4 And the LORD said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand:
5 That they may believe that the LORD God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee.
6 And the LORD said furthermore unto him, Put now thine hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow.
7 And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom again; and plucked it out of his bosom, and, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh.
8 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.
9 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land.
1. Rod Turn To Serpent (Exodus 4:2-4)
2. Hand Turned Leprous As Snow When Put In Bosom (Exodus 4:6-8)
3. Water Turn To Blood (Exodus 4:9)
* Very first mention of physical signs did not go to christian church. It went to Jews
* Noticed verse 5: “God of their fathers”, their forefathers. Its all to the Jews
* These phsical signs are performed to the Jews so that they believe in God (so that they can have faith in God) because they can see the physical signs happening right in front of their eyes
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* For christians, we don’t go by physical signs today.
* Why is it back then Jews went by physical signs? Remember, because God was dealing with them physically. That’s why physical literal signs had to be shown
* God’s physical dealings with physical nation of Jews will be obvious that God will have to use physical signs to prove it.
* But for christians because we are a spiritual nation (spiritual Israel), and God is dealing with us spiritually, that’s why we don’t go by physical signs
* Because God’s dealings are spiritual we go by faith. “Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God”
D. SPIRITUAL DEALINGS OF THE LAW
1. Person’s Salvation In The Old Testament Could Not Be Determined By Spiritual Dealings But By Physical Dealings
a. Since We Have The Spirit Which Is Alive, Why Go By Physical?
Galatians 3:2-3 This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
3 Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?
* Paul is questioning if we received the spirit by works of law or by hearing of faith?
* Paul is saying since we have a spiritual nature that’s awaken, why still go by physical?
* This verse shows a vital difference between new testament christians from the old testament Jews.
* They are different from christians because they go by the flesh (physical) (eg. works of the law) while christians, we go by the spirit
b. If The Law Could Give Life, Our Righteousness Should Be By The Law
Galatians 3:21 Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.
* This verse is saying the law is not againts the promises of God.
* If the law could have given life, then our righteousness should have been by the law
* Why? Because we have the spiritual nature alive that’s within us
* Compare with Ezekial 18
2. The Soul Of The People During The Old Testmant Were Determined By The Works Of Their Flesh
a. Wicked People: Wicked People Who Turned From Their Wickedness And Does The Law, Their Soul Will Shall Be Saved
Ezekiel 18:27 Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.
b. Righteous People: Righteous People Who Turned From Their Righteousness, They Will Die In Their Sin
Ezekiel 18:26 When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he die.
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* Why was it like that?
* Its because the spiritual nature was dead during the old testament. God could not deal with them spiritually
* So, God deals with them physically and counted their soul’s salvation based on their physical deeds. So, They had to go by their physical deeds, physical actions and works so that they can be counted worthy to receive salvation from God
* Where else Paul showed us a big contrast that the law could not give people in the new testament righteousness.
* Why? Its because now we have a spiritual nature that’s alive
* Physical dealings is not enough because man’s physical righteousness of the law can never meet the standard of God’s righteousness no matter how much man lives righteously
* God is a spirit and they that worship Him must worship Him in sprit and in truth
* No one can ever meet God’s perfection. No one could keep every jot and tittle of the whole law for salvation and be so perfect and sinless until Jesus Christ
* Jesus had to die to meet perfection for all of us
3. The Very Best That Man Can Do Is Still Nothing Great In God’s Eye
Psalms 39:5 Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
Isaiah 64:6 But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
4. Jesus Came To Fulfill The Righteousness Of The Law For Those Who Choose To Walk By The Spirit
Romans 8:3-4 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
* The physical dealing by the law is weak
* Noticed verse 3: “condemned sin in the flesh”.Jesus came and got rid of that sin in the flesh
* So, Jesus came so that righteousness of the law is fulfulled in those who walk by the Spirit
5. No One Could Keep The Law
Acts 15:10 Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
* none could work it out to the best
* Why? Because at their best it is still weak to the flesh
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* because when Adam sinned, the spiritual nature was dead. So Go has to deal with them physically
* So, in order to deal with them physically, its not like new testament christians where we go by faith, walking in the spirit but rather physical hard law. So many rules about physical aspects which even include hygiene and diet
* People who teach salvation has been the same eversince the beginning are going to pull up these new testament verses to insist that old testament saints were not saved by the law and it really seem to show that.
* But if we look in the old testament, we can see that they have to do all these works for their salvation
* If we are a dispensationalist, its very simple to understand because in the old testament there was no spiritual nature that was alive. So they had to do all this physical fleshy works to get their salvation
* But now since Jesus Christ died on the cross, we can see from a new testament perspective that those physical fleshy works and deeds could not save us
* Why? Because Jesus Christ’s spiritual perfection is far more better in comparison. So, now we go by that.
E. MAN’S STANDARD VS GOD’S STANDARD
I. OLD TESTAMENT: BY MAN’S STANDARD
1. Gain One’s Own Righteousness If Observe The Commandments
Deuteronomy 6:24-25 And the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the LORD our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as it is at this day.
25 And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us
* Noticed verse 25: “our righteousness”. Its man’s own righteousness
* Christians are different. We receive the righteousness of God because we have a spiritual nature that is alive. So, the Holy Spirit can come inside us and give us God’s righteousness
2. One Is Considered Righteous If They Walk In All The Commandments
Luke 1:6 And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
* God counted them as righteous and blameless according to the best capability that man can do (determined by comparing man to man, man’s standard)
3. God Considers Them Pefect By Man’s Standard Of Perfection (Man Compared To Man, That’s Their Ability, The Best That Man Can Do)
Matthew 19:16-18 And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?
17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
18 He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,
19 Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
20 The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet?
21 Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.
* Noticed verse 16: “what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?”
* Jesus never said by faith. But rather, Jesus gave him all these physical works to do of the law because Jesus didn’t die on the cross yet
* God considered it perfect according to man’s standard
Note:
* When the bible talks about perfection and righteousness in the old testament, it was not in God's standard (God is a spirit). Its by man's standard (physical)
* God considered them safe but it was not really complete and not perfect because there was no spiritual nature alive that time, so he had to deal with them physical like that
* That’s why the death of Jesus Christ is so important for a complete salvation
II. NEW TESTAMENT: BY GOD’S STANDARD
Main Text: Romans 3:9-25
1. No One Is Perfect In God's Point Of View (By God’s Standard)
Romans 3:9-19 What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;
10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
11 There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
12 They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
13 Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:
14 Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:
15 Their feet are swift to shed blood:
16 Destruction and misery are in their ways:
17 And the way of peace have they not known:
18 There is no fear of God before their eyes.
19 Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
* Paul is using the old testment law to prove that before God, everyone has sins and they are not good enough to go to heaven
2. Its Never By Doing The Physical Deeds Of The Law That We Can Be Justified In God’s Eyes
Romans 3:20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
3. The Righteousness Of God Without The Law Differentiates Man's Righteousness By The Law
Romans 3:21 But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
* so that’s why in order to attain the righteousness of God, it is not by our good works for salvation
4. We Receive Righteousness Of God By Faith Unto All That Believe
Romans 3:22 Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:
5. Everyone Sins, No One's Perfect
Romans 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
6. We Are Justified Freely By His Grace Because Jesus Redeemed Us
Romans 3:24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
7. It Is Based Upon The Sacrifice Of Jesus Christ: It Is By Faith In The Blood Of Jesus That We Are Declared Righteous For The Remission Of Sin
Romans 3:25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
* Propitiation means the act of appeasing wrath
* God sent Jesus to be the act of appeasing His wrath
* The wrath of God abides on sinners, those who aren't saved
* Hell is the wrath of God. Hell is a place where God pours out His wrath on a sinner for all eternity. That's why we need to be saved, because God is angry with us sinners and God hates sin. We have to come to Him, Jesus who paid for our sin
* Jesus Christ suffered the wrath of God for the sins of the whole world. God the Father poured out his wrath on Jesus Christ for our sins. Jesus Christ died in our place for our sins.
* Our sins are paid for. Why do we need to still go to hell and pay for it? All that needs to take place is trust the blood, then that forgiveness is ours through the atonement of Christ. So we don't have to go to hell. We have eternal redemption through the one sacrifice of Jesus Christ
* It is based on the sacrifice of Jesus that we can have all these things but in the old testament, they didn’t have the suffering Messiah to die for them. So, they had no choice but to go by the law
F. THE LAW IS PROOF THAT EVERYONE TODAY IS IN NEED OF SALVATION BY FAITH IN CHRIST ALONE
Main Text: Galatians 3:19-25
1. The Law Was There Because Of Sin Until Jesus Could Come
Galatians 3:19 Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
* Wherefore then serveth the law? = what can the law do?
* Paul mentioned that the law was there because of the sins they were committing till Jesus should come
2. In Comparison To God, We Can Never Be Righteous
Galatians 3:20-21 Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.
21 Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.
3. Because Everyone Sin, We Have To Go By Faith Of Jesus Christ
Galatians 3:22 But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
* Because everyone sin in comparison to God, so they have to go by faith of Jesus
4. Before Faith Came, We Have To Be Bound By The Law
Galatians 3:23 But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
* Faith and Jesus’s Christ’ righteousness its only operational based upon when Jesus Christ came and died on the cross
* That’s why new testament christians, we can say its never by the law for us.
* But in the old testament, they couldn’t say that because Jesus Christ didn’t die on the cross yet
* It is also important to the Jews that they have to have a suffering Messiah who would die and take care of their sin
5. The Law Is To Bring Us To Christ So That We Might Be Justified By Faith
Galatians 3:24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
* The law is proof that everyone is in need of salvation by faith in Christ alone because everyone is a sinner in comparison with God
6. Since Jesus Came, We Are No Longer Under By The Law
Galatians 3:25 But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.
Note:
* The law is proof that everyone today is in need of salvation by faith in Christ alone. Why? Because everyone is a sinner in comparison to God.
* In the old testament, God determined them by man’s standard. So, no one can be actually perfect for salvation by the law.
* God had to determine salvation in the old testament by physical aspect according to man’s righteousness
* Why? Because the spiritual nature was not operational that time and Jesus have not died on the cross yet so that He can give the Holy Spirit to them
* But now that Jesus Christ did that, we have to go by that now and no more by the law
G. BLOOD ATONEMENT BY ANIMAL SACRIFICES WERE REQUIRED TO RECEIVE FORGIVENESS OF SINS
1. Blood Atonement By Animal Sacrifices Were Required For Forgiveness Of Sins
Hebrews 9:19-22 For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people,
20 Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you.
21 Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry.
22 And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
* they could not receive for remission (forgiveness of sins) unless they do blood atonement sacrifices
* Other verses about forgiveness of sins by physical animal blood sacrifices (blood atonement): Leviticus chapter 4,5,6,7,16
2. Blood Atonement By Animal Sacrifices For Forgiveness Of Sins Is Incomplete, It Does Not Take Away Or Clear Their Sins
Hebrews 10:4 For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.
* That’s why Jesus’ sacrifice is so important, so that He can make a complete forgiveness of sins which can take away and clear all the sins of the world
3. Blood Atonement By Animal Sacrifices For Forgiveness Of Sins Will Not Take Away Sins
Hebrews 10:11 And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:
* They could only get forgiveness of sins but it will not clear away their sins
4. God Says He Can Forgive Them But By No Means Clear Their Sins
Exodus 34:7 Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
Note:
* They had to do this because no one was able to keep the law and no one was perfect and this will help them to make up for it. To be forgiven, like a clean slate and then start over again. That’s why blood atonement by animal sacrifices were important during that time
* After Jesus Christ when He died with His blood atonement sacrifice, we can now based it on that. But they didn’t have Jesus’s blood atonment sacrifice, so they had to go by blood atonement by physical animal sacrifices.
* During the old testament because they were not fully cleared of their sins, their salvation is incomplete. However, God considers them as saved people and put them in a temporary place called Abraham’s Bosom to wait for Jesus Christ to come and die on the cross to compete their salvation and then get them out of there
H. OLD TESTAMENT SAINTS WHO DIED GOES TO PARADISE IN HELL (ABRAHAM’S BOSSOM)
* because their sin’s are not fully cleared (they are resting there waiting for Jesus to complete their salvation)
1. Jesus Said To The Thief On The Cross Today He Shall Be With Jesus In Paradise
Luke 23:43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
2. The Bible Tells Us That Jesus Will Be 3 Days And 3 Nights In The Heart Of The Earth
Matthew 12:40 For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
* heart of the earth means its down underneath, not up
* Paradise is down below the earth where hell was located
3. Paradise Was Orginally Garden Of Eden: When God Created Eden It Had The Tree Of Life
Genesis 2:8 And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
9 And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
4. The Future Paradise Of God Has The Tree Of Life
Revelation 2:7 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
5. Eden Descended Into The Lower Parts Of The Earth: Eden Is In The Nether Parts Of The Earth In The Same Vicinity Of Hell And The Bottomless Pit
Ezekial 31:16, 18 I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth.
18 To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord GOD.
* Eden was not destroyed in Noah's flood. God send it down to the nether parts of the earth
6. Paradise Is Also Called Abraham's Bosom
a. Rich Man And Beggar (Lazarus) Died. Rich Man Went To Hell And Lazarus Went To Abraham’s Bosom
Luke 16:19-23 There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
21 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
b. Hell And Abraham’s Bosom Were Located Next To Each Other. They Could See And Communicate With Each Other
Luke 16:23-24 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
c. Hell Is a Place Of Torment And a Abbraham’s Bosom Is A Place Of Comfort
Luke 16:25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
d. There Is a Gulf That Seperates Them And They Cannot Pass Although They Are At The Same Area
Luke 16:26 And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.
7. Old Testament Saints Who Died Goes To Paradise In The Underworld
a. Saul Went To A Witch To Bring Up Samuel From Paradise. The Witch Says She Saw Gods (Angels) Bringing Him Up. Samuel Came Up As An Old Man
1 Samuel 28:11-13 Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he said, Bring me up Samuel.
12 And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice: and the woman spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me? for thou art Saul.
13 And the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for what sawest thou? And the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the earth.
14 And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she said, An old man cometh up; and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed himself.
* This is the only instance in the bible that a soul was being called up because God allowed it
b. The Purpose Of Paradise Is As A Place To Rest
Job 3:11-13 Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?
12 Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?
13 For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,
c. Samuel Asked Saul Why Did He Bring Him Up From His Rest?
1 Samuel 28:15 And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do.
d. Even David Was Not Up In Heaven
Acts 2:34-35 For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
35 Until I make thy foes thy footstool.
e. Jesus Preached The Gospel To The Dead: These Are The People In Paradise
1 Peter 4:6 For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.
f. God Says That The Sins Of The Old Testament Saints Were Only Forgiven But They Were Not Cleared. They Were Not Redeemed
Exodus 34:7 Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
* Only Jesus Christ can manage to accomplished the work of redemption by His blood on the cross
g. The Old Testament Law And Sacrifices Could Not Make Them Perfect. It Is Impossible That Blood Of Animals Can Take Away Their Sins
Hebrews 10:1-4, 11 For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.
2 For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins.
3 But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year.
4 For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.
11 And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:
* The old testament saints who died were forgiven of their sins and they would go to a place called Paradise and there they awaited the atonement of Jesus.
h. Only By Jesus Death, Redemption Was Able To Be Accomplished For The Old Testament Saints
Hebrews 9:15 And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
* The old testament saints who died were sent to a place called Abraham's Bosom or Paradise which is a place of rest and comfort waiting for Jesus to finish His work of atonement for them
i. Paul Talks About Getting Forgiveness Of Sins For The Old Testament Saints: Remission Of Sins That Are Past
Romans 3:25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
j. During The Time Before Jesus Died On The Cross. John Said That No Man Has Gone Up To Heaven
John 3:13 And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
8. Jesus Took Captivity Captive And Brought Them To Paradise In 3rd Heaven
Ephesians 4:8-9 Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.
9 (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?
9. After Jesus’s Ressurection, The Dead Saints Bodies Came Out Of Their Graves, Went Into The City And Appeared Unto Many Before They Were Brought Up To 3rd Heaven
Matthew 27:52-53 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,
53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
10. Paradise Is Now In 3rd Heaven
2 Corinthians 12:2, 4 I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
4 How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.
11. What Is This Paradise In 3rd Heaven: This Paradise Of God Has The Tree Of Life
Revelation 2:7 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
* This tree of life is in new Jerusalem (see Revelation 21 & 22)
12. The Tree Of Life Is In New Jerusalem
a. John Is Talking About New Jerusalem Which Will Descend Down From Heaven
Revelation 21:2, 10 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
10 And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
b. John Describes What Is Inside New Jerusalem: The Tree Of Life
Revelation 22:2, 14 In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
13. Paradise Is No More In The Underworld. Hell Has Enlarged Herself, There Is No More Gulf
Isaiah 5:14 Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.
Note:
* After 3 days and 3 nights accomplished, Jesus rose up and His soul got back His body (a glorified body) and He ascended bodily into heaven
* Jesus went down to Abraham's Bosom, completing their salvation, took took them out of Abraham's Bosom and put Abraham's Bosom or paradise up to the 3rd heaven where God is
* Old testament Jews have to go through the physical dealings of God because the spiritual nature of man was dead during that time
* So God deals with them physically and they had to do physical works to the best that they can.
* God counted them temporarily blameless (according to man’s standard) because they are not perfect in comparison to God’s standard
* God put all these old testament saints temporarily in Abraham's Bosom in hell because Jesus have not died on the cross yet to make the ultimate complete and perfect sacrifice to pay for all our sins
* Until Jesus died on the cross, then He can get them out of there
* God is a spirit, Jesus gives the Holy Spirit and gets the spiritual nature alive and start the spiritual operations going
* After Jesus died that's why we don't need to do all those physical dealings anymore because now we are under spiritual dealings
I. THE PROMISED SEED WHICH WILL ONE DAY BRUISE SATAN’S HEAD
1. Protecting The Seed From Being Contaminated
a. God Cast Out & Destroy Other Nations & Does Not Allow Intermarry To Protect The Seed From Being Contaminated
Deuteronomy 7:1-3 When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou;
2 And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them:
3 Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.
b. Nehemiah Cursed, Smote & Pluck Out The Hair Of Jews Who Intermarry To Protect The Seed From Being Contaminated
Nehemiah 13:23-27 In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab:
24 And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of each people.
25 And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves.
26 Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin.
27 Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?
Note:
* God doesn’t want the seed to be tainted
* The seed of the Messiah is important & essential
* God had to divide and segregate them to make sure that seed is protected from contamination
* Things are different after Jesus died on the cross