This episode of the Daily Bible Podcast celebrates the excitement of a special Sunday marked by on-site baptisms following the church service. The hosts discuss the significance of baptism in the Christian faith, emphasizing immersion as the biblically endorsed method and explaining the spiritual meaning behind the practice. They also address common questions regarding the necessity of baptism for salvation and explore the distinction between Old Testament tithing and New Testament giving. The episode includes a reading and analysis of Deuteronomy chapters 14-16, focusing on laws of purification, tithing, Sabbath observance, and various Jewish feasts, highlighting their fulfillment in Christ. The podcast concludes with prayers of gratitude for the day’s baptisms and the fulfillment of biblical ceremonies through Jesus.

00:00 Introduction and Welcome

00:04 Exciting Baptism Event Details

00:50 Significance of Baptism

02:10 Understanding Baptism in Christianity

04:20 Biblical Command and Obedience

05:16 Daily Bible Reading Plan

05:41 Deuteronomy 14: Laws and Tithing

09:03 Deuteronomy 15: Sabbath Year and the Poor

11:05 Deuteronomy 16: Feasts and Their Significance

13:15 Christ as the Fulfillment of the Law

15:42 Conclusion and Prayer

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Hey everybody.

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Welcome back to another edition

of the daily Bible podcast.

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Hello and good morning.

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It is Sunday morning and we

have baptisms at church today.

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Wow.

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What a day.

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Red letter day.

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It is a red letter day.

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Not our first baptisms ever,

but our first onsite baptisms.

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This is exciting.

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It is exciting.

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What are we going to be doing?

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We are doing it right after service.

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About 20 minutes after we wrap up.

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So 1120 is usually when we wrap our

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We have.

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pizza for everybody because we know

we're asking you to stay a little bit

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later, but it's going to be worth it.

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We want our whole church

family there to celebrate this.

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This is monumental for these five lives

that are going to be given their testimony

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about what God has done in their life.

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And so we want you there.

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We want you to be there with your family.

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So we want to feed you because we know

right after church, kids get hungry.

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We get hungry.

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So I'm going to have a piece of

ravenous in the tank with me.

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I'm going to be so funny as they're

giving their testimony as you're

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holding them down under the water.

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Hold on.

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Let me finish my slice.

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Yeah.

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That's good.

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And we have five people that are going

to be telling the greatest story they

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could possibly tell, which is how

God has transformed their life from

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unregenerate to regenerate, how God

has brought them to new life in Christ.

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And that is the purpose of this.

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And so a lot of churches, you'll see them

do it different ways and in, scripture

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is largely quiet on the methodology

of how you go about the, all the

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peripherals we know we believe we're.

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We're convinced of immersion

being the right method of baptism

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that's what baptizo to be placed

into implies is full immersion.

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And so that's what we do.

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But as far as what else is involved in

that scripture is largely quiet on that.

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But what we do is we like to have

the baptismal candidate give their

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testimony in front of their church

family because it's a reminder of why

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they're there rather than just having

me say, Hey, Do you believe in Jesus

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Christ as your Lord and Savior and

having them say yes and then dunking

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them, we want them to be able to own

their story in front of their people.

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And it also gives our church an

opportunity to rejoice specifically over

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what God has done in this person's life.

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So it's a, I love the way that we do it.

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I think it's Lord willing as, as long as

we're here and God allows us to continue.

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I think we'll always do baptisms this way.

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I love hearing the testimony

from the person getting baptized.

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Amen to that.

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I really appreciate that as well.

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The story, the personalization of it

all, even though there's a danger,

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Some people talk a long time and they

just get excited about their story.

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So naturally they just want

to share the whole thing.

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But besides that, it's a

really special experience.

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Now here's a couple of questions

that I know some people are going to

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ask why do Christians get baptized?

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First of all, what does it mean?

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Why do they do it?

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Why do we do it?

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It means to be placed into the

word literally means to be placed

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into as I referenced earlier.

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And so there are two baptisms

that we find in scripture.

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The first is baptism in the

spirit, which is coincidental

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with regeneration with conversion.

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You are placed into Christ by

the spirit that takes place at

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the moment that you're saved.

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It's not a subsequent thing down the road.

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As some churches believe that

there's a being baptized by the

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spirit later on down the road.

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A lot of times you'll hear churches say

that is accompanied with a, an assigned

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gift, usually speaking in tongues.

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We don't adhere to that.

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We don't believe that's

the scriptural teaching.

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We believe that it's part

and parcel with salvation.

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Roman six says that you have

been placed into, you've been

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baptized into Christ death.

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And so we believe that takes

place at the moment of salvation,

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the moment of conversion.

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And then there's the water

baptism and that's what we're

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about to do on Sunday today.

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And that's different

because this is a symbol.

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It's an, sometimes you'll hear

people say it's an outward

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expression of an inward reality.

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It's a symbol of that being placed

into Christ, being buried with

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him by baptism into his death and

being raised to newness of life.

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And so another reason why we believe

in the validity of immersion is it

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really symbolized that the person

is literally submerged in the

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water, which is a symbol of their.

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burial with Christ and they are brought

back out of the water which is a symbol of

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their resurrection to the newness of life.

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So Romans six is a lot of the

background that the physical act of

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baptism represents or symbolizes.

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So naturally one of the questions is going

to be, does someone need to be baptized

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to be saved or to be part of the church?

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So the act itself showcases something.

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It doesn't necessarily do something.

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But if someone professes faith, but

has been dragging their heels to get

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baptized for whatever reason, does this

in any way put their faith at risk?

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I don't think it puts their faith at risk.

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It's not a requirement for salvation.

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Even the text in first Peter that

says baptism, which corresponds

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to this now saves you is not.

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referring to water baptism because

he goes on to say not as a washing of

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water, but as an appeal to God for a good

conscience and that appeal to God for a

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good conscience refers to spirit baptism.

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It's conversion.

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That's what's giving us a good conscience

is our repentance and faith in Jesus.

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That said baptism is a biblical command.

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It's something that Jesus has

commanded of his followers.

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And so if you are a Christian and

you are saying, I don't want to be

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baptized or you're giving excuses

as to why it's not for you then I

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would say that there's a danger there

in that you are walking in action.

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of disobedience to the Lord in that.

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And so while it doesn't save you,

it is part of your sanctification

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and it's a step of obedience that is

very clear and plain in scripture.

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There are gray areas in scripture.

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Baptism is not a gray area.

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It's a command.

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And so if you're out there and you haven't

been baptized, you're listening to this,

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let me encourage you to come in and talk

with us and say, Hey, when's the next one?

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Cause I need to get signed up for that.

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Yeah.

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I really liked the analogy of saying

that baptism is the Bible and it's

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not a thing for us to talk about.

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We're more than happy to talk about it.

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And if you're curious about how that

works for you, if you want to get into the

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Bible unfortunately you need to do that.

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But if you want to know more, you can go

to Deuteronomy 2 and On the other hand, if

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you want to learn how to read Hebrew, go

to Deuteronomy 1 and just the whole list.

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you're looking at your Bible and you're

looking at this text Fair warning for you

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for your daily Bible reading tomorrow,

you're going to have four chapters and

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granted, they're not terribly long.

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Any of them, all of them are right

around 20 verses, but it's, you're, you

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carve out some extra time tomorrow cause

you're gonna have four chapters tomorrow.

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It's going to be a long day.

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Yeah.

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Long morning.

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And I, I like those mornings.

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I just, it, it just takes a

long time to get through it.

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It does.

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It does.

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Yeah.

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So just in an effort not to

rush through it, give yourself a

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little bit extra time tomorrow.

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Good call.

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Deuteronomy 14.

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This chapter contains reminders about

the laws of purification, including

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what they were allowed to eat and

what they were to abstain from.

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And it concludes with a section on

tithing that had to that had been amended

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now versus what it was previously to

include the instructions on bringing

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tithes to the Lord's chosen place.

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So remember God was setting up

camp at a specific location in

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the promised land, and he wanted.

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The sacrifices and offerings

brought there, including the tithes,

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they were to be brought there.

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And so there's a progression of the

revelation as God is helping his people

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understand how he is to be worshiped.

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Now that they're about to

enter into the promised land.

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Amen.

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Yeah.

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No, though versus 25 through

26 year tithing here is to be

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something that's celebratory.

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It's joyful.

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It's celebratory that people

were to participate even in

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the fruit of their tithes.

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And that's worth note here

because you'll notice there to.

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Turn in there.

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The ones that are too far away, turn

it into money, bind up the money in

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your hand, go to the place that the

Lord chooses, and then buy what you

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desire, oxen, sheep, wine, strong

drink, whatever your appetite craves.

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And you shall eat it therefore

before the Lord, your God and

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rejoice you in your household.

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And so there's a parallel here to

today and giving in the church.

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In that the gifts and offerings

that you give to the church,

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you're going to participate in the

blessings that those will provide.

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You're going to participate

in the joy of that.

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It's not the same as paying

your taxes to the government.

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And there they go.

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And it's Oh man, I just paid for

who knows what's going to happen.

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When you're giving to the

church, you're giving to.

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We'll see the church continue to serve

you and your family and do great things

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for the body of Christ in general.

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So there's a joy that should be

accompanied with our gifts as we give

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our offerings on a weekly basis because

it's going to benefit us as well.

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So is tithing biblical or to ask it

differently, is tithing something

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that Christians are supposed to do?

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Yeah.

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And we need to be careful with that.

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I think we've talked about that before.

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We have, it's worth repeating.

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Yeah.

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The tithe in the old

Testament is different from

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giving in the new Testament.

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The tithe in the old Testament was

tithe means a 10th, but there were

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multiple tithes that were brought such

that I think it was close to 35 to, I

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think I've heard even up to close to

40 percent of one's material income

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or property that they had, that they

were tithing or giving every year.

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We say 10 percent because

it's a good target.

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It's a good starting place.

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It's a good place to say, Hey, this

is a good place for you to start.

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It doesn't mean that's all you can give

and there's going to be seasons where

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you may be in some financial straits and

you're giving a little bit less than that.

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I think always.

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Setting your heart to give

something is important.

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And if 10 percent of it can be your

target, that's a great place for you

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to have a target and to give from, but

there's not a correlation between the

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old Testament tithe and the new Testament

offering other than it's an act of

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worship that we're rendering to the Lord.

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Yeah, I would add one minor thing.

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And it's that the old Testament came with

a certain level of glory, but you have a

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much greater glory in the new Testament.

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If the law was binding on our consciences

in the old, with these kinds of

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strictures and these kinds of giving

patterns, I would dare say that the goal

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for the Christian is to be generous.

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And I think you have lots of evidence

for that in the new Testament.

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Our giving is to reflect

the generosity of our God.

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That's essentially why we give, although

there is something of a parallel

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between the Levites and the pastors.

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And basically we live off of your giving.

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That's how that works.

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But I think the goal for the Christian.

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It's generosity.

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And the reason for that

generosity is of course, because

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of the generosity of Christ.

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Yeah.

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I had a mentor who told me before

going into pastoral ministry full

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time, he said, you're not any

different than a missionary other than

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you're raising support every week.

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That's true.

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A missionary is going to come home over

the summer and visit the supporting

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churches, but it's just a week.

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Yeah.

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Chapter 15.

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Then we get in here to rules for

observing the Sabbath year and for how

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to treat the poor among the people.

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And so again, remember this is

something Israel is going to

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neglect and this is part of what

God is going to judge Israel for.

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Is there a failure to observe

the Sabbath years, the year of

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Jubilee, so forth and so on.

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They're not going to do this well.

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And so in chapter 15 we get this

again, this concept of in seven years

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there's a release of all debtors.

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Deuteronomy 15.

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4 is interesting.

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He says, there's not going

to be any poor among you.

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And that's pointing to the blessings

of the land and the abundant

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produce and provision that's

going to be there in the land.

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Instead, they're going to be

the bar, the lender, not the

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borrower, the ruler, not the slave.

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And so they're there to be generous to

your point, there to be a generous people.

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We as Christians are to be

a generous people as well.

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But this is something that, that

Israel is not going to do well on.

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Yeah, in fact, we even get an allusion

to that because look at verse 11,

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even though verse four said, there's

not going to be any poor among you.

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Deuteronomy 15, 11

mentions there being poor.

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And so here it seems that Moses betrays.

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He knows that Israel is not going

to be perfectly obedient in this.

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They're not going to be even close

to perfectly obedient in this, and

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there's going to be judgment and part

of the judgment is they're not going to

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have all the blessings that otherwise

God would have provided for them.

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Look at verse 10.

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You should you're, you shall give to

him freely and your heart shall not be

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begrudging or grudging when you give

to him because for this, the Lord,

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your God will bless you in all your

work and in all that you undertake that

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attitude is what God promised to bless.

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And anything contrary to that is what

God promises is going to be something

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that's going to be a challenge for them.

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Not going to be good.

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So you're right.

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I think I saw that.

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I thought, okay, he's saying no poor here.

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And yet he's also saying, by the

way, there's going to be poor.

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I think the first part is aspirational.

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This is what I want for you guys.

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This is what would result in your good.

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But knowing that you're stubborn

and hardhearted, here's the reality.

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Let me tell you how to operate with this.

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Yeah.

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And I think that's the verse that

Jesus is referring to when he says,

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you will always have the poor with you.

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When his.

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They're, he's confronted about

not selling the perfume, I believe

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it is in giving to the poor.

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And he says, you're always

going to have the poor with you.

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I think this is a, that's a callback

here to this particular passage.

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That's fair.

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Deuteronomy 16.

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Then we get into the list of

the different feasts again.

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And you get Passover

versus one through eight.

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You've got the feast of weeks in versus

nine through 12, the feast of booths

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in versus 13 through 17 Passover.

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Notice the change here is to be observed.

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at the place of worship.

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And so again, there's going

to be a physical location.

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There's going to be a constant

place, a static place.

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That's where the Passover was to be

observed, but everything else in keeping

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with the previous instructions there that

Israel had received the Feast of Weeks.

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Remember this is what comes

to be known as Pentecost.

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And so in Acts 2, 1, when it says on the

day of Pentecost, we think Pentecost and

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we immediately think Acts chapter 2, we

think about the tongues of fire descending

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and everything else happening there.

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And we think that's Pentecost.

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was actually the feast that was

being observed when that took place.

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And so the feast is the feast

of weeks here, seven weeks

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from the start of harvest.

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It's the celebration of God's

faithfulness, his blessing, his provision.

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That's what comes to

be known as Pentecost.

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And it's at that time that the

Holy Spirit is poured out on the

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disciples in Acts chapter two.

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13 through 17, then we

get the feast of booths.

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This is one of my favorites just because

it's fun to camping, it's camping

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and they still do it today in Israel.

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People will set up on, even on their

back patios, they'll set up these tents

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and they'll decorate them and they'll

have dinner outside in these tents every

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single night during this feast season

because it's a reminder of the time

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of traveling through the wilderness.

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And so this is a seven day feast

remembering God's blessing and

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provision during the wilderness.

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wandering specifically.

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And those are the three major

ones, Passover weeks and booths.

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Those are the three ones that when we

get to the new Testament era, these

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are the three that are required for all

Jewish males to, it was required for

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them to show up on the temple Mount.

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So if you remember when Jesus sent

his brothers up ahead of him and

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people were looking for Jesus at the

feast, cause it was Passover time.

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They said, certainly

he's going to be here.

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He's not going to not show up.

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And that was because that was

one of the feasts at the time.

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Required for him to show up at.

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And so this is a, this is the backdrop

here that we're getting right now, that we

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read a lot of the new Testament against.

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Yeah.

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And all of these things, ultimately,

I guess this is my theology.

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I'm not sure if you would a hundred

percent agree with this PBJ, but

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I'd like for you to talk about this.

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I love it when you

purpose things like that.

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That's how I want to start everything.

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Cause then it makes people

lean in and say, Oh let's hear

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what they're going to say.

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Everything points to Christ and

everything's fulfilled in Christ.

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And so ultimately these three

things, these three feasts point to

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Christ in some way, shape or form.

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He is the fulfillment of the law.

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He's the one who fulfills the

Passover, fulfills the feast of weeks.

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He's the harvest we've been waiting

for the harvest of righteousness.

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He's the celebration.

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That gives us joy.

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And he of course is our shelter.

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He's the one that we go to and he's he's

the one that is really the backdrop to

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all of these old Testament narratives.

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Now you can go really

dangerous places there.

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So I need to qualify that, put

an asterisk next to that and say,

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look this is generally a good

practice, but you can go astray here.

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So be careful with that.

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But these all in my

estimation point to Jesus.

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I think you're right.

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We would agree on that.

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And I think that's one of the reasons

why we're not still celebrating them.

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It's why you're not reading in Ephesians

that you need to also celebrate the

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feast of the Passover and celebrate

the feast of the booths and the feast

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of, and people do talk about that.

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People do this on a Friday night, Friday

to Saturday, they'll do a Shabbat Seder.

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That's the one.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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And I think there's It's okay to do that.

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I've gone to one before and there's

a ton of symbolism, especially

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if you go to one that's led by a

Messianic Jew who is a Jew, Jewish

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believer, a Jewish follower of Christ.

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They are able to do what you're talking

about here and point to even all the

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individual elements of the Passover

meal and show how these anticipated

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Christ and how Christ fulfilled them.

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Christ is the type to them or the

anti type to them as the type.

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So I think it's okay to do that as.

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And just a point of interest and

even learning and appreciating

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some of these things.

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But if anybody's going to put that

Obligation or that requirement

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on you and say, Hey Christian,

you have to do these things.

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That's where we'd say, wait a minute.

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No, there's freedom in Christ.

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These things have reached

their fulfillment in him.

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They pointed to him.

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And so for us to continue to participate

in these things are kinda like the Jew

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still looking for a savior to come.

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So I it's not, we're not

under obligation to do them.

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But can somebody do it?

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Yeah.

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I think somebody can participate in it

as a Christian and really appreciate

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it more as they appreciate the

fulfillment in Christ, amen to that.

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Now we just, again, reiterate the,

there is a danger in looking for Jesus

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under every rock and in every crevice

in the old Testament, by and large, the

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large strokes of the Bible are going

to point to Jesus and land on him.

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He is the terminus.

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He is the tell us, but there's other times

where people will take that methodology.

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That understanding and then start

looking for Jesus everywhere.

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And I guess I don't want to point it

out to you and say here's a good idea.

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Cause it's not a good idea.

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It's a bad idea.

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Read scripture rightly.

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It all points to Jesus, but not

every single detail that can be seen

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or understood in the old Testament

is necessarily a pointer to Christ.

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Correct.

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And I've done with you on that.

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Yep.

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Yep.

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Let's pray.

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And then we'll be done with this episode.

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God, we are rejoicing with the five

that are, we trust baptized this

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morning and bearing testimony of

what you have done in their life.

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We're thankful for them and their

stories of of your faithfulness to them.

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And we just pray for more.

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We ask that we would have more

baptisms, more occasions to rejoice

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with others that have been saved.

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And so we thank you for this time in

our church and this time with them this

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morning, God, we thank you for your word.

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And we're grateful to be

able to read through this.

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And we are so thankful that so much

of the law did point to Christ and

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found its fulfillment in Christ.

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And so much of the ceremony and

things along those lines, the details,

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we should read Deuteronomy numbers

all of these books with a gratitude

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that Christ has come and satisfied

so much of this on our behalf, that

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our we're not doing the same things.

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We're not traveling with our goats and our

bowls to, to offer our sacrifices anymore.

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We have Jesus and Jesus is better.

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And so we thank you so much for that.

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And we praise you for that in Jesus name.

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Amen.

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Amen.

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