Law and Grace (5 of 5)
Series: Giving To God
Jeff Strite
John 1:14-18
OPEN: Back in the 70's the Police Dept. of the State Connecticut had a regulation, a law that after the 1st snowfall each vehicle in squadron had to have chains on its tires. One day after a particularly bad winter storm, a woman called into the police to report an accident where a state Trooper's car had ended up upside down by the side of the road.
"Is anyone hurt?" the dispatcher asked.
"I don't know," the woman replied. "But, he is acting a bit bizarre. He's standing on the car trying to put snow chains on the tires."
APPLY: Now, did that police officer know what that regulation was?
Well yeah - he was putting chains on the car. BUT he was putting them on after the accident.
Why would he do that? Why would he put the chains on AFTER the accident?
Well… he was doing that, because there was a penalty. There was a price to be paid for his negligence. I don't know what that penalty was, but it WAS severe enough - that he struggled to put the chains on even when they'd do absolutely no good.
I. Any law… in order to be effective - has to have penalties
John tells us that when God gave the law, He gave it through Moses.
Were there penalties then?
Oh yeah… look with me to Exodus 19:9-15
"The LORD said to Moses, 'I am going to come to you in a dense cloud, so that the people will hear me speaking with you and will always put their trust in you.' Then Moses told the LORD what the people had said.
And the LORD said to Moses, 'Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow. Have them wash their clothes and be ready by the third day, because on that day the LORD will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people. Put limits for the people around the mountain and tell them, "Be careful that you do not go up the mountain or touch the foot of it. Whoever touches the mountain shall surely be put to death. He shall surely be stoned or shot with ar ...
Series: Giving To God
Jeff Strite
John 1:14-18
OPEN: Back in the 70's the Police Dept. of the State Connecticut had a regulation, a law that after the 1st snowfall each vehicle in squadron had to have chains on its tires. One day after a particularly bad winter storm, a woman called into the police to report an accident where a state Trooper's car had ended up upside down by the side of the road.
"Is anyone hurt?" the dispatcher asked.
"I don't know," the woman replied. "But, he is acting a bit bizarre. He's standing on the car trying to put snow chains on the tires."
APPLY: Now, did that police officer know what that regulation was?
Well yeah - he was putting chains on the car. BUT he was putting them on after the accident.
Why would he do that? Why would he put the chains on AFTER the accident?
Well… he was doing that, because there was a penalty. There was a price to be paid for his negligence. I don't know what that penalty was, but it WAS severe enough - that he struggled to put the chains on even when they'd do absolutely no good.
I. Any law… in order to be effective - has to have penalties
John tells us that when God gave the law, He gave it through Moses.
Were there penalties then?
Oh yeah… look with me to Exodus 19:9-15
"The LORD said to Moses, 'I am going to come to you in a dense cloud, so that the people will hear me speaking with you and will always put their trust in you.' Then Moses told the LORD what the people had said.
And the LORD said to Moses, 'Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow. Have them wash their clothes and be ready by the third day, because on that day the LORD will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people. Put limits for the people around the mountain and tell them, "Be careful that you do not go up the mountain or touch the foot of it. Whoever touches the mountain shall surely be put to death. He shall surely be stoned or shot with ar ...
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