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Leviticus 18:1-5

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Then the LORD
spoke to Moses, saying,

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"speak to the sons of Israel
and say to them

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'I am the LORD your God.

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'You shall not do what is done

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in the land of Egypt 
where you lived,

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nor are you to do
what is done

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in the land of Canaan

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where I am bringing you;

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you shall not walk in their statutes.

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'You are to perform
My judgments

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and keep My statutes,

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to live in accord with them;

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I am the LORD your God.

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'So you shall keep My statutes
and My judgments,

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by which a man may live
if he does them;

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I am the LORD..."

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We're talking today,

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Shabbat Shalom by the way.

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We're talking today about statutes.

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Principles that are in Torah

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in the teaching
in the understanding

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that God gave His people Israel.

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God's ways are different
than man's ways.

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They're not just 
a revamped way,

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of the way, that people 
who don't know the Lord, walk.

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There's a scripture 
in Peter that says,

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'We are a peculiar people',

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and that is what 
we're talking about today.

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We really are 
a peculiar people.

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Those who are born again,
those who have

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given their lives to 
Jesus the Messiah

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are a peculiar people.

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I remember when 
I met the Lord in 1972,

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what was life changing for me,

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was when I met people,

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that I realized had dedicated 
100% of their lives to the Lord.

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I knew people that said
they were Christians,

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but they had just 
invited the Lord

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to sort of be 
a part of their life,

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but these people 
that I met at college,

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they were people 
who had dedicated

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100% of their lives to the Lord.

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They were completely different.

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They just did things differently.

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They spoke differently,
they thought differently.

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I thought "how can that be?

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What's the difference?"

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What I realized is,

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they were people 
who had made a decision,

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"100% of my life belongs to the Lord,

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and He gets to do with me,

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what ever He wants 
to do with me.

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I will walk in His statutes",

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and that's what God is
instructing Israel here.

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He's saying 'when you come
into the land of Canaan,

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you're going to find people
that are not like you,

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that do things in ways
that are not right,

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that are destructive,
that are harmful.

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We live in a society today,

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that thinks that 
black is white.

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That wrong is right.

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Things that the 
Bible clearly says;

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'this is destructive this is harmful'

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and people say,

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"oh no, I don't see any harm in that".

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The whole rest of this chapter,
of Leviticus 18,

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is talking about 
moral precepts, moral statutes.

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To make it real simple,

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who you're supposed to 
have sex with

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and who you're not
supposed to have sex with;

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and to make that real simple,

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what it's talking about,
this moral principle is,

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sexual relationship 
is meant to be

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conducted within
the covenant of marriage

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between a man and a woman

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and only in that context.

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There are reasons why that is.

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Reasons why that works well.

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Why that benefits people
why that benefits society,

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and yet people are saying,

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"I don't see what's 
wrong with this".

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"I don't see what's 
wrong with that".

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The whole point is,
that's exactly right.

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You don't see.

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That's why God
wrote principles down

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in Torah,
in His word,

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so that we would understand,

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these are things that 
actually cause life to work.

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When you violate them,

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you cause yourself and 
others around you a lot of pain.

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When you go with them,
it causes your life to prosper.

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This is really 
an instruction manual

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it's like an owners manual
for your car.

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You don't have to 
change the oil at each time

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it says you should,
in the owner's manual,

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but if you don't,

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it's going to damage
and destroy the car.

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If you follow 
the owner's manual,

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your life is benefited
a whole lot more.

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and that's exactly
what Yahweh is saying

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to the people of Israel here.

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These are principles
that actually work.

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Please follow them 
for your benefit.

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What we're really 
talking about today is,

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how to prosper and 
be blessed in life.

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How do you do it?

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Follow the 
principles laid out,

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in the owner's manual.

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God Bless you,

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have a wonderful 
day of rest

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Shabbat Shalom