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Now here's your host from
Amazing Facts International,
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Pastor Doug Batchelor.
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- Hello friends, would you
like to hear an amazing fact?
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If you want to
have a dazzling dinner,
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the most expensive
restaurant in the world
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is Sublimotion in Ibiza, Spain.
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At over $2,000 per person,
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a maximum of 12
guests sit around one table
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and receive 15 courses of
delicious food plus dessert,
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prepared by some of
the world's best chefs.
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Of course, the
portions are small
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or you'd be
uncomfortably stuffed.
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The meal is much more than food.
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The entire room and table
is a high-definition screen,
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making it an
immersive experience.
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Some courses
drop from the ceiling
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and desserts
hover above the table.
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The atmosphere and
music of the room will change
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over the course of the night.
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The result is a
spectacular three hour banquet
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that takes guests on
a sensational journey
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from a vivid coral
reef beneath the ocean,
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to fantasy forests,
to a futuristic dinner
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where friends and guests
put on these special 3D goggles.
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And I'm wondering if
they can do vegan (chuckles)
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Do you know the Bible
says there's one dinner
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that's even more expensive and
you've been invited for free?
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Isn't that incredible?
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- Yeah, I'm thinking I'm
not taking my wife therefore.
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- (laughs) Well,
yeah, you'd probably have
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to take out a loan to take
her to dinner. (both laughing)
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- Yeah, I went on the website
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and I noticed they said
they don't do take home.
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- You can't bring
a doggie bag, yeah?
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(Carlos laughs)
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- So that's amazing.
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- Yeah.
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- What is that free dinner?
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That free celebration? -
Yeah, I kind of set that up.
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The Bible tells us that
the best supper in the world
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and the most
expensive supper in the world.
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Of course, it's expensive
'cause it costs the life
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of God's son,
but it's free for us
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in that He's
giving it as a gift.
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So it's very expensive.
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And it's called "The
Marriage of the Lamb".
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And you can read about
that in Revelation 19:6.
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This is the last
book of the Bible.
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Some of the last chapters.
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"And I heard as it was a
voice of a great multitude,
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and the sound of many waters,
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and the sound of
mighty thunderings, saying,
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Alleluia, for the
Lord God omnipotent reigns.
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Let us be glad and
rejoice and give Him glory,
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for the marriage
supper of the Lamb has come,
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and His wife has
made herself ready.
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And to her was granted to
be a arrayed in fine linen,
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clean and bright,
for the fine linen
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is the righteous
acts of the saints.
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And then He said to me,
"write, 'blessed are those
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who are called to the
marriage supper of the Lamb."
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And He said, 'these are
the true sayings of God."
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This is a message
directly from the angels
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to the Apostle
John, telling about this
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dinner of all dinners
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that we'll eat.
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And Jesus even says, "And
I will come and serve you."
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- Amen.
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- So it's almost
incomprehensible.
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- Yes, to think
that at that moment,
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we should be serving Him
for all He's done for us.
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And again, it shows
the level of humility
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- Yeah - of God.
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- Even when He was on earth,
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you could kind of understand
the condescension of God
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that He would say,
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"I wanna be an example of
how you serve each other."
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But even now that He's in
heaven, the idea that He said,
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"I'm your brother
and I wanna serve you."
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And I'm guessing that
somewhere on the table,
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they're gonna have
some of the tree of life,
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maybe a fruit
cocktail with 144,000 different
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varieties. - Sampler.
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(both chuckles)
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- Yeah, so I
wanna be at that dinner.
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And by the way, friends,
we have a free offer tonight
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that you can ask
for, that'll tell you
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how you can get your ticket
to that special restaurant.
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- Yeah, so the free offer,
if you go 1-800,-835-6747.
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It's free offer number 156.
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The High Cost of
the Cross, right?
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So if you're available here
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in North America
and US territories,
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just call that number,
1-800-835-6747, offer number 156
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and we will send
that to you for free.
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So call us.
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- You know, I probably
should have said something,
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Pastor Jëan Ross
is not here tonight.
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We gave him the night off
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'cause he's at his
mother-in-law's birthday party.
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And if you miss
that, you're in trouble.
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- Yeah. - And so
I'm really glad that
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Pastor Carlos
Muñoz is here with us,
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both Evangelist and the Director
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of our Amazing Facts
Evangelism Training program.
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And he's a
well-versed expert in scripture.
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So we're very
comfortable working together.
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We've did meetings
together in Puerto Rico
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where you're from. - Yes
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Yeah, this is our first
time doing BAL together.
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- That's right.
You've been here before,
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but we're glad
that you're leading out.
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And maybe, before
we go to the phones,
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you could lead us in prayer.
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- Sure, let's
have a word of prayer.
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Father, we thank you again
for a beautiful day of life
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and thank you for this
opportunity to come together
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and spend time in Your
Word answering Bible questions,
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and so we just asked for Your
divine discernment and wisdom.
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And, with us and with everybody
that's calling and listening
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also may Your Spirit guide us
to truth and to live by truth.
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And so we thank You Father
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and we ask this
in Jesus' name, Amen.
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- Amen.
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- Alright. So we have
the first question here
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is from Anthony in New York.
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Anthony, good evening.
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You're on the air.
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- [Anthony]
Good evening fathers,
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How are you doing?
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- Doing great. - Great.
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- Now you're talking to
two New Yorkers right now.
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So we could probably
understand each other
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without a translator.
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(all laughs)
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- [Anthony] Awesome.
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Yeah, my question tonight is,
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why did Nineveh get a warning
to repent or be destroyed,
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but it appears that
Sodom and Gomorrah didn't?
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- Okay, good question.
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And a lot of people don't
realize Sodom and Gomorrah
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did get a warning.
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Pastor Carlos
might look it up for me.
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But when Lot and his
family were carried off
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by the King
Chedorlaomer from the North,
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there was a judgment that
came on Sodom and Gomorrah.
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Abraham went out
and he saved them.
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And so he saved them.
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And this was to urge
them to repent of their sins
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'cause they had
nearly been destroyed
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but through Abraham's
intercession in God's mercy,
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they were given another chance.
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When the judgment finally came,
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is it Genesis? - 19.
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- 19. Yeah.
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Then well, that was because
they'd run out of their...
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You know, God said they'd
pushed the envelope too far.
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- Yep.
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- So they were actually warned
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and they were given kind
of a chastisement warning them
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to turn from their
wicked ways and they didn't.
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- And Nineveh was
warned, they repented
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but later on, they went
back into their wicked ways.
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- And judgment came.
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I think it was a
flood and fire and wars.
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It just destroyed the city.
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- Yep.
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- Very good.
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Does that help
a little, Anthony?
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- [Anthony] Yes, it does.
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Thank you very much.
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I appreciate that.
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- Thank you.
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- Alright.
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Thank you, Anthony.
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Next we have Jesus
from Palm Bay, Florida.
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Jesus, you're on the air.
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- My guess is, it's
Jesus, but you would know that.
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(both laughs)
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And are you there, Jesus?
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- [Jesus] Yeah, yeah.
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Hey pastors, It is Jesus,
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but I usually get both.
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So, my question today is,
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when witnessing to
other denominations,
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how should we witness
when it comes to doctrines
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and differences
between doctrines?
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- Alright.
That's a good question.
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You know, first thing is
if you're talking to people,
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you know, from a
differing denomination,
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clearly everybody is
part of the denomination
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because they
believe certain things
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they're
sensitive to their beliefs.
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First thing you
want to do is be winsome,
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find common ground,
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show them that you
love and respect them,
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even though you may disagree.
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It's okay to disagree
without being disagreeable.
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And then you might
put them in a position
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where you're saying,
look, help me understand.
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Instead of saying, "What
you believe about the Trinity
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or what you
believe about the ressur..
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It's all wrong.
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Or what you believe
about tongues, it's all wrong."
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Instead of
coming off as an attack,
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you can come off and say,
"Help me understand better
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what it is you believe."
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And then you kinda question
them when they raise something,
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then say, "Now
where's the verse for that?"
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And so you do it in more
of a winsome, teaching way
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as opposed to clubbing a
person with your opinions.
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- Yeah. And
everything that you share
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with people always have your
Bible verse, your foundation
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so that they see
that it's not your opinion
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that you're basing
it off of scripture.
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- Right.
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Yeah, I did a
debate with another pastor.
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It was a friendly debate.
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And then afterwards
someone brought to my attention,
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they said, "Doug, you
said, "well, I believe",
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and you should have
said, "the Bible says."
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And I looked at that and I
thought, you know that's right.
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I had all the scriptures,
and instead I was saying,
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well, you believe
this and I believe this.
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And I should have said,
"well, the Bible says this,"
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'cause that's the
final word in all of that.
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And yeah, we
appreciate your calling, Jesus.
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By the way, I don't know if
we ever gave out the number,
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you know, some callers popped
up and we just dove right in.
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But if you would like to
be part of tonight's program,
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there are lines open
and it's a free phone call.
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Just call 800, God says.
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That's 800-463-7297.
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Not only are we
on radio stations,
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both satellite and land-based
stations around the country,
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but we are streaming this live.
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If you wanna watch what's
happening here in the studio,
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we're on Amazing
Facts Television,
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We're on the Doug
Bachelor Facebook page.
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And maybe even YouTube, but a...
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So you can watch, you
can listen, and call in
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with your questions.
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- Yeah, Alright.
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So lets select that.
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We have a question here.
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This is Jerry from Texas.
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Jerry, you are live.
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- [Jerry] Hey guys.
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Good evening.
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Thanks for taking my question.
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I have two texts in Genesis,
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and the first text
is, Genesis 27 to 30.
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And this is kind of a
terrible time when Dinah went
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into the land of the
kingdom that they were staying.
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And Shechem fell
in love with Dinah
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and he took advantage of her
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and of course the
brothers didn't like it.
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And then, I don't know
which one made a proposal that
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we would be one people
you'll give us your daugh-
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- Sounds like it was
either Simeon or Levi.
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We're not sure.
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- [Jerry] Yeah,
Simeon and Levi were the ones
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that killed them and so
that was the very thing known.
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Jacob said, "you make a
stink of me and the people,"
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you know, and
then Jacob moved on
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and they took their
women, their children and their-
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- Cattle and all
the possessions, yeah.
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- [Jerry] Yeah, and
where are those individuals
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in Genesis 46:6, when
Jacob goes down to Israel.
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I see no mention of them,
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of the 70 that
went down to Egypt land.
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- You know the 70
that are mentioned,
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I know this may sound terrible,
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but the 70 that are mentioned
were all family members
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that are descendants of Jacob.
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That would be Jacob's sons,
his wives, his grandchildren
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He had some great
grandchildren, probably
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'cause the
spread of years between
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Ruben and
Benjamin is significant.
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So I think it doesn't count
the slaves, that's unfortunate.
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And when the children of
Israel came out of Egypt,
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it tells about them
and then later it mentions
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"and there came
out a mixed multitude,"
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some of the other servants
of the Egyptians escaped prison.
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- [Jerry] Correct.
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- So I'm pretty sure that
there were more than 70 people
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that came out of
Egypt, I'm sorry,
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came from Israel to Egypt.
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But that's a great question.
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It does just mention, I
think the family members,
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- [Jerry] Well, Pastor I'd like
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to give you difficult questions.
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Thanks Doug -
Well, you did a good job.
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(indistinct)
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That makes sense.
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(Jerry laughing)
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What do you think, Carlos?
- [Jerry] Okay, guys be safe.
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- Alright.
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Hey, thank you so much.
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We appreciate your call, Jerry.
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- Thank you, Jerry.
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- Hey, thanks guys.
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- Alright.
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- Bye.
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- Bye bye.
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- Next we have Robert
from College Place, Washington.
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Robert, you are on the air.
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- [Robert] Hi there.
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I found someone who
believes that when Jesus comes
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that we will reign with
Him on earth for 1000 years.
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And was just wanting to know
how.. I've used some verses,
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but I just was wanting
to know your take on that.
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- Yes, very good.
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So during the millennium,
that's the thousand years,
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the word millennium is a
composite of thousand milli
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ennium. That's a
thousand years, same teaching.
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During that time, there are
good Christians that believe
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that the living and
reigning with Christ
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and Pastor Carlos will...
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Where were you in chapter...
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Revelation 20 - Revelation 20
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- Which verse
though, does it talk about
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we will live and
reign with Christ
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- Four. - for thousand years.
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- Verse four, the end of
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- Verse four - Verse four
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- Thank you.
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Yeah, so they believe that means
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we living in
reigning with Jesus on earth.
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But the way they share that is,
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that at the end of the rapture
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and the end of the
seven years of tribulation,
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Jesus literally
comes and the righteous are
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reigning over the
wicked for a thousand years.
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Now, I have absolutely no
desire to reign over the wicked.
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Some believe that we are
living and reigning with Christ
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here on earth over the wicked.
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Some believe that we're living
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and reigning
with Christ in heaven.
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My belief, this
Bible says (laughs)
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that we are caught
up when Jesus comes.
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- mm-hmm.
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- He says, I go to
prepare a place for you.
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And if I go to prepare a place,
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I will take you to where
I am that you may be also.
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In my Father's house
for many mansions, we go up.
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And it's not until
revelation 21, the next chapter,
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the new Jerusalem comes down.
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- comes down.
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- So we are living and
reigning, you know, Christ said,
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we're reigning in the
new Jerusalem with Him
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during that time testifying
of what He did to redeem us.
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We're gonna be part
of the reigning working
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at the records and the books
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of what's
happened here on earth.
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So the idea that
we're here on earth
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reigning over the wicked,
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where we have immortal bodies,
they've got temporal bodies
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where they die every
70 years or 80 years.
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It's just a really
strange arrangement.
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- Yeah, and also
says in Revelation chapter
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at the end of six.
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Revelation six, it says that
the wrath of the Lord has come.
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We know that the
wrath of the Lord is a
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seven plagues of Revelation
that are going to undo
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the six days of creation.
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And so it would be impossible
to live on this earth.
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After that time period.
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There would be
nothing to sustain human life.
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- Yeah, if you read
in Jeremiah chapter 4:23
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listen to this,
"I beheld the earth
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and indeed it was
without form and void,
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and the heavens
and they had no light."
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Well, that sounds
like before creation.
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- Mm-hmm.
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- But keep reading,
"I beheld the mountains
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and indeed they
trembled and all the hills
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moved back and forth.
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I beheld and
indeed there was no man.
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And all the birds of
the heaven were fled.
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And I beheld in the
fruitful place was a wilderness,
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and listen, 'and all its
cities were broken down."
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Well, what caused this?
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Fruitful place of wilderness,
everything's broken down
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by the presence of the
Lord and by His fierce anger.
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Now, why don't
you read your verse
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and then I'll comment on that.
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- Isaiah 24 says, "Behold,
the Lord makes the earth empty
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and makes it waste."
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So if He empties
it it's because it was
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- Yeah. filled.
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And then it jumps to
verse number four and says,
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verse three, "The land
shall be entirely emptied
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and utterly plundered.
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The Lord has spoken.
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The earth mourns and fades."
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When you read
further down verse five,
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"The earth is
defiled under its inhabitants
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because they have
transgressed the laws,
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broken the everlasting covenant,
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and the curse has
devoured the earth
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and the inhabitants
of the earth are burned."
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And then the last
part of verse six says,
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"And a few men are left."
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That word in Hebrew (indistinct)
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is like in Genesis.
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The remnant, right?
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Those that are
protected are sealed.
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- Yep - In the same time.
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- And then there's
another verse where it says,
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"The land is
covered with the dead
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and there's no one to
mourn, lament or bury them.
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- Malachi.
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- Yeah. Is that it?
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- Malachi chapter-
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- So you have this several
prophecies that talk about
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a time when the earth is vacated
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and it's covered with
the slain and it's burnt.
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Well, that's
after the Lord comes,
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we're caught up, we're
living and reigning with Christ.
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Paul says the
wicked are destroyed
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by the brightness of His coming.
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And the earth is an abussos.
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That word means a
bottomless pit for 1000 years.
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It's a dark
void and we're living
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and reigning
with Christ in glory.
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At the end of
that time, we come down
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and He makes a
new heaven, new earth.
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You know, we have a
study guide that talks about
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a thousand years of peace.
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And maybe you could
give the number again.
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We'll be happy to
send you, Jerry or Robert,
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a free copy of that,
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if you just call this
number or anyone who asks.
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- Yeah, 1-808-835-6747.
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1-808-835-6747,
It's there on the screen.
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And you can ask for
thousand years of peace.
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I think it's called.
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- Yep, talks
about the millennium.
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- Alright.
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Thank you very much, Robert.
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Next we have Jim from Indiana.
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Jim, hello.
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You're on the air.
00:18:03.08\00:18:04.48
- [Jim] My
question is in Revelation
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when the angel
with the seven vials.
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Now, is that also
the seven plagues?
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- Yes.
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It tells - [Jim]
that are coming out
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And...
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- Yes.
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- [Jim] Go ahead.
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- Well, I was just
gonna say those seven vials
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are poured out, each one
has a plague, so to speak.
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So it's like the wrath
of God is being poured out.
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- [Jim] Okay.
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Now, when did those start?
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Whenever they
enact the Sunday law?
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- Well, the seven last plagues
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come when probation closes.
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And that's gonna be
during a time when...
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it tells us that, those
that are saved are saved
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in Revelation 22,
those that are lost or lost.
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The clean are clean,
the unclean are unclean.
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And when everyone's made their
decision one way or the other
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regarding the beast in his
image, then God is gonna say,
00:19:01.14\00:19:04.04
okay, no sense for
mercy to linger any longer,
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everyone has decided
what they're gonna do.
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And at that point, the seven
last plagues are poured out.
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So when they
reject the law of God,
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and they put the laws
of the beast in its place,
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then the plagues come.
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- Yeah, that's exactly
what we read in Isaiah 24.
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It says, humans
have made their decision
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to completely reject the
covenant and the law of God.
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- mm-hmm.
00:19:28.96\00:19:30.03
- And so God says, I
have nothing else to do.
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They won't listen to Me.
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I've given them
ample opportunity.
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And so now comes
judgment on this world
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of sin. - Yeah.
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But yeah, the righteous
are protected during that time.
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So when people hear
about the seven last plagues,
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believers are often terrified,
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'cause they're very graphic.
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They're very much like the seven
plagues that came on Egypt,
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and yet God preserved His people
all through those plagues.
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- Amen.
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- So I don't ever
worry about the plagues.
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- Yeah.
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- I'm more concerned with
Doug being faithful day by day.
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And if I'm faithful day by day,
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I know God will get
me through that time.
00:20:01.33\00:20:03.23
- Amen, Amen.
00:20:03.23\00:20:04.30
- What it it say?
00:20:04.30\00:20:05.13
Psalm 91,
00:20:05.13\00:20:06.27
"Neither will any
plague come near thy dwelling.
00:20:06.27\00:20:08.54
- A thousand
shall fall out your left
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to 10,000 at your right hand,
00:20:10.17\00:20:11.31
but none shall touch you
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for the angels of the
Lord shall be with you.
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- That's right.
00:20:14.08\00:20:14.91
- Amen.
00:20:14.91\00:20:16.28
Alright.
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In our next question here
we have David, from New York.
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David, good evening.
00:20:21.62\00:20:22.45
You're on the air.
00:20:22.45\00:20:23.85
- [David] Yeah, my question
is what does the Bible say about
00:20:23.85\00:20:25.95
two first
cousins getting married?
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- Alright.
00:20:29.49\00:20:30.69
Well I think
according to the Bible,
00:20:30.69\00:20:33.23
it was legal in
the days of Abraham
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because you have, what is it?
00:20:37.13\00:20:40.84
Jacob married his first
cousin when he married Rebecca
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and Isaac married his cousin.
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I said, Isaac, where
I should say Rebecca.
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Jacob first cousin
with Rachel and Leah.
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- mm-hmm.
00:20:54.08\00:20:55.35
And in the beginning,
when you think about it,
00:20:55.35\00:20:57.49
God made Adam and
Eve, they were technically
00:20:57.49\00:20:59.15
brother and
sister, same parents.
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And then when
Cain took his wife,
00:21:00.39\00:21:03.89
obviously he took
one of his sisters
00:21:03.89\00:21:05.46
so there was
nothing wrong with that.
00:21:05.46\00:21:06.96
Abraham married his half sister.
00:21:06.96\00:21:09.66
Back when humans blood
and genes were so vital
00:21:11.80\00:21:15.74
there were no
risks then of, you know,
00:21:15.74\00:21:18.41
having mutations that would
cause weaknesses and problems.
00:21:18.41\00:21:20.54
But as time went by, Moses
said, you're not to look upon
00:21:20.54\00:21:24.35
the nakedness of your sister.
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And he's insinuating that,
you know, you're supposed to
00:21:26.08\00:21:29.95
marry out of, away from the
family tree as far as possible.
00:21:29.95\00:21:32.92
But within the
tribe or within the people
00:21:32.92\00:21:35.22
they weren't to
marry foreigners.
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- Yeah, and still
today some people marry
00:21:37.03\00:21:38.56
their first cousins.
00:21:38.56\00:21:39.59
- Yeah, and it
depends, a matter of fact,
00:21:39.59\00:21:42.30
those laws vary
from state to state.
00:21:42.30\00:21:45.47
- But there are
risks because I've done
00:21:45.47\00:21:48.27
evangelistic
programs on some small islands
00:21:48.27\00:21:50.71
in the south Pacific,
00:21:50.71\00:21:52.81
where there's
not a big gene pool,
00:21:52.81\00:21:55.04
and they have a
lot of birth defects
00:21:55.04\00:21:57.31
because they're
all kind of marrying
00:21:57.31\00:21:58.85
- mm-hmm
00:21:58.85\00:21:59.71
- Relatives.
00:21:59.71\00:22:00.92
And I've seen several
times where their kids
00:22:00.92\00:22:02.78
or people had six
fingers, on our six toes,
00:22:02.78\00:22:06.29
and that's one of
the signs of, you know,
00:22:06.29\00:22:10.23
- Close proximity.
00:22:10.23\00:22:11.16
- Yeah, exactly.
00:22:11.16\00:22:12.53
So it's probably healthier
to look outside of the family.
00:22:12.53\00:22:16.73
Alright.
00:22:16.73\00:22:17.57
Thanks so much.
00:22:17.57\00:22:18.40
Appreciate that David.
00:22:18.40\00:22:19.20
I hope it helps a little bit.
00:22:19.20\00:22:20.87
- Alright, let's
go to the next one.
00:22:20.87\00:22:22.34
We have Chantel from
the beautiful islands of The
00:22:22.34\00:22:26.41
Bahamas. Hello, Chantel.
00:22:26.41\00:22:27.41
Welcome, you're on the air.
00:22:27.41\00:22:29.41
- [Chantel] I
have a simple question.
00:22:29.41\00:22:31.11
I have a three year old niece,
00:22:31.11\00:22:33.55
who is reading, and she
asked me a question yesterday.
00:22:33.55\00:22:36.25
She wanted to
know how God made rain.
00:22:36.25\00:22:40.12
And I was
stumped to give an answer
00:22:40.12\00:22:42.82
that was suited
for someone her age.
00:22:42.82\00:22:46.06
So I said, I
will ask pastor Doug
00:22:46.06\00:22:48.46
and Bible Answers Live,
00:22:48.46\00:22:50.37
how they would've
answered that question
00:22:50.37\00:22:52.60
for a three year old.
00:22:52.60\00:22:54.10
- Well, that's a good question.
00:22:54.10\00:22:55.74
I'm not sure exactly
what happened with the geology
00:22:55.74\00:22:58.81
of the earth or the
meteorology of the weather,
00:22:58.81\00:23:02.71
but the Bible does
say that before the flood,
00:23:03.85\00:23:06.85
that it never
rained on the earth.
00:23:06.85\00:23:08.52
But God did make a mist,
00:23:08.52\00:23:11.02
and there's several
places in the tropics
00:23:11.02\00:23:12.65
you still see that.
00:23:12.65\00:23:13.76
- mm-hmm. - You
know, it's very humid.
00:23:13.76\00:23:15.19
You'll see a mist
come up from the ground
00:23:15.19\00:23:17.66
and it watered the earth.
00:23:17.66\00:23:19.43
But this envelope
of water that God had,
00:23:19.43\00:23:23.57
cause it says he made
the, an atmosphere of heavens
00:23:23.57\00:23:25.97
between the waters
above and the waters below.
00:23:25.97\00:23:28.20
There's some envelope of water
00:23:28.20\00:23:29.97
and that's
actually very scientific
00:23:29.97\00:23:31.57
because if you've got
water that is polarizing
00:23:31.57\00:23:34.48
the light and the heat,
00:23:34.48\00:23:35.84
the whole planet would've
been a similar temperature.
00:23:35.84\00:23:38.75
And they find in Siberia
and Antarctica, they find,
00:23:38.75\00:23:42.55
you know, fossils of
ferns and these tropical animals
00:23:42.55\00:23:46.72
and they think that the
whole earth must have shifted
00:23:46.72\00:23:48.99
on a taxes or something.
00:23:48.99\00:23:50.59
But I think the whole world
was a beautiful habitable place.
00:23:50.59\00:23:53.60
And what God did
during the time of Noah
00:23:53.60\00:23:57.00
to actually trigger
the flood, I'm not sure,
00:23:57.00\00:24:00.10
but he poked a hole
in that envelope and it
00:24:00.10\00:24:02.07
just all- - And it popped.
00:24:02.07\00:24:03.47
- Yeah, it all came down, but
water also came up from below.
00:24:03.47\00:24:07.44
It says the fountains
of the deep were open.
00:24:07.44\00:24:08.98
So water shooting up
and then from then on,
00:24:08.98\00:24:12.25
there's so much
moisture in the atmosphere,
00:24:12.25\00:24:13.88
it began to rain.
00:24:13.88\00:24:14.72
- Yeah.
00:24:14.72\00:24:15.85
And so that would
be Genesis chapter 2:6
00:24:15.85\00:24:17.69
Chantel, And next time
you go to the supermarket,
00:24:17.69\00:24:20.76
I don't know if over
there in The Bahamas,
00:24:20.76\00:24:22.26
but when I go to the
supermarket, you know how
00:24:22.26\00:24:23.89
sometimes they
have the little waters
00:24:23.89\00:24:25.03
(indistinct)
00:24:25.03\00:24:27.73
- So you can
show him that and say,
00:24:27.73\00:24:29.06
this is how God used to water
the nature before the flood.
00:24:29.06\00:24:33.70
- [Chantel] Great, Alright.
00:24:33.70\00:24:35.87
- Does that help?
00:24:35.87\00:24:36.77
- [Chantel] That helps.
00:24:36.77\00:24:37.94
- Alright, thanks
00:24:37.94\00:24:38.77
- Take care, Chantel.
00:24:38.77\00:24:39.64
You have a good evening.
00:24:39.64\00:24:40.91
- Thank you, thank you.
00:24:40.91\00:24:41.81
- [Chantel] You too.
00:24:41.81\00:24:42.91
- Alright, next
we have Travis from
00:24:42.91\00:24:44.01
Lexington, South Carolina.
00:24:44.01\00:24:46.11
Travis, you're on the air.
00:24:46.11\00:24:48.35
- [Travis] Thank you
gentlemen, good evening.
00:24:49.42\00:24:50.25
- Evening. - Hello
00:24:50.25\00:24:51.99
- [Travis] My question is,
00:24:51.99\00:24:53.96
it's a two part question.
00:24:53.96\00:24:55.52
Is it possible to achieve a
sinless state here on earth?
00:24:55.52\00:24:59.89
And if it is not possible,
00:24:59.89\00:25:02.13
what are the implications of
believing that it is possible?
00:25:02.13\00:25:05.73
- Alright, great question.
00:25:05.73\00:25:06.84
Now I need to let
you know in advance,
00:25:06.84\00:25:08.30
we've cut about a
minute so I'll do my best.
00:25:08.30\00:25:10.04
Let me ask you a question.
00:25:10.04\00:25:12.71
Do you believe the
devil can tempt us to sin?
00:25:12.71\00:25:16.78
- [Travis] 100%
00:25:16.78\00:25:17.88
- Okay.
00:25:17.88\00:25:18.98
Do you believe Jesus
can keep us from sin?
00:25:18.98\00:25:22.98
- [Travis] I
believe He can, yes.
00:25:22.98\00:25:24.12
- But your answer
is slower (laughs)
00:25:24.12\00:25:28.26
So as much as we believe
the devil can tempt us to sin,
00:25:28.26\00:25:32.39
we need to have
faith that with God,
00:25:32.39\00:25:34.86
all things are possible.
00:25:34.86\00:25:36.67
And that through Jesus,
He can keep us from sin.
00:25:36.67\00:25:39.63
So the fact is, if you ask
the average church to be honest
00:25:39.63\00:25:42.67
and raise their
hands, how many feel sinless?
00:25:42.67\00:25:44.64
Nobody one's
gonna raise their hand
00:25:44.64\00:25:45.94
'cause we all fall.
00:25:45.94\00:25:47.04
We sin and fall
short of the glory of God,
00:25:47.04\00:25:49.24
but we have a perfect example
00:25:49.24\00:25:50.65
and there's no
excuse for any sin.
00:25:50.65\00:25:52.61
And the Lord can give us
victory over any temptation.
00:25:52.61\00:25:55.65
You can't name a sin now unless
it's the unpardonable sin,
00:25:55.65\00:25:59.19
but I know people
who've overcome it.
00:25:59.19\00:26:01.72
Whether it's drugs
or drinking or cursing
00:26:01.72\00:26:03.09
or whatever it might be.
00:26:03.09\00:26:04.93
God can give
victory in every area.
00:26:04.93\00:26:07.03
And we need to believe that.
00:26:07.03\00:26:08.90
Now we're gonna run
out of time, Travis,
00:26:08.90\00:26:10.97
and I'd hate to do that to you.
00:26:10.97\00:26:12.27
But we have a book
called "Is it possible
00:26:12.27\00:26:14.77
to live without sinning."
00:26:14.77\00:26:16.14
And give him the number
and we'll go to our break.
00:26:16.14\00:26:18.14
- Yeah, so Travis, you
can call 1-800-835-6747,
00:26:18.14\00:26:22.08
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00:26:23.91\00:26:26.08
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00:26:26.08\00:26:27.88
It is really a good book.
00:26:27.88\00:26:29.02
- Oh, it's great.
00:26:29.02\00:26:30.09
- I actually read it
once when I was flying,
00:26:30.09\00:26:31.42
I put the plane on autopilot
and I was really touched by it.
00:26:31.42\00:26:34.59
Don't go away
friends we're just gonna take
00:26:34.59\00:26:36.52
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00:26:36.52\00:26:37.99
Get a drink of water.
00:26:37.99\00:26:39.13
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00:26:39.13\00:26:40.16
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00:26:40.16\00:26:41.86
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We have Brian, you're
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00:30:00.60\00:30:04.10
You are on the
air brother Brian.
00:30:04.10\00:30:06.87
- [Brian] Hi pastor Doug.
00:30:06.87\00:30:08.20
I had a question
regarding John 1, where it says,
00:30:08.20\00:30:12.54
Jesus is the Word.
00:30:12.54\00:30:13.98
- mm-hmm. -
[Brian] And my question is,
00:30:13.98\00:30:15.64
what does it mean that
Jesus is called the Word?
00:30:15.64\00:30:18.31
What does it mean
to call Him the Word.
00:30:18.31\00:30:20.08
- In the gospel
of John, it says,
00:30:20.08\00:30:21.65
the Word became
flesh and dwelt among us.
00:30:21.65\00:30:25.15
Abstract thought is communicated
by intelligent creatures
00:30:26.42\00:30:30.76
through these
sounds that we're making,
00:30:30.76\00:30:32.83
that give us
understanding of truth.
00:30:32.83\00:30:35.90
And it's amazing.
00:30:35.90\00:30:37.40
Now you can close your
eyes and you hear words
00:30:37.40\00:30:39.03
and you can have
pictures in your mind.
00:30:39.03\00:30:40.77
God conveys truth through words.
00:30:40.77\00:30:44.04
And the message of God to man
00:30:44.04\00:30:48.01
was communicated
through the life of Jesus.
00:30:48.01\00:30:51.85
It's interesting, we have
no idea what Jesus looks like
00:30:51.85\00:30:54.25
in spite of the
typical artist's conceptions
00:30:54.25\00:30:56.95
of what He looks like.
00:30:56.95\00:30:58.25
What changed the
world was what Jesus said.
00:30:58.25\00:31:01.82
And Christ even said, you
know, the things I'm teaching,
00:31:01.82\00:31:04.89
this is gonna go
into all the world.
00:31:04.89\00:31:07.40
And He said, you'll
even be hated of all nations
00:31:07.40\00:31:09.23
for My name sake.
00:31:09.23\00:31:10.57
And He knew that that
message would be a message
00:31:10.57\00:31:12.40
that would go global.
00:31:12.40\00:31:13.34
And it did.
00:31:13.34\00:31:14.47
So the message
of God was in flesh.
00:31:14.47\00:31:18.41
Lived out in the life of Christ.
00:31:18.41\00:31:20.84
Christ said, if you
want to know what God's like,
00:31:20.84\00:31:22.64
look at Me.
00:31:22.64\00:31:24.25
In the things He
taught, in the life He lived,
00:31:24.25\00:31:26.01
He was the message of God.
00:31:26.01\00:31:28.12
- Yeah, you know, in
Spanish it's interesting,
00:31:28.12\00:31:30.12
it doesn't use the word, "word."
00:31:30.12\00:31:32.02
It uses the word, "verb."
00:31:32.02\00:31:33.42
- Oh really?
00:31:33.42\00:31:34.26
- Jesus is the verb.
00:31:34.26\00:31:35.12
So a verb is like,
00:31:35.12\00:31:36.26
- It's more active.
00:31:36.26\00:31:37.39
- Yeah.
00:31:37.39\00:31:38.19
It's the center of a sentence.
00:31:38.19\00:31:38.99
There's no action without it,
00:31:38.99\00:31:40.30
so it's the manifestation.
00:31:40.30\00:31:42.06
- That's good, yeah.
00:31:42.06\00:31:43.23
So yeah, and then even in...
00:31:43.23\00:31:46.03
Where is it in Revelation 19?
00:31:46.03\00:31:47.37
Where Jesus comes
riding on a white horse
00:31:47.37\00:31:48.90
and on His thigh it
says, the Word of God.
00:31:48.90\00:31:52.94
And so that's a
consistent title for Christ
00:31:52.94\00:31:55.84
through the Bible.
00:31:55.84\00:31:56.81
Does that help at all, Brian?
00:31:56.81\00:31:58.35
- [Brian] Yeah, it does.
00:31:58.35\00:31:59.58
So when we call the
Bible, the Word of God.
00:31:59.58\00:32:03.08
- mm-hmm.
00:32:03.99\00:32:05.12
- Is it the same
thing or is that different?
00:32:05.12\00:32:07.16
- Well, the message of
God is contained in the Bible.
00:32:07.16\00:32:09.49
And keep in mind
when Jesus lived.
00:32:09.49\00:32:11.79
And He told us about the
Word and reading the Word.
00:32:11.79\00:32:13.70
There was no New Testament,
00:32:13.70\00:32:15.76
'cause that's later
written about His life.
00:32:15.76\00:32:18.63
So the Old Testament
and the New Testament
00:32:18.63\00:32:21.34
are certainly the Word of God.
00:32:21.34\00:32:23.67
And every time Jesus
was tempted by the devil,
00:32:23.67\00:32:26.14
He quoted from the Bible,
00:32:26.14\00:32:27.54
"It is written."
00:32:27.54\00:32:28.64
And that's
where our strength is.
00:32:28.64\00:32:30.25
It's in the Word.
00:32:30.25\00:32:31.08
- [Brian] Okay, Alright.
00:32:31.08\00:32:31.91
Well thank you.
00:32:31.91\00:32:32.75
- Alright.
00:32:32.75\00:32:33.58
- Hey, thank you.
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Thanks so much.
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We have a free book,
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And it's a book that
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- Alright.
00:32:52.33\00:32:53.54
- Alright, next we
have a question Eduardo
00:32:53.54\00:32:55.44
from New Jersey.
00:32:55.44\00:32:57.27
Good evening, Eduardo.
00:32:57.27\00:32:59.37
- [Eduardo] Good
evening, pastor Carlos.
00:32:59.37\00:33:00.51
Good evening pastor Doug.
00:33:00.51\00:33:02.41
- Yeah.
00:33:02.41\00:33:03.55
- [Eduardo] So I had
a question on Romans 9,
00:33:03.55\00:33:05.38
the whole chapter,
but just this one verse
00:33:05.38\00:33:08.28
where it talks about Jacob
God Loved, Esau have I hated
00:33:08.28\00:33:11.62
- Mm-hmm.
00:33:11.62\00:33:12.69
- [Eduardo] Who are
these vessels of wrath,
00:33:12.69\00:33:14.26
fitted to destruction.
00:33:14.26\00:33:15.36
When it says
Romans 9:22, what if God,
00:33:15.36\00:33:17.76
to shew His wrath,
make His power known,
00:33:17.76\00:33:19.86
endured with the
much long suffering
00:33:19.86\00:33:21.26
the vessels of wrath
fitted to destruction.
00:33:21.26\00:33:23.80
- First what is a vessel?
00:33:23.80\00:33:24.87
He tells us
earlier that, you know,
00:33:24.87\00:33:25.97
God is the
Potter, we are the clay.
00:33:25.97\00:33:27.70
God can make
different kinds of vessels.
00:33:27.70\00:33:30.14
And so vessels are
talking about people.
00:33:30.14\00:33:32.97
He wants to fill our
vessel with His Spirit.
00:33:32.97\00:33:36.28
And He wants us to
be vessels, containers
00:33:36.28\00:33:39.41
that are for His use
to communicate His truth
00:33:39.41\00:33:44.05
and to pour ourselves
out for good in the world.
00:33:44.05\00:33:46.49
So we're the vessels.
00:33:46.49\00:33:47.99
When He says vessels of wrath,
00:33:47.99\00:33:49.89
He's talking about
vessels that can't be used.
00:33:49.89\00:33:52.19
Now there's in the
law of Moses in Leviticus.
00:33:52.19\00:33:55.46
They had a law that
said that, you know,
00:33:55.46\00:33:58.23
you could clean a
vessel, but if certain vessels
00:33:58.23\00:34:00.27
were exposed to
anything that was unclean,
00:34:00.27\00:34:02.70
if you opened up a
basket and it had mice in it,
00:34:02.70\00:34:05.11
they said burn it.
00:34:05.11\00:34:06.01
Don't use it.
00:34:06.01\00:34:06.84
Don't try and wash it.
00:34:06.84\00:34:08.18
Some vessels
were to be destroyed
00:34:08.18\00:34:09.51
because they were unclean.
00:34:09.51\00:34:11.18
And if we refuse to
allow the Lord to clean us,
00:34:11.18\00:34:16.25
we become vessels that
are fit for destruction.
00:34:17.35\00:34:19.25
But I actually wanna
take you back a little bit
00:34:19.25\00:34:21.99
because there's a very
common mistake that people make
00:34:21.99\00:34:25.13
when they read here in Romans,
00:34:25.13\00:34:27.40
where Paul says, you
know, Jacob I've loved
00:34:27.40\00:34:29.46
and Esau I've hated.
00:34:29.46\00:34:31.23
He's actually
quoting from Malachi,
00:34:31.23\00:34:33.94
where it says Jacob,
Jacob was a term meaning Israel,
00:34:33.94\00:34:38.77
the people.
00:34:38.77\00:34:39.57
Esau meant Edom or the Edomites.
00:34:39.57\00:34:42.01
And the reason God
said, I have loved Jacob,
00:34:42.01\00:34:44.28
and I've hated
Esau is because Jacob,
00:34:44.28\00:34:47.32
he wanted the
blessing and his people
00:34:47.32\00:34:49.92
they were doing
more to pursue God.
00:34:49.92\00:34:51.59
The Edomites turned from
God and turned to paganism.
00:34:51.59\00:34:55.06
It wasn't that before
they were born God like Jacob
00:34:55.06\00:34:57.86
and hated Esau.
00:34:57.86\00:34:59.46
God liked that Jacob
was pursuing the Spirit
00:34:59.46\00:35:03.16
and Esau was pursuing the
flesh, and God hated that.
00:35:03.16\00:35:06.07
That is still true today.
00:35:06.07\00:35:07.17
God wants us to,
says in Romans 8,
00:35:07.17\00:35:09.84
if you live under
the flesh, you will die.
00:35:09.84\00:35:12.04
But if you live for
the Spirit, you will live.
00:35:12.04\00:35:14.58
So Romans 9, is
expanding on that.
00:35:14.58\00:35:16.31
- Yes.
00:35:16.31\00:35:17.35
- And that verse
Malachi chapter 1:2 and 3
00:35:17.35\00:35:19.55
- Yep.
00:35:19.55\00:35:20.62
- For Eduardo.
00:35:20.62\00:35:21.82
Did that help Eduardo?
00:35:21.82\00:35:23.45
- [Eduardo] Yeah, so much.
00:35:23.45\00:35:24.55
And also had
just one more verse.
00:35:24.55\00:35:26.19
What is like proverb
16, for where it says,
00:35:26.19\00:35:29.29
the Lord had made
all things for Himself.
00:35:29.29\00:35:31.43
Yea, even the
wicked for the day of evil.
00:35:31.43\00:35:34.76
- Yeah, well God did
not just say, you know,
00:35:34.76\00:35:36.90
I think I'm gonna
create some wicked people
00:35:36.90\00:35:38.90
so that I can burn
'em for entertainment.
00:35:38.90\00:35:41.47
it's basically saying
that I've even created people
00:35:41.47\00:35:44.31
who would choose wickedness
because I create everybody free.
00:35:44.31\00:35:48.08
And so God made
people with a free will,
00:35:48.08\00:35:50.71
even Lucifer, God
made a beautiful angel.
00:35:50.71\00:35:52.58
He chose to become a devil.
00:35:52.58\00:35:54.58
And so God is saying,
look, I make everything.
00:35:54.58\00:35:56.92
He's the ultimate Creator.
00:35:56.92\00:35:58.45
And even makes creatures that
will choose not to love Him.
00:35:58.45\00:36:01.92
But the Bible's
clear, God is good.
00:36:01.92\00:36:04.13
And every gift of God is good.
00:36:04.13\00:36:06.33
And God doesn't
tempt anyone with evil.
00:36:06.33\00:36:08.36
So God did not make somebody
who would deliberately sin
00:36:08.36\00:36:11.47
or then God
becomes an accomplice.
00:36:11.47\00:36:12.93
- Mm-hmm.
00:36:12.93\00:36:14.27
- And just think about
the implications of that,
00:36:14.27\00:36:15.57
that God would make a
creature that had no choice,
00:36:15.57\00:36:17.91
but to sin and then He's
gonna punish him for sinning.
00:36:17.91\00:36:19.84
- It would
ultimately His fault then.
00:36:19.84\00:36:21.64
- Yeah.
00:36:21.64\00:36:22.54
So we gotta be careful a lot.
00:36:23.61\00:36:24.98
Some churches teach that,
that's a dangerous doctrine.
00:36:24.98\00:36:27.02
- Alright, thank you, Eduardo.
00:36:27.02\00:36:28.22
- [Eduardo] Yeah.
00:36:28.22\00:36:29.55
- Our next caller is
Orlando from Brooklyn, New York.
00:36:29.55\00:36:33.36
That's my birth city.
00:36:33.36\00:36:34.92
Orlando, you're on the air.
00:36:34.92\00:36:37.79
- [Orlando] Hi, thank
you for taking my call.
00:36:37.79\00:36:39.46
Like I said to the lady earlier,
00:36:39.46\00:36:42.40
first I wanna say
that I believe that
00:36:42.40\00:36:44.43
God knows
everything that's happening,
00:36:44.43\00:36:46.33
it's going to happen.
00:36:46.33\00:36:47.27
- Mm-hmm.
00:36:47.27\00:36:48.60
- [Orlando] But that's
said, now Judas been vilified
00:36:48.60\00:36:51.84
for betraying Christ, but
with God knowing everything
00:36:51.84\00:36:54.61
was that not
his purpose in life,
00:36:54.61\00:36:57.08
wasn't he destined to do that?
00:36:57.08\00:36:59.18
- No, that's a great question
00:36:59.18\00:37:00.32
and it's connected
with the former question.
00:37:00.32\00:37:02.55
Now think of it like this.
00:37:02.55\00:37:05.22
God is a weatherman,
00:37:05.22\00:37:07.36
just use this as a
rough illustration,
00:37:07.36\00:37:10.09
and he flies in a helicopter.
00:37:10.09\00:37:12.43
And from the
perspective of the helicopter,
00:37:12.43\00:37:15.16
he can see two cars
heading on the same road
00:37:15.16\00:37:18.20
that the traffic signs are out
00:37:18.20\00:37:20.40
and they're going into a tunnel
and there's only one lane.
00:37:20.40\00:37:23.34
He can say, well, there's
gonna be an accident in a tunnel
00:37:23.34\00:37:26.04
before the accident happens,
00:37:26.04\00:37:27.11
he can see there's
gonna be an accident.
00:37:27.11\00:37:28.51
He's not making
the accident happen.
00:37:28.51\00:37:30.85
He's just saying, I
know what's gonna happen.
00:37:30.85\00:37:32.65
Jesus said, I know
Judas is gonna betray Me.
00:37:32.65\00:37:36.85
He didn't make Judas betray Him,
00:37:36.85\00:37:38.49
but God knows everything so
He knows what's going to happen.
00:37:38.49\00:37:41.16
He lets His creatures be free.
00:37:41.16\00:37:43.59
And, you know, some parents
have had kids and they say,
00:37:43.59\00:37:47.13
this is a kid that
just is really rebellious
00:37:47.13\00:37:49.86
and I kind of know what
direction he's gonna go.
00:37:49.86\00:37:51.57
I don't want him to, but
that child has free choice
00:37:51.57\00:37:55.87
and God did not
want Adam to sin or Eve.
00:37:55.87\00:37:59.54
So because God knows
something doesn't mean
00:37:59.54\00:38:01.94
He's making it happen.
00:38:01.94\00:38:03.28
Jesus, He wept over Judas.
00:38:03.28\00:38:05.38
He washed his feet.
00:38:05.38\00:38:06.18
He longed to have him repent,
00:38:06.18\00:38:08.48
but he just knew that he would
ultimately harden his heart.
00:38:08.48\00:38:10.89
- Yeah.
00:38:10.89\00:38:11.72
It's proactive.
00:38:11.72\00:38:12.55
- Yeah.
00:38:12.55\00:38:13.39
- In hard decisions.
00:38:13.39\00:38:14.22
- Yeah, exactly.
00:38:14.22\00:38:15.06
- Amen.
00:38:15.06\00:38:15.89
Did that help Orlando?
00:38:15.89\00:38:17.96
- Yeah. - I guess he's go off.
00:38:17.96\00:38:19.63
- Okay.
00:38:19.63\00:38:20.46
- Alright.
00:38:20.46\00:38:21.23
Next we have Saith from Texas.
00:38:21.23\00:38:23.90
Good evening,
Saith, you're on the air.
00:38:23.90\00:38:26.84
- [Saith] Hi, My
question is how do we know
00:38:26.84\00:38:28.87
when the seven
last plague started?
00:38:28.87\00:38:32.54
- Alright.
00:38:32.54\00:38:33.41
You know,
that's a good question.
00:38:33.41\00:38:35.44
One of the seven last plagues,
00:38:35.44\00:38:37.28
it says the
Euphrates river would dry up.
00:38:37.28\00:38:39.08
- Mm-hmm.
00:38:39.08\00:38:40.18
- I think that's
the sixth plague.
00:38:40.18\00:38:40.72
- Mm-hmm.
00:38:40.72\00:38:41.52
- Well is very interesting.
00:38:41.52\00:38:42.62
I turned on the news
a couple of years ago
00:38:42.62\00:38:43.69
and CNN and Fox
major news networks.
00:38:43.69\00:38:46.45
- Yeah.
00:38:46.45\00:38:47.72
- They said the
Euphrates river is drying up
00:38:47.72\00:38:51.59
because Issis had captured
the floodgates up higher
00:38:51.59\00:38:54.03
and they were
turning them off in the
00:38:54.03\00:38:55.70
- Yeah.
00:38:55.70\00:38:57.07
- And the river was
going dry and basically trying
00:38:57.07\00:38:58.10
to starve their enemies.
00:38:58.10\00:38:59.47
And folks were going,
oh, that's the sixth plague.
00:38:59.47\00:39:02.64
Next plague is
Jesus comes (laughs)
00:39:02.64\00:39:05.61
But now river's got a
little more water in it.
00:39:05.61\00:39:08.41
I do think it's interesting.
00:39:08.41\00:39:09.74
That is one that one
plague that may have a literal
00:39:09.74\00:39:12.11
and a spiritual
fulfillment as well.
00:39:12.11\00:39:14.18
But you know, we
certainly have not seen
00:39:14.18\00:39:15.88
waters turning to blood.
00:39:15.88\00:39:17.59
You know, we've not seen
the whole world covered with
00:39:17.59\00:39:20.29
a noisome sore.
00:39:20.29\00:39:21.39
- Yeah, COVID but
not a noisome sore.
00:39:21.39\00:39:24.73
And then it says men will
be scorched with great heat.
00:39:24.73\00:39:27.96
And I think
that's the fourth plague.
00:39:27.96\00:39:30.80
And so, you know, we haven't
seen those things happen.
00:39:30.80\00:39:35.10
I also think that the
spiritual events that happened
00:39:35.10\00:39:38.37
just before Jesus
comes, talks about a law,
00:39:38.37\00:39:41.74
that everybody must worship
the beasts and his image,
00:39:41.74\00:39:43.85
or they can't buy or
sell and they'll be killed.
00:39:43.85\00:39:46.55
That has not happened.
00:39:46.55\00:39:47.38
- No.
00:39:47.38\00:39:48.18
- Plagues come after that.
00:39:48.18\00:39:49.05
- Yep.
00:39:49.05\00:39:49.85
And also there's no repentance
00:39:49.85\00:39:51.45
after the plagues start to fall.
00:39:51.45\00:39:53.29
So some people ask is
COVID one of the seven plagues.
00:39:53.29\00:39:55.29
They're like, well,
more people are repenting now
00:39:55.29\00:39:57.13
and coming to
the Lord than ever.
00:39:57.13\00:39:58.76
So that shows that we're still,
00:39:58.76\00:40:00.40
we haven't gone
to that point yet.
00:40:00.40\00:40:01.70
- It is a plague.
00:40:01.70\00:40:03.10
And Jesus said, there'll
be pestilence in the last day.
00:40:03.10\00:40:04.80
So it certainly fulfills that,
00:40:04.80\00:40:06.17
but I don't believe it's
one of the seven last plagues.
00:40:06.17\00:40:09.24
- Yes, exactly.
00:40:09.24\00:40:10.07
- Alright.
00:40:10.07\00:40:10.91
Thank you, Saith.
00:40:10.91\00:40:11.71
Next we have Edna from Michigan.
00:40:11.71\00:40:13.58
Edna, good evening.
00:40:13.58\00:40:14.74
You're on the air.
00:40:14.74\00:40:16.31
- [Edna] Good evening guys.
00:40:16.31\00:40:17.88
- Hi.
00:40:17.88\00:40:18.95
- [Edna] my question
is Matthew 5:21 and 22.
00:40:18.95\00:40:22.78
- Mm-hmm.
00:40:22.78\00:40:24.15
- [Edna] So do you want me
to read that or do you want to,
00:40:24.15\00:40:26.49
- You can go right ahead.
00:40:26.49\00:40:28.46
- [Edna] Okay.
00:40:28.46\00:40:29.69
5:21, "You've heard that
it was said to those of old,
00:40:31.06\00:40:35.73
you shall not
murder and whoever murders
00:40:36.97\00:40:38.53
will be in danger of judgment.
00:40:38.53\00:40:40.47
But I say to you verse 22,
00:40:40.47\00:40:43.27
that whoever's angry with
his brother without a cause
00:40:43.27\00:40:46.91
shall be in
danger of the judgment.
00:40:46.91\00:40:49.51
And whoever says
to his brother Raca,
00:40:49.51\00:40:52.45
shall be in danger of council,
00:40:52.45\00:40:55.28
but whoever says you fool should
be in danger of hell fire.
00:40:55.28\00:41:00.32
So my question is the very last.
00:41:01.12\00:41:03.99
If a person is a fool
00:41:03.99\00:41:06.80
and what's wrong with
saying that they are a fool?
00:41:08.30\00:41:12.70
Hell fire is pretty drastic.
00:41:12.70\00:41:15.27
- Yeah.
00:41:15.27\00:41:16.64
- [Edna] So what's wrong
with calling them a fool?
00:41:16.64\00:41:18.24
- Yeah, I know
what you're saying
00:41:18.24\00:41:19.51
and there are actually
places where James says,
00:41:19.51\00:41:23.51
oh, I forget which verse it is,
00:41:24.78\00:41:26.41
but he says "Oh foolish man.
00:41:26.41\00:41:28.82
And then Jesus said fools
and slow of heart to believe.
00:41:30.15\00:41:33.92
And if you read in Proverbs,
00:41:33.92\00:41:35.72
Proverbs talks a lot
about the foolish man.
00:41:35.72\00:41:38.03
The fool is said in his heart,
there is no God, David said.
00:41:38.03\00:41:40.60
So are they all going to
hell because they said that?
00:41:40.60\00:41:44.10
You know, the word there
that Jesus uses for fool,
00:41:44.10\00:41:46.70
it means they call
a person worthless.
00:41:46.70\00:41:48.84
And I think He's
basically saying that,
00:41:48.84\00:41:50.94
if you tell a person that
they're not worthy of being
00:41:50.94\00:41:54.01
saved, that they
have no value to God.
00:41:54.01\00:41:55.91
You know, that's really
an insult on the Creator
00:41:55.91\00:41:59.18
and treating people,
I don't think it means
00:41:59.18\00:42:01.58
saying at one time 'cause
that's not the unpardonable sin,
00:42:01.58\00:42:03.92
but treating people like
they have no value before God.
00:42:03.92\00:42:08.22
That's yeah,
that's very dangerous.
00:42:08.22\00:42:11.13
- [Edna] So what
I hear you saying is
00:42:11.13\00:42:14.30
because God made that
person that they are worthy
00:42:16.13\00:42:21.20
of His sacrifice.
00:42:21.87\00:42:23.67
And so therefore I should
not think him to be a fool.
00:42:23.67\00:42:27.91
- Yeah.
00:42:27.91\00:42:29.04
Or don't don't
think him to be worthless.
00:42:29.04\00:42:31.18
And you know, even in
English, we've got some words
00:42:31.18\00:42:34.08
that depending on the context,
00:42:34.08\00:42:35.72
they have two
different meanings.
00:42:35.72\00:42:37.59
And so this is one
of those words in Greek
00:42:37.59\00:42:40.72
that can mean a silly
person and let's face it
00:42:40.72\00:42:43.73
there's a lot of silly
people, their behavior.
00:42:43.73\00:42:45.96
But then using that
same word, it can also mean
00:42:45.96\00:42:48.13
a person that has no value.
00:42:48.13\00:42:50.43
And so you don't
want to tell a person,
00:42:50.43\00:42:52.03
- [Edna] Okay, I understand
00:42:52.03\00:42:52.87
- They have no value.
00:42:52.87\00:42:54.10
- [Edna] Okay.
00:42:54.10\00:42:55.60
- That's I think the
context of what Jesus is saying.
00:42:55.60\00:42:57.37
Thank you.
00:42:57.37\00:42:58.77
- [Edna] Well, I
appreciate you telling me
00:42:58.77\00:43:00.14
because I've read
this over and over
00:43:00.14\00:43:02.44
and I just did not
understand it, but now I do.
00:43:02.44\00:43:05.25
Thank you.
00:43:05.25\00:43:06.08
- Amen.
00:43:06.08\00:43:07.12
- Thank you. Alright.
00:43:07.12\00:43:08.15
Next we have
Taydion from Illinois.
00:43:08.15\00:43:11.29
Taydion, you're on the air.
00:43:12.22\00:43:13.79
Did I say that correctly?
00:43:13.79\00:43:15.06
- [Taydion] It's Taydion.
00:43:15.06\00:43:16.66
- Taydion, Alright.
00:43:16.66\00:43:18.46
And your question.
00:43:18.46\00:43:20.03
- [Taydion] So
my question is that
00:43:21.63\00:43:23.90
I'm in kind of a predicament,
00:43:23.90\00:43:25.37
but the general question
is the unpardonable sin,
00:43:25.37\00:43:28.94
because I heard about
this, I believe, like a year
00:43:28.94\00:43:31.77
or two ago and it
just kept clouding my mind
00:43:31.77\00:43:36.68
and I essentially know
what it means and essentially
00:43:36.68\00:43:41.08
I know what it means and
I know how you commit it.
00:43:42.45\00:43:44.29
But the thing is though, is
that I've been going through
00:43:44.29\00:43:47.06
a lot of struggles
lately because I don't know
00:43:47.06\00:43:49.32
any other seventh day Adventist,
like Christians around me.
00:43:49.32\00:43:52.33
And even if I do, I
can't go to church or whatever,
00:43:52.33\00:43:55.26
because I don't drive, but
that's mostly due to my fault.
00:43:55.26\00:43:59.23
But my question is
that if you committed
00:43:59.23\00:44:03.27
the unpardonable sin,
would the character that God
00:44:03.27\00:44:06.41
has been making
you into, still remain
00:44:06.41\00:44:10.51
or would it
completely disappear?
00:44:10.51\00:44:14.02
- Alright.
00:44:14.02\00:44:15.62
Let me see if I
understand what you're saying.
00:44:15.62\00:44:17.62
So if you've committed
the under unpardonable sin,
00:44:17.62\00:44:20.46
are you asking, does that
mean that you get any credit
00:44:20.46\00:44:22.82
for your past development?
00:44:22.82\00:44:24.46
- [Taydion] No, no, no.
00:44:24.46\00:44:26.43
Essentially, no.
00:44:27.93\00:44:29.73
So like, I'll do a little
bit of short story so that,
00:44:29.73\00:44:32.67
- Well, we gotta see summarize
it as quickly as you can
00:44:32.67\00:44:36.04
'cause we've got a
few people lined up.
00:44:36.04\00:44:37.94
- [Taydion] Yeah, so
essentially, I've been
00:44:37.94\00:44:42.04
struggling with sin a lot,
but I've had victories over, you
00:44:42.04\00:44:45.48
know, like most sin.
00:44:45.48\00:44:46.78
I don't play violent
video games much anymore,
00:44:46.78\00:44:49.78
let alone anything else.
00:44:49.78\00:44:51.65
And I've gained a
victory over pornography,
00:44:51.65\00:44:53.69
essentially that really
doesn't bother me anymore,
00:44:53.69\00:44:55.59
but it's essentially
got to the point to where
00:44:55.59\00:44:59.33
I asked God to put me
through a trial and ,you know,
00:44:59.33\00:45:02.26
to baptize me with fire,
00:45:02.26\00:45:03.70
basically meaning
put me through trials.
00:45:03.70\00:45:05.40
And then it literally
got to the point where
00:45:05.40\00:45:07.30
I think He did.
00:45:07.30\00:45:08.67
And then I've been attacked
mentally that, you know, like,
00:45:08.67\00:45:12.77
it's just, you know,
like doubting God essentially.
00:45:12.77\00:45:15.68
And then that's
led to me thinking
00:45:15.68\00:45:17.08
I committed the unpardonable sin
00:45:17.08\00:45:18.55
and that's just
been plaguing me.
00:45:18.55\00:45:19.91
But for the past couple
of days I felt encouraged
00:45:19.91\00:45:22.95
and I even felt the Holy
Spirit tug on my heart on Friday
00:45:22.95\00:45:26.69
saying go to Jesus.
00:45:26.69\00:45:28.02
And then now like the
Word of God is hitting me.
00:45:28.02\00:45:30.63
Kind of like what
you brought up earlier,
00:45:30.63\00:45:31.96
like with the destruction
of Sodom and Gomorrah.
00:45:31.96\00:45:33.50
I believe was
Sodom and Gomorrah.
00:45:33.50\00:45:35.46
it was something about Abraham.
00:45:35.46\00:45:36.87
- If we were to summarize
this, are you asking then
00:45:36.87\00:45:38.63
how do I know that I've not
committed the unpardonable sin?
00:45:38.63\00:45:43.71
- [Taydion] Basically. Yes.
00:45:44.51\00:45:44.91
- Okay.
00:45:44.91\00:45:45.44
- Alright.
00:45:45.44\00:45:46.78
That's a good question, you
know you're not alone out there
00:45:46.78\00:45:48.11
because people come to
Jesus and they find themselves
00:45:48.11\00:45:50.75
struggling with sin
for years sometimes.
00:45:50.75\00:45:53.35
And well, their
whole life they're gonna
00:45:53.35\00:45:55.25
struggle with temptation.
00:45:55.25\00:45:56.99
But does that mean then that,
00:45:56.99\00:45:58.99
well, if I'm still being
tempted after being a Christian
00:45:58.99\00:46:01.26
30 years, sometimes
they fall in the same area
00:46:01.26\00:46:04.13
over and over again.
00:46:04.13\00:46:05.39
Does that mean I've
committed the unpardonable sin?
00:46:05.39\00:46:08.03
I'll say no because as long
as there's a devil in the world,
00:46:08.03\00:46:12.30
you're gonna be
battling temptation.
00:46:12.30\00:46:16.00
You want to continue to nurture
the Holy Spirit in your life
00:46:16.00\00:46:20.48
when you are convicted,
you repent of your sins.
00:46:20.48\00:46:24.55
And then by God's
grace, you strive to turn.
00:46:24.55\00:46:27.15
Repentance
means a sorrow for sin
00:46:27.15\00:46:30.25
and a willingness to turn away.
00:46:30.25\00:46:32.89
Do you see growth?
00:46:32.89\00:46:34.16
Bible says grow in the
grace and the knowledge
00:46:34.16\00:46:36.83
of our Lord, Jesus Christ.
00:46:36.83\00:46:38.46
So, you know, are
you seeing any progress?
00:46:38.46\00:46:40.56
I'm encouraged because I see
spiritually that I'm growing.
00:46:40.56\00:46:44.73
I think I'm praying
more now than I ever used to.
00:46:44.73\00:46:46.67
And I see progress in my life.
00:46:46.67\00:46:50.94
But boy, every day I
was talking on the way
00:46:50.94\00:46:53.54
to the radio program with
a friend that picked me up.
00:46:53.54\00:46:55.91
I said, I got a battle every
day with not eating too much.
00:46:55.91\00:46:59.85
And it's been that way
for years because, you know,
00:46:59.85\00:47:03.22
if I just go with my taste buds,
00:47:03.22\00:47:05.05
- Yeah.
00:47:05.05\00:47:06.15
- I'll eat twice
as much (chuckles)
00:47:06.15\00:47:07.49
So you're never gonna get
away from having some battles
00:47:07.49\00:47:11.23
and don't get discouraged.
00:47:11.23\00:47:13.19
Now we have a free book.
00:47:13.19\00:47:14.50
We'll send you.
00:47:14.50\00:47:15.60
And it's called
the unpardonable sin.
00:47:15.60\00:47:17.33
I think you'll
find that encouraging.
00:47:17.33\00:47:19.13
- Yes.
00:47:19.13\00:47:20.07
- Taydion.
00:47:20.07\00:47:20.97
- Taydion.
00:47:21.74\00:47:22.57
- Taydion, Alright.
00:47:22.57\00:47:23.64
And thank you for your call.
00:47:23.64\00:47:24.94
We see if we can
get a couple more in
00:47:24.94\00:47:26.44
before we run out of time here.
00:47:26.44\00:47:27.94
- Yeah, sure.
00:47:27.94\00:47:29.01
Let's go to Ruth
from Denton, Texas.
00:47:29.01\00:47:31.85
- [Ruth] My question is,
are those seven last plagues
00:47:33.18\00:47:37.09
going to be all over the world?
00:47:38.02\00:47:39.75
Or like separately
in different areas?
00:47:39.75\00:47:43.53
Areas of the world.
00:47:43.53\00:47:45.73
- Yeah, good question.
00:47:45.73\00:47:47.50
You know, even when the
seven plagues fell on Egypt,
00:47:47.50\00:47:51.33
it seemed like different areas
00:47:51.33\00:47:53.10
in Egypt had
different intensity.
00:47:53.10\00:47:55.50
The Lord spared
the land of Goshen,
00:47:55.50\00:47:58.01
during the last seven plagues.
00:47:58.01\00:48:00.41
When it tells us that the
earth is gonna be scorched
00:48:00.41\00:48:02.61
with great heat
under the fourth plague,
00:48:02.61\00:48:05.35
I suspect it's gonna
be worse at the equator
00:48:05.35\00:48:08.75
than it's gonna
be at Antarctica.
00:48:08.75\00:48:11.52
And, you know, it
talks about, of course,
00:48:11.52\00:48:14.99
fresh water turning to blood,
the seas turning to blood.
00:48:14.99\00:48:18.36
So, you know, I don't know that
00:48:18.36\00:48:20.96
they're gonna be
universal in nature.
00:48:20.96\00:48:22.66
Jesus said that except those
days be shortened, no flesh.
00:48:22.66\00:48:26.47
That means good, bad, anybody,
00:48:26.47\00:48:28.10
no animals,
nothing would survive.
00:48:28.10\00:48:30.47
So it's gonna be pretty serious.
00:48:30.47\00:48:31.84
- Yeah.
00:48:31.84\00:48:33.11
I think they're
progressive because if they fell
00:48:33.11\00:48:34.88
on the earth that all,
or covered the whole earth,
00:48:34.88\00:48:37.98
then that will be
completely wiped out humanity.
00:48:37.98\00:48:41.15
- Yeah, exterminate humanity.
00:48:41.15\00:48:42.52
So they're probably gonna
be coming in different levels
00:48:42.52\00:48:45.39
at different time.
00:48:45.39\00:48:46.76
Well, we know
they're at different times.
00:48:46.76\00:48:48.12
It's gonna be a
sequence and, you know,
00:48:48.12\00:48:50.03
maybe they'll just
start to recover from one
00:48:50.03\00:48:51.53
and then another one hits.
00:48:51.53\00:48:52.76
- Yep.
00:48:52.76\00:48:53.60
Just like an Egypt.
00:48:53.60\00:48:54.40
- Yep.
00:48:54.40\00:48:55.23
- Alright.
00:48:55.23\00:48:56.06
- Thank you, Ruth.
00:48:56.06\00:48:56.90
Appreciate your call.
00:48:56.90\00:48:57.73
- Alright.
00:48:57.73\00:48:58.53
We have Caleb from New York.
00:48:58.53\00:49:00.44
Caleb, welcome,
you're on the air.
00:49:00.44\00:49:02.74
- [Caleb] Hello.
00:49:02.74\00:49:04.07
Yes, my question is
about, someone asked me today
00:49:04.07\00:49:06.81
and I was talking
Bible with someone today
00:49:06.81\00:49:08.84
and I couldn't
answer this question.
00:49:08.84\00:49:11.11
My question is, what about
people that live in tribes?
00:49:11.11\00:49:15.68
People who don't
know about Jesus Christ,
00:49:16.79\00:49:20.32
'Cause I
remember a few years ago
00:49:20.32\00:49:21.39
this guy went to try
and preach to this tribe
00:49:21.39\00:49:24.09
and then they killed him.
00:49:24.09\00:49:26.23
- Mm-hmm.
00:49:26.23\00:49:27.30
- [Caleb] These
people don't know,
00:49:27.30\00:49:28.16
they never
heard of Jesus Christ.
00:49:28.16\00:49:31.10
What happened to these people?
00:49:31.10\00:49:33.03
- Are you
wondering, is everybody lost
00:49:33.03\00:49:36.27
who never heard about Jesus?
00:49:37.17\00:49:38.81
- [Caleb] Yes.
00:49:38.81\00:49:40.21
- And you know you've
got these people that are in,
00:49:40.21\00:49:41.34
you know, they might
be Aborigenes in Australia
00:49:41.34\00:49:44.78
or some of the natives
in the jungles of Brazil
00:49:44.78\00:49:48.35
or in Africa that
never heard about Jesus
00:49:48.35\00:49:51.42
for all those millennia, are
all of them automatically lost?
00:49:51.42\00:49:56.09
And I would say no,
00:49:56.09\00:49:57.83
because, you know, Jesus,
when He began His ministry,
00:49:57.83\00:50:00.86
He said, preaching to His
people in His own home church.
00:50:00.86\00:50:05.53
He said there were
many lepers in the land
00:50:05.53\00:50:07.30
in the days of Naaman,
but none of them was cleansed
00:50:07.30\00:50:09.54
except the Syrian, not a Jew.
00:50:09.54\00:50:12.54
And he said, there
were many widows in the land
00:50:12.54\00:50:14.54
in the days of Elijah.
00:50:14.54\00:50:15.68
But Elijah wasn't
sent to any Jewish widows,
00:50:15.68\00:50:17.91
he was sent to a
Phoenician widow.
00:50:17.91\00:50:20.58
And Jesus is emphasizing that
00:50:20.58\00:50:23.08
there are many that will
come from the east and the west
00:50:23.08\00:50:24.59
and sit down in the kingdom.
00:50:24.59\00:50:26.05
There are people I
think in foreign lands,
00:50:26.05\00:50:27.96
now, most people
are not gonna be saved.
00:50:27.96\00:50:29.76
Jesus said the road
to destruction is wide
00:50:29.76\00:50:33.09
because they did not surrender
to the will of the Lord.
00:50:33.09\00:50:36.77
But Christ is
pretty clear in John,
00:50:36.77\00:50:39.07
and I think it's
chapter 5, where He said,
00:50:39.07\00:50:42.40
the hour is coming in which
those that are in the grave
00:50:42.40\00:50:44.47
will hear His
voice and come forth.
00:50:44.47\00:50:46.04
They that have done
good, the resurrection of life.
00:50:46.04\00:50:49.41
They that have done evil,
the resurrection of damnation.
00:50:49.41\00:50:52.15
There are some people
maybe in foreign lands
00:50:52.15\00:50:54.55
that they're saved by Jesus.
00:50:54.55\00:50:57.99
No one is saved without Jesus.
00:50:57.99\00:50:59.92
But they listen to the
voice of Christ speaking through
00:50:59.92\00:51:02.69
Providence or angels.
00:51:02.69\00:51:04.96
And they walked in
the light they had.
00:51:04.96\00:51:08.16
There's nothing
that would prevent God
00:51:08.16\00:51:09.73
from saving those people.
00:51:09.73\00:51:11.30
So I think the Holy Spirit,
does what Paul say in Romans 1,
00:51:11.30\00:51:14.60
that even the barbarians,
00:51:14.60\00:51:16.37
who maybe did not
hear the gospel from
00:51:16.37\00:51:18.87
an apostle or preacher,
they've heard God speaking
00:51:18.87\00:51:21.51
through His creation,
00:51:21.51\00:51:22.91
and so they're without excuse.
00:51:22.91\00:51:24.95
So God has spoken to people.
00:51:24.95\00:51:27.68
it's just never been as direct
missionaries as so important
00:51:27.68\00:51:30.89
because it's such a
direct way of communicating
00:51:30.89\00:51:33.25
the full gospel.
00:51:33.25\00:51:34.36
But you know, I think
there'll be some people
00:51:34.36\00:51:36.26
that will be saved from
these dark corners of the earth.
00:51:36.26\00:51:38.79
- Yeah.
00:51:38.79\00:51:40.06
And for God, to judge everybody,
as it says in the Bible,
00:51:40.06\00:51:42.70
then everybody He
had to reveal Himself
00:51:42.70\00:51:44.87
in some way, shape or form.
00:51:44.87\00:51:46.07
Either through
creation, Romans 1.
00:51:46.07\00:51:47.24
- Mm-mmh.
00:51:47.24\00:51:48.87
- Through His Son,
primarily through His Word.
00:51:48.87\00:51:51.21
So everybody in
some way, shape or form
00:51:51.21\00:51:52.74
has had a revelation of God.
00:51:52.74\00:51:54.31
- Yeah, Christ.
00:51:54.31\00:51:55.61
- And they've
rejected it or acknowledged it
00:51:55.61\00:51:57.78
- And Jesus said
that, if you had not seen,
00:51:57.78\00:52:00.78
you would have no sin,
00:52:00.78\00:52:01.88
but now that you
see your sin remains.
00:52:01.88\00:52:03.89
So to whom much is
given much is required.
00:52:03.89\00:52:05.99
People that know the full gospel
00:52:05.99\00:52:07.89
are gonna be
held more accountable
00:52:07.89\00:52:09.39
than those who've had
very little knowledge of these
00:52:09.39\00:52:13.60
things. Alright, you know what?
00:52:13.60\00:52:14.66
I'm looking at the clock
00:52:14.66\00:52:16.56
and I don't think we can
do a question in 54, 53, 52.
00:52:16.56\00:52:20.54
Let me tell you
what's coming up friends.
00:52:20.54\00:52:21.97
Don't go away.
00:52:21.97\00:52:23.07
We are doing
more Bible questions,
00:52:23.07\00:52:25.91
but just so you understand
the mechanics of this,
00:52:25.91\00:52:28.01
we're on not only a
number of land based stations
00:52:28.01\00:52:30.15
and the internet
around the world,
00:52:30.15\00:52:31.65
but we're on
satellite across North America.
00:52:31.65\00:52:34.08
And the time clocks
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00:52:34.08\00:52:36.08
a little bit different.
00:52:36.08\00:52:38.22
We're gonna be going off the air
00:52:38.22\00:52:40.16
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00:52:40.16\00:52:42.39
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00:52:42.39\00:52:44.26
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00:52:44.26\00:52:46.36
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00:53:00.38\00:53:02.81
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and the credits.
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We're gonna do
questions real quick.
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We got like two minutes
and see how many we can get
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through pastor Carlos.
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- Alright, let's do quickly.
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This is from Joanne in England.
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She says, can you please
throw some light on Jude 1:13?
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well there's only
one chapter Jude 1:13.
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We know that there is no
eternal damnation for the wicked
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yet the verse
seems to imply that God
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will punish the wicked
forever in a place of darkness.
00:53:55.20\00:53:57.90
Could you help
me understand this?
00:53:57.90\00:54:00.07
- Yeah, well,
it's talking about,
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it says for whom is
reserved the blackness
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of darkness forever.
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Well, if you got blackness
of darkness, that's oblivion,
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you don't see anything,
you don't know anything.
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And it's basically saying that
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the wicked will
experience eternal judgment.
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They're, you know,
brought into non-existence,
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the blackness of darkness.
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And they don't see God.
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They don't see each other.
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They don't know anything.
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And so truth and realization
is compared to light,
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this is the opposite of that.
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- Internal death.
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Next on line has, Why
was Moses punished so harshly
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for striking Instead of speaking
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while David was punished so
lightly for adultery and murder?
00:54:36.74\00:54:40.24
- Well, Moses was
treated severely because
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he as the leader of the people,
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the mediator
between God and man,
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God told him
clearly to speak to the rock
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and God later said
that Moses, He says,
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you're being
punished because you did not
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glorify Me before the people.
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And God ultimately did
raised Moses from the dead.
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And He did let him see the
promise land from Mount Nebo.
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David was punished harshly.
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He not only lost
the illegitimate child,
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he lost three other
sons, the respect of the people
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and, yeah, he spent
seven days on his face crying.
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- Yep.
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Next we have Mel,
asking, my Christian husband
00:55:13.74\00:55:16.85
left the church
and had an affair
00:55:16.85\00:55:18.21
during the end of our marriage.
00:55:18.21\00:55:19.55
I too started a short
affair and committed adultery.
00:55:19.55\00:55:21.95
Will the Lord judge us the same
00:55:21.95\00:55:23.75
for breaking the marriage vow?
00:55:23.75\00:55:26.79
- Well, all sin is
sin, but I'm not gonna be
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judging anyone's heart right now
00:55:29.89\00:55:31.86
because in a
situation like this,
00:55:31.86\00:55:33.60
there's gonna be a lot of
circumstantial evidence that
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or differences that,
I'd recommend you read
00:55:36.63\00:55:39.57
the book that I wrote
and you can send for it.
00:55:39.57\00:55:41.44
It's called "Marriage,
divorce and remarriage."
00:55:41.44\00:55:43.44
Lot of verses deal
with that subject there.
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- Alright, then we have
here from New Zealand, Russell,
00:55:45.91\00:55:48.51
says, when Jesus
said He will be with us
00:55:48.51\00:55:51.51
until the end of the age.
00:55:51.51\00:55:52.61
Does that mean He will
leave us at some stage?
00:55:52.61\00:55:54.98
I thought He
was with us forever.
00:55:54.98\00:55:57.35
- Well, yeah, He
will be with us forever.
00:55:57.35\00:55:58.75
I think the time
we're worried about
00:55:58.75\00:56:00.19
is not when we get to heaven.
00:56:00.19\00:56:01.29
I think the context is
the people were worried
00:56:01.29\00:56:03.06
that He was gonna go to
heaven and forget about them.
00:56:03.06\00:56:06.06
He said, no, I'm
never gonna leave you.
00:56:06.06\00:56:07.40
I'll be with you all
through the trials of this world
00:56:07.40\00:56:09.73
and friends, wherever you
are, he's with you right now.
00:56:09.73\00:56:12.33
And this really is coming to
the conclusion of our program.
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