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Hello, listening friends,
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would you like to
hear an amazing fact?
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James Michael Grimes, 28
says, "He's lucky to be alive
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after more than 20 hours
treading water in the open sea.
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On November 23rd, 2020, during
a family Thanksgiving vacation,
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he fell from a cruise ship
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in the middle of
the Gulf of Mexico.
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Cruise ships are
very tall, so it's amazing
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the fall itself
did not kill him.
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He does not remember how
he fell, just that he woke up
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in the ocean and there was
no boat anywhere in sight."
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Grimes says, "The Lord was with
me while I was out there because
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something was holding me up the
whole time I was passed out."
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My worst fear is
drowning, so I was dead set
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on making it out of there."
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Grimes says, God gave him
the strength to stay afloat, and
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thinking about his nine year old
daughter gave him determination.
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His family reported him
missing the next morning,
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but it took hours for the
cruise line to search the ship
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and confirm he was not on board.
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That's when they
contacted the Coast Guard,
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who began searching
over a 700-square-mile grid.
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Now, finding a lone man without
a life jacket in the ocean
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is like looking for
a needle in a haystack.
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Grimes fought hard to
survive swimming through
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two schools of jellyfish,
and somehow evaded sharks
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that normally
infest those waters.
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Eventually Grimes
plucked off all his clothing
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to make swimming less strenuous.
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When the sun began to set
the next day having no food
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or water in 20 hours,
he was totally fatigued.
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When he saw the lights of
a container ship approaching,
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he used his last
remaining strength
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to swim towards
the giant vessel.
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Miraculously, someone on
the container ship spotted him,
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and a message was
sent to the nearby
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Coast Guard search
and rescue helicopter.
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Grimes told the Coast Guard,
"You're like a guardian angel
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coming down for me."
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Other than dehydration, losing
20 pounds and spending four days
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in ICU, he received no wounds.
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He said, "The Lord
was with me all the way."
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He told reporters, "In a way,
it was like a 20 hour baptism
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that drew me closer to God."
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I know that God
saved me for a reason,
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and now I have to
abide by His plan.
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You know, I'll tell you
Pastor Carlos, that it's
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really something to think
about spending that much time
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out there in the
water, treading water,
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and the water was 70
degrees, which it's cool,
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it kinda saps your
heat after a while.
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Carlos Munoz: No, it's
amazing and then to think
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that he would be in the
sun, no clothes, anything,
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it's beyond anything
I've ever heard before.
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Doug: It helped probably
that, you know, 28, you're sort
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of in your prime and he
just used, when the Coast Guard
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picked him up,
they said he probably
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wouldn't have
lasted another 10 minutes.
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I mean, they got him, he was
starting to go under and come up
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and go under and come up and
so everyone says it really is
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a miracle that they even spotted
him, that the fall did not kill
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him, that the sharks did not eat
him, and that they were able to
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rescue him and he knows
that God saved him for a reason.
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So I thought it was interesting
he said that it was sort like
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a 20 hour baptism.
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Carlos: Yeah, definitely
a divine intervention with
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everything that was going on.
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Doug: Yeah.
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Makes me think of that verse
in the Bible in John chapter 3
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verse 5, where Jesus said,
"Most assuredly I say to you,
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unless one is born of
the water and the Spirit,
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they cannot enter
the kingdom of heaven."
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And so it kinda describes,
sometimes you go through
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a real trial but it's like a
new birth, it's like when God
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brought the children of
Israel through the Red Sea,
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they were, you might
say, baptized in the water,
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and then they're later
baptized by a pillar of fire,
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they needed both baptisms
as they were born as a nation.
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Carlos: Yeah.
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Doug: And maybe our folks
listening have thought about,
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"What is this baptism word I
hear Christians talking about
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baptism and baptism in the
Spirit and baptism in the water,
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what's that all about?"
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I think we got a
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Carlos: If you're interested
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Doug: Yeah, we hope that
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will request that and
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Carlos: Amen.
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Doug: So the Lord is
blessing, it's becoming
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as much a TV
program as a radio program
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but we're going
to go to the phones.
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Before we do, we always
start with prayer Pastor Carlos.
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Carlos: Let's
have a word of prayer.
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Father, thank you again for this
privilege and this honor that
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you give us to come and open
your word and share with those
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that are listening and
watching and we just ask that
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it may be a blessing for them
as it may be a blessing for us
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and we ask this in
Jesus's name, amen.
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Doug: Amen.
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Carlos: All right, our first
caller, Carlton from Oklahoma.
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Welcome Carlton to "Bible
Answers Live" you're on the air.
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Carlton: Hi, how
are you doing today?
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Doug: Good
appreciate your calling.
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Carlton: I am actually--now this
is going to sound very strange
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to you, but I'm actually
the stone from Flint that
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is mentioned in Scripture
and I have been anointing
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for five years now.
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And when you anoint you learn,
you learn through the process.
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Doug: You gotta turn
this into a question.
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Carlton: Yes, absolutely and
I was wondering why the churches
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of today do not believe
that you are supposed to anoint
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to remove Satan's reign?
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Doug: All right, I
think I understand where
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you're coming from.
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I believe the Bible does teach
that there still is of course,
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anointing with the Holy Spirit,
we just talked about being
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baptized in the Holy Spirit and
I think not only does James talk
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about anointing, but I believe
in the Gospel of Mark, it says
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the disciples they anointed many
with oil, they healed the sick
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and they cast out devils
and so we still believe, I mean,
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you know, some pastors may not,
but I still believe the Bible
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tells us Jesus heals physical
sickness and He can heal
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spiritual sickness
and spiritual harassment,
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possession of the
devil and so yeah,
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I think it's a shame if
people don't believe the devil.
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Now, when you say that you are
the stone from Flint, this is
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stuff I don't quite understand
and I'm not sure that I would
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support you in that, but we
do believe what the Bible says
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in that the anointing of
the Holy Spirit and casting out
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devils and breaking the
power of the devil in a person
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through the power of Christ.
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Hey, thank you for calling
Carlton, we appreciate it.
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Carlos: Next is
Gary from Illinois.
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Gary, you are live on the air.
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Welcome, Gary.
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Gary: 2 Thessalonians 2
says that, "An angel of light
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will perform signs, powers,
and miracles and will deceive
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all those who
love not the truth."
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And then 2 Corinthians 11 says,
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"Satan will appear
as an angel of light."
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That sounds like the anti-Christ
to me yet some people say that
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it's a human from Middle
East or the Pope, I mean,
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could you clarify that for me?
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Doug: Yeah, well, when in 2
Corinthians 11, Paul is saying
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that there are false
shepherds out there and he says,
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don't be surprised that there
are false shepherds because
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Satan himself is transformed
into an angel of light.
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So the devil can come across
and he can create the illusion
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and appear as an angel of light.
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Now, not only do I think
Satan will impersonate Christ in
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the last days, because Jesus
said there'll be false Christ
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and false prophets.
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But beyond that,
when the devil came
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to tempt Jesus
in the wilderness,
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I don't think that he
showed up there in the desert
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and appeared to Jesus as some
goblin with red leotards and
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bat wings and goat hooves and a
goatee, you know, he didn't look
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like the modern medieval concept
of a devil, he looked like an
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angel of light, and he pretended
he had come from the Father and
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so he has done that in the
past, and he's certainly going
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to do it again in the future.
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So hopefully Gary, is that
answering what you're asking?
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Gary: Well, no, Satan
deceiving, you know, with signs,
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powers and miracles.
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So if Satan is deceiving
people because of signs,
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powers and miracles,
that should be the antichrist.
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Yet, some people say
it's the Pope or somebody
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from the Middle
East or some human?
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Doug: Yeah, well, you can
read in Revelation that tells us
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that in chapter 16, "That out of
the mouth of the beast, dragon,
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false prophet come these three
unclean spirits that go forth to
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the kings of the earth they
are demons working miracles and
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so certainly Satan and
his forces are going to be
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doing miracles to
deceive in the last days."
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Carlos: Yeah, in 2
Thessalonians it says that
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talking about the man of sin,
"He sits on the throne of God,
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making himself to be God," so
that's definitely an allusion to
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the to the anti-Christ power
in the one in place of Christ
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and so, yes, we do believe
that Satan is going to be using
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this power in
the End to deceive.
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We have a lesson on
that, "Who is the anti-Christ?"
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Doug: But we ought
to send that to you.
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Just call the number Carlos
is going to give you Gary,
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ask for the lesson on
"Who is The Anti-Christ?"
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And I think you and anyone
listening, if you want to know,
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you'll be blessed by that.
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Carlos: Yeah, the
number is 1-800-835-6747.
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Ask for the study lesson,
"Who is The Anti-Christ?"
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Or dial #250 and "Bible Answers
Live" or "Amazing Facts."
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Yes very good--next we
have Junith from Nevada.
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Sister Junith, you
are live on the air.
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Yes, welcome.
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Junith: Hello
hello, good evening.
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Doug: Evening. Carlos: Evening.
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Junith: Hi, this is
Junith can you hear me?
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Carlos: Yes.
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Junith: Yes, okay I
hear you loud and clear.
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Thank you pastor Doug
you are calm right there
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for taking my call.
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I'll just say in
Hebrew, [speaking Hebrew]
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which is God bless you both.
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Doug: And happy Hanukkah to you.
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Today's the
first day of Hanukkah.
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Junith: Oh, and happy
Hanukkah yeah, I'm from
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the Philippines with the Jewish
ancestry and the Lord gave me
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a chance to socialize with
Jews for Jesus way back in 1988.
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Doug: Wonderful.
Junith: So I know Hebrew.
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Okay, well, my question is this:
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What could have happened
in your biblical opinion,
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when Adam Eve were not
tempted into sin by the devil?
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Doug: What would've
happened if Adam and Eve
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had never sinned with the devil?
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Well, what God is doing, God had
an original plan when He made
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our world and He is
going to fulfill that plan.
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The whole purpose of the plan is
salvation, man was evicted from
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the Garden because of sin.
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God is going to restore
the Garden, he's going to make
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the Earth new again and so
God is going to accomplish,
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you know, the Lord's prayer,
"Thy will be done on earth."
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God's going to
complete His will.
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If Adam and Eve had never
sinned, then He wouldn't have
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had to, you know die on the
cross and redeem the world, it
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would've remained a paradise as
with the other unfallen worlds.
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So, yeah, that
would've been nice
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Carlos: But I think it would've
been beautiful but we're here.
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Doug: Yeah, and you know, in
a sense, when we get to glory,
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we're going to know more about
the love of God having been
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redeemed than maybe had
ever been known otherwise.
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But thank you Junith we
appreciate your question
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and who do we have next?
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Carlos: Next we
have Colton from Ohio.
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Brother Colton,
you are on the air.
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Colton: Hi.
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Doug: Hi, thanks for calling.
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Colton: Where was
Satan during the flood?
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Doug: He was in the
same place that Mr. Grimes
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was when he fell
off the cruise ship,
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he was probably
out swimming in the--
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Carlos: Yeah.
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Doug: You know, the Bible
tells us Satan is a spirit and
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so, you know, I don't know if he
gets wet when it rains, but he
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was in the world and I'm certain
he feared for his existence
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because he considered himself,
you know, sort of the master of
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this world when he kidnapped it
from, or he hijacked the planet
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from Adam and Eve, dominion was
originally given to Adam and Eve
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were to be like the leaders of
this world and when they obeyed
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the devil, it says in
Roman 6, "Whoever you obey,
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that's who slave you are."
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Adam and Eve kind of handed the
keys of the world to the devil.
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Jesus even calls the devil
"The Prince of this World."
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When the flood happened and the
whole world was convulsed with
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water and earthquakes and
volcanoes and I mean, it was the
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whole planet was going through
a great disruption during that
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time, I think Satan feared for
his existence, not to mention
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that his kingdom among
men had come to an end.
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So yeah, he was
here and his angels.
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Carlos: He maybe thought
that it was the end of his end.
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Doug: Yeah
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Colton: Okay,
thank you for all you do.
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Doug: Yeah, well, thanks so
much and thank you for calling.
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You, take care.
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Carlos: Next we have
Joel from North Carolina.
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I'm assuming Joel,
welcome to "Bible Answers Live,"
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you're on the air.
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Joel: Hi, pastor
Doug. Hey, Carlos.
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Carlos: Hey. Doug: Hi, Joel.
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Joel: I have a question.
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I have some friends that are
trying to get me to understand
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about the feast days but they
can't answer just one simple
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question and that would be, when
did it go from Feast of the Lord
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in the Old Testament to Feast of
the Jews in the New Testament?
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Doug: Yeah,
that's a good question.
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I think that you'll find, yeah,
in the Old Testament says, these
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are the Feasts of the Lord where
is at Leviticus 23 and then you
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go to the New Testament like the
Gospel of John, several places.
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He says, "The
Feast of the Jews."
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Part of the reason for
the change is when Jesus died
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on the cross several
things came to an end.
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First of all, you notice the
high priest tore his garments
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because now we
have a new priesthood.
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You and I are a
nation of kings and priests.
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Something else happened is
that the veil in the temple
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was torn because now
we have a new temple.
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The Bible says we are
living stones in that temple,
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and the attention now goes
to the temple of God in heaven
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and the work that Jesus is
doing as our High Priest there.
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And so the purpose for the
sacrificial system, met a very
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dramatic completion there
when Jesus died on the cross.
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Even some graves were torn open
and some of the saints around
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Jerusalem rose simplifying that
the of death now was assured
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or rather that the liberation
from death would be assured.
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So the main reason John refers
to it as the Feast of the Jews
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is most of John's
readers, he wrote about 100AD,
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most of John's
readers were not Jews.
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He was writing to the church
in Antioch and the churches of
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Asia, and he was just explaining
this was a feast for the Jews.
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When God is speaking in
the Old Testament, he's talking
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to the Jewish nation,
he doesn't need to say,
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"This is the Feast of the Jews"
because he's talking to Jews.
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He says, "These are
the feasts of the Lord."
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So--
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Joel: Oh, okay, so this is
not, this doesn't mean that
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because I mean, I think it's
an Isaiah where God was saying,
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your feasts are
an abomination to me?
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Doug: Yeah, well, you
know, even the Sabbath day
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is an abomination to the
Lord if a person is trying
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to keep it you know,
as a means of salvation
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or if they're keeping it
without a converted heart.
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Any of the ceremonies in the
Bible eating--Paul says, "If you
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have the Lord's Supper,"
now obviously God still wants us
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to do this, but Paul says,
"If you eat the Lord's Supper
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with the wrong
attitude, you're eating
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and drinking
damnation to yourself."
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So any of the spiritual
ceremonies if we're doing it
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with the wrong attitude, God
says it's not just the outward
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ceremony, it's the change of
heart that he's interested in.
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Carlos: Yeah, and from what
I think Joel is saying also is
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that, they're trying to convince
him to keep the Feast days.
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It's good to know, Joel,
that the Feast Days were part of
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the figure and shadows and they
were pointing to the ministry
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of Christ, it's like
a prophetic calendar.
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So when you read through the
seven feast days, you're looking
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at the Ministry of Christ as a
lamb in the tomb, resurrection,
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the first fruits and everything
for more so I think that's
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what probably he's
also worth looking at.
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Doug: Yeah, and you know,
we, Joel, we have a book that
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talks about the
feast days, that Christians
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need to keep the feasts.
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And if you just call
"Amazing Facts" or do #250
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and tell them you're interested
in the book on "Feast Days,"
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they'll send that
to you free of charge.
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Carlos: Yeah, 1-800-835-6747
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and ask for that
book, definitely, very good.
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Jimmy from Texas, welcome
Jimmy to "Bible Answers Live."
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Jimmy: Yes, sir thank you.
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How are you
pastors? Doug: Good evening.
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Jimmy: Yes, I have a question.
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It's kinda, I guess it's kinda
in reference to Philippians 4
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chapter 4 verse 8, and I've read
that verse many times before but
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my question is, like I like to
write things about supernatural
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things, and I also
like to write supernatural
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on the romance novel.
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I'm not--I have no intention of
publishing, just write it out,
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because I've always been
fascinated in the things like
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supernatural because in
the Bible it does say that God
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did create other worlds.
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So I'm pretty sure the
possibility of other life forms
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must exist.
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Doug: Yeah, I
believe that that's true.
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Jimmy: But what I do is just
to pass the time writing out
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such books, is
that considered sinful?
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Doug: Well, you might ask
yourself, the use of your time
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and your imagination, if you
were to direct that, you said,
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these are things you'll
never publish and you know,
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they're not true,
they're fictitious.
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Why don't you take your creative
energy, you've got some creative
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energy, and ask the Lord to help
you direct that to something
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you could write and publish
that will, you can release
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that might be redemptive and
someone would read it and say,
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"Wow, I've
learned about the Lord."
00:20:06.23\00:20:07.97
Jimmy: Well, I've tried about
them I try to publish one about.
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the "War in Heaven
between Lucifer and God."
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And I couldn't write out
two paragraphs because there's
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no way I can describe
what Heaven really looks like
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or what actually
took place on that day.
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Doug: Yeah, well, that may
not be the particular subject,
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but if you've got you
know, God's given you a gift of
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creative writing, why
don't you use it in a way that
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where you'll actually
get some fruit out of it?
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Carlos: Amen.
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Doug: So that
would be my thought.
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Hey, thank you Jimmy,
hope that helps a little bit,
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and appreciate your call.
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Carlos: Next we
have Don from Oregon.
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Don, you are on the, the air.
00:20:47.24\00:20:48.68
Welcome to "Bible
Answers Live," Don.
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Don: Good evening, pastor Doug.
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Doug: Evening.
And your question.
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Don: My question
is in Malachi 4:6,
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which if I remember correctly--
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Doug: Yeah, well, let me read
that for our friends listening,
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it says, speaking of
when Elijah returns, it says,
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"He'll turn the hearts of
the fathers to the children,
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and the hearts of the
children to their fathers,
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lest I come and strike
the earth with a curse."
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Is that the one
you're wondering about?
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Don: That's the one
I'm wondering about.
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What I'm wondering is, can I
take that as a--I'm estranged
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from my daughters
right now, and I'm wondering
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if I can claim
that as a Bible promise?
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Doug: Yeah, there's several
Bible promises I think, that you
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can claim and it you've got the
Bible promises in Isaiah that
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says, "Your children that have
been carried off will return to
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their land and train up a
child in the way he is to go
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and when he is old, he
will not depart from it."
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So three things you can
do if you're trying to reach
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your loved ones, one
is be a good example,
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pray for them is number two.
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I always say three
things is really four.
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Pray for them, share
information if they're open,
00:22:02.25\00:22:05.99
and the fourth thing is, do
the first three continually.
00:22:06.02\00:22:09.66
In other words, be
persistent, don't give up.
00:22:09.69\00:22:12.33
If you continue to be a
good example, to pray for them
00:22:12.36\00:22:15.83
and to share information,
if they're interested.
00:22:15.86\00:22:18.30
You can't force information on
someone if they don't want it,
00:22:18.33\00:22:20.70
then God can win their hearts.
00:22:20.74\00:22:24.47
So if you're estranged,
sometimes they won't pick up
00:22:24.51\00:22:26.88
the phone call, write a
letter, and they, you know,
00:22:26.91\00:22:30.01
they'll read the letter.
00:22:30.05\00:22:31.41
Maybe they'll throw it
away, but write another one.
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Say, "I love you, sorry, if I've
done anything to offend you,
00:22:32.91\00:22:35.12
I want to have a
relationship with you."
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And it'll wear
them down eventually.
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Carlos: Yeah.
00:22:39.22\00:22:41.16
Don: Okay, thank You.
00:22:41.19\00:22:43.43
Doug: All right, thanks Don.
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Carlos: Next we
have Larry from Iowa.
00:22:45.86\00:22:47.96
Larry, welcome to
"Bible Answers Live."
00:22:48.00\00:22:50.47
Larry: Yeah, thank you for
taking my call, I appreciate it.
00:22:50.50\00:22:54.54
I just recently was able to
watch this "Bible Answers Live"
00:22:54.57\00:23:01.08
through the Dish satellite
program and through ABN
00:23:01.11\00:23:06.72
and so I'm kind of new at
this, but it's very interesting
00:23:06.75\00:23:10.92
and I thought that this is the
first time I've ever done this,
00:23:10.95\00:23:13.89
so I hope I don't screw it up.
00:23:13.92\00:23:15.29
My question is
referring to End Times.
00:23:15.32\00:23:19.69
I don't, and if I'm wrong
about this you can correct me,
00:23:19.73\00:23:24.07
but in my years of listening
to evangelists and ministers
00:23:24.10\00:23:29.10
throughout the years and
stuff, I know that we have to be
00:23:29.14\00:23:33.54
prepared, we study the
Bible, but what my concern is,
00:23:33.58\00:23:37.35
and I'm talking about right
now in the days that we live,
00:23:37.38\00:23:40.75
what are some points?
00:23:40.78\00:23:43.75
What are some events?
00:23:43.79\00:23:45.59
What are things that we need to
be prepared for or watching for,
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or listening for?
00:23:50.66\00:23:52.76
For example, like if
we're listening to the news or
00:23:52.79\00:23:55.76
a report or something, what
are things that we need to know?
00:23:55.80\00:23:58.67
Because I'm confused on what's
going to be happening so that if
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I hear something or see
something, it would be time to
00:24:03.57\00:24:08.28
leave the cities and I don't
know if anybody's actually gave
00:24:08.31\00:24:12.38
very specific information on
what we need to be watching for,
00:24:12.41\00:24:17.52
what we need to
be listening for?
00:24:17.55\00:24:19.59
Doug: Okay, let me jump in here.
00:24:19.62\00:24:21.06
Larry: Okay.
00:24:21.09\00:24:22.86
Doug: I wrote a book
on that that just came out
00:24:22.89\00:24:25.16
and it's called "A Beginner's
Guide to Country Living."
00:24:25.19\00:24:28.76
And in the book, I
talk specifically about
00:24:28.80\00:24:30.93
when should you
go to the cities?
00:24:30.97\00:24:34.10
And, you know, what are some of
the things that would be signed?
00:24:34.14\00:24:37.21
When should you go to the
country rather, if you're living
00:24:37.24\00:24:39.77
in the city and who should go?
00:24:39.81\00:24:41.34
I mean, you know, if a person
is handicapped and they're
00:24:41.38\00:24:44.65
in a nursing home, they
need to try and buy a place in
00:24:44.68\00:24:47.78
the country and head for the
hills in a robotic wheelchair?
00:24:47.82\00:24:51.09
You know, obviously
that's not a good idea.
00:24:51.12\00:24:53.86
So not everybody, but there's a
time when Jesus says, "When you
00:24:53.89\00:24:58.29
see these things come to pass,
let those that are in the field
00:24:58.33\00:25:01.23
not even turn back and
let those that are in Judea
00:25:01.26\00:25:03.57
flee into the mountains."
00:25:03.60\00:25:04.93
What is He talking
about when He says that?
00:25:04.97\00:25:07.34
So rather than give you
a lengthy answer, I'd say,
00:25:07.37\00:25:11.67
take a look at the book, and
it's called "A Beginner's Guide
00:25:11.71\00:25:15.04
to Country Living," it's
carried by amazing facts.
00:25:15.08\00:25:17.61
We talk about that there,
and I think you can actually
00:25:17.65\00:25:21.02
see a video I did on
"When to Leave the Cities."
00:25:21.05\00:25:24.82
It's a YouTube video
you can watch for free.
00:25:24.85\00:25:26.89
Doug Bachelor, "When to Leave
the Cities," I think it's got
00:25:26.92\00:25:29.72
like a hundred thousand
views because a lot of people
00:25:29.76\00:25:31.69
are interested in
that subject right now.
00:25:31.73\00:25:33.70
Carlos: Yeah, that is it.
Doug: Hey, thank you so much.
00:25:33.73\00:25:36.26
We got what, two
minutes left, pastor,
00:25:36.30\00:25:37.63
can we get one more call in?
00:25:37.67\00:25:39.10
Carlos: We can get one
more in Anthony from Michigan,
00:25:39.13\00:25:41.07
you're on the air and you have
a minute and a half Anthony.
00:25:41.10\00:25:45.21
Anthony: Yeah,
hi, how's your night?
00:25:45.24\00:25:47.38
Doug: Doing good. How are you?
00:25:47.41\00:25:49.84
Anthony: All right, do you
think that we will see Cain
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in the New
Jerusalem, brother of Abel?
00:25:53.68\00:25:56.65
Doug: Okay, I don't
think you'll see him in the
00:25:56.69\00:25:59.32
New Jerusalem, I think you'll
see him from the New Jerusalem.
00:25:59.35\00:26:02.72
What I mean is, there's going to
be a time it says in Matthew 25,
00:26:02.76\00:26:07.13
where Jesus, the Great Shepherd
is going to separate the sheep
00:26:07.20\00:26:10.07
from the goats and all the saved
will be gathered in the city,
00:26:10.10\00:26:13.64
all the lost are
outside the city.
00:26:13.67\00:26:15.94
It even says, Jesus and John
the Baptist said to the Jews,
00:26:15.97\00:26:21.28
said, you know, "You'll see some
of the Gentiles sitting down
00:26:21.31\00:26:25.15
in the kingdom with
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,
00:26:25.18\00:26:27.42
and you
yourselves on the outside."
00:26:27.45\00:26:29.35
So there'll be a time where
the saved and lost will see
00:26:29.38\00:26:32.69
who made it and who didn't.
00:26:32.72\00:26:34.19
So we will see Cain, I don't
think Cain, there's anything
00:26:34.22\00:26:38.16
in the Bible that
tells us he was redeemed.
00:26:38.19\00:26:40.53
He rebelled against God, his
offspring rebelled against God,
00:26:40.56\00:26:43.87
they were called the Sons
of Men and they turned away.
00:26:43.90\00:26:47.84
So unfortunately Cain I believe,
is going to be on the outside
00:26:47.87\00:26:53.11
and God placed a mark upon him.
00:26:53.14\00:26:54.98
He became a symbol for all those
who are marked in the last days,
00:26:55.01\00:26:57.48
with the mark of the beast.
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Doug: 3ABN, pray.com.
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So back to the phones,
my name's Doug Batchelor,
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what's your name?
00:30:41.20\00:30:43.10
Carlos: My name is Carlos Munoz.
00:30:43.14\00:30:46.14
Doug: Filling in and,
he's doing his John Ross
00:30:46.17\00:30:48.31
impersonation tonight,
Carlos has been with us before,
00:30:48.34\00:30:50.45
who's next?
00:30:50.48\00:30:52.18
Carlos: We have
Anna from Oregon.
00:30:52.21\00:30:54.02
Anna, welcome to
"Bible Answers Live."
00:30:54.05\00:30:56.25
Anna: Good evening
pastors. How are you?
00:30:56.28\00:30:59.09
Doug: Good evening, doing great.
00:30:59.12\00:31:01.19
Anna: My question is 2
Thessalonians chapter 2 verses 9
00:31:01.22\00:31:05.83
through 11, and how it applies
to the age we live in today?
00:31:05.86\00:31:11.50
Doug: All right, let's
read that for our friends.
00:31:11.53\00:31:14.24
"The Coming of the lawless one
is according to the working of
00:31:14.27\00:31:18.07
Satan, with all power, signs,
and lying wonders, and with all
00:31:18.11\00:31:21.84
unrighteous deception among
those who perish because they
00:31:21.88\00:31:25.11
did not receive the love of the
truth that they might be saved.
00:31:25.15\00:31:28.68
And for this reason God will
send them strong delusion, that
00:31:28.72\00:31:32.32
they should believe a lie,
that they might all be condemned
00:31:32.35\00:31:35.26
who did not believe
the Truth but had pleasure
00:31:35.29\00:31:37.59
in unrighteousness."
00:31:37.63\00:31:39.29
So what specifically,
it's a lot of material there.
00:31:39.33\00:31:41.80
What did you want to
know about that verse?
00:31:41.83\00:31:45.53
Anna: Particularly about
God will send them a strong
00:31:45.57\00:31:48.90
delusion that they
should believe the lie.
00:31:48.94\00:31:52.14
Doug: Yes, you know, there's
a story that I think Paul is
00:31:52.17\00:31:55.51
alluding to here in the
Old Testament where King Ahab
00:31:55.54\00:31:58.68
and King Jehoshaphat were
going to go to battle, and King
00:31:58.71\00:32:04.49
Jehoshaphat he believed in
the Lord, Ahab kinda had these
00:32:04.52\00:32:07.42
prophets of Baal and Jehoshaphat
said, "We should ask the Lord."
00:32:07.46\00:32:11.69
So Ahab had all of his prophets
say, "Yeah, go to battle, you'll
00:32:11.73\00:32:14.20
win and Jehoshaphat said, "Isn't
there a prophet of God here?
00:32:14.20\00:32:18.60
These are all prophets of Baal."
00:32:18.63\00:32:20.24
He said, "Oh yeah, there's one
guy, his name Micah but he never
00:32:20.27\00:32:22.97
says anything nice about me."
00:32:23.00\00:32:24.71
And Jehoshaphat said, "Well,
let's hear what he has to say."
00:32:24.74\00:32:27.61
So they bring Micah and Micah
says, "I saw a vision, and God
00:32:27.64\00:32:32.31
was saying, who will
persuade Ahab to go to battle
00:32:32.35\00:32:37.62
against Caesarians
that he might be destroyed?"
00:32:37.65\00:32:40.22
And one gave this idea
and another gave that idea and
00:32:40.26\00:32:42.66
finally his spirit said, "I
know if you're a lying spirit
00:32:42.69\00:32:46.49
in the mouth of his prophets,
you will persuade him."
00:32:46.53\00:32:49.00
God said, "You
will be successful."
00:32:49.03\00:32:50.67
And someone was thinking, "Well,
does God send lying spirits?
00:32:50.70\00:32:55.24
I mean, isn't
God about the truth?"
00:32:55.27\00:32:56.91
The Bible says, "God
cannot be tempted with evil,
00:32:56.94\00:32:58.97
God is just and good and true."
00:32:59.01\00:33:00.68
Basically what Paul
is saying here, it says,
00:33:00.71\00:33:03.58
"Because they do not
receive a love of the truth,
00:33:03.61\00:33:05.85
God will send
them strong delusion."
00:33:05.88\00:33:07.72
It's simply meaning that when
God withdraws His light, because
00:33:07.75\00:33:11.42
they're rejecting the light,
then darkness automatically
00:33:11.45\00:33:14.36
rushes in, and God
allows it sometimes.
00:33:14.39\00:33:17.33
God has angels holding back
the winds of strife right now,
00:33:17.36\00:33:20.50
but He'll give them the word
and they will, they're going
00:33:20.53\00:33:22.96
to release those winds.
00:33:23.00\00:33:24.33
Satan's going to
just have full sway.
00:33:24.37\00:33:26.40
And even when the devil came to
tempt Job, God had to basically
00:33:26.43\00:33:29.40
loosen the leash of
the devil to do that.
00:33:29.44\00:33:32.84
So that's all He's saying here.
00:33:32.87\00:33:34.64
It's the devil that does
the tempting in the lying.
00:33:34.68\00:33:37.21
God sometimes needs to just
back up and stop preventing it.
00:33:37.25\00:33:40.28
Carlos: Yep, and
that's 1Kings Chapter 22.
00:33:40.32\00:33:42.62
Doug: Thank you, yes.
Carlos: All right, very Good.
00:33:42.65\00:33:45.42
Doug: Good question, Anna.
00:33:45.45\00:33:47.06
Carlos: Next we have
Eric from New Mexico.
00:33:47.09\00:33:49.72
Eric, welcome to '"Bible Answers
Live," you're on the air.
00:33:49.76\00:33:52.16
Eric: Hi pastors.
00:33:52.19\00:33:54.36
My question is, what does
the Bible say on how to deal
00:33:54.36\00:33:57.77
with evil spirits, and what I
should do when they try to have
00:33:57.80\00:34:00.90
conversations with me?
00:34:00.94\00:34:03.00
Doug: Yeah, if the devil's
trying to tempt you, the Bible
00:34:03.04\00:34:05.47
says, "Resist the devil
and he will flee from you."
00:34:05.51\00:34:09.14
And I think everybody's heard
the devil try to whisper to them
00:34:09.18\00:34:13.92
suggestions and temptations
and you know, I found when I was
00:34:13.95\00:34:18.59
a baby Christian, the harder
I tried not to think about the
00:34:18.62\00:34:21.32
devil, the more I thought about
it and it just got to where
00:34:21.36\00:34:24.33
I thought, "Oh' he's putting
these thoughts in my mind,
00:34:24.36\00:34:25.69
I don't want to think."
00:34:25.73\00:34:27.10
And finally, I found great peace
in just saying, well, admit
00:34:27.13\00:34:31.30
that, you know, the devil's
going to keep tempting you
00:34:31.33\00:34:33.64
ignore it and it's the
kind of thing where you get good
00:34:33.67\00:34:38.41
at doing it just by practice.
00:34:38.44\00:34:41.08
When the devil comes, if
you just ignore his suggestions
00:34:41.11\00:34:44.31
and say through the Holy Spirit,
say, "You know, I rebuke that,
00:34:44.35\00:34:47.42
I don't want to
think about that."
00:34:47.45\00:34:48.85
Carlos: Yeah.
00:34:48.88\00:34:50.25
Doug: Then you
know, you'll find peace.
00:34:50.29\00:34:52.69
One way to get a bad song out of
your heads, you know, sometimes
00:34:52.72\00:34:55.86
I know all the old songs of
the world from when I was in
00:34:55.89\00:34:58.59
the world, and you know, all you
gotta do is walk in the market
00:34:58.63\00:35:01.46
today or go get a burrito
at Chipotle and you're going to
00:35:01.50\00:35:03.77
hear these old songs and
they don't always have the best
00:35:03.80\00:35:06.37
message and some of them, it's
like a worm you get in your head
00:35:06.40\00:35:09.30
and you just keep, you know,
I'll get in the car and Karen
00:35:09.34\00:35:11.71
hears me humming this song,
I'm going to "Ah, I'm sorry."
00:35:11.74\00:35:14.84
And the way you overcome it is
you start singing a good song.
00:35:14.88\00:35:18.41
And it's hard to do
two songs at one time.
00:35:18.45\00:35:20.85
Have you ever tried
and sing two songs at once?
00:35:20.88\00:35:22.25
Carlos: Nope.
00:35:22.28\00:35:23.59
Doug: Yeah, so same
thing when the devil's putting
00:35:23.62\00:35:25.35
temptation in your mind
Eric, pray, talk to the Lord,
00:35:25.39\00:35:30.56
sing a positive song and you
know, even Paul says, "Making
00:35:30.59\00:35:34.93
melody in your heart, you
can drive away those spirits."
00:35:34.93\00:35:37.67
Carlos: You know, when the
devil was harassing Jesus--
00:35:37.70\00:35:39.37
What did He do?
He quoted scripture.
00:35:39.40\00:35:41.37
Doug: Yeah. Carlos:
So memorize passages.
00:35:41.40\00:35:43.64
That's one of
the things that I do.
00:35:43.67\00:35:44.97
I memorize some chapters
and when I have a evil thought
00:35:45.01\00:35:47.21
or something weird, I just
start reciting it in my brain.
00:35:47.24\00:35:50.08
Doug: Quote back the
scripture to the devil.
00:35:50.11\00:35:51.58
Carlos: Yeah, amen.
00:35:51.61\00:35:52.91
Doug: The Promises
of God. Good suggestion.
00:35:52.95\00:35:54.62
Carlos: Amen.
Doug: Thank you, Eric.
00:35:54.65\00:35:56.35
Carlos: All right, next
we have Molina from Canada.
00:35:56.38\00:35:58.62
Welcome Molina--
Doug: Pardon me one second.
00:35:58.65\00:36:01.12
Eric, if you're still
listening, there's a book called
00:36:01.16\00:36:02.72
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Carlos: 1-800-835-6747.
00:36:08.53\00:36:12.37
All right, next we
have Molina from Canada.
00:36:12.40\00:36:15.64
Welcome, Molina,
you're on the air.
00:36:15.67\00:36:18.64
Doug: You there
Molina? Molina: Hello?
00:36:18.67\00:36:20.81
Doug: Hi. Molina: Yes, I'm here.
00:36:20.84\00:36:22.68
Thank you to receive my call and
thank you Pastor Doug Batchelor.
00:36:22.71\00:36:26.45
Well, my question is, according
to the Bible in 1 John chapter 4
00:36:26.48\00:36:33.25
and verse 8, we know
that God is love, right?
00:36:33.29\00:36:37.56
Doug: Yes.
00:36:37.59\00:36:39.03
Molina: So, "From him
doesn't come nothing bad,
00:36:39.06\00:36:41.30
only good things."
00:36:41.33\00:36:42.66
And according to
Bible too, the murderer
00:36:42.70\00:36:45.53
since the
beginning has been Satan.
00:36:45.57\00:36:47.64
So my question is: Can
God destroy His own creation
00:36:47.67\00:36:52.57
and finish with the
life of His creation?
00:36:52.61\00:36:57.11
Or only is Satan who can
kill the creation of God?
00:36:57.15\00:37:03.99
Doug: Well, everything God
does is love and even that way
00:37:04.02\00:37:07.96
that God deals with the wicked,
he calls it, "His strange act."
00:37:07.99\00:37:11.26
And God says, "Turn ye.
00:37:11.29\00:37:13.93
Why will you die?"
00:37:13.96\00:37:15.80
in Ezekiel, I think its Ezekiel
18, "'For I have no pleasure
00:37:15.83\00:37:18.47
in the death of the
wicked,' says the Lord."
00:37:18.50\00:37:21.14
And so the Lord wants to save
everyone, but it's not the devil
00:37:21.17\00:37:25.51
that's, you know, in the flood,
it wasn't the devil that caused
00:37:25.54\00:37:28.51
the flood and
destroyed all those people,
00:37:28.54\00:37:30.85
God sent a judgment.
00:37:30.88\00:37:32.85
And it isn't the devil that
jumps into the Lake of Fire,
00:37:32.88\00:37:36.22
it says, "He is cast and his
angels into the Lake of Fire.
00:37:36.25\00:37:39.95
So God is actively doing
something to destroy the devil
00:37:39.99\00:37:44.16
out of love and I know
this might be hard to imagine.
00:37:44.19\00:37:47.83
Not only is it outta love for
the universe to save them from
00:37:47.86\00:37:50.53
the wickedness and
temptation, it's even outta love
00:37:50.57\00:37:52.83
for the devil because
sinners are not happy and
00:37:52.87\00:37:56.10
he's basically putting them
out of their ultimate misery.
00:37:56.14\00:37:59.47
So everything God does is love.
00:37:59.51\00:38:02.24
There's no debate about
that, but does God ever do
00:38:02.28\00:38:04.81
anything proactively to
destroy His own creation?
00:38:04.85\00:38:08.15
Yeah, it says in Genesis,
God said, "It repents Me
00:38:08.18\00:38:11.05
that I have made
man, I will destroy man
00:38:11.09\00:38:13.59
that I have
made from the earth."
00:38:13.62\00:38:15.89
Carlos: And it's an act of
love because for those that are
00:38:15.92\00:38:18.13
saved, it would be to continue
to have sin and pain and
00:38:18.16\00:38:21.56
suffering, so it's out of
love that God even puts them
00:38:21.60\00:38:23.77
out of their misery too,
because they're miserable.
00:38:23.80\00:38:25.67
Doug: Yeah, exactly
for the loss as well.
00:38:25.70\00:38:27.97
Hey, thank you I appreciate
your question, Molina.
00:38:28.00\00:38:31.11
Carlos: All right, next we have,
we have Tayvion from Illinois.
00:38:31.14\00:38:36.98
Doug: Tayvion.
00:38:37.01\00:38:38.78
Carlos: Oh, Tayvion.
00:38:38.81\00:38:40.38
Tayvion: Yep, there, it's.
00:38:40.42\00:38:42.78
My question is, when
it comes to homosexuality,
00:38:42.82\00:38:45.95
I understand that the
Bible calls it an abomination,
00:38:45.99\00:38:49.19
but my question is like, why?
00:38:49.22\00:38:51.79
Because I've had people--
because I've had people more
00:38:51.83\00:38:54.93
specifically homosexuals,
they'll ask me you know, like
00:38:54.96\00:38:58.53
that you know like if God loves
them, like why would He hate it?
00:38:58.57\00:39:02.80
And I even lost a
friendship over that.
00:39:02.84\00:39:05.17
So I was just curious because
that's something that even
00:39:05.21\00:39:07.48
I truly don't understand.
00:39:07.51\00:39:09.21
Doug: Yeah,
that's a good question.
00:39:09.24\00:39:10.88
Well, but God hates sin
and whenever we do anything
00:39:10.91\00:39:15.52
to corrupt or pervert God's
original plan, He calls it sin.
00:39:15.55\00:39:22.32
Now, I know that some people
will be outraged, but I think
00:39:22.36\00:39:26.29
it is a fair analogy to your
question to say, "Why does God
00:39:26.33\00:39:30.07
also say it's wrong for people
to have sex with animals?"
00:39:30.10\00:39:33.67
It's called bestiality.
00:39:33.70\00:39:35.74
He says that's a sin and
a person might say, "Why?"
00:39:35.77\00:39:38.24
Well, because it's a
perversion from what His plan is
00:39:38.27\00:39:42.61
and homosexuality is
clearly a perversion.
00:39:42.64\00:39:47.58
I mean, there's no question when
you read the Bible, and there's
00:39:47.62\00:39:49.78
really no question in
science that men and women
00:39:49.82\00:39:53.42
are designed to
pair up together.
00:39:53.46\00:39:56.46
It's not men and men or
women and women, that's not
00:39:56.49\00:39:59.59
the natural order of creation
and so you know, there's
00:39:59.63\00:40:04.37
nothing wrong with two men
or two women loving each other.
00:40:04.40\00:40:08.84
David and Jonathan loved
each other, but loving people
00:40:08.87\00:40:11.27
and having sex with them
are two different things.
00:40:11.31\00:40:13.44
And so yeah, one of
them is being controlled
00:40:13.48\00:40:16.18
by the lower nature to
do something that is wrong.
00:40:16.21\00:40:20.38
So, and I know this is
very out of order with the,
00:40:20.42\00:40:26.29
what's politically correct to
say today, but it's very clear
00:40:26.32\00:40:29.66
if you go by the Bible and folks
are troubled by that, they're
00:40:29.69\00:40:32.73
going to have to take
that up with God and Jesus.
00:40:32.76\00:40:35.80
So I hope that makes some sense.
00:40:35.83\00:40:39.70
Carlos: Yeah, I think
anything that is, that we do
00:40:39.73\00:40:42.17
contrary to the will of God,
whether it be sexual, whether it
00:40:42.20\00:40:44.31
be socially, whatever it be, is
going to bring some type of pain
00:40:44.34\00:40:47.31
and suffering and so God
is avoiding that or trying to
00:40:47.34\00:40:50.38
protect us from those
things and I think this
00:40:50.41\00:40:52.85
falls into that category also.
00:40:52.88\00:40:54.55
Doug: Yep, thank
you for your question.
00:40:54.58\00:40:57.72
Carlos: Thank you, Tayvion.
00:40:57.75\00:40:59.22
Next, we have
Starr from Michigan.
00:40:59.25\00:41:02.06
Welcome Starr,
you're on the air.
00:41:02.09\00:41:04.69
Starr: Hi, thank
you for all you do.
00:41:04.73\00:41:07.40
Doug: Thanks so much.
00:41:07.46\00:41:09.00
Starr: You're welcome.
00:41:09.03\00:41:11.03
I have a question about angels.
00:41:11.07\00:41:16.04
What does the Bible say
about guardian angels among us?
00:41:16.07\00:41:22.41
Doug: Yeah, they're there.
00:41:22.44\00:41:23.88
You can read in Psalm 91,
it says, "He'll give His angels
00:41:23.91\00:41:27.42
charge over them to
keep them in all their ways."
00:41:27.45\00:41:31.05
And then you can also
read where the Bible tells us,
00:41:31.09\00:41:33.46
"The Angel of
the Lord encamped,"
00:41:33.49\00:41:35.42
and I forget that verse again.
00:41:35.46\00:41:36.96
"The Angel of the Lord encamps,
roundabout those that fear Him
00:41:36.99\00:41:39.69
and delivers them."
00:41:39.73\00:41:41.00
Carlos: Psalms 91.
00:41:41.03\00:41:42.33
Doug: Is that also Psalm 91?
00:41:42.36\00:41:43.80
Then you can read where
Jesus said, "There angels
00:41:43.83\00:41:46.00
do always behold the face of
My Father, which is in heaven.
00:41:46.03\00:41:49.34
Beware that you do not offend
one of these little ones."
00:41:49.37\00:41:52.14
So there's several references
in the Bible that God has angels
00:41:52.17\00:41:56.41
even the devil said to God, "You
have set a hedge about Job."
00:41:56.44\00:42:02.18
Well, that hedge is a hedge of
angels that were protecting him.
00:42:02.22\00:42:05.65
So yeah, God I believe has one
or multiple angels that watch
00:42:05.69\00:42:11.36
over His children and I
think God will send--you know,
00:42:11.39\00:42:15.16
Jesus said at one point
when Peter thought, "I'm going
00:42:15.20\00:42:17.80
to save Jesus with my
sword from the Romans."
00:42:17.83\00:42:20.24
Jesus said, "Don't you know
that I could call the Father
00:42:20.27\00:42:22.77
and He'd send 12
legions of angels?"
00:42:22.80\00:42:25.77
That's like 72,000
angels. Carlos: Amen.
00:42:25.81\00:42:28.58
Doug: For one
person. Carlos: Amen.
00:42:28.61\00:42:30.35
Doug: So God will
send angels to guard us.
00:42:30.38\00:42:31.71
Carlos: Yeah and Psalms 91
talking about the plagues, it
00:42:31.75\00:42:33.35
says, "The angels will
protect you and be around you."
00:42:33.38\00:42:35.58
Doug: Yeah, and I love
that story where Elisha tells
00:42:35.62\00:42:37.52
his servant, he prays and
says, "Lord, open his eyes."
00:42:37.55\00:42:39.75
And they see that Elisha
and his servant in the town
00:42:39.79\00:42:42.46
is protected by
chariots and horses of fire.
00:42:42.49\00:42:45.83
Carlos: Amen, beautiful.
00:42:45.86\00:42:47.13
Doug: Thanks so much,
00:42:47.20\00:42:48.80
I appreciate
your questions, Starr.
00:42:48.83\00:42:50.13
Starr: Thank you.
Doug: Uh-huh, God bless.
00:42:50.17\00:42:52.00
Carlos: Next we
have Luke from Minnesota.
00:42:52.03\00:42:53.37
Welcome Luke to
"Bible Answers Live"
00:42:53.40\00:42:56.30
Luke: Good evening,
gentlemen, how are you?
00:42:56.34\00:42:58.31
Doug: Doing good,
thanks for calling.
00:42:58.34\00:43:01.78
Luke: Good, hey
just a quick question.
00:43:01.81\00:43:04.38
I believe in post tribulation
rapture, I also believe
00:43:04.41\00:43:09.92
that Revelation was
written in chiastic structure.
00:43:09.95\00:43:14.22
Doug: Yes.
00:43:14.26\00:43:15.59
Luke: But Revelations 15
verse 2, it seems to talk about
00:43:15.62\00:43:22.90
those who have victory over the
beast, over his image, and over
00:43:22.93\00:43:26.53
his mark, and over the number
of his name standing in heaven
00:43:26.57\00:43:30.01
having harps of God, but then
in verse--or the same chapter,
00:43:30.04\00:43:36.14
verse 8, it says, "The temple is
filled with smoke from his power
00:43:36.18\00:43:40.62
and no one's able to enter
the temple of seven plagues and
00:43:40.65\00:43:44.09
seven angels were completed,"
so therefore, that kind of to me
00:43:44.12\00:43:48.42
seems like probation is closed.
00:43:48.46\00:43:50.59
So, I'm trying to
understand how that works.
00:43:50.63\00:43:54.86
Doug: Yeah, well the Book
of Revelation--and Carlos feel
00:43:54.93\00:43:58.83
free to jump in at any time,
but the Book of Revelation is
00:43:58.87\00:44:01.97
written where these different
chapters and visions overlap.
00:44:02.00\00:44:05.37
Where it says, "No
man can enter the temple."
00:44:05.41\00:44:09.54
The temple is a symbol for where
redemption is taking place,
00:44:09.58\00:44:13.45
sacrifices and
forgiveness are being obtained.
00:44:13.48\00:44:15.78
There comes a time, and
you read about this also
00:44:15.82\00:44:18.09
in Revelation 22,
00:44:18.12\00:44:19.95
when Michael stands up,
that there is Daniel chapter 12,
00:44:19.99\00:44:24.66
but in Revelation 22, Michael
stands up and he basically says,
00:44:24.69\00:44:27.93
"Let him that his just be just
still, let him that his holy be
00:44:27.96\00:44:30.47
holy still, let him that his
filthy be filthy still," meaning
00:44:30.50\00:44:34.14
there's nobody else changing
sides from that point on.
00:44:34.17\00:44:38.07
So that passage there
in Revelation 15 at the end
00:44:38.11\00:44:41.38
is referring to that.
00:44:41.41\00:44:43.14
So you had a question
about the earlier verses
00:44:43.18\00:44:46.01
and so I don't know, I didn't
see a conflict between the two.
00:44:46.05\00:44:50.45
Carlos: Yeah.
00:44:50.49\00:44:51.92
Luke: How could someone have
victory over the image over his
00:44:51.95\00:44:54.69
mark and be in heaven
with a harp of God previous
00:44:54.72\00:45:00.06
to the Rapture in verse 2?
00:45:00.10\00:45:04.00
Doug: Oh, okay, I
see what you're saying.
00:45:04.03\00:45:06.23
Well, I think it's
telling us that, those that are,
00:45:06.27\00:45:08.67
they're in heaven, are there
because they had that victory.
00:45:08.70\00:45:12.81
In other words, it's
looking back on the trials
00:45:12.84\00:45:17.81
that they went through.
00:45:17.85\00:45:19.31
There's a lot of fast forward
and fast reverse happening
00:45:19.35\00:45:23.42
all through Revelation, it's not
written in chronological order.
00:45:23.45\00:45:26.59
Carlos: Yeah, and also in
15 and 16 is talking about the
00:45:26.62\00:45:30.36
seven plagues and what it does
in a number of the visions when
00:45:30.39\00:45:34.73
it's talking about the Judgment
of the Wicked God gives a little
00:45:34.76\00:45:36.93
glimpse or a parenthesis
verses 2 through 4, about those
00:45:36.97\00:45:40.44
that will not have to suffer
because they have had victory.
00:45:40.47\00:45:44.21
So it's making a--it's pointing
to the victorious life of those
00:45:44.24\00:45:48.91
that did remain faithful to God
and they will not go, they will
00:45:48.94\00:45:52.28
not suffer the plagues, they'll
be protected and so it's making
00:45:52.31\00:45:55.85
an allusion to them and
their destiny at the end
00:45:55.88\00:45:58.82
after all this is over.
00:45:58.85\00:46:00.49
Doug: Hey Luke, are you
listening just on the radio or
00:46:00.52\00:46:02.56
are you watching on television?
00:46:02.59\00:46:04.59
Luke: I'm just on the phone.
00:46:04.63\00:46:06.93
Doug: Okay, go back and watch
the Facebook broadcast later.
00:46:06.96\00:46:10.33
I want Carlos to
hold up his Bible.
00:46:10.37\00:46:12.20
Hold up your Bible,
show them Book of Revelation.
00:46:12.23\00:46:15.74
See what Carlos
has done with his Bible
00:46:15.77\00:46:17.94
in the Book of Revelation?
00:46:17.97\00:46:19.34
He's underlining it.
00:46:19.37\00:46:22.48
You'll have to take a look at
that, it's something to behold.
00:46:22.51\00:46:25.01
I don't know how
you can still read it
00:46:25.05\00:46:26.98
with all the notes in there.
00:46:27.02\00:46:28.48
Luke: No, I
appreciate it, thank you.
00:46:28.52\00:46:31.99
Doug: All right,
hey, thanks so much, Luke.
00:46:32.02\00:46:33.46
Carlos: Thank you
Luke. Doug: God bless.
00:46:33.49\00:46:35.42
Carlos: All right, next
we have Kim from Michigan.
00:46:35.46\00:46:39.26
Welcome, Kim, you're on the air.
00:46:39.29\00:46:41.16
Kim: Hi.
00:46:41.20\00:46:42.90
Doug: Hey,
thank you for calling.
00:46:42.93\00:46:44.73
Kim: Oh, thank you.
00:46:44.77\00:46:46.47
I'm so glad I got through.
00:46:46.50\00:46:47.90
So I have a question.
00:46:47.94\00:46:49.54
I was reading in Matthew 27 and
the resurrection when Jesus had
00:46:49.57\00:46:55.48
given up, had cried out and 52
and 53 it says, "And the graves
00:46:55.51\00:47:02.42
were opened and many bodies of
the saints who had fallen asleep
00:47:02.45\00:47:06.65
were raised and coming
out of the graves after His
00:47:06.69\00:47:10.36
Resurrection, they went into the
holy city and appeared to many."
00:47:10.39\00:47:14.93
Doug: Yes.
00:47:14.93\00:47:16.36
Kim: So, and so, you know,
in Revelation it talks about
00:47:16.40\00:47:20.60
when the dead in Christ shall
rise, so if this is a prelude,
00:47:20.64\00:47:25.44
obviously to the dead in
Christ rising in Revelations?
00:47:25.47\00:47:29.84
Doug: Yeah, you notice it
doesn't say everybody or all
00:47:29.88\00:47:33.82
the righteous rise, because
that happens 1 Thessalonians
00:47:33.85\00:47:38.32
chapter 4 when
the Lord descends.
00:47:38.35\00:47:40.29
Yeah, so there was a trophy
Jesus led captivity captive
00:47:40.32\00:47:44.26
and gave some demand.
00:47:44.29\00:47:47.40
He took a trophy with Him to
heaven and they didn't come out
00:47:47.46\00:47:50.10
of their graves, there
was an earthquake that opened
00:47:50.13\00:47:51.97
the graves at His death,
but they didn't come out of this
00:47:52.00\00:47:54.90
grave until after He
rose victorious and He led--
00:47:54.94\00:47:59.17
Kim: Right, because it
says after His Resurrection.
00:47:59.21\00:48:01.08
Doug: Correct, so, you know,
maybe some of the prophets like
00:48:01.11\00:48:03.75
Isaiah, some of the others that
died in and around Jerusalem
00:48:03.78\00:48:06.55
wasn't all of them because
in Acts chapter 2, Peter says,
00:48:06.58\00:48:10.12
"David is dead and buried,
00:48:10.15\00:48:11.92
his tomb is still
with us to this day."
00:48:11.95\00:48:14.16
So David hadn't raised yet,
but some of them a small group.
00:48:14.19\00:48:16.73
One reason we think it was
also a small group, is because
00:48:16.76\00:48:20.96
none of the other
gospel writers mentioned this.
00:48:21.00\00:48:23.43
Kim: Right.
00:48:23.47\00:48:24.83
Doug: You know, I think if
10,000 people came out of their
00:48:24.87\00:48:26.70
graves around Jerusalem,
it would've been mentioned
00:48:26.74\00:48:29.04
by every gospel writer.
00:48:29.07\00:48:30.97
But just Matthew mentions it
because there was a testimony
00:48:31.01\00:48:33.61
of some people that saw
many of the ancient saints
00:48:33.64\00:48:36.21
that had appeared.
00:48:36.24\00:48:37.98
They probably only appeared
to believers just like Jesus
00:48:38.01\00:48:41.15
after His Resurrection.
00:48:41.18\00:48:42.88
Kim: Were they resurrected
like, with Jesus like
00:48:42.92\00:48:45.69
meaning were like, were
they resurrected to heaven?
00:48:45.72\00:48:49.42
Doug: Yeah, He took
them to heaven with Him,
00:48:49.46\00:48:51.76
they didn't have to die again.
00:48:51.79\00:48:53.09
So they ascended
when Christ ascended.
00:48:53.13\00:48:56.03
Carlos: Yeah, that's why
they're in the feast days,
00:48:56.06\00:48:58.03
the third feast was the
feast of the first fruits.
00:48:58.07\00:49:01.17
Yeah, and that is the first
fruits that Christ, when he
00:49:01.20\00:49:04.21
ascended to heaven, showed to,
brought with them to heaven and
00:49:04.24\00:49:06.47
said, "Look, these, they're
the shape and type and shadows
00:49:06.51\00:49:10.28
of those that will be
resurrected all at the end."
00:49:10.31\00:49:12.71
Doug: Yep, thank
you, Kim, good question.
00:49:12.75\00:49:15.48
Kim: Okay, all right.
00:49:15.52\00:49:16.82
Doug: You have a good evening.
00:49:16.85\00:49:18.39
Carlos: Next we
have Mike from Illinois.
00:49:18.42\00:49:19.85
Welcome, Mike,
you're on the air.
00:49:19.89\00:49:21.29
Mike: Yes, hi.
00:49:21.32\00:49:22.89
Doug: Hi. Mike:
Good evening, pastors.
00:49:22.92\00:49:25.06
Carlos: Hello.
Doug: Yes, you're there?
00:49:25.09\00:49:27.93
Mike: Yeah, can you hear me?
00:49:27.96\00:49:29.93
Doug: Yes.
00:49:29.96\00:49:31.50
Mike: I have a question.
00:49:31.53\00:49:33.64
I'm a disabled
person and I'm a sinner.
00:49:33.67\00:49:37.87
I can't go to
church, get baptized.
00:49:37.91\00:49:41.48
How can I be saved?
00:49:41.51\00:49:43.41
Doug: Well, you can be
saved without being baptized.
00:49:43.45\00:49:47.18
You've got the thief on the
cross who turned to Jesus in
00:49:47.22\00:49:50.22
the last hours of his life,
and Jesus promised he would be
00:49:50.25\00:49:53.12
with Him in paradise.
00:49:53.15\00:49:54.79
Well, that man could
not be baptized because of
00:49:54.82\00:49:56.73
a handicap you might say.
00:49:56.76\00:49:58.99
He was nailed to a cross
and pastor Carlos and myself,
00:49:59.03\00:50:03.16
we visit people in the hospital
sometimes during their final
00:50:03.20\00:50:05.80
illness, and they'll say, I
want to go to heaven, I want to
00:50:05.83\00:50:08.87
be saved but they're there
hooked up to a lot of hospital
00:50:08.90\00:50:11.64
apparatus and you
can't facilitate a baptism.
00:50:11.67\00:50:15.21
It's just not practical and
I believe Jesus then gives them
00:50:15.24\00:50:18.75
credit for His baptism.
00:50:18.78\00:50:20.85
They're willing to be baptized,
so it's not like they don't
00:50:20.88\00:50:22.82
believe the Bible, they
just practically can't do it.
00:50:22.85\00:50:25.35
So I don't think baptism in
cases like that is an obstacle
00:50:25.39\00:50:28.72
for their being saved.
00:50:28.76\00:50:30.73
You know, salvation is by
faith alone, it's not by works
00:50:30.76\00:50:35.50
including the works of baptism.
00:50:35.53\00:50:37.70
If we are saved and we
believe in Jesus, we'll want to
00:50:37.73\00:50:40.70
be baptized and following
His Word if we can be, but if a
00:50:40.74\00:50:44.51
person, you know, sometimes a
person is in the prison, they're
00:50:44.54\00:50:47.68
on death row, they come to
the Lord, they won't accommodate
00:50:47.71\00:50:50.15
a baptism; can
they still be saved?
00:50:50.18\00:50:52.21
Yes, God is a merciful
God and He understands those
00:50:52.25\00:50:55.62
circumstances, so--
00:50:55.65\00:50:57.75
Mike: I have
another quick question.
00:50:57.79\00:51:00.49
Doug: Yes.
00:51:00.52\00:51:01.92
Mike: I asked for
forgiveness from Jesus Christ,
00:51:01.96\00:51:04.79
and I keep
getting sinful thoughts.
00:51:04.83\00:51:08.53
Is there something I
can say, I can take it away?
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Doug: Yeah, well, you say that
you still struggle sometimes
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with old thoughts, even though
you've asked for forgiveness?
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Mike: Yes.
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Doug: Well, join the club.
00:51:21.98\00:51:24.38
Mike: And I cry for
forgiveness, but I can't,
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I still get sinful thoughts.
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Doug: Yeah, don't--it's
okay, don't get discouraged
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because as long as you're
a Christian in this world,
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the devil is going to try to put
unholy thoughts in your mind;
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reject them when they come.
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If you find yourself dwelling on
something you shouldn't, having
00:51:42.46\00:51:45.23
a thought go through your
mind doesn't make it a sin,
00:51:45.27\00:51:48.77
but dwelling on
it makes it a sin.
00:51:48.80\00:51:52.11
It's like someone said, "Having
the birds fly over your head,
00:51:52.14\00:51:55.51
you can't prevent that,
but you can prevent them
00:51:55.54\00:51:58.21
from making a
nest in your hair."
00:51:58.25\00:52:00.68
So don't let
those thoughts dwell.
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The Bible does say,
"Blessed are the pure in heart,
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they will see God."
00:52:05.49\00:52:06.92
Ask God to give you that purity
of heart and you know, David
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says, "Cleanse me from sin
and I'll be whiter than snow."
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Thank you so much, Mike.
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Carlos: All right, next
we have Donna from Florida.
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Donna, welcome to
"Bible Answers Live."
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Donna: Good evening,
I have two questions.
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Doug: I'll take
them one at a time.
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Donna: The first question is:
What happens to those who are
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left behind when Jesus carries
up, when Jesus carries up
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some of us and for the 10 years?
00:52:45.23\00:52:49.70
Doug: Okay, so for those who are
left behind, when we are caught
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up to heaven, you know it's
not going to be good at all.
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You read in 2 Peter
chapter 3, the Day of the Lord.
00:52:57.31\00:53:01.21
I think this starts at verse
10, "Will come as a thief in the
00:53:01.24\00:53:03.85
night in which the heavens will
pass away with a great noise
00:53:03.88\00:53:06.95
and the elements will melt with
fervent heat, and the earth and
00:53:06.98\00:53:11.89
the works that are in
it will be burned up."
00:53:11.92\00:53:14.82
And Peter goes on to say,
"Seeing then that all these
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things will be dissolved, what
manner of persons ought we to be
00:53:18.09\00:53:20.90
in all holy conversation
and godliness looking forward to
00:53:20.93\00:53:25.43
the coming of the Day
of God in which the heavens
00:53:25.47\00:53:27.44
being on fire will be
dissolved and the elements
00:53:27.47\00:53:30.01
will melt with fervent heat."
00:53:30.04\00:53:31.61
So when God's people are caught
up to meet the Lord in the air,
00:53:31.64\00:53:34.68
Bible tells us that one of
the part of the last plague is a
00:53:34.71\00:53:38.08
great hailstones, an earthquake
such as there never has been
00:53:38.11\00:53:41.35
before, and there's
going to be fire and smoke.
00:53:41.38\00:53:45.55
It's going to--the
earth is going to be consumed.
00:53:45.59\00:53:48.89
So life does not go on,
on earth when Jesus comes
00:53:48.92\00:53:52.43
to catch up the saints.
00:53:52.46\00:53:54.56
So I hope that
helps a little bit.
00:53:54.60\00:53:57.67
Donna, I don't think we
can take your second question,
00:53:57.70\00:54:00.64
we've got about a
minute and half left.
00:54:00.67\00:54:03.44
It probably would
have to cut you off.
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I want to remind our listening
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Carlos: All right, we
want to welcome everybody back
00:55:34.13\00:55:35.76
to our special segment,
that our questions that come
00:55:35.80\00:55:38.67
from the email and so
we have three questions.
00:55:38.70\00:55:41.44
First one for you, Pastor
Doug, is Charlene is asking:
00:55:41.47\00:55:44.44
"Hypnotherapy, is it biblically,
is it a biblically allowed
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method to help with traumas
or psychological problems?"
00:55:48.31\00:55:52.51
Doug: Yeah, no, that
term Biblical, not biblical.
00:55:52.55\00:55:56.52
Carlos: Hypnotherapy.
00:55:56.55\00:55:59.45
Doug: Hypnotherapy, sorry, I got
my Bible in my hypno mixed up.
00:55:59.49\00:56:02.09
You know, I'm not a doctor,
I need to make that clear,
00:56:02.12\00:56:05.79
but I am suspicious of therapy
where a person delves into your
00:56:05.83\00:56:11.17
subconscious and they start to
rearrange the furniture without
00:56:11.20\00:56:14.14
you being supposedly
conscious of what's happening.
00:56:14.17\00:56:18.14
And so that to me is I
think a science that I would be
00:56:18.17\00:56:21.61
very dubious about
getting involved in.
00:56:21.64\00:56:24.41
If you're asking for a Bible
answer on it, I don't see a case
00:56:24.45\00:56:27.45
of where that happens
in the Bible other than
00:56:27.48\00:56:29.72
the devil possessing
people and manipulating
00:56:29.75\00:56:33.09
their thoughts and actions.
00:56:33.12\00:56:34.99
Carlos: Yeah, exactly.
00:56:35.02\00:56:36.46
Doug: So, you know, you look
at what happens at a magician
00:56:36.49\00:56:38.19
show, when someone puts a person
in a trance and they start
00:56:38.23\00:56:40.40
to make them do things that
they would never normally do,
00:56:40.43\00:56:42.73
it's almost like surrendering
your wealth to someone else.
00:56:42.76\00:56:45.90
So even though they're saying,
"Oh, I'm going to help you
00:56:45.93\00:56:48.17
lose weight or quit smoking."
00:56:48.20\00:56:49.54
That sounds good, but I'd be
very apprehensive about that.
00:56:49.57\00:56:52.64
Carlos: Amen, next we
have Nelly from Kenya, ask:
00:56:52.67\00:56:55.11
Why did God send Ishmael away?
00:56:55.14\00:56:57.15
Does this mean that God does
not accept or love stepchildren?
00:56:57.18\00:57:00.65
Doug: Well, we know that God
loved Ishmael and Hagar because
00:57:00.68\00:57:04.55
when Ishmael was crying and
dying of thirst, the Lord heard
00:57:04.59\00:57:08.56
his crying answered his prayer.
00:57:08.59\00:57:11.19
God told both
Abraham and later Hagar,
00:57:11.23\00:57:14.30
that Ishmael would
become a great nation.
00:57:14.36\00:57:17.57
It's kind of interesting that
you know most of the Muslims
00:57:17.60\00:57:20.17
descend from Ishmael and the
Arabs, that Jacob had 12 sons
00:57:20.20\00:57:24.81
and Ishmael had 12 sons
and he became a whole nation
00:57:24.84\00:57:29.11
and there's still millions
of them around the world today.
00:57:29.14\00:57:32.81
So it wasn't a question of God
not loving stepchildren, it was
00:57:32.85\00:57:36.69
a question really of Abraham was
out of God's will when he took
00:57:36.72\00:57:40.42
a second wife, a surrogate wife.
00:57:40.46\00:57:42.02
It was just going to
bring division into the family,
00:57:42.06\00:57:44.09
and it would
frustrate God's plan
00:57:44.13\00:57:45.76
for the Messiah to
come through Jacob.
00:57:45.79\00:57:48.13
Carlos: Amen, last, if our
prayers will still be heard
00:57:48.16\00:57:51.00
once the Holy Spirit begins
to withdraw from the Earth.
00:57:51.03\00:57:54.17
Doug: Well, there's
never a time when God doesn't
00:57:54.20\00:57:56.24
hear prayer because
God knows all things.
00:57:56.27\00:57:59.14
The Bible says "He knows what
we need before we even pray."
00:57:59.17\00:58:01.98
So of course, God will
always hear prayers and
00:58:02.01\00:58:04.88
the Holy Spirit, I believe is
always interceding, He's always
00:58:04.91\00:58:08.82
watching over, even when Jacob
was wrestling with the Angel
00:58:08.85\00:58:11.85
during that time of darkness and
God was silent, God was there.
00:58:11.89\00:58:15.69
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