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Now, here's your host from
Amazing Facts International,
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Pastor Doug Batchelor.
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Doug Batchelor: Hello, friends.
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Would you like to
hear an amazing fact?
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Back in 1922, after a minor slip
and a fall at work, an Iowa man
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started hiccuping and he
didn't stop for 68 years.
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Over the weeks, months,
and years, Charles Osborne
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tried everything to get
rid of his pesky condition.
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He traveled cross-country to
visit doctors and even resorted
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to hormone therapy but it
seemed that nothing could cure
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his chronic hiccups.
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Not wanting an experimental
surgery, Osborne eventually
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learned to
hiccup quietly and live
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with his annoying condition.
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He did marry and had
a job and had a family.
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But one day in 1990, after 68
years of non-stop hiccups, when
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Osborne was 96 years old, his
hiccups mysteriously stopped.
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His last months of life
were thankfully hiccup-free.
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Osborne's condition also earned
him a place in the Guinness Book
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of World Records and an
interview with Johnny Carson on
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the "Tonight Show."
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It's estimated that between
the ages of 29 and 96, Osborne
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hiccuped 430 million times,
and doctors never did figure out
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precisely what caused
his lifelong affliction.
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You know, Pastor Ross, that's
what you would call a mystery,
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a conundrum, an enigma.
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Where did his hiccups come
from and where did they go?
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They just
stopped after 68 years.
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And the Bible talks about,
oh, I think 22 times it uses
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the word "mystery."
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There are some mysteries.
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You know, you've got the mystery
of godliness and then the Bible
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tells us in, what, 2
Thessalonians chapter 2, about
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the mystery of iniquity.
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People want to know,
"Where did sin come from?"
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Jean Ross: That's right.
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One of the questions that we
often have is, "If God is a God
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of love and He's all-powerful,
why do we live in a world where
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there is sin and
suffering and death?"
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Well, the Bible
gives us the answer.
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However, there is
that element of mystery.
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The Bible speaks about
the mystery of iniquity, that
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self-centeredness that arose in
the heart of a beautiful angel,
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Lucifer, in heaven and, you
know, we do have a study guide
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that talks about this.
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This is an important subject.
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People often
wonder, "If God is good,
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why is there bad in the world?
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Did God create a devil?"
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That's one of the
questions people have.
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Well, we have a study guide,
part of the Amazing Facts Study
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Guide series, and it talks about
the origin of evil and we'll
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send this lesson for free.
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It's called, "Did
God Create a Devil?"
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You might be surprised
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And Pastor Doug, it's probably
a good time for us to greet our
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friends who are watching and
listening across the country and
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in other places through
the Internet, around the world.
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I know our program is
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different television networks
as well, so we'd like to greet
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our friends listening.
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And if you'd like to see what's
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We're also live on
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That's 800-463-7297,
and you'll be able to get
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your Bible question
on the air this evening.
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Well, before we go to
the phone lines, let's start
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with a word of prayer.
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Dear Father, we thank You that
we have this time where we can
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just open up
Your Word and study.
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And Lord, we know the Bible is
Your book so we do pray for the
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Holy Spirit to guide us, be with
our friends who are listening
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wherever they might be, and lead
us into a clearer understanding
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of the teachings of the
Bible, in Jesus's name, amen.
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Doug: Amen.
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Jean: Well, Pastor Doug, our
first caller this evening, we're
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going to get right to it.
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We've got Gary
listening in Illinois.
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Gary, welcome to
"Bible Answers Live."
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Gary: Well, my question is:
"'There are four angels standing
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at the four corners of the
earth, holding back the winds
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that would harm the earth,
and until the servants of God
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are sealed in their foreheads.'
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So what does
'to be sealed' mean?
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And how does that play up
against the thought that Jesus
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did it all; if I have to do one
thing to secure my salvation,
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I'm saying that Jesus's
Crucifixion wasn't good enough?"
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Doug: Okay, well, let's
actually deal with the last part
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of your question first: the
idea that because we need to do
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something means that Jesus's
sacrifice wasn't adequate.
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Let me just see if I
can explain it this way.
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If somebody writes a check to
pay 100% of your million-dollar
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debt, and yet the bank still
repossesses your home and puts
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you in jail, and you say, "But
I thought he paid everything."
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And they say, "Well, you never
took the check to the bank."
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So there is something
that everybody needs to do.
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We need to reach out and
take the gift that He's offered.
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So there is something
that needs to be done.
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It doesn't mean that
Jesus's sacrifice if inadequate.
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We must respond
to that sacrifice.
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So when it says that we
must receive the seal of God,
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we must be born again.
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Jesus said, "Unless you are born
of the water and the Spirit,
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you cannot enter
the kingdom of heaven."
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You look in Ephesians chapter 1,
verse 13, it says: "IN HIM YOU
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ALSO TRUSTED, AFTER YOU HEARD
THE WORD OF TRUTH, THE GOSPEL OF
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YOUR SALVATION; IN WHOM YOU ALSO
HAVE BELIEVED, YOU WERE SEALED
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WITH THE HOLY
SPIRIT OF PROMISE,"
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so there's the word "seal."
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Read again in Ephesians 4, verse
30: "DO NOT GRIEVE THE HOLY
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SPIRIT OF GOD, BY WHOM
YOU ARE SEALED FOR THE DAY
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OF REDEMPTION."
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Now we just read there in
Revelation chapter 7, at least
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that's what you were quoting,
Gary, about people must receive
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the seal of God if they're
going to survive these plagues
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and this wind of strife.
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But there's something deeper
than just the Holy Spirit.
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Now what I mean by that is why
does it say "in the forehead"?
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If you look in the Old
Testament, it says that God's
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people--and this is Deuteronomy
chapter 5, is where you have the
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Ten Commandments repeated,
chapter 6, is where Moses said,
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"These words that I command you
today shall be in your heart,
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they shall be in your hand, they
shall be between your eyes."
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So one way that we know that we
have the Holy Spirit is by the
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fruits of the Spirit.
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There's obedience in the life.
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You read in Isaiah chapter 8 and
it says, "Bind up the testimony,
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seal the law
among My disciples."
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So in the law of God is a seal
of God, and it shows that we've
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got the fruits of the Spirit.
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We have a whole lesson
that talks about the seal of God
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we could send to Gary or anyone
that wants to know what that is.
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Jean: That's right.
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It's part of our Amazing Facts
Study Guide series and you can
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just call and ask for this study
guide called "The Seal of God."
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We'll be happy to send that
to anyone who calls and asks.
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The number again is 800-835-6747
and you know, Pastor Doug, it's
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interesting in the book of
Revelation, not only do you have
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the righteous sealed, not
only do they have something
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symbolically on their forehead,
but you also have those who are
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lost, the wicked.
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They also marked, they
get the mark of the beast.
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So at the end of time, everyone
is divided up into two groups:
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those with the seal of God,
obedience to God's commandments,
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or the mark of
the beast, obedience
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to the beast's commandment.
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We want to be amongst
those who have the seal
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of God in the last days.
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Thank you for your call, Gary.
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Next caller that we have is
Junith, listening in Nevada.
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Junith, welcome to the program.
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Junith: Hello, can
you hear me, Pastor Ross?
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Doug: We do.
Junith: Hello, good evening.
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Okay, great, wonderful.
Thanks for taking my call again.
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My question is related to
Matthew chapter 5, verse 48,
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that we're perfect
in the eyes of God.
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My question is: We are
still in the midst of the great
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controversy between Christ and
Satan, and "once saved will not
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always be saved" is a
daily sanctification process
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in a personal
relationship with Jesus.
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So what would you
recommend biblical,
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I would say, to stop to give,
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to give us a warning sign and
a good-luck sign that we are not
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maintaining
perfection in the eyes of God.
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What will be your
input as to Biblical promises
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that will maintain our
spiritual purification daily?
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Thank you for your answer.
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Doug: Yes, well, when Jesus
says here in Matthew chapter
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5:48: "Therefore be perfect
just as your Father in heaven is
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perfect," He talks about in the
previous verses--so always read
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something in its context.
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In the previous verses He
talks about loving your brother.
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When Jesus quotes that same
verse in the Gospel of Luke He
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says, "BE THEREFORE MERCIFUL,
EVEN AS YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN
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IS MERCIFUL."
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And so God wants us
to have a perfect love
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and a perfect mercy.
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And we are called to holiness.
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Don't misunderstand.
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The Bible says:
"Blessed are the pure in heart.
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They'll see God."
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But as soon as we accept Christ,
He then gives us a new heart and
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this is the new covenant, and
we begin to think differently.
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Instead of being--and it
may not all happen in one day.
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It's called sanctification.
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But instead of being motivated
by selfishness and sin, now we
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start being motivated by
love and a desire to please God.
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And so there's a change
that happens in the heart.
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Jesus said, "If you love Me,
keep My commandments," and so as
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we get to know Him better,
we fall in love with God.
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As we love Him
better, we obey Him better.
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And Jesus said that "He
that has begun a good work in us
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will perform it.
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He is the author and
the finisher of our faith."
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So if we keep dying to self,
we take up our cross daily and
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follow Him, we die to self
and we follow Jesus, we're being
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transformed into His image.
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Jean: That's right.
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You know, we do have a
study guide that talks about,
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actually, one of our
books talks about it.
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It's called
"Three Steps to Heaven."
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Talks about these different
aspects of trusting in God and
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experiencing that
deliverance, that cleansing,
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that only comes from the Spirit.
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We'll be happy to send this
to anyone who calls and asks.
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The number is 800-835-6747
and you can ask for the book.
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It's called "Three Steps to
Heaven," and we'll be happy to
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send that for free to
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If you like, you can dial #250
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Answers Live," and then ask
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Heaven," and you can
also receive it that way.
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Thank you for your call, Junith.
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If you have a Bible question,
just another reminder, friends,
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our phone lines are open.
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It's 800-463-7297.
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that's 800-463-7297.
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Next caller that we have
is Jimmy listening in Texas.
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Jimmy, welcome to the program.
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Jimmy: Yes, sir.
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Thank you, hello, and--pastors.
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Jean: Thanks for calling.
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Jimmy: My question is,
I think this is the truth,
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I'm not really sure.
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Christ comes back after the
seven last plagues, but it's
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also written that He
comes as a thief in the night.
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Does that occur after the
seven last plagues or during it?
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Doug: Well, let's read it here.
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If you look in Revelation
chapter 16 and you go to verse
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17, it says: "Then the seventh
angel poured out his bowl,"
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these are the bowls filled
with the plagues, so the seventh
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angel is the seventh plague.
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"The seventh angel poured
out his bowl into the air, and a
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loud voice came out of
the temple of heaven, from the
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throne, saying, 'It is done!'
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And there were
noises and thunderings
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and lightnings; and
there was a great earthquake,
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such a mighty and a great
earthquake as has not occurred
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since men were on the earth.
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Now that great city
was divided in three parts,
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and the cities
of the nations fell.
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And great Babylon was remembered
before God, to give her the cup
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of the wine of the
fierceness of His wrath.
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Then every island fled away, and
the mountains were not found.
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And a great hail from heaven
fell upon men, each hailstone
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about the weight of a talent.
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And men blasphemed God because
of the plague of hail, since
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that plague was
exceedingly great."
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So it's understood this
great earthquake and hail are
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mentioned other places with the
Second Coming of Christ, that
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the seventh plague is really
the end for the world, as every
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island fled away,
the cities are destroyed.
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You can read in Revel--I'm
sorry, in Jeremiah chapter 4,
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it talks about the cities are
broken down by the presence of
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the Lord and
through His fierce anger.
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So when you read that He's
coming like a thief it just
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means that it's going to
surprise people when these
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plagues begin to fall.
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People are going to
just be blindsided by it all.
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So, yeah, I think it's--since no
one knows the day or the hour,
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it's going to surprise people.
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Jean: Let me just read
that verse, Pastor Doug,
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because it's interesting.
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2 Peter chapter 3 and verse
10, it says: "But the day of the
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Lord will come as a thief in the
night," and there you have it,
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but it says, "in which the
heavens will pass away with a
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great noise, and the elements
will melt with fervent heat;
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and the earth and the
works thereof will be burnt up."
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So, there you have Jesus coming
as a thief in the night, but
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when He comes, it talks about
the heavens passing away and the
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earth melting with fervent heat,
so there's nothing secret about
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the coming of Jesus.
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So when Christ comes as a thief
it's not the manner of Christ's
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coming, but it's
the unexpectedness.
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He comes and catches
the majority of the world
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by surprise.
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Doug: Right, and this is
right at the conclusion of the
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seven last plagues.
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Jean: You know, we do have a
study guide talking about the
00:14:49.32\00:14:51.15
Second Coming and it's
called, "Anything But Secret!"
00:14:51.19\00:14:54.56
It's actually one of our books,
and we'll be happy to send this
00:14:54.59\00:14:56.93
to anyone who calls and asks.
00:14:56.96\00:14:58.59
Again, that number is
800-835-6747 and you can ask
00:14:58.63\00:15:02.53
for the book.
00:15:02.56\00:15:04.10
It's called "Anything But
Secret," and we'll be happy to
00:15:04.13\00:15:05.53
send it to anyone.
00:15:05.57\00:15:07.04
Dial #250 on your phone and just
say, "Bible Answers Live," and
00:15:07.07\00:15:11.34
you can receive the
book that way as well.
00:15:11.37\00:15:13.54
Next caller that we have is
Brittany listening in Jamaica.
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Brittany,
welcome to the program.
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Brittany: Hi, Pastor
Doug, hi, Pastor Ross.
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Doug: Evening.
00:15:21.72\00:15:23.28
Brittany: Hi, I just wanted
to ask: "HOW CAN YOU KNOW IF GOD
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IS CALLING YOU TO EVANGELISM?"
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Doug: Well, if you read in
Matthew chapter 28, Jesus said
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to His disciples, "ALL
POWER IS GIVEN UNTO ME.
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GO THEREFORE, AND TEACH ALL
NATIONS, BAPTIZING THEM IN THE
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NAME OF THE FATHER,
SON, AND HOLY SPIRIT."
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Teaching--He's telling us to
go and teach and make disciples.
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And so that invitation to make
disciples, using our various
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spiritual gifts, was not just
for the apostles, but I think
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every believer, to
some extent, is supposed
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to be sharing their faith.
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Now, whether you're called to
full-time evangelism or not, I
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don't know.
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I think that a lot of people
have the gifts or certain gifts
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that can be used in evangelism,
and they maybe just need some
00:16:07.73\00:16:11.20
training or discipling.
00:16:11.23\00:16:13.17
Amazing Facts actually has a
program called AFCOE and it's
00:16:13.20\00:16:17.14
the Amazing Facts Center of
Evangelism where we teach men
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and women how to do--what are
some of the different aspects of
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evangelism?
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Jean: There are
different parts to evangelism.
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You've got what we think of: the
evangelist standing in front of
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a group of people and
they're preaching the Bible.
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But there's also parts of
evangelism that we don't always
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think of.
00:16:33.62\00:16:35.06
One is Bible work where
somebody's actually doing Bible
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studies, one-on-one, or maybe
in somebody's home in a group.
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That's an
important part of evangelism.
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There's something else we
call literature evangelism where
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people are actually going
out and they're using material
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and they're sharing
it with other people.
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That way, the people can read
and come to an understanding
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of truth.
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So there are different ways in
which we can let our light shine
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and we want to say,
"Lord, what are the gifts?
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What are the talents
that You've given me?
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How can I use those for the
furtherance of Your kingdom?"
00:17:02.05\00:17:05.09
Now it might involve preaching.
00:17:05.12\00:17:06.59
Others have the gift of music
and they can use their music
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to glorify God and bring
people a knowledge of the truth.
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So, each person has got
different gifts and we want to
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use those gifts
the best way we can.
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Doug: Yeah, if people want
to know more about the Amazing
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Facts Evangelism training, and
we've got, what, thousands of
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graduates around the world
now, you can simply go to AFCOE,
00:17:22.77\00:17:27.61
A-F-C-O-E, afcoe.org, and I
think they can even do a lot of
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it online.
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Jean: That's right.
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We have several of the classes
available online and, again,
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just go to the Amazing Facts
website or AFCOE, you can--if
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you can't remember AFCOE, just
go to Amazing Facts and you can
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click on the training link and
you can get all the information
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about our evangelism
training program that we have.
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Doug: Now, Brittany, real quick.
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Let me just give you more of a
direct answer to your question.
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You're saying, "How do I
know if He's calling me?"
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You tell the Lord, say, "Lord, I
am willing to go," and watch and
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see if He opens the doors.
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If you're willing to go and do
something more full-time, say,
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"Lord, if this is
Your will, open the doors."
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In the meantime, do what lies
closest to hand with, you know,
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all your might.
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Be faithful in
whatever your current work is.
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Say, "Lord, open the doors."
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He's done it for me several
times and that's one way I knew.
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Jean: Okay, next
caller that we have is Jesus,
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listening in Florida.
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Jesus, welcome to the program.
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Jesus: Hello, how are
you guys doing tonight?
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Doug: Great,
thank you for calling.
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And your question?
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Jesus: Thank you
for taking my question.
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Yes, okay, so, in Acts chapter
2, verse 13, it talks about new
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wine, specifically in the
context of people mocking those
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who were in the Upper Room that
had received the Holy Spirit.
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And I'm assuming that it's
insinuating that they're drunk.
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Now, I've always heard the
context that new wine symbolizes
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unfermented wine, right?
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Like the first miracle of
Jesus as well when He talks
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about it later.
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I'm wondering does that
conflict with that idea?
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Like, how are we
supposed to understand that?
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Doug: Yeah, well, when
the--let me just, for our
00:19:09.74\00:19:12.08
friends that are listening: when
the Holy Spirit was poured out
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on the apostles there in
Acts chapter 2 and they began to
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preach with power and they were
speaking in other languages to
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the people present so, you know,
I think it mentions 16 different
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language groups there by
the time you get to verse 12.
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And so it sounded like babbling
to some that were listening, and
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so some of the Jews were mocking
and they said, "Oh, they're full
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of new wine," and the word "new
wine" there, new wine is clearly
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not fermented, but people would
stumble around sometimes and
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they'd say, "Oh, I
thought it was new wine."
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And they'd be drinking.
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They'd be drinking old wine and
then they'd say, "Oh, no, but
00:19:50.59\00:19:52.22
I thought it was new wine."
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So that was sort of like a
cop-out, and they're mocking the
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disciples, saying, "Oh,
they're full of new wine."
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But no, new wine
doesn't get you drunk.
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So they were just using this as
sarcasm, I guess you would say.
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Jean: Yeah, there's also
something else interesting.
00:20:05.97\00:20:07.47
In the Greek there.
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If you look up the word "new
wine," it can also be translated
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as sweet wine.
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Now, the Passover, or Pentecost
rather, occurred somewhere
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around June but you'd have the
harvest of the grapes not until
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August, so what they would
do is they would somehow try and
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concentrate this juice and then
they'd add water and they could
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use it as grape juice.
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It would be sweet, and so you
could use the word "sweet wine"
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instead of new wine, 'cause
new wine is the juice that comes
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fresh from the grapes.
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And you didn't have
that all year round.
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That was something
that was at the harvest.
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So, yeah, there's
another word you could use.
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Doug: If you're drinking
juice out of a grape, unless
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they're very old
grapes, it is not fermented.
00:20:47.51\00:20:49.71
Jean: That's
right, yeah, it's fresh.
00:20:49.74\00:20:51.41
Doug: You know, we do have
a book and you may have some
00:20:51.45\00:20:53.72
questions about this,
Jesus, and it's called
00:20:53.75\00:20:56.92
"Alcohol and the Christian."
00:20:56.95\00:20:58.69
We can send you or anyone
who wants to know "What does the
00:20:58.72\00:21:00.62
Bible say about alcohol?"
00:21:00.66\00:21:02.46
We can send you a free copy.
00:21:02.49\00:21:04.39
Jean: The number to call is
800-835-6747 and you can ask for
00:21:04.43\00:21:08.20
the book.
00:21:08.23\00:21:09.53
It's called
"Alcohol and the Christian."
00:21:09.56\00:21:10.80
You can also dial #250 on your
phone and say, "Bible Answers
00:21:10.83\00:21:14.37
Live" or "Amazing Facts,"
and ask for that book, "The
00:21:14.40\00:21:17.27
Christian and Alcohol."
00:21:17.31\00:21:19.97
Next caller that we have is
Richard listening in Canada.
00:21:20.01\00:21:22.68
Richard, welcome to
"Bible Answers Live."
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Richard: Hello. Doug: Hi.
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Richard: I have a question
and it revolves around something
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Jesus said in Matthew
23, verses 8 through 10.
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Is it appropriate for Christians
to call each other or accept
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to be called by
each other by honorific
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titles, like pastor, bishop?
00:21:57.88\00:22:01.92
Or is that--or should we refer
to each other by our names,
00:22:01.95\00:22:07.56
whatever position we may hold?
00:22:07.59\00:22:10.76
Doug: Yeah, well, it's
not wrong to address a person
00:22:10.79\00:22:15.33
by an appropriate title.
00:22:15.36\00:22:18.43
If you're going to see your
doctor, you know, his name might
00:22:18.47\00:22:22.10
be Robert, you don't necessarily
need to say, "Hey, Bob."
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You know, there, I think people
are due certain respect based
00:22:25.17\00:22:29.01
on offices.
00:22:29.04\00:22:30.61
I know if you're in the military
and you've got a sergeant and
00:22:30.65\00:22:32.65
you call him "Buddy," well,
you might end up getting thrown
00:22:32.68\00:22:34.82
in the brig.
00:22:34.85\00:22:36.25
So it's appropriate to call
people by certain respectful
00:22:36.28\00:22:39.09
titles, but when it comes to the
church, Jesus said, "Call no man
00:22:39.12\00:22:42.82
Father for you have one Father."
00:22:42.86\00:22:45.16
So there's at least one term
there and then, you know, Pastor
00:22:45.19\00:22:48.40
Ross and I, people say,
"Should we call you 'Reverend,'
00:22:48.43\00:22:51.27
should we call you 'Father'?"
00:22:51.30\00:22:52.87
And we say, "No, the Bible
says holy and reverend, meaning
00:22:52.90\00:22:56.34
revered, is His name."
00:22:56.37\00:22:58.44
And so we don't use the
word "Reverend," but the word
00:22:58.47\00:23:01.34
"Minister" or "Title" is also
a descriptive word and there's
00:23:01.38\00:23:04.21
nothing wrong with
using a descriptive word.
00:23:04.25\00:23:06.65
If you say a person is wearing
a gray suit, it doesn't mean
00:23:06.68\00:23:10.39
that you're giving them
any kind of undue honor.
00:23:10.42\00:23:14.12
It's just a descriptive term.
00:23:14.16\00:23:16.19
So, to call a person by
their descriptive profession in
00:23:16.22\00:23:20.16
saying, "Pastor
Doug," or "Pastor Jean,"
00:23:20.20\00:23:22.30
nothing wrong with that.
00:23:22.33\00:23:23.90
We just don't want to take--the
reverence belongs to God and we
00:23:23.93\00:23:27.07
have, really, one Father.
00:23:27.10\00:23:29.24
We should not be giving a man
that title; God is our Father.
00:23:29.27\00:23:35.28
Does that make sense, Richard?
00:23:35.31\00:23:39.08
Richard: It does, but He also
talks about Rabbi and Master.
00:23:39.11\00:23:47.19
Those were also
honorific titles that were used
00:23:47.22\00:23:51.13
when He was
telling His disciples.
00:23:51.16\00:23:53.50
Doug: Yeah, and I think Jesus
is talking more specifically
00:23:53.53\00:23:55.56
about the teachers and
the scribes and they loved
00:23:55.60\00:23:59.27
the titles, they
loved the greetings.
00:23:59.30\00:24:02.77
They loved the best seats.
00:24:02.80\00:24:04.51
They wanted the honor of men.
00:24:04.54\00:24:06.64
And if a person wants to be
a pastor or a minister so that
00:24:06.68\00:24:10.81
they can get a title,
well, that's certainly
00:24:10.85\00:24:13.05
the wrong reason.
00:24:13.08\00:24:14.68
But I think it's important to
use some terms of respect, you
00:24:14.72\00:24:18.65
know, with our kids.
00:24:18.69\00:24:20.52
When we--when your children
are young and they're talking to
00:24:20.56\00:24:22.52
other adults, it's good for them
to call Mr. Brown or Mr. Smith,
00:24:22.56\00:24:26.39
we don't have our kids talk to
another adult when they're young
00:24:26.43\00:24:29.43
and say, "Hey, Stanley."
00:24:29.46\00:24:31.67
It just doesn't sound right.
00:24:31.70\00:24:33.27
Used to be, you know, you'd
address them with more respect.
00:24:33.30\00:24:36.40
And so there's nothing wrong
with terms of respect, but we
00:24:36.44\00:24:39.11
shouldn't be
craving titles for prestige.
00:24:39.14\00:24:43.11
Jean: You know, I just add
a little bit to that, Pastor,
00:24:43.14\00:24:44.85
that, you know, in our
church it's interesting.
00:24:44.88\00:24:46.85
We have a weekly bulletin.
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We put together the
different positions connected
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with our service.
00:24:51.75\00:24:53.36
And in our
bulletin, we don't put titles.
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We don't say "Dr. So-and-so,"
or "Pastor So-and-so."
00:24:56.76\00:24:59.26
Now, in the back of the
bulletin, it mentions who the
00:24:59.29\00:25:00.96
pastors are in the church, but
when it comes to the church and
00:25:00.96\00:25:03.93
it comes to worshiping, it is
valuable for someone that might
00:25:03.97\00:25:06.87
be visiting to know who
the leader of the church is,
00:25:06.90\00:25:09.00
who's the pastor of the church.
00:25:09.04\00:25:10.37
There's nothing wrong with that.
00:25:10.41\00:25:11.71
But as we interact with
each other, you know, we try to
00:25:11.74\00:25:14.88
minimize the titles that
would sort of--in God's eyes,
00:25:14.91\00:25:19.61
we're all brothers
and sisters in Christ.
00:25:19.65\00:25:22.08
And sometimes, the term "Brother
So-and-so" you'll hear in the
00:25:22.12\00:25:24.75
church, or "Sister So-and-so,"
more so than you'll hear a title
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like "Doctor" or
some other person.
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Doug: Good question.
00:25:30.96\00:25:32.59
Jean: All right,
thank you for your call.
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Next caller that we have is
Nel listening in California.
00:25:33.96\00:25:38.17
Nel, welcome.
00:25:38.20\00:25:40.27
Nel: Hi, thank
you so much, Pastors.
00:25:40.30\00:25:43.00
My question is in
regard to investing.
00:25:43.04\00:25:46.04
I'm a little bit new at it
but I know that some of the--
00:25:46.07\00:25:51.25
somethings like that, if you
invest in, like, a--I'm using
00:25:51.28\00:25:55.65
the wrong term, but in a
composite manner, some of those
00:25:55.68\00:25:58.85
might contain things that we
may not necessarily believe in.
00:25:58.89\00:26:02.66
Like, you might invest in a
alcohol company or something
00:26:02.69\00:26:05.86
like that and so if you're
doing that, is it a problem
00:26:05.89\00:26:11.60
or do we have to, like,
seek different--something else,
00:26:11.63\00:26:15.04
separately seek
things to invest in?
00:26:15.07\00:26:16.71
Doug: Right,
that's a great question.
00:26:16.74\00:26:18.04
So if you're a Christian and
you're going to invest and it is
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appropriate to invest.
00:26:19.94\00:26:21.88
Jesus talked about the
unfaithful steward that just
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buried the money and Jesus
said, "You could have at least
00:26:24.78\00:26:26.88
put it in the bank."
00:26:26.92\00:26:28.65
Now, when you put your money
in a bank, the banks invest
00:26:28.68\00:26:32.49
your money.
00:26:32.52\00:26:33.82
They might invest it in
some companies that, you know,
00:26:33.86\00:26:37.19
you might not support.
00:26:37.23\00:26:38.53
It might be in entertainment or
an alcohol or tobacco company.
00:26:38.56\00:26:40.90
Usually, that's not all
of it, but that might be
00:26:40.93\00:26:43.30
in the bouquet.
00:26:43.33\00:26:44.87
You can't always control what
your bank's going to do but, on
00:26:44.90\00:26:47.27
a personal level, stock advisors
and financial advisors do tell
00:26:47.30\00:26:52.27
Christians and just anybody with
some morals, they might say,
00:26:52.31\00:26:55.61
"I want to invest in a mutual
fund that doesn't have the sin
00:26:55.64\00:26:58.98
companies," and sometimes
they'll use a term like that.
00:26:59.01\00:27:01.45
It's not investing in, you know,
the alcohol or the tobacco or
00:27:01.48\00:27:05.85
some of these
other dubious companies.
00:27:05.89\00:27:08.76
People can choose to invest in
a sector of just technology or
00:27:08.79\00:27:13.50
something, or
medicine or whatever.
00:27:13.53\00:27:15.76
So I think as Christians, you
need to be careful not to try to
00:27:15.80\00:27:18.60
exploit companies or
make money off companies
00:27:18.63\00:27:21.50
that have--are
morally questionable.
00:27:21.54\00:27:25.54
That's a good
thing for you to ask.
00:27:25.57\00:27:27.54
You may not always be able to
control what your bank does with
00:27:27.58\00:27:29.64
the money.
00:27:29.68\00:27:31.08
That's a different issue,
but just like when you go to the
00:27:31.11\00:27:33.31
supermarket and you buy
your oranges, they may also sell
00:27:33.35\00:27:36.32
alcohol, but you
don't buy the alcohol.
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We're going to go to
Bob listening in Washington.
00:30:42.74\00:30:44.37
Bob, welcome to the program.
00:30:44.41\00:30:47.21
Bob: Hey, gentlemen, thank
you, brothers, Doug and Jean.
00:30:47.24\00:30:50.88
My question is:
00:30:50.91\00:30:56.18
When the latter rain
comes and the 144,000 are
00:30:56.22\00:31:01.46
spreading the 3 angels'
messages, the other Christians
00:31:01.49\00:31:05.43
on the planet that are not
part of, or counted part of the
00:31:05.46\00:31:09.30
144,000, will they
be doing the same thing?
00:31:09.33\00:31:14.00
Doug: Yeah, well, I think, as
we near the end of time, every
00:31:14.04\00:31:16.91
believer is engaged
in sharing the good news.
00:31:16.94\00:31:21.84
I think the key to understanding
who the 144,000 are can be found
00:31:21.88\00:31:26.38
in Acts chapter 2.
00:31:26.41\00:31:28.42
In Acts chapter 2 we know that
they were--the first thing that
00:31:28.45\00:31:31.49
happens, actually, in Acts
chapter 1 is they do a head
00:31:31.52\00:31:34.92
count and they say, "You
know, we are short one apostle."
00:31:34.96\00:31:38.46
There were 12.
00:31:38.49\00:31:40.03
Jesus wanted 12, even though
there were not 12 tribes of
00:31:40.06\00:31:42.26
Israel left 'cause
they'd been scattered.
00:31:42.30\00:31:44.10
He said, "We need 12 apostles."
00:31:44.13\00:31:46.30
And Judas had killed
himself, so Peter said,
00:31:46.33\00:31:48.70
"Let's pick a replacement."
00:31:48.74\00:31:50.61
I trust he was
led by the Spirit.
00:31:50.64\00:31:53.44
They cast lots,
they pick a replacement.
00:31:53.48\00:31:55.34
As soon as they got back to the
number 12, the Holy Spirit was
00:31:55.38\00:31:59.41
poured out and
there's a great revival.
00:31:59.45\00:32:01.78
Now, the Holy Spirit did
not just fall on the 12 apostles
00:32:01.82\00:32:06.05
in the Upper Room.
00:32:06.09\00:32:07.62
It says there were
120 in the Upper Room.
00:32:07.66\00:32:09.49
See, it's 10 times
more than just the 12.
00:32:09.52\00:32:11.96
The ones who receive the
special filling in the last days
00:32:11.99\00:32:16.03
are not just the 144,000.
00:32:16.06\00:32:18.87
The 144,000 are very
much like last-day apostles.
00:32:18.90\00:32:22.44
They have a special work to
do, a special calling, and--but
00:32:22.47\00:32:26.88
they're not the only ones saved.
00:32:26.91\00:32:29.34
There's a great multitude that
were saved from the preaching of
00:32:29.38\00:32:32.05
the apostles and the
disciples in the Upper Room.
00:32:32.08\00:32:34.88
And they were
baptized at Pentecost.
00:32:34.92\00:32:36.85
In the last days, the
Holy Spirit is going to fall on
00:32:36.89\00:32:39.85
thousands, way beyond just the
144,000, and I think there'll be
00:32:39.89\00:32:45.89
a revival that will sweep
the world as it did in the first
00:32:45.93\00:32:48.46
centuries with Christianity.
00:32:48.50\00:32:51.53
And we have a book
talks about the subject.
00:32:51.57\00:32:53.47
Jean: That's right.
00:32:53.50\00:32:54.84
It's called "Who
Are the 144,000?"
00:32:54.87\00:32:56.30
and we'll be happy to send this
to you, Bob, or anyone wanting
00:32:56.34\00:32:58.77
to learn more about that.
00:32:58.81\00:33:00.98
Just before we give the number
again, Pastor Doug, just to add
00:33:01.01\00:33:03.11
to that a little bit, you know,
he asked about the latter rain.
00:33:03.14\00:33:05.98
There might be some folks who
were wondering, "Well, what is
00:33:06.01\00:33:08.05
it talking about,
the 'latter rain'?"
00:33:08.08\00:33:10.65
Doug: Yeah, well, in Bible
times, they had what they called
00:33:10.69\00:33:14.26
the former rain and the latter
rain connected with the harvest.
00:33:14.29\00:33:17.66
They were an
agricultural society.
00:33:17.69\00:33:20.16
And they always prayed
especially that there'd be this
00:33:20.20\00:33:22.66
good rain that would sprout the
seed and then just before the
00:33:22.70\00:33:28.10
harvest, there would be another
rain that would help it to plump
00:33:28.14\00:33:31.01
up before the harvest.
00:33:31.04\00:33:33.71
And in the same way, Jesus
scattered the seed of the gospel
00:33:33.74\00:33:37.68
with His 3½ years of ministry.
00:33:37.71\00:33:40.38
Then the Holy Spirit was poured
out at Pentecost and you had,
00:33:40.42\00:33:43.35
like, the former rain.
00:33:43.39\00:33:45.15
Before Christ comes to
harvest and He pictures Himself
00:33:45.19\00:33:48.52
coming with a sickle
in His hand, in Revelation
00:33:48.56\00:33:51.19
the harvest is a symbol.
00:33:51.23\00:33:53.73
There'll be the latter rain
of the Holy Spirit to prepare
00:33:53.76\00:33:56.13
the crop of souls.
00:33:56.16\00:33:58.20
So He uses that farming
terminology in connection
00:33:58.23\00:34:02.07
with the Second Coming.
00:34:02.10\00:34:03.47
Jean: Okay, the book
that we mentioned, it's called
00:34:03.51\00:34:05.17
"Who Will Sing the Song?
00:34:05.21\00:34:06.61
Understanding the
144,000," and that is for free.
00:34:06.64\00:34:09.91
We'll send it to
anyone in the US or in Canada.
00:34:09.94\00:34:12.28
The number to call for that is
800-835-6747 and you can ask for
00:34:12.31\00:34:16.79
the book, "Who
Will Sing the Song?
00:34:16.82\00:34:19.05
Understanding the 144,000."
00:34:19.09\00:34:21.56
Or you can just dial #250
on your phone and say, "Bible
00:34:21.59\00:34:25.23
Answers Live," and then ask
for the book about the 144,000.
00:34:25.26\00:34:30.10
Next caller that we have is Kim
and he's listening from Iowa.
00:34:30.13\00:34:33.07
Kim, welcome to the program.
00:34:33.10\00:34:35.74
Kim: Thank you.
Doug: Oh, Kim is a she.
00:34:35.77\00:34:38.24
Sorry, Kim, there's a couple
of different names out there.
00:34:38.27\00:34:39.81
Kim: You're okay. No worries.
00:34:39.84\00:34:42.11
I have a question.
00:34:42.14\00:34:43.45
I had this discussion
with a lady that I work with.
00:34:43.48\00:34:45.45
It's 1 Timothy chapter 4, verses
4 and 5, and about unclean
00:34:45.48\00:34:52.72
and clean meats to be
eaten, not to be eaten.
00:34:52.75\00:34:55.26
But she claims that the
Scripture negates everything.
00:34:55.29\00:34:59.76
Doug: Well, let's
read this for our friends
00:34:59.79\00:35:01.13
that are listening.
00:35:01.16\00:35:02.56
If you look in 1 Timothy chapter
4 and I'll read 4 and 5, it
00:35:02.60\00:35:05.90
says: "FOR EVERY CREATURE OF GOD
IS GOOD, AND NOTHING TO BE--IS
00:35:05.93\00:35:09.00
TO BE REFUSED, IF IT'S RECEIVED
WITH THANKSGIVING: FOR IT IS
00:35:09.04\00:35:12.77
SANCTIFIED BY THE
WORD OF GOD AND PRAYER."
00:35:12.81\00:35:15.28
Now, you need to go back to
verse 3, really, where He says
00:35:15.31\00:35:19.38
there'll be this, you know,
fallen power in the last days
00:35:19.41\00:35:22.85
that will command
people not to marry, all right,
00:35:22.88\00:35:25.79
that's a clue right there.
00:35:25.82\00:35:27.29
There's going to be a religious
movement that will tell its
00:35:27.32\00:35:29.06
priests they can't marry.
00:35:29.09\00:35:32.33
Ten seconds, you've got to
figure out the answer to that.
00:35:32.36\00:35:34.73
And then it says they'll command
people to abstain from foods
00:35:34.76\00:35:38.27
that the Bible says can be
eaten because they're sanctified
00:35:38.30\00:35:40.97
by the Word of God.
00:35:41.00\00:35:42.57
Well, they say, like, you can or
can't eat fish on a certain day,
00:35:42.60\00:35:45.24
and clean or unclean.
00:35:45.27\00:35:47.04
And so, this is talking
about a particular movement
00:35:47.08\00:35:50.78
in the last days.
00:35:50.81\00:35:52.15
Now, when Paul says, "For every
creature of God is good, and
00:35:52.18\00:35:55.35
nothing to be refused," there
was a big debate in the church
00:35:55.38\00:35:59.15
in Paul's day where the
Christians were being told by
00:35:59.19\00:36:04.23
the Jewish believers--these are
believers in Christ but they're
00:36:04.26\00:36:06.93
coming from a Jewish background,
that they couldn't eat any meat
00:36:06.96\00:36:11.27
that was sold in the Roman-Greek
marketplaces because it had been
00:36:11.30\00:36:15.37
offered to idols
before it was sacrificed.
00:36:15.40\00:36:18.81
And they said, "You will be
participating in idolatry even
00:36:18.84\00:36:22.08
if you buy that chicken that's
hanging there in the meat market
00:36:22.11\00:36:25.21
because before they slaughtered
the chicken, they did it in
00:36:25.25\00:36:27.12
front of a
little idol to some god.
00:36:27.15\00:36:30.82
Well, Paul said, "The idol's
nothing if you don't--if that
00:36:30.85\00:36:33.72
doesn't bother your
conscience, don't do it.
00:36:33.76\00:36:35.59
If it does bother your
conscience, well, just eat
00:36:35.62\00:36:37.66
vegetables and
don't eat the meat.
00:36:37.69\00:36:39.79
If it bothers your
brother, don't do it."
00:36:39.83\00:36:41.46
There's a big debate in the
New Testament about can you eat
00:36:41.50\00:36:44.30
things that were
offered to idols?
00:36:44.33\00:36:47.57
And Paul said, "Well, if you're
not offering it to an idol and
00:36:47.60\00:36:50.24
you're just buying it in
the market, then don't ask any
00:36:50.27\00:36:52.61
questions for conscience sake."
00:36:52.64\00:36:54.61
It's something like
today, my wife and I love going
00:36:54.64\00:36:57.08
to a Thai restaurant.
00:36:57.11\00:36:59.11
One of the Thai restaurants we
go to, it's got, like, a statue
00:36:59.15\00:37:01.65
of Buddha in
there when you walk in.
00:37:01.68\00:37:04.32
Well, that doesn't bother me.
00:37:04.35\00:37:05.72
I'm not going to worship Buddha,
and I don't feel like God thinks
00:37:05.75\00:37:07.86
I'm worshiping
Buddha by eating there.
00:37:07.89\00:37:10.36
Someone--if I went with a
brother and sister and they
00:37:10.39\00:37:12.29
said, "Oh Doug, we can't eat
here, there's a statue of Buddha
00:37:12.33\00:37:14.36
at the entrance."
00:37:14.36\00:37:15.90
I'd say, "All right,
well, let's go somewhere else."
00:37:15.93\00:37:17.90
So there was
this kind of debate.
00:37:17.93\00:37:19.57
It had nothing to do with the
clean meats so much as things
00:37:19.60\00:37:24.11
sacrificed to idols.
00:37:24.14\00:37:26.61
Paul is saying, "Every creature
of God is good, and nothing to
00:37:26.64\00:37:30.05
be refused if it's
received with thanksgiving."
00:37:30.08\00:37:32.35
He's talking about, "For it is
sanctified by the Word of God."
00:37:32.38\00:37:35.98
There are some animals that the
Word of God says you can eat.
00:37:36.02\00:37:39.62
They're called clean animals.
00:37:39.65\00:37:41.56
And there are some you cannot
eat; they're called unclean.
00:37:41.59\00:37:44.16
It's called an abomination.
00:37:44.19\00:37:46.23
God is not saying that
you just pray over anything
00:37:46.26\00:37:48.96
and it becomes clean.
00:37:49.00\00:37:50.90
It's really absurd to think that
you tell your children, "I don't
00:37:50.93\00:37:54.54
care what you eat for
breakfast; just make sure
00:37:54.57\00:37:56.17
you pray over it."
00:37:56.20\00:37:57.64
No, you know that there's
nutritional value and you're
00:37:57.67\00:37:59.91
going to reap what you sow.
00:37:59.94\00:38:01.58
So we have a study guide that we
can share and she can give this
00:38:01.61\00:38:06.25
to her friend.
00:38:06.28\00:38:07.58
Jean: The study guide is
called "God's Free Health Plan,"
00:38:07.62\00:38:10.05
and we'll be happy to send this
to anyone who calls and asks.
00:38:10.09\00:38:12.39
The number is 800-835-6747.
00:38:12.42\00:38:15.36
Ask for the study guide, "God's
Free Health Plan," or dial #250
00:38:15.39\00:38:20.13
on your smartphone and
say, "Bible Answers Live,"
00:38:20.16\00:38:22.60
and ask for that study
guide, "God's Free Health Plan."
00:38:22.63\00:38:26.43
Next caller that we
have--thank you, Kim.
00:38:26.47\00:38:28.37
Next caller that we have is
Carlos listening in Florida.
00:38:28.40\00:38:30.81
Carlos, welcome to the program.
00:38:30.84\00:38:34.08
Carlos: How are
you doing, Pastors?
00:38:34.11\00:38:35.71
Doug: Doing great.
Thanks for calling.
00:38:35.74\00:38:40.35
Carlos: So, my question
is I'm watching a Joe Crews
00:38:40.38\00:38:46.82
on--sermon here on Sabbath, and
so this is in regards to Sabbath
00:38:46.86\00:38:55.13
if it should be kept, because
Christians today should keep
00:38:55.16\00:38:58.83
Sabbath or not.
00:38:58.87\00:39:00.57
And he came to a verse that
was--he's reading out something
00:39:00.60\00:39:07.94
that Billy Graham wrote and it
came to Romans 10:8 through 10,
00:39:07.98\00:39:14.08
but he didn't
really read the verse.
00:39:14.12\00:39:15.98
He just kind of kept--I
don't think he read the verse,
00:39:16.02\00:39:18.82
anyways.
00:39:18.85\00:39:20.39
I was looking for what the verse
in the Bible as he was talking,
00:39:20.42\00:39:25.19
but I couldn't tell if he was
really talking--it didn't seem
00:39:25.23\00:39:27.40
like he was speaking Scripture.
00:39:27.46\00:39:28.86
How does that Romans 8 through
10--Romans 10:8 through 10
00:39:28.90\00:39:34.37
relate to keeping of the
Sabbath or keeping of the laws?
00:39:34.40\00:39:39.04
Doug: All right, well,
first of all, you're talking
00:39:39.07\00:39:41.34
about--and I don't mean to jump
in but you're talking about a
00:39:41.38\00:39:45.51
Scripture reference
that is given during a sermon
00:39:45.55\00:39:47.55
that you were watching.
00:39:47.58\00:39:49.08
Is that correct?
00:39:49.12\00:39:50.55
Carlos: Yes,
sir. Doug: All right.
00:39:50.59\00:39:52.22
It is entirely possible,
I've done it before, that he
00:39:52.25\00:39:53.76
misquoted the reference or
quoted the wrong reference in
00:39:53.79\00:39:56.16
the wrong place.
00:39:56.19\00:39:57.83
So I'll read
this for our friends.
00:39:57.86\00:39:59.39
I'm not sure--that could be the
problem, but let me read what it
00:39:59.43\00:40:02.93
says here in Romans chapter
10, I think you said, verse 8
00:40:02.96\00:40:06.03
through 10, and it
said: "BUT WHAT DOES IT SAY?
00:40:06.07\00:40:10.34
'THE WORD IS NEAR YOU, AND
IN YOUR MOUTH AND IN YOUR HEART'
00:40:10.37\00:40:13.21
(THAT IS, THE WORD OF
FAITH WHICH WE PREACH):
00:40:13.24\00:40:15.41
THAT IF YOU CONFESS WITH
YOUR MOUTH THE LORD JESUS AND
00:40:15.44\00:40:18.05
IF YOU BELIEVE IN YOUR HEART
THAT GOD HAS RAISED HIM FROM
00:40:18.08\00:40:20.25
THE DEAD, YOU WILL BE SAVED.
00:40:20.28\00:40:21.98
FOR WITH THE HEART ONE BELIEVES
UNTO RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND WITH THE
00:40:22.02\00:40:24.52
MOUTH CONFESSION IS
MADE UNTO SALVATION."
00:40:24.55\00:40:27.36
Now that is a powerful verse
that is often used in a person
00:40:27.39\00:40:32.49
accepting Christ and
receiving forgiveness
00:40:32.53\00:40:34.40
and righteousness by faith.
00:40:34.46\00:40:36.80
I don't know that I would use
that connected with the Sabbath.
00:40:36.83\00:40:40.97
Jean: I think maybe what--and
Carlos, if we understand what
00:40:41.00\00:40:44.41
the argument is, I think some
people say, "Well, this verse
00:40:44.44\00:40:47.78
says you just need to confess
with your mouth and believe in
00:40:47.81\00:40:50.21
your heart, and
that's all you have to do.
00:40:50.25\00:40:52.71
You don't have to keep the law.
00:40:52.75\00:40:54.28
You don't have
to worry about that.
00:40:54.32\00:40:55.95
Doug: Yeah, but Billy
Graham believes you should
00:40:55.98\00:40:57.29
keep the law too.
00:40:57.32\00:40:58.65
Jean: Yeah,
which is interesting.
00:40:58.69\00:41:00.06
Carlos: I had a feeling--I
had a feeling he was on the
00:41:00.09\00:41:02.76
wrong--made a mistake on the
Scripture there, but what he was
00:41:02.79\00:41:05.96
saying was something along the
lines of "What should we do now
00:41:05.99\00:41:08.73
that we're living through faith?
00:41:08.76\00:41:10.47
Does it mean that we
should just continue to sin or--
00:41:10.50\00:41:13.13
Doug: That would be Romans
chapter 6, "Shall we continue in
00:41:13.17\00:41:17.64
sin that grace
might abound, God forbid."
00:41:17.67\00:41:21.98
That, you know what, it's--he
may have quoted--it's Romans
00:41:22.01\00:41:24.38
chapter--well,
there's two places.
00:41:24.41\00:41:25.91
You've got Romans chapter 6
and you've got Romans chapter 7
00:41:25.95\00:41:29.32
talks about that.
00:41:29.35\00:41:30.65
Let me see, Romans 6, verse
1: "WHAT THEN SHALL WE SAY?
00:41:30.69\00:41:33.49
SHALL WE CONTINUE IN
SIN THAT GRACE MAY ABOUND?
00:41:33.52\00:41:35.69
GOD FORBID.
00:41:35.72\00:41:37.16
CERTAINLY NOT!
00:41:37.19\00:41:38.49
HOW SHALL WE WHO ARE DEAD
TO SIN," MEANING LAWLESSNESS,
00:41:38.53\00:41:41.26
"LIVE ANY LONGER IN IT?"
00:41:41.30\00:41:43.03
And--
00:41:43.06\00:41:44.43
Carlos: Amen, that's
the one I was looking for.
00:41:44.47\00:41:45.77
Doug: Yeah, so it may
mean--he may have meant
00:41:45.80\00:41:47.14
to quote that one.
00:41:47.17\00:41:48.47
I don't know--
00:41:48.50\00:41:49.80
Of course, I don't know
what sermon you're listening to,
00:41:49.84\00:41:51.14
but can you--
00:41:51.17\00:41:52.47
Carlos: Do you know
the series I'm looking at?
00:41:52.51\00:41:54.04
Doug: No, I get--Joe
Crews has preached thousands of
00:41:54.08\00:41:57.78
sermons so
don't quiz me on that.
00:41:57.81\00:42:00.12
I have no idea which
one you're listening to.
00:42:00.15\00:42:03.05
Jean: Hopefully
that helps, Carlos.
00:42:03.08\00:42:04.59
Carlos: -- you said
about the Sabbath and, yes,
00:42:04.62\00:42:06.09
this has helped a lot, actually.
00:42:06.12\00:42:07.99
Doug: All right, good.
00:42:08.02\00:42:09.36
Carlos: So that
was Romans 6, right?
00:42:09.39\00:42:10.69
Doug: Yeah, Romans 6, verse
1, and there's another one in
00:42:10.73\00:42:12.23
Romans 6 too.
00:42:12.26\00:42:14.46
Well, he says, you know,
"He that is--he that is dead is
00:42:14.46\00:42:18.50
freed from sin,
but," let me see here.
00:42:18.53\00:42:24.21
Yeah, "Do not let
sin reign anymore.
00:42:24.24\00:42:25.91
You read all of Romans 6.
00:42:25.94\00:42:27.44
You'll--the whole thing is--
00:42:27.48\00:42:29.14
Jean: It's all there, yeah.
00:42:29.18\00:42:30.65
Doug: Hey, thanks,
Carlos. You know what?
00:42:30.68\00:42:31.98
I would offer Carlos
that book, "Does God's Grace
00:42:32.01\00:42:34.35
Blot Out the Law?"
00:42:34.38\00:42:35.68
Jean: It's an excellent book.
00:42:35.72\00:42:37.02
Doug: Because he
quotes that there.
00:42:37.05\00:42:38.35
Jean: Again, it's
called, "Does God's Grace Blot
00:42:38.39\00:42:39.69
Out the Law?" the
number is 800-835--
00:42:39.72\00:42:41.36
Doug: And that is by Joe Crews.
00:42:41.39\00:42:43.02
Jean: --6747,
written by Joe Crews.
00:42:43.06\00:42:45.73
We'll send that to
anyone who calls and asks.
00:42:45.76\00:42:47.60
You can also dial #250, say
"Bible Answers Live," and ask
00:42:47.66\00:42:50.73
for the book, "Does
God's Grace Blot Out the Law?"
00:42:50.77\00:42:54.17
Next caller that we have is
Cami, listening from California.
00:42:54.20\00:42:56.94
Cami, welcome to the program.
00:42:56.97\00:42:59.41
Cami: Hello,
Pastors. Good evening.
00:42:59.44\00:43:01.54
Thank you for taking my call.
00:43:01.58\00:43:02.88
Doug: Yes.
00:43:02.91\00:43:04.21
Cami: So my question this
evening is dealing with the
00:43:04.25\00:43:06.92
story about Saul and the witch
of Endor in 1 Samuel chapter 28.
00:43:06.95\00:43:14.72
And we get down to the 15th
verse, it says: "And Samuel said
00:43:14.76\00:43:19.33
to Saul, Why hast thou
disquieted me, to bring me up?"
00:43:19.36\00:43:24.20
et cetera, et cetera.
00:43:24.23\00:43:26.37
And so I'm wondering is why does
the Word of God say that it was
00:43:26.40\00:43:30.64
Samuel when we
know that it wasn't?
00:43:30.67\00:43:36.28
Doug: Well, I think it's just
saying through the perspective
00:43:36.31\00:43:39.25
of those that were present
that day, this apparition, this
00:43:39.28\00:43:42.08
spirit, said, who she says
is, you know, Samuel, says,
00:43:42.12\00:43:46.92
"Why did you disturb me?"
00:43:46.96\00:43:48.79
Now, later, we read that
they are the spirits of devils
00:43:48.82\00:43:53.53
working miracles and Satan--then
you can read in 2 Corinthians
00:43:53.56\00:43:57.73
chapter 11: "Satan
himself can be transformed
00:43:57.77\00:44:01.54
into an angel of light."
00:44:01.57\00:44:04.14
So, if the devil and his angels
can transform their selves and
00:44:04.17\00:44:07.74
to create illusions and they're
the spirits of devils working
00:44:07.78\00:44:11.28
miracles, and then you can also
read in Kings, it talks about
00:44:11.31\00:44:14.92
lying spirits where Micaiah
the prophet came before Ahab.
00:44:14.95\00:44:18.72
They said, "There
are lying spirits."
00:44:18.75\00:44:20.59
So I think it's pretty--and
you've got that other verse
00:44:20.62\00:44:23.49
where it
says--consulting a medium.
00:44:23.53\00:44:26.90
Jean: Yeah, 1 Chronicles
chapter 10, verse 13, it says:
00:44:26.93\00:44:28.30
"So Saul died for his
unfaithfulness in which he
00:44:28.33\00:44:31.80
committed against the Lord
because he did not keep the Word
00:44:31.83\00:44:34.14
of the Lord and also because he
consulted a medium for guidance.
00:44:34.17\00:44:38.91
So, you know, there it is: a
familiar spirit is another term
00:44:38.94\00:44:42.34
that's sometimes used.
00:44:42.38\00:44:44.58
Doug: So I know when you
read it, they're just, you know,
00:44:44.61\00:44:47.42
they're saying that this thing,
obviously, looked and sounded
00:44:47.45\00:44:49.62
like Samuel or it was
impersonating Samuel so that's
00:44:49.65\00:44:52.62
the name that was given to
it, but it wasn't really Samuel.
00:44:52.65\00:44:57.46
And I'm looking, it was at
Isaiah chapter 8, verse--yeah,
00:44:57.49\00:45:03.73
Isaiah 8:19: "AND WHEN THEY
SAY TO YOU, 'SEEK THOSE WHO ARE
00:45:03.77\00:45:08.14
MEDIUMS,'" a medium, supposedly,
connects you with the dead
00:45:08.17\00:45:10.81
world, the spirit world.
00:45:10.84\00:45:12.64
"'SEEK THOSE WHO ARE MEDIUMS
AND WIZARDS, WHO WHISPER AND
00:45:12.67\00:45:15.38
MUTTER,' SHOULD NOT A
PEOPLE SEEK THEIR GOD?
00:45:15.41\00:45:18.55
SHOULD THEY SEEK THE
DEAD ON BEHALF OF THE LIVING?"
00:45:18.58\00:45:21.92
And then you read where Solomon
says, "The living know they'll
00:45:21.95\00:45:24.15
die, but the dead know nothing."
00:45:24.19\00:45:27.02
So, and then, obviously, does
the devil have the ability to
00:45:27.06\00:45:30.69
resurrect dead saints?
00:45:30.73\00:45:32.93
No, only Jesus has.
00:45:32.96\00:45:34.60
He's got the keys of life and
death and the Resurrection, so
00:45:34.63\00:45:36.83
by all other counts, it's what
you would call the preponderance
00:45:36.87\00:45:42.64
of evidence: this was
a satanic impersonator.
00:45:42.67\00:45:49.71
Cami: Right. Doug:
Does that make sense?
00:45:49.74\00:45:51.98
Cami: I know that in--it
does, and I just wanted to say
00:45:52.01\00:45:54.08
too, before I go, that in verse
14, it says: "And Saul perceived
00:45:54.12\00:46:01.96
that it was Samuel and he
stooped with his face to the
00:46:01.99\00:46:06.13
ground and bowed himself."
00:46:06.16\00:46:08.86
And so, realizing that
the so-called Samuel did not
00:46:08.90\00:46:13.27
immediately correct him and
say, you know, "Don't bow to me.
00:46:13.30\00:46:17.81
You should only bow to the
Lord," as an angel would do, we
00:46:17.84\00:46:22.58
know too that that
couldn't have been Samuel.
00:46:22.61\00:46:25.98
Doug: Yeah, and you
know, when we go--they weren't
00:46:26.01\00:46:29.22
supposed to consult witches
because what's happening is
00:46:29.25\00:46:31.42
you're going on
enchanted ground.
00:46:31.45\00:46:33.29
You're going on the devil's
ground, and then we're wide open
00:46:33.32\00:46:36.42
to deception and
that's what happened to Saul.
00:46:36.46\00:46:38.99
And because he went to
that witch, and he believed the
00:46:39.03\00:46:42.73
message of the evil
spirit, he did get discouraged
00:46:42.76\00:46:46.50
the next day.
00:46:46.53\00:46:48.10
He had no courage to
lead his men into battle.
00:46:48.14\00:46:50.17
They lost miserably and
he killed himself, committed
00:46:50.21\00:46:53.41
suicide, like Judas.
00:46:53.44\00:46:55.48
So that was a lying spirit.
00:46:55.51\00:46:57.01
We have a whole lesson that
talks about the witch of Endor.
00:46:57.05\00:46:59.45
Jean: That's right.
00:46:59.48\00:47:00.95
And you're
thinking about the lesson--
00:47:00.98\00:47:02.75
Doug: In Historicals.
Jean: Oh, in Historicals?
00:47:02.78\00:47:04.49
Doug: It's called,
yeah, "The Witch of Endor."
00:47:04.52\00:47:05.82
Jean: That's right.
00:47:05.85\00:47:07.16
Now that's available online
if you go to the Amazing Facts
00:47:07.19\00:47:08.96
website and just
look up the study guide.
00:47:08.99\00:47:10.96
It's called "The Witch of
Endor," and it actually goes
00:47:10.99\00:47:13.19
into more detail on the subject.
00:47:13.23\00:47:15.23
Next caller
that we have is Linda
00:47:15.26\00:47:16.56
listening in South Carolina.
00:47:16.60\00:47:18.00
Linda, welcome to the program.
00:47:18.03\00:47:21.20
Linda: Hello, guys. How are you?
00:47:21.24\00:47:23.07
Doug: Doing wonderful.
Thank you for calling.
00:47:23.10\00:47:26.31
Linda: I have a question
about the destruction of
00:47:26.34\00:47:30.15
Jerusalem and the temple.
00:47:30.18\00:47:33.05
What did it signify and
what is the sign for us again?
00:47:33.08\00:47:37.92
Is it the drying up
of the Euphrates Rivers?
00:47:37.95\00:47:41.96
Doug: All right,
that's--you've asked
00:47:41.99\00:47:43.29
the big question.
00:47:43.32\00:47:44.69
First of all, what did
it signify, the destruction
00:47:44.73\00:47:46.56
of the temple?
00:47:46.59\00:47:48.10
Well, God instructed the
children of Israel to build the
00:47:48.13\00:47:51.60
temple originally,
because it's where they learned
00:47:51.63\00:47:54.64
the plan of salvation.
00:47:54.67\00:47:56.27
They had the
tabernacle in the wilderness.
00:47:56.30\00:47:58.04
That was a mobile
temple that they first built.
00:47:58.07\00:48:01.28
Then David gathered material,
and Solomon built a beautiful
00:48:01.31\00:48:04.88
temple that was the biggest
and the best of the three.
00:48:04.91\00:48:08.92
Then that was destroyed by
Nebuchadnezzar, and then they
00:48:08.95\00:48:11.89
came back in the
days of Ezra and Nehemiah.
00:48:11.92\00:48:13.22
They rebuilt the third temple.
00:48:13.25\00:48:15.62
It was later
refurbished by Herod the Great.
00:48:15.66\00:48:18.33
Jesus said, because they
did not accept Him, He said,
00:48:18.36\00:48:22.36
"Your house is
left unto you desolate.
00:48:22.40\00:48:24.43
There would not be left
one stone upon another."
00:48:24.47\00:48:26.97
Christ said, "Destroy
this temple made with hands,"
00:48:27.00\00:48:28.77
speaking of His body, "and
I'll make one without hands,"
00:48:28.80\00:48:31.27
the church.
00:48:31.31\00:48:32.54
So when Jesus died on the cross,
the veil in the temple was torn,
00:48:32.57\00:48:36.14
signifying the whole
purpose for the earthly temple,
00:48:36.18\00:48:39.01
pointing to Jesus the
Lamb of God, was fulfilled.
00:48:39.05\00:48:42.78
And so there is no need to
sacrifice lambs anymore because
00:48:42.82\00:48:45.45
Christ is now the real Lamb
of God that all that pointed to.
00:48:45.49\00:48:49.12
But they continued with their
sacrifices, even after Jesus
00:48:49.16\00:48:51.93
ascended to heaven.
00:48:51.96\00:48:53.63
That temple was destroyed in
70 AD and it's never going to be
00:48:53.66\00:48:59.03
rebuilt again.
00:48:59.07\00:49:00.54
Now the temple is the church.
00:49:00.57\00:49:02.60
The Bible says, "What?
00:49:02.64\00:49:03.94
Don't you know that ye
are the temple of God?"
00:49:03.97\00:49:06.71
Christ built a temple and
you and I are that temple.
00:49:06.74\00:49:10.31
Peter says, "We are living
stones in the temple of God."
00:49:10.35\00:49:13.78
Well, that's
actually in Ephesians.
00:49:13.82\00:49:15.68
So, that's what's
indicated by the temple
00:49:15.72\00:49:19.82
being destroyed back then.
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The emphasis now in the New
Testament is not on the physical
00:49:21.42\00:49:23.73
temple because that
kind of takes you to the
00:49:23.76\00:49:25.19
old sacrificial system.
00:49:25.23\00:49:27.03
The emphasis now is on Christ
and the church, and Christ is
00:49:27.10\00:49:31.73
ministering before the
real temple of God in heaven.
00:49:31.77\00:49:35.40
He is our high priest, and
that's in Hebrews chapter 8 and
00:49:35.44\00:49:38.17
9, if I'm not mistaken.
00:49:38.21\00:49:41.41
So, now you asked about the
angels and the River Euphrates.
00:49:41.44\00:49:45.01
That's connected
with the sixth plague.
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Jean: Were you referring
to the drying up of the River
00:49:48.18\00:49:49.65
Euphrates?
00:49:49.68\00:49:51.65
Linda: Yes, is that a symbol
for us to leave the cities and
00:49:51.69\00:50:00.36
getting ready for
the Coming of the Lord?
00:50:00.40\00:50:03.70
Doug: Well, the
physical drying up of the River
00:50:03.73\00:50:05.90
Euphrates, I think, is
interesting, but it's not the
00:50:05.93\00:50:08.70
final fulfillment
of the sixth plague.
00:50:08.74\00:50:12.17
The sixth plague, well, boy,
I'm looking at the clock and
00:50:12.21\00:50:16.14
thinking, "I don't know if I got
time to go into--" When the city
00:50:16.18\00:50:18.95
of Babylon fell, back in the
days of Daniel, the children of
00:50:18.98\00:50:24.52
Israel were captive
in Babylon, they dried up
00:50:24.55\00:50:27.59
the Euphrates River.
00:50:27.62\00:50:28.92
The Persians dried up the
Euphrates River, Babylon fell,
00:50:28.96\00:50:31.66
and the Cyrus, the Persian
general, let them go back to the
00:50:31.69\00:50:35.36
Promised Land.
00:50:35.40\00:50:36.93
When it says Euphrates is going
to dry up, it's talking about
00:50:36.97\00:50:40.40
Babylon falling, ancient
spiritual Babylon falling, God's
00:50:40.44\00:50:44.11
people will go to the
spiritual Canaan, Promised Land.
00:50:44.14\00:50:48.61
So it is interesting that
the literal Euphrates is drying.
00:50:48.64\00:50:51.91
Of course, many rivers in the
world are drying right now, just
00:50:51.95\00:50:53.92
because of droughts and war.
00:50:53.95\00:50:57.25
But that--there are signs when
we should flee to the cities.
00:50:57.29\00:51:00.29
I've got a book called
"Heading for the Hills."
00:51:00.32\00:51:03.39
It's called "The Beginner's
Guide to Country Living."
00:51:03.43\00:51:05.26
I talk about what is the
sign to flee to the cities.
00:51:05.29\00:51:08.00
You may want to go to
Amazing Facts and pick that up.
00:51:08.03\00:51:10.73
Jean: Just go to the
Amazing Facts website, just
00:51:10.77\00:51:12.57
AmazingFacts.org, or .com, and
type in the name of the book?
00:51:12.60\00:51:17.34
Doug: Called
"Heading for the Hills."
00:51:17.37\00:51:18.67
Jean: "Heading for the
Hills," and you'll be able
00:51:18.71\00:51:20.01
to learn more about
how you can get that book.
00:51:20.04\00:51:21.78
Next caller that we have is
Bessie, listening in Wisconsin.
00:51:21.81\00:51:24.18
Bessie, welcome to the program.
00:51:24.21\00:51:26.72
Bessie: Hello. Doug: Hi, Bessie.
00:51:26.75\00:51:29.92
Bessie: Thanks
for taking my call.
00:51:29.95\00:51:32.49
I've been working on an article
that I was writing and I read
00:51:32.52\00:51:40.76
John 13, verses 34 and 35, and
it's talking about the idea of
00:51:40.80\00:51:49.30
loving one another, and the
way that it says it, it says it
00:51:49.34\00:51:55.21
twice and I am wondering, it's
talking--if it's meaning to say
00:51:55.24\00:52:02.08
to love one another
the way that Christ--"
00:52:02.12\00:52:07.96
Doug: Yes.
00:52:07.99\00:52:09.49
Yeah, well, of
course, Jesus does want us
00:52:09.52\00:52:11.86
to love one another.
00:52:11.89\00:52:13.40
He said, "By this all men will
know you are My disciples by
00:52:13.43\00:52:15.96
your love for one another."
00:52:16.00\00:52:18.70
And you know, Paul says, "Love
is the fulfilling of the law.
00:52:18.73\00:52:23.24
If we love our neighbor, we
keep those commandments between
00:52:23.27\00:52:26.44
ourselves and our fellow man."
00:52:26.47\00:52:28.88
And yeah, there's
no question that that
00:52:28.91\00:52:31.78
is the Great Commandment.
00:52:31.81\00:52:33.62
John, in his first letter, he
says, "Beloved, let us love one
00:52:33.65\00:52:38.05
another, for love is of
God and everyone who loves
00:52:38.09\00:52:40.66
is born of God.
00:52:40.69\00:52:41.99
He that does not love
knows not God, for God is love."
00:52:42.02\00:52:46.96
And so, this was the central
theme of the apostle John
00:52:47.00\00:52:51.60
as he highlighted Jesus's
teaching on the quintessence
00:52:51.63\00:52:56.00
of Christianity is love.
00:52:56.04\00:52:59.84
And the best way for us
to show our love for God
00:52:59.87\00:53:01.68
is by loving each other.
00:53:01.71\00:53:03.51
In the Great
Judgment, Jesus is going to say,
00:53:03.55\00:53:06.31
"I was hungry and you fed Me.
00:53:06.35\00:53:07.95
I was thirsty and
you gave Me drink."
00:53:07.98\00:53:09.78
And the believers are
going, "When did we do these
00:53:09.82\00:53:11.85
things for You?"
00:53:11.89\00:53:13.49
And He says, "Inasmuch as you
did it for the least of these,
00:53:13.52\00:53:15.89
you did it for Me."
00:53:15.92\00:53:17.29
So that's the big testing
criteria for if our hearts
00:53:17.33\00:53:20.06
are changed.
00:53:20.10\00:53:21.36
Do we love each other?
Thank you very much, Bessie.
00:53:21.40\00:53:23.73
And Pastor Ross, we've
got 1 minute and 42 left.
00:53:23.77\00:53:27.90
You think we can do something?
00:53:27.94\00:53:29.37
Jean: Yeah, let's go
to Barbara in Florida.
00:53:29.40\00:53:31.01
Barbara, welcome to the program.
00:53:31.04\00:53:32.34
We have about a
minute and a half.
00:53:32.37\00:53:35.04
Barbara: Hello, good afternoon
or good evening, Pastors.
00:53:35.08\00:53:37.55
Doug: Evening.
00:53:37.58\00:53:39.35
Barbara: I just have a
question in Revelation 21, also
00:53:39.38\00:53:42.82
in Philippians 3:21, it talks
about we having a new body,
00:53:42.85\00:53:48.89
like, a glorious
body like Jesus Christ.
00:53:48.92\00:53:51.83
So I'm wondering, since we won't
have flesh and blood anymore, we
00:53:51.86\00:53:55.86
want--we will be immortal, so
are we not going to be able to
00:53:55.90\00:54:01.64
eat anymore, shower,
brush our teeth, get hungry,
00:54:01.67\00:54:06.14
stuff like that?
00:54:06.17\00:54:07.68
Doug: Well,
let's talk about that.
00:54:07.71\00:54:09.44
It's Jesus when He rose from
the dead, He ate in front of the
00:54:09.48\00:54:11.88
disciples, even though
He had a glorified body.
00:54:11.91\00:54:14.55
He said, "Touch Me, feel Me.
00:54:14.58\00:54:16.72
A spirit does not have flesh and
bone as you see that I have."
00:54:16.75\00:54:20.49
It tells us in the New Earth we
will plant vineyards and eat the
00:54:20.52\00:54:24.03
fruit of them.
00:54:24.06\00:54:25.73
And we will eat
from the tree of life.
00:54:25.76\00:54:27.56
So we are definitely
going to be real and eating.
00:54:27.60\00:54:31.17
God is not taking
away our physical side.
00:54:31.20\00:54:33.34
He is adding a spiritual
dimension, so the physical is
00:54:33.37\00:54:37.21
not taken away;
the spiritual is added.
00:54:37.24\00:54:39.57
We will still have bodies
like Adam and Eve had bodies.
00:54:39.61\00:54:42.38
But we'll be able to see God
and talk to angels, and dwell in
00:54:42.41\00:54:46.25
that spirit realm along with the
three dimensions we have now.
00:54:46.28\00:54:50.42
So yes, you'll be
doing real things.
00:54:50.45\00:54:52.12
Hey, listening friends,
we are going to sign off here
00:54:52.15\00:54:54.49
in a moment.
00:54:54.52\00:54:55.82
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00:55:26.72\00:55:28.02
Welcome back to
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And we're going to take
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00:55:29.62\00:55:31.56
that you have sent in.
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If you'd like to email us
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So Pastor Doug, question number
one: "WERE ANIMALS REPRODUCING
00:55:41.07\00:55:45.24
IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN?
00:55:45.27\00:55:46.74
There had to be more than two
sheep or goats for God to make
00:55:46.78\00:55:49.54
clothing for the fallen couple."
00:55:49.58\00:55:51.85
And this is coming from Joseph.
00:55:51.88\00:55:53.72
Doug: Yeah, well, you know,
as soon as God made Adam and
00:55:53.75\00:55:56.18
Eve, He told them to be fruitful
and multiply and I'm sure the
00:55:56.22\00:55:59.62
other creatures were
being fruitful and multiplying.
00:55:59.65\00:56:03.22
We don't know how long it was
from the time that God made Adam
00:56:03.26\00:56:06.39
and Eve until they sinned,
but keep in mind, sheep, the
00:56:06.43\00:56:11.03
gestation period is not
as long as it is for humans.
00:56:11.07\00:56:14.70
So it's very likely that there
were already some flocks and
00:56:14.74\00:56:19.51
they had
multiplied at that point.
00:56:19.54\00:56:21.54
Jean: Okay, next
question that we have.
00:56:21.58\00:56:24.05
Harrison is asking, "WHY
DOES THE BIBLE SEEM SO HARD TO
00:56:24.08\00:56:25.91
UNDERSTAND?"
00:56:25.95\00:56:28.42
Doug: Well, you know, it depends
00:56:28.45\00:56:30.62
on where you're coming from.
00:56:30.65\00:56:32.15
For me, it was very hard
because I did not grow up with a
00:56:32.19\00:56:35.02
Christian home and
biblical context and background.
00:56:35.06\00:56:38.29
I think it's easier for those
raised in Christian families,
00:56:38.33\00:56:41.16
that grow up hearing the Bible
and hearing the stories and
00:56:41.20\00:56:43.53
hearing preachers explain it.
00:56:43.57\00:56:45.87
For me, when I started reading
the Bible and I think the first
00:56:45.90\00:56:48.60
one was, like, King
James, no less, I struggled.
00:56:48.64\00:56:51.87
But, like learning any new
language, there's a certain
00:56:51.91\00:56:55.18
language so to speak in
the way the Bible is written.
00:56:55.21\00:56:57.91
As I read it, I
understood more and more.
00:56:57.95\00:56:59.91
Now, it's fairly easy for me to,
you know, know what the basic
00:56:59.95\00:57:03.92
context of the Bible is.
00:57:03.95\00:57:05.85
I'd say keep reading,
and you will understand it.
00:57:05.89\00:57:08.79
And it's just wonderful, because
even those who study the Bible
00:57:08.82\00:57:11.96
for, you know, their whole
lives, continue to find more and
00:57:11.99\00:57:15.83
more, it gets deeper and deeper.
00:57:15.86\00:57:17.30
The treasures are
fathomless in the Bible.
00:57:17.33\00:57:21.04
Jean: Our next caller is
asking, "DO YOU THINK GOD HAS A
00:57:21.07\00:57:23.14
SENSE OF HUMOR?"
00:57:23.17\00:57:24.54
That's from Gala.
00:57:24.57\00:57:25.87
Doug: You know, virtually
every emotion that humans have,
00:57:25.91\00:57:28.51
we inherited from God
because we're made in His image.
00:57:28.54\00:57:31.61
So people can feel anger.
00:57:31.65\00:57:33.65
The Bible says God has anger.
00:57:33.68\00:57:35.42
People can feel love.
00:57:35.45\00:57:36.85
We learned that from God.
00:57:36.89\00:57:38.82
People can have jealousy.
00:57:38.85\00:57:40.42
God says, "I am a jealous God."
00:57:40.46\00:57:42.76
People laugh.
00:57:42.79\00:57:44.09
The Bible
actually says God laughs.
00:57:44.13\00:57:46.49
And I think that the reason that
we find certain things ironic or
00:57:46.53\00:57:50.43
humorous is
because we've learned that.
00:57:50.47\00:57:54.07
That's something
that we're wired from.
00:57:54.10\00:57:55.44
Now, every emotion that God has,
He has those emotions perfectly.
00:57:55.47\00:58:00.14
We often corrupt
those things, you know?
00:58:00.18\00:58:02.08
We could have wrong wrath,
wrong jealousy, and wrong humor.
00:58:02.11\00:58:05.15
God does all things well.
00:58:05.18\00:58:06.98
Hey, listening
friends, it's been a delight.
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