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It's easy to understand
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You know, it tells us, Pastor
Ross, in the Bible that there is
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a substance infinitely
more powerful than the
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And of course, we're talking
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Doug: Amen.
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Hebrews 9, verse 14.
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"How much more shall the
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that sacrificial death
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Well, before we go to the phone
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with prayer, and
so let's do that now.
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Dear Lord, we thank You for this
time once again when we can open
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up the Bible and study together.
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This is Your book.
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Lord, we pray for the Holy
Spirit to come and guide us,
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that same Spirit that inspired
the prophets many years ago, we
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ask that that Spirit would guide
our hearts and our minds, be
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with those who are listening
wherever they might be, in
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Jesus's name, amen.
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Doug: Amen.
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Jëan: Well, our first caller
this evening, we've got Jerry
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listening in Texas.
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Jerry, welcome to
"Bible Answers Live."
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Jerry: Good evening, gentlemen.
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I have a question in my Bible
readings this morning and refers
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to Numbers 24 and the
interactions between Balak
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and Balaam.
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I don't know if it was in
a--maybe an insert from an
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inspired writer, but I
thought--I understood that Balak
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used sorcery in a
couple of his attempts.
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Can you explain that to me?
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Doug: Yeah, well, you have two
characters that are mentioned
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here in the book of Numbers 24
and Balaam was a prophet of God.
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Now, keep in mind, there were
some Old Testament prophets.
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They knew the Lord and the Lord
spoke to them and they weren't
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necessarily Jews.
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You know, Noah is technically
a prophet and he was not a Jew.
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So, in Mesopotamia there was
someone who worshiped the true
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God, his name was Balaam, but
while he started out good, he
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ended up going bad.
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Well, he was known to the
other kings as a man that God
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spoke through.
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And so, Balak, knowing that God
was with Israel--Balak was the
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king of the Moabites.
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He thought, look, if I can't
defeat them with natural means,
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I'm going to
fight fire with fire.
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They've got God with them and
maybe I can get a prophet of God
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to curse them.
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That was his reasoning.
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And so, he--you know, they
were used to, back then, paying
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psychics and sorcerers to try
to cast spells, and they told
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Balaam, "Will you come
cast a spell or curse Israel?"
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And he said, "No,
God's blessed them, I can't."
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They kept offering him more and
more money and he got tempted.
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He wanted the honor and
the money they were offering.
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So, he said, "Well, I have to
see what the Lord says, but I'll
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go if you, you
know, if you insist."
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And so, every time he opens his
mouth to try to curse Israel,
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blessings come out.
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In fact, one of the blessings of
Balaam is where it said, "A star
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will rise out of Jacob," and
it's probably the wise men in
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Mesopotamia where Balaam was
from that were reading that when
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they came searching
for the Christ child.
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So--but Balaam
was not using sorcery.
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Balak, the king of the Moabites,
was hoping that he would use
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some kind of witchcraft
or sorcery to curse them.
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So, hopefully, that
helps a little bit, Jerry.
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It's a very interesting story
where the donkey ends up talking
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to the prophet.
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Jëan: All right, thank you.
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The next caller that we have
is Isaiah listening in Texas.
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Isaiah, welcome to
"Bible Answers Live."
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Isaiah: Yes, hello.
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Thank you, pastors,
for both taking my call.
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I appreciate it.
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Doug: And your question.
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Isaiah: Yes.
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Yes, sir.
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My question is
referring to Acts 26:24.
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It's referring over to when
Paul was feeling beside himself.
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And I guess with all
the learning, it was driving
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him insane.
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Could you please
elaborate on that?
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Doug: Paul is making his defense
before Festus, who is one of the
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Roman rulers that is going to
decide whether or not to set him
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free or to punish him
or to send him to Rome.
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And as Paul is talking to him
about Jesus and the Resurrection
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Festus says, "Paul,
you're beside yourself!"
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Beside yourself is a term
that's used to mean you've lost
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your mind.
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And he's saying,
"You're beside yourself!
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Much learning
has driven you mad!"
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Paul was very educated and he
said, "You spend too much time
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reading the prophecies and
you're getting caught up in it
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and you're not balanced.
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You've gone mad."
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So, while Paul was not beside
himself and he was not crazy,
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and though he was very wise, and
so he goes on to say in verse
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25, "I am not mad, most noble
Festus, but I'm speaking the
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words of truth and reason.
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For the king, before whom I also
speak," and he's talking there
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to Agrippa.
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He said, "He knows the
words that I say are true."
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So, there's a couple of rulers
that are listening to him and
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one of--when he talks
about the Resurrection, he says,
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"You're crazy."
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Jëan: You know, if you look
at that same passage, there is a
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cross reference where, Paul
now, in 1 Corinthians chapter 1,
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verse 21, speaking of Christ and
Him crucified, he said, "To the
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Jew, it's a stumbling block and
to the Greeks it's foolishness."
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So, you can understand how here
you have this Roman governor who
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talks about, or hears about,
the Resurrection, he says,
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"That's craziness.
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You're out of your mind."
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Paul said, "Well, to the
unbeliever it's foolishness, but
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to those of us who are saved,
it's eternal life," you know,
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"it's wonderful promise."
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Doug: Good point.
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Jëan: So, okay,
thank you, Isaiah.
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We've got Joan
listening in Australia.
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Joan, welcome to
"Bible Answers Live."
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Joan: Hello, thank
you for taking my call.
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My question tonight is where in
the Bible does it say we screen
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or vote people to be
members in or out of the church?
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Doug: Well, I don't think
you'll find the word vote.
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The teaching that people need to
be clear before they're added,
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you know, before baptism, Philip
asked--I'm sorry, the Ethiopian
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treasurer asked Philip, and I
think this is Acts chapter 8, he
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said, "What prevents
me from being baptized?"
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And he said, "Well, if you
believe with all your heart,"
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that's the one thing, is
you got to believe to be part of
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the church.
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You need to be willing
to obey God's commandments.
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In Matthew chapter 28 Jesus
said, "Go therefore, teach all
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nations," or certain teaching.
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Teaching what?
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He says, "Teaching them to
observe all things that I've
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commanded you."
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So, a person should not be part
of the church or be baptized if
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they don't believe
the commandments of God.
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And then Paul later says that if
someone, and Jesus says it also
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in Matthew 18, if someone will
not listen to the authority of
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the church, then they should
be put out and treated like
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an infidel.
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I think he says a "publican."
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Paul talks in 1 Corinthians
7 about a man that was sleeping
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with his stepmother and he said,
"You need to put that man out."
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He was, you know, clearly
bringing shame on the cause.
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And so, there's a criteria.
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And then when they were baptized
in Acts chapter 2, it says,
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"They were added to the church,"
and the term they're added
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means, like, brought within
the fold, they're becoming part
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of something.
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So you see, there's a criteria
for coming in and for going out
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and it's believing
the teachings of Jesus.
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Does that make sense, Joan?
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Joan: Thank you.
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Doug: All right, thanks so much.
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Appreciate your question.
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Jëan: All right, we've got
Britney listening in California.
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Britney, welcome to
"Bible Answers Live."
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Britney: Hey, hey.
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Doug: Hi, how are
you doing, Britney?
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Britney: Oh, pretty good.
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Doug: And what's
your question tonight?
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Britney: Yeah, my question
is, should a Christian celebrate
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Cesar Chavez Day?
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Doug: Well, you know,
there's--there are some people
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that are notable in society,
you know, there's Martin Luther
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King's Day, they've got
President's Day, that is
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actually honoring both
Washington and Lincoln.
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So, when you say celebrate,
you know, there's no religious
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celebration going on
on any of those days.
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People might want to, you know,
enjoy and commemorate their
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achievements, but, you know,
there's no mandate in the Bible
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to celebrate, I
guess, anybody but Jesus.
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Matter of fact, we don't
even really have a command to
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remember Christmas.
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That's more of a
tradition than a command.
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So, yeah, nothing in the
Bible says to celebrate Cesar
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Chavez Day.
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So, hey, thanks Britney.
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I hope that helps.
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Jëan: We've got Deborah in
Canada, Deborah, welcome to
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"Bible Answers Live."
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Deborah: Hi, pastors.
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How are you doing?
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Doug: Great.
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Thanks for calling.
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Deborah: Good.
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I have a
question about the raven.
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The bird, the raven.
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I know Noah, in Genesis
8:7, let it out of the ark.
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It was the first
bird to be let out.
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And in Kings--1 Kings, the raven
was--the ravens were used to
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feed Elijah.
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I was just wondering if there
was any significance as to why
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God would choose, what we
know in the Mosaic Law, as an
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unclean bird.
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Doug: Yeah, that is interesting.
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I think that the reason that the
Lord chose the raven is, first
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of all, Elijah and Noah
were not told to eat ravens.
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The ravens are probably--they're
in the corvid family and they're
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the smartest--one
of the smartest birds.
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I think their intelligence
is, they say, even above a dog.
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They know how to use tools.
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They live a long time.
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They grieve when
another raven dies.
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And they can actually--some
ravens can learn to mimic
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certain sounds like,
you know, parrots do.
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So, they're extremely bright
birds and I think God guided
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them into the palace of Ahab to
take food from Ahab and bring it
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to Elijah.
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I can't prove that,
but it's fun to think.
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So, yeah.
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And
they're--what do you call it?
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Ravens are kind of
omnivores, so they could bring
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almost anything.
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Yeah, it's not like a
hummingbird, it's just going to
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get nectar.
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Jëan: And it's a big
bird, so it can carry.
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Doug: Yeah, that's true.
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Jëan: All right,
thank you, Deborah.
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Good point.
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We've got Gary in Illinois.
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Gary, welcome to the program.
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Gary: Thank you.
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Are we entering the first
trumpet judgment, you know,
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considering the recent extreme
weather like wildfires in Texas
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and hail storms?
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I get this from Revelation 8:7.
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Doug: Yeah, I don't know,
Pastor Ross, you want to--?
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Jëan: I can read the verse.
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It says, "And the first angel
sounded: and there was hail,
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followed with--mingled with
blood," and it says, "they were
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thrown to the earth, and a third
of the trees were burnt up, and
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the green grass was burnt up."
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Of course, the book of
Revelation is a prophetic book
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and it's filled with symbols,
right, from the very beginning
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of the book all
the way to the end.
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You talk about horses galloping
across the sky and you've got a
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red horse and a white horse and
a black horse and a pale horse
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and a lot of symbolisms
that you find in the book--.
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Doug: Dragon with seven heads,
you don't see that every day.
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Jëan: Yeah, that's right, and
beasts coming up from the sea
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and the earth and--so, yeah,
this is part of the trumpets and
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the trumpets kind of go through
the history from the time of
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Christ all the way
through until our time.
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And the fifth trumpet, it's
got--talking about trees being
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burnt up and green
grass being burnt up.
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In the Bible, trees are often
associated with people and green
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grass would be a symbol for
people, once again, or large
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groups of people.
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It's really talking about a
judgment that was to come upon
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those part of the Roman
Empire that had persecuted
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the Christians.
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There was attacks from the
various barbarian tribes that
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entered the land.
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You also have the Muslim tribes,
or the Muslim movement, under
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the Ottoman Empire and the Turks
that were coming in, entering
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into Europe.
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So, that had a broader
historical application with
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reference to this
fifth trumpet, not so much a
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literal application.
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Although, you know, the
Bible does speak about the earth
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getting old like a garment and
it talks about the sea and the
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waves roaring as signs connected
with the coming of Christ or
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close to the coming of Christ.
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And yes, there are changes
in our environment and I think
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there are signs.
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Bible speaks of earthquakes
in divers places, so there are
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things happening in the natural
world that are warning signs as
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to the imminent
coming of Christ.
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Doug: Yeah, and, of course, it
tells us in Revelation that God
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will destroy those
that destroy the earth.
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And you can just see that
the fires and everything that's
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happening, a lot
of them are man made.
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Jëan: And of course, things
are a little different nowadays.
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You know, back 100, 200 years
ago, these forest fires would
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burn almost all summer long in
the mountains here in California
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and they would burn out
a lot of the underbrush.
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Whereas, you know--.
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Doug: The trees were
big and they'd survive.
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Jëan: Yeah, we're putting fires
out and so it's only increasing
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the vegetation that can burn.
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It's dry, and so,
yeah, things have changed.
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The environment has changed.
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Doug: All
right, well, thank you.
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Appreciate that, Gary.
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Jëan: We've got
Glenn listening in Ohio.
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Glenn, welcome to
"Bible Answers Live."
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Glenn: Thanks
again for taking my call.
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You know, when God spoke to Noah
in the 11th chapter of Genesis,
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He told him to get busy
and replenish the earth.
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And all translations agree with
that replenishing of the earth,
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but when you go to Genesis 1:28
where Yahweh is speaking to Adam
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and Eve, He tells them also,
according to the King James
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translation, to
replenish the earth.
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I see that as either a blemish
in the King James Version of the
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Bible or something else
that needs to be talked about.
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Can you help me?
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Doug: Yeah, well, when God tells
him to fill the--the word I've
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got, and I'm reading the New
King James, He said that "they
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should fill the earth."
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And you know, God told Adam
and Eve, "I want you to populate
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the earth."
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Originally, they were in
the garden, after sin they were
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evicted from the garden.
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Are you thinking that there was
maybe a population before Adam
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and Eve that
needed to be replaced?
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Glenn: I think that might be
worth the consideration because
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it's the only translation that
talks about Adam and Eve, the
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replenishing the earth.
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Doug: Yeah, well, I think, like
I said, this translation--and by
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the way, there--the King
James translation, while it is
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wonderful, is not perfect.
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It was done by men.
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They were not angels that
translated the King James Bible.
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And there are a couple of places
where they maybe didn't have the
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best choice of words or
there's some inconsistency.
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This is a place where I think
that the word "be fruitful and
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fill the earth" is more
appropriate because there's
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nothing in the Genesis record
that says that there was a
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civilization before Adam and
Eve that needed to be replaced.
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It's--goes sequentially from
the days of Creation to Adam's
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creation to Eve to the Fall.
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There's no other scenario of
some other race that was wiped
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out that needed to be replaced,
that you can squeeze in there.
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Jëan: Sin, the consequence
of sin, is death and we know,
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according to the Bible, that
sin started with Adam and Eve.
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Doug: There's no
death before that.
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Jëan: Yeah, if they were
the ones to replenish the earth,
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meaning they were to replace
a population beforehand that had
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died, how would they have
died if there had been no sin?
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So.
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Doug: Good point.
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Jëan: And if you look at the
other translations, it says, "Be
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fruitful, multiply, and
fill the earth and subdue it."
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So, I think that's a
better translation there.
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Next caller that we have is
Henry, listening in New York.
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Henry, welcome to
"Bible Answers Live."
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My question is, if you go to
heaven and your name is written
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in the book of life, do you have
to take communion before you get
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into heaven?
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Doug: Well, it--you know, Jesus
does say in the, I think it's
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both the Gospel of Matthew, it's
repeated in 2 Corinthians, that
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the Lord's Supper, celebrating
the--and the Lord's Supper was
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like an
extension of the Passover.
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The Passover was, you know, this
angel of judgment passes over
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because of the
blood of the Lamb.
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Well, when Jesus comes, He knows
He is the Passover Lamb, and He
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said, "Except you eat my flesh
and drink my blood, you have no
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life in you," John chapter 6--
So, that's talking about--it's a
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symbol for accepting the life of
Jesus and that His blood would
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cleanse us from sin and the
teachings of the New Testament,
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the new covenant, that's what
the grape juice is a symbol of.
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So, a believer should want
to participate, first of all, in
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being part of a
church family and communion.
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Now, in our church
sometimes we've got some seniors
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that--well, I guess every church
you have some people that are
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shut ins, they can't make it.
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And when we have communion, we
have elders and pastors that'll
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go and take it to
their home and--so that they
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can participate.
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But it--there's only a couple
of sacred ordinances that Jesus
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left the church and
one of them is baptism.
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Of course, you got marriage,
baptism, and you've got the
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communion service.
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So, it's certainly--it's a
ratification of our faith that
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should be repeated whenever
the church comes together in
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that capacity.
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Jëan: Okay, thank you.
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Doug: Do you have to know it?
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Do you have to do
that to go to heaven?
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There'll be people in
heaven that maybe didn't have an
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opportunity, for sure.
00:21:10.63\00:21:11.97
But why a believer would
not want to is a concern.
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Jëan: Okay, all right.
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We got Lloyd in Arkansas.
00:21:17.41\00:21:18.74
Lloyd, welcome to
"Bible Answers Live."
00:21:18.77\00:21:20.58
Lloyd: Hello, thank you
for having me on and to answer
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my question.
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My question is, is
God protecting Satan?
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And if so, what is
He protecting him from?
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Doug: Well, when you say is
God protecting Satan, Satan is
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living under an impending
judgment and Satan is also--he
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is restricted in
what he can access.
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The Bible tells us in Revelation
12 that Satan was cast down to
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the earth.
00:21:50.61\00:21:51.94
So, the devil's rebellion
against God has been limited to
00:21:51.97\00:21:54.38
our planet.
00:21:54.41\00:21:55.74
And so, as far as God protecting
him, well, God gives all of His
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creatures life and people that
choose to turn away from God,
00:22:00.78\00:22:05.62
their initial
life comes from God.
00:22:05.65\00:22:07.56
He doesn't--God does not
exterminate somebody as soon as
00:22:07.59\00:22:10.63
they say, "I
don't love You anymore."
00:22:10.66\00:22:12.03
Otherwise, we'd see
half the--more than half the
00:22:12.26\00:22:15.00
population would
expire right away.
00:22:15.03\00:22:16.87
So, people are sustained by God,
He's the one who gives grace to
00:22:17.23\00:22:21.84
the people that even curse Him.
00:22:21.87\00:22:24.07
They couldn't live or take
another breath or have another
00:22:24.11\00:22:26.04
heartbeat without God.
00:22:26.07\00:22:27.41
So, in that sense, the devil is
still sustained by the initial
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life God gave him, but the devil
is not being protected by God.
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I don't think he needs much
protection as far as--he's the
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highest of the angels.
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There's no other angel that's
harassing him in that way.
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So, I don't know.
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Hopefully I'm
answering your question, Lloyd.
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Lloyd: Pastor,
thank you very much.
00:22:47.50\00:22:48.93
Doug: All right, thanks so much.
00:22:48.96\00:22:50.27
You take care.
00:22:50.30\00:22:51.63
Jëan: All right, next
caller that we have is Efrank in
00:22:51.67\00:22:53.64
New York.
00:22:53.67\00:22:54.97
Efrank, welcome to
"Bible Answers Live."
00:22:55.00\00:22:56.34
Efrank: Good evening,
Pastor Doug and Pastor Ross.
00:22:56.37\00:22:59.27
I have a question in regards
to the Bible about an issue that
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has to do with how you believe
in Jesus on certain occasions.
00:23:05.41\00:23:11.42
There's this South African woman
who told me that the way Jesus
00:23:12.49\00:23:17.36
revealed Himself during the
persecution of Herod in Africa,
00:23:17.39\00:23:22.03
that she has the right
to celebrate and display a
00:23:22.36\00:23:25.73
understanding of her symbolic
adherence to what Jesus did
00:23:25.77\00:23:30.71
in Namur.
00:23:32.01\00:23:33.38
Now, I have always believed
in the--what Jesus preached
00:23:33.41\00:23:37.55
in Galilee.
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And I just want to know, Pastor
Doug, in the Bible, does it say
00:23:39.25\00:23:43.28
that we have to wear any type
of apparel or indicative symbols
00:23:43.32\00:23:49.32
indicating that we're Christians
and we believe in God and the
00:23:50.56\00:23:54.36
Bible that way?
00:23:54.36\00:23:55.66
Because in the Bible it says
that it's harder for a rich man
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to enter the kingdom of
God than someone who is poor.
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Doug: Yeah.
00:24:02.80\00:24:04.14
All right, so is there any
criteria on what we should or
00:24:04.17\00:24:06.34
shouldn't wear
given in the Bible?
00:24:06.37\00:24:08.18
You know, God does not order
us to wear a particular costume.
00:24:08.51\00:24:12.21
Now, when the priests--in
the Old Testament, there was a
00:24:12.25\00:24:15.35
certain apparel that
the priests would wear.
00:24:15.38\00:24:17.62
Of course, the purpose of
the Old Testament temple has
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been fulfilled.
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When Christ died on the cross,
the veil was rent, Jesus said,
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"Your house has left you
desolate," and so the Aaronic
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priesthood right now does
not exist in that they're not
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sacrificing lambs.
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So, there's no uniform.
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There are principles that
God gives in His Word for every
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believer and those
principles have to do with
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neatness, modesty.
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The Bible tells us that, you
know, we should not be wearing,
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and this is men and women,
should not be adorned with the
00:24:48.92\00:24:51.45
outward adorning of gold
and apparel and costly ra--.
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And Paul talks about, you know,
women wearing pearls and having
00:24:56.12\00:25:00.36
elaborate hairdos.
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You know, God's people shouldn't
dress so frumpy that we attract
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attentions because of our
being out of date, but we also
00:25:07.00\00:25:11.01
shouldn't try and be impressing
people with our money by the
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clothes we wear.
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There should be
humility in that.
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Neat, clean, modest, those are
the principles that God shares.
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We got a book on that, by the
way, on--"Jewelry: How Much is
00:25:21.68\00:25:25.59
Too Much?"
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A person can get when
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Jëan: The number to
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You can ask for that book.
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It's called,
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And we'll be happy to send it
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So, call and ask.
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Diamond Garcia: Hi, my name is
Diamond Garcia and I'm from the
00:26:03.49\00:26:05.76
beautiful islands of Hawaii.
00:26:05.79\00:26:07.30
I was raised in a very
dysfunctional family, like
00:26:07.60\00:26:11.40
most families.
00:26:11.43\00:26:12.80
Being in that environment,
I would lie, cheat, steal, rob
00:26:12.83\00:26:16.84
houses, cheat in school and
tests, and lying to teachers and
00:26:16.87\00:26:21.04
getting into fights
and all kinds of stuff.
00:26:21.08\00:26:23.78
One day, I was asked to take
this little box of something and
00:26:24.91\00:26:28.62
I had to walk down the road
and give it to someone and they
00:26:28.65\00:26:31.49
would give me money and I would
walk back home, and I later
00:26:31.52\00:26:33.56
realized I was dealing drugs.
00:26:33.59\00:26:35.69
Growing up in that environment,
I thought that, you know, being
00:26:37.59\00:26:40.63
an adult was a life of drinking
and smoking and partying, and
00:26:40.66\00:26:43.63
that's just what adults did.
00:26:43.67\00:26:45.00
When I looked at my family
and saw the road that they were
00:26:47.17\00:26:49.87
going down, getting arrested,
getting beaten up, coming home
00:26:49.90\00:26:53.84
drunk and puking all over the
floor, I just didn't want that
00:26:53.88\00:26:57.41
for myself.
00:26:57.45\00:26:58.78
Growing up, I had a grandma who
was baptized as a Christian in
00:26:59.41\00:27:03.05
her 20s, but then she wasn't
a real practicing Christian.
00:27:03.08\00:27:06.12
And so, one day I was at
her house and there was a box of
00:27:06.79\00:27:09.46
various books and I went to the
bottom of that box and found a
00:27:09.49\00:27:12.56
book called, "The
Great Controversy."
00:27:12.59\00:27:14.50
And I picked it up and I said,
"This is interesting," and I
00:27:15.03\00:27:17.83
opened to the first page of that
book and it said, "If thou hadst
00:27:17.87\00:27:21.74
known," I had no
clue what it meant.
00:27:21.77\00:27:24.41
And so I said, "You
know what, forget this."
00:27:24.77\00:27:26.47
I put the book down, I
just walked away, did my thing.
00:27:27.01\00:27:29.61
But then something told me,
"You know, Diamond, go back to
00:27:29.64\00:27:32.15
that book."
00:27:32.18\00:27:33.48
And so I went back to the book,
picked it up, went to the last
00:27:33.52\00:27:36.55
two chapters and I read it.
00:27:36.58\00:27:38.22
And I said to my grandmother, I
said, "What church is this from?
00:27:39.49\00:27:42.89
I want to go to that church."
00:27:42.92\00:27:44.23
So, she brought me down to the
local church and then I walk in
00:27:44.26\00:27:47.30
from the back door and the piano
is off key, people are off key.
00:27:47.30\00:27:51.00
It's like, man, this is
really, kind of, I don't want to
00:27:51.03\00:27:54.00
be here.
00:27:54.04\00:27:55.40
And I got to the front of
the church and I sat down, I was
00:27:56.00\00:27:58.34
listening to the sermon, and the
whole service, it was so boring
00:27:58.37\00:28:01.04
to me.
00:28:01.08\00:28:02.31
But then someone gives me this
set of DVDs and it was called,
00:28:02.34\00:28:06.15
"The Prophecy Code."
00:28:06.18\00:28:07.52
It was through watching Doug
Batchelor explain the truths
00:28:09.02\00:28:12.35
found in the Bible that really
brought me to Christ and brought
00:28:12.39\00:28:15.36
me to realize that you know
what, there is a life better
00:28:15.39\00:28:18.96
than my family's life.
00:28:18.99\00:28:20.40
My second week at
church on Sabbath there was one
00:28:21.23\00:28:24.13
person there.
00:28:24.17\00:28:25.47
He basically told me, "Hey,
Diamond, do you want to make
00:28:25.50\00:28:27.60
some money?"
00:28:27.64\00:28:28.97
And I said, "Sure."
00:28:29.00\00:28:30.34
I said, "What do you do?"
00:28:30.37\00:28:31.67
He says, "Well,
I'm a call porter.
00:28:31.71\00:28:33.01
We go door to door and
we sell Christian books."
00:28:33.04\00:28:35.21
I said, "Oh, okay.
00:28:35.24\00:28:36.78
Well, that sounds interesting.
00:28:36.81\00:28:38.11
I do want to
make some money, too."
00:28:38.15\00:28:39.58
And so he said, "Okay, well,
why don't you come with me?"
00:28:39.61\00:28:41.98
We drove out to the
neighborhood, parked the car,
00:28:42.68\00:28:45.82
and that night was just raining,
it was pouring and pouring.
00:28:45.85\00:28:48.79
It could not stop raining.
00:28:48.82\00:28:50.36
He prayed, he said, "God,
this is Diamond's first night.
00:28:50.39\00:28:52.83
If it's Your will, stop the rain
so we can go knocking on doors."
00:28:53.13\00:28:56.46
And as soon as he said,
"Amen," the rain just stopped.
00:28:56.50\00:28:59.17
I was just thinking in my head,
is this guy a prophet or what?
00:28:59.50\00:29:03.07
I mean, he just prayed
and asked God and it happened.
00:29:03.10\00:29:07.21
And so, I was so happy, I
grabbed the books and I went to
00:29:07.24\00:29:10.25
the first door, and the first
door I went to the person gave
00:29:10.28\00:29:12.55
me $50.
00:29:12.58\00:29:14.02
That night was actually a
big night for me because it was
00:29:14.05\00:29:16.85
where I saw God's power work
in stopping the rain and people
00:29:16.89\00:29:20.99
actually giving
me lots of money.
00:29:21.02\00:29:22.92
I then became a call porter, or
a canvasser, and I saved money
00:29:23.29\00:29:25.99
to pay for my
way through academy.
00:29:26.03\00:29:28.00
And when my church began to
see how God was using me, they
00:29:28.03\00:29:32.27
immediately recognized that
it was God's Spirit moving, and
00:29:32.30\00:29:35.04
they put me, you know, preaching
and teaching and sharing
00:29:35.07\00:29:37.67
my faith.
00:29:37.71\00:29:39.04
And I've been engaged in
ministry for the past six to
00:29:39.07\00:29:41.01
seven years now and God has
taken me all over the world on
00:29:41.04\00:29:43.88
multiple continents, sharing my
testimony, how God has brought
00:29:43.91\00:29:46.85
me out of darkness
into His marvelous light.
00:29:46.88\00:29:49.78
It's a total contrast
as to how it was before.
00:29:50.42\00:29:52.75
And now, you know,
it's a total contrast.
00:29:52.79\00:29:55.02
My name is Diamond and Amazing
Facts has helped to change
00:29:56.42\00:29:59.56
my life.
00:29:59.59\00:30:01.70
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00:31:57.45\00:31:59.95
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00:32:00.05\00:32:02.18
Preston, welcome to the program.
00:32:02.22\00:32:03.65
Preston: Hello.
00:32:04.92\00:32:06.25
Doug: Hi, thanks for calling.
00:32:06.29\00:32:07.66
Preston: Yes, so my question
was, is it wrong for Christians
00:32:08.86\00:32:12.16
to watch Christian programs
like "The Chosen," the TV show,
00:32:12.19\00:32:16.77
"The Chosen?"
00:32:16.80\00:32:18.13
Doug: All right, well, I'm a
little biased if you ask about
00:32:18.17\00:32:21.84
watching Christian programs
because we're producing one at
00:32:21.87\00:32:24.61
this very moment.
00:32:24.64\00:32:26.04
So, there's no sin in taking
in spiritual material, whether
00:32:26.07\00:32:31.68
you're reading or whether
you're watching or listening.
00:32:31.71\00:32:34.35
TV is just one of the
mediums that communicates.
00:32:34.38\00:32:37.12
And so, that's a
very powerful medium.
00:32:37.69\00:32:40.09
At the same time, you want to,
you know, have a filter about
00:32:40.12\00:32:43.86
what you do and don't watch.
00:32:43.89\00:32:45.43
There are some Christian
programs out there that I don't
00:32:45.73\00:32:48.16
watch they're, you know, these
pastors, quite frankly, that
00:32:48.20\00:32:51.53
they--they're doing
this prosperity gospel.
00:32:51.57\00:32:53.67
I think it's extortion of
a type, spiritual extortion.
00:32:53.70\00:32:56.87
And--you notice, we don't spend
a lot of time begging for money
00:32:57.41\00:33:01.01
on this program and promising
people fame and fortune and
00:33:01.04\00:33:04.18
health and wealth if they do.
00:33:04.21\00:33:05.85
So, I--there's some things I
won't watch because I just think
00:33:05.88\00:33:08.38
they're so unbiblical.
00:33:08.42\00:33:09.75
There's some good ministries
and ministers out there.
00:33:09.78\00:33:11.89
I don't expect them to
agree with me in every point.
00:33:11.92\00:33:13.92
And they, they've got a lot of
great material and so you kind
00:33:14.19\00:33:18.46
of eat the melon and
you spit out the seeds.
00:33:18.49\00:33:20.50
And they probably
feel that way about me.
00:33:20.53\00:33:22.06
Now, when you're talking about
The Chosen--and I've only seen
00:33:23.33\00:33:26.00
it, to be
honest, a few excerpts.
00:33:26.03\00:33:27.77
I've found, in my own
experience, Pastor Ross may have
00:33:28.77\00:33:31.64
some thoughts on this, that
when Hollywood tries to recreate
00:33:31.67\00:33:35.81
Jesus or biblical stories, they
almost never can get close to
00:33:35.84\00:33:40.35
the real thing or it's
always distorted in one way or
00:33:40.38\00:33:43.85
the other.
00:33:43.89\00:33:45.22
I have some good
things come out of that.
00:33:45.25\00:33:46.79
Well, I'm sure there are people
that haven't thought about the
00:33:46.82\00:33:48.82
life and teachings of Jesus that
watch this and you could point
00:33:48.86\00:33:51.86
to some good things.
00:33:51.89\00:33:53.26
I--but personally, I think that
there's a danger when we start
00:33:54.10\00:33:59.53
getting our information about
Christ and His ministry, from
00:33:59.57\00:34:02.47
what I've known, someone
told me I should watch it.
00:34:02.50\00:34:04.57
I watched a little bit
and I saw right away they were
00:34:04.61\00:34:08.04
embellishing the story
with things that were not in the
00:34:08.08\00:34:11.05
Bible, which is always suspect.
00:34:11.08\00:34:13.48
But, you know, I'm
not here to condemn.
00:34:14.18\00:34:16.85
I commend people that are trying
to communicate the gospel.
00:34:17.09\00:34:20.29
I don't know, that's a rambling
answer, but--any thoughts?
00:34:21.02\00:34:24.89
You want to ramble?
00:34:24.93\00:34:26.26
Jëan: You know, Pastor
Doug, it, you know, it's--.
00:34:26.29\00:34:27.60
Doug: You'll go
out on a limb with me?
00:34:27.66\00:34:28.93
Jëan: Well, I think they
actually say that they're not
00:34:28.96\00:34:31.23
trying to be perfectly
faithful to, you know, what the
00:34:31.27\00:34:34.87
Bible says.
00:34:34.90\00:34:36.24
They do take liberties to kind
of add in and, you know, there's
00:34:36.27\00:34:40.94
some extra stories added, extra
personalities added, that's not
00:34:40.98\00:34:44.58
in the gospel account and--on
the one hand, you got to be
00:34:44.61\00:34:48.95
careful because, you know, the
Bible talks about a really true
00:34:48.98\00:34:52.15
story, something
that really happened.
00:34:52.19\00:34:53.79
When you read about the gospel,
you read about Christ, you read
00:34:53.82\00:34:55.89
about the apostles.
00:34:55.92\00:34:57.29
That's history, that's real.
00:34:57.69\00:34:59.59
You don't want to create the
scene where that almost becomes
00:34:59.63\00:35:02.86
more of a novel type scenario.
00:35:03.16\00:35:05.23
So, yeah.
00:35:05.27\00:35:06.60
I agree, Pastor,
we got to be careful.
00:35:06.63\00:35:07.97
Doug: You start embellishing
on the truth and people can get
00:35:08.00\00:35:11.64
distracted by the embellishment
and miss the main point, so.
00:35:11.67\00:35:15.81
Jëan: All right,
thank you, Preston.
00:35:16.08\00:35:17.41
Doug: A verse in the
Bible, Philippians 4, verse 8.
00:35:17.45\00:35:19.28
"Finally, brethren, whatever
things are true," and he goes on
00:35:19.31\00:35:22.95
to say, "dwell on
these things," yeah.
00:35:22.98\00:35:24.92
Doug: Okay, next caller that
we have is Sandra listening in
00:35:25.45\00:35:27.76
Pennsylvania and she's got a
question about Joshua and the
00:35:27.79\00:35:31.19
angel that you read about in
Zachariah 3, Sandra, welcome to
00:35:31.23\00:35:34.60
the program.
00:35:34.63\00:35:36.00
Sandra: Hi, good evening.
00:35:36.40\00:35:37.70
Thank you for taking my call.
00:35:37.73\00:35:39.03
Doug: Evening.
00:35:39.07\00:35:40.54
Sandra: Hi there.
00:35:40.57\00:35:41.87
So, the other day--recently,
I heard a sermon in regards to
00:35:41.90\00:35:45.74
Zechariah chapter 3--Wonderful
sermon and--but I was a little
00:35:45.77\00:35:50.95
confused as to who Joshua is
and who the angel of the Lord is
00:35:50.98\00:35:57.59
because I always thought that
Joshua represents Christ and
00:35:57.62\00:36:01.02
that also the angel of
the Lord also represents
00:36:01.06\00:36:04.63
Christ pre-incarnate.
00:36:04.66\00:36:05.99
So, I was just trying to figure
out, you know, who's represented
00:36:07.10\00:36:11.07
in that chapter.
00:36:11.10\00:36:12.43
Doug: All right, good.
00:36:12.67\00:36:14.00
Well, in Zechariah chapter 3,
there's a vision that says, "He
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showed me Joshua," this is verse
1, "the high priest standing
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before the angel of the Lord,
and Satan standing at his right
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hand to oppose," or that
word is to accuse, "him."
00:36:23.24\00:36:25.81
You go to Revelation chapter 12,
it calls Satan the accuser of
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the brethren.
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And in the book of Job,
there's the devil accusing Job
00:36:30.92\00:36:33.29
before God.
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And the devil is our accuser and
Christ is our defense attorney.
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So, the angel of the Lord is
the one that rebukes the devil
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in Zechariah.
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Now, there really was a
high priest in Israel during
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Zachariah's time
and his name was Joshua.
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It's interesting, the
name Joshua is the name Jesus
00:36:48.07\00:36:51.17
in Hebrew.
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It's actually Yeshua.
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And you've got Joshua who led
the children of Israel into the
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Promised Land, he's like
our general and our judge.
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And then you got Joshua the high
priest that led the children of
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Israel from Babylon
back to the Promised Land.
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So, they're both types of Christ
and the priest would bear the
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sins of the people.
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So, Joshua's got these dirty
clothes because of the sins of
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the people and
the devil's accusing.
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And in the story, his filthy
clothes are taken away by the
00:37:16.67\00:37:20.57
angel of the Lord and he's
given clean garments, and it's a
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symbol of the
cleansing from sin.
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So, you're pretty close from
what you said, Sandra, to having
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the right interpretation.
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I'm not sure what you may
have heard someone else say, but
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yeah, this is a story about the
plan of salvation and tells us
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that the angel of the Lord stood
by and he said, "Now," you can
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read in verse 6, "Now, if you'll
walk in my ways," this is after
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his filthy garments were taken
away, "if you'll walk in my
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ways, and if you will keep my
command, then you will judge my
00:37:49.66\00:37:52.37
house, likewise have charge of
my courts; and I will give you
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places to walk among
those who stand here."
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In other words,
you'll be here in heaven.
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So, it's a wonderful promise.
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Jëan: So, in this parable, or
in this chapter, in this vision,
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Joshua would represent the
people and the angel of the Lord
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would represent Christ.
00:38:07.72\00:38:09.05
But like you said, there's
almost a dual application
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because, yes, our High Priest
is Jesus, but in this context,
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Joshua represents the people.
00:38:15.39\00:38:16.79
Okay, very good, thank you.
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Good question, Sandra.
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We got Charlie listening in
Arizona and he has a question
00:38:19.96\00:38:22.40
about Exodus
chapter 20, verse 10.
00:38:22.43\00:38:25.03
Charlie, welcome to the program.
00:38:25.07\00:38:26.43
Charlie: Hi guys,
how are you this evening?
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Doug: Good.
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How can we help you?
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Charlie: Exodus 20, verse 10.
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It says that God created
everything in six days and you
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have to rest on the Sabbath.
00:38:41.18\00:38:42.92
And He starts listing, "You,
your son, your daughter, your
00:38:43.62\00:38:47.66
man servant, your
female servant, your cattle,
00:38:47.69\00:38:50.36
everything," but
there's no mention of a wife.
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Doug: Well, yeah, I think that
husbands and wives are included
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in the admonition.
00:38:57.63\00:38:58.97
When God gives the Ten
Commandments, it tells us that
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the men and women washed their
clothes, husbands and wives, and
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they came before the Lord and
they heard the Lord saying these
00:39:05.64\00:39:08.08
words audibly.
00:39:08.11\00:39:09.54
So, the command is
not just given to the man.
00:39:09.58\00:39:11.81
The commandment is
given to the parents.
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That's why later it says, "Honor
your father and your mother."
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And so, I think it's understood
that, yeah, people are to rest
00:39:17.79\00:39:23.16
from their regular labor.
00:39:23.19\00:39:24.69
There is a verse earlier where
it says, "Bake what you're going
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to bake and boil what you're
going to boil," and ostensibly,
00:39:28.00\00:39:31.50
you know, the women were doing a
lot of the cooking back then and
00:39:31.80\00:39:34.67
they were to be resting.
00:39:34.70\00:39:36.04
They were to get that
work done ahead of time.
00:39:36.07\00:39:37.41
So, the command's all
encompassing, I think, for
00:39:37.44\00:39:39.61
the family.
00:39:39.64\00:39:40.98
The stranger, the
cattle, everybody was to rest.
00:39:41.01\00:39:43.28
Jëan: And it does appear that,
you know, when it specifically
00:39:43.78\00:39:46.41
mentions the list, like you say,
your son, your daughter, your
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servants, a male servant,
female servant, your cattle, the
00:39:49.32\00:39:53.02
strangers within your gates.
00:39:53.05\00:39:54.49
It's people under your control,
those who you can direct, and
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definitely that would
include all of the members of
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the family.
00:40:03.03\00:40:04.37
Doug: Well, he's got a point.
00:40:04.40\00:40:05.70
It's hard to
direct your wife, though.
00:40:05.73\00:40:07.04
Jëan: Well, yeah, maybe--.
00:40:07.07\00:40:08.44
Doug: I retract
that last statement.
00:40:09.40\00:40:10.77
Jëan: But it would include
everyone in your household is
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the idea behind that.
00:40:15.18\00:40:16.58
All right, thank you, Charlie.
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We've got Giovanni listening
from Idaho and he's got a
00:40:17.98\00:40:21.42
question from Deuteronomy 3:3.
00:40:21.45\00:40:23.65
Giovanni,
welcome to the program.
00:40:24.02\00:40:25.72
Giovanni: Hi there pastors.
00:40:26.12\00:40:27.46
How are you this evening?
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Doug: Hey.
00:40:28.86\00:40:30.16
Great, thank you.
00:40:30.19\00:40:31.53
Giovanni: Awesome, so my
question is actually in regards
00:40:31.79\00:40:34.56
to Deuteronomy 23:3 and it's
about David and how he is king,
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and I was just kind of wondering
how he's king when Ruth is
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a Moabite?
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Doug: Right.
00:40:48.21\00:40:49.54
Let me read this for our
friends that are listening.
00:40:49.58\00:40:50.95
The Moabites had attacked
the Israelites and gave them a
00:40:50.98\00:40:53.55
hard time.
00:40:53.58\00:40:54.88
And so, there was a curse
pronounced on them, and you can
00:40:54.92\00:40:57.05
read in Deuteronomy 23:3, "An
Ammonite or a Moabites shall not
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enter the assembly of the Lord;
even to the tenth generation
00:41:02.09\00:41:05.46
none of his descendants shall
enter the assembly of the Lord
00:41:05.79\00:41:08.33
forever because they did not
meet you with bread or water on
00:41:08.36\00:41:11.63
the road when you came out
of Egypt, because they hired
00:41:11.67\00:41:14.57
against you Balaam the son of
Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia,
00:41:14.60\00:41:17.67
to curse you."
00:41:17.71\00:41:19.04
And yet, Ruth, and it has not
been ten generations from when
00:41:19.07\00:41:23.55
this was given, no, I
don't think it had been.
00:41:23.58\00:41:25.61
Yeah, I can almost trace the
genealogy from--Boaz was the son
00:41:26.82\00:41:31.29
of Salmon who the--maybe
one of the spies of Joshua.
00:41:31.32\00:41:35.36
So, yeah, it wasn't
ten generations yet.
00:41:35.39\00:41:37.33
And yes, she was a Moabite and
then she is the grandmother, or
00:41:37.86\00:41:42.60
the great-grandmother, of David.
00:41:42.63\00:41:44.43
So--and she was
allowed into the congregation.
00:41:45.30\00:41:49.10
The command does not eclipse an
earlier command that if someone
00:41:49.44\00:41:54.24
converted to the God of
the Israelites that they
00:41:54.28\00:41:59.01
were welcome.
00:41:59.05\00:42:00.42
And so, Ruth, she
said, "Your God is my God."
00:42:00.45\00:42:02.92
So, she converted and they
had that law that is saying you
00:42:03.25\00:42:08.66
could be friends with the
Moabites, up until they did
00:42:08.69\00:42:10.63
this, they could have stayed
Moabites but--and you could do
00:42:10.66\00:42:14.13
business with them, but after
they tried to curse Israel,
00:42:14.20\00:42:17.80
there was a curse
pronounced for ten generations.
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How long would that
be, 40 times 10, 400 years?
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Jëan: Okay, thank you.
00:42:24.61\00:42:25.91
Good question.
00:42:25.94\00:42:27.24
Let's see.
00:42:27.28\00:42:28.61
We've got Regina
listening in Oregon.
00:42:28.64\00:42:30.28
Regina, welcome to the program.
00:42:30.31\00:42:31.78
Regina: Hi. Thank you.
00:42:33.28\00:42:35.95
Doug: Thank you.
00:42:35.98\00:42:37.29
Regina: I--So, I
do have a question.
00:42:37.32\00:42:38.62
Actually, I've been asking this
question myself, but I did not
00:42:38.65\00:42:41.76
know how to answer.
00:42:41.79\00:42:43.12
And someone asking me,
in Genesa--when God create
00:42:43.79\00:42:49.46
Lucifer, because He did create
the Lucifer, when Lucifer choose
00:42:49.50\00:42:53.57
to do the wrong, where
did he know the--that wrong?
00:42:53.60\00:42:56.94
Where is the wrong
coming from, you know?
00:42:56.97\00:42:59.41
How do--because God create
only the right things, love
00:42:59.81\00:43:02.94
and everything.
00:43:02.98\00:43:04.28
Everything was perfect.
00:43:04.31\00:43:05.78
Where--how would
you--okay, I'm sorry.
00:43:05.81\00:43:08.82
How did he know
to pick the wrong?
00:43:08.85\00:43:10.85
You know what I mean?
00:43:10.89\00:43:12.22
Doug: Yeah, I think I
know what you mean, Regina.
00:43:12.25\00:43:13.56
Yeah, of course, God
made everything good.
00:43:13.59\00:43:16.19
The Bible tells us in James,
"Every good and perfect gift
00:43:16.22\00:43:19.03
comes from God."
00:43:19.06\00:43:20.50
And Jesus said, "God is good and
God does not tempt, neither is
00:43:20.96\00:43:25.27
He tempted."
00:43:25.30\00:43:26.60
God cannot do anything
bad because He is perfect and
00:43:26.63\00:43:30.61
He's good.
00:43:30.64\00:43:31.97
So, God made good creatures, but
He made them with--they're built
00:43:32.01\00:43:36.44
with a risky freedom and that
freedom to love is given to all
00:43:36.48\00:43:41.22
of His intelligent creatures.
00:43:41.25\00:43:42.62
And Lucifer was given the same
freedom to love, but in order to
00:43:42.98\00:43:46.49
love, you've got to have the
ability to choose to not love.
00:43:46.52\00:43:49.26
God can't make you
with forced love built in.
00:43:49.29\00:43:52.03
It ceases to be love
if you can't choose it.
00:43:52.29\00:43:54.46
You become a robot.
00:43:54.46\00:43:55.83
So, Lucifer was given this.
00:43:56.26\00:43:58.03
He chose to love himself more
than God and it's--he just kept
00:43:58.07\00:44:02.97
nurturing that and it probably
went from an early inclination,
00:44:03.00\00:44:06.84
he knew something was wrong,
but he kept cherishing this
00:44:06.88\00:44:09.84
self-love until he, pretty soon,
he put himself on the throne and
00:44:09.88\00:44:13.88
he wanted to destroy God and
he became ruled by selfishness.
00:44:13.92\00:44:17.85
God is love.
00:44:18.25\00:44:20.16
Satan, in a word, is selfish
and it's all about his pride and
00:44:20.19\00:44:25.03
his selfishness.
00:44:25.06\00:44:26.36
So, yeah, God made him perfect.
00:44:26.39\00:44:29.40
He made him free.
00:44:29.43\00:44:30.83
He chose to love himself
more and he became corrupt
00:44:30.87\00:44:33.77
through it.
00:44:33.80\00:44:35.14
Jëan: And we got a study guide.
00:44:35.17\00:44:36.47
It's called, "Did
God Create the Devil?"
00:44:36.50\00:44:37.84
and it answers all
of these questions.
00:44:37.87\00:44:39.17
It's a good, great study and
we want to encourage anyone who
00:44:39.21\00:44:41.98
wants to learn more
about this, just call and ask.
00:44:42.01\00:44:44.28
The number is 800-835-6747.
00:44:44.31\00:44:47.75
You can ask for the study guide,
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00:44:47.78\00:44:49.78
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00:44:49.82\00:44:51.15
You can also dial pound 250 on
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00:44:51.19\00:44:54.42
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00:44:54.46\00:44:57.36
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00:44:57.39\00:44:58.69
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00:44:58.73\00:45:00.10
Study it and you'll be blessed.
00:45:00.13\00:45:01.40
Next caller that we have is Eric
and he's listening in Colorado
00:45:01.43\00:45:03.83
and he has a
question about spirits.
00:45:03.87\00:45:05.60
Eric, welcome to the program.
00:45:05.63\00:45:07.00
Eric: Hi, thank
you for taking my call.
00:45:07.87\00:45:09.87
Doug: Yes.
00:45:09.90\00:45:11.21
Eric: I see and hear spirits.
00:45:11.24\00:45:12.57
Does this mean that I'm lost?
00:45:12.61\00:45:14.24
Doug: You hear and see spirits?
00:45:15.31\00:45:17.18
Well, it means the devil
is probably trying to get you.
00:45:18.05\00:45:21.85
Of course, he's trying to
get everybody, but, you know, I
00:45:21.88\00:45:25.15
think there are some godly
people in the Bible that they
00:45:25.19\00:45:29.19
saw spirits, that the
devil was trying to spook them.
00:45:29.22\00:45:32.69
And so, because the devil's
trying to harass you or frighten
00:45:33.06\00:45:35.80
you does not
automatically mean you're lost.
00:45:35.83\00:45:38.43
It means that the devil's trying
to distract you or confuse you
00:45:39.17\00:45:42.84
or frighten you.
00:45:42.87\00:45:44.21
Whether you are saved or lost is
something that you and the Lord
00:45:45.44\00:45:48.14
only know.
00:45:48.18\00:45:49.48
If you've come to Jesus and
surrendered your life to Jesus,
00:45:49.51\00:45:53.38
then keep your
eyes fixed on Him.
00:45:53.72\00:45:56.05
If the devil comes around, in
the name of the Lord rebuke the
00:45:56.08\00:45:59.35
devil, do not give him ground.
00:45:59.39\00:46:01.19
If there's something in your
life that's opening the door to
00:46:01.46\00:46:04.09
the devil--you know, I've got a
friend that was seeing all kinds
00:46:04.13\00:46:07.30
of spooks and demons and they
spend all their time watching
00:46:07.30\00:46:09.43
scary movies,
these diabolical movies.
00:46:09.46\00:46:12.23
And I thought, well, no wonder.
00:46:12.27\00:46:13.60
You're watching ghost movies and
you're kind of opening the door
00:46:13.64\00:46:17.27
to the devil.
00:46:17.31\00:46:18.64
So, close any avenues in your
life where you're creating a
00:46:18.67\00:46:22.21
bridge for the devil to come in
and haunt or tempt or frighten
00:46:22.24\00:46:26.65
you, and reconsecrate your
life to the Lord every day.
00:46:26.68\00:46:31.49
Paul said, "I die daily."
00:46:31.52\00:46:33.09
That means you got to
be born again every day.
00:46:33.12\00:46:34.86
Jëan: Okay, great, thank you.
00:46:35.79\00:46:37.09
We've got Corette listening from
Connecticut and Corette has a
00:46:37.13\00:46:41.00
question about
working on Sabbath.
00:46:41.03\00:46:43.06
Corette: Yes.
00:46:43.77\00:46:45.07
Jëan: Corette,
welcome to the program.
00:46:45.10\00:46:46.43
Corette: Good evening, pastors.
00:46:46.47\00:46:47.80
Doug: Evening.
00:46:47.84\00:46:49.14
Corette: Yes, I was asking,
when is it okay to work on
00:46:49.17\00:46:51.21
the Sabbath?
00:46:51.24\00:46:52.57
Doug: Well, there are obviously
Christian hospitals that have
00:46:52.61\00:46:58.38
people they care for, you know.
00:46:58.41\00:46:59.75
Jesus said, "It's better to
do good on the Sabbath day."
00:46:59.78\00:47:01.98
And so, if you're ministering to
somebody who's struggling with
00:47:02.02\00:47:05.49
some dire sickness,
then that's appropriate.
00:47:05.52\00:47:08.66
You know, I know Dentists that
they love the Lord, but they'll
00:47:08.92\00:47:11.49
get a call from someone that's
in agony from a toothache,
00:47:11.53\00:47:14.10
they'll--on the Sabbath day,
they'll open their shop, usually
00:47:14.46\00:47:17.03
free of charge, and they'll go
and either help them right then
00:47:17.07\00:47:20.47
or at least help them with some
temporary relief where they can
00:47:20.50\00:47:22.87
do major surgery or
whatever they need later.
00:47:22.90\00:47:25.31
I don't know of any dentist that
will say, "Let me adjust your
00:47:25.81\00:47:28.38
braces," because that's kind of
an elective thing that you can
00:47:28.41\00:47:31.28
schedule another day.
00:47:31.31\00:47:32.55
But when someone's in pain or
suffering, if someone's in the
00:47:32.58\00:47:34.75
hospital, they need doctors,
nurses, and people to care
00:47:34.78\00:47:37.82
for them.
00:47:37.85\00:47:39.19
My wife is a physical therapist
and she hasn't worked in a
00:47:39.85\00:47:43.19
hospital for years, but when she
did, some people had surgery on
00:47:43.22\00:47:47.23
Friday and they needed to have
physical therapy immediately the
00:47:47.30\00:47:50.53
next day.
00:47:50.57\00:47:51.87
And so, she would work and
she would not keep that pay.
00:47:51.90\00:47:53.87
She just donated to the Lord.
00:47:53.90\00:47:55.70
So, there are
emergency situations, you know.
00:47:56.10\00:47:58.84
If you're a fireman, you
should try to schedule your
00:47:58.87\00:48:01.84
Sabbath free.
00:48:01.88\00:48:03.11
Let someone else be on duty then
so you can rest, but if there's
00:48:03.14\00:48:06.01
a forest fire, you hop in your
truck and you go save people.
00:48:06.05\00:48:09.32
So, even the Jews, when they're
attacked on their Sabbath day,
00:48:09.58\00:48:14.02
the soldiers can't say,
"Well, we'll start defending the
00:48:14.06\00:48:16.16
country when the sun goes down."
00:48:16.19\00:48:17.83
So, there are emergency
situations, but they should be
00:48:18.29\00:48:21.26
the rare
exception and not the rule.
00:48:21.30\00:48:23.30
Does that make sense, Corette?
00:48:24.20\00:48:25.60
Corette: Yes, it does.
00:48:26.43\00:48:27.77
Doug: All right,
thank you so much.
00:48:27.80\00:48:29.14
Appreciate it.
00:48:29.17\00:48:30.47
Thanks for your question.
00:48:30.51\00:48:31.81
Jëan: All right, next caller
that we have is Larry listening
00:48:31.84\00:48:33.38
in Michigan.
00:48:33.41\00:48:34.74
Larry, welcome to the program.
00:48:34.78\00:48:36.11
Larry: Hi.
00:48:36.68\00:48:38.01
Doug: Hi, Larry.
00:48:38.05\00:48:39.38
Thanks for calling.
00:48:39.41\00:48:40.75
Larry: Yeah, I got a question.
00:48:40.78\00:48:42.52
How does a person know--because
I know in Matthew Jesus was
00:48:43.45\00:48:47.62
talking about those who speak
against the Spirit, you know,
00:48:47.66\00:48:51.76
the unpardonable sin, but how
does the person really know if
00:48:51.79\00:48:54.83
they committed it?
00:48:54.83\00:48:56.06
Because sometimes I wonder, but
yet I feel guilty about a lot of
00:48:56.10\00:49:01.80
things, so I'm
a little confused.
00:49:01.84\00:49:03.67
And when I ask for forgiveness,
I sometimes, like, is that real?
00:49:04.21\00:49:09.91
I got questions about that.
00:49:10.51\00:49:11.91
So, I'd just like to know about
the--I just hope I didn't, like,
00:49:13.11\00:49:19.29
push the Holy Spirit
away for that, you know.
00:49:19.32\00:49:21.92
Doug: Well, you know, every time
we sin we may grieve the Holy
00:49:22.46\00:49:25.29
Spirit, but that does not
mean you grieved it away where
00:49:25.33\00:49:28.53
it's unforgivable.
00:49:28.56\00:49:30.03
So, the very fact you're
calling means the Holy Spirit is
00:49:30.87\00:49:34.14
striving in your heart.
00:49:34.17\00:49:35.50
So, I would not be worried
that you've committed the
00:49:36.07\00:49:38.94
unpardonable sin.
00:49:38.97\00:49:40.28
I would be concerned--God wants
you to have peace and the Lord
00:49:40.31\00:49:43.85
wants you to believe that He
will forgive your sins and that
00:49:43.88\00:49:46.45
He'll give you
power to live a new life.
00:49:46.48\00:49:48.82
You know, Christ doesn't ask us
to do anything without giving us
00:49:49.22\00:49:51.85
the power to do it.
00:49:51.89\00:49:53.22
When God says, "Repent, come to
Me, I'll give you a rest," you
00:49:53.25\00:49:56.99
turn from your sins, you confess
your sins and He says, "I'll
00:49:57.03\00:50:00.90
give you peace and rest
and victory and a new life."
00:50:00.93\00:50:03.37
You believe that and you're
going to have peace and you'll
00:50:03.83\00:50:07.04
have evidence in your life that
God is working in your life and
00:50:07.07\00:50:09.57
that will confirm the
promises of God, also.
00:50:09.84\00:50:12.47
Jëan: You know, we have a book,
Pastor Doug, it's called, "What
00:50:12.97\00:50:14.74
Is the Unpardonable Sin?"
00:50:14.78\00:50:16.08
And we encourage you
to take a look at that.
00:50:16.11\00:50:18.08
I think you'll enjoy it.
00:50:18.11\00:50:19.48
The number to call is
800-835-6747 and just ask
00:50:19.78\00:50:24.59
for it.
00:50:24.62\00:50:25.95
It's called, "What Is
the Unpardonable Sin?"
00:50:25.99\00:50:27.22
We'll mail it to you or you can
just dial pound 250 on your cell
00:50:27.26\00:50:30.66
phone, say, "Bible Answers
Live," and then ask for the book
00:50:30.69\00:50:33.16
by name, "What Is
the Unpardonable Sin?"
00:50:33.19\00:50:35.56
We got Joyce in Florida.
00:50:35.83\00:50:37.87
Joyce, welcome to the program.
00:50:37.90\00:50:39.33
We have just a few moments, but
you have a question about the
00:50:39.37\00:50:42.14
punishment of the wicked.
00:50:42.17\00:50:43.51
Joyce: Yes, praise the Lord.
00:50:44.57\00:50:45.87
I love your program.
00:50:45.91\00:50:47.24
Yes, I would like to know, will
there be degrees of punishment
00:50:48.81\00:50:54.62
in hell?
00:50:55.32\00:50:56.79
And if so, where is
that located in the Bible?
00:50:56.82\00:51:00.26
Doug: Well, I'm looking
it up for you right now.
00:51:00.92\00:51:02.49
Yes, there will be differences.
00:51:02.79\00:51:05.09
S-T-R-I-P--oh, I added
an extra letter in there.
00:51:05.13\00:51:07.60
Hang on here.
00:51:07.66\00:51:08.93
I'm typing
something in my computer.
00:51:08.96\00:51:10.80
I just can't spell.
00:51:11.10\00:51:12.40
Jëan: Luke 12:48?
00:51:12.43\00:51:13.77
Doug: You found it.
00:51:13.80\00:51:15.14
Jëan: Is that the one?
00:51:15.17\00:51:16.47
Doug: You beat me well.
00:51:16.50\00:51:17.81
No, I'm looking at
Luke 12--yeah, 47:48.
00:51:17.84\00:51:19.17
It says, "That servant who knew
his master's will, and did not
00:51:19.21\00:51:21.64
prepare himself or do according
to his will, he will beaten
00:51:21.68\00:51:24.38
with--be beaten with many
stripes," and then it also says
00:51:24.41\00:51:28.38
that, "those that did not know
their master's will are beaten
00:51:28.42\00:51:31.05
with few stripes."
00:51:31.09\00:51:32.59
So, stripes are when they used
to whip a person, that would
00:51:32.85\00:51:35.56
leave stripes on their back,
and that was whipping, really.
00:51:35.59\00:51:38.09
And so, Jesus is basically
saying those who were guilty for
00:51:38.53\00:51:42.33
much suffer more than those who
were less accountable and did
00:51:42.36\00:51:46.77
not know.
00:51:46.80\00:51:48.27
So, yes, there are varying
degrees of reward, and so there
00:51:48.30\00:51:53.98
are varying
degrees of punishment.
00:51:54.01\00:51:55.91
Jesus says in one of the last
verses in the Bible, "Behold, I
00:51:57.51\00:52:00.15
come; my reward is with me, to
give to every man according to
00:52:00.18\00:52:03.25
his works."
00:52:03.28\00:52:04.62
So, Adolf Hitler is going
to suffer more than people of
00:52:04.65\00:52:09.39
lesser crimes.
00:52:09.42\00:52:10.79
So, hopefully that helps.
00:52:11.43\00:52:13.06
Are you with us, Joyce?
00:52:13.63\00:52:14.96
Does that make sense?
00:52:15.00\00:52:16.36
Joyce: Keep up
the enlightenment.
00:52:16.40\00:52:17.73
Doug: All right, you're welcome.
00:52:17.77\00:52:19.57
God bless and we
thank you for your call.
00:52:19.60\00:52:22.17
Pastor Ross, we have
time for one more quick one?
00:52:22.57\00:52:24.87
Jëan: All right, we've
got Ron listening in, let's
00:52:24.91\00:52:27.18
see, Alabama.
00:52:27.21\00:52:28.54
Ron, welcome to the program.
00:52:28.58\00:52:29.91
Ron: Yes, good evening.
00:52:30.68\00:52:31.98
Thank you for taking my call.
00:52:32.01\00:52:33.38
My question has to do with
Dinah, the daughter of Jacob and
00:52:33.88\00:52:38.35
Leah, mentioned in Genesis 34.
00:52:38.39\00:52:40.86
Could she somehow
represent the church?
00:52:40.89\00:52:43.59
You know how you have literal
Israel and the tribe, the
00:52:43.63\00:52:47.50
children of Israel?
00:52:47.50\00:52:48.83
Then you have spiritual Israel.
00:52:48.86\00:52:51.43
Could Dinah represent the
spiritual body of the church,
00:52:51.47\00:52:55.97
being one of Jacob's,
you know, descendants?
00:52:56.00\00:52:59.27
Doug: Yeah, I think
you're on to something.
00:52:59.31\00:53:01.04
And the story that Ron is
referring to is found there in
00:53:01.08\00:53:04.25
Genesis 34 where Dinah, the
only daughter listed of Jacob's
00:53:04.28\00:53:08.42
children, everyone else was a
son, that when they were living
00:53:08.45\00:53:11.65
near Shechem, she went out
to visit the other ladies of the
00:53:11.69\00:53:14.96
land and maybe do some shopping,
and young man took her and, I
00:53:14.99\00:53:19.66
don't think he raped her, but
he took advantage of her and he
00:53:19.69\00:53:23.00
said he wanted to
marry her, he loved her.
00:53:23.03\00:53:24.63
But that's kind of
what the pagans had done to
00:53:25.07\00:53:29.57
the Israelites.
00:53:29.87\00:53:31.17
Through intermarriage
they kind of lost their purity.
00:53:31.21\00:53:33.61
And so, there is
an analogy there.
00:53:33.91\00:53:35.61
Very perceptive, Ron.
00:53:35.64\00:53:37.15
I've never actually preached
on that, but just as I was
00:53:37.18\00:53:39.45
listening to you talk, I
think there's more there under
00:53:39.48\00:53:41.85
the surface.
00:53:41.88\00:53:43.22
And you never hear that Dinah
got married again and it doesn't
00:53:43.25\00:53:46.49
really tell about her
having a family after that.
00:53:46.52\00:53:48.76
So, it changed the
course of her life.
00:53:48.79\00:53:51.83
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00:54:33.20\00:54:37.97
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00:54:38.01\00:54:41.78
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00:54:41.81\00:54:43.14
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00:54:43.18\00:54:44.91
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00:54:45.18\00:54:49.22
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00:54:49.25\00:54:50.75
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Jëan: Hello, friends, and
welcome back again to our email
00:55:28.72\00:55:31.86
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00:55:31.89\00:55:33.23
Pastor Doug, we've got a few
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"Genesis chapter 6, verse 6 says
that God repented, but Numbers
00:55:42.00\00:55:45.84
23:19 says that
God does not repent.
00:55:45.87\00:55:48.81
How do we explain this?"
00:55:48.84\00:55:50.21
Doug: Yeah, well, I think
that different things are being
00:55:51.05\00:55:53.68
meant here.
00:55:53.72\00:55:55.05
When it says in Genesis 6 that
God repented, it's talking about
00:55:55.08\00:55:57.62
when sin was in the world, it
grieved God in His heart and He
00:55:57.85\00:56:02.29
was sorry, not sorry because
He had sinned, but He was sorry
00:56:02.32\00:56:06.76
that He'd made man--His plan
for the paradise and man to have
00:56:06.80\00:56:10.33
this happiness and man
made in His creatures, sin.
00:56:10.37\00:56:14.04
And the devil had totally
interrupted that and there was
00:56:14.07\00:56:17.14
just misery on the
planet and violence.
00:56:17.17\00:56:19.11
And so, that
grieved God at His heart.
00:56:19.41\00:56:20.88
That's different from
God saying, "Oops, I made a
00:56:20.91\00:56:24.88
mistake," and
repenting in that respect.
00:56:24.91\00:56:27.08
God knows everything, nothing
surprises Him, and God doesn't
00:56:28.52\00:56:33.05
repent for sin
because He does not sin.
00:56:33.09\00:56:35.49
He's pure and perfect.
00:56:35.52\00:56:36.89
Jëan: Okay, next question
that we have is, "I believe
00:56:37.13\00:56:39.36
Christians are discouraged to
drink alcohol, but why does God
00:56:39.39\00:56:42.46
ask for an alcoholic beverage in
Numbers 28, verse 7 as part of
00:56:42.50\00:56:47.04
the sacrifices?"
00:56:47.07\00:56:48.40
Doug: Yeah, when it talks about
the drink offering, it's not
00:56:48.44\00:56:50.41
talking about
an alcoholic drink.
00:56:50.44\00:56:52.27
They would offer grape juice.
00:56:52.31\00:56:54.24
And even Christ at the Last
Supper, He made it clear that
00:56:54.58\00:56:58.45
the grape juice that He
was offering the disciples was
00:56:58.68\00:57:01.45
not fermented.
00:57:01.48\00:57:02.82
He said, "In the kingdom you'll
drink this with Me new," and
00:57:02.85\00:57:07.66
that's in Matthew 26, I believe.
00:57:07.69\00:57:09.49
So, we also have a book called,
"Alcohol and the Christian,"
00:57:10.09\00:57:13.46
that'll answer that question
if you want a free copy.
00:57:13.50\00:57:15.66
Jëan: Again, that
number is 800-835-6747.
00:57:15.70\00:57:19.07
Just ask for it, it's called,
"Alcohol and the Christian."
00:57:19.10\00:57:21.30
All right, next question.
00:57:21.77\00:57:23.07
"Why is it that Jesus lost
His ability to be omnipresent,
00:57:23.10\00:57:26.54
although He still is omnipotent
and omniscient now that He's
00:57:26.57\00:57:30.81
in heaven?"
00:57:30.85\00:57:32.18
Doug: Yeah, well, Jesus is
omnipresent in the sense that He
00:57:32.21\00:57:35.55
said wherever the
Holy Spirit is, He is.
00:57:35.58\00:57:37.95
He said--everybody listening
right now, when we accept Him,
00:57:37.99\00:57:40.69
He says, "I am with you always,
even to the end of the world."
00:57:40.72\00:57:43.32
So, while Christ took on human
form in His body, through His
00:57:43.66\00:57:47.76
omniscience, His all knowing,
He can be everywhere all at
00:57:47.76\00:57:50.97
one time.
00:57:51.00\00:57:52.30
But you just think about
the incredible sacrifice that He
00:57:52.33\00:57:54.47
made in that He will forever
be married to the human family
00:57:54.50\00:57:58.44
because of His love for us
and the sacrifice that He made.
00:57:58.47\00:58:01.51
So, that's a
wonderful thing to consider.
00:58:02.04\00:58:04.18
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00:58:04.88\00:58:08.98
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00:58:09.02\00:58:10.35
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