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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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On January 26th 2019, Lisa Grace
and Adam Staples were training
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five friends to use their metal
detectors in the Chew Valley
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area near Bath,
Northeast Somerset, England.
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That's when they stumbled on
a hoard of 2,528 silver pennies
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nearly 1,000 years old.
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In October 2024, the coins were
bought for 5.5 million making it
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the highest value
treasure ever found in the UK.
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The total fine consists of
1,236 coins of Harold II and
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1,310 coins of William I.
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The Chew Valley Hoard, as
it's now known, dates from
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the mid-11th century, shortly
after the Norman conquest
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of England in 1066.
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Of course, back then, there were
no banks in those days and the
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coins may have been buried
in a time of war or an effort to
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avoid paying taxes.
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Evidently, the owners died
before they could pass on the
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secret hiding place.
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The seven friends who
found the coins will split
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5.5 million with the landowner.
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The Chew Valley Hoard is
now being displayed at the
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British Museum.
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Think about that, Pastor Ross.
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It'd be kind of exciting every
kid's dream that you could dig
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up buried treasure.
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Jëan Ross: I know once you
get inspired to go out and buy a
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metal detector and start looking
around your yard, you never know
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what you're gonna find.
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Doug: You know, I actually
did once I used to go camping.
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You went with us once in Nevada.
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And there's, you know, a lot of
minerals out there and I had a
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metal detector and
we combed the hills up.
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They usually found like
nails and horse shoes and things
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like that.
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But you know, the Bible tells
a story about a man who found a
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real treasure in a field
and you can read about that
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in Matthew 13:44.
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Jesus said, "Again, the
Kingdom of Heaven is like a
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treasure hidden in a field,
which a man found and hid; and
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for joy over it he goes and he
sells all that he has and buys
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the field."
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So, the picture is, as I
mentioned, there were no banks
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back then.
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And people would often bury
their treasure and they'd mark
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the spot.
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Well, this man,
he's working in a field.
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He's plowing evidently
and plow hits something.
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He goes to dig it up and he
finds that it's a treasure that,
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you know, ostensibly had
been buried years before.
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He covers it back up.
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He said he hides it again.
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Then he says, "Oh, it's
not right for me to just take
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the treasure.
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It's not my field, but
I'm gonna buy the field
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because I know what's in it."
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And he tells his wife, "We're
having a garage sale, we're
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selling everything we've got."
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She says, "You're crazy."
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He says, "Trust me."
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He knows that he's got
something that's worth more than
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everything else he owns.
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So, he sells everything to
get that field with the treasure
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in it.
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And Jesus, you know, that's
an analogy for the cost of
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following Him.
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He says, we must be willing to
forsake all, take up our cross
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and follow Him.
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Or it's like that what the
merchant who finds a pearl of
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great price and he sells
everything to buy that pearl.
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"Friends, what profit is it
if you gain the whole world and
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lose your soul?"
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So, there's nothing in this
world, no sin that is worth more
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than peace and joy now and
an abundant life and everlasting
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life in the world to come.
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And if you'd like to know more
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Well, Pastor Doug, before we go
to the phone lines, as we always
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do, we like to start
with the word of prayer.
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Let's do that.
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Dear Father we are so
grateful for your Word.
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We are thankful for the
truth that the Bible reveals.
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We need not fear the future for
we know who holds the future.
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And as we study your Word this
evening, we pray that you guide
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us into a clearer and full
understanding of Bible truth.
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We ask this in Jesus name, amen.
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Doug: Amen.
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Jëan: We're ready to go to the
phone lines and our first caller
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this evening is
Jan in California.
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Jan, welcome to
"Bible Answers Live."
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Jan: Thank you
for taking my call.
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My question is I have some
friends who are painting Jesus
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as a tyrant and it's all about
John 2:14 and 15 when Jesus was
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cleansing the temple because
in John, it describes how Jesus
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made a whip out of cords.
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They are putting up pictures and
saying that He was whipping the
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people and the animals.
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I've never seen it that way.
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And I just wondered if there is
some Bible reference that would
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refute that.
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Doug: Yeah.
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Well, first of all, the verse
itself doesn't say He whipped
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anybody or any creature.
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It says He made
a whip and drove.
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Well, let me
read it for everybody.
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If you go to John chapter 2, and
I'll start with verse 14, well,
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verse 13.
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"Now the Passover of
the Jews was at hand."
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This is a holy feast.
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There's thousands of
people that come to the temple.
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"And Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
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And He found in the
temple, those who sold oxen
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and sheep and doves
and the money changers."
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So, people would come
and buy their sacrifices.
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And the courtyard is full of the
lowing of oxen and the cooing of
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doves and the bleating of goats
and sheep and Jesus realized it
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had turned into a flea market
and that was, it was supposed to
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be a house of prayer.
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There's supposed to be sanctity
there and they're arguing over
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the exchange rate for the money
and they're bidding on prices
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and it was just bedlam.
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And it says He took,
"He made a whip of cords,
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and He drove them
out of the temple,
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with the sheep and
the oxen, and poured out
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the changers' money
and overturned the tables.
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And He said to
those who sold doves,
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'Take these things away!
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Do not make My Father's
house a house of merchandise.'"
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In other place, He
says, "A den of thieves."
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Now, picture for a minute that
when a lion tamer makes a whip,
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He never whips the lion.
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And I, you know, I got a lot
of people that drive a buggy,
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they'll crack the whip
over above the horses here.
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They don't ever whip the horse.
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And so, all it takes
sometimes is holding it.
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We don't believe
Jesus whipped anybody.
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We think that He made a cord and
then He snapped it and He drove
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them out and they all went out.
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So, I don't think that one man
could whip enough times to whip
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everybody out.
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And so, I don't think
he was whipping people.
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Jëan: And it wasn't His physical
strength in driving them
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out either.
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I mean, they could have
easily have overpowered Christ.
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It was His glory being
manifest through humanity.
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They were stumbling over
each other to try and get out of
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there, to get out of His way.
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Doug: There's an
authority and a dignity.
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I think that as you said, I
think divinity flashed through
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humanity at some time.
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Jëan: Assuming too for example,
you have the story in the Bible
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when they came to arrest Jesus
and they said, "We're looking
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for Jesus of Nazareth."
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And Jesus says, "I am He."
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And they all fell down.
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Doug: Just from his saying it.
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Jëan: Just from that
glory that shown forth.
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Doug: So, that's what
we think is happening here.
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And if people are picturing the
meek and mild Jesus, I mean, all
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He had to do is speak to
the storm and the storm calmed.
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He didn't need to thrash
around and I don't think He
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whipped anybody.
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His word was enough, there's
enough authority there where
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they just, they, it was like
God had spoken and they fled.
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So, I don't know if you'll be
able to persuade your friends.
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I have seen paintings before
pictures of Jesus with a whip
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over His head and people
cowering and running and I don't
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think that's an
accurate depiction.
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Jëan: All right, thank you, Jan.
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Next hold that we
have is, let's see.
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Godwin in Maryland.
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Godwin, welcome to the program.
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Godwin: Hi, first of all, I want
to thank you for everything.
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Your program has really
helped me in my spiritual life.
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Doug: Praise God.
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Godwin: So, my question is from
Exodus 16, verses 22 through 26.
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The text is about Moses telling
the children to bake and boil
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what they will eat and all that
they will remain and all that
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remains should be
left over till morning.
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And also in Exodus 12:16,
he tells them to prepare what
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everyone will eat on that day.
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My question is this, if our
Friday cooking spills slightly
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into the Sabbath
hours, are we to stop cooking
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or are we to finish cooking?
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And if, suppose maybe
a close relative of mine
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or perhaps my mom
cooks food on the Saturday
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and I eat it, have I sinned?
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Doug: Okay.
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Now, that's assuming that your
mother doesn't view things the
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same way because sometimes you
get a household where, you know,
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you're in a house and people
may not share your beliefs.
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Is it a sin if you
eat food that they cook?
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Well, I don't think so.
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You know, that there's some
things you can control and some
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things you can't control.
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Now, if it's your home,
then it's within your gates.
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You know the Bible says, "Your
son and your daughter within
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your gates."
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When you've got authority over
your home, you need to invite
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those that are in your home,
whether it's your kids or family
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to respect your beliefs.
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But just getting to the heart of
the question, well, is the Bible
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says, yeah, "I give
the Sabbath as the rest.
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Rest from your regular labor."
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And it goes on further to
say that we shouldn't be buying
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and selling.
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That's in Nehemiah, I
think chapter 9 and 13.
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And yeah, I think even in
Jeremiah chapter 17 talks about
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that people not bearing
burdens through the gates on the
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Sabbath day.
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And in Exodus, he says, you
know, "Bake what you're going to
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bake, boil what you're going
to boil, gather your food on the
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fifth day."
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The whole idea is get all the
work out of the way so that you
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can rest.
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When the Sabbath begins, you're
ready to rest and enjoy it.
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Now, that doesn't mean that
you can't, you know, microwave
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something and heat it up.
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The idea is a practical one to
get as much food preparation as
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possible done so that
you're able to enjoy that day.
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So, hopefully that,
does that make sense Godwin?
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Godwin: Yeah.
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So, that means, suppose,
let's say the, if the food was
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prepared, I haven't, like
I haven't sinned if I were to
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eat it.
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Doug: No, I don't think so.
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Now, you know, I'd go on to
say that, you know, Paul says
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anything that's
not of faith is sin.
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So, you know, if you're highly
convicted, then, well, don't
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do it.
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Or if someone else in
your family is feeling really
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uncomfortable with it, you
know, don't do anything to make
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them stumble.
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But, you know, if I was in
visiting somebody and someone
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didn't share my beliefs and they
prepared a meal on that day, I
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would eat it and
ask God to bless it.
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It's something I can't control.
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It's a question of
whether it's your home or not.
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And if you have, you know,
if you're leading and you have
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control in your
home, that's different.
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All right, thanks friends.
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Appreciate that Godwin.
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Jëan: Next caller
that we have is Brittany--
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Doug: By the way,
pardon me, Pastor Ross.
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I should tell Goodwin, we do
have a book on how do you keep
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the sabbath holy.
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Jëan: Yeah, that's right.
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We'll send that to
anyone who calls and ask.
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It's not a book that we send out
too often, but it's a great book
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filled with very
important Bible truth.
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Just call and ask the
number is 800-835-6747.
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The book's called "How to
Keep the Sabbath" dial #250 on
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your smartphone and
just ask for it by name.
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We'll be happy
to send it to you.
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All right, we're
ready for our next caller.
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We've got
Brittany in California.
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Brittany,
welcome to the program.
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Brittany: Hey.
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Doug: Hi, how are
you doing Brittany?
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Brittany: Oh, pretty good.
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Doug: And your question?
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Brittany: Yeah, my question
is, when was Exodus 20 written,
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specifically the Ten
Commandments section?
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Doug: So, you've got
two things happening here.
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You're asking,
when was it written?
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And then you're asking
maybe when did it happen?
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We know more about
exactly when it happened.
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It was shortly
after they left Egypt.
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Instead of going north towards
the land of Canaan, they went
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more southeast to some believe
that Sinai was in Arabia.
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And after crossing the sea,
Moses went up the mountain and
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before he went up the mountain,
he spoke to the nation of Israel
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and he declared
the 10 commandments.
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Then Moses went up after the
people said, all the Lord has
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said, we will do.
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He got the written transcript.
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When did Moses
write the book of Exodus?
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Based on the the wording, it
seems like Exodus was written
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not very long after the events.
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And so I don't know, it may have
been before they made it to the
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borders of the promise land.
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That's when you end up with
Numbers and they got turned back
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into the wilderness.
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So some time in there.
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And Genesis was probably I meant
sorry to say, yeah, Genesis was
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probably written while Moses was
in median and he was wandering
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there as a shepherd.
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So, hopefully that
answers that for you Brittany.
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And thank you for your question.
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Jëan: Next call that we
have is Glenn listening in Ohio.
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Glenn, welcome to
"Bible Answers Live."
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Glenn: Good evening, pastors.
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And thank you
for taking my call.
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Back in the first century there
was a young man named Saul who
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was very much in favor of
Rome as he went about arresting
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people who were found worshiping
the Jewish Messiah, Yeshua.
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And after his conversion
experience, Rome treated
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him terrible.
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Why did they do that?
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They put him in jail,
beat him up, left him for dead.
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Why did they do that?
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Doug: Well, in the beginning
of Paul's ministry after his
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conversion, Rome really didn't
care less about the Christians.
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The first few times that Paul
was arrested, it was because the
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Jews had stirred up the
mob and the same thing they did
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with Jesus.
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Pilate was gonna let Jesus go.
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But they said, "Oh, He's
rebelling against Caesar."
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And the Ephesians, they
said about Paul and Silas, he's
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stirring the whole city up.
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These are turning
the world upside down.
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The Romans
otherwise wouldn't have cared.
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But there were either the idol
makers were threatened by the
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work of Paul who
said, "Don't pray to idols."
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Or it was some of the Jews that
had rejected their teachings
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about Jesus.
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They said they were--they're
throwing out the law of Moses.
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So later, it became the
Romans when the Jews rebelled
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against Rome.
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Then Christians were persecuted
along with the Jews because they
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saw them as the same
monotheistic religion, reading
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the same Bible.
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Jëan: So, you mentioned that
before Saul's conversion when he
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was still Saul and he was
persecuting the Christians, he
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was doing so in the name
of the religious leaders,
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the Sanhedrin.
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He wasn't doing it in the
name of Rome or the Caesar's.
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So later on, actually, it's
interesting, there were times
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when the Jewish leadership
wanted Paul, this is after his
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conversion, wanted to kill
him and it was the Romans that
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actually protected him until
he made it all the way back--
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Doug: In the
temple on the steps.
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That's right, they saved him.
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Jëan: All right
thank you, Glenn.
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Next caller that we have
is Karen in British Columbia.
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Karen, welcome to
"Bible Answers Live."
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Karen: Hi there, pastors.
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Thank you for taking my call.
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I listen to you all the time and
you are a blessing both of you.
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Doug: Thank you.
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Karen: You had mentioned the
other night, I listen to "Bible
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Answers Live" quite often and
you had talked to a man who was
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saying that at the flood when
all the people on the earth were
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destroyed and that the Bible
does say something about all the
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souls in the sea died.
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And I think you had said
you thought that could be true.
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But I was wondering if that's
the case, wouldn't the Lord
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hadn't had to have recreated
all the fish that are now in
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the sea.
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Doug: Yeah.
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Now, I think there
may be a misunderstanding.
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There is a verse that
talks about it in every soul
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in the sea died.
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That's in the seventh plague if
I'm not mistaken, Pastor Ross,
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it's not
talking about the flood.
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During the flood, we don't
believe all the sea life died.
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You might think with all the
turmoil and the mud and the silt
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that is blowing around in the
waters during the flood that it
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would choke a lot of sea life.
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Some probably did get killed
because you find fossils of
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these great sea
creatures that are dead.
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But I'm amazed every year, we've
got trout in our creek up in the
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hills and it floods in the
winter and there's logs and mud
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and debris and everything
washing down the creek.
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And I think, I don't know
how any fish could ever survive.
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And the next spring
there they are again.
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Somehow they hide in the
little eddies and the ripples of
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the rocks.
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So, a lot of sea life
did survive the flood.
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In fact, it's kind of
interesting Lake Titicaca, which
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is, I don't know, 11,000
feet high, it's got sharks.
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Freshwater sharks and they're
not that distantly related to
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the sharks you'd
find in the ocean.
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When those mountain ranges
of the Andes rose up, there were
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bodies of water that
just rose up with them.
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And some of the sea life there
are similar to the sea life you
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find in the sea.
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So, and they find fossils inland
where there used to be oceans
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that aren't there.
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So, I believe a lot of sea
life did survive the flood.
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I don't think God recreated.
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I think a lot was destroyed
and they're extinct now.
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Jëan: And the plague
you're referring to Revelation
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chapter 16, verse 3.
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It's the second plague
and it talks about the sea
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turning to blood and every
living creature in the sea died.
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Doug: I think it
says soul in King James.
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Yeah, so that's talking
about something a different time
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period at the end of time.
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But yeah, a lot of sea creatures
did survive the flood, the birds
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and the land
animals were in the Ark.
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Sea creatures were
still in the water.
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Thanks.
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Jëan: Next call that we
have is Anthony in New York.
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Anthony, welcome to
"Bible Answers Live."
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Anthony: Yes
good evening, pastors.
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My question, it's based on
Hebrews chapter 8 where God
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talks about the new covenant
that he was gonna make with the
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house of Israel, which
we know that's spiritual
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Israel, Christians.
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But my question is all
throughout the Bible, we see
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covenants that God
makes with His people.
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He made covenant with Noah.
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He made a covenant with
Abraham and just all throughout
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the Bible.
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And then what I also realized is
that in like Deuteronomy chapter
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28 for example, there were
blessings and there were curses
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that were mentioned there.
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So, I was having a conversation
with a friend and they
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say, "Yeah."
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So, whenever we don't keep part
of the bargain, when we avoid,
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when we break the covenant, then
God breaks His, when we break
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the covenant with God or when we
do something wrong according to
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the covenant, then God
breaks His covenant with us.
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And it just didn't sit
well with me to say that God
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breaks covenants.
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So, I just wanted to know, is
there any evidence in the Bible
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of God breaking a
covenant with his people.
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Or is it just that we work our
covenant with God and we just
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suffer the consequences of that?
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Doug: Yeah, well,
the word covenant,
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I would not use
the word break because
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break would make whoever
breaks the covenant is violating
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the agreement.
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If I make a contract with
you, and there's certain terms.
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If you break the covenant, the
contract becomes null and void.
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There are places in the Bible.
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I'm trying to think there's
several places actually where
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God says, you know,
"You've broken the covenant."
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He tells them,
"You've broken the covenant."
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And so, the promises that God
had are conditional on keeping
00:20:08.00\00:20:12.44
the covenant.
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If we don't keep the covenant,
then the promises are null
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and void.
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God says, "If you will do
this, then I will do that."
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And so, God
never breaks His Word.
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But if we break the covenant,
then the promises are null
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and void.
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And different covenants had
different promises like in the
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Ten Commandments, it says,
"Honor your father and mother."
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Promise says, "Your days
will be long on the land that I
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give you."
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And so, pay your tithe and the
promise is, "I will open for you
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the windows of heaven."
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Now, there's some people that
have long life, but he's not
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opened the windows because
they don't pay their tithe.
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So, I mean, there are different
promises where words and
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covenants all through the Bible.
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But yeah, God
never breaks His Word.
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Heaven and earth will pass away.
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His Word won't pass away, but
we might break the covenant and
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then the promises it's
nullified at that point.
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Jëan: All right,
thank you, Anthony.
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Next caller that we
have is Robert in California.
00:21:08.30\00:21:10.97
Robert, welcome to
"Bible Answers Live."
00:21:11.00\00:21:12.33
Robert: Yes, pastors.
00:21:12.37\00:21:13.70
Thank you for taking my call.
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My question is
about man's free will.
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And in the book of Jonah, we all
know that God had asked Jonah to
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prophesy to the
wicked people of Nineveh.
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And he decided not to do that
and took off and fled to the
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ocean, got on a ship and was
sinking, and then got into the
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water and then the fish
swallowed him and brought him
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back to make him go to
Nineveh and do God's bidding.
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So, the question is, I guess
Jonah did not choose to do that.
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He left and actually was
punished in a kind of a singular
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way here of
coming back to do it.
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And my point is that there,
see, there's a fine distinction
00:21:58.58\00:22:03.32
between I'm not gonna do that,
but he knew directly from God
00:22:03.35\00:22:07.52
that you'd better do this.
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And he, you know, had to come
back and through extraordinary
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circumstances to do it.
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So, is there some point that
really, we know that there is
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some way that we don't have
to guess to do something right?
00:22:17.40\00:22:20.90
Like Moses is doing the work
that he did, you know, he was
00:22:20.94\00:22:24.41
kind of told by, you know, after
he was pushed out of Egypt to
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through the circumstances to
go up and be told do this and he
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went and did it, you know, he
re released the Israeli people.
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But at that time, he didn't do
you now, "Do you want to do this
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or not?"
00:22:41.82\00:22:43.16
No, I'm not gonna go back there.
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Doug: So, first of all, with
Jonah, I would argue that Jonah
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still had a choice because
if you look at Jonah chapter 3,
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after his terrible experience in
the fish, he prays and repents
00:22:50.80\00:22:55.00
during that time, fish burps him
out on dry ground says, "Now the
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word of the Lord came to Jonah
the second time, saying, 'Arise,
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and go to Nineveh.'"
00:23:02.68\00:23:04.01
Jonah could have said no again.
00:23:04.05\00:23:05.85
But after what he'd been
through, he thought, you know,
00:23:05.88\00:23:08.18
"Things don't go well
when I don't listen to God."
00:23:08.22\00:23:10.15
So, he went, but there's stories
in the Bible where God asked
00:23:10.19\00:23:12.89
prophets to do
things, they didn't do it.
00:23:12.92\00:23:14.59
And one prophet
said no, and he died.
00:23:14.62\00:23:17.59
So, he had a choice.
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Sometimes the
consequences were pretty severe.
00:23:21.46\00:23:24.20
But you've got a lot
of examples in the Bible.
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Even Moses had a choice when
he said, "Oh, don't send me."
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God says, "Well, if you say you
can't speak, your brother will
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translate for you."
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But, and even Moses nearly died
on his way because he was in
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disobedience when he stopped
and says, the angel of the Lord
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nearly slew him.
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Jëan: Then you go, Balaam, the
prophet who really wanted to go
00:23:42.42\00:23:45.35
to get the money.
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And he said, "No,
God says I can't go."
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And then God allowed him to go.
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So yes, God does recognize
freedom of choice even with
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the prophets.
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Doug: And it
backfired for Balaam.
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So, hopefully that
helps a little bit, Robert.
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We thank you for your question.
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We do have a book, "Can a
Saved Man Choose to be Lost?"
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That talks about free will.
00:24:02.54\00:24:03.84
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Next caller that we
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Ivan, welcome to
"Bible Answers Live."
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Ivan: Hello,
pastors, good evening.
00:24:36.77\00:24:38.27
Doug: Evening.
00:24:38.31\00:24:39.61
Ivan: Thank you
for taking my call.
00:24:39.64\00:24:40.98
Yes, I had a question but I
actually wanted to answer one
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of yours.
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Doug: You want to
answer one for me, huh?
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Ivan: Yes.
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So, every time I, sometimes I
see you when you do a ministry
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on YouTube, I see that you asked
the question about the Ark of
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the Covenant if
someone has found it yet.
00:24:55.26\00:24:57.26
I've seen a couple of
videos on the internet.
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There were the, it was found
by a man named Ron Wyatt back
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in 1982.
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Doug: I know about that and
I think that's been disproven.
00:25:04.57\00:25:07.74
Ivan: Oh, I see.
00:25:07.77\00:25:09.07
Doug: I've been
there on three occasions.
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Pastor Ross has been there.
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There's no cave
underneath the cross.
00:25:12.57\00:25:15.88
And the whole
thing was fabricated.
00:25:15.91\00:25:18.61
But, yeah, anyway, I
won't go into that right now.
00:25:18.65\00:25:22.05
But, yeah, I don't
believe the Ark has been found.
00:25:22.08\00:25:24.69
No, it's ok.
00:25:24.72\00:25:26.05
I know about the videos and,
some people, you know, they'll
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believe anything but
it's not been discovered.
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Anyway, go to
your question though.
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Ivan: Yeah.
00:25:34.10\00:25:35.40
Okay, well, my
question was about medication.
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Is it okay to take prescribed
medication that makes you
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like, woozy?
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Doug: Well, you know, we'll
be very careful not to pretend
00:25:42.40\00:25:45.67
we're doctors and
tell you what to take.
00:25:45.71\00:25:47.34
But there's no moral sin in
taking medicine that is, you
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know, achieving a
goal and hopefully healing.
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You can see, for instance,
in Jeremiah 46:11, "Go up to
00:25:55.38\00:25:59.55
Gilead, take Balm, O virgin,
daughter of Egypt; in vain
00:25:59.59\00:26:02.92
they'll use many medicines;
and you'll not be cured."
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And then you read in Ezekiel
chapter 47 verse 12 says, "The
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fruit of these trees will
be for food, and their leaves
00:26:10.30\00:26:12.97
for medicine."
00:26:13.00\00:26:14.30
They use medicine back in
Bible times when Hezekiah had a
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terrible boil.
00:26:18.94\00:26:20.68
Isaiah didn't just
wave his hand over him.
00:26:20.71\00:26:22.68
He says they placed a lump of
figs, a poultice on his leg and
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it healed the boil.
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So, that was a medic--medical
treatment, so to speak.
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So yeah, check with your doctor.
00:26:30.62\00:26:31.95
If it's making you
dizzy, you might wanna check
00:26:31.99\00:26:33.89
the prescription.
00:26:33.92\00:26:35.22
But no moral dilemma in using
medicine for a good purpose.
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Don't abuse drugs.
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That's a different thing.
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Scarlett Varley:
I'm Scarlett Varley.
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I grew up in a military home.
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Both my parents were in the Navy
and my mom left fairly early and
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then my dad stayed for 15 years
and so he was deployed a lot.
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We would read the Bible every
night together as a family.
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And I mean, I knew like that God
was there and like I knew that
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He, like, died for me.
00:27:30.65\00:27:31.95
But it wasn't something
that, like, you know, stuck in
00:27:31.98\00:27:34.08
my head.
00:27:34.12\00:27:35.45
Any time I went to church, I
never got enough information.
00:27:35.48\00:27:39.22
You know, you're
there for just like an hour.
00:27:39.25\00:27:41.56
I was super, super hungry
for knowledge and I wasn't being
00:27:41.59\00:27:44.26
given it.
00:27:44.29\00:27:45.63
And even though I accepted
Christ, my faith, like, really
00:27:45.66\00:27:48.56
wasn't all that strong.
00:27:48.60\00:27:51.63
I mean, I lost my first friend
in high school, you know, my
00:27:51.67\00:27:54.27
first boyfriend to suicide
and that was really hard and I
00:27:54.30\00:27:57.31
didn't understand it and I was
just really, really depressed.
00:27:57.34\00:28:03.61
I was also like, abused and so
I was just really confused and I
00:28:03.65\00:28:08.38
was like, Lord, why was I put
in that situation where I had no
00:28:08.42\00:28:11.42
control over anything?
00:28:11.45\00:28:13.72
I was suicidal.
00:28:13.76\00:28:15.06
I was developing
an eating disorder.
00:28:15.09\00:28:17.06
So, like all these things were
just coming into play, you know,
00:28:17.09\00:28:21.56
I don't feel loved, you know,
that's not something that would
00:28:21.60\00:28:23.60
happen if I was loved and that's
not something that happened if
00:28:23.63\00:28:26.53
maybe I must have done something
wrong if I went through that.
00:28:26.57\00:28:29.64
And I just blamed
myself for everything.
00:28:29.67\00:28:32.84
On the outside I was still like
super happy and outgoing and I'd
00:28:32.87\00:28:36.24
give everyone a hug and
compliment them and try to put
00:28:36.28\00:28:38.85
the attention on other people.
00:28:38.88\00:28:41.02
And so people didn't
know what I was going through.
00:28:41.05\00:28:44.85
I was just super confused
about life and why am I here?
00:28:44.89\00:28:47.76
Like, I don't think I
have a reason to even be alive.
00:28:47.79\00:28:51.73
And I was really
confused with God.
00:28:51.76\00:28:53.70
Like, why would
you let this happen?
00:28:53.73\00:28:55.00
Like, why
wouldn't you intervene?
00:28:55.03\00:28:57.70
I just wanted to change it.
00:28:57.73\00:28:59.33
I wanted to change it so bad.
00:28:59.37\00:29:01.24
And there was
nothing I could do.
00:29:01.27\00:29:04.07
I quit choir because I
was around too many people.
00:29:04.11\00:29:08.94
Choir was a big thing.
00:29:08.98\00:29:10.61
I just isolated myself
because I couldn't stand being
00:29:10.65\00:29:14.18
around people.
00:29:14.22\00:29:15.45
And I was like, oh, well, if
I don't have any friends and if
00:29:15.48\00:29:18.12
something happens to them, well,
then it won't affect me because
00:29:18.15\00:29:20.66
I'm not part of their lives.
00:29:20.69\00:29:22.29
And so, I was just really
scared of just losing people.
00:29:22.32\00:29:25.19
And so, I thought if the more I
pushed them away, the easier it
00:29:25.23\00:29:28.66
would be to
just go through life.
00:29:28.70\00:29:30.50
The problem was I didn't
turn to God and that's what I
00:29:30.53\00:29:33.13
needed Him most.
00:29:33.17\00:29:35.04
My sophomore year in high
school, we went on this thing
00:29:35.07\00:29:37.97
called Fall Weekend.
00:29:38.01\00:29:39.34
So, we went on a retreat for
like the weekend and they showed
00:29:39.37\00:29:42.54
this clip of Jesus Christ
on the cross and that broke me.
00:29:42.58\00:29:47.05
I mean, I was crying, crying so
much and after they showed the
00:29:47.08\00:29:51.72
clip, you know, everyone's super
quiet and they're like, I go out
00:29:51.75\00:29:54.96
on the campus, and we're gonna
do this thing called 20 Minutes.
00:29:54.99\00:29:59.29
And so, I'm sitting out
there and I'm just like praying.
00:29:59.33\00:30:03.50
I gave my life to Christ
and it was just such, like, a
00:30:03.53\00:30:05.50
beautiful moment.
00:30:05.53\00:30:08.30
Right around that time, my dad
found Doug Batchelor on the TV.
00:30:08.34\00:30:14.48
And so he's like,
"Scarlett, come watch this."
00:30:14.51\00:30:16.61
And I'm like, "All
right, like, I'll watch it."
00:30:16.64\00:30:19.01
And so, we started
watching it, like, all the time.
00:30:19.05\00:30:21.75
And, he's like, "You know,
this is like the Bible truth."
00:30:21.78\00:30:24.45
I was like, "It definitely is."
00:30:24.49\00:30:25.82
He's like, "Scarlett,
you should go to Afco."
00:30:25.85\00:30:28.99
And I was like, "That's
not really my cup of tea."
00:30:29.02\00:30:33.50
I was a very spirited person and
Afco was structured and I, me as
00:30:33.53\00:30:40.64
a person, I
wasn't too structured.
00:30:40.67\00:30:43.07
But you know, the more I thought
about Afco, the happier I got
00:30:43.10\00:30:45.37
and it was like a two weeks
notice before Afco started.
00:30:45.41\00:30:48.21
She's like, "You got accepted
like we emailed you your letter
00:30:48.24\00:30:51.01
and all this stuff."
00:30:51.05\00:30:52.28
And I was like, "Oh no, oh no, I
have to pack up my entire life."
00:30:52.31\00:30:55.28
And so I'm like, frantically,
like, packing up everything and
00:30:55.32\00:30:58.65
me and my dad like, drive cross
country and Afco is not what I
00:30:58.69\00:31:02.66
expected at all.
00:31:02.69\00:31:04.66
They've definitely led me, and
helped me, and talked to me, and
00:31:04.69\00:31:07.86
taught me, and just loved me,
and accepted me as who I was,
00:31:07.93\00:31:11.63
and just helped me grow as a
person, and showing me different
00:31:11.67\00:31:14.77
ways of life and just how
to live like a better life
00:31:14.80\00:31:18.17
in all sorts of areas.
00:31:18.21\00:31:20.04
Without the help of the Lord
00:31:20.08\00:31:21.31
and without like people who love
the Lord and love me, I wouldn't
00:31:21.34\00:31:25.25
be where I am today.
00:31:25.28\00:31:27.38
Even though I didn't want Him,
I, you know, I kind of shoved
00:31:27.42\00:31:30.19
Him away, He didn't let go.
00:31:30.22\00:31:31.62
And so, I'm super grateful.
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00:32:52.67\00:32:55.80
a few of those.
00:32:55.84\00:32:57.17
My name is Doug Batchelor.
00:32:57.21\00:32:58.54
Jëan: My name is Jëan Ross and
we've got some email questions
00:32:58.57\00:33:00.41
for Pastor Doug.
00:33:00.44\00:33:01.78
For those of you who
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Jeremy is asking, "In James
chapter 5, verse 16, it says,
00:33:13.56\00:33:16.49
'Confess your sins to
one another and pray for
00:33:16.52\00:33:18.46
one another.'
00:33:18.49\00:33:19.83
Does this mean that we should
share our deepest wrongdoings to
00:33:19.86\00:33:22.66
our fellow brethren?"
00:33:22.70\00:33:24.57
Doug: No.
00:33:24.60\00:33:25.83
You don't wanna be confessing
personal sins to the public or
00:33:25.87\00:33:29.20
even your friends.
00:33:29.24\00:33:31.51
I think it's basically saying,
you know, in a general sense
00:33:31.54\00:33:35.54
that we tell people,
"You know, I'm struggling.
00:33:35.58\00:33:37.38
Will you pray for me?"
00:33:37.41\00:33:38.75
Otherwise, you get into the mode
of where people used to confess
00:33:38.78\00:33:42.38
their sins to the priests.
00:33:42.42\00:33:43.95
And I think it would be terrible
to be a priest and have to
00:33:43.99\00:33:47.09
listen to all
the intimate secrets.
00:33:47.12\00:33:49.19
It's probably not good for
his own soul to know that much.
00:33:49.22\00:33:51.83
Sometimes you get what they call
too much information and they
00:33:51.86\00:33:56.33
say confession is good for the
soul but bad for the reputation.
00:33:56.36\00:34:00.04
So, you know, unless you've
got a close friend and there's
00:34:00.07\00:34:03.27
something specific you know,
really feel like you need to
00:34:03.30\00:34:05.91
share and ask for their prayer
for be very careful about making
00:34:05.94\00:34:10.15
your personal problems public.
00:34:10.18\00:34:12.71
Jëan: All right.
00:34:12.75\00:34:14.05
Next one that we have is
actually next email question we
00:34:14.08\00:34:15.78
have is Mosh asking, "If Satan
can turn himself into an angel
00:34:15.82\00:34:19.09
of light, how do we know whether
it is him or whether it's a
00:34:19.12\00:34:22.29
real angel?"
00:34:22.32\00:34:23.66
Doug: Good question.
00:34:23.69\00:34:24.99
I think when the devil appeared
to Jesus in the wilderness, he
00:34:25.03\00:34:27.96
appeared as an angel of light.
00:34:27.96\00:34:29.46
He didn't plop down like a, you
know, a devil with bat wings and
00:34:29.50\00:34:32.53
a goatee and horns and
say, "I've got a proposition."
00:34:32.57\00:34:35.17
Jesus never would
have been fooled by that.
00:34:35.20\00:34:38.07
But what he said
revealed who he was.
00:34:38.11\00:34:40.48
That's why by the third
temptation, Jesus said, "Get
00:34:40.51\00:34:42.78
behind me, Satan."
00:34:42.81\00:34:44.11
He knew who he was.
00:34:44.15\00:34:45.48
And so, you measure whether it's
an angel of God or an angel of
00:34:45.51\00:34:50.12
the devil based on what
they say in the Word of God.
00:34:50.15\00:34:53.36
It's the same measurements you'd
use to how do you know a true
00:34:53.39\00:34:55.92
prophet from a false prophet?
00:34:55.96\00:34:57.73
Jesus said, "You'll
know them by their fruits."
00:34:57.76\00:34:59.66
And you can measure what
they say by the Word of God.
00:34:59.69\00:35:02.76
Moses says actually in
Deuteronomy says, "If anyone
00:35:02.80\00:35:05.43
says he's a prophet and he says
anything against what I teach."
00:35:05.47\00:35:09.64
Paul said, "Even if an angel
from heaven should teach you
00:35:09.67\00:35:12.57
another gospel, let
him be accursed, anathema."
00:35:12.61\00:35:16.18
So yeah, based on what they say.
00:35:16.21\00:35:18.91
Jëan: All right, maybe
time for one more of these
00:35:18.95\00:35:20.55
email questions.
00:35:20.58\00:35:21.92
So, Nathaniel from Indonesia,
he's asking, "John the Baptist
00:35:21.95\00:35:25.45
knew that Jesus' is real mission
or what his real mission was and
00:35:25.49\00:35:29.36
prepared the way for Him.
00:35:29.39\00:35:30.63
Why then in Matthew chapter 11,
did he seem to express doubt and
00:35:30.66\00:35:34.46
send his disciples to confirm
that Jesus was the Coming One?"
00:35:34.50\00:35:39.20
Doug: Well, John heard from the
Holy Spirit when Christ came to
00:35:39.23\00:35:42.17
get baptized, "This is the One."
00:35:42.20\00:35:43.84
And twice, he said,
"This is the Lamb of God."
00:35:43.87\00:35:46.78
But even John, like the apostles
thought that Jesus at some point
00:35:46.81\00:35:51.01
was gonna reveal Himself
as the new king of Israel.
00:35:51.05\00:35:53.82
John even believed the popular
Jewish beliefs that Christ's
00:35:53.85\00:35:57.69
Second Coming and First Coming
were commingled and that somehow
00:35:57.72\00:36:01.16
He was gonna make Israel a
great nation again and bring an
00:36:01.19\00:36:04.46
everlasting righteousness.
00:36:04.49\00:36:05.79
And he kept waiting for
Jesus to do something dramatic.
00:36:05.83\00:36:09.00
And while John was languishing
in Herod's prison, the devil
00:36:09.03\00:36:13.67
began to work on him and he
started wondering, "Did I get
00:36:13.70\00:36:16.14
it wrong?
00:36:16.17\00:36:17.51
Are you the one or do
we look for someone else?"
00:36:17.54\00:36:19.47
And Jesus told the messengers
from John, "Just stand here for
00:36:19.51\00:36:23.18
a minute."
00:36:23.21\00:36:24.45
And they watched Jesus open the
eyes of the blind, and heal the
00:36:24.48\00:36:27.18
sick, and maybe
even raise the dead.
00:36:27.22\00:36:28.75
And He said, "Go tell
John what you've seen."
00:36:28.78\00:36:32.59
And then John remembered the
verse in Isaiah where it says
00:36:32.62\00:36:35.69
that He would preach the gospel,
that He would heal the sick in
00:36:35.72\00:36:39.69
the ministry of Christ.
00:36:39.73\00:36:41.00
And he said,
"Yeah, He is the Messiah."
00:36:41.03\00:36:42.86
It just wasn't time for Him
to manifest Himself as king yet.
00:36:42.90\00:36:47.37
So, yeah, John was, but I think
John had peace after that and he
00:36:47.40\00:36:50.47
was ready to die, obviously.
00:36:50.51\00:36:52.54
Jëan: Okay, we're
gonna go to the phone lines.
00:36:52.57\00:36:54.11
Our next call that we have
Alan standing by in California.
00:36:54.14\00:36:56.91
Alan, welcome to
"Bible Answers Live."
00:36:56.95\00:36:58.81
You're on the air.
00:36:58.85\00:37:00.22
Alan: Thank you, gentlemen.
00:37:00.25\00:37:01.58
Bakersfield, California here.
00:37:01.62\00:37:02.92
Well, I was reading 2 Chronicles
7 verse 14 where God is saying
00:37:02.95\00:37:07.06
that, "If My people who
are called by My name, humble
00:37:07.09\00:37:09.39
themselves and pray and seek
My face," and then it goes on to
00:37:09.42\00:37:12.73
say He'll do His
part by healing the land.
00:37:12.76\00:37:15.76
Now, is there a certain amount
of people that need to do that
00:37:15.80\00:37:18.53
before he grants that because I
know in Genesis 18, Abraham kind
00:37:18.57\00:37:23.04
of like negotiates with God
about 50 people to save the city
00:37:23.07\00:37:27.51
of Sodom,
righteous people than 40?
00:37:27.54\00:37:29.31
And he goes down.
00:37:29.34\00:37:30.65
So, there's some flexibility
there, some negotiation there.
00:37:30.68\00:37:32.71
I just didn't know if--
00:37:32.75\00:37:34.18
Doug: Yeah, well--
00:37:34.22\00:37:35.75
Alan: What that
meant in 2 Chronicles.
00:37:35.78\00:37:37.09
Doug: Two thing, I think
you have two different things
00:37:37.12\00:37:38.79
happening in the story where
Abraham is interceding for the
00:37:38.82\00:37:42.26
city of Sodom and Gomorrah.
00:37:42.29\00:37:44.63
It wasn't just a famine.
00:37:44.66\00:37:47.20
See, when 2 Chronicles it says,
"If God withholds the heaven, so
00:37:47.23\00:37:50.53
it does not rain."
00:37:50.57\00:37:52.27
He says, "If My people called by
My name will humble themselves
00:37:52.30\00:37:55.10
and pray and turn, I will bless
them with the rain of heaven."
00:37:55.14\00:37:59.64
In the story of Sodom and
Gomorrah, God's getting ready to
00:37:59.67\00:38:01.78
annihilate these nations
that have just totally given
00:38:01.81\00:38:06.35
themselves over to wickedness.
00:38:06.38\00:38:08.22
And so, there, Abraham
is pleading for them to have
00:38:08.25\00:38:11.55
more time.
00:38:11.59\00:38:12.92
He's not saying they're
gonna have good weather.
00:38:12.95\00:38:14.29
He's trying to save
them from annihilation.
00:38:14.32\00:38:16.79
And God says, "Well, if there's
still 10 or 12 people in the
00:38:16.83\00:38:19.93
city that can witness, there'll
be salt, there'll be light,
00:38:19.96\00:38:22.66
there might be hope
that there'll be a revival.
00:38:22.70\00:38:25.20
But if you don't have any
witnesses there, then people are
00:38:25.23\00:38:28.74
fully given over to evil."
00:38:28.77\00:38:30.21
So, there's two different
things happening there.
00:38:30.24\00:38:32.97
But I think the principle is
still true that you find in 2
00:38:33.01\00:38:35.51
Chronicles that if a nation that
is suffering under the judgments
00:38:35.54\00:38:39.65
of God, He's
withdrawn His blessings.
00:38:39.68\00:38:41.28
If they'll humble themselves
and pray, He did it for Israel
00:38:41.32\00:38:44.35
many times.
00:38:44.39\00:38:45.72
He can do it for our nation too.
00:38:45.75\00:38:47.66
Jëan: And I think it's got a
broad application in addition to
00:38:47.69\00:38:49.89
just the nation and
particularly Israel.
00:38:49.92\00:38:52.33
But it's also referring to the
church, the people of God, there
00:38:52.36\00:38:55.16
is a revival needed amongst
those who claim to be the
00:38:55.20\00:38:57.57
followers of Christ.
00:38:57.60\00:38:59.07
And that revival
comes as a result of earnest
00:38:59.10\00:39:01.87
fervent prayer.
00:39:01.90\00:39:03.20
We're seeking the latter
rain not just literal rain.
00:39:03.24\00:39:06.14
So this promise is incorporating
a revival amongst God's people.
00:39:06.17\00:39:11.01
If they turn to
Him in prayer as well.
00:39:11.05\00:39:13.05
Doug: That's right.
00:39:13.08\00:39:14.38
Jëan: All right, next one
that we have is Xylyn in Texas.
00:39:14.42\00:39:17.85
Xylyn, welcome to the program.
00:39:17.89\00:39:19.95
Xylyn: Hi, Pastor Doug.
00:39:19.99\00:39:21.32
Doug: Hi.
00:39:21.36\00:39:22.66
Xylyn: I'm doing
Bible study right now.
00:39:22.69\00:39:24.03
Do I have to know all the
truth or what is it best to
00:39:24.06\00:39:27.00
get baptized?
00:39:27.03\00:39:28.30
Doug: Okay, good question.
00:39:28.33\00:39:29.70
Do I need to know all the truth?
00:39:29.73\00:39:31.73
No.
00:39:31.77\00:39:33.30
There are certain fundamentals
that you should know both to
00:39:33.34\00:39:36.17
give a Bible study or
for a person to be baptized.
00:39:36.20\00:39:39.17
Jesus says in Matthew chapter
28 says, "Go therefore and teach
00:39:39.21\00:39:43.41
all nations baptizing in
the name of the Father, Son,
00:39:43.45\00:39:46.25
and Holy Spirit,
teaching them to observe
00:39:46.28\00:39:48.75
all things I've commanded you."
00:39:48.78\00:39:50.22
So, there is
teaching before baptism.
00:39:50.25\00:39:52.35
And of course, there's a
lot of teaching after baptism.
00:39:52.39\00:39:55.22
Before two people get married,
they may not know everything
00:39:55.26\00:39:58.49
about the other person, but
they wanna know that person well
00:39:58.53\00:40:01.40
enough to commit their life.
00:40:01.43\00:40:03.23
And before a person's baptized,
well in our church, they go
00:40:03.26\00:40:07.04
through, you know about a
dozen baptismal vows that are
00:40:07.07\00:40:10.77
the basics.
00:40:10.81\00:40:12.11
Need to know of course, the what
that, who God is and that the
00:40:12.14\00:40:15.94
Bible is His Word, that it's
holy and it's the bottom line
00:40:15.98\00:40:19.01
for our truth and believing
in the commandments of God,
00:40:19.05\00:40:23.39
understand what sin is and the
penalty for sin and salvation
00:40:23.42\00:40:26.19
from sin.
00:40:26.22\00:40:27.52
So, there's some basics a
person needs to understand
00:40:27.56\00:40:29.52
before baptism.
00:40:29.56\00:40:30.99
But you can start giving
Bible studies as soon as you
00:40:31.03\00:40:33.36
understand
anything in the Bible.
00:40:33.40\00:40:35.26
Jesus sent the apostles out
teaching before they knew a lot
00:40:35.30\00:40:39.17
and there's some,
several things they didn't know.
00:40:39.20\00:40:42.10
Jëan: So, yes, keep
studying, keep learning.
00:40:42.14\00:40:44.11
And you know, when you're ready,
it's time to get baptized.
00:40:44.14\00:40:47.61
Doug: And by the
way, Xylyn, is it Xylyn?
00:40:47.64\00:40:52.05
Jëan: Xylyn.
00:40:52.08\00:40:53.42
Doug: Xylyn, you're--giving
Bible studies is the best way to
00:40:53.45\00:40:56.45
remember scripture.
00:40:56.48\00:40:57.82
As you share it with other
people, you're gonna remember it
00:40:57.85\00:41:00.92
a lot better.
00:41:00.96\00:41:02.26
So, keep it up.
00:41:02.29\00:41:03.63
Jëan: Next one that we have
is Peter listening in Maine.
00:41:03.66\00:41:05.63
Peter, welcome to
"Bible Answers Live."
00:41:05.66\00:41:07.96
Peter: Yeah, thank you, doctor.
00:41:07.96\00:41:09.26
I mean, Pastor Doug and Ross.
00:41:09.30\00:41:12.27
My question is from
1 Corinthians 11:20-21.
00:41:12.30\00:41:19.11
And it says, "Therefore when you
come together in one place, it
00:41:19.14\00:41:22.98
is not to eat the Lord's supper.
00:41:23.01\00:41:25.21
For one is eating, each one
takes his own supper ahead of
00:41:25.25\00:41:29.18
another; and one is
hungry and another is drunk."
00:41:29.22\00:41:33.05
So, my question is when they
partake of the Lord's supper,
00:41:33.09\00:41:39.03
it's not fermented wine.
00:41:39.06\00:41:40.36
So, why is somebody drunk?
00:41:40.40\00:41:43.53
Doug: Yeah, well, it wasn't
supposed to be, the Corinthians
00:41:43.57\00:41:45.43
had a lot of problems.
00:41:45.47\00:41:46.80
They also had a man
living with his stepmother.
00:41:46.84\00:41:49.60
And in the communion
service it's not supposed to be
00:41:49.64\00:41:53.74
a meal so much as to
satisfy hunger because it's
00:41:53.78\00:41:58.21
unleavened bread.
00:41:58.25\00:42:00.25
And it's supposed to be not only
unleavened bread, it's supposed
00:42:00.28\00:42:02.55
to be unfermented wine because
one is a sign of the purity of
00:42:02.58\00:42:07.09
Christ's flesh and the
other is a purity of his blood,
00:42:07.12\00:42:10.73
his gospel.
00:42:10.76\00:42:12.16
And so, it is Babylon that has
wine that makes people drunk.
00:42:12.19\00:42:15.53
So, the Corinthians, Paul
is correcting them from doing
00:42:15.56\00:42:18.03
it wrong.
00:42:18.07\00:42:19.37
He said, "You're not only
drinking wine too much, you
00:42:19.40\00:42:23.41
drink of the wrong kind and some
people are coming thinking it's
00:42:23.44\00:42:26.78
a meal and they eat before
you've even had the service and
00:42:26.81\00:42:29.58
someone has nothing
left when they get there."
00:42:29.61\00:42:31.18
He said, "You
guys don't understand."
00:42:31.21\00:42:32.95
So, I would not use the
Corinthians as an example for
00:42:32.98\00:42:36.32
whether it's supposed to be
fermented or not because Paul is
00:42:36.35\00:42:38.55
basically telling that
you're doing it all wrong.
00:42:38.59\00:42:41.66
Jëan: And the good news is, you
know, Paul wrote another letter
00:42:41.69\00:42:43.99
in 2 Corinthians and it appears
a lot of the counsel that Paul
00:42:44.03\00:42:47.40
had given in 1 Corinthians
had been heeded because it's a
00:42:47.40\00:42:50.23
little more encouraging
and positive when he wrote
00:42:50.27\00:42:52.77
2 Corinthians.
00:42:52.80\00:42:54.10
Doug: He praises them for trying
to right some of the wrong.
00:42:54.14\00:42:56.17
Jëan: Trying to do
the right thing, yeah.
00:42:56.20\00:42:57.54
All right, thank you Peter.
00:42:57.57\00:42:58.87
Next call that we
have is Alan in Virginia.
00:42:58.91\00:43:00.48
Alan, welcome to
"Bible Answers Live."
00:43:00.51\00:43:02.24
Alan: Hello, I just was
wanted to ask if abortion
00:43:02.28\00:43:06.55
is unbiblical?
00:43:06.58\00:43:08.55
Doug: Yeah.
00:43:08.58\00:43:09.92
Simple question,
simple answer would be yes.
00:43:09.95\00:43:13.39
Now let me give you
some verses for that.
00:43:13.42\00:43:15.92
First of all just going to, and
I know this is a very sensitive
00:43:15.96\00:43:19.56
divisive topic in
our country right now.
00:43:19.59\00:43:22.30
But the question is,
is human life sacred?
00:43:22.33\00:43:26.50
Well, the Bible says, yes, that
people are made in the image of
00:43:26.53\00:43:29.90
God and that that life should
be preserved and protected.
00:43:29.94\00:43:34.24
When does human life begin?
00:43:34.28\00:43:36.58
The only place that you can
pinpoint when you know it would
00:43:36.61\00:43:40.25
begin is that conception when
the cells of the man and the
00:43:40.28\00:43:45.29
woman spark into life
and create a new being.
00:43:45.32\00:43:49.09
And in the Bible prior to birth,
it talks about the baby within
00:43:49.12\00:43:53.86
Elizabeth who is John the
Baptist leaping at the tidings
00:43:53.90\00:43:57.13
of Mary when she comes to visit.
00:43:57.17\00:43:59.27
So here she's I think six
months along at that time, if we
00:43:59.30\00:44:03.04
calculate correctly,
Mary's three months along.
00:44:03.07\00:44:06.11
And she says, "The babe leapt
inside me at the tidings of
00:44:06.14\00:44:11.05
your coming."
00:44:11.08\00:44:12.38
Well, it treats it
like a man like a human.
00:44:12.41\00:44:14.78
And when Bathsheba discovers
that she's pregnant, she doesn't
00:44:14.82\00:44:17.89
say to David, "I've
got, you know, fetal tissue."
00:44:17.92\00:44:19.72
She says, "I am with child."
00:44:19.75\00:44:21.66
Child is a child and she may
have only been missed a period
00:44:21.69\00:44:26.66
or two and two or three
months along and she said it was
00:44:26.70\00:44:29.06
a baby.
00:44:29.10\00:44:30.43
So I think the Bible is pretty
clear that human life is sacred.
00:44:30.47\00:44:35.17
Now, is it an unpardonable sin?
00:44:35.20\00:44:37.17
No.
00:44:37.21\00:44:38.91
You know, there's a lot
of people out there that made
00:44:38.94\00:44:42.54
decisions for abortion and
God is a merciful God and He
00:44:42.58\00:44:47.05
will forgive.
00:44:47.08\00:44:48.38
But I think that you have to
respect human life is sacred.
00:44:48.42\00:44:51.19
Jëan: Okay, thank you.
00:44:51.22\00:44:52.52
The next call that we
have is Tang in Washington.
00:44:52.55\00:44:54.46
Tang, welcome to the program.
00:44:54.49\00:44:56.52
Tang: Hey pastor.
00:44:56.56\00:44:57.89
Thank you for having me.
00:44:57.93\00:44:59.26
Doug: Thank you.
00:44:59.29\00:45:02.10
Tang: So, I have been reflecting
on the idea of once saved
00:45:02.13\00:45:06.77
always saved.
00:45:06.80\00:45:08.10
And I would love to hear
your perspective on this.
00:45:08.14\00:45:10.91
You know, your salvation is
something that is secure when a
00:45:10.94\00:45:14.34
person accept
Christ or are there steps,
00:45:14.38\00:45:18.41
or one must
continuously, you know, to take
00:45:18.45\00:45:21.02
to maintain your salvation?
00:45:21.05\00:45:23.89
And how does the
scripture support either of you?
00:45:23.92\00:45:27.39
Doug: Yeah.
00:45:27.42\00:45:28.76
Well, great question.
00:45:28.79\00:45:30.09
And by the way, your question
is one that's been debated by
00:45:30.13\00:45:32.13
Christians for
over a thousand years.
00:45:32.16\00:45:34.96
So, I wanna tell you that I know
there are Christians out there
00:45:35.00\00:45:39.80
that love the Lord
that will disagree with me.
00:45:39.83\00:45:42.50
But it's like, I don't know
if it's 50/50 the Christians who
00:45:42.54\00:45:45.41
believe in, you know, Calvinism
and once saved, always saved.
00:45:45.44\00:45:47.98
And then those that believe
that you need to maintain your
00:45:48.01\00:45:50.71
relationship with the Lord.
00:45:50.75\00:45:52.48
There's a lot of verses in the
Bible that seem to indicate that
00:45:52.51\00:45:55.75
a saved person can be lost.
00:45:55.78\00:45:58.12
Paul said, you
know, it, "I press on.
00:45:58.15\00:46:01.52
Said, "Lest I preach to others
and I myself am a castaway."
00:46:01.56\00:46:05.29
Bible talks in Hebrews chapter 6
about those who are full of the
00:46:05.33\00:46:09.96
Holy Spirit and
walking with the Lord.
00:46:10.00\00:46:11.37
If they turn away, if
they fall away, it's impossible
00:46:11.40\00:46:14.57
to renew them to repentance.
00:46:14.60\00:46:16.14
In Revelation,
message to the church
00:46:16.17\00:46:18.57
was to say He's
talking to the church.
00:46:18.61\00:46:20.64
He says, "I will
remove your candlestick."
00:46:20.68\00:46:22.81
Jëan: That's right.
00:46:22.84\00:46:24.18
And He says those who don't
repent, He blots their name out
00:46:24.21\00:46:26.01
of the Book of Life, so--
00:46:26.05\00:46:27.45
Doug: The name was in the
book and then it's blotted out.
00:46:27.48\00:46:30.25
Jesus said those that abide in
Him, if they don't bear fruit,
00:46:30.29\00:46:34.32
they are taken away.
00:46:34.36\00:46:36.16
So, and that's John 15.
00:46:36.19\00:46:38.13
So there's, I believe
there's a scores of scriptures.
00:46:38.16\00:46:41.63
And then you've got examples of
people like Judas who Jesus sent
00:46:41.66\00:46:45.93
out preaching, teaching, casting
out devils and--but he would not
00:46:45.97\00:46:49.37
fully surrender and
be--he gave into his greed.
00:46:49.40\00:46:51.94
And, you know, some will
say, well, he never was saved.
00:46:51.97\00:46:54.71
And all right,
let's accept that.
00:46:54.74\00:46:56.21
What about King Saul?
00:46:56.24\00:46:57.91
King Saul was
chosen by the Lord,
00:46:57.95\00:46:59.35
filled with the Holy
Spirit, even prophesied,
00:46:59.38\00:47:01.98
and he ended up
grieving away the Holy Spirit
00:47:02.02\00:47:04.69
and fell on his own sword.
00:47:04.72\00:47:06.59
Balaam was a prophet of
God, but like Judas, he became
00:47:06.62\00:47:10.39
preoccupied with materialism and
greed and he died a lost man.
00:47:10.43\00:47:15.06
And Revelation says so.
00:47:15.10\00:47:16.70
So, you just--it's reckless,
00:47:16.73\00:47:19.47
I think, now at the heart of
this question is someone wants
00:47:19.50\00:47:23.34
to know.
00:47:23.37\00:47:24.61
What they're really asking is,
"Can I have security about my
00:47:24.64\00:47:28.48
relationship with the Lord?"
00:47:28.51\00:47:29.84
I would say, "Yes."
00:47:29.88\00:47:31.65
God will never let go of you.
00:47:31.68\00:47:33.98
That doesn't mean we've lost our
freedom to jerk our hand out of
00:47:34.02\00:47:36.65
His hand.
00:47:36.69\00:47:38.02
But Karen and I made vows when
we got married and we made a
00:47:38.05\00:47:42.59
covenant and I am absolutely
secure that I love her.
00:47:42.62\00:47:46.76
She loves me, that she will be
faithful and I will be faithful.
00:47:46.80\00:47:50.10
I don't worry about it.
00:47:50.13\00:47:51.63
I've got confidence because I
love her and I have faith in her
00:47:51.67\00:47:55.44
and she feels the same way.
00:47:55.47\00:47:57.11
Do we have freedom?
00:47:57.14\00:47:59.54
I mean, if we wanted to,
could we violate those vows and
00:47:59.57\00:48:02.64
get divorced?
00:48:02.68\00:48:03.98
Yeah, we have that freedom.
00:48:04.01\00:48:05.35
Does it happen to some people?
00:48:05.38\00:48:06.68
It does.
00:48:06.72\00:48:08.05
But can you have
security in your relationship?
00:48:08.08\00:48:09.88
You can.
00:48:09.92\00:48:11.25
And Jesus loves you.
00:48:11.29\00:48:12.82
He wants to save
you, everybody listening.
00:48:12.85\00:48:15.32
And if you'll surrender your
life to Him, it says He will be
00:48:15.36\00:48:18.33
the author and the
finisher of your faith.
00:48:18.36\00:48:20.26
You can have security that He
has begun a good work in you and
00:48:20.30\00:48:23.83
He will perform it.
00:48:23.87\00:48:25.20
Once people know that they can
have security, they don't fight
00:48:25.23\00:48:28.27
for once saved always saved.
00:48:28.30\00:48:29.60
Jëan: We do have a book called,
"Can a Saved Man Choose to
00:48:29.64\00:48:31.51
be Lost?"
00:48:31.54\00:48:32.87
And it deals with this very
subject and we'll send it to
00:48:32.91\00:48:34.54
anyone who calls and asks.
00:48:34.58\00:48:35.91
The number
again is 800-835-6747.
00:48:35.94\00:48:38.45
Just call and ask "Can a
Saved Man Choose to be Lost?"
00:48:38.48\00:48:42.15
Let me try to make it
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00:48:42.18\00:48:43.79
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Say "Bible Answers Live" and ask
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00:48:46.72\00:48:49.29
Choose to be Lost?"
00:48:49.32\00:48:50.79
We got Jody in Canada.
00:48:50.83\00:48:53.03
Jody, welcome to
"Bible Answers Live."
00:48:53.06\00:48:54.56
Jody: Thank you.
00:48:54.56\00:48:56.23
Yes, I'm calling from
Oshawa, Ontario, Canada.
00:48:56.26\00:48:59.87
Today my question is John 14:12.
00:48:59.90\00:49:05.31
I'd love to know the meaning of
it and it reads, "I tell you the
00:49:05.34\00:49:09.68
truth, anyone who believes in
Me will do the same work I have
00:49:09.71\00:49:13.88
done, and even greater works,
because I'm going to be with
00:49:13.92\00:49:16.85
the Father."
00:49:16.89\00:49:18.39
Doug: Yeah, people read that
verse, Christ says that we will
00:49:18.42\00:49:21.42
do even greater works.
00:49:21.46\00:49:22.76
How can anybody do
greater works than Jesus?
00:49:22.79\00:49:26.06
Well, He's not saying
greater in magnificence.
00:49:26.09\00:49:29.10
He's saying greater in extent
because He said, look, I can't
00:49:29.13\00:49:33.67
stay here and preach to all of
Israel and preach to the world.
00:49:33.70\00:49:37.81
But, because I'm
going to the Father.
00:49:37.84\00:49:39.97
"But you will have an even
greater extent in your work in
00:49:40.01\00:49:44.31
that you will go into other
countries and the expanse of the
00:49:44.35\00:49:48.25
work of Christianity has
gone around the world through
00:49:48.28\00:49:52.55
His disciples."
00:49:52.59\00:49:54.26
So, that's what
Christ is talking about.
00:49:54.29\00:49:55.79
He's not saying that, you know,
his work of dying on the cross,
00:49:55.82\00:49:59.26
no human can surpass that.
00:49:59.29\00:50:01.23
And the miracles He performed,
raising someone dead for
00:50:01.26\00:50:04.30
four days.
00:50:04.33\00:50:05.63
I don't think anyone surpassed
that, but He's saying the extent
00:50:05.67\00:50:09.14
of the territory you'll go even
to greater places than Me, which
00:50:09.17\00:50:13.64
has happened.
00:50:13.68\00:50:14.98
Christianity and the disciples,
they went into the whole
00:50:15.01\00:50:17.51
civilized world back then.
00:50:17.55\00:50:19.41
Good question, thank you.
00:50:19.45\00:50:20.75
Jëan: We've got Max in Florida.
00:50:20.78\00:50:22.55
Max, welcome to
"Bible Answers Live."
00:50:22.58\00:50:24.79
Max: Yes.
00:50:24.82\00:50:26.15
So my question is about the, I
know it's a controversial about
00:50:26.19\00:50:30.56
sacrifice, but I wanted to know
where does God actually states
00:50:30.59\00:50:34.63
that he no longer accepted
sacrifices if they were with a
00:50:34.66\00:50:40.90
contrite heart?
00:50:40.94\00:50:42.24
Doug: Well, even in the Old
Testament, you can read in the
00:50:42.27\00:50:47.11
book of Malachi and also
in the Psalms where He said,
00:50:47.14\00:50:51.01
"Sacrifice, I did not desire."
00:50:51.05\00:50:55.15
And in Malachi, He says, you
know, "Are you going to appease
00:50:55.18\00:50:57.99
Me with bulls and
rams and rivers of blood?"
00:50:58.02\00:51:01.79
He says, "I've shown you, O
man, what is good, what does the
00:51:01.82\00:51:03.99
Lord require of you.
00:51:04.03\00:51:05.36
Do justly, love mercy,
walk humbly with your God."
00:51:05.39\00:51:09.10
And all through the Scriptures,
the main thing the Lord wants.
00:51:09.13\00:51:12.97
And then what--who was it?
00:51:13.00\00:51:14.30
King Saul said, "Look, we've
got a whole flock we're gonna
00:51:14.34\00:51:16.10
sacrifice to the Lord."
00:51:16.14\00:51:17.71
And Samuel said, "To obey
is better than sacrifice."
00:51:17.74\00:51:21.31
So, what the Lord has always
wanted was people's hearts.
00:51:21.34\00:51:24.21
It's only the
sacrifice of Jesus, His blood.
00:51:24.25\00:51:27.42
You know, it's like that song.
00:51:27.45\00:51:28.75
"What can wash away my sin?
00:51:28.78\00:51:30.15
Nothing but the blood of Jesus."
00:51:30.19\00:51:31.49
It's not the blood
of goats and sheep.
00:51:31.52\00:51:33.39
That was all a symbol.
00:51:33.42\00:51:35.39
And what really
matters is the blood of Christ.
00:51:35.42\00:51:38.63
Now Christ, when He left the
temple the last time He said,
00:51:38.66\00:51:41.36
"Your house is
left to you desolate."
00:51:41.40\00:51:43.30
The high priest tore his
robes at the trial of Christ.
00:51:43.33\00:51:46.60
When Jesus died on the cross,
the veil in the temple was torn.
00:51:46.63\00:51:50.17
That whole ancient
system has been torn now.
00:51:50.21\00:51:54.34
Now, Christ is our
Passover according to Paul.
00:51:54.38\00:51:58.01
Jëan: Couple of verses
that refer to what you said,
00:51:58.05\00:52:00.42
Pastor Doug.
00:52:00.45\00:52:01.75
Psalms 40 verse 6,
"Sacrifice and offerings you did
00:52:01.78\00:52:04.42
not desire."
00:52:04.45\00:52:05.79
And then that's quote in Hebrews
chapter 10 with reference
00:52:05.82\00:52:08.59
to Jesus.
00:52:08.62\00:52:09.92
It says, "Therefore, when Christ
came to the world, He said:
00:52:09.96\00:52:11.69
'Sacrifice and offerings you did
not desire, but a body you have
00:52:11.73\00:52:14.56
prepared for Me.'"
00:52:14.56\00:52:15.90
So, Jesus is our sacrifice.
00:52:15.93\00:52:17.90
He is the Lamb of God that takes
away the sins of the world.
00:52:17.93\00:52:20.30
There's no value in
sacrificing lambs today.
00:52:20.34\00:52:23.17
Doug: That's a slam
dunk scripture there.
00:52:23.20\00:52:25.07
It makes it pretty clear.
00:52:25.11\00:52:26.44
Jëan: It makes it clear.
00:52:26.47\00:52:27.78
All right, thank you.
00:52:27.81\00:52:29.11
Next call on that we have is
let's see, Vicky in Colorado.
00:52:29.14\00:52:31.85
Vicky, welcome to
"Bible Answers Live."
00:52:31.88\00:52:33.18
Vicky: Hi, I was reading
in 2 Samuel 24 and David was
00:52:33.21\00:52:39.55
encouraged by Joab to take
a census and the Lord did not
00:52:39.59\00:52:45.16
approve it.
00:52:45.19\00:52:46.49
And I heard that Phineas was
the one that actually stopped a
00:52:46.53\00:52:53.13
plague that was one of the
choices that David had to make
00:52:53.17\00:52:58.37
for his punishment.
00:52:58.41\00:52:59.77
And I'd like to know a
little bit more about that.
00:52:59.81\00:53:02.81
Doug: Okay,
there are two things.
00:53:02.84\00:53:04.75
So, one you're asking about when
David numbered Israel and there
00:53:04.78\00:53:08.65
was a plague and actually David
offered sacrifice on Mount Zion.
00:53:08.68\00:53:14.79
Later, it became the, an angel
appeared and it became the place
00:53:14.82\00:53:18.43
where the temple was built.
00:53:18.46\00:53:19.79
Where Phineas stopped the
plague, I think it's, that's the
00:53:19.83\00:53:22.20
book of Numbers.
00:53:22.23\00:53:23.57
When the men of Israel began
to have feasts with the Moabites
00:53:23.60\00:53:27.77
and the Moabite women came into
the camp and one of them was so
00:53:27.80\00:53:30.71
bold that he took a Moabite
princess right into his tent in
00:53:30.74\00:53:33.84
front of the whole congregation.
00:53:33.88\00:53:35.68
And Phineas, the priest came
and basically he shish kabob'd
00:53:35.71\00:53:38.48
the two of them and God
praised him for his zeal
00:53:38.51\00:53:41.55
in stopping the plague
because of their immorality
00:53:41.58\00:53:46.99
and that women
had led them into sin.
00:53:47.02\00:53:50.43
So that, these things are
separated by hundreds of years.
00:53:50.46\00:53:53.03
Now, is there
another Phineas in the Bible?
00:53:53.06\00:53:55.53
Well, there may be, I
was gonna do a search.
00:53:55.56\00:53:57.03
I didn't have time, but
it's not an uncommon name.
00:53:57.07\00:54:00.04
And I'm sure if you go to the
Book of Numbers, I'm thinking
00:54:00.07\00:54:02.34
you will find another Phineas.
00:54:02.37\00:54:04.27
But there Chronicles.
00:54:04.31\00:54:06.04
Thank you, Vicky.
00:54:06.07\00:54:07.41
Appreciate your question.
00:54:07.44\00:54:08.74
Jëan: Another call
that we have in Florida.
00:54:08.78\00:54:10.11
Trecia from Florida.
00:54:10.15\00:54:11.88
Trecia, welcome to the program.
00:54:11.91\00:54:13.25
Trecia: Yes.
00:54:13.28\00:54:14.75
Good night Pastor
Doug and Pastor Ross.
00:54:14.78\00:54:17.09
My question is,
yes good evening.
00:54:17.12\00:54:19.85
My question is John chapter 3
verse 8 where it says, "The wind
00:54:19.89\00:54:23.39
blows where it wishes, and you
hear the sound of it, but can I
00:54:23.43\00:54:27.46
tell where it comes
from and where it goes.
00:54:27.50\00:54:30.27
So is everyone who
is born of the Spirit."
00:54:30.30\00:54:32.53
Can you explain that more?
00:54:32.57\00:54:33.97
Like, expound on it.
00:54:34.00\00:54:35.34
Doug: Yeah, it is somewhat
mysterious but I'll expound a
00:54:35.37\00:54:38.51
little more.
00:54:38.54\00:54:39.84
Of course, we can see
the results of the wind.
00:54:39.87\00:54:41.74
You can't see wind, but you can
see when wind moves the trees.
00:54:41.78\00:54:45.58
If I want to know if the wind is
blowing, I don't look straight
00:54:45.61\00:54:48.02
up at a blue sky
because you can't see it.
00:54:48.05\00:54:50.02
But if I look horizontally and I
see papers rolling by and leaves
00:54:50.05\00:54:53.12
blowing by, then in my garbage
can, you know, half a mile away,
00:54:53.15\00:54:57.19
then I know the wind is blowing.
00:54:57.23\00:54:59.09
So, we can see the results of
the spirit on a person's heart
00:54:59.13\00:55:04.20
in that there's a transformation
and we don't know exactly
00:55:04.23\00:55:07.77
when that might happen.
00:55:07.80\00:55:09.14
Now, being born of the water
is something we can choose.
00:55:09.17\00:55:12.47
We can pick a date, we can go to
the Jordan, we can get baptized.
00:55:12.51\00:55:16.44
When you get born of the
Spirit, we cannot choose.
00:55:16.48\00:55:20.62
The wind blows where it lists.
00:55:20.65\00:55:22.32
In other words, you pray for the
baptism of the Holy Spirit and
00:55:22.35\00:55:26.35
God may give it right
then and He may give it later.
00:55:26.39\00:55:29.69
But you should always
be praying for the Spirit.
00:55:29.72\00:55:31.59
So Jesus said, you know, "The
working of the Spirit and the
00:55:31.63\00:55:33.60
timing may
surprise you like the wind."
00:55:33.63\00:55:37.13
And then at Pentecost, it says
there was a sound of a mighty
00:55:37.17\00:55:39.93
rushing wind when the
Holy Spirit fell upon them.
00:55:39.97\00:55:42.67
So that was a symbol of that.
00:55:42.70\00:55:44.37
Jëan: All right, last
call, I think we have time
00:55:44.41\00:55:45.97
for Steven in Canada.
00:55:46.01\00:55:47.41
Steven, we got about a minute.
00:55:47.44\00:55:48.78
Steven: Good evening.
00:55:48.81\00:55:50.25
I would like to know, I read
before that the seal of God is
00:55:50.28\00:55:53.58
going to be the Shabbat
after the Ten Commandments.
00:55:53.62\00:55:57.09
Doug: Yeah.
00:55:57.12\00:55:58.45
Well, the seal of God is, first
and foremost is the Holy Spirit.
00:55:58.49\00:56:04.29
And, but within it, in the
seal of God, it says in Isaiah
00:56:04.33\00:56:09.23
chapter 8, I think it's verse
16, "Bind up the testimony, seal
00:56:09.26\00:56:13.70
the law among My disciples."
00:56:13.74\00:56:15.74
The Spirit of God seals
the law of God in our hearts.
00:56:15.77\00:56:20.38
And a seal
contains three things.
00:56:20.41\00:56:23.08
It typically has the title
of an official, their name,
00:56:23.11\00:56:27.35
their territory.
00:56:27.38\00:56:28.98
And you know, when Daniel was
put in the lion's den, a seal
00:56:29.02\00:56:34.06
was placed on the
stone and it said,
00:56:34.09\00:56:36.39
"Darius, king, Medo-Persia."
00:56:36.42\00:56:38.36
Pontius Pilate put Jesus in the
tomb or when is when He was put
00:56:38.39\00:56:43.50
in the tomb, a stone was
rolled, Pilate put a seal on it.
00:56:43.53\00:56:46.43
And the seal probably
said, "Pilate, Governor, Judea."
00:56:46.47\00:56:50.37
Title, territory, the name.
00:56:50.41\00:56:53.24
And in the law of God, you've
got the seal of God in the
00:56:53.27\00:56:57.58
fourth commandment.
00:56:57.61\00:56:59.11
"For in six days," it says,
"The Lord," that's His name,
00:56:59.15\00:57:02.38
"Created," that's His office.
00:57:02.42\00:57:04.05
He's a creator, sustainer,
"Heavens and the earth,
00:57:04.09\00:57:06.55
everything above and below."
00:57:06.59\00:57:07.96
That's His territory.
00:57:07.99\00:57:09.52
So, some have said, well, the
seal of God is the only place
00:57:09.56\00:57:12.09
you find the word holy
in the Ten Commandments.
00:57:12.13\00:57:15.46
And that while the Holy Spirit
is the prominent, first and
00:57:15.50\00:57:19.53
foremost seal that in His holy
law, there's one commandment
00:57:19.57\00:57:23.44
where you find the word holy and
one of the characteristics of
00:57:23.47\00:57:27.11
God's people that will
have the name of the Father in
00:57:27.14\00:57:29.24
their forehead.
00:57:29.28\00:57:30.61
The seal of God in the last says
is gonna be the Sabbath truth
00:57:30.65\00:57:33.85
and that would be the seal.
00:57:33.88\00:57:35.15
Jëan: We do have a free offer
that we'd be happy to send to
00:57:35.18\00:57:37.45
anyone who wants to learn more
about the Sabbath as we find it
00:57:37.49\00:57:41.02
there in the fourth commandment.
00:57:41.06\00:57:42.42
It's a study guide and it's
called "The Lost Day of History"
00:57:42.46\00:57:45.23
and we'll be happy to send
it to anyone who calls and asks.
00:57:45.26\00:57:47.60
The number is 800-835-6747.
00:57:47.66\00:57:51.83
You can also dial
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00:57:51.87\00:57:55.14
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00:57:55.17\00:57:56.60
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00:57:56.64\00:57:59.81
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00:57:59.84\00:58:01.34
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00:58:01.38\00:58:03.41
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00:58:03.45\00:58:04.75
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