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Pastor Doug Batchelor.
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Doug Batchelor:
Hello, listening friends.
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Welcome to "Bible Answers Live."
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And we always like to
start with an amazing fact.
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The James Webb Space Telescope
is by far the world's most
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powerful telescope and the
largest ever sent into space.
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This highly sophisticated
instrument took over 24 years to
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complete and cost NASA
around $10 billion to build.
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Launched on Christmas day
2021 from French Guiana, the
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telescope is a hundred times
more powerful than the Hubble
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Space Telescope.
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If it was on earth, it could
detect the heat of a bumblebee
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from the moon.
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Webb's infrared cameras are so
sensitive they need to block all
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light from the
sun, earth, and moon.
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The five-layer sunshield
is like having sunblock of SPF
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1 million.
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Not to mention it's as big as
a tennis court and they had to
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engineer this so it could fold
up into a little rocket and then
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unfold 1 million miles
from earth with no errors.
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Since it began transmitting its
first images in July 2021, the
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scientific world has been
stunned by the spectacular new,
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ultra deep
pictures of the cosmos.
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One of the goals of the
extraordinary telescope was to
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see if they could discover
something about the origin of
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the universe.
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Scientists were hoping the JWST
would see the outer edge of the
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expanding universe.
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Instead what they found is
an infinite ocean of galaxies
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containing billions of stars
that continue to stretch as far
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as the telescope can
see in every direction.
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You know, Pastor Ross, we were
just talking before the program.
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I still wonder if I could
be fired in a rocket ship a
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thousand times the speed
of light in any one direction,
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would you ever reach the end
of space, of, you know, galaxies
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and stars and stuff?
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And if you hit a wall, you'd
have to say, "But what's on the
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other side?"
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And the idea of the immensity
and infinity of space is just
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mind-boggling, and yet
God's aware of every detail.
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Jëan Ross: And He made it all.
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He made all the stars.
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Matter of fact, the Bible tells
us not only is He the creator of
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all things but He knows
the number of the stars.
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Here you find in Psalms 147,
verse 4 and 5, speaking of God,
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"He counts the number of
the stars; He calls them all
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by name.
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Great is our Lord, and mighty
in power; His understanding
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is infinite."
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So there it is.
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God counts the stars
and He has a name for them.
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Doug: Yeah.
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You know, I think probably if
you go back even just a couple
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of 100 years, when astronomers
looked up into space, you know,
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they saw a lot of
twinkling white stars.
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Some had a little
bit of the red hue maybe.
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They might have
seen the rings of Saturn.
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But now when we get these images
coming back from both the Hubble
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and the James Webb Telescope,
these colors and shapes and
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forms, and these nebula, and
these gas clouds, supernovas,
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and quasars.
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And there's so much out there,
and we don't see any of it
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up close.
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So now when we talk about
God having a place in heaven, it
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actually sounds more
scientifically plausible.
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We used to wonder in the
Bible, how could God have a new
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Jerusalem come down from heaven,
a city come down from space?
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Well, man has built an
international space station.
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If man can do that, why would
people doubt that God has this
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paradise that
the Bible speaks of?
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One more thought before--I
know you're going to go to the
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free offer.
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I think it was
C.S. Lewis that said,
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and it's a great practical
argument in philosophy,
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that every desire that
God gives humans, there is
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some mechanism to fulfill that
desire, whether it's food or
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procreation or
social interaction.
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Or it seems whenever we have
a desire, there must be some way
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to satisfy that.
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The Bible says God has
placed eternity in our hearts.
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There must be a way to satisfy
that, or we wouldn't have it.
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And we have an offer.
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If people don't think there's a
heaven, I think that you need to
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think again.
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Jëan: We have a book.
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It's called
"Heaven: Is It For Real?"
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That is our free offer.
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We'll be happy to send it
to anyone who calls and asks.
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The number is 800-835-6747.
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And you can ask for the book.
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It's called
"Heaven: Is It For Real?"
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You can also dial #250 on your
smartphone and just say, "I like
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that book
'Heaven: Is It For Real?'"
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And we'll be happy to send
you a digital copy of the book.
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Well, Pastor Doug, before we
go to the phone lines, we always
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like to start this
program with prayer.
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So let's do that now.
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Dear Father, we are grateful
once again that we have this
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time to open up
Your Word and study.
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And as we look up into the
heavens, we see Your glory, Your
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power, but when we look
into Your Word, we also see Your
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power and glory and Your
love manifest in the plan
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of redemption.
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So please be with us as we study
together this evening, and we
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thank You.
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In Jesus's name, amen.
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Well, friends, again, we are so
delighted that you are part of
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"Bible Answers Live."
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And we do have a number of folks
who are standing by with their
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Bible questions.
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And, oh, by the way, if you do
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just call our studio
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Again, that number, if
you have a Bible question,
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is 800-463-7297.
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Our first caller this evening is
Elizabeth listening in Arizona.
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Elizabeth, welcome
to "Bible Answers Live."
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Elizabeth: Hi.
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Thank you,
pastors, for taking my call.
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Doug: Yeah.
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Elizabeth: I tried to
ask this question last week.
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I'm asking about the
same passage in Malachi.
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Doug: That's okay.
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If we didn't scratch where
you're itching, we want to try
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to answer the right
part of the question.
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Elizabeth: I appreciate you.
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It's perplexing my brain.
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Why is there the possibility
that Elijah would fail?
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Isn't the earth going to
go through a great deal of
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trouble anyway?
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I mean, could this get worse?
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How could Elijah
possibly let the Lord down?
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Doug: Let me see if
I can do a better job.
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And, first of all, for our
friends that are listening,
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Elizabeth's asking about this
prophecy at the end of the Old
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Testament, and it says,
"Behold," verse--this is chapter
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4 Malachi, verse 5 and 6.
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"Behold, I will send you Elijah
the prophet before the coming
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of the great and
dreadful day of the Lord.
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And he will turn the hearts of
the fathers to the children, and
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the hearts of the children
to the fathers, lest I come and
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strike the earth with a curse."
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Now, there's two
senses in which Elijah comes.
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One, Jesus said, and this
is in Matthew 11, that John the
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Baptist came in the
spirit and power of Elijah.
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He brought a message of revival.
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Many were revived.
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To some extent, John prepared
the way of the Lord, and many
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accepted Jesus, and there was
a great Pentecost and a revival,
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but the nation rejected
him and a curse came on them.
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They were destroyed in 70 A.D.
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In the end of time,
there's going to be another
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Elijah message.
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God is going to have a great
message of returning to the
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Lord, repentance, revival.
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And some will
respond, but not everyone.
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And you've got the seven last
plagues that will ultimately
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fall upon those that
reject that message of revival.
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Jëan: And even during the time
of Elijah, the historic Elijah,
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when he prophesied to Ahab
the king, Israel was not spared
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of judgment.
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Eventually the northern kingdom
was conquered by the Assyrians
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and dispersed.
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And yet there were individuals
who received the Elijah message.
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The Bible speaks of 7,000 that
didn't bow their knee to Baal.
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And so a remnant was
saved from that group.
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Likewise in the time of John the
Baptist and at the end of time.
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God will have a remnant who'll
respond to the Elijah message.
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They'll be protected, and
eventually they'll be taken to
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heaven, the second coming.
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Doug: Yeah, hopefully.
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Does that make sense, Elizabeth?
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Elizabeth: Yes, sir.
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I appreciate you
taking my call once again.
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Doug: All right.
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Hey, thanks so much, we
appreciate your calling.
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Jëan: Next caller that we
have is Brittany in California.
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Evening, Brittany.
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Brittany: Hey, hey, hey.
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Doug: Hi, thanks for calling.
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And your question.
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Brittany: Yeah, my question is,
why do so many people go through
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bad things in this world?
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Doug: Why do so many
people go through bad things?
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You know, that
is a big question.
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A lot of people turn from God
because they say, "If God is all
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powerful and He's loving,
then why does He allow so
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much suffering?
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Why does He allow bad things
to happen to good people?"
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And probably the oldest book in
the Bible is the book of Job and
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it deals with that question.
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Here you've got a good man who
is suffering terrible plagues.
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And you look behind the veil
in the story of Job, we see that
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God is not doing it.
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There is an evil power
that has hijacked this planet.
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The Lord has come to redeem the
planet for those that will turn
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to Him, but it doesn't
mean it's without a struggle.
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So there's a battle
between good and evil.
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Not everything that happens
in the world is God's will.
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That's why the Bible says we
are to pray His will be done on
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earth as it is in heaven,
because this world--Jesus says
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the devil is the
prince of this world.
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Our first parents, when they
listened to the devil instead of
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God, they sort of handed the
keys and the deed of the planet.
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They gave their
dominion to the enemy.
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Jesus came to redeem or
buy back, to ransom this world.
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So soon it'll be over.
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Satan's been defeated, but
he's going to go down fighting
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according to Revelation 12.
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Jëan: You know,
we do have a book.
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It's called "When the
Brook Dried Up: Why Do
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Christians Suffer?"
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And we'll be happy to send this
to anyone who calls and asks.
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You know, the good news, Pastor
Doug, is that the suffering is
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not going to last forever.
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The Bible is very
clear that there is an end.
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And Jesus comes and puts an end
to sin and sorrow and suffering
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and He makes all things new.
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If you'd like to learn more
about that, call and ask for
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the book.
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It's called "When
the Brook Dried Up."
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The number to
call is 800-835-6747.
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And you can call and ask.
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You can dial #250 on your
smartphone and you can ask for
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it by name.
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"When the Book--" Sorry.
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"When the Brook Dried Up."
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And it's kind of bringing the
story from Elijah when the brook
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dried up and he was
facing trials and difficulties.
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Next caller that we have
is Glenn and Linda from Ohio.
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Glenn, Linda, welcome
to "Bible Answers Life."
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Glenn: Good evening, pastors.
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Thank you for taking my call,
and welcome from Bethel, Ohio.
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Doug: Thank you.
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Glenn: I have a correction.
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My Scripture this
evening is Isaiah 60, not 66.
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Doug: Okay.
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Glenn: So get that
in the book right there.
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And where it begins is the
2nd verse of Isaiah 60 where it
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talks about a great
darkness over the land.
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And its in conjunction with
a massive move by the Gentile
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population around the world
bringing their wealth and coming
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to Jerusalem under that darkness
that existed at that time.
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Question number one is I
wondered is that historic or is
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it prophetic?
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And the second question
is, what was it all about?
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Doug: Good, great question.
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Thanks, Glenn.
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Let me read this for our
friends that are listening.
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We know people
are often driving.
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And so I'd like to just
read the reference that Glenn is
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talking about.
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And it begins with verse 1.
"Arise, shine; for your light
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has come.
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And the glory of the
Lord is risen upon you.
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For behold, darkness will cover
the land, and deep darkness the
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people; but the Lord will arise
over you, and His glory will be
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seen upon you.
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And the Gentiles will come
to your light, and kings to the
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brightness of your rising."
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So what is this
light, this rising?
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Well, you read in Malachi,
it says the Son of righteousness
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will arise with
healing in His wings.
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And Jesus said, "I Am
the light of the world."
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And because of Christ, the
Gentile world was converted
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to--or much of the Gentile world
I should say, was converted to
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the God of the Bible,
the God of the Jews, Jehovah.
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And so this is a prophecy.
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Now, it had happened in the
Old Testament during the time of
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Solomon where the Gentiles, like
the Queen of Sheba, they came to
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the light, the wisdom of Solomon
who was the son of David.
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Well, Jesus is the son of David.
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He's the king of kings.
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And a lot of people around the
world, Gentiles, are turning to
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the God of the Bible.
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Jëan: And in Revelation chapter
18, it's interesting you've got
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this mighty angel
coming down from heaven.
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Says the earth was illuminated
with his glory, and he cries
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with a loud voice, saying,
"Babylon is fallen, is fallen."
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Of course, what we refer
to here is this fourth angel.
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Also is reflective of the three
angels' messages in Revelation
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14, in
particular the second angel.
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So here we see a great revival
that is to take place just
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before Jesus comes, where the
earth is filled with the glory
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or the light of the gospel,
this proclamation of God's last
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warning message, calling
people to come out of religious
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confusion and to make
their stand on Bible truth.
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You know, Pastor Doug, I'm
looking for a book that goes
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along with this.
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And we do have one that
speaks about this great plan of
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redemption, the
gospel, the good news.
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It's called
"Three Steps to Heaven."
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And, friends, if you want to
be ready when that time comes so
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that you can be amongst those
who are shining forth the glory,
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you want to learn what the
gospel is, we'll be happy to
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send you the book.
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It's called "Three
Steps to Heaven" and it's
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about salvation.
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How do you obtain that gift?
00:14:36.71\00:14:38.27
The number to
call is 800-835-6747.
00:14:38.31\00:14:41.48
You can ask for the book by
name, "Three Steps to Heaven."
00:14:41.51\00:14:44.01
You can dial #250 on your
smartphone and ask for the book
00:14:44.05\00:14:48.12
that way as well.
00:14:48.15\00:14:49.65
Anna in Oregon, welcome
to "Bible Answers Live."
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Anna: Evening, pastors.
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Doug: Evening,
thanks for calling.
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Anna: Thank you.
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I was reading through Genesis.
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And in Genesis 12, Abram and
Sarai, I think that's how you
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pronounce it, they go to Egypt,
and he tells his wife to say
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that she's his sister.
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And, of course, they lied.
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And then Pharaoh gets punished
for it and Abram gets blessed
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for it.
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Doug: Yeah, he goes out
of Egypt with great wealth.
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But the Pharaoh did sort
of rebuke him also, says, "You
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know, I could have lightly
have lain with your wife.
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You--why did
you--why'd you lie to me?"
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Anna: Yeah, yeah.
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So, I mean, I guess my question
is, is it okay to lie in
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certain situation?
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Doug: Yeah.
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No, it's not a dumb question
'cause there are a lot of people
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that have thought, "Well, you
know, what do you do with the
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story in the Bible where
Joshua pretended that he was
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being defeated?
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It's, you know, deception
in battle so he could draw the
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enemy out of the city."
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So deception is, you
know, dishonesty in some form.
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David pretended he was crazy
before Abimelech so that he
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wouldn't be killed.
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You've got Rahab where she lied
and said, "Oh, yeah, the spies,
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they left.
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If you hurry after
them, you'll catch them."
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So you've got examples in
the Bible where people lied, but
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never does it
mean God endorses it.
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The Bible is a
faithful history book.
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Now, there are times of
ignorance that God winks at.
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It doesn't mean it's okay.
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Means in times of war.
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Abraham shouldn't
have been deceptive.
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Technically, he was thinking,
"Well, Sarah is actually my
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half sister."
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And he was really scared.
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And not only did he do it,
it set a bad example for Isaac.
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Isaac did it with Rebecca
later with the Philistines.
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Said, "Oh, just
say you're my sister."
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She wasn't his sister,
she was his first cousin.
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But anyway, there's
never a good reason to lie.
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And, you know, I think
about a story in the book
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"The Hiding Place."
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That's not in the Bible,
but it's a great example, where
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these German soldiers were
rampaging up the street, taking
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young men out of the Dutch
houses to--and forcing them
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into--pressing
them into service.
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And this young lady was a
Christian, devout Christian, and
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her brothers were
hiding under the table.
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And they came in and they kept
pressing, "Are there any young
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men here?"
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And she didn't want to lie
and she just was about to have
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a meltdown.
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Finally, she said,
"They're under the table."
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And because she'd never lied.
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She just been
taught, "Don't ever lie."
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Well, the Germans lifted up the
tablecloth, they didn't think to
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look under the table and they
thought that she was mocking and
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they marched out.
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Well, she told the truth,
and God still spared them.
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So I think you
better off saying nothing.
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Sometimes you
shouldn't say anything.
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Jesus said to the disciples,
"There's many things I have to
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say to you now,
but you can't bear it."
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So sometimes you might
say nothing, but you should
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never lie.
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Jëan: You know, another story
that comes to mind, Pastor Doug,
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of modern times is Andrew.
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He's referred to as Brother
Andrew, who was committed to
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taking Bibles into the Soviet
Union, and he said he wasn't
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going to lie.
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And he had these amazing stories
of how he was stopped, and
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people would say,
"What you carrying?"
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And he says, "Bibles."
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And as if they didn't hear him
or they would look in the trunk
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of the car and they
wouldn't see the Bibles there.
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So God just worked in miraculous
ways because he was committed to
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being honest and
trusting in the Lord.
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Doug: Exactly,
exactly, great stories.
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Jëan: All
right, thank you, Anna.
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We've got Noah
listening in Kansas.
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Noah, welcome to
"Bible Answers Live."
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Noah: Right.
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My Bible question
is, why did God make us?
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Doug: Okay, good question, Noah.
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Why did God make us?
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Well, you sound
like a young person.
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Why does a mom and
a dad have children?
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Because they want to love them
and they want the children to
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love them back.
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God is love and He--you know,
you can't love anybody if you
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don't have anybody, and love is
something that must be expressed
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or shown.
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And so God wanted to show
His love and make children.
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So He made us to show His love
and so we could experience life
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and joy.
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Good question.
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Thanks so much.
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Jëan: All
right, thank you, Noah.
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We've got Larry in Oregon.
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Larry, welcome to
"Bible Answers Live."
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Larry: Good evening, gentlemen.
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Doug: Good evening.
00:19:17.45\00:19:19.12
Larry: I have recently
heard some interpretations
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of Isaiah 4:1 that just don't--
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Doug: Well, let
me try and answer.
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I don't know if you're offline,
but, Larry, hopefully you can
00:19:31.57\00:19:33.44
hear us.
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Isaiah 4:1, let me
read it for our friends.
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"And in that day seven
women will take hold of one man,
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saying, 'We will eat our own
food, wear our own apparel; only
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let us be called by your name,
to take away our reproach.'"
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This is an example, there's
several in Isaiah, of what you
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might call a dual prophecy.
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Often after a terrible
battle--you know, typically the
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men went to war, and if the
armies were decimated, there was
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a shortage of husbands.
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Now, I understand in China
because of the one child policy
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and they were doing selective
abortions, they had a shortage
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of wives.
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They still do.
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They got a
terrible shortage of wives.
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Well, after wars, there was a
terrible shortage of husbands.
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And back then they
had no social security.
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If you had no children to take
care of you in your old age, if
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you--you had no place in
the community if you had no
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children, and so the women were
so desperate to have families.
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They--but they knew that the men
were thinking, "I can't support
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all these wives."
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Says, "Don't worry about it."
00:20:30.59\00:20:31.89
Seven women would take hold of
one man and say, "We'll eat our
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own food.
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We'll get our own food, we'll
get our own clothes, but let us
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have your name to take away our
reproach of being childless."
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So it was telling about a
terrible judgment that would
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come, that did come with the
Babylonian captivity, but it's
00:20:45.64\00:20:50.35
also talking about the
spiritual significance.
00:20:50.38\00:20:53.01
A woman in prophecy is a church.
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And in the last days you have
many churches that claim to be
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Christian and they have
their own bread, their own
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interpretation of the Bible,
they've got their own apparel, a
00:21:03.32\00:21:06.63
robe of righteousness, their own
idea of what's righteousness,
00:21:06.66\00:21:09.83
but they want to call themselves
Christian because it's the only
00:21:09.86\00:21:12.50
name whereby men must be saved.
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So that would be the
spiritual application.
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So hopefully you
heard that, Larry.
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And I don't know if that fits in
with what you were going to ask,
00:21:18.17\00:21:20.71
but we didn't want
to leave you hanging.
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Thanks.
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Jëan: All right.
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Next caller that we
have is David in California.
00:21:25.11\00:21:26.75
Hi, David.
00:21:26.78\00:21:28.08
Welcome to the program.
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David: Hello.
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Is it okay for us to
listen to jazz music?
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Doug: Is it okay--yeah, so
you're wondering, is it okay for
00:21:32.95\00:21:35.82
a Christian to
listen to jazz music?
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You know, jazz is a
genre that is fairly broad.
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I've got a neighbor that is an
extremely talented pianist and
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he plays Christian jazz.
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Now, I--you know, right or
wrong, I'm just telling you it's
00:21:53.68\00:21:55.78
what he does.
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And just amazing what he does
with a keyboard, but he'll take,
00:21:57.15\00:21:59.58
you know, "Great is Your
Faithfulness" and he does a
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whole different
arrangement of it.
00:22:02.28\00:22:04.02
I would stop short of saying
that, you know, this is all
00:22:04.05\00:22:06.32
a sin.
00:22:06.35\00:22:08.26
You know, a lot of jazz music
that would be associated with,
00:22:08.29\00:22:10.99
like, a jazz bar and the
dancing, I don't think you'd see
00:22:11.03\00:22:15.03
Jesus listening
to and going there.
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So when you're in doubt, first
of all, if you get the Holy
00:22:18.33\00:22:20.97
Spirit guiding you, you just
have an inner voice that'll tell
00:22:21.00\00:22:23.47
you, "This is not right.
00:22:23.51\00:22:25.14
I can't picture My Lord
listening to this music or being
00:22:25.17\00:22:28.44
in the environment
this music creates."
00:22:28.48\00:22:31.51
And so the
Spirit will guide you.
00:22:31.55\00:22:33.62
Sometimes that change in tastes
of music--with me it happened
00:22:33.65\00:22:37.85
gradually after I
became a Christian.
00:22:37.89\00:22:39.95
Things I once loved, I now
hate, and things I once hated, I
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now love.
00:22:42.26\00:22:43.66
So yeah.
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You know, I have a book, and
I think we could probably give
00:22:45.26\00:22:47.86
it away.
00:22:47.86\00:22:49.20
It's a small book, bigger than
our normal sharing sermons, and
00:22:49.23\00:22:52.83
it's called "The
Christian and Music."
00:22:52.87\00:22:54.64
And if you'd like,
David, we'll send that to you.
00:22:54.67\00:22:56.77
It's got the
principles of Christian music.
00:22:56.81\00:22:58.47
And I think you'll be
in--you'll be blessed by that.
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Jëan: The number to call
for that is 800-835-6747.
00:23:01.14\00:23:04.51
You can ask for this book.
00:23:04.55\00:23:05.85
As Pastor Doug mentioned,
it's called "The Christian
00:23:05.88\00:23:08.18
and Music."
00:23:08.22\00:23:09.52
We don't always offer
that, so take advantage of it.
00:23:09.55\00:23:11.82
Call and ask.
00:23:11.85\00:23:13.19
You can dial #250 on your
smartphone and ask for the book
00:23:13.22\00:23:16.56
"The Christian and Music."
00:23:16.59\00:23:18.39
We've got Scott in California.
00:23:18.43\00:23:20.66
Scott, welcome to
"Bible Answers Live."
00:23:20.70\00:23:22.36
You're on the air.
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Scott: Hey, how are you guys?
00:23:24.33\00:23:26.10
Doug: Doing good.
00:23:26.13\00:23:27.47
Thank you for calling us.
00:23:27.50\00:23:28.87
Scott: So I have kind
of a convoluted question.
00:23:28.90\00:23:31.27
But it's more on the lines
of you know in the Bible where
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angels guided people's
hands to write the Bible?
00:23:37.25\00:23:44.85
How do you know if you're
really being--like, I wrote this
00:23:44.89\00:23:48.59
question, and to be honest with
you it says, is John in the four
00:23:48.62\00:23:53.93
gospels the same as the John
that wrote the 3 John chapter 1,
00:23:53.96\00:24:00.37
verse 2, and how is these
Johns associated with the John
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the revelator?
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Are any of these Johns related?
00:24:08.58\00:24:11.18
What about John
the Baptist and Isaiah?
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John's head was cut off,
and Isaiah was cut in half.
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How do you know if the
Holy Spirit is leading you?
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Doug: All right.
00:24:21.72\00:24:23.06
Well, let's take it one que--you
got a lot of good questions
00:24:23.09\00:24:24.89
there, but, first of all, you
have the name John is a common
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name in the Bible.
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I don't know, there must be six
or eight of them that you can
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think of.
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You got John Mark, John
the Baptist, John the apostle.
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The John who is the apostle
is also the author of 1, 2, and
00:24:39.04\00:24:45.15
3 John.
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They're short letters that
you'll find at the end of the
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New Testament.
00:24:48.92\00:24:50.22
He's also the one who had
the revelation of St. John.
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And all the early church
historians agree with the
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authorship of the gospel
of John, 1, 2, 3 John, and
00:24:58.56\00:25:03.40
Revelation
written by this apostle.
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He was the
youngest of the 12 apostles.
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So you do a little research
and you can find out that it's
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always been understood and
accepted that he's the author.
00:25:11.04\00:25:14.18
People don't argue about
who wrote "Pilgrim's Progress."
00:25:14.21\00:25:16.88
We all know it was
written by John Bunyan.
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Another John.
00:25:19.21\00:25:21.25
But John the
Baptist, he was different.
00:25:21.28\00:25:24.19
He was probably a cousin of
Jesus and he was the one who was
00:25:24.22\00:25:30.16
filled with the Spirit from his
mother's womb that announced the
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coming of Jesus.
00:25:33.29\00:25:34.73
Then you get young John Mark in
the Bible, and he was probably a
00:25:34.73\00:25:40.84
relative of the apostles somehow
because he was there in the
00:25:40.87\00:25:44.04
Garden of Gethsemane when
they were--arrested Jesus.
00:25:44.07\00:25:47.38
So do a little
research and you'll see.
00:25:47.41\00:25:50.75
You know, look at some
Bible dictionaries or Bible
00:25:50.78\00:25:52.48
commentaries, Scott, and it'll
help you to designate who these
00:25:52.51\00:25:56.32
people are.
00:25:56.35\00:25:57.65
I know one thing.
00:25:57.69\00:25:59.42
John, the gospel of John, the
letters of John, Revelation, the
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last book in the Bible, they are
all inspired, and holy men spoke
00:26:03.43\00:26:08.70
as they were moved
by the Holy Spirit.
00:26:08.73\00:26:10.97
If there is any trustworthy
document anywhere in the world,
00:26:11.00\00:26:15.00
the most trustworthy document
is the Word of God, the Bible.
00:26:15.04\00:26:18.41
It has stood the test of time.
00:26:18.44\00:26:20.68
Someone once said the Bible
is an anvil that has worn out
00:26:20.71\00:26:23.55
many hammers.
00:26:23.58\00:26:25.05
So you can trust it.
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José: So I grew up in a
somewhat Christian family.
00:26:49.70\00:26:52.71
Not really devout
or anything like that.
00:26:52.74\00:26:55.14
No, we weren't going
to church all the time.
00:26:55.18\00:26:57.08
There was a lot of
drugs in the household.
00:26:57.11\00:26:59.35
Every weekend, you know,
was partying and drinking, and
00:26:59.38\00:27:02.65
sometimes in the
midnight police would come.
00:27:02.68\00:27:05.52
I would say it was
a dysfunctional home.
00:27:05.55\00:27:07.62
And my grandmother was the one
who really raised me, taught me
00:27:07.66\00:27:10.83
about God and about Jesus
and she was always there for me.
00:27:10.86\00:27:14.63
Going to school, you know,
2nd, 3rd grade, 1st grade, those
00:27:14.66\00:27:18.20
years I was pretty rebellious.
00:27:18.23\00:27:20.07
Around, like, 12 years
old I started to get more of a
00:27:20.10\00:27:22.74
friend group.
00:27:22.77\00:27:24.01
We started skateboarding, and
that was, like, the new thing.
00:27:24.04\00:27:26.41
I smoked weed for the first time
and drank for the first time,
00:27:26.44\00:27:29.24
and music became my obsession.
00:27:29.28\00:27:32.18
You know, at 10 years old
is when I started and I was
00:27:32.21\00:27:34.55
obsessed with getting
into Hollywood, being famous.
00:27:34.58\00:27:37.12
You know, I went into
college and I was studying music
00:27:37.15\00:27:39.55
business and I end up dropping
out, kind of lost in the club
00:27:39.59\00:27:43.96
lifestyle and the party
lifestyle, you know, just trying
00:27:43.99\00:27:47.20
to get a foothold
on a music career.
00:27:47.23\00:27:50.93
I started to feel bad drinking
and I started to feel bad
00:27:50.97\00:27:54.34
smoking and I wasn't
finding any real fulfillment.
00:27:54.37\00:27:58.67
And so I was trying to find
something that was better than
00:27:58.71\00:28:03.45
what I had.
00:28:03.48\00:28:04.91
And so at 21 years old I had a
lot of interactions with people
00:28:04.95\00:28:09.18
who were involved in the
occult and I got introduced into
00:28:09.22\00:28:12.42
eastern meditation and getting
into meditative stances and
00:28:12.45\00:28:16.89
going into trances.
00:28:16.93\00:28:18.26
You know, I would wake up
in the middle of the night
00:28:18.29\00:28:19.86
hearing knocks on my
windows, hearing chants.
00:28:19.89\00:28:22.66
I would wake up in the middle of
the night, like, if my house was
00:28:22.70\00:28:25.17
being surrounded.
00:28:25.20\00:28:26.53
So I walked out of my household
and just left everything behind.
00:28:26.57\00:28:30.24
I just kept on
walking for at least 3 days.
00:28:30.27\00:28:33.58
And then I end up falling asleep
out in the wilderness and end up
00:28:33.61\00:28:37.45
getting picked up by police
officers, and they ended up
00:28:37.48\00:28:40.65
taking me to a hospital
and force-feeding me drugs.
00:28:40.68\00:28:43.05
Something told me that if I
continue this way that I was
00:28:43.08\00:28:46.02
going to lose my life, and
I believe there was a voice
00:28:46.05\00:28:48.76
of Christ.
00:28:48.79\00:28:50.13
I kneeled down and asked God to
deliver me from the side effects
00:28:50.16\00:28:53.70
of the drugs 'cause the side
effects were really, really bad.
00:28:53.73\00:28:56.36
And so I went to the
church looking for help.
00:28:56.40\00:28:58.57
They had introduced
me into Amazing Facts.
00:28:58.60\00:29:01.10
So I watched "Mountain Moving
Faith" from Doug Batchelor.
00:29:01.14\00:29:04.44
And I remember hearing Doug say,
"Have you ever seen a mountain
00:29:04.47\00:29:07.68
move in one second?
00:29:07.71\00:29:09.68
Sometimes it may take a moment,
but once it moves, then it'll be
00:29:09.71\00:29:13.05
like it was an instant."
00:29:13.08\00:29:14.42
And so I end up
falling to my knees.
00:29:14.45\00:29:16.55
Every time I get the side
effects of the drugs, I would
00:29:16.58\00:29:19.22
pray and I would
find peace and comfort.
00:29:19.25\00:29:22.16
And where I would spend a lot of
my time would be in the Bible,
00:29:22.19\00:29:25.23
and I started to change.
00:29:25.26\00:29:26.90
One week passed by and the
side effects weren't so bad.
00:29:26.93\00:29:29.13
Two weeks passed by, I
was almost back to normal.
00:29:29.16\00:29:32.07
Every Sabbath I would put on,
you know, a sermon, I listen to
00:29:32.10\00:29:35.17
"Bible Answers Live."
00:29:35.20\00:29:37.24
Also "Storacles of Prophecy" was
another thing that was helping
00:29:37.27\00:29:39.84
me through.
00:29:39.87\00:29:41.21
When I was hearing the words
of God, you know, when I was
00:29:41.24\00:29:43.41
hearing the words of truth, when
I was hearing the Bible, I had
00:29:43.45\00:29:47.15
peace, you know.
00:29:47.18\00:29:48.48
And even despite whatever, you
know, trials might come my way,
00:29:48.52\00:29:51.45
I still have joy.
00:29:51.49\00:29:53.76
My name is José.
00:29:53.79\00:29:55.82
Thank you for changing my life.
00:29:55.86\00:29:57.39
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Jëan: My name is Jëan Ross.
00:31:20.34\00:31:21.68
And we've got Steve,
that he's listening in Oregon.
00:31:21.71\00:31:24.55
So, Steve, welcome
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Steve: Yes.
00:31:28.62\00:31:29.92
For decades I've struggled
with the subject of what is the
00:31:29.95\00:31:34.59
abomination of desolation.
00:31:34.62\00:31:37.59
Multiple descriptions of the
abomination of desolation is,
00:31:37.63\00:31:43.70
like, at different times and
locations throughout history.
00:31:43.73\00:31:48.14
For instance, the Temple Mount
in Jerusalem, the slaughter of a
00:31:48.17\00:31:52.94
pig by pagans in the sanctuary.
00:31:52.97\00:31:56.88
I have never heard an
explanation that applies to the
00:31:56.91\00:32:01.12
end times, that being today.
00:32:01.15\00:32:03.75
Could not destruct--construction
of a mosque at the location of
00:32:03.79\00:32:10.26
the original Temple Mount in
Jerusalem and the daily prayers
00:32:10.29\00:32:16.87
to Allah from that Temple Mount,
especially considering the
00:32:16.90\00:32:22.24
prayers of Christians is only
allowed from the Wailing Wall.
00:32:22.27\00:32:29.38
Doug: Yeah, well, if you
ask Orthodox Jews, I'm sure they
00:32:29.41\00:32:32.68
will look upon having a
Muslim mosque at the site of the
00:32:32.71\00:32:37.79
ancient temple
as an abomination.
00:32:37.82\00:32:40.79
A desolation means something
that is also destroyed, so it's
00:32:40.82\00:32:43.66
a combination of things.
00:32:43.69\00:32:47.46
You're not too far off because
in Matthew 24--now, John might
00:32:47.50\00:32:51.90
be looking at
the verses in Daniel.
00:32:51.93\00:32:53.27
I don't know.
00:32:53.30\00:32:54.74
We--several different
places we can go here.
00:32:54.77\00:32:57.21
In Matthew 24 when describing
the end of the world, He said
00:32:57.24\00:33:01.24
there would not be left one
stone upon another at the temple
00:33:01.28\00:33:03.81
that would not be thrown down.
00:33:03.85\00:33:05.88
And He said when you see
the abomination of dan--of
00:33:05.91\00:33:09.68
desolation spoken of by Daniel
the prophet standing in the holy
00:33:09.72\00:33:12.52
place, let those that be in
Judea flee into the mountains.
00:33:12.55\00:33:15.96
Now, the key to understanding
that is you go to Luke.
00:33:15.99\00:33:18.66
And when Luke mentions
that--is that chapter 17 or 21?
00:33:18.69\00:33:22.70
Jëan: 21, 21:20.
00:33:22.73\00:33:24.37
Doug: Verse 20 says when
you see the abomination of
00:33:24.40\00:33:26.94
desolation--when
you see Jerusalem
00:33:26.97\00:33:28.97
encompassed with arms--
00:33:29.00\00:33:30.14
Jëan: Surrounded with armies.
00:33:30.17\00:33:31.64
Doug: Let those that be in
Judea flee in the mountains.
00:33:31.67\00:33:33.11
So we know right there that
the Roman army surrounding and
00:33:33.14\00:33:37.51
preparing to desolate the
holy place was at least one
00:33:37.55\00:33:42.38
fulfillment of that.
00:33:42.42\00:33:44.52
Now, there's going to be a last
day of fulfillment when God's
00:33:44.55\00:33:48.46
city, His spiritual city,
His people are going to be
00:33:48.49\00:33:51.56
surrounded with laws.
00:33:51.59\00:33:54.36
And a spiritual Rome is going
to be connected with that that's
00:33:54.40\00:33:58.90
going to hedge people in with
laws, and they're going to have
00:33:58.93\00:34:00.94
to flee again.
00:34:00.97\00:34:02.47
You know, Jesus said, "Pray our
flight is not in the winter or
00:34:02.50\00:34:04.97
on the Sabbath day."
00:34:05.01\00:34:06.44
I think we actually have a
book called "The Abomination of
00:34:06.47\00:34:09.14
Desolation" by Gary
Gibbs that we could send.
00:34:09.18\00:34:11.48
But you had some other thoughts.
00:34:11.51\00:34:13.01
Jëan: Yeah, just to add to that.
00:34:13.05\00:34:14.35
So there's--as you mentioned,
Pastor Doug, you've got the
00:34:14.38\00:34:15.85
abomination of desolation in one
sense, if you look at Matthew 24
00:34:15.88\00:34:19.55
and Luke 21.
00:34:19.59\00:34:20.92
It's clearly referring to pagan
Rome and the destruction of
00:34:20.96\00:34:24.03
Jerusalem in 70 A.D.
00:34:24.06\00:34:25.73
But when you go to the book of
Daniel, not only is it referring
00:34:25.76\00:34:28.46
to pagan Rome but you also have
papal Rome, which did persecute
00:34:28.50\00:34:32.77
God's people during the
12 around 60 years of papal
00:34:32.80\00:34:35.30
supremacy, and then there
is sort of a revival of this.
00:34:35.34\00:34:38.87
There is a persecution that
takes place just near the end,
00:34:38.91\00:34:42.18
just before Jesus comes.
00:34:42.21\00:34:43.98
And once again, God's people
are going to have to find safety
00:34:44.01\00:34:47.82
outside of the big cities.
00:34:47.85\00:34:49.68
I kind of like what Jesus said.
00:34:49.72\00:34:51.42
"You need to flee
to the mountains."
00:34:51.45\00:34:52.69
There'll be a similar type
of experience just near the end.
00:34:52.72\00:34:56.62
So dual application for
that abomination of desolation.
00:34:56.66\00:35:00.46
Doug: Yeah.
00:35:00.50\00:35:01.80
And we'll be happy, Steve,
to send you that book for free.
00:35:01.83\00:35:04.07
Anyone, if you want to
understand this very important
00:35:04.10\00:35:06.13
subject, what is the
abomination of desolation?
00:35:06.17\00:35:09.50
Jesus foretold it's
not only in the past.
00:35:09.54\00:35:11.84
You need to understand it
'cause there's another one in
00:35:11.87\00:35:13.81
the future.
00:35:13.84\00:35:15.18
It's free.
00:35:15.21\00:35:16.51
You owe it to yourself to
call and get this free book.
00:35:16.54\00:35:18.11
Jëan: The number to
call is 800-835-6747.
00:35:18.15\00:35:21.35
That is the resource phone line.
00:35:21.38\00:35:22.68
You'll see it on your screen.
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As for the book, it's called
"The Abomination of Desolation."
00:35:24.12\00:35:27.32
And you can dial #250 on your
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00:35:27.36\00:35:31.69
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00:35:34.36\00:35:36.26
Thank you, Steve.
00:35:36.30\00:35:37.60
We've got Josh in Iowa.
00:35:37.63\00:35:38.97
Josh, welcome to
"Bible Answers Live."
00:35:39.00\00:35:41.54
Josh: Hi.
00:35:41.57\00:35:42.87
Can you guys hear me clear?
00:35:42.90\00:35:44.21
Doug: Loud and clear.
00:35:44.24\00:35:45.57
Thanks, Josh.
00:35:45.61\00:35:46.91
Josh: Thanks, Doug.
00:35:46.94\00:35:48.28
My question is about why
God allows Satan to tempt us
00:35:48.31\00:35:52.25
into sin?
00:35:52.28\00:35:53.62
And just to let me set it up for
you, reason I'm asking is 'cause
00:35:53.65\00:35:57.72
if God destroyed Satan, right,
but left us here, we would still
00:35:57.75\00:36:00.79
have our free will, but we
could still choose to sin or not
00:36:00.82\00:36:04.49
to sin.
00:36:04.53\00:36:05.86
But Him allowing, you
know, Satan and the demons and
00:36:05.89\00:36:08.36
everything to tempt us into sin
all the time, it kind of feels
00:36:08.40\00:36:11.03
like--it's kind of like telling
an alcoholic that he's not
00:36:11.07\00:36:15.34
allowed to drink anymore, but
then forcing him to live across
00:36:15.37\00:36:18.14
the street from a liquor store.
00:36:18.17\00:36:19.51
You see what I'm saying?
00:36:19.54\00:36:20.94
Doug: Mm-hmm.
00:36:20.98\00:36:22.28
Josh: So I'm just not
sure, like, what God gets out of
00:36:22.31\00:36:25.71
allowing Satan to tempt us when
we could still have our free
00:36:25.75\00:36:28.88
will with our human existence.
00:36:28.92\00:36:31.39
Doug: Yeah, well, God is not
allowing Satan to tempt us to
00:36:31.42\00:36:34.49
prove we have a free will.
00:36:34.52\00:36:36.66
There's--Satan has accused God
not just before the earth but
00:36:36.69\00:36:40.96
before the universe.
00:36:40.96\00:36:42.26
There was a rebellion, a war
in heaven between Satan and his
00:36:42.30\00:36:45.07
angels and God and His angels.
00:36:45.10\00:36:48.44
And two-thirds of the
angels followed Lucifer.
00:36:48.47\00:36:51.24
Now, Lucifer was the
highest, most powerful of God's
00:36:51.27\00:36:54.01
creations, and he was saying
that God's government is not
00:36:54.04\00:36:56.85
just and that if he was in
charge, everyone would have more
00:36:56.88\00:37:00.48
freedom and happiness.
00:37:00.52\00:37:01.85
And he went through the
universe, and eventually at our
00:37:01.88\00:37:04.49
world he tempted Adam and Eve to
not trust the Word of God but to
00:37:04.52\00:37:08.79
trust his word, and he basically
hijacked the planet, and as we
00:37:08.82\00:37:12.46
mentioned earlier.
00:37:12.49\00:37:13.93
And this controversy between
good and evil has been--this war
00:37:13.96\00:37:18.23
has been--being acted out.
00:37:18.27\00:37:20.87
Paul says our world is
a theater to the universe.
00:37:20.90\00:37:23.91
They're all watching this
battle between good and evil.
00:37:23.94\00:37:26.51
At the cross you see Satan's
intense love for power and you
00:37:26.54\00:37:31.28
see Christ's power of love.
00:37:31.31\00:37:32.85
It's all at the cross, is the
greatest demonstration of Christ
00:37:32.88\00:37:36.72
humbling Himself,
Satan exalting himself.
00:37:36.75\00:37:39.79
He says, "Bow down to me.
00:37:39.82\00:37:41.16
I want to be God."
00:37:41.19\00:37:42.49
He wanted to be the Most High.
00:37:42.52\00:37:44.13
So we and all creatures,
all intelligent creatures, have
00:37:44.16\00:37:48.13
a choice.
00:37:48.16\00:37:49.53
Now, I'm not denying the
sovereignty of God, but I also
00:37:49.56\00:37:52.40
believe that we have freedom.
00:37:52.43\00:37:53.94
Because why does the Bible
say choose you this day who you
00:37:53.97\00:37:57.41
will serve?
00:37:57.44\00:37:58.74
Whosoever will, let him
take the water of life freely.
00:37:58.77\00:38:02.68
God is not willing
that any should perish.
00:38:02.71\00:38:06.15
So we have this
probationary time.
00:38:06.18\00:38:08.12
The penalty for sin is death.
00:38:08.15\00:38:10.19
Why aren't we dead yet?
00:38:10.22\00:38:11.59
Why don't--why doesn't everybody
die immediately after they sin?
00:38:11.62\00:38:15.89
Christ through His sacrifice
purchased time for people to
00:38:15.92\00:38:19.96
understand the issues, the
probationary life, where we can
00:38:20.00\00:38:23.10
choose to trust God or to
live the selfish existence of
00:38:23.13\00:38:26.70
the devil.
00:38:26.74\00:38:28.04
And there's so much more I can
say 'cause you're asking the big
00:38:28.07\00:38:31.51
questions, Josh.
00:38:31.54\00:38:33.41
We have that Cosmic Conflict
Magazine, the new Cosmic
00:38:33.44\00:38:36.58
Conflict Magazine,
and there's the movie.
00:38:36.61\00:38:39.55
I think it's got, like, a
million hits on YouTube, if you
00:38:39.58\00:38:42.28
type in "Cosmic Conflict."
00:38:42.32\00:38:44.65
Or you can request the magazine.
00:38:44.69\00:38:46.42
It's brand-new.
00:38:46.45\00:38:47.76
Jëan: The number to
call is 800-835-6747.
00:38:47.79\00:38:50.73
You can ask for that magazine.
00:38:50.76\00:38:52.13
It's called the Cosmic Conflict.
00:38:52.16\00:38:54.66
We'll be happy to send it
to anyone who calls and asks.
00:38:54.73\00:38:56.53
You can dial #250 on your
smartphone and you can and be
00:38:56.56\00:39:00.40
able to get it that way as well.
00:39:00.44\00:39:02.90
Thank you, Josh.
00:39:02.94\00:39:04.31
Minerva in Mexico.
00:39:04.34\00:39:06.14
Minerva, welcome to the program.
00:39:06.17\00:39:08.61
Minerva: Oh, hello,
Pastor Doug and Pastor Ross.
00:39:08.64\00:39:11.58
Thank you for taking my call.
00:39:11.61\00:39:13.28
Doug: We're glad you called.
00:39:13.31\00:39:14.62
Thank you, Minerva.
00:39:14.65\00:39:15.95
And your question tonight.
00:39:15.98\00:39:17.32
Minerva: Thank you.
00:39:17.35\00:39:18.65
Yeah, my question is, should
deaconesses be ordained even if
00:39:18.69\00:39:23.56
the Bible doesn't mention it?
00:39:23.59\00:39:26.13
And if they're not supposed
to, why do some churches do it?
00:39:26.16\00:39:30.80
Doug: Okay,
that's a fair question.
00:39:30.83\00:39:33.54
You know, in the Bible,
of course, we have in Acts--
00:39:33.57\00:39:36.37
is it chapter 6 or 7?
00:39:36.40\00:39:38.21
Well, it's 7 I think
where they ordain the deacons.
00:39:38.24\00:39:40.88
And they needed some people that
were spirit-filled, some men
00:39:40.91\00:39:44.95
that could help to delegate
and carry out some of the more
00:39:44.98\00:39:49.18
mundane business of the church,
but very important, so the
00:39:49.22\00:39:52.45
apostles could give themselves
more to preaching, to prayer,
00:39:52.49\00:39:55.42
teaching the Word.
00:39:55.46\00:39:56.79
And then we know the word deacon
is connected with the Greek
00:39:56.83\00:39:59.73
word servant.
00:39:59.76\00:40:01.10
There were also
women that served.
00:40:01.13\00:40:03.43
It doesn't give an example
in the Bible of women being
00:40:03.47\00:40:06.74
ordained as deacons, but I don't
see where there's any moral
00:40:06.77\00:40:10.61
dilemma with someone placing
their hands on a woman and
00:40:10.64\00:40:15.34
blessing them and
giving--praying that God will
00:40:15.38\00:40:18.55
give them the Spirit if
they're appointed to serve in a
00:40:18.58\00:40:22.12
certain capacity.
00:40:22.15\00:40:23.59
There are areas in the Old
Testament where the men, the
00:40:23.62\00:40:27.36
priests had particular ministry.
00:40:27.39\00:40:30.33
But there were also daughters
of Aaron, they were the wives of
00:40:30.36\00:40:33.50
the Levites, and they had
ministry in the tabernacle too.
00:40:33.53\00:40:37.43
Their ministry often had
to do with the garments for
00:40:37.47\00:40:40.74
the priests.
00:40:40.77\00:40:42.07
I think were made by
the wives of the Levites.
00:40:42.10\00:40:45.41
So there's ministry
and service for both.
00:40:45.44\00:40:49.68
In our church we have
deacons and deaconess.
00:40:49.71\00:40:53.38
So you're right, there is no
biblical example of laying hands
00:40:53.42\00:40:56.82
on the women who ordained
them or commissioned them, but
00:40:56.85\00:41:01.22
setting people aside with
prayer, there's no moral problem
00:41:01.26\00:41:03.96
with that.
00:41:03.99\00:41:05.29
Jëan: You know, we have a book.
00:41:05.33\00:41:06.63
It's called "A
Woman's Role in Ministry."
00:41:06.66\00:41:08.36
And we'll be happy to send it to
anyone who wants to learn more
00:41:08.40\00:41:10.67
about that.
00:41:10.70\00:41:12.03
The number to call is
800-835-6747, and you can ask
00:41:12.07\00:41:15.87
for the book.
00:41:15.90\00:41:17.21
It's called "A
Woman's Role in Ministry."
00:41:17.24\00:41:18.57
You can dial #250 on your
smartphone and ask for it that
00:41:18.61\00:41:22.24
way as well.
00:41:22.28\00:41:23.58
Shanna in Utah.
00:41:23.61\00:41:24.95
Shanna, welcome to
"Bible Answers Live."
00:41:24.98\00:41:26.48
Shanna: Hello.
00:41:26.51\00:41:27.82
Hi, Jëan and Pastor Doug.
00:41:27.85\00:41:29.92
My husband and I love your show.
00:41:29.95\00:41:31.69
Thank you.
00:41:31.72\00:41:33.46
My question is
related to the Holy Spirit.
00:41:33.49\00:41:36.59
In John chapter 14, chapter--or
verse 16,17, you know, towards
00:41:36.62\00:41:42.33
the end it does say that, "You
know Him, for He lives with you
00:41:42.36\00:41:45.60
and He will be in you."
00:41:45.63\00:41:47.70
So that--does that mean that the
Holy Spirit is always with us or
00:41:47.74\00:41:51.04
is it appropriate to ask for the
Holy Spirit's guidance in our
00:41:51.07\00:41:54.54
daily prayer?
00:41:54.58\00:41:56.11
Doug: Yeah, great question.
00:41:56.14\00:41:58.28
You know, I believe you can
prove from the Bible that people
00:41:58.31\00:42:02.32
can have varying relationships
with the Lord, and that would
00:42:02.35\00:42:06.09
include God the Spirit, and that
God the Spirit comes into our
00:42:06.12\00:42:10.06
lives in varying degrees.
00:42:10.09\00:42:12.66
I believe the apostles had
the Holy Spirit when they were
00:42:12.69\00:42:15.73
baptized and began following
Jesus, but then at the upper
00:42:15.76\00:42:20.24
room, after the resurrection, it
says Christ breathed on them and
00:42:20.27\00:42:23.81
said, "Receive the Holy Spirit."
00:42:23.84\00:42:25.94
But then at Pentecost 40 days
later, they're baptized with
00:42:25.97\00:42:30.81
tongues of fire and great
power and signs and wonders
00:42:30.85\00:42:33.98
and miracles.
00:42:34.02\00:42:35.35
There's different degrees.
00:42:35.38\00:42:36.69
You can even read in the Old
Testament, says the Spirit of
00:42:36.72\00:42:38.72
the Lord came upon David,
the Spirit of the Lord came
00:42:38.75\00:42:41.12
upon Samson.
00:42:41.16\00:42:43.66
And it's something I think we
should pray for every day 'cause
00:42:43.69\00:42:46.39
you cannot live the
Christian life without the
00:42:46.43\00:42:48.26
Christian spirit.
00:42:48.30\00:42:49.76
So Christ said, "If you being
evil know how to give good gifts
00:42:49.80\00:42:52.93
to your children, how much more
will your Father in heaven give
00:42:52.97\00:42:56.47
the Holy Spirit
to those that ask?"
00:42:56.50\00:42:59.11
He compares it to bread.
00:42:59.14\00:43:00.54
Bread's something
you eat every day.
00:43:00.58\00:43:01.91
Asking for the Holy Spirit
is something you would need
00:43:01.94\00:43:04.48
every day.
00:43:04.51\00:43:05.81
Jëan: You know, we have a book.
00:43:05.85\00:43:07.18
It's called "Life in the Spirit"
and goes right along with
00:43:07.22\00:43:08.92
this question.
00:43:08.95\00:43:10.25
We'll be happy to send it
to anyone who calls and asks.
00:43:10.29\00:43:11.99
The number is 800-835-6747
or just dial #250 on
00:43:12.02\00:43:17.86
your smartphone.
00:43:17.89\00:43:19.23
Ask for the book by name.
00:43:19.26\00:43:20.56
It's called
"Life in the Spirit."
00:43:20.60\00:43:22.83
Eva, 9 years old from New York.
00:43:22.86\00:43:25.20
Eva, welcome to
"Bible Answers Live."
00:43:25.23\00:43:28.10
Eva: Hello.
00:43:28.14\00:43:29.44
Doug: Hi, thanks for calling.
00:43:29.47\00:43:30.77
What are you doing up so late?
00:43:30.81\00:43:32.37
It's, like, 10
o'clock back there.
00:43:32.41\00:43:35.64
And your question tonight.
00:43:35.68\00:43:37.75
Eva: My question is, how do you
stay Lord Jesus Christ and--how
00:43:37.78\00:43:43.99
do you stay close to the
Lord Jesus Christ and keep on
00:43:44.02\00:43:46.55
following Him as a child?
00:43:46.59\00:43:48.99
Doug: That's a good question.
00:43:49.02\00:43:50.36
How do we stay close
to the Lord as a child?
00:43:50.39\00:43:53.96
Well, you know, the way you stay
strong as a child is you eat,
00:43:54.00\00:43:59.07
you breathe, and you exercise.
00:43:59.10\00:44:02.37
The way you stay strong as
a Christian is you eat and you
00:44:02.40\00:44:06.27
breathe and you exercise.
00:44:06.31\00:44:08.91
We eat by eating the bread
of life, which is the Bible.
00:44:08.94\00:44:12.41
Jesus said you don't live by
bread alone but by every word.
00:44:12.45\00:44:15.15
So we ought to read some
of the Scriptures every day.
00:44:15.18\00:44:20.16
We breathe by praying.
00:44:20.19\00:44:22.32
The Bible tells us you
can just be aware of God.
00:44:22.36\00:44:24.53
Talk to Him all the time,
not just when you wake up in
00:44:24.56\00:44:26.70
the morning.
00:44:26.73\00:44:28.00
I heard about a girl your age,
Eva, that when she went to sleep
00:44:28.03\00:44:30.97
at night, she threw one
of her shoes under her bed.
00:44:31.00\00:44:33.90
And her mother asked why she did
that, she said, "I have to get
00:44:33.94\00:44:36.40
on my knees to get my shoe,
and then I remember to pray."
00:44:36.44\00:44:40.24
So make sure and pray not only
in the morning and when you go
00:44:40.28\00:44:43.18
to bed at night
but through the day.
00:44:43.21\00:44:44.65
Just any time you need
God's help, talk to Him as
00:44:44.68\00:44:47.22
your friend.
00:44:47.25\00:44:48.58
He's always there even
though you don't see Him.
00:44:48.62\00:44:50.59
And then exercise.
00:44:50.62\00:44:52.25
Tell other people about the
Lord, and resist the devil, be a
00:44:52.29\00:44:56.52
good example, and that's called
exercising your faith, living
00:44:56.56\00:44:59.89
out the light.
00:44:59.93\00:45:01.30
You do those things,
you'll stay closer to the Lord.
00:45:01.33\00:45:03.90
Jëan: All right,
thank you for your call.
00:45:03.93\00:45:05.33
We've got Chris in California.
00:45:05.37\00:45:07.40
Chris, welcome to
"Bible Answers Live."
00:45:07.44\00:45:09.14
Chris: Thank you, pastors.
00:45:09.17\00:45:10.51
Thank you for taking my call.
00:45:10.54\00:45:13.17
In the Bible and as Christians,
how should we feel about owning
00:45:13.21\00:45:17.01
a gun or having a gun in
our home for self-protection and
00:45:17.05\00:45:22.65
just the use of
guns in our life?
00:45:22.68\00:45:24.99
And also with that, the
occupation and life of being a
00:45:25.02\00:45:30.83
police officer and having a gun
as part of your job, that you
00:45:30.86\00:45:34.36
may take a life.
00:45:34.40\00:45:35.70
What does the Bible say?
00:45:35.73\00:45:37.40
Doug: All right, well, I'll try
and give you a biblical answer.
00:45:37.43\00:45:40.94
Paul said--and I don't remember
the verse, Pastor Ross, where it
00:45:40.97\00:45:43.64
says that the soldiers or Rome
or the government does not bear
00:45:43.67\00:45:47.78
the sword in vain, meaning that,
you know, there are authorities
00:45:47.81\00:45:51.48
in government that they have
the power to punish sinners.
00:45:51.51\00:45:54.95
It uses the term sword there.
00:45:54.98\00:45:56.35
They had no guns back then.
00:45:56.38\00:45:59.25
So in the temple, God had guards
actually that would guard.
00:45:59.29\00:46:05.59
It talks about that in 2 Kings
chapter, is it 11, when King
00:46:05.63\00:46:12.03
Joash was being coronated.
00:46:12.07\00:46:14.57
They had guards
around him in the temple.
00:46:14.60\00:46:16.74
And Solomon had
shields in the temple.
00:46:16.77\00:46:18.81
And so, you know, in our day and
age, a lot of churches realize
00:46:18.84\00:46:22.38
it's just a practical tool that
you might want to, you know,
00:46:22.41\00:46:27.45
have some training in
firearms for protection.
00:46:27.48\00:46:30.62
If someone does not feel
comfortable with that, they
00:46:30.65\00:46:33.05
shouldn't do it because
if anything is not of faith,
00:46:33.09\00:46:35.29
it's sin.
00:46:35.32\00:46:36.73
Now, coming from my perspective,
Pastor Ross has been at our
00:46:36.76\00:46:40.36
place way up in the
hills, I have firearms.
00:46:40.40\00:46:42.70
It's not a secret.
00:46:42.73\00:46:44.03
Everybody in the hills does
because we got wild animals.
00:46:44.07\00:46:45.70
We got bears and we got,
you know, rabbit, animals,
00:46:45.73\00:46:48.94
and rattlesnakes.
00:46:48.97\00:46:50.27
And, you know, it's a tool.
00:46:50.31\00:46:52.81
God forbid I would
ever use it against a human.
00:46:52.84\00:46:54.91
I would never want to do that.
00:46:54.94\00:46:56.41
That would take some extreme
circumstances of defending my
00:46:56.44\00:46:59.55
family to do something
like that, but--and I don't even
00:46:59.58\00:47:02.68
think about it.
00:47:02.72\00:47:04.92
So, you know, I'd say that I
would never want to bear arms in
00:47:04.95\00:47:08.46
a war to take another life.
00:47:08.49\00:47:11.16
And I'm very thankful
for soldiers that protect our
00:47:11.19\00:47:14.50
country and I'm very thankful
for police that protect our
00:47:14.56\00:47:18.23
community, but I think that
Christians need to, you know,
00:47:18.27\00:47:22.64
pray about these things.
00:47:22.67\00:47:24.37
And one time the
disciples--it's a big question.
00:47:24.41\00:47:27.78
It's a politically--potentially
politically divisive question
00:47:27.81\00:47:31.08
too, so I want to be careful.
00:47:31.11\00:47:32.95
But the disciples one
time--Jesus said, "And he
00:47:32.98\00:47:36.05
that--if you don't have a sword,
sell your garment and get one."
00:47:36.08\00:47:39.12
And the disciples had said,
"Look, we've got two swords."
00:47:39.15\00:47:41.16
And Jesus said,
"Enough of this."
00:47:41.19\00:47:44.63
In other words, they didn't
understand when He talked about
00:47:44.66\00:47:46.56
a sword, Christ said, "I came to
send a sword," He meant His Word
00:47:46.59\00:47:50.53
is the sword.
00:47:50.57\00:47:51.90
So He's not telling
Christians to arm themselves in
00:47:51.93\00:47:54.70
that statement.
00:47:54.74\00:47:56.04
We need to be armed
with the Word of God.
00:47:56.07\00:47:57.51
That's Ephesians chapter 6.
Maybe that's a good offer for
00:47:57.54\00:48:00.38
this, "The Armor of God."
00:48:00.41\00:48:02.58
Jëan: If you'd like to receive
that, all you have to do is call
00:48:02.61\00:48:04.71
and ask.
00:48:04.75\00:48:06.05
The number is 800-835-6747.
00:48:06.08\00:48:08.55
As for the book, it's
called "The Armor of God."
00:48:08.58\00:48:11.12
Dial #250 and you
can ask for it by name.
00:48:11.15\00:48:15.02
Thank you, Chris.
00:48:15.06\00:48:16.39
We've got Terry in California.
00:48:16.42\00:48:17.76
Terry, welcome to
"Bible Answers Live."
00:48:17.79\00:48:19.96
Terry: Hi, yes, so,
00:48:20.00\00:48:22.83
somewhere in the Bible it
talks about if you keep sinning
00:48:22.86\00:48:25.93
the same sin over and over again
it will come to the point where
00:48:25.97\00:48:30.34
no--there'll be no more
sacrifice left for the sin.
00:48:30.37\00:48:33.84
Doug: Hebrews
chapter 10, verse 26.
00:48:33.88\00:48:36.18
Terry: And I also read
that only overcomers will be in
00:48:36.21\00:48:39.05
the kingdom.
00:48:39.08\00:48:40.38
And for me I'm needing to give
up chocolate for health reasons,
00:48:40.42\00:48:43.28
and I sincerely give it--like,
repent the night before and the
00:48:43.32\00:48:46.82
next day.
00:48:46.86\00:48:48.19
Somewhere I'll eat it,
and it's hurting my health.
00:48:48.22\00:48:50.89
And for me I feel it's sin and
I'm just--I don't know what my
00:48:50.93\00:48:54.93
problem is, but I'm wondering
also where God would draw
00:48:54.96\00:48:57.97
the line.
00:48:58.00\00:48:59.33
But I just want to overcome
that, and I'm having issue.
00:48:59.37\00:49:03.77
Doug: Well, bless your heart.
00:49:03.81\00:49:05.14
You know, first of
all, you're not alone.
00:49:05.17\00:49:09.38
Everybody--we're all kind
of sinnerholics, all of us.
00:49:09.41\00:49:11.75
We just--it
manifests different ways.
00:49:11.78\00:49:13.62
Chocolate's not my problem.
00:49:13.65\00:49:15.48
And some people it's alcohol
or some people it's--they can be
00:49:15.52\00:49:19.05
kleptomaniacs or it
might be pornography.
00:49:19.09\00:49:21.29
There's all kinds of addictions
that people struggle with and
00:49:21.32\00:49:24.89
you struggle to give it up.
00:49:24.93\00:49:26.49
But I can promise you that God
can give you the victory over
00:49:26.53\00:49:29.93
any temptation.
00:49:29.96\00:49:31.80
I have a sermon online and it's
called "Cold Confession" and I
00:49:31.83\00:49:36.74
tell about my
struggle with ice cream.
00:49:36.77\00:49:38.84
Now, it seems
like a light thing.
00:49:38.87\00:49:40.58
And some people are probably
laughing that you're talking
00:49:40.61\00:49:42.71
about struggling with chocolate,
but it's a real struggle when
00:49:42.74\00:49:45.88
you're trying to get the
victory over some eating habit.
00:49:45.91\00:49:48.95
And--but you can.
00:49:48.98\00:49:50.69
And we have a book
that we'll give you.
00:49:50.72\00:49:53.96
And I see
Pastor Ross is nodding.
00:49:53.99\00:49:56.76
"Tips for Resisting Temptation?"
00:49:56.79\00:49:58.63
Jëan: That's right.
00:49:58.66\00:50:00.00
Doug: Yeah.
00:50:00.03\00:50:01.30
That will give you a lot
more information than I can
00:50:01.33\00:50:02.80
share in three minutes,
but you can get the victory.
00:50:02.83\00:50:05.27
Now, Jesus does say
in Revelation to him
00:50:05.30\00:50:07.94
that overcomes.
00:50:07.97\00:50:09.27
He wants us to
learn to be overcomers.
00:50:09.30\00:50:10.91
Jesus came to set us free, and
He can set us free from every
00:50:10.94\00:50:14.84
bad habit.
00:50:14.88\00:50:16.21
You just need to trust Him.
00:50:16.24\00:50:17.65
And He saved me from, you
know, cursing, and stealing, and
00:50:17.68\00:50:21.22
living immorally, and
alcohol, and cigarettes.
00:50:21.25\00:50:24.69
And He that has begun a good
work in you will perform it.
00:50:24.72\00:50:28.32
He doesn't say it's
going to be without a battle.
00:50:28.36\00:50:31.33
You might struggle and fall and
take two steps forward, one step
00:50:31.36\00:50:36.00
back, but you can
get the ultimate victory.
00:50:36.03\00:50:38.40
So don't get discouraged.
00:50:38.43\00:50:40.24
Jëan: To receive the book
"Tips for Resisting Temptation,"
00:50:40.27\00:50:43.41
call 800-835-6747.
00:50:43.44\00:50:46.74
You can dial #250
on your smartphone.
00:50:46.78\00:50:49.94
Just a great read.
00:50:49.98\00:50:51.91
I think every Christian needs to
read this because if we want to
00:50:51.95\00:50:54.85
be a Christian, we
going to face temptation.
00:50:54.88\00:50:57.65
How do we overcome?
00:50:57.69\00:50:59.02
So some great tips.
00:50:59.05\00:51:00.66
800-835-6747 or dial #250.
00:51:00.69\00:51:05.46
Doug: Yeah.
00:51:05.49\00:51:06.83
And I briefly mentioned that
there's a sermon you can listen
00:51:06.86\00:51:08.86
to I did on YouTube.
00:51:08.90\00:51:10.20
If you just type in "Doug
Batchelor Cold Confession."
00:51:10.23\00:51:13.50
I talk about my battle.
00:51:13.54\00:51:14.90
But it basically gives the
principles of, what do you do
00:51:14.94\00:51:17.84
when you keep falling
into the same temptation?
00:51:17.87\00:51:20.54
I struggled for years
with an ice cream addiction.
00:51:20.58\00:51:24.25
I mean, it was an addiction.
00:51:24.28\00:51:25.95
It's--not that ice cream is
a sin for you, friends, but it
00:51:25.98\00:51:29.12
turned into a sin for me.
00:51:29.15\00:51:30.62
So you can just look up
"Cold Confession" on YouTube and
00:51:30.65\00:51:33.09
you'll see that as well.
00:51:33.12\00:51:34.69
Jëan: All right, next
caller that we have is Robert
00:51:34.72\00:51:36.26
in Washington.
00:51:36.29\00:51:37.59
Robert, welcome to
"Bible Answers Live."
00:51:37.63\00:51:38.93
Robert: Thank you, Pastor Ross.
00:51:38.96\00:51:40.46
I was going to ask about
the first question in your intro
00:51:40.50\00:51:44.07
tonight, who is
Michael the archangel?
00:51:44.10\00:51:46.57
Some people say, you know, that
he can't be Christ because he's
00:51:46.60\00:51:49.57
not an angel, you
know, et cetera, et cetera.
00:51:49.60\00:51:51.81
Doug: Yeah,
that's a good question.
00:51:51.84\00:51:53.34
And when we answer this
question, I always want to
00:51:53.38\00:51:56.14
preface and say please listen
very carefully 'cause, you know,
00:51:56.18\00:51:59.81
some churches teach that you've
got this angel called Raphael
00:51:59.85\00:52:02.68
and there's another angel called
Michael, and they're always
00:52:02.72\00:52:04.69
portrayed as
these powerful cherubs.
00:52:04.72\00:52:09.49
It's a misunderstanding.
00:52:09.52\00:52:11.69
The word archangel means
greatest messenger, and the word
00:52:11.73\00:52:17.87
Michael means who is as God, and
the phrase Michael the archangel
00:52:17.90\00:52:23.71
is one of the titles of Jesus.
00:52:23.74\00:52:25.64
Jesus is not an angel.
00:52:25.67\00:52:27.64
Jesus is eternal God.
00:52:27.68\00:52:29.04
He's all powerful.
00:52:29.08\00:52:31.01
But it's one of the
many titles that you find.
00:52:31.05\00:52:33.92
Now, let me
give you some verses.
00:52:33.95\00:52:35.82
You have in Revelation 12 it
says, "The dragon and his angels
00:52:35.85\00:52:40.29
fought against Michael, and
Michael and his angels fought."
00:52:40.32\00:52:43.69
Well, the dragon is a symbolic
name for the devil, Satan.
00:52:43.73\00:52:48.50
Michael is a
symbolic name for Christ.
00:52:48.53\00:52:51.87
You read in 1 Thessalonians 4,
"The Lord Himself will descend
00:52:51.90\00:52:55.40
from heaven with a shout,
and the voice of the archangel."
00:52:55.44\00:52:59.27
The Lord Himself with
the voice of the archangel.
00:52:59.31\00:53:02.98
You read in Jude verse 9
that it says Michael comes to
00:53:03.01\00:53:07.42
resurrect Moses.
00:53:07.45\00:53:09.22
Jesus is the
resurrection and the life.
00:53:09.25\00:53:11.69
And you can read in Joshua,
I forget it's chapter 5, where
00:53:11.72\00:53:18.29
Joshua meets the
angel of the Lord.
00:53:18.33\00:53:21.33
And this angel is
not like a normal angel.
00:53:21.36\00:53:23.90
This angel says, "Take your
shoes off your feet, for this is
00:53:23.93\00:53:26.03
holy ground."
00:53:26.07\00:53:27.37
Well, Gabriel tells John in
Revelation 19, "Do not bow down
00:53:27.40\00:53:31.34
and pray to an angel.
00:53:31.37\00:53:32.67
It's a sin.
00:53:32.71\00:53:34.04
Only worship God."
00:53:34.08\00:53:35.38
So who is this angelic
warrior that you see in the book
00:53:35.41\00:53:40.02
of Joshua?
00:53:40.05\00:53:41.35
That's what you
call a Christophany.
00:53:41.38\00:53:42.78
Michael the archangel.
00:53:42.82\00:53:44.12
Jesus appearing
before His incarnation.
00:53:44.15\00:53:47.69
So I'm leaving out those verses
also in Daniel and other places.
00:53:47.72\00:53:52.16
Michael will stand up, and
there's a time of trouble such
00:53:52.19\00:53:54.20
as there never has been.
00:53:54.20\00:53:55.53
That's Daniel 12.
00:53:55.56\00:53:57.23
We got a book.
00:53:57.27\00:53:58.60
Jëan: We do.
00:53:58.63\00:53:59.93
Doug: I'm giving you the
whole study, and we got a book.
00:54:00.04\00:54:01.60
So I'll stop talking.
00:54:01.64\00:54:02.94
Jëan: And it's just "Who
is Michael the Archangel?"
00:54:02.97\00:54:04.87
A great study, and a
lot of Scriptures in there.
00:54:04.91\00:54:07.38
If you'd like to get it, the
number to call is 800-835-6747.
00:54:07.41\00:54:12.08
Dial #250 on your smartphone.
00:54:12.11\00:54:15.42
You can get it that way as well.
00:54:15.45\00:54:17.09
The book is called "Who
is Michael the Archangel?"
00:54:17.12\00:54:19.62
And I'm sure, Pastor Doug, you
have a sermon on YouTube dealing
00:54:19.65\00:54:23.32
with this subject.
00:54:23.36\00:54:24.69
And you could
probably just look it up.
00:54:24.73\00:54:26.09
Pastor Doug Batchelor,
"Who is Michael the Archangel."
00:54:26.13\00:54:28.90
You'll be able
to see that sermon.
00:54:28.93\00:54:31.07
Next caller that we
have is Rod in New Mexico.
00:54:31.10\00:54:33.67
Rod--or rather Ron.
00:54:33.70\00:54:35.14
Ron, welcome to the program.
00:54:35.17\00:54:36.57
Ron: Thank you, brothers.
00:54:36.60\00:54:38.94
Want to start off by saying Joe
Crews would be very pleased with
00:54:38.97\00:54:42.21
what you folks have
done with Amazing Facts.
00:54:42.24\00:54:44.55
Doug: Oh, praise God.
00:54:44.58\00:54:45.88
Well, thanks so much.
00:54:45.91\00:54:47.15
Of course, you and I both know
God gets the glory, but we're
00:54:47.18\00:54:50.22
just praising Him for
the way He's been blessing.
00:54:50.25\00:54:52.22
Ron: Amen.
00:54:52.25\00:54:53.82
Amen.
00:54:53.86\00:54:55.19
Hey, Paul was all about
righteousness by faith, but in
00:54:55.22\00:54:58.79
Acts 21 he meets up with the
Jains and the elders, and they
00:54:58.83\00:55:04.03
say, "Hey, people think you
don't observe Jewish customs, so
00:55:04.07\00:55:08.30
go pay for these
guys' purification rights."
00:55:08.34\00:55:10.77
And then in verse 24, "Then
everyone will know the rumors
00:55:10.81\00:55:13.68
are all false and that
you yourself observe the
00:55:13.71\00:55:16.81
Jewish laws."
00:55:16.85\00:55:18.15
What is up with that?
00:55:18.18\00:55:20.05
Doug: Yeah, you know, I
don't know that this was Paul's
00:55:20.08\00:55:22.42
finest hour.
00:55:22.45\00:55:24.59
I think to some extent that Paul
was--he was capitulating to the
00:55:24.62\00:55:29.49
leaders, trying to cooperate
with them because he wanted to
00:55:29.52\00:55:34.13
stifle any idea--that there had
been false rumors that Paul had
00:55:34.20\00:55:38.17
scuttled the teachings of Moses.
00:55:38.20\00:55:40.64
Paul did not give up the
teachings of Moses, neither
00:55:40.67\00:55:43.20
did Jesus.
00:55:43.24\00:55:44.54
Jesus said, "Think not that
I have come to destroy the law
00:55:44.57\00:55:47.58
of Moses.
00:55:47.61\00:55:49.14
I've not come to
destroy, but to fulfill."
00:55:49.18\00:55:51.41
And Christ said, "Whoever
therefore shall break one of the
00:55:51.45\00:55:55.88
least of these commandments and
teach men so, he will be least
00:55:55.92\00:55:58.69
in the kingdom of heaven."
00:55:58.72\00:56:00.16
So when it came to the
overreaching teachings of Moses
00:56:00.19\00:56:04.43
and what you find in the
Old Testament, Paul was in
00:56:04.46\00:56:06.96
full agreement.
00:56:07.00\00:56:08.26
There were certain ceremonial
laws that Christ fulfilled that
00:56:08.30\00:56:11.53
the Jewish Christians were
trying to impose on the Gentile
00:56:11.57\00:56:14.80
Christians, and Paul
said that's not necessary.
00:56:14.84\00:56:16.71
And the Jerusalem council
eventually agreed with that in
00:56:16.74\00:56:19.74
Acts chapter 15.
00:56:19.77\00:56:21.74
So--but they wanted to
appease the Jews in Jerusalem.
00:56:21.78\00:56:27.55
So they said, "You know,
why don't you get out front and
00:56:27.58\00:56:29.42
do this?"
00:56:29.45\00:56:30.75
And it kind of backfired.
00:56:30.79\00:56:32.12
It turned into a riot, and Paul
ended up going to jail, and God
00:56:32.15\00:56:37.16
turned it for good in the end.
00:56:37.19\00:56:38.83
Jëan: Well, friends, we do have
some email questions, Pastor
00:56:38.86\00:56:41.03
Doug, in the last minute or so
before the end of the program.
00:56:41.06\00:56:43.87
Let me ask you a couple
of these email questions.
00:56:43.90\00:56:47.40
First question, will the
universe and the other planets
00:56:47.44\00:56:50.47
be burnt up when God creates
a new earth--a new heavens and a
00:56:50.51\00:56:55.24
new earth?
00:56:55.28\00:56:56.68
Doug: Yeah, that confuses people
because they think, "Well,
00:56:56.71\00:56:59.55
what's wrong with the heavens
that the heavens would be
00:56:59.58\00:57:01.78
dissolved with fervent
heat in 2 Peter chapter 3?"
00:57:01.82\00:57:05.49
The word heavens there is
one of the Jewish words for the
00:57:05.52\00:57:08.59
atmosphere around the world,
which, you know, is getting
00:57:08.62\00:57:11.53
polluted over time.
00:57:11.56\00:57:13.36
So God is going to
create a new, pure atmosphere.
00:57:13.40\00:57:16.10
There's nothing wrong with
the stars and the galaxies, and
00:57:16.13\00:57:20.37
there'd be no advantages, no
sin out there to be burned up.
00:57:20.40\00:57:24.01
It's talking
about new atmosphere.
00:57:24.04\00:57:26.44
You know, in Genesis it says God
separated the waters from above
00:57:26.47\00:57:29.61
the heavens, from the
waters below the heavens.
00:57:29.64\00:57:31.45
It's the atmosphere around the
world that we're talking about
00:57:31.48\00:57:34.22
that'll be made new.
00:57:34.25\00:57:35.55
Jëan: All right, Arlene is
asking, "What does it mean when
00:57:35.58\00:57:37.62
it says--when you say
somebody is resting in peace?"
00:57:37.65\00:57:41.49
Doug: Yeah, Jesus, when Lazarus
died, he said, "Our friend
00:57:41.52\00:57:44.66
Lazarus sleepeth."
00:57:44.69\00:57:46.66
And when a person dies in
the Lord, they are sleeping a
00:57:46.70\00:57:50.17
peaceful, dreamless sleep until
the resurrection and they are
00:57:50.20\00:57:54.67
resting, and hopefully they're
going to be woke up in the
00:57:54.70\00:57:58.81
first resurrection.
00:57:58.84\00:58:00.51
Hey, friends, you can
tell we're out of time.
00:58:00.54\00:58:01.94
God bless.
00:58:01.98\00:58:03.31
We'll study His Word with
you again together next week.
00:58:03.35\00:58:08.18
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