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>> JESUS SAID, "I AM THE
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THERE IS AN ABSOLUTE
TRUTH AND YOU KNOW, WHAT'S MORE?
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IF YOU SEEK FOR
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TODAY'S
PRESENTATION IS AN EXCERPT FROM
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"THE MILLENNIUM OF
PROPHECY" VIDEO SERIES.
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>> AND THE STUDY TONIGHT IS
DEALING WITH BACK TO JERUSALEM.
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IT'S GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT THE
KEYS TO UNLOCKING THE MYSTERIES
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OF PROPHECY. A LOT
OF PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THE
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BIBLE IS A MYSTERY
THAT CANNOT BE UNDERSTOOD.
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I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT
THERE ARE SYMBOLS IN THE BIBLE,
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AND SOME ARE DIFFICULT, BUT
GOD DOES WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND.
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WELL, LET'S GET INTO
OUR QUESTIONS FOR TONIGHT.
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QUESTION NUMBER ONE, WE
GOT A LOT OF MATERIAL TO COVER
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AND THIS IS A GREAT
LESSON, SO I NEED TO MOVE ALONG.
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"HOW MUCH OF THE SCRIPTURE
ARE WE COMMANDED TO BELIEVE?"
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ANSWER, "BELIEVE ALL THAT
THE PROPHETS HAVE SPOKEN."
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AND THEN WHEN WE GO TO 2
TIMOTHY 3:16, "ALL SCRIPTURE
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IS GIVEN BY INSPIRATION OF
GOD." THE BIBLE, AS WE KNOW
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IT, IT'S A LATIN WORD
BIBLIOS. IT MEANS THE BOOK.
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IT IS THE BOOKS, THE
BOOK OF BOOKS SO TO SPEAK.
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IT'S DIVIDED IN THE
NEW AND THE OLD TESTAMENT.
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NOW WHEN I GREW UP HERE IN NEW
YORK CITY, MY FATHER AND MOTHER
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DIVORCED WHEN I WAS 3 YEARS OLD
AND MY FATHER COMPLAINED THAT
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I WAS NOT GETTING ANY
RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION.
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MY MOTHER, WHO IS JEWISH,
SAID, "OKAY AND SHE SENT ME TO
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SYNAGOGUE AND, OF COURSE, THEY
BELIEVED IN THE OLD TESTAMENT
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AND SOME OF THOSE SACRED
WRITINGS. WHEN I WENT TO LIVE
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WITH MY FATHER, HE
SENT ME TO CATHOLIC SCHOOL.
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AT LEAST THEY KIND OF GOAT EACH
OTHER THAT WAY AND SO I'VE HAD
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A VERY WELL-ROUNDED
RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION.
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BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY
INTERESTING THAT, YOU KNOW, I
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STUDIED WITH ONE GROUP AND THEY
SAID JUST THE OLD TESTAMENT AND
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THEN I WENT TO SOME PROTESTANT
CHURCHES AND THEY SUPPLIED
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JUST NEW
TESTAMENTS IN THEIR CHURCHES.
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MOST PROTESTANTS DON'T
BELIEVE THAT, BUT SOME DO.
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AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW
TODAY THE WHOLE THING COMPRISES
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THE BIBLE, THE NEW
AND THE OLD TESTAMENT.
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YOU CANNOT UNDERSTAND THE
PROPHECIES BY THROWING AWAY
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THE OLD TESTAMENT.
LOOK HERE, HERE'S THE BOOK
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OF MATTHEW, THIS IS WHERE
THE NEW TESTAMENT BEGINS. THIS
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IS THE OLD TESTAMENT.
IF YOU THROW AWAY YOUR OLD
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TESTAMENT, YOU'RE THROWING
AWAY THE BETTER PART OF THE KEYS
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THAT UNLOCK THE PROPHECIES
AND 3 QUARTERS OF SCRIPTURE.
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TEN PERCENT OF EVERYTHING
JESUS SAID, HE'S QUOTING
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THE OLD TESTAMENT. AND
KEEP IN MIND WHEN CHRIST
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TALKED ABOUT THE SCRIPTURE,
WHEN CHRIST USED THE SCRIPTURES,
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THERE WAS NO NEW TESTAMENT.
THE NEW TESTAMENT IS THE WORDS
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OF JESUS AND THE APOSTLES
THAT WERE RECORDED LATER.
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SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT
WE RECOGNIZE ALL SCRIPTURE IS
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GIVEN BY INSPIRATION OF
GOD AND THAT WE UTILIZE IT
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IN OUR STUDY.
WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT.
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THAT'S OUR APPROACH
DURING THIS PROGRAM.
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WHOM DID JESUS SAY THAT THE
SCRIPTURES AND THE PROPHECIES
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REVEAL? ANSWER,
LUKE 24:27, "BEGINNING
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AT MOSES AND ALL THE PROPHETS,
HE EXPOUNDED UNTO THEM IN ALL
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THE SCRIPTURES THE
THINGS CONCERNING HIMSELF."
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NOW REMEMBER THERE'S NO NEW
TESTAMENT AND HERE HE'S SHOWING
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FROM THE WHOLE OLD TESTAMENT,
THE THINGS CONCERNING HIMSELF.
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HE IS ALL THROUGH THE BIBLE IN
THE NEW AND THE OLD TESTAMENT.
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THE NEXT PART OF THAT ANSWER IS
JOHN 5:39 AND IT SAYS, "SEARCH
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THE SCRIPTURES FOR... THEY
ARE THEY THAT TESTIFY OF ME."
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NOW YOU KNOW THE STORIES IN THE
BIBLE ARE ALL LITTLE MINIATURE
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PICTURES OF THE COMING MESSIAH.
LET ME GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF
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EXAMPLES, JOSEPH, HOW
MANY BROTHERS WERE THERE?
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TWELVE BROTHERS,
JOSEPH WAS ONE OF THEM.
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JUST LIKE JACOB HAD 12
SONS, JESUS HAD 12 APOSTLES.
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JOSEPH WAS SOLD FOR
THE PRICE OF A SLAVE.
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THEY TOOK AWAY HIS CLOTHES,
THEY DIPPED IT IN BLOOD.
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THEY PUT HIM IN A HOLE
WHERE THERE WAS NO WATER,
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BUT HE CAME OUT ALIVE.
CHRIST WAS SOLD BY JUDAS
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FOR THE PRICE OF A SLAVE.
THEY TOOK AWAY HIS CLOTHES THAT
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WERE SPLATTERED WITH
HIS BLOOD FROM A BEATING.
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YET HE STILL FORGAVE THOSE
WHO PERSECUTED HIM AND JOSEPH
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FORGAVE HIS
BROTHERS WHO SOLD HIM.
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AND I COULD TAKE THAT
STORY FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT.
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YOU'VE GOT ABRAHAM AND ISAAC
GOING UP THE MOUNTAIN TOGETHER
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TO SACRIFICE THE FATHER
OFFERING THE SON FOR GOD SO
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LOVED THE WORLD HE GAVE HIS SON.
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ISAAC'S GOT THE
WOOD ON HIS BACK.
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JESUS HAD THE CROSS ON HIS BACK.
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AND FINALLY THEY FIND A
RAM WITH ITS HORNS CAUGHT IN A
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THICKET, A RAM
WITH A CROWN OF THORNS.
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THERE'S SO MANY PARALLELS IN
THE OLD TESTAMENT THAT HELP US
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RECOGNIZE WHEN JESUS CAME WHO
HE WAS, THOUSANDS OF EXAMPLES.
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SO THE
SCRIPTURES TESTIFY OF HIM.
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THE NEXT PART OF THIS ANSWER IS
"THE REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST
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WHICH GOD GAVE UNTO HIM, TO
SHEW HIS SERVANTS THINGS WHICH
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MUST SHORTLY COME TO PASS."
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AND THOSE THINGS ARE
TRANSPIRING RIGHT NOW.
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THE BIBLE IS A
REVELATION OF JESUS.
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ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO
TO THE NEXT QUESTION.
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"WHAT IS ANOTHER NAME THAT
IS USED IN THE BIBLE FOR JESUS?"
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ANSWER, "IN THE BEGINNING WAS
THE WORD AND THE WORD WAS GOD--"
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I'M SORRY, THE WORD WAS
WITH GOD AND THE WORD WAS GOD.
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ONE OF THE TITLES
FOR CHRIST IS THE WORD.
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NEXT PART OF THAT IS JOHN 1:14,
"AND THE WORD WAS MADE FLESH
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AND DWELT AMONG US."
GOD THE SON INCARNATE,
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THAT MEANS IN THE FLESH. HE
TOOK ON THE FORM OF A HUMAN.
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NOW THERE'S THREE
REASONS THAT CHRIST CAME DOWN.
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CAME TO SHOW US
WHAT THE FATHER'S LIKE.
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REMEMBER AT THE END OF HIS
MINISTRY HE SAID, IF YOU'VE
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SEEN ME YOU'VE SEEN THE FATHER.
THE WORLD IS IN A GREAT DEAL
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OF DARKNESS. THERE'S A LOT OF
MISUNDERSTANDING ABOUT WHO GOD
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IS, WHO IS THE FATHER. A
LOT OF PEOPLE PICTURE THIS
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BIG POLICEMAN UP IN THE SKY
WITH A BILLY CLUB WAITING TO
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ZAP US WHEN WE
DO SOMETHING WRONG.
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JESUS CAME TO SHOW US
THAT THE FATHER LOVES US.
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HE CAME TO DEMONSTRATE
AND REVEAL THE FATHER.
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HE SAID, "IF YOU'VE SEEN
ME, YOU'VE SEEN THE FATHER."
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SECOND REASON JESUS CAME,
HE CAME TO SHOW US HOW TO TREAT
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EACH OTHER AND HOW
TO LIVE, HOW TO WALK.
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HE SAYS, "I'VE GIVEN YOU
AN EXAMPLE THAT YOU SHOULD DO
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AS I HAVE DONE." SO HE
LIVED AS A MAN, HE WENT
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THROUGH THE SAME
EXPERIENCES WE GO THROUGH.
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AND DON'T FORGET THIS, JESUS
NEVER USED HIS OWN MIRACULOUS
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POWER FOR SELFISH PURPOSES,
HE ALWAYS USED IT TO HEAL,
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TO FEED, TO SAVE OTHERS, OKAY?
HE STRUGGLED WITH THIRST JUST
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LIKE YOU AND I. HE
GOT TIRED AND FELL ASLEEP
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IN A BOAT. HE LIVED AMONG MEN.
HE SHOWED US HOW TO FORGIVE AND
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TO LOVE THOSE WHO MISTREAT
US. SO AS OUR EXAMPLE, THE THIRD
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REASON JESUS CAME
IS AS OUR SUBSTITUTE.
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HE TOOK WHAT WE DESERVE AND
HE OFFERS US WHAT HE DESERVES.
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HE TAKES OUR WEAKNESS
AND HE GIVES US HIS STRENGTH.
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HE TAKES OUR SIN AND
HE GIVES US HIS PURITY.
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HE MADE THIS
INCREDIBLE TRANSITION WITH US.
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HE TRADED PLACES
WITH US, OUR SUBSTITUTE.
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THOSE ARE THE THREE REASONS.
NOW HE IS CALLED THE WORD.
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JESUS WAS THE WORD OF
GOD INCARNATE AND THAT'S WHY
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WHEN PEOPLE SAY, "OH
BOY, I WISH I COULD SEE JESUS.
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IF I COULD WALK WITH JESUS."
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YOU'VE GOT THE MOST IMPORTANT
THING ABOUT WHAT CAME TO EARTH
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RIGHT HERE. THE
WORD OF GOD BECAME FLESH.
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CHRIST IS
RECORDED IN THESE PAGES.
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HE IS THE WORD
THAT BECAME FLESH.
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OKAY, LET'S MOVE ALONG
NOW TO OUR NEXT QUESTION.
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"WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE DID
GOD USE TO WRITE THE BIBLE?"
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ANSWER, SAY IT WITH ME, "HOLY
MEN OF GOD SPOKE AS THEY WERE
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MOVED BY THE HOLY GHOST."
SOME PEOPLE SAY, "WELL, YOU
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KNOW HOW COULD WE TRUST THAT
THE BIBLE IS NOT JUST MADE UP?"
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HOW DO WE KNOW THESE FOLKS
DIDN'T HAVE TOO MUCH LOBSTER
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FOR DINNER AND JUST HAVE WILD
DREAMS AND WRITE IT ALL DOWN?
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WELL, THE BIBLE TELLS US
THESE WERE PEOPLE WHO HAD
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CONSECRATED THEIR LIVES TO GOD.
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IT WAS HOLY MEN AND WOMEN.
YOU KNOW THERE'S THE PRAYERS OF
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DIFFERENT WOMEN IN THE
BIBLE RECORDED AS WELL.
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THE BIBLE NOT ONLY
WAS WRITTEN BY HOLY MEN,
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BUT THE BIBLE MAKES
HOLY MEN AND HOLY WOMEN.
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IT'S LIKE DWIGHT MOODY USED TO
SAY, "EITHER SIN WILL KEEP YOU
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FROM THE BIBLE OR THE
BIBLE WILL KEEP YOU FROM SIN."
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THE REASON THIS IS
CALLED SANTA BIBLIA, HOLY BIBLE.
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IT'S A SACRED BOOK
WRITTEN BY HOLY MEN.
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THERE HAVE BEEN ATTEMPTS MADE
THROUGH THE AGES TO EXTINGUISH
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THE SCRIPTURES AND THEY FAILED.
THE BIBLE IS AN ANVIL THAT HAS
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WORN OUT MANY HAMMERS.
"ETERNAL LIFE COMES FROM
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KNOWING THE LORD."
JOHN 17:1-3, YOU READ THAT.
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HOW IS JESUS KNOWN IN
THE BREAKING OF BREAD.
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NOW ONE OF THE PHRASES THAT'S
OFTEN USED IN THE SCRIPTURE FOR
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THE BIBLE IS THIS IS THE BREAD
OF LIFE. SOME OF YOU HAVE HEARD
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THAT HYMN, "BREAK THOU THE
BREAD OF LIFE, O LORD, UNTO ME."
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JESUS SAID, "I AM THE BREAD
THAT CAME DOWN FROM HEAVEN."
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YOU KNOW SOMETIMES YOU MIGHT
BE THINKING I DON'T UNDERSTAND
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THE BIBLE. IT'S COMPLICATED.
HOW MANY OF YOU REMEMBER
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THE STORY WHERE THE DISCIPLES
BROUGHT THEIR BREAD TO JESUS.
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THEY ONLY HAD FIVE
LOAVES AND A COUPLE OF FISH.
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THEY GAVE IT TO JESUS,
HE BLESSED IT. HE BROKE IT.
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HE GAVE IT BACK TO THEM AND
IT MULTIPLIED IN THEIR HANDS.
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THAT'S WHAT WILL HAPPEN FOR
YOU IF YOU TAKE IT TO THE LORD.
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WHEN YOU OPEN YOUR BIBLE, ASK
HIM TO GUIDE YOU IN YOUR STUDY.
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HOW IMPORTANT SHOULD
BIBLE STUDY BE TO THE CHRISTIAN?
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JOB 23:12, "I HAVE ESTEEMED
THE WORDS OF HIS MOUTH--"
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WHAT'S THE ANSWER?
"MORE THAN MY NECESSARY FOOD."
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NOW IF YOU'VE GOTTA HASTEN
OUT THE DOOR AND YOU'VE GOT
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A CHOICE BETWEEN YOUR BIBLE
READING AND YOUR RAISIN BRAN,
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FIBER'S VERY IMPORTANT BUT
IT'S NOT GONNA SAVE YOUR SOUL
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WHEN TEMPTATION
COMES LATER IN THE DAY.
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WE NEED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
THE WORD OF GOD THAT HE'S MADE
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AVAILABLE. PSALMS 119:105, "THY
WORD IS A LAMP UNTO MY FEET,
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AND A LIGHT UNTO MY
PATH." GOD'S WORD WILL GUIDE YOU
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IN THE DIRECTION
THAT YOU NEED TO GO.
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IT WILL GIVE
YOU PURPOSE IN LIFE.
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QUESTION NUMBER SEVEN, "WHO
HELPS US UNDERSTAND THE BIBLE?"
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JOHN 16:13, "WHEN HE THE
SPIRIT OF TRUTH IS COME, HE WILL
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GUIDE YOU INTO ALL TRUTH."
SO WHO DO WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND
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IN THE BIBLE? THE
HOLY SPIRIT WILL GUIDE US,
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THAT'S THE SAME AS JOHN 14:26.
"BUT THE COMFORTER, WHICH IS
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THE HOLY GHOST...HE
SHALL TEACH YOU ALL THINGS."
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AND THEN WE HAVE
ONE MORE IN THIS ANSWER,
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1 CORINTHIANS 2:13,
"WE SPEAK NOT IN THE WORDS
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WHICH MAN'S WISDOM TEACHES,
BUT WHICH THE HOLY GHOST
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TEACHETH." THE HOLY
SPIRIT WILL TEACH YOU.
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NOW WILL THE HOLY SPIRIT
EVER TEACH ANYTHING CONTRARY
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TO THE WORD OF GOD?
I'VE RUN INTO PEOPLE BEFORE
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AND THEY SAY, "WELL DOUG, I
KNOW THAT YOU GO BY THE BIBLE.
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THAT'S THE OLD
LETTER, IT'S DEAD, THAT'S OLD.
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I GO BY THE SPIRIT,
IT'S FRESH, IT'S NEW."
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AND THEY SAY THAT IF THE SPIRIT
OF GOD TELLS YOU SOMETHING AND
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IT'S CONFLICTING
WHAT THE WORD OF GOD SAID,
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YOU NEED TO GO WITH THE SPIRIT.
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OH, THAT'S VERY DANGEROUS
BECAUSE YOU COULD BE LED BY ALL
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KINDS OF DIFFERENT
THINGS YOU CALL THE SPIRIT.
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A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY THEY'RE
SPIRIT-LED AND THEY'RE REALLY
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JUST BEING LED BY
THEIR OWN INCLINATION.
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AND THE BIBLE TELLS US, JESUS
SAID, "THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL
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BRING TO YOUR REMEMBRANCE
THE THINGS THAT I HAVE SAID."
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THE HOLY SPIRIT IS NOT GOING TO
CONFLICT WITH THE WORD OF GOD.
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THEY WILL BE
UNITED. THEY ARE ONE, OKAY?
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SO DON'T FALL FOR THAT
VERY POPULAR DECEPTION THAT THE
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SPIRIT'S GONNA TEACH SOMETHING
CONTRARY OR DIAMETRICALLY
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OPPOSED TO THE WORD OF GOD.
THERE'S A PERFECT UNITY THERE.
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PRAY FOR GOD'S
SPIRIT AS WE STUDY HIS WORD.
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NEXT QUESTION
SHOULD BE NUMBER EIGHT.
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WHAT MUST I DO TO BE CERTAIN
THE HOLY SPIRIT IS GUIDING ME
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IN MY BIBLE STUDY?
NOT ONLY SHOULD WE PRAY
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FOR THE SPIRIT. LUKE
11:9 TELLS US, "AND I SAY
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UNTO YOU, ASK, PRAY, ASK
AND IT SHALL BE GIVEN UNTO YOU."
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FURTHERMORE WE READ IN
LUKE 11:13, "IF YOU THEN
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BEING EVIL, KNOW HOW TO GIVE
GOOD GIFTS UNTO YOUR CHILDREN,
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HOW MUCH MORE WILL
YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER GIVE
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THE HOLY SPIRIT TO THEM THAT ASK
HIM?" YOU KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE
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SAY I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE BIBLE
AND THEY JUST WALK AWAY FROM IT.
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DID YOU REALLY
HUNGER AND THIRST?
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YOU KNOW I'VE WRITTEN SEVERAL
BOOKS, NOT JUST MY TESTIMONY,
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AND PEOPLE OFTEN ASK
ME TO AUTOGRAPH MY BOOK.
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I USUALLY SCRIBBLE MY NAME
WHERE IT'S NOT LEGIBLE AND THEN
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I PUT MY FAVORITE SCRIPTURE.
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JEREMIAH 29:13 IT
SAYS, "YOU WILL SEARCH FOR ME
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AND YOU'LL FIND ME WHEN
YOU SEARCH FOR ME--" WHO KNOWS
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THE REST OF THAT?
"WITH ALL OF YOUR HEART."
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YOU NEED TO MAKE AN
INVESTMENT IN KNOWING GOD.
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AND I'LL TELL YOU, FRIENDS,
IF ANYTHING'S IMPORTANT, KNOWING
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GOD AND KNOWING THE PURPOSE
OF LIFE, THAT'S IMPORTANT, AMEN?
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YOU KNOW I'M PERSUADED A PERSON
CANNOT BE HAPPY UNLESS THEY
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UNDERSTAND THREE BASIC TRUTHS.
WE NEED TO KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT
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WHERE WE'VE COME FROM.
WE NEED TO KNOW SOMETHING
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ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING
HERE AND WHERE WE'RE GOING.
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THAT'S WHY PROPHECY IN
THE BIBLE IS SO ESSENTIAL IS
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BECAUSE PEOPLE CANNOT BE SECURE.
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I KNOW, I GREW UP BASICALLY
AN ATHEIST AND I WAS MISERABLE
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BECAUSE I DIDN'T
KNOW WHERE I CAME FROM.
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I WAS HEARING ALL KINDS OF
THINGS AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT
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I WAS DOING HERE AND I
HAD NO IDEA WHERE I WAS GOING.
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AND I KNEW I WAS ONLY HERE
FOR A LITTLE WHILE AND I HAD
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NO IDEA WHY. A LOT OF UNHAPPY
PEOPLE OUT THERE 'CAUSE THEY
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DON'T UNDERSTAND THOSE
THREE BASIC ESSENTIALS.
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THE BIBLE WILL GIVE YOU ALL
OF THOSE ANSWERS THAT WILL GIVE
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YOU A PEACE THAT
PASSES UNDERSTANDING.
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IT'S WORTH PRAYING FOR, IT'S
WORTH SEARCHING FOR. ALL RIGHT,
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NUMBER--JOHN 17. GOT A
THIRD PART OF THIS ANSWER HERE.
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"IF ANY MAN WILL DO HIS WILL,
HE SHALL KNOW OF THE DOCTRINE,
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WHETHER IT BE OF GOD."
SO WE NEED TO ASK, WE NEED
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TO BE WILLING TO DO IT.
SOME PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND
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BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO INTENTION
OF DOING WHAT GOD WANTS 'EM
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TO DO. ONE OF THE
HARDEST THINGS THAT
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JESUS WRESTLED WITH DURING HIS
EARTHLY LIFE WAS IN THE GARDEN
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OF GETHSEMANE WHERE HE PRAYED,
TO THE POINT WHERE HE WAS
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PERSPIRING WITH BLOOD
MIXED IN HIS PERSPIRATION.
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AND YOU KNOW WHAT
HE SAID IN THAT PRAYER?
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IF IT'S POSSIBLE, LORD, THAT
THIS CUP, THIS SEPARATION FROM
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YOU, THIS SACRIFICE,
IF THERE'S ANY OTHER WAY,
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LET IT PASS BUT IF NOT, NOT
MY WILL, YOUR WILL BE DONE."
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THE KEY TO HAPPINESS AND
VICTORY IS FOR EACH OF US
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TO SAY, "LORD, I AM
WILLING TO DO YOUR WILL."
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BEFORE THE SEMINAR'S OVER,
WE'LL TEACH YOU A LITTLE CHORUS
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THAT TALKS ABOUT BEING
WILLING TO DO GOD'S WILL.
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NUMBER NINE, HOW DOES PRAYERFUL
STUDY OF THE WORD HELP US?
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PSALM 119:11, "THY WORD I HAVE
HID IN MY HEART THAT I MIGHT
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NOT SIN." I'VE TOLD YOU THAT
WORD OF GOD WILL KEEP YOU FROM
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SIN OR SIN WILL KEEP
YOU FROM THE WORD OF GOD.
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THERE IS A DEGREE OF CONVICTION.
WHEN YOU READ THE BIBLE, IT
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MIGHT POINT OUT SOMETHING
IN YOUR LIFE THAT'S NOT HEALTHY
00:15:20.55\00:15:23.22
THAT MIGHT MAKE YOU
UNCOMFORTABLE, BUT IF YOU
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COOPERATE WITH
GOD, YOU'LL HAVE PEACE.
00:15:25.32\00:15:28.82
SO THE WORD KEEPS YOU FROM SIN
OR SIN KEEPS YOU FROM THE WORD.
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FRIENDS, IF YOU KNEW THAT THERE
WAS A RED BUTTON, LITTLE SECRET
00:15:31.89\00:15:38.57
WEAPON RED BUTTON THAT YOU
HAD TO PRESS ONCE A DAY AND YOU
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KNEW IF YOU PRESS THAT BUTTON,
YOU WERE GOING TO LIVE FOREVER
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IN PARADISE, WOULD YOU
MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO PRESS THAT
00:15:47.01\00:15:49.68
BUTTON ONCE A DAY, WOULD YOU?
00:15:49.71\00:15:51.98
FRIENDS AT HOME,
WOULD YOU MAKE THAT EFFORT?
00:15:52.01\00:15:53.62
WANT ME TO TELL YOU
WHAT THAT SECRET WEAPON IS?
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NOW I DON'T BELIEVE
WE'RE SAVED BY WORKS.
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I BELIEVE THAT WE
ARE SAVED BY FAITH.
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BUT YOU KNOW WHERE FAITH
COMES FROM? FAITH COMES BY
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HEARING AND HEARING BY THE WORD
OF GOD, ROMANS, TELLS US, OKAY?
00:16:02.26\00:16:05.86
THAT SECRET BUTTON IS A
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD
00:16:05.89\00:16:08.96
FROM A PERSONAL DEVOTION LIFE,
KNOWING HOW TO READ THE BIBLE
00:16:09.00\00:16:12.30
AND GETTING TO
KNOW GOD THROUGH IT.
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NOT ONLY THAT, YOU'LL
UNDERSTAND THE PROPHECIES.
00:16:14.77\00:16:16.60
THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT WE NEED
TO PUT ON THE WHOLE ARMOR OF
00:16:16.64\00:16:20.04
GOD, AND WHAT WAS ONE OF
THE MOST IMPORTANT PARTS OF THAT
00:16:20.08\00:16:24.18
ARMOR? IT SAYS, "AND THE SWORD
OF THE SPIRIT WHICH IS THE WORD
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OF GOD." WE DO
BATTLE WITH THE DEVIL
00:16:28.78\00:16:31.05
EVERY DAY AND A LOT OF
PEOPLE ARE EASILY OVERCOME.
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THE ONLY OFFENSIVE WEAPON
IN THE ARMOR OF GOD THAT YOU
00:16:35.29\00:16:38.99
FIND THERE IN
EPHESIANS 6 IS THE SWORD.
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WHAT DID JESUS USE WHEN
THE DEVIL CAME TO TEMPT HIM
00:16:41.96\00:16:44.67
IN THE WILDERNESS? I'M
TALKING TO SOME OF YOU THAT
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KNOW THAT STORY. THREE
TIMES THE DEVIL TRIED TO
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TEMPT CHRIST AND ALL THREE
TIMES, WHAT DID CHRIST SAY?
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IT IS WRITTEN, IT IS WRITTEN,
IT IS WRITTEN, QUOTED THE BIBLE
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ALL THREE TIMES AND YOU KNOW HE
QUOTED ALL THREE TIMES FROM THE
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BOOK OF DEUTERONOMY. AND
SO IF THE OLD TESTAMENT WAS
00:16:58.28\00:17:02.12
GOOD ENOUGH FOR JESUS, THEN
IT'S GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME TOO.
00:17:02.15\00:17:04.92
WHAT DO YOU SAY? "I'VE HID
YOUR WORD THAT I MIGHT NOT SIN."
00:17:04.95\00:17:07.76
JEREMIAH 33, "CALL UNTO ME,
AND I WILL ANSWER THEE, AND SHEW
00:17:07.79\00:17:13.19
THEE GREAT AND MIGHTY THINGS."
IF YOU CALL, DOES GOD LIE?
00:17:13.23\00:17:18.23
HE SAID, "CALL
AND I WILL ANSWER YOU.
00:17:18.27\00:17:21.50
ASK, YOU WILL RECEIVE.
00:17:21.54\00:17:23.00
AND NOT ONLY THAT, I WILL SHOW
YOU GREAT AND MIGHTY THINGS."
00:17:23.04\00:17:26.07
GOD WILL GIVE YOU PROFOUND,
BRILLIANT REVELATIONS THAT WILL
00:17:26.11\00:17:29.74
EXPLODE IN YOUR MIND WITH NEW
LIGHT THAT WILL JUST DAZE YOU
00:17:29.78\00:17:34.18
WITH THE THINGS THAT HE
WANTS TO SHARE WITH YOU."
00:17:34.22\00:17:37.62
NOW I WANT TO
MOVE ON TO ROMANS 15:4
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AND IT SAYS, "WHATSOEVER
THINGS WERE WRITTEN AFORETIME
00:17:41.46\00:17:45.03
WERE WRITTEN FOR OUR LEARNING,
THAT WE MIGHT HAVE HOPE."
00:17:45.06\00:17:50.37
GOD WANTS US TO BE EDUCATED.
HE WANTS US TO KNOW WHAT'S
00:17:50.40\00:17:53.07
GOING ON. HE
WANTS US TO HAVE HOPE.
00:17:53.10\00:17:54.74
YOU KNOW THE BIBLE TELLS
US THE FEAR OF THE LORD IS
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THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM.
THE BIBLE WILL INCREASE YOUR
00:17:56.74\00:18:00.58
INTELLIGENCE,
NOT DIMINISH FROM IT.
00:18:00.61\00:18:03.61
JAMES 1:5, "IF ANY
OF YOU LACK," WHAT?
00:18:03.65\00:18:06.72
"WISDOM, LET HIM ASK OF GOD...
AND IT SHALL BE GIVEN HIM."
00:18:06.75\00:18:10.42
NOW I BELIEVE WHAT GOD
SAYS, DO YOU? HE SAYS, "ASK ME,
00:18:10.45\00:18:13.59
I'LL GIVE YOU WISDOM."
THIS IS HOW WE MUST APPROACH
00:18:13.62\00:18:16.22
THE PROPHECIES IF WE'RE
GOING TO UNDERSTAND THEM.
00:18:16.26\00:18:19.23
WHAT IS THE METHOD THAT WE
USE FOR STUDYING THE BIBLE?
00:18:19.26\00:18:22.60
ISAIAH 28:10, "FOR
PRECEPT MUST BE UPON PRECEPT...
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LINE UPON LINE...HERE A
LITTLE, AND THERE A LITTLE."
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AND I WANT TO GO NOW TO THE
NEXT ONE, 1 CORINTHIANS 2:13,
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"BUT WHICH THE HOLY GHOST
TEACHETH; COMPARING SPIRITUAL
00:18:37.25\00:18:41.85
THINGS WITH SPIRITUAL THINGS."
WHEN YOU STUDY THE BIBLE,
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IT'S IMPORTANT TO COMPARE
SCRIPTURE WITH SCRIPTURE.
00:18:45.12\00:18:48.86
SOME PEOPLE READ ONE SCRIPTURE
AND THEY BUILD A WHOLE CHURCH,
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A WHOLE DENOMINATION ON ONE
SCRIPTURE AND THEY GET THESE
00:18:51.09\00:18:54.03
COOKY, ECCENTRIC DOCTRINES
BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT USING
00:18:54.10\00:18:57.20
A MULTITUDE OF SCRIPTURES
AND LAYING A GOOD FOUNDATION.
00:18:57.23\00:19:00.60
JESUS SAID, "IN THE MOUTH
OF TWO OR THREE WITNESSES,
00:19:00.64\00:19:04.14
LET SOMETHING BE ESTABLISHED.
00:19:04.17\00:19:05.34
AND SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THIS
SEMINAR IS WE'RE NOT GONNA TRY
00:19:05.37\00:19:08.78
AND GET YOU TO BELIEVE THE
CONCLUSION OF SOME PROPHECY
00:19:08.81\00:19:10.85
ON SOME AMBIGUOUS,
NEBULOUS SCRIPTURE OUT THERE.
00:19:10.88\00:19:13.65
WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU LOTS OF
EVIDENCE FOR YOUR CONCLUSIONS,
00:19:13.68\00:19:16.25
THAT'S WHY WE'RE INVITING YOU
TO ASK QUESTIONS SO THAT WE CAN
00:19:16.28\00:19:20.06
COME TO ACCURATE CONCLUSIONS.
DO YOU THINK IT'S GOD'S WILL
00:19:20.09\00:19:22.52
THAT'S THERE'S THIS MUCH
CONFUSION AND DIVERSITY AND
00:19:22.56\00:19:25.26
THE NAME OF THE BIBLE AND GOD,
THAT THERE'S SO MUCH DIVISION?
00:19:25.29\00:19:29.10
NO, SO MUCH OF IT COMES FROM
PEOPLE JUST TAKING ONE PASSAGE,
00:19:29.13\00:19:32.57
ONE SCRIPTURE AND BUILDING
ON THE SAND. WE NEED TO COMPARE
00:19:32.60\00:19:35.94
SCRIPTURE WITH SCRIPTURE.
THE NEXT ONE SAYS 2 PETER 1:20,
00:19:35.97\00:19:39.24
"NO PROPHECY OF SCRIPTURE IS
OF ANY PRIVATE INTERPRETATION."
00:19:39.27\00:19:44.71
NOW SOMETIMES I'VE BEEN AT
BIBLE STUDIES WHERE SOMEONE
00:19:44.75\00:19:47.02
SAYS, "WELL, I KNOW WHAT THIS
SCRIPTURE SAYS TO YOU, BUT TO
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ME I THINK THE SCRIPTURE
SAYS--" OH, COME ON, GOD IS NOT
00:19:49.45\00:19:52.25
THAT WAY. TRUTH IS ABSOLUTE.
00:19:52.29\00:19:55.66
PEOPLE SAY, "WELL, THIS IS YOUR
TRUTH AND THIS IS MY TRUTH AND
00:19:55.69\00:19:58.86
WE'RE LIVING IN THIS WORLD
WHERE EVERYTHING IS RELATIVE."
00:19:58.89\00:20:00.96
THAT'S VERY DANGEROUS, FRIENDS,
THAT'S NOT HOW GOD OPERATES.
00:20:00.96\00:20:05.07
JESUS SAID, "I AM THE
WAY, THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE."
00:20:05.10\00:20:08.84
THERE IS AN ABSOLUTE
TRUTH, AND YOU KNOW WHAT'S MORE?
00:20:08.87\00:20:11.44
IF YOU SEEK FOR
IT, YOU WILL FIND IT.
00:20:11.47\00:20:14.48
THERE'S A PROMISE,
BUT YOU NEED TO SEARCH.
00:20:14.51\00:20:16.61
ARE YOU AWARE THAT NOWHERE
IN THE BIBLE ARE WE TOLD TO READ
00:20:16.64\00:20:20.25
THE BIBLE? BUT IT
DOES SAY IN THE BIBLE,
00:20:20.28\00:20:23.42
SEARCH THE BIBLE, STUDY THE
SCRIPTURES. IT'S NOT A NOVEL,
00:20:23.45\00:20:29.56
IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU
GO THROUGH ONCE AND SAY,
00:20:29.59\00:20:31.49
"THAT WAS INTERESTING."
IT'S ON A CONTINUAL BASIS WE
00:20:31.53\00:20:34.20
MINE INTO THE
DEPTHS OF THE WORD OF GOD.
00:20:34.20\00:20:36.53
I KNOW A MAN WHO WOULD READ IT
THROUGH ABOUT SIX TIMES A YEAR,
00:20:36.56\00:20:39.47
AND HE LIVED INTO HIS
NINETIES AND HE GOT NEW THINGS
00:20:39.50\00:20:41.27
OUT OF IT EVERY TIME.
MARTIN LUTHER SAID YOU SHOULD
00:20:41.30\00:20:44.54
READ THE BIBLE SOMETHING
LIKE THE WAY YOU PICK APPLES.
00:20:44.57\00:20:47.78
SAID, FIRST YOU GO TO THE
TRUNK AND SHAKE THE WHOLE TREE
00:20:47.81\00:20:50.55
SO THEN YOU GO AND
YOU SHAKE THE BRANCHES.
00:20:50.58\00:20:52.38
THEN YOU GET OUT ON THE
LIMBS AND YOU SHAKE THE LIMBS.
00:20:52.41\00:20:54.08
AND THEN PRETTY SOON
YOU'RE LOOKING BEHIND THE LEAVES
00:20:54.12\00:20:55.68
AND THE TWIGS. GET
THE OVERVIEW, READ THE
00:20:55.72\00:20:58.45
WHOLE BOOK AND THEN YOU
COULD START BREAKING IT DOWN AND
00:20:58.49\00:21:01.09
LOOKING AT SOME OF
THE OTHER PARTICULARS.
00:21:01.12\00:21:03.32
WHAT WILL STUDYING
THE SCRIPTURES DO FOR US?
00:21:03.36\00:21:06.43
2 TIMOTHY 3:15, "THOU HAST KNOWN
THE HOLY SCRIPTURES THAT ARE
00:21:06.46\00:21:11.17
ABLE TO MAKE YOU WISE
UNTO SALVATION WHICH IS THROUGH
00:21:11.20\00:21:16.64
FAITH WHICH IS IN CHRIST JESUS."
00:21:16.67\00:21:18.54
THE SCRIPTURES WILL GIVE YOU
WISDOM AND THE SCRIPTURES ARE
00:21:18.57\00:21:22.51
THE MEDIUM THROUGH WHICH GOD
GIVES US THE INFORMATION THAT
00:21:22.54\00:21:25.75
CAN SAVE US FOR ETERNITY.
I THINK THAT'S GOOD NEWS.
00:21:25.78\00:21:29.52
ACCORDING TO JESUS,
WHERE DO WE FIND THE TRUTH?
00:21:29.55\00:21:33.52
WHAT'S THE ANSWER
THERE? JESUS SAID UNTO HIM,
00:21:33.56\00:21:37.13
"I AM THE WAY, THE
TRUTH, AND THE LIFE:
00:21:37.16\00:21:41.03
NO MAN COMES TO
THE FATHER BUT BY ME."
00:21:41.06\00:21:43.90
WHERE IS THE TRUTH ABOUT
JESUS REVEALED THE MOST CLEARLY?
00:21:43.93\00:21:48.47
IT'S IN THE WORD OF
GOD. AND THEN JOHN 17:7,
00:21:48.50\00:21:52.81
"THY WORD IS TRUTH."
PEOPLE SAY, "WELL, YOU KNOW,
00:21:52.84\00:21:57.98
OBVIOUSLY, THE BIBLE IS SUCH AN
OLD BOOK. IT'S BEEN CHANGED AND
00:21:58.01\00:22:01.18
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT
REALLY SAID ORIGINALLY. NOT SO.
00:22:01.22\00:22:05.32
I USED TO USE THAT SAME
ARGUMENT WHEN I WAS AN ATHEIST.
00:22:05.35\00:22:08.02
BACK IN 1947 DOWN AT THE LOWEST
POINT ON THE EARTH BY THE DEAD
00:22:08.06\00:22:12.53
SEA, 1,300 FEET BELOW SEA
LEVEL, A BEDOUIN SHEPHERD BOY
00:22:12.56\00:22:17.13
WAS LOOKING FOR
SOME MISSING GOATS.
00:22:17.17\00:22:19.80
HE NOTICED THESE CAVES
THAT WERE NOT VERY FAR.
00:22:19.83\00:22:22.57
IT'S BY A TOWN CALLED
QUMRAN, NOT VERY FAR FROM A MAIN
00:22:22.60\00:22:25.71
HIGHWAY, BEEN
THERE FOR 2,000 YEARS.
00:22:25.74\00:22:27.98
TOOK A ROCK AND THREW IT UP IN
THE CAVE WONDERING IF HIS GOATS
00:22:28.01\00:22:30.58
HAD WANDERED IN THERE,
JUST DOING WHAT BOYS DO.
00:22:30.61\00:22:32.75
AND HE HEARD A CLATTERING
BREAKING SOUND THAT DID NOT
00:22:32.78\00:22:35.52
SOUND LIKE ROCK. HE
SCAMPERED UP INTO THE CAVE
00:22:35.55\00:22:38.72
AND INSIDE THAT CAVE, HE FOUND
ALL OF THESE ANCIENT CLAY POTS
00:22:38.75\00:22:43.12
THAT HAD THESE LEATHER SCROLLS.
INSIDE WERE PARTS OF THE BIBLE.
00:22:43.16\00:22:50.07
THEY DISCOVERED
THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS.
00:22:50.10\00:22:52.03
BECAUSE OF THE DRY CLIMATE,
THEY HAD BEEN PRESERVED ALMOST
00:22:52.07\00:22:54.14
PERFECTLY FOR OVER
2,000 YEARS, SOME OF THEM.
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EVERY PART OF THE OLD TESTAMENT,
EXCEPT THE BOOK OF ESTHER,
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IN PART OR IN WHOLE WAS FOUND.
ARCHEOLOGY CONTINUES TO SUPPORT
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THE FACT THAT THE
BIBLE IS DEPENDABLE.
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IT'S THE MOST, NOW IT'S THE
MOST RESPECTED, DIDN'T ALWAYS
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BE THAT WAY BUT THE MORE
RESEARCH, THE MORE DIGGING
00:23:10.92\00:23:13.05
THEY'VE DONE, THE MORE THEY'VE
COME TO FIND THAT THE BIBLE
00:23:13.09\00:23:16.32
CONTINUES TO BE THE SOURCE BOOK
FOR ANCIENT HISTORY AND IT IS
00:23:16.36\00:23:20.50
VERY DEPENDABLE. THE
THINGS THAT THEY STILL HAVE
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NOT PROVEN, I
TRUST WILL BE PROVEN.
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"HOW SHALL WE TEST ALL
THE RELIGIOUS TEACHINGS AND
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DOCTRINES OF THE BIBLE?"
HOW DO WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE
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READING, IF IT'S
DEPENDABLE, IF IT'S TRUE?
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IT SAYS THEY RECEIVED THE WORD
WILL ALL READINESS OF MIND AND
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THEY SEARCHED THE
SCRIPTURES DAILY."
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YOU KNOW IN THE LORD'S PRAYER,
"GIVE US THIS DAY, OUR DAILY
00:23:41.42\00:23:45.09
BREAD, IT'S NOT JUST TALKING
ABOUT THE BREAD THAT YOU EAT.
00:23:45.12\00:23:47.96
IT'S SAYING GIVE US OUR
SPIRITUAL FOOD, THE BREAD OF
00:23:47.99\00:23:50.33
LIFE, JESUS ON A DAILY
BASIS THAT WE MIGHT BE NOURISHED
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SPIRITUALLY. THEY
SEARCHED THE SCRIPTURES
00:23:53.93\00:23:55.86
DAILY WHETHER
THOSE THINGS WERE SO.
00:23:55.90\00:23:58.73
SO WE NEED TO DO
IT FOR OURSELVES.
00:23:58.77\00:24:01.34
YOU KNOW WE LIVE IN A
VERY RELIGIOUS COUNTRY HERE
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IN NORTH AMERICA, BUT I
THINK WE HAVE A PROBLEM.
00:24:03.67\00:24:06.64
WE DEPEND ON THE PRIEST AND THE
RABBI AND THE PASTOR, AND I'M
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INCLUDING MYSELF, I'M A PASTOR,
TO GIVE US SOME DESSERT ONCE
00:24:10.01\00:24:12.68
A WEEK AND WE DON'T
KNOW HOW TO FEED OURSELVES.
00:24:12.71\00:24:16.05
WE WANT TO BE
SPOON-FED A LITTLE BIT.
00:24:16.08\00:24:18.12
WE WANT TO BE ENTERTAINED
BY THE MINISTER, BUT WE'VE NOT
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LEARNED TO FEED OURSELVES.
AND WHEN THE STORM COMES
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AND YOU KNOW THE BIBLE
TELLS US THERE'S A STORM COMING.
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JESUS SAID THE WISE MEN BUILDS
ON THE ROCK AND WHEN THE STORM
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COMES, HIS HOUSE
STANDS. WHAT'S THE ROCK?
00:24:29.16\00:24:31.33
HE THAT HEARS THESE
WORDS OF MINE AND DOES THEM.
00:24:31.37\00:24:34.60
THE FOOL BUILDS ON THE
SAND AND WHEN THE STORM COMES,
00:24:34.64\00:24:37.14
HIS HOUSE DISINTEGRATES.
YOU NOTICE SOMETHING?
00:24:37.17\00:24:40.24
THE STORM COMES TO THE WISE MAN
AND THE STORM COMES TO THE FOOL,
00:24:40.28\00:24:44.15
THE DIFFERENCE IS, ARE
WE BUILDING ON THE ROCK?
00:24:44.18\00:24:46.31
ARE WE LISTENING
TO THE WORD OF GOD?
00:24:46.35\00:24:47.68
WE MUST KNOW THE
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00:26:34.39\00:26:38.23
GOD MISSING IN MY LIFE.
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