Hello, friends, and welcome
to another Wednesday night
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Bible study here at
3ABN Worship Center.
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It's hot, that is,
outside it's hot and inside,
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we are waiting for
the Lord to warm us up.
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Can all of God's
people say amen to that?
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Amen. Thank you for tuning in.
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I know that people...
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As we travel around
the world, people say,
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"Hey, I watch Wednesday night."
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We get that from
people in Australia,
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people in California,
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other parts of the nation
down in Florida, in New York.
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Everywhere we go, people say,
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"Keep up
sharing the Word of God.
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We are tuning in."
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Sometimes, we get
emails about comments
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or sometimes
people call and they say,
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"I need extra lessons."
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So we want to just thank you
very much for being supportive
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of this program
because we do believe
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that the most
important thing is to know
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the truth of God's Word.
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So what you're going to
need tonight is your Bible.
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If you'd like to get
a copy of the lesson,
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go to the following
website, asf.3abn.org.
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Don't put www,
you won't find it.
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asf.3abn.org, and
download for tonight,
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lesson number 18,
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and then we're going
to begin lesson number 19.
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And the new thing
we've started with is
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how to know the
truth about the truth
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and we always want to
know the truth of God's Word.
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We've
transitioned out of how to live
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a spiritual life
in a natural body,
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which was all about
the nature that we receive
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when we follow the
Lord with sanctification,
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justification, glorification,
what they all are.
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And so at that
very same website,
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if you've missed
any of the studies,
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download the lessons
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and you can also see the videos,
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the links are there also.
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But now invite
your family and friends,
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if you're
joining us from a church,
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welcome, but we're
going to pray right now
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and ask for the Lord to bless
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and then we're going
to sing our theme song,
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Victory in Jesus.
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Let's pray together.
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Our Father in heaven,
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we thank You for
Your goodness to us.
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We cannot
overestimate how good You are.
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We really won't know
until eternity rolls to see
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the many times
that You have been
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there for us in our lives
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over our shoulders
as we study the Bible,
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Your Holy Spirit
impressing our minds to expand
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and understand Your will
and Your Word for our lives.
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And so tonight,
we invite You again
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to be the active agent,
to be the one to teach us.
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Lord, send Your Holy
Spirit that He may lead us,
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that He may guide us
that we may understand
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the truth of Your
Word and in that study
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that we may find a
closer walk with Christ.
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This is our prayer,
in Jesus' name we pray.
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Amen.
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Join us on our
song, Victory in Jesus.
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I heard an old, old story
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How the Savior came from glory
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How He gave His life on Calvary
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To save a wretch like me
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I heard about His groaning
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Of His precious blood's atoning
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Then I repented of my sins
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And won the victory
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O victory in Jesus
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My Savior, forever
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He sought me and bought me
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With His redeeming blood
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He loved me ere I knew Him
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And all my love is due Him
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He plunged me to victory
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Beneath the cleansing flood
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I heard about a mansion
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He has built for me in glory
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And I heard about
the streets of gold
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Beyond the crystal sea
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About the angels singing
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And the old redemption story
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And some sweet day
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I'll sing up there
That song of victory
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Okay, Andy, key change.
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O victory in Jesus
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My Savior, forever
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He sought me and bought me
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With His redeeming blood
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He loved me ere I knew Him
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And all my love is due Him
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He plunged me to victory
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Beneath the cleansing flood
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He plunged me to victory
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Beneath the cleansing flood
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Can you say amen to that?
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Amen. Amen.
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Tonight as we
continue in our study
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"How to know the
truth about the Truth,"
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We will go on to this sub theme,
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"How to know the truth."
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You know, a lot of times,
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people think about
the truth of God's Word
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but they think of
the small T-R-U-T-H,
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not the large T-R-U-T-H,
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and you may be wondering,
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"Well, what's the difference
between the small truth
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and the large truth?"
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Well, the reason why
the title had it written
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"How to know the
T-R-U-T-H small T,
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about the T-R-U-T-H large T
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is that until you know Jesus,
all that you learn in the Bible
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will be just a source
of gathering information.
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The Lord wants us
to know Him first.
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Can you say amen to that?
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So when you know the person...
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I heard a story that
was really interesting.
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It just came to
my mind right now.
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It's amazing how they
come back when we need them.
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Story of a young lady
who had gone to dinner
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with a young man
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and they just went out
for their first time together
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and getting to know each other,
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finding out their
likes and dislikes.
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She said to him,
"What do you like to do?"
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And he described
to her his hobbies
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and the ways he spent
his time and she said...
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And he asked her,
"What do you like to do?"
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And she's like,
"Well, I like to read."
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She said, "Well, right now
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I'm reading this
very boring book.
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It just, ah, boring
means, just bores me."
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And he said, "What's it about?"
And she told him the title.
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He said, "Well, what's
the name of the author?"
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And she told him the name
of the author and he says,
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"I'm sorry to
say that's my book.
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I wrote that book."
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And you know what?
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When she went home
and read that book,
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the very next day
you know what she said?
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"That's the best
book I've ever read."
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What made the relationship?
What made the difference?
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I gave you the answer.
What made the difference?
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The relationship.
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Knowing the person of the book
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is the first step
in loving the book,
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ain't that right?
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So if you're going to know
the truth about the Sabbath,
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about the state of the
dead, about the second coming,
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about what happens when you die,
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all those things
are very important,
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but if you don't know
the person of the book,
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this book could
be pretty frightening
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because it's filled
with plagues and judgments
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and there are
lots of terrible things
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that could happen.
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First of all in your mind,
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there could be some agony there
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if you don't know the
truth about the truth.
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And so this first study,
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we're going to wind up on
the last of five questions,
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we began with
question number one
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all the way to
four, and tonight,
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we're going to begin
with question number five.
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So I want you to
make one correction,
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if you've
downloaded that lesson,
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just make one
very quick correction
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on question number seven.
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I want you to make sure
that you don't have Romans 6:4,
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which you did have printed,
but write down instead of that,
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cross out Roman 6:4,
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and put 3 John 1:4
for question number seven.
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We'll get there
together in just a moment.
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But the most important thing
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about learning the
truth is knowing the person.
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My wife and I used to
write letters to each other.
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We don't write them anymore
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because we now
live with each other.
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But before we got married,
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and she was away at college
and I was in New York City,
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I would write her
letters to her school
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and I would paint
the front of the envelope
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with all
different kinds of colors
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with a magic marker.
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Back then I played a guitar.
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Back then I played
a guitar and so I had
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all these different
shaped guitar picks,
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some triangle
ones, heart shaped ones,
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and oval shaped ones,
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and I would shape
those guitar picks,
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fill them up with colors,
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and spray the
envelope with cologne.
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So every time a
letter came to her,
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people would say,
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"Angela,
another letter for you."
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'Cause it just stood
out like a sore thumb
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or I should say like a
beautiful bouquet of flowers.
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And that's what
God's Word is like.
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You know, the Word of
God is a wonderful fragrance
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to those of us who
study the Word of God.
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We should look
forward to reading it,
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we should look
forward to receiving it.
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So when we open our
Bibles every Wednesday night
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or wherever you are,
if you're in Australia,
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it's maybe Thursday afternoon,
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when we open
our Bibles together,
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it's a time to understand
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the sweet smelling
fragrance of God's Word.
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So let's begin tonight
on question number five.
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The title "How to know
the truth about the truth,"
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the subtitle "How
to know the truth,"
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But question number five
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is where we're
going to begin tonight.
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And this is a very
important question.
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Let me tell you why.
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Because many people
say they love the Lord.
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Have you heard that before?
People say, "I love the Lord.
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All that matters is
that I love the Lord."
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And what's happening
nowadays is it's almost becoming
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a replacement to
following what God's Word says.
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A person that may
disagree with God's Word,
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they may say,
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"Well, all that
matters is I love the Lord."
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Well, that's why the question
is framed in the way it is.
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Here it is.
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How can we know that
someone loves the Lord?
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How can we know that?
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Let's go to the
Book of 1 Corinthians
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and we're going
to go to Chapter 13.
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For those of you who
are students of the Bible,
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you know that 1
Corinthians Chapter 13
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is called what chapter?
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The love chapter.
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So if you're
going to get an answer
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about a question
pertaining to love,
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it surely is going
to be in this chapter.
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1 Corinthians Chapter
13. I'll open my Bible there.
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I'm there. Yes, I
am. Okay, here we are.
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1 Corinthians
Chapter 13. How can you know?
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Now there are lots of
answers in this verse,
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but one of the key ones
that I'm going to focus on
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is found in verse 6.
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Verse 6. Notice
what the Bible says.
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And it's going
to be on our screen.
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And, you know,
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since it's our
first scripture tonight,
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I'd like all of us
here at the local site
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to read this together.
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What's on the screen?
Let's read it together.
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"Does not rejoice in iniquity,
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but rejoices in the truth."
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Do they just bear the truth?
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Do they just say,
"Okay, that's the truth."
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What does the text say
when it comes to the truth?
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They do what? They
rejoice in the truth.
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If somebody
told you the truth...
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And let me just
give you an example.
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Growing up in school, we
all had combination locks.
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Do any of you remember
that? In the gymnasium?
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Everybody had a combination lock
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and whenever we went to gym
for the first day of school,
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the gym teacher
would say, "Now make sure
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you have your combination lock."
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And what we used to try to do
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is try to find out somebody
else's combination number.
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It's just a part
of playing pranks
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on people in school.
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But if somebody found
out your combination number,
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it'd be terrible.
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So people used to ask,
"What's your combination?"
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And we wouldn't
tell them the truth.
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But when they
found out the truth
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about somebody else's
combination, they rejoiced.
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"I got it. I know his
number." They rejoiced in what?
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The truth about his number.
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Well, if you
rejoice in something
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that's so temporal,
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should we not much more rejoice
in the truth of God's Word?
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Amen? We rejoice.
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So the key is,
we don't just say,
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"Well, that's the truth.
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It works for you,
this works for me.
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That's your
belief, this is my belief.
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That's what your church teaches,
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this is what my church teaches."
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No.
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If it's from the Word of God
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and the truth is revealed to us,
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we should do what?
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Say that word
together, Rejoice in the truth.
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And if you add to
that, Paul the Apostle says,
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"Rejoice in the Lord always,
and again I say, rejoice."
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So rejoicing is very much
a part of knowing the truth.
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If somebody has
a wonderful dinner
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for you and they
say, "This Thanksgiving,
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there's going to
be lots of desserts."
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And you don't have the
true directions to their house,
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you won't be rejoicing.
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Will you? No.
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But when you find it,
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you pull up in front
of the house and say,
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"I know this is the place.
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I can smell the food."
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Taste and see
that the Lord is good.
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The Word of God is
food, it's the bread of life.
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Jesus said, "I'm the bread
that comes down from heaven."
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His word also is
the bread and He said,
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"If He cast His
bread upon the water,
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it shall return after many days
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and His word will not
return unto Him void."
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It will always accomplish
what He sends it out to do.
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So the answer there is,
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how can we know that
someone loves the truth?
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They do what, my
friends? They do what?
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They rejoice in the truth.
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Don't just rejoice
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that you're a
member of a church,
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that's a dime a dozen nowadays.
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Not everybody's
telling the truth.
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Matter of fact, I'm
always researching something,
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that's a problem I have.
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I'm always trying
to find out an answer
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to some kind of dilemma,
00:14:01.77\00:14:03.64
and right now we're
stuck into these new ages
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finding its way into
the Christian Church.
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So instead of
searching diligently
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the scriptures for truth,
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we've got gurus and
life coach, teachers,
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and psychologists
and "bestselling" authors
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all giving
information to churches
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and giving them ways to
get a better financial plan,
00:14:24.33\00:14:26.96
how to have a
good productive future,
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how to get the
career you've always wanted,
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how to speak
success into your life,
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but that's not
what the Lord is saying.
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He says, "Those things will come
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if you seek
something else first."
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Now let's go to the next one.
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You'll see this.
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Question number
six. Question number six.
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After accepting Jesus
how do we learn the truth?
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After accepting Jesus
how do we learn the truth?
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John 17:17.
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Can't miss that one.
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John 17:17.
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Wonderful scripture.
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And then I'm going
to add an extra credit
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one to that for you.
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But John 17:17,
there is a significant word
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that leads into the
verse that is synonymous
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to what we
studied prior to the topic
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of how to know the
truth about the truth.
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John 17:17 reveals this.
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What is the very first word?
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"Sanctify them by Your truth."
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Your what?
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"Your word is truth."
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Your word is truth.
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First of all, in the beginning
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was the word that's
showing you how it works.
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In the beginning was the
word, the word was with God.
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The Word became
flesh and dwelt among us.
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So that Word is who?
Tell me. That's Jesus.
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That's the big T,
right? That's the big T.
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But then now
going to the other T,
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not the insignificant T,
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but the T that's
connected to the big T,
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the small T that's
connected to the big T, right?
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Picture that in your head.
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Then He says, "I
give you My word."
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So whatever
comes out of His mouth,
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if it's coming from
the truth, what is it?
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It's truth. So it is.
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He speaks...
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Whatever He speaks is truth.
So how do we learn the truth?
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Whatever proceeds
from the mouth of God
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is the truth and
this is the Word of God.
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All scripture is
given by inspiration of God
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and is profitable.
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Let's go to the
Book of Timothy, okay?
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So the answer
there is, how can we...
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After accepting Jesus
how do we learn the truth?
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By studying His Word.
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It's amazing to me nowadays
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there are some
people that say...
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I want to first go
to 2 Timothy Chapter 4.
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We're going to look
at a couple of things.
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2 Timothy Chapter 4
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is the first place I want to go.
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We're going to see in both
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1 and 2 Timothy
for a brief moment,
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but we're going to
first to 2 Timothy Chapter 4.
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And the reason why this
topic is so vitally important is
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as Paul wrote to Timothy,
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and Timothy
recorded these words,
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he's describing the
times in which we live,
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the times that
we have come up to.
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Notice what he says.
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And I'll first
begin with verse 1.
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He says, "I charge you therefore
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before God and
the Lord Jesus Christ,
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who will judge the living
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and the dead at His
appearing and His kingdom."
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What's the next three
words that we read in verse 2?
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Let's say that
together. Do what?
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"Preach the word.
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Be instant or be ready in season
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and out of season.
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Reprove, rebuke, exhort,
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with all
longsuffering and doctrine."
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That's the King James
Version I just quoted.
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But it says in
the New King James,
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"Convince, rebuke,
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exhort with all
longsuffering and teaching."
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Why? Get this. Did
he say sing the Word?
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Did He say preach the song?
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What did He say?
"Preach the Word."
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Now the reason I said that is
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because the Word
is being replaced
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with music today.
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You find many places you
go, you got a ton of music
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and you get a slice
of bread if so much,
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and you get a thin
slice like Pepperidge Farm.
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If you know Pepperidge
Farm, you know what I mean.
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They're the
only pieces of bread,
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you know, you get like...
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We did this comparison
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the other day,
it's really funny.
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We were going
through the grocery store
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looking at labels,
some people do that,
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we just had that
for fun last week.
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I forgot I got a
nice healthy loaf of bread
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and I looked at
how many calories
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are in each slice
and I was surprised,
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one slice of bread
was like 120 calories.
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One slice of bread.
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So if you put peanut
butter and jelly with that,
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which is my favorite,
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and two pieces
of bread together,
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that's at least
240 calories plus
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the peanut butter and jelly.
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And my wife
said, "It's that much?"
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So she went for Pepperidge Farm,
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which is only about
40 calories per slice.
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So it takes three
slices of Pepperidge Farm
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to equal one slice of
the bread that I like to eat.
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But the point of the matter
is what am I talking about,
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nourishment in God's Word.
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See, the Apostle Paul
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was
communicating very carefully,
00:19:32.70\00:19:34.37
and if this is true in his day,
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how much more
true is it in our day?
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He said, "Preach the
Word." Why? Look at verse 3.
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He tells us the reason
why the Word must remain
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the central focus
00:19:46.01\00:19:47.52
of our relationship with Christ.
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He says, "For the time will come
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when they will not
endure sound doctrine,
00:19:52.72\00:19:56.73
but according to
their own lust or desires,
00:19:56.76\00:20:00.43
they will heap to
themselves teachers,
00:20:00.46\00:20:02.16
having itching
ears and will turn away
00:20:02.20\00:20:04.93
from the truth
and be turned to..."
00:20:04.97\00:20:06.84
What? "Fables."
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But he says in verse 5,
00:20:08.84\00:20:10.37
"But you be
watchful in all things,
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endure affliction, do
the work of an evangelist,
00:20:12.94\00:20:16.58
make full proof or
fulfill your ministry."
00:20:16.61\00:20:20.08
He is saying clearly
we're coming down to a time
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when the Word of God
will not be accepted.
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They will not
endure sound doctrine.
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You find some churches that say,
00:20:28.79\00:20:30.26
"We don't teach doctrine.
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We don't teach doctrine."
And I'm thinking to myself.
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"Run for the hills."
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If you attend a church
that does not teach doctrine,
00:20:35.83\00:20:38.60
run for your life
because all that doctrine means
00:20:38.63\00:20:41.40
in the Greek is teachings,
and teachings about whom?
00:20:41.44\00:20:45.87
About Jesus.
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You read the Word,
you study about Jesus,
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you read the Word,
you learn about Jesus.
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If a church is not
teaching doctrine...
00:20:51.21\00:20:52.91
I saw a little
video clip the other day,
00:20:52.95\00:20:56.62
you know, that says,
00:20:56.65\00:20:58.45
"We're not sure that everything
we teach is the truth,
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however we are a
loving community."
00:21:00.76\00:21:03.49
You are not sure
that everything you teach
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is the truth?
00:21:06.26\00:21:08.73
Be sure, right?
00:21:08.76\00:21:10.23
If you're
following the Lord, be sure.
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Here's another one.
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2 Timothy Chapter
2. Look at verse 15.
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2 Timothy 2:15.
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This is an amazing...
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It's amazing
how Paul the Apostle
00:21:24.21\00:21:25.68
just really drives this
point home repetitiously.
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What he says in verse 15?
00:21:29.28\00:21:30.75
"Be diligent to present yourself
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approved to God,
00:21:34.06\00:21:35.42
a worker who does
not need to be ashamed,
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rightly dividing the..."
00:21:38.43\00:21:39.76
What? "Word of truth."
00:21:39.79\00:21:43.53
The Word and truth
cannot be separated.
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They always go together,
and here's the reason why.
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2 Timothy 3:5, 7. Verse 5 and 7.
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The conditions of the last
days are outlined right here.
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Look at verse 5.
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In the last days, he
says, "Having a form of..."
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What?
00:22:06.25\00:22:07.59
"Godliness, but
denying the power thereof."
00:22:07.62\00:22:09.92
Then verse 7.
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"Ever learning
or always learning,
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and never able to come to
the knowledge of the truth."
00:22:13.13\00:22:16.83
It's amazing.
00:22:16.87\00:22:18.20
You can go to churches
00:22:18.23\00:22:19.57
that give
seminars on everything,
00:22:19.60\00:22:21.20
how to make a life
simple all the way up
00:22:21.24\00:22:22.74
to how to start a nursery.
00:22:22.77\00:22:24.44
I mean, really,
there's some programs...
00:22:24.47\00:22:26.24
You can go to churches
that are open 24 hours a day,
00:22:26.27\00:22:27.81
7 days a week,
00:22:27.84\00:22:29.18
they do
everything for the community,
00:22:29.21\00:22:30.55
but they will never talk about
any doctrines in the Bible.
00:22:30.58\00:22:33.11
They'll omit those
things that have to do
00:22:33.15\00:22:35.25
with eternal life
and righteousness,
00:22:35.28\00:22:37.52
and how to live
and what to avoid,
00:22:37.55\00:22:39.72
and what not to eat
and how not to dress,
00:22:39.75\00:22:41.72
and how not to be
diluted by your worship.
00:22:41.76\00:22:45.13
And they say that,
00:22:45.16\00:22:46.49
"We don't want to offend anybody
00:22:46.53\00:22:47.86
or you know what?
00:22:47.90\00:22:49.23
If you didn't give me the
truth to where you live..."
00:22:49.26\00:22:51.70
And I go back to
the former example,
00:22:51.73\00:22:53.80
"And you said you
have really good dinner
00:22:53.84\00:22:55.44
for Thanksgiving
00:22:55.47\00:22:56.81
and you gave me
the wrong directions,
00:22:56.84\00:22:58.17
I would be a pretty upset."
00:22:58.21\00:23:00.84
Well, the Word of
God is more important
00:23:00.88\00:23:03.35
than directions to a
good Thanksgiving meal,
00:23:03.38\00:23:05.28
it's talking about directions
00:23:05.31\00:23:06.65
for eternal
life, ain't that right?
00:23:06.68\00:23:08.58
So make sure that where you go,
00:23:08.62\00:23:10.39
the truth of
God is being taught.
00:23:10.42\00:23:13.05
And one last one, 1 Timothy.
00:23:13.09\00:23:18.96
1 Timothy 4:16.
00:23:18.99\00:23:22.96
Why is the Word
of God important?
00:23:23.00\00:23:25.87
Why is it important
to even study doctrine?
00:23:25.90\00:23:27.84
1 Timothy 4:16.
00:23:32.77\00:23:34.68
"Take heed to..."
00:23:34.71\00:23:36.04
Who? "Yourself
and to the doctrine.
00:23:36.08\00:23:39.98
Continue in them,
00:23:40.02\00:23:42.08
for in so doing
or for in doing this
00:23:42.12\00:23:45.32
you will save both yourself
and those who hear you."
00:23:45.35\00:23:49.12
Isn't that amazing?
00:23:49.16\00:23:50.73
He says, "Okay, if
this is the right direction,
00:23:50.76\00:23:53.40
make sure for yourself
first and then make sure
00:23:53.43\00:23:57.00
that those who hear you
follow what they know...
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What you know to be truth
because you'll save yourself
00:24:00.50\00:24:03.71
and them by hearing
you will also be saved."
00:24:03.74\00:24:07.18
So you got to know
that the Word of God
00:24:07.21\00:24:09.34
is sanctifying us
and we are taking heed,
00:24:09.38\00:24:12.91
we are learning the
doctrine for ourselves.
00:24:12.95\00:24:15.18
Go to question number seven.
00:24:15.22\00:24:17.12
So the answer is, in number six,
00:24:17.15\00:24:19.25
we already know the
answer, study God's Word.
00:24:19.29\00:24:21.82
After accepting,
00:24:21.86\00:24:23.19
you got to
study the Word of God.
00:24:23.22\00:24:25.13
Question number
seven. Here it is.
00:24:25.16\00:24:26.93
What position does Jesus have
00:24:26.96\00:24:30.10
towards those
that follow His Word?
00:24:30.13\00:24:33.47
3 John 1:4.
00:24:33.50\00:24:36.40
3 John.
00:24:36.44\00:24:40.51
3 John.
00:24:40.54\00:24:42.41
Right.
00:24:45.65\00:24:46.98
But, you know, when
you put in the Bible...
00:24:47.02\00:24:48.38
When you put it in the
Bible, they say 3 John.
00:24:48.42\00:24:51.15
Well, it only go
to nine, that's it.
00:24:54.56\00:24:56.62
And then we go to the new one.
00:24:56.66\00:24:59.39
Okay. 3 John.
00:24:59.43\00:25:03.30
It's the only one chapter
and we gonna look at verse 4.
00:25:03.33\00:25:07.94
Let me just go and
put on the screen for you.
00:25:07.97\00:25:09.54
Here we are.
00:25:09.57\00:25:11.34
And the Bible says, "I
have no greater joy..."
00:25:11.37\00:25:14.71
What does it say?
00:25:14.74\00:25:16.08
"I have no..."
00:25:16.11\00:25:17.45
What? Let's try that
again. Are you ready?
00:25:17.48\00:25:20.48
"I have no..."
00:25:20.52\00:25:21.85
What?
00:25:21.88\00:25:23.22
"Greater joy than to
hear that my children walk..."
00:25:23.25\00:25:26.45
What?
00:25:26.49\00:25:27.82
"In truth."
00:25:27.86\00:25:29.52
Now I want us to get
that in the beautiful context.
00:25:29.56\00:25:34.00
Go with me to...
00:25:34.03\00:25:36.97
Oh, man.
00:25:37.00\00:25:38.90
I have to wait
till the next question
00:25:38.93\00:25:40.27
because it's the next question.
00:25:40.30\00:25:42.50
But here's the
thing, if you had children,
00:25:42.54\00:25:45.14
would you want your
children to walk in the lie?
00:25:45.17\00:25:47.24
Yes or no?
00:25:47.28\00:25:48.84
No, you didn't hear what I said.
00:25:48.88\00:25:50.88
Would you want your
children to walk in a lie?
00:25:50.91\00:25:55.42
You guys are so
anxious to say yes.
00:25:55.45\00:25:57.72
You say, sure, I want
them to walk in a lie.
00:25:57.75\00:26:00.59
No.
00:26:00.62\00:26:01.96
Would you want
them to walk in a lie?
00:26:01.99\00:26:03.32
No.
00:26:03.36\00:26:04.69
You will say, "Now make sure
00:26:04.73\00:26:06.06
that you know
your way to school."
00:26:06.09\00:26:09.46
If you give them
the wrong directions,
00:26:09.50\00:26:10.83
they won't find that.
00:26:10.87\00:26:12.20
If they get lost, they'll say,
00:26:12.23\00:26:13.57
"Mom, the
directions were not true."
00:26:13.60\00:26:14.94
This was not the truth about,
00:26:14.97\00:26:16.57
"I didn't get the
right directions."
00:26:16.60\00:26:17.94
Here is the...
00:26:17.97\00:26:19.31
But when you know
that your children
00:26:19.34\00:26:20.68
are going the right
way, even as they get older,
00:26:20.71\00:26:23.01
"Oh, I'm so glad that
I train my children right
00:26:23.04\00:26:25.31
because they're
going the right way."
00:26:25.35\00:26:27.78
Another word for truth is right.
00:26:27.82\00:26:30.15
And that's why
Philippians 4:8 says...
00:26:30.19\00:26:32.55
Let's go there.
00:26:32.59\00:26:33.92
I could quote it
but I want to ahead
00:26:33.96\00:26:35.29
and give you the Bible.
00:26:35.32\00:26:38.19
And you all know it.
00:26:38.23\00:26:39.79
Here it is.
Philippians 4:8. Look at this.
00:26:39.83\00:26:45.43
You know, the Holy
Spirit is very faithful.
00:26:45.47\00:26:48.20
He just pours into my
head when this program begins.
00:26:48.24\00:26:51.54
It's like I feel
there's a Holy Spirit's cup
00:26:51.57\00:26:54.44
just pouring into my head
00:26:54.48\00:26:55.98
and all these Bible
verses just flood into my mind.
00:26:56.01\00:27:00.08
Philippians 4:8.
00:27:00.12\00:27:01.45
Notice what Paul writes
to the Philippian believers.
00:27:01.48\00:27:06.12
"Finally, brethren,
or finally, my brethren,
00:27:06.15\00:27:08.76
whatsoever things are..."
00:27:08.79\00:27:10.13
What?
00:27:10.16\00:27:11.49
"True, whatever
things are noble,
00:27:11.53\00:27:13.60
whatever things are
just, whatever things are pure,
00:27:13.63\00:27:16.00
whatever things are lovely,
00:27:16.03\00:27:17.37
whatever things
are of good report,
00:27:17.40\00:27:18.97
if there be any virtue
00:27:19.00\00:27:20.34
and if there is
anything praiseworthy
00:27:20.37\00:27:23.10
or worthy of praise,
meditate on these..."
00:27:23.14\00:27:25.67
What? "Mediate on these things."
00:27:25.71\00:27:27.41
So what does he
say in the beginning?
00:27:27.44\00:27:28.94
"Whatever things are..."
00:27:28.98\00:27:30.31
What? "True.
00:27:30.35\00:27:31.68
If it's true, meditate on that."
00:27:31.71\00:27:33.55
You know why?
00:27:33.58\00:27:34.92
Let me tell you the
most important thing.
00:27:34.95\00:27:37.19
You cannot remember a lie.
00:27:37.22\00:27:42.06
If it's not true,
you won't remember it.
00:27:42.09\00:27:44.63
But if it's true,
you will remember it.
00:27:44.66\00:27:46.26
Isn't that amazing?
00:27:46.29\00:27:47.63
God has created us so
that you remember the truth.
00:27:47.66\00:27:50.60
That's what the lie
detector is all about.
00:27:50.63\00:27:53.20
It knows that physiologically
you cannot remember a lie,
00:27:53.23\00:27:56.40
so your mind
tries to construct a lie
00:27:56.44\00:27:58.87
and you tell that lie
different ways over and over
00:27:58.91\00:28:01.64
and over again and that's
how they catch you in a lie.
00:28:01.68\00:28:06.01
"You keep changing your story."
00:28:06.05\00:28:07.68
But now if you tell the truth...
00:28:07.72\00:28:09.62
Remember the
Sabbath day to keep it holy.
00:28:09.65\00:28:11.25
Can you change that?
00:28:11.29\00:28:13.19
Every time you say it,
00:28:13.22\00:28:14.56
it's going to be the same thing.
00:28:14.59\00:28:15.92
God has designed us
so that when our hearts
00:28:15.96\00:28:18.93
are in tune
with the Lord's heart
00:28:18.96\00:28:22.06
and we tell the
truth, we remember that.
00:28:22.10\00:28:24.43
Why do we remember the truth?
00:28:24.47\00:28:26.67
Because the Holy Spirit said,
00:28:26.70\00:28:28.74
he will bring
back to our remembrance
00:28:28.77\00:28:31.44
whatever we have learned
00:28:31.47\00:28:33.14
and he will not bring a lie back
00:28:33.17\00:28:34.51
to our remembrance.
00:28:34.54\00:28:35.88
So in other words, he said,
00:28:35.91\00:28:37.25
"You're on your
own in this one."
00:28:37.28\00:28:38.61
But when you tell the
truth and study the truth,
00:28:38.65\00:28:40.35
it'll come back to your mind
00:28:40.38\00:28:41.72
not because you've
got a great recall,
00:28:41.75\00:28:44.02
but the spirit is the one now
hitting that remember button.
00:28:44.05\00:28:47.56
Here it is, right?
00:28:47.59\00:28:49.42
And so it brings joy to the Lord
00:28:49.46\00:28:51.06
when we walk in the truth.
00:28:51.09\00:28:52.66
That's what we want to do.
00:28:52.69\00:28:54.46
Bring joy to the Father
by walking in the truth.
00:28:54.50\00:28:58.23
Now go to question number eight.
00:28:58.27\00:29:00.47
Question number eight.
00:29:00.50\00:29:02.60
How does the Bible describe
00:29:02.64\00:29:04.47
the benefit of
following the truth?
00:29:04.51\00:29:07.51
How does the Bible describe
00:29:07.54\00:29:08.88
the benefit of
following the truth?
00:29:08.91\00:29:11.85
By the way, when
people get a job,
00:29:11.88\00:29:13.25
they always ask
about the benefits.
00:29:13.28\00:29:14.65
What are the benefits?
00:29:14.68\00:29:16.25
"Well, you got health insurance,
00:29:16.28\00:29:17.62
you got dental,
you got car insurance."
00:29:17.65\00:29:21.39
People want to
know the benefits.
00:29:21.42\00:29:23.02
If we are following the Lord,
00:29:23.06\00:29:24.39
we need to know that
there is a benefit, right?
00:29:24.43\00:29:28.50
Nobody follows
anybody for nothing.
00:29:28.53\00:29:31.97
Human nature always
says, "What's in it for me?"
00:29:32.00\00:29:34.20
Well, here's
what's in it for you.
00:29:34.24\00:29:36.40
1 John 1:7.
00:29:36.44\00:29:37.87
How does the Bible describe
00:29:37.91\00:29:39.24
the benefit of
following the truth?
00:29:39.27\00:29:41.64
Beautiful passage.
00:29:41.68\00:29:45.88
Since you're
looking at the screen,
00:29:45.91\00:29:47.25
let me go and put it there.
00:29:47.28\00:29:49.22
"But if we walk in the light
00:29:49.25\00:29:51.92
as He is in the
light, we have..."
00:29:51.95\00:29:54.69
What?
00:29:54.72\00:29:56.06
"Fellowship with one another,
00:29:56.09\00:29:58.76
and the blood of
Jesus Christ His Son..."
00:29:58.79\00:30:02.13
Does what?
00:30:02.16\00:30:03.50
"Cleanses us from..."
00:30:03.53\00:30:04.87
How much? "All
sin." Notice this.
00:30:04.90\00:30:08.17
In order to have fellowship,
and this is powerful now,
00:30:08.20\00:30:10.87
there is
friendship, there's camaraderie,
00:30:10.91\00:30:14.04
and then there's fellowship.
00:30:14.08\00:30:16.51
Some people come to
church looking for friends.
00:30:16.54\00:30:18.35
"You know what?
00:30:18.38\00:30:19.71
I don't have any
friends in that church."
00:30:19.75\00:30:21.08
I've heard people say.
00:30:21.12\00:30:22.55
But Jesus says, the Lord says,
00:30:22.58\00:30:25.42
"But if you walk in the truth
and they walk in the truth,
00:30:25.45\00:30:27.22
you'll have something
bigger than friendship.
00:30:27.26\00:30:28.86
You'll have..."
00:30:28.89\00:30:30.23
What? "Fellowship." Koinonia.
00:30:30.26\00:30:32.26
Some people look for
friends, here's how you get it.
00:30:32.29\00:30:35.70
If you walk in the light
00:30:35.73\00:30:37.80
and the other person walks
in the light, you have what?
00:30:37.83\00:30:41.30
Fellowship one with another
00:30:41.34\00:30:43.84
because you're on the same path.
00:30:43.87\00:30:46.17
Have you ever been any place
00:30:46.21\00:30:47.88
where somebody
was in the same aisle
00:30:47.91\00:30:49.91
in the store that you were in
00:30:49.94\00:30:51.41
and you struck up a conversation
00:30:51.45\00:30:52.88
because you were...
00:30:52.91\00:30:54.88
I was doing this
one day. I don't know.
00:30:54.92\00:30:56.25
What's that thing that
you had me looking for?
00:30:56.28\00:30:57.89
Little green
vegetable? Oh, I forgot.
00:30:57.92\00:31:00.82
It starts with the
letter P. Ladies, you know it.
00:31:00.86\00:31:06.13
No, it's in a little bottle.
00:31:06.16\00:31:07.50
When you come up...
00:31:07.53\00:31:08.86
I don't even know
where to look in the store.
00:31:08.90\00:31:10.23
Anyways, I met
many people looking
00:31:10.27\00:31:11.60
for this one vegetable,
00:31:11.63\00:31:13.10
my point is,
00:31:13.13\00:31:14.47
and they will give me
all the wrong directions.
00:31:14.50\00:31:16.77
It's like...
00:31:16.81\00:31:18.14
Pimientos. Yes!
00:31:18.17\00:31:19.94
Thank you for remembering.
See, none of you helped me.
00:31:19.97\00:31:23.08
But pimientos,
pimientos, my wife was making...
00:31:23.11\00:31:27.78
They go in the olive.
00:31:27.82\00:31:29.15
So I was playing charades,
they look like, you know...
00:31:29.18\00:31:32.79
They go in the...
00:31:32.82\00:31:34.32
Nobody knew what pimientos were.
00:31:34.36\00:31:36.42
I'm thinking, "Surely,
that cannot be the only thing
00:31:36.46\00:31:38.76
this store doesn't sell."
00:31:38.79\00:31:40.13
So I said, "Okay,
let me really ask."
00:31:40.16\00:31:42.20
So one person
pointed me to that aisle,
00:31:42.23\00:31:44.07
and these are
people that work there,
00:31:44.10\00:31:45.67
and then finally somebody
that did not work there said,
00:31:45.70\00:31:48.40
"Sir, it's not in that aisle.
00:31:48.44\00:31:50.27
Believe me.
00:31:50.31\00:31:51.64
I come to this is..."
00:31:51.67\00:31:53.01
And the guy is
telling, "It's in this aisle."
00:31:53.04\00:31:54.38
The guy that works
00:31:54.41\00:31:55.74
there is arguing with
the person that shops.
00:31:55.78\00:31:57.75
So who do you believe?
00:31:57.78\00:31:59.11
The guy that works there
or the guy that shops there?
00:31:59.15\00:32:00.72
Who do you believe?
The guy that works there.
00:32:00.75\00:32:03.79
But this time, the guy
that shopped there was right.
00:32:03.82\00:32:06.92
"Sir, it's on this side."
00:32:06.96\00:32:08.29
So I'm going aisle eight,
00:32:08.32\00:32:09.66
aisle seven, aisle
eight, aisle seven.
00:32:09.69\00:32:12.73
I finally found
it in aisle eight
00:32:12.76\00:32:15.06
and I said to the person,
00:32:15.10\00:32:16.43
when I got back
over, they said, "Told you.
00:32:16.46\00:32:19.53
It was in this
aisle." Found pimientos.
00:32:19.57\00:32:24.81
Never had we bought
pimientos until that day.
00:32:24.84\00:32:27.84
Didn't know what to look for.
00:32:27.88\00:32:29.21
I got partial pimientos
00:32:29.24\00:32:30.58
that were already
stuck on the olives.
00:32:30.61\00:32:31.95
My wife says, "No, I just want
the pimientos by themselves.
00:32:31.98\00:32:35.15
Honey, what does a
pimiento look like?"
00:32:35.18\00:32:39.25
Finally found
it. Here's the key.
00:32:39.29\00:32:42.22
When you find the truth
00:32:42.26\00:32:44.33
and you know what
the truth looks like,
00:32:44.36\00:32:47.46
nobody could deceive you about
00:32:47.50\00:32:49.36
what it should be
that you're looking for.
00:32:49.40\00:32:51.73
When this person finds pimientos
00:32:51.77\00:32:54.00
and you find
pimientos, all of a sudden,
00:32:54.04\00:32:56.27
you have a fellowship
that you didn't have before
00:32:56.30\00:32:59.11
and you will talk to a
person that you never met,
00:32:59.14\00:33:01.88
and all of a sudden
you are kind and courteous
00:33:01.91\00:33:05.41
and accommodating.
00:33:05.45\00:33:06.82
Let me tell you
something, my brother.
00:33:06.85\00:33:08.18
If you want to have
a kind and a courteous
00:33:08.22\00:33:09.68
and accommodating
relationship with anybody,
00:33:09.72\00:33:12.32
you both have to decide
00:33:12.35\00:33:13.69
we're going to
both walk in the light.
00:33:13.72\00:33:15.16
Amen?
00:33:15.19\00:33:16.52
When you walk in the light,
00:33:16.56\00:33:17.89
you don't have to
forge a friendship,
00:33:17.93\00:33:20.30
you have it because
you're in the light.
00:33:20.33\00:33:22.70
That's just how God set
it up. So here's the answer.
00:33:22.73\00:33:26.77
How does the Bible describe
the benefit of following Jesus?
00:33:26.80\00:33:29.34
What do we do? We
walk in the light.
00:33:29.37\00:33:32.24
That's the first benefit.
00:33:32.27\00:33:33.61
The second benefit is fellowship
00:33:33.64\00:33:35.48
and the ultimate
benefit is not only do
00:33:35.51\00:33:37.38
we have fellowship with Jesus
00:33:37.41\00:33:38.98
but He's cleansed
us from all our sins.
00:33:39.01\00:33:42.38
That's the good news
about walking in the light.
00:33:42.42\00:33:45.25
And by the way,
00:33:45.29\00:33:46.62
the light reveals
your true condition.
00:33:46.65\00:33:48.82
That's why one of the reasons
00:33:48.86\00:33:50.19
why the devil doesn't
like the light of God's Word
00:33:50.23\00:33:52.23
to be shined in churches
00:33:52.26\00:33:53.90
because people
are more concerned
00:33:53.93\00:33:55.66
about temporal things
than their own condition.
00:33:55.70\00:33:59.50
Matter of fact, go
with me to the Book of John.
00:33:59.53\00:34:02.27
Oh, man, I tell you.
00:34:02.30\00:34:03.91
Pastor Brooks...
00:34:03.94\00:34:05.27
I was listening to his
sermon that he preached in 1979.
00:34:05.31\00:34:07.68
Let me tell you something.
00:34:07.71\00:34:09.04
The power of the truth,
00:34:09.08\00:34:10.41
that sermon is
40 plus years old.
00:34:10.45\00:34:13.72
'79, okay, '89, '99...
00:34:13.75\00:34:17.69
Thirty plus years
old, 34 years old.
00:34:17.72\00:34:20.49
That sermon is 34 years old.
00:34:20.52\00:34:22.39
And if you
listen to that sermon,
00:34:22.42\00:34:23.76
it's still true.
00:34:23.79\00:34:29.16
And he said in the sermon,
00:34:29.20\00:34:32.13
"God does not get upset with you
00:34:32.17\00:34:36.60
that you were in darkness,
00:34:36.64\00:34:39.14
but He's upset with
you when light comes
00:34:39.17\00:34:41.91
and you rather
darkness than light."
00:34:41.94\00:34:45.51
That's the condemnation is
not that you are in darkness
00:34:45.55\00:34:48.15
but that light comes
00:34:48.18\00:34:49.52
and you rather
darkness than light.
00:34:49.55\00:34:52.42
Ain't that terrible?
00:34:52.45\00:34:53.79
All of a sudden
00:34:53.82\00:34:55.16
if somebody tells you the truth,
00:34:55.19\00:34:56.52
you didn't know
it all this time,
00:34:56.56\00:34:57.89
they finally tell you the truth,
00:34:57.93\00:34:59.43
and you say, "I don't want that.
00:34:59.46\00:35:01.36
Keep me in the
dark." Here it is.
00:35:01.40\00:35:03.67
Okay.
00:35:03.70\00:35:08.10
John 1. Okay.
00:35:08.14\00:35:13.54
I tell you.
00:35:13.58\00:35:14.91
And this is the condemnation.
00:35:17.95\00:35:19.71
Okay, here...
00:35:29.92\00:35:33.80
Okay, here it is.
00:35:33.83\00:35:35.16
1 John...
00:35:35.20\00:35:36.53
Oh, not 1 John,
but John Chapter 1.
00:35:36.56\00:35:39.33
Let's start with verse 4.
00:35:39.37\00:35:40.77
"There was...
00:35:47.08\00:35:48.48
In Him was life,
and the life was..."
00:35:48.51\00:35:50.55
What? "The light of men.
00:35:50.58\00:35:53.08
And the light shines in the..."
00:35:53.11\00:35:54.45
What?
00:35:54.48\00:35:55.82
"Darkness, and the darkness..."
00:35:55.85\00:35:57.19
What? "Did not comprehend it.
00:35:57.22\00:36:00.09
There was a man sent from
God, whose name was John."
00:36:00.12\00:36:02.72
Praise the Lord. I like that.
00:36:02.76\00:36:04.63
"This man came for a witness,
to bear witness to the..."
00:36:04.66\00:36:07.76
What?
00:36:07.80\00:36:09.13
"Light, that all
through him might..."
00:36:09.16\00:36:11.33
Do what? "Believe."
00:36:11.37\00:36:12.70
But he says in verse
8, "He was not that Light,
00:36:12.73\00:36:15.30
but was sent to bear
witness of that Light."
00:36:15.34\00:36:19.81
And verse 9.
00:36:19.84\00:36:22.58
"That was the true Light
which gives light to every man
00:36:22.61\00:36:25.48
who comes into the world.
00:36:25.51\00:36:27.05
He was in the world,
00:36:27.08\00:36:28.42
and the world
was made through Him,
00:36:28.45\00:36:30.02
and the world did not..."
00:36:30.05\00:36:31.49
What? "Know Him."
But look at verse 12.
00:36:31.52\00:36:35.62
"But as many as..."
00:36:35.66\00:36:36.99
Do what?
00:36:37.03\00:36:38.36
"Received Him, to
them He gave the right
00:36:38.39\00:36:40.33
to become children of God,
00:36:40.36\00:36:42.13
to those who
believe in His name.
00:36:42.16\00:36:44.40
So what happens is when the Word
00:36:44.43\00:36:45.90
that became flesh came
and they accepted the Word,
00:36:45.93\00:36:49.00
what do they
become all of a sudden?
00:36:49.04\00:36:50.77
They become what? Children.
00:36:50.81\00:36:54.18
Now children,
you can't miss that
00:36:54.21\00:36:57.08
because earlier we
read in 3 John 1:4,
00:36:57.11\00:37:01.35
"I have no
greater joy than to hear
00:37:01.38\00:37:03.08
that my children walk in truth."
00:37:03.12\00:37:07.06
Accepting the word,
00:37:07.09\00:37:08.42
accepting Christ,
we become children.
00:37:08.46\00:37:10.36
And what happens with children?
00:37:10.39\00:37:12.29
Go with me to the Book of...
00:37:12.33\00:37:14.96
Oh, I tell you right
now. Slow my mind down.
00:37:15.00\00:37:16.97
Are you ready to say slow down?
00:37:17.00\00:37:19.70
Go with me to the
Book of Thessalonians.
00:37:19.73\00:37:23.20
Okay, here we are.
00:37:29.68\00:37:31.01
Okay.
00:37:36.15\00:37:37.49
2 Thessalonians Chapter 2.
00:37:43.76\00:37:49.30
I'll tell you. And verse 10.
00:37:52.70\00:37:58.57
2 Thessalonians 2:10.
00:37:58.61\00:38:01.98
Let's look at that together.
00:38:02.01\00:38:03.75
And the Bible says,
00:38:03.78\00:38:05.11
and with all
speaking of the lawless one,
00:38:05.15\00:38:08.68
speaking of the
one who deceives,
00:38:08.72\00:38:11.32
notice what the Lord says.
00:38:11.35\00:38:12.69
And by the way, let
me put context to this
00:38:12.72\00:38:14.22
before I go into the rest of it.
00:38:14.26\00:38:16.99
This verse talks
about the falling away
00:38:17.03\00:38:18.79
that's going to come.
00:38:18.83\00:38:20.16
Let me ask you the question.
00:38:20.20\00:38:21.53
When is the
falling away going to come?
00:38:21.56\00:38:24.53
Can we say the last days?
Let's say that. The last days.
00:38:24.57\00:38:29.34
That day the coming of the Lord
00:38:29.37\00:38:31.91
shall not come
except there comes a what?
00:38:31.94\00:38:34.51
Falling away first.
00:38:34.54\00:38:37.31
Falling away from
what? Look at verse 10.
00:38:37.35\00:38:40.05
"And with all
unrighteous deception..."
00:38:40.08\00:38:42.58
2 Thessalonians 2:10.
00:38:42.62\00:38:45.22
And it says, "And with
all unrighteous deception
00:38:45.25\00:38:47.46
among those who..."
00:38:47.49\00:38:48.82
Do what?
00:38:48.86\00:38:50.19
"Perish,
because they did not..."
00:38:50.23\00:38:51.69
What?
00:38:51.73\00:38:53.06
"Receive the love of
the truth, that they..."
00:38:53.09\00:38:55.66
What? "Might be saved.
00:38:55.70\00:38:58.33
And for this reason
00:38:58.37\00:38:59.70
God will send
them strong delusion
00:38:59.73\00:39:01.87
that they should believe..."
00:39:01.90\00:39:03.24
What?
00:39:03.27\00:39:04.61
"The lie that they
all may be condemned
00:39:04.64\00:39:06.27
who did not believe
the truth but had..."
00:39:06.31\00:39:08.74
What? "Pleasure
in unrighteousness."
00:39:08.78\00:39:12.51
When you look at
this whole ideology
00:39:12.55\00:39:14.38
or the whole...
00:39:14.42\00:39:15.75
I wouldn't even say philosophy,
00:39:15.78\00:39:17.12
but the whole
teaching of God's Word,
00:39:17.15\00:39:19.49
He is saying truth.
00:39:19.52\00:39:21.22
Have you seen it over?
00:39:21.26\00:39:22.59
Truth, truth,
truth, truth, truth.
00:39:22.62\00:39:25.63
Something that is
being chiseled away,
00:39:25.66\00:39:28.73
it's eroding away.
00:39:28.76\00:39:30.10
Why?
00:39:30.13\00:39:31.47
Because the Lord said
that's what's going to happen.
00:39:31.50\00:39:33.13
You know, I was
really taken aback
00:39:33.17\00:39:35.27
when the hurricane hit
the coast of New Jersey
00:39:35.30\00:39:39.34
and they had this amusement park
00:39:39.37\00:39:41.38
that stood for
more than 100 years.
00:39:41.41\00:39:44.01
And what happened?
Everything fell away.
00:39:44.05\00:39:47.78
The roller
coaster was in the ocean,
00:39:47.82\00:39:50.62
the boardwalk was blown
away, and why did that happen?
00:39:50.65\00:39:55.06
Can somebody tell me?
00:39:55.09\00:39:56.42
I'm going to ask...
00:39:56.46\00:39:57.79
I want you to think
about that question.
00:39:57.83\00:39:59.16
I'm going to come back to you.
00:39:59.19\00:40:00.53
Why did all those
things fall away so easily?
00:40:00.56\00:40:03.20
I'll come back to that.
00:40:03.23\00:40:04.57
I want you to think
about the answer, okay?
00:40:04.60\00:40:06.53
Let's go to the next question.
Not going to give you this one.
00:40:06.57\00:40:09.34
Maybe I'll give it to
you just before we end,
00:40:09.37\00:40:11.27
but I'm gonna let
you think about it.
00:40:11.31\00:40:12.64
Why did all those
things fall away so easily?
00:40:12.67\00:40:15.88
But let's look at
question number nine.
00:40:15.91\00:40:17.65
And I'll give it to you
00:40:17.68\00:40:19.01
before we go to
the very last one.
00:40:19.05\00:40:20.38
Question number 9. Here it is.
00:40:20.42\00:40:23.18
What about those
that seek to ignore...
00:40:23.22\00:40:26.76
What? The importance of truth.
00:40:26.79\00:40:29.92
What about those
that seek to ignore
00:40:29.96\00:40:31.59
the importance of truth?
00:40:31.63\00:40:34.56
Let's go to 2 Timothy 13:8.
00:40:34.60\00:40:40.00
2 Corinthians 13:8.
00:40:40.04\00:40:42.97
I looked right at it
and called it Timothy.
00:40:43.00\00:40:45.84
So glad that you all are
here because, man, I tell you.
00:40:45.87\00:40:48.98
If you didn't have
your Bible or the lesson,
00:40:49.01\00:40:50.71
we'll be in a different book.
00:40:50.75\00:40:52.31
2 Corinthians 13:8.
00:40:52.35\00:40:57.05
What about those that seek
00:40:57.09\00:40:58.49
to ignore the
importance of truth, okay?
00:40:58.52\00:41:03.09
That should be the last question
00:41:03.12\00:41:04.46
on lesson number 18.
00:41:04.49\00:41:06.70
And you know what's
going to happen next?
00:41:06.73\00:41:08.06
We are going to
transition to number 19.
00:41:08.10\00:41:11.30
Does anybody not have
19? Do we all have 19s?
00:41:11.33\00:41:13.94
Okay, well, no,
there's number two.
00:41:18.11\00:41:19.77
There's only page one, okay?
00:41:19.81\00:41:24.18
So here we are,
2 Corinthians 13:8.
00:41:24.21\00:41:27.75
Let's read this together,
00:41:27.78\00:41:29.12
our last
scripture for question 18.
00:41:29.15\00:41:30.89
Together. Here we are.
00:41:30.92\00:41:32.25
"For we can do..."
00:41:32.29\00:41:33.89
What?
00:41:33.92\00:41:35.26
"Nothing against
the truth, but..."
00:41:35.29\00:41:36.96
Only what? "Only for the truth."
00:41:36.99\00:41:40.96
So question, can
you stop the truth?
00:41:41.00\00:41:44.67
Can you destroy the truth?
Can you put the truth out?
00:41:44.70\00:41:48.67
Can you get rid of the truth?
Can you replace the truth?
00:41:48.70\00:41:52.84
Let's see. Can
you burn up the truth?
00:41:52.87\00:41:55.71
Can you delete the truth?
00:41:55.74\00:41:57.65
Can you corrupt the truth?
00:41:57.68\00:42:02.12
Okay, I want to leave
that till latter to see
00:42:02.15\00:42:03.99
how many of you kept saying no.
00:42:04.02\00:42:07.32
The devil couldn't
destroy it, couldn't burn it,
00:42:07.36\00:42:10.43
couldn't get rid of
it, couldn't delete it,
00:42:10.46\00:42:12.76
so what did he do?
00:42:12.79\00:42:14.13
Corrupted it.
00:42:14.16\00:42:16.03
That's the day and
age in which we're living.
00:42:16.06\00:42:17.77
He has tried for millennia
to get rid of it and he can't.
00:42:17.80\00:42:24.37
So what he has done
is he seeks to corrupt,
00:42:24.41\00:42:28.54
he seeks to
pervert, that's what he does.
00:42:28.58\00:42:32.11
He deceives the
whole world. Revelation 13.
00:42:32.15\00:42:35.68
He deceives the whole world.
00:42:35.72\00:42:37.05
The text we just
read in 2 Thessalonians
00:42:37.09\00:42:39.29
with all deceivableness
of unrighteousness,
00:42:39.32\00:42:44.23
he talks about that, deception.
00:42:44.26\00:42:46.90
That's the day and
age in which we're living.
00:42:46.93\00:42:48.90
So the truth has
not been diluted,
00:42:48.93\00:42:50.67
deleted, burned up,
00:42:50.70\00:42:52.63
thrown away,
it's been corrupted.
00:42:52.67\00:42:56.87
It's still there,
00:42:56.91\00:42:58.41
but if you don't
listen to the Word of God
00:42:58.44\00:43:00.34
over the word of man,
00:43:00.38\00:43:02.71
then the corruption is
going to be much deeper
00:43:02.74\00:43:04.51
than it could have been.
00:43:04.55\00:43:06.21
So what do we do now?
00:43:06.25\00:43:07.88
I'm going to go
back to the question.
00:43:07.92\00:43:09.25
Our last question
for this lesson was,
00:43:09.28\00:43:11.39
how much can you
do against the truth?
00:43:11.42\00:43:13.15
How much can you do
against it? Nothing.
00:43:13.19\00:43:15.16
You could try to corrupt it,
00:43:15.19\00:43:16.52
but if you
search the Word of God,
00:43:16.56\00:43:18.19
it's not corrupted there.
00:43:18.23\00:43:19.59
So here's my spiritual advice.
00:43:19.63\00:43:21.90
If you are
studying the Word of God
00:43:21.93\00:43:24.60
and you read
something in the Bible
00:43:24.63\00:43:26.00
and you are under the
leadership of a pastor
00:43:26.03\00:43:27.80
that says, "I know
what the Bible says, but..."
00:43:27.84\00:43:31.11
Change your church.
00:43:31.14\00:43:32.81
Did you hear what I
said? Run for the hills.
00:43:32.84\00:43:36.44
"I know what the
Bible says, but..."
00:43:36.48\00:43:39.08
Now you know why
that's vitally important?
00:43:39.11\00:43:41.22
Because the Bible says,
00:43:41.25\00:43:42.58
"They are sheep and they are..."
00:43:42.62\00:43:43.95
What? "Goats." You
know what a goat does?
00:43:43.99\00:43:48.02
But.
00:43:48.06\00:43:50.19
That's how you can know,
00:43:50.23\00:43:51.86
that's how you can
know you are a goat
00:43:51.89\00:43:53.23
in the making.
00:43:53.26\00:43:54.60
You know what
God's Word says, but...
00:43:54.63\00:43:57.23
You know the
Sabbath is true, but...
00:43:57.27\00:43:59.67
You know you don't
burn in hell forever, but...
00:43:59.70\00:44:04.97
You know that the Lord
00:44:05.01\00:44:06.34
has not changed
His Sabbath, but...
00:44:06.37\00:44:08.84
Look out.
00:44:08.88\00:44:10.21
That's an evidence
00:44:10.25\00:44:11.58
that you are not
following the Word of God.
00:44:11.61\00:44:13.11
Pray for hearts to be
molded by the Word of God.
00:44:13.15\00:44:16.38
So my question I just asked.
00:44:16.42\00:44:18.82
Why did the boardwalk
00:44:18.85\00:44:22.22
and the amusement park
00:44:22.26\00:44:24.59
break away so easily?
00:44:24.63\00:44:29.63
Thank you, Dan.
00:44:29.66\00:44:31.00
Somebody's got
their head on tonight.
00:44:31.03\00:44:32.37
It was built on sand.
00:44:32.40\00:44:34.84
If you build on the
foundation of God's Word,
00:44:34.87\00:44:37.34
it will not erode,
it will not break away.
00:44:37.37\00:44:39.44
Amen. It will not. It
will stand the test of time.
00:44:39.47\00:44:42.94
The winds and
the waves will come,
00:44:42.98\00:44:44.58
persecution will come,
00:44:44.61\00:44:46.25
compromise will
come, corruption will come,
00:44:46.28\00:44:49.15
but if you are filled...
00:44:49.18\00:44:50.52
If you are based on God's Word,
00:44:50.55\00:44:52.15
it will not
remove your foundation.
00:44:52.19\00:44:54.86
It is just like a
strong light house
00:44:54.89\00:44:56.73
in the midst of a
North Atlantic Ocean.
00:44:56.76\00:45:00.06
The light will shine
in the darkest night,
00:45:00.10\00:45:02.40
in the greatest storm,
00:45:02.43\00:45:04.43
the light will
continue to shine.
00:45:04.47\00:45:06.13
Amen for that?
00:45:06.17\00:45:07.50
That's what God's
Word is, a light house.
00:45:07.54\00:45:09.94
Don't start singing it now.
00:45:09.97\00:45:11.91
But God's word is like a
lighthouse, it doesn't...
00:45:11.94\00:45:13.98
And that's why Jesus says,
00:45:14.01\00:45:15.34
"Thy word is a
lamp unto My feet,
00:45:15.38\00:45:17.95
a light unto My path."
00:45:17.98\00:45:20.32
Keep in the Word of God.
Now we're going to transition.
00:45:20.35\00:45:23.82
How much we'll
cover I don't know,
00:45:23.85\00:45:26.32
but we're going to
go to the next lesson,
00:45:26.35\00:45:28.26
lesson number 19.
00:45:28.29\00:45:31.46
And the answer to
number nine was...
00:45:31.49\00:45:36.03
The answer to number nine is...
00:45:36.06\00:45:39.73
What about those that
seek to ignore the importance
00:45:39.77\00:45:41.40
of the truth?
00:45:41.44\00:45:42.77
You can't do
anything against it.
00:45:42.80\00:45:44.27
You can't do
anything against it.
00:45:44.31\00:45:47.24
Can't get rid of it.
00:45:47.28\00:45:49.31
Okay, look at the
title of our next lesson.
00:45:49.34\00:45:51.91
"The Truth
about Life and Death."
00:45:51.95\00:45:55.42
"The Truth
about Life and Death."
00:45:55.45\00:45:57.12
This is probably one
of the most corrupted
00:45:57.15\00:46:03.26
teachings in modern times.
00:46:03.29\00:46:06.39
If I were to boil this all up
00:46:06.43\00:46:10.13
and try to
bring them to the top,
00:46:10.17\00:46:11.73
this one is probably
the most corrupted one
00:46:11.77\00:46:15.74
because its corruption
is almost 6000 years old.
00:46:15.77\00:46:19.44
Its corruption goes
way back to the initial lie
00:46:19.47\00:46:23.88
told in the Garden of Eden.
00:46:23.91\00:46:25.95
That is the
first lie told to Eve.
00:46:25.98\00:46:27.88
It goes all the
way that far back.
00:46:27.92\00:46:31.05
But tonight, I want
to lay some foundation
00:46:31.09\00:46:34.29
about the truth
about life and death
00:46:34.32\00:46:36.59
just to give you some
preparatory statements.
00:46:36.62\00:46:41.56
There are some that believe
00:46:41.60\00:46:42.93
that something
about man is immortal.
00:46:42.96\00:46:45.77
There's a teaching
that when a man dies,
00:46:45.80\00:46:47.77
he goes on to live
in a different place,
00:46:47.80\00:46:52.24
that's reincarnation.
00:46:52.27\00:46:54.34
We were in India
at the Hindu temples,
00:46:54.38\00:46:57.71
we saw the path, the
journey of man's life,
00:46:57.75\00:47:01.68
and if they
didn't learn that lesson
00:47:01.72\00:47:03.69
in that first life, that
is, if they didn't recite
00:47:03.72\00:47:08.16
the mantra of Hare
Krishna Krishna Hare,
00:47:08.19\00:47:09.79
if they didn't recite
that perfectly at the end
00:47:09.82\00:47:11.93
of their lives, they would have
00:47:11.96\00:47:13.29
the unfavorable
task of coming back
00:47:13.33\00:47:18.40
and starting all over
again for another shot
00:47:18.43\00:47:22.97
at getting this thing right.
00:47:23.00\00:47:25.27
We went to the Salt Lake City
and we saw the path of light,
00:47:25.31\00:47:29.84
we saw the journey of man.
00:47:29.88\00:47:31.51
There is a
teaching that men were souls
00:47:31.55\00:47:33.35
that started in heaven
00:47:33.38\00:47:35.45
and they were sent down
to earth to occupy bodies.
00:47:35.48\00:47:38.65
This is not taught in the Bible.
00:47:38.69\00:47:40.12
Can I be straight?
Can I be straight here?
00:47:40.16\00:47:42.66
Because I want people
to not be in the dark.
00:47:42.69\00:47:45.36
I want people to be in the light
00:47:45.39\00:47:46.73
about what God's Word says.
00:47:46.76\00:47:48.76
They are those who teach
that man had a preexistence
00:47:48.80\00:47:52.03
and they came to
earth to occupy bodies
00:47:52.07\00:47:55.74
and when if they
learned their lesson
00:47:55.77\00:47:58.04
in that occupied body,
00:47:58.07\00:47:59.84
then they have earned their way
to one of the levels of heaven.
00:47:59.87\00:48:04.18
So you see these spirit babies.
00:48:07.35\00:48:10.25
And that's where
people get this ideology
00:48:10.29\00:48:11.99
that when the sons of God
came into the daughters of men,
00:48:12.02\00:48:16.96
they used that
scripture and said,
00:48:16.99\00:48:18.33
"Oh, heavenly beings,
impregnated earthly women,
00:48:18.36\00:48:23.90
and thus spirit
babies were born."
00:48:23.93\00:48:26.13
There are those
that are teaching...
00:48:26.17\00:48:27.67
and I'm going to be
very candid about this time
00:48:27.70\00:48:29.30
because I want this
error to be destroyed.
00:48:29.34\00:48:32.41
Amen?
00:48:32.44\00:48:33.78
There are
wonderful people that are...
00:48:33.81\00:48:36.14
Their minds have been
corrupted on this teaching
00:48:36.18\00:48:37.75
of what happens,
00:48:37.78\00:48:39.11
what the nature
of man is all about,
00:48:39.15\00:48:41.15
what happens when a man
dies, his preexistence...
00:48:41.18\00:48:44.29
There is no preexistence of man.
00:48:44.32\00:48:47.39
Matter of fact,
00:48:47.42\00:48:48.76
the only
preexistence of man is dust.
00:48:48.79\00:48:52.33
"From dust thou art to
dust thou shalt return."
00:48:52.36\00:48:55.73
Okay?
00:48:55.76\00:48:57.10
But there is no spirit
hanging out waiting to see,
00:48:57.13\00:48:58.80
"Oh, man, I
wonder if Bob and Kim
00:48:58.83\00:49:02.50
are going to have another baby
00:49:02.54\00:49:03.87
so we can come down to
earth and have another..."
00:49:03.91\00:49:06.88
You know, it's crazy
when you think about that.
00:49:06.91\00:49:09.51
"I wonder if Dan and Cindy
are going to have another child
00:49:09.54\00:49:14.25
so we can send
another spirit baby down."
00:49:14.28\00:49:16.45
That's corrupted.
That's not scriptural.
00:49:16.48\00:49:19.75
Then there are
those that believe
00:49:19.79\00:49:22.06
that you never die,
00:49:22.09\00:49:23.43
you just go over and
over and over and over
00:49:23.46\00:49:25.73
and you're on a
merry go round called life
00:49:25.76\00:49:28.00
until somebody
pulls the plug and say,
00:49:28.03\00:49:29.93
"That's the last ride."
00:49:29.96\00:49:34.24
But now let's go to
the Christian world.
00:49:34.27\00:49:36.07
There are those who
teach in the Christian world
00:49:36.10\00:49:37.54
that once you die,
00:49:37.57\00:49:39.21
you're
immediately gone to heaven.
00:49:39.24\00:49:41.28
You're up, up and away.
You're on your way there.
00:49:41.31\00:49:44.75
You get there so fast
00:49:44.78\00:49:46.11
that by the time of the funeral,
00:49:46.15\00:49:47.48
you're looking down.
00:49:47.52\00:49:49.18
Momma is looking
down, papa is looking down.
00:49:49.22\00:49:51.92
And they go to the
cemetery every Memorial Day.
00:49:51.95\00:49:54.52
I know some people that
go there out of obligation
00:49:54.56\00:49:56.42
because they don't
want their mom to think
00:49:56.46\00:49:57.79
that they are ignoring her
00:49:57.83\00:50:00.06
so they go to the Memorial Day,
00:50:00.10\00:50:01.93
every year they
go to Memorial Day,
00:50:01.96\00:50:03.67
carry those flowers.
00:50:03.70\00:50:05.27
Then there are those
that believe every time
00:50:05.30\00:50:07.17
they have these
rituals in certain cultures,
00:50:07.20\00:50:09.10
they take fruit to the
cemetery to give it to the dead.
00:50:09.14\00:50:12.71
You want fruit? You
want fruit and vegetables?
00:50:12.74\00:50:15.34
Wait for that time of the year,
00:50:15.38\00:50:16.71
you get fruits and
vegetables for free.
00:50:16.75\00:50:19.25
No disrespect to
those who believe that,
00:50:19.28\00:50:21.48
but I know some people
that in the city of New York
00:50:21.52\00:50:23.35
they would do that
00:50:23.39\00:50:24.72
because certain
cultures would do that,
00:50:24.75\00:50:26.25
take fruits and vegetables
and put at the gravesite
00:50:26.29\00:50:28.86
and they say this is an offering
00:50:28.89\00:50:30.23
to the dead.
00:50:30.26\00:50:31.59
The dead are not having anything
00:50:31.63\00:50:32.96
to eat after they die.
00:50:32.99\00:50:35.33
No disrespect.
00:50:35.36\00:50:37.03
We've got to understand
what the Bible teaches
00:50:37.07\00:50:39.33
because you know why?
00:50:39.37\00:50:40.84
It is not that...
00:50:40.87\00:50:42.47
It is not that
any belief suffices,
00:50:42.50\00:50:44.87
it's that what you
teach about the nature of man
00:50:44.91\00:50:47.48
and what happens after he dies
00:50:47.51\00:50:49.61
is directly connected to whether
00:50:49.64\00:50:51.61
or not Jesus is
telling us the truth, right?
00:50:51.65\00:50:55.48
It's not about
whether or not you figure
00:50:55.52\00:50:56.92
that out in the Bible,
00:50:56.95\00:50:58.29
it's did Jesus
tell the truth or not.
00:50:58.32\00:51:00.96
And so I want to
begin with a text tonight,
00:51:00.99\00:51:03.83
not in our lesson
00:51:03.86\00:51:05.19
but it's a wonderful
text to begin this study with.
00:51:05.23\00:51:09.13
Go with me to John 14.
00:51:09.16\00:51:11.10
And I think those of
you who know your Bible know
00:51:11.13\00:51:12.63
where I'm headed.
00:51:12.67\00:51:14.27
John chapter what? Fourteen.
00:51:14.30\00:51:17.47
Beautiful verse.
00:51:20.84\00:51:22.51
I want to begin with a
passage that most people quote,
00:51:22.54\00:51:25.05
but they just kind of
miss the details of it.
00:51:25.08\00:51:28.18
This is the passage that
has such beautiful details
00:51:28.22\00:51:30.79
that you cannot
afford to miss it.
00:51:30.82\00:51:33.15
If you miss it,
00:51:33.19\00:51:34.52
you'll come away with
all kinds of teachings.
00:51:34.56\00:51:37.06
Now we're going to
break it down together.
00:51:37.09\00:51:39.03
Are you already?
Say amen. Here it is.
00:51:39.06\00:51:42.06
"Let not your hearts be..."
00:51:42.10\00:51:43.67
What? "Troubled.
00:51:43.70\00:51:45.47
You believe in God,
believe also in Me."
00:51:45.50\00:51:48.50
That's verse 1.
00:51:48.54\00:51:49.87
First of all,
what's Jesus saying?
00:51:49.90\00:51:51.57
The Jews believed in God,
they didn't believe in Him.
00:51:51.61\00:51:54.11
There are those
cultures that believe in God,
00:51:54.14\00:51:56.75
but they don't believe in Jesus.
00:51:56.78\00:51:58.41
First of all, you cannot
just believe in the Father
00:51:58.45\00:52:01.28
and delete the Son
00:52:01.32\00:52:03.02
because the way to
get to the Father is what?
00:52:03.05\00:52:05.29
Through the Son.
00:52:05.32\00:52:06.65
So if there is
a culture of those
00:52:06.69\00:52:08.02
maybe watching this
program and they say,
00:52:08.06\00:52:09.66
"We do believe
in God, but Jesus...
00:52:09.69\00:52:12.13
Don't have much space for Him."
00:52:12.16\00:52:13.66
Jesus said, "You
believe in My Father,
00:52:13.70\00:52:15.80
you got to believe in Me also."
00:52:15.83\00:52:18.97
All right? Now
this is the reason why.
00:52:19.00\00:52:22.10
"In My Father's
house are many..."
00:52:22.14\00:52:23.91
What? "Mansions.
00:52:23.94\00:52:26.17
If it were not so,
I would have told you.
00:52:26.21\00:52:30.25
I go to prepare
a place for you."
00:52:30.28\00:52:33.62
So where is Jesus right
now? Preparing a place for us.
00:52:33.65\00:52:37.65
Now according to the word
00:52:37.69\00:52:39.02
that's plugged
into this scripture,
00:52:39.05\00:52:40.39
what kind of place
is He preparing for us?
00:52:40.42\00:52:43.12
Come on, say
mansion. Come on, say it.
00:52:43.16\00:52:45.09
Mansion.
00:52:45.13\00:52:46.46
And don't have a
problem saying mansion
00:52:46.49\00:52:48.36
because you don't
have to pay for it,
00:52:48.40\00:52:51.03
you're not building it.
00:52:51.07\00:52:54.04
Now let me ask you a question.
00:52:54.07\00:52:56.27
Let me tell you why
this is just sinking
00:52:56.30\00:52:58.21
in my mind tonight.
00:52:58.24\00:52:59.57
We went to India and
we went to the Taj Mahal.
00:52:59.61\00:53:02.88
The Taj Mahal was built
00:53:02.91\00:53:06.65
after the king's wife died.
00:53:06.68\00:53:10.95
It was built to her honor.
00:53:10.99\00:53:13.29
Can I say it's a mansion?
00:53:13.32\00:53:16.29
It's a mausoleum to her memory.
00:53:16.32\00:53:19.79
It's massive, it is
referred to as the number one
00:53:19.83\00:53:23.67
of the seven
wonders of the world.
00:53:23.70\00:53:25.83
Symmetrically perfect,
architecturally pristine.
00:53:25.87\00:53:30.64
It's massive.
00:53:30.67\00:53:32.01
People travel
from all over the world
00:53:32.04\00:53:33.88
to see that building.
00:53:33.91\00:53:35.74
Now, if a king did
that for his bride,
00:53:35.78\00:53:39.71
what is the Lord
going to do for His bride?
00:53:39.75\00:53:43.52
Amen?
00:53:43.55\00:53:46.19
And He's not going to build
it for those of us who are dead,
00:53:46.22\00:53:49.62
He's going to
build it for those of us
00:53:49.66\00:53:50.99
who are going to
live eternally, eternally.
00:53:51.03\00:53:54.93
If men can do that...
00:53:54.96\00:53:57.30
You go to Buckingham Palace,
we were there, we were there.
00:53:57.33\00:54:00.87
Angie is English, she was born
in England, my wife that is.
00:54:00.90\00:54:03.81
You go to Buckingham
Palace and you find out
00:54:03.84\00:54:05.91
how many rooms are
there and your mind is like...
00:54:05.94\00:54:08.58
But how many
people live there? Two.
00:54:08.61\00:54:13.65
And you wonder,
00:54:13.68\00:54:15.02
can they ever go
to all those rooms.
00:54:15.05\00:54:18.42
Pomp and circumstance and...
00:54:18.45\00:54:20.92
Now let me put this in context.
00:54:20.96\00:54:23.19
It's not that
we're going to heaven
00:54:23.22\00:54:24.56
for our own personal
Buckingham Palace, right?
00:54:24.59\00:54:27.46
Let me tell you something.
00:54:27.50\00:54:28.83
I'll be happy in
heaven with a nylon tent.
00:54:28.86\00:54:33.80
No matter what I'm in, as
long as I'm in the kingdom.
00:54:33.84\00:54:37.24
I'm not going because
I'm going to get a mansion,
00:54:37.27\00:54:39.17
I'm going because
I want to see Jesus.
00:54:39.21\00:54:41.88
You know, like some
people at the World Series,
00:54:41.91\00:54:43.88
they don't care if
they get a seat or not,
00:54:43.91\00:54:45.25
World Series is baseball game,
could I just get in the park?
00:54:45.28\00:54:47.42
I'll be glad to
stand for 9 innings.
00:54:47.45\00:54:49.75
That's humans.
00:54:49.78\00:54:51.22
So heaven is going to be
far more beautiful than that.
00:54:51.25\00:54:53.82
So he says, "I go to
prepare a place for you."
00:54:53.86\00:54:56.52
Now let's get to
the truth of this.
00:54:56.56\00:54:58.76
Father and the Son,
00:54:58.79\00:55:00.53
the Son has gone
to the Father's house
00:55:00.56\00:55:03.47
to get a place
prepared for us, a mansion.
00:55:03.50\00:55:06.60
Key verse, verse 3.
00:55:06.63\00:55:09.04
"And if I go and
prepare a place for you..."
00:55:09.07\00:55:11.67
Let's say the
four words together.
00:55:11.71\00:55:13.58
"I will come again..."
00:55:13.61\00:55:16.08
Is Jesus coming
again? Yes. This is a fact.
00:55:16.11\00:55:19.95
No culture on
earth denies the fact
00:55:19.98\00:55:21.95
that there was a man
on earth named Jesus,
00:55:21.98\00:55:23.82
but you know what?
00:55:23.85\00:55:25.19
They don't know
where He is right now.
00:55:25.22\00:55:27.22
Do we know where He is?
He's in His Father's house.
00:55:27.26\00:55:31.09
They're looking
all over the world.
00:55:31.13\00:55:32.46
Where would...
00:55:32.49\00:55:33.83
Some cultures say after
He left the Middle East,
00:55:33.86\00:55:35.63
He came to America.
00:55:35.66\00:55:38.37
Okay, let's just
put that to rest.
00:55:38.40\00:55:40.17
He went to His Father's
house and because He's there,
00:55:40.20\00:55:43.44
He said, "I will
come again and do..."
00:55:43.47\00:55:44.81
What?
00:55:44.84\00:55:46.17
"Receive you to
Myself that where I am..."
00:55:46.21\00:55:47.61
What? "There you may be also."
00:55:47.64\00:55:50.55
So where are we hoping to go?
00:55:50.58\00:55:53.31
We're hoping to go
where Jesus is, right?
00:55:53.35\00:55:56.99
That doesn't
happen when you die.
00:55:57.02\00:55:59.15
He says, the key to
these three verses is,
00:55:59.19\00:56:02.02
"I will come
again and receive you."
00:56:02.06\00:56:05.09
So as we enter the
topic of what happens
00:56:05.13\00:56:07.13
when a person dies,
00:56:07.16\00:56:08.50
let's go ahead and
hit one question tonight.
00:56:08.53\00:56:10.63
We may get two, but let's
start with one question tonight.
00:56:10.67\00:56:13.94
I want to get this
because we're going
00:56:13.97\00:56:15.30
to begin with
first the nature of man,
00:56:15.34\00:56:17.04
we're going to
begin at the beginning.
00:56:17.07\00:56:18.41
That's the best place to begin,
at the beginning, all right?
00:56:18.44\00:56:21.24
Here we go. Question number one.
00:56:21.28\00:56:24.48
What does the Bible teach
about the creation of man?
00:56:24.51\00:56:27.25
What does the Bible say to us?
00:56:27.28\00:56:29.48
We're going to
go to Genesis 2:7.
00:56:29.52\00:56:32.45
Genesis 2:7. Beautiful passage.
00:56:32.49\00:56:35.99
Very necessary and
in the interest of time
00:56:36.02\00:56:38.39
we're going to
go there together.
00:56:38.43\00:56:39.76
And I'm reading this
from the King James Version
00:56:39.79\00:56:41.53
and the reason why is
because this is the book
00:56:41.56\00:56:43.23
that people used to
create the confusion.
00:56:43.26\00:56:46.40
There's a certain word
used in this translation alone
00:56:46.43\00:56:49.50
that has been used
to create the confusion.
00:56:49.54\00:56:51.87
Here it is.
00:56:51.91\00:56:53.71
"And the Lord God formed
man of the dust of the ground,
00:56:53.74\00:56:57.88
and breathed into
his nostrils the..."
00:56:57.91\00:56:59.85
What?
00:56:59.88\00:57:01.22
"Breath of life
and man became a..."
00:57:01.25\00:57:02.68
What? "Living
soul." Very quickly.
00:57:02.72\00:57:07.09
I'm going to reiterate
this on our next broadcast,
00:57:07.12\00:57:09.02
but I must hit this
tonight just to plant the seeds.
00:57:09.06\00:57:11.59
Dust of the ground, the body,
look at that, breath of life,
00:57:11.63\00:57:16.80
which is the spirit,
00:57:16.83\00:57:18.33
equals the living
soul or the human being.
00:57:18.37\00:57:21.20
You're going to see
that in our next broadcast.
00:57:21.24\00:57:23.07
We're going to
talk about the body,
00:57:23.10\00:57:24.81
we're going to
talk about the dust,
00:57:24.84\00:57:26.37
we're going to talk
about the breath of life.
00:57:26.41\00:57:27.74
We're going to talk
about how man is created
00:57:27.78\00:57:31.28
and what we have
to look forward to
00:57:31.31\00:57:34.02
at the end of this
journey called life.
00:57:34.05\00:57:37.45
We're going to see
what the Bible says
00:57:37.49\00:57:38.82
about our nature.
00:57:38.85\00:57:40.19
Are we naturally
mortal or immortal?
00:57:40.22\00:57:43.22
Do we immediately
whisk off to heaven?
00:57:43.26\00:57:45.49
I said, no, we'll find out
based on what the Bible says
00:57:45.53\00:57:48.40
whether or not that
is in fact the case.
00:57:48.43\00:57:51.13
And how do we know
that we don't go to heaven?
00:57:51.17\00:57:52.73
We'll find out what
the Bible says about that.
00:57:52.77\00:57:54.34
So, friends, as we
study about life and death
00:57:54.37\00:57:57.34
and the nature of man,
if it doesn't make sense,
00:57:57.37\00:57:59.81
keep studying and it will
come into a sharper focus.
00:57:59.84\00:58:03.38
God bless you. Let us pray.
00:58:03.41\00:58:06.41
Heavenly Father, we
thank You for Your goodness
00:58:06.45\00:58:08.12
and for the study of Your Word.
00:58:08.15\00:58:11.39
It truly is a light
that keeps us in the light,
00:58:11.42\00:58:15.16
it doesn't lead us
down the wrong path.
00:58:15.19\00:58:18.26
It doesn't deceive us, it
just keeps us enlightened.
00:58:18.29\00:58:21.66
The entrance of
Your Word gives light.
00:58:21.70\00:58:24.87
So, Father, as we study,
00:58:24.90\00:58:26.37
help us to be
mindful and also humble.
00:58:26.40\00:58:29.07