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>>WELCOME TO SACRAMENTO CENTRAL
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH.
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WE ARE COMING TO YOU FROM
SACRAMENTO CENTRAL, RIGHT HERE
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ON THE WEST COAST OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
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AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE MANY
OF YOU - NOT JUST HERE IN THE
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SANCTUARY - THAT ARE JOINING
US FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND
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AROUND THE WORLD. AND I
AM SO EXCITED TO TELL YOU
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A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE
PEOPLE THAT JOIN US EVERY WEEK.
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THERE IS A PICTURE THAT WILL
BE UP THERE THAT YOU CAN SEE.
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IS IT UP? THERE
IT IS. THERE IT IS.
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THIS IS THE YORK SEVENTH
DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH IN YORK,
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ENGLAND AND THEY WERE ALSO
JOINED BY MEMBERS OF THE HULL
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SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH,
WHICH IS ABOUT AN HOUR AWAY
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FROM YORK. AND THIS
IS WHERE MY PARENTS AND
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I WERE LAST SABBATH AND
WE WERE WORSHIPING WITH THEM.
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THIS WAS A LOVELY GROUP OF
PEOPLE AND I TELL YOU, THEY LOVE
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TO SING AND THEY ARE AMAZING.
OH, I COULD HAVE JUST SAT THERE
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AND LISTENED TO
THEM SING FOREVER.
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WONDERFUL, WARM GROUP OF PEOPLE
AND WE GOT TO WORSHIP WITH THEM
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AND MY DAD WAS ABLE TO DO
BAPTISM - TWO OF THE PEOPLE THAT
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WERE ACTUALLY WANTING TO COME TO
CENTRAL AND BE BAPTIZED BUT IT
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NEVER WORKED OUT AND SO HE WAS
ABLE TO BAPTIZE THEM IN THE SAME
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TANK THAT HE WAS
BAPTIZED IN 44 YEARS AGO.
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AND THAT'S - THIS IS JOY, THE
PASTOR IS HERE ON THE LEFT AND
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THEN JOY IS MOM AND ANGELIE
IS THE DAUGHTER AND THE HUSBAND
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GEORGE - AND HE BAPTIZED
THE DAUGHTER AND THE HUSBAND
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LAST SABBATH. BEAUTIFUL FAMILY.
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AND SO THE YORK AND THE HULL
CHURCHES RECORDED A MESSAGE THAT
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WE'RE GOING TO PLAY AS THEY SEND
THEIR GREETINGS TO YOU HERE AT
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CENTRAL. SO THEY WERE VERY
EXCITED TO SEND THEIR GREETINGS.
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AND ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL
FAMILY THAT WE GOT TO MEET WAS
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DIAMOND AND SANJAY
AND SANJIA AND SIMRIN.
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AND THIS WAS A LOVELY LITTLE
FAMILY THAT WE MET IN MANCHESTER
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WHO WATCH ONLINE AND SIMRIN, THE
LITTLE GIRL IN THE YELLOW, SENDS
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IN SONG REQUESTS AND THEY
WATCH EVERY WEEK AND - BEAUTIFUL
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FAMILY - SO WONDERFUL AND LOVING
AND WARM AND WE HAD A HARD TIME
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LEAVING. BUT IT WAS
SO NICE MEETING SOME
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OF OUR ONLINE FAMILY AND
THEY ARE WATCHING, OF COURSE, SO
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SPECIAL GREETINGS TO EVERYONE IN
YORK AND HULL AND IN MANCHESTER.
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AND, OF COURSE, THE SONG WE ARE
GOING TO SING IS REQUESTED BY
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THE GROUP AT THE YORK CHURCH AND
THEY WOULD LIKE US TO SING #100
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- 'GREAT IS THY FAITHFULNESS' -
AND SO WE ARE GOING TO DO THAT.
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A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE FROM
ALL OVER THE WORLD SENT IN THEIR
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REQUESTS FOR THIS ONE AS WELL.
WE'RE GOING TO SING ALL THREE
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STANZAS - 'GREAT
IS THY FAITHFULNESS'.
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(MUSIC)
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>>THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THAT IS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL SONG.
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IF YOU HAVE A FAVORITE THAT YOU
WOULD LIKE TO SING WITH US ON AN
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UPCOMING
PROGRAM, IT'S VERY SIMPLE.
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ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS VISIT OUR
WEBSITE AT 'SACCENTRAL.ORG' AND
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CLICK ON THE 'CONTACT US'
LINK AND YOU CAN SEND IN YOUR
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FAVORITE HYMN. IF IT'S
IN HERE WE WILL SING IT.
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AND WE ARE LEARNING NEW SONGS
AND WE'RE CONTINUING THAT TODAY
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- #59 - 'GREAT OUR JOY AS NOW WE
GATHER'. IT'S ALSO THE SAME TUNE
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AS #5 SO IF YOU'RE FOLLOWING
ALONG WITH US AND YOU THINK,
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'OH, THAT TUNE SOUNDS FAMILIAR'
THAT IS WHY. IT'S THE SAME AS
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#5. SO WE'RE GOING TO SING THE
FIRST, SECOND AND FOURTH STANZAS
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- 'GREAT OUR JOY
AS NOW WE GATHER'.
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(MUSIC)
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>>THAT WAS A REQUEST FROM
KELVYN, MYRIAM, JANICE AND
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AURELIE IN MAURITIUS. SO
I'M GLAD THAT WE ARE LEARNING
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THESE SONGS RIGHT ALONG WITH
YOU AND KEEP ON SENDING THEM IN.
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AT THIS TIME, LET'S
BOW OUR HEADS FOR PRAYER.
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FATHER IN HEAVEN, THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR BRINGING US HERE - HERE
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IN THE SANCTUARY AND HERE
TOGETHER AS A WORLD-WIDE FAMILY
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WORSHIPING YOU. PLEASE
FILL US WITH YOUR SPIRIT
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TODAY. FILL OUR
HEARTS WITH YOUR LOVE.
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FORGIVE US OF OUR SINS AND
CLEANSE US AND MAKE US READY SO
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THAT WHEN YOU COME IN THOSE
CLOUDS WE WILL BE READY TO SEE
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YOU. FATHER,
PLEASE HELP US NOT TO
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LOSE SIGHT OF THE CHURCH'S
MISSION TO SPREAD THE GOOD NEWS
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OF YOUR SOON
COMING TO THIS WORLD.
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THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR PASTOR DOUG.
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AS HE BRINGS US THE LESSON STUDY
I PRAY THAT YOU'LL BE WITH HIM
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AND GIVE HIM THE WORDS
THAT WE NEED TO HEAR TODAY.
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IN JESUS' NAME. AMEN.
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AT THIS TIME OUR LESSON STUDY
WILL BE BROUGHT TO US BY OUR
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SENIOR PASTOR HERE AT SACRAMENTO
CENTRAL, PASTOR DOUG BATCHELOR.
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>>THANK YOU VERY
MUCH TO OUR MUSICIANS.
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HAPPY SABBATH, FRIENDS.
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AND I WANT TO THANK DEBBIE,
JOLYNE AND JORDAN FOR - JORDAN
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JUST GRADUATED THIS
YEAR FROM SAA HIGH SCHOOL.
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CONGRATULATIONS JORDAN.
AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
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JOINING US. IF WE
HAVE ANY VISITORS HERE
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TODAY, WE'RE
VERY GLAD TO HAVE YOU.
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TODAY I'M EXCITED AND SAD.
WE'RE GOING TO SAY GOODBYE TO
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THE MINOR PROPHETS BUT I'M
EXCITED BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO
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STUDY ONE OF MY FAVORITE BOOKS
IN THE MINOR PROPHETS, THE LAST
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BOOK IN THE OLD
TESTAMENT - MALACHI.
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AND MALACHI - THE NAME OF THE
LESSON - IT'S LESSON #13 - IT'S
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CALLED 'LEST WE FORGET' AND, OF
COURSE, IF YOU WANT TO FIND THAT
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BOOK JUST GO TO THE
BOOK RIGHT BEFORE MATTHEW.
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SOME OF YOU, IN YOUR BIBLES,
YOU'VE GOT STUDIES THAT ARE IN
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BETWEEN YOUR OLD TESTAMENT
AND YOUR NEW TESTAMENT.
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A LOT OF BIBLES HAVE SORT OF
SOME INTERTESTAMENTAL STUDIES
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THAT ARE THERE AND - BUT IF YOU
GO TO THE BOOK PRIOR TO MATTHEW
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YOU'LL FIND THE LAST BOOK
OF THE OLD TESTAMENT - MALACHI.
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AND THE NAME MALACHI MEANS
'MESSENGER OF JEHOVAH' - BUT I
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HAVEN'T READ OUR
MEMORY VERSE YET, HAVE I?
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I FORGOT A COUPLE THINGS - WE'VE
GOT A FREE OFFER AND THE FREE
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OFFER IS THE AMAZING FACTS STUDY
GUIDE CALLED 'IN GOD WE TRUST' -
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ASK FOR OFFER #135.
THIS LESSON TALKS ABOUT TITHE
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AND OFFERING - WHAT
THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT IT.
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IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT
STUDY BECAUSE I MEET A LOT OF
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CHRISTIANS - ESPECIALLY
CHRISTIANS FROM VARIOUS
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EVANGELICAL CHURCHES THAT SAY
'THE PRINCIPLE OF TITHE IS AN
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OLD COVENANT PRINCIPLE.
WE DON'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT
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TITHE ANYMORE.'
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT.
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THIS LESSON DEALS WITH THAT.
WE'LL SEND IT TO YOU FOR FREE.
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ASK FOR OFFER #135 AND IF
YOU WANT TO CALL IN, JUST DIAL
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866-STUDY-MORE -
THAT'S 866-788-3966.
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WE'LL SEND YOU
'IN GOD WE TRUST'.
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AND WE HAVE A MEMORY VERSE AND
THE MEMORY VERSE FOR OUR LESSON,
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IT COMES TO US FROM MALACHI 1,
VERSE 11 - MALACHI 1, VERSE 11.
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IF YOU FOUND THAT AND YOU
WANT TO SAY IT WITH US, I'LL BE
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READING IT FROM THE NEW KING
JAMES VERSION. ARE YOU READY?
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"'FOR FROM THE RISING OF THE
SUN, EVEN TO ITS GOING DOWN, MY
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NAME SHALL BE GREAT AMONG THE
GENTILES; IN EVERY PLACE INCENSE
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SHALL BE OFFERED TO MY NAME,
AND A PURE OFFERING; FOR MY NAME
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SHALL BE GREAT
AMONG THE NATIONS,'
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SAYS THE LORD OF HOSTS."
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ISN'T IT INTERESTING THAT IN THE
LAST BOOK OF THE OLD TESTAMENT,
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BEFORE YOU TURN TO THE NEW
TESTAMENT WHERE THE GOSPEL SORT
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OF THEN SPREADS AMONG THE
GENTILES, IS THIS PROPHECY AND
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THIS PROMISE - 'MY NAME WILL
BE GREAT AMONG THE GENTILES'?
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AND THAT'S CERTAINLY WHAT
HAPPENED IS AS YOU GO FROM THE
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OLD TESTAMENT TO THE NEW
TESTAMENT, WE SEE CHRIST COMES
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AND IT'S THROUGH CHRIST THAT AN
EXPLOSION TAKES PLACE WITH THE
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GOSPEL GOING EVERYWHERE.
AND IN ONE GENERATION THERE WERE
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MORE GENTILE BELIEVERS
IN JEHOVAH THAN JEWISH.
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DID YOU KNOW THAT? ONE
GENERATION AFTER PENTECOST
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THINGS RADICALLY CHANGED.
AND SO I THINK IT'S INTERESTING
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THAT YOU FIND THAT
PROPHECY IN THE BOOK OF MALACHI.
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NOW MALACHI IS AN
INTERESTING PROPHET.
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YOU KNOW, YOU START OUT READING
ABOUT ISAIAH, THE SON OF AMOS,
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OR YOU READ ABOUT JONAH THE
SON OF AMITTAI AND THE VARIOUS
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PROPHETS YOU'RE
GOING TO SAY 'THE SON OF'.
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MALACHI DOESN'T TELL
YOU WHAT HIS PEDIGREE IS.
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HE JUST - HIS PEDIGREE IS
'I'VE GOT A MESSAGE FROM GOD.'
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AND HE JUST KIND OF COMES
OUT SWINGING, SO TO SPEAK, AND
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NOBODY - YOU READ THE
COMMENTATORS - NO ONE REALLY
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QUESTIONS THAT HE WAS A PROPHET.
HE'S RECOGNIZED AS A PROPHET.
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HE'S QUOTED BY THE NEW TESTAMENT
WRITERS AS A PROPHET, BUT
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THERE'S SILENCE
FROM THE TIME OF MALACHI.
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WE REALLY NEED HIM BECAUSE HE IS
THE LAST BOUY THAT YOU SEE OUT
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THERE IN THE OCEAN FOR 400 YEARS
- FROM HIS TIME UNTIL YOU GET TO
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JOHN THE BAPTIST.
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MALACHI SAYS THAT THERE'S GOING
TO BE A VOICE CRYING IN THE
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WILDERNESS, SO HE'S THE PROPHET
WHO TELLS US JOHN IS COMING THEN
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THERE'S SILENCE
UNTIL JOHN COMES.
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400 YEARS GO BY OF NO PROPHET
THAT WE KNOW OF - I MEAN, THERE
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MAY HAVE BEEN SOME BUT THEY
WEREN'T RECORDED OR WRITTEN AS
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PROPHETS AND SO THIS IS A
VERY IMPORTANT BOOK FOR US.
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HE TALKS, IN THE FIRST VERSES -
IF YOU'VE GOT YOUR BIBLE AND YOU
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TURN TO MALACHI CHAPTER 1, "THE
BURDEN OF THE WORD OF THE LORD"
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- NOW YOU FIND THAT PHRASE
MENTIONED BY SEVERAL PROPHETS.
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'THE BURDEN' - ISAIAH 13:1 TALKS
ABOUT 'THE BURDEN OF THE LORD'.
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HABAKKUK 1:1 'THE BURDEN
OF THE LORD'. ZECHARIAH 9:1,
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ZECHARIAH 12:1, HAGGAI
1:1 AND THEN MALACHI 1. WHAT?
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WHY DO THESE PROPHETS - HOW
WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE THE JOB
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OF A PROPHET AND THE FIRST THING
YOU SAY IS 'THE BURDEN'? WELL,
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THAT WORD BURDEN DOESN'T MEAN
EXACTLY WHAT WE MIGHT THINK.
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IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE LORD
HAS SUDDENLY PUT A 50 LB WEIGHT
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ON THEM, THOUGH IT IS A WEIGHTY
RESPONSIBILITY TO BE A PROPHET,
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IT MEANT A MESSAGE THAT YOU
WERE TO CARRY AND SO THE WORD
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'BURDEN' SORT OF TOOK ON
A DIFFERENT MEANING THERE.
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IT MEANT 'THE PROPHECY' - YOU'VE
GOT A MESSAGE ABOUT THE FUTURE
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AND IT'S THE PREDICTION.
YOU'LL OFTEN FIND, WHEN THEY
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BEGIN BY SAYING 'THE BURDEN', A
PROPHECY FOLLOWS. AND SO, I JUST
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WANTED TO CLEAR THAT UP A
LITTLE BIT AT THE BEGINNING.
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AND THEN HE STARTS OUT - NOTICE,
IN THE FIRST FEW VERSES - 'THE
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BURDEN BY THE WORD OF THE
LORD TO ISRAEL BY MALACHI' - AND
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AGAIN, WHAT DOES MALACHI
MEAN? MESSENGER OF JEHOVAH.
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LAST OF THE OLD TESTAMENT
PROPHETS, HE LIVES AFTER
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ZECHARIAH AND HAGGAI, BUT HE'S
A CONTEMPORARY, NOT TOO LONG
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AFTER. THEY LIVED
DURING THE TIME WHEN
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THEY WERE TRYING TO
GET THE TEMPLE BUILT.
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MALACHI LIVES AFTER THE TEMPLE
HAD BEEN RESTORED BECAUSE HE'S
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THEN TELLING PEOPLE TO BRING ALL
THE TITHES AND OFFERINGS INTO
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THE TEMPLE SO IT MUST HAVE BEEN
BUILT BY THE TIME OF MALACHI.
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AND YOU READ IN THE FIRST
VERSES, 'THE BURDEN OF THE WORD
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OF THE LORD TO ISRAEL BY
MALACHI' - HE'S NOT JUST TALKING
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TO JUDEA, HE'S TALKING TO GOD'S
PEOPLE UNIVERSALLY - "'I HAVE
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LOVED YOU,' SAYS THE LORD.
'YET YOU SAY, 'IN WHAT WAY HAVE
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YOU LOVED US?' WAS
NOT ESAU JACOB'S BROTHER?'
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SAYS THE LORD. 'YET
JACOB I HAVE LOVED; BUT
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ESAU I HAVE HATED, AND
LAID WASTE HIS MOUNTAINS AND HIS
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HERITAGE FOR THE JACKALS OF THE
WILDERNESS.'" FIRST THING I WANT
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YOU TO KNOW - AND
THEN I'M GOING TO TALK
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ABOUT THIS VERY DIFFICULT VERSE
- I LOVED ISRAEL, HATED ESAU.
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PEOPLE SAY, 'YOU MEAN GOD JUST
IS UP THERE IN THE SKY GOING,
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'HE LOVES ME, HE LOVES ME NOT,
HE LOVES ME, HE LOVES ME NOT.
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EENEY MEENEY MINEY MO, I
LOVE YOU AND I HATE YOU.'
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IS GOD ARBITRARY? 'I
THINK I'LL SAVE YOU BUT
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YOU'RE GOING TO BURN FOREVER.
AND YOU AND YOU AND YOU SINCE
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THE MAJORITY ARE GOING TO BURN
FOREVER, BUT I'LL SAVE YOU.'
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IS THAT HOW GOD OPERATES?
BUT A LOT OF CHURCHES BELIEVE -
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THEY CALL THIS PREDESTINATION -
THEY TALK ABOUT THE SOVEREIGNTY
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OF GOD AND GOD HAS HIS ELECT AND
HE JUST ELECTS SOME PEOPLE AND
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HE DOESN'T ELECT THE
OTHERS AND THEY'RE LOST.
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HE CREATED THEM TO BE LOST.
IT'S A REALLY STRANGE TEACHING
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BUT I'LL GET TO
THAT IN JUST A SECOND.
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FIRST THING I WANT YOU TO NOTICE
IN THIS BOOK - AND THIS, TO ME,
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IF YOU'LL ALLOW ME TO GENTLY
REMONSTRANCE WITH THE AUTHOR OF
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THE LESSON, I WOULD
RETITLE THIS LESSON.
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INSTEAD OF 'LEST WE FORGET', I
WOULD TITLE THIS LESSON 'I LOVE
00:18:45.60\00:18:49.13
YOU' BECAUSE HE STARTS OUT BY
SAYING, 'I'VE SHOWN YOU THAT I
00:18:49.13\00:18:54.73
LOVE YOU' AND THEN THROUGH THE
REST OF THE BOOK HE SAID, 'WHY
00:18:54.73\00:18:57.66
DON'T YOU LOVE ME?' OR
'WHY DON'T YOU LOVE ME BETTER?'
00:18:57.66\00:19:01.30
AND HE BEGINS BY SAYING IN MANY
OF THE PASSAGES, 'LOOK HOW I'VE
00:19:01.30\00:19:06.03
SHOWN MY LOVE FOR YOU. AND
BECAUSE I'VE SHOWN THIS LOVE
00:19:06.03\00:19:08.73
FOR YOU AND I'VE BROUGHT YOU
BACK TO THE PROMISED LAND - YOU
00:19:08.73\00:19:11.40
WERE OFF IN EGYPT,
I BROUGHT YOU BACK.
00:19:11.40\00:19:13.30
YOU WERE OFF IN
BABYLON, I BROUGHT YOU BACK.
00:19:13.30\00:19:14.93
I'VE SAVE YOU SO MANY TIMES,
THEN WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS IF
00:19:14.93\00:19:18.90
YOU LOVE ME?' AND SO
REALLY, THE MESSAGE OF
00:19:18.90\00:19:21.66
THE BOOK IS - AND THIS IS A VERY
GREAT MESSAGE TO END THE OLD
00:19:21.66\00:19:26.46
TESTAMENT WITH -
'LOOK AT YOUR HISTORY.
00:19:26.46\00:19:28.83
LOOK HOW I'VE
SHOWN YOU HOW I LOVE YOU.
00:19:28.83\00:19:30.63
THEN WHY ARE YOU
BEHAVING THIS WAY?'
00:19:30.63\00:19:33.13
AND HE ITEMIZED A NUMBER OF
AREAS - MALACHI'S A GREAT BOOK
00:19:33.13\00:19:36.60
FOR AN EVANGELIST. I
MEAN, IN MALACHI HE TALKS
00:19:36.60\00:19:39.80
ABOUT - YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT
THE STATE OF THE DEAD AND HELL?
00:19:39.80\00:19:42.36
GO TO MALACHI CHAPTER 4 -
THE DAY THAT BURNS AS AN OVEN.
00:19:42.36\00:19:44.83
YOU WANT TO TALK
ABOUT TITHES AND OFFERINGS?
00:19:44.83\00:19:46.13
GO TO MALACHI CHAPTER 3.
YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT DIVORCE?
00:19:46.13\00:19:48.70
YOU GO TO MALACHI. MALACHI
- SHORT BOOK - 4 CHAPTERS.
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TALK ABOUT THE COMING OF
ELIJAH AND JESUS - MALACHI.
00:19:52.33\00:19:56.66
IT'S A GREAT, GREAT PROPHETIC
BOOK, BUT HE'S REALLY SAYING
00:19:56.66\00:20:00.23
THESE THINGS BECAUSE
HE'S TALKING ABOUT LOVE.
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ALRIGHT, WELL NOW LET'S
GET TO THAT DIFFICULT PART.
00:20:02.93\00:20:05.93
SOMEONE READ FOR ME ROMANS 9:13.
AND THIS HAS OFTEN BEEN QUOTED
00:20:05.93\00:20:11.90
IN SUPPORT - DO WE
HAVE A HAND OVER HERE?
00:20:11.90\00:20:14.43
OKAY, ELIZABETH YOU'RE
GOING TO READ THAT FOR US.
00:20:14.43\00:20:16.70
AND IN ROMANS CHAPTER 9 VERSE
13 - ARE WE READY FOR THAT?
00:20:16.70\00:20:24.66
YEAH, WE ARE
READY. YOU GO AHEAD.
00:20:24.66\00:20:26.33
>>"AS IT IS WRITTEN, 'JACOB
I HAVE LOVED, BUT ESAU I HAVE
00:20:26.33\00:20:30.73
HATED.'" >>NOW
SO MANY PEOPLE, WHEN
00:20:30.73\00:20:33.70
THEY READ THAT, THEY GO BACK
TO THE OLD TESTAMENT TO GENESIS
00:20:33.70\00:20:37.30
WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT ISAAC AND
REBECCA HAD TWO SONS, JACOB AND
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ESAU, AND
THEY'RE VERY DIFFERENT.
00:20:40.23\00:20:43.53
ONE IS A MORE SMOOTH SKINNED
- OR LESS HAIRY SKINNED BOY WHO
00:20:43.53\00:20:49.90
LIKES TAKING CARE OF SHEEP AND
GOD SAYS HE WAS GOING TO GIVE
00:20:49.90\00:20:53.63
THE INHERITANCE TO THE
YOUNGER AS OPPOSED TO THE OLDER.
00:20:53.63\00:20:57.20
AND ONE IS A
SHEPHERD AND ONE IS A HUNTER.
00:20:57.20\00:21:02.06
ONE HAS THE SHEEP FOLLOWING
THEM, THE OTHER IS FOLLOWING
00:21:02.06\00:21:07.23
AFTER THE DEER
AND FIRING AT THEM.
00:21:07.23\00:21:09.80
THEY'RE VERY DIFFERENT WHEN YOU
THINK ABOUT THE TEMPERMENTS OF
00:21:09.80\00:21:12.93
THESE TWO BOYS. BUT WHEN WE READ
HERE - PAUL SAYS, 'I HAVE LOVED
00:21:12.93\00:21:18.16
JACOB AND I HATE ESAU' DOESN'T
THAT SOUND PLAIN ENOUGH? NO.
00:21:18.16\00:21:25.56
WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT IS
THEIR OFFSPRING - THE NATIONS.
00:21:25.56\00:21:30.46
SO WHEN YOU GO BACK TO MALACHI
AND HE SAYS, 'I LOVED JACOB AND
00:21:30.46\00:21:36.23
I HATED ESAU AND LAID HIS
MOUNTAINS AND HIS HERITAGE WASTE
00:21:36.23\00:21:41.96
FOR THE JACKALS
OF THE WILDERNESS.'
00:21:41.96\00:21:44.16
IF YOU LOOK IN EZEKIEL 35 - READ
JUST LIKE 1 THROUGH 3 - IT TALKS
00:21:44.16\00:21:48.60
ABOUT THE JUDGMENT AGAINST MOUNT
SEIR. MT. SEIR WAS THE LAND
00:21:48.60\00:21:53.10
WHERE THE CHILDREN OF ESAU - THE
EDOMITES - LIVED AND THERE WAS A
00:21:53.10\00:21:58.16
VERY HIGH TERRITORY - A LOT OF
RUGGED TALL MOUNTAINS WITH SOME
00:21:58.16\00:22:02.16
VALLEYS BETWEEN. THAT'S
WHERE THE DESCENDENTS OF
00:22:02.16\00:22:04.70
ESAU LIVED AND GOD SAID, 'I'VE
SHOWN MY LOVE TO YOU BECAUSE I
00:22:04.70\00:22:09.66
BROUGHT YOU BACK FROM BABYLON -
I PRESERVED YOU - BUT WHEN ESAU
00:22:09.66\00:22:14.16
WAS OVERTHROWN
THEY NEVER RECOVERED.
00:22:14.16\00:22:16.90
ANY OF YOU MEET
ANY EDOMITES LATELY?
00:22:16.90\00:22:19.96
THEY'RE EXTINCT AREN'T
THEY? BUT HAVE YOU MET JEWS?
00:22:19.96\00:22:23.96
SO WHAT GOD IS SAYING IS, 'LOOK,
BECAUSE OF WHAT ESAU AND HIS
00:22:23.96\00:22:27.86
DESCENDENTS DID - I HATED WHAT
THEY DID.' YOU REMEMBER WHEN
00:22:27.86\00:22:32.26
ESAU SOLD HIS BIRTHRIGHT FOR
A POT OF BEANS? HE BASICALLY WAS
00:22:32.26\00:22:36.46
SAYING, 'I'M MORE INTERESTED
IN THE FLESH THAN THE SPIRIT.
00:22:36.46\00:22:39.53
I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE SPIRITUAL
BLESSING, I'M HUNGRY NOW.'
00:22:39.53\00:22:42.86
AND SO HE WAS MORE INTERESTED IN
SATISFYING HIS FLESHLY DESIRES
00:22:42.86\00:22:46.03
NOW THAN THINKING ABOUT
THE SPIRIT AND THE FUTURE.
00:22:46.03\00:22:49.56
JACOB SAID, 'I WANT THAT FUTURE.
I'M THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE.
00:22:49.56\00:22:52.00
I WANT THE BIRTHRIGHT.'
AND GOD SAID, 'YOU KNOW, I LOVE
00:22:52.00\00:22:54.16
THAT ABOUT JACOB.' HE WANTED
THAT SPIRITUAL BIRTHRIGHT.
00:22:54.16\00:22:57.80
ESAU THOUGHT, 'HE JUST
WANTED THE PHYSICAL ASSETS OF MY
00:22:57.80\00:23:01.30
FATHER.' AND SO
TO PROVE THAT WASN'T
00:23:01.30\00:23:04.10
TRUE, WHEN JACOB CAME BACK FROM
WANDERING IN THE LAND OF HERON
00:23:04.10\00:23:07.56
WHEN HE WAS WITH LABAN AND
HE GOT HIS TWO WIVES AND ABOUT
00:23:07.56\00:23:10.53
ELEVEN - TEN OF HIS BOYS
WERE BORN - MAYBE ELEVEN.
00:23:10.53\00:23:13.96
I THINK BENJAMIN WAS THE ONLY
ONE BORN IN THE PROMISED LAND.
00:23:13.96\00:23:18.76
WHEN HE CAME BACK, FIRST THING
HE DID WAS HE GAVE A BUNCH OF
00:23:18.76\00:23:21.73
MONEY TO ESAU. HE
GAVE A VERY LAVISH GIFT OF
00:23:21.73\00:23:27.33
GOATS AND CAMELS AND SHEEP AND
SERVANTS TO HIS BROTHER - FOR A
00:23:27.33\00:23:31.50
COUPLE REASONS. ONE,
JACOB HAD MADE A VOW, HE
00:23:31.50\00:23:34.90
SAID, 'OF ALL YOU GIVE ME I WILL
PAY A TENTH TO YOU IF YOU BRING
00:23:34.90\00:23:37.83
ME BACK.' WELL, THEY
WERE THE ONLY PRIESTS
00:23:37.83\00:23:39.46
IN THE AREA - THE FAMILY
LEADERS WERE THE PRIESTS.
00:23:39.46\00:23:42.96
ABRAHAM WAS THE PRIEST FOR HIS
FAMILY, JOB WAS THE PRIEST FOR
00:23:42.96\00:23:44.83
HIS FAMILY, ESAU WAS
THE PRIEST FOR HIS FAMILY.
00:23:44.83\00:23:47.63
ESAU, WITH ALL HIS PROBLEMS,
STILL DID WORSHIP JEHOVAH.
00:23:47.63\00:23:50.93
SO JACOB, HE PAID A TITHE TO
HIS BROTHER. HE WAS ALSO SHOWING
00:23:50.93\00:23:55.96
HIS BROTHER, 'I'M NOT COMING
BACK FOR DAD'S INHERITANCE.
00:23:55.96\00:23:59.86
IF THAT WAS TRUE, WHY
WOULD I GIVE YOU ALL THIS?
00:23:59.86\00:24:02.43
HE WANTED THE SPIRITUAL
INHERITANCE OF HIS FATHER.
00:24:02.43\00:24:06.93
AS FAR AS WE KNOW, ESAU ENDED UP
GETTING THE OTHER INHERITANCE -
00:24:06.93\00:24:10.63
WHATEVER WAS IN THE
BANK OF ISAAC WHEN HE DIED.
00:24:10.63\00:24:14.96
BUT SO ONE WAS
SPIRITUAL, ONE WAS CARNAL.
00:24:14.96\00:24:19.30
THAT'S WHY GOD SAID, 'I LOVED
JACOB AND I HATED ESAU' - THE
00:24:19.30\00:24:22.66
JUDGMENT CAME ON THEIR
DESCENDENTS - IT HAD NOTHING TO
00:24:22.66\00:24:25.13
DO WITH THEM. IT
WASN'T SOMETHING THAT GOD DID
00:24:25.13\00:24:27.60
BEFORE THEY WERE BORN. IT
WAS SOMETHING - A JUDGMENT
00:24:27.60\00:24:30.60
THAT CAME LATER
BECAUSE OF BEHAVIOR.
00:24:30.60\00:24:33.30
YOU SEE THAT? THAT'S WHAT GOD
HATED. SO THAT'S OFTEN MISUSED.
00:24:33.30\00:24:36.83
DOES GOD WANT
EVERYONE TO BE SAVED?
00:24:36.83\00:24:40.40
1 TIMOTHY 2, VERSES 3 AND 4,
"FOR THIS IS GOOD AND ACCEPTABLE
00:24:40.40\00:24:44.80
IN THE SIGHT OF GOD OUR SAVIOR,
WHO DESIRES ALL MEN TO BE SAVED
00:24:44.80\00:24:48.33
AND TO COME TO THE
KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUTH."
00:24:48.33\00:24:50.40
IT TELLS US IN 2 PETER, 'GOD
IS NOT WILLING THAT ANY SHOULD
00:24:50.40\00:24:53.83
PERISH' AND 'WHOSOEVER WILL,
LET HIM TAKE THE WATER OF LIFE
00:24:53.83\00:24:59.00
FREELY.' HOW MANY
DOES GOD WANT TO BE
00:24:59.00\00:25:00.73
SAVED? 'WHOSOEVER BELIEVES
IN HIM MIGHT NOT PERISH.'
00:25:00.73\00:25:04.20
WHOSOEVER.
EVERYBODY HAS A FREE WILL.
00:25:04.20\00:25:07.63
GOD HAS NOT ARBITRARILY DECIDED
SOME SHOULD BE SAVED AND SOME
00:25:07.63\00:25:10.36
SHOULD BE LOST FROM THE TIME
THEY'RE BORN WITH THEM HAVING NO
00:25:10.36\00:25:12.46
CHOICE. WHAT ABOUT WHEN
HE HARDENED PHARAOH'S HEART?
00:25:12.46\00:25:15.70
DOESN'T IT SAY HE HARDENED
PHARAOH'S HEART? IT DOES.
00:25:15.70\00:25:18.36
BUT YOU KEEP READING IN EXODUS,
YOU'LL ALSO FIND WHERE IT SAYS,
00:25:18.36\00:25:20.76
'PHARAOH
HARDENED HIS OWN HEART.'
00:25:20.76\00:25:23.16
WHAT HAPPENED IS THE
CIRCUMSTANCES THAT GOD SENT, THE
00:25:23.16\00:25:27.03
WAY THAT PHARAOH RESPONDED
TO THOSE, HE HARDENED HIS HEART.
00:25:27.03\00:25:31.36
GOD KNEW, 'I'M GOING TO SEND
SOME CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WILL END
00:25:31.36\00:25:33.66
UP HARDENING
PHARAOH'S PROUD HEART.
00:25:33.66\00:25:36.43
BUT PHARAOH MADE HIS OWN
DECISION - IS THAT CLEAR?
00:25:36.43\00:25:39.03
EVERYBODY - THAT'S A
EVERY IMPORTANT POINT.
00:25:39.03\00:25:41.43
ALRIGHT, NOW UNDER THE SECTION
- FIRST SECTION - 'GREAT IS THE
00:25:41.43\00:25:44.26
LORD' - AND THIS IS
BASED ON MALACHI 1:8.
00:25:44.26\00:25:48.00
WHO HAS LEVITICUS 1:3?
SOMEONE'S GOING TO READ THAT
00:25:48.00\00:25:50.10
FOR US. KEITH HAS THAT.
00:25:50.10\00:25:52.06
WE'LL GET TO YOU
IN JUST A SECOND.
00:25:52.06\00:25:53.70
FIRST I'M GOING
TO READ MALACHI 1:8.
00:25:53.70\00:25:57.50
"'AND WHEN YOU OFFER THE BLIND
AS A SACRIFICE, IS IT NOT EVIL?
00:25:57.50\00:26:02.63
AND WHEN YOU OFFER THE
LAME AND SICK, IS IT NOT EVIL?
00:26:02.63\00:26:06.63
OFFER IT THEN TO YOUR GOVERNOR!
WOULD HE BE PLEASED WITH YOU?
00:26:06.63\00:26:09.43
WOULD HE ACCEPT YOU FAVORABLY?'
SAYS THE LORD OF HOSTS."
00:26:09.43\00:26:12.43
WHAT IS THE PROPHET TALKING
ABOUT HERE? WHEN THEY BROUGHT AN
00:26:12.43\00:26:16.33
OFFERING TO THE LORD THEY WERE
SUPPOSED TO BRING OF THEIR BEST.
00:26:16.33\00:26:19.93
BUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING WAS THEY
WERE KIND OF GOING THROUGH THEIR
00:26:19.93\00:26:22.03
FLOCKS AND THEY'D SAY, 'OH, YOU
KNOW, I GOT THAT LAMB THERE -
00:26:22.03\00:26:25.80
HE'S, YOU KNOW, GOT SOME BIRTH
DEFECT AND HE'S BLIND OR HE'S
00:26:25.80\00:26:30.33
MAIMED OR THAT ONE GOT
STOMPED ON, HE'S READY TO DIE.
00:26:30.33\00:26:33.56
I'VE GOT TO MAKE AN OFFERING
- WELL, MAY AS WELL OFFER THAT
00:26:33.56\00:26:35.70
ONE, IT'S NO GOOD ANYWAY.'
AND MALACHI IS SAYING, 'IF YOU
00:26:35.70\00:26:41.40
WERE INVITED TO VISIT THE
GOVERNOR, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU
00:26:41.40\00:26:45.40
WENT AND SAW A KING OR
A GOVERNOR OR A PERSON IN
00:26:45.40\00:26:47.03
LEADERSHIP - ESPECIALLY IF
THERE WAS A FEAST - YOU GO TO
00:26:47.03\00:26:49.26
SOMEONE'S HOUSE,
YOU BRING SOMETHING.
00:26:49.26\00:26:50.96
SOMETIMES YOU BRING SOMETHING
- YOU GO TO A HOUSE FOR DINNER,
00:26:50.96\00:26:52.83
YOU BRING SOMETHING. SO
IF YOU GO INTO - A GOVERNOR'S
00:26:52.83\00:26:54.86
INVITED YOU TO A FEAST YOU MIGHT
BRING A LAMB OR GOAT AND THEY
00:26:54.86\00:26:57.60
WOULD PREP IT AND IT
WOULD BE PART OF THE FEAST.
00:26:57.60\00:26:59.93
THEY USED TO DO THAT
REALLY QUICK BACK THEN.
00:26:59.93\00:27:02.06
REMEMBER WHEN ABRAHAM HAD
SOME GUESTS COME? MAN, HE SLEW
00:27:02.06\00:27:04.66
A FATTED CALF AND HAD A FEAST
BEFORE YOU KNEW WHAT HAPPENED.
00:27:04.66\00:27:07.86
I MEAN THEY USED TO DRESS
THOSE THINGS OUT IN A HURRY.
00:27:07.86\00:27:10.50
BUT SO THEY WOULD BRING - WOULD
YOU BRING - YOU'D SAY, 'HI,
00:27:10.50\00:27:14.20
THANKS FOR INVITING
ME, GOVERNOR, TO THE FEAST.
00:27:14.20\00:27:16.13
I KNOW I'VE GOT THIS ONE IT'S
GOT, YOU KNOW, IT'S MISSING ITS
00:27:16.13\00:27:18.13
BACK LEG AND IT'S GOT A LITTLE
BIT OF MANGE AND IT'S MISSING AN
00:27:18.13\00:27:20.86
EYE - IT'S BLIND - BUT WELL, YOU
KNOW, IT'S NOT GOOD FOR ANYTHING
00:27:20.86\00:27:24.23
ANYWAY SO I'LL GIVE IT TO YOU.'
AND WHAT WOULD BE THE RESPONSE?
00:27:24.23\00:27:28.06
WOULD YOU - THEY'D SAY
- YOU WOULD NEVER DO THAT.
00:27:28.06\00:27:30.90
YOU KNOW, YOU GO TO THE
PRESIDENT AND YOU BRING A GIFT -
00:27:30.90\00:27:34.20
YOU'RE INVITED TO A WHITE HOUSE
DINNER AND YOU BRING YOUR OLD
00:27:34.20\00:27:36.83
ROTTEN APPLES BECAUSE YOU
WEREN'T GOING TO EAT THEM.
00:27:36.83\00:27:39.33
LET THE OTHER PEOPLE EAT THEM,
RIGHT? IS THAT THE ATTITUDE?
00:27:39.33\00:27:44.00
GOD IS SAYING, 'IF YOU WOULD DO
THAT - YOU WOULDN'T DO THAT TO
00:27:44.00\00:27:46.90
AN EARTHLY LEADER BUT
YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE ME THAT?
00:27:46.90\00:27:51.86
OKAY, GO AHEAD AND
READ THAT FOR US KEITH.
00:27:51.86\00:27:54.03
>>LEVITICUS 1:3, "IF HIS
OFFERING IS A BURNT SACRIFICE OF
00:27:54.03\00:27:57.46
THE HERD, LET HIM OFFER A MALE
WITHOUT BLEMISH; HE SHALL OFFER
00:27:57.46\00:28:03.20
IT OF HIS OWN FREE WILL AT
THE DOOR OF THE TABERNACLE OF
00:28:03.20\00:28:05.83
MEETING BEFORE THE
LORD." >>A MALE WITHOUT WHAT?
00:28:05.83\00:28:08.86
WITHOUT BLEMISH.
NUMBERS 29, VERSE 8, "YOU SHALL
00:28:08.86\00:28:13.56
PRESENT A BURNT OFFERING TO THE
LORD AS A SWEET AROMA: ONE YOUNG
00:28:13.56\00:28:16.86
BULL, ONE RAM, AND SEVEN LAMBS
IN THEIR FIRST YEAR. BE SURE" -
00:28:16.86\00:28:21.06
THAT MEANS INSPECT THEM -
"THEY ARE WITHOUT BLEMISH."
00:28:21.06\00:28:24.96
YOU EVER SEEN WHEN PEOPLE TAKE
THEIR ANIMALS TO THESE 4-H OR
00:28:24.96\00:28:30.16
COUNTY FAIRS TO BE INSPECTED
FOR, YOU KNOW, WHICH IS THE BEST
00:28:30.16\00:28:34.33
COW OR GOAT OR PIG OR
WHATEVER IT HAPPENS TO BE?
00:28:34.33\00:28:38.16
OR YOU EVER SEEN PEOPLE
WHEN THEY GO OVER A DOG AT A
00:28:38.16\00:28:40.56
DOG SHOW? HAVE
YOU EVER SEEN THAT?
00:28:40.56\00:28:42.46
YOU KNOW, THEY PRANCE THEM
AROUND AND THEN THEY PUT THEM UP
00:28:42.46\00:28:44.46
ON A TABLE AND THEN SOME
INSPECTOR GOES UP AND HE RUNS
00:28:44.46\00:28:46.53
HIS FINGER THROUGH THEIR HAIR
AND HE OPENS UP THEIR MOUTH AND
00:28:46.53\00:28:49.33
HE LOOKS AT THEIR TEETH
AND HE POKES IN THEIR EARS.
00:28:49.33\00:28:51.56
I MEAN THAT'S WHAT THEY DO FOR
A DOG RIBBON AND WHEN YOU WERE
00:28:51.56\00:28:56.13
GOING TO BRING SOMETHING TO THE
LORD, THAT WAS MORE IMPORTANT
00:28:56.13\00:29:00.40
THAN HIM GETTING A RIBBON FROM
A COUNTY FAIR OR A DOG SHOW.
00:29:00.40\00:29:03.83
THEY WERE TO GIVE THEIR
BEST BECAUSE THIS WAS FOR GOD.
00:29:03.83\00:29:07.40
BUT YET THE OPPOSITE ATTITUDE
- IT'S LIKE THEY WERE - YOU KNOW
00:29:07.40\00:29:10.56
SOME OF US GO THROUGH THE GARAGE
FOR GARAGE SALES AND WE SAY,
00:29:10.56\00:29:13.16
'OH, I'LL NEVER USE THAT.'
OR FOR THE THRIFT STORE - YOU
00:29:13.16\00:29:16.20
KNOW OUR CHURCH HAS A THRIFT
STORE AND SOMETIMES THE TRUCK
00:29:16.20\00:29:22.00
COMES TO PICK THINGS UP FOR THE
THRIFT STORE AND QUITE HONESTLY
00:29:22.00\00:29:24.50
WE'RE JUST ASKING
THEM TO HAUL AWAY OUR JUNK.
00:29:24.50\00:29:27.43
PLEASE DON'T GIVE THINGS TO
THE THRIFT STORE THAT YOU SHOULD
00:29:27.43\00:29:29.00
PROBABLY JUST
TAKE TO THE GARBAGE.
00:29:29.00\00:29:33.06
SO - BUT IF IT'S TO THE LORD -
I MEAN, YOU WANT THE BEST. WHY?
00:29:33.06\00:29:40.10
WHO DID THAT LAMB
REPRESENT? DID JESUS EVER SIN?
00:29:40.10\00:29:46.50
AND SO ONE OF THE REASONS IT WAS
TO BE A LAMB WITHOUT BLEMISH IS
00:29:46.50\00:29:49.80
BECAUSE CHRIST
LIVED AN UNBLEMISHED LIFE.
00:29:49.80\00:29:54.36
ISN'T THAT RIGHT? YOU
CAN READ HERE, FOR EXAMPLE,
00:29:54.36\00:29:58.33
IN 1 PETER 1:18 - 1 PETER 1:18
AND 19, "KNOW THAT YOU WERE NOT
00:29:58.33\00:30:05.33
REDEEMED WITH CORRUPTIBLE
THINGS, LIKE SILVER OR GOLD,
00:30:05.33\00:30:09.33
FROM YOUR AIMLESS CONDUCT
RECEIVED BY TRADITION FROM YOUR
00:30:09.33\00:30:12.26
FATHERS, BUT" - HERE'S WHAT
YOU'RE REDEEMED WITH - "WITH THE
00:30:12.26\00:30:15.20
PRECIOUS BLOOD OF CHRIST, AS
OF A LAMB WITHOUT BLEMISH AND
00:30:15.20\00:30:20.63
WITHOUT SPOT." NOW
THAT'S ALSO SIGNIFICANT
00:30:20.63\00:30:24.03
BECAUSE WE ARE FOLLOWING
A LAMB WITHOUT BLEMISH.
00:30:24.03\00:30:28.90
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE
OF THE PLAN OF SALVATION?
00:30:28.90\00:30:32.16
TO RESTORE US TO THE IMAGE
OF GOD AND THAT WE SHOULD BE A
00:30:32.16\00:30:35.66
BRIDE WITHOUT SPOT OR WRINKLE.
ISN'T THAT WHAT IT SAYS?
00:30:35.66\00:30:39.20
AND SOMEONE LOOK FOR ME IN
GENESIS 2:24 - OKAY, JOLYNE'S
00:30:39.20\00:30:46.63
GOT THAT AND WE'LL BE
READY IN JUST A MOMENT.
00:30:46.63\00:30:48.66
I'M GOING TO READ MALACHI
- WE'RE STILL IN MALACHI.
00:30:48.66\00:30:51.13
YOU KNOW, I WAS TEMPTED JUST TO
READ THROUGH THE BOOK OF MALACHI
00:30:51.13\00:30:53.80
WITH YOU BECAUSE WE COULD EASILY
DO IT IN OUR CLASS, BUT I WANTED
00:30:53.80\00:30:58.10
TO BE ABLE TO HAVE
SOME TIME TO DO COMMENTARY.
00:30:58.10\00:31:02.53
BUT I'M GOING TO READ MALACHI
2:14 THROUGH 16, "YET YOU SAY,
00:31:02.53\00:31:07.60
'FOR WHAT REASON?'" -
WHY DO YOU SAY THAT THE LORD
00:31:07.60\00:31:11.60
IS DISAPPOINTED
BECAUSE OF OUR TREACHERY?
00:31:11.60\00:31:14.03
- "BECAUSE THE LORD HAS BEEN
WITNESS BETWEEN YOU AND THE WIFE
00:31:14.03\00:31:16.66
OF YOUR YOUTH, WITH WHOM
YOU HAVE DEALT TREACHEROUSLY;" -
00:31:16.66\00:31:20.70
WHAT DOES THE WORD
'TREACHEROUSLY' MEAN?
00:31:20.70\00:31:24.96
TREACHERY IS NOT JUST WHEN
SOMEONE ON THE STREET COMES UP
00:31:24.96\00:31:28.40
TO YOU AND STEALS YOUR
WALLET - THAT'S NOT TREACHERY.
00:31:28.40\00:31:31.26
TREACHERY IS WHEN A
FRIEND STEALS YOUR WALLET.
00:31:31.26\00:31:35.03
TREACHERY IS NOT WHEN SOMEBODY
YOU DON'T KNOW SAYS, 'OH, I
00:31:35.03\00:31:40.10
THINK YOU'RE UGLY.' OR THEY
SAY SOMETHING NASTY ABOUT YOU.
00:31:40.10\00:31:44.40
TREACHERY IS WHEN SOMEBODY
WHO YOU THOUGHT WAS YOUR FRIEND,
00:31:44.40\00:31:48.23
WHO YOU THOUGHT WAS ON YOUR
SIDE, WHO YOU THOUGHT LOVED YOU,
00:31:48.23\00:31:51.96
SUDDENLY BETRAYS
YOU. THAT'S TREACHERY.
00:31:51.96\00:31:55.83
IT'S RELATED TO
THE WORD 'TREASON'.
00:31:55.83\00:31:58.33
IT MEANS SOMEONE WHO'S SUPPOSED
TO BE LOYAL - IF YOU'RE AN
00:31:58.33\00:32:01.30
AMERICAN AND YOU BETRAY YOUR
COUNTRY THAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO
00:32:01.30\00:32:04.10
LOVE, IT'S CALLED
'TREASON'. IT'S TREACHEROUS.
00:32:04.10\00:32:07.23
AND WHAT JUDAS DID
TO JESUS WAS TREACHERY.
00:32:07.23\00:32:13.06
AND THE BIBLE SAYS WHEN YOU'VE
GOT A SPOUSE AND YOU LOVE THEM
00:32:13.06\00:32:16.30
AND YOU DEAL WITH THEM
TREACHEROUSLY BECAUSE YOU FIND
00:32:16.30\00:32:19.70
SOMEONE ELSE AND YOU CAST
THEM OFF IN PLACE FOR THAT,
00:32:19.70\00:32:23.13
GOD SEES THAT. IT
SAYS, "YET SHE IS YOUR
00:32:23.13\00:32:26.86
COMPANION AND
YOUR WIFE BY COVENANT.
00:32:26.86\00:32:30.26
BUT DID HE NOT MAKE THEM ONE,
HAVING A REMNANT OF THE SPIRIT?
00:32:30.26\00:32:37.76
AND WHY ONE? HE
SEEKS GODLY OFFSPRING.
00:32:37.76\00:32:42.50
THEREFORE TAKE HEED TO
YOUR SPIRIT, AND LET NONE DEAL
00:32:42.50\00:32:46.30
TREACHEROUSLY WITH
THE WIFE OF HIS YOUTH.
00:32:46.30\00:32:49.46
FOR THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL SAYS
THAT HE HATES DIVORCE," - NOW IF
00:32:49.46\00:32:53.66
YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW GOD FEELS
ABOUT DIVORCE YOU MIGHT JUST
00:32:53.66\00:32:55.63
CIRCLE THAT RIGHT THERE.
CAN THAT BE MISUNDERSTOOD?
00:32:55.63\00:32:59.76
THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO SAY,
'WELL THAT MEANS HE'S JUST NOT
00:32:59.76\00:33:02.46
REALLY FOND OF IT.
THAT'S NOT WHAT IT SAYS.
00:33:02.46\00:33:06.16
IT SAYS HE HATES IT.
NOW, ARE THERE TIMES WHEN IT'S
00:33:06.16\00:33:09.46
APPROPRIATE? YES.
DOES THAT MEAN HE LIKES IT?
00:33:09.46\00:33:13.83
NO, HE STILL HATES IT BECAUSE
WHENEVER IT HAPPENS IT'S BAD.
00:33:13.83\00:33:18.50
DID GOD TELL ABRAHAM HE
NEEDED TO DIVORCE HAGAR?
00:33:18.50\00:33:21.43
YEAH, HE ACTUALLY USED
THE SAME WORD - HE SAID,
00:33:21.43\00:33:24.00
'PUT AWAY HAGAR'. WHY?
YOU ALREADY HAD A WIFE, YOU'RE
00:33:24.00\00:33:27.96
NOT SUPPOSED TO
HAVE MORE THAN ONE.
00:33:27.96\00:33:30.06
SO THERE ARE TIMES - AND THEN
JESUS TELLS WHAT THOSE EXCEPTION
00:33:30.06\00:33:34.16
ARE - IN CASES OF UNFAITHFULNESS
- BUT GOD HATES IT.
00:33:34.16\00:33:39.96
I MEAN, WHAT DOES IT DO?
YOU KNOW, HE SAID - GOD WANTS
00:33:39.96\00:33:42.93
GODLY OFFSPRING.
DID YOU CATCH THAT
00:33:42.93\00:33:44.93
IN THAT PASSAGE? YOU
NOTICE HE MAKES A CONNECTION
00:33:44.93\00:33:48.73
BETWEEN DIVORCE AND OFFSPRING?
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS A
00:33:48.73\00:33:55.16
PLAGUE IN OUR CULTURE RIGHT NOW
IS CHILDREN GROWING UP WITH ONE
00:33:55.16\00:34:00.20
PARENT - AND I KNOW SOMETIMES
THERE ARE CIRCUMSTANCES -
00:34:00.20\00:34:02.86
SOMETIMES THERE'S A DEATH
AND THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT
00:34:02.86\00:34:04.53
REASONS - THERE'S
ABANDONMENT AND I'M NOT EVEN
00:34:04.53\00:34:06.93
GOING INTO WHAT THE REASONS ARE,
BUT I THINK WE ALL KNOW THERE'S
00:34:06.93\00:34:09.40
A LOT OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
AND A LOT OF HOMES ARE GROWING
00:34:09.40\00:34:13.06
UP WHERE MAYBE THE
PARENTS REMARRY - THEY DIVORCE
00:34:13.06\00:34:16.76
AND THEY REMARRY. BUT
YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS?
00:34:16.76\00:34:18.40
THOSE KIDS ARE ALWAYS AFFECTED
BY THAT - ALWAYS - TO VARYING
00:34:18.40\00:34:21.66
DEGREES BUT THEY ARE
ALWAYS IMPACTED BY IT.
00:34:21.66\00:34:24.53
IT AFFECTS THEIR TRUST. IT
MIGHT AFFECT THEIR TRUST OF GOD.
00:34:24.53\00:34:28.26
IT MIGHT SAY SOMETHING TO THEM
ABOUT COVENANTS BETWEEN PEOPLE
00:34:28.26\00:34:31.83
THAT ARE JUST OPTIONAL.
IT SENDS A MESSAGE AND THE
00:34:31.83\00:34:36.10
OFFSPRING MAY NOT BE GODLY
BECAUSE OF THAT. THE LORD WANTS
00:34:36.10\00:34:41.63
GODLY OFFSPRING AND THE BEST
ENVIRONMENT FOR GODLY OFFSPRING
00:34:41.63\00:34:47.10
IS A MAN - IT'S THE IDEAL - I
KNOW NOT EVERYBODY IS CALLED TO
00:34:47.10\00:34:50.60
MARRIAGE, THERE ARE SOME
THAT ARE CALLED TO SINGLENESS,
00:34:50.60\00:34:53.20
BUT IT IS THE IDEAL FOR
PROCREATION IN THE BIBLE, RIGHT?
00:34:53.20\00:34:57.23
IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE CHILDREN
GOD WANTS YOU MARRIED AND HE
00:34:57.23\00:34:59.60
WANTS THE PART OF THE FATHER,
THE PART OF THE MOTHER TO BRING
00:34:59.60\00:35:02.73
UP THESE CHILDREN AND TO MODEL
GOD BETWEEN THE MOTHER AND THE
00:35:02.73\00:35:05.90
FATHER - NOT THE FATHER AND
THE FATHER OR THE MOTHER AND THE
00:35:05.90\00:35:09.00
MOTHER BUT SOMETHING ABOUT A MAN
AND A WOMAN IS THE BEST STEREO
00:35:09.00\00:35:14.10
MODEL FOR WHAT GOD IS LIKE
TO BRING UP GODLY OFFSPRING.
00:35:14.10\00:35:19.83
DIVORCE TEARS THAT APART AND SO
THAT'S ONE REASON THAT THE LORD
00:35:19.83\00:35:25.13
SAID THAT HE HATES IT. NOW,
READ FOR US PLEASE GENESIS 2:24.
00:35:25.13\00:35:32.76
>>"THEREFORE A MAN SHALL LEAVE
HIS FATHER AND MOTHER AND BE
00:35:32.76\00:35:37.23
JOINED TO HIS WIFE, AND
THEY SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH."
00:35:37.23\00:35:41.83
>>THAT WORD 'JOINED' THERE
IS THE WORD 'GLUED' AND YOU EVER
00:35:41.83\00:35:48.76
SEEN A CARPENTER WHERE HE TAKES
TWO PIECES OF WOOD AND HE PAINTS
00:35:48.76\00:35:51.30
SOME GLUE AND THEN HE CLAMPS
THEM TOGETHER AND THAT'S THE
00:35:51.30\00:35:55.36
WORD, REALLY, IN HEBREW - THEY
HAD GLUE WAY BACK THEN. THEY
00:35:55.36\00:35:57.96
USED TO MAKE IT OUT OF THE
HOOVES OF THE HORSES AND THE
00:35:57.96\00:35:59.73
SHEEP. THEY'D MELT IT DOWN
AND THAT WAS A PRIMITIVE GLUE.
00:35:59.73\00:36:02.63
AND SOME OF IT ACTUALLY HELD UP
- ARCHAEOLOGISTS HAVE FOUND SOME
00:36:02.63\00:36:06.30
OF THAT ANCIENT GLUE THAT
THEY USED MADE FROM HORSE HOOVES
00:36:06.30\00:36:09.06
THAT STILL HELD
AFTER THOUSANDS OF YEARS.
00:36:09.06\00:36:12.13
SO THEY KNEW WHAT GLUE WAS.
SOMETIMES THEY'D USE SAP AND
00:36:12.13\00:36:16.06
DIFFERENT THINGS AND THEY
SAID WHEN A MAN AND A WOMAN GET
00:36:16.06\00:36:18.23
MARRIED THEY ARE TO BE GLUED
TOGETHER - SUPER GLUED TOGETHER.
00:36:18.23\00:36:23.96
NOW JESUS, HE
GETS ASKED A QUESTION.
00:36:23.96\00:36:30.46
THEY SAID, 'IF YOU SAY DIVORCE
IS NOT RIGHT, THEN WHY DID MOSES
00:36:30.46\00:36:32.90
SAY IT'S OKAY?' NOW LET'S
SHOW YOU WHERE IT SAYS THAT.
00:36:32.90\00:36:36.83
DEUTERONOMY 24, VERSE 1, "WHEN
A MAN TAKES A WIFE AND MARRIES
00:36:36.83\00:36:41.56
HER, AND IT HAPPENS THAT
SHE FINDS NO FAVOR IN HIS EYES
00:36:41.56\00:36:45.66
BECAUSE HE HAS FOUND SOME
UNCLEANNESS IN HER," - NOW THAT
00:36:45.66\00:36:49.10
UNCLEANNESS WAS SUPPOSED
TO MEAN SOME UNFAITHFULNESS.
00:36:49.10\00:36:52.80
IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT SHE DIDN'T
CLEAN THE CORNER OR SHE GOT
00:36:52.80\00:36:54.76
CLUTTER IN THE CLOSET - "AND
HE HAS FOUND SOME UNCLEANNESS IN
00:36:54.76\00:36:58.80
HER AND HE WRITES HER A
CERTIFICATE OF DIVORCE, PUTS IT
00:36:58.80\00:37:01.73
IN HER HAND, AND SENDS HER
OUT OF HIS HOUSE, WHEN SHE HAS
00:37:01.73\00:37:04.93
DEPARTED FROM HIS HOUSE, AND
GOES AND BECOMES ANOTHER MAN'S
00:37:04.93\00:37:07.36
WIFE, IF THE LATTER HUSBAND
DETESTS HER AND WRITES HER A
00:37:07.36\00:37:10.60
CERTIFICATE OF DIVORCE, PUTS IT
IN HER HANDS, AND SENDS HER OUT
00:37:10.60\00:37:13.56
OF HIS HOUSE, OR IF THE LATTER
HUSBAND DIES WHO TOOK HER AS HIS
00:37:13.56\00:37:16.06
WIFE, THEN HER FORMER HUSBAND
WHO DIVORCED HER MUST NOT TAKE
00:37:16.06\00:37:18.90
HER BACK" AGAIN. NOW,
JUST A SHOW OF HANDS, HOW
00:37:18.90\00:37:23.10
MANY OF YOU HAVE KNOWN SOMEBODY
OR A COUPLE WHERE THERE WAS A
00:37:23.10\00:37:26.66
DIVORCE AND THEY ENDED
UP GETTING BACK TOGETHER?
00:37:26.66\00:37:33.00
THERE MAY BE EXCEPTIONS
WHERE THAT'S WORKED OUT BUT
00:37:33.00\00:37:36.56
BIBLICALLY, GOD SAID THAT YOU'RE
NOT SUPPOSED TO DIVORCE - NOW
00:37:36.56\00:37:40.56
SOME - I'VE KNOWN COUPLES THAT
DIVORCED AND GOT MARRIED AGAIN,
00:37:40.56\00:37:42.53
BUT THEY DIDN'T MARRY
ANYONE ELSE IN THE INTERVAL.
00:37:42.53\00:37:45.60
BUT WHAT HAPPENS TO A CULTURE -
AND THIS IS WHY GOD HAD TO MAKE
00:37:45.60\00:37:48.76
THAT LAW. WHAT
HAPPENED TO A CULTURE IF
00:37:48.76\00:37:50.76
GOD SAID, 'LOOK, MAYBE YOU
WOULD LIKE TO DIVORCE THE PERSON
00:37:50.76\00:37:54.13
YOU'RE MARRIED TO AND
TRY SOMEONE ELSE ON LOANER
00:37:54.13\00:37:57.26
FOR A WHILE. I HEARD
THEY HAD A TELEVISION
00:37:57.26\00:38:00.30
PROGRAM WHERE
THEY WERE DOING THAT.
00:38:00.30\00:38:02.86
THEY WERE - I GUESS THEY WEREN'T
SUPPOSED TO BE INTIMATE WITH
00:38:02.86\00:38:04.60
EACH OTHER BUT FAMILIES WERE
SWAPPING PARENTS AND WIVES TO
00:38:04.60\00:38:08.03
SEE HOW THEY GOT
ALONG IN DIFFERENT FAMILIES.
00:38:08.03\00:38:09.83
AM I MISTAKEN OR DID
THEY HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
00:38:09.83\00:38:12.46
WELL, THERE YOU GO.
A SIGN OF THE TIMES.
00:38:12.46\00:38:16.26
WHAT DO YOU? WHAT
WOULD HAPPEN TO A CULTURE
00:38:16.26\00:38:18.80
IF GOD WAS TO ENDORSE - 'WELL,
YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE WOULD BE
00:38:18.80\00:38:22.56
BETTER WITH SOMEONE ELSE
- LET'S TRY IT FOR AWHILE.
00:38:22.56\00:38:24.80
IF IT DOESN'T WORK
WE'LL GET BACK TOGETHER.'
00:38:24.80\00:38:26.36
GOD SAID, 'LOOK, IF YOU'RE GOING
TO DIVORCE THERE'S NO GOING
00:38:26.36\00:38:28.73
BACK.' AND SO THE
LORD DID EVERYTHING
00:38:28.73\00:38:31.36
THROUGH HIS WORD TO SAY, 'STAY
WITH THE ONE YOU'VE MADE THAT
00:38:31.36\00:38:35.26
COVENANT WITH.' AND
SO, THEY ASKED JESUS - OR
00:38:35.26\00:38:41.23
JESUS SAYS IN MATTHEW 5:31,
"FURTHERMORE IT HAS BEEN SAID,
00:38:41.23\00:38:45.53
'WHOEVER DIVORCES HIS WIFE, LET
HIM GIVE HER A CERTIFICATE OF
00:38:45.53\00:38:48.10
DIVORCE.' BUT I
SAY TO YOU THAT WHOEVER
00:38:48.10\00:38:51.06
DIVORCES HIS WIFE FOR ANY REASON
EXCEPT SEXUAL IMMORALITY CAUSES
00:38:51.06\00:38:55.63
HER TO COMMIT ADULTERY; AND
WHOEVER MARRIES A WOMAN WHO IS
00:38:55.63\00:38:58.16
DIVORCED" - HE'S TALKING
AGAIN ABOUT THAT WIFE-SWAPPING
00:38:58.16\00:39:01.23
BUSINESS - "COMMITS ADULTERY."
NOW, IF A PERSON MARRIES SOMEONE
00:39:01.23\00:39:07.60
WHO HAS BIBLICAL GROUNDS
FOR DIVORCE, THAT'S DIFFERENT.
00:39:07.60\00:39:10.46
JESUS IS TALKING ABOUT THOSE WHO
DO NOT HAVE BIBLICAL GROUNDS FOR
00:39:10.46\00:39:13.20
DIVORCE, OKAY.
MATTHEW 19 - SAME BOOK,
00:39:13.20\00:39:16.66
DIFFERENT CHAPTER - HE
REPEATS THE SAME PRINCIPAL.
00:39:16.66\00:39:19.36
"THEY SAID TO HIM, 'WHY
THEN DID MOSES COMMAND TO GIVE A
00:39:19.36\00:39:22.76
CERTIFICATE OF DIVORCE,
AND TO PUT HER AWAY?'" -
00:39:22.76\00:39:24.83
VERY IMPORTANT YOU PAY
ATTENTION TO THIS BECAUSE IS THE
00:39:24.83\00:39:28.40
OLD TESTAMENT
CONTRADICTING THE NEW TESTAMENT?
00:39:28.40\00:39:30.86
IS JESUS SAYING, DON'T GO
BY MOSES BECAUSE MOSES HAS BEEN
00:39:30.86\00:39:33.60
DONE AWAY WITH?
HE'S NOT SAYING EITHER.
00:39:33.60\00:39:36.46
HE'S SAYING THERE ARE CERTAIN
LAWS THAT ARE MADE BECAUSE THE
00:39:36.46\00:39:39.33
PEOPLE JUST
COULDN'T HANDLE IT BACK THEN.
00:39:39.33\00:39:42.40
AND HE GOES ON - AND THIS
IS A VERY, VERY - I WANT YOU TO
00:39:42.40\00:39:46.86
LISTEN BECAUSE THIS IS A
REALLY IMPORTANT PRINCIPLE.
00:39:46.86\00:39:49.80
IT RUNS INTO A LOT OF
THINGS. THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT
00:39:49.80\00:39:52.16
PRINCIPLE.
"'BECAUSE OF THE HARDNESS OF
00:39:52.16\00:39:55.06
YOUR HEARTS, PERMITTED YOU TO
DIVORCE YOUR WIVES, BUT FROM THE
00:39:55.06\00:39:59.16
BEGINNING IT WAS NOT SO.'"
FROM THE BEGINNING IT WAS WHAT
00:39:59.16\00:40:02.66
JOLYNE READ -
CLEAVE TO ONE ANOTHER.
00:40:02.66\00:40:05.33
BUT BECAUSE OF THE HARDNESS
OF PEOPLE'S HEARTS GOD WINKED AT
00:40:05.33\00:40:08.36
CERTAIN
IGNORANCE, ACT 17, VERSE 30.
00:40:08.36\00:40:12.26
WAS IT GOD'S WILL FOR US TO
KILL AND EAT ANIMALS FROM THE
00:40:12.26\00:40:15.43
BEGINNING? FROM THE
BEGINNING IT WAS NOT SO
00:40:15.43\00:40:18.56
BUT BECAUSE OF THE HARDNESS
OF OUR ARTERIES GOD MADE A
00:40:18.56\00:40:23.20
PROVISION - WAS
MULTIPLE WIVES PART OF
00:40:23.20\00:40:26.40
GOD'S LAW? DOESN'T
HE HAVE LAWS ABOUT HOW
00:40:26.40\00:40:28.20
TO TREAT YOUR
EXTRA WIVES? HE DOES.
00:40:28.20\00:40:30.13
WAS THAT HIS WILL? NO,
BUT BECAUSE OF THE HARDNESS
00:40:30.13\00:40:33.06
OF OUR HEARTS HE
MADE CERTAIN LAWS.
00:40:33.06\00:40:36.56
WAS SLAVERY GOD'S PLAN?
NO, ARE THERE LAWS IN THE BIBLE
00:40:36.56\00:40:39.93
ABOUT HOW TO TREAT
YOUR SERVANTS? YES.
00:40:39.93\00:40:42.83
BECAUSE IT WAS HIS WILL? NO.
00:40:42.83\00:40:44.93
BUT BECAUSE OF THE
HARDNESS OF PEOPLE'S HEARTS.
00:40:44.93\00:40:46.96
HE KNEW WHAT PEOPLE WERE
GOING TO DO AND HE MADE LAWS TO
00:40:46.96\00:40:52.20
PROTECT FOLKS - TO DEAL
WITH THAT BEHAVIOR AND THE
00:40:52.20\00:40:57.43
SELFISHNESS OF MAN. AND
YOU CAN APPLY THAT PRINCIPLE
00:40:57.43\00:40:59.93
TO SEVERAL THINGS IN THE BIBLE.
IT DOESN'T MEAN THEY WERE HIS
00:40:59.93\00:41:02.30
IDEAL. YOU WANT
HIS IDEAL, GO BACK TO
00:41:02.30\00:41:05.03
GENESIS. BUT WITH
SIN, ALL KINDS OF BAD
00:41:05.03\00:41:08.90
THINGS HAPPEN. WAS
IT GOD'S WILL THAT THE
00:41:08.90\00:41:10.76
CHILDREN OF
ISRAEL HAVE A KING? NO.
00:41:10.76\00:41:13.43
GOD SAID, 'I'M YOUR KING.'
THEY SAID, 'GIVE US A KING LIKE
00:41:13.43\00:41:15.23
THE OTHER
NATIONS.' HE SAID, 'OKAY.
00:41:15.23\00:41:17.40
BECAUSE OF THE HARDNESS OF YOUR
HEARTS I'LL GIVE YOU A KING AND
00:41:17.40\00:41:18.90
HERE'S THE LAWS REGARDING
HOW THE KING WILL OPERATE.
00:41:18.90\00:41:21.50
HE MADE LAWS REGARDING HOW THE
KING WILL OPERATE NOT BECAUSE IT
00:41:21.50\00:41:24.60
WAS HIS PLAN. IT
WAS THEIR PLAN AND THEY
00:41:24.60\00:41:27.86
NEEDED LAWS TO GOVERN IT, BUT IT
WAS THE HARDNESS AND SELFISHNESS
00:41:27.86\00:41:30.80
AND STUBBORNNESS
OF THEIR HEARTS, SEE?
00:41:30.80\00:41:34.00
AND THAT'S THE WAY
IT WAS WITH DIVORCE TOO.
00:41:34.00\00:41:35.90
IT'S NOT THAT THE BIBLE
IS CONTRADICTING ITSELF.
00:41:35.90\00:41:38.20
I OFTEN HEAR
PEOPLE QUOTE THESE THINGS.
00:41:38.20\00:41:40.60
GOD MADE PROVISIONS BECAUSE OF
THE HARDNESS OF PEOPLE'S HEARTS.
00:41:40.60\00:41:44.46
THAT'S WHAT JESUS MAKES
PRETTY CLEAR IN THAT VERSE.
00:41:44.46\00:41:46.73
ALRIGHT, THAT WAS A LITTLE
SIDE TRAIL BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS
00:41:46.73\00:41:49.20
IMPORTANT. GETTING
BACK TO MALACHI - THEN
00:41:49.20\00:41:53.16
HE SAYS, IN MALACHI CHAPTER
3, VERSE 1, "'BEHOLD, I SEND MY
00:41:53.16\00:42:00.60
MESSENGER, AND HE WILL
PREPARE THE WAY BEFORE ME.
00:42:00.60\00:42:04.36
AND THE LORD, WHOM YOU
SEEK, WILL SUDDENLY COME TO HIS
00:42:04.36\00:42:07.90
TEMPLE, EVEN THE MESSENGER
OF THE COVENANT, IN WHOM YOU
00:42:07.90\00:42:11.60
DELIGHT. BEHOLD, HE
IS COMING,' SAYS THE
00:42:11.60\00:42:14.13
LORD OF HOSTS." AND
THEN JOHN THE BAPTIST, WHEN
00:42:14.13\00:42:16.66
HE BEGINS HIS MINISTRY AND THEY
SAY, 'WHO ARE YOU? ARE YOU THAT
00:42:16.66\00:42:20.23
PROPHET? ARE YOU ELIJAH?'
WELL, HE WAS COMING IN THE
00:42:20.23\00:42:23.33
SPIRIT AND POWER OF ELIJAH, BUT
THEY WERE ASKING JOHN, 'ARE YOU
00:42:23.33\00:42:26.43
ELIJAH
REINCARNATED?' HE SAID, 'NO.'
00:42:26.43\00:42:28.86
LATER, JESUS SAID, 'IF YOU CAN
UNDERSTAND IT, THIS IS ELIJAH
00:42:28.86\00:42:32.33
WHO WAS TO COME.'
BECAUSE HE CAME IN THE SPIRIT
00:42:32.33\00:42:34.90
AND POWER OF ELIJAH TO PREPARE
THE WAY FOR CHRIST'S COMING.
00:42:34.90\00:42:39.36
NOW EVEN THOUGH THIS IS MALACHI
CHAPTER 3, VERSE 1, YOU ALSO
00:42:39.36\00:42:43.53
NEED TO JUMP TO MALACHI CHAPTER
4 AND IF YOU LOOK - ONE OF THE
00:42:43.53\00:42:49.03
LAST PROPHECIES IN THE OLD
TESTAMENT - MATTER OF FACT, I'M
00:42:49.03\00:42:53.90
GOING TO READ
STARTING AT VERSE 4.
00:42:53.90\00:42:57.00
I'VE ACTUALLY MEMORIZED THIS
BECAUSE I'VE READ IT SO MUCH.
00:42:57.00\00:43:00.43
"REMEMBER THE LAW OF MOSES, MY
SERVANT, WHICH I COMMANDED HIM
00:43:00.43\00:43:04.36
IN HOREB FOR ALL ISRAEL,
WITH THE STATUTES AND JUDGMENTS.
00:43:04.36\00:43:08.66
BEHOLD, I WILL SEND YOU ELIJAH
THE PROPHET BEFORE THE COMING OF
00:43:08.66\00:43:11.50
THE GREAT AND
DREADFUL DAY OF THE LORD.
00:43:11.50\00:43:13.90
AND HE WILL TURN THE HEARTS OF
THE FATHERS TO THE CHILDREN, AND
00:43:13.90\00:43:16.70
THE HEARTS OF THE CHILDREN TO
THEIR FATHERS, LEST I COME AND
00:43:16.70\00:43:19.90
STRIKE THE EARTH WITH A CURSE."
OH, THIS IS IMPORTANT ON SO MANY
00:43:19.90\00:43:24.90
DIFFERENT LEVELS.
FIRST OF ALL, ONE OF THE LAST
00:43:24.90\00:43:27.83
THINGS IT SAYS IN THE OLD
TESTAMENT IS 'REMEMBER THE LAW
00:43:27.83\00:43:31.90
OF MOSES...BEHOLD I
SEND YOU ELIJAH THE PROPHET.'
00:43:31.90\00:43:36.10
THIS REPRESENTS THE TWO
WITNESSES OF THE WORD OF GOD -
00:43:36.10\00:43:40.00
THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS.
IF YOU WANT TO SPLIT IT UP AND
00:43:40.00\00:43:42.56
CALL IT THE NEW AND THE OLD
TESTAMENT, IT'S THE WORD OF GOD.
00:43:42.56\00:43:45.63
THE WORD OF GOD IS GIVEN
IN A DUAL NATURE IN THE BIBLE.
00:43:45.63\00:43:48.53
IT IS A SWORD WITH
HOW MANY EDGES? TWO EDGES.
00:43:48.53\00:43:52.70
REVELATION YOU'VE GOT TWO OLIVE
TREES AS YOU DO WITH ZECHARIAH.
00:43:52.70\00:43:57.23
YOU'VE GOT THE TWO LAMPSTANDS.
YOU'VE GOT THE TWO WITNESSES.
00:43:57.23\00:44:00.70
WHO APPEARS TO JESUS ON
THE MOUNT OF TRANSFIGURATION?
00:44:00.70\00:44:04.03
MARK CHAPTER 9 - MOSES AND
ELIJAH - THE LAST THING THE OLD
00:44:04.03\00:44:08.26
TESTAMENT - MALACHI -
SAID? REMEMBER THE LAW OF
00:44:08.26\00:44:10.86
MOSES...BEHOLD
I SEND YOU ELIJAH.
00:44:10.86\00:44:13.63
HOW DO YOU IDENTIFY
GOD'S CHURCH IN THE LAST DAYS?
00:44:13.63\00:44:16.73
REVELATION 12:17, "THE DRAGON
WAS WROTH WITH THE WOMAN, AND HE
00:44:16.73\00:44:21.70
WENT TO MAKE WAR WITH THE
REMNANT OF HER SEED, WHICH KEEP
00:44:21.70\00:44:25.30
THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD," -
YOU'VE GOT THE LAW OF MOSES -
00:44:25.30\00:44:28.80
"AND HAD THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS"
- AND WHAT IS THE TESTIMONY?
00:44:28.80\00:44:31.80
THE SPIRIT OF PROPHECY. THE
LAW AND THE PROPHETS, RIGHT?
00:44:31.80\00:44:36.40
TWO CHARACTERISTICS - GOD'S
PEOPLE IN THE LAST DAYS HAVE THE
00:44:36.40\00:44:38.86
WORD OF GOD AND THEY BELIEVE NOT
JUST ONE TESTAMENT, THEY BELIEVE
00:44:38.86\00:44:42.73
THE WHOLE THING - BOTH THE
NEW AND THE OLD TESTAMENTS.
00:44:42.73\00:44:46.10
THEY BELIEVE NOT JUST THE LAW
BUT THEY BELIEVE THE PROPHETS
00:44:46.10\00:44:48.86
AND SO IT'S JUST A - SUCH A
FASCINATING INSPIRED STATEMENT
00:44:48.86\00:44:54.46
HERE AT THE END OF THE BIBLE.
AND THEN YOU TURN THE BIBLE AND
00:44:54.46\00:44:57.86
MOSES AND ELIJAH
APPEAR TO JESUS IN MATTHEW.
00:44:57.86\00:45:01.66
ISN'T THAT RIGHT? SO
THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
00:45:01.66\00:45:04.26
BUT IT SAYS, 'I SEND
YOU ELIJAH THE PROPHET.'
00:45:04.26\00:45:06.73
WHAT DID THAT MEAN?
DID ELIJAH LITERALLY COME?
00:45:06.73\00:45:11.40
HE DID APPEAR TO JESUS ON
THAT MOUNTAIN, BUT WAS THAT THE
00:45:11.40\00:45:15.13
FULFILLMENT OR DID JESUS SAY IN
MATTHEW 11, 'IF YOU CAN HANDLE
00:45:15.13\00:45:19.20
IT, JOHN THE BAPTIST,' HE SAID,
'IS ELIJAH WHO WAS TO COME.'
00:45:19.20\00:45:25.56
BUT THEN HE SAID SOMETHING ELSE
- HE SAID, 'BEHOLD, ELIJAH IS
00:45:25.56\00:45:29.36
COMING AND ELIJAH HAS COME.'
SO CHRIST IS TELLING US THIS
00:45:29.36\00:45:36.03
PROPHECY IS A DUAL PROPHECY.
00:45:36.03\00:45:38.06
YOU KNOW WHAT I
MEAN BY A DUAL PROPHECY?
00:45:38.06\00:45:40.70
SOME OF THE PROPHECIES IN THE
BIBLE HAD A PARTIAL FULFILLMENT
00:45:40.70\00:45:43.76
IN THE TIME OF ISRAEL AND THEN
IT HAD ANOTHER FULFILLMENT IN
00:45:43.76\00:45:47.73
THE TIME OF SPIRITUAL
ISRAEL IN THE LAST DAYS.
00:45:47.73\00:45:50.23
WHEN CHRIST TALKS ABOUT THE
DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM AND HE
00:45:50.23\00:45:55.80
SAID, 'ALL THESE
THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN.
00:45:55.80\00:45:58.90
THERE WON'T BE ONE
STONE LEFT UPON ANOTHER.'
00:45:58.90\00:46:00.70
HE ALSO GAVE PROPHECIES
ABOUT HIS SECOND COMING.
00:46:00.70\00:46:03.43
A GREAT TRIBULATION THAT WOULD
COME CAME TO ISRAEL AND A GREAT
00:46:03.43\00:46:06.26
TRIBULATION CAME DURING THE DARK
AGES - GREAT PERSECUTION - AND
00:46:06.26\00:46:10.03
THERE'S ANOTHER GREAT
TRIBULATION JUST BEFORE - WHEN
00:46:10.03\00:46:12.60
THE SEVEN LAST
PLAGUES FALL, RIGHT?
00:46:12.60\00:46:14.83
SO THERE, THAT IS NOT JUST A
DUAL PROPHECY, THAT'S KIND OF A
00:46:14.83\00:46:17.56
TRI-PROPHECY THERE. SO
SOME OF THESE PROPHECIES HAD
00:46:17.56\00:46:20.53
MORE THAN ONE FULFILLMENT.
ELIJAH COMING WAS FULFILLED IN
00:46:20.53\00:46:24.76
THAT LITERALLY ELIJAH
CAME - HE APPEARED TO JESUS.
00:46:24.76\00:46:28.06
SECONDLY, JOHN THE BAPTIST HAD
THE SPIRIT AND POWER OF ELIJAH.
00:46:28.06\00:46:31.70
YOU REMEMBER WHEN ELISHA GOT
THE SPIRIT AND POWER OF ELIJAH?
00:46:31.70\00:46:34.73
THAT SHOULD TELL YOU IT
DIDN'T MEAN REINCARNATION.
00:46:34.73\00:46:37.00
IT MEANS THAT ELISHA HAD A
SIMILAR WORK TO ELIJAH - THE
00:46:37.00\00:46:40.53
SAME SPIRIT AND POWER.
JOHN THE BAPTIST HAD A SIMILAR
00:46:40.53\00:46:43.03
WORK TO ELIJAH. WILL
THERE BE - AND YET JESUS
00:46:43.03\00:46:46.80
SAID, 'AND ELIJAH SURELY
WILL COME.' EVEN AFTER JOHN
00:46:46.80\00:46:49.83
THE BAPTIST, JESUS
SAID ELIJAH WILL COME. WHY?
00:46:49.83\00:46:53.76
IS THERE GOING TO BE ANOTHER
ELIJAH MESSAGE TO PREPARE THE
00:46:53.76\00:46:57.43
WORLD FOR THE
SECOND COMING OF JESUS?
00:46:57.43\00:46:59.86
IF JOHN THE BAPTIST CAME TO
PREPARE THE WORLD FOR THE FIRST
00:46:59.86\00:47:02.33
COMING OF JESUS WITH A SPECIAL
MESSAGE OF REVIVAL, THEN WILL
00:47:02.33\00:47:05.96
THERE BE ANOTHER ELIJAH MESSAGE
THAT WILL PREPARE THE WORLD FOR
00:47:05.96\00:47:10.16
THE SECOND COMING? I THINK SO.
00:47:10.16\00:47:12.56
IF JOHN THE BAPTIST WAS SUPPOSED
TO PREPARE THE WAY FOR THE KING
00:47:12.56\00:47:15.80
WHEN HE CAME LIKE A LAMB, THEN
WILL THERE BE AN ELIJAH MESSAGE
00:47:15.80\00:47:19.46
THAT WILL PREPARE WHEN
THE KING COMES LIKE A LION?
00:47:19.46\00:47:23.13
SO YEAH, I THINK THAT WE'RE DUE.
WE'RE OVERDUE AND THAT MESSAGE
00:47:23.13\00:47:29.63
IS GOING TO BE A VERY
BOLD MESSAGE OF REPENTANCE AND
00:47:29.63\00:47:33.30
REVIVAL THAT WILL BE A MESSAGE
LIKE JOHN THE BAPTIST WHERE HE
00:47:33.30\00:47:35.76
IS FEARLESS. HE WILL
STAND OUT IN A CROWD.
00:47:35.76\00:47:39.13
THERE MIGHT BE MORE THAN ONE
OF THEM AND - THAT'S GOING TO BE
00:47:39.13\00:47:41.80
CALLING THE WORLD TO REPENTANCE
AND BACK TO THE WORD OF GOD AND
00:47:41.80\00:47:46.83
THE CHURCH AND THERE'LL BE
REBUKE AND POWER AS THERE WAS
00:47:46.83\00:47:51.53
WITH JOHN. IT
SAYS, 'ALL OF JUDEA AND
00:47:51.53\00:47:54.43
JERUSALEM WENT OUT
TO HEAR HIM PREACH.'
00:47:54.43\00:47:56.43
SO I JUMPED TO CHAPTER 4 BECAUSE
IT WAS RELATED TO CHAPTER 3
00:47:56.43\00:48:01.03
WHERE IT TALKED ABOUT
THE MESSENGER OF THE COVENANT
00:48:01.03\00:48:02.83
IS COMING. NOW
DID JESUS COME TO HIS
00:48:02.83\00:48:05.90
TEMPLE? JOHN
CHAPTER 2, VERSE 14, "AND
00:48:05.90\00:48:11.96
HE FOUND IN THE TEMPLE THOSE WHO
SOLD OXEN AND SHEEP AND DOVES,
00:48:11.96\00:48:15.20
AND THE MONEY
CHANGERS DOING BUSINESS.
00:48:15.20\00:48:17.30
AND WHEN HE HAD MADE A WHIP OF
CORDS, HE DROVE THEM ALL OUT OF
00:48:17.30\00:48:20.13
THE TEMPLE WITH THE SHEEP
AND THE OXEN, AND POURED OUT THE
00:48:20.13\00:48:22.93
CHANGERS' MONEY AND
OVERTURNED THE TABLES.
00:48:22.93\00:48:26.76
AND HE SAID TO THOSE WHO SOLD
DOVES, 'TAKE THESE THINGS AWAY!
00:48:26.76\00:48:30.16
DO NOT MAKE MY FATHER'S
HOUSE A HOUSE OF MERCHANDISE!'"
00:48:30.16\00:48:34.20
JESUS, WITH POWER, CAME TO
THAT TEMPLE THAT EXISTED DURING
00:48:34.20\00:48:37.60
THE TIME OF MALACHI -
THAT WAS THE SAME TEMPLE.
00:48:37.60\00:48:39.73
IT HAD BEEN
REFURBISHED BY HEROD.
00:48:39.73\00:48:42.50
THAT'S WHY SOMEONE SAID, 'THIS
TEMPLE WAS 42 YEARS IN BUILDING.
00:48:42.50\00:48:46.16
ARE YOU GOING TO DESTROY IT
AND REBUILD IT IN THREE DAYS?
00:48:46.16\00:48:49.10
WHEN HEROD BECAME KING HE TOOK
THE TEMPLE THAT EZRA, NEHEMIAH,
00:48:49.10\00:48:52.46
AND JOSHUA THE HIGH PRIEST
AND ZERUBBABEL HAD BUILT AND HE
00:48:52.46\00:48:57.06
REFURBISHED IT, BUT
IT WAS THE SAME ONE.
00:48:57.06\00:48:59.73
IT WAS A REMODEL, YOU MIGHT SAY.
AND JESUS CAME TO THAT TEMPLE
00:48:59.73\00:49:04.60
THAT THEY HAD BUILT.
THEY THOUGHT IT WAS SO SMALL
00:49:04.60\00:49:07.73
COMPARED TO SOLOMON'S TEMPLE.
BUT MALACHI SAID, 'DON'T WORRY,
00:49:07.73\00:49:10.83
THE LORD IS GOING TO
SUDDENLY COME TO HIS TEMPLE.'
00:49:10.83\00:49:12.90
AND HE CAME IN WITH HIS
WHIP. HE CLEANED IT OUT.
00:49:12.90\00:49:15.93
NOT ONLY DID IT REPRESENT THAT,
BUT DID JESUS COME TO THE OTHER
00:49:15.93\00:49:19.60
TEMPLE - HIS CHURCH AND CAUSE
A REVIVAL AND CLEAN IT OUT?
00:49:19.60\00:49:23.23
YEAH, CHRIST NOT ONLY CLEANSED
THE TEMPLE PHYSICALLY, HE
00:49:23.23\00:49:28.00
CLEANSED THE TEMPLE SPIRITUALLY
AND IS JESUS CLEANSING THE
00:49:28.00\00:49:30.73
TEMPLE IN HEAVEN RIGHT NOW? AND
WILL HE COME BACK WHEN THAT IS
00:49:30.73\00:49:34.66
COMPLETE? SO YOU'VE
GOT ALL THAT HAPPENING
00:49:34.66\00:49:37.06
IN THAT PROPHECY. NOW,
IN MALACHI CHAPTER 3 IT
00:49:37.06\00:49:39.76
TALKS ABOUT TITHE
IN THE STOREHOUSE.
00:49:39.76\00:49:42.36
TITHE IN THE STOREHOUSE
- SOMEBODY READ FOR ME
00:49:42.36\00:49:45.43
LEVITICUS 27:30. WHO
HAS THAT? RIGHT OVER HERE?
00:49:45.43\00:49:48.73
LET'S GET A HAND
- HOLD YOUR HAND UP.
00:49:48.73\00:49:51.13
AND WHILE WE'RE GETTING
THERE CAN I JUST READ MALACHI 3?
00:49:51.13\00:49:54.46
YOU'VE HEARD SO
MANY PASTORS READ THIS.
00:49:54.46\00:49:56.86
YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING
TO ME, I RUN INTO A LOT OF
00:49:56.86\00:50:00.50
EVANGELICAL FRIENDS AND THEY
SAY, 'WE'RE NOT UNDER THE OLD
00:50:00.50\00:50:03.33
COVENANT, WE'RE
UNDER THE NEW COVENANT.'
00:50:03.33\00:50:05.96
AND THEY HAVE A PROBLEM WHEN
YOU START QUOTING FROM THE OLD
00:50:05.96\00:50:09.16
TESTAMENT. BUT WHEN
IT COMES TO TITHE THEY
00:50:09.16\00:50:11.63
USUALLY DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM
GOING TO THIS VERSE BECAUSE THEY
00:50:11.63\00:50:13.93
CAN'T FIND A BETTER VERSE.
MALACHI CHAPTER 3, VERSE 8,
00:50:13.93\00:50:19.73
"WILL A MAN ROB GOD?" -
MY SERMON THIS MORNING - YOU
00:50:19.73\00:50:23.60
KNOW WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE TEN
COMMANDMENTS - YOU CAN SEE IT
00:50:23.60\00:50:25.46
BEHIND US - IT'S SORT OF A
PROP FOR OUR SERIES RIGHT NOW.
00:50:25.46\00:50:28.26
TODAY IS DEALING WITH STEALING
AND I'M GOING TO BE TALKING
00:50:28.26\00:50:30.83
ABOUT THIS. YOU'LL
HEAR SOME OF THIS TWICE.
00:50:30.83\00:50:34.03
- "WILL A MAN ROB GOD?
YET YOU HAVE ROBBED ME!
00:50:34.03\00:50:37.96
BUT YOU SAY, 'IN WHAT
WAY HAVE WE ROBBED YOU?'
00:50:37.96\00:50:40.53
IN TITHES AND OFFERINGS." -
NOW IT'S NOT JUST TITHE. CAN WE
00:50:40.53\00:50:44.23
ROB GOD ALSO IN OFFERINGS?
- "YOU ARE CURSED WITH
00:50:44.23\00:50:47.96
A CURSE, FOR YOU HAVE ROBBED
ME, EVEN THIS WHOLE NATION.
00:50:47.96\00:50:50.86
BRING ALL THE TITHES INTO THE
STOREHOUSE, THAT THERE MAY BE
00:50:50.86\00:50:53.90
FOOD IN MY HOUSE,
AND TRY ME NOW IN THIS."
00:50:53.90\00:50:56.33
- TEST ME NOW - THIS IS THE ONLY
PLACE IN THE BIBLE THAT GOD IS
00:50:56.33\00:50:59.56
BASICALLY SAYING - WHEN IT COMES
TO OFFERINGS - TEST ME, AND SEE
00:50:59.56\00:51:04.56
- "SAYS THE LORD OF HOSTS
'IF I WILL NOT OPEN FOR YOU THE
00:51:04.56\00:51:07.60
WINDOWS OF HEAVEN AND POUR OUT
FOR YOU SUCH A BLESSING'" - SUCH
00:51:07.60\00:51:14.40
A BLESSING - "'THAT THERE WILL
NOT BE ROOM ENOUGH TO RECEIVE
00:51:14.40\00:51:17.73
IT.'" MORE - PRESSED DOWN,
RUNNING OVER, SHAKEN TOGETHER -
00:51:17.73\00:51:23.73
THAT YOU WON'T EVEN
HAVE ROOM ENOUGH FOR IT.
00:51:23.73\00:51:26.40
AND NOT ONLY WILL I INCREASE
WHAT YOU DO HAVE, I'LL PROTECT
00:51:26.40\00:51:31.46
WHAT YOU HAVE LEFT. "I'LL
REBUKE THE DEVOURER" - NOW
00:51:31.46\00:51:35.86
THAT, BACK THEN, COULD MEAN
MOTHS OR BUGS OR LOCUSTS THAT
00:51:35.86\00:51:38.40
EAT THE CROPS. HAVE
YOU EVER HAD THINGS THAT
00:51:38.40\00:51:40.63
DEVOUR YOUR PAYCHECK
BEFORE IT GETS TO THE BANK?
00:51:40.63\00:51:44.26
ALL THESE EXPENSES
THAT JUST START CROPPING UP.
00:51:44.26\00:51:46.56
GOD'LL BLESS - YOU KNOW WHAT
IT BOILS DOWN TO IS WOULD YOU
00:51:46.56\00:51:51.00
RATHER HAVE 90% THAT IS
BLESSED OR 100% THAT'S CURSED?
00:51:51.00\00:51:57.43
90% OF WHAT YOU HAVE, WITH GOD'S
BLESSING, WILL GO MUCH MUCH
00:51:57.43\00:52:01.56
FARTHER THAT 100%
WHERE IT'S CURSED.
00:52:01.56\00:52:05.40
YOU WILL BE PUTTING YOUR
RESOURCES INTO A BAG WITH HOLES
00:52:05.40\00:52:09.33
AND THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT
FOR US TO BE FAITHFUL IN OUR
00:52:09.33\00:52:12.23
TITHES AND OUR OFFERINGS.
"I WILL REBUKE THE DEVOURER FOR
00:52:12.23\00:52:15.36
YOUR SAKES, SO THAT HE WILL
NOT DESTROY THE FRUIT OF YOUR
00:52:15.36\00:52:17.40
GROUND, NOR SHALL THE VINE FAIL
TO BEAR FRUIT FOR YOU IN THE
00:52:17.40\00:52:20.53
FIELD." IN OTHER
WORDS, IF YOU'VE GOT
00:52:20.53\00:52:21.56
90% THAT'S BLESSED,
IT'LL BE A BUMPER CROP.
00:52:21.56\00:52:26.60
"'NOR SHALL THE VINE FAIL
TO BEAR FRUIT FOR YOU IN THE
00:52:26.60\00:52:29.30
FIELD.' SAYS THE
LORD OF HOSTS; 'AND ALL
00:52:29.30\00:52:31.76
NATIONS WILL CALL YOU BLESSED,"
- EVEN OTHERS WILL SAY, 'BOY,
00:52:31.76\00:52:35.03
LOOK AT HOW BLESSED THEY ARE.'
- "'FOR YOU WILL BE A DELIGHTFUL
00:52:35.03\00:52:37.83
LAND,' SAYS THE LORD OF HOSTS."
AND SO ONE OF THE WAYS THAT
00:52:37.83\00:52:41.83
MALACHI GIVES THIS MESSAGE IS HE
SAYS THAT WE NEED TO BE FAITHFUL
00:52:41.83\00:52:46.36
IN WHAT WE HAVE.
HAVE YOU EXPERIENCED THAT
00:52:46.36\00:52:50.13
BLESSING IN YOUR LIVES?
OH I - DID I GIVE OUT A VERSE
00:52:50.13\00:52:54.63
THAT WE HAVEN'T
READ YET? YEAH, GO AHEAD.
00:52:54.63\00:52:56.53
AND WHAT WAS THAT VERSE AGAIN?
>>LEVITICUS 27:30, "AND ALL THE
00:52:56.53\00:53:02.13
TITHE OF THE LAND, WHETHER OF
THE SEED OF THE LAND OR OF THE
00:53:02.13\00:53:07.80
FRUIT OF THE TREE, IS THE
LORD'S. IT IS HOLY TO THE LORD."
00:53:07.80\00:53:14.26
>>NOW WHEN SOMETHING'S
HOLY, THAT MEANS IT'S SET ASIDE.
00:53:14.26\00:53:18.93
IF YOU'RE AT A CHURCH PICNIC AND
A GUY SEES A GAL THAT KIND OF
00:53:18.93\00:53:25.46
TAKES HIS EYE AND HE'S SINGLE
AND HE WALKS OVER AND HE GETS TO
00:53:25.46\00:53:27.96
TALK TO HER A LITTLE BIT AND
IN THE CONVERSATION SHE MENTIONS
00:53:27.96\00:53:31.50
HER HUSBAND, DOES THAT CHANGE
THE CONVERSATION? BECAUSE THAT
00:53:31.50\00:53:36.40
MEANS, 'OH, MARRIAGE IS HOLY.'
FEW THINGS ARE CALLED HOLY.
00:53:36.40\00:53:40.16
SHE IS SET ASIDE FOR SOMEBODY
ELSE, RIGHT NOW, I'VE GOT TO
00:53:40.16\00:53:44.30
STOP MEDDLING.
IT'S INAPPROPRIATE.
00:53:44.30\00:53:47.60
THAT FIRST TENTH OF WHAT YOU
HAVE WITH YOUR INCOME - DON'T
00:53:47.60\00:53:51.90
SAY, 'I'LL PAY TITHE
IF I HAVE ANYTHING LEFT.'
00:53:51.90\00:53:54.86
FOR ONE THING, CHANCES ARE YOU
WON'T HAVE ANYTHING LEFT IF YOU
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PUT TITHE TO LAST. IF
YOU WANT GOD TO BLESS WHAT'S
00:53:57.00\00:54:00.73
LEFT THEN YOU TAKE TITHE OFF THE
TOP BECAUSE EVERYTHING BELONGS
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TO GOD ANYWAY, RIGHT?
DO YOU REALLY BELIEVE THAT?
00:54:04.46\00:54:09.33
SO IF I ASK YOU TO HOLD TEN
DOLLARS FOR ME AND A FEW MINUTES
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LATER I SAY, 'CAN I
HAVE ONE OF THOSE TEN?'
00:54:13.53\00:54:16.16
YOU HAVE NO PROBLEM GIVING IT TO
ME BECAUSE I JUST GAVE IT ALL TO
00:54:16.16\00:54:18.83
YOU ANYWAY - YOU
BELIEVE IT'S MINE.
00:54:18.83\00:54:21.06
SOMETIMES WE REALLY WONDER
IF IT'S GOD'S. WE SAY IT'S OURS.
00:54:21.06\00:54:25.13
AND EVEN IN THE VERY PHRASING -
YOU CAN HEAR PEOPLE SAY, 'WHEN I
00:54:25.13\00:54:27.86
PAY MY TITHE.' YOUR TITHE?
00:54:27.86\00:54:31.16
OR ARE YOU JUST RETURNING HIS
TITHE? YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING?
00:54:31.16\00:54:35.23
IT'S A LOT EASIER - THEN
HE CAN BLESS THAT OTHER 90%.
00:54:35.23\00:54:38.83
DON'T YOU WANT TO GIVE MORE
TO PEOPLE WHO ARE FAITHFUL WITH
00:54:38.83\00:54:42.26
WHAT THEY DO HAVE?
THAT'S JUST A PRINCIPLE OF LIFE.
00:54:42.26\00:54:45.76
IF YOU KNOW SOMEBODY THAT IS
FAITHFUL WITH WHAT THEY DO HAVE,
00:54:45.76\00:54:48.56
YOU'RE INCLINED
TO GIVE THEM MORE.
00:54:48.56\00:54:50.23
YOU WANT TO GET SOMETHING DONE,
GIVE IT TO A BUSY PERSON, RIGHT?
00:54:50.23\00:54:53.50
AND THAT'S HOW IT IS WITH TITHE.
IF YOU WANT GOD TO BLESS YOU
00:54:53.50\00:54:56.60
WITH MORE, BE FAITHFUL.
HE'S ULTIMATELY THE ONE WHO
00:54:56.60\00:55:00.23
GIVES US THE
POWER TO GET WEALTH.
00:55:00.23\00:55:01.86
BE FAITHFUL WITH
WHAT YOU DO HAVE.
00:55:01.86\00:55:03.63
AND I'M NOT CHASTISING CENTRAL,
BECAUSE THIS IS A VERY FAITHFUL
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CHURCH WITH TITHE. MOST OF YOU.
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WE ARE VERY BLESSED IN THAT WAY.
ALRIGHT, NOW WE'VE GOT THE LAST
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SECTION HERE -
I'VE GOT ONE MINUTE.
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'THE SUN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
WILL ARISE WITH HEALING IN HIS
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WINGS.' WHO'S
GOT REVELATION 1:16?
00:55:19.26\00:55:22.36
OVER HERE. HOLD YOUR HAND UP.
00:55:22.36\00:55:24.33
THIS VERSE CAUSES SOME PEOPLE
A LITTLE TROUBLE BECAUSE IT SAYS
00:55:24.33\00:55:29.13
THE SUN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS WILL
ARISE WITH HEALING IN HIS WINGS
00:55:29.13\00:55:32.13
- IT DOESN'T SAY
S-O-N, IT'S S-U-N.
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PEOPLE SAY, 'IS
THIS A TYPE OF CHRIST?
00:55:34.70\00:55:36.96
WHOA WHOA, HOW CAN WE HAVE JESUS
BE LIKENED TO THE SUN BECAUSE
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ISN'T THAT SORT OF
TEMPTING PEOPLE TO SUN WORSHIP?
00:55:41.33\00:55:45.30
AND SO SOME PEOPLE
ARE WONDERING ABOUT THAT.
00:55:45.30\00:55:48.53
GO AHEAD, READ FOR US - WHY DOES
IT USE THE ANALOGY OF THE SUN
00:55:48.53\00:55:51.80
FOR JESUS? READ
FOR US REVELATION 1:16.
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>>"HE HAD IN HIS RIGHT HAND
SEVEN STARS, OUT OF HIS MOUTH
00:55:56.30\00:56:00.20
WENT A SHARP TWO-EDGED SWORD,
AND HIS COUNTENANCE WAS LIKE THE
00:56:00.20\00:56:04.26
SUN SHINING IN ITS STRENGTH."
>>HOW CAN YOU AVOID COMPARING
00:56:04.26\00:56:10.30
JESUS TO THE SUN WHEN THE
BRIGHTEST OBJECT THAT WE KNOW OF
00:56:10.30\00:56:15.10
- AT LEAST, YOU KNOW,
ANCIENT MAN - WAS THE SUN?
00:56:15.10\00:56:18.83
NO, WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO
WORSHIP THE SUN BUT WHEN YOU
00:56:18.83\00:56:22.43
THINK ABOUT THE BRIGHTEST THING
THERE IS - SEVERAL TIMES IN THE
00:56:22.43\00:56:24.70
BIBLE IT
COMPARES JESUS TO THE SUN.
00:56:24.70\00:56:27.70
WHEN JESUS APPEARED TO PAUL -
ACTS 26 - HE SAID, 'ON THE ROAD
00:56:27.70\00:56:31.40
I SAW A LIGHT FROM
HEAVEN BRIGHTER THAN THE SUN.'
00:56:31.40\00:56:35.10
WHAT ELSE COULD
HE COMPARE IT TO?
00:56:35.10\00:56:36.70
BRIGHTER THAN SOMETHING BRIGHTER
THAN THE SUN THAT I CAN'T THINK
00:56:36.70\00:56:39.53
OF.' YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING?
00:56:39.53\00:56:41.80
SO DON'T GET WORRIED IF JESUS IS
CALLED THE SUN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
00:56:41.80\00:56:45.53
ARISING WITH
HEALING IN HIS WINGS.
00:56:45.53\00:56:47.56
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN THANKFUL WHEN
THE SUN RISES AND TAKES AWAY THE
00:56:47.56\00:56:50.20
DARKNESS AND WARMS THE
EARTH AND BRIGHTENS YOUR LIFE?
00:56:50.20\00:56:53.36
AND SO THAT'S ALL THAT'S - IT'S
NOT ENCOURAGING SUN WORSHIP.
00:56:53.36\00:56:56.06
YOU KNOW, THERE'S A - I DON'T
KNOW IF IT'S STILL IN OUR HYMNAL
00:56:56.06\00:56:59.36
- THERE WAS A SONG IN ONE OF THE
HYMNALS THAT 'WHEN I - I WILL -
00:56:59.36\00:57:03.23
LET'S BREAK BREAD
TOGETHER ON OUR KNEES.
00:57:03.23\00:57:05.03
WE PRAY ON OUR KNEES WITH
OUR FACE TO THE RISING SUN.'
00:57:05.03\00:57:08.26
HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW
WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT?
00:57:08.26\00:57:09.43
THAT SONG? BOY,
SOME FOLKS ARE REALLY
00:57:09.43\00:57:10.90
TROUBLED ABOUT THAT.
THEY SAY IT'S TALKING ABOUT
00:57:10.90\00:57:13.70
SUN WORSHIP. I THINK
THAT WHOEVER WROTE IT
00:57:13.70\00:57:16.50
WAS REALLY THINKING ABOUT
WHEN JESUS COMES FROM THE EAST.
00:57:16.50\00:57:20.06
THE BIBLE SAYS A SMALL
- I DON'T KNOW, WHO KNOWS?
00:57:20.06\00:57:22.33
YOU CAN PUT WHATEVER YOU WANT IN
THERE BUT NO THE BIBLE DOES NOT
00:57:22.33\00:57:25.43
ENDORSE SUN WORSHIP BUT JESUS
IS THE SUN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS WHO
00:57:25.43\00:57:29.46
ARISES WITH - DON'T MISS
THE PART - HEALING IN HIS WINGS.
00:57:29.46\00:57:33.83
HE WANTS TO BRING
HEALING INTO OUR LIVES.
00:57:33.83\00:57:35.80
WE'RE OUT OF TIME BUT
WE'VE GOTTEN THROUGH THE MINOR
00:57:35.80\00:57:37.90
PROPHETS. I'VE
LEARNED A LOT - DID YOU?
00:57:37.90\00:57:39.93
THIS HAS BEEN A BLESSING.
I'VE LEARNED A LOT IN STUDYING
00:57:39.93\00:57:42.06
THIS AND HAVE
BEEN BLESSED BY IT.
00:57:42.06\00:57:44.10
AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR
NEXT STUDY, WHICH IS GOING TO BE
00:57:44.10\00:57:47.13
DEALING WITH
REVIVAL AND REFORMATION.
00:57:47.13\00:57:48.93
AND DON'T FORGET WE HAVE A FREE
OFFER THAT GOES ALONG WITH OUR
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LESSON ON MALACHI AND
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WE'LL SEND IT TO YOU.
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ASK FOR OFFER #135 WHEN YOU
CALL THE NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN.
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GOD BLESS YOU UNTIL WE
STUDY TOGETHER AGAIN NEXT WEEK.
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