Hello and welcome back
to 3ABN Fall Camp Meeting
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2018. I'm so excited to be here
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with the chairman of
our board: Bruce Fjarli.
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I'm Jason Bradley and
we have a wonderful panel
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where they will be answering
questions - Bible questions -
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that have been
submitted by some of you
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and some of the viewers at home.
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So we have Pastor John Lomacang.
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We have Pastor C.A. Murray.
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We have Shelley Quinn
and we have Pastor Ryan Day.
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So... Bruce, are you
going to ask our first question?
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It's good to be
here with everyone here
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and everyone at home.
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Our first question is
for the panel, and panel:
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we've gotta go quick 'cause
we have a lot of questions.
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Where is it in the Bible written
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"to strengthen your unbelief? "
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Where is it written in the Bible
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"to strengthen your unbelief. "
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In one of the
gospels... I know that.
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I think the problem is
that the text doesn't read
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"strengthen your unbelief. "
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Someone asked
"strengthen my unbelief. "
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I think that's
what we're dealing with.
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Well I think the quote is
when he said: "Lord, I believe.
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Help Thou my unbelief. "
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Yeah... so...
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I don't think that we can
strengthen our own belief.
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That's in Mark 9:24.
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There you go...
thank you. Mark 9:24.
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Mark 9:24 and the
Bible reads as follows.
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Here it is... Mark 9:24:
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I like the fact that you
guys got right to the questions.
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Yeah, we have a
lot of questions.
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"Immediately the father of
the child cried out and said
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with tears: 'Lord, I
believe. Help my unbelief. ' "
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Mark 9:24.
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Technically you don't want
to strengthen your unbelief.
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You want to
strengthen your belief.
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So he asked for
strength in his belief.
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He had some faith...
he wanted stronger faith.
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And you know we really...
It is God that works in us
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to will and to do
His good pleasure.
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So He is the One we want to
call on just as this man did.
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"Lord, help Thou my unbelief. "
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But Romans 10:17 says
"Faith comes by hearing
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and hearing by
the Word of God. "
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So if you want to
strengthen your belief
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get into the Word of God
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and learn to claim His promises
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and pray them back to
Him. And you will not believe
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how God will work in you
to strengthen your belief.
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Amen! OK, so now we
have a question that says:
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"Will there be a
secret rapture? "
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No.
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Care to elaborate?
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"As the sun shineth
from the east to the west
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so shall also the
coming of the Son of Man be. "
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Nothing secret about the
second coming of the Lord.
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It will come as a thief in the
night, true, but you've got to
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keep on reading: "In the
which the elements shall melt
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with fervent heat. "
So there's nothing secret
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about the second
coming of the Lord.
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He's not trying
to sneak in here.
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When He comes we'll all know.
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The description comes to my mind
when people ask that question
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first of all I rarely have some-
one call it a secret rapture.
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I think that's more something
that we've kind of tagged
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to that because
that's essentially the idea
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that people are communicating:
the fact that Jesus is going to
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come kind of
quietly, very suddenly
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and you know people are going to
start vanishing out of nowhere.
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But all through the New Testa-
ment and even parts of the
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Old Testament we have
those texts where we are shown
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the events or the details given
to us pertaining to the second
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coming of Jesus. One of
those that stick out to me
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is I Thessalonians chapter 4.
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And I like to call it the
loudest verse in the Bible.
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This is definitely not a secret
rapture or a secret coming
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at all for it
says here in verse 16
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"For the Lord Himself will
descend from heaven with a?
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shout, with the voice of an
archangel, with the trump of God
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and the dead... "
It's going to be so loud
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and non-secret that it's
going to wake the dead up
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because it says: "the
dead in Christ will rise first.
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Then we who are alive
and remain shall be caught up
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together with
them in the clouds... "
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So that's not secret!
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"to meet the Lord in the
air and thus shall we always be
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with the Lord. " And I always
like to read the last verse,
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verse 18:
"Therefore comfort one another
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with these words. "
It's comforting to know
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that Jesus isn't
going to sneak up on us.
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He WILL be know when He arrives.
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That's right. And
Psalm 50 and verse 3
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speaking about the
coming of the Lord:
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"Our God shall come and
shall not keep silent. "
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Not only will He not be silent
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as pointed out
by I Thessalonians
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but it says: "A fire
shall devour before Him
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and it shall be very
tempestuous all around Him. "
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So you see that if
He's coming back...
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Why would the most
important event in human history
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be a silent event?
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Nothing that
happens in humanity...
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You have the World
Series, the whole world knows.
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You have the NFL
championship, everybody knows.
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The presidency, anything
that's happening in Congress,
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the whole world is watching.
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Why would the King of
the Universe tiptoe back
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when that's the most important
event in human history?
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That's right. He'd
never come quietly.
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If you read Luke's
gospel of the first coming,
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you've got
angels, you've got a star.
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He's never snuck in...
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He's certainly not going
to sneak in the last time.
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I'm looking forward to
that day. Our next question
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is on forgiveness.
Does Jesus forgive someone
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who does not want forgiveness?
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And part two...
this is a two-fer...
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part two is:
Should we forgive someone
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who does not want forgiveness?
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I John 1:9: "If
we confess our sins,
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He is faithful
and just to forgive. "
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Predicated on confession.
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Now that's Jesus.
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We're not quite there yet
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so we need to forgive for our
own salvation and our own sake.
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Ellen White says that
one of the reasons we don't
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forgive is because we carry
around - she uses the term -
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"a big old bucket of pride. "
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That's why we don't want to for-
give: because they did it to me.
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And if we can
get rid of our pride
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and be humble as servants
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we would find it a little
bit easier - a LOT easier -
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to forgive.
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Not forgiving someone
is you taking the poison
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and hoping they die.
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OK. And forgiveness, really,
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the first thing about forgive-
ness is it frees the person
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who extends the forgiveness.
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You know, Jesus said:
"Father, forgive them, for
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they know not what they do.
" And we know, we can look back
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now on His
closing life's record,
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and not say that He
ended His life with malice
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or with anger or with hatred.
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He extended forgiveness
to those who didn't even know
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what they did.
And a lot of times
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the reason why we extend
forgiveness is because people
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don't understand the impact
of what they've done on us.
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But the person
as you said, Bruce,
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thank you for sharing that line,
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the first person that becomes
free is the one that extends
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the forgiveness...
because to reiterate
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you can take poison all
your life, and in many cases -
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as a matter of
fact in ALL cases -
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you'll die before
the other person does.
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And the other thing about
that: you'll carry with yourself
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a burden when other people
have mentally and emotionally
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moved on... and
you're carrying burdens.
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We find people
many, many years later...
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That's why the Lord was met
by the paralyzed man and his
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friends brought him to the Lord
as they broke open the roof.
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One of the first things Jesus
said: "Your sins be forgiven
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you. " Because that man's
condition was based on something
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that brought about this
need for being forgiven.
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And the thing that gave
him the freedom was the Lord
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forgave him first
which facilitated the healing
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that was the next
aspect in his experience.
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So forgiveness leads to
not only spiritual wholeness
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but physical healing.
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Amen! Now here's a question
that you hear asked a lot.
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Is it a sin to be tempted?
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No. The Bible says that
Jesus was tempted in all ways
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as we are. Uh-huh. The sin...
You know, it's interesting
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because when you think of lust
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people will call
lust a temptation.
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No... lust is a sin.
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Jesus said that if you
lust after another woman
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or someone who's not yours,
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then you've already committed
adultery in your heart.
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The temptation
comes... Let's say that someone
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walks in front
of you scantily clad
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there's a temptation. You've
got to turn your eyes away.
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Turn your eyes to Jesus
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and not let lust
come into your heart.
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You know you've heard the saying
that you can't stop a bird
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from flying over your head
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but you can stop
them from nesting.
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And so that is something that
the Bible tells us in Hebrews
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that He was tempted in all
ways as we are yet without sin.
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And we've got to hang onto that.
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The passage that comes to
my mind when I'm asked this
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question is James
chapter 1 verses 14 and 15.
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It actually gives us
the clear differentiation
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between sin and temptation.
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Verse 14 says: "But each one
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is tempted when he is
drawn away by his own desires
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and enticed. " I think all
of us fall into that category.
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But notice verse
15. It says: "Then
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when desire has conceived
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it gives birth to sin.
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And sin, when it is full
grown, brings forth death. "
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So it's not a sin to be tempted.
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We're all tempted as
she said Christ was tempted.
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But when we give in to that...
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when we succumb to those
desires and that temptation...
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then sin is born.
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Ryan, include verse 13 because
that gives such a beautiful
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picture I think that
answers the question directly.
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Oh, yeah... I like this:
"Let no one say when he is
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tempted 'I am tempted by
God, ' for God cannot be tempted
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by evil nor does He
Himself tempt anyone. "
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Amen! So don't
converse with your temptations.
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Next question: how do
you explain reincarnation?
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How do you
explain reincarnation?
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Spiritualism.
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Yeah, go ahead. I was going to
say it's a form of spiritualism.
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Reincarnation is not Biblical,
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so the quick answer
that I would give to someone
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is that it's not Biblical.
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You can't find one
text in all the Bible
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that spells out that
kind of ideology or concept.
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I would just say
reincarnation is a myth.
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I mean, the Bible is very clear
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that when we die we sleep.
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We're not awakened
till... John 5:28-29.
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When Jesus returns all
who are in their graves
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will hear His voice.
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Death is a sleep, so
reincarnation is a myth.
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"If a man dies,
shall he live again? "
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In all of the ancient languages,
all of the ancient countries
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there is something
akin to reincarnation.
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The Jews had it. They had
this idea that if you lived
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one way in this life you
would live the opposite way
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in the next life. It is a
perversion of a Bible truth.
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The truth is we will be...
and I say this advisedly...
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"reincarnated"
after the second coming.
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But that is a work of God
under the auspices of Jesus
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not some karma
outworking that we do ourselves.
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Hmm. Incarnate means inherent.
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Jesus was incarnate God...
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unborrowed, underived.
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The incarnation aspect pre-
supposes that there is something
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in you that never dies.
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That's why you reincarnate.
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But there's nothing in
humanity that continues to exist
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after death.
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And so the Lord made it
very clear. I'll just give you
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a couple of examples
here. In Genesis 3:19
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the Lord said to Adam:
"In the sweat of your face
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you shall eat bread till
you return to the ground.
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For out of it you were
taken; for dust you are
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and to dust you shall return. "
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Returning to life...
another form of life...
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is not what the Bible supports.
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Returning to your condition
before you were created
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is what the Bible
says... not reincarnation.
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That's
returning... returning to dust.
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And you stay there.
You are not reincarnated
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by your own inherent... I
know what Pastor C.A. meant.
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He made a very clear point
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that the life that
you experience again
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comes from the Lifegiver.
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And the trumpet of God
brings that back to life.
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So when Paul says: "You died and
your life is hidden with Christ"
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"hidden with Christ in God... "
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he is saying "Every
record of every human life,
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everybody that ever was born,
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the record of their
existence is kept by God.
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And I used to think
that... The one thing I learned
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and Ellen White
made this very clear
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we would say "OK,
nothing survives death. "
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That's true. There's no
soul that continues to go on.
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You don't live in
a different location
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and there is no
existing afterlife.
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But the one thing that survives
your death is your life record.
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That is what determines
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which resurrection
you are going to be in.
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And that life record
is what Christ keeps.
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Every man shall receive a reward
according as his work shall be.
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"Behold I come quickly
and my reward is with Me. "
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Your life record
continues to go on
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and that determines which resu-
rection you are going to be in.
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Amen. OK, Shelley and
then we have to move on.
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Yes... I just want to add this:
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Reincarnation
presupposes immortality.
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The Bible tells
us in I Timothy 6:16
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"God alone has immortality
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who lives in an unapproachable
light that no man has seen
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or can see. " And
then in I Corinthians 15
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it tells us when
we put on immortality.
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If you come up in
the first resurrection,
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I Corinthian 15:51 says:
"We shall not all sleep - "
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as in death - "but
we shall all be changed
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in a moment, in
the twinkling of an eye
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at the last trumpet...
" When Christ returns...
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"For the trumpet will
sound and the dead will rise
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incorruptible and
we shall be changed.
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For this corruption
must put on incorruption
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and this mortal must
put on immortality. "
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But that happens at
the first resurrection.
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Amen!
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OK... now how many of you
have heard this question asked
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before? Why do bad
things happen to good people?
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Why do bad things
happen to bad people?
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You know, the sun shines
on the just and the unjust;
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the rain falls on
the just and the unjust.
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No one is excluded
from the results of sin.
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And that's the answer to that.
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No one is excluded
from the results of sin.
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The difference between those
who have not accepted Christ
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and those who have is
the results of sin for us
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are only temporary, but
the benefits of righteousness
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is eternal. For those
who have not accepted Christ
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the results of sin are eternal
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and the benefits of
Christ - the sun and the rain -
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are temporary. So
it happens to all.
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Solomon, the wise man,
speaking about humanity, he said
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"Death happens to
all. " The dog, the lion,
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the human... it
all happens to all.
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But the one thing
between the dog and us
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is we have the
promise of eternal life.
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I think the
presupposition is erroneous.
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Christ said: "Why
callest thou Me good?
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There is none good but the
Father which is in heaven. "
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We look at a person's life.
They seem to be going well.
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Things seem to be going... we
say "Oh, that's a good person. "
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But you never really
know what's going on inside.
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Our righteousness is a gift
of God through the justification
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experience. And then, of
course, He calls us righteous
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and then sets about
making us what He calls us
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through the
sanctification experience.
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So who is inherently good?
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Who inherently
has righteousness?
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No, not one.
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Ryan, you got something?
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You know, when
this question is asked
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the passage that comes
to my mind is the parable of
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the wheat and the tares.
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And I just want to read
these couple of texts here.
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It says: "The kingdom
of heaven is likened to man
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who sowed good seed in his
field. While men slept... "
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notice... "his enemy came
and sowed tares among the wheat
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and went his way. But
when the grain had sprouted
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and produced a crop then
the tares also appeared. "
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Now verse 27 is interesting:
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"So the servants of the
owner came and said to him:
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'Sir, when did you not
sow good seed in your field?
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How then does it have tares? '
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And then notice verse 29 here:
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"But he said... "
No... excuse me... yep.
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He says: "No, lest while
you gather up the tares... "
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Excuse me... I've lost my spot.
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Oh, verse 28. I skipped it:
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"He said unto them...
" these few words here...
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"An enemy has done this.
An enemy has done this. "
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Verse 27 there's almost
like an implied accusation
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against the
character of God there.
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You know, sometimes
when we ask that question
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"Why do bad things
happen to good people? "
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we always want to also ask the
question right along with it:
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"Why doesn't God
keep it from happening? "
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And truthfully God
was asked that question.
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"Hey, Lord...
didn't you sow good seed?
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And how did these
tares get here? " Almost like
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"Did you have
something to do with this? "
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But of course the answer
was: "An enemy has done this. "
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Yeah... the enemy. We
have an enemy, and he's...
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he wants to
destroy us - Absolutely!
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to keep us from choosing Jesus.
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Um-hmm. That almost reminds
me back with Adam and Eve...
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You know, Adam was saying:
"Well, it was the woman that
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You gave me. " You
know, trying to blame God.
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What other
questions do you have?
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What does the Bible
say about cremation?
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I was just listening
to Pastor C.A. because
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the point he made I
really grasped onto it
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but I don't
know if you caught it
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because he made a point
that was really powerful.
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He said: "It
presupposes that we're good. "
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But there's nobody good...
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so bad things can't
happen to good people.
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There you go. I
know they didn't get it.
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Ain't nobody good!
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Bad things can't
happen to good people 'cause
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there's nobody good. Yeah.
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That's right. So...
back to our next question.
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There are a couple
of examples or texts
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and I cannot think of them -
I don't know if you all can -
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of cremation in the Bible.
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We've done a lot of study on
this because my husband and I
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have determined
we will be cremated.
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And so we wanted to make certain
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that that was scriptural.
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But I'm sorry that I
can't think of the text.
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Can you? I can't think of
a specific text in the Bible
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that addresses the
concept of cremation.
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The fact that... I mean, if
there's one I would love for
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someone to show me.
But as far as my knowledge
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there's not one
that I'm aware of.
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And so I think it really
just is up to the individual,
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the person, to
make that decision.
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I know a lot of
Christians who try to
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make that sound bad or
make others feel bad about
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making that
decision to be cremated
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because it's our tradition
here in Western culture
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for the most part to
bury the dead in the ground.
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Again, as the pastor read
earlier: "Unto dust you shall
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return. " But you know,
I had a gentleman one time
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he kind of stopped
me in one of my seminars
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and he was rebuking me.
"How could you tell someone
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that they can make
that decision on their own?
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They should be buried
as we should be buried.
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Unto dust they return. "
And I brought up the point:
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"You know, there's a lot
of people in the Dark Ages
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that didn't have that choice.
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They were burned at a stake
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and they were martyrs for
Jesus and they gave their life
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for the gospel of Jesus Christ.
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And I don't know how God's
going to do it, but I know that
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He can just speak the
word and that person can appear
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with a brand new body
and they WILL go to heaven. "
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Your text is: "In the beginning
God created the heavens
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and the earth. "
And if past is prologue,
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what He did before
He can do it again.
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Is it any harder for God to
recreate a body that has been
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burned to ashes or
that over the centuries
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has disappeared
through the natural process?
00:22:01.08\00:22:03.85
If God can do one,
God can do the other.
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Ashes to ashes... dust to dust.
00:22:07.16\00:22:08.89
Whether you create the ashes
or nature creates the ashes
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they're still
ashes... and God has the power
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to make
something out of nothing.
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Um-hmm.
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OK... excellent answers.
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Now people want to know "Where
is God when I am hurting? "
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Psalm 34... let's go there.
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The question is: "Where
are you in your attitude
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about God when you're hurting?
" That's really the issue.
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God has often been
praised for the blessing
00:22:40.16\00:22:42.69
and blamed for the pain.
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That's the sad
reality even among Christians.
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I said to someone and
Pastor C.A. talked about this.
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You know, we go back... Before
the Internet I've known Pr. C.A.
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Just to kind of give you an idea
and he's known me that long too.
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Wow! But the point I'm making
is... Yeah, before the Internet.
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Before Al Gore created the
Internet we've known each other.
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See all this gray hair he has?
00:23:06.75\00:23:08.52
Notice I have none.
00:23:08.72\00:23:10.09
This is called "evolution. "
00:23:11.32\00:23:12.85
But what were we talking
about? What was the question?
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Oh boy... see what
happens when you take exits?
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What was I saying?
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That's a part of aging.
Where is God when I am...?
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Where is God? Psalm 34.
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Psalm 34. One of the reasons
why the Lord doesn't allow
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some people to go through trials
is because they will deny God.
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Psalm 34... look
what the Bible says.
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Psalm 34... we're
going to start with verse 17.
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"The righteous cry
out and the Lord hears
00:23:47.16\00:23:52.66
and delivers them
out of... " How much?
00:23:52.86\00:23:55.20
"all their troubles. "
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Where is the Lord? Verse 18:
00:23:57.57\00:23:59.53
"The Lord is near to
those who have a broken heart
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and saves such as
have a contrite spirit. "
00:24:03.74\00:24:08.61
Where is God? Verse 19:
00:24:08.81\00:24:10.78
"Many are the
afflictions of the righteous
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but the Lord delivers
him out of them all. "
00:24:14.52\00:24:17.65
Amen! Amen. So don't tell your
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God how big
your afflictions are.
00:24:22.72\00:24:24.76
Tell your
afflictions how big your God is.
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Amen! It is the same
issue the disciples had.
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In the storm Jesus
didn't leave the boat.
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He was just taking a nap.
00:24:34.64\00:24:35.97
The boat rocked Him to sleep
but to them it was a storm.
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So many times we look at
our trials and not our God.
00:24:39.64\00:24:42.44
That's why Ellen White
says in the Desire of Ages
00:24:42.94\00:24:44.58
"The Lord allowed the lightning
to flash to remind them
00:24:44.78\00:24:47.72
in their darkness that Jesus
had not changed His location. "
00:24:47.92\00:24:50.69
Um-hmm. They saw Him
sleeping and they woke Him up.
00:24:50.89\00:24:52.82
Said: "Do You not
care that we perish? "
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It's those ridiculous questions
that don't get an answer.
00:24:54.72\00:24:57.69
He didn't say:
"Of course I care! "
00:24:57.89\00:24:59.69
He said: "Why are you so
fearful? How is this that you
00:24:59.89\00:25:02.13
have no faith? " And
you'll discover in those
00:25:02.33\00:25:04.37
moments when your
faith is challenged
00:25:04.57\00:25:05.93
it's your faith that's
challenged... not your God.
00:25:06.13\00:25:08.37
Um-hm.. Amen. That's right!
00:25:08.57\00:25:10.07
Psalm 3:3 says:
"You, O Lord, are a shield
00:25:10.27\00:25:13.14
for me, my glory, and the
One who lifts up my head. "
00:25:13.34\00:25:18.21
Your head has to be
downcast to be lifted.
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And I believe with
all of my heart that
00:25:21.88\00:25:24.02
God allows things
to come into our life
00:25:24.22\00:25:27.66
for our eternal benefit.
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The worst year of my life
00:25:30.53\00:25:32.96
I can look back on now
00:25:33.36\00:25:35.46
and say was the
best year of my life.
00:25:35.66\00:25:38.73
Because this is when God
taught me to return His Word
00:25:39.13\00:25:43.67
to Him in prayer.
00:25:43.87\00:25:45.21
And His Word
does not return void.
00:25:45.31\00:25:48.28
He taught me the
power of His Word.
00:25:48.48\00:25:51.48
And so I am
now... I mean, God was...
00:25:51.88\00:25:54.85
He cupped His hand under
my chin and He lifted my face
00:25:55.05\00:25:59.35
to look at Him full-faced.
00:25:59.55\00:26:02.19
And I now can look
back on that horrible
00:26:02.39\00:26:06.39
year of trial. It was a
horrible year of illness.
00:26:06.59\00:26:10.77
It was everything,
but I look back and I say
00:26:10.97\00:26:14.74
"Thank you, Lord, for
allowing that in my life. "
00:26:14.94\00:26:19.24
Because it taught me to
be totally dependent upon Him
00:26:19.64\00:26:23.21
but He also taught me
truly that II Corinthians 1:20
00:26:23.41\00:26:27.52
"All of His promises are
yes and amen in Christ Jesus. "
00:26:27.72\00:26:31.62
Amen. Ryan? Yeah. You
know, the Great Commission.
00:26:31.82\00:26:35.06
What does Christ
say? "Lo, I am with you? "
00:26:35.46\00:26:37.16
"Lo, I am with you always. "
00:26:37.36\00:26:39.66
Christ is indeed in
the heavenly sanctuary
00:26:40.53\00:26:42.96
but He is
omnipresent through the Spirit.
00:26:43.16\00:26:46.60
And I love the beautiful
imagery that we have in
00:26:46.80\00:26:49.77
Revelation chapter 5
where we see that baby Lamb
00:26:49.97\00:26:53.34
that appears
before the throne slain.
00:26:53.54\00:26:55.14
But the Bible says that
there you find the seven eyes
00:26:55.34\00:26:58.71
within that Lamb which
are the seven Spirits of God
00:26:58.91\00:27:01.68
that go
throughout all of the world.
00:27:01.88\00:27:03.65
So Christ is present
through the omnipresent Spirit
00:27:03.85\00:27:07.86
and He's with us. And
so the Bible says that
00:27:08.06\00:27:11.69
the Father... Well we are told
that the Father was with Christ
00:27:11.89\00:27:15.00
while He was hanging
on the cross suffering.
00:27:15.20\00:27:16.53
You know, I have to believe
that the Spirit of God was with
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His people when they were
suffering through the scripture.
00:27:19.57\00:27:21.47
And so I believe
that same thing for us.
00:27:21.67\00:27:23.44
He is with us
always. It is very difficult
00:27:23.64\00:27:26.04
to just put a period
on some of these things.
00:27:26.24\00:27:28.58
I love Hebrews 13:5-6.
00:27:28.78\00:27:30.68
One: there is a reassurance
that God will be our Helper.
00:27:31.08\00:27:34.58
That He will never
leave us nor forsake us.
00:27:34.78\00:27:37.02
And then it say
we can boldly say
00:27:37.22\00:27:39.89
"God is our Helper. " So
even in those tough times
00:27:40.09\00:27:42.89
when it seems like you're alone
00:27:43.09\00:27:44.69
you can boldly
state "God is my Helper;
00:27:44.89\00:27:46.80
I'm not doing this
alone... He is by my side. "
00:27:47.00\00:27:49.16
I have learned... in
2008 was a bad year for me,
00:27:49.36\00:27:54.00
Shelley. I don't know
what year was bad for you
00:27:54.20\00:27:56.07
but 2008 was bad for me.
00:27:56.27\00:27:58.17
And I learned to praise Jesus
for the problems I was having
00:27:58.57\00:28:02.44
and He gave me great
comfort through that.
00:28:02.64\00:28:05.25
Amen... Amen.
And one last thing.
00:28:05.45\00:28:08.02
Shelley talked about this in
the first hour of the program.
00:28:08.22\00:28:10.82
That very
question that was posed
00:28:11.22\00:28:13.92
about why do bad
things happen to good people,
00:28:14.12\00:28:15.72
where is God when hurt comes
00:28:15.92\00:28:17.26
is what I'm addressing with
the sermon Coming With Clouds.
00:28:17.29\00:28:20.20
Because we live in clouds.
I'm not going to say any more.
00:28:21.16\00:28:23.43
It's addressed in the
sermon Coming With Clouds.
00:28:23.63\00:28:25.80
I encourage you to be here.
00:28:26.00\00:28:27.34
But I want to give one
more text in Revelation 3.
00:28:27.37\00:28:29.27
Look at this text
in Revelation chapter 3
00:28:29.47\00:28:31.71
and verse 8.
00:28:32.57\00:28:35.44
This was the message to
the church of brotherly love...
00:28:35.64\00:28:38.68
the church He had
nothing negative to say about.
00:28:39.08\00:28:41.05
Look what He says in verse 8.
00:28:41.82\00:28:43.32
"I know your works.
00:28:43.52\00:28:45.52
See, I have set
before you an open door
00:28:47.52\00:28:49.96
and no one can shut it. "
00:28:50.16\00:28:51.56
Look at this: "For you
have a little strength,
00:28:51.76\00:28:55.30
have kept My Word...
" And here's the key:
00:28:55.50\00:28:58.00
"and have not denied My name. "
00:28:58.20\00:29:00.24
So often when trials come
00:29:00.44\00:29:02.77
Christians are the
first to deny His name.
00:29:02.97\00:29:05.64
And when blessings come
00:29:06.04\00:29:07.38
they're the first
ones to praise His name.
00:29:07.41\00:29:09.08
We've got to decide. We cannot
be the fountain of bitter water
00:29:09.48\00:29:12.35
in times of
difficulty and sweet water
00:29:12.55\00:29:14.68
in the times of prosperity.
00:29:14.88\00:29:16.22
Because the world is looking
to us, our inconsistency will
00:29:16.42\00:29:19.42
result in somebody's loss.
00:29:19.62\00:29:20.96
That's why Lot's wife
was lost: his inconsistency.
00:29:21.12\00:29:23.53
Um-hmm. So we have to
know that when difficulty comes
00:29:23.73\00:29:25.63
God wants us to reveal to
the world in our difficulty
00:29:25.83\00:29:28.36
that we serve a God greater
than the god of this world.
00:29:28.56\00:29:30.93
Um-hmm. OK... next question.
00:29:31.13\00:29:33.47
Where in heaven does Jesus live?
00:29:33.87\00:29:37.74
Where in heaven does Jesus live?
00:29:38.14\00:29:40.01
I'm not sure where He
lives but I know where He works.
00:29:41.84\00:29:44.41
OK. And if we study
Daniel we understand
00:29:46.18\00:29:50.52
that His occupation
now is in the sanctuary.
00:29:50.72\00:29:54.22
He's pleading
cases... looking at cases.
00:29:54.62\00:29:56.69
We believe in a
pre-advent judgment
00:29:56.89\00:29:59.73
from Revelation 22.
00:29:59.93\00:30:01.56
"I am coming and My
reward is with Me. "
00:30:01.76\00:30:03.80
That means it's already
been decided who's gonna
00:30:04.00\00:30:05.97
get that reward. So He
is taking care of business
00:30:06.17\00:30:09.24
in His Father's
house even as we speak.
00:30:09.44\00:30:11.67
Amen.
00:30:11.87\00:30:13.78
OK... well, this question:
00:30:14.18\00:30:17.58
Will we be keeping the Sabbath
in heaven and the new earth?
00:30:17.78\00:30:21.22
Isaiah 66 verses 22 and 23.
00:30:28.09\00:30:30.99
Don't you just love the
way they know the verses
00:30:33.06\00:30:35.53
right off the top of
their heads? I just...
00:30:35.73\00:30:38.27
John gives me a blank stare
00:30:38.47\00:30:40.94
and then he goes to
the text. It's wonderful.
00:30:41.34\00:30:46.04
Why are you in Psalm 12?
00:30:46.54\00:30:49.51
Isaiah 66 verses 22 and 23.
00:30:49.71\00:30:52.71
You're getting old,
man... that's Isaiah.
00:30:52.91\00:30:55.05
Oh, you're in Isaiah 12.
It's the gray hair. It's OK.
00:30:55.25\00:30:59.45
All right. Isaiah 66 verse
23 speaking of the new earth:
00:30:59.65\00:31:04.96
Excuse me, my
voice is crackling.
00:31:05.66\00:31:07.96
"It shall come to pass
from one new moon to another
00:31:08.36\00:31:11.90
and from one Sabbath to another
00:31:12.10\00:31:15.24
all flesh shall come to worship
before Me says the Lord. "
00:31:15.44\00:31:20.21
That's right. So
that is... You know,
00:31:20.41\00:31:22.61
when you think - I
think it's Revelation 22-
00:31:22.81\00:31:25.88
that says all will see
His face in the New Jerusalem.
00:31:27.02\00:31:32.99
I don't know about
you, but I can't wait
00:31:33.19\00:31:35.19
for face-to-face
communication with the Lord.
00:31:35.39\00:31:39.03
So when the New
Jerusalem comes down to earth
00:31:39.43\00:31:42.40
we're going to have not
only our home in the city
00:31:42.60\00:31:46.87
but Isaiah says we're going to
go out and we're going to build
00:31:47.07\00:31:49.97
places. We'll have a country
home; we'll have a city home.
00:31:50.17\00:31:53.14
We'll be coming in
to the New Jerusalem
00:31:53.34\00:31:55.48
every Sabbath - any time
you want - with absolute access
00:31:55.68\00:31:59.58
to God. But every Sabbath
00:31:59.78\00:32:02.32
we're going to have the
most incredible worship service
00:32:02.52\00:32:07.82
in the New
Jerusalem. That's right.
00:32:08.02\00:32:10.26
You know, she just...
That verse that we just read
00:32:10.46\00:32:13.23
in Isaiah 66 clearly tells us
that we will be keeping Sabbath
00:32:13.43\00:32:17.90
in heaven. I have run
across a lot of Christians
00:32:18.10\00:32:21.17
who say: "You know what?
I have no problem keeping
00:32:21.37\00:32:23.67
Sabbath in heaven. I
just don't have to keep it
00:32:23.87\00:32:25.21
right now on earth. " We
run into this quite often.
00:32:25.24\00:32:28.51
But the passage that comes to
my mind that I love to bring up
00:32:28.71\00:32:31.11
and it's so simple and
that's The Lord's Prayer.
00:32:31.31\00:32:33.62
When they asked Him
"Lord, teach us how to pray"
00:32:34.45\00:32:36.28
what did He say? Yeah.
They even made a song to it.
00:32:36.48\00:32:40.06
"Our Father,
which art in heaven,
00:32:40.26\00:32:42.29
hallowed be Thy name. "
00:32:42.49\00:32:44.39
Now this next
part: "Thy kingdom come;
00:32:44.59\00:32:46.90
Thy will be done... " Where?
00:32:47.10\00:32:49.20
"On earth as it is in heaven. "
00:32:49.50\00:32:53.54
So we should be keeping it now
00:32:53.74\00:32:55.67
as we will and as they
are keeping it in heaven.
00:32:55.87\00:32:59.37
I'll be glad when I get
to heaven 'cause I'll be able
00:32:59.57\00:33:01.54
to sing. I like that.
00:33:01.74\00:33:06.35
Here's a confirmation scripture
00:33:07.32\00:33:08.72
that it's going
to be kept in heaven.
00:33:08.92\00:33:10.35
I Chronicles 17:27.
00:33:10.55\00:33:12.32
"For You have
blessed it, O Lord,
00:33:12.72\00:33:14.32
and it shall be
blessed forever. "
00:33:14.52\00:33:16.73
There's nothing
wrong with the Sabbath.
00:33:17.73\00:33:19.06
It was blessed in perfection;
it will not be eliminated
00:33:19.23\00:33:22.86
in perfection. It was blessed
in a perfect environment;
00:33:23.06\00:33:25.83
it will not be deleted in
the next perfect environment.
00:33:26.03\00:33:29.47
OK... next
question: Is it important
00:33:31.51\00:33:35.41
to attend church services?
00:33:35.61\00:33:38.25
Is it important to
attend church services?
00:33:38.75\00:33:41.68
Hebrews 7:25.
00:33:42.95\00:33:44.75
No.. not 7 is it? Wow!
00:33:45.15\00:33:47.82
See, as young folks see what
we would do is we would think
00:33:48.02\00:33:50.46
a hashtag and put goals by that.
00:33:50.66\00:33:52.79
See, you just knew Hebrews 7:25!
00:33:52.99\00:33:57.00
Hashtag goals. "Forsaking
not the assembling of ourselves
00:33:57.20\00:34:00.30
together as the
manner of some is
00:34:00.50\00:34:02.20
but all the
more... " That's right.
00:34:02.40\00:34:06.24
Don't forsake the
assembling. Now Hebrews 7:25 is
00:34:06.44\00:34:08.68
"He is able to
save to the uttermost. "
00:34:08.88\00:34:11.45
It's not... Yeah, it's not 7:25.
00:34:11.65\00:34:15.58
No? It's good to be...
Anyway, it's Hebrews 10:25.
00:34:15.78\00:34:21.32
10:25. Hebrews 10:25.
00:34:21.52\00:34:23.43
OK, go ahead and read it.
00:34:23.63\00:34:25.73
Oh, oh. Well you quoted it right
just had the reference wrong.
00:34:25.93\00:34:30.43
OK. Praise God for that.
00:34:30.63\00:34:32.23
Encouragement is the word.
00:34:34.97\00:34:36.50
Are you going to read it?
Don't all jump in at once.
00:34:38.01\00:34:41.64
I think we're trying to
be kind to each other here.
00:34:41.84\00:34:43.95
"Not forsaking the
assembling of ourselves together
00:34:44.35\00:34:47.68
as is the manner of
some but exhort one another
00:34:47.88\00:34:52.99
and so much more as
you see the day coming. "
00:34:53.19\00:34:56.76
You know, the reason
that... Well, first of all
00:34:57.06\00:35:00.26
why do we go to church?
00:35:00.66\00:35:03.00
Why do we go to
church? To worship God.
00:35:04.30\00:35:07.04
If we don't... I
ask audiences sometimes
00:35:07.24\00:35:10.64
and people will say:
"Oh, to hear the Word. "
00:35:10.84\00:35:13.61
"To fellowship. "
00:35:13.81\00:35:15.68
If we're not going to
church to worship the Lord,
00:35:16.28\00:35:20.28
we're not going to
church for the right reason.
00:35:20.48\00:35:22.55
We should be going to worship.
00:35:23.05\00:35:25.65
But there is something
about corporate worship and the
00:35:25.85\00:35:29.36
fellowship that
when we get together...
00:35:29.56\00:35:32.89
You know, Peter said that the
devil is "like a roaring lion
00:35:33.09\00:35:38.47
seeking whom he may devour. "
00:35:38.67\00:35:41.17
When we were in
South Africa we saw a lion
00:35:41.90\00:35:45.94
single out its prey.
00:35:46.14\00:35:49.08
And what they do is
if there's one that's not
00:35:49.48\00:35:53.62
quite with the herd then
the lions start circling it.
00:35:53.82\00:35:58.25
And they get them isolated and
that's when they take them down.
00:35:58.45\00:36:02.59
The reason we
should be going to church
00:36:02.79\00:36:05.39
is because it buoys our faith.
00:36:05.59\00:36:09.00
It builds us up.
00:36:09.20\00:36:11.30
We go and worship with others,
and you can maybe be having
00:36:11.50\00:36:14.80
a down day. Somebody
else can pray with you.
00:36:15.00\00:36:17.87
But when you let
Satan isolate you
00:36:18.07\00:36:22.94
and keep you away from church
00:36:23.14\00:36:25.15
watch out, 'cause your
enemy is like a roaring lion
00:36:25.35\00:36:30.72
seeking whom he may devour.
00:36:30.92\00:36:32.55
We've got two things:
diaconia - which is a teaching;
00:36:32.75\00:36:35.16
and koinonia -
which is a fellowship.
00:36:35.36\00:36:36.69
You need them both.
If you're in a church
00:36:36.73\00:36:38.23
that's all
teaching and no fellowship,
00:36:38.43\00:36:39.76
it's kind of dry. If you're in
a church that's all fellowship
00:36:39.96\00:36:42.40
and no teaching,
it's kind of dry.
00:36:42.60\00:36:47.04
That's right.
00:36:47.24\00:36:48.57
You need them both.
00:36:48.60\00:36:49.94
You need Spirit and truth.
00:36:49.97\00:36:51.57
Absolutely. I just
want to add to that
00:36:52.07\00:36:54.28
go back to our
previous point we made earlier.
00:36:54.44\00:36:56.75
On earth as it is in heaven.
00:36:57.15\00:36:59.45
We just read a text that says
"from one Sabbath to another
00:36:59.65\00:37:03.12
all flesh will come
and worship before Me
00:37:03.72\00:37:07.82
saith the Lord. " So
we're going to be coming
00:37:08.02\00:37:09.92
before God and
worshiping Him in heaven.
00:37:10.13\00:37:11.99
And we should
now. Why wouldn't we?
00:37:12.19\00:37:14.86
In Revelation 4:8 we should
take an example from the angels.
00:37:15.06\00:37:17.93
You know, this is not
a good question for me
00:37:18.53\00:37:20.17
because I have a
soapbox. People don't see it,
00:37:20.37\00:37:22.60
but I have it.
00:37:22.80\00:37:24.37
I just don't know why people
don't like to come to church.
00:37:24.57\00:37:26.84
And I used to think
it was me but it's not.
00:37:27.34\00:37:29.91
Because Elder Brooks said: "Sun
melts butter and hardens clay. "
00:37:30.11\00:37:34.35
It's the condition
of the human heart.
00:37:34.75\00:37:36.55
I have taken off of my shoulder
00:37:37.25\00:37:40.06
the burden that
it's maybe what I said.
00:37:40.26\00:37:43.32
You know, somebody once
said to me... I remember
00:37:43.53\00:37:45.46
as a matter of
fact it was Mike Tucker.
00:37:45.66\00:37:47.20
We were down in Texas
at the pastor's meetings
00:37:47.40\00:37:49.66
in 2015, and he said to me:
00:37:49.86\00:37:52.57
"John, are you
staying out of trouble? "
00:37:52.77\00:37:54.24
I said: "No... why should I? "
00:37:54.44\00:37:55.77
And he said.. I
said: "Well the disciples
00:37:56.10\00:37:58.31
were always in trouble;
Jesus was always in trouble. "
00:37:58.51\00:38:00.74
And He said that If
you live a righteous life,
00:38:00.94\00:38:03.68
you will suffer
persecution so why should I?
00:38:03.88\00:38:05.48
And he said: "I like
that! I'm going to preach that
00:38:05.68\00:38:07.15
from now on. "
And here's the point:
00:38:07.35\00:38:09.22
when you don't have a
love that has to do more
00:38:09.62\00:38:15.02
than with just a
few hours in the day...
00:38:15.22\00:38:17.16
The Sabbath is a
day of fellowship.
00:38:17.36\00:38:19.89
It's not a day of visitation;
it's a day of fellowship.
00:38:20.30\00:38:23.63
And sometimes
we have the idea...
00:38:23.83\00:38:25.87
It's amazing to me that
Catholicism is pushing for the
00:38:26.07\00:38:29.00
whole day of Sunday to be holy
00:38:29.20\00:38:31.27
and we find Adventists that
are pushing for less of the day
00:38:31.47\00:38:33.94
to be observed as holy.
00:38:34.14\00:38:35.48
What better place should
it be found among those except
00:38:35.58\00:38:39.61
who say they keep the Sabbath?
00:38:39.81\00:38:41.38
We should show the
world how it should be kept.
00:38:41.58\00:38:43.72
And the angels in Revelation
4:8 there's a text here:
00:38:44.12\00:38:46.96
"The four living
creatures each having six wings
00:38:47.16\00:38:49.62
were full of eyes
around and within. "
00:38:49.82\00:38:51.56
And listen to this: "And they
do not rest day nor night. "
00:38:51.76\00:38:54.60
The word there rest
is the day for Sabbath.
00:38:54.80\00:38:56.97
They do not rest day nor night
00:38:57.90\00:38:59.73
but what are they doing? They're
worshiping God all the time.
00:38:59.93\00:39:01.80
If you don't
worship God during the week,
00:39:02.20\00:39:03.81
then Sabbath is not going
to be a substitute for what you
00:39:04.01\00:39:06.41
don't do other days. Um-hmm.
00:39:06.61\00:39:08.18
Now, you're married.
Correct? Right? That's right.
00:39:08.58\00:39:11.91
Shelley, you're married.
Pastor Murray, you're married.
00:39:12.11\00:39:14.42
Pastor Lomacang, you're married.
00:39:14.62\00:39:16.25
And Bruce, you're
married, too. Correct?
00:39:16.65\00:39:19.09
That's correct. Are
you? No, I feel singled out.
00:39:19.29\00:39:22.22
Now.. will there
be marriage in heaven?
00:39:26.09\00:39:29.80
YES!
00:39:31.13\00:39:32.50
Amen.
00:39:32.90\00:39:34.84
Yes. Now, can I add
00:39:35.04\00:39:37.87
you know, God is not
going to say to Angie
00:39:38.07\00:39:40.18
"Drop John when
you get to heaven. "
00:39:40.38\00:39:42.41
Praise God, 'cause my
wife and I have a saying
00:39:43.24\00:39:46.68
"Together
forever... eternity in view. "
00:39:46.88\00:39:51.22
Marriage was instituted
before sin entered the world
00:39:52.15\00:39:55.12
just like the Sabbath.
00:39:55.32\00:39:56.66
And since the Sabbath
is eternal so is marriage.
00:39:56.73\00:39:59.13
We get mixed up. We're going
to go to heaven for 1,000 years.
00:39:59.53\00:40:02.06
There won't be
weddings there. You know why?
00:40:02.26\00:40:03.97
We're going to heaven
to address the final stage
00:40:04.17\00:40:06.57
in the eradication of sin.
00:40:06.77\00:40:08.44
God is not going
to say: "Sorry, C.A.
00:40:09.50\00:40:12.57
Irma don't want you any more. "
00:40:12.97\00:40:15.18
No... there won't be
weddings performed in heaven.
00:40:15.58\00:40:18.11
That's what's being said.
00:40:18.31\00:40:19.65
And I won't be
giving... If you ever go there,
00:40:19.68\00:40:21.05
you won't be saying to
somebody: "You want to marry my
00:40:21.25\00:40:22.68
daughter? " Not during
the thousand years in heaven.
00:40:22.88\00:40:24.79
Marriage will not
be annulled in heaven
00:40:25.19\00:40:28.72
any more than the Sabbath.
00:40:28.92\00:40:30.33
Wow! I'd better get
married before I go, then.
00:40:30.53\00:40:32.56
He got it. He heard you, Pastor.
00:40:35.46\00:40:37.07
You had something, Ryan?
00:40:38.63\00:40:39.97
Yeah, I just... I like
Pastor Doug's response to this.
00:40:40.17\00:40:43.30
He says: "I can't
picture Jesus handing out
00:40:43.51\00:40:46.68
divorce slips as we're walking
through the pearly gates -
00:40:46.88\00:40:49.38
you know - to
all of the couples. "
00:40:49.58\00:40:50.91
You know, and I
can't see that either.
00:40:51.01\00:40:52.41
I got back to the
idea that we are told
00:40:52.81\00:40:56.92
in inspiration and
even in the Bible that
00:40:57.12\00:40:58.85
just as God began the
scripture as we see there
00:40:59.05\00:41:01.82
where God creates a
beautiful, perfect atmosphere
00:41:02.02\00:41:04.19
before sin ever
entered the picture
00:41:04.39\00:41:06.19
what did God establish in
the Garden of Eden? Two things:
00:41:06.39\00:41:08.43
marriage and the Sabbath.
00:41:08.63\00:41:10.20
So I don't see any evidence
where we see that God is
00:41:10.40\00:41:14.44
going to reverse
that or get rid of it.
00:41:14.64\00:41:16.10
I think that it's going to
continue on, and I'm going to
00:41:16.30\00:41:18.37
look forward to living with
my sweetheart in my mansion.
00:41:18.57\00:41:20.78
You just want some points!
00:41:21.14\00:41:24.31
Well technically we'll
have two mansions, so we'll just
00:41:26.35\00:41:28.68
go back and forth, right?
00:41:28.88\00:41:30.22
She'll have a
mansion; I'll have a mansion.
00:41:30.25\00:41:31.99
We'll go back and
forth at the same time.
00:41:32.19\00:41:34.02
Right, the same time.
00:41:34.22\00:41:35.82
OK. All marriages in
heaven will be happy marriages.
00:41:36.02\00:41:40.00
Amen... Amen. That's
right, brother. That's right.
00:41:40.20\00:41:42.70
Sometimes some of us are bur-
dened with an unhappy marriage.
00:41:42.90\00:41:45.53
Not myself. But...
when you get to heaven
00:41:45.73\00:41:48.84
your marriage will be happy.
00:41:49.04\00:41:51.47
That's right. You'll be
having a wonderful marriage.
00:41:51.67\00:41:53.44
OK. Who is Michael?
00:41:53.94\00:41:56.31
Is He Christ?
00:41:56.71\00:41:58.58
Prove it from the Bible.
00:41:59.28\00:42:01.15
OK. Who is
Michael? Is He Christ?
00:42:01.35\00:42:05.95
Prove it from the Bible.
00:42:06.35\00:42:07.69
Text and verse. Yeah.
00:42:07.79\00:42:09.49
I would like to start in Exodus
00:42:10.43\00:42:15.50
chapter 3
00:42:15.70\00:42:17.60
if I can get there.
00:42:20.14\00:42:21.50
In Exodus chapter 3
we see a conversation
00:42:25.71\00:42:29.11
happening between Moses and this
00:42:29.31\00:42:32.25
what appears to be... it
says an angel of the Lord
00:42:32.45\00:42:35.12
but we are told later that it
is none other than God Himself
00:42:35.32\00:42:37.65
speaking from this bush.
00:42:37.85\00:42:39.19
And of course in this same
passage, and I'm trying to find
00:42:39.32\00:42:42.09
the specific verse, but
if you look here in chapter 3
00:42:42.29\00:42:44.96
the person speaking
from the bush tells Moses
00:42:45.16\00:42:49.26
"Take off your sandals
for where you are standing
00:42:49.46\00:42:53.13
is holy ground. " And
we know that the presence
00:42:53.34\00:42:56.34
of God makes that holy ground.
We know that he was speaking
00:42:56.54\00:42:59.84
to God. I'm trying to
find that specific verse here.
00:43:00.04\00:43:02.88
Let's see if I can...
Yeah, right here, verse 5:
00:43:03.18\00:43:05.65
"And He said: 'Do not
draw near to this place;
00:43:05.85\00:43:07.68
take off the
sandals from your feet
00:43:07.88\00:43:10.59
for the place where you
stand is holy ground. ' "
00:43:10.79\00:43:12.95
We find the same thing
happening in Joshua chapter 5.
00:43:13.15\00:43:16.83
If you go to Joshua chapter 5
00:43:17.33\00:43:19.19
and you said to
prove it from the Bible
00:43:19.39\00:43:20.73
so I'm going to
give my take on it.
00:43:20.86\00:43:22.20
And then Pastors, feel free
to - and Shelley, feel free -
00:43:22.36\00:43:25.00
to jump in
here. Joshua chapter 5
00:43:25.20\00:43:27.50
we have an
interesting scene happening
00:43:27.70\00:43:29.44
between Joshua and
this interesting character
00:43:29.64\00:43:32.91
that shows up
with his sword drawn.
00:43:33.11\00:43:35.88
And he tells him... let me
see if I can find it here...
00:43:36.08\00:43:38.38
While he's looking for it
- I say that respectfully -
00:43:42.35\00:43:45.92
while he's looking for it, if
you find 3 confirming scriptures
00:43:46.12\00:43:50.69
in the Bible
that are unequivocal.
00:43:50.89\00:43:53.60
Who else can stand
in behalf of His people
00:43:53.80\00:43:56.97
during the time of
trouble other than Christ?
00:43:57.17\00:43:59.27
"At that time
shall Michael stand up,
00:44:00.40\00:44:03.14
the great Prince which stands
for the children of Thy people,
00:44:03.34\00:44:07.78
and there shall be
a time of trouble. "
00:44:07.98\00:44:09.84
Michael there in the
Hebrew as well as in the Greek
00:44:10.05\00:44:13.31
means "One who is like God. "
00:44:13.52\00:44:15.95
And there is no one
else. Another one: Jude.
00:44:16.35\00:44:19.29
"Yet Michael, the archangel, in
contending with the devil... "
00:44:19.49\00:44:23.19
Who can contend
over the body of Moses
00:44:23.39\00:44:25.66
other than the One who
owns the body of Moses?
00:44:25.86\00:44:28.20
And then Revelation:
"Michael and His angels
00:44:28.83\00:44:32.13
fought with the dragon
and the dragon and his angels
00:44:32.33\00:44:34.10
fought. " Who could
fight against the devil
00:44:34.30\00:44:36.57
other than Christ?
00:44:36.97\00:44:38.61
And then the
voice of the archangel.
00:44:39.01\00:44:42.74
Who is that? "The Lord Himself
00:44:42.94\00:44:45.98
shall descend from
heaven with a shout...
00:44:46.18\00:44:49.65
with the voice
of the archangel. "
00:44:49.85\00:44:52.12
That's right. The One
who is above the angels.
00:44:52.32\00:44:54.59
That is Christ and
His name is Michael.
00:44:54.99\00:44:56.76
Daniel 10 and I'm at verse 13
00:44:59.09\00:45:02.70
about half-way
through. The Bible says:
00:45:02.90\00:45:05.10
"Michael... One
who is like God. "
00:45:05.30\00:45:07.34
And that means One who
exercises the same authority
00:45:07.54\00:45:10.31
as God. The one
thing we know about Michael
00:45:10.51\00:45:13.07
in Revelation 19
when John fell to worship
00:45:13.27\00:45:17.58
that being the angel said:
"See that thou do it not. "
00:45:17.78\00:45:20.75
Because angels
don't accept worship.
00:45:20.95\00:45:23.45
The only One that is
worthy to be worshiped,
00:45:23.65\00:45:25.45
the only One who
accepts worship is Michael.
00:45:25.65\00:45:28.39
So that says that He is
a being to be worshiped.
00:45:28.59\00:45:31.09
That means He is
God. Amen. That's right.
00:45:31.29\00:45:33.63
You found that? Well, I was just
going to make the connection
00:45:33.83\00:45:35.53
right here in Joshua chapter 5
00:45:35.80\00:45:37.47
where in the latter
verses - verses 13 through 15-
00:45:37.67\00:45:40.40
we see that Joshua is
having this encounter with
00:45:40.60\00:45:43.44
this individual who identifies
Himself as the Commander
00:45:43.64\00:45:47.01
of the army of the
Lord. So we know that Michael
00:45:47.21\00:45:49.78
the archangel...
archangel in the original Greek
00:45:49.98\00:45:52.65
is simply the word
archangelos which simply means
00:45:52.85\00:45:55.75
chief of the angels. So
He's not a normal angel.
00:45:55.95\00:45:58.95
The original word for
angel is angelos, which is
00:45:59.15\00:46:01.32
just simply messenger. But
the chief of the messengers,
00:46:01.52\00:46:04.33
the chief of the
angels, is Michael.
00:46:04.49\00:46:06.76
Now in Exodus 3 this
same individual that says:
00:46:06.96\00:46:10.03
"Take off your sandals for
where you stand is holy ground"
00:46:10.23\00:46:12.30
this same individual refers
to Himself at the Great I AM.
00:46:12.50\00:46:16.20
"Who do I tell
them that You are? "
00:46:16.40\00:46:18.37
"I am that I AM. " This
same character in Joshua
00:46:18.57\00:46:22.24
tells Joshua to take off
his sandals for where he stands
00:46:22.44\00:46:26.11
is holy ground. So
this is no normal angel.
00:46:26.31\00:46:28.52
This is a holy individual.
And we know that Christ
00:46:28.72\00:46:31.75
I believe it's John
chapter 8 or John chapter 10
00:46:31.95\00:46:34.62
where He refers to
Himself as the "I AM. "
00:46:34.82\00:46:36.96
He says: "Before
Abraham was, I AM. "
00:46:37.16\00:46:39.63
And of course, as
pastor brought out,
00:46:39.83\00:46:41.20
we are told in I Thessalonians
chapter 4 I believe it is
00:46:41.40\00:46:44.63
that Christ is coming back
with the voice of the archangel.
00:46:44.83\00:46:48.20
So there's no doubt that
He is Michael the archangel.
00:46:48.40\00:46:50.34
And in the Hebrew the term
I AM used in the present tense
00:46:50.54\00:46:52.77
like that is an indication
that the person speaking
00:46:52.97\00:46:55.54
is calling Himself
or naming Himself God.
00:46:55.74\00:46:58.08
We know that the
angel of the covenant
00:46:58.28\00:47:00.92
in Exodus was
Christ Jesus Himself.
00:47:01.12\00:47:05.39
See, we get... I
think we get confused
00:47:05.79\00:47:08.32
because we think of
angel as being a created being.
00:47:08.52\00:47:11.93
And the ministering
spirits are created beings.
00:47:12.13\00:47:14.90
That's right. But
angel means messenger.
00:47:15.10\00:47:16.97
I mean the angels
are messengers of God.
00:47:17.17\00:47:19.20
And we're not the only, by
the way... We're not the only
00:47:19.60\00:47:23.14
denomination or church
that believes that Michael
00:47:23.34\00:47:27.34
is Jesus Christ.
There's many many Bible scholars
00:47:27.54\00:47:32.48
who agree on that. Well
I think you guys gave ample
00:47:32.68\00:47:35.48
Biblical proof - Amen -
in answer to that question.
00:47:35.68\00:47:39.59
So this one is a
two-part question.
00:47:40.56\00:47:43.49
Is it true we are saved by grace
00:47:43.89\00:47:46.43
but works is mixed
in there somewhere?
00:47:46.63\00:47:48.73
So if we are saved by grace,
00:47:49.13\00:47:51.30
are we judged by our works?
00:47:51.50\00:47:53.54
Ephesians 2:8-10 says
that we are saved by grace
00:47:53.94\00:47:58.27
through faith... NOT by
works that we should boast.
00:47:58.47\00:48:01.24
And then 10
backs it right up, yes.
00:48:01.64\00:48:04.78
We are created for the
good works that God prepared
00:48:04.98\00:48:08.22
in advance for us to do.
00:48:08.42\00:48:09.95
In Romans 6:16
00:48:10.95\00:48:14.52
the Bible says,
or Paul says that
00:48:15.12\00:48:18.73
we are slaves to whom we obey.
00:48:18.93\00:48:23.67
We're either
slaves to righteousness
00:48:23.87\00:48:26.43
or we're slaves of sin.
00:48:26.84\00:48:30.14
In I John 2:3-4
00:48:30.87\00:48:34.74
it says that if anyone says
00:48:35.14\00:48:38.48
he knows Him - he
knows Jesus Christ -
00:48:38.68\00:48:41.62
yet does not
keep the commandments
00:48:41.82\00:48:44.35
he is a liar and
the truth is not in him.
00:48:44.55\00:48:47.92
Hebrews 5:9 says that
Jesus Christ is the author
00:48:48.32\00:48:53.73
of eternal
salvation to all who obey Him.
00:48:53.93\00:48:58.37
So when you think
about... You know, people get so
00:48:58.77\00:49:02.34
upset when we
talk about obedience
00:49:02.54\00:49:05.94
but obedience is by grace
00:49:06.14\00:49:07.74
because Philippians 2:12-13 says
00:49:07.94\00:49:11.15
He works in us. It
is God who works in us
00:49:11.35\00:49:14.72
to will and to do
His good pleasure.
00:49:14.92\00:49:18.05
So we are saved...
00:49:18.62\00:49:21.89
Salvation belongs to God alone.
00:49:22.29\00:49:25.26
Um-hmm. But the
Bible says that our rewards
00:49:25.46\00:49:29.53
will follow them. Yes, we
are going to have our rewards
00:49:29.73\00:49:34.24
because of our obedience.
We don't obey to be saved;
00:49:34.44\00:49:39.31
we obey because we ARE saved.
00:49:39.51\00:49:42.91
And one more point:
the Ten Commandments
00:49:43.31\00:49:46.11
in Exodus chapter 20
00:49:46.31\00:49:48.62
are written in the future tense.
00:49:49.02\00:49:51.39
That means they were promises.
00:49:52.25\00:49:54.59
God is saying to us that if
we're in covenant relationship
00:49:55.12\00:50:00.53
with Him we're not going
to have any gods before Him;
00:50:00.73\00:50:04.03
we're not going
to bow down to idols;
00:50:04.23\00:50:06.74
we're not going to take
His name; we're going to be so
00:50:06.94\00:50:09.20
excited to worship
on the Sabbath with Him.
00:50:09.40\00:50:12.41
We will honor our parents.
00:50:12.61\00:50:16.18
We won't commit
murder, adultery.
00:50:16.38\00:50:17.85
We won't steal; we
won't bear false testimony.
00:50:18.05\00:50:20.62
We won't covet. Why?
00:50:20.82\00:50:23.05
Because that's what living in
covenant relationship with Him
00:50:23.25\00:50:27.49
is all about. He came
to save us from our sin.
00:50:27.69\00:50:33.23
That's right for sure.
Works is not what gets us saved,
00:50:33.53\00:50:39.50
works is what shows
up when we are saved.
00:50:39.90\00:50:42.84
That's right. It's the
evidence of our salvation
00:50:43.04\00:50:46.37
not the method of our salvation.
00:50:46.57\00:50:48.51
I used to think I had
to keep the commandments.
00:50:49.01\00:50:52.81
Now I feel I GET to
keep the commandments.
00:50:53.31\00:50:57.29
I don't have to... I
get to. They're a privilege.
00:50:57.79\00:51:00.86
A privilege to
keep the commandments.
00:51:01.06\00:51:03.39
That's right. And forgiveness
is available when I mess up.
00:51:03.59\00:51:07.36
All right, panel: How do you
know God's will for your life?
00:51:08.36\00:51:12.43
How do you know
God's will for your life?
00:51:13.54\00:51:16.04
I don't need to know
God's will for my life.
00:51:17.41\00:51:20.51
That's one of the things
that... Go to Philippians.
00:51:20.91\00:51:25.75
Go to Philippians with me.
00:51:26.15\00:51:27.48
I don't need to know
God's will for my life.
00:51:27.58\00:51:28.92
That's one of the questions
we ask when in fact we couldn't
00:51:29.08\00:51:31.59
even accomplish
God's will if we knew it.
00:51:31.79\00:51:33.86
How many of you
could accomplish it?
00:51:34.96\00:51:36.93
"For it is God who works in us
00:51:37.79\00:51:41.60
both too will and to
do of His good pleasure. "
00:51:42.00\00:51:46.57
Paul made it very clear.
00:51:46.77\00:51:48.10
Some people use that almost as
a hindrance to doing anything.
00:51:48.14\00:51:52.74
"I wonder what God's
will for my life is? "
00:51:52.94\00:51:55.11
Get up and do something
00:51:55.71\00:51:57.38
and God will work out
His will in your life.
00:51:57.78\00:52:00.02
You can't say: "I
wonder which way to go"
00:52:00.22\00:52:01.85
and you're sitting in your car
without the engine turning on.
00:52:02.05\00:52:03.89
The will of God is appointed...
00:52:04.82\00:52:06.62
Let's just go ahead
and make it clear here.
00:52:07.02\00:52:08.72
In Philippians - here I am -
00:52:08.92\00:52:10.99
2... Look at
this: Philippians 2:12.
00:52:11.19\00:52:13.73
"Therefore my beloved:
as you have always obeyed
00:52:14.56\00:52:18.43
not only in my presence
only but much more in my absence
00:52:18.63\00:52:21.30
work out your own salvation
with fear and trembling. "
00:52:21.50\00:52:24.04
That's often what people see.
00:52:24.24\00:52:25.71
Verse 13: "For it
is God who works in you
00:52:25.91\00:52:28.44
both too will and to
do of His good pleasure. "
00:52:28.64\00:52:32.51
We cannot do God's will.
00:52:32.91\00:52:34.52
God does His will
through us. That's right.
00:52:34.92\00:52:37.09
We are the vessel
out of which He works.
00:52:37.29\00:52:39.02
We don't work to
become His vessel...
00:52:39.22\00:52:41.26
we become His vessel
and He works through us.
00:52:41.46\00:52:44.33
Ooh... but I do
have a scripture.
00:52:44.53\00:52:46.36
I Thessalonians 4 verse 3 says:
00:52:46.56\00:52:49.73
"This is the will of God
00:52:49.93\00:52:53.10
for your life, and that
is your sanctification. "
00:52:53.30\00:52:59.14
See, we are justified by the
blood of Jesus Christ, right?
00:52:59.54\00:53:05.41
We're forgiven
of those past sins.
00:53:05.61\00:53:07.58
But God's will for our life
00:53:07.78\00:53:10.75
is that we walk
just as Jesus walked
00:53:10.95\00:53:16.09
on the earth, that we
walk in the narrow path.
00:53:16.29\00:53:20.30
That we walk in
the path of His life
00:53:20.50\00:53:24.50
where we will see pleasures
at His right hand forever more.
00:53:24.70\00:53:29.20
So God's will for our life
00:53:29.67\00:53:32.54
is simply that we
yield to the Holy Spirit
00:53:32.74\00:53:37.11
and He will work in
us to will and to do
00:53:37.31\00:53:41.05
His good pleasure
and Philippians 1:6 says
00:53:41.25\00:53:45.62
that He will complete
the good work He's begun.
00:53:45.82\00:53:48.29
Amen. OK, now we only
have a few minutes left
00:53:48.49\00:53:52.59
so we have to get through
these next couple questions
00:53:52.79\00:53:55.00
rather quickly.
One person said: I am
00:53:55.20\00:53:59.37
anxious all the time.
Can I really trust in Jesus?
00:53:59.57\00:54:03.04
II Thessalonians
chapter 2 verse 16.
00:54:07.58\00:54:10.71
Paul writes these
beautiful doctrinal theses
00:54:10.91\00:54:14.28
but he couches them
in some poetic language
00:54:14.48\00:54:16.89
all through the
book of I Thessalonians.
00:54:17.09\00:54:18.89
"Now may our Lord
Jesus Christ Himself
00:54:19.09\00:54:21.29
and our God and Father
00:54:21.49\00:54:22.82
who has loved us and given
us everlasting consolation. "
00:54:22.86\00:54:27.46
Which are two words I just love.
00:54:27.66\00:54:29.00
We can have
everlasting consolation
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"and good hope by
grace comfort your heart
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and establish you in
every good word and work. "
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So consolation is promised.
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Comfort is promised.
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A settling in and
establishment is promised.
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Good words, good
works follow from that.
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So be anxious for nothing.
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He wants to
establish you, to comfort you,
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and to console you
even in troublous times.
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Amen! What do you have, Ryan?
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Yeah, Proverbs
chapter 3 verses 5 and 6.
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"Trust in the Lord
with all your heart
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and lean not on
your own understanding;
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In all your ways acknowledge Him
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and He shall direct your path. "
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A person who's anxious perhaps
may be suffering from anxiety
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or whatever that might be.
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You know, God just
wants us to trust Him.
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I think that's what this
entire book is about. Amen!
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From cover to
cover God is pleading
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with His children
- with His creation -
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to trust Him. I
think if we do that
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while the devil may
throw his fiery darts at us
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we know that God is in control.
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And Isaiah 26:3 says:
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"You will keep
him in perfect peace
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whose mind is stayed on You
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because he trusts in You. "
00:55:51.21\00:55:53.58
So as we... When I
feel myself getting anxious
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I realize I've got
my eyes on the problem
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not on the Problem Solver.
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Amen. So I return...
You know, I often say:
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"Lord, help me keep
my eyes focused on You.
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Increase my trust, Lord.
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Let me not lean on
my own understanding. "
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And you know, He will
bring that peace that transcends
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all understanding.
We've got about a minute left.
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If you can't trust
God, who can you trust?
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Amen! And you know what? I
think that God has given us
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ample proof in His Word
of why we should trust Him.
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That's right. You know,
Jesus came and died on the cross
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for our sins.
While we were yet sinners
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He came and died for us.
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And He is the same
today, yesterday, and forever
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so we know that what we see
here is the way He still is.
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Amen! The answers the
panel provided tonight
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shows we can trust God.
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God's Word shows
we can trust Him.
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Absolutely... absolutely.
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Man, I wish we had
more time because, you know,
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what I would love to ask
you guys, all of you that speak:
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"How do you
prepare your sermons? "
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Well, maybe we can
ask that at another time
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'cause I think that's a deep
question that's going to require
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quite a while to
answer. Here's the answer:
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we just trust God. There you go!
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All right... well,
there's the CliffNotes.
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That's right...
that's very good.
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Well, thank you guys so much for
answering these Bible questions.
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And I hope that everybody's
questions were answered.
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And we are in store for a
blessing with Pastor Ty Gibson.
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