Hello friends, grab
your Bible and a friend
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and sit back as
we explore God's word
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together on this
edition of House Calls.
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Welcome friends to
another House Calls
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program my name is John Lomacang
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and I have with me in
the studio John Stanton,
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good to have you
here John. It's great
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to be here John.
It seems like its been
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a little while
since we have actually
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come to sit in these
seats and open the word
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of God, but you know
what from week to week
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we know that these
programs continue on
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and people are
enjoying them and we just
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thank you for your
feedback. That's right
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we're back in the
saddle enjoying what the Lord
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has called us
together to do. And so friends
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we wanna
encourage you to sit back,
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hit record, this is a
program you absolutely
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don't wanna miss.
We haven't talked about
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this before. If
you ever had problems
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with the shadows
of things to come
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and expressing
the ceremonial verses
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the more or lot.
This is the program that
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you definitely want to
record. But before we do
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anything more we
need to have some prayer
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John. Let's do
that, lets do that.
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Father in
Heaven, we just ask that
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you would bless us
with your presence.
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Send the Holy
Spirit Lord, to lead
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and guide us
through this study today
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and we just pray that
you'll open our hearts
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and we may
understand the words that
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you bring to our, our eyes here,
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but Lord even more than that,
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that we will obey
and follow these things
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that you reveal to us. In Jesus
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name we pray amen, amen.
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Well friends, as
you know this program
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is made of your
questions and your
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comments and I
know you would like to
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send them to us, if
you like to do so send
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those to housecalls@3abn.org
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that's housecalls@3abn.org
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and we'll download
those Bible questions
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and try our best to answer them.
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Today we're
gonna begin with John,
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the guy over there.
What do you have today John?
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John, I have some
couple of real good questions
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in fact just a
comment on the questions.
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Okay. We get lot of
them and so it is tough
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to get to all of
them. That's true.
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And one of the
things we try to do is group
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similar
questions together, yeah,
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that are often
repeated and then answer
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those on the program
so some of these have
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come several times
and now we're getting
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to those. So this
first one is from Damia
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and she is from
Jamaica. And she's got a great
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question here.
She says that we need
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the statement at one
point that leaves her
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to wonder and we said
there is never a point
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to where you cannot be saved.
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Isn't that a
contradiction to what
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the investigative
judgment is about,
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bearing in mind probation.
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My understanding is that once,
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one cannot be
saved after his or her
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probation closes.
And also isn't the
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Holy Spirit slowly
being withdrawn from
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the earth. Let's
answer the last question
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that slow, but sure
we know the Holy Spirit
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will be withdrawn
from those who don't follow
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the Lord. Who
have pushed him off,
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who have rejected
his moving to him,
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so that, that
is happening though
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and has been
happening for quite sometime.
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But let's talk
about in the context
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of the first question
there. Is there a point,
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ever a point where
we're past whether or not
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we can be saved
and as far as the time
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is concerned, there
is coming a time John
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where probation for salvation
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will be closed.
Right. In fact if you go back
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to Daniel chapter 9 you will see
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at the beginning of
that chapter there is a
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probation period
given to the Jewish nation,
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right, for probation
and that was to bring
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in the ministry of
the Messiah, Jesus Christ
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to usher in righteousness,
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to make sure they
put away their sins
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all those things
that were very important
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to do, right, as
part of their receiving of
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Christ into
their overall ministry
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to the world. And we know that,
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that probation
passed for them as a nation
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of God's people
proclaiming the gospel
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which is the only
reason why we have a church.
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There would have
been no church had Israel
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as a nation
fulfilled their mission.
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The probation closed with them.
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As will probation
will close for the church
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in the last days,
which is that people
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will have a time
where salvation will,
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that opportunity to
be saved will be closed
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because Jesus is
coming very, very soon.
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But in terms of an
individual. I don't
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personally; I don't
see what the Bible says
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that any of us is
beyond the reach of salvation
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from God. Some
will say well you know
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what about the unpardonable sin.
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Well its not God's
problem when we commit
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the unpardonable
sin. It's our issue,
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so anybody that
wants to be saved I believe
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God will never
in anywise cast out,
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so He offers
salvation will continue to that
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until probation
does close to anyone
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who wants to be
saved. And so several things
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that we talked
about here to answer
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this question, but I
think hopefully we have
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covered the context
of what we were saying
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that originally in
it. Right. And then
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of course acknowledging
that they will come
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in time in the
future where probation
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will close as it
did once, it will close
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for the church
and for all the people
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on the earth. Well
you know probation closes
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two ways. It closes corporately
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and that's what
you're talking about
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for all humanity. But
then also, when I said
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corporately I'm specifying
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for the church,
because the Bible says in Acts,
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First Peter 4:17,
for the time has come
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for judgment to
begin at the house of God.
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And if it begin at
us first what shall be
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the end of those
who obey not the gospel
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of God, if the
righteous fiercely be saved.
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Right. Where shall
the sinner and ungodly
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appear, so it
starts with the church,
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Ezekiel 9, brings that
out began at Jerusalem.
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Right. The sealing
takes place among those who
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have known the message
of Revelation chapter 7.
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So that's the
corporate aspect of it
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and then after
that it then it goes on
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to the world. Right.
But then the individual
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aspects of what
we talked about here
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there is never time
if you, if you're alive.
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And, and you haven't grieved
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to the Holy
Spirit. There is no point
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at which you
cannot be saved. Right.
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As long as you are alive,
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but when you die your
probation individually
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closes, so this
individual probation,
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corporate
probation for the church
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and then probation
for mankind in general,
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that's where Revelation
22 verse 11 and 12 says.
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Verse 11 says,
He that is unjust,
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let him be unjust
still; and he that is filthy,
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let him be filthy
still. Beyond that point
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there is no chance
for anyone to be saved,
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because the
mediation of Christ has ended.
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The work of Christ in
the heavenly sanctuary
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is done. He is no
longer our mediator.
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Now we live in
this presence of God
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without a
mediator, that is without the
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word of Christ.
So there is no more
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mediation work
and that's where the
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probation closes. And this is,
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I don't want to jump
ahead, but this is where
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the shadow and the
type verses the anti-type
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the real comes into play here,
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because what we
see in the old service.
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The sanctuary
service on the earth was that
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there was a time
where the mediation
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of the high priest
did cease, it did end.
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And that was the
day that it was a very
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solemn day where
the people afflicted
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their souls or what
they did was they searched
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their souls to see
whether or not there was
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a sin between them and
their God. That's right.
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They needed to be confessed.
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And so that is
typified then to the reality
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of now which is we're
living in a time where
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we need to search
our own souls to see
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those sins or find
those sins that are between us
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and our God, to put
them away, to confess them
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allow him to
cleanse those sins from us,
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so when probation or
that mediation from the
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high priest Jesus Christ ceases
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we will be
cleaned. That's right.
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The atonement is
referred to as at
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one moment, go to remember that.
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When the
atonement work was done.
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If the sins of the
people were confessed
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they were
forgiven and blotted out,
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if they were not confessed,
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there was no more
sacrifice for them.
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Right. Very good point though,
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thank you for that
John. Here is another one,
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I think the
person's name is Tasha.
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Thank you Tasha. John, John,
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I guess that's you and me.
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I'm a Baptized
Christian and I know that
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Jesus has paid for
my sins, but there is
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one sin that I
committed against someone
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a while before my Baptism that
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consistently haunts
me. Could you please
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tell me, what do I
have do to put my past
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behind me? How am I sure that
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this sin is
covered and forgotten?
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Tasha, here is the
answer of the question
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first of all. First
John 1:9 here is the
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first promise that
the Lord makes to us.
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If we confess our
sins, He is faithful
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and just to forgive us our sins,
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and to cleanse us
from all unrighteousness.
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That's the promise He
makes. So whatever sin
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we confess Jesus is
faithful to forgive us
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and to cleanse us
from all unrighteousness.
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That's a promise,
that's not gonna change.
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But sometimes we sin
against another person
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and that's why the
Bible tells us also to confess
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our faults one to another.
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If I were to a
sin of a public nature
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or a sin of a,
that has injured someone
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and I said Lord
forgive me for injuring that
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individual. Well
they'll never know that I've
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asked for that
sin to be forgiven.
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But if I go to them
and said okay I've asked
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the Lord to forgive me of what
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I've done to you.
Will you also forgive me,
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that's the
ministry of reconciliation.
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And so the Lord
has not only given us
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the word of
reconciliation his word,
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his promise, but
also the ministry
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of reconciliation
that we go and reconcile
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that we become
one with each other.
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Let me read that
text for you here now.
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Second
Corinthians 5 verse 18 and 19
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and the Bible reads as
follows. Now all things
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are of God, who has
reconciled us to himself
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through Jesus Christ.
That's the forgiveness
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of our sin. Jesus is
the one that brings us
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back to the
Father. And has given us
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look at the counterpart to that.
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The ministry of reconciliation.
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When you reconcile with someone
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when their hearts are open to it
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and I'll share in a moment about
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a situation where
people's hearts are not
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necessarily at
the moment open to it.
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But the Lord has
given us the ministry of
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reconciliation and
He has committed to us
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the word of reconciliation.
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So, when you pray and
ask God to work through
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you to mend a break
or an infraction in a
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relationship between
you and someone else.
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He will give you the
words of reconciliation
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to make the
ministry of reconciliation
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an affective
mending of that broken
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relationship.
But sometimes we have
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to say, lets flip
that around, if somebody
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has done you something wrong,
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not everybody is
willing to put that
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behind them and
so maybe like Jesus
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did on the cross,
you will say Father
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forgive them for
they not what they do
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and give the Lord
the time to soften
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their hearts to
comeback and apologize
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to you for what has been done.
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The apology sometimes
is not necessary to go
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overall the
details, but to say you know
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I have, I have, I'm
broken before the Lord.
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I want to simply say
all that I've put you
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through. Matter of
fact John once I received
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an e-mail from
someone and it was
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really, really interesting.
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Matter of fact it
was not an e-mail,
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it was an actual
visit from someone
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and they said I
wanted to apologize to you
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for all the
trouble that we put you
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and your family
through. I know that
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there has been some
things done in the past
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that have really
hurt you and injured you
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and I just want to apologize,
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because I wanna
go to the kingdom.
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And I don't want
this to be against me
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when the Lord
comes. And so if there is
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something that's bothering you,
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I will suggest that
you can get in touch
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with the person.
You would say to them,
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well I'm a
Christian now what I did when
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I was not a
Christian, I now see that
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it was wrong. And I
want to ask your forgiveness
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of that, will you
please forgive me?
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And you know what,
give them time to think
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about that and to
come to the point where
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they could
honestly let that thing go.
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Don't say that
I've asked for your
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forgiveness, now give it to me.
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Right 'cause if
they don't, you still
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need to accept that.
Right, you got to accept
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the fact that well.
This is one of those things
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that gonna have to
be give at the time
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and to God's grace.
Right, I agree. Okay.
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In fact, I think
Jesus even talked about
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how if you're
to bring offerings,
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if you're bringing an
offering to the alter.
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And you remember at
that point something
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you've against your brother.
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It says leave your
offerings. That's not
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the most important
part, the most important part
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is that you
reconcile to your brother.
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And then
comeback. And then comeback
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and you can give your offerings.
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Now I now that,
that's talking in the context
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of brother and sister in Christ,
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but still I think if
the Lord is bringing this
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to your memory where
you're convicted of it.
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You know I think
your e-mail there,
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it talks about how
they, they're not at peace
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that means the
Holy Spirit is working
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on them somehow to go back
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and reconcile
the situation that's
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you need to engage
in that ministry of
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reconciliation to
go back to him or her
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to help to turn
that situation around.
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Yeah, I remember
the situation John.
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And this, this is
before I was converted.
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I remember a young
man who was just kind
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of a hoodlum mentality,
that's a New York word,
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a hoodlum, meaning
he was just kind of like
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a rebel. And visited
my house when we were
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teenagers and I had a new guitar
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and I told him
don't sit on my guitar,
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don't touch it.
And he picked it up
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and threw it on the
ground. My new guitar
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and I punched him in the mouth
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and knocked his teeth out.
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Broke one of his
teeth. And I've apologized,
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I want you to know
that that's not hanging over
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my head. And I even asked him
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I said see what, and
I said see what you've
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made me do. Well, he
didn't make me do that,
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but we reconciled the situation,
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fortunately I did
knock it out, loosened it up.
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Right. And he kind of
straightened it back up
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and the Lord was
gracious, he forgave me
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for that terrible infraction.
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That terrible transgression.
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And he still has
his tooth, and never it
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had to taken out and
it, however it works.
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The roots were
strong enough to keep it
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in there. Good. But
you know if you have
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those kinds of
experiences in your life
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and you use the
word of haunts you
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and this is a very strong phrase
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haunts you. That
means the Spirit of God
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is convicting your heart to deal
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with that
situation. Right, right.
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Very good, here
is another question
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I have from
Wayne. And he says hello
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John and John and all others,
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I have a
question can you tell me
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what the seven
spirits of God mentioned
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in Revelation 3:1,
4:5 and 5:6 are. Okay.
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And so thank you for
in advance for, for that
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and may you
continue to be a blessing
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in the ministry.
Thank you very much,
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we appreciate that
Wayne. Let's go to two
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texts here I think if
we connect these it will
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help a little bit for
us to understand. Alright.
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The first one is
Revelation 3 verse,
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excuse me 4 verse 5. Okay.
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Revelation 4 verse
5. That's the last book
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of the Bible
right John? It is the
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last book of the
Bible. Revelation 4
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verse 5 okay. And
the seven spirits of God
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are only mentioned specifically
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John in Revelation.
You can't go another place
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in the Bible where it says seven
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spirits of God.
Right. Okay, so we're going
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to the book of
Revelation, three places
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it's mentioned
here as Wayne gives here
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Revelation 3:1, 4:5
and 5, chapter 5 verse 6.
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Okay so Revelation 4
verse 5 we will go ahead
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and read that
here. It says, And from
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the throne proceeded
lightnings, thundering
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and voices, seven
lamps of fire were burning
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before the throne, which are the
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seven spirits of
God. And you can see
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in the other
couple of verses what the
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spirits of God are also doing.
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But it never
really gives a definitive
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answer there, but
if we connect the dots
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I think we can come up
with a good conclusion,
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okay, what these
seven spirits of God are.
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Now lets turn to
Revelation 1 verse 20,
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now remember the
seven spirits of God
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are the fire that's coming okay
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from the lamps,
now look at this.
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Revelation 1 verse 20 it says,
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The mystery of the
seven stars which you saw
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in my right hand and
the seven golden lamp
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stands, so now we are
talking about the lamp
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stands not the
actual burning fire
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on the lamp.
Right. And it says then,
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The seven stars
are the seven angels
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of the seven
churches and the seven lamp
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stands which you saw
are the seven churches.
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So as the lamp stands themselves
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which hold the fire
are the seven churches.
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Now the fire is
burning above are from those
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lamp stands and the
seven spirits of God
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are the fire that's
coming, then that is
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God's work within
the seven churches.
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And we know that
Revelation 2 and 3
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talking about the
seven different churches
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and we believe
that, it was a historicist
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approach to
Revelation that is showing
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not only things
are going on in the
00:17:20.73\00:17:22.45
seven churches at
the time John wrote it,
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but it means to
point us down through time
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to the history of God's church.
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The end being the
church of Laodicea.
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So throughout history
God has had his spirit
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working in the
church at that time
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and He's worked
mightily and we find in fact
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in this the
context of Revelation 1
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that Jesus himself is
walking in the midst of
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the lamp stands. That's right.
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So Jesus is
working through the power
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of the Holy Spirit
in a united way to bring
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about strength
and vigor and energy
00:17:52.80\00:17:55.50
and success for the
ministry of the churches
00:17:55.51\00:17:58.37
and that power
comes from the Holy Spirit
00:17:58.38\00:18:00.76
itself. So I
think that's what the
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seven spirits of God
are working in the churches.
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Right, the Holy
Spirit of God working
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throughout the generation of the
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New Testament
churches and the number 7
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as you know
denotes completeness. Yes.
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The complete work
of God's Holy Spirit
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working throughout the churches,
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seven being the
affect and the application
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of that, thank you
very much for that question.
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Here is another
one. It says I enjoy
00:18:24.88\00:18:27.51
your program.
Thank you very much.
00:18:27.52\00:18:29.81
We like questions
and comments like that.
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This is from
Beverly, sometimes people ask
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questions that I've
also wondered about,
00:18:35.57\00:18:38.11
forgive me if
someone has already asked,
00:18:38.12\00:18:40.48
asked this
question. Now this was based
00:18:40.49\00:18:44.01
on the Sabbath school
lesson and I won't tell
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which one it is,
because I don't want to date
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the program. But the quotation
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read as follows,
there is no question
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that there will
be people in heaven
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who have never heard the gospel.
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How can that be?
God commands us to go
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unto all the world
and preach the gospel,
00:19:00.74\00:19:04.23
then he will come.
I've always been under
00:19:04.24\00:19:06.87
the assumption
that everyone on earth,
00:19:06.88\00:19:08.65
everybody on earth
must have been told about
00:19:08.66\00:19:12.43
the gospel truth
before God can come again.
00:19:12.44\00:19:16.37
This statement from
the Sabbath School lesson
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sounds like we
don't have to wait until
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everyone knows
the truth before God,
00:19:21.62\00:19:25.73
Jesus comes again.
Well let me encourage you.
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There will be the
gospel being preached
00:19:29.63\00:19:33.89
in the New Testament
is not the only gospel.
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The knowledge of
Christ, the gospel was
00:19:38.74\00:19:41.41
preached in the Old Testament,
00:19:41.42\00:19:42.71
the gospel was
preached in all the ages not
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necessarily is
mentioning the name
00:19:45.92\00:19:48.17
Jesus in the Old Testament
00:19:48.18\00:19:49.58
or not necessarily
even mentioning the name
00:19:49.59\00:19:51.73
Jesus among
heathens. But the Bible
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makes it clear in
Romans 1 and I'm gonna read
00:19:54.56\00:19:57.37
from verse 16 to 21
that there is gonna be
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no one that has an excuse to say
00:20:00.20\00:20:02.56
what we haven't
heard in the gospel.
00:20:02.57\00:20:03.98
Because even
David's Psalms talks about
00:20:03.99\00:20:06.60
creation in and of
itself, there is no
00:20:06.61\00:20:10.00
place where their
voice is not heard.
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And if the
heaven is declared the
00:20:12.99\00:20:14.92
glory of God and
their voice is heard
00:20:14.93\00:20:17.79
everywhere and the
glory of God has been seen
00:20:17.80\00:20:20.57
and heard
everywhere. Acknowledging
00:20:20.58\00:20:22.81
the fact and this
is amazing how some
00:20:22.82\00:20:24.82
scientists nowadays
John are, are pushing hard
00:20:24.83\00:20:27.55
to keep the word
intelligence out of the
00:20:27.56\00:20:30.86
science
community, because of it,
00:20:30.87\00:20:32.20
this is a strangest
thing. If you see that
00:20:32.21\00:20:34.40
science shows that
we are surrounded by
00:20:34.41\00:20:37.41
intelligent
design then you have to
00:20:37.42\00:20:40.76
conclude that, that
intelligent design came
00:20:40.77\00:20:42.91
from an
intelligent being. Nothing
00:20:42.92\00:20:45.49
intelligent just
showed up. You know
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there is a new
vehicle that came out now,
00:20:47.34\00:20:49.37
I don't mention
which one it is, but
00:20:49.38\00:20:50.79
a new very
hi-tech foreign vehicle.
00:20:50.80\00:20:52.63
And then what's
so unique about it is
00:20:52.64\00:20:55.75
not only does it, that you know,
00:20:55.76\00:20:57.73
like you know you
are the reverse sign
00:20:57.74\00:21:00.49
when you're
getting close to a car
00:21:00.50\00:21:01.56
how that sonar it
beep ups, beep, beep, beep
00:21:01.57\00:21:05.17
as you're get closer and closer,
00:21:05.18\00:21:06.23
but there are some
vehicles that have it
00:21:06.24\00:21:07.94
for the front letting
you know you're getting
00:21:07.95\00:21:09.30
too closer to the
vehicle in front of you,
00:21:09.31\00:21:10.43
but this new vehicle
now has a device built
00:21:10.44\00:21:13.89
into it where if
you, if you, for whatever
00:21:13.90\00:21:16.23
reason don't stop
soon enough it'll stop
00:21:16.24\00:21:18.90
the vehicle for you.
In the same way the Lord
00:21:18.91\00:21:21.37
has built into his
word, means where by
00:21:21.38\00:21:23.82
we will know
that just as a vehicle
00:21:23.83\00:21:26.26
we'll have no excuse
for hitting another one.
00:21:26.27\00:21:28.32
We will have no
excuse for saying
00:21:28.33\00:21:30.32
we haven't heard the gospel.
00:21:30.33\00:21:31.54
And so I wanna expand that,
00:21:31.55\00:21:33.16
because there was
a time in the history
00:21:33.17\00:21:34.77
where the gospel
wasn't being preached
00:21:34.78\00:21:36.80
as it is now. You
know that commission
00:21:36.81\00:21:39.36
to go into all the
world and preach the gospel
00:21:39.37\00:21:40.82
was given to the disciples.
00:21:40.83\00:21:41.99
So is that to say that
prior to that there was
00:21:42.00\00:21:44.93
no gospel being
preached? No the gospel
00:21:44.94\00:21:47.01
was being preached.
Matter of fact today
00:21:47.02\00:21:48.89
we're gonna talk
about that how it was
00:21:48.90\00:21:50.64
being preached in
type and then later on
00:21:50.65\00:21:53.37
in anti-type. Let me
read the text for you.
00:21:53.38\00:21:55.28
Romans 1 verse 16 to verse 21,
00:21:55.29\00:21:59.27
Paul begins by
saying, For I'm not ashamed
00:21:59.28\00:22:03.08
of the gospel of
Christ. For it is the power
00:22:03.09\00:22:06.32
of God to salvation,
for everyone who believes,
00:22:06.33\00:22:12.45
for the Jew first
and also for the Greek.
00:22:12.46\00:22:15.58
For in it the
righteousness of God
00:22:16.78\00:22:19.91
is revealed from
faith to faith as it is
00:22:19.92\00:22:22.83
written the just
shall live by his faith.
00:22:22.84\00:22:25.74
Now follow
carefully, For the wrath of God
00:22:25.75\00:22:28.95
is revealed from
heaven against all ungodliness
00:22:28.96\00:22:31.40
and unrighteousness
of men, who suppress
00:22:31.41\00:22:34.34
the truth in unrighteousness.
00:22:34.35\00:22:36.40
Because what maybe
known of God is manifest
00:22:36.41\00:22:40.86
in them for God
has shown it to them.
00:22:40.87\00:22:45.82
Watch this, verse 20.
For since the creation
00:22:46.96\00:22:50.39
of the world, now
notice how far back we go.
00:22:50.40\00:22:53.43
For since the
creation of the world
00:22:53.44\00:22:55.78
his invisible
attributes are clearly seen.
00:22:55.79\00:22:59.44
Being understood by
the things that are made,
00:23:00.34\00:23:03.39
even notice what
else was revealed.
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Even his eternal
power and God had
00:23:06.04\00:23:08.60
and watch this, so that
they are without excuse.
00:23:08.61\00:23:13.67
So there is no time
that somebody can say
00:23:13.68\00:23:16.99
well I have an
excuse. No. If you've been
00:23:17.00\00:23:19.50
here since the
creation of this world,
00:23:19.51\00:23:21.12
you have no
excuse. So in that sense
00:23:21.13\00:23:24.76
there is not a
generation who hasn't
00:23:24.77\00:23:26.95
heard our
presentation to let them know
00:23:26.96\00:23:29.30
that God is God.
Whether they called on the name
00:23:29.31\00:23:33.56
of God in the Old Testament.
00:23:33.57\00:23:34.96
Whether they called
on the name of Jesus
00:23:34.97\00:23:37.05
in the New
Testament, same person.
00:23:37.06\00:23:38.94
Only one way to
be saved and clearly
00:23:38.95\00:23:42.91
here is the
reason why many probably
00:23:42.92\00:23:45.82
won't be saved. Well
let me just rephrase that,
00:23:45.83\00:23:48.22
many won't be
saved, because although
00:23:48.23\00:23:50.24
they knew God,
verse 21, although
00:23:50.25\00:23:52.09
they knew God they did
not glorify him as God.
00:23:52.10\00:23:54.60
And so clearly
when this passage says
00:23:54.61\00:23:57.20
there is no
question that there will be
00:23:57.21\00:23:59.33
people heaven who
never heard the gospel.
00:23:59.34\00:24:01.64
It maybe
talking about the gospel
00:24:01.65\00:24:05.53
presentation of
today. Yeah I mean this are
00:24:05.54\00:24:07.84
the simple ways of
presenting the gospel.
00:24:07.85\00:24:09.21
Yeah. Whether
they have the preaching
00:24:09.22\00:24:10.60
of Christ in this
ministry and where
00:24:10.61\00:24:12.45
he's done, right, and
that appeal draws hearts
00:24:12.46\00:24:14.96
to them. But you
know the gospel is being
00:24:14.97\00:24:16.73
preached through nature as well,
00:24:16.74\00:24:19.00
so there are those who
have received the gospel
00:24:19.01\00:24:21.79
through, through
what they see in creation,
00:24:21.80\00:24:24.56
a loving God who,
who's created them
00:24:24.57\00:24:27.11
and wants a
relationship with them.
00:24:27.12\00:24:28.72
And they see to
draw that into that
00:24:28.73\00:24:30.67
relationship, we
draw close to the God.
00:24:30.68\00:24:32.46
The creator God
who established that
00:24:32.47\00:24:35.07
relationship with
them and so they're,
00:24:35.08\00:24:36.69
there is that gospel
being preached as well,
00:24:36.70\00:24:39.11
not just the
preaching of the ministry of
00:24:39.12\00:24:41.84
Jesus Christ and what he's done.
00:24:41.85\00:24:44.10
Now, you know some
would take to the nth degree
00:24:44.11\00:24:48.86
and I say nth
degree, but I mean its,
00:24:48.87\00:24:51.09
you know this, you
have heard this where only
00:24:51.10\00:24:54.98
through Christ
and accepting Christ
00:24:54.99\00:24:56.79
can you be saved.
You know and that's the
00:24:56.80\00:24:58.57
statement that we
know was accurate,
00:24:58.58\00:25:00.05
but the meaning of
that statement isn't always
00:25:00.06\00:25:02.17
clear, because we're clear with
00:25:02.18\00:25:04.57
what we're saying
here, that some may not have
00:25:04.58\00:25:05.86
heard the name of Jesus Christ
00:25:05.87\00:25:07.44
and still be
saved. That's right.
00:25:07.45\00:25:09.02
I think what, what
that text is saying
00:25:09.03\00:25:10.84
more is that if
it wasn't for Christ
00:25:10.85\00:25:14.57
and what he did,
no one could be saved.
00:25:14.58\00:25:16.97
Exactly. More
than just accepting
00:25:16.98\00:25:20.54
the name as you hear
it and then by mentally
00:25:20.55\00:25:23.57
sensing, I'm following Jesus.
00:25:23.58\00:25:25.19
And by faith is well.
So what it's really saying
00:25:25.20\00:25:28.82
is without what
Christ did for us,
00:25:28.83\00:25:30.67
we, no one will be
saved. Whether they've
00:25:30.68\00:25:33.78
heard of Jesus Christ
or not. Now I'm gonna,
00:25:33.79\00:25:36.50
I'm gonna, I'm
gonna piggy back on what
00:25:36.51\00:25:37.53
you said. I'm gonna
tell you something else from
00:25:37.54\00:25:39.06
Romans 2 verse
14. Okay. Romans 2:14.
00:25:39.07\00:25:42.40
For when Gentiles
who do not have the law,
00:25:42.41\00:25:45.86
by nature do the
things in the law.
00:25:45.87\00:25:49.28
These although not
having the law are a law
00:25:49.29\00:25:52.35
to themselves. Who
show the work of the law
00:25:52.36\00:25:55.66
written in their
hearts. Their conscience
00:25:55.67\00:25:58.32
also bearing witness
and between themselves
00:25:58.33\00:26:01.04
their thoughts
accusing or else excusing
00:26:01.05\00:26:03.64
them in the day
when God will judge
00:26:03.65\00:26:06.26
the secretes of
men by Jesus Christ
00:26:06.27\00:26:08.17
according to my
gospel. So there are those
00:26:08.18\00:26:11.19
who don't have the
law, who don't have
00:26:11.20\00:26:14.30
all the things
that the Jews have,
00:26:14.31\00:26:16.30
the oracles of God,
the ceremonial laws,
00:26:16.31\00:26:18.78
the things that
drove them to Christ.
00:26:18.79\00:26:20.32
Yet they obey the
things of the Lord,
00:26:20.33\00:26:23.19
because it's in
their hearts. And you see
00:26:23.20\00:26:25.44
they are lost
because they didn't hear
00:26:25.45\00:26:27.91
about the law, but
they're obeying it.
00:26:27.92\00:26:29.52
No, no. Yeah that's
where the text to whom
00:26:29.53\00:26:33.22
much is given,
much is required. Yeah.
00:26:33.23\00:26:36.12
And you also
find in First Peter 3
00:26:36.13\00:26:38.65
and I don't want
to, I may open another
00:26:38.66\00:26:41.24
can of worms
here, but the gospel
00:26:41.25\00:26:43.50
was also preached
in Old Testament times.
00:26:43.51\00:26:45.89
Those who perished in the flood,
00:26:45.90\00:26:48.45
the gospel was preached to them.
00:26:48.46\00:26:51.41
And the gospel
was before the Cross,
00:26:51.42\00:26:54.06
notice that the
gospel, the good news
00:26:54.07\00:26:56.47
that simple word
gospel means the good news.
00:26:56.48\00:26:59.32
There was good
news before the Cross,
00:26:59.33\00:27:01.21
but that good news
was, was pertinent,
00:27:01.22\00:27:04.29
was subject to
the Cross, you see
00:27:04.30\00:27:07.16
they look to the coming Messiah,
00:27:07.17\00:27:08.91
now we look back to
the Messiah who came.
00:27:08.92\00:27:12.35
So the Cross is the
central focus of it all.
00:27:12.36\00:27:14.78
And First Peter 3
and verse 18 talks about
00:27:14.79\00:27:18.10
it this way, For
Christ also suffered
00:27:18.11\00:27:20.56
once for sins, the
just for the unjust
00:27:20.57\00:27:23.91
that he might bring us to God.
00:27:23.92\00:27:25.86
Being put to death in the flesh,
00:27:25.87\00:27:28.16
but made alive by the Spirit.
00:27:28.17\00:27:30.23
By whom he also went
and preached to spirits
00:27:30.24\00:27:33.94
in prison, who
formally were disobedient
00:27:33.95\00:27:37.11
when once the divine
long suffering waited
00:27:37.12\00:27:40.25
in the days of Noah,
while the Ark was being
00:27:40.26\00:27:42.81
prepared. So what
happen is those spirits,
00:27:42.82\00:27:45.95
those who are once
in prison in the past,
00:27:45.96\00:27:48.94
in the prison
house of sin that's what
00:27:48.95\00:27:51.15
the reference is being made to.
00:27:51.16\00:27:52.61
The Lord through
the same Holy Spirit
00:27:52.62\00:27:54.39
preached to them. That's right.
00:27:54.40\00:27:56.73
So the spirit of God
has never been inactive,
00:27:56.74\00:27:59.39
but we can go down
many, many more roads,
00:27:59.40\00:28:02.48
but I don't,
when it comes to this.
00:28:02.49\00:28:05.16
I think that's, that's
a particular application
00:28:05.17\00:28:07.88
rather than a broad
statement saying that
00:28:07.89\00:28:09.92
people will never
have heard the gospel
00:28:09.93\00:28:11.89
in any age. But
not heard the gospel
00:28:11.90\00:28:14.32
as it pertains the
way that the apostles
00:28:14.33\00:28:16.26
preached in the
New Testament times.
00:28:16.27\00:28:18.05
Right, right. Anyway we have.
00:28:18.06\00:28:20.60
Actually a good transition
00:28:20.61\00:28:21.58
to our topic too.
Matter of fact its good.
00:28:21.59\00:28:24.45
Because you're
talking about the shadows,
00:28:24.46\00:28:25.76
you know back
then being preached to,
00:28:25.77\00:28:27.59
they were being
preached the gospel,
00:28:27.60\00:28:29.35
but Jesus had not
come. That's right.
00:28:29.36\00:28:31.57
But there was
something in place back
00:28:31.58\00:28:33.18
then that pointed them
to Jesus who would come.
00:28:33.19\00:28:36.17
And that's what we
really wanna talk about
00:28:36.18\00:28:38.54
today are the
shadows of the past,
00:28:38.55\00:28:42.69
of the Old Testament
that pointed to Jesus,
00:28:42.70\00:28:44.98
the Messiah who
would come and fulfill
00:28:44.99\00:28:47.20
all those things
being the reality,
00:28:47.21\00:28:49.90
not the shadow, but the reality.
00:28:49.91\00:28:51.48
John, you and I, we're
both looking forward to,
00:28:51.49\00:28:55.24
I'm sure the Sun.
The warmth of the Sun.
00:28:55.25\00:28:57.69
There is no,
nothing like a warm nice
00:28:57.70\00:28:59.02
sunny day. We're
coming off the hills of some
00:28:59.03\00:29:01.89
cold winter weather
and I can't wait for that.
00:29:01.90\00:29:04.25
But one of the
things that Sun brings
00:29:04.26\00:29:05.59
are shadows. Yeah.
So you're walking down
00:29:05.60\00:29:08.49
the street and you look
and you see your shadow.
00:29:08.50\00:29:10.10
Now if you're a
young kid remember you used
00:29:10.11\00:29:11.77
to like to try
and step on shadows
00:29:11.78\00:29:13.14
and having fun
with those shadows.
00:29:13.15\00:29:14.38
But when you step
on and you don't feel
00:29:14.39\00:29:16.56
anything different. Right. Okay,
00:29:16.57\00:29:18.15
it's just an image or
a little picture of what
00:29:18.16\00:29:20.97
the real is. And so
the Bible does talk about
00:29:20.98\00:29:25.09
shadows and the
reality. And the Old Testament
00:29:25.10\00:29:29.18
has a lot to do
with shadows and pointing
00:29:29.19\00:29:31.43
to Jesus who was the reality.
00:29:31.44\00:29:32.92
And I think today
and many of you out there
00:29:32.93\00:29:36.58
may have heard
this from your Pastors
00:29:36.59\00:29:38.22
or from your
churches that you attend,
00:29:38.23\00:29:39.92
this teaching that
somehow the shadows
00:29:40.50\00:29:43.46
of the past not only
are removed or obsolete,
00:29:43.47\00:29:49.25
they're in the past
only, but you've heard
00:29:49.36\00:29:51.53
that they are so done away with,
00:29:51.54\00:29:52.78
that they have no application
00:29:52.79\00:29:54.13
for the future. And
this we would like to debunk
00:29:54.14\00:29:57.49
today that shadows
were there to teach us
00:29:57.50\00:30:01.24
something. They
teach them something,
00:30:01.25\00:30:03.76
but also they
still teach us something
00:30:03.77\00:30:05.70
today about the
ministry of Jesus.
00:30:05.71\00:30:07.56
What he's doing now
and also all the other
00:30:07.57\00:30:10.80
doctrines and
truths we find in his word,
00:30:10.81\00:30:13.00
how those apply and
how they were shadows
00:30:13.01\00:30:15.50
of the past.
Many of them pointing
00:30:15.51\00:30:16.96
to the reality of
the future as well.
00:30:16.97\00:30:18.39
So John it's an
exciting topic, I know that
00:30:18.40\00:30:20.86
you and I really
have never talked about
00:30:20.87\00:30:22.31
this in detail on
this program, shadows
00:30:22.32\00:30:24.38
and the reality.
But I think it's time
00:30:24.39\00:30:26.68
that we do, because
this is a very deceptive
00:30:26.69\00:30:29.57
twist on the
scripture that if we don't,
00:30:29.58\00:30:33.03
if one doesn't get
the difference between
00:30:33.04\00:30:36.26
the shadows and the reality
00:30:36.27\00:30:37.48
and how that all
works. I think they can be
00:30:37.49\00:30:39.58
led down a path that is
error, filled with error
00:30:39.59\00:30:43.17
and see that there are
things that apply today,
00:30:43.18\00:30:45.52
that are very
important in our spiritual life
00:30:45.53\00:30:47.46
as Christians that we
can completely eliminate
00:30:47.47\00:30:49.99
and just, and get rid off just
00:30:50.00\00:30:52.18
by the mere fact
that we think well they're
00:30:52.19\00:30:54.14
Old Testament
teachings and they don't apply
00:30:54.15\00:30:56.25
to today, but in fact they do.
00:30:56.26\00:30:57.80
They do apply to
today and as we transition
00:30:57.81\00:31:00.62
to that very
important part, don't forget
00:31:00.63\00:31:02.28
if you have any Bible questions
00:31:02.29\00:31:03.38
and we have
talked about a lot today.
00:31:03.39\00:31:04.77
If you have any
Bible questions that
00:31:04.78\00:31:06.62
you like to
submit to us send them
00:31:06.63\00:31:08.00
to housecalls@3abn.org that's
00:31:08.01\00:31:10.90
housecalls@3abn.org
and once again
00:31:10.91\00:31:14.40
we will make our best
attempt by God's leading
00:31:14.41\00:31:16.60
Holy Spirit to
answer those questions.
00:31:16.61\00:31:18.30
The text I wanna
begin with today John
00:31:18.31\00:31:20.84
is a text that
people have sighted,
00:31:20.85\00:31:22.81
you know there are,
there are darling texts,
00:31:22.82\00:31:26.57
there are, there
are favorite texts
00:31:26.58\00:31:30.79
in various
denominations that people use to
00:31:30.80\00:31:35.66
buttress their beliefs
or to prove their point.
00:31:35.67\00:31:39.31
This one verse has,
has been so unjustly
00:31:39.32\00:31:43.70
accused of getting rid
of what it never got rid
00:31:43.71\00:31:46.95
of that we want to
begin with this today.
00:31:46.96\00:31:49.93
Yeah. Now let I'm
gonna say that again.
00:31:49.94\00:31:51.81
This text has been
so unjustly accused
00:31:51.82\00:31:54.36
and misused and
pointed to as the culprit
00:31:54.37\00:32:00.64
as the one who
had in these words.
00:32:00.65\00:32:03.42
These are the words
often used to make it
00:32:03.43\00:32:06.33
appear though the
thing that we're gonna refer
00:32:06.34\00:32:08.69
to is none void and
done away with it never
00:32:08.70\00:32:11.29
to rise again. And
I'm gonna go ahead,
00:32:11.30\00:32:13.34
have you read that
John. We're gonna turn
00:32:13.35\00:32:16.45
to Colossians 2 and
we are gonna go from
00:32:16.46\00:32:20.05
verse 14 down to
verse 17, but if you want
00:32:20.06\00:32:24.49
to get the
context of it. If you read
00:32:24.50\00:32:26.80
the earlier verses
and maybe we should do
00:32:26.81\00:32:28.89
this John because. I
think we should start
00:32:28.90\00:32:32.03
with 13, you pick up a
good bit of the context
00:32:32.04\00:32:34.16
there anyway. Yeah right, that
00:32:34.17\00:32:35.68
matter of fact I
was gonna go to 11, but
00:32:35.69\00:32:37.59
13 will be fine because we know.
00:32:37.60\00:32:40.01
13 I think pulls the
whole picture together
00:32:40.02\00:32:42.10
very well. Pointing
out what the content
00:32:42.11\00:32:46.26
and the context of
this whole passage is about.
00:32:46.27\00:32:50.78
So John start with us, start by
00:32:50.79\00:32:53.75
reading verse 13.
Colossians 2 beginning
00:32:53.76\00:32:55.66
with verse 13, verse 13 yeah.
00:32:55.67\00:32:57.31
And you, being
dead in your trespasses
00:32:57.32\00:33:00.26
and this
uncircumcision of your flesh.
00:33:00.27\00:33:03.08
He has made alive
together with him,
00:33:03.09\00:33:06.12
having forgiven
you all trespasses.
00:33:06.13\00:33:08.88
That's good news.
Right. We were once dead
00:33:08.89\00:33:10.99
and our trespass is
down, He's forgiven us
00:33:11.00\00:33:12.70
and made us alive
and having forgiven us.
00:33:12.71\00:33:15.39
Having also, verse
14, having wiped out
00:33:15.40\00:33:19.13
the handwriting of
requirements that was
00:33:19.14\00:33:21.43
against us, which
was contrary to us.
00:33:21.44\00:33:24.49
And he has taken it
out of the way having
00:33:24.50\00:33:27.49
nailed it to the
cross. Having disarmed
00:33:27.50\00:33:31.56
principalities and the powers,
00:33:31.57\00:33:32.99
He made a public
spectacle of them
00:33:33.00\00:33:35.25
triumphing over them in it.
00:33:35.26\00:33:37.15
So let no one judge you in food,
00:33:37.16\00:33:39.79
or in drink, or in
regarding a festival,
00:33:39.80\00:33:41.85
or a new moon or a Sabbath,
00:33:41.86\00:33:43.28
which are a shadow
of the things to come;
00:33:43.29\00:33:45.49
but the substance is of Christ.
00:33:45.50\00:33:47.84
Now what I want to do
also, because the verse
00:33:49.62\00:33:52.52
that we just read
I'm gonna go and turn
00:33:52.53\00:33:54.91
to it here in my, I
gonna use my computer.
00:33:54.92\00:33:57.51
I don't want you guys
to think I'm sneaking up
00:33:57.52\00:34:00.06
on you, but I wanna go
ahead and look at verse
00:34:00.07\00:34:02.99
the same thing again
in the King James Version.
00:34:03.00\00:34:07.15
This is the one often used.
00:34:07.16\00:34:08.74
The New King James
Version is very clear,
00:34:08.75\00:34:12.11
but the version that
is often used is used
00:34:12.12\00:34:15.72
to give
strength to the argument,
00:34:15.73\00:34:18.43
so let me read that
again. Just verse 14
00:34:18.44\00:34:20.21
and there is a particular word
00:34:20.22\00:34:23.64
in verse 14 that
if you, if you exclude
00:34:23.65\00:34:26.45
this word it begins
to loose the context,
00:34:26.46\00:34:30.39
but listen how it reads in the
00:34:30.40\00:34:32.42
King James Version. Blotting out
00:34:32.43\00:34:34.78
the handwriting of
ordinances that was
00:34:34.79\00:34:38.47
against us, which
was contrary to us,
00:34:38.48\00:34:41.83
and took it out of the way,
00:34:41.84\00:34:43.69
nailing it to the
cross. And I'm gonna just go
00:34:43.70\00:34:48.64
to verse 16, because
it uses the two verses.
00:34:48.65\00:34:50.53
Let no man
therefore judge you in meat,
00:34:50.54\00:34:53.61
or in drink, or in
respect of a Holy day,
00:34:53.62\00:34:57.70
or of the new moon,
or of the Sabbath days.
00:34:57.71\00:35:01.46
Now you notice, it's
referred to as Sabbaths
00:35:01.47\00:35:05.00
in the New King James
Version and Sabbath days
00:35:05.01\00:35:09.47
the word days was
added by the translators
00:35:09.48\00:35:12.21
to show that it was
more than one. Right.
00:35:12.22\00:35:14.99
Sabbaths, and so let me go ahead
00:35:15.00\00:35:18.54
and give you my
thesis right here or my,
00:35:18.55\00:35:20.64
my yeah I'll use the
word thesis that's gonna
00:35:20.65\00:35:22.77
sounds good. People
often use this verse
00:35:22.78\00:35:25.21
to say that the
Sabbath of creation the
00:35:25.22\00:35:29.84
Seventh-day Sabbath
is no longer in affect,
00:35:29.85\00:35:33.30
because it was a
shadow. Now lets go ahead
00:35:33.31\00:35:37.25
and for a brief
moment and John we could
00:35:37.26\00:35:39.19
jump back and forth on this,
00:35:39.20\00:35:40.80
I want us both to
register on this before
00:35:40.81\00:35:42.44
we get into the
Bible texts. And then
00:35:42.45\00:35:44.74
after this we
gonna go to Ephesians 2
00:35:44.75\00:35:46.64
and look at this
very same application,
00:35:46.65\00:35:49.47
Paul said to the
Colossians as well as
00:35:49.48\00:35:52.18
to the Ephesians
the very same passage.
00:35:52.19\00:35:54.59
We emphasize at both
times. And the word I
00:35:54.60\00:35:56.96
want you to catch is
the phrase or the word
00:35:56.97\00:36:01.24
ordinances. We're
gonna look at ordinances
00:36:01.25\00:36:04.07
and we're gonna look
at how they applied to,
00:36:04.08\00:36:06.20
how they were
against us, how they became
00:36:06.21\00:36:10.65
contrary to us.
Now here is my spiel.
00:36:10.66\00:36:13.66
The Sabbath that
was created at the end
00:36:13.67\00:36:18.56
of creation it was
created before the sin.
00:36:18.57\00:36:20.81
Just like the marriage
institution was created
00:36:20.82\00:36:23.84
before the sin. Two
things God established
00:36:23.85\00:36:26.85
in the very
beginning was the Sabbath,
00:36:26.86\00:36:28.37
husband and wife
and the, sorry the
00:36:28.38\00:36:33.91
marriage
institution, husband and wife
00:36:33.92\00:36:35.95
and the Sabbath.
Husband in heaven and wife
00:36:35.96\00:36:39.82
on earth okay. So
you need to look at both
00:36:39.83\00:36:42.53
of those as husband
and wife institutions
00:36:42.54\00:36:44.20
and both of them
the marriage on earth
00:36:44.21\00:36:47.06
is a sign between
man and woman that God
00:36:47.07\00:36:49.77
has sanctified
them. Follow me carefully.
00:36:49.78\00:36:51.72
And the
Seventh-day Sabbath is a sign
00:36:51.73\00:36:55.68
between God in
heaven and man on earth
00:36:55.69\00:36:58.40
that we are
sanctified. I don't know
00:36:58.41\00:36:59.98
if you ever caught that before,
00:36:59.99\00:37:01.12
both are symbols of
sanctification and both,
00:37:01.13\00:37:04.24
the man and the woman
were sanctified before
00:37:04.25\00:37:09.06
sin by the marriage
institution and humanity
00:37:09.07\00:37:13.30
is continually sanctified by its
00:37:13.31\00:37:15.65
observance of the
Seventh-day Sabbath.
00:37:15.66\00:37:18.40
Both of those
things established before
00:37:18.41\00:37:21.05
the sin. Right. Let me
let you register on that
00:37:21.06\00:37:22.72
before we go any
further. No, I think,
00:37:22.73\00:37:24.35
I think you've
said it very clear.
00:37:24.36\00:37:25.83
There's nothing,
there is no problem
00:37:25.84\00:37:27.64
with the
Seventh-day Sabbath or with
00:37:27.65\00:37:30.09
marriage, because
there was no problem
00:37:30.10\00:37:32.57
at the time
anyway, there was no sin.
00:37:32.58\00:37:34.20
Okay, so now has
marriage been done
00:37:34.21\00:37:35.99
away with? No.
Has they be an attempt
00:37:36.00\00:37:39.25
to redefine
marriage? Absolutely, okay.
00:37:39.26\00:37:41.07
Has the
Seventh-day Sabbath be done
00:37:41.08\00:37:43.70
away with? No. Has
they been in an attempt
00:37:43.71\00:37:45.59
to redefine it?
Yes, okay. Somewhat
00:37:45.60\00:37:47.75
successfully. Very,
very successfully in both
00:37:47.76\00:37:50.95
cases there is a
pushing for many laws
00:37:50.96\00:37:53.73
and props this and
prop that to redefine
00:37:53.74\00:37:58.54
marriage and they
say well as long you love
00:37:58.55\00:38:00.09
somebody that's
all that matters.
00:38:00.10\00:38:01.23
That's not God's
economy. God established
00:38:01.24\00:38:03.79
and I say this unapologetically,
00:38:03.80\00:38:05.69
but scripturally
God established marriage
00:38:05.70\00:38:07.70
should be between
a man and a woman.
00:38:07.71\00:38:09.34
And just because I love somebody
00:38:09.35\00:38:12.16
of the same sex does not negate
00:38:12.17\00:38:14.77
God's
requirements. That's right.
00:38:14.78\00:38:16.70
You can't modify
that and say it's based
00:38:16.71\00:38:19.83
on love. It's
based on the image of God
00:38:19.84\00:38:21.13
and the human race.
Not based on the word
00:38:21.14\00:38:23.50
love which is
in fact love is God
00:38:23.51\00:38:25.40
and God is love.
But it's based on
00:38:25.41\00:38:26.80
completing the image
of God and the human race.
00:38:26.81\00:38:29.00
Any attack on the
marriage institution
00:38:29.01\00:38:31.10
the way that God established
00:38:31.11\00:38:32.14
it is an attack on
God's image. That's right.
00:38:32.15\00:38:35.20
In the human
race, in the same way
00:38:35.21\00:38:37.16
the marriage being a
sign of God's divinity
00:38:37.17\00:38:40.75
the Seventh-day
Sabbath is a sign
00:38:40.76\00:38:43.04
of his divinity
also. Once again saying
00:38:43.05\00:38:45.83
the text to the
divinity of Christ through
00:38:45.84\00:38:47.18
both of those institutions.
00:38:47.19\00:38:48.23
And so John, let me you register
00:38:48.24\00:38:51.50
because I could
keep going on here
00:38:51.51\00:38:52.79
and I wanna, I
wanna regroup by going
00:38:52.80\00:38:54.83
to the Ephesians 2 here and then
00:38:54.84\00:38:56.44
talking about
ordinance. Okay, to back up
00:38:56.45\00:38:59.78
and give context to
all of Paul's writing.
00:38:59.79\00:39:01.80
Right. Because I
think we need to do that.
00:39:01.81\00:39:04.03
Paul, the apostle of
the Gentiles he's spoken of
00:39:04.04\00:39:07.94
sometimes. Was
dealing with the early church
00:39:07.95\00:39:11.03
that was made up
of Jews and Gentiles.
00:39:11.04\00:39:13.67
Both completely
different backgrounds
00:39:14.87\00:39:16.96
and there was
this constant debate,
00:39:16.97\00:39:19.48
this is constant
struggle for control
00:39:19.49\00:39:22.33
or superiority
or whatever it maybe
00:39:22.34\00:39:25.01
between the Jews and Gentiles,
00:39:25.02\00:39:27.02
because the Jews thought that,
00:39:27.03\00:39:28.85
many of those things
that they have always
00:39:28.86\00:39:30.59
done as shadows.
Were still applicable
00:39:30.60\00:39:35.11
in the church. And
those are the things
00:39:35.12\00:39:36.73
that we mentioned
here in verse 16, foods
00:39:36.74\00:39:40.97
and you've eaten,
drinks, drink, food
00:39:40.98\00:39:43.36
and drink
offering and you have got
00:39:43.37\00:39:44.67
the festivals that you observe
00:39:44.68\00:39:46.09
and the new moons and Sabbath,
00:39:46.10\00:39:47.37
those things they
continually try to bring
00:39:47.38\00:39:50.95
into the church and
keep their established.
00:39:50.96\00:39:53.21
And Paul, in writing
this was saying is not
00:39:53.22\00:39:56.79
about that
anymore. It's not about that
00:39:56.80\00:39:59.35
and he has really
writing to many of the
00:39:59.36\00:40:01.23
Jews in the church
that were being very
00:40:01.24\00:40:02.93
dogmatic about this.
You ever met somebody
00:40:02.94\00:40:04.96
dogmatic, I used to be dogmatic.
00:40:04.97\00:40:07.81
Win the
argument, it doesn't matter
00:40:07.82\00:40:10.56
if you win the
friendship, win the
00:40:10.57\00:40:12.01
argument you know
and hammer it as well as
00:40:12.02\00:40:15.64
you can and you're
good. And I think many
00:40:15.65\00:40:18.90
to a great degree
the teachers of the law
00:40:18.91\00:40:21.23
and those that were now
part of the early church
00:40:21.24\00:40:23.67
were trying to
keep these things going
00:40:23.68\00:40:26.01
forward in the new covenant era
00:40:26.02\00:40:28.04
of the early church.
And so Paul here is writing
00:40:28.05\00:40:31.74
on that. He is
saying no, no, no,
00:40:31.75\00:40:34.73
those pointing to
Christ and we're gonna get
00:40:34.74\00:40:36.98
to Colossians.
Colossians talks a lot
00:40:36.99\00:40:38.70
about this. Right.
Those pointing to Christ
00:40:38.71\00:40:41.66
leading us to
Christ and his ministry
00:40:41.67\00:40:43.90
and once Christ is
here those aren't important
00:40:43.91\00:40:46.81
anymore. Right.
But what we will find
00:40:46.82\00:40:49.22
as we do a
little further digging
00:40:49.23\00:40:50.74
in this passage here
is that we're not talking
00:40:50.75\00:40:53.65
about the moral law of God.
00:40:53.66\00:40:55.38
The Ten Commandment law of God,
00:40:55.39\00:40:56.99
because that was
never called a shadow.
00:40:57.00\00:40:58.60
But we are talking
about the ceremonial law
00:40:58.61\00:41:02.59
that was given
through the written
00:41:02.60\00:41:04.77
law of Moses. And so
I will bring one thing
00:41:04.78\00:41:08.19
as we transition one text. Okay.
00:41:08.20\00:41:10.31
I will bring here to the plate,
00:41:10.32\00:41:11.29
to the table. Many
more but just go ahead.
00:41:11.30\00:41:13.03
Many more but here
is one that we can kind
00:41:13.04\00:41:14.21
of spring board
from and I'm reading from
00:41:14.22\00:41:16.01
Deuteronomy chapter 31. Okay
00:41:16.02\00:41:18.22
Deuteronomy chapter
31. And this is beginning
00:41:18.23\00:41:19.96
with verse 24. So
it was when Moses had
00:41:19.97\00:41:25.82
completed writing
the words of this law
00:41:25.83\00:41:28.43
in a book, when
they were finished that
00:41:28.44\00:41:31.81
Moses commanded the Levites,
00:41:31.82\00:41:33.53
who bore the Ark of
the Covenant of the Lord
00:41:33.54\00:41:35.11
saying: Take
this Book of the Law,
00:41:35.12\00:41:38.23
put it beside the Ark
of the Covenant of the Lord
00:41:38.24\00:41:42.05
your God, that it
maybe there as a witness
00:41:42.06\00:41:44.19
against you. Okay.
So now remember in the
00:41:44.20\00:41:49.95
ark of the covenant,
the law of God written
00:41:49.96\00:41:53.13
by God's own finger
on tablets of stone was
00:41:53.14\00:41:56.66
put inside. On
the inside. Inside
00:41:56.67\00:41:59.96
of the ark and the
mercy seat was close over it.
00:41:59.97\00:42:02.59
This law, notice
it says, this law.
00:42:02.60\00:42:06.37
It's a different law
John. It's a different
00:42:06.38\00:42:08.84
law Moses was instructed by God
00:42:08.85\00:42:11.68
and he is
instructing the Levites
00:42:11.69\00:42:12.94
to put it beside
the Ark of the covenant.
00:42:12.95\00:42:15.35
That was
Deuteronomy what? Deuteronomy
00:42:15.36\00:42:17.46
31, 24 to 26. It
wasn't to go inside.
00:42:17.47\00:42:21.18
It was a law yes, but
it was to go beside the Ark
00:42:21.19\00:42:24.85
of the covenant.
Not in the inside,
00:42:24.86\00:42:26.08
because it did not
have the place that
00:42:26.09\00:42:28.77
the Decalogue.
The moral law God had.
00:42:28.78\00:42:31.69
And dec means how many. Ten, ten
00:42:31.70\00:42:33.92
that's what we
call the Decalogue.
00:42:33.93\00:42:35.46
So it did not
have that kind of place
00:42:35.47\00:42:38.20
in position,
because why? Because
00:42:38.21\00:42:41.65
it was a witness
against them. That's right.
00:42:41.66\00:42:44.41
Because of their
sins. That's right.
00:42:44.42\00:42:46.36
And not only it was a witness,
00:42:46.37\00:42:48.65
that word witness
there is a very interesting
00:42:48.66\00:42:50.59
word. It means it was
a testimony against them.
00:42:50.60\00:42:54.92
It told them that
they needed a savior.
00:42:54.93\00:42:58.67
It told them,
they needed redemption
00:42:58.68\00:43:00.80
and that the redemption
could only come outside
00:43:00.81\00:43:03.76
of their own
works. But no matter
00:43:03.77\00:43:06.47
what they can do.
And this image is just
00:43:06.48\00:43:09.90
coming to mind
I'm getting excited
00:43:09.91\00:43:10.88
now John. Okay you go ahead.
00:43:10.89\00:43:12.39
No matter what they can do,
00:43:12.40\00:43:14.07
they couldn't take the
observation of this law
00:43:14.08\00:43:16.90
on the outside and get
themselves on the inside
00:43:16.91\00:43:19.86
of the ark. In harmony with the
00:43:19.87\00:43:22.29
Ten Commandment
law of God. Right.
00:43:22.30\00:43:23.99
There was always
gonna be an outside
00:43:24.00\00:43:25.52
observance, but
still it pointed them
00:43:25.53\00:43:28.30
to what God wanted ultimately
00:43:28.31\00:43:30.20
for their lives on
the inside the Ark of,
00:43:30.21\00:43:34.36
or the Ark
containing the Decalogue,
00:43:34.37\00:43:36.22
the Ten
Commandments of God. Right.
00:43:36.23\00:43:38.26
And so here we
are finding I think
00:43:38.27\00:43:40.08
in this text John
clearly diminution
00:43:40.09\00:43:42.06
between two laws
one on the inside
00:43:42.07\00:43:45.01
the Ten
Commandments which God wrote
00:43:45.02\00:43:46.47
with his own finger
and one on the outside
00:43:46.48\00:43:48.79
that was placed the
only temporary as a witness
00:43:48.80\00:43:50.70
against them by Moses himself
00:43:50.71\00:43:53.21
not to be placed inside the Ark.
00:43:53.22\00:43:55.53
And do you know what I
also like to add to that
00:43:55.54\00:43:57.18
John and that's a
very powerful point friends
00:43:57.19\00:43:58.98
don't miss that,
the ceremonial laws
00:43:58.99\00:44:01.79
which were written
in a book and they were
00:44:01.80\00:44:05.79
referred to as the
Torah the Pentateuch,
00:44:05.80\00:44:08.42
first five books of
the Bible, the Torah
00:44:08.43\00:44:10.28
and these were about 640 laws
00:44:10.29\00:44:13.41
and you'll find them
in Exodus, Leviticus,
00:44:13.42\00:44:17.96
Numbers and
Deuteronomy. You will find them
00:44:17.97\00:44:20.63
in those books all the specifics
00:44:20.64\00:44:22.78
and we're gonna make
some, we're gonna make
00:44:22.79\00:44:23.94
some references
to that and not just
00:44:23.95\00:44:25.22
this program, but
we're gonna work on another
00:44:25.23\00:44:26.62
program with this,
helping you understand
00:44:26.63\00:44:28.35
the shadows, because a
lot of times people say,
00:44:28.36\00:44:29.92
well the Sabbath of
the fourth commandment
00:44:29.93\00:44:33.19
it was a shadow, we
don't keep that anymore
00:44:33.20\00:44:36.20
although we keep
the Ten Commandments,
00:44:36.21\00:44:38.28
but we don't keep the Sabbath.
00:44:38.29\00:44:40.60
You know the funny
thing about that John
00:44:40.61\00:44:42.24
and let me use
this illustration.
00:44:42.25\00:44:43.41
And by the way before I even use
00:44:43.42\00:44:45.19
the illustration, I'm gonna go
00:44:45.20\00:44:46.51
and read a text
that shows the difference
00:44:46.52\00:44:48.68
between what John
read in Deuteronomy 31
00:44:48.69\00:44:51.18
verse 24 to 26.
And what the Bible says
00:44:51.19\00:44:54.46
about the Ten Commandments.
00:44:54.47\00:44:55.81
The other writing
of them in the book of
00:44:55.82\00:44:58.81
Deuteronomy chapter
5 and listen to what
00:44:58.82\00:45:00.43
the Lord says in
verse 22. After the
00:45:00.44\00:45:03.93
Ten Commandments are
written all ten of them.
00:45:03.94\00:45:05.82
It's in Exodus 20
and Deuteronomy chapter 5
00:45:05.83\00:45:08.18
listen to it what
it said in verse 22.
00:45:08.19\00:45:11.07
These words the
Lord spoke to all
00:45:11.08\00:45:14.11
your assembly in the
mountain from the midst
00:45:14.12\00:45:18.38
of the fire, the
cloud and the thick darkness
00:45:18.39\00:45:21.14
with a loud voice:
and follow these next
00:45:21.15\00:45:24.36
five words and He added no more.
00:45:24.37\00:45:28.28
Ten Commandments
and he added no more.
00:45:28.29\00:45:33.33
Do you mean all
those inquiry things
00:45:33.34\00:45:35.33
I go through line
at the grocery store
00:45:35.34\00:45:37.01
that says they found
another three or five
00:45:37.02\00:45:38.99
or eight
commandments that can't be true.
00:45:39.00\00:45:40.76
And not only,
terrible. But listen
00:45:40.77\00:45:43.55
what it goes on to,
it only says and he added
00:45:43.56\00:45:47.24
no more in verse 22.
But it goes on to say,
00:45:47.25\00:45:49.72
and he wrote them
on two tablets of stone
00:45:49.73\00:45:54.20
and gave them to me.
That is to Moses. Yes.
00:45:54.21\00:45:57.19
He wrote them on
two tablets of stone.
00:45:57.20\00:45:59.30
Stone tablets, not
in a book. That's right.
00:45:59.31\00:46:03.26
Only ten, he added no more.
00:46:03.27\00:46:05.43
So you clearly see
two, two different laws
00:46:05.44\00:46:08.83
here. But I wanna
also show that the
00:46:08.84\00:46:11.81
ceremonial law
was added, because the
00:46:11.82\00:46:15.61
moral law was
violated. Galatians 3:19
00:46:15.62\00:46:20.15
John read that for
us. Galatians 3:19,
00:46:20.16\00:46:23.26
now we have to
define something here,
00:46:23.27\00:46:25.53
First John
chapter 3 verse 4 and 5.
00:46:26.52\00:46:30.28
The Bible makes it
very clear that sin is
00:46:30.29\00:46:32.13
the transgression of the law.
00:46:32.14\00:46:33.75
Sin is the transgression
of violation of the law.
00:46:33.76\00:46:36.70
When the law of God
the Ten Commandments
00:46:36.71\00:46:38.51
were violated, that
was from the very beginning
00:46:38.52\00:46:41.32
when Adam and Eve
sinned, the commandments
00:46:41.33\00:46:43.71
of God were
violated. When Cain killed Abel
00:46:43.72\00:46:46.65
the commandments were violated,
00:46:46.66\00:46:48.24
so he added now
another system of types,
00:46:48.25\00:46:52.63
of washings, of ordinances,
00:46:52.64\00:46:55.55
of ceremonies of,
ceremonial Sabbaths,
00:46:55.56\00:46:58.31
many Sabbaths to
lead them back to Christ.
00:46:58.32\00:47:02.62
But going to read Galatians.
00:47:03.96\00:47:05.28
And lead them into
harmony with the law
00:47:05.29\00:47:07.29
that was broken that's
thing. Harmony with it.
00:47:07.30\00:47:09.64
Right, right. And
so I'm reading from
00:47:09.65\00:47:11.74
Galatians 3 verse 19,
what purpose then does
00:47:11.75\00:47:14.78
the law serve. It
was added because of
00:47:14.79\00:47:17.85
transgressions. Till
the Seed that is capital
00:47:17.86\00:47:22.00
Seed Jesus should
come to whom the promise
00:47:22.01\00:47:27.04
was made. Okay.
And it was appointed
00:47:27.05\00:47:29.27
through angels by
the hand of the mediator.
00:47:29.28\00:47:31.94
Okay, it was
appointed to angels by the hand
00:47:31.95\00:47:34.18
of the, the mediator
is Christ, but get this,
00:47:34.19\00:47:36.39
it was added and
follow this till the seed.
00:47:36.40\00:47:40.07
Added came inn,
till the seed go out.
00:47:40.08\00:47:44.40
It had a time flame,
it had a time period.
00:47:44.41\00:47:46.66
It was a time
line. It was added.
00:47:46.67\00:47:48.64
But when something
is added, it comes out
00:47:48.65\00:47:50.38
a particular time.
It comes in after until,
00:47:50.39\00:47:53.61
it has an ending
point. I'll be coming
00:47:53.62\00:47:57.49
to your house,
added to the company
00:47:57.50\00:47:59.17
until 5 O'clock
tomorrow evening,
00:47:59.18\00:48:01.32
then I'm gonna
leave. Have a time flame.
00:48:01.33\00:48:03.32
And so clearly this
law had a time flame
00:48:03.33\00:48:05.39
and to show you when
John read Colossians 2
00:48:05.40\00:48:08.36
he began with verse 13
that brought in the word
00:48:08.37\00:48:11.42
circumcision, uncircumcision,
00:48:11.43\00:48:14.37
but lets see
what Paul says here in
00:48:14.38\00:48:16.96
First Corinthian
7:19 then I'm gonna use
00:48:16.97\00:48:19.86
the illustration
that was so clearly
00:48:19.87\00:48:21.94
pointed out, blotting it out,
00:48:21.95\00:48:24.18
taking it out of
the way, nailing it
00:48:25.43\00:48:27.89
to the cross, I'm
gonna point that out here.
00:48:27.90\00:48:29.30
But listen to what Paul says in
00:48:29.31\00:48:30.86
First Corinthian 7:19
circumcision is nothing,
00:48:30.87\00:48:35.08
that was the part
of the ceremonial law.
00:48:35.09\00:48:37.30
You will read
the Ten Commandments
00:48:37.31\00:48:38.58
and you will not
find anything about
00:48:38.59\00:48:40.41
circumcision.
Circumcision is nothing,
00:48:40.42\00:48:43.22
and uncircumcision is nothing,
00:48:43.23\00:48:45.35
but keeping of the
commandments of God
00:48:45.36\00:48:47.77
is what matters. Here we go.
00:48:47.78\00:48:50.02
Notice
circumcision, ceremonial law,
00:48:50.03\00:48:52.87
uncircumcision
doesn't really matter.
00:48:52.88\00:48:54.67
Wait now, Paul wrote
that? Paul wrote that.
00:48:54.68\00:48:56.87
So he will be
contradicting himself.
00:48:56.88\00:48:58.72
Right. If he did
in fact mean that the
00:48:58.73\00:49:01.09
Ten Commandments
were done away with in
00:49:01.10\00:49:02.67
Colossians 2
Right. So it can't mean
00:49:02.68\00:49:04.95
that the Ten Commandments were
00:49:04.96\00:49:05.93
done away it. No,
he couldn't mean that.
00:49:05.94\00:49:07.74
Not at all. He
referred to it as a handwriting
00:49:07.75\00:49:11.04
of ordinances. And
we gonna talk about
00:49:11.05\00:49:12.52
those ordinances
in just a moment,
00:49:12.53\00:49:13.67
but now how many commandments
00:49:13.68\00:49:14.92
are there John? There are ten.
00:49:14.93\00:49:16.44
Okay now watch
this. I'm gonna use my
00:49:16.45\00:49:19.17
phone as an
illustration here for just a
00:49:19.18\00:49:20.71
brief moment. Really what kind,
00:49:20.72\00:49:22.64
it doesn't really
matter, but each phone
00:49:22.65\00:49:23.92
has 10 digits from
one all the way down
00:49:23.93\00:49:26.38
to zero alright. Now
I'm gonna use this phone
00:49:26.39\00:49:29.27
in the illustration
of the Ten Commandments.
00:49:29.28\00:49:30.86
Ten digits on this
phone, but I'm also
00:49:30.87\00:49:33.75
gonna begin by the
illustration of this
00:49:33.76\00:49:36.69
being the
ceremonial law. That means
00:49:36.70\00:49:39.84
we are by God is
communicating with men.
00:49:39.85\00:49:42.30
In Exodus chapter 25
verse 8 and 9 he says,
00:49:42.31\00:49:45.12
let them make a sanctuary that
00:49:45.13\00:49:47.02
I may dwell among
them. And the one he made,
00:49:47.03\00:49:49.77
he made it from a pattern shown
00:49:49.78\00:49:51.75
to Moses when he
was in the mount.
00:49:52.54\00:49:53.74
The pattern was from
an original that exists
00:49:53.75\00:49:55.96
in heaven and we
even hear that when Jesus
00:49:55.97\00:49:59.40
sat down on the
right hand of his Father
00:49:59.41\00:50:01.23
and the true
tabernacle not made with hands,
00:50:01.24\00:50:05.95
that is not of this
building. So, you had
00:50:05.96\00:50:08.77
a system put in place
and let's refer to this
00:50:08.78\00:50:11.36
phone as a ceremonial system
00:50:11.37\00:50:12.95
and the Lord communicated.
00:50:12.96\00:50:14.70
Now, if John was
in Europe and I'm here
00:50:14.71\00:50:16.73
in America and I didn't see him
00:50:16.74\00:50:18.52
the only way I
could communicate him,
00:50:18.53\00:50:20.35
with him is through this phone.
00:50:20.36\00:50:21.82
I dial the number
John, are you there?
00:50:21.83\00:50:24.34
Yes and everything
on this phone enables me
00:50:24.35\00:50:27.42
to communicate to him
and him to communicate
00:50:27.43\00:50:29.70
with me, but now
while John is sitting right
00:50:29.71\00:50:31.90
in front of me can
you imagine the ridiculous
00:50:31.91\00:50:34.94
stupidity of
picking up his phone
00:50:34.95\00:50:37.61
and saying John, are you there
00:50:37.62\00:50:38.69
and I'm looking right
at him, the phone then
00:50:38.70\00:50:41.93
becomes
something that's contrary.
00:50:41.94\00:50:43.82
So, what do I have
to do with this thing
00:50:44.37\00:50:46.20
that's contrary is
there anything wrong
00:50:46.21\00:50:47.67
with the phone
no. But it's contrary,
00:50:47.68\00:50:50.75
so how am I
gonna make this broken
00:50:50.76\00:50:53.07
communication an
unbroken communication,
00:50:53.08\00:50:55.25
I've got to take
this out of the way.
00:50:55.26\00:50:57.11
And so when the Lord
came there was no more
00:50:57.12\00:51:00.32
need for the
ceremonial system that kept us
00:51:00.33\00:51:03.25
connected with Christ
with what he was going
00:51:03.26\00:51:05.87
to eventually do.
There was no need for it
00:51:05.88\00:51:08.86
to be in the
middle of us any longer
00:51:08.87\00:51:10.64
so the Lord took
that out of the way
00:51:10.65\00:51:13.56
and I could have
open communication
00:51:14.49\00:51:16.26
with Christ, that
middle wall was removed,
00:51:16.27\00:51:18.81
it was taken out of
the way, it was a partition
00:51:18.82\00:51:21.45
until Jesus came,
that's why John when he died
00:51:21.46\00:51:25.11
you may notice in
Matthew that the curtain
00:51:25.12\00:51:27.75
of the temple, what
happened to the curtain
00:51:27.76\00:51:29.07
of the temple,
tell us. It was torn
00:51:29.08\00:51:30.84
from top to bottom
and why? Because it showed
00:51:30.85\00:51:35.21
revealed complete
access now to the presence
00:51:35.22\00:51:38.02
of God through Christ sacrifice.
00:51:38.03\00:51:40.05
There was no more
avail it was torn into
00:51:40.06\00:51:42.74
and making the
two one now, the lamb
00:51:42.75\00:51:47.22
that was on the
altar to be sacrifice
00:51:47.23\00:51:49.12
that day was no
longer needed to be sacrifice
00:51:49.13\00:51:52.58
because the lamb
of God, John 1:29,
00:51:52.59\00:51:55.28
was the one that was sacrifice.
00:51:56.75\00:51:58.08
Which is why
Galatians 3 goes on to say
00:51:58.09\00:51:59.87
in verse 23: But
before faith came,
00:51:59.88\00:52:02.26
that is speaking of
faith through Christ
00:52:02.27\00:52:04.29
in person that's
right, we were kept
00:52:04.30\00:52:08.16
under guard by the
law, kept for the faith
00:52:08.17\00:52:10.65
which would
afterward be revealed.
00:52:10.66\00:52:12.84
Now revealing is,
Jesus revealing himself,
00:52:12.85\00:52:15.66
that's right.
Therefore the law was our tutor
00:52:15.67\00:52:18.90
to bring us to
Christ, that we might be
00:52:18.91\00:52:21.55
justified by faith.
But after faith has come,
00:52:21.56\00:52:24.17
we are no longer under a tutor.
00:52:24.18\00:52:26.46
In other words after Jesus came
00:52:26.47\00:52:28.78
we don't need the sacrifice
00:52:28.79\00:52:30.42
of other things,
we have the sacrifice
00:52:30.43\00:52:31.84
of Christ we can
depend upon by faith,
00:52:31.85\00:52:33.55
there you go.
After I show up back
00:52:33.56\00:52:36.32
from Europe you had
me on a trip to Europe
00:52:36.33\00:52:38.05
where did I go by
the way? I don't know,
00:52:38.06\00:52:39.10
you went to France, that's why
00:52:39.11\00:52:41.00
I came back from
France you don't need
00:52:41.01\00:52:43.76
the phone anymore
because I could talk
00:52:43.77\00:52:44.88
to you directly as
we're talking together
00:52:44.89\00:52:46.34
and that's what
this is saying that law
00:52:46.35\00:52:48.28
that ceremonial
law was done away with,
00:52:48.29\00:52:51.52
it was done away
with. Now, John, I know
00:52:51.53\00:52:54.77
we're gonna
continue on with the analogy
00:52:54.78\00:52:56.29
I have here but in Daniel 9
00:52:56.30\00:52:58.70
also has a similar
verse where he is pleading
00:52:58.71\00:53:02.44
to God in behalf of
his people that's right.
00:53:02.45\00:53:05.59
And he says: "Yes, all
Israel has transgressed
00:53:05.60\00:53:09.60
Your law." What
verse you reading,
00:53:09.61\00:53:10.58
I'm reading from
Daniel 9 verse 11 okay?
00:53:10.59\00:53:12.42
All Israel has
transgressed Your law,
00:53:12.43\00:53:15.35
and has departed so as
not to obey Your voice;
00:53:15.36\00:53:18.49
therefore the curse
and the oath written
00:53:19.58\00:53:23.88
in the Law of
Moses, the servant of God,
00:53:23.89\00:53:26.68
have been poured out on us,
00:53:26.69\00:53:27.90
because we have
sinned against him.
00:53:27.91\00:53:29.83
See, before it was
just the law of God
00:53:29.84\00:53:32.94
but when they transgressed it
00:53:32.95\00:53:34.37
the Law of Moses
was added to draw them
00:53:34.38\00:53:38.33
back because of
that transgression,
00:53:38.34\00:53:40.37
because of that curse
to draw them back to God.
00:53:40.38\00:53:42.46
So, see repeatedly
throughout the Bible
00:53:42.47\00:53:44.57
we have many verses it's not one
00:53:44.58\00:53:46.01
we're reading but
over and over again
00:53:46.02\00:53:47.81
we see two laws,
one bring them to Christ
00:53:47.82\00:53:50.67
and one which they
transgressed that God
00:53:50.68\00:53:55.25
wants to bring them
back into harmony with,
00:53:55.26\00:53:57.50
in other words bring
them back into keeping
00:53:57.51\00:53:59.28
because by faith
through Christ we have a
00:53:59.29\00:54:02.88
perfect life that he offers us
00:54:02.89\00:54:05.30
by his own life. And
you know what happened
00:54:05.31\00:54:08.10
and I wanna and the
reason why this verse
00:54:08.11\00:54:09.71
came up and
we're gonna talk about
00:54:09.72\00:54:11.38
some of the types
here and some antitypes
00:54:11.39\00:54:13.04
if we get to at
this program that be find
00:54:13.05\00:54:15.66
but if we don't
get it in this program
00:54:15.67\00:54:17.71
look for the next
program and we will
00:54:17.72\00:54:19.63
cover some of these
shadows that existed
00:54:19.64\00:54:22.26
to point us to
Christ. Now, what I wanna
00:54:22.27\00:54:24.35
also do John now
because there is also another
00:54:24.36\00:54:28.10
segment of
Christianity that says
00:54:28.11\00:54:29.58
the Ten
Commandments are in effect
00:54:29.59\00:54:31.87
but they only observe 9 and then
00:54:31.88\00:54:34.85
there is a battle to
get rid of one of them.
00:54:34.86\00:54:36.73
So, now let's go
ahead and say I wanna show
00:54:36.74\00:54:40.47
you friends how
Satan has sold you phone
00:54:40.48\00:54:42.81
that doesn't function
but he's convinced you
00:54:42.82\00:54:44.85
that it works. I
wanna show you how Satan
00:54:44.86\00:54:48.35
has sold you a phone
that doesn't function,
00:54:48.36\00:54:51.03
it's broken but he's
telling you it works.
00:54:51.04\00:54:53.57
Now, let me go ahead
and use the illustration
00:54:53.58\00:54:55.54
make it very
obvious, this phone has
00:54:55.55\00:54:58.29
ten digits, Ten Commandments.
00:54:58.30\00:55:01.82
Now, you're transitioning,
00:55:01.83\00:55:02.80
this is not a ceremonial,
00:55:02.81\00:55:03.81
not ceremonial
any longer. This is a
00:55:03.82\00:55:04.96
Ten Commandment example, Ten
00:55:04.97\00:55:06.39
Commandment phone.
Two sides of the phone,
00:55:06.40\00:55:08.07
ten digits, one all
the way down to zero which
00:55:08.08\00:55:13.19
is ten digits.
Let's say I get rid of
00:55:13.20\00:55:16.35
digit number
four or in this case
00:55:16.36\00:55:18.98
commandment number four, right.
00:55:18.99\00:55:21.38
Digit number four
doesn't work John comes
00:55:21.39\00:55:24.22
to my store to
buy a phone and I say
00:55:24.23\00:55:26.43
I have a phone I
would like to sell you John
00:55:26.44\00:55:28.02
and I'm not telling
him that digit number four
00:55:28.88\00:55:31.14
doesn't work. He buys the phone,
00:55:31.15\00:55:33.22
he goes to home and
tries to make a phone
00:55:33.23\00:55:34.33
call and discovers
that he can't get through
00:55:34.34\00:55:36.79
to most of the people because
00:55:36.80\00:55:38.56
one of the digits don't work.
00:55:38.57\00:55:40.09
He comes back to
me and says you know,
00:55:40.10\00:55:42.04
you told me this
was a brand new phone
00:55:42.05\00:55:44.83
and there's no scratches on it,
00:55:44.84\00:55:47.13
it will look
perfectly intact. And I say,
00:55:47.14\00:55:49.16
John well, okay it's
a, the phone is working
00:55:49.17\00:55:53.06
mostly. The only
problem is digit number four
00:55:53.07\00:55:57.14
doesn't work,
but don't worry about
00:55:57.15\00:55:58.27
that it's still a
phone. Digit number four
00:55:58.28\00:56:00.25
is there, but it
doesn't work to impressive,
00:56:00.26\00:56:03.34
it doesn't, it doesn't
work, you could see it,
00:56:03.35\00:56:05.36
but it doesn't
function when you press it,
00:56:05.37\00:56:07.31
right. Now, in
Christianity today
00:56:07.32\00:56:10.17
commandment
number four doesn't work
00:56:10.18\00:56:12.78
for them because
Satan has broken it.
00:56:12.79\00:56:15.94
He has violated
it, giving you a phone
00:56:16.99\00:56:20.05
and said to you, it
has ten digits don't worry
00:56:20.06\00:56:23.30
about it. It has
ten digits; you can see
00:56:23.31\00:56:25.93
ten digits, when
you press the fourth one
00:56:25.94\00:56:27.95
it doesn't work.
The commandments of God,
00:56:27.96\00:56:30.11
the fourth commandment
is not at work in many
00:56:30.12\00:56:32.63
Christian churches
because it has been
00:56:32.64\00:56:34.58
violated, broken
by the enemy of truth.
00:56:34.59\00:56:38.13
And he is giving
everybody else a phone
00:56:38.97\00:56:40.57
Christianity has a
phone they think works,
00:56:40.58\00:56:43.25
but that digit
is not functioning.
00:56:43.26\00:56:45.64
And we will point
out what that digit
00:56:45.65\00:56:47.96
has been replaced with in our
00:56:47.97\00:56:50.21
upcoming programs. You know,
00:56:50.22\00:56:52.24
the we're talking
about the shadows here,
00:56:52.25\00:56:56.36
right, kind of
keeping the context of what
00:56:56.37\00:56:57.77
our program is
here. We're talking about
00:56:57.78\00:56:58.97
the shadows; it
is so I can't say
00:56:58.98\00:57:01.94
how important
it is to understand
00:57:01.95\00:57:03.21
the difference
between the law of God
00:57:03.22\00:57:04.39
and the law of
Moses, right, and ceremonial
00:57:04.40\00:57:06.18
laws. And that's
why we're gonna spend
00:57:06.19\00:57:08.47
another hope
program on this very topic
00:57:08.48\00:57:11.08
because it is so important.
00:57:11.09\00:57:12.54
And I think, if you do get it,
00:57:12.55\00:57:14.63
if you catch it
from that point on,
00:57:14.64\00:57:16.67
you'll be able to
read scripture much more
00:57:16.68\00:57:18.17
clearly and understand what God
00:57:18.18\00:57:19.71
is trying to tell
us. That's right, friends
00:57:19.72\00:57:21.06
so stay tuned for the next
00:57:21.07\00:57:22.23
House Calls
program. We're gonna make it
00:57:22.24\00:57:24.05
very clear that
the shadow has passed;
00:57:24.06\00:57:26.15
the real has come
until we see you again study
00:57:26.16\00:57:29.11
God's word trust
Him because Christ is
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waiting to be in your life.
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Have a great day in Christ.
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