Hello friends, grab your Bible
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and a friend and
sit back as we explore
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God's word together on this
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addition of House Calls.
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Well welcome to
another House Calls
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program. I'm so glad that you've
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taken the time
to sit down and tune
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in and hit the record button.
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As you now my
name is John Lomacang,
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it's always good
to be able to sit
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before you, and
walk through the Bible
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together, it's an
excursion that always
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changes our
lives. But I'm not alone,
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I have my good
friend with me here
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today Pastor
C.A. good to have you
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here C.A. John,
always good to spend
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a little time with
you in this setting,
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I don't get to do
this too often but,
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that's right,
glad to pitch it for
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Pastor John. I
know whenever he is
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not in the hot seat
you are and we get a
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chance to kind of
switch that around
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and whenever
I'm not here you are
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here you know
you kind of, oh yeah.
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You are our
professor, but we are
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sitting under your
tutelage, but it's good
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to have here
today. Good to be here.
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I tell you
friends, it's always a great
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thing to do but we have a lot to
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cover today. As
you know your questions
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make a big
difference, but before
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we do anything
more, I'm going to
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ask Pastor C.A. to have pray for
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us this morning. Glad to do so.
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Gracious Father,
again we thank you
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for this
opportunity to talk about
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our best friend
Jesus. We thank you
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for the light that
comes from the word
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and the love that
comes from studying
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the word and
from knowing that we
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are part of the family of God.
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We ask Lord that as we open your
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word that we maybe
attended by your spirit,
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that all we do and
say will not glorify men
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but all indeed
glorify our risen savior.
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We thank you for House Calls and
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for the questions
and for those who hear
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and who hear more from the Lord
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this day in
Jesus name, amen, amen.
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As you know
friends your questions make
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a major
difference to this program.
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Some of you send question that
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very thick, and some of you send
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maybe one liner,
it's just amazing
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to see what we get. Sometimes we
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get
dissertations and then at the
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very end they
have a question that
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can go either way, yeah.
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But keep sending those questions
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because it does
make a difference.
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And I would like to also let you
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know if you have any questions
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you like to
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We will download them and answer
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them as best we
can. Be kind to us,
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we have people that are very
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well educated. Some individuals
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are theologian
like and so they'd like
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to send in their comments and
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their
statements. But we're gonna
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to begin today
with a question that
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I think it's all
your questions by the
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way are good, but here's one.
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It says hello brothers John.
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Well I'll add
C.A. into that today.
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Thank you so much for your
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wonderful program and ministry,
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may God bless you and 3ABN.
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I've been doing Bible study with
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a few friends
and conversation with
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one of them I
mentioned to them that
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Satan cannot read our minds,
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because he does
not have that ability,
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only God does. Well,
I think this is fair,
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he said, he asked
me to give him biblical
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foundation on
that, and I couldn't
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because I haven't always heard,
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I've always heard
from my mother and sister
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that I know in
my heart that Satan
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cannot read my
mind, but where in
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scripture can I find this?
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Well, I'm gonna
throw that back and forth,
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there are some
scriptures in the Bible
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that point out
that Satan's abilities
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are limited, but
the good thing is thank
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God he is
limited. I know you have
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a Bible verse
that you want to share
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with us, but let
me point this out.
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One of the things that Satan can
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really keep track
of his are habits and
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our practices
and because he is a
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fallen angel, he
has not lost all of his
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abilities as an
angel. But he is in fact
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limited, he is not
God, and he cannot read
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our minds and there's a certain
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Bible verse, there
is not a Bible verse
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that says Satan
cannot read our minds,
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but there are Bible verses that
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gives attributes
to God and God alone,
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which shows that
Satan does not have
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the same
attributes that God has.
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And, share one of those with us,
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I know you have
one. Well the one
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that pops up, the
first one I have is
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Deuteronomy
29:29, okay. The secrets
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things belong
unto the Lord our God,
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but those things
which our revealed
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belong unto us and
to our children forever,
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that we may do all the words
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of this law. Now
what's interesting
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about that John is
it's really drawing
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the line between our knowledge
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and God's
knowledge but in so doing
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it also draws a
line between God's
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knowledge and
Satan's knowledge, right.
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There are certain
things that we know
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that God has
been pleased to share
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with us. There are
certain things that
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he has been pleased to keep from
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us for a number of reasons.
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There are also
things that God know
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that Satan does not know.
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Again for the purposes of God,
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there is communication that can
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take place between us and our
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Lord that Satan is not privy to,
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what I'm thinking in my mind and
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talking to God in my head Satan
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is not privy to
that having said that,
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there is also
this idea that well I
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should pray in
solitary that Satan
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doesn't hear my
prayers. Well I don't
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want to be afraid
to talk to my father
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because of what Satan might do,
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because he that is
in me is he is greater
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than He that is in the world.
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Oh I like that, I'm not gonna,
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I'm not gonna
you know talk to God
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in secret because I'm not afraid
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of what Satan is gonna to do,
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because God can
certainly overwrite
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all of that. So that, the basis
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is there are
secret things that belong
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only to God that
Satan is not privy to.
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Yeah, when you
were speaking a lot
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of thoughts
came into my mind and
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one of those you say that so
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wonderfully that Satan doesn't
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know what's going on inside of
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us God knows. He knows that,
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as a matter of fact I think it's
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Hebrews 4:12 talks about God's
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word is a
discerner of the thoughts,
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yes, and intents of our heart,
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and intents of
the hearts surely.
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So God's word,
oh here's the thing
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that came in my mind.
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Satan is not omniscient which is
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all knowing, he is omnipresent,
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omnipotent,
meaning all powerful,
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all ever present
or all present and
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all knowing Satan
is not omniscient.
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Those are characteristics of God
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Himself and God
alone, Satan does
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not have that
ability. Having said
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that as you will
know he is a student
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of mankind. He is a
student of scripture
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and a student of human behavior.
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You know when
you go to the border,
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police are taught
I have a good friend,
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several good
friends who are policemen,
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they watch body
language when they're
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questioning you
they're looking at
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your eyes, they are looking at
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your pulse rate,
they are looking at all
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of these things
and they know if you're
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telling the truth
just by studying you.
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Well if humans
can understand that,
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certainly Satan
has those same powers
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and abilities. He
can study you, he kind
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of knows if
something happens and your
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heartbeat goes up
or a pretty lady goes
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by and your
heartbeat goes up and he is
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saying in his mind,
okay he's got a problem
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with that. So, Satan
is a student of human
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thought and human what the word
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I'm looking for, mannerism.
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Yeah your mannerism, he studies
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that too, and so
he can pretty much
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guess and
conjuncture how you're gonna
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respond in the
given situation, but does
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he know for a
fact? No, he does not.
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No, he does not
only God know that.
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As a matter of
fact, there is a story
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in the book of Job
and I have some other
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scriptures to
give here in the book
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of Job there is a
story given when Satan
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thought that he
could really get Job
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to be disloyal
to God, precisely.
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To curse God and
die, and the Lord gave
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him permission and I like this,
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the Lord gave him permission but
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had Satan known
what Job was thinking,
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he wouldn't
have messed with Job,
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because he knew
that Job's loyalty,
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right, was in his
heart and in his mind.
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Job was loyal to
God no matter what
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came his way.
Now Job doubted his
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humanity but he never cursed God
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to his face, he
never denied his Lord,
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he never turned his back on God.
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Satan would not have messed
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with Job had he
known Job's loyalty, yes.
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The one that,
one that avoids evil,
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one that honors
God and no matter
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what, yeah. Had he known that
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characteristic that was so solid
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about Job, he
wouldn't have messed
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with him. Yeah,
he's association will,
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he's gonna curse
you. Now, obviously
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he didn't know who
he is dealing with,
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right, exactly.
He didn't know who
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he was dealing with, because Job
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remained loyal
through it all. So, that
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and another
instance shows us that Satan,
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he's guessing
you know he is taking
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a shot at it but he doesn't
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really know,
right. He cannot really
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know and thank
God certain things
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have been hidden from him, yeah.
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I see in
Daniel, yeah Daniel 2:22
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one that you
mentioned to me before
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actually He
revealeth the deep and
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secret things: he knoweth what
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is in the darkness,
and the light dwelleth
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with him. Again,
it is God's pleasure
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to reveal the
deep and secret things.
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There are certain
things he reveals now,
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certain things we will not know
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throughout until
eternity, and certain
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things that Satan cannot know
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they are deep, they are secret
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and they are part of God's plan
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for us, right.
And he is not allowed
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to intrude in
that. The other thing
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that you pointed this out and
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this is true
Satan doesn't know the
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Bible to a great degree.
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He understands what's there,
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but even in
that arena God limits
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what he knows, yes.
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Here's the scripture to support
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that and truly had he known the
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mind of man, we could almost
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assert that he might have known
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the mind of God,
but he's not that,
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he doesn't have that ability,
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but here is a suggestion,
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not a suggestion but a scripture
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to support that idea.
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Amos 3 and verse
7 the Bible says,
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Surely the Lord
God will do nothing,
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but he revealeth his secret unto
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his servants the prophet.
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He doesn't even reveal his
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secret to Satan. Matter of fact,
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when Jesus and so many things
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are coming to mind now,
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that's what prayer does.
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It opens our
minds up to the Lord.
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It truly does. When the Lord had
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spoken to the
multitudes in parables,
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the multitudes
didn't understand,
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but when the disciples were away
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privately with
Jesus, he explained
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the secret things
to them, yeah he did.
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Now had Satan known what was
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in the mind of
the disciples he could
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have simply taken
all those messages
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to the Pharisees and scribes,
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and beat Jesus to the punch.
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And let the
Pharisees and Scribes
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know what was going to happen
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next, because
Jesus revealed these
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things to his
disciples in secret.
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Also you remember in the
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Old Testament in the book of
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Second Kings I believe it was,
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where oh the
story is you'll remember
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you are an Old
Testament preacher,
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where the enemy always wondered,
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how does Israel know what we're
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gonna to do next. Oh yes. yes,
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yes, yes, okay. How did they
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know that?
Yeah, yeah, and answer
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came back well
the Lord has a prophet
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and God is telling
him what you're talking
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about even in your bed chamber,
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okay, yeah, yeah
in your bed chamber.
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And again, and
Satan couldn't do it
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the other way
around, and it couldn't
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be reversed,
right. You know that's
00:10:55.18\00:10:58.31
a really good
point, yes it is. Yeah,
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he didn't know what
Hezekiah was thinking,
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right, Hezekiah
knew precisely what he
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was thinking,
right, because God had
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that one way communication.
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I'll tell you his
stuff, but you don't
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get to do that
reverse. Well Satan can't
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tell you, right,
what we're gonna do,
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but I could tell
you what Satan is
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gonna to do, precisely.
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Once again showing that God is
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so much more
powerful, that's a very
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good point. So
when we look at the
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stories and
that's what as once again
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I don't even think
about that but that's
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what prayer does,
it opens our minds up.
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And here is the
reason why friends
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you want to write this one down,
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Isaiah 46 verse
9 and 10, Remember
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the former things
of old: for I am God,
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and there is no other, I am God
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and there is
none like me and verse
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10 is the punch,
declaring the end
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from the
beginning, and from ancient
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times things
that are not yet done,
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saying my
counsel shall stand and
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I will do all my pleasure.
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So God is the one
that has the ability,
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He says I know
what I've prophesize
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is going to occur, I know what's
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going to happen before it does.
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Satan doesn't, if he did,
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we'd be in trouble,
yeah. There wouldn't
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be any secret language that we
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could use to try to keep him in
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the dark about
anything. Precisely,
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yeah as God has chosen to keep
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those things from him.
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We serve a good God, and he is
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looking out for his people,
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we are not left for our self.
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It makes all the difference,
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which takes me
to the next question
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I mean its segues right into it.
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In First
Corinthians 14:14 and I'd like
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you to read that
for us, we get an
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opportunity, is
First Corinthians
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14:14 a language that allows
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us to pray, so that the Devil
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could not
understand us? That's kind
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of the reverse
you know these two
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questions had somewhat of a
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ping pong effect, one is does he
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know everything we're saying
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and the other one
is we have to pray
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in this
language so he can't know
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what we're
saying, you see that's
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an effect. First
Corinthians 14:14
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for if I pray in
an unknown tongue,
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my spirit prayeth,
but my understanding
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is unfruitful.
Could you read it all
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the way down to verse 19,
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just give us the full picture of
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what Paul is
saying. Alright we pick
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it up at verse
15, what is if then
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I will pray with
the spirit and I will
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pray with the understanding also
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I will sing with the
spirit and I will sing
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with the understanding also.
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Verse 16, Else when thou shalt
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bless with the spirit, how shall
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he that
occupieth the room of the
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unlearned say Amen at thy giving
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of thanks,
seeing he understandeth
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not what thou
says. For thou verily
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givest thanks
well, but the other
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is not edified. I thank my God,
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I speak with
tongues more than ye all.
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Yet in the church
I had rather speak
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five words with
my understanding,
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that by my voice I might teach
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others also, than
ten thousand words
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in an unknown
tongue. And by the way let
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me point this
out if you're reading
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from the King
James version you might
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notice that the word unknown is
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italicize
meaning it wasn't a part
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of original
manuscript. It was added
00:14:01.68\00:14:04.02
in there to
amplify the understanding
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or more specifically to make the
00:14:06.21\00:14:08.32
understanding more
clearly, if you read
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other translations
you will just simply
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find the word
tongue. Now Paul made
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it very clear in
verse 18, he says,
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I thank my God
and let me read this
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in other
translation, I thank my God
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I speak with more languages than
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all of you. So Paul
had that ability already.
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He is fluent in more languages
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than the rest.
He was fluent in the
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more languages; more learned,
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went to school,
product of the education.
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He said, and
then here is the where
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the
international children's Bible
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paraphrase and this is amazing,
00:14:37.42\00:14:38.87
listen it says. I thank God that
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my gift of
speaking in different kinds
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of languages is greater than any
00:14:43.65\00:14:45.75
of yours, yeah.
He says that's fine,
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I have I could do that already.
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So, Paul already
had that gift, and he
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sharpened that
gift that's why he
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was in so many different parts
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of the world able to communicate
00:14:56.52\00:14:57.68
the gospel. But
at the Corinthian
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church they were not many that
00:14:59.35\00:15:00.62
have that
ability, yeah. But when
00:15:00.63\00:15:03.91
they came
together seeing this was
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an international congregation,
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if I am speaking in my language
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and praying in my language and
00:15:09.49\00:15:10.73
somebody next to
me have absolutely
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no idea what I am saying.
00:15:12.65\00:15:13.74
I am praying in my spirit God
00:15:13.75\00:15:16.37
understands it,
but he has absolutely
00:15:16.38\00:15:18.47
no idea what I am talking about.
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Now, let me
bring this picture out
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even larger.
Some people that are
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studying only the New Testament
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may come up with
this idea that we
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need a language
that Satan doesn't
00:15:28.56\00:15:30.24
understand. So that we can keep
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things between us and God really
00:15:32.11\00:15:33.43
copacetic, yeah,
there is old word
00:15:33.44\00:15:36.04
in New York,
yeah. We can talk to God
00:15:36.05\00:15:38.62
and say to Satan
see there you didn't
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understand what I am saying.
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That's not
scriptural, you look at
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the Old
Testament they didn't feel
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the need to have
a different language
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to communicate with God, no.
00:15:47.34\00:15:48.77
The Hebrews
spoke in their language
00:15:48.78\00:15:50.98
or other nations
that became converts,
00:15:50.99\00:15:54.76
others who turn their hearts and
00:15:54.77\00:15:56.18
there is, there
is an illusion there
00:15:56.19\00:15:57.93
in the book of Exodus that many
00:15:57.94\00:15:59.59
of the Egyptians
came out of Egypt
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and followed the Israelites when
00:16:01.18\00:16:02.47
they were set
free in the Exodus.
00:16:02.48\00:16:04.42
So there was no need for a new
00:16:04.43\00:16:06.03
language then to speak to God.
00:16:06.04\00:16:07.66
The Egyptians spoke in Egyptian,
00:16:07.67\00:16:09.15
the Hebrews
spoke in Hebrew, yeah.
00:16:09.16\00:16:11.93
In the New Testament when the
00:16:11.94\00:16:13.12
Greeks were being converted,
00:16:13.13\00:16:14.22
the Greeks
didn't feel the need to
00:16:14.23\00:16:15.20
speak in a different language
00:16:15.21\00:16:16.18
to speak to God,
they spoke in Greek,
00:16:16.19\00:16:17.84
and the Aramaics and so when
00:16:17.85\00:16:20.48
you go to the day of Pentecost,
00:16:20.49\00:16:21.80
friends that's gonna be the
00:16:21.81\00:16:22.96
measurement of
whether or not these
00:16:22.97\00:16:24.42
languages had
any placement in the
00:16:24.43\00:16:27.23
New Testament any special focus
00:16:27.24\00:16:29.16
in the New Testament then they
00:16:29.17\00:16:31.23
did in the Old Testament.
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Now here are the two questions
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I will ask before I read it.
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Was there all of
the sudden Pastor C.A.
00:16:34.40\00:16:37.51
was there all of the sudden now
00:16:37.52\00:16:38.65
these
development of newer nations
00:16:38.66\00:16:41.10
in the New Testament then they
00:16:41.11\00:16:42.18
were in the Old
Testament? No, okay,
00:16:42.19\00:16:43.78
so they were Arabians in the
00:16:43.79\00:16:45.25
Old Testament
as they were in the
00:16:45.26\00:16:46.31
New Testament.
There were Parthians
00:16:46.32\00:16:48.26
and Elamites and Mesopotamians,
00:16:48.27\00:16:51.30
they were all
these different nations
00:16:51.31\00:16:53.38
existed in the Old Testament.
00:16:53.39\00:16:54.96
Why all of the sudden now in the
00:16:54.97\00:16:56.60
New Testament is
there some emphasis
00:16:56.61\00:16:58.64
on different languages.
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Well the answer
is very, very clear,
00:17:00.14\00:17:02.46
I'll start with Matthew 28 go
00:17:02.47\00:17:04.26
there with me. Matthew 28,
00:17:04.27\00:17:05.69
verse 18 to 20
and you'll discover
00:17:05.70\00:17:09.90
that the very,
very measure that God
00:17:09.91\00:17:14.27
have given to the Old Testament
00:17:14.28\00:17:15.51
Israel to carry
the gospel to the
00:17:15.52\00:17:17.43
world that had not been
00:17:17.44\00:17:18.60
accomplished yet. Now he choose
00:17:18.61\00:17:20.55
his 12 disciples.
Now he's giving them
00:17:20.56\00:17:22.94
a commission, read
the commission for us.
00:17:22.95\00:17:24.57
The commission as
what we call it the
00:17:24.58\00:17:27.02
great commission, at verse 18,
00:17:27.03\00:17:29.27
And Jesus came
and spake unto them,
00:17:29.28\00:17:31.35
saying, all
power given unto me in
00:17:31.36\00:17:33.68
heaven and in
earth. 19, Go ye therefore,
00:17:33.69\00:17:36.81
and teach all
nations, baptizing them
00:17:36.82\00:17:38.69
in the name of the
Father, and of the Son,
00:17:38.70\00:17:41.18
and of the Holy Ghost. Okay,
00:17:41.19\00:17:44.56
so the commission was to teach
00:17:44.57\00:17:46.66
all nations, so
in order for me to
00:17:46.67\00:17:49.42
teach all nations
I'll have to be able
00:17:49.43\00:17:50.91
to communicate with all nations.
00:17:50.92\00:17:52.77
And, significantly
on the day of Pentecost
00:17:52.78\00:17:56.10
where are my
glasses, don't mind me
00:17:56.11\00:17:59.66
these are
fashionables these have
00:17:59.67\00:18:00.93
nothing do with function.
00:18:00.94\00:18:02.25
On the day of Pentecost there
00:18:02.26\00:18:07.29
was a gathering
that's why it was
00:18:07.30\00:18:09.03
called Pentecost
and because of the
00:18:09.04\00:18:10.62
time of the year
the weather was most
00:18:10.63\00:18:12.02
favorable, it was
one of the largest
00:18:12.03\00:18:14.09
gatherings. And
at that gathering
00:18:14.10\00:18:16.10
you'll discover when tongues was
00:18:16.11\00:18:18.50
now activated, but activated not
00:18:18.51\00:18:21.80
in the lives of the
world, but activated
00:18:21.81\00:18:24.88
in the tongue through the mouths
00:18:24.89\00:18:27.41
of Galileans, that's the key.
00:18:27.42\00:18:29.75
There were all Galileans,
00:18:29.76\00:18:31.50
so they have that language that
00:18:31.51\00:18:33.84
was very limited. They were not
00:18:33.85\00:18:35.90
prepared to take
the gospel to the
00:18:35.91\00:18:37.23
whole world
because they can only
00:18:37.24\00:18:38.21
speak Galilean.
Okay, listen to this,
00:18:38.22\00:18:40.87
when the day of Pentecost had
00:18:40.88\00:18:43.34
fully come in, I
am in Acts chapter
00:18:43.35\00:18:44.50
2 verse 1, They
were all with one
00:18:44.51\00:18:46.86
accord in one
place, and suddenly
00:18:46.87\00:18:49.43
there came a sound from heaven
00:18:49.44\00:18:50.74
as of a rushing mighty wind,
00:18:50.75\00:18:52.14
and it filled whole house where
00:18:52.15\00:18:53.73
they were sitting, then there
00:18:53.74\00:18:55.95
appeared to them divided tongues
00:18:55.96\00:18:57.99
as of fire, and
one sat upon each
00:18:58.00\00:19:00.53
of them. And
they were all filled
00:19:00.54\00:19:03.03
with the Holy
Spirit and began to
00:19:03.04\00:19:04.50
speak with other
tongues, yes, yes,
00:19:04.51\00:19:06.98
as the spirit
gave them utterance.
00:19:06.99\00:19:09.16
Before I go any
further, did they
00:19:09.17\00:19:11.30
began to speak
with tongues or other
00:19:11.31\00:19:12.81
tongues? Other tongues, other
00:19:12.82\00:19:14.31
tongues so that means they were
00:19:14.32\00:19:15.51
already speaking
in tongues, but now
00:19:15.52\00:19:18.28
they are speaking
with other tongues
00:19:18.29\00:19:21.63
and the word there or the phrase
00:19:21.64\00:19:23.47
as the spirit
gave them utterance
00:19:23.48\00:19:24.93
simply means as
the spirit enabled
00:19:24.94\00:19:27.20
them to do that,
enabled them surely,
00:19:27.21\00:19:28.33
surely, surely.
You know, and not to
00:19:28.34\00:19:31.04
contradict that, I
think you're plowing
00:19:31.05\00:19:33.36
through this so
well, the fact that,
00:19:33.37\00:19:35.71
the idea that there was this
00:19:35.72\00:19:38.15
incursion of
another tongue is just
00:19:38.16\00:19:39.78
inconsistent
with scripture, right.
00:19:39.79\00:19:42.01
You know one of the things we
00:19:42.02\00:19:42.99
have to do when
we are tying to parse
00:19:43.00\00:19:44.87
scripture when
we're trying to make
00:19:44.88\00:19:46.09
application to
ourselves is which directions
00:19:46.10\00:19:49.70
is it heading,
what's the general
00:19:49.71\00:19:51.13
direction of
scripture and that if
00:19:51.14\00:19:52.44
you get this wide
and left turn you need
00:19:52.45\00:19:54.58
to check your road
map you know because
00:19:54.59\00:19:56.21
you've got tongues, you've got
00:19:56.22\00:19:59.11
people speaking,
you've got the gospel
00:19:59.12\00:20:00.97
going to other
people, you've got the
00:20:00.98\00:20:02.97
inauguration of that
going to other people,
00:20:02.98\00:20:05.02
what would an unknown
tongue do to aid that?
00:20:05.03\00:20:08.54
Absolutely nothing.
It'll actually hinder
00:20:08.55\00:20:10.82
the process,
precisely. And Paul says
00:20:10.83\00:20:12.95
that in First
Corinthians 14, exactly,
00:20:12.96\00:20:14.86
I would rather
speaks five word that
00:20:14.87\00:20:16.36
you will
understand than 10,000 words
00:20:16.37\00:20:17.84
in an unknown tongue.
00:20:17.85\00:20:18.82
You got a bunch of
people from all over
00:20:18.83\00:20:19.80
the world who
have gathered together
00:20:19.81\00:20:20.87
Parthians, Medes,
people from everywhere
00:20:20.88\00:20:24.76
and then
somebody is going to speak
00:20:24.77\00:20:26.17
in unknown
tongue, what is that gonna
00:20:26.18\00:20:27.15
do for that group
of people who need
00:20:27.16\00:20:29.17
to hear the
gospel, who need to be
00:20:29.18\00:20:30.78
encouraged,
you're speaking to God
00:20:30.79\00:20:33.60
in a tongue that
you don't even know
00:20:33.61\00:20:35.70
Paul says what you're saying.
00:20:35.71\00:20:36.68
Certainly I don't
know what you're saying,
00:20:36.69\00:20:39.23
how does that bless me, how does
00:20:39.24\00:20:40.52
that edify me.
What Paul says in the
00:20:40.53\00:20:42.28
same chapter is it edifies you,
00:20:42.29\00:20:44.26
you're edifying
yourself which means
00:20:44.27\00:20:45.74
that you're
showing off, but you're not
00:20:45.75\00:20:47.67
edifying the
church, right, or anybody
00:20:47.68\00:20:50.46
else who needs to hear the word
00:20:50.47\00:20:51.44
from the Lord. It makes no sense
00:20:51.45\00:20:53.81
and it doesn't
flow in the general vein
00:20:53.82\00:20:56.04
that scripture is
going. Yeah, and so,
00:20:56.05\00:20:58.45
so the thing you have to keep in
00:20:58.46\00:21:00.62
mind and Romans
12 brings this out,
00:21:00.63\00:21:02.22
is every gift that
the Holy Spirit decides
00:21:02.23\00:21:04.96
to give to you is
for the edification
00:21:04.97\00:21:07.66
of someone else,
not for your personal
00:21:07.67\00:21:10.70
edification,
right. He never gives
00:21:10.71\00:21:12.99
you a gift for
person. He never gives
00:21:13.00\00:21:14.83
you a gift for your
personal edification.
00:21:14.84\00:21:17.03
Every gift he gives, Romans 12
00:21:17.04\00:21:19.60
makes it very,
very clear, he gives
00:21:19.61\00:21:20.97
us so that everybody else would
00:21:20.98\00:21:22.28
be edified by it,
for the edification
00:21:22.29\00:21:23.26
of the church, of the church.
00:21:23.27\00:21:24.58
Ephesians 4, he
gave some to be apostles,
00:21:24.59\00:21:28.85
and prophets,
and evangelists, and
00:21:28.86\00:21:30.27
pastors, and
teachers for the edifying
00:21:30.28\00:21:32.02
of the body of
Christ, yes, see so
00:21:32.03\00:21:33.97
everything that's
given is so that everybody
00:21:33.98\00:21:35.91
could be built
up. But let's look
00:21:35.92\00:21:37.14
at the time when
it was first used,
00:21:37.15\00:21:38.70
when you look at when something
00:21:38.71\00:21:40.10
was first used,
you understand the
00:21:40.11\00:21:41.36
purpose for it.
For an example if
00:21:41.37\00:21:42.99
I took a racing
car out to cut my grass
00:21:43.00\00:21:45.44
somebody would say hey I never
00:21:45.45\00:21:47.08
knew that racing cars
were for cutting grass.
00:21:47.09\00:21:49.17
If that's the
first time I've ever used
00:21:49.18\00:21:51.69
it for that I'll get
the label that racing
00:21:51.70\00:21:54.28
cars are for cutting grass.
00:21:54.29\00:21:55.47
He drives faster than scissors,
00:21:55.48\00:21:56.95
he cuts grass as he drives,
00:21:56.96\00:21:58.09
very unusual
example. But if a racing
00:21:58.10\00:22:01.53
car is for the
race track and that's
00:22:01.54\00:22:03.30
the first and
only time it's used,
00:22:03.31\00:22:04.91
and the only place
its used, but me to now
00:22:04.92\00:22:07.32
I try to use to
cut grass somebody say
00:22:07.33\00:22:08.99
are you alright,
yeah, yeah. And in the
00:22:09.00\00:22:11.86
same way languages
are used to communicate
00:22:11.87\00:22:14.89
with each other get
this now, right yeah.
00:22:14.90\00:22:17.76
Languages are
used to communicate
00:22:17.77\00:22:18.90
with each other.
Not to bypass Satan
00:22:18.91\00:22:22.26
to communicate
with God. Yeah, yeah
00:22:22.27\00:22:24.30
there is no history of anywhere
00:22:24.31\00:22:27.15
in the Bible of
an unknown tongue
00:22:27.16\00:22:28.50
giving you some
sort of special powers
00:22:28.51\00:22:32.17
or entrance into
the presence of God,
00:22:32.18\00:22:35.76
Holy Spirit does
that, right, we find it
00:22:35.77\00:22:37.68
from Romans chapter 8 that's the
00:22:37.69\00:22:38.87
Holy Spirit's job.
You say what's in your
00:22:38.88\00:22:40.77
heart it's
unacceptable anyway Holy Spirit
00:22:40.78\00:22:43.69
takes it, dresses it
up, cleans it up puts
00:22:43.70\00:22:46.54
some perfume on
it present it to God,
00:22:46.55\00:22:48.42
that's the Holy
Spirit's job not yours.
00:22:48.43\00:22:50.58
Romans 8, precisely
go there turn there,
00:22:50.59\00:22:52.76
Romans 8 verse 26 to
28. You're right on it,
00:22:52.77\00:22:55.19
okay you got it.
You see we've quote a
00:22:55.20\00:22:59.52
Romans 8 verse 28 you know,
00:22:59.53\00:23:01.06
All things work
together for good for those
00:23:01.07\00:23:02.34
who love God, right, right.
00:23:02.35\00:23:03.48
Well Romans 8 verse
28 is not were it ends,
00:23:03.49\00:23:06.43
start with Romans 8 verse 26,
00:23:06.44\00:23:08.28
Romans 8 verse
26 tells you that if
00:23:08.29\00:23:11.84
anything has to do
with bypassing Satan,
00:23:11.85\00:23:15.45
the Spirit does it precisely,
00:23:15.46\00:23:17.09
not us, precisely. I mean 26.
00:23:17.10\00:23:18.44
Likewise the Spirit
also helps our infirmities:
00:23:18.45\00:23:22.31
for we know not
what we should pray
00:23:22.32\00:23:23.47
for as we ought,
okay, okay, But the
00:23:23.48\00:23:25.35
Spirit itself
maketh intercession for us
00:23:25.36\00:23:27.77
with groanings which
cannot be uttered Okay,
00:23:27.78\00:23:30.47
slow it down with
groanings which cannot
00:23:30.48\00:23:33.53
be uttered,
yeah. In the word there
00:23:33.54\00:23:35.39
is simply saying
with groanings which
00:23:35.40\00:23:36.96
you cannot, right, duplicate.
00:23:36.97\00:23:39.48
You don't have
the octane you know,
00:23:39.49\00:23:41.12
you can't do it,
to know Holy Spirit
00:23:41.13\00:23:42.57
has to do that
and take care of that
00:23:42.58\00:23:43.82
and sort of boost
it, boost that signal
00:23:43.83\00:23:46.99
and make it
powerful and presentable
00:23:47.00\00:23:49.24
for the Lord.
Not done divinely not
00:23:49.25\00:23:51.53
done humanly but
done divinely, right,
00:23:51.54\00:23:53.14
the divinely.
Read verse 27 to even
00:23:53.15\00:23:54.78
filled that in,
and he that searcheth
00:23:54.79\00:23:56.46
the hearts
knoweth what is the mind
00:23:56.47\00:23:59.26
of the Spirit, because he maketh
00:23:59.27\00:24:00.62
intercession for
the saints according
00:24:00.63\00:24:02.63
to the will of God powerful.
00:24:02.64\00:24:04.01
That's why verse
20 is so significant
00:24:04.02\00:24:06.01
and now we know all things work
00:24:06.02\00:24:07.45
together for
good because when we
00:24:07.46\00:24:09.18
pray the spirit
is the one that takes
00:24:09.19\00:24:11.03
our prayer and
intercede and through
00:24:11.04\00:24:14.98
utterances that we
cannot even mention,
00:24:14.99\00:24:17.83
he does it with
groanings which cannot,
00:24:17.84\00:24:22.02
cannot be
uttered, yeah. Don't run
00:24:22.03\00:24:24.96
pass that word
because we are saying
00:24:24.97\00:24:26.38
we can utter it,
the Bible says we
00:24:26.39\00:24:27.69
cannot utter it,
right. He takes it to
00:24:27.70\00:24:29.94
the Lord and the Lord who knows
00:24:29.95\00:24:31.22
our heart and knows the mind
00:24:31.23\00:24:32.57
of the spirit
brings it to the Father.
00:24:32.58\00:24:34.29
See so don't get that mixed up
00:24:34.30\00:24:35.93
with somehow we
have a divine language
00:24:35.94\00:24:37.72
when the Bible says
the divine utterances
00:24:37.73\00:24:39.97
are done by the
divine entity of the
00:24:39.98\00:24:41.97
Holy Spirit. Your
most passionate plea
00:24:41.98\00:24:44.60
is not enough,
right, you know your
00:24:44.61\00:24:47.52
brother your sister
your parents somebody
00:24:47.53\00:24:50.04
is ill and you're
saying Lord please you
00:24:50.05\00:24:53.59
know in the name of
Jesus I want healing,
00:24:53.60\00:24:56.60
I don't want to
lose this relative.
00:24:56.61\00:24:58.90
And you're
fervent still fall short,
00:24:58.91\00:25:02.87
your fervency still
falls short, that's right.
00:25:02.88\00:25:05.79
Holy Spirit takes
that and adds it's
00:25:05.80\00:25:08.05
groanings and adds
it's part because it feel
00:25:08.06\00:25:10.29
it's your all
spiritually tongue John says,
00:25:10.30\00:25:12.73
okay, it feels
which are going through
00:25:12.74\00:25:14.70
and it transmits
that to the throne
00:25:14.71\00:25:17.84
home of God. It's
not unknown tongue
00:25:17.85\00:25:20.41
doing that, no,
that's the spirit of
00:25:20.42\00:25:21.82
God doing that.
That's a divine power,
00:25:21.83\00:25:23.83
precisely, infused
in that moment. And so,
00:25:23.84\00:25:27.38
just ended all
just kind of a put a
00:25:27.39\00:25:30.15
wrapping on it,
so what was happening
00:25:30.16\00:25:33.15
on the day of
Pentecost, what was the
00:25:33.16\00:25:35.50
purpose of the Lord
giving these tongues
00:25:35.51\00:25:37.16
to the disciples.
Verse 5 of Acts chapter 2,
00:25:37.17\00:25:39.82
And there were
dwelling in Jerusalem
00:25:39.83\00:25:41.67
Jews devout men
from every nation
00:25:41.68\00:25:43.68
under heaven,
and when this sound
00:25:43.69\00:25:46.43
occurred the
multitude came together
00:25:46.44\00:25:48.26
and were
confused and here is the
00:25:48.27\00:25:50.11
reason why they were confused,
00:25:50.12\00:25:51.13
because
everyone heard them speak
00:25:51.14\00:25:53.84
in his own language
that's what happened.
00:25:53.85\00:25:56.33
So everybody that was gathered
00:25:56.34\00:25:58.84
there heard these
Galileans speaking
00:25:58.85\00:26:00.88
in their languages
and says wait a minute
00:26:00.89\00:26:02.34
that's confusing
they're Galileans.
00:26:02.35\00:26:03.48
And the bible even
goes on to say that.
00:26:03.49\00:26:05.64
Then they were
amazed in verse 7 of Acts 2
00:26:05.65\00:26:08.95
and marvel saying
to one another look,
00:26:08.96\00:26:11.29
are not all these
who speak Galilaeans?
00:26:11.30\00:26:15.42
Aren't these guys
from, how do they do that?
00:26:15.43\00:26:17.50
And look at the
languages that they
00:26:17.51\00:26:19.35
spoken. In verse
8, and how is it that
00:26:19.36\00:26:22.05
we hear each in our own language
00:26:22.06\00:26:26.35
in which we were
born, and go ahead
00:26:26.36\00:26:30.41
and mentioned to the nations.
00:26:30.42\00:26:31.39
Parthians, Medes,
Elamites, dwellers
00:26:31.40\00:26:34.09
from Mesopotamia, and in Judaea,
00:26:34.10\00:26:36.21
and Cappadocia,
Pontus, Asia, Phrygia,
00:26:36.22\00:26:39.38
Pamphylia, Egypt,
parts of Libya, Cyrene,
00:26:39.39\00:26:42.99
strangers of Rome,
Jews and Proselytes,
00:26:43.00\00:26:46.27
Cretes,
Arabians. Okay, now what is
00:26:46.28\00:26:48.89
this say, yeah,
and we do hear them
00:26:48.90\00:26:51.03
speak in our own
tongues the wonderful
00:26:51.04\00:26:53.54
works of God.
Okay, there it is that's
00:26:53.55\00:26:56.29
when tongues was
instituted on the
00:26:56.30\00:26:58.11
day of Pentecost,
so the Corinthians
00:26:58.12\00:27:01.03
experience was
nothing different than this.
00:27:01.04\00:27:02.79
The Corinthians
experience that Paul
00:27:02.80\00:27:05.20
was addressing was a
church in a port city
00:27:05.21\00:27:07.83
where they were so many multiple
00:27:07.84\00:27:10.10
nationalities
together, each one preferring
00:27:10.11\00:27:12.85
to speak in
their own language and
00:27:12.86\00:27:14.15
Paul says you
know this is not gonna
00:27:14.16\00:27:15.13
to work, this is not gonna work,
00:27:15.14\00:27:16.42
we got to speak
in the language so
00:27:16.43\00:27:17.59
that people can be edified.
00:27:17.60\00:27:18.73
And clearly the
purpose of the gift
00:27:18.74\00:27:22.21
of tongues and
when you look at the
00:27:22.22\00:27:23.97
book of Luke. The
Lord says it's a sign
00:27:23.98\00:27:26.31
for those who, it's
a sign for those who,
00:27:26.32\00:27:29.30
do not believe,
exactly, so those who
00:27:29.31\00:27:32.08
do not believe not
for those who believe,
00:27:32.09\00:27:34.05
the way that
it's being used today,
00:27:34.06\00:27:35.78
we're using it
as a sign for those
00:27:35.79\00:27:37.79
who believe precisely, okay.
00:27:37.80\00:27:39.59
Now why would
he say that because
00:27:39.60\00:27:41.19
those who don't
believe need some
00:27:41.20\00:27:43.85
evidence that God
is infused in this
00:27:43.86\00:27:46.04
moment and they
surely would if they
00:27:46.05\00:27:47.72
heard me an
American speaking in Greek,
00:27:47.73\00:27:50.28
in Hebrew, in
Aramaic, yeah and whatever
00:27:50.29\00:27:53.10
language they will
say wait a minute John
00:27:53.11\00:27:54.59
I know you, you're
from Brooklyn, exactly.
00:27:54.60\00:27:57.36
What do you know about Russia.
00:27:57.37\00:27:58.34
What did you just say in German?
00:27:58.35\00:27:59.33
Well I am
speaking to a German the
00:27:59.34\00:28:02.39
wonderful works
of God, yes, and how
00:28:02.40\00:28:04.30
did you do
that, the Holy Spirit,
00:28:04.31\00:28:05.59
Holy Spirit they have no other,
00:28:05.60\00:28:06.57
they have no
other outlet but to say
00:28:06.58\00:28:08.47
he is now he can't
be telling me anything
00:28:08.48\00:28:10.80
that I don't, he's got
to be telling the truth
00:28:10.81\00:28:12.68
because I know
John, he is raised
00:28:12.69\00:28:14.38
in Brooklyn, he didn't go to any
00:28:14.39\00:28:15.36
German schools,
that's what the Lord
00:28:15.37\00:28:17.42
is saying, yes.
So those who didn't
00:28:17.43\00:28:18.70
believe had
evidence, yes, that the
00:28:18.71\00:28:21.10
Lord was now
working through that vessel
00:28:21.11\00:28:22.65
to communicate the
gospel to the world.
00:28:22.66\00:28:24.55
Yeah, and you
know you had a number
00:28:24.56\00:28:27.07
of singular
events, right, Holy Spirit
00:28:27.08\00:28:29.05
coming in rushing
by the way you had
00:28:29.06\00:28:30.91
audible things
going on, visible things
00:28:30.92\00:28:33.97
going on and
then you've got this
00:28:33.98\00:28:36.03
speaking in tongue, so God was
00:28:36.04\00:28:38.73
starting
something very, very new,
00:28:38.74\00:28:40.29
never done
before, not replicated
00:28:40.30\00:28:42.45
since an
inauguration of the gospel
00:28:42.46\00:28:45.02
going to the
whole world and this
00:28:45.03\00:28:46.92
was a very special
one time kind of thing,
00:28:46.93\00:28:49.48
that God did to
get the gospel out
00:28:49.49\00:28:52.99
of it's small
confines and take it
00:28:53.00\00:28:55.73
to the whole
world. So now the question
00:28:55.74\00:28:58.09
will be why would people
00:28:58.10\00:28:59.07
nowadays be saying that we have
00:28:59.08\00:29:00.30
to have this special gift, yes.
00:29:00.31\00:29:01.82
Once again everything that God
00:29:01.83\00:29:03.06
establishes is a
genuine, Satan tries
00:29:03.07\00:29:04.68
to delude and
distort as a counterfeit,
00:29:04.69\00:29:07.85
yes, and once again
there is a counterfeit
00:29:07.86\00:29:09.95
revival in
Christianity based on this
00:29:09.96\00:29:12.16
Glossolalia, yes, not on the
00:29:12.17\00:29:14.79
communication of the gospel and
00:29:14.80\00:29:16.35
that's why today
if we look at the
00:29:16.36\00:29:18.05
Bible the Lord
says we are living in
00:29:18.06\00:29:19.32
the Laodicean
time more confusion
00:29:19.33\00:29:20.90
and people don't even know they
00:29:20.91\00:29:22.21
are confused,
more people in darkness
00:29:22.22\00:29:23.87
don't even know
they're in darkness.
00:29:23.88\00:29:25.36
John, one thing just popped in,
00:29:25.37\00:29:27.16
you said before, we have made
00:29:27.17\00:29:29.84
this an end in
itself and it's was
00:29:29.85\00:29:33.15
never an end and
it was be a means,
00:29:33.16\00:29:34.29
the end is the
spreading of the gospel.
00:29:34.30\00:29:37.15
This was a means
to spread the gospel.
00:29:37.16\00:29:39.71
You said it
before that you don't
00:29:39.72\00:29:40.71
get a gift just
to say I got a gift.
00:29:40.72\00:29:43.60
You've got the
gift towards an end,
00:29:43.61\00:29:46.43
and the end is
always to glorifying Jesus.
00:29:46.44\00:29:48.38
So as Christ was lifted up this
00:29:48.39\00:29:50.77
means was employed, we've
00:29:50.78\00:29:52.81
turned it into
an end, you've got
00:29:52.82\00:29:54.13
to get tongues, no you don't,
00:29:54.14\00:29:55.36
but you got to
get Jesus and if it
00:29:55.37\00:29:57.42
takes tongues to get Jesus well
00:29:57.43\00:29:58.66
then God will give you tongues,
00:29:58.67\00:29:59.76
but if there is
something else that's
00:29:59.77\00:30:01.02
needed God will
give you that too,
00:30:01.03\00:30:02.32
because the end is always Jesus.
00:30:02.33\00:30:03.55
The end result is
always Jesus, precisely.
00:30:03.56\00:30:05.92
Not to say I got
it now, and there is
00:30:05.93\00:30:07.60
some
denominations that teach you're
00:30:07.61\00:30:09.13
not saved until you
can speak in tongues,
00:30:09.14\00:30:11.05
right. That's
not even scriptural
00:30:11.06\00:30:12.77
because the
spirit doesn't give you
00:30:12.78\00:30:14.14
what you want he gives you what
00:30:14.15\00:30:15.96
he feels you need,
you need precisely.
00:30:15.97\00:30:17.74
Read that Romans 12, he gives to
00:30:17.75\00:30:20.94
you whatsoever he wills not what
00:30:20.95\00:30:23.40
you beg for, yeah. You know can
00:30:23.41\00:30:25.22
you imagine you
know I want to be able
00:30:25.23\00:30:27.16
to perform miracles he says and
00:30:27.17\00:30:29.36
what's that gonna to do, yeah.
00:30:29.37\00:30:30.63
And we're
looking for the personal
00:30:30.64\00:30:32.28
verifications, so
be careful the spirit
00:30:32.29\00:30:34.16
is one that's
passing out these gifts,
00:30:34.17\00:30:35.73
nobody is going
to any gift store and
00:30:35.74\00:30:37.87
buying them and
say I got my gift,
00:30:37.88\00:30:39.22
so I'm saved now,
that's not scriptural.
00:30:39.23\00:30:41.34
Yeah, anyway
friends we've covered
00:30:41.35\00:30:43.00
quite a bit of
questions here today,
00:30:43.01\00:30:43.98
if you have any
comments or questions
00:30:43.99\00:30:45.76
you would like to
send to us you can
00:30:45.77\00:30:47.30
send them at to
HouseCalls@3abn.org
00:30:47.31\00:30:50.38
that's HouseCalls@3abn.org.
00:30:50.39\00:30:52.52
And we will try
our best to answer
00:30:52.53\00:30:54.65
them, thank you
for your faithfulness
00:30:54.66\00:30:56.22
for your prayers and also your
00:30:56.23\00:30:58.11
financial support
of 3ABN. Our topic
00:30:58.12\00:31:00.66
today is a hot
one. And the reason
00:31:00.67\00:31:03.39
that we go back
to this we're gonna
00:31:03.40\00:31:04.81
talk on this
briefly today because
00:31:04.82\00:31:06.19
I am amazed even
after House Calls
00:31:06.20\00:31:09.53
has been on
for, I think three or
00:31:09.54\00:31:11.21
more three years
now. Yes, oh yeah,
00:31:11.22\00:31:13.54
it's amazing it's
been forth or fifth
00:31:13.55\00:31:14.54
year approximately. We're really
00:31:14.55\00:31:15.69
moving and it's amazing how
00:31:15.70\00:31:17.07
quickly it's
moving on, but we still
00:31:17.08\00:31:20.93
get this question and I am
00:31:20.94\00:31:22.13
attributing it to
the fact that there
00:31:22.14\00:31:23.70
is some who
hadn't seen the prior
00:31:23.71\00:31:25.10
broadcasts on this topic about
00:31:25.11\00:31:27.33
hellfire
because some individuals
00:31:27.34\00:31:29.39
that I've been having question
00:31:29.40\00:31:30.48
here today some people say well,
00:31:30.49\00:31:31.92
what you do a
text like fire that
00:31:31.93\00:31:35.88
will not be
quenched. Well, that's easy
00:31:35.89\00:31:37.94
for us to respond to, but people
00:31:37.95\00:31:39.90
that are told or
taught that you're
00:31:39.91\00:31:43.25
gonna burning for ever and ever
00:31:43.26\00:31:44.58
and ever and
ever and never needs
00:31:44.59\00:31:46.74
to understand
what the Bible says
00:31:46.75\00:31:48.19
so they want to
say please tell us
00:31:48.20\00:31:49.69
what the hellfire is all about,
00:31:49.70\00:31:50.94
when is it going
to start and what is
00:31:50.95\00:31:53.35
the purpose of it. What I would
00:31:53.36\00:31:54.83
like to begin today
by reading is Matthew,
00:31:54.84\00:31:57.11
Jesus gave the
Parable of the Wheat
00:31:57.12\00:32:00.24
and the Tares.
And the Parable of the
00:32:00.25\00:32:02.79
Wheat and the Tares I thought,
00:32:02.80\00:32:04.21
well my statement doesn't give
00:32:04.22\00:32:07.32
any validity to
the words of Jesus but
00:32:07.33\00:32:09.59
the point of the
matter is when Jesus
00:32:09.60\00:32:12.18
communicated His
parable He summarized
00:32:12.19\00:32:14.31
Satan's desire,
but He also included
00:32:14.32\00:32:18.56
in that parable the
work that Satan does,
00:32:18.57\00:32:21.68
the end result of
that work, And what's
00:32:21.69\00:32:24.83
gonna happen to
those who are deceived
00:32:24.84\00:32:26.71
in the end by
the work that Satan
00:32:26.72\00:32:29.75
has done, the
Tares. What's gonna
00:32:29.76\00:32:31.47
happen to them, and Jesus pulled
00:32:31.48\00:32:34.00
this all together in the Parable
00:32:34.01\00:32:36.66
of the Wheat and the Tares. Now,
00:32:36.67\00:32:38.08
what I would like
you to do, Pastor C.A.
00:32:38.09\00:32:40.99
begin by reading
verse 24 to verse 30.
00:32:41.00\00:32:44.05
We're gonna start
friends by reading
00:32:44.06\00:32:45.63
the parable,
we're not gonna read the
00:32:45.64\00:32:47.54
interpretation of the parable.
00:32:47.55\00:32:49.79
Now we're in Matthew chapter,
00:32:49.80\00:32:50.95
Matthew chapter 13 verse 24 down
00:32:50.96\00:32:55.61
to verse 30. Listen
to the parable first
00:32:55.62\00:32:59.26
and then we'll go
to the interpretation
00:32:59.27\00:33:01.60
of the parable, it
makes a lot of sense
00:33:01.61\00:33:03.74
that we listen to
the words of Jesus
00:33:03.75\00:33:06.48
and then find
out what He meant by
00:33:06.49\00:33:08.22
what He said okay.
It starts verse 24,
00:33:08.23\00:33:11.13
13:24, you know
it's interesting as
00:33:11.14\00:33:15.23
preachers we
always have new Bibles
00:33:15.24\00:33:16.38
and I brought a new Bible today
00:33:16.39\00:33:18.33
you know the
worst thing you can do
00:33:18.34\00:33:19.59
is bring a new
Bible. Bring the Bible
00:33:19.60\00:33:20.57
in our program, on
our program because
00:33:20.58\00:33:21.93
they turned
very, very slowly they
00:33:21.94\00:33:23.36
will have the fingers just yet,
00:33:23.37\00:33:24.58
but I am in 13:24,
okay Another parable
00:33:24.59\00:33:27.41
put He forth unto them, saying,
00:33:27.42\00:33:29.06
The kingdom of heaven is likened
00:33:29.07\00:33:31.05
unto a man that sowed good seed
00:33:31.06\00:33:33.34
in his field: But
while the man slept,
00:33:33.35\00:33:35.46
his enemy came and sowed tares
00:33:35.47\00:33:37.65
among the wheat,
and went his way.
00:33:37.66\00:33:39.66
But when the
blade was sprung up,
00:33:39.67\00:33:42.13
and brought forth
fruit, then appeared
00:33:42.14\00:33:45.37
the tares also. So
the servants of the
00:33:45.38\00:33:47.42
householder came
and said unto him,
00:33:47.43\00:33:49.00
Sir, didst not
thou sow good seed
00:33:49.01\00:33:52.11
in thy field, from whence then
00:33:52.12\00:33:54.26
hath it tares?
And He said unto them,
00:33:54.27\00:33:57.26
An enemy hath done this.
00:33:57.27\00:33:59.78
The servant said unto him,
00:33:59.79\00:34:01.66
Wilt thou then
that we go and gather
00:34:01.67\00:34:04.93
them up? But he
said, Nay; lest while
00:34:04.94\00:34:07.92
ye gather up the
tares, ye root up
00:34:07.93\00:34:10.00
also the wheat with them.
00:34:10.01\00:34:11.23
Let them both grow together
00:34:11.24\00:34:13.02
until the
harvest, and in the time
00:34:13.03\00:34:15.20
of harvest I will
say to the reapers,
00:34:15.21\00:34:17.07
Gather ye
together first the tares,
00:34:17.08\00:34:19.41
and bind them in
bundles to burn them:
00:34:19.42\00:34:22.19
but gather the
wheat into my barn.
00:34:22.20\00:34:24.63
Okay so He, right away you find
00:34:24.64\00:34:27.49
from verse 24 to verse 30 Jesus
00:34:27.50\00:34:29.91
gives the parable
with all the Wheat
00:34:29.92\00:34:31.97
and the Tares in the bundles and
00:34:31.98\00:34:34.13
the in this sowing and all that
00:34:34.14\00:34:35.88
what is this all
mean? Jesus as we
00:34:35.89\00:34:38.16
pointed out moments ago when
00:34:38.17\00:34:40.06
the multitude
left, Jesus brought
00:34:40.07\00:34:42.22
His disciples to
the side and made
00:34:42.23\00:34:43.99
it clear to them what he meant.
00:34:44.00\00:34:45.09
Now, let's look
at the interpretation
00:34:45.10\00:34:46.43
starting with the verse 36, 36,
00:34:46.44\00:34:50.29
Then Jesus sent
the multitude away,
00:34:50.30\00:34:52.63
and went into the house:
00:34:52.64\00:34:53.71
and His disciples came unto Him,
00:34:53.72\00:34:55.92
saying, Declare
unto us the parable
00:34:55.93\00:34:58.09
of the tares of the field.
00:34:58.10\00:34:59.60
What in other words what
00:34:59.61\00:35:01.30
did you mean?
Tell us what this is
00:35:01.31\00:35:03.38
all about. Okay,
here it is, and He said,
00:35:03.39\00:35:08.42
okay I'm just gonna go down
00:35:08.43\00:35:12.27
here okay I'll make sure I have
00:35:12.28\00:35:17.87
the correct one
here that's a correct one
00:35:17.88\00:35:19.85
yes that's a
correct one, okay, yes,
00:35:19.86\00:35:24.85
verse 37, But He
answered and said
00:35:24.86\00:35:28.60
unto them, "He
that sows the good
00:35:28.61\00:35:30.75
seed is the Son
of man." So the sower
00:35:30.76\00:35:33.20
is identified as the
son of man that's Jesus,
00:35:33.21\00:35:35.14
the field is the
world. The good seed are
00:35:35.15\00:35:39.54
the children of the
kingdom, but the tares
00:35:39.55\00:35:42.72
or the bad seed are the children
00:35:42.73\00:35:44.66
of the wicked one, the Satan.
00:35:44.67\00:35:46.80
The enemy that
sowed them is the devil;
00:35:46.81\00:35:49.62
right there, the
harvest is the end of the world;
00:35:49.63\00:35:53.72
and the reapers are the angels.
00:35:53.73\00:35:56.70
You could even
put those definitions
00:35:56.71\00:35:58.84
together if you have your Bible
00:35:58.85\00:36:00.08
or notebook just do that and
00:36:00.09\00:36:02.42
here is the key,
as to when the fire
00:36:02.43\00:36:04.72
starts here it is,
verse 40, As therefore
00:36:04.73\00:36:10.28
the tares are
gathered and burned
00:36:10.29\00:36:13.13
in the fire; so
shall it be in the end
00:36:13.14\00:36:17.31
of this world.
Now, when it's gonna
00:36:17.32\00:36:20.81
happen now, end of this world,
00:36:20.82\00:36:23.29
now when a person dies, now when
00:36:23.30\00:36:24.46
a person dies. You know if that
00:36:24.47\00:36:25.83
you know when
you adopt that theory
00:36:25.84\00:36:27.81
a Pastor you know that you put
00:36:27.82\00:36:29.59
yourself into a
box because you're
00:36:29.60\00:36:31.09
basically saying
that hell fire has
00:36:31.10\00:36:33.74
always burned and is burning now
00:36:33.75\00:36:35.67
because it has to
be burning from the
00:36:35.68\00:36:38.48
time that Cain
slew Able, it had to
00:36:38.49\00:36:40.53
started then,
first murder, first sin.
00:36:40.54\00:36:42.53
So, it's burning somewhere since
00:36:42.54\00:36:45.84
those days, if
that's your theology,
00:36:45.85\00:36:48.33
right, but it
doesn't fly in the face
00:36:48.34\00:36:50.62
of Bible theology that this fire
00:36:50.63\00:36:53.50
that will take
your sin and sinners
00:36:53.51\00:36:56.29
once in a while
does so at the end
00:36:56.30\00:36:58.29
of the world, not now or not
00:36:58.30\00:36:59.98
when you die.
Right it doesn't make,
00:36:59.99\00:37:01.64
it doesn't make
any sense because
00:37:01.65\00:37:03.12
here's what you
have to point out
00:37:03.13\00:37:04.37
here is some of the hurdles you
00:37:04.38\00:37:05.97
have jump over,
one of the hurdles
00:37:05.98\00:37:07.96
and I like what
you said if in fact the
00:37:07.97\00:37:10.23
fires of hell are burning now,
00:37:10.24\00:37:11.82
it would have had
to start when Cain
00:37:11.83\00:37:15.76
who killed Able died and started
00:37:15.77\00:37:19.59
as the first
punish, right, the first
00:37:19.60\00:37:21.90
punisher, that the first law as
00:37:21.91\00:37:23.68
the word's on fire yeah.
00:37:23.69\00:37:24.83
and then we said
be flipping everybody,
00:37:24.84\00:37:27.97
but you know,
right, because it's
00:37:27.98\00:37:29.56
such an
unbiblical thing it would
00:37:29.57\00:37:31.62
have to always have been burning
00:37:31.63\00:37:32.89
from the first
sinner to this day,
00:37:32.90\00:37:34.63
right, constantly
fueled by the death
00:37:34.64\00:37:36.38
of sinners, and
somebody here, yeah.
00:37:36.39\00:37:38.73
And Cain having been mentioned
00:37:38.74\00:37:41.78
as the first
murderer, that is obviously
00:37:41.79\00:37:44.78
after Satan
because he is the father
00:37:44.79\00:37:46.99
of all that
murder. The first one being
00:37:47.00\00:37:49.46
consigned to hell,
and he enters into the
00:37:49.47\00:37:53.86
flames and, the
and, you know you got
00:37:53.87\00:37:56.14
to really put this
picture together in your
00:37:56.15\00:37:57.50
head and I think
there is sometimes
00:37:57.51\00:37:58.59
people don't put
this picture together
00:37:58.60\00:37:59.92
in their heads. I
mean let's look at this
00:37:59.93\00:38:02.03
for a brief
moment, what went to hell
00:38:02.04\00:38:04.75
and I'm gonna go
ahead and mess with this
00:38:04.76\00:38:06.81
theory just for a brief moment,
00:38:06.82\00:38:07.79
if people are
burning in hell and they're
00:38:07.80\00:38:11.52
burning now and
they'll be burning
00:38:11.53\00:38:13.17
throughout
eternity, what's burning,
00:38:13.18\00:38:14.75
what's burning?
Now somebody may say
00:38:14.76\00:38:20.20
their soul is burning.
Well I have to challenge
00:38:20.21\00:38:24.66
you on that
because the Bible doesn't
00:38:24.67\00:38:26.15
say that. On the
contrary the Bible says
00:38:26.16\00:38:29.36
in Ezekiel 18:4
check it out The soul
00:38:29.37\00:38:32.62
that sinneth it
shall die, it shall die.
00:38:32.63\00:38:35.23
says it again in
Ezekiel is it 20, or 12
00:38:35.24\00:38:38.82
I think it's in 12
it says it twice, yeah,
00:38:38.83\00:38:41.07
I recognized
18:4 one day we want
00:38:41.08\00:38:43.44
to panel
together, yeah, and we all
00:38:43.45\00:38:45.11
came over the same text but from
00:38:45.12\00:38:47.04
different points
of Ezekiel so it says
00:38:47.05\00:38:48.63
it a couple of
times. I think it may be
00:38:48.64\00:38:50.05
12 or 20 but I
know it does in 18:4.
00:38:50.06\00:38:51.49
and if you look at the word soul
00:38:51.50\00:38:53.05
there in the
Hebrew, it's not talking
00:38:53.06\00:38:55.40
about some disembodied spirit,
00:38:55.41\00:38:57.02
it's not talking
about something that's
00:38:57.03\00:38:58.87
left the body of
man after he died.
00:38:58.88\00:39:00.69
It is talking
about the man himself.
00:39:00.70\00:39:03.29
It is talking about the being,
00:39:03.30\00:39:05.76
the person
physically, because here's
00:39:05.77\00:39:07.75
what you have to
conclude in order
00:39:07.76\00:39:09.84
for something to
burn it has to have
00:39:09.85\00:39:11.14
some tangible
properties, it can't be
00:39:11.15\00:39:13.73
ethereal that means it can't be
00:39:13.74\00:39:15.42
something that's floating around
00:39:15.43\00:39:16.50
that you cannot see, and then
00:39:16.51\00:39:18.43
secondly I've
heard all the theories,
00:39:18.44\00:39:20.73
so I'm
addressing the theories I've
00:39:20.74\00:39:21.83
heard some individuals say well
00:39:21.84\00:39:23.47
there are two bodies, a body in
00:39:23.48\00:39:25.21
hell waiting for you
and a body in heaven.
00:39:25.22\00:39:26.52
So when you die
depending on how you
00:39:26.53\00:39:28.96
live your life
your soul goes to which
00:39:28.97\00:39:30.68
ever body
that's waiting for you.
00:39:30.69\00:39:31.80
Once again, a stretch beyond the
00:39:31.81\00:39:35.22
human reasoning of
scripture it doesn't
00:39:35.23\00:39:36.96
support that.
Bible talks about a
00:39:36.97\00:39:39.42
terrestrial body and
a celestial body that
00:39:39.43\00:39:42.65
simply meaning
the Bible talks about
00:39:42.66\00:39:43.93
the body we're
going to have after we
00:39:43.94\00:39:45.97
are made immortal,
but the body that we
00:39:45.98\00:39:48.16
have now before
we are made immortal.
00:39:48.17\00:39:50.39
And so if you're
following my thoughts
00:39:50.40\00:39:52.51
very carefully,
there is no eternally
00:39:52.52\00:39:55.58
burning body
anywhere reserved for you.
00:39:55.59\00:39:58.13
There is nothing that
man has that's a sinner,
00:39:58.14\00:40:01.85
that is eternal,
there is nothing about
00:40:01.86\00:40:03.09
sin that's
eternal. So nobody could
00:40:03.10\00:40:05.02
be burning from
four or five thousand
00:40:05.03\00:40:07.61
years, thousand
years, good, precisely.
00:40:07.62\00:40:09.17
And then if we take
that to the next level.
00:40:09.18\00:40:10.84
This is what's so
strange about this
00:40:10.85\00:40:15.50
and I have a hard
time trying to explain
00:40:15.51\00:40:16.79
something that doesn't exist.
00:40:16.80\00:40:18.08
When the judgment
happens in Revelation
00:40:18.09\00:40:22.13
and all the
world stands before the
00:40:22.14\00:40:23.97
Lord and every
knee bows and every
00:40:23.98\00:40:25.82
tongue confesses
that Jesus Christ
00:40:25.83\00:40:27.28
is Lord to the
glory of the father
00:40:27.29\00:40:28.96
that would mean
that not only are the
00:40:28.97\00:40:31.15
righteous to
clearing that, but every knee
00:40:31.16\00:40:33.21
every man that is
ever lived will be alive
00:40:33.22\00:40:36.25
for short period
of time at the end
00:40:36.26\00:40:39.52
of the thousand
years. The righteous
00:40:39.53\00:40:40.95
and wicked will
declare the glory of God,
00:40:40.96\00:40:42.42
God has been
just. Revelation 17,
00:40:42.43\00:40:44.93
He has been
faithful, every judgment
00:40:44.94\00:40:46.62
He made was
right, when they declared
00:40:46.63\00:40:48.46
that God, when
they declared that
00:40:48.47\00:40:49.96
Jesus is Lord.
Are we saying that
00:40:49.97\00:40:53.26
there is gonna
break in the burning?
00:40:53.27\00:40:55.05
There is gonna be a
halt in the burning.
00:40:55.06\00:40:57.33
Man I need to
break after 6000 years
00:40:57.34\00:41:01.98
so I could
declare God as Lord just
00:41:01.99\00:41:03.63
to be plunged
back into it, yeah.
00:41:03.64\00:41:05.28
You understand
how ridiculous that
00:41:05.29\00:41:06.88
sounds, yeah
yeah. You know that's a
00:41:06.89\00:41:08.37
point and I hadn't
quite thought of it
00:41:08.38\00:41:09.60
that way, but mouth
is going to confess.
00:41:09.61\00:41:11.71
So it means that
those who have died
00:41:11.72\00:41:13.92
and burning left,
takes a sabbatical
00:41:13.93\00:41:16.35
from burning,
right, and to make that
00:41:16.36\00:41:17.92
confession and
go back to burning.
00:41:17.93\00:41:18.94
It just doesn't
really fly in the face
00:41:18.95\00:41:21.33
of Biblical
evidence. It doesn't match,
00:41:21.34\00:41:22.83
yeah, It doesn't
match, but if you go
00:41:22.84\00:41:24.59
I don't where you
are did you find in
00:41:24.60\00:41:26.06
Ezekiel but in
Malachi I want to go Malachi,
00:41:26.07\00:41:28.58
because Malachi
makes it very clear,
00:41:28.59\00:41:30.93
what's gonna
happen. And then before we
00:41:30.94\00:41:33.54
wind the program
up we're gonna go
00:41:33.55\00:41:34.80
to the arch enemy
himself and address
00:41:34.81\00:41:37.30
the question, is Satan
going to burn eternally?
00:41:37.31\00:41:40.50
Anyway I don't
want to go any further
00:41:40.51\00:41:43.68
than that, I
want to take all that,
00:41:43.69\00:41:44.80
I want to just
tease that and then
00:41:44.81\00:41:48.03
answer the
question. Malachi chapter
00:41:48.04\00:41:49.53
4 Pastor, yeah
when you said Malachi
00:41:49.54\00:41:51.23
I assumed you're
going to Malachi for one,
00:41:51.24\00:41:52.97
okay, For,
behold, the day cometh,
00:41:52.98\00:41:54.45
that shall burn as an oven;
00:41:54.46\00:41:55.80
and all the proud,
yea, and all that do
00:41:55.81\00:41:58.60
wickedly, shall be
stubble: and the day
00:41:58.61\00:42:01.63
that cometh shall
burn them up, okay,
00:42:01.64\00:42:04.20
saith the Lord of
hosts, that it shall
00:42:04.21\00:42:07.24
leave them
neither root nor branch.
00:42:07.25\00:42:10.71
Now we live in
the Midwest and we've
00:42:10.72\00:42:12.25
seen some fires
okay. If you live in the
00:42:12.26\00:42:15.23
Midwest or anywhere
that you have to cut
00:42:15.24\00:42:16.82
down trees and you
have to pile it all
00:42:16.83\00:42:20.25
together we call it a burn pile.
00:42:20.26\00:42:22.31
We talked about the burn pile
00:42:22.32\00:42:23.78
there in Matthew
13. The angels are
00:42:23.79\00:42:26.75
gonna gather them and in the end
00:42:26.76\00:42:28.50
the fire is gonna
be burning in the end.
00:42:28.51\00:42:30.34
Now, when a person died what's
00:42:30.35\00:42:32.37
gonna happen,
how much he is gonna
00:42:32.38\00:42:34.07
be left. Neither
root nor branches,
00:42:34.08\00:42:36.18
so nothing,
okay. Root the bases or
00:42:36.19\00:42:38.68
branch what
comes from it all that
00:42:38.69\00:42:40.29
gonna be gone,
that's verse one, yeah.
00:42:40.30\00:42:41.81
Look at verse 3,
read verse 3 now,
00:42:41.82\00:42:43.62
here we go, and
ye shall tread down
00:42:43.63\00:42:45.85
the wicked; for
they shall be ashes
00:42:45.86\00:42:48.42
under the soles of
your feet in the day
00:42:48.43\00:42:50.88
that I shall do
this, saith the Lord
00:42:50.89\00:42:52.49
of hosts. So in
essence, if I'm hearing
00:42:52.50\00:42:54.03
you correctly
you're saying that the
00:42:54.04\00:42:55.74
wicked are gonna be ashes, yeah.
00:42:55.75\00:42:56.83
So, you mean kind
of like a crematory,
00:42:56.84\00:43:00.35
okay if you've ever
heard about cremation,
00:43:00.36\00:43:04.01
some people say
well it is a Biblical.
00:43:04.02\00:43:06.19
Well, cremation
is exactly what's
00:43:06.20\00:43:10.05
happening here. Cremation means
00:43:10.06\00:43:12.34
the body, the flesh, the skin,
00:43:12.35\00:43:14.66
the bones, the
teeth all of that,
00:43:14.67\00:43:16.59
that's thrown into a furnace and
00:43:16.60\00:43:18.22
the strange
thing about that as we
00:43:18.23\00:43:19.49
see everything
has a certain duration
00:43:19.50\00:43:21.80
like they say the
person decays while the
00:43:21.81\00:43:23.98
teeth are around
longer, the hairs
00:43:23.99\00:43:25.84
around longer, calcium is around
00:43:25.85\00:43:29.27
longer, the
bones are around longer
00:43:29.28\00:43:30.37
than the flesh.
But nothing survives
00:43:30.38\00:43:33.29
the crematory,
precisely, nothing.
00:43:33.30\00:43:35.41
Hair is the first
thing to burn anything,
00:43:35.42\00:43:38.08
any fall like the
first thing to burn,
00:43:38.09\00:43:39.61
so nothing
survives the crematory.
00:43:39.62\00:43:40.94
Jesus in the
very end is going to
00:43:40.95\00:43:43.63
cremate sin and
sinners are gonna
00:43:43.64\00:43:46.03
to be wiped out, yes, yes.
00:43:46.04\00:43:47.63
So is that what we're hearing,
00:43:47.64\00:43:48.61
that's what we're hearing.
00:43:48.62\00:43:49.59
Ashes under the
souls of your feet,
00:43:49.60\00:43:53.75
nothing left,
nothing recognized,
00:43:53.76\00:43:55.33
nothing discernible,
no part of that human
00:43:55.34\00:43:58.81
person will
remain. So now, but is that
00:43:58.82\00:44:04.43
happening now, are people being
00:44:04.44\00:44:05.66
burnt now, no,
okay. There is no biblical
00:44:05.67\00:44:08.31
evidence of that happening now.
00:44:08.32\00:44:09.43
And it's
powerful because it gives
00:44:09.44\00:44:11.76
us a correct picture of the God
00:44:11.77\00:44:13.70
that we serve.
It doesn't make God
00:44:13.71\00:44:16.75
a vindictive
person who delights in
00:44:16.76\00:44:21.17
burning people forever.
00:44:21.18\00:44:22.80
And I think
they're a lot of people
00:44:22.81\00:44:24.30
who over the
years have been sort
00:44:24.31\00:44:25.80
of turned off by
that idea that God
00:44:25.81\00:44:27.76
would be like
that, and there is no
00:44:27.77\00:44:30.84
evidence of that
in the word of God.
00:44:30.85\00:44:32.51
When you create a
soul that lives forever,
00:44:32.52\00:44:36.56
you've got to put that soul some
00:44:36.57\00:44:38.52
place forever. So you've locked
00:44:38.53\00:44:40.61
yourself into
this idea of eternally
00:44:40.62\00:44:42.84
burning hell
because you've got this
00:44:42.85\00:44:44.22
soul that does not
die, so it's got either
00:44:44.23\00:44:46.40
be in heaven
forever or in hell forever
00:44:46.41\00:44:48.41
and that's why
the doctrine is so
00:44:48.42\00:44:50.57
pernicious
because that backs you
00:44:50.58\00:44:52.36
into a corner
where you've got to put
00:44:52.37\00:44:54.14
that soul some place forever,
00:44:54.15\00:44:55.42
and it really defaces the image
00:44:55.43\00:44:58.34
of a loving God,
yeah. So, clearly
00:44:58.35\00:45:01.65
when the Bible
says the Lord knows
00:45:01.66\00:45:03.77
how to deliver the godly out of
00:45:03.78\00:45:05.82
temptation, and to reserve the
00:45:05.83\00:45:07.93
unjust unto the Day of Judgment
00:45:07.94\00:45:10.51
to be punished.
There is a day of
00:45:10.52\00:45:12.00
judgment that is coming, yes.
00:45:12.01\00:45:13.48
And the Day of a Judgment is not
00:45:13.49\00:45:14.93
when you die that means your
00:45:14.94\00:45:16.32
judgment is sealed when a person
00:45:16.33\00:45:18.04
dies whatever their
faith is it's sealed,
00:45:18.05\00:45:21.04
there is no second
chance of doctrine.
00:45:21.05\00:45:23.25
But there is no, no more than
00:45:23.26\00:45:26.41
we go to heaven that
anybody goes to hell,
00:45:26.42\00:45:29.22
but there is
this idea that you go
00:45:29.23\00:45:31.18
in one direction or the other,
00:45:31.19\00:45:32.35
but then that begs
to ask the question,
00:45:32.36\00:45:34.46
well why has
Jesus happen to come
00:45:34.47\00:45:36.00
back to get us,
precisely, if we're
00:45:36.01\00:45:37.68
already there, and
it's just in Revelation
00:45:37.69\00:45:38.98
22:12, right
behold I come and my
00:45:38.99\00:45:42.89
reward is with me. And if you've
00:45:42.90\00:45:46.77
ever gotten the
reward that's like
00:45:46.78\00:45:48.39
I already got my present, right,
00:45:48.40\00:45:49.64
you know what you're gonna give
00:45:49.65\00:45:50.62
me now, but He's
coming to bring his reward.
00:45:50.63\00:45:52.58
A matter of fact
let's look at Revelation,
00:45:52.59\00:45:54.73
no let's go the book of Ezekiel
00:45:54.74\00:45:56.58
I want you to see
this, Ezekiel 28 that's
00:45:56.59\00:46:02.26
where we're
gonna go what's gonna
00:46:02.27\00:46:03.76
happen to Satan? We have to find
00:46:03.77\00:46:06.67
out what's gonna happen to the
00:46:06.68\00:46:07.96
devil himself? Well we know,
00:46:07.97\00:46:10.92
without even
studying very deeply
00:46:10.93\00:46:15.54
we know that in
the Ezekiel we find
00:46:15.55\00:46:21.77
that this king of Tyre who is,
00:46:21.78\00:46:23.35
who is synonymous, metaphor,
00:46:23.36\00:46:27.19
metaphor right for
Lucifer and for the
00:46:27.20\00:46:31.73
fallen angel we will clearly see
00:46:31.74\00:46:33.83
everything about him as outlined
00:46:33.84\00:46:35.42
but the question we have to ask
00:46:35.43\00:46:36.81
ourselves is
what's gonna be the end
00:46:36.82\00:46:38.14
of Satan himself.
Let's read what the
00:46:38.15\00:46:41.03
Bible says, I
would like to answer
00:46:41.04\00:46:42.36
that question
but let's read what
00:46:42.37\00:46:43.64
the Bible says
Ezekiel 28 Pastor and
00:46:43.65\00:46:46.59
verse 18 and verse 19, okay.
00:46:46.60\00:46:51.23
Thou hast
defiled thy sanctuaries
00:46:51.24\00:46:55.99
by the multitude
of thine iniquities,
00:46:56.00\00:46:58.06
and by the
iniquity of thy traffic;
00:46:58.07\00:47:01.13
therefore will I
bring forth a fire
00:47:01.14\00:47:03.67
from the midst of thee, it will
00:47:03.68\00:47:05.25
devour thee, and
I will bring thee
00:47:05.26\00:47:07.52
to ashes upon the
earth in the sight
00:47:07.53\00:47:09.81
of all them that behold thee.
00:47:09.82\00:47:11.72
All they that know thee among
00:47:11.73\00:47:14.96
the people shall
be astonished at thee:
00:47:14.97\00:47:17.34
thou shalt be a
terror, and never shalt
00:47:17.35\00:47:20.40
thou be anymore.
Okay, never shalt
00:47:20.41\00:47:25.06
thou be anymore.
The Lord is going
00:47:25.07\00:47:28.47
to bring from the midst of Satan
00:47:28.48\00:47:31.27
and devour him,
bring him to ashes
00:47:31.28\00:47:34.86
on the earth in
the sight of all those
00:47:34.87\00:47:37.22
who saw him. You
look that clearly
00:47:37.23\00:47:40.52
over if Satan
himself is going to be
00:47:40.53\00:47:42.47
turned into
ashes if Satan himself
00:47:42.48\00:47:44.40
is gonna become a horror and
00:47:44.41\00:47:46.52
shall never be as the Bible says
00:47:46.53\00:47:49.66
and shall be no more forever,
00:47:49.67\00:47:53.00
where as the King
James Version says
00:47:53.01\00:47:54.80
it has it said. I
never shalt thou be
00:47:54.81\00:47:57.17
any more; okay
there it is, yeah.
00:47:57.18\00:47:59.29
So clearly, yeah
it presupposes an end,
00:47:59.30\00:48:01.79
right, anymore
not gonna be anymore.
00:48:01.80\00:48:04.50
So the question is the
Satan had eternal life.
00:48:04.51\00:48:07.08
Now you answered
the question with
00:48:07.09\00:48:08.63
what answer, no,
right. The wages of sin
00:48:08.64\00:48:12.33
is what? Death,
death, the gift of God
00:48:12.34\00:48:14.22
is eternal life.
So we have to ask
00:48:14.23\00:48:16.26
ourselves the
question who receives
00:48:16.27\00:48:18.14
the wages of
sin, if you can assign
00:48:18.15\00:48:20.45
any human being that judgment
00:48:20.46\00:48:23.08
you surely can't
assign that judgment
00:48:23.09\00:48:24.61
to Satan
himself. The wages of sin
00:48:24.62\00:48:27.09
is death, death is
not the continuance
00:48:27.10\00:48:29.55
of life somewhere
else, death is the
00:48:29.56\00:48:31.28
end of life, yes,
lets go to scriptural,
00:48:31.29\00:48:34.34
precisely, what's
the text it's Second
00:48:34.35\00:48:36.27
Timothy God alone
who have eternal life?
00:48:36.28\00:48:38.49
Oh! Yes Second
Timothy 1:16, yeah
00:48:38.50\00:48:40.17
we're popping
these checks out there
00:48:40.18\00:48:41.85
and it sort of
like studying the word
00:48:41.86\00:48:42.83
of God, because things
just come to your mind,
00:48:42.84\00:48:43.81
yeah, God alone
has the eternal life,
00:48:43.82\00:48:45.52
you can't assign
it. Now I heard a
00:48:45.53\00:48:47.15
preacher say well, burning hell,
00:48:47.16\00:48:48.68
I don't call it
life, well it's doesn't
00:48:48.69\00:48:50.53
matter what God calls it,
00:48:50.54\00:48:51.51
and only God has eternal life.
00:48:51.52\00:48:54.88
We don't have
it, Satan certainly
00:48:54.89\00:48:57.09
doesn't have it,
there is going to be
00:48:57.10\00:48:58.37
an end to sin and sinners.
00:48:58.38\00:49:00.68
How could you really enjoy a new
00:49:00.69\00:49:04.65
heaven and a new earth with this
00:49:04.66\00:49:06.12
idea that
somewhere in the universe
00:49:06.13\00:49:09.02
people are burning forever?
00:49:09.03\00:49:10.28
It's antithetically, it's just,
00:49:10.29\00:49:12.66
it doesn't go
along with his idea that
00:49:12.67\00:49:14.45
God is going to make all things
00:49:14.46\00:49:17.39
new that's part of an old world
00:49:17.40\00:49:20.33
part of the old problem that is
00:49:20.34\00:49:21.77
going to come to an end when
00:49:21.78\00:49:23.53
Christ puts it to an end.
00:49:23.54\00:49:25.73
And it doesn't match; it doesn't
00:49:25.74\00:49:29.33
match the
character of God at all,
00:49:29.34\00:49:31.17
yeah. It doesn't
match the character
00:49:31.18\00:49:33.04
of God to give you eternal life
00:49:33.05\00:49:34.43
to the righteous
and the wicked when
00:49:34.44\00:49:36.59
the Bible says
in the most recited
00:49:36.60\00:49:40.11
scripture of all
history I think I
00:49:40.12\00:49:42.75
can say that,
that make the Guinness
00:49:42.76\00:49:44.20
book of
records. John 3:16, sure,
00:49:44.21\00:49:47.60
let's recite it together, yeah,
00:49:47.61\00:49:48.66
are you ready, "For God so loved
00:49:48.67\00:49:50.67
the world, that he
gave his only begotten
00:49:50.68\00:49:53.02
Son, that
whosoever believeth in him
00:49:53.03\00:49:55.72
shall not perish,
should not perish,
00:49:55.73\00:50:00.21
but have everlasting life."
00:50:00.22\00:50:03.14
Okay so the only
two you get is perish
00:50:03.15\00:50:05.79
or everlasting
life, right, you don't get
00:50:05.80\00:50:09.45
everlasting punishing, you get
00:50:09.46\00:50:14.54
everlasting
punishment, yes, it's a
00:50:14.55\00:50:17.11
difference all
together. The results are
00:50:17.12\00:50:18.75
permanent, not the process,
00:50:18.76\00:50:20.13
for the process to be permanent
00:50:20.14\00:50:21.92
you have to
have something that's
00:50:21.93\00:50:23.47
permanent, and you know and the
00:50:23.48\00:50:25.11
wicked do not
put on the mortality,
00:50:25.12\00:50:26.87
right, only the righteous put on
00:50:26.88\00:50:29.01
a mortality.
Hopefully I am letting
00:50:29.02\00:50:31.42
those points
thinking very clearly.
00:50:31.43\00:50:32.83
It's very crucial
what is the antecedent
00:50:32.84\00:50:36.20
to punish to everlasting, is it
00:50:36.21\00:50:39.31
punishing or punishment, and so
00:50:39.32\00:50:42.20
many have taken it as punishing.
00:50:42.21\00:50:44.13
God is going to
punish you forever,
00:50:44.14\00:50:46.00
no it's a
punishment that is everlasting
00:50:46.01\00:50:49.27
whose effects our everlasting
00:50:49.28\00:50:50.95
and that is
consistent with scripture
00:50:50.96\00:50:52.88
throughout all of scripture.
00:50:52.89\00:50:54.46
Let me use a Bible verse here
00:50:54.47\00:50:56.08
that people often
like to cite which
00:50:56.09\00:50:58.93
if you read it carefully it says
00:50:58.94\00:51:00.52
exactly the
opposite of what they
00:51:00.53\00:51:02.23
like it to say.
Matthew 10, Matthew 10,
00:51:02.24\00:51:06.65
well I'm in Mark
then, I'm supposed
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to be in Matthew. Go with me to
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Matthew chapter
10, I want you to read
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this verse with us we're gonna
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read verse 28, and
people like to read
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this verse because they say Aha!
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I found evidence
that you really can't die,
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but if you read
the verse carefully you
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will see that it
says exactly what opposite
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of what you think
it says. Okay, go and
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read that verse for us, yeah the
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important part is
after the colon, exactly,
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it's far from, And fear not them
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which kill the
body, but are not able
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to kill the soul.
Okay stop, stop right,
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don't fear those
who can kill your body.
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But can kill your
soul. Now, is that
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suggesting that
the soul is eternal?
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No that's not
suggesting the soul
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is soul is
eternal, because if the
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soul what
eternal or immortal than
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the second part of the scripture
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really wouldn't
have any qualification,
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precisely, what it
suggesting is this,
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somebody could take me to Iraq,
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cut my head off,
burn me in a fire,
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throw me in the furnace,
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have me torn up by horses, have
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me thrown in the
lake and drowned,
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but they cannot take away my
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eternal life,
that's what that I says,
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precisely, but now is
there someone that can.
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Read the second part of it now.
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But rather fear
him, fear him okay,
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which is able to
destroy both soul and body,
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where in hell,
okay. Now, here's the key,
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will the body and the soul be
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destroyed in
hell? According to this
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text it will, yes.
Destroyed, destroyed
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the word there is destroyed what
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that means is
when the Lord is done
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with sin and sinners
they won't be anymore
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sin they won't
be anymore sinners.
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There is not gonna
be some lake somewhere
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where people are
gonna be reserved
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burning throughout the Eons and
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endless ages of
eternity, that's not
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gonna be the
case. So we have to ask
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ourselves, we
have to ask ourselves
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a question then
since this, since the
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Bible does say that
and uses the word hell,
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destruction body
and soul that shows
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that the soul is
not eternal, right, that
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that once again
butcher says what
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is taught in
Ezekiel 18 verse 4 and also
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in Ezekiel 12 or
Ezekiel 20, so you
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currently see
that the soul doesn't
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have any endless property and by
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the way the idea
that the soul had
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the end of this
property comes from
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those who favor just
the King James Version,
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but if you read
other translations it talks
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about not so much an
entity that's separate
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from the body, but
it is simply saying
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he is able to
destroy mankind in hell,
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that's what it
summarizes, it puts it
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together he is
the only one able to
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completely
destroy us and wipe us out
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of existence, not having any
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continued
existence after he comes
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back again. Okay,
let's look at another
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passage, anything
comes to your mind?
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Nahum is one
that people turned to
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all the time
Nahum 1 and verse 9, and
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you know this is when you think
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of when you think
of the little tiny
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book of Nahum you
see that one of the
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challenges has
been that people are
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really concerned
that in the end result
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and here is where
the concern comes in
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and let me before
I get to the end and
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concern, you're
in Nahum, I'm gonna
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have you read that. The teaching
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has the teaching
has continually been,
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we've come to an era in America
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and not only
the global religious
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awakening, but I
refer to it often and
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I refer to it
lightly as the hell in fire,
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the Hellfire and
Brimstone preachers, okay,
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but in order for
that to get any kind
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of impetus that
whole concept had to come
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from somewhere
and when you trace
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the history of the
dark ages you'll find that
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the Roman church
in order to build up
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it's monasteries,
it's cathedrals, it's great
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sanctuaries
throughout Europe, they taught
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that there was
this never ending,
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never quenchable
torture that will take
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place for the wicked
and they even created
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some idea of
Purgatory and Limbo,
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that if you don't pray me out of
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Purgatory and
limbo within 30 days
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whether you're an
adult or a baby then
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your child or
your father is gonna go
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to hell and be
tortured and tormented
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there for forever. This is not a
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scriptural
teaching, this came from the
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Greek teaching of the God Hades,
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yes, you see,
that's Greek mythology,
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but in the New
Testament the word
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Hades is used there,
you see, clearly talking
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about this place of
destruction the grave,
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but Nahum 1:9 read that for us,
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what's gonna happen
Nahum 1 and verse 9,
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What do you
imagine against the Lord?
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He will make an
utter end, affliction
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shall not rise up the
second time. Okay, yeah,
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He will make an
utter end, okay it's going
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to utterly end,
powerful words, very plain
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and it's not gonna
come back ever so it's
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not gonna remain
forever, it's gonna end.
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Well who is, who is
hell prepared for you
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already know the
answer, yeah, devil and
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his angels, okay,
hell is not the Lord
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did not create hell
for mankind, because
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God so loved the
world He gave His only
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begotten son to save us.
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The Lord didn't
send His son to the world
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to condemn us. John
3:17, hell is prepared
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for the devil and
his angels and when
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you read Revelation chapter 20,
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you find that this
fire that comes down
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from heaven on earth and this,
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it devours the
Bible says and fire came
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down from heaven
and devoured them,
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devoured them.
Okay, the ones that
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were devoured is the beast,
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the false
prophets, Satan and whoever
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was not found
written in the book
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of life, the book,
correct, it's called a
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second death.
Now why it would be
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called the second
death Pastor if there
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was no first
death. Because there was
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no first death very
powerful, okay, yeah,
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first death was
what, yeah, death,
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natural death,
the grave being put
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in the tomb, being
laid at the cemetery
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of the first death, unconscious
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unaware of what's taking place
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like when you
went bed last night,
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unaware,
unconscious. The second death
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is wiping us out
of existence so there
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will no more sin, no more death,
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no more heart attack
and no more suffering.
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Very depressing topic
if you think about hell,
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but here's the
beauty of it if you think
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about the Lord
Jesus Christ and give
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your life to him you
fear not what's going
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to come you fear
not the fires of hell
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make that decision to give
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your life to Christ today.
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