Hello friends,
grab your Bible and a
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friend and sit
back as we explore God's
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word together on this
edition of House Calls.
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Welcome to one of
the most informative
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places on the
planet at least that's what
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I believe if I didn't
believe that I wouldn't
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be here but I
don't believe that by
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myself, My good
friend John is here
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with me and this
is the House Calls
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program that you've
tuned into and thank
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you for tuning in.
That was a mouthful
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we're so glad that
you've joined us for
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the continuation
of the topic that we
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believe is
vitally important what the
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Bible says about
death in the context of
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the last day deceptions that are
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forming all around us.
And so this is not just
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about the topic of
death but how Satan
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is setting up an
atmosphere to get us
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all deceived so
that we can be sitting
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ducks as it were
for His grand deception
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in the end time
and. So good to have you
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here John. Yes,
it's good to be here and
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this is very
important topic I believe.
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Yeah, and we're
glad that our guest have
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tuned in, if you
have family members that
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are scurrying
around the kitchen say hey
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come on and watch this program.
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Take a break from
all the cares of life and
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listen to what God has
to say to you from his word.
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But before we do
any thing we always like
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to go to God in
prayer, so John would
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you pray for us today. Amen.
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Father, we are thankful for your
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word as we open
it again here today.
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We just pray that
you invite all of us into
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your presence that
as we come there Lord,
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your spirit would
meet us and we would
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understand very
clearly from your
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word, what you
have to say on this very
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important topic.
We know that time is
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short and we're
living in the last days and
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may we be found
handling your word.
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Rightly dividing
the word of truth and
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applying it to our own lives.
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Father lead us and
guide us today to do
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just that and to
give you honor in all that
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we do and all that we say,
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in Jesus name. Amen. Amen.
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And as many of
you know very well
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House Calls
would not be anything
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But so here's our
question session and
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get your pens and papers down,
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and follow long as
we bring to your mind
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what somebody
else may have asked or
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may be even
you. What do you have
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for us John? I
have a question from
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Alantra and she is from Nassau,
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the Bahamas.
Okay, Nassau, Nassau
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I asked you before, How are we
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pronouncing this?
Nassau the Bahamas.
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Sometimes when you
don't come from that
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land you don't
pronounce it right,
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so forgive me.
Question on Genesis
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5 one through
three, verse 1 and 2 states
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that we were created
in God's likeness but
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verse 3 emphasizes
that Adam begot a son
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in his likeness
after his image, and so the
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question is here
in whose image are we
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created, God's or
Adam's? And this is a good
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question I, I think
one of the things that we
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need to do when we
read a text is also to
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find a context of
the passage and to see to
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read up a little bit
before or little after it
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to find out what
this passage is actually
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trying to tell
us, before we get into
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these specifics of each verse.
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So if you look here
we find that there's
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been the fall of
man in Genesis 3,
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then you the initial murder.
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The first murder
that ever was committed
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by Cain of his
brother Abel in chapter 4 and
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then you have
clearly delineated there the
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line of Cain
beginning in verse 16, down
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through verse O'
24, then in verse 25 and
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then down to the beginning of 5
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actually all the way
to the end of 5, you have
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the line of the Godly
which is through Seth.
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Okay. The next
son of Adam and Eve
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and so, you're
seeing here little bit of a
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genealogy but its more than just
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genealogy that we
find after the line of
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Seth and you find and
also Cain but you find
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here a comparison
between the image of
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Satan, in other
words his character through
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Cain's line and then
the character of Seth
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which is a Godly
character. Down all the way to
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Noah and then of
course chapter 6 talks
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about Noah's
day. So we pickup the
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passage that is
mentioned here from
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Genesis 5 verses 1
through 3 right after it
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began to speak of
Seth's line which was,
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which is an
expansion for a further
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understanding of
what the Godly line,
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those made after
God's image will look like.
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Okay. You know what I'm saying.
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So in effect what
you're going, what's
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going on here as
you, you have the
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character of Seth,
which is after God's
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image, that is
his character being
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formed but you also
have a actual line of
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humanity that
comes from Adam that
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continues on down
through Seth. Okay.
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So this is why there
is some confusion as to
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lineage or
likeness and the image that
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those who are being
formed in or created
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in from
generation to generation.
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So 5 verse 1,
this is the book of
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Genealogy of Adam
in the day that God
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created man, he
made him in his likeness.
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In the likeness of
God He created them male
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and female,
blessed them and God called
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them mankind in the
day they were created.
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And Adam lived 130
years and he begot a
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son in his own
likeness after his
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image the name,
and named him Seth.
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So although you
are seeing here a Godly
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line that comes from
Adam passed down through Seth.
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And we're talking
about the character of
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God and his image
reproducing his people.
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Okay. You're
also talking about the
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lineage of Adam
which not only passes
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on you'd hope some
characteristics that are
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formed in the
image of God, we formed,
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we generated
which are passing on,
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the lineage of Adam
which now contains what?
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Sin, that's right.
So that's why you're
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getting both likenesses here,
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both images here
alluded to in this
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passage and I hope
that provides some clarity.
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Okay. Because
the passage really is
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giving us both. And
their initial question
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if you were to wrap it
up. Well the, the initial
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question is in
whose image are we created
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God's or Adam's,
both. Now, even in the
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image of God in
that as a Christian and
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you've been
implanted within you and the
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new birth
experience the Spirit of Christ
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which is the Holy
Spirit. He's now formed your
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image or remade
your image back into
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His character, His
likeness. That's right.
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Yet, you have the
characteristics of
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Adam in that he
could only pass on to his
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line, a mortal flesh
including the tainting
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of sin and I also
have that within my
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members, my body as
well. You know, when I think
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about that, I think
of the text in the Bible,
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let me go there and
I'll tell you to follow me.
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I think about the
fact that one of the
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greatest challenges
of being a Christian is
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being a
Christian. You heard exactly
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what I said. That's right.
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One of the greatest
challenges of being a
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Christian is being a Christian.
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But one of the
greatest testimonies
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of the Power of
Christ is that a person in
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sinful flesh can
live a Christ-like life.
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That's right. And
so, Galatians, I want you
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to go there with
me, because that's a
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wonderful question
Galatians, a lot of
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people don't
understand what happens when
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Jesus comes into our lives?
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You know we take
on, we are no longer
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under the
condemnation of the old Adam.
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Even though we were
born in sin, the sinful
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nature formed and molded, shaped
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inequity this entire
world of consistent sin.
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How do you, let
me use this story.
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Recently, one of my
computer's hard drive
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is failed and if
you know anything about
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the computer hard
drive. When they're made
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they are made in
what's called a clean lab.
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In other words zero dust
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particles get on the inside.
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When they are
made, They're made in an
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enclosure that is
promised to be 100%
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or as high as they
can get that percentage to
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be dust free, contamination
free, particle free.
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So in that case
the seal and you know
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that you can't just open
up a hard drive in casing.
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Matter of fact
you notice on there,
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it says manufacture's warranty
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void if case
opened. But there's a lot of
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valuable
information on the inside.
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So when corruption enters it,
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it cannot enter it
by opening the case,
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it enters it by
something happens on
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the outside of it.
It comes in and corrupts
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the information on the inside.
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Well, in the same
way when God made us,
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God encased us in perfection.
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So in the story of
Eve and fall of Adam we
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find that the
corruption that came
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to both of them came
from an outside source.
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Came from Satan,
came from the one
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who came to deceive
them. It entered into them
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and corrupted
them. But then actually
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brings the
question, Can the, can we
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return that hard
drive back to a non-corrupt,
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non, what's the
word here when something
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gets into the
program. Virus. Virus.
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A virus free
environment and this was the Mac
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didn't want me to
say this but that's why
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I like a Mac over a
PC. Because I had so
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many viruses on my
PC through the years
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I got sick and tired of
viruses, so I bought a Mac,
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that's not a commercial but its
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here to illustrate
the particular point.
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You see when the
Lord comes into our
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lives in a
sinful environment where
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we can be contaminated
at any moment of the day.
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He says, I am going
to empower you to live a
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contaminant free life in
a contaminated environment.
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We have the Adam
flesh contaminated,
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we have the nature of
Christ uncontaminated.
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So that's why John
said we have both right now.
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We are living a
sinful world, mortal flesh
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but we have
inherited the immortal
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righteousness of
Jesus. That's why, Galatians
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2:20 is so important,
so what is that all mean?
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That means until Jesus comes we
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cannot under or
over emphasize the
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importance of staying
connected to Christ as
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John 15 says without
me you can do nothing.
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See! But then
Paul says, I can do all
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things through
Christ who strengthens me.
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So how many
natures do we have now?
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We have the flesh
if you are a Christian
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you have the flesh of Adam.
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But if you are
one who accepted the
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Jesus Christ, He
now has imparted to you
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an impurity of
his righteousness.
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He no longer counts
you to be guilty but
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now he gives you
the day by day power to
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live above the
contaminants of the world.
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Look at Galatians
2:20 and this puts it
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into the perfect
setting and I'll answer the
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question in a
moment how long do we have
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to struggle with this
mortal flesh. Alright?
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Galatians 2:20
reads as follows, I have
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been crucified with
Christ. What has been crucified?
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The body, the sin,
The nature of Adam has
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been crucified.
The nature that has
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caused us to just
naturally slide down
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the sliding boat.
Head long into sin
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and embrace it and
kiss it, that nature
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hopefully has been
killed. That great longing
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loving desire for
sin, hopefully that has
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been killed. We shouldn't love
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the sinful things as
we loved that before we
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accepted Christ.
If you have this deep
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intention and
loving desire for all the
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things that
would cause you to be
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corrupted and sinful.
Then you're like a pig
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going back into
the mud after they've
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been cleaned up and rebuild up.
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The only way by the
way the only way you
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can keep a pig clean
is to keep it on a chain
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in the house, you
can't keep it from sin.
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But let's finish the
text. I have been crucified
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with Christ it is
no longer I who live,
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that is that nature
that you're born with
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if you're a
Christian, you don't live with
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that nature
anymore, but how do you live
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the Christian life?
But Christ lives in me
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and the life which I
now live in the flesh
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as John said
that Adam compartment,
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the Adam
container, how do you live
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Christ like life?
The life which I now
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live in the
flesh Adam's container
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I live by faith in
the son of God who loved
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me and gave himself for
me. In a nutshell we are gonna
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have this Adam
container until Jesus
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comes and
replaces it with a perfect,
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a perfect body to
fit a perfect nature.
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So that's the day
by day you know how do
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we keep that going?
Paul says, I die daily.
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And Paul also instructs
us in Romans 7 verse 22,
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I delight. It says I
delight in the law of
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God according to
the inward man but I see
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another law in my
members that's the
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flesh warring
against the law of my mind
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and bringing me to
the captivity to the
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law of sin and
which is in my members.
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That's right. O
wretched man that I am!
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Who will deliver me
from this body of death?
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So, body is a
passing a mortal thing,
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it will one day be
gone, we receive new
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bodies and we're
talking about the
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resurrection in
the part of our program
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coming up here.
But then he declared
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I thank God through
Jesus Christ our Lord
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so then with the mind
I serve the law of God
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with my flesh or with
that flesh the law of sin.
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There was
therefore now no condemnation
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to those who are
in Christ Jesus who do
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not walk
according to the flesh but
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according to the
spirit. You know what that's
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like John? The Lord when he says
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that now I wanna
help people understand
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what that means.
When he says that we,
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read that part, the
law of my mind or the law
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of the flesh,
read that verse again.
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With the mind I
serve the law of God but
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with the flesh the law of
sins is that what it says?
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Yeah! He thanks
God that with a mind
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I myself serve the
law of God but with the
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flesh the law of sin.
So here's the question
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we've to ask ourselves
when you read that verse.
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Are we're saying
well you know if I just,
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if I just live in
my mind I am completely
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in harmony with
Jesus. But if I live in the
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flesh I am
completely in harmony with Sin.
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That's not what its
saying, its not saying
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that as a Christian
you have to go back and
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forth, back and
forth to be in this perfect
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environment what is
in essence saying is
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I've got to live a
Christian life but I am
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on a ball and
chain. And one day the Lord
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is gonna come and
cut that chain and I no
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longer have to be
even subject to its weight.
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That the great struggle of the
00:15:50.44\00:15:51.85
Christian life is
we've to do it in a body,
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that's very, very
immortal. That's why our eyes
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get bad and our
hair turns gray and our
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teeth begin to
get weak and our bones
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begin to ache as
we get older and our
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muscles begin to
atrophy. All these things begin
00:16:04.47\00:16:06.89
to happen because
this flesh is just
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defective and
that's the best Adam could
00:16:08.41\00:16:10.49
give us but God
is gonna replace that
00:16:10.50\00:16:12.66
defected flesh one
day with a beautiful body.
00:16:12.67\00:16:14.89
We'll never get
old again and all those
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things are our part
of sin will not rise up
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again praise God for
that. But until then the
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Lord is saying
here's what I want to
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encourage you, if
you are my son you are
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my daughter, you
are who I want to you to
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be right now in this
world but one day I'll
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take care of the
rest of it and that's why
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Isaiah 25 verse 9
could you read that
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for us I guess
you have another one,
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Isaiah 25 verse 9, as
I finish the thought go
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there, that's why
this text is so encouraging
00:16:38.86\00:16:40.92
to us. Isaiah says,
don't worry about it
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and here's the key.
The Lord has already
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saved us from
the penalty of sin.
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He day by day, day
by day saves us from the
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power of sin, what
this body wants to do
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he can save us from
that. But when he's gonna
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save us from
the presence of sin,
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Read that for us
John Isaiah 25 verse 9.
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And it will be
setting that they behold this
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is our God we've
waited for Him and
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He will save us
this is the Lord.
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We've waited for
Him, we'll be glad
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and rejoice in His salvation.
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Wouldn't you be
glad the day when sin is
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not even a factor
anymore? No more temptation.
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No more ball and
chain, nothing to
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bring you down
because you know what?
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Your mind won't even desire it.
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Because the mind
of Christ will be
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completely
perfectly reproduced in you.
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As there was no sin
in Jesus. I remember
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Him saying that
prince of this world
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has come but he
has nothing in me.
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Isn't that
wonderful. So when that mind of
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Christ is
completely reproduced in us and
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we now have this
perfect righteous body,
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Satan won't be able to get in.
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And going back to my
original thought there
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will be no
corruption in the hard drive
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because the inside and
the outside will be the same.
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And notice that event yeah,
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occurs on that day,
right. Day of the resurrection.
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That is when we
are, we are declared
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incorruptible, the
bodies are immortal
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and our minds also
become non you know
00:18:05.23\00:18:08.91
non-susceptible to temptation,
00:18:08.92\00:18:10.61
temptation will not be there.
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But that happens
at the resurrection,
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some want to make
that you know this
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happen early in
advance. When we die then we
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are incorruptible
we can enter into the
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presence of God.
But nowhere do we
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find that, that is
possible prior to the
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resurrection, which
is one of the reasons
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wide part of our
ubject today as we
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continue on with
this is about the
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resurrection and
this event occurring.
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Wow! So, probably
we shouldn't go any
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further on this question either
00:18:39.20\00:18:42.26
because we've got
about another 8 minutes,
00:18:42.27\00:18:44.05
8 or 9 minutes for our
question and answer time.
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And I have one
that's gonna take that time.
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You have one.
Oh! Yeah. Go for it.
00:18:48.85\00:18:50.56
This is a
beautiful question and this
00:18:51.51\00:18:52.68
gonna take up all
that time and maybe just
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about a minute more.
Hello, my question is
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about the probation period.
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I know that, I
know you've talked about
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this subject before,
so you don't need to talk
00:19:03.50\00:19:05.65
about it on the show
but if you could send
00:19:05.66\00:19:08.58
me back an email,
okay I'll get pass that,
00:19:08.59\00:19:10.34
my question is,
it's been about probation
00:19:10.35\00:19:12.90
period is it already
too late, have the doors
00:19:12.91\00:19:16.70
already shut and if
not what signs are there to
00:19:16.71\00:19:20.08
let me know when it is too late?
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More or less prove
that it hasn't happened
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yet, and here's the
reason. The reason for my
00:19:24.72\00:19:28.80
concern is that
through my life I've
00:19:28.81\00:19:32.26
been very close
to God and Jesus and
00:19:32.27\00:19:35.77
I could feel the
Holy Spirit In my life.
00:19:35.78\00:19:38.64
I've fallen away
since then and now I've
00:19:39.35\00:19:41.87
made a choice to
bring Jesus back into
00:19:41.88\00:19:44.47
my life but it isn't
the same, I don't have
00:19:44.48\00:19:47.78
the feelings, I
don't have the feeling of
00:19:47.79\00:19:50.60
God in my life.
It feels as though
00:19:50.61\00:19:53.35
I waited too long
and blasphemed the Holy
00:19:53.77\00:19:56.22
Spirit for too long
and I now it's too late.
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I hope this isn't
true but would, But would
00:19:59.11\00:20:02.68
hope that there is
still time and proof in,
00:20:02.69\00:20:05.37
of this in the
scripture, thank you
00:20:05.70\00:20:07.56
and I hope to
hear back from you soon
00:20:08.19\00:20:10.03
by the way I like your
show, the best on 3ABN.
00:20:10.45\00:20:14.70
Thank you so much.
Lol. Keep up the good work.
00:20:14.71\00:20:17.83
Well, let me just
encourage you wouldn't even
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like our show if
probation closed for you.
00:20:20.71\00:20:22.96
Okay, yeah. Okay,
Let me just start right
00:20:24.58\00:20:25.55
there, you wouldn't
even like our show if
00:20:25.56\00:20:28.16
the Holy Spirit of
God wasn't connecting
00:20:28.17\00:20:30.17
from you to us because spiritual
00:20:30.18\00:20:33.97
things are spiritually
discerned, but let me
00:20:33.98\00:20:36.67
tell you what has happened.
00:20:36.68\00:20:37.67
This is what you
are experiencing,
00:20:38.53\00:20:40.89
John what I like
you to do is go to Psalm
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51 and I am gonna go
to Ezekiel chapter 37.
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These two are pictures of what
00:20:48.81\00:20:51.22
happens when a person sometimes
00:20:51.23\00:20:54.36
falls away. You
see when a person falls
00:20:54.37\00:20:59.52
away Paul the Apostle tells us.
00:20:59.53\00:21:01.92
We're not in the books of Paul,
00:21:01.93\00:21:03.35
we're in the book
of Ezekiel and the book
00:21:03.36\00:21:04.74
of David and the book of Psalms.
00:21:04.75\00:21:06.33
Paul tells us that
some times when we fall
00:21:07.04\00:21:09.00
away it seems
almost impossible for us to
00:21:09.01\00:21:11.58
restore ourselves and
let me read this text in
00:21:11.59\00:21:14.19
second Peter to
illustrate exactly what
00:21:14.20\00:21:16.00
I'm talking about.
Second Peter 2:20 For
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if after they have
escaped the pollutions
00:21:19.44\00:21:21.69
of the world
through the knowledge of the
00:21:21.85\00:21:23.27
Lord and Savior Jesus
Christ, they are again
00:21:23.28\00:21:26.11
entangled in them and overcome,
00:21:26.12\00:21:28.00
the latter end is worse
for them than the beginning.
00:21:28.67\00:21:31.45
That's the reason
why you're experiencing
00:21:31.85\00:21:33.39
this dirt, this
dryness, this oh! I just don't
00:21:33.40\00:21:38.11
even have the love
and the intensity and
00:21:38.12\00:21:41.41
the word you use
over and over, feeling,
00:21:41.42\00:21:43.53
I don't feel Jesus, I
don't have the feeling
00:21:43.54\00:21:45.69
that he is there, I
don't feel the Holy Spirit,
00:21:45.70\00:21:47.55
I feel like I am
cut off from him.
00:21:47.73\00:21:49.24
Feeling is not a
reliable thing let me
00:21:49.85\00:21:52.03
tell you why I say
that. You know when you
00:21:52.04\00:21:55.55
first start
building a house and John has
00:21:55.56\00:21:57.22
build a number of
houses I know he can
00:21:57.23\00:21:59.06
add to his
experience. When you first buy
00:21:59.41\00:22:01.54
the property and
you show up there you
00:22:01.55\00:22:04.01
have a, you have
an idea in your mind
00:22:04.02\00:22:05.77
what it's gonna look
like but I tell you what?
00:22:05.78\00:22:08.32
You sure don't feel
like showing up everyday.
00:22:08.74\00:22:11.10
Hammering,
hammering, hammering nails out
00:22:11.63\00:22:14.29
there in the coal
with air muffs on,
00:22:14.30\00:22:15.86
wiring wire you
just don't feel like it.
00:22:15.87\00:22:18.73
But what you have
in your mind is what is
00:22:20.76\00:22:22.12
gonna finally
look like and you can't
00:22:22.13\00:22:24.79
wait till the work is
done. So what I want to talk
00:22:24.80\00:22:28.96
to you about right
now is the work that
00:22:28.97\00:22:30.13
Jesus is doing in your
life. First of all our job and
00:22:30.14\00:22:35.39
the reason why you
like this program and
00:22:35.40\00:22:36.89
I believe this is what
God is saying to you today.
00:22:36.90\00:22:38.77
The reason why's
important to keep up
00:22:39.17\00:22:40.63
your spiritual
nourishment is because when you
00:22:40.64\00:22:42.45
get that what's
gonna happen, James 5 verse
00:22:42.46\00:22:44.78
20, let him know
that he who turns a sinner
00:22:44.79\00:22:48.29
from the error of
his way will save his sou
00:22:48.30\00:22:50.84
from death and will
cover a multitude of sins.
00:22:51.29\00:22:53.34
The Lord Jesus when
you accept Jesus back
00:22:53.82\00:22:56.02
into your life
through repentance he's
00:22:56.03\00:22:58.41
forgiven you, he's
bloated out your sins.
00:22:58.42\00:23:01.39
He's already done
that but here's what you
00:23:01.90\00:23:03.81
need is an
experience. And this is where
00:23:03.82\00:23:06.10
something that's
gonna be a process.
00:23:06.11\00:23:07.83
John, let's read
the prayer of David,
00:23:08.26\00:23:11.64
after David went
down that path that
00:23:12.22\00:23:14.15
you evidently went
down and David thought,
00:23:14.16\00:23:16.78
David knew that he needed a
00:23:18.13\00:23:19.42
reconstruction project
from God to start in his life.
00:23:19.43\00:23:23.96
I want you to read
from Psalms 51 verse
00:23:24.40\00:23:27.12
1, down to verse 11. Okay.
00:23:27.13\00:23:30.28
Have mercy upon me
oh God, according to
00:23:32.35\00:23:34.72
your loving
kindness. According to the
00:23:34.73\00:23:36.79
multitude of
your tender mercies,
00:23:36.80\00:23:38.58
blot out my transgressions.
Wash me thoroughly
00:23:38.59\00:23:41.91
from my inequity and
cleanse me from my sin.
00:23:41.92\00:23:44.13
For I acknowledge
my transgressions and
00:23:45.05\00:23:47.15
my sin is always
before me, against you.
00:23:47.16\00:23:50.24
You only have I
sinned, And done this
00:23:50.38\00:23:52.78
evil in Your sight
that you may be found just
00:23:52.86\00:23:56.05
when you speak and blameless
00:23:56.06\00:23:57.53
when you judge.
Behold, I was brought
00:23:57.54\00:24:00.18
forth inequity and in
sin my mother conceived me.
00:24:00.19\00:24:03.54
Behold you desire
truth in the inward
00:24:04.29\00:24:06.29
parts and in the hidden part.
00:24:06.30\00:24:08.28
You will make me to know wisdom.
00:24:08.83\00:24:10.48
Purge me with hyssop
and I will be cleaned,
00:24:11.19\00:24:13.55
wash me and I will
be whiter than snow.
00:24:13.56\00:24:15.65
Make me hear joy and
gladness let the bones
00:24:16.25\00:24:19.29
You have broken may rejoice.
00:24:19.30\00:24:20.65
Hide your face
from my sins and blot
00:24:21.32\00:24:23.61
out all my
inequities. And this is the part
00:24:23.62\00:24:25.48
I want you to
emphasize from verses 10 down
00:24:25.49\00:24:28.47
to verse 12. Create
in me a clean heart,
00:24:28.48\00:24:32.51
O God, and renew a
steadfast spirit within me.
00:24:32.52\00:24:35.88
Do not cast me
away from your presence,
00:24:36.66\00:24:38.77
and do not take
your holy spirit from me.
00:24:39.10\00:24:41.17
Restore me to the
joy of your salvation,
00:24:41.82\00:24:45.44
and uphold me by
your generous spirit.
00:24:45.86\00:24:48.15
And what the end
result would be verse 13.
00:24:48.16\00:24:50.06
Then I will teach
transgressors your ways.
00:24:50.46\00:24:52.44
And sinners shall
be converted to you.
00:24:52.73\00:24:54.55
You know what so
beautiful about that
00:24:54.98\00:24:56.37
picture John is
David realized that okay,
00:24:56.38\00:24:59.09
okay, I've sinned
against God now I've
00:24:59.52\00:25:01.99
got to coming back
you know the coming
00:25:02.00\00:25:05.26
back is a journey
its not, its not like
00:25:05.27\00:25:08.88
making toast. It's
not like a microwave
00:25:08.89\00:25:11.78
beverage, it is a,
it is an experience.
00:25:12.32\00:25:15.11
You see there's a
song I sing called Lord
00:25:15.45\00:25:18.55
I am coming
home, I've wandered far
00:25:18.56\00:25:21.37
away from God but
now I am coming home.
00:25:21.38\00:25:23.98
If you've walked and
I heard a story about a
00:25:24.44\00:25:26.59
man who walked
from the east coast to
00:25:26.60\00:25:28.98
the west coast, well
if you decided to walk
00:25:28.99\00:25:31.56
from the west coast
to the east coast it's
00:25:31.57\00:25:33.56
going to take in
just about as long.
00:25:33.57\00:25:35.08
If not longer and
the journey will only be
00:25:36.05\00:25:38.77
shortened by just a
few days as a matter
00:25:38.78\00:25:41.99
of fact, I heard a
news broadcast just a few
00:25:42.00\00:25:43.67
days ago John this
is an amazing story
00:25:43.68\00:25:45.32
about a man who
had a puppy beautiful
00:25:46.12\00:25:48.13
little black lab.
Young puppy, a black
00:25:48.14\00:25:51.53
Labrador, just
as spunky as ever,
00:25:51.54\00:25:53.01
couldn't, didn't like
to be in house too much
00:25:53.50\00:25:55.31
and he was out side the house.
00:25:55.78\00:25:56.91
But he when went
out of the house put him
00:25:57.89\00:25:59.19
out on Saturday
went out on Sunday
00:25:59.20\00:26:00.44
morning and realize
the dog wasn't there.
00:26:00.45\00:26:02.50
Two days later he got
a call this happened in
00:26:05.16\00:26:07.97
California, he got
a call from Oregon,
00:26:07.98\00:26:10.42
this puppy somehow
found a way to be 750
00:26:12.17\00:26:19.12
miles away. This
man lived in Sacramento
00:26:19.13\00:26:22.15
his dog, He got
a call from Oregon.
00:26:22.45\00:26:24.31
This dog was 750 miles away.
00:26:25.36\00:26:27.95
Don't know how he
got there you know
00:26:28.83\00:26:31.22
friends sometimes
we are far away from
00:26:31.23\00:26:33.19
God and don't
know how we got there.
00:26:33.20\00:26:35.27
But here's the
beautiful thing about God.
00:26:35.99\00:26:37.53
He got the call
because they had a
00:26:38.11\00:26:39.91
chip in this dog
that was able to locate a
00:26:39.92\00:26:42.71
location chip and
they got a call from the
00:26:42.72\00:26:44.77
agency saying
you know did you know
00:26:44.78\00:26:46.82
that your dog is in
Oregon? He is looking around
00:26:46.83\00:26:50.14
the neighborhood,
do you know that your
00:26:50.15\00:26:51.38
dog is in Oregon?
He said with tears
00:26:51.39\00:26:53.66
in his eyes, he
got in his car he says,
00:26:53.67\00:26:55.46
I don't think I've
ever driven that fast in my
00:26:55.47\00:26:57.33
life and when I got
to that place where they
00:26:57.34\00:27:01.02
had found my puppy,
I couldn't wait with
00:27:01.03\00:27:04.29
tears in my eyes
I reached on and my
00:27:04.30\00:27:05.61
puppy jumped into my
arms. And they showed on
00:27:05.62\00:27:08.36
the news the
pictures of this man with his
00:27:08.37\00:27:09.72
puppy and he says
even as I am telling
00:27:09.73\00:27:11.37
you the story the
young man might be
00:27:11.38\00:27:12.69
in his 30's is even
now I am telling you
00:27:12.70\00:27:14.94
the story, I can't help
but feel like I wanna cry.
00:27:14.95\00:27:17.68
You know what's
beautiful about that
00:27:18.07\00:27:19.28
we sometimes
wander faraway from God
00:27:19.63\00:27:21.55
and don't know how we got there.
00:27:21.56\00:27:22.62
But here's the beautiful news,
00:27:22.63\00:27:23.87
he's 750 miles away
but God takes us over
00:27:24.44\00:27:27.19
that same road
and you know what's so
00:27:27.20\00:27:28.86
beautiful about that
sometimes he picks us
00:27:28.87\00:27:30.57
up and puts us in
his car and gets us back
00:27:30.58\00:27:32.82
home a lot faster
than we could do ourselves.
00:27:32.83\00:27:35.08
So sisters or
brother whomever you maybe
00:27:35.54\00:27:37.71
that's on this
journey I wanna tell you how
00:27:37.72\00:27:39.63
God does it. He gave
the story of Ezekiel,
00:27:39.64\00:27:42.09
He gave the story
to Ezekiel about the
00:27:43.05\00:27:45.07
value of dry
bones and as those bones
00:27:45.08\00:27:47.79
came together the
question was asked
00:27:47.80\00:27:49.76
can these bones
live instead of Ezekiel
00:27:49.77\00:27:52.24
saying of course they
could. He said Lord he, you
00:27:52.25\00:27:55.27
know and brethren
here's what God is
00:27:55.28\00:27:57.61
gonna do and he is
doing it right now for
00:27:57.62\00:27:59.74
you to be watching
this program God is
00:27:59.75\00:28:01.38
doing this right now
in your life sister or
00:28:01.39\00:28:03.72
brother he says I
will put my spirit in you
00:28:03.73\00:28:06.73
and you shall live
and I will place your
00:28:07.41\00:28:11.20
heart, let me put my
glasses on, where are
00:28:11.72\00:28:14.15
you glasses? And
I will place a new,
00:28:14.16\00:28:16.60
here it is so
all of a sudden I got
00:28:17.05\00:28:19.25
a little blurry
eyed. And I will place in
00:28:19.26\00:28:22.48
your own land, like that
puppy that came back home.
00:28:22.49\00:28:26.68
Then you shall know
that I the Lord have
00:28:27.35\00:28:29.79
spoken it and
performed it says the Lord.
00:28:30.01\00:28:32.67
Your in a
process of coming back.
00:28:33.13\00:28:34.62
Please do not allow
your feelings to be the
00:28:35.02\00:28:38.38
guy but your desire
for Godly things will
00:28:38.39\00:28:42.45
lead you to the place
and the last text that
00:28:42.46\00:28:44.48
John read in, in
Psalms 51 verse 11 to 13.
00:28:44.49\00:28:49.35
Soon and very soon
you're gonna be the
00:28:50.14\00:28:51.80
one through whom
many sin is gonna be
00:28:51.81\00:28:53.91
converted to the
Lord because God is gonna
00:28:53.92\00:28:55.86
get you to the
place where you now are a
00:28:55.87\00:28:57.51
vessel in an arm to
bring people to Christ.
00:28:57.52\00:29:00.57
So be encouraged he has
not cast you away. Amen.
00:29:00.58\00:29:03.92
Wow! I was so
excited about those
00:29:04.66\00:29:07.09
stories, God
has given me so many
00:29:07.10\00:29:08.45
illustrations about
sermons I got to get
00:29:08.46\00:29:09.95
this, I got to get
this program, get these
00:29:09.96\00:29:11.75
illustrations
back. You know, on just
00:29:11.76\00:29:13.37
one quick wrap up of
that, yeah, she did ask
00:29:13.38\00:29:15.46
what are the signs
of that it's too late.
00:29:15.47\00:29:18.26
Yeah, that probation
is closed for mankind,
00:29:18.81\00:29:21.87
they're gonna be seven
last plagues poured out.
00:29:23.09\00:29:25.14
And you can read about that in
00:29:25.40\00:29:26.37
Revelation 15 and 16.
15 the introduction 16
00:29:26.38\00:29:29.73
the actual plagues
and when those things
00:29:29.74\00:29:32.36
happen in a much
more literal form you
00:29:32.37\00:29:35.29
without a doubt know
it and the Gospel will
00:29:35.30\00:29:39.11
also cease to be
preached. So as always you're
00:29:39.12\00:29:42.28
hearing the Gospel
you're responding it,
00:29:42.29\00:29:44.05
you'll be moved to
God or to come close
00:29:44.06\00:29:47.09
to God by the
things you're hearing,
00:29:47.10\00:29:48.48
that means the
Spirit of God is still
00:29:48.49\00:29:49.72
working on your
heart and on your life.
00:29:49.73\00:29:51.28
Because remember
none of us can come
00:29:51.29\00:29:52.81
to God unless he
drives us to him.
00:29:52.82\00:29:54.94
Beautiful, so if
you're being drawn, if you're
00:29:55.55\00:29:57.88
liking, you're
wanting what you're hearing to
00:29:57.89\00:29:59.97
be a part of your
life, the spirit is working
00:29:59.98\00:30:02.88
in your life.
That's right and when that
00:30:02.89\00:30:05.13
time closes they will
be only the unjust and
00:30:05.14\00:30:07.63
the just. The filthy
and the righteous and
00:30:07.64\00:30:10.91
you're not in
that filthy and that
00:30:10.92\00:30:12.42
category because you
love the things of God.
00:30:12.43\00:30:15.01
You'll continue praying for you.
00:30:15.02\00:30:16.40
John said as we
listen to our program we left
00:30:17.24\00:30:19.04
our fondness and
by the way if you have
00:30:19.05\00:30:20.71
anymore questions
and a lot of questions
00:30:20.72\00:30:22.46
come to the
forefront when we talk about a
00:30:22.47\00:30:24.02
lot of things
and we love to talk.
00:30:24.03\00:30:25.72
If you have any
questions send those
00:30:26.33\00:30:27.87
questions to
housecalls @3abn.org that's
00:30:27.88\00:30:30.99
housecalls@3abn.org
and we surely do
00:30:31.00\00:30:34.72
appreciate what
you do for the cause of
00:30:34.73\00:30:36.88
God and your
prayers and your support of
00:30:36.89\00:30:38.57
this network it
does make a difference to
00:30:38.58\00:30:40.54
keep people coming close to the
00:30:40.55\00:30:42.81
knowledge of
God's word and getting
00:30:42.82\00:30:44.98
ready for the
coming of our Lord.
00:30:44.99\00:30:46.21
What do we have today John?
00:30:47.31\00:30:48.28
Well, our topic I
think we left off last time
00:30:48.29\00:30:50.60
that we were segueing,
we laid the ground work.
00:30:50.61\00:30:54.42
But we were segueing
to another look at the
00:30:54.43\00:30:59.15
nature of man or
flesh or mortality.
00:30:59.16\00:31:01.52
And what the
Bible says clearly about
00:31:01.84\00:31:03.56
that, we are no
longer immortal we are
00:31:03.57\00:31:05.89
mortal and so
what does the Bible say
00:31:05.90\00:31:08.03
about what that means
to us we talked a little
00:31:08.04\00:31:10.55
it about the Spirit of
God working in our lives,
00:31:10.56\00:31:13.00
in our heart as the
Holy Spirit comes in
00:31:13.01\00:31:15.32
and changes our character,
it changes our lives to
00:31:15.33\00:31:17.97
want the things of
God and walk in his
00:31:17.98\00:31:20.22
ways to obey him. But the flesh,
00:31:20.23\00:31:23.54
the mortal flesh is
still at war with us.
00:31:23.90\00:31:26.13
How does that connect and then
00:31:27.07\00:31:28.93
secondly the
ground work we laid was
00:31:28.94\00:31:31.66
clearly the
foundation of Satan's deception
00:31:32.76\00:31:35.71
from the very
beginning until the
00:31:36.02\00:31:37.79
end is in this
area. Its in the area of
00:31:37.80\00:31:43.24
the spirit world,
the realm we cannot see
00:31:43.25\00:31:45.61
and there's a lot
of deception there
00:31:47.24\00:31:48.76
connected to
death. What happens when
00:31:48.77\00:31:50.76
we die, that's
right, and some take this as
00:31:50.77\00:31:53.11
a very, a very
loose subject or very,
00:31:53.12\00:31:57.04
oh I don't know what
you call it, a trivial
00:31:58.86\00:32:00.77
subject within the
Bible, but it's not
00:32:00.78\00:32:03.53
trivial at all. It
is key, it is a key to
00:32:03.54\00:32:07.06
understanding and
to being on a firm
00:32:07.07\00:32:10.64
foundation in the
last days to make sure we
00:32:10.65\00:32:13.40
are not deceived by
what the enemy will do.
00:32:13.41\00:32:15.83
I don't know John
you and I we're watching
00:32:16.23\00:32:18.57
a basketball game
last night, oh yeah, and a
00:32:18.58\00:32:21.49
commercial came
on and you and I were
00:32:21.50\00:32:23.18
talking about
made the comment and on
00:32:23.19\00:32:25.53
how the things it
seems like within the
00:32:25.54\00:32:28.55
movie world today
are being made in the
00:32:28.80\00:32:31.79
sensational, I
mean the computers now
00:32:31.80\00:32:33.84
are able to do
graphics and put in
00:32:33.85\00:32:36.70
you know scenes
that just appear that are
00:32:36.71\00:32:39.68
absolutely impossible.
We think. Phenomenal.
00:32:39.69\00:32:44.05
They're, they're
phenomenal the stuff
00:32:44.06\00:32:45.80
we see coming out of
the sky and the spirit
00:32:45.81\00:32:47.62
world and these
beasts and things,
00:32:47.63\00:32:49.29
war against us, you
know what I think its
00:32:49.30\00:32:53.93
my belief that the
Bible indicates that
00:32:53.94\00:32:56.33
such a battle like
that, not exactly but like
00:32:56.34\00:33:00.42
some of these things
will take place in the
00:33:00.43\00:33:01.89
end and the devil
is preparing people in
00:33:01.90\00:33:06.19
those kinds of
things so that when it comes
00:33:06.20\00:33:08.79
upon them they
will take his side.
00:33:08.80\00:33:12.12
And here's what I
mean by that just kind
00:33:13.22\00:33:15.12
of expanding the
controversy between
00:33:15.13\00:33:17.43
good and evil.
The Bible indicates
00:33:17.44\00:33:21.40
that Joel
specifically Joel chapters 1 and
00:33:22.13\00:33:26.60
then 2 you can find
how it rolls in the last
00:33:26.61\00:33:28.54
days indicates that
the devil is going to play
00:33:28.55\00:33:32.27
a dual role. He's
gonna play good cop,
00:33:32.28\00:33:35.42
bad cop. He's
gonna send his demon host
00:33:35.43\00:33:39.30
in little
manifesting form to come upon
00:33:40.64\00:33:45.48
the world with
disaster, destruction,
00:33:45.49\00:33:47.74
torment, whatever
it maybe that he can
00:33:48.53\00:33:50.98
maybe that he
can clearly show what
00:33:50.99\00:33:52.72
side is wrong.
And then at the same
00:33:52.73\00:33:55.69
time he will step
in as the antichrist,
00:33:55.70\00:33:59.18
he will appear or
to personate Christ
00:33:59.50\00:34:01.62
himself and to say
I am the one to resist
00:34:01.63\00:34:05.96
that, I am the one
that you should follow.
00:34:05.97\00:34:08.02
I've come to save
you and if you don't
00:34:08.03\00:34:11.03
understand what
he's doing in that realm
00:34:11.04\00:34:13.03
and when your
family members who may be
00:34:13.95\00:34:16.85
visited by spirits
these demons or you may
00:34:16.86\00:34:21.30
have dreams with
these spirits demons
00:34:21.31\00:34:24.11
speaking to you, if
you don't know where
00:34:24.12\00:34:25.50
that's coming from
you're going to follow
00:34:25.51\00:34:28.17
what they tell you to
follow, saying that its
00:34:28.18\00:34:30.89
like it will be
dark and you won't know
00:34:30.90\00:34:33.35
how to discern
it. And so this is the
00:34:33.36\00:34:35.71
setup that the
devil has put into play in
00:34:35.72\00:34:39.59
these last days,
we are here in these,
00:34:39.60\00:34:41.57
in these couple of programs,
00:34:41.58\00:34:42.74
few programs to expose that.
00:34:42.75\00:34:44.25
That's right. And I
think the Bible does a
00:34:44.75\00:34:46.66
good job of
exposing it, if we just go to
00:34:46.67\00:34:49.30
look at it and see
what it says about our
00:34:49.31\00:34:53.13
nature and what
we're in store for if we
00:34:53.14\00:34:59.51
accept Christ and receive his
00:34:59.52\00:35:02.17
the remaking of his
image within in us our
00:35:04.77\00:35:06.66
character and that
he is allowed to give us
00:35:06.67\00:35:09.72
that immortal,
incorruptible flesh
00:35:09.73\00:35:13.60
that body that we can
live in heaven forever.
00:35:13.61\00:35:16.11
This, this topic
that we talked about
00:35:17.07\00:35:19.11
prepares us for
being able to discern
00:35:19.94\00:35:24.63
between deception
and truth, between
00:35:24.97\00:35:28.14
what appears to be
real and what is real.
00:35:29.29\00:35:32.49
Now, let me, let me
give you an example.
00:35:32.91\00:35:34.89
If you know that
your house well let me use
00:35:35.31\00:35:41.44
just another, if
you know that your car
00:35:41.45\00:35:43.15
had a terrible
accident 10 minutes ago and
00:35:43.16\00:35:48.72
you were driving
it and your car was
00:35:48.96\00:35:50.61
totaled and it
was towed away and you
00:35:50.62\00:35:53.61
go home and there's
a car in your driveway
00:35:53.62\00:35:55.87
that is identical to your car.
00:35:55.88\00:35:57.51
Well, you conclude
that's your car and the
00:35:59.36\00:36:01.42
one you were driving
earlier is not your car
00:36:01.43\00:36:03.67
well you may want
it to be, you may feel
00:36:04.44\00:36:05.99
like you can, but the
reality of it is the VIN
00:36:06.00\00:36:09.53
number which is the
vehicle identification
00:36:09.54\00:36:11.23
number matches the
car that was just in an
00:36:11.24\00:36:13.58
accident, the car
that was just totaled,
00:36:13.59\00:36:15.23
so you're going to
your driveway and the
00:36:15.64\00:36:16.66
car is identical
but you must conclude is
00:36:16.67\00:36:20.20
that may be the
insurance company or
00:36:20.21\00:36:22.62
another car
manufacturer whom ever the case
00:36:22.82\00:36:24.78
may be put a car
that was identical
00:36:24.79\00:36:27.59
on identical
replacement of that one.
00:36:27.60\00:36:30.02
But you cannot
conclude that it was
00:36:30.03\00:36:32.69
the same one, let me take
00:36:32.70\00:36:34.30
you to an actual conclusion.
00:36:34.31\00:36:36.33
They are people today
that have been deceived
00:36:37.49\00:36:39.13
by aberrations, life after
00:36:39.14\00:36:42.85
death experiences, voices from
00:36:42.86\00:36:46.03
the other side, soothsayers.
00:36:46.04\00:36:49.16
Channelers, I'm getting,
00:36:50.31\00:36:52.83
I'm getting a
message, wait, I'm getting
00:36:52.84\00:36:54.71
a message, all that kind of
00:36:54.72\00:36:56.28
thing is they're
programs that are
00:36:56.29\00:36:59.25
designed clearly
to connect you to
00:36:59.26\00:37:01.39
the form of life.
Well, I just spoke to the
00:37:01.40\00:37:03.84
Former
President Roosevelt's wife
00:37:03.85\00:37:08.31
Eleanor Roosevelt, I
just spoke to her this
00:37:08.32\00:37:10.05
morning and she
wants me to tell my husband
00:37:10.06\00:37:12.68
to do this as the leader of this
00:37:12.69\00:37:14.21
particular nation,
familiar spirits Satan
00:37:14.22\00:37:17.93
is setting the ground
but the question is can
00:37:17.94\00:37:21.20
these things really
exist, do they really happen
00:37:21.21\00:37:25.02
and if they really
happen is it a result of
00:37:26.01\00:37:29.45
something that
survives the body or is this
00:37:29.46\00:37:33.43
something that is
conjured up in the
00:37:33.44\00:37:35.37
barrels of
hell. And we're saying
00:37:35.38\00:37:38.53
this is a
conjuring up, Satan has evil
00:37:38.54\00:37:42.21
angels that will come
into the form of men and
00:37:42.22\00:37:47.34
make you appear
as though your dead
00:37:47.35\00:37:49.48
relatives or some
dead president or some dead
00:37:49.49\00:37:51.48
famous person is
continuing on and
00:37:51.49\00:37:54.44
that's why we
have phrases like this.
00:37:54.45\00:37:55.86
Well, he's in
heaven now playing piano,
00:37:56.13\00:37:57.86
he's heaven now with Liberace,
00:37:57.87\00:37:59.18
he's in heaven
now with the Rat Pack,
00:37:59.19\00:38:00.30
Sammy Davis Jr, Frank
Sinatra and the other one,
00:38:00.31\00:38:04.88
Dean Martin. You know they're
00:38:04.89\00:38:06.37
all in heaven now we
have all these statements,
00:38:06.38\00:38:08.73
oh, they're
looking down on us now.
00:38:08.74\00:38:10.00
Those very things
as innocent as they may
00:38:10.58\00:38:13.26
sound or priming the
pump for Satan to appear
00:38:13.27\00:38:17.94
as the beam of
dazzling brightness to take this
00:38:18.56\00:38:21.15
world by storm. So let's look
00:38:21.16\00:38:23.92
at what the Bible
says actually happens when
00:38:23.93\00:38:26.30
we death before we
get to the dead part.
00:38:26.31\00:38:30.44
Let's see how God made us.
00:38:30.81\00:38:32.42
Let's go there First John.
00:38:32.77\00:38:33.79
You know, I'd
like to start off with
00:38:34.23\00:38:35.48
Job 33:4. Okay, let's
go to Job 33 and verse 4,
00:38:35.92\00:38:41.07
this is just
laying some ground work.
00:38:43.52\00:38:44.84
Now we recognize
that there are some texts
00:38:44.85\00:38:49.53
that are challenging,
they can be confusing
00:38:49.54\00:38:54.02
to some who are
reading on this subject about
00:38:54.65\00:38:57.25
what happens when you
die and there are about
00:38:57.26\00:39:00.12
3 or 4 of them, right, and I am
00:39:00.13\00:39:03.73
speaking
honestly, I am not under
00:39:03.74\00:39:05.28
estimating that there
are three or four that
00:39:07.04\00:39:09.86
appeared that
way. There are hundreds
00:39:09.87\00:39:13.81
that tell us
exactly what happens.
00:39:14.68\00:39:17.21
That's right. So the way of
00:39:18.03\00:39:19.69
the evidence is
what we're giving you.
00:39:19.70\00:39:21.31
We're giving you all
of those texts first that
00:39:21.32\00:39:23.57
show you clearly what
the Bible is saying in the
00:39:23.58\00:39:26.33
propoundance of
the evidence and then
00:39:26.34\00:39:28.14
we're gonna
show, we're gonna cover
00:39:28.15\00:39:29.23
a few texts at the
end that many were used to
00:39:29.24\00:39:32.28
develop entire
doctrine about the
00:39:32.29\00:39:34.23
state of the men. Okay,
let's start with Job 33.
00:39:34.24\00:39:36.59
So Job 33 verse 4 the
spirit of God has made me
00:39:36.60\00:39:40.25
and the breath of the
Almighty gives me what?
00:39:41.42\00:39:44.75
Life. Wonderful starting point,
00:39:44.76\00:39:47.12
so we have
established here through the
00:39:47.13\00:39:49.09
scripture in the
words of Job here that the
00:39:49.10\00:39:52.46
spirit of God has
formed that he forms life
00:39:52.47\00:39:59.31
but it's the breath
that actually gives life.
00:39:59.32\00:40:01.73
You'll see this
repeated in Genesis chapter 2
00:40:03.77\00:40:07.15
in the formation of man,
00:40:07.16\00:40:08.21
how God creates
man. So God is involved
00:40:08.22\00:40:12.83
in forming into
likeness but is also involved
00:40:12.84\00:40:16.35
in breathing of
life into what he forms.
00:40:16.36\00:40:19.17
So in other words I
could make a balloon
00:40:20.03\00:40:23.02
but if I wanted to
float. You got to fill it.
00:40:24.36\00:40:27.11
Got to fill it.
Okay. That's right.
00:40:27.12\00:40:28.42
Let's follow that. That's right.
00:40:28.43\00:40:29.72
Alright and then
another one would be
00:40:30.66\00:40:33.14
from Psalm 33:6,
by the word of the
00:40:33.15\00:40:36.12
Lord the heavens were
made and all the host of
00:40:36.13\00:40:39.34
them by the breath of his mouth.
00:40:39.35\00:40:41.81
Okay, and some
believe in the big bang,
00:40:42.58\00:40:43.96
I believe that the
word says the breath of
00:40:44.58\00:40:46.30
God's mouth gave life. I choose,
00:40:46.31\00:40:49.32
that is by faith what I trust.
00:40:49.33\00:40:51.16
I trust in God's
word my stamp stand on
00:40:51.62\00:40:53.52
that the truth. And so going
00:40:53.53\00:40:55.86
back to the
balloon illustration,
00:40:55.87\00:40:57.35
very important I
think what was emphasizing
00:40:57.76\00:41:00.11
we like to re-emphasize
these things is that
00:41:00.30\00:41:03.60
without the breath
of God there is no life.
00:41:04.65\00:41:07.27
There is no life I
mean you can't have,
00:41:07.86\00:41:09.30
You can't illustrate
these point now we're
00:41:10.08\00:41:12.76
breathing but
the question is where
00:41:12.77\00:41:14.21
is that coming from?
Where is that sustaining
00:41:14.22\00:41:16.13
force us coming from?
I'll be honest with you,
00:41:16.14\00:41:18.87
you can buy all the
plants in the world.
00:41:19.41\00:41:20.82
It's not coming from plants but
00:41:20.83\00:41:23.40
plants are helping.
That life's sustaining
00:41:23.41\00:41:25.91
for us does not
come from the plant to
00:41:25.92\00:41:27.62
cleanness of the atmosphere.
00:41:27.63\00:41:29.03
Comes from the plants
that are filtering things
00:41:29.04\00:41:31.12
like well you know
what the filters do?
00:41:31.13\00:41:32.83
But you could take
all the plants you want to
00:41:33.40\00:41:34.69
cemetery not gonna
cause a resurrection.
00:41:34.70\00:41:36.83
But let's look at
what the Bible says how God
00:41:37.60\00:41:39.25
did that in John
laid the foundation,
00:41:39.26\00:41:41.25
the spirit, the breath,
00:41:41.26\00:41:42.60
let's see what
Genesis 24 verse 7 said:
00:41:42.61\00:41:44.86
And the Lord God
formed the man of the dust of
00:41:45.66\00:41:47.62
the ground and
breathed into his nostrils the
00:41:47.63\00:41:49.78
breath of life
and the man became
00:41:49.79\00:41:51.36
a living being.
Now the King James
00:41:51.37\00:41:54.13
Version says the
living soul and they are many
00:41:54.14\00:41:56.19
people that love that
translation because it
00:41:56.20\00:41:58.50
keeps the mistake
of the soul alive.
00:41:58.51\00:42:01.22
Oh! The soul and we
make it appears though that
00:42:01.23\00:42:04.35
there is this guy
living inside of us.
00:42:04.36\00:42:06.26
They're just as
waiting to be died
00:42:06.64\00:42:07.76
to get out, kind of like a
00:42:07.77\00:42:09.23
battery that's
still in the car that
00:42:09.24\00:42:10.91
had a wreck. People say what
00:42:10.92\00:42:12.32
the battery still
works. Well, that teach us
00:42:12.33\00:42:14.90
there's a soul
inside of the body.
00:42:14.91\00:42:16.38
Well, the body
may be dead but the
00:42:16.39\00:42:17.73
soul is still
alive. That's not what the
00:42:17.74\00:42:20.24
Bible teach us, so what I wanna
00:42:20.25\00:42:21.72
use is I wanna use
the King James Version
00:42:21.73\00:42:23.47
of physiology, a man became
00:42:23.48\00:42:25.76
a living soul and show
you that souls can die.
00:42:25.77\00:42:28.92
Now what we want to
get also though is the
00:42:29.59\00:42:32.04
first the formation of this,
00:42:32.05\00:42:33.67
first the Lord God
formed man off the dust.
00:42:33.68\00:42:37.80
Right. So the
first component is dust.
00:42:37.81\00:42:40.95
So when you form
something those of
00:42:41.95\00:42:44.89
we who cook or those
ladies that make cakes.
00:42:44.90\00:42:47.15
You know that when
you put that flour in
00:42:48.12\00:42:50.38
the baking when you
begin to add all the
00:42:50.39\00:42:52.84
ingredients its
not a cake yet and all
00:42:52.85\00:42:55.13
the dear hate, I
mean I would dare
00:42:55.14\00:42:57.18
say you wouldn't
go throw some flour
00:42:57.19\00:43:00.01
in a cake pan, throw eggs or
00:43:00.02\00:43:02.34
whatever you use,
some honey or sugar
00:43:02.35\00:43:04.51
and vanilla extract
and just take it to the
00:43:04.52\00:43:08.59
table and say happy birthday you
00:43:08.60\00:43:12.82
know its kind of.
you take a lot of care
00:43:12.83\00:43:14.28
and exactly how
you made that cake,
00:43:14.29\00:43:16.11
alright, every
element that goes in there.
00:43:16.12\00:43:17.83
But and you know
here's what I mean by that
00:43:17.84\00:43:19.17
is every element that
forms a cake is there.
00:43:19.18\00:43:22.79
But what you
haven't done is you haven't
00:43:23.67\00:43:25.29
formed it yet. The ingredients
00:43:25.30\00:43:28.21
of it let me put
the picture together.
00:43:28.22\00:43:29.84
Every all the
ingredients for life
00:43:30.66\00:43:33.50
like all the
ingredients for cake are in God.
00:43:34.17\00:43:37.94
He has all the ingredients;
00:43:39.16\00:43:40.53
we have no ingredients
let me illustrate it this
00:43:40.90\00:43:43.51
way the cake can't,
the cake doesn't say
00:43:43.52\00:43:46.52
aren't you glad
that I made myself.
00:43:46.53\00:43:48.36
The cake can't make his self.
00:43:48.94\00:43:50.64
Right. But it'd
becomes a cake after the,
00:43:50.65\00:43:54.06
the baker or the
chef gets in the culinary
00:43:54.07\00:43:58.98
spirit and goes to
town and brings it out there
00:43:58.99\00:44:02.11
beautifully formed
wonderfully crafted
00:44:03.21\00:44:06.31
nicely iced and your
taste buds are watering as
00:44:06.32\00:44:11.11
your eyes
connect across the room.
00:44:11.12\00:44:13.47
You're thinking,
wow that looks good
00:44:14.03\00:44:15.70
and somebody once said, this,
00:44:16.24\00:44:19.10
This is completely
along the same lines but kind
00:44:19.11\00:44:21.40
of he says you
know even if we work
00:44:21.41\00:44:24.97
at a job and we don't
like all the people there,
00:44:24.98\00:44:26.75
we like it when they
have a birthday because
00:44:26.76\00:44:28.74
we want some of their cake.
00:44:28.75\00:44:29.74
Hey we bought a
birthday cake for Jack today,
00:44:30.41\00:44:32.31
let's sing happy
birthday and everybody wants
00:44:32.32\00:44:34.86
a slice of that cake.
Even though we may not
00:44:34.87\00:44:36.71
necessarily be
endear to that person,
00:44:36.72\00:44:38.56
my point is
this, you see that when
00:44:38.57\00:44:41.39
God formed us He
made us into a cake,
00:44:41.40\00:44:45.19
in a nutshell He
formed us and gave
00:44:45.64\00:44:47.82
all the ingredients
but you know what when
00:44:47.83\00:44:51.27
that cake is all done
and stirred its not still
00:44:51.28\00:44:54.80
not a cake yet
because what has to
00:44:54.81\00:44:56.59
happen to it. Got to bake it.
00:44:56.60\00:44:57.57
Got to bake it, so let's look at
00:44:57.58\00:44:59.26
the baking
process here. I'm gonna,
00:44:59.27\00:45:00.46
before you go on
don't go too fast on
00:45:00.47\00:45:02.58
this forming
it, because God says
00:45:02.59\00:45:04.97
you are fearfully
and wonderfully made.
00:45:04.98\00:45:07.67
Oh! I like that.
Okay, so there is a
00:45:07.68\00:45:09.64
lot of care and
consideration that
00:45:09.65\00:45:11.34
went into this
also if you look at this
00:45:11.35\00:45:12.94
passage is the
first time he didn't speak
00:45:12.95\00:45:15.26
and it was formed, that's right.
00:45:15.27\00:45:17.06
God used His
hands, he got down on his
00:45:17.07\00:45:19.12
knees and He made
with His hands He formed
00:45:19.13\00:45:21.42
man with His hands.
And, what that tells
00:45:21.43\00:45:26.07
me as well is that He
formed the heart to beat
00:45:26.08\00:45:31.94
to sustain the
life he would give,
00:45:31.95\00:45:33.51
is that wonderful. He formed the
00:45:33.52\00:45:34.92
brain to think and
sustain the functions of the
00:45:34.93\00:45:37.88
body so we can live.
He formed all the things
00:45:37.89\00:45:40.40
to play their part
so that the body would
00:45:40.41\00:45:42.85
live and the question is then in
00:45:42.86\00:45:45.66
science really is,
science some times thinks,
00:45:45.67\00:45:49.08
sometimes they've
concluded that Christians
00:45:49.09\00:45:52.69
are little ignorant.
And we experienced this,
00:45:52.70\00:45:56.51
you know guys know
what you're talking about
00:45:56.52\00:45:58.10
you know it's no
science the after life and then
00:45:58.11\00:46:01.32
we talked about it
in the terms we talked
00:46:01.33\00:46:03.42
about it today is
just makes no sense
00:46:03.43\00:46:05.72
because the mind is
made constructed to keep
00:46:06.54\00:46:10.60
you and the body
alive and to operate all
00:46:10.61\00:46:13.67
it's functions the
heart is made to keep
00:46:13.68\00:46:15.54
the body alive,
when those things
00:46:15.55\00:46:18.49
to be turn at dust
there is no life you cannot
00:46:18.50\00:46:22.01
sustain a function of
the body you cannot sustain
00:46:22.02\00:46:25.05
the pushing of the
blood through the system
00:46:25.06\00:46:27.56
there is no more life
because the things that
00:46:27.57\00:46:29.86
sustain life are
gone, that's right,
00:46:29.87\00:46:32.36
that's right. So the breath
00:46:32.37\00:46:35.56
that we're gonna
get into now is the life
00:46:35.57\00:46:38.73
giving power that God gives,
00:46:38.74\00:46:41.01
but then the
unique thing here is that
00:46:41.58\00:46:43.88
life giving
power is sustained by
00:46:43.89\00:46:46.45
the functioning of
the bodies that He put
00:46:46.46\00:46:49.66
into man itself,
the beating heart,
00:46:49.67\00:46:51.88
the mind that works
and although he keeps those
00:46:51.89\00:46:55.10
things going by his
mere presence and the breath
00:46:55.11\00:46:59.37
we can't deny and
science would tell us that when
00:47:00.38\00:47:03.30
we return to dust life ceases,
00:47:03.81\00:47:06.78
that's right, that's right.
00:47:06.79\00:47:08.35
So when you say,
oh the after life my
00:47:08.36\00:47:10.32
soul is gone, they sit there
00:47:10.33\00:47:11.51
and go you are nuts
and I say according to the
00:47:11.52\00:47:15.84
word that doesn't
even sound right, right,
00:47:15.85\00:47:19.33
and I think science
and the word are more
00:47:19.34\00:47:23.10
in sync than many suppose.
00:47:23.11\00:47:25.07
It is amazing to me
and that is said like
00:47:25.84\00:47:28.30
the son of the doctor,
00:47:28.31\00:47:29.55
his dad was the physician, yeah,
00:47:29.56\00:47:32.33
but when you think
about that and I'm glad
00:47:32.34\00:47:35.19
you brought that up
because God didn't just
00:47:35.20\00:47:36.60
formed the man of
the dust of the ground
00:47:36.61\00:47:38.44
but He put inside to
Him things that will sustain
00:47:38.93\00:47:41.78
that life
afterward, after He gets let me
00:47:41.79\00:47:44.61
use the phrase here
jump start the, alternator.
00:47:44.62\00:47:48.10
God's breath is in
all alternator, yeah,
00:47:48.83\00:47:53.13
that never sees His
to do or design to do.
00:47:53.14\00:47:58.95
Or the fuel,
whatever way you want to say,
00:47:58.96\00:48:01.24
follow me in the
alternative idea though
00:48:01.25\00:48:02.63
fuel another words okay, yeah,
00:48:02.64\00:48:04.24
without the fuel
about the God had put
00:48:04.25\00:48:06.05
all the things that
will keep this but you know
00:48:06.06\00:48:07.84
what lot of times
of, I mean in the past
00:48:07.85\00:48:11.26
I've driven a car and
as I was driving the lights
00:48:11.27\00:48:13.84
will getting dimmer
and dimmer and dimmer
00:48:13.85\00:48:15.66
and dimmer,
alternative was going out,
00:48:15.67\00:48:16.99
it was having a near-
alternator was going out.
00:48:17.00\00:48:18.19
In other words,
the car was about
00:48:18.20\00:48:19.84
to have a death experience.
00:48:19.85\00:48:21.26
The alternate going
out it was having a near
00:48:22.08\00:48:25.06
death experience,
but it didn't die yet.
00:48:25.07\00:48:27.56
So, as weak as a human
body may be as frail as
00:48:28.14\00:48:31.81
he may be on a
hospital bed until
00:48:31.82\00:48:33.59
"there is no more
life in him the alternative
00:48:34.50\00:48:37.38
dies in the car" as
the heart and the mind sees
00:48:37.39\00:48:40.12
us to function
there is no more life left
00:48:40.13\00:48:42.68
in that person.
So here it is man
00:48:42.69\00:48:45.19
did not God did not
put into man an extra man
00:48:45.20\00:48:52.44
anymore than the
manufactor of a Ford
00:48:53.20\00:48:55.83
put into a car another car,
00:48:55.84\00:48:57.51
but the movie industry
is saying there is another
00:49:00.39\00:49:04.76
car inside your car.
The movie industry is
00:49:04.77\00:49:09.54
saying there is
another person inside
00:49:09.55\00:49:12.08
your person. So movie
00:49:12.09\00:49:13.40
artist they make it
appears so when a person
00:49:13.41\00:49:15.92
dies something
floats way, but that's now,
00:49:15.93\00:49:19.92
would happen, which can think,
00:49:19.93\00:49:20.98
which can sustain itself,
00:49:20.99\00:49:23.02
which has no
life in it, which has,
00:49:24.23\00:49:26.50
well not you're soul
no brain and so they say
00:49:26.51\00:49:29.85
well your soul is
in heaven now and so
00:49:29.86\00:49:31.76
I asked the question
one doctor did a scientific
00:49:31.77\00:49:33.96
study and he said
he weighted the body of
00:49:33.97\00:49:38.90
a man before while
he was on his death bed
00:49:38.91\00:49:41.70
and weighed it after he died,
00:49:41.71\00:49:44.05
it was few grams
different so he said your soul
00:49:44.81\00:49:48.31
weights of few
grams, because the change in
00:49:48.32\00:49:52.35
the way indicated
that there was a change
00:49:52.36\00:49:54.68
in the status. And
I thought to myself,
00:49:54.69\00:49:57.50
the fact that he
is not filled with any
00:49:59.68\00:50:01.42
breathing any longer
tells you there is no air
00:50:01.43\00:50:04.05
going in and out of him
and for us to thing that
00:50:04.06\00:50:06.28
air doesn't have
weight or you try to pick
00:50:06.29\00:50:08.43
up an oxygen tank,
when it's empty it's
00:50:08.44\00:50:12.36
different from when it's full.
00:50:12.37\00:50:13.57
So all this air
that passing through
00:50:14.34\00:50:16.07
the lungs, the
lungs are flattened,
00:50:16.08\00:50:18.12
a balloon with
air, it has not the same
00:50:19.53\00:50:21.85
weight of a
balloon without air there
00:50:21.86\00:50:25.02
is a added, although it's not
00:50:25.03\00:50:26.56
a lot maybe in the
form of grams there
00:50:26.57\00:50:29.03
is a difference,
milligrams or something,
00:50:29.04\00:50:30.41
milligrams exactly.
So now what happens,
00:50:30.42\00:50:33.30
what returns to
God after we die?
00:50:33.31\00:50:37.09
Well we talked about the fact;
00:50:37.10\00:50:38.76
God needed to add the
breath here is equation,
00:50:39.28\00:50:41.80
that's right, the
body that God formed,
00:50:41.81\00:50:44.59
the breath that
He put into it made
00:50:45.00\00:50:46.72
possible a soul. New King James
00:50:46.73\00:50:50.61
is a living being, that's right.
00:50:50.62\00:50:52.11
You'll hear that
frequently when a
00:50:53.43\00:50:55.08
plane goes down
they will say total of
00:50:55.09\00:50:57.94
250 souls were on that plane,
00:50:57.95\00:51:01.17
and they perished,
and they perished, right.
00:51:01.18\00:51:03.59
Those souls are
reference to individuals
00:51:03.95\00:51:06.52
and that's what
soul means in the Bible,
00:51:06.53\00:51:08.33
a soul does not mean
separate entity it means
00:51:08.34\00:51:10.06
the individual, read the text
00:51:10.07\00:51:11.92
where soul is there
and you will find soul is
00:51:11.93\00:51:14.52
always connected to
the individual itself.
00:51:14.53\00:51:17.13
Clearly, we also read
and you have the scripture
00:51:18.88\00:51:21.79
maybe at reference
because we're gonna talk
00:51:21.80\00:51:22.87
about death now,
the soul that sins
00:51:22.88\00:51:25.24
what happens to it
John? Ezekiel 18:4,
00:51:25.25\00:51:29.01
the soul that sins it shall die,
00:51:29.02\00:51:32.43
but pastor, do souls really die,
00:51:35.11\00:51:36.93
don't they go on to
exist afterward that shows
00:51:36.94\00:51:39.93
that when the
Lord uses the word soul
00:51:39.94\00:51:41.73
there he is not
talking about some disembodied
00:51:41.74\00:51:44.37
additional entity. He is talking
00:51:44.38\00:51:46.74
about the complete individual,
00:51:46.75\00:51:48.29
because who is the
sinner we are, yeah,
00:51:48.71\00:51:52.43
you see when the
sinner dies the reason why
00:51:52.44\00:51:56.90
John said we're gonna talk about
00:51:56.91\00:51:57.89
the
resurrections, because the only
00:51:57.90\00:51:59.07
way for the sinner
to have life again is in
00:51:59.08\00:52:00.94
the resurrection
not in the direct route
00:52:00.95\00:52:02.88
through some a
serial space and time and
00:52:03.39\00:52:06.00
end up in heaven you
know as Steven Wonder
00:52:06.01\00:52:08.55
said ten zillion
light years away there
00:52:08.56\00:52:11.31
is not what
happens when a person dies,
00:52:11.32\00:52:12.85
there is no place
waiting for them to show
00:52:13.13\00:52:14.87
up and oh they're
on their way look,
00:52:14.88\00:52:17.31
look, look they are
coming oh they are here now,
00:52:17.85\00:52:19.89
there is no
spirit place some place,
00:52:19.90\00:52:22.32
where there spirit
part, soul part is going on
00:52:22.33\00:52:25.37
that's not what the
Bible teach us, yeah.
00:52:25.38\00:52:27.29
And so, the soul
that sins it shall die.
00:52:28.04\00:52:31.01
Now, if you read
that verse and the
00:52:31.02\00:52:32.41
context of a
separate entity it dies,
00:52:32.42\00:52:35.81
if you read that in the
context of the person it
00:52:36.54\00:52:38.47
makes more sense,
the person to himself or
00:52:38.48\00:52:40.89
herself dies when life is over.
00:52:40.90\00:52:44.78
And so, as we then
00:52:45.25\00:52:48.11
look at the subject
of death we must to ask
00:52:48.12\00:52:50.98
ourselves is this
a re-unique to what
00:52:50.99\00:52:54.34
happens to
animals. Are we somehow
00:52:54.35\00:52:56.91
unique because you
know we don't teach
00:52:56.92\00:52:58.93
that there is a
soul separate from an
00:52:58.94\00:53:01.11
animal and it goes to heaven,
00:53:01.12\00:53:03.00
I don't at least I
don't hear that much maybe
00:53:03.32\00:53:05.13
some one has to
wants to push that theory.
00:53:05.14\00:53:07.47
Let me read you something
from Genesis chapter 7,
00:53:08.04\00:53:11.27
okay read it, verses 21 and 22,
00:53:11.51\00:53:13.61
And all flesh died this
is speaking of the flood,
00:53:15.00\00:53:18.25
okay, we happened to
everyone that was behind,
00:53:18.26\00:53:20.55
And all flesh died
that moved on the earth,
00:53:20.94\00:53:24.53
birds and cattle, and beast,
00:53:24.54\00:53:26.30
and every
creeping thing that creeps
00:53:26.31\00:53:28.04
on the earth, and every man.
00:53:28.05\00:53:29.89
All in whose
nostrils was the breath of the
00:53:31.78\00:53:35.28
spirit of life, all that was on
00:53:35.29\00:53:38.04
the dry land, died.
He qualifies here both
00:53:38.05\00:53:44.40
together man, beast doesn't
00:53:44.41\00:53:47.40
matter who you are,
if you have the breath
00:53:47.41\00:53:49.79
of life which
was giving to man and
00:53:49.80\00:53:51.89
beast also breaths
perished in the flood,
00:53:51.90\00:53:57.17
that's right. So, clearly you
00:53:57.18\00:54:00.23
can't miss the connection here,
00:54:00.24\00:54:02.52
that's right, we are just as
00:54:02.53\00:54:04.79
fully dead as
animals are when they die,
00:54:04.80\00:54:07.44
same thing
happened as a result of the
00:54:08.51\00:54:09.90
flood to both. Because the life,
00:54:09.91\00:54:11.78
life is life they
have hearts they have
00:54:12.86\00:54:15.43
brains the only
difference between an animal
00:54:15.44\00:54:18.19
and us is God called
them into existence but
00:54:18.20\00:54:20.74
he formed us. He
made us in His image,
00:54:20.75\00:54:23.40
He formed us carefully
we are wonderfully made
00:54:23.50\00:54:25.70
so what happens
when a person dies is the
00:54:25.71\00:54:28.56
opposite of life.
Remember God formed
00:54:28.57\00:54:31.76
man from the dust of
the ground breathed into
00:54:31.77\00:54:34.97
his nostrils the
breath of life and man
00:54:34.98\00:54:37.12
became a living
soul. A couple of passages
00:54:37.13\00:54:39.44
here and it's very
important so if you
00:54:39.45\00:54:41.26
ask the question, and if you ask
00:54:41.27\00:54:42.24
the question,
where did man come from,
00:54:42.25\00:54:44.44
you got to just
simply look at Genesis 2
00:54:45.34\00:54:46.86
and verse 7, they came from the
00:54:46.87\00:54:48.45
dust of the ground,
so man this flesh is the
00:54:48.46\00:54:51.77
product of the ground, right.
00:54:51.78\00:54:53.36
What happens when
they die here is what the
00:54:53.97\00:54:56.05
Bible says
Ecclesiastes 12 and verse 7,
00:54:56.06\00:54:58.74
then the dust will
return to the earth as it was:
00:54:59.89\00:55:05.10
And the spirit will
return to God who gave it.
00:55:05.85\00:55:10.43
Exactly, what is the spirit?
00:55:11.35\00:55:12.99
John just made it very
clear it at earlier in the
00:55:13.52\00:55:15.51
Bible the spirit that
God put into our nostrils
00:55:15.52\00:55:19.06
I'll just quote
Job 27 and verse 3,
00:55:19.07\00:55:21.64
All the while
my breath is in me,
00:55:22.21\00:55:24.26
and the spirit of
God is in my nostrils;
00:55:24.27\00:55:26.51
Exact quote King
James Version All the while
00:55:26.90\00:55:29.61
my breath is in me,
and the spirit of God
00:55:29.62\00:55:32.01
is in my
nostrils. He just talked
00:55:32.02\00:55:33.81
about the flood all
in whose nostrils was
00:55:33.82\00:55:38.35
the breath of
life. How did you get
00:55:38.36\00:55:40.36
there John tell us how
did that breath of life
00:55:40.37\00:55:42.34
get into the
nostrils, God put it there He
00:55:42.35\00:55:43.95
breathed into the
nostrils of man of
00:55:43.96\00:55:45.69
Adam at the
beginning, that's right.
00:55:45.70\00:55:47.21
So then, after that
00:55:47.56\00:55:49.02
happened did men did
men go back to heaven?
00:55:49.03\00:55:52.26
No, the life giving
power that was put within
00:55:53.89\00:55:56.30
them return to
God that's what this
00:55:56.31\00:55:58.15
text is saying. So the breath of
00:55:58.16\00:55:59.82
life that belongs to
God is the only thing that
00:55:59.83\00:56:01.73
God holds on to, that's right.
00:56:01.74\00:56:03.10
Now the reason I asked
the question you notice I
00:56:03.64\00:56:05.45
asked did man return to heaven?
00:56:05.46\00:56:07.14
The only way that
you're gonna return the only
00:56:07.98\00:56:09.94
way you're gonna get
to heaven is you go back
00:56:09.95\00:56:11.88
where you came from. I
want you to read Psalms
00:56:11.89\00:56:14.58
146 of verse 4, listen to this,
00:56:14.59\00:56:17.97
his spirit departs,
that's once again you
00:56:19.23\00:56:22.68
look at the word
there in the Hebrew that
00:56:22.69\00:56:24.34
means the breath in his body,
00:56:24.35\00:56:26.22
he returns to his
earth, there we go,
00:56:26.94\00:56:30.71
that's what he
returns to where he came from
00:56:30.72\00:56:32.93
he doesn't go to
heaven, he doesn't go to where
00:56:32.94\00:56:35.28
he didn't come from.
The only way for us to
00:56:35.29\00:56:37.24
get to heaven we
will talk about this in
00:56:37.25\00:56:38.46
following program
Jesus says I will come
00:56:38.47\00:56:41.35
again and receive you
that where I am that you
00:56:41.36\00:56:43.37
maybe also John 14 verse 1 to 3.
00:56:43.38\00:56:45.63
He returns to his earth back to
00:56:47.41\00:56:48.38
Psalms 146 verse 4 in
that very day his plans
00:56:48.39\00:56:51.46
or King James Version
his thoughts perished,
00:56:51.47\00:56:54.64
perished what do
you say about that?
00:56:54.65\00:56:55.68
Well, He return to
earth and this makes sense we
00:56:55.69\00:56:57.90
talked about it your
brain is gone you know
00:56:57.91\00:57:00.41
understand the term brain dead
00:57:00.42\00:57:01.50
what is brain dead mean?
00:57:01.51\00:57:02.48
No function
whatsoever, right. Brain dead,
00:57:03.17\00:57:05.38
brain death is what
you experience at death
00:57:05.39\00:57:08.41
in fact, it's not
until brain death that many
00:57:08.42\00:57:11.59
will declare you dead that,
00:57:11.60\00:57:13.34
that a doctor in the
room will say time of
00:57:13.35\00:57:16.94
death and they
will record the time,
00:57:16.95\00:57:18.75
pull the plug, because the brain
00:57:18.76\00:57:19.77
has ceased to
function. Wow! And so when it
00:57:19.78\00:57:22.95
says that he returns to
this earth the place and
00:57:22.96\00:57:27.18
his thoughts perish, that's it.
00:57:27.19\00:57:28.51
That's why
friends continue trusting
00:57:29.19\00:57:30.76
God's word because
the Lord will make a
00:57:30.77\00:57:32.97
plan when he returns God bless
00:57:32.98\00:57:34.60
you and have a
great day in Christ.
00:57:34.61\00:57:36.49