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as we explore
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on this edition of House Calls.
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Hello, friends, welcome
to the best Bible program
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And if I didn't think so,
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I wouldn't be here
and neither would John.
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Good to have you here,
John. It's good to be here.
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You know we have
always, we always look forward
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to getting together with
you and studying our Bible,
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so get your friends and
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as to where you
can send the questions
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that will come up
during this program.
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John, we have a great
topic, we're gonna cover today,
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just kind of give us snippet
on what we're gonna talk about.
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Yeah, we're gonna talk
about the subject of repentance.
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Okay.
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The world today, I was
always looking for forgiveness,
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we want forgiveness from God
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but there are things
that I think we forget about
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when it comes to repentance.
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We're gonna expand that
view and take a look at it.
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Okay.
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And so,
friends, in just a moment
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before we even begin our topic
or before we go any further,
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we always begin with prayer.
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So, John, have a
word of prayer for us.
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Let's do that.
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Dear, Father in heaven,
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we thank You for
this opportunity here
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to open our Bibles, and
to trust that Your spirit
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will lead us through
the topics we have today.
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We pray that you
would be with each here,
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each here that
is hearing us today,
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and that you would
help them to understand,
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may we all
understand your picture
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and your view
for us more clearly
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in Jesus' name, amen.
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Amen.
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And, friends, as you know,
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we'd like to give
you some information,
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because
periodically questions do arise,
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and if you have any questions,
you can send those questions
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That's housecalls@3abn.org.
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And we download those questions
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and then we go ahead and
answer them according to--
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That's right.
Whatever the Bible reveals.
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We like to stick with the Bible.
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Isn't that right, John? Amen.
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And so, go ahead
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and give us our first question
for today, what do we have?
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Yeah, we got a
question here, it, doesn't say--
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Oh, from Rudolf.
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So he is asking a question
in regard to Matthew 16:28.
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Okay, Matthew 16:28.
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He says that he has a conclusion
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as far as what he
believes about this verse,
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but he is
asking for our opinion.
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So let's go ahead and read that.
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Matthew 16:28,
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and I'm gonna back up one verse.
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So we'll start with
verse 27 of Matthew 16.
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In case, "For the Son of Man
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will come in the glory of
His Father with His angels,
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and then He will reward
each according to his works."
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So when we read that, John,
what are we thinking about?
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When is this gonna happen?
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The second coming.
This is the second coming.
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But notice this in
verse 28, it says that,
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"Assuredly, I say to you,
there are some standing here
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who shall not taste death
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till they see the Son of
Man coming in His kingdom."
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And so the question here is,
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John, and it's a
logical question is,
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if we are talking
about the second coming,
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how can he say that
those that are with him
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are gonna be alive
until they experience it?
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Right.
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Because we're
looking at 2000 years now,
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that separate this
statement from, of Jesus
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and we still haven't
seen the second coming.
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That's right. So,
what is he actually saying?
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Well, I think if you
stop there at verse 28,
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you really don't
understand the impact
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of what Jesus is saying
in verse, in that verse.
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Because chapter 17
actually gives you the picture
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of what Jesus is speaking about,
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how the Son of Man is glorified
and is seen in His kingdom.
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The miniature picture
of the Kingdom of God.
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All right.
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And so, let's read
that from Matthew 17:1
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down through about 6.
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Okay.
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"Now after six
days Jesus took Peter,
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James, and John his brother,
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led them up on a high
mountain by themselves,
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and He choose, He was
transfigured before them."
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In other words
he was transformed,
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he was in appearance
that they had not seen before.
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He had glory, he was
amazing in brightness
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and in the way that
he was pictured there,
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"His face shone,
it says like the sun,
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and His clothes
became white as the light.
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And behold, Moses and
Elijah appeared to them,
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saying or talking with Him.
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Then Peter
answered and said to Jesus,
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"Lord, is it good
for us to be here,
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if You wish, let us make us,
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let us make here
three tabernacles:
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one for You, one for
Moses, and one for Elijah."
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While he was still speaking,
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behold, a bright
cloud overshadowed them,
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and suddenly a voice
came out of the cloud, saying,
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"This is My beloved Son,
in whom I am well pleased.
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Hear Him!"
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So, we're seeing in this
transfiguration of Jesus,
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a mini picture of
the second coming.
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That's right.
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Not only did we have
Jesus who appears in glory,
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not only do we have Jesus
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who is
acknowledged from the heavens
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as being the Son of God,
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we also see that
there is Moses and Elijah.
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And, I know you have some things
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you want to add
to this piece too,
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but what does Moses and Elijah?
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What does that represent?
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Why did Moses and Elijah
appear there talking to Jesus?
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Because, there is,
there is a reason for that.
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Well, in the
Second Coming of Jesus,
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there will be two
classes that are represented.
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You know, Thessalonians says,
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"For the Lord Himself
shall descend from heaven
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with a shout, with the
voice of the archangel,
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through trumpet call of God.
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And the dead in
Christ will rise first."
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So, Moses represents
those who died and rose.
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Elijah represents those
who are alive and remain.
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So this, this is a
mini representation,
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Jesus has transfigured,
notice the brightness,
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He is like the sun
as white as the light,
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all this represents
His descended glory.
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Remember, He had
not been crucified yet.
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He had not been risen yet.
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He had not made the statement,
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"All authority or all
power is given unto me" yet.
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So He is still in
this form as humanity here.
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That's right.
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But so, He was giving Peter,
James, and John, His disciples,
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a miniature representation
of the Second Coming.
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Christ transfigured before them,
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glorified before them,
and the resurrected dead,
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represent it through Moses.
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And those who never see death
represented through Elijah.
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That's really what they
were saying right there.
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Now, there are some that believe
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and if they use
this text to say,
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that the kingdom of
God has already come.
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The Jesus has
already had his appearance
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His Second Coming
that He is here in spirit.
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And so they don't see
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an imminent literal
Second Coming of Jesus.
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And so, you know
in response to that
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I would say you have
to read the entire text
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to really understand the impact
of what Jesus is saying there,
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because if you
just take for view
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of that this is
referring to a time
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where Jesus has
already come now,
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His kingdom is
represented, He is here
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and this is all we
had to look forward to,
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you miss all of the other text,
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you have to basically
ignore many scriptures
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in regard to the Second Coming
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and what will take
place at that time.
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And maybe it would be good
to even read just one passage
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from the Second Coming
and I would go to 2 Peter 3.
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Because I think that is
one of the clearest pictures
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provided by the--
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by one of the apostles
thereof the Second Coming
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and what will
happen at that time.
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All right, 2 Peter 3.
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Chapter 3, and
we'll look at verse.
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Let's see verse 10. All right.
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"But the day of the Lord
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will come as a
thief in the night,
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in which the
heavens will pass away--"
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Okay, so let's start with
that first part of the sentence,
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will come as a
thief in the night.
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They say, oh, see,
he is coming as a thief
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were you don't
really know He is there,
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but He is here,
His Kingdom has come.
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But we got to read on,
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because this verse
qualifies what thief means?
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Okay.
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It says, "In which
the heavens will pass away
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with a great noise,
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and the elements will
melt with fervent heat,
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both the earth and the
works that are in it will be--"
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What? Burned up.
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"Burned up.
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Therefore, since all
these things will be dissolved,
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what manner of persons
ought you to be in holy conduct
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and godliness,
looking for and--"
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Doing what? Hastening.
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"Hastening the
coming of the day of God."
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So, did Peter see Christ having
already come a second time?
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Or is he looking
forward to a Second Coming?
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He is looking
forward to a Second Coming.
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Yeah, absolutely, clear.
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Looking forward to
the coming of day of God,
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"Because of which the
heavens will be dissolved,
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being on fire, and
the elements will melt
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with fervent heat?"
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So clearly, the Second Coming
is a literal return of Jesus
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from the clouds,
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it is symbolized by
the transfiguration.
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But it's an event
that everyone will see
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and that the earth will be
thrown into incredible disaster
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and other things
were Christ then as we--
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I've already read
in 1 Thessalonians 4,
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will catch up
those that are risen,
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represented by Moses
and those who are alive
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and remain
represented by Elijah.
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And I'm glad
that you chose Peter,
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because when we mention,
when you turn to 2 Peter
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maybe our viewers or listeners
didn't get the connection.
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Now, Peter was the one that
was one of the disciples there,
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so if this was
the Second Coming,
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then Peter wouldn't say we're
looking forward to it still.
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That's a
wonderful connection there.
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Peter was a part
of those who witnessed
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with James, and John.
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And the Lord gave
him and said when I--
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In other words, "When I return
this is how it's gonna be."
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Right. That's pretty much clear.
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Thank you, John.
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Now, I have one here, excuse
me for clearing my throat.
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I have one here
from a gentlemen,
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from the Netherlands.
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His name is Ernst
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and the last name
I don't want to try,
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because I know
that it's a Netherland,
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and I will neither do it
any, any kind of justice.
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But the question is very, very
vitally important in light off.
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Thank you so much for
submitting the question.
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Here it is.
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Very short, ''Why
still keep the Sabbath?
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I think every chosen
day is a good special day
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to praise the Lord."
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The first part of the question,
okay we'll answer that.
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The second part of
the question is wonderful.
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I don't have a
problem with the second part.
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''Everyday is a good
day to praise the Lord."
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The one thing I want to qualify
in that statement though.
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The Lord didn't bless everyday.
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You know, John,
one of the challenges
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that many
Christians have is this idea
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that they could pick
a day, well, you know,
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you could do, you
could pick any day you want.
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But, the Lord
only blessed one day.
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So let's go back to
Genesis, and by the way
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let me just add this,
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I'm gonna answer the
question very clearly,
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very succinctly from God's word.
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But we need to see
where the Sabbath came from?
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One of the reasons,
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one of the questions
I have asked incessantly
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and I have not
received a single answer yet.
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If you have an answer,
send it to this program,
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housecalls@3abn.org.
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The question is,
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and no one can
give me the answer.
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Why does the Sabbath
need to be done away with?
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And he put
here, Colossians 2:16,
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and evidently he is
intimating that it was a shadow.
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So we're gonna talk
about the shadow Sabbath
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and then, but let's
go to Genesis first.
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Genesis 2: 1-3,
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and I'll begin with a statement,
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the Sabbath, the
Seventh-day from sunset Friday
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to sunset Saturday,
the last day of the week.
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And I say that, John,
in context to the fact
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that I was recently in
the country of Sri Lanka,
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and I also know
this is true in Europe,
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that many of the
governments are changing the day
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for Sunday,
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changing the calendar for Sunday
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to be reflected
as the seventh-day.
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That's not scriptural,
and that is not historical,
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and that is not biblical, okay,
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because here's
where they have the issue.
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When they
celebrate the resurrection
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which was the
first day of the week,
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and look at the calendar
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where Sunday is the
seventh day of the week,
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they're off, they're
off kilter, it's a hardest,
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you can't reconcile
the resurrection day
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being the first day,
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and the calendar
being the seventh day,
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it doesn't match.
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So don't get hoodwinked by,
what people are manipulating.
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There is a
Satanic plot behind that.
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But let's look at the Sabbath.
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And the Sabbath was
created in a world without sin,
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so as we read this,
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what I want you
to think about is,
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if the world was
never affected by sin,
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would there ever be
any issue over the Sabbath
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and obviously the answer is no.
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Genesis 2:1-3,
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"Thus the heavens and the earth,
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and all the host of
them, were finished.
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And on the seventh
day God ended His work
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which He had done,
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and He rested on the seventh day
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from all His work
which He had done.
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Then God blessed
the seventh day."
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He didn't blessed any day,
He blessed the seventh day,
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He didn't bless a seventh day,
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He blessed the seventh
day, and sanctified it,
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He set it
aside, He made it Holy,
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He blessed it, He rested on it,
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He blessed it, He sanctified it,
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He set is aside.
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And when something
is sanctified get this,
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it's sanctified,
anything that's sanctified,
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is set aside for a
holy use, He sanctified it
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and here is the reason,
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"Because in it He
rested from all His work
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which God had created and made."
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So we have to ask the question,
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and I would love you
to give me the answer
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and I think that
this person is intimating
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that it's a shadow.
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We're gonna go and see,
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but let me just
make these points.
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First of all, before
sin ever entered the world,
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God blessed the seventh day.
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If sin never entered the world,
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there would be no controversy
over the seventh day.
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I also want to add this.
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Everything that God
blessed in the Garden of Eden
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has been attacked by Satan.
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He blessed the Sabbath,
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it's been substituted by
the first day of the week.
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He blessed the family,
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the marriage between
the woman and the man.
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Now Satan has distorted
that by having men marry men,
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and women marrying women.
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You got to understand
that any angst or any anger
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about the
seventh day being blessed
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is a set of satanic origin.
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He is the one that
doesn't want men to worship God.
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In Isaiah 14, Satan, said,
"I will be like the most high."
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So he set up his own
day, the day of the sun
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which was
paganisticly they worshipped
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and honored the physical sun,
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so he set up the sun-day
the first day of the week
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which is always honored away
from the day that God blessed.
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But let's go now to Colossians.
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I want you to see this
text, because this is the verse
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that this young man
use Colossians 2: 16,
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you want to read that--
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As you're going
there, let me just say this,
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I think that some people
have the misunderstanding that,
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because we are to
worship God on everyday, true?
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Right.
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That somehow, I'm a minister
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of the
Seventh-day Adventist church,
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somehow I would be advocating
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that we only do
that on the seventh day
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and we've never said that.
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Yeah, that's always
the misunderstanding.
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Yeah, the issue with
regard to Sabbath versus Sunday
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is not about--
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Worshiping. Just worshiping.
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Although worship
is at the heart of it,
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the worship of the true creator.
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Right.
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But we can worship and
should worship God every day.
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But God is in
response to our worship.
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Okay, so we worship,
we give ourselves to Him,
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in response He
says, "Here is my day."
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That's right.
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"Honor me as the
creator, as your creator
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and spend time
with me on this day
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because in this
day I have sanctified
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and blessed and set
apart it for our relationship."
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That's right.
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So, it's more about
the relationship with God,
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our relationship and
advancing and furthering that,
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and as an extension of
our worship of Him every day,
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that we need Him on the
Sabbath and spend time with Him.
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He set that day apart
for a specific purpose
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of regenerating
us, making us holy,
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putting His spirit within us,
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and allowing us
to grow in our time
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in our
relationship with Him, so.
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Anyway, I just want to say that,
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because we never advocated
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that worship
should just be that day.
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And neither did we advocate
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that you only
praise the Lord on one day,
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as this young man put.
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I think that
everyday is a good day,
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good special day
to praise the Lord.
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If you want to make
everyday special that's fine,
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you could say today
is the special day to me,
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but it's not the Sabbath,
it's not blessed by God.
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You could make a day
special in your own mind,
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but it doesn't
replace the blessing
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that God put on only one day.
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You know, if you
decided to, if you decide
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and I just give
you this example,
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if you bought a calendar
had seven spaces Monday--
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Sunday to Saturday,
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and you decided you
want to color them all green,
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you could do that.
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That means
there is no difference
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between Sunday to Saturday,
they're all green squares.
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But if you want to
look at the way God did it,
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he'll have, these
will be green squares
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and the last one
will be a gold square,
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that's the only one He blessed.
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He didn't blessed any other
day and for the life of me,
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it amazes me that this topic
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brings about the deepest seed
of anger in many Christians.
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They come up with this,
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but why do we have
to keep the Sabbath?
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That's it, that's not for
me, well, that was done away,
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but they come up
with all these answers
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that have no scriptural
support whatsoever, none at all.
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And I'm gonna give you also
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an additional
website in a moment,
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but let's go ahead and look.
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And by the way, an
answer to the question,
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you're already in Colossians,
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but I want to throw another
text in here really quickly,
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because has John
opened the door by saying
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it's about the relationship
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and it is about
the relationship.
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Why keep the Sabbath?
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Well, first of
all, in Exodus 20:10.
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First of all, the one
reason why we keep the Sabbath,
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the Lord says
remember, what did He say, John?
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Remember.
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So if He didn't
want us to keep it,
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He wouldn't say remember,
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"Remember the
Sabbath day to keep it Holy."
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For the life of
me, I don't understand
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why there is such anger
to this day, except to say
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that it's
satanically motivated for people
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to be taught by clergy
that it's just for the Jews.
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When the Lord
rested and blessed the day,
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there was not a Jew for
the next almost 2000 years.
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Because Abraham
was first to be born
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and then his seed, his
offspring, his son Jacob,
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12 sons they became the
father of this Jewish nation
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or the nation of Israel.
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So there were no
Jews in the Garden of Eden
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when the day was blessed.
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Get that, lock that
in, there were no Jews,
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just a man, a woman and God,
and a whole bunch of animals,
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and trees and
vegetables and fruits,
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and all the other good stuff.
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So, there was
nothing when God blessed it,
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nobody there to differentiate
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between one nation or the other,
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just simply humanity.
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So Exodus 20:8,
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"Remember the
Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
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Then verse 9, "Six
days you shall labor
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and do all your work."
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Now, here is the problem,
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if you make everyday the Sabbath
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or everyday a special
day you'll never work,
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you'll be considered lazy.
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Even Jesus rose on
the first day of the week,
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see He didn't
work on the Sabbath,
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He was in the
tomb on the Sabbath.
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Even those that advocate
worship for Sunday only,
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they do, don't, you know--
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don't make any bones about it,
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that there are many who
were trying to get back to loss
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that restrict
marketing another things
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from happening on Sunday.
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That's where they
want to go with that,
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but I forgot where
I was going with this,
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but anyway, but
when you do that,
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you are providing some level
of restriction around that day.
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And so, God, it comes from,
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it does stem from the scriptures
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that God does has some
restrictions around that day,
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but it's one day, he said,
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"This is day between me and you,
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the day that I set apart."
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And, so verse 10 of Exodus 20,
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"But the seventh day
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is the Sabbath of
the Lord your God."
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Whose? Your God.
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Whose Sabbath? Is
the Sabbath of the Lord.
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It's God's
Sabbath, it's not mine.
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And here is the question
you to have ask yourself Ernst
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is, who is your God?
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If you say God, the
creator is your God,
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He has already picked the day.
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He didn't say Ernst, here, just
choose whatever day you want.
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He says, "Ernst,
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the seventh day is the
Sabbath of the Lord, your God."
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So, you can pick
whatever day you want,
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if He is not your God,
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you could pick any day you want.
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Because Bible says,
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"Thou shalt have no
other gods before me."
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Those who have other gods,
pick whatever day they want,
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but that day is not connected
to the God of creation.
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In fact, there was a group
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that pick their
day for their god
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which is Sun God--
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Exactly. Exactly.
And they pick Sunday.
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That's exactly what they did.
But now let me go Ezekiel 20.
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This is a topic in
and of itself, John,
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so we're gonna,
we might just take
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a little bit more time on this.
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Read Ezekiel 20,
because we need to know why?
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Ezekiel 20:12,
because we need to know why?
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Why the Sabbath?
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And I want you to notice
particularly, the Colossians,
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we're gonna read
Colossians in just a moment
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and I want you
to see the language,
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there is a
difference in language.
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Yeah. Okay.
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Ezekiel 20:12.
Why keep the Sabbath?
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This is moreover,
this is God speaking,
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"Moreover, I also
gave them My Sabbaths,
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to be a sign between
Me between them and Me,
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that they might
know that I am the Lord
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who sanctifies them."
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Okay, so her we are.
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The Sabbath is the
sign of sanctification,
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it's a sign of relationship.
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If you worship the God
that created the world,
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He said, "The only way I
know that you acknowledge me
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as your creator is you honor
the day that I established."
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This is the day,
that's the spiritual sign
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between you and
the God of creation.
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And so, why
keep it? It's a sign.
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You could do whatever you want
in any other day of the week,
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but it doesn't
connect you to that God.
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It's like, John, if I
had seven women in a room
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and each one of
these women is married.
00:22:45.19\00:22:48.50
And I say, well, I'm the
husband of, I have a wife,
00:22:48.53\00:22:52.33
do I walk up and
pick any one of the wives,
00:22:52.37\00:22:54.34
any one of the women?
00:22:54.37\00:22:55.70
No, because only one has
been sanctified for me, Angela.
00:22:55.74\00:23:00.91
Only one she has the
same day May 22nd 1983.
00:23:00.94\00:23:06.31
All the other women,
they belong to somebody else,
00:23:06.35\00:23:08.65
although they are married.
00:23:08.68\00:23:10.02
So in the very same sense
00:23:10.05\00:23:11.39
that a wife is
sanctified to a husband,
00:23:11.42\00:23:13.42
the church is sanctified to God,
00:23:13.46\00:23:15.42
and the sign of that
sanctification is the Sabbath.
00:23:15.46\00:23:19.76
Now here's what
we were not saying,
00:23:19.79\00:23:21.20
we are not saying that
00:23:21.23\00:23:22.56
because you attend
Sabbath services on Sunday--
00:23:22.60\00:23:26.00
Wait, don't say that, don't
say Sabbath services on Sunday.
00:23:26.03\00:23:29.17
Yeah, I misspoke, but you
understand what I'm saying.
00:23:29.20\00:23:31.84
Those who, they call
it the Sabbath too, John.
00:23:31.87\00:23:33.61
Yeah, yeah.
00:23:33.64\00:23:34.98
Because they attend services,
they go to church on Sunday--
00:23:35.01\00:23:36.78
Right.
00:23:36.81\00:23:38.15
That somehow they don't
have a relationship with Jesus.
00:23:38.18\00:23:40.18
This doesn't mean
that they're not Christian,
00:23:40.22\00:23:42.62
they don't have a
relationship with Jesus.
00:23:42.65\00:23:44.45
What we're saying is
that the Bible has truths
00:23:44.49\00:23:46.79
that go very deep at
times and there they cut.
00:23:46.82\00:23:50.09
And so when we
find these truths out,
00:23:50.13\00:23:51.83
when we discover a deeper truth
00:23:51.86\00:23:53.29
that God wants us
to follow, to obey in.
00:23:53.33\00:23:58.17
That we follow that,
00:23:58.20\00:23:59.53
that if we're His
people, we will hear His voice
00:23:59.57\00:24:01.27
and we will follow
Him all the way through,
00:24:01.30\00:24:02.97
and so, this
really is about an issue
00:24:03.00\00:24:05.31
that is coming
up in the last days.
00:24:05.34\00:24:07.41
Is an issue that
will grow more and more,
00:24:07.44\00:24:11.51
as a discussion,
as I won't say debate,
00:24:11.55\00:24:14.48
because we don't
need to be debating,
00:24:14.52\00:24:15.85
but a discussion in
regard to what is truth.
00:24:15.88\00:24:18.79
And God is drawing
people into this truth
00:24:18.82\00:24:21.72
and helping
them understand that,
00:24:21.76\00:24:23.49
and I like the verse
you chose from Ezekiel,
00:24:23.53\00:24:25.59
that I only sanctified a
day, I want to sanctify you.
00:24:25.63\00:24:28.30
Right.
00:24:28.33\00:24:29.66
And on this day, I've set aside
00:24:29.70\00:24:31.63
so that you can
join with me in that work
00:24:31.67\00:24:33.70
and prepare you for
the return of my son.
00:24:33.74\00:24:36.27
That's right.
00:24:36.30\00:24:37.84
Going right back to that
very point sanctification,
00:24:37.87\00:24:40.74
the Sabbath is the
sign of sanctification.
00:24:40.78\00:24:42.91
Thank you for the
reiterated point, John,
00:24:42.94\00:24:44.85
that people that honor,
00:24:44.88\00:24:46.21
people that go to church
on other days of the week
00:24:46.25\00:24:48.65
and that don't know,
00:24:48.68\00:24:51.19
there's a
difference all together,
00:24:51.22\00:24:52.55
when you don't know, but
when you do know and say,
00:24:52.59\00:24:55.52
''You know, I don't want
what God has established,
00:24:55.56\00:24:57.43
I'm gonna just pick my own day."
00:24:57.46\00:24:59.39
It's like walk out the room
00:24:59.43\00:25:00.76
and just pick any
one of seven women
00:25:00.80\00:25:02.13
and say well, you're my wife.
00:25:02.16\00:25:03.77
Well, how has that happen?
00:25:03.80\00:25:05.13
Did you get join together
in a sanctifying relationship?
00:25:05.17\00:25:08.00
No, well then,
she's not your wife.
00:25:08.04\00:25:09.97
So this is really
about relationship,
00:25:10.01\00:25:11.97
but now I want to
go to Colossians 2:16,
00:25:12.01\00:25:14.38
because we have to
give this the due attention
00:25:14.41\00:25:17.71
that this young man wants.
00:25:17.75\00:25:19.15
Colossians 2,
00:25:19.18\00:25:20.65
but we're not
gonna do just verse 16,
00:25:20.68\00:25:22.42
lot of times you get--
00:25:22.45\00:25:23.79
No, we have to read the passage.
00:25:23.82\00:25:25.15
Right, you got to
get the whole part of it.
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Okay, here it is.
00:25:26.62\00:25:29.19
And let's start with the verse,
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well, this is speaking
about Jesus freeing men,
00:25:31.43\00:25:33.90
but I want to
start with verse 14.
00:25:33.93\00:25:36.97
"Having wiped out the
handwriting of requirements
00:25:37.00\00:25:41.94
that was against us,
which was contrary to us.
00:25:41.97\00:25:46.78
And He has taken
it out of the way,
00:25:46.81\00:25:48.91
having nailed it to the cross."
00:25:48.94\00:25:50.91
First of all what
did he get rid of,
00:25:50.95\00:25:52.55
the handwriting of requirements.
00:25:52.58\00:25:55.98
Ephesians 2 says, "The
handwriting of ordinances.
00:25:56.02\00:25:58.89
Having disarmed, verse
15, principalities and powers,
00:25:58.92\00:26:02.46
He made a public
spectacle of them,
00:26:02.49\00:26:04.76
triumphing over them in it.
00:26:04.79\00:26:07.40
Therefore let no one
judge you in food or in drink,
00:26:07.43\00:26:13.40
or regarding a festival
or a new moon or Sabbaths,
00:26:13.44\00:26:18.27
or Sabbath days.
00:26:18.31\00:26:20.78
When you think
about that or Sabbaths,
00:26:20.81\00:26:23.08
which are a
shadow of things to come,
00:26:23.11\00:26:25.91
but the substance is of Christ."
00:26:25.95\00:26:28.52
Okay, now let's find out.
00:26:28.55\00:26:31.09
The word shadow
here in this verse,
00:26:31.12\00:26:32.65
if you notice,
it's in lower case
00:26:32.69\00:26:35.32
as compared to the
Sabbath in uppercase
00:26:35.36\00:26:38.29
because there were ceremonies--
00:26:38.33\00:26:40.10
Quickly now, let's go to
the Book of Leviticus 23.
00:26:40.13\00:26:45.00
Leviticus 23, and what I want
to do very quickly is show you
00:26:45.03\00:26:49.00
some of these
Sabbaths, Leviticus 23
00:26:49.04\00:26:52.77
and notice these are the
festivals that were added,
00:26:52.81\00:26:56.61
it's very important and I have
to put the context together.
00:26:56.64\00:27:01.52
These festivals,
00:27:01.55\00:27:03.49
these additional
shadow Sabbaths were added,
00:27:03.52\00:27:07.89
because the law
of God was violated.
00:27:07.92\00:27:10.69
Remember the context
is once man sinned, John,
00:27:10.73\00:27:14.73
what was instituted?
00:27:14.76\00:27:16.70
The sacrificial system.
00:27:16.73\00:27:18.53
When Cain killed Abel,
when Adam and Eve sinned,
00:27:18.57\00:27:21.44
the lamb was
continually sacrificed
00:27:21.47\00:27:23.77
until Jesus the
Lamb of God came.
00:27:23.81\00:27:26.84
And lambs were no longer
killed beyond that point.
00:27:26.88\00:27:29.64
But, so there were special
ceremonies held everyday,
00:27:29.68\00:27:33.68
all year long and each of
these were called in some,
00:27:33.72\00:27:36.69
in a real sense a Sabbath.
00:27:36.72\00:27:39.62
Let's go to Leviticus 23,
00:27:39.65\00:27:41.76
I'm gonna have you
read some of these for us.
00:27:41.79\00:27:45.49
Leviticus 23:39,
00:27:45.53\00:27:49.43
read that Leviticus 23:39.
00:27:49.46\00:27:52.87
"Also on the fifteenth
day of the seventh month,
00:27:52.90\00:27:55.14
when you have gathered
in the fruit of the land,
00:27:55.17\00:27:57.74
you shall keep the feast
of the Lord for seven days,
00:27:57.77\00:28:00.64
on the first day there
shall be a Sabbath-rest,
00:28:00.68\00:28:03.55
and on the eighth
day a Sabbath-rest."
00:28:03.58\00:28:05.71
Okay, notice that.
00:28:05.75\00:28:07.38
On the first day a Sabbath-rest,
00:28:07.42\00:28:10.19
on the eighth
day a Sabbath-rest.
00:28:10.22\00:28:13.02
And it was in reference to what?
00:28:13.05\00:28:14.82
The feasts it
says, "The fifteenth day
00:28:14.86\00:28:18.06
when you have gathered
in the fruit of the land",
00:28:18.09\00:28:20.53
that's the feast
of the first fruits.
00:28:20.56\00:28:23.06
And that was on the
first day a Sabbath-rest,
00:28:23.10\00:28:26.13
on the eighth
day a Sabbath-rest.
00:28:26.17\00:28:28.40
These are the Sabbaths
that were done away with
00:28:28.44\00:28:31.34
because Jesus fulfilled that
by becoming the first fruits.
00:28:31.37\00:28:35.48
I want you to get that.
00:28:35.51\00:28:36.85
If you go to 1
Corinthians 15:20,
00:28:36.88\00:28:40.15
it says, "Christ have
then become the firstfruits
00:28:40.18\00:28:43.65
of those that slept."
00:28:43.69\00:28:45.75
They gather
these first fruits in.
00:28:45.79\00:28:47.59
What happened when
Jesus enter heaven?
00:28:47.62\00:28:49.32
He got gathered in.
00:28:49.36\00:28:50.99
Now we're gonna be
the one's gathered later,
00:28:51.03\00:28:52.96
but He became the
first representative,
00:28:52.99\00:28:55.53
He was the first fruit.
00:28:55.56\00:28:57.00
So this ceremony was fulfilled
in the resurrection of Jesus,
00:28:57.03\00:29:01.47
the first fruit.
00:29:01.50\00:29:02.84
But, now let me give you
just one more and you also,
00:29:02.87\00:29:06.91
Leviticus
23:27, let me go there,
00:29:06.94\00:29:12.01
Leviticus 23:27, it says,
00:29:12.05\00:29:15.98
"Also the tenth day
of the seventh month
00:29:16.02\00:29:20.09
shall be a Day of Atonement."
00:29:20.12\00:29:22.66
This was a yearly convocation.
00:29:22.69\00:29:25.46
"It shall be a holy
convocation for you,
00:29:25.49\00:29:30.17
you shall afflict your souls,
00:29:30.20\00:29:32.13
and offer an
offering by fire to the Lord."
00:29:32.17\00:29:37.04
And then verse 32, what kind--
00:29:37.07\00:29:39.11
what is it called in verse 32.
00:29:39.14\00:29:41.54
"It shall be to you a
Sabbath of solemn rest."
00:29:41.58\00:29:43.78
Okay.
00:29:43.81\00:29:45.15
"You shall afflict
your souls." Keep reading.
00:29:45.18\00:29:48.42
"And on the ninth day
of the month at evening,
00:29:48.45\00:29:50.79
from evening to evening,
00:29:50.82\00:29:52.15
you shall
celebrate your Sabbath."
00:29:52.19\00:29:53.52
Notice how many
Sabbath we've seen so far.
00:29:53.56\00:29:55.39
First day, eighth day,
ninth day of the tenth month,
00:29:55.42\00:30:01.26
these ninth day of that month,
00:30:01.30\00:30:03.93
so you see, so far we've
found four additional Sabbaths.
00:30:03.97\00:30:06.74
Yeah.
00:30:06.77\00:30:08.10
These were the shadows
that were pointing to the work
00:30:08.14\00:30:09.60
that Christ would accomplish.
00:30:09.64\00:30:11.41
And lastly, look at
verse 24, Leviticus 23:24,
00:30:11.44\00:30:15.44
read that one for us.
00:30:15.48\00:30:18.25
"Speak to the
children of Israel,
00:30:18.28\00:30:19.61
saying: 'In the seventh month,
on the first day of the month,
00:30:19.65\00:30:21.98
you shall have a Sabbath-rest,
00:30:22.02\00:30:24.09
a memorial of
blowing of trumpets,
00:30:24.12\00:30:25.85
a holy convocation."
00:30:25.89\00:30:27.22
This is the feast of trumpets,
the blowing of the trumpets,
00:30:27.26\00:30:30.66
which was preparatory
to the Day of Atonement.
00:30:30.69\00:30:32.69
The trumpet was
blown to let people know
00:30:32.73\00:30:34.40
when the trumpet was sounded,
00:30:34.43\00:30:35.76
there were 10 days
before the Day of Atonement.
00:30:35.80\00:30:37.30
So, so far we found
five additional Sabbaths.
00:30:37.33\00:30:40.40
These were the
Sabbaths nailed to the cross,
00:30:40.44\00:30:42.37
because each of them
were pointing to a work
00:30:42.40\00:30:45.04
that Christ would
accomplish when He came.
00:30:45.07\00:30:46.81
And they were,
but these Sabbath,
00:30:46.84\00:30:49.71
the seventh day Sabbath
00:30:49.74\00:30:51.51
was not a part of
a ceremonial system.
00:30:51.55\00:30:54.22
It was instituted and blessed
00:30:54.25\00:30:56.55
before sin ever
entered the world.
00:30:56.58\00:30:58.42
And lastly,
John, Galatians 3:19,
00:30:58.45\00:31:00.82
this wraps up this question.
00:31:00.86\00:31:02.62
Galatians 3:19, read that.
00:31:02.66\00:31:04.96
And, so, friends,
as you look at these,
00:31:04.99\00:31:06.86
yeah, there was
ceremonial Sabbaths
00:31:06.90\00:31:08.56
and so Colossians 2:16,
00:31:08.60\00:31:09.96
talks about these
ceremonial Sabbaths.
00:31:10.00\00:31:12.00
These were all a
part of the dealing
00:31:12.03\00:31:13.97
with the sin issue,
00:31:14.00\00:31:15.34
but Jesus came to
deal with the sin issue.
00:31:15.37\00:31:17.21
Notice what
Galatians 3: 19 says.
00:31:17.24\00:31:20.21
"What purpose then
does the law serve,
00:31:20.24\00:31:22.78
it was added
because of transgressions,
00:31:22.81\00:31:25.38
till the Seed should come
to whom the promise was made
00:31:25.41\00:31:28.35
and it was
appointed through angels
00:31:28.38\00:31:30.12
by the hand of the mediator."
00:31:30.15\00:31:31.49
Okay, so the law
00:31:31.52\00:31:32.95
that we talked about
the blowing of the trumpets,
00:31:32.99\00:31:34.72
the sacrificial system,
the afflicting of these souls,
00:31:34.76\00:31:37.53
the feast of
fruits and all that,
00:31:37.56\00:31:39.19
that was added
because of transgression.
00:31:39.23\00:31:41.13
What is transgression?
The violation of a law.
00:31:41.16\00:31:44.13
So now, let's get this.
00:31:44.17\00:31:45.50
Somebody speeds down
the street and kill someone.
00:31:45.53\00:31:48.47
We got to make a law against
speeding in this community,
00:31:48.50\00:31:51.47
because somebody was
killed, one law was broken,
00:31:51.51\00:31:54.91
we got to make a law
now to stop speeding,
00:31:54.94\00:31:56.88
another law was added.
00:31:56.91\00:31:58.28
See, so if the commandments
of God were never violated,
00:31:58.31\00:32:02.52
that there will be no
need for these ceremonies
00:32:02.55\00:32:04.49
that lead people back
to the one he would come
00:32:04.52\00:32:06.22
and ultimately
resolve the issue of sin.
00:32:06.25\00:32:10.06
So whenever you talk
about Colossians 2:16,
00:32:10.09\00:32:12.19
or the ceremonial Sabbaths,
or the shadow Sabbaths,
00:32:12.23\00:32:14.36
remember, these were all
00:32:14.40\00:32:16.26
and you could find the
majority of them in Leviticus 23
00:32:16.30\00:32:20.07
pointing to the work of Christ
00:32:20.10\00:32:21.44
and when He came
and fulfilled all that,
00:32:21.47\00:32:23.54
that law was
nailed to the cross,
00:32:23.57\00:32:26.17
but the Sabbath
is a perpetual sign,
00:32:26.21\00:32:29.18
blessed in Eden,
00:32:29.21\00:32:30.85
kept by the Old
Testament church,
00:32:30.88\00:32:32.55
kept by the New Testament church
00:32:32.58\00:32:34.65
will be kept in heaven.
00:32:34.68\00:32:36.38
It's just that since
the Dark Ages up until now,
00:32:36.42\00:32:38.92
Satan has put into
place an institution
00:32:38.95\00:32:41.79
that has tried to get rid of it.
00:32:41.82\00:32:43.83
So if it's in heaven, garden,
Old Testament, New Testament
00:32:43.86\00:32:47.53
and the Sabbath is mentioned
60 times in the New Testament
00:32:47.56\00:32:50.23
as compared to only 12,
representing the first day,
00:32:50.27\00:32:53.13
and eight of those
first day references
00:32:53.17\00:32:56.27
dealt just with the
resurrection of Jesus.
00:32:56.30\00:32:58.91
So you don't find any place
00:32:58.94\00:33:00.28
where the Sabbath
was done away with.
00:33:00.31\00:33:01.64
Nutshell Ernst,
why keep the Sabbath,
00:33:01.68\00:33:04.25
because the Lord said, "Ernst,
00:33:04.28\00:33:05.85
remember the
Sabbath to keep it holy.
00:33:05.88\00:33:08.52
It's a sign that I'm the
God who is sanctifying you."
00:33:08.55\00:33:13.02
I think we covered our time.
I think we covered it, yes.
00:33:13.05\00:33:15.69
We're little over on
question time, but that's okay.
00:33:15.72\00:33:17.29
But that was one
that needed it very much
00:33:17.33\00:33:19.86
because that
comes up continually.
00:33:19.89\00:33:22.63
Take us to our topic, John.
00:33:22.66\00:33:24.20
By the way real quickly,
00:33:24.23\00:33:25.63
if you have any questions
you want to send to us,
00:33:25.67\00:33:28.10
I know that we may have
jarred something in you today,
00:33:28.14\00:33:31.97
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to housecalls@3abn.org.
00:33:32.01\00:33:36.58
That's housecalls@3abn.org.
00:33:36.61\00:33:40.42
And we'll be glad to
answer your questions.
00:33:40.45\00:33:43.08
Take us to our topic, John.
00:33:43.12\00:33:44.45
Well, as I'm transitioning here,
00:33:44.49\00:33:45.82
just one of the thought,
00:33:45.85\00:33:47.19
you know some people
have written in and said,
00:33:47.22\00:33:48.56
''Why do you keep
talking about the Sabbath?"
00:33:48.59\00:33:49.92
It's because people
keep sending us questions
00:33:49.96\00:33:51.63
about the Sabbath.
00:33:51.66\00:33:53.60
It's not really us choosing
00:33:53.63\00:33:55.36
to make this a
topic all the time,
00:33:55.40\00:33:56.97
it's just that
this seems to be a very,
00:33:57.00\00:33:59.43
the probably the most
commonly asked question
00:33:59.47\00:34:02.60
in regard to this program.
00:34:02.64\00:34:04.67
And I could see why,
00:34:04.71\00:34:06.04
because the majority of
people go to church on Sunday.
00:34:06.07\00:34:07.58
Yeah, yeah,
probably I think there are us
00:34:07.61\00:34:10.85
what is upwards
of 85 to 90 percent.
00:34:10.88\00:34:13.31
Of people who go to
church on the first.
00:34:13.35\00:34:14.68
They go on a
first day of the week.
00:34:14.72\00:34:16.05
Right, and many people,
00:34:16.08\00:34:17.42
many sincere
Christians don't have a clue
00:34:17.45\00:34:19.22
that it started as a tradition.
00:34:19.25\00:34:22.62
Yeah. Yeah. By the
Roman Catholic Church.
00:34:22.66\00:34:24.56
Kept by the pagans
before, baptized by Rome,
00:34:24.59\00:34:27.83
injected during the time
of the Protestant Reformation
00:34:27.86\00:34:30.37
into Christianity and today
00:34:30.40\00:34:31.80
they think it's something
that's supported by the Bible,
00:34:31.83\00:34:33.80
it's nothing but a tradition.
00:34:33.84\00:34:35.17
And, you know, what, John,
00:34:35.20\00:34:36.54
only the Roman Catholic
leadership will honestly say,
00:34:36.57\00:34:39.57
it has no Bible support.
00:34:39.61\00:34:41.58
We were the ones
that gave it is platform.
00:34:41.61\00:34:43.41
Based on our authority. Yeah.
00:34:43.45\00:34:46.05
Well, we're gonna
cover our topic here
00:34:46.08\00:34:47.58
for the rest of
our program today.
00:34:47.62\00:34:50.45
A topic that I
think is important
00:34:50.49\00:34:51.95
to understand in its depth.
00:34:51.99\00:34:53.89
Because, you know, in a
day and age were morality is,
00:34:53.92\00:34:58.06
is really at a
lowing, at low ebb.
00:34:58.09\00:35:02.00
Would you say that
00:35:02.03\00:35:03.37
without any
making it bones about it?
00:35:03.40\00:35:06.30
It is an understatement,
that people are seeking,
00:35:06.33\00:35:09.10
they're sensing God's
spirit to work on them,
00:35:09.14\00:35:11.47
and they want forgiveness
00:35:11.51\00:35:12.84
and they want a
relationship with God.
00:35:12.87\00:35:14.61
But how does that look?
And what is it begins with?
00:35:14.64\00:35:18.78
Well, the Bible says,
"It begins with repentance."
00:35:18.81\00:35:21.35
And so we're gonna talk about
seven aspects of repentance
00:35:21.38\00:35:24.32
over the next couple programs
00:35:24.35\00:35:25.95
at least the topic
part of the program,
00:35:25.99\00:35:27.79
the second half.
00:35:27.82\00:35:29.16
And we're gonna go
through what, about seven steps.
00:35:29.19\00:35:32.13
Seven things that are
revealed in God's word
00:35:32.16\00:35:34.96
in regard to repentance,
00:35:35.00\00:35:36.63
so that we can have
a full understanding
00:35:36.67\00:35:38.00
of the various aspects of it.
00:35:38.03\00:35:40.40
It's not simply,
"Lord forgive me,"
00:35:40.44\00:35:42.70
everything's good.
00:35:42.74\00:35:44.44
Although in a sincere
heart asking for forgiveness,
00:35:44.47\00:35:47.18
God does forgive,
00:35:47.21\00:35:48.54
but the Bible talks
about a depth of repentance
00:35:48.58\00:35:53.68
that goes further
than just the request,
00:35:53.72\00:35:56.15
just the confession piece.
00:35:56.18\00:35:57.52
And so, we're gonna talk about
some of those things here now.
00:35:57.55\00:35:59.72
It's gonna be a dynamic topic,
00:35:59.75\00:36:01.09
so just dive us
into it, because--
00:36:01.12\00:36:02.56
Yeah, let's look at it first,
00:36:02.59\00:36:04.13
first of all a
couple of promises.
00:36:04.16\00:36:05.49
All right.
00:36:05.53\00:36:06.86
Number one, from
Matthew 1:21, it says,
00:36:06.90\00:36:09.53
"In regard to Jesus
she will bring forth a Son,
00:36:09.56\00:36:13.20
that is Jesus, who shall call
00:36:13.23\00:36:15.00
and you shall call His name
Jesus, for He will", do what?
00:36:15.04\00:36:18.74
Save His people--
00:36:18.77\00:36:20.11
"Save His people
from their sins."
00:36:20.14\00:36:22.28
Okay, so he wants
the Jesus main goal,
00:36:22.31\00:36:24.88
his mission is to
deliver the human race
00:36:24.91\00:36:28.25
from the bondage of sin.
00:36:28.28\00:36:29.88
From the sin, not
only the big sin, Sin,
00:36:29.92\00:36:32.82
but the sins that are committed
00:36:32.85\00:36:34.82
and he wants to move them pass
that into a holy relationship
00:36:34.86\00:36:37.76
with God.
00:36:37.79\00:36:39.29
And, you know,
when the Bible says,
00:36:39.33\00:36:40.93
"Save them from their sins."
00:36:40.96\00:36:45.43
In my understanding of the topic
00:36:45.47\00:36:47.84
I go to John 1:29,
"Behold, the Lamb of God
00:36:47.87\00:36:50.91
that taketh away
the sin of the world."
00:36:50.94\00:36:53.98
There you go. Let
me give you an example.
00:36:54.01\00:36:57.01
I'm sure you've seen
trees, an apple tree before.
00:36:57.05\00:37:01.42
I'm sure you've seen
an apple tree before,
00:37:01.45\00:37:03.15
hopefully said hope you have.
00:37:03.18\00:37:05.89
But let's do
this reverse process.
00:37:05.92\00:37:10.29
Say you find a worm in an apple.
00:37:10.33\00:37:13.23
Well, you can't
find a worm in an apple,
00:37:13.26\00:37:15.20
if there is no apple.
00:37:15.23\00:37:17.33
You can't find an apple
00:37:17.37\00:37:19.60
if there is no branch
to connect to the apple.
00:37:19.63\00:37:22.90
You can't find the
branch if there is no tree
00:37:22.94\00:37:25.54
to connect the
branch to the apple,
00:37:25.57\00:37:27.74
to give worm, to make a
place for the worm to go.
00:37:27.78\00:37:30.65
You cannot find
a trunk of the tree
00:37:30.68\00:37:35.85
unless somebody
planted the seed.
00:37:35.88\00:37:38.25
So, do I go all the way
back and say, you know what,
00:37:38.29\00:37:42.36
if we could just keep
that seed from being planted,
00:37:42.39\00:37:46.06
there will be
no worms in apples.
00:37:46.09\00:37:49.06
That's what the
sin of the world is.
00:37:49.10\00:37:50.97
The sin of the world is
that broken relationship.
00:37:51.00\00:37:54.70
The sin of the world is
that broken relationship.
00:37:54.74\00:37:59.24
That as a result of
that broken relationship,
00:37:59.27\00:38:03.35
everything has resulted.
00:38:03.38\00:38:04.85
Now we have sins, we
have all these worms,
00:38:04.88\00:38:06.55
all these apple trees,
00:38:06.58\00:38:08.38
and so it could
be crime, violence,
00:38:08.42\00:38:10.22
punishment, death,
pornography, alcoholism,
00:38:10.25\00:38:14.06
drug abuse, you
know, you name it.
00:38:14.09\00:38:16.52
Sins of the symptom.
Right, the symptom exactly.
00:38:16.56\00:38:19.13
And the sin--
00:38:19.16\00:38:20.56
Is the seed-- Is the seed--
00:38:20.60\00:38:22.20
That has come to all
of us through Adam's.
00:38:22.23\00:38:24.40
So, Jesus came to save
His people from their sins,
00:38:24.43\00:38:26.30
all that stuff that's
happening in their lives,
00:38:26.33\00:38:28.27
but it does it by
changing the seed,
00:38:28.30\00:38:30.77
putting a new seed in,
00:38:30.81\00:38:32.14
and we'll talk
about that later on.
00:38:32.17\00:38:33.51
That's right. That's right.
00:38:33.54\00:38:34.88
And, so Peter
says in 2 Peter 3:9,
00:38:34.91\00:38:36.41
"The Lord is not slack
concerning His promise,"
00:38:36.44\00:38:38.35
his promise to save, right?
00:38:38.38\00:38:39.71
That's right.
00:38:39.75\00:38:41.08
"As some count slackness,
00:38:41.12\00:38:42.45
but is longsuffering
or patient toward us,
00:38:42.48\00:38:44.29
not willing that
any should perish
00:38:44.32\00:38:45.82
but that all should
come to repentance."
00:38:45.85\00:38:48.82
And so repentance there is
the, the beginning of getting,
00:38:48.86\00:38:53.09
dealing with
this seed issue in us.
00:38:53.13\00:38:56.03
And so, we're gonna talk about
00:38:56.06\00:38:57.40
these seven
aspects of repentance.
00:38:57.43\00:38:59.73
I don't know if we
should just give all seven
00:38:59.77\00:39:01.14
and then we'll
start going through them,
00:39:01.17\00:39:02.50
or we should just
let's talk with one
00:39:02.54\00:39:04.17
and go through each one?
00:39:04.21\00:39:05.54
Let go one at a time,
so we wouldn't, like us,
00:39:05.57\00:39:07.08
we're gonna cover this
again in another program.
00:39:07.11\00:39:09.14
This way we won't get
people confuse about it,
00:39:09.18\00:39:10.91
but what I like in as
we go to the first one,
00:39:10.95\00:39:14.22
repentance is so
widely important.
00:39:14.25\00:39:15.75
You know,
nowadays, so many people
00:39:15.78\00:39:17.12
and I did a whole study on this,
00:39:17.15\00:39:19.85
you know, like 17 pages,
00:39:19.89\00:39:21.42
I put together just
recently on a study on Baptism,
00:39:21.46\00:39:24.43
Repentance,
Confession, Conversion,
00:39:24.46\00:39:26.06
all that other stuff.
00:39:26.09\00:39:27.43
And what I've
discovered is, what the Lord--
00:39:27.46\00:39:31.27
what the word of God
reveal to me is this.
00:39:31.30\00:39:33.10
Lot of people want to--
00:39:33.13\00:39:36.00
Let me use a phrase here,
00:39:36.04\00:39:37.37
lot of people
in a diluted sense.
00:39:37.41\00:39:38.94
When people want
to join a church,
00:39:38.97\00:39:41.31
very few people repent,
they just want to be a member.
00:39:41.34\00:39:45.41
So, we often go through
the doctrinal, 28 fundamentals,
00:39:45.45\00:39:48.45
we agree, we become
intellectual Christians.
00:39:48.48\00:39:51.32
But what happens then
00:39:51.35\00:39:52.69
because they don't understand
this topic and that's why
00:39:52.72\00:39:54.52
it's so important to discuss it,
00:39:54.56\00:39:56.06
because they haven't
repented of anything generally,
00:39:56.09\00:39:59.29
they now practice
their sin in private,
00:39:59.33\00:40:03.10
and they struggle in public.
00:40:03.13\00:40:05.87
And, but they are now,
00:40:05.90\00:40:07.90
''I'm a member, but
I'm a struggling sinner
00:40:07.94\00:40:11.37
and if could just
keep my sin private,
00:40:11.41\00:40:14.11
then I'll be seen in
public as a guy or woman
00:40:14.14\00:40:17.15
that has become a good member."
00:40:17.18\00:40:19.45
But the Lord, repentance
is not about good membership,
00:40:19.48\00:40:23.05
but it's about a good
relationship with Jesus.
00:40:23.08\00:40:26.15
So walk us
through the first one.
00:40:26.19\00:40:27.59
What is it, what does it do?
00:40:27.62\00:40:28.96
The first one is examination
00:40:28.99\00:40:30.36
and what we were
talking about here,
00:40:30.39\00:40:32.46
is a search of the heart.
00:40:32.49\00:40:35.03
And comparing what's
there with a holiness of God.
00:40:35.06\00:40:38.53
I'm gonna use this as a
sermon one day by the way,
00:40:38.57\00:40:40.27
I'm not gonna tell you where.
00:40:40.30\00:40:41.87
Please, please. Good stuff.
00:40:41.90\00:40:43.24
And so, it's
getting to know yourself.
00:40:43.27\00:40:44.84
I think one of the
things that we miss is that,
00:40:44.87\00:40:47.58
just in our culture today,
00:40:47.61\00:40:49.31
is we lack kind of a real
understanding of ourselves.
00:40:49.34\00:40:52.95
That's right.
00:40:52.98\00:40:54.32
Our weaknesses,
our deficiencies,
00:40:54.35\00:40:55.72
our issues and we kind
of, we argue, or we debate,
00:40:55.75\00:40:59.59
or we hold and live our lives,
00:40:59.62\00:41:01.92
we hold to beliefs that we have
00:41:01.96\00:41:04.56
thinking that we
got it all right,
00:41:04.59\00:41:06.80
things are all together.
00:41:06.83\00:41:08.23
Bur really we haven't
done a lot of self examination.
00:41:08.26\00:41:10.60
There isn't a lot of
searching of the heart
00:41:10.63\00:41:12.20
to see whether
or not it truly is
00:41:12.23\00:41:14.80
in line with God's picture
00:41:14.84\00:41:17.01
in His word of
righteousness and holiness.
00:41:17.04\00:41:21.71
And so, a big part of
this examination process
00:41:21.74\00:41:26.51
that we'll read a
few scriptures about here
00:41:26.55\00:41:28.62
involves asking the Lord,
00:41:28.65\00:41:30.42
allowing the
Lord to reveal to you,
00:41:30.45\00:41:32.52
to bring up in your
mind the sin that exists.
00:41:32.55\00:41:36.22
What is in there that not only,
00:41:36.26\00:41:40.86
what are the hurts
that I've done for others,
00:41:40.90\00:41:42.93
that I've done to others,
00:41:42.96\00:41:44.30
but what is it that's
causing it for me in here,
00:41:44.33\00:41:46.84
so that I continue to do it,
00:41:46.87\00:41:48.94
because you know
as a pastor, John,
00:41:48.97\00:41:50.41
we had people that
are looking to gain,
00:41:50.44\00:41:53.91
just to overcome a sin
in their life or something
00:41:53.94\00:41:56.14
and it seems to
happen over and over again.
00:41:56.18\00:41:58.38
And that's because,
we almost whitewash,
00:41:58.41\00:42:00.32
or get rid of the
sins, the symptoms,
00:42:00.35\00:42:03.12
and we're not dealing
with the heart of the issue,
00:42:03.15\00:42:04.92
what is really triggering this?
00:42:04.95\00:42:06.29
What going on in there?
00:42:06.32\00:42:07.66
And so, only an examination,
00:42:07.69\00:42:10.23
searching of the
heart will allow us
00:42:10.26\00:42:12.83
to find those things, to
God reveals those things in us.
00:42:12.86\00:42:15.70
And, you know, why
it's important, John,
00:42:15.73\00:42:17.07
for us to examine ourselves,
00:42:17.10\00:42:18.57
it's because as
you were speaking,
00:42:18.60\00:42:20.54
the thought
came to me, you know,
00:42:20.57\00:42:22.04
while we read both preach
00:42:22.07\00:42:23.41
in front of a large
audiences all the time
00:42:23.44\00:42:25.21
and even this world
audience on television.
00:42:25.24\00:42:27.84
And I would say, I could say,
00:42:27.88\00:42:29.48
I can make it factual statement,
00:42:29.51\00:42:32.51
almost cell phones
are all over the world.
00:42:32.55\00:42:38.22
And I would say people either
have an iPhone or an android,
00:42:38.25\00:42:44.26
and there may be a
third one in that category,
00:42:44.29\00:42:45.86
so I'm not even sure,
00:42:45.89\00:42:47.53
but in America we
have iPhone or android.
00:42:47.56\00:42:50.63
You know, we got
Samsung, or the LG,
00:42:50.67\00:42:53.54
or the Windows phone
00:42:53.57\00:42:55.60
are falling into
the android category,
00:42:55.64\00:42:57.74
then on the other side
00:42:57.77\00:42:59.11
just the iPhone
is all by itself.
00:42:59.14\00:43:01.18
I cannot look at an audience
00:43:01.21\00:43:02.61
and I could look at
the audience and say,
00:43:02.64\00:43:05.25
''I know that most of
you have a cell phone,
00:43:05.28\00:43:08.75
but I don't know which kind.
00:43:08.78\00:43:12.15
In order for me to find out,
I've examine each one of you
00:43:12.19\00:43:14.26
independently and I can come up
now with a statistical survey,
00:43:14.29\00:43:17.33
35 percent of my
audience has this phone,
00:43:17.36\00:43:19.56
20 percent has this phone,
the 45 percent have this phone,
00:43:19.59\00:43:24.03
so I could come up with
the entire demographical,
00:43:24.07\00:43:26.63
35 percent iPhone,
20 percent Samsung,
00:43:26.67\00:43:31.84
45 percent Windows
phone, whatever the case may be
00:43:31.87\00:43:34.11
and then I can
have my 100 percent.
00:43:34.14\00:43:35.94
But if you examine yourself,
00:43:35.98\00:43:38.28
there is no need for
me to try to determine
00:43:38.31\00:43:39.78
what's going on
in your own life.
00:43:39.81\00:43:41.32
The Lord is saying,
00:43:41.35\00:43:42.68
this is a relationship
thing between you and me.
00:43:42.72\00:43:44.35
I want you to examine
yourself that's why I like...
00:43:44.39\00:43:47.29
Can I go to
Psalm? Yeah, go ahead.
00:43:47.32\00:43:48.96
You know, David the Psalmist.
00:43:48.99\00:43:51.79
Psalm 139:23-24, when
you get to know yourself,
00:43:51.83\00:43:57.73
you get to know
yourself by self examination.
00:43:57.77\00:44:00.00
And periodically, I
just saw a news piece
00:44:00.04\00:44:03.27
where a young lady 23 years old,
00:44:03.30\00:44:06.68
she kept getting the wrong
diagnosis from her doctors,
00:44:06.71\00:44:09.14
and she said she
knew something was wrong,
00:44:09.18\00:44:11.08
so she examined
herself, and found out that
00:44:11.11\00:44:15.22
and she insisted on
getting one of the MRI's,
00:44:15.25\00:44:19.22
found out that she had
third stage ovarian cancer,
00:44:19.25\00:44:23.29
but she came to
conclusion by examining herself
00:44:23.32\00:44:26.90
that I know my body is
just not working right.
00:44:26.93\00:44:30.53
And, you know,
sometimes we know better,
00:44:30.57\00:44:32.33
our car breaks
down, we go to the dealer,
00:44:32.37\00:44:33.84
I don't know what it is,
00:44:33.87\00:44:35.20
but it just keeps
pulling to the right.
00:44:35.24\00:44:36.57
Well, sir, I
can't find anything,
00:44:36.60\00:44:37.94
but there's something wrong.
00:44:37.97\00:44:39.54
When you pray this
prayer, the Lord will honor it.
00:44:39.57\00:44:42.88
Psalm 139:23-24, "Search
me, O God, and know my heart,
00:44:42.91\00:44:48.65
Try me, and know my anxieties,
00:44:48.68\00:44:52.59
or my thoughts
as the King James.
00:44:52.62\00:44:55.39
And see if there is
any wicked way in me,
00:44:55.42\00:44:59.33
And lead me in
the way everlasting."
00:44:59.36\00:45:03.47
So when God turns on his
light, is He gonna find it?
00:45:03.50\00:45:08.24
Yeah.
00:45:08.27\00:45:09.60
And we don't
necessarily like that light.
00:45:09.64\00:45:11.37
We may be very
uncomfortable with that light.
00:45:11.41\00:45:13.98
But I will say this,
that there is no better place
00:45:14.01\00:45:16.95
to put your trust
than in God Himself
00:45:16.98\00:45:19.58
who loves you more than
life itself to do this searching
00:45:19.61\00:45:23.35
and then to help
you to see yourself
00:45:23.39\00:45:25.69
for who you really are.
00:45:25.72\00:45:27.06
When this text was
read, it came Hebrews 4:13
00:45:27.09\00:45:30.39
came to me, it says,
"And there is no creature
00:45:30.43\00:45:33.43
hidden from His
sight, speaking about God.
00:45:33.46\00:45:36.03
But all things are naked
and open to the eyes of Him
00:45:36.06\00:45:39.93
to whom we must give account."
00:45:39.97\00:45:42.07
So, he already knows
it. He already knows.
00:45:42.10\00:45:44.24
So what they're
searching for, to reveal to who?
00:45:44.27\00:45:46.34
Reveal toward
us, we need to know.
00:45:46.37\00:45:48.11
We need to know and
God needs to tell us
00:45:48.14\00:45:49.61
what, what's wrong.
00:45:49.64\00:45:50.98
And in this world sometimes
I'll add it, sometimes,
00:45:51.01\00:45:53.45
I'm in my whole sermon,
00:45:53.48\00:45:54.82
I got this
entire 17 page sermon,
00:45:54.85\00:45:56.25
I had to really
to split it down,
00:45:56.28\00:45:57.62
'cause 17 pages
are like two hours.
00:45:57.65\00:45:59.42
I don't think anybody will
be left by the time you finish.
00:45:59.45\00:46:00.82
Nobody will be hanging
out for two hours, but--
00:46:00.86\00:46:03.99
and I did that on my
plane ride 17 page sermon.
00:46:04.03\00:46:07.40
So, when you think about
this whole examination thing,
00:46:07.43\00:46:11.67
the Lord wants us
to know our condition.
00:46:11.70\00:46:14.27
He said examine yourself,
00:46:14.30\00:46:16.20
because so many of us
can examine other people
00:46:16.24\00:46:19.04
and we could look
at their deficiencies,
00:46:19.07\00:46:20.44
their humanities, their faults,
00:46:20.48\00:46:21.81
their failures,
their shortcomings,
00:46:21.84\00:46:23.51
the things that we think
they should do differently.
00:46:23.55\00:46:25.18
Yeah.
00:46:25.21\00:46:26.55
But, it'll work
a whole lot better
00:46:26.58\00:46:27.92
if we examine ourselves.
00:46:27.95\00:46:29.28
This next text from
Lamentations 3:40-41.
00:46:29.32\00:46:32.92
There's something
really neat about this,
00:46:32.95\00:46:34.36
because it
connects what else happens
00:46:34.39\00:46:36.16
when we search ourselves.
00:46:36.19\00:46:37.93
"Let us search out
and examine our ways,
00:46:37.96\00:46:41.23
And turn back to the Lord;"
00:46:41.26\00:46:44.30
So what's happening
00:46:44.33\00:46:45.67
when we search out
and examine our ways,
00:46:45.70\00:46:47.04
what are we doing?
00:46:47.07\00:46:48.40
Turning back to the Lord.
That's right. That's right.
00:46:48.44\00:46:51.67
That's why David
said, "God search me,"
00:46:51.71\00:46:53.78
he was turned toward him
00:46:53.81\00:46:55.94
and wanted to know
truly what was in here.
00:46:55.98\00:46:58.81
That's right. And
for God to reveal that.
00:46:58.85\00:47:00.92
"Let us lift our hearts
and hands to God in heaven."
00:47:00.95\00:47:04.92
So, repentance
00:47:04.95\00:47:07.06
is about not just a
seeking of forgiveness,
00:47:07.09\00:47:10.79
or asking for forgiveness,
00:47:10.83\00:47:12.16
repentance is all
about turning back,
00:47:12.19\00:47:14.83
turning away from
what we've been doing.
00:47:14.86\00:47:17.63
Putting, turning our
minds and our ears toward God
00:47:17.67\00:47:21.34
asking Him to search our hearts,
00:47:21.37\00:47:22.70
but then our
heart is then united
00:47:22.74\00:47:26.14
or bonded with what
God's will is for us.
00:47:26.17\00:47:29.11
So, we're turning
away from that, that sin
00:47:29.14\00:47:31.08
and there's an other step here,
00:47:31.11\00:47:32.51
that talks about that
in little more detail,
00:47:32.55\00:47:34.32
but just the
examination does causes
00:47:34.35\00:47:36.18
to turn our
heart back toward God,
00:47:36.22\00:47:37.55
it's a bonding of,
00:47:37.59\00:47:39.35
of a desire for a different way.
00:47:39.39\00:47:41.26
I remember standing
this is a while ago.
00:47:41.29\00:47:44.13
Actually, not a
while ago, but, you now,
00:47:44.16\00:47:47.00
in the airport you
get these body scanners,
00:47:47.03\00:47:49.56
you walk, through security
and even though I have a pass
00:47:49.60\00:47:53.23
that allows me to
forego some of the process
00:47:53.27\00:47:55.64
of taking off shoes and
belt and taking your laptop out.
00:47:55.67\00:47:58.27
Still when you
walk through if it go--
00:47:58.31\00:48:01.88
they say, 'Sir go back again'
00:48:01.91\00:48:03.45
do you have
anything in your pockets?
00:48:03.48\00:48:05.25
''No.''
00:48:05.28\00:48:06.61
Okay, just
check it in your bag.'
00:48:06.65\00:48:09.52
Whistle again.
00:48:09.55\00:48:10.89
They said, ''Okay,
stand to the side''
00:48:10.92\00:48:12.39
and they take this.
00:48:12.42\00:48:13.76
Well, oh, I didn't know I
had a quarter in my back pocket.
00:48:18.76\00:48:22.23
It's amazing.
00:48:22.26\00:48:23.60
It seems so small,
but they know it's there.
00:48:23.63\00:48:26.67
That's right.
00:48:26.70\00:48:28.17
The smallest sins in our
lives, we may ignore them,
00:48:28.20\00:48:31.87
but God knows it's there.
00:48:31.91\00:48:34.64
So, he says,
00:48:34.68\00:48:36.01
what you need to do before
you get to divine security,
00:48:36.04\00:48:39.41
because you're not gonna get
pass the security check of God.
00:48:39.45\00:48:42.42
Because nothing's hidden,
00:48:42.45\00:48:43.79
he's got a scanner
that's better than any thing
00:48:43.82\00:48:45.29
that we could,
nothing is hidden.
00:48:45.32\00:48:47.22
So, what I want you do is I
want you to examine yourself
00:48:47.26\00:48:50.13
and come clean,
00:48:50.16\00:48:51.49
is there anything
in your back pocket?
00:48:51.53\00:48:53.76
No, and he finds marijuana,
00:48:53.80\00:48:56.26
he finds the wrong
kind of reading material,
00:48:56.30\00:48:59.37
he finds, I mean, the
wrong kind of, you're drinking,
00:48:59.40\00:49:02.60
he finds everything in you,
he's examining it all, he says,
00:49:02.64\00:49:06.14
but here is what you need to do.
00:49:06.17\00:49:08.08
You examine yourself and be
up, open it up right with me.
00:49:08.11\00:49:11.91
You tell me what your sin
is and I'm faithful and just
00:49:11.95\00:49:14.82
and I'll forgive you
and I'll cleanse you.
00:49:14.85\00:49:16.58
Isn't that
wonderful? That's wonderful.
00:49:16.62\00:49:17.95
But this next step
is really important,
00:49:17.99\00:49:19.32
I want you to lead us to it.
00:49:19.35\00:49:20.69
Well, do you want to read
couple of verses here still?
00:49:20.72\00:49:22.66
Well, Lamentations, well,
2 Corinthians 13:5, which is,
00:49:22.69\00:49:26.59
what I was just
talking about scanning,
00:49:26.63\00:49:28.93
examine yourselves
00:49:28.96\00:49:30.70
as to whether
you are in the faith.
00:49:30.73\00:49:33.44
Test yourself.
00:49:33.47\00:49:35.00
So, even those in the faith,
00:49:35.04\00:49:37.41
remember, Paul's
writing it to the church.
00:49:37.44\00:49:39.44
Right.
00:49:39.47\00:49:40.81
Just because you're in church,
00:49:40.84\00:49:43.11
it doesn't mean you
are in Christ, okay?
00:49:43.14\00:49:45.88
So he is asking,
Paul is encouraging
00:49:45.91\00:49:47.75
the saints in
the church in Corinth
00:49:47.78\00:49:50.02
to examine themselves
00:49:50.05\00:49:51.45
to see whether or
not, they're in the faith.
00:49:51.49\00:49:54.62
Test themselves. That's right.
00:49:54.66\00:49:56.32
Now it doesn't
say, examine others.
00:49:56.36\00:49:59.46
And this often is what happens.
00:49:59.49\00:50:01.40
I always say when it
comes to our relationship
00:50:01.43\00:50:03.37
with our brothers
and sisters in Christ,
00:50:03.40\00:50:05.37
we can tell, you know
00:50:05.40\00:50:07.14
the judgment
that we're asked to do
00:50:07.17\00:50:09.50
is when we see in
it a sin an open sin,
00:50:09.54\00:50:12.51
that we help that
brother or that sister
00:50:12.54\00:50:14.94
address that if God
is calling us to do that.
00:50:14.98\00:50:17.35
There are some people,
There are some folk, John,
00:50:17.38\00:50:19.41
that are not equipped,
00:50:19.45\00:50:20.78
they're not able in love
to do that kind of thing.
00:50:20.82\00:50:23.65
But yet, they do it anyway
00:50:23.69\00:50:25.15
and that's the judging
that we should not be doing.
00:50:25.19\00:50:27.82
Testing others
and judging others.
00:50:27.86\00:50:30.43
Here's what's
going on in, you know,
00:50:30.46\00:50:31.79
here's what I see in
your life, you need to do.
00:50:31.83\00:50:33.80
We have to be
very careful about this
00:50:33.83\00:50:35.60
and that's why such a...
00:50:35.63\00:50:37.13
emphasizes is
placed by Paul in his
00:50:37.17\00:50:39.30
letters to the church
on examining themselves.
00:50:39.33\00:50:42.00
Like it, this is between
you and God, let you work this,
00:50:42.04\00:50:44.87
let him and you work
this thing out together.
00:50:44.91\00:50:46.68
And the general examination,
I'm glad you brought that up,
00:50:46.71\00:50:49.58
because I'm gonna
add the other component
00:50:49.61\00:50:51.51
or the additional
portion to the scripture of
00:50:51.55\00:50:53.75
2 Corinthians 13:5,
00:50:53.78\00:50:55.18
when it says,
"Examine yourselves
00:50:55.22\00:50:57.02
as to whether
you are in the faith.
00:50:57.05\00:50:59.12
Test
yourselves. Test yourselves.
00:50:59.15\00:51:02.39
Do you not know yourselves,
that Jesus Christ is in you,
00:51:02.42\00:51:07.10
unless indeed
you are disqualified,
00:51:07.13\00:51:09.43
or reprobate as
the King James Version,
00:51:09.46\00:51:11.43
so many people don't
know what reprobate mean,
00:51:11.47\00:51:12.90
that means disqualified.
00:51:12.93\00:51:14.27
In other words, "Do
you not know yourselves
00:51:14.30\00:51:16.97
that Jesus Christ is in you."
00:51:17.01\00:51:18.71
In other words,
see if he is in you,
00:51:18.74\00:51:20.84
if he is not
there, you're disqualified
00:51:20.88\00:51:24.25
and then verse 6,
00:51:24.28\00:51:25.61
"But I trust that you will know
that we are not disqualified."
00:51:25.65\00:51:29.02
So, this Christian thing is,
00:51:29.05\00:51:30.62
that's a very powerful analogy
00:51:30.65\00:51:32.25
because Christians
that say they're Christians
00:51:32.29\00:51:34.59
and are not examining themselves
00:51:34.62\00:51:36.62
don't know that
they're disqualified.
00:51:36.66\00:51:39.03
So Paul is saying, "You're
saying that Jesus is in you,
00:51:39.06\00:51:41.60
you better check
to see if he is."
00:51:41.63\00:51:43.80
That's what he is
in essence saying,
00:51:43.83\00:51:45.17
he said, break check
and see if he is there,
00:51:45.20\00:51:47.00
look at your
behavior, look at your attitude,
00:51:47.04\00:51:48.80
look at the way
that you live your life,
00:51:48.84\00:51:50.21
check and see if he is
there. If you don't find him,
00:51:50.24\00:51:52.74
you're disqualified,
00:51:52.77\00:51:54.11
you're not going
to this checkpoint.
00:51:54.14\00:51:55.48
Somebody recently
00:51:55.51\00:51:56.85
and Pastor C.A tell me about
this was trying to go through
00:51:56.88\00:51:59.31
coming to America and they...
00:51:59.35\00:52:04.25
they evidently,
their papers didn't match
00:52:04.29\00:52:06.42
and this person was sitting
right next to us on the plane
00:52:06.45\00:52:08.69
and, you know, they
don't play at the customs,
00:52:08.72\00:52:12.36
they don't play at immigration.
00:52:12.39\00:52:13.73
They said, "Sir,
please into that room please."
00:52:13.76\00:52:16.63
What was wrong?
00:52:16.67\00:52:18.00
You say you are...
00:52:18.03\00:52:19.83
but your paper
work doesn't say that.
00:52:19.87\00:52:22.30
Test yourself, examine yourself.
00:52:22.34\00:52:24.97
Ain't nobody, we must all appear
00:52:25.01\00:52:26.71
before the
judgment seat of Christ.
00:52:26.74\00:52:29.01
The next one, the
next step is condemnation
00:52:29.04\00:52:32.18
and, you know, no one
wants to condemn themselves,
00:52:32.21\00:52:36.45
but I think what this
step really is all about
00:52:36.48\00:52:38.95
is recognizing and accepting
the judgment against us,
00:52:38.99\00:52:43.53
because of our sin.
00:52:43.56\00:52:45.16
We have to go
through this process
00:52:45.19\00:52:46.53
of realizing my heart is wicked,
00:52:46.56\00:52:50.50
and I'm condemned for that.
00:52:50.53\00:52:51.87
That's a hard thing
for people to say it.
00:52:51.90\00:52:53.23
I deserve
nothing but death. Right.
00:52:53.27\00:52:57.41
And that's a hard step to take.
00:52:57.44\00:52:59.44
Jeremiah 17:9,
00:52:59.47\00:53:00.81
"The heart is
deceitful above all things,
00:53:00.84\00:53:02.21
and desperately
wicked, Who can know it?"
00:53:02.24\00:53:04.88
Okay. We know it
by what? Examination.
00:53:04.91\00:53:07.48
By examination. Right.
00:53:07.52\00:53:09.22
All we'd some, or we
know it by tests sometimes.
00:53:09.25\00:53:12.45
A test will come
00:53:12.49\00:53:13.82
and our response to that test
would reveal whether or not,
00:53:13.86\00:53:19.13
the God's work still be done.
00:53:19.16\00:53:20.90
Hey, I know I'll be candid,
00:53:20.93\00:53:24.60
I have work
that's still going on.
00:53:24.63\00:53:26.57
Praise God, he said
he that began a good work
00:53:26.60\00:53:28.30
will complete it, and
that good, that's good news.
00:53:28.34\00:53:31.11
We know that,
but we only know that
00:53:31.14\00:53:32.47
by the way we
respond to these tests.
00:53:32.51\00:53:34.64
If we respond to them lovingly,
and kindly, and, patiently
00:53:34.68\00:53:37.78
then we are becoming
more, more like Christ each day.
00:53:37.81\00:53:40.25
But sometimes you get that,
00:53:40.28\00:53:41.95
you know, you get
that mosquito test
00:53:41.98\00:53:44.12
that he said, "Oh man, he
stunk me right on my eye lid
00:53:44.15\00:53:46.55
and I'm going on television."
00:53:46.59\00:53:48.36
You know, and it
really stands out
00:53:48.39\00:53:50.03
and everybody
sees it, got stunk.
00:53:50.06\00:53:52.19
Yeah.
00:53:52.23\00:53:53.56
Yeah, I'm really right
now not in a good place.
00:53:53.60\00:53:55.73
And we have to
adjust that. Yeah.
00:53:55.76\00:53:57.53
I think too that, the
reason why condemnation step
00:53:57.57\00:54:00.30
is so important is that you hear
00:54:00.34\00:54:01.80
over and over
in the world today.
00:54:01.84\00:54:03.61
You know, are you
gonna go to heaven,
00:54:03.64\00:54:04.97
well, I'm a good person.
00:54:05.01\00:54:06.34
I haven't hurt
anybody, you know,
00:54:06.37\00:54:08.84
I generally I live a good life.
00:54:08.88\00:54:11.05
See that's not the
test, that's not the standard.
00:54:11.08\00:54:13.92
And so, the exam,
00:54:13.95\00:54:15.68
not only is self
examination not happening,
00:54:15.72\00:54:17.92
but there is not a
willingness to be condemned,
00:54:17.95\00:54:19.89
to understand
that we are condemned.
00:54:19.92\00:54:21.72
And so that's why
this step is important.
00:54:21.76\00:54:23.63
Romans 3:10-12. Oh, yes.
00:54:23.66\00:54:25.99
"There is none
righteous, no, not one,
00:54:26.03\00:54:28.86
there is none who understands,
00:54:28.90\00:54:30.23
there is none
who seeks after God.
00:54:30.27\00:54:32.00
They have all turned aside,
00:54:32.03\00:54:33.37
they have all
together become unprofitable,
00:54:33.40\00:54:35.60
there is none who
does good, no, not one."
00:54:35.64\00:54:38.24
Why do we and I'm gonna
use a broader word, why do we
00:54:38.27\00:54:42.28
sometimes get tinkered
into thinking that we're good
00:54:42.31\00:54:45.41
and other people have issues.
00:54:45.45\00:54:47.48
And there's nobody that's good.
00:54:47.52\00:54:48.85
That is a nature of sin.
00:54:48.88\00:54:50.22
Here's a key
with sin, what is sin?
00:54:50.25\00:54:51.79
I think one of the
greatest things that sin is
00:54:51.82\00:54:53.86
that sin does is
that it self deceives.
00:54:53.89\00:54:58.03
We deceive
ourselves, we don't even realize
00:54:58.06\00:55:01.26
we're being deceived by sin.
00:55:01.30\00:55:03.30
We can't recognize our issues,
we don't think we have issues,
00:55:03.33\00:55:05.87
we don't think there
is any kind of a problem.
00:55:05.90\00:55:08.00
If you're in that
state you're actually,
00:55:08.04\00:55:10.44
you have a big sin problem,
00:55:10.47\00:55:12.07
because it is sin
itself that deceives us.
00:55:12.11\00:55:15.38
Right. Right.
00:55:15.41\00:55:16.75
Sin is self
deception. Absolutely.
00:55:16.78\00:55:19.31
When you refused
it, I like it, you know,
00:55:19.35\00:55:22.62
actions that I
like it that's the,
00:55:22.65\00:55:23.99
not the good way of saying it.
00:55:24.02\00:55:25.39
But sometimes people
look really qualified,
00:55:25.42\00:55:30.29
but those machines, those tests,
00:55:30.33\00:55:34.30
those doctor
scans, those x-rays,
00:55:34.33\00:55:37.00
those MRI's and
all the other stuff
00:55:37.03\00:55:40.14
It will find out
really what's going on.
00:55:40.17\00:55:42.57
You could go to, you know,
00:55:42.60\00:55:43.94
you could spray cologne
on a pig, it's still a pig.
00:55:43.97\00:55:47.21
And the Lord is
saying, he wants us to know
00:55:47.24\00:55:48.74
where we stand in
our relationship with him
00:55:48.78\00:55:51.55
in that self examination,
I said the other day
00:55:51.58\00:55:53.92
and I was doing a
sermon about the Pharisees,
00:55:53.95\00:55:56.05
I said the
Pharisees were so other,
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the Pharisees
were so other focused
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that they were, they
were not self focused.
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And Jesus said, how was it that,
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you know, you like
whitewashed sepulchres,
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you're like filled
with dead man's bones,
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and what they miss
was self abnegation.
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It's another way of saying,
they did, they had no desire
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to sacrifice
anything in their lives,
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but surely they couldn't
wait to sacrifice Jesus.
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So, we have to be really careful
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when we are even in diet,
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we have to be careful
that we're less concerned
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about what's going
into somebody else's mouth
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and more concerned about
what is coming out of our mouth.
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Because all these, these
are part of the examinations.
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Less concerned
about what they're eating,
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and what's eating you.
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See.
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And all these things are
part of self examination.
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I remember, I was
preaching a sermon.
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In one case that was on this
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this very thing and I
made the statement I said,
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you know, we, "In the church
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we need to reverse
the order of what we do."
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We typically judge others
and extend mercy to ourselves,
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let's reverse that.
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Let's extend mercy to
others and judge ourselves.
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And I say there are
all these kind of things
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that happen in
life, and it's funny,
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as I was sharing this, I
feel prompted to say this,
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I said now, what
we're talking about?
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Don't be thinking that this is,
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don't be looking to cross it out
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thinking this is
someone else's issue,
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you're thinking
about some one right now,
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it's not yourself and
you could hear everybody
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kind of chuckle and laugh,
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but they, that
exactly what was happening.
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But anyway this is
part of the process, so.
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Well, friends, we're
just beginning this topic
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and you don't want
to miss the rest of it,
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so continue
studying the word of God,
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because one day
there's gonna be house calling
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when the Lord comes to call you,
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you want to be qualified.
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God bless you,
until we see you again.
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