Harvest truly is plenteous,
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but the laborers are few.
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Pray ye therefore
the Lord of the harvest,
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that he will send forth
laborers into his harvest.
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Also, I heard the
voice of the Lord saying,
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"Whom shall I send?
And who will go for us?"
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Then said I, "Here
am I. Send me, Send me!"
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Life on the Edge
will enable you to be
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infected
harvest before the Lord.
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We now invite you into our
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classroom to
come, experience life.
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My friends you
are about to embark
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the most
incredible adventure that
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you have ever
been on when we study
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the Bible. You have
joined us today here
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at the Lay
Institute For Evangelism.
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We are going to be
doing a class called
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Life on the Edge.
There are twenty four
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different studies
in these series of
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Bible studies.
You're going to learn about
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the word of God, is it valid.
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You're going to
learn about the signs
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of the times.
You're going to learn about
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a great controversy
that goes on between
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Jesus Christ and the Antichrist.
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You learn about exciting things
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like the mark of
the beast, the Sabbath,
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the law of God, how
is it that Protestants
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have come to find
truth in God's word,
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and you and I are
going take time to
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look at God's word.
We will find out that
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Bible prophecy is
true. Bible prophecy is
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reliable and that Jesus
Christ is the very center.
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The studies that
you are going to be
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learning in this course called
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Life on the Edge.
You're going to be
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marking in your
Bible and the reason
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that you will mark
these in your Bible,
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so that you can
take your Bible into the
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home of your
friends, your family,
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maybe even in the
break room it work.
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And you can take
what you've learned
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in this class and you
can transform the world.
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You know, there was a
young man in scripture
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it's in the book
of Acts, his name was
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Jason and Jason
was arrested because
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he was
associated with those that
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believed in the way
or those that believed
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in Jesus Christ.
And the testimony that's
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given of Jason is
that he and the other
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followers of Christ
had turned the world
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upside down with
the message that Jesus
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had given to
them, the message that
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we can have
salvation through Jesus Christ.
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Now, then much of
the world rejected Jesus,
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but today I know
that you are going
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to begin that incredible journey
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through
scripture that will start a
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relationship with
your creator Jesus Christ.
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As we go through today study,
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we are going to
be studying here at
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the Lay
Institute for Evangelism.
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We're going to be
studying a Bible study
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on the word of God itself.
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There are quite a
few texts in this study,
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but before we
get to those texts,
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I will give you the
purpose of this study.
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During each one
of our Bible studies,
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you're gonna have
a purpose for every
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one of the studies that you do.
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There must be a
reason for giving
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the study that
you're given, wasn't that?
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I mean, if there is
no reason for giving it,
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then why should we give it?
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So, the purpose if
you notice on the screen
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there, the purpose
of this Bible study on
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the word of God is
to show that God's word,
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the Bible, is true and reliable.
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We will stay
there on that graphic
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you notice up
there beside the title
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Word of God; you have a (W).
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Every time we have a study,
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our next study in
these series is called
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Signs of the Times
and the code for that
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is guess what? ST
that's absolutely right.
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Now, the code for
this Bible study is (W)
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and that stands for word of God.
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We also have a code
called WT that stands
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for witnessing, so
you want to make sure
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that you keep
those differentiated as
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you are marking
this in your Bible,
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because like I
said you will take this
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with just your
Bible and you will be able
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to take it into someone's home,
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you can take to
it to the office,
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you can take it
to your neighbors,
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you can take it
all over the world
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and you will
transform the world with God's
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truth. So, the
purpose of this study is to
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show that God's word, the Bible,
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is true and
reliable. You also have a
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center it on each
one of these studies.
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Every one of our
studies are centered
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on Christ. The
Center It here is:
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Jesus wants to show you that
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His Word is
reliable. He gives us enough
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evidence to base our faith on.
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The Bible says in
Hebrews that faith
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is the substance
of things hoped for
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and the evidence
of things not seen.
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And God is going
through this study
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today to give you
enough evidence to
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begin a walk of
faith with Jesus Christ.
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Now, as we go
through these studies
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not only am I
giving the Bible study
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to the students
here at Life, but I'm
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also teaching them
and you how to give
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this study to somebody else.
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It's one thing for
me just to teach you
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or to catch a fish
and bring it to you;
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it's another thing
for me to teach you
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how to fish,
because then you can catch
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your own, and I
can catch my own.
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Jesus said in Matthew 4:19:
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"Follow Me, and I will
make you fishers of men."
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And so what we are
going to do in this
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Life on the Edge course is learn
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how to fish effectively?
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So, that we can
catch small fish,
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medium size fish,
big fish, we wanna
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catch all the fish
that we can for the
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Kingdom of God
don't we? So, Jesus wants
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to show us that
His word is reliable;
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he gives us
enough evidence to base
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our faith on. Now
the next graphic that
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you see there has
all of the texts that
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we are going to be using.
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If you will notice
there on your graphic
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the one that is labeled 7W,
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you look to the
right and then you have 8W,
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then you go back to
the left you have 9W,
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and then you go to 10W.
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The ones that are
directly across from
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each other go together.
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You're gonna
marking this in your Bible
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and as you mark
it in your Bible,
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you're going to
want to make sure that
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you know where you have gone and
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where you have,
where you are going to.
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It's important
let's suppose that Daniel
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is giving a
Bible study and Daniel
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she's right there in
the middle of that study.
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And in order to
make a point or just
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because she
forgot to keep it open,
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she closed her
Bible, what do you do?
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You're in the
middle of the Bible Study,
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you don't have notes with you,
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all you have is the word of God,
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how do you find
where you were before?
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You will take all of
these references that
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you see here on this graphic,
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and you are going to
mark those references
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either in the
front of your Bible,
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you can do that on
any of the blank pages
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there in the
front of your Bible,
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or you can begin
to mark that in the
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back of your Bible
on the blank pages.
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Now, because
there are 24 different
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Bible studies,
you are going to need
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to write small,
the smaller you write,
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don't write too small
that you can't see it,
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of course if
you couldn't see it,
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then you
couldn't write that small.
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That just makes
sense but write it
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as small as you possibly can,
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because you have
24 different studies
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that you are going to be marking
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in your Bible. And
you want to be able to
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keep each study
separate from the next one,
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so you mark all of
these, just in a little
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section, what I
did in my Bibles,
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I sectioned off
a piece of the page
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for each one of
my studies, and then
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I just wrote them
out there, and that's
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what you may want to do as well.
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You can go of
course to our website
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www.Come ExperienceLife.com
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and you can
download the handouts
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for each one of these.
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We will also have the
videos available on DVD.
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We will have them
available on iTunes,
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you just go to our
website then you'll
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be able to find
everything from there.
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So, these texts
here on the screen
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are going to be
written either in
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the front of your
Bible or in the back
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of your Bible.
Now, as we go through
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this study, I'm
going to start giving it,
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but then I'm also
going to take time to teach
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you why there are
certain things on the
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graphic or on the screen.
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So, you bare with us and as we,
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when we get finish
with this first study
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this is actually
gonna take two different
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class periods, or
two different programs.
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And we will get
through the first half today,
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and then the
next time you join us
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we will get to the
second half, alright.
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So, we will go ahead
and start our Bible study,
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but before we
start our Bible study,
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we always need to remember when
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we're giving
studies to other people,
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the Bible tells us,
let's go to 1st Corinthians,
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turn that with me if you will.
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Lets go to 1st Corinthians,
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1st Corinthians chapter 2,
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1st Corinthians
chapter 2 and verse
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let see here 14, 1st
Corinthians chapter 2
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verse 14 and Tom as
soon as we are all there,
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I'm gonna ask you
to read that for us.
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We are in 1st Corinthians,
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the second chapter
and now some of you
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at home this maybe
the first time that
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you have ever
open the Bible in your
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entire life. And we
just praise God that
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you're here with
us that we could be
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there with you as you
study the Bible today.
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In the front of
your Bibles you have
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something called
the table of contents.
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Now that table of
contents will tell
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you it's in two
different sections,
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the top section in
my Bible is labeled
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Old Testament and
the bottom section
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in my Bible is
labeled New Testament,
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and this is simply
on the table of contents
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near the front of my Bible.
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And so where we're going to is
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we're going to a
New Testament book,
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that means if I
didn't know where it was,
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I would simply go
to the bottom half
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of my page here
and I would look for
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1st Corinthians that
would be 1 Corinthians.
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It's quite amazing
when you give Bible studies
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to people that
haven't ever study
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the Bible before,
they don't call it
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1st Corinthians,
they call it 1 Corinthians
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or 2 Corinthians.
So, that's what you're
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looking for,
you're looking for the 1
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or 1st Corinthians
and it says here that
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it starts on
page 979 in my Bible,
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so what I do as I
look in my Bible for
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page 979 and low
and behold there it
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is the First Epistle of
Paul to the Corinthians,
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so those of you
that have never studied
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the Bible before
understand that this
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course is for you as well.
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We're going to
try to go at a pace
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where every one can keep up.
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You know, in
Bible times the shepherd
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did not drive the
sheep, the shepherd
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did not drive the
sheep, the shepherd
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would talk or sing
or make certain noises,
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and the sheep would
follow the shepherd.
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Now, when the
shepherd had a little lamb,
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and those lambs were
being born quite often,
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you can imagine there
in that flock of sheep.
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There would be
little lambs that would
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just be one or
two or three maybe
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four days old. And
the shepherd would make
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sure that he didn't
walk any faster than
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the new little
ones could keep up.
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And so what we're
going to do during
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these courses,
we're going to try to go
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at this pace where
everybody can keep up.
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Now to those of you
that are Bible scholars
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and you're already
into things you may think
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ah if you're gonna
go slow this Bible study
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isn't for me. But you
too are going to learn
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much as we open
God's word and explore
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on this
adventure through his word.
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So, let's go
down to Tom and we're
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going to 1st
Corinthians chapter 2 Tom
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and we're going
to read verse 13.
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This would tell
us why we pray prior
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to studying the Bible, go ahead.
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These things we also speak,
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not in words which
man's wisdom teaches,
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but which the
Holy Spirit teaches,
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comparing spiritual
things with spiritual.
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But a natural man
does not receive the
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things of the
Spirit of God, for they are
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foolishness to him;
nor can he know them,
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because they are
spiritually discerned.
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So, Tom according to
that text what is that
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you and I need in
order to understand
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God's word. We
need the Holy Spirit,
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because it teaches us.
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That's right the
Holy Spirit because
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he is the one that
is going to teach us.
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You remember for
those of you that
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have been studying
the Bible for while,
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you will remember that
it's in John either 14,
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15 or 16 where
Jesus says he's going
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to send us another Comforter
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and he will teach
us and that's what
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God is going to do today.
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When we're gonna
pray and we're gonna
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ask the Spirit
of God to teach us,
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and we are going to be willing,
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we're gonna be open minded,
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not so open
minded that anything can
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fall in or that
something can fall out.
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But we're gonna
be open minded enough
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to say if there
really is a God and he really
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did inspire people to
write this book called
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the Bible. Then
I'm going to give it a
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chance today,
whether you are a skeptic,
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atheist, you could care less,
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maybe you even
raised as Christian,
00:14:03.06\00:14:04.81
but now you
couldn't even care what
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the Bible says.
This program is for you.
00:14:06.99\00:14:10.49
God is going to
work in this program
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because we're going to
ask just like Tom read;
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we're going to
ask the Spirit of God
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to teach us. So,
would you bow your
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heads with me as we pray?
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Father in Heaven,
we are here at the
00:14:22.37\00:14:25.27
Lay Institute for Evangelism;
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you know this is
the first program,
00:14:27.29\00:14:30.36
the first Bible
study in this course.
00:14:30.37\00:14:33.20
And as this
course progresses Father
00:14:33.21\00:14:36.15
we want you to fill
us with your Holy Spirit,
00:14:36.16\00:14:40.98
to convict us, to convert us,
00:14:40.99\00:14:45.03
so that we can be
like your son Jesus.
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And Lord, we know that
00:14:47.99\00:14:49.31
there are some people at home
00:14:49.32\00:14:50.94
that are watching
this and they are skeptics.
00:14:50.95\00:14:55.84
They don't
believe that your word is
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anything more than a
book with stories in it,
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and we pray that,
that you will especially
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be with those of
us that, that have no
00:15:04.88\00:15:08.09
interest in the
Bible at this moment,
00:15:08.10\00:15:10.57
but who are here
watching this program.
00:15:10.58\00:15:13.24
Please show us
today evidence that
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we can base
faith upon and we pray
00:15:18.30\00:15:23.16
this in the precious
name of Jesus, amen, amen.
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You will notice
here on the screen,
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you will notice here
that the Bible consists
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of 66 different books.
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There are 66
different books in the Bible.
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There are 39 books
in what people call
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or are titled
the Old Testament and
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there are 27
books in what is called
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the New Testament.
Now, the Old Testament
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is just the left
part of your Bible and the
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New Testament is
the back half or the,
00:16:00.27\00:16:03.15
what's in the
right side of your Bible.
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The last book of
the Old Testament,
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does anybody know
that it's called Malachi.
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The first book of
the New Testament is
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called Matthew, so
right there in those
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two ends you have
that division between
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the Old Testament
and the New Testament.
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66 different books,
this book called the
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Bible is
collection of books written by
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different authors.
We have a class here at
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Life that is
going to go over what,
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how the Bible was put together?
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How was it
codified, that means how
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was it made
into one binding like
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we have today? Who
were the contemporaries
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in scripture? So,
was Jeremiah alive when
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Daniel was alive
and we have course
00:16:51.35\00:16:53.72
that Eleida Feliciano
is going to teach for us
00:16:53.73\00:16:56.58
and you may want to
join us for that course
00:16:56.59\00:16:58.28
as well. So, you just
keep it and keep tune to,
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keep in tune here
the name of that course
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is called Horizons,
it's called Horizons.
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This book 66
different books put together
00:17:06.39\00:17:11.54
to make up the
Holy Bible and somebody
00:17:11.55\00:17:13.34
once told me that
Bible stands for basic
00:17:13.35\00:17:16.59
instructions
before leaving earth.
00:17:16.60\00:17:19.61
That was my good
friend David Asscherick
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that taught me
that, basic instructions
00:17:21.22\00:17:24.19
before leaving
earth. This book the Bible
00:17:24.20\00:17:27.40
was written on three
different continents.
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The continents were
Asia, Africa and Europe,
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66 different
books written on three
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different continents,
those continents are Asia,
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Africa and Europe.
It had approximately
00:17:40.85\00:17:44.24
40 different
authors, 40 different authors
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it was written
over a times span,
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written over a time
span of 1,500 years.
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So, what we have
in this is 66 books
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written on 3
different continents by
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approximately 40
different authors over
00:18:09.52\00:18:12.54
a period of 1,500
years and never once
00:18:12.55\00:18:16.80
does it
contradicted itself in any
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theological or doctrinal issue.
00:18:19.57\00:18:22.92
Amazing have you
ever been to court,
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or been in court
or been a witness for
00:18:28.94\00:18:31.24
an accident, there
is lots of different
00:18:31.25\00:18:33.35
stories about how
something happens,
00:18:33.36\00:18:35.65
but they usually
contradict each other
00:18:35.66\00:18:37.82
in major areas. But
this book called the Bible,
00:18:37.83\00:18:41.66
the basic instructions
before leaving earth,
00:18:41.67\00:18:45.00
never does that.
And so we are going to
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began to explore and to mark,
00:18:48.48\00:18:52.54
and to
understand how to give this
00:18:52.55\00:18:57.05
Life on the Edge
Bible studies to people
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that we want to see
in the Kingdom of God.
00:19:01.38\00:19:03.96
Now, we
understand that again that
00:19:03.97\00:19:05.90
there are
people at home that may
00:19:05.91\00:19:07.86
not even believe in
the Bible and right now
00:19:07.87\00:19:10.35
maybe you are
even saying to yourself
00:19:10.36\00:19:12.22
who cares what
this guy has to say.
00:19:12.23\00:19:15.31
Please hanging
there with us for just
00:19:15.32\00:19:18.28
this next 38
minutes, and I'm sure that
00:19:18.29\00:19:24.93
God is going to
catch our attention.
00:19:24.94\00:19:28.37
Are you ready for
you attention to be
00:19:28.38\00:19:29.82
caught here in the classroom?
00:19:29.83\00:19:31.36
We go to our next
graphic and I will
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explain some
things while we are here
00:19:33.74\00:19:35.29
on our next
graphic. You see that in the,
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the top of the screen it says 1W
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that stands for
the first text in the
00:19:40.87\00:19:43.05
word of God study,
and that is 2nd Timothy
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3:15-17 and we're
going to focus especially
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on verse 16. Then
you see that there is a
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1 in the, 1W in a yellow
circle, in orange circle,
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and then there
is a line, that line
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represents the
reference or the biblical
00:20:01.72\00:20:05.18
text that you are in.
So, at the top it says
00:20:05.19\00:20:09.66
1W which is 2nd Timothy 3:15-17,
00:20:09.67\00:20:13.28
especially verse
16, down here in the
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circle you have
a 1W and the line
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represents what?
What does it represent?
00:20:18.77\00:20:21.70
2nd Timothy, 2nd
Timothy, you can talk
00:20:21.71\00:20:23.61
to me what does is
represent? 2nd Timothy,
00:20:23.62\00:20:26.36
3:15-17 especially verse 16.
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Now, the reference
underneath the line
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for those of us
that are marking this is
00:20:33.38\00:20:35.27
in our Bibles, the
reference underneath
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the line tells us where
we are going to go next.
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We're in 2nd
Timothy 3 and we are going
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to go to what
reference, 2nd Peter that's
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absolutely right. So,
we will open our study,
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now in 2nd Timothy,
so again we are gonna
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go to a New
Testament book, we are gonna
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go to 2nd Timothy chapter 3.
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So, if you're using
the index in your Bibles
00:21:03.13\00:21:06.19
you simply look
there for the New Testament
00:21:06.20\00:21:09.09
book called 2
Timothy or 2nd Timothy.
00:21:09.10\00:21:13.95
And you will
notice right there when
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you find Timothy
that there are other
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Ts right beside
each other, you have the
00:21:18.52\00:21:21.43
books of
Thessalonians 1st and 2nd,
00:21:21.44\00:21:24.00
then you have
the 1st and 2nd book
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of Timothy, then you
have the book of Titus.
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So, you have 5
books in the New Testament
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that all began
with the letter of what?
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T, the letter T, now
this is amazing Bill.
00:21:34.42\00:21:38.41
Look at those in
your Bible there,
00:21:38.42\00:21:40.91
just quickly hold
your finger where you are
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and go to the table of contents,
00:21:43.36\00:21:45.40
and tell me what
you notice about the
00:21:45.41\00:21:47.36
T section of the New Testament?
00:21:47.37\00:21:50.59
What it is that
you notice about the
00:21:50.60\00:21:52.09
T section of the New Testament?
00:21:52.10\00:21:53.91
They are in alphabetical order.
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That's absolutely
right; the T section
00:21:55.40\00:21:57.97
is in alphabetical
order. So, once, one you're
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able do not have
to keep you finger
00:22:01.42\00:22:03.65
there in the table
of contents, if, if
00:22:03.66\00:22:05.76
somebody tells
you maybe a pastor or
00:22:05.77\00:22:07.57
minister or maybe
one of your friends
00:22:07.58\00:22:09.49
who is studying the
Bible with you says,
00:22:09.50\00:22:10.81
hey lets go to 2nd Timothy.
00:22:10.82\00:22:13.85
You could say oh
that's in the T section
00:22:13.86\00:22:15.37
and the T section is
of course in alphabetical
00:22:15.38\00:22:17.25
order, so let's go there now.
00:22:17.26\00:22:18.90
You're gonna open
to 2nd Timothy all of
00:22:18.91\00:22:21.86
that talking
should have given us,
00:22:21.87\00:22:23.28
all time to get
there unless you were just
00:22:23.29\00:22:26.11
captivated but I doubt that.
00:22:26.12\00:22:28.04
Let's just go now to 2nd Timothy
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chapter 3 verse 15 through to 17
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and Bill if you
could read this for us.
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And that from a
childhood you have
00:22:37.18\00:22:40.43
known the holy
scriptures, which are
00:22:40.44\00:22:42.74
able to make you
wise for salvation through
00:22:42.75\00:22:45.93
faith which is in Christ Jesus.
00:22:45.94\00:22:48.10
So, what is it
according to that verse right
00:22:48.11\00:22:49.90
there Bill, that the
Bible is able to do for us.
00:22:49.91\00:22:54.26
Make us wise for salvation.
00:22:54.27\00:22:55.78
To make us wise for salvation,
00:22:55.79\00:22:58.88
so we are not
just studying a history
00:22:58.89\00:23:03.64
book here, we are
studying a book that
00:23:03.65\00:23:07.69
is going to increase
our faith, that the God,
00:23:07.70\00:23:13.08
the inspirer of this
book is real and that
00:23:13.09\00:23:18.60
he can be trusted,
can you read verse 16
00:23:18.61\00:23:20.78
for us there Bill.
"All scripture is given by
00:23:20.79\00:23:23.14
inspiration of God,
and it is profitable
00:23:23.15\00:23:26.03
for doctrine, for
reproof, for correction,
00:23:26.04\00:23:28.93
for instruction
in righteousness,
00:23:28.94\00:23:31.42
keep going, that the
man of God may be complete,
00:23:31.43\00:23:35.03
thoroughly equipped
for every good work.
00:23:35.04\00:23:37.72
So, verse 16 told
us how much scripture
00:23:37.73\00:23:41.61
is given by inspiration of God?
00:23:41.62\00:23:44.73
All scripture, all
scripture is given by
00:23:44.74\00:23:50.14
inspiration of God,
and is profitable for
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four things,
what is it? Doctrine,
00:23:53.37\00:23:56.02
what is doctrine,
picks up that microphone.
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Everybody has some tables there,
00:23:58.36\00:23:59.81
somebody pick
up the microphones,
00:23:59.82\00:24:00.85
and you can just
answer what is doctrine?
00:24:00.86\00:24:02.57
The specifics of our
faith. Yeah, doctrine
00:24:02.58\00:24:05.87
is teaching is that
exactly what a doctrine
00:24:05.88\00:24:08.99
is, it's teaching,
Jesus had doctrine didn't he?
00:24:09.00\00:24:12.97
Jesus taught things, so
the Bible is first of all,
00:24:12.98\00:24:17.15
all scriptures given
by inspiration of God.
00:24:17.16\00:24:20.55
That inspiration of God means,
00:24:20.56\00:24:22.67
"God-breathed." So,
God spoke or inspired
00:24:22.68\00:24:27.74
the prophets or the
authors of the Bible,
00:24:27.75\00:24:30.53
and then those
prophets wrote down
00:24:30.54\00:24:34.47
what God inspired them to write.
00:24:34.48\00:24:37.17
Now God didn't
dictate to them what to write.
00:24:37.18\00:24:39.85
God gave them
the thoughts and the
00:24:39.86\00:24:42.15
ideas and then he
allowed human beings
00:24:42.16\00:24:46.05
to write that
in a way that human
00:24:46.06\00:24:49.09
beings could understand.
00:24:49.10\00:24:50.87
You know there is
part, reference in
00:24:50.88\00:24:53.25
scripture where
God says that my ways
00:24:53.26\00:24:55.53
are not your ways,
and my thoughts are
00:24:55.54\00:24:58.06
not your
thoughts, but his ways are
00:24:58.07\00:25:00.20
higher than our
ways, and his ways are
00:25:00.21\00:25:01.94
higher than our
thoughts. So, God,
00:25:01.95\00:25:04.47
in His infinite
wisdom inspired men to
00:25:04.48\00:25:10.19
write the Bible and so
that's what we have here.
00:25:10.20\00:25:14.44
And the Bible says
that it is good for doctrine
00:25:14.45\00:25:18.22
and then what else?
What was the second thing;
00:25:18.23\00:25:21.45
you pick up those
microphones, I see
00:25:21.46\00:25:22.91
nobody is holding
those microphones.
00:25:22.92\00:25:24.25
Reproof,
reproof, what is reproof?
00:25:24.26\00:25:27.13
Reproof is like
rebuke. Alright to rebuke,
00:25:27.14\00:25:30.40
or maybe reproof
would be to prove
00:25:30.41\00:25:32.80
something again wouldn't it?
00:25:32.81\00:25:34.34
And then what
does it say, what's a
00:25:34.35\00:25:36.05
third thing it's
good for? Correction,
00:25:36.06\00:25:37.94
correction so as we
study the Bible we've
00:25:37.95\00:25:42.16
asked God to help
us understand his word.
00:25:42.17\00:25:46.83
When we understand
what God is telling us,
00:25:46.84\00:25:51.84
we are going to
find out that some of
00:25:51.85\00:25:54.85
the things that we
are doing in our lives
00:25:54.86\00:25:57.23
right now contradict
what God asks us to do.
00:25:57.24\00:26:01.12
So, we will find
out in this entire study
00:26:01.13\00:26:04.65
as your faith begins
to grow, as your faith
00:26:04.66\00:26:08.88
begins to build, we
are going to find out
00:26:08.89\00:26:11.78
in this study here, in
these series of studies,
00:26:11.79\00:26:16.30
that God's word is
going to correct us,
00:26:16.31\00:26:20.57
just expected to happen.
00:26:20.58\00:26:23.17
Every time I sit down,
and I study God's word,
00:26:23.18\00:26:26.48
and I try to do
that on a daily basis in
00:26:26.49\00:26:28.63
the morning and
then in the evening.
00:26:28.64\00:26:30.43
I always ask God to
teach me and show me
00:26:30.44\00:26:34.01
because I want my
life to be just like
00:26:34.02\00:26:36.06
my savior's life.
I want my life to be
00:26:36.07\00:26:38.38
just like Jesus, so
it's good for doctrine
00:26:38.39\00:26:42.05
that's teaching,
reproof or showing something
00:26:42.06\00:26:44.51
over again, or
rebuking, then correction,
00:26:44.52\00:26:47.91
and then what is
the last thing there?
00:26:47.92\00:26:50.15
What is the last
thing, pick that microphone up
00:26:50.16\00:26:52.54
and tell me Miss Gloria
what is it? Instruction,
00:26:52.55\00:26:55.92
instruction in
what? Righteousness,
00:26:55.93\00:26:58.36
righteousness,
now righteousness can
00:26:58.37\00:27:02.32
be defined as right
doing or doing what is right.
00:27:02.33\00:27:07.17
So, the Bible is
profitable, it says
00:27:07.18\00:27:10.69
there for doctrine, for reproof,
00:27:10.70\00:27:14.58
for correction,
for instruction in
00:27:14.59\00:27:17.75
righteousness. And then verse 17
00:27:17.76\00:27:20.39
begins that the, so
the Bible is written for
00:27:20.40\00:27:25.96
those four reasons,
for doctrine, reproof,
00:27:25.97\00:27:28.72
correction,
instruction in righteousness,
00:27:28.73\00:27:31.23
so that the man
of whom, so that the
00:27:31.24\00:27:34.82
man of God may be complete.
00:27:34.83\00:27:37.47
Now there are
some of us, maybe in
00:27:39.29\00:27:42.12
the classroom, or
maybe at home that
00:27:42.13\00:27:46.66
have felt this
sense that inside you're
00:27:46.67\00:27:50.36
just not full,
you're not complete.
00:27:50.37\00:27:54.73
And it is our goal
during these series
00:27:54.74\00:27:58.80
of studies, to
allow, to introduce
00:27:58.81\00:28:02.96
you to the God
that can fill that hole,
00:28:02.97\00:28:06.70
to the God that
can take that void
00:28:06.71\00:28:08.62
and just fill
it up with himself.
00:28:08.63\00:28:11.19
I'm a firm
believer that everyone of us
00:28:11.20\00:28:13.62
have a square hole inside of us,
00:28:13.63\00:28:16.82
just imagine this
with me if you will.
00:28:16.83\00:28:18.67
We have this
square hole inside of us
00:28:18.68\00:28:20.88
and we are always
trying to fill it up
00:28:20.89\00:28:22.73
with cylinders, we
have big cylinders,
00:28:22.74\00:28:25.43
we have little
cylinders, we have
00:28:25.44\00:28:27.08
short cylinders, we
have wide cylinders,
00:28:27.09\00:28:29.85
we have scrunched up cylinders,
00:28:29.86\00:28:31.74
but there are cylinders.
00:28:31.75\00:28:32.96
And no matter how many cylinders
00:28:32.97\00:28:34.61
you put into a
square, you always have
00:28:34.62\00:28:38.39
a little bit of
room left on the edges,
00:28:38.40\00:28:40.13
don't you? And my
friend it is not until
00:28:40.14\00:28:43.95
we ask God to fill us with him,
00:28:43.96\00:28:47.47
that square is complete, so as
00:28:47.48\00:28:52.31
we study the word of God,
00:28:52.32\00:28:54.37
the Bible says
that it's good for,
00:28:54.38\00:28:57.30
for doctrine, for
reproof, for correction,
00:28:57.31\00:29:01.96
for instruction
in righteousness.
00:29:01.97\00:29:03.94
So, that the man
of God may be complete
00:29:03.95\00:29:07.80
then it goes on
thoroughly equipped
00:29:07.81\00:29:11.64
for every good
work, and that's what
00:29:11.65\00:29:16.61
we're gonna find in this study.
00:29:16.62\00:29:18.32
We're gonna look
at another interesting
00:29:18.33\00:29:20.24
text that
describes this as well.
00:29:20.25\00:29:22.62
We're going to go to our second,
00:29:22.63\00:29:24.75
just go back to screen there,
00:29:24.76\00:29:26.27
we're gonna go
to our second word
00:29:26.28\00:29:28.87
of God text. The
second word of God text
00:29:28.88\00:29:32.24
is 2 Peter
chapter 1 verses 19-21.
00:29:32.25\00:29:38.04
Let me grab my
Bible. 2 Peter chapter 1
00:29:38.05\00:29:41.26
verse 19-21 and we will go ahead
00:29:41.27\00:29:43.86
and lets I
believe we're gonna let
00:29:43.87\00:29:45.62
Jessica read this for
us, 2 Peter chapter 1,
00:29:45.63\00:29:49.09
so those of you at
home that have never
00:29:49.10\00:29:51.13
opened the Bible to 2 Peter or
00:29:51.14\00:29:53.22
may you've heard
of it, you gonna want
00:29:53.23\00:29:54.92
to turn to the
right from where you are,
00:29:54.93\00:29:57.22
so you are watching
this, you simply just turn
00:29:57.23\00:29:59.51
to the right and look at there.
00:29:59.52\00:30:01.08
My Bible just
flipped right to it;
00:30:01.09\00:30:02.64
maybe yours did the same thing,
00:30:02.65\00:30:04.25
so here we are 2 Peter chapter 1
00:30:04.26\00:30:07.19
verse 19 through 21 and if you
00:30:07.20\00:30:10.26
could read that for us Jessica.
00:30:10.27\00:30:12.30
Because of that,
we have even greater
00:30:12.31\00:30:15.38
confidence in the
message proclaimed
00:30:15.39\00:30:17.52
by the prophets.
Pay close attention
00:30:17.53\00:30:20.36
to what they
wrote, for their words
00:30:20.37\00:30:22.82
are like a light
shining in a dark place until
00:30:22.83\00:30:26.08
the day Christ
appears and his brilliant
00:30:26.09\00:30:28.81
light shines in your hearts.
00:30:28.82\00:30:30.58
Above all, you
must understand that
00:30:30.59\00:30:35.14
no prophecy in
Scripture ever came
00:30:35.15\00:30:38.01
from the prophets themselves or
00:30:38.02\00:30:40.26
because they wanted to prophesy.
00:30:40.27\00:30:42.33
It was the Holy
Spirit who moved the
00:30:42.34\00:30:44.87
prophets to speak from God.
00:30:44.88\00:30:46.78
So, it was the Holy
Spirits the very same
00:30:46.79\00:30:50.41
Holy Spirit that
you and I have asked
00:30:50.42\00:30:53.01
to help us
understands scripture today.
00:30:53.02\00:30:55.61
It was that Holy
Spirit that inspired the
00:30:55.62\00:30:59.90
prophets to record
what we have codified
00:30:59.91\00:31:04.48
or put together in
this book called the Bible.
00:31:04.49\00:31:08.39
Quite interesting,
God inspired men to
00:31:08.40\00:31:13.52
write the Bible,
and they wrote it,
00:31:13.53\00:31:16.64
and so what we have
here are the thoughts
00:31:16.65\00:31:19.99
that God inspired,
that God gave to men,
00:31:20.00\00:31:23.33
and than they
recorded it in a language that
00:31:23.34\00:31:25.78
we could
understand. Now, that's exciting
00:31:25.79\00:31:29.32
because God is
condescending here,
00:31:29.33\00:31:32.39
to speak to us
in a language that
00:31:32.40\00:31:36.84
simple humans can
understand, and that's
00:31:36.85\00:31:41.02
exciting because
God would not make
00:31:41.03\00:31:43.04
his word so high
level, that we could not
00:31:43.05\00:31:47.27
understand it. He
wanted us to be able
00:31:47.28\00:31:49.73
to understand it,
so you notice there in
00:31:49.74\00:31:53.48
verse 20 of 2nd
Peter chapter 1 it says:
00:31:53.49\00:31:56.83
Knowing this first,
that no prophecy of the
00:31:56.84\00:32:01.27
scripture is of any
private interpretation.
00:32:01.28\00:32:05.78
I'm using what's
called the New King James
00:32:05.79\00:32:08.14
version, you maybe
using a King James version,
00:32:08.15\00:32:11.53
maybe just grab
the book of the shelf
00:32:11.54\00:32:13.40
and said hey this is
the Bible that's gonna
00:32:13.41\00:32:14.80
go with this
show. What other version
00:32:14.81\00:32:16.43
you have there,
the Bible is telling us
00:32:16.44\00:32:18.98
right here that
we cannot think to
00:32:18.99\00:32:23.46
understand the Bible
by simple human reasoning.
00:32:23.47\00:32:26.70
The only way we can
understand the Bible,
00:32:26.71\00:32:30.41
is to allow
scripture to interpret itself,
00:32:30.42\00:32:36.02
to allow scripture
to interpret itself.
00:32:36.03\00:32:40.21
So, what we are
going to do now as
00:32:40.22\00:32:42.84
we launch into this
study as we are going
00:32:42.85\00:32:45.67
to allow, let
scripture teach us.
00:32:45.68\00:32:48.82
Before we go to our
next graphic though,
00:32:48.83\00:32:50.85
let's go back up to the one that
00:32:50.86\00:32:52.01
we just were at.
You see that we are in
00:32:52.02\00:32:54.39
the 2nd word of
God text which is
00:32:54.40\00:32:57.53
2 Peter 1 verses
19-21. Then you see the 2W
00:32:57.54\00:33:02.41
that's in the yellow
circle that represents
00:33:02.42\00:33:05.20
2 Peter 1:19 through
21, and above the line
00:33:05.21\00:33:09.43
you will notice that
we have the reference
00:33:09.44\00:33:11.62
that we just came
from. So, you are actually
00:33:11.63\00:33:16.69
when you go, when
you were in 2 Timothy
00:33:16.70\00:33:19.47
3:15 through 17 and
it said 1W, you actually
00:33:19.48\00:33:25.34
wrote there beside
2 Timothy chapter 3
00:33:25.35\00:33:28.36
verse 17 you wrote 1W
circle it, made a line
00:33:28.37\00:33:33.02
and underneath
that you wrote 2 Peter 1
00:33:33.03\00:33:36.67
verses 19 through
21. Now, that we are in
00:33:36.68\00:33:40.55
2 Peter 1 verses 19 through 21,
00:33:40.56\00:33:44.62
you are going to
write beside verse 21 2W
00:33:44.63\00:33:50.27
and above the line
you're going to write
00:33:50.28\00:33:52.96
the reference
you just came from.
00:33:52.97\00:33:54.80
Now, it's on the
screen what reference
00:33:54.81\00:33:56.44
was that? Somebody
pick up a microphone
00:33:56.45\00:33:57.97
and tell me what
reference we just
00:33:57.98\00:34:00.06
came from? 2
Timothy, that's right
00:34:00.07\00:34:03.07
2nd Timothy chapter
3 verse 15 through 17.
00:34:03.08\00:34:06.55
And then you will
notice that underneath
00:34:06.56\00:34:09.18
that line we have
the reference that
00:34:09.19\00:34:11.90
we are going to,
so what reference
00:34:11.91\00:34:14.93
Tom are we going to go to next?
00:34:14.94\00:34:17.75
John 14:29, John 14:29
that's absolutely right,
00:34:17.76\00:34:22.22
so let's go now to
our next text which is
00:34:22.23\00:34:26.66
John the 14
chapter and verse 29,
00:34:26.67\00:34:30.75
so for those of
us again that are new
00:34:30.76\00:34:33.28
at studying the
Bible, we are going
00:34:33.29\00:34:34.68
to the New
Testament book of John,
00:34:34.69\00:34:37.44
we are gonna go
to chapter 14 that's
00:34:37.45\00:34:39.61
the big number 14.
Then under big number
00:34:39.62\00:34:42.26
14 or the chapter
number we're going
00:34:42.27\00:34:44.30
to find the smaller
verse number which is 21.
00:34:44.31\00:34:47.49
So, I'm turning to
the left and I'm going
00:34:47.50\00:34:50.71
to what we called the gospels,
00:34:50.72\00:34:52.94
the first four
books of the New Testament
00:34:52.95\00:34:56.47
are called the
gospels. It's the good news of
00:34:56.48\00:35:00.71
Jesus Christ, so you
have four books there
00:35:00.72\00:35:03.69
Matthew, Mark,
Luke and John that are
00:35:03.70\00:35:07.17
called the
gospels and we're going to
00:35:07.18\00:35:08.74
John the 14
chapter and verse 29.
00:35:08.75\00:35:12.96
Now, you will
notice some of you when
00:35:12.97\00:35:14.86
you are reading
in the New Testament
00:35:14.87\00:35:16.27
you will notice that
some of the text in the
00:35:16.28\00:35:18.84
Bible is in red
where some of the text in
00:35:18.85\00:35:22.29
other places is
black. The words that are
00:35:22.30\00:35:25.53
in red, you may
have just grab the Bible
00:35:25.54\00:35:27.61
at the book store or something,
00:35:27.62\00:35:28.77
hey I saw this program on TV
00:35:28.78\00:35:30.13
I want to get a
Bible and now here
00:35:30.14\00:35:31.75
we are studying
it. And you are asking
00:35:31.76\00:35:34.42
yourself what is
that mean when this
00:35:34.43\00:35:35.89
is in red, the red
letters in the New Testament
00:35:35.90\00:35:39.71
are the words of Jesus recorded.
00:35:39.72\00:35:43.43
So, it's not just
they ran out of black ink,
00:35:43.44\00:35:45.93
no, no, on. They
actually went through
00:35:45.94\00:35:48.57
and read and put
in red ink where Jesus
00:35:48.58\00:35:52.81
had spoken and
in our fourth study
00:35:52.82\00:35:56.73
we're going to do a
Bible study on salvation,
00:35:56.74\00:36:00.40
and we're going
to see that it is the
00:36:00.41\00:36:01.88
red blood of
Christ, that cleanses us
00:36:01.89\00:36:05.14
from all sins. So, as
we read the words of Jesus,
00:36:05.15\00:36:09.38
every time you open
scripture and you read
00:36:09.39\00:36:11.27
it and it's in
red, just remember that
00:36:11.28\00:36:13.42
Jesus gave his blood,
so that you could have
00:36:13.43\00:36:17.11
eternal life.
That's an exciting study,
00:36:17.12\00:36:19.56
and we hope you
will hear as well as
00:36:19.57\00:36:20.89
we go over that fourth
study called salvation.
00:36:20.90\00:36:24.61
So, we are going
to go over here and
00:36:24.62\00:36:27.05
we are going to
let Mike read for us,
00:36:27.06\00:36:29.70
John 14 verse 29:
And now I have told
00:36:29.71\00:36:34.99
you before it
come to pass, that,
00:36:35.00\00:36:36.78
when it is come to
pass, you might believe.
00:36:36.79\00:36:38.95
So, who is
speaking here? Jesus, how do
00:36:38.96\00:36:41.68
we know that?
Because the words are in red,
00:36:41.69\00:36:43.75
the words are in red
that's absolutely right.
00:36:43.76\00:36:45.53
So, Jesus says I
tell you things before
00:36:45.54\00:36:50.29
they happen, so
that when they do happen,
00:36:50.30\00:36:54.06
you can what?
Believe, believe now you
00:36:54.07\00:36:56.24
remember at the
beginning of the study
00:36:56.25\00:36:57.60
I told you that the
purpose of this study
00:36:57.61\00:37:00.34
is to give us evidence
upon which to base faith.
00:37:00.35\00:37:06.48
It would be very
silly for me to say to you,
00:37:06.49\00:37:09.37
I believe there
is a God and because
00:37:09.38\00:37:11.04
I believe it, you
must believe it too.
00:37:11.05\00:37:12.83
The reason that I
believe that there is a God,
00:37:12.84\00:37:16.54
is because I have
studied the Bible,
00:37:16.55\00:37:18.93
and I study it
every day learning more
00:37:18.94\00:37:21.49
and more, I'm by
no means an expert,
00:37:21.50\00:37:23.68
but what I do know
I love and I cherish
00:37:23.69\00:37:25.87
and that's why I'm
sharing it with you.
00:37:25.88\00:37:27.78
So, as we read, we
are going to see God's
00:37:27.79\00:37:32.90
thoughts coming to
us and Jesus said here
00:37:32.91\00:37:36.54
in John 14:29 I'm
going to tell you things
00:37:36.55\00:37:40.03
before they
happen, so that when they
00:37:40.04\00:37:43.05
do happen we can have faith.
00:37:43.06\00:37:47.92
So, the purpose of
this study today is
00:37:47.93\00:37:50.94
to have evidence
to base our faith on
00:37:50.95\00:37:54.82
and I skipped
one of my, one of my
00:37:54.83\00:37:57.62
references there.
You may have got that
00:37:57.63\00:37:59.26
one at home, John
14:29 we're in the
00:37:59.27\00:38:02.21
3rd word of God
reference and so our
00:38:02.22\00:38:06.89
code beside John
14:29 is 3W that represents
00:38:06.90\00:38:11.23
that we're in John
14:29 and then above
00:38:11.24\00:38:14.48
the line the
reference we just came from
00:38:14.49\00:38:17.13
is 2 Peter chapter
1 verses 19 through 21
00:38:17.14\00:38:21.85
and then the
reference that we are going
00:38:21.86\00:38:23.74
to go to next is
Isaiah 46 verses 9 and 10.
00:38:23.75\00:38:29.68
So, we started this
study in 2nd Timothy
00:38:29.69\00:38:33.27
chapter 3 then
we went to 2nd Peter
00:38:33.28\00:38:36.11
chapter 1, then we
went to John the 4th
00:38:36.12\00:38:39.90
of what, were
those four books called
00:38:39.91\00:38:41.73
in the New Testament.
00:38:41.74\00:38:42.83
The gospels, John
the fourth book of
00:38:42.84\00:38:45.77
the gospels, and
Jesus says there behold
00:38:45.78\00:38:49.26
I tell you things
before they happen,
00:38:49.27\00:38:52.04
so that when they do
happen you can believe.
00:38:52.05\00:38:56.77
So, we can
expect Jesus to tell us
00:38:56.78\00:39:00.36
things before they
happen, so that when
00:39:00.37\00:39:04.02
they do happen, we can believe.
00:39:04.03\00:39:05.72
Now many of us
have heard of a prophet
00:39:05.73\00:39:08.59
or someone that
could tell the future,
00:39:08.60\00:39:10.22
his name
Nostradamus, you've heard of him
00:39:10.23\00:39:11.94
right. And he's,
he's accurate 33 percent
00:39:11.95\00:39:17.42
of the time is
what mathematicians
00:39:17.43\00:39:19.32
will tell us. But
I'm not comfortable
00:39:19.33\00:39:22.60
basing my faith
on something that
00:39:22.61\00:39:25.80
is accurate only 33
percent of the time.
00:39:25.81\00:39:29.93
If God is who he
claims to be then God
00:39:29.94\00:39:35.67
can be accurate
how much? 100 percent
00:39:35.68\00:39:41.36
of the time, and so
we're gonna go to Isaiah.
00:39:41.37\00:39:45.68
This is our next
reference, this is the
00:39:45.69\00:39:47.58
reference that's
in the Old Testament
00:39:47.59\00:39:49.61
and you'll see it
there on your screen.
00:39:49.62\00:39:51.64
Isaiah 46 verses 9 and 10.
00:39:51.65\00:39:56.16
So, I'm brand new
to studying the Bible,
00:39:56.17\00:39:58.15
I'm just gonna get
my Bible again here,
00:39:58.16\00:39:59.74
Isaiah 46 verses
9 and 10, brand new
00:39:59.75\00:40:02.85
to studying the
Bible. When we get there
00:40:02.86\00:40:05.57
you want to mark
down the fourth word
00:40:05.58\00:40:08.39
of God reference
and then you above
00:40:08.40\00:40:11.39
the line you put John 14:29,
00:40:11.40\00:40:13.74
beneath the line
you put Daniel 26
00:40:13.75\00:40:17.48
through to 2:30.
So, you're new to
00:40:17.49\00:40:20.54
studying the Bible,
you're looking in the
00:40:20.55\00:40:22.51
table of contents
maybe you can't find it,
00:40:22.52\00:40:24.40
but you still have
your finger in John.
00:40:24.41\00:40:26.35
You're gonna want
to turn to the left
00:40:26.36\00:40:28.48
in your Bibles, so
just turn to the left
00:40:28.49\00:40:30.65
and you know grab
a, grab a sizeable
00:40:30.66\00:40:32.70
section and just
turn it. Grab another
00:40:32.71\00:40:34.86
sizable section and
turn it and look at there.
00:40:34.87\00:40:36.77
I'm right here in
Isaiah and believe it or not,
00:40:36.78\00:40:39.22
I'm on Isaiah 46
you know maybe that
00:40:39.23\00:40:41.82
didn't happen
for you but Isaiah 46
00:40:41.83\00:40:44.48
verses 9 and 10 and we're gonna
00:40:44.49\00:40:46.39
Miss Gloria just to
grab that microphone
00:40:46.40\00:40:48.73
and she's gonna
read for us Isaiah
00:40:48.74\00:40:51.20
chapter 46
beginning with verse 9.
00:40:51.21\00:40:55.74
Remember the
former things of old:
00:40:55.75\00:40:59.36
for I am God, and
there is no other;
00:40:59.37\00:41:04.43
I am and there is none like me.
00:41:04.44\00:41:09.38
Declaring the end
from the beginning,
00:41:09.39\00:41:12.42
and from
ancient times the things
00:41:12.43\00:41:14.94
that are not yet done, saying,
00:41:14.95\00:41:18.55
My counsel shall
stand, and I will do
00:41:18.56\00:41:22.75
all my pleasure.
So, God makes a very,
00:41:22.76\00:41:27.61
very bold claim
right here doesn't he?
00:41:27.62\00:41:30.86
God says in Isaiah
46:9: Remember the former
00:41:30.87\00:41:35.96
things of old: for I
am God, and there is what?
00:41:35.97\00:41:39.88
And there is none
other; I am God and there
00:41:39.89\00:41:44.85
is none like me,
and then he tells us
00:41:44.86\00:41:48.67
in verse 10 what it
is that separates him
00:41:48.68\00:41:52.06
as God from any
other thing or person
00:41:52.07\00:41:56.07
claiming to be a
God. He says in Isaiah 46
00:41:56.08\00:41:59.64
verse 10: Declaring
the end from the what?
00:41:59.65\00:42:03.67
Beginning,
beginning, now that's a little
00:42:03.68\00:42:06.56
backwards isn't
it? We usually go from
00:42:06.57\00:42:08.18
the beginning to
the end, but God says
00:42:08.19\00:42:11.19
he can tell you
what's going to happen
00:42:11.20\00:42:12.65
at the end even from
the, beginning, beginning.
00:42:12.66\00:42:17.06
Then he says and
from ancient times things
00:42:17.07\00:42:22.44
that are not yet
done. Now would be very
00:42:22.45\00:42:26.94
easy for me to tell
Jessica, Jessica you
00:42:26.95\00:42:30.74
and I are going
to have dinner at the
00:42:30.75\00:42:32.71
Lay Institute for
Evangelism today at
00:42:32.72\00:42:35.88
1:30 that's a
possibility isn't it?
00:42:35.89\00:42:39.55
But if I said
Jessica you and I are going
00:42:39.56\00:42:42.58
to have dinner at
the Lay Institute for
00:42:42.59\00:42:45.08
Evangelism ten years
from now on this exact
00:42:45.09\00:42:48.65
date at 1:30.
That's still a possibility
00:42:48.66\00:42:52.96
isn't it? But if I
said to you 2000 years
00:42:52.97\00:42:57.80
from now, you and I
are going to have dinner
00:42:57.81\00:43:00.73
at the Lay Institute
for Evangelism at 1:30
00:43:00.74\00:43:04.08
that would be
what? Impossible, because
00:43:04.09\00:43:07.73
you and I aren't
gonna live that long
00:43:07.74\00:43:09.17
barring the second
coming of Jesus prior
00:43:09.18\00:43:12.22
to us dying right. So,
God tells us things now,
00:43:12.23\00:43:19.22
so that when
they happen way in the
00:43:19.23\00:43:22.83
future because
ancient times I think
00:43:22.84\00:43:25.11
it's a long time
ago. He says declaring
00:43:25.12\00:43:28.37
things from
ancient times isn't that
00:43:28.38\00:43:30.29
the language he
use, declaring the end
00:43:30.30\00:43:32.10
from the beginning
and from ancient times,
00:43:32.11\00:43:34.22
things that are not yet done.
00:43:34.23\00:43:36.86
So, when you're
giving this Bible study,
00:43:36.87\00:43:40.94
you need to
emphasize that what sets
00:43:40.95\00:43:43.72
God apart from any
other God is that God
00:43:43.73\00:43:49.26
alone can tell the
future with accuracy
00:43:49.27\00:43:54.13
equal to 100 percent.
This isn't even like soap,
00:43:54.14\00:43:57.71
this isn't 99.44 of
100 percent pure soap,
00:43:57.72\00:44:01.70
this is 100 percent
accurate every time.
00:44:01.71\00:44:08.57
And so we are
actually going to take a look
00:44:08.58\00:44:12.07
at a prophecy that
God inspired a prophet
00:44:12.08\00:44:17.68
to write. Now
that prophet's name was
00:44:17.69\00:44:21.31
Daniel. Daniel
lived in the time when
00:44:21.32\00:44:26.30
Jerusalem was,
when Jerusalem was
00:44:26.31\00:44:30.14
conquered by Nebuchadnezzar,
00:44:30.15\00:44:33.32
who was a Babylonian king.
00:44:33.33\00:44:35.82
Well Daniel was taken captive,
00:44:35.83\00:44:39.11
he was one of the
guys they got drag
00:44:39.12\00:44:41.13
off in chains, back over to the
00:44:41.14\00:44:43.60
Neo-Babylonian
Empire and he became
00:44:43.61\00:44:47.03
one of the wise
men they educated him
00:44:47.04\00:44:49.85
there in the
schools of Babylon to be
00:44:49.86\00:44:51.99
one of the wise
men or one of the
00:44:52.00\00:44:53.79
Kings counselors.
And so, we're gonna go
00:44:53.80\00:44:57.01
see that this
Daniel whom God loved,
00:44:57.02\00:45:02.50
a young man who
was probably in his
00:45:02.51\00:45:05.21
teens when he was taken captive.
00:45:05.22\00:45:07.28
This young man
spends his entire life
00:45:07.29\00:45:10.43
outside the
country of his birth,
00:45:10.44\00:45:16.56
so let's go now
we are in Isaiah.
00:45:16.57\00:45:19.85
So, we are going
to go to the right in
00:45:19.86\00:45:22.16
our Bibles for
those of you at home
00:45:22.17\00:45:23.42
that's to the
right correct, so we're
00:45:23.43\00:45:25.33
gonna go to the
right in our Bibles
00:45:25.34\00:45:27.51
and we're gonna go to Daniel.
00:45:27.52\00:45:29.08
Let's just turn
to our next reference
00:45:29.09\00:45:30.68
there on the screen
Daniel 2 verses 26-30,
00:45:30.69\00:45:35.14
you will note
there in Daniel 2:26-30
00:45:35.15\00:45:38.56
that this is our
fifth word of God text.
00:45:38.57\00:45:41.43
We just came
from what reference?
00:45:41.44\00:45:43.99
Isaiah 46:9 and 10
and our next reference
00:45:44.00\00:45:49.03
is still in what
book? Daniel, is still in
00:45:49.04\00:45:51.53
Daniel 2 what
we're going to do is just
00:45:51.54\00:45:53.52
to divide this up
in several sections
00:45:53.53\00:45:55.98
as we read through it.
00:45:55.99\00:45:56.97
So, you're turning to the right,
00:45:56.98\00:45:58.68
you have Isaiah,
then you have Jeremiah,
00:45:58.69\00:46:02.28
then you have
Ezekiel, we have Lamentations,
00:46:02.29\00:46:07.64
then Ezekiel and
then the book of Daniel
00:46:07.65\00:46:11.80
and we are going
to Daniel chapter 2,
00:46:11.81\00:46:16.46
Daniel chapter 2
we will began reading
00:46:16.47\00:46:19.64
in verse 26 and we are going to
00:46:19.65\00:46:22.44
ask Roberto to read this for us.
00:46:22.45\00:46:25.30
Daniel chapter 2 verse
beginning in the verse 26.
00:46:25.31\00:46:29.21
The king answered
and said to Daniel,
00:46:31.51\00:46:34.28
whose name was Belteshazzar,
00:46:34.29\00:46:37.45
Belteshazzar, there you go,
00:46:37.46\00:46:40.82
Are you able to make known to me
00:46:40.83\00:46:43.01
the dream which
I have seen, and is
00:46:43.02\00:46:46.73
interpretation.
Okay, Roberto we're gonna
00:46:46.74\00:46:49.45
give a little bit of
history here what has
00:46:49.46\00:46:52.03
happened is there
is this king named
00:46:52.04\00:46:54.85
Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar
00:46:54.86\00:46:57.08
has a dream but
he can't remember it.
00:46:57.09\00:46:59.70
So, he of course has
all of this people on
00:46:59.71\00:47:02.78
his payroll, he has astrologers,
00:47:02.79\00:47:05.20
he has
soothsayers; he has wise men,
00:47:05.21\00:47:08.07
he has diviners,
he has all of these
00:47:08.08\00:47:11.22
different types of
wise people and he's
00:47:11.23\00:47:14.25
paying them, because
they claim to be able
00:47:14.26\00:47:17.59
to speak or to communicate with
00:47:17.60\00:47:20.29
the God's. And so Nebuchadnezzar
00:47:20.30\00:47:23.33
correctly assumes
that if someone can
00:47:23.34\00:47:26.34
communicate with
God's, that they can
00:47:26.35\00:47:30.06
certainly tell
him what he dream the
00:47:30.07\00:47:32.38
night before. So,
he calls all of these
00:47:32.39\00:47:35.00
people into his,
his chamber there,
00:47:35.01\00:47:37.77
and he says you need to tell me,
00:47:37.78\00:47:40.86
what I dreamed and
you need to give me
00:47:40.87\00:47:43.42
the interpretation.
And of course just
00:47:43.43\00:47:46.65
like you and I,
those people saying
00:47:46.66\00:47:49.97
are just like you
and me, those people
00:47:49.98\00:47:51.65
said king. You
give us the dream and
00:47:51.66\00:47:55.28
we will make up
an interpretation,
00:47:55.29\00:47:57.04
I mean we will give
you an interpretation.
00:47:57.05\00:47:59.15
If they could agree enough then
00:47:59.16\00:48:02.41
Nebuchadnezzar
would agree with them,
00:48:02.42\00:48:03.89
but Nebuchadnezzar he
is a smart, smart ruler.
00:48:03.90\00:48:07.71
And he says no, no,
no if you can't tell me
00:48:07.72\00:48:11.45
what I dreamed
and the interpretation
00:48:11.46\00:48:14.56
of that dream,
I'm gonna cut you into
00:48:14.57\00:48:16.85
pieces and turn
your house into a place
00:48:16.86\00:48:19.14
where donkeys
go to the bathroom.
00:48:19.15\00:48:20.96
Its sounds pretty
disgusting, doesn't it.
00:48:20.97\00:48:23.77
He was a pagan king
and he said you guys
00:48:23.78\00:48:28.38
are my payroll,
you claim to be able to
00:48:28.39\00:48:31.29
talk to the God's,
you tell me my dream
00:48:31.30\00:48:33.64
and my interpretation,
and then I will know
00:48:33.65\00:48:35.92
that you can
actually talk to the Gods.
00:48:35.93\00:48:38.97
Well, everyone
evidently was at that
00:48:38.98\00:48:42.40
meeting except for
Daniel, Daniel gets a
00:48:42.41\00:48:46.10
knock on his door.
An Ariac, the captain of
00:48:46.11\00:48:51.43
king Nebuchadnezzar's
guard comes to him
00:48:51.44\00:48:53.47
and says, son you
need to come with me,
00:48:53.48\00:48:55.19
I need to kill you.
And you can read about
00:48:55.20\00:48:57.35
this in Daniel
chapter 2 the first part of it
00:48:57.36\00:48:59.80
and Daniel says
well what do you mean
00:48:59.81\00:49:01.54
you want to kill me.
And Ariac's describes to him
00:49:01.55\00:49:04.84
the whole situation
and Daniel says just
00:49:04.85\00:49:08.10
give me sometime
and I know that my God
00:49:08.11\00:49:11.88
can give the dream
and the interpretation
00:49:11.89\00:49:14.79
to king Nebuchadnezzar.
So, he is granted time,
00:49:14.80\00:49:18.41
he and his friends
pray and when they pray
00:49:18.42\00:49:22.87
God reveals to
Daniel in a night vision.
00:49:22.88\00:49:26.83
Let me see if I can
find that reference there,
00:49:26.84\00:49:28.88
it is in verse, let see
it's in around 19 I think.
00:49:28.89\00:49:36.40
The secret was
revealed to Daniel
00:49:36.41\00:49:39.62
in a night vision, so
Daniel blessed the God
00:49:39.63\00:49:44.23
of Heaven. So, Daniel
asks the God of Heaven,
00:49:44.24\00:49:48.28
to give him the dream
and the interpretation.
00:49:48.29\00:49:50.92
Now let's suppose
that our camera man
00:49:50.93\00:49:53.74
Natal had a dream
last night and Natal comes
00:49:53.75\00:49:58.10
to me and says
senior Scott I had a dream
00:49:58.11\00:50:03.44
last night, I want
to know what I dreamed
00:50:03.45\00:50:05.67
and what it means,
and if you can't tell me
00:50:05.68\00:50:08.26
I'm going to kill you.
You know what I would do,
00:50:08.27\00:50:11.52
I would run,
because I don't think Natal
00:50:13.25\00:50:16.26
can keep up with
me, so I would ran.
00:50:16.27\00:50:19.04
But Daniel didn't
have the option of running,
00:50:19.05\00:50:22.41
did he? Daniel
went to the only source
00:50:22.42\00:50:25.65
he knew he could get
that information from
00:50:25.66\00:50:27.70
and that was the God of Heaven,
00:50:27.71\00:50:30.12
and God gave that to him.
00:50:30.13\00:50:32.16
My friends God will
answer our every question,
00:50:32.17\00:50:36.95
he will give us the
evidence to base our
00:50:36.96\00:50:40.37
faith on if we will
only allow him to do that.
00:50:40.38\00:50:43.99
So, here we pick it
up where Roberto was
00:50:44.00\00:50:47.21
reading and Nebuchadnezzar
00:50:47.22\00:50:50.16
asked him in verse
26? The king answered
00:50:50.17\00:50:52.27
and said to Daniel,
whose name was Belteshazzar,
00:50:52.28\00:50:55.39
Are you able to
make known unto me the
00:50:55.40\00:50:57.65
dream which I have
seen, and the interpretation,
00:50:57.66\00:51:01.01
can you keep
reading for us there
00:51:01.02\00:51:02.42
Roberto just grab
that microphone pick
00:51:02.43\00:51:04.21
it up in verse
27: Daniel answered in
00:51:04.22\00:51:08.21
the presence of
the king, and said,
00:51:08.22\00:51:11.43
The secret which
the king hath demanded
00:51:11.44\00:51:15.04
the wise men, the astrologers,
00:51:15.05\00:51:17.53
the magicians, the
soothsayers, cannot
00:51:17.54\00:51:20.96
declare to the king;
But there is a God in
00:51:20.97\00:51:24.13
heaven who reveals the secrets,
00:51:24.14\00:51:26.37
and he has made
known to the king
00:51:26.38\00:51:28.60
Nebuchadnezzar.
Yeah, let's all say that by
00:51:28.61\00:51:32.88
the way let's all
say that Nebuchadnezzar,
00:51:32.89\00:51:39.22
you try that at
home Nebuchadnezzar
00:51:39.23\00:51:43.46
and then put them
together Nebuchadnezzar,
00:51:43.47\00:51:45.03
Nebuchadnezzar,
it's a five silver words,
00:51:45.04\00:51:47.25
so it's pretty
difficult but go ahead that
00:51:47.26\00:51:48.86
Roberto. That will
be in the latter days.
00:51:48.87\00:51:52.73
You dream, and the
visions of your head
00:51:52.74\00:51:56.34
upon your bed, were these.
00:51:56.35\00:51:58.80
"As for you, O
king, thoughts came to
00:51:58.81\00:52:03.95
your mind while
o your bed, about
00:52:03.96\00:52:07.00
what would come
to pass after this;
00:52:07.01\00:52:11.28
and He who reveals
secrets has made know
00:52:11.29\00:52:14.99
you what it will, what will be.
00:52:15.00\00:52:17.45
Let's go to verse 30 yeah:
00:52:17.46\00:52:21.63
As for me, this
secret has not been
00:52:21.64\00:52:24.06
revealed to me
because I have more
00:52:24.07\00:52:26.92
wisdom than anyone living,
00:52:26.93\00:52:29.08
but for our sakes
who make known the
00:52:29.09\00:52:33.85
interpretation to
the king, and that
00:52:33.86\00:52:36.21
you may know the
thoughts of your heart.
00:52:36.22\00:52:39.08
So, it's
interesting there Daniel tells
00:52:39.09\00:52:42.39
Nebuchadnezzar I
can't give you this
00:52:42.40\00:52:45.31
dream or the interpretation,
00:52:45.32\00:52:47.22
but there is a God
in Heaven that can.
00:52:47.23\00:52:49.47
Daniel petitions
the God of Heaven,
00:52:49.48\00:52:52.28
the God of
Heaven reveals to Daniel
00:52:52.29\00:52:54.39
the dream and
the interpretation.
00:52:54.40\00:52:56.88
And the reason
that Nebuchadnezzar
00:52:56.89\00:52:59.35
was given this dream
and the interpretation
00:52:59.36\00:53:03.54
was so that Nebuchadnezzar look
00:53:03.55\00:53:05.53
there in verse
28: there is a God
00:53:05.54\00:53:09.00
in Heaven who reveals secrets,
00:53:09.01\00:53:11.15
and He has made known
to King Nebuchadnezzar
00:53:11.16\00:53:14.84
what will be in the latter days.
00:53:14.85\00:53:19.28
So, the purpose of
this study is not so
00:53:19.29\00:53:22.36
Nebuchadnezzar
can know what's going
00:53:22.37\00:53:23.80
to happen right
now. The purpose of this
00:53:23.81\00:53:26.69
dream is so that
Nebuchadnezzar can
00:53:26.70\00:53:28.17
know what will
happen when in the future.
00:53:28.18\00:53:32.03
Now, this should
strike a little thought
00:53:32.04\00:53:34.66
in our memory
because Jesus said I tell you
00:53:34.67\00:53:37.79
things before they come to pass,
00:53:37.80\00:53:40.56
so that when
they do come to pass
00:53:40.57\00:53:43.98
you may what? Believe; believe,
00:53:43.99\00:53:47.06
do you think that
Jesus inspiring Daniel,
00:53:47.07\00:53:52.05
giving him that
dream, the interpretation,
00:53:52.06\00:53:55.03
do you think that
God was trying to get
00:53:55.04\00:53:58.74
Nebuchadnezzar
to believe in Him?
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I think so
because Nebuchadnezzar
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was the most
powerful monarch on earth
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at that time. The
most powerful monarch
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on earth at
that time and he says
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there in verse
28 the reason for,
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the first reason for
this dream is so that
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you can know
what's going to happen
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at the end of
time. Then verse 29:
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As for you, O
king, thoughts came to
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your mind while on
your bed, about what
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would come to pass after this;
00:54:27.81\00:54:30.93
so not only was
the, was the dream given,
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so that
Nebuchadnezzar can know what
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was going to
happen at the end of time.
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It was given so
that Nebuchadnezzar
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could know what
was going to happen
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after Nebuchadnezzar
was gone all the way
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up to the end of
what? The end of time
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or the latter days.
So, this is what we've
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seen so far in this study.
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We've done several thing,
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we've seen that
this book was written
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for four main
reasons. It was written for
00:55:01.46\00:55:05.58
doctrine to teach us
it's profitable rather,
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profitable for
doctrine, for reproof,
00:55:10.44\00:55:14.00
for correction
and for instruction in
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righteousness. The
Bible has also made
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the very bold
claim, very bold claim
00:55:19.66\00:55:23.33
that it is God
breathed or inspired by God.
00:55:23.34\00:55:29.19
Then the Bible
taught us that you
00:55:29.20\00:55:32.19
and I can not just
put our own twist on
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this book. But if
we want to know what
00:55:34.38\00:55:37.00
God's thoughts
were, we need to take
00:55:37.01\00:55:40.06
different verses
throughout all the
00:55:40.07\00:55:42.25
scripture and put
it together to come up
00:55:42.26\00:55:43.72
with what is God's
idea about a given topic,
00:55:43.73\00:55:47.31
because the
scripture is of no private
00:55:47.32\00:55:50.94
interpretation. Then
we learned Jesus says,
00:55:50.95\00:55:54.44
I'm going to tell
you things before they
00:55:54.45\00:55:56.01
happen so that
when they do happen,
00:55:56.02\00:55:57.78
you can what? Believe, you can
00:55:57.79\00:55:59.54
believe, you can
have evidence to base
00:55:59.55\00:56:02.57
your faith on. And
so we get over here
00:56:02.58\00:56:06.09
to this ancient
dream that is going to
00:56:06.10\00:56:09.51
foretell the
future, and this is where
00:56:09.52\00:56:13.24
we've got to stop for today.
00:56:13.25\00:56:14.72
This is where we have to stop;
00:56:14.73\00:56:17.53
we are going to
in our next class,
00:56:17.54\00:56:20.65
in our next
program. We are going to get
00:56:20.66\00:56:23.23
into what was the dream that
00:56:23.24\00:56:25.85
Nebuchadnezzar had
and couldn't completely
00:56:25.86\00:56:29.14
remember himself.
It was gone from him,
00:56:29.15\00:56:31.87
he said and we
are also going to see
00:56:31.88\00:56:34.63
that the God of
Heaven revealed to
00:56:34.64\00:56:36.78
Daniel the very
dream. He also revealed to
00:56:36.79\00:56:40.42
Daniel the very interpretation
00:56:40.43\00:56:42.92
and that takes us
all the way up to the
00:56:42.93\00:56:46.53
end of time. Let's
go back here Daniel
00:56:46.54\00:56:51.05
2 verse 28: But
there is a God in Heaven
00:56:51.06\00:56:55.26
who reveals
secrets, and has made known
00:56:55.27\00:56:58.22
to King Nebuchadnezzar
what will be in the
00:56:58.23\00:57:01.03
latter days. My
friend God knows your
00:57:01.04\00:57:04.56
secrets as well and
God wants you to know
00:57:04.57\00:57:08.76
that he is real, that
he does care about you.
00:57:08.77\00:57:14.51
Then it says
there that in verse 29:
00:57:14.52\00:57:18.09
As for you, O
king, thoughts came to
00:57:18.10\00:57:19.68
your mind while on
your bed, that you would,
00:57:19.69\00:57:21.20
about what would
come to pass after this.
00:57:21.21\00:57:23.78
God is going to
reveal to us in this study
00:57:23.79\00:57:26.03
what will come
to pass after this.
00:57:26.04\00:57:29.08
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