Participants: Scott Moore (Host)
Series Code: LOE
Program Code: LOE000001
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00:01 Harvest truly is plenteous,
00:03 but the laborers are few. 00:04 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, 00:06 that he will send forth laborers into his harvest. 00:10 Also, I heard the voice of the Lord saying, 00:13 "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" 00:17 Then said I, "Here am I. Send me, Send me!" 00:23 Life on the Edge will enable you to be 00:25 infected harvest before the Lord. 00:27 We now invite you into our 00:29 classroom to come, experience life. 00:43 My friends you are about to embark 00:45 the most incredible adventure that 00:49 you have ever been on when we study 00:51 the Bible. You have joined us today here 00:54 at the Lay Institute For Evangelism. 00:57 We are going to be doing a class called 01:00 Life on the Edge. There are twenty four 01:04 different studies in these series of 01:08 Bible studies. You're going to learn about 01:10 the word of God, is it valid. 01:12 You're going to learn about the signs 01:14 of the times. You're going to learn about 01:16 a great controversy that goes on between 01:18 Jesus Christ and the Antichrist. 01:21 You learn about exciting things 01:23 like the mark of the beast, the Sabbath, 01:26 the law of God, how is it that Protestants 01:30 have come to find truth in God's word, 01:34 and you and I are going take time to 01:36 look at God's word. We will find out that 01:39 Bible prophecy is true. Bible prophecy is 01:44 reliable and that Jesus Christ is the very center. 01:49 The studies that you are going to be 01:51 learning in this course called 01:53 Life on the Edge. You're going to be 01:54 marking in your Bible and the reason 01:57 that you will mark these in your Bible, 01:58 so that you can take your Bible into the 02:01 home of your friends, your family, 02:03 maybe even in the break room it work. 02:06 And you can take what you've learned 02:07 in this class and you can transform the world. 02:12 You know, there was a young man in scripture 02:14 it's in the book of Acts, his name was 02:16 Jason and Jason was arrested because 02:20 he was associated with those that 02:22 believed in the way or those that believed 02:26 in Jesus Christ. And the testimony that's 02:29 given of Jason is that he and the other 02:31 followers of Christ had turned the world 02:34 upside down with the message that Jesus 02:38 had given to them, the message that 02:39 we can have salvation through Jesus Christ. 02:43 Now, then much of the world rejected Jesus, 02:46 but today I know that you are going 02:49 to begin that incredible journey 02:52 through scripture that will start a 02:54 relationship with your creator Jesus Christ. 02:57 As we go through today study, 03:00 we are going to be studying here at 03:01 the Lay Institute for Evangelism. 03:04 We're going to be studying a Bible study 03:05 on the word of God itself. 03:08 There are quite a few texts in this study, 03:11 but before we get to those texts, 03:13 I will give you the purpose of this study. 03:16 During each one of our Bible studies, 03:20 you're gonna have a purpose for every 03:23 one of the studies that you do. 03:24 There must be a reason for giving 03:26 the study that you're given, wasn't that? 03:28 I mean, if there is no reason for giving it, 03:29 then why should we give it? 03:31 So, the purpose if you notice on the screen 03:33 there, the purpose of this Bible study on 03:36 the word of God is to show that God's word, 03:39 the Bible, is true and reliable. 03:43 We will stay there on that graphic 03:45 you notice up there beside the title 03:47 Word of God; you have a (W). 03:50 Every time we have a study, 03:53 our next study in these series is called 03:56 Signs of the Times and the code for that 03:58 is guess what? ST that's absolutely right. 04:03 Now, the code for this Bible study is (W) 04:09 and that stands for word of God. 04:12 We also have a code called WT that stands 04:16 for witnessing, so you want to make sure 04:18 that you keep those differentiated as 04:20 you are marking this in your Bible, 04:23 because like I said you will take this 04:25 with just your Bible and you will be able 04:27 to take it into someone's home, 04:29 you can take to it to the office, 04:31 you can take it to your neighbors, 04:33 you can take it all over the world 04:34 and you will transform the world with God's 04:38 truth. So, the purpose of this study is to 04:41 show that God's word, the Bible, 04:44 is true and reliable. You also have a 04:48 center it on each one of these studies. 04:50 Every one of our studies are centered 04:53 on Christ. The Center It here is: 04:56 Jesus wants to show you that 04:58 His Word is reliable. He gives us enough 05:03 evidence to base our faith on. 05:07 The Bible says in Hebrews that faith 05:11 is the substance of things hoped for 05:14 and the evidence of things not seen. 05:17 And God is going through this study 05:20 today to give you enough evidence to 05:25 begin a walk of faith with Jesus Christ. 05:29 Now, as we go through these studies 05:32 not only am I giving the Bible study 05:34 to the students here at Life, but I'm 05:36 also teaching them and you how to give 05:40 this study to somebody else. 05:42 It's one thing for me just to teach you 05:45 or to catch a fish and bring it to you; 05:47 it's another thing for me to teach you 05:49 how to fish, because then you can catch 05:51 your own, and I can catch my own. 05:53 Jesus said in Matthew 4:19: 05:55 "Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men." 06:01 And so what we are going to do in this 06:03 Life on the Edge course is learn 06:06 how to fish effectively? 06:09 So, that we can catch small fish, 06:12 medium size fish, big fish, we wanna 06:15 catch all the fish that we can for the 06:17 Kingdom of God don't we? So, Jesus wants 06:21 to show us that His word is reliable; 06:24 he gives us enough evidence to base 06:26 our faith on. Now the next graphic that 06:29 you see there has all of the texts that 06:32 we are going to be using. 06:34 If you will notice there on your graphic 06:36 the one that is labeled 7W, 06:38 you look to the right and then you have 8W, 06:41 then you go back to the left you have 9W, 06:44 and then you go to 10W. 06:45 The ones that are directly across from 06:47 each other go together. 06:50 You're gonna marking this in your Bible 06:53 and as you mark it in your Bible, 06:56 you're going to want to make sure that 06:57 you know where you have gone and 07:00 where you have, where you are going to. 07:03 It's important let's suppose that Daniel 07:05 is giving a Bible study and Daniel 07:08 she's right there in the middle of that study. 07:10 And in order to make a point or just 07:12 because she forgot to keep it open, 07:15 she closed her Bible, what do you do? 07:18 You're in the middle of the Bible Study, 07:20 you don't have notes with you, 07:21 all you have is the word of God, 07:23 how do you find where you were before? 07:26 You will take all of these references that 07:29 you see here on this graphic, 07:31 and you are going to mark those references 07:33 either in the front of your Bible, 07:35 you can do that on any of the blank pages 07:38 there in the front of your Bible, 07:40 or you can begin to mark that in the 07:42 back of your Bible on the blank pages. 07:45 Now, because there are 24 different 07:50 Bible studies, you are going to need 07:53 to write small, the smaller you write, 07:57 don't write too small that you can't see it, 07:59 of course if you couldn't see it, 08:01 then you couldn't write that small. 08:02 That just makes sense but write it 08:04 as small as you possibly can, 08:06 because you have 24 different studies 08:09 that you are going to be marking 08:11 in your Bible. And you want to be able to 08:14 keep each study separate from the next one, 08:16 so you mark all of these, just in a little 08:18 section, what I did in my Bibles, 08:20 I sectioned off a piece of the page 08:22 for each one of my studies, and then 08:24 I just wrote them out there, and that's 08:26 what you may want to do as well. 08:27 You can go of course to our website 08:30 www.Come ExperienceLife.com 08:34 and you can download the handouts 08:36 for each one of these. 08:38 We will also have the videos available on DVD. 08:41 We will have them available on iTunes, 08:44 you just go to our website then you'll 08:45 be able to find everything from there. 08:47 So, these texts here on the screen 08:50 are going to be written either in 08:52 the front of your Bible or in the back 08:54 of your Bible. Now, as we go through 08:57 this study, I'm going to start giving it, 09:00 but then I'm also going to take time to teach 09:04 you why there are certain things on the 09:07 graphic or on the screen. 09:09 So, you bare with us and as we, 09:11 when we get finish with this first study 09:13 this is actually gonna take two different 09:15 class periods, or two different programs. 09:17 And we will get through the first half today, 09:21 and then the next time you join us 09:23 we will get to the second half, alright. 09:25 So, we will go ahead and start our Bible study, 09:28 but before we start our Bible study, 09:30 we always need to remember when 09:32 we're giving studies to other people, 09:34 the Bible tells us, let's go to 1st Corinthians, 09:37 turn that with me if you will. 09:39 Lets go to 1st Corinthians, 09:40 1st Corinthians chapter 2, 09:44 1st Corinthians chapter 2 and verse 09:50 let see here 14, 1st Corinthians chapter 2 09:54 verse 14 and Tom as soon as we are all there, 09:58 I'm gonna ask you to read that for us. 10:00 We are in 1st Corinthians, 10:01 the second chapter and now some of you 10:03 at home this maybe the first time that 10:05 you have ever open the Bible in your 10:07 entire life. And we just praise God that 10:09 you're here with us that we could be 10:11 there with you as you study the Bible today. 10:14 In the front of your Bibles you have 10:17 something called the table of contents. 10:19 Now that table of contents will tell 10:21 you it's in two different sections, 10:23 the top section in my Bible is labeled 10:26 Old Testament and the bottom section 10:28 in my Bible is labeled New Testament, 10:30 and this is simply on the table of contents 10:32 near the front of my Bible. 10:33 And so where we're going to is 10:35 we're going to a New Testament book, 10:38 that means if I didn't know where it was, 10:40 I would simply go to the bottom half 10:42 of my page here and I would look for 10:44 1st Corinthians that would be 1 Corinthians. 10:47 It's quite amazing when you give Bible studies 10:49 to people that haven't ever study 10:51 the Bible before, they don't call it 10:52 1st Corinthians, they call it 1 Corinthians 10:56 or 2 Corinthians. So, that's what you're 10:58 looking for, you're looking for the 1 11:00 or 1st Corinthians and it says here that 11:03 it starts on page 979 in my Bible, 11:06 so what I do as I look in my Bible for 11:09 page 979 and low and behold there it 11:11 is the First Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians, 11:15 so those of you that have never studied 11:16 the Bible before understand that this 11:18 course is for you as well. 11:20 We're going to try to go at a pace 11:23 where every one can keep up. 11:25 You know, in Bible times the shepherd 11:28 did not drive the sheep, the shepherd 11:31 did not drive the sheep, the shepherd 11:34 would talk or sing or make certain noises, 11:38 and the sheep would follow the shepherd. 11:41 Now, when the shepherd had a little lamb, 11:44 and those lambs were being born quite often, 11:46 you can imagine there in that flock of sheep. 11:49 There would be little lambs that would 11:51 just be one or two or three maybe 11:53 four days old. And the shepherd would make 11:56 sure that he didn't walk any faster than 12:00 the new little ones could keep up. 12:02 And so what we're going to do during 12:04 these courses, we're going to try to go 12:06 at this pace where everybody can keep up. 12:09 Now to those of you that are Bible scholars 12:12 and you're already into things you may think 12:13 ah if you're gonna go slow this Bible study 12:15 isn't for me. But you too are going to learn 12:18 much as we open God's word and explore 12:22 on this adventure through his word. 12:24 So, let's go down to Tom and we're 12:26 going to 1st Corinthians chapter 2 Tom 12:29 and we're going to read verse 13. 12:30 This would tell us why we pray prior 12:34 to studying the Bible, go ahead. 12:35 These things we also speak, 12:38 not in words which man's wisdom teaches, 12:42 but which the Holy Spirit teaches, 12:45 comparing spiritual things with spiritual. 12:48 But a natural man does not receive the 12:51 things of the Spirit of God, for they are 12:54 foolishness to him; nor can he know them, 12:57 because they are spiritually discerned. 13:00 So, Tom according to that text what is that 13:02 you and I need in order to understand 13:06 God's word. We need the Holy Spirit, 13:08 because it teaches us. 13:09 That's right the Holy Spirit because 13:10 he is the one that is going to teach us. 13:13 You remember for those of you that 13:15 have been studying the Bible for while, 13:16 you will remember that it's in John either 14, 13:19 15 or 16 where Jesus says he's going 13:21 to send us another Comforter 13:23 and he will teach us and that's what 13:26 God is going to do today. 13:28 When we're gonna pray and we're gonna 13:30 ask the Spirit of God to teach us, 13:34 and we are going to be willing, 13:37 we're gonna be open minded, 13:38 not so open minded that anything can 13:41 fall in or that something can fall out. 13:43 But we're gonna be open minded enough 13:46 to say if there really is a God and he really 13:50 did inspire people to write this book called 13:53 the Bible. Then I'm going to give it a 13:56 chance today, whether you are a skeptic, 13:59 atheist, you could care less, 14:03 maybe you even raised as Christian, 14:04 but now you couldn't even care what 14:07 the Bible says. This program is for you. 14:10 God is going to work in this program 14:12 because we're going to ask just like Tom read; 14:15 we're going to ask the Spirit of God 14:17 to teach us. So, would you bow your 14:19 heads with me as we pray? 14:22 Father in Heaven, we are here at the 14:25 Lay Institute for Evangelism; 14:27 you know this is the first program, 14:30 the first Bible study in this course. 14:33 And as this course progresses Father 14:36 we want you to fill us with your Holy Spirit, 14:41 to convict us, to convert us, 14:45 so that we can be like your son Jesus. 14:48 And Lord, we know that 14:49 there are some people at home 14:50 that are watching this and they are skeptics. 14:55 They don't believe that your word is 14:58 anything more than a book with stories in it, 15:00 and we pray that, that you will especially 15:04 be with those of us that, that have no 15:08 interest in the Bible at this moment, 15:10 but who are here watching this program. 15:13 Please show us today evidence that 15:18 we can base faith upon and we pray 15:23 this in the precious name of Jesus, amen, amen. 15:27 You will notice here on the screen, 15:30 you will notice here that the Bible consists 15:35 of 66 different books. 15:38 There are 66 different books in the Bible. 15:42 There are 39 books in what people call 15:45 or are titled the Old Testament and 15:49 there are 27 books in what is called 15:54 the New Testament. Now, the Old Testament 15:57 is just the left part of your Bible and the 16:00 New Testament is the back half or the, 16:03 what's in the right side of your Bible. 16:05 The last book of the Old Testament, 16:07 does anybody know that it's called Malachi. 16:10 The first book of the New Testament is 16:12 called Matthew, so right there in those 16:15 two ends you have that division between 16:17 the Old Testament and the New Testament. 16:20 66 different books, this book called the 16:25 Bible is collection of books written by 16:30 different authors. We have a class here at 16:34 Life that is going to go over what, 16:37 how the Bible was put together? 16:39 How was it codified, that means how 16:41 was it made into one binding like 16:44 we have today? Who were the contemporaries 16:48 in scripture? So, was Jeremiah alive when 16:51 Daniel was alive and we have course 16:53 that Eleida Feliciano is going to teach for us 16:56 and you may want to join us for that course 16:58 as well. So, you just keep it and keep tune to, 17:00 keep in tune here the name of that course 17:03 is called Horizons, it's called Horizons. 17:06 This book 66 different books put together 17:11 to make up the Holy Bible and somebody 17:13 once told me that Bible stands for basic 17:16 instructions before leaving earth. 17:19 That was my good friend David Asscherick 17:21 that taught me that, basic instructions 17:24 before leaving earth. This book the Bible 17:27 was written on three different continents. 17:30 The continents were Asia, Africa and Europe, 17:35 66 different books written on three 17:38 different continents, those continents are Asia, 17:40 Africa and Europe. It had approximately 17:44 40 different authors, 40 different authors 17:49 it was written over a times span, 17:52 written over a time span of 1,500 years. 17:57 So, what we have in this is 66 books 18:05 written on 3 different continents by 18:09 approximately 40 different authors over 18:12 a period of 1,500 years and never once 18:16 does it contradicted itself in any 18:19 theological or doctrinal issue. 18:22 Amazing have you ever been to court, 18:28 or been in court or been a witness for 18:31 an accident, there is lots of different 18:33 stories about how something happens, 18:35 but they usually contradict each other 18:37 in major areas. But this book called the Bible, 18:41 the basic instructions before leaving earth, 18:45 never does that. And so we are going to 18:48 began to explore and to mark, 18:52 and to understand how to give this 18:57 Life on the Edge Bible studies to people 19:01 that we want to see in the Kingdom of God. 19:03 Now, we understand that again that 19:05 there are people at home that may 19:07 not even believe in the Bible and right now 19:10 maybe you are even saying to yourself 19:12 who cares what this guy has to say. 19:15 Please hanging there with us for just 19:18 this next 38 minutes, and I'm sure that 19:24 God is going to catch our attention. 19:28 Are you ready for you attention to be 19:29 caught here in the classroom? 19:31 We go to our next graphic and I will 19:33 explain some things while we are here 19:35 on our next graphic. You see that in the, 19:38 the top of the screen it says 1W 19:40 that stands for the first text in the 19:43 word of God study, and that is 2nd Timothy 19:46 3:15-17 and we're going to focus especially 19:51 on verse 16. Then you see that there is a 19:54 1 in the, 1W in a yellow circle, in orange circle, 19:59 and then there is a line, that line 20:01 represents the reference or the biblical 20:05 text that you are in. So, at the top it says 20:09 1W which is 2nd Timothy 3:15-17, 20:13 especially verse 16, down here in the 20:16 circle you have a 1W and the line 20:18 represents what? What does it represent? 20:21 2nd Timothy, 2nd Timothy, you can talk 20:23 to me what does is represent? 2nd Timothy, 20:26 3:15-17 especially verse 16. 20:30 Now, the reference underneath the line 20:33 for those of us that are marking this is 20:35 in our Bibles, the reference underneath 20:37 the line tells us where we are going to go next. 20:41 We're in 2nd Timothy 3 and we are going 20:45 to go to what reference, 2nd Peter that's 20:48 absolutely right. So, we will open our study, 20:51 now in 2nd Timothy, so again we are gonna 20:57 go to a New Testament book, we are gonna 21:00 go to 2nd Timothy chapter 3. 21:03 So, if you're using the index in your Bibles 21:06 you simply look there for the New Testament 21:09 book called 2 Timothy or 2nd Timothy. 21:13 And you will notice right there when 21:15 you find Timothy that there are other 21:18 Ts right beside each other, you have the 21:21 books of Thessalonians 1st and 2nd, 21:24 then you have the 1st and 2nd book 21:26 of Timothy, then you have the book of Titus. 21:29 So, you have 5 books in the New Testament 21:32 that all began with the letter of what? 21:34 T, the letter T, now this is amazing Bill. 21:38 Look at those in your Bible there, 21:40 just quickly hold your finger where you are 21:43 and go to the table of contents, 21:45 and tell me what you notice about the 21:47 T section of the New Testament? 21:50 What it is that you notice about the 21:52 T section of the New Testament? 21:53 They are in alphabetical order. 21:55 That's absolutely right; the T section 21:58 is in alphabetical order. So, once, one you're 22:01 able do not have to keep you finger 22:03 there in the table of contents, if, if 22:05 somebody tells you maybe a pastor or 22:07 minister or maybe one of your friends 22:09 who is studying the Bible with you says, 22:10 hey lets go to 2nd Timothy. 22:13 You could say oh that's in the T section 22:15 and the T section is of course in alphabetical 22:17 order, so let's go there now. 22:18 You're gonna open to 2nd Timothy all of 22:21 that talking should have given us, 22:23 all time to get there unless you were just 22:26 captivated but I doubt that. 22:28 Let's just go now to 2nd Timothy 22:31 chapter 3 verse 15 through to 17 22:35 and Bill if you could read this for us. 22:37 And that from a childhood you have 22:40 known the holy scriptures, which are 22:42 able to make you wise for salvation through 22:45 faith which is in Christ Jesus. 22:48 So, what is it according to that verse right 22:49 there Bill, that the Bible is able to do for us. 22:54 Make us wise for salvation. 22:55 To make us wise for salvation, 22:58 so we are not just studying a history 23:03 book here, we are studying a book that 23:07 is going to increase our faith, that the God, 23:13 the inspirer of this book is real and that 23:18 he can be trusted, can you read verse 16 23:20 for us there Bill. "All scripture is given by 23:23 inspiration of God, and it is profitable 23:26 for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, 23:28 for instruction in righteousness, 23:31 keep going, that the man of God may be complete, 23:35 thoroughly equipped for every good work. 23:37 So, verse 16 told us how much scripture 23:41 is given by inspiration of God? 23:44 All scripture, all scripture is given by 23:50 inspiration of God, and is profitable for 23:53 four things, what is it? Doctrine, 23:56 what is doctrine, picks up that microphone. 23:58 Everybody has some tables there, 23:59 somebody pick up the microphones, 24:00 and you can just answer what is doctrine? 24:02 The specifics of our faith. Yeah, doctrine 24:05 is teaching is that exactly what a doctrine 24:09 is, it's teaching, Jesus had doctrine didn't he? 24:13 Jesus taught things, so the Bible is first of all, 24:17 all scriptures given by inspiration of God. 24:20 That inspiration of God means, 24:22 "God-breathed." So, God spoke or inspired 24:27 the prophets or the authors of the Bible, 24:30 and then those prophets wrote down 24:34 what God inspired them to write. 24:37 Now God didn't dictate to them what to write. 24:39 God gave them the thoughts and the 24:42 ideas and then he allowed human beings 24:46 to write that in a way that human 24:49 beings could understand. 24:50 You know there is part, reference in 24:53 scripture where God says that my ways 24:55 are not your ways, and my thoughts are 24:58 not your thoughts, but his ways are 25:00 higher than our ways, and his ways are 25:01 higher than our thoughts. So, God, 25:04 in His infinite wisdom inspired men to 25:10 write the Bible and so that's what we have here. 25:14 And the Bible says that it is good for doctrine 25:18 and then what else? What was the second thing; 25:21 you pick up those microphones, I see 25:22 nobody is holding those microphones. 25:24 Reproof, reproof, what is reproof? 25:27 Reproof is like rebuke. Alright to rebuke, 25:30 or maybe reproof would be to prove 25:32 something again wouldn't it? 25:34 And then what does it say, what's a 25:36 third thing it's good for? Correction, 25:37 correction so as we study the Bible we've 25:42 asked God to help us understand his word. 25:46 When we understand what God is telling us, 25:51 we are going to find out that some of 25:54 the things that we are doing in our lives 25:57 right now contradict what God asks us to do. 26:01 So, we will find out in this entire study 26:04 as your faith begins to grow, as your faith 26:08 begins to build, we are going to find out 26:11 in this study here, in these series of studies, 26:16 that God's word is going to correct us, 26:20 just expected to happen. 26:23 Every time I sit down, and I study God's word, 26:26 and I try to do that on a daily basis in 26:28 the morning and then in the evening. 26:30 I always ask God to teach me and show me 26:34 because I want my life to be just like 26:36 my savior's life. I want my life to be 26:38 just like Jesus, so it's good for doctrine 26:42 that's teaching, reproof or showing something 26:44 over again, or rebuking, then correction, 26:47 and then what is the last thing there? 26:50 What is the last thing, pick that microphone up 26:52 and tell me Miss Gloria what is it? Instruction, 26:55 instruction in what? Righteousness, 26:58 righteousness, now righteousness can 27:02 be defined as right doing or doing what is right. 27:07 So, the Bible is profitable, it says 27:10 there for doctrine, for reproof, 27:14 for correction, for instruction in 27:17 righteousness. And then verse 17 27:20 begins that the, so the Bible is written for 27:25 those four reasons, for doctrine, reproof, 27:28 correction, instruction in righteousness, 27:31 so that the man of whom, so that the 27:34 man of God may be complete. 27:39 Now there are some of us, maybe in 27:42 the classroom, or maybe at home that 27:46 have felt this sense that inside you're 27:50 just not full, you're not complete. 27:54 And it is our goal during these series 27:58 of studies, to allow, to introduce 28:02 you to the God that can fill that hole, 28:06 to the God that can take that void 28:08 and just fill it up with himself. 28:11 I'm a firm believer that everyone of us 28:13 have a square hole inside of us, 28:16 just imagine this with me if you will. 28:18 We have this square hole inside of us 28:20 and we are always trying to fill it up 28:22 with cylinders, we have big cylinders, 28:25 we have little cylinders, we have 28:27 short cylinders, we have wide cylinders, 28:29 we have scrunched up cylinders, 28:31 but there are cylinders. 28:32 And no matter how many cylinders 28:34 you put into a square, you always have 28:38 a little bit of room left on the edges, 28:40 don't you? And my friend it is not until 28:43 we ask God to fill us with him, 28:47 that square is complete, so as 28:52 we study the word of God, 28:54 the Bible says that it's good for, 28:57 for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, 29:01 for instruction in righteousness. 29:03 So, that the man of God may be complete 29:07 then it goes on thoroughly equipped 29:11 for every good work, and that's what 29:16 we're gonna find in this study. 29:18 We're gonna look at another interesting 29:20 text that describes this as well. 29:22 We're going to go to our second, 29:24 just go back to screen there, 29:26 we're gonna go to our second word 29:28 of God text. The second word of God text 29:32 is 2 Peter chapter 1 verses 19-21. 29:38 Let me grab my Bible. 2 Peter chapter 1 29:41 verse 19-21 and we will go ahead 29:43 and lets I believe we're gonna let 29:45 Jessica read this for us, 2 Peter chapter 1, 29:49 so those of you at home that have never 29:51 opened the Bible to 2 Peter or 29:53 may you've heard of it, you gonna want 29:54 to turn to the right from where you are, 29:57 so you are watching this, you simply just turn 29:59 to the right and look at there. 30:01 My Bible just flipped right to it; 30:02 maybe yours did the same thing, 30:04 so here we are 2 Peter chapter 1 30:07 verse 19 through 21 and if you 30:10 could read that for us Jessica. 30:12 Because of that, we have even greater 30:15 confidence in the message proclaimed 30:17 by the prophets. Pay close attention 30:20 to what they wrote, for their words 30:22 are like a light shining in a dark place until 30:26 the day Christ appears and his brilliant 30:28 light shines in your hearts. 30:30 Above all, you must understand that 30:35 no prophecy in Scripture ever came 30:38 from the prophets themselves or 30:40 because they wanted to prophesy. 30:42 It was the Holy Spirit who moved the 30:44 prophets to speak from God. 30:46 So, it was the Holy Spirits the very same 30:50 Holy Spirit that you and I have asked 30:53 to help us understands scripture today. 30:55 It was that Holy Spirit that inspired the 30:59 prophets to record what we have codified 31:04 or put together in this book called the Bible. 31:08 Quite interesting, God inspired men to 31:13 write the Bible, and they wrote it, 31:16 and so what we have here are the thoughts 31:20 that God inspired, that God gave to men, 31:23 and than they recorded it in a language that 31:25 we could understand. Now, that's exciting 31:29 because God is condescending here, 31:32 to speak to us in a language that 31:36 simple humans can understand, and that's 31:41 exciting because God would not make 31:43 his word so high level, that we could not 31:47 understand it. He wanted us to be able 31:49 to understand it, so you notice there in 31:53 verse 20 of 2nd Peter chapter 1 it says: 31:56 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the 32:01 scripture is of any private interpretation. 32:05 I'm using what's called the New King James 32:08 version, you maybe using a King James version, 32:11 maybe just grab the book of the shelf 32:13 and said hey this is the Bible that's gonna 32:14 go with this show. What other version 32:16 you have there, the Bible is telling us 32:19 right here that we cannot think to 32:23 understand the Bible by simple human reasoning. 32:26 The only way we can understand the Bible, 32:30 is to allow scripture to interpret itself, 32:36 to allow scripture to interpret itself. 32:40 So, what we are going to do now as 32:42 we launch into this study as we are going 32:45 to allow, let scripture teach us. 32:48 Before we go to our next graphic though, 32:50 let's go back up to the one that 32:52 we just were at. You see that we are in 32:54 the 2nd word of God text which is 32:57 2 Peter 1 verses 19-21. Then you see the 2W 33:02 that's in the yellow circle that represents 33:05 2 Peter 1:19 through 21, and above the line 33:09 you will notice that we have the reference 33:11 that we just came from. So, you are actually 33:16 when you go, when you were in 2 Timothy 33:19 3:15 through 17 and it said 1W, you actually 33:25 wrote there beside 2 Timothy chapter 3 33:28 verse 17 you wrote 1W circle it, made a line 33:33 and underneath that you wrote 2 Peter 1 33:36 verses 19 through 21. Now, that we are in 33:40 2 Peter 1 verses 19 through 21, 33:44 you are going to write beside verse 21 2W 33:50 and above the line you're going to write 33:52 the reference you just came from. 33:54 Now, it's on the screen what reference 33:56 was that? Somebody pick up a microphone 33:58 and tell me what reference we just 34:00 came from? 2 Timothy, that's right 34:03 2nd Timothy chapter 3 verse 15 through 17. 34:06 And then you will notice that underneath 34:09 that line we have the reference that 34:11 we are going to, so what reference 34:14 Tom are we going to go to next? 34:17 John 14:29, John 14:29 that's absolutely right, 34:22 so let's go now to our next text which is 34:26 John the 14 chapter and verse 29, 34:30 so for those of us again that are new 34:33 at studying the Bible, we are going 34:34 to the New Testament book of John, 34:37 we are gonna go to chapter 14 that's 34:39 the big number 14. Then under big number 34:42 14 or the chapter number we're going 34:44 to find the smaller verse number which is 21. 34:47 So, I'm turning to the left and I'm going 34:50 to what we called the gospels, 34:52 the first four books of the New Testament 34:56 are called the gospels. It's the good news of 35:00 Jesus Christ, so you have four books there 35:03 Matthew, Mark, Luke and John that are 35:07 called the gospels and we're going to 35:08 John the 14 chapter and verse 29. 35:12 Now, you will notice some of you when 35:14 you are reading in the New Testament 35:16 you will notice that some of the text in the 35:18 Bible is in red where some of the text in 35:22 other places is black. The words that are 35:25 in red, you may have just grab the Bible 35:27 at the book store or something, 35:28 hey I saw this program on TV 35:30 I want to get a Bible and now here 35:31 we are studying it. And you are asking 35:34 yourself what is that mean when this 35:35 is in red, the red letters in the New Testament 35:39 are the words of Jesus recorded. 35:43 So, it's not just they ran out of black ink, 35:45 no, no, on. They actually went through 35:48 and read and put in red ink where Jesus 35:52 had spoken and in our fourth study 35:56 we're going to do a Bible study on salvation, 36:00 and we're going to see that it is the 36:01 red blood of Christ, that cleanses us 36:05 from all sins. So, as we read the words of Jesus, 36:09 every time you open scripture and you read 36:11 it and it's in red, just remember that 36:13 Jesus gave his blood, so that you could have 36:17 eternal life. That's an exciting study, 36:19 and we hope you will hear as well as 36:20 we go over that fourth study called salvation. 36:24 So, we are going to go over here and 36:27 we are going to let Mike read for us, 36:29 John 14 verse 29: And now I have told 36:35 you before it come to pass, that, 36:36 when it is come to pass, you might believe. 36:38 So, who is speaking here? Jesus, how do 36:41 we know that? Because the words are in red, 36:43 the words are in red that's absolutely right. 36:45 So, Jesus says I tell you things before 36:50 they happen, so that when they do happen, 36:54 you can what? Believe, believe now you 36:56 remember at the beginning of the study 36:57 I told you that the purpose of this study 37:00 is to give us evidence upon which to base faith. 37:06 It would be very silly for me to say to you, 37:09 I believe there is a God and because 37:11 I believe it, you must believe it too. 37:12 The reason that I believe that there is a God, 37:16 is because I have studied the Bible, 37:18 and I study it every day learning more 37:21 and more, I'm by no means an expert, 37:23 but what I do know I love and I cherish 37:25 and that's why I'm sharing it with you. 37:27 So, as we read, we are going to see God's 37:32 thoughts coming to us and Jesus said here 37:36 in John 14:29 I'm going to tell you things 37:40 before they happen, so that when they 37:43 do happen we can have faith. 37:47 So, the purpose of this study today is 37:50 to have evidence to base our faith on 37:54 and I skipped one of my, one of my 37:57 references there. You may have got that 37:59 one at home, John 14:29 we're in the 38:02 3rd word of God reference and so our 38:06 code beside John 14:29 is 3W that represents 38:11 that we're in John 14:29 and then above 38:14 the line the reference we just came from 38:17 is 2 Peter chapter 1 verses 19 through 21 38:21 and then the reference that we are going 38:23 to go to next is Isaiah 46 verses 9 and 10. 38:29 So, we started this study in 2nd Timothy 38:33 chapter 3 then we went to 2nd Peter 38:36 chapter 1, then we went to John the 4th 38:39 of what, were those four books called 38:41 in the New Testament. 38:42 The gospels, John the fourth book of 38:45 the gospels, and Jesus says there behold 38:49 I tell you things before they happen, 38:52 so that when they do happen you can believe. 38:56 So, we can expect Jesus to tell us 39:00 things before they happen, so that when 39:04 they do happen, we can believe. 39:05 Now many of us have heard of a prophet 39:08 or someone that could tell the future, 39:10 his name Nostradamus, you've heard of him 39:11 right. And he's, he's accurate 33 percent 39:17 of the time is what mathematicians 39:19 will tell us. But I'm not comfortable 39:22 basing my faith on something that 39:25 is accurate only 33 percent of the time. 39:29 If God is who he claims to be then God 39:35 can be accurate how much? 100 percent 39:41 of the time, and so we're gonna go to Isaiah. 39:45 This is our next reference, this is the 39:47 reference that's in the Old Testament 39:49 and you'll see it there on your screen. 39:51 Isaiah 46 verses 9 and 10. 39:56 So, I'm brand new to studying the Bible, 39:58 I'm just gonna get my Bible again here, 39:59 Isaiah 46 verses 9 and 10, brand new 40:02 to studying the Bible. When we get there 40:05 you want to mark down the fourth word 40:08 of God reference and then you above 40:11 the line you put John 14:29, 40:13 beneath the line you put Daniel 26 40:17 through to 2:30. So, you're new to 40:20 studying the Bible, you're looking in the 40:22 table of contents maybe you can't find it, 40:24 but you still have your finger in John. 40:26 You're gonna want to turn to the left 40:28 in your Bibles, so just turn to the left 40:30 and you know grab a, grab a sizeable 40:32 section and just turn it. Grab another 40:34 sizable section and turn it and look at there. 40:36 I'm right here in Isaiah and believe it or not, 40:39 I'm on Isaiah 46 you know maybe that 40:41 didn't happen for you but Isaiah 46 40:44 verses 9 and 10 and we're gonna 40:46 Miss Gloria just to grab that microphone 40:48 and she's gonna read for us Isaiah 40:51 chapter 46 beginning with verse 9. 40:55 Remember the former things of old: 40:59 for I am God, and there is no other; 41:04 I am and there is none like me. 41:09 Declaring the end from the beginning, 41:12 and from ancient times the things 41:14 that are not yet done, saying, 41:18 My counsel shall stand, and I will do 41:22 all my pleasure. So, God makes a very, 41:27 very bold claim right here doesn't he? 41:30 God says in Isaiah 46:9: Remember the former 41:35 things of old: for I am God, and there is what? 41:39 And there is none other; I am God and there 41:44 is none like me, and then he tells us 41:48 in verse 10 what it is that separates him 41:52 as God from any other thing or person 41:56 claiming to be a God. He says in Isaiah 46 41:59 verse 10: Declaring the end from the what? 42:03 Beginning, beginning, now that's a little 42:06 backwards isn't it? We usually go from 42:08 the beginning to the end, but God says 42:11 he can tell you what's going to happen 42:12 at the end even from the, beginning, beginning. 42:17 Then he says and from ancient times things 42:22 that are not yet done. Now would be very 42:26 easy for me to tell Jessica, Jessica you 42:30 and I are going to have dinner at the 42:32 Lay Institute for Evangelism today at 42:35 1:30 that's a possibility isn't it? 42:39 But if I said Jessica you and I are going 42:42 to have dinner at the Lay Institute for 42:45 Evangelism ten years from now on this exact 42:48 date at 1:30. That's still a possibility 42:52 isn't it? But if I said to you 2000 years 42:57 from now, you and I are going to have dinner 43:00 at the Lay Institute for Evangelism at 1:30 43:04 that would be what? Impossible, because 43:07 you and I aren't gonna live that long 43:09 barring the second coming of Jesus prior 43:12 to us dying right. So, God tells us things now, 43:19 so that when they happen way in the 43:22 future because ancient times I think 43:25 it's a long time ago. He says declaring 43:28 things from ancient times isn't that 43:30 the language he use, declaring the end 43:32 from the beginning and from ancient times, 43:34 things that are not yet done. 43:36 So, when you're giving this Bible study, 43:40 you need to emphasize that what sets 43:43 God apart from any other God is that God 43:49 alone can tell the future with accuracy 43:54 equal to 100 percent. This isn't even like soap, 43:57 this isn't 99.44 of 100 percent pure soap, 44:01 this is 100 percent accurate every time. 44:08 And so we are actually going to take a look 44:12 at a prophecy that God inspired a prophet 44:17 to write. Now that prophet's name was 44:21 Daniel. Daniel lived in the time when 44:26 Jerusalem was, when Jerusalem was 44:30 conquered by Nebuchadnezzar, 44:33 who was a Babylonian king. 44:35 Well Daniel was taken captive, 44:39 he was one of the guys they got drag 44:41 off in chains, back over to the 44:43 Neo-Babylonian Empire and he became 44:47 one of the wise men they educated him 44:49 there in the schools of Babylon to be 44:52 one of the wise men or one of the 44:53 Kings counselors. And so, we're gonna go 44:57 see that this Daniel whom God loved, 45:02 a young man who was probably in his 45:05 teens when he was taken captive. 45:07 This young man spends his entire life 45:10 outside the country of his birth, 45:16 so let's go now we are in Isaiah. 45:19 So, we are going to go to the right in 45:22 our Bibles for those of you at home 45:23 that's to the right correct, so we're 45:25 gonna go to the right in our Bibles 45:27 and we're gonna go to Daniel. 45:29 Let's just turn to our next reference 45:30 there on the screen Daniel 2 verses 26-30, 45:35 you will note there in Daniel 2:26-30 45:38 that this is our fifth word of God text. 45:41 We just came from what reference? 45:44 Isaiah 46:9 and 10 and our next reference 45:49 is still in what book? Daniel, is still in 45:51 Daniel 2 what we're going to do is just 45:53 to divide this up in several sections 45:56 as we read through it. 45:57 So, you're turning to the right, 45:58 you have Isaiah, then you have Jeremiah, 46:02 then you have Ezekiel, we have Lamentations, 46:07 then Ezekiel and then the book of Daniel 46:11 and we are going to Daniel chapter 2, 46:16 Daniel chapter 2 we will began reading 46:19 in verse 26 and we are going to 46:22 ask Roberto to read this for us. 46:25 Daniel chapter 2 verse beginning in the verse 26. 46:31 The king answered and said to Daniel, 46:34 whose name was Belteshazzar, 46:37 Belteshazzar, there you go, 46:40 Are you able to make known to me 46:43 the dream which I have seen, and is 46:46 interpretation. Okay, Roberto we're gonna 46:49 give a little bit of history here what has 46:52 happened is there is this king named 46:54 Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar 46:57 has a dream but he can't remember it. 46:59 So, he of course has all of this people on 47:02 his payroll, he has astrologers, 47:05 he has soothsayers; he has wise men, 47:08 he has diviners, he has all of these 47:11 different types of wise people and he's 47:14 paying them, because they claim to be able 47:17 to speak or to communicate with 47:20 the God's. And so Nebuchadnezzar 47:23 correctly assumes that if someone can 47:26 communicate with God's, that they can 47:30 certainly tell him what he dream the 47:32 night before. So, he calls all of these 47:35 people into his, his chamber there, 47:37 and he says you need to tell me, 47:40 what I dreamed and you need to give me 47:43 the interpretation. And of course just 47:46 like you and I, those people saying 47:50 are just like you and me, those people 47:51 said king. You give us the dream and 47:55 we will make up an interpretation, 47:57 I mean we will give you an interpretation. 47:59 If they could agree enough then 48:02 Nebuchadnezzar would agree with them, 48:03 but Nebuchadnezzar he is a smart, smart ruler. 48:07 And he says no, no, no if you can't tell me 48:11 what I dreamed and the interpretation 48:14 of that dream, I'm gonna cut you into 48:16 pieces and turn your house into a place 48:19 where donkeys go to the bathroom. 48:20 Its sounds pretty disgusting, doesn't it. 48:23 He was a pagan king and he said you guys 48:28 are my payroll, you claim to be able to 48:31 talk to the God's, you tell me my dream 48:33 and my interpretation, and then I will know 48:35 that you can actually talk to the Gods. 48:39 Well, everyone evidently was at that 48:42 meeting except for Daniel, Daniel gets a 48:46 knock on his door. An Ariac, the captain of 48:51 king Nebuchadnezzar's guard comes to him 48:53 and says, son you need to come with me, 48:55 I need to kill you. And you can read about 48:57 this in Daniel chapter 2 the first part of it 48:59 and Daniel says well what do you mean 49:01 you want to kill me. And Ariac's describes to him 49:04 the whole situation and Daniel says just 49:08 give me sometime and I know that my God 49:11 can give the dream and the interpretation 49:14 to king Nebuchadnezzar. So, he is granted time, 49:18 he and his friends pray and when they pray 49:22 God reveals to Daniel in a night vision. 49:26 Let me see if I can find that reference there, 49:28 it is in verse, let see it's in around 19 I think. 49:36 The secret was revealed to Daniel 49:39 in a night vision, so Daniel blessed the God 49:44 of Heaven. So, Daniel asks the God of Heaven, 49:48 to give him the dream and the interpretation. 49:50 Now let's suppose that our camera man 49:53 Natal had a dream last night and Natal comes 49:58 to me and says senior Scott I had a dream 50:03 last night, I want to know what I dreamed 50:05 and what it means, and if you can't tell me 50:08 I'm going to kill you. You know what I would do, 50:13 I would run, because I don't think Natal 50:16 can keep up with me, so I would ran. 50:19 But Daniel didn't have the option of running, 50:22 did he? Daniel went to the only source 50:25 he knew he could get that information from 50:27 and that was the God of Heaven, 50:30 and God gave that to him. 50:32 My friends God will answer our every question, 50:36 he will give us the evidence to base our 50:40 faith on if we will only allow him to do that. 50:44 So, here we pick it up where Roberto was 50:47 reading and Nebuchadnezzar 50:50 asked him in verse 26? The king answered 50:52 and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, 50:55 Are you able to make known unto me the 50:57 dream which I have seen, and the interpretation, 51:01 can you keep reading for us there 51:02 Roberto just grab that microphone pick 51:04 it up in verse 27: Daniel answered in 51:08 the presence of the king, and said, 51:11 The secret which the king hath demanded 51:15 the wise men, the astrologers, 51:17 the magicians, the soothsayers, cannot 51:20 declare to the king; But there is a God in 51:24 heaven who reveals the secrets, 51:26 and he has made known to the king 51:28 Nebuchadnezzar. Yeah, let's all say that by 51:32 the way let's all say that Nebuchadnezzar, 51:39 you try that at home Nebuchadnezzar 51:43 and then put them together Nebuchadnezzar, 51:45 Nebuchadnezzar, it's a five silver words, 51:47 so it's pretty difficult but go ahead that 51:48 Roberto. That will be in the latter days. 51:52 You dream, and the visions of your head 51:56 upon your bed, were these. 51:58 "As for you, O king, thoughts came to 52:03 your mind while o your bed, about 52:07 what would come to pass after this; 52:11 and He who reveals secrets has made know 52:15 you what it will, what will be. 52:17 Let's go to verse 30 yeah: 52:21 As for me, this secret has not been 52:24 revealed to me because I have more 52:26 wisdom than anyone living, 52:29 but for our sakes who make known the 52:33 interpretation to the king, and that 52:36 you may know the thoughts of your heart. 52:39 So, it's interesting there Daniel tells 52:42 Nebuchadnezzar I can't give you this 52:45 dream or the interpretation, 52:47 but there is a God in Heaven that can. 52:49 Daniel petitions the God of Heaven, 52:52 the God of Heaven reveals to Daniel 52:54 the dream and the interpretation. 52:56 And the reason that Nebuchadnezzar 52:59 was given this dream and the interpretation 53:03 was so that Nebuchadnezzar look 53:05 there in verse 28: there is a God 53:09 in Heaven who reveals secrets, 53:11 and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar 53:14 what will be in the latter days. 53:19 So, the purpose of this study is not so 53:22 Nebuchadnezzar can know what's going 53:23 to happen right now. The purpose of this 53:26 dream is so that Nebuchadnezzar can 53:28 know what will happen when in the future. 53:32 Now, this should strike a little thought 53:34 in our memory because Jesus said I tell you 53:37 things before they come to pass, 53:40 so that when they do come to pass 53:44 you may what? Believe; believe, 53:47 do you think that Jesus inspiring Daniel, 53:52 giving him that dream, the interpretation, 53:55 do you think that God was trying to get 53:58 Nebuchadnezzar to believe in Him? 54:02 I think so because Nebuchadnezzar 54:04 was the most powerful monarch on earth 54:08 at that time. The most powerful monarch 54:11 on earth at that time and he says 54:13 there in verse 28 the reason for, 54:15 the first reason for this dream is so that 54:17 you can know what's going to happen 54:18 at the end of time. Then verse 29: 54:22 As for you, O king, thoughts came to 54:24 your mind while on your bed, about what 54:27 would come to pass after this; 54:30 so not only was the, was the dream given, 54:33 so that Nebuchadnezzar can know what 54:34 was going to happen at the end of time. 54:36 It was given so that Nebuchadnezzar 54:39 could know what was going to happen 54:41 after Nebuchadnezzar was gone all the way 54:45 up to the end of what? The end of time 54:49 or the latter days. So, this is what we've 54:54 seen so far in this study. 54:56 We've done several thing, 54:58 we've seen that this book was written 55:01 for four main reasons. It was written for 55:05 doctrine to teach us it's profitable rather, 55:10 profitable for doctrine, for reproof, 55:14 for correction and for instruction in 55:16 righteousness. The Bible has also made 55:19 the very bold claim, very bold claim 55:23 that it is God breathed or inspired by God. 55:29 Then the Bible taught us that you 55:32 and I can not just put our own twist on 55:34 this book. But if we want to know what 55:37 God's thoughts were, we need to take 55:40 different verses throughout all the 55:42 scripture and put it together to come up 55:43 with what is God's idea about a given topic, 55:47 because the scripture is of no private 55:50 interpretation. Then we learned Jesus says, 55:54 I'm going to tell you things before they 55:56 happen so that when they do happen, 55:57 you can what? Believe, you can 55:59 believe, you can have evidence to base 56:02 your faith on. And so we get over here 56:06 to this ancient dream that is going to 56:09 foretell the future, and this is where 56:13 we've got to stop for today. 56:14 This is where we have to stop; 56:17 we are going to in our next class, 56:20 in our next program. We are going to get 56:23 into what was the dream that 56:25 Nebuchadnezzar had and couldn't completely 56:29 remember himself. It was gone from him, 56:31 he said and we are also going to see 56:34 that the God of Heaven revealed to 56:36 Daniel the very dream. He also revealed to 56:40 Daniel the very interpretation 56:42 and that takes us all the way up to the 56:46 end of time. Let's go back here Daniel 56:51 2 verse 28: But there is a God in Heaven 56:55 who reveals secrets, and has made known 56:58 to King Nebuchadnezzar what will be in the 57:01 latter days. My friend God knows your 57:04 secrets as well and God wants you to know 57:08 that he is real, that he does care about you. 57:14 Then it says there that in verse 29: 57:18 As for you, O king, thoughts came to 57:19 your mind while on your bed, that you would, 57:21 about what would come to pass after this. 57:23 God is going to reveal to us in this study 57:26 what will come to pass after this. 57:29 In our next program you will want to join 57:31 us at Lay Institute for Evangelism, 57:34 www.come experiencelife.com 57:38 where we will find out God's plan for our future. 57:45 With 20 DVD's in each package, 57:47 Life on the Edge is great for sharing at 57:50 prayer meetings, small groups or even 57:52 during a personal Bible study. 57:54 Many of you would like to come join us 57:56 in our classroom, you can call us at 57:58 888-MAT-28:19, 888-628-2819 or 58:06 contact us via our website at 58:08 www.come experiencelife.com. |
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