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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We'd like to welcome you to the
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Lay Institute for
Evangelism we're here
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in our classroom
at Pine Lakes Retreat
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in Groveland,
Florida. We want to thank
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those of you that
are at home watching
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for being here with
us. The Bible study that
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we're going to go over today.
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You'll notice on your screen.
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The Bible study's name
is the Great Controversy.
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We are going to use GC
is our code for marking.
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You'll recall in our
first Bible study and the
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introduction to this
Life on the Edge class.
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You'll recall that
we went over how we
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were going to mark our Bibles.
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And so as we get
into this Bible study
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we're going to
reiterate a lot of that,
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so that you can remember how to
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mark your Bible,
because the important
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thing of this class
is that when you finish
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this class you're
gonna be able to take
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what you've
learned and you're gonna
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be able to teach
others exactly what
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you've learned in this course.
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And so we would
like to direct your
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attention again to the screen.
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Each one of our
Bible studies has a purpose
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and the purpose of
this Bible study is to
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show that there is a
cosmic conflict between
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God and Satan.
There is a cosmic conflict
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between Jesus Christ and Satan.
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And you and I want
to be on the winning
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side of that
battle, don't we Tom?
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Absolutely, you
know everyone of us can
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relate to this
cosmic battle or this cosmic
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conflict, because
our parents or maybe our
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spouse or maybe our
Pastor will ask us to
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do something and
we know that it's the
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right thing to do.
But then we hear this
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little whisper over
here on our shoulder
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that says, don't
do it. You don't need
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to pay any attention to that.
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Nobody is gonna
notice the details
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and then over
here on this side you
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hear that, that
famous little whisper of
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you know you need to do that.
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You know you need
to take care of that.
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That's what God
would want you to do
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and so we've all
experienced that,
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we've been in
places where we have
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recognized that
there is a battle going
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on over our life.
And again the purpose
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of this study is
to simply show that
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there is a cosmic
battle between God and Satan.
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Now again each one
of our Bible studies
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will also be
centered on Jesus Christ.
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And you know this
is the center it on
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our graphic here.
God is a God of justice
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who desires the
service of genuine love
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and genuine loyalty.
We can win the battle
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with evil through
His Son Jesus Christ.
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You and I can win
the battle with the evil
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as long as we have
Jesus Christ on our side.
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Do you agree with
that? How is it that
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we're gonna win this battle?
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Through Jesus
Christ. Through Jesus Christ
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that's absolutely right Laura.
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So God is a God of justice.
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Do you believe that God is just?
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And he, who desires
the service of genuine love
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and genuine
loyalty. Can you imagine
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someone coming up
to you Mrs. Gloria
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and saying love me? And
they point at gun at you,
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would you be able
to love that person?
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No. No, no she's
still for a moment,
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she thought
about it. Well that all
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depends on whether its somebody
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I loved that's
pointing a gun at me.
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I don't know what
was going on there,
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but certainly you
cannot force love can you?
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So God is a God
that desires genuine,
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the service of genuine
love and genuine loyalty.
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And you and I can
overcome in this battle
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with Satan as long as
we've Jesus on our side.
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Now in our Bible
studies if you go
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back to the
graphic. You will remember
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that each one of
our Bible studies
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we've listed all
of the texts that are
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going to be in the study.
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Now these are the
texts, the references
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that you mark out of
the front of your Bible
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or the back of your Bible.
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So you will simply open up the,
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I have here on
the back of my Bible
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is where I've
started marking mine.
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Let me just get
to that section here.
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And if you buy
one of these Bibles
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that has lined paper in it.
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It makes it so
much easier to mark the
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back of your Bible
and I see Mrs. Gloria
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shaking her head,
yeah that's right.
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She wish she had line paper too,
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but you there
that my Bible study is
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it's written in here,
Great Controversy, GC.
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I've got my
purpose there and I've got
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my Center it, there as well.
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And so these
texts that you see on
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your screen are the texts that
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you're gonna
write either in front of
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your Bible or the
back of your Bible.
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Now some of you
here have already
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started marking
your Bibles haven't you?
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You've already
started marking your Bibles.
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Have you found that do
you have to write small
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when you put this on
the front of your Bible
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or back of your
Bible. Okay go ahead and
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pick up that microphone Shalita
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and tell me why you
have to write small?
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Why it is important
for us to write small
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when we're putting
all these references
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in the front or
back of our Bible?
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Well because there
is a lot of more studies
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to marking in
there. There's a lot more
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studies to mark in
there that's absolutely right.
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We've 24 Bibles
studies in this series
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called Life on Edge,
so those of you at home
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if you're, if
you're regardless of the
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method that your
using to, to tune in
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to us today,
there's 24 of these lessons.
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So you're gonna
wanna mark all of
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these references
that you see here
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on your screen. You
mark those very small
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in the front and
back of your Bible.
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So that you can
fit all 24 of those in
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and of course you
can go to our website
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www.come experiencelife.com
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and you can
download our handouts
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that go with this and
that will make it a lot
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easier than just
staring at a screen
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that you put on
pause for a little bit,
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so just go to the
website and download those,
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those handouts. On
our graphic as well
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here you see that
this study is divided into
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three different sections.
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The first section
in this study over the
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Great Controversy
is the Source of Evil.
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The second section
is the Thrust of Evil
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or what gives evil
it's motivation and the
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third section is the
Cosmic Battle over you.
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There is a cosmic
battle that is raging behind
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the scenes over your
life. And you are the
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one that determines
who wins that battle
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in your life. And
this study is going to show
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that we can have
victory through Jesus Christ.
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No matter what
our temptation is,
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no matter what our struggle is,
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no matter what
we're going through
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in our lives we can
have victory through Jesus.
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We'll win this battle.
Do you wanna be a winner?
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I wanna be a winner as well.
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So we're gonna go
now to focusing on
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the Source of
Evil. And again when
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we go to the
next graphic up here,
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you will see that our
first great controversy
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text is Genesis
chapter 1 and then
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you see all these
verses 4, 10, 12, 18,
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21, 25, 31 and
we're going to reference
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the good in these texts.
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As you're marking
this in your Bible
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when you're in
Genesis which is the text
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we're in. You'll
notice on the screen
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you have there in
a yellow circle 1GC,
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now the GC stood for
what? Great Controversy.
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Great
Controversy, that's right Mike.
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So this is the first
text in the Great Controversy
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study and we're
in Genesis chapter 1
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verses 4, 10
we've already done that.
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And our next
reference the reference that
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we're gonna go
to is Matthew 13:24
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through 37 and so forth.
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So we're gonna
go ahead and start
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reading Genesis
chapter 1 and we're gonna
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ask Shalita to read that for us.
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I'm gonna come
over here before she
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does that. I'm
gonna come over here
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and I'm gonna get my Bible,
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so that I can read it with you.
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So again we're
going to Genesis chapter 1
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and we will begin
in verse 4, so can you
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read that for us. I
want you to read verses
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1 through 4, so we
get the context here.
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Okay. In the
beginning God created heaven
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and the earth. And
the earth was without form
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and void and
darkness was upon the face
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of the deep. And
the spirit of God moved
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upon the face of the waters.
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And God said let there be light,
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and there was
light. And God saw that,
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God saw the
light that it was good,
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and God divided the
light from the darkness.
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Okay, so God saw the
light and it was what?
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Good. Now Shalita
tell you me what is the
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context in this
verse. What, what is the
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context here? Creation. Creation
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that's absolutely right.
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So in creation God
creates or separates
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the light from
the darkness there and
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God calls or He
creates light and He calls
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light what? Good.
Good, we're gonna see
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this theme all
throughout Genesis
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chapter 1 and it may
seem a little redundant
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as we go through
it. But you have,
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while I'm teaching
this to you remember
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the reason that
your learning is that
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you can go out and
share it with somebody else.
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So we're literally
gonna go to everyone
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of those
references and we're gonna
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reference the
word good. Now when I
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marked this in my
Bible what I did is
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at the very top
of Genesis chapter 1
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is where I wrote
where I was gonna 1GC
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in my line and
where I was gonna go next,
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but then I wrote
above that line I wrote
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talk about the good
texts and then I went
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through Genesis
chapter 1 and circled the word
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good over and
over and over again,
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because of the points
that we're bringing out
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in this reference
the reason we're going
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to Genesis chapter
1 is to show that when
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God creates
something He creates it good.
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How does God create
it? Good. Good, then we're
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gonna go to some
references further on
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in this study and
we're gonna see that God
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takes absolutely
no responsibility for
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the evil that is in this world.
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Because our God
creates something
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and according to
day one He created how?
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Good. Good. Well let's
go to our next reference.
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Our next reference is verse 10.
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So in Genesis
chapter 1 and verse 10 and
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Laura, if you
can read that for us.
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Genesis chapter 1 verse 10.
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Now Laura remember
when you're reading
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you want to make
eye contact with the
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people at home,
because they're judging whether
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or not you're able
to keep their attention
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when you read. And
that's one of the thing
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that's very important
for those who at home.
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When you're giving a
Bible study it's very
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important for you
to maintain eye contact
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with the people
that you're giving the
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study to. So
let's go ahead Laura,
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if you'll read for us verse 10.
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And God called
the dry Earth and the
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gathering together
of the waters called
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He seas. And God
saw that it was good.
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Very nice, did you
notice that eye contact
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there at the end that was good.
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I had to whisper
to her eye contact.
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Then she got it
and you know the more,
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the more you give these studies.
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The more you do
this, the easier it will be
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to make that eye contact.
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You know we have one
student here in the room
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that expressed to
me earlier when we were
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going over things
last week on the cycle
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of Evangelism that
it was very difficult in
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their culture to make
eye contact with the people.
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But when you're
giving Bible studies you have
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to remember that
you are standing as
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the representative of
Christ to that individual
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that you're giving the study to.
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You're actually
opening the word of God
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and Jesus is the word made flesh
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and you're
revealing Jesus to that person
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in the teaching
that you are going over
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in that study.
So here, Laura, in
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Genesis chapter 1
verse 10, it says,
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And God saw that it was what?
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Good. Good, so
the second time God
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created something
here in, in Genesis.
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God sees it the time
and He calls it what?
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Good. Good, God
sees at the second time
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and God calls it?
Good. Good, let's go to the
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next reference
here. Genesis chapter 1
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and verse 12.
Genesis chapter 1 and Bill
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is gonna read that
for us. Genesis chapter 1
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and verse 12. And the
earth brought forth grass,
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the herb that yield
seed according to its kind,
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and the tree that
yields fruit, whose seed
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is in itself according
to its kind, and God saw
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that it was good. So
Bill God creates something
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on the third day He
looks at it and He sees
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that it's what? Good.
He sees that it's good.
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So three times now
God creates something
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and when He looks at
it, does God see anything
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bad in it? Nope.
God sees what? Good.
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That's absolutely
right. So let's go to the next
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reference again. We're
just going over this and
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the purpose for us
being in Genesis chapter 1.
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Kate, I want you to
pick up the microphone
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and why don't you
tell me the reason
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that we are in
Genesis chapter 1.
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What's the
reason that we are using
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the references in
Genesis chapter 1?
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To show that
everything God made was good.
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That's absolutely
right to show that everything
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that God made was good,
so here we are verse 18,
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Caitlin why don't you
go and keep that microphone
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and you read for us
the next good verse,
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or the words that
contains the word good
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and that is verse
18. To rule over the day
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and over the night,
and to divide the light
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from the darkness,
and God saw that it
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was good. And
God that it was what?
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Good. Good do you see
a recovering theme here.
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When God creates
something, God creates it
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and says that it is? Good. Good.
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Let's go to our next
reference which would
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be verse 21. Our next reference,
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so those of you
at home you've got
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your Bible in your
lap, you're looking
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these things up,
you're taking notes
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and we're in Genesis chapter 1
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verse 21 and Mike is
going to read that for us.
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And God created great whales,
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and every living
creature that moveth,
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which the waters
brought forth abundantly,
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after their kind,
and every winged fowl
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after his kind, and
God saw that it was good.
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And God saw that it was good.
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The same theme when
God creates something,
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God creates that
something. Good. Good.
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That's right.
Let's go to verse 25.
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Verse 25 and we'll
let Tom read this one.
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Genesis chapter 1
verse 25 and again
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we're just pulling
up the good, good, good.
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Now I'll show
you exactly why when
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we get to our next reference.
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And God made the
beast of the earth according
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to its kind, cattle
according to its kind,
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and every thing that
creeps upon the earth
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according to its
kind, and God saw that
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it was good. So
God again creates and
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God says that it's
what? Good. It's good.
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Let's go to our next
text or the last text here
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in Genesis chapter
1 which is verse 31.
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Genesis chapter 1 and verse 31
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and we will go
ahead and let Vanessa
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read that for us.
Genesis chapter 1 verse 31.
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And God saw every
thing that He had made,
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and behold, it was very good.
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And the evening and the morning
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were the sixth day. So Vanessa,
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God takes a look
back at everything that
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He has created
and He says it's what?
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What. What does He
saw there? Very good.
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Very good that's
right. So remember you notice
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how she just said
good and then I say,
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it says what.
When you're given those
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Bible studies to
people. You need to make sure
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that you ask
questions that can be answered
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right out of the
text that you just read
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or a previous text.
You don't wanna leave
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them in an uncomfortable
situation where they
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have no clue what the answer is.
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See you always ask
questions that can be
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answered directly
out of the reference
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you're in or a
reference that you've been to.
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And you'll remember
that what you want to do
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when you're given
a Bible study is you
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want to take handwritten notes.
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Do you remember
what the reason is
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you want to take
a handwritten note.
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We went over
this last in the cycle
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of Evangelism.
Because people are more likely
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to keep that,
that's exactly right Mike
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and another reason
that you would take
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handwritten notes is
so that you could refer
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back to a text that's
you've already been to.
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And if you've
written it out and then you
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place it on the
table then that person can
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just read the
references that you've been to
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before. So you
want to make sure that
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the answers, the
questions that you
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ask can be answered
directly from the text
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that you're in or
from the previous reference
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that you've
already been in. Does that
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make sense, alright,
so we finish now with our
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first reference I'm
gonna come right over here
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and I'm going to get
my, my clicker and my
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advancer that I
left. You can see on the
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screen there, 1GC tells us
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that we're going
to Matthew chapter 13
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verses 24 to 30 and
so on, so we'll just put
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that reference up
there on the screen.
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So, that our
second reference in the
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Great Controversy
Bible study on our graphic
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is Matthew 13,
24 through 30 then
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verses 37 through
39, but we are especially
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going to focus on
verses 28 and verse 39.
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So you see there
on the screen the text
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we just came from
is Genesis chapter 1
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or the good text.
The reference that we'll
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be going to after
our second text in the
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Great
Controversy study is Luke 13
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verses 10 through
16. So here we are,
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we're in Matthew
13 let me go ahead and
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get there and then
we will ask Danielle
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to read that for
us. Matthew chapter 13
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and we will began in verse 24.
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So if you can
read verse 24 through
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verse 30 for us Danielle then
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we will all be there together.
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Another parable put he
forth unto them saying.
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Okay stop right there
Danielle, another what?
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Parable. Parable,
what is a parable?
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What's a parable?
It's a story with a deeper
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meaning or a parable
is an illustration that
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has an underlying
reason for giving that parable,
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that story to that illustration,
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does that make sense?
So Jesus here is going
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to give us an illustration
or a story that has a
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deeper meaning then
just the story itself.
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So keep reading
there Matthew 13 verse,
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you're doing great
thank you for letting
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me interrupt you.
The kingdom of heaven
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is likened unto
a man which sowed
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good seed in his
field. Okay so what kind of
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seed did he sow? Good seed.
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Okay a man sowed
good seed in his field.
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So when we're
giving this Bible study
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you're just
asking these questions
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as you read these
texts to keep those
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to bring up the
points that you want to
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bring out to
study. Go ahead Danielle.
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But while men
slept, his enemy came and
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sowed tares among
the wheat, and went
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his way. But when
the blade was sprung up,
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and brought forth
fruit, then appeared the
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tares also. So
the servants of the
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householder came
and said unto him,
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Sir, didst not thou
sow good seed in thy field?
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From whence then
hath it tares? He said
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unto them, An
enemy hath done this.
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Okay stop right
there, so who was it that
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sowed the tares in
the field? An enemy.
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Did the good seed
sower have anything
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to do with the seed,
the tares that were sowed.
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No. No, okay you
can finish reading the
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reference now. The
servants said unto him,
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Wilt thou then that
we go and gather them up?
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But he said, Nay;
lest while ye gather up
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the tares, ye root up
also the wheat with them.
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Let both grow
together until the harvest:
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and in the time of
harvest I will say to
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the reapers,
Gather ye together first
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the tares, and
bind them in bundles
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to burn them: but
gather the wheat into my barn.
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Okay, so remember
as we read through
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this reference
here, the verse that
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we are focusing on
is especially verse 28
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in this passage.
When you read verses 24
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through 30
we're gonna especially
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focus on verse 28.
And verse 28 is where the,
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the land owner
servant say didn't you sow
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good seed and then he
says there in verse 28,
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he said to them, an
enemy has done this.
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Well the disciples
later on wanted to know what
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in the world that parable meant.
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It maybe some of
us are wondering the
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same thing. If the
man who owned the field
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didn't sow the
tares, but an enemy sow the
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tares then how
can tell is the enemy?
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Who is the enemy?
And we gonna go to
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Mrs. Gloria and
Mrs. Gloria if you'll
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read for us verses 37 to 39.
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Matthew 13
verses 37 through to 39.
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He answered and said them,
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He who sows the good
seed is the Son of man.
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Okay stop right
there Mrs. Gloria,
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who is it that
sowed the good seed?
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Son of man. The son of man.
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Who do we know
the son of man today.
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Jesus Christ. Jesus
Christ that's right.
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So again Jesus
told them a parable.
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The parable has
a deeper meaning,
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the one that
sowed the good seed is
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Jesus that's right,
now keep reading verse 38.
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The field is the
world; the good seeds are
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the sons of the
kingdom, but the tares are the
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sons of the wicked
one. The enemy who sowed
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them is the devil;
the harvest is the end
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of the age; and the
reapers are the angels.
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So who Mrs. Gloria
don't put it down yet,
00:21:50.64\00:21:54.04
who Mrs. Gloria is
the enemy in this parable
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that Jesus told?
The devil. The devil.
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Did Jesus in this
parable take any responsibility
00:22:02.12\00:22:08.72
for the tares
that were in the field.
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No, no, no Jesus
in this parable blames
00:22:11.58\00:22:15.54
the existence of
the tares on who?
00:22:15.55\00:22:18.34
The enemy or the devil
that's absolutely right.
00:22:18.35\00:22:22.18
So when it comes to
the evil that is in this
00:22:22.19\00:22:25.48
world did God
create it? No, because you
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remember the
reason we were in Genesis
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chapter 1 is to
show that God creates God
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creates it how Bill?
How does He create it?
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Good, and then
when God looks back at
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everything He
created, He says it is what?
00:22:39.62\00:22:42.26
Very good. Very
good, so God created good,
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but an enemy came
along and sowed the tares
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and that enemy is
who? The devil. The devil.
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Did Jesus take responsibility
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and I'm just
asking you this question
00:23:00.74\00:23:02.03
again because when
you give this Bible study
00:23:02.04\00:23:04.10
this is the reason
that you're in Matthew
00:23:04.11\00:23:06.23
chapter 13. Did
Jesus take responsibility
00:23:06.24\00:23:12.28
for the tares that were sown.
00:23:12.29\00:23:14.45
No because Jesus
sowed what kind of seed?
00:23:14.46\00:23:17.04
Good seed. Good
seed, when God creates
00:23:17.05\00:23:18.94
something it is
good, but an enemy came and
00:23:18.95\00:23:23.62
sowed the tares. So
what we're gonna do now,
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we've been to Genesis
1, everything God creates
00:23:26.62\00:23:29.67
is good. And enemy
is the one that sowed
00:23:29.68\00:23:33.49
the wickedness or the
evil or the tares that
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are in this
world. We're gonna see
00:23:36.05\00:23:37.77
another reference
here in the New Testament.
00:23:37.78\00:23:41.70
We're gonna go to our
third Great Controversy
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text and you'll see
on the graphic that the
00:23:44.67\00:23:47.44
3GC is Luke 13:10-16.
You'll also notice that
00:23:47.45\00:23:52.70
3GC is in the
yellow circle then we have
00:23:52.71\00:23:55.20
our line that line
represents the text
00:23:55.21\00:23:57.70
that we're in, which is Luke 13.
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The reference
that we just came from
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was Matthew 13.
The reference we'll
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go to after this is
Luke chapter 10 verse 18.
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So we're going to
let, we're gonna let Laura
00:24:08.29\00:24:11.40
read for us
again. We're gonna go to
00:24:11.41\00:24:13.37
Luke chapter 13, so I'm
gonna turn that with you.
00:24:13.38\00:24:16.61
We're in Matthew
and so when you go from
00:24:16.62\00:24:19.49
Matthew another tip
here on giving Bible
00:24:19.50\00:24:21.94
studies is, it's your
job as the Bible instructor,
00:24:21.95\00:24:25.96
as the person
teaching someone else,
00:24:25.97\00:24:28.11
it's your job to
teach that person
00:24:28.12\00:24:30.01
how to use their
Bible. So we're in Matthew,
00:24:30.02\00:24:33.28
so I'm just going
to teach you how to get
00:24:33.29\00:24:34.90
somebody from Matthew to Luke.
00:24:34.91\00:24:36.47
You're gonna turn to
the right in your Bible.
00:24:36.48\00:24:38.65
Matthew, Mark, Luke,
it's the third of the
00:24:38.66\00:24:42.49
gospels in the New Testament,
00:24:42.50\00:24:43.75
so Matthew I'm
just flipping over.
00:24:43.76\00:24:45.36
But now then the John. What I do
00:24:45.37\00:24:47.45
when I get the
John. I turn back to the
00:24:47.46\00:24:49.28
left that's right just
one book and we're going
00:24:49.29\00:24:52.09
to Luke the 13th
chapter verses 10 through
00:24:52.10\00:24:57.61
to 16. I will
interrupt you probably.
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Now since this is a
longer passage Laura,
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you're gonna
wanna make sure that
00:25:03.22\00:25:04.20
you make that eye contact.
00:25:04.21\00:25:05.85
And one of the
best ways to make sure
00:25:05.86\00:25:07.12
that you don't
loose the eye contact
00:25:07.13\00:25:09.44
with the person
when you're reading
00:25:09.45\00:25:10.73
is just to put
your finger on the page.
00:25:10.74\00:25:12.98
And then when
you look up then you
00:25:12.99\00:25:14.66
just look right
now and I know that,
00:25:14.67\00:25:16.00
that you're a mom and you read
00:25:16.01\00:25:17.76
to your
children and so, you know
00:25:17.77\00:25:19.81
what it's like to
read to your children
00:25:19.82\00:25:21.52
and to look at them
while you're reading.
00:25:21.53\00:25:23.00
So just do that
for us today okay.
00:25:23.01\00:25:25.11
And he was teaching
in one of the synagogues
00:25:25.12\00:25:28.34
on the Sabbath.
And, behold, there was a
00:25:28.35\00:25:30.82
woman which had a
spirit of infirmity
00:25:30.83\00:25:32.88
eighteen years,
and was bowed together,
00:25:32.89\00:25:35.72
and could in no
wise lift up herself.
00:25:35.73\00:25:38.64
And when Jesus
saw her, He called her
00:25:38.65\00:25:41.42
to Him, and He
said unto her, Woman,
00:25:41.43\00:25:43.74
thou art loosed
from thine infirmity.
00:25:43.75\00:25:45.91
Okay, stop right
there Laura how long had
00:25:45.92\00:25:48.04
this lady been
sick? Eighteen years.
00:25:48.05\00:25:50.40
Eighteen years, what was her,
00:25:50.41\00:25:52.37
what was her condition here?
00:25:52.38\00:25:53.97
She was bent
over. She was bent over
00:25:53.98\00:25:57.09
and she couldn't
do what? She couldn't
00:25:57.10\00:25:58.75
straighten up. She
couldn't straighten up.
00:25:58.76\00:25:59.87
Can you imagine what
it would be like Laura.
00:25:59.88\00:26:01.72
If, if you were just
a person that was bent
00:26:01.73\00:26:05.02
over and you
couldn't even look anybody
00:26:05.03\00:26:06.72
in the eyes. Can
you imagine that,
00:26:06.73\00:26:08.32
that might be
pretty a hard life to live
00:26:08.33\00:26:10.46
wouldn't it. So here's
this lady that probably
00:26:10.47\00:26:12.70
has very low self esteem.
00:26:12.71\00:26:14.62
She can't look
people in the eyes,
00:26:14.63\00:26:16.74
because she is
bent over and she's been
00:26:16.75\00:26:18.61
that way for 18
years. You think she wanted
00:26:18.62\00:26:22.13
to be free from
that. I mean Jesus said,
00:26:22.14\00:26:24.92
woman you are
loosed from your infirmity.
00:26:24.93\00:26:27.62
Then what happens,
what happens Laura?
00:26:27.63\00:26:29.59
And he laid his hands
on her and immediately
00:26:29.60\00:26:31.94
she was made
straight, and glorified God.
00:26:31.95\00:26:34.49
And the ruler of
the synagogue answered
00:26:34.50\00:26:36.91
with indignation,
because that Jesus
00:26:36.92\00:26:38.84
had healed on the Sabbath Day,
00:26:38.85\00:26:40.49
and He said to the
people, There are six
00:26:40.50\00:26:43.38
days in which men art to work:
00:26:43.39\00:26:45.14
in them therefore
come and be healed,
00:26:45.15\00:26:47.37
and not on the Sabbath Day.
00:26:47.38\00:26:49.05
The Lord then
answered him, and said, Thou
00:26:49.06\00:26:52.84
hypocrite, doth
not each one of you on
00:26:52.85\00:26:55.43
the Sabbath
loose his ox or his ass
00:26:55.44\00:26:57.42
from the stall, and
lead him away to watering?
00:26:57.43\00:27:00.56
And ought not this woman,
00:27:00.57\00:27:02.52
being a daughter of Abraham,
00:27:02.53\00:27:04.61
whom Satan hath bound, lo these
00:27:04.62\00:27:06.90
eighteen years,
be loosed from this
00:27:06.91\00:27:08.69
bound on the Sabbath Day?
00:27:08.70\00:27:10.53
Okay Laura
according to Jesus in verse 16
00:27:10.54\00:27:15.66
who is it that was
responsible for this
00:27:15.67\00:27:19.10
woman's sickness? Satan. Satan,
00:27:19.11\00:27:21.76
you remember when
God creates something,
00:27:21.77\00:27:24.48
God creates it
how? Good. Good and when
00:27:24.49\00:27:26.97
He looks at all Bill
He said it is? Very good.
00:27:26.98\00:27:29.65
Very good, and here
this lady has been sick
00:27:29.66\00:27:33.92
for 18 years. And
Jesus heals her and then
00:27:33.93\00:27:39.00
He is rebuking
the leaders of the day
00:27:39.01\00:27:41.72
He says, Satan bound this lady.
00:27:41.73\00:27:45.12
So was God responsible
for this lady being sick?
00:27:45.13\00:27:49.20
No. Who was responsible
for the evil that this
00:27:49.21\00:27:52.22
lady was going
through? Satan. Satan,
00:27:52.23\00:27:54.82
now would you agree
with me that God created
00:27:54.83\00:27:57.47
everything? Would
you agree with that?
00:27:57.48\00:28:00.21
You know there was
a professor, a biology
00:28:00.22\00:28:03.06
professor every year
he would ask his class
00:28:03.07\00:28:06.20
this question. Do
you, he says, he says
00:28:06.21\00:28:10.01
I know that there
are some Christians here
00:28:10.02\00:28:11.51
in this room, do you
believe that God created
00:28:11.52\00:28:14.43
everything and
if you do stand up.
00:28:14.44\00:28:16.68
And so several
students each semester
00:28:16.69\00:28:20.00
would stand up you know
with fear and trepidation.
00:28:20.01\00:28:22.12
They're in a biology
class at a secular university
00:28:22.13\00:28:24.97
and what do they teach there?
00:28:24.98\00:28:26.30
Evolution, they
don't, they don't really care
00:28:26.31\00:28:28.64
about God too much do they.
00:28:28.65\00:28:30.18
And so these
people stand up and every
00:28:30.19\00:28:32.96
year the
professor would say, so then
00:28:32.97\00:28:35.00
you believe that
God created evil?
00:28:35.01\00:28:36.98
Do you, what
you believe that God
00:28:36.99\00:28:41.09
created everything don't you.
00:28:41.10\00:28:42.33
So then He created
evil, but none of those
00:28:42.34\00:28:46.75
students could,
could refute that biology
00:28:46.76\00:28:50.58
professor. But one
year a very astute young
00:28:50.59\00:28:54.52
man was one of those
Christians that stood
00:28:54.53\00:28:56.26
up and the professor
said, now you believe
00:28:56.27\00:28:59.91
God created don't
you? Yes sir, that's true.
00:28:59.92\00:29:02.83
Whether you
believe God created evil
00:29:02.84\00:29:05.36
and instead of
cowardly down and sitting
00:29:05.37\00:29:08.58
in the seat like all
the other students have
00:29:08.59\00:29:11.10
done in the past.
This young man says sir
00:29:11.11\00:29:13.53
may I ask you a few questions.
00:29:13.54\00:29:15.70
Well the biology
professor this haven't happened
00:29:15.71\00:29:17.84
before, so the
biology professor said, sure,
00:29:17.85\00:29:19.82
you can ask me a question.
00:29:19.83\00:29:21.06
And he says have
you ever experienced
00:29:21.07\00:29:24.07
something that is
cold. And of course what
00:29:24.08\00:29:27.94
do you think the professor said?
00:29:27.95\00:29:29.24
Of course I've
experience somthing cold.
00:29:29.25\00:29:31.44
And he says no
sir. Cold is simply a
00:29:31.45\00:29:34.56
term used to
describe the absence of,
00:29:34.57\00:29:38.02
and professor
finished it for him, heat.
00:29:38.03\00:29:40.50
So cold is a term
used to describe the
00:29:40.51\00:29:43.58
absence of heat.
He says sir have you
00:29:43.59\00:29:46.88
have ever been in
the dark. Have you
00:29:46.89\00:29:49.78
ever experience the dark.
00:29:49.79\00:29:51.48
And the professor
says, what do you mean
00:29:51.49\00:29:53.42
the Sun goes down every night.
00:29:53.43\00:29:54.52
He says no sir, you've
not experience the dark.
00:29:54.53\00:29:57.27
Dark is a simple term
used to show the absence,
00:29:57.28\00:30:02.80
and the professor
finished it, of light.
00:30:02.81\00:30:05.45
Then the student
look at the professor
00:30:05.46\00:30:08.33
in the eyes. And he
said, have your ever
00:30:08.34\00:30:11.60
seen anything
evil? The professor says
00:30:11.61\00:30:16.13
of course I've
seen something evil,
00:30:16.14\00:30:17.80
don't you turn on
the news at 6 O'clock
00:30:17.81\00:30:19.37
and watch the
news, don't you go to
00:30:19.38\00:30:20.83
CNN.com of
course I've seen evil.
00:30:20.84\00:30:23.10
And the young man says no sir.
00:30:23.11\00:30:25.35
Evil is simply a
term that is used to
00:30:25.36\00:30:27.99
describe the absence of God.
00:30:28.00\00:30:31.56
So, did God create
evil absolutely not.
00:30:31.57\00:30:35.32
Evil is a term that
was created by an enemy
00:30:35.33\00:30:40.68
of God. But God
created everything didn't he.
00:30:40.69\00:30:44.45
How then did
this enemy get here.
00:30:44.46\00:30:49.52
How did this enemy get here.
00:30:49.53\00:30:52.69
So you see what we've
done during the first.
00:30:52.70\00:30:54.98
This is just our third
reference in this study.
00:30:54.99\00:30:57.64
What we've done in
this, in these three
00:30:57.65\00:30:59.95
references is we've
shown that God creates
00:30:59.96\00:31:02.30
something and
it's good, good, good,
00:31:02.31\00:31:04.40
good very good.
And then we go to
00:31:04.41\00:31:09.63
Matthew chapter
13 and we see that
00:31:09.64\00:31:11.71
Jesus takes no
responsibility for
00:31:11.72\00:31:13.84
the evil then we
go to Luke chapter 13
00:31:13.85\00:31:16.58
and we see
another illustration where
00:31:16.59\00:31:18.84
Jesus says that it is
Satan that is responsible
00:31:18.85\00:31:22.34
for the evil
that is in this world.
00:31:22.35\00:31:24.47
Does everybody see
that, because this is
00:31:24.48\00:31:26.98
what you want to communicate
00:31:26.99\00:31:28.38
when you're
given this Bible study.
00:31:28.39\00:31:29.84
This is what you
want people to understand.
00:31:29.85\00:31:32.39
So we'll go to our screen here.
00:31:32.40\00:31:35.18
We're gonna go to
our next reference.
00:31:35.19\00:31:37.15
In our next
references Luke the 10th chapter
00:31:37.16\00:31:40.40
and verse 18, you
can see there in our
00:31:40.41\00:31:42.77
marking scene, at the
bottom of your screen.
00:31:42.78\00:31:44.91
Screen there how it is
to look once you get there
00:31:44.92\00:31:47.95
and we want to mark
that in your Bibles.
00:31:47.96\00:31:49.74
So we're in Luke
chapter 10 and verse 18
00:31:49.75\00:31:53.86
and we're gonna go
back here to my left,
00:31:53.87\00:31:56.84
Luke chapter 10,
so in order to find
00:31:56.85\00:31:59.41
Luke chapter 10. You
just turn to the left
00:31:59.42\00:32:02.40
and we're gonna go
to Kristin. Kristin,
00:32:02.41\00:32:04.03
if you could read that for us.
00:32:04.04\00:32:05.21
Luke chapter 10 and verse 18.
00:32:05.22\00:32:08.03
And he said to them, I saw Satan
00:32:08.04\00:32:10.30
fall like lightning from heaven.
00:32:10.31\00:32:12.28
Okay so now lets
try that one more time,
00:32:12.29\00:32:15.14
if you don't
mind and when you read
00:32:15.15\00:32:16.49
that make sure you give the,
00:32:16.50\00:32:17.80
the audience a
little bit of eye contact,
00:32:17.81\00:32:20.05
so that they know
that you're engaged
00:32:20.06\00:32:21.47
with them
alright. So just read that
00:32:21.48\00:32:22.74
one more time.
And he said to them,
00:32:22.75\00:32:24.48
I saw Satan fall like
lightning from heaven.
00:32:24.49\00:32:28.13
Very nice and
those of who at home
00:32:28.14\00:32:29.94
you'll see there
that when she was reading
00:32:29.95\00:32:31.81
that she almost lost her place,
00:32:31.82\00:32:34.48
but she just went
right back down to where
00:32:34.49\00:32:35.97
her finger was and
then she kept on reading.
00:32:35.98\00:32:38.39
So you don't
have to be afraid that
00:32:38.40\00:32:39.71
you're gonna lose
your place, especially
00:32:39.72\00:32:41.04
if you've got a
point of finger that's
00:32:41.05\00:32:42.74
in the right spot
right. So the reason that
00:32:42.75\00:32:45.48
we're in this
text is because we want
00:32:45.49\00:32:48.28
to know where did
this enemy come from.
00:32:48.29\00:32:52.96
Where did this enemy come from.
00:32:52.97\00:32:55.88
And Kristen, where
did the Bible tell us
00:32:55.89\00:32:58.39
that this enemy came from.
00:32:58.40\00:33:00.07
Where did this enemy come from?
00:33:00.08\00:33:01.33
He came from heaven.
He came from the heaven.
00:33:01.34\00:33:03.99
Now the disciples
here are rejoicing that
00:33:04.00\00:33:07.77
even the devils
are subject to them,
00:33:07.78\00:33:09.69
but I can imagine
just the pathos and
00:33:09.70\00:33:12.09
the love that Jesus
has in His eyes when
00:33:12.10\00:33:14.76
He says, thou
rejoice that you have power
00:33:14.77\00:33:19.07
over the devil,
because I saw Satan fall like
00:33:19.08\00:33:22.24
lightening from
heaven. You know we're gonna
00:33:22.25\00:33:26.60
learn that Satan
was one of the angels
00:33:26.61\00:33:30.68
that stood in the
very presence of God
00:33:30.69\00:33:33.80
the Father, God the Son
and God the Holy Spirit.
00:33:33.81\00:33:37.40
And so when
Satan fell from heaven
00:33:37.41\00:33:40.73
we're gonna find out he
had another name as well.
00:33:40.74\00:33:43.29
When he fell from
the heaven it was not
00:33:43.30\00:33:46.12
a joyous occasion.
It was very sad and
00:33:46.13\00:33:51.45
the Bible says that Jesus says,
00:33:51.46\00:33:52.94
I saw Satan fall
like lightening from
00:33:52.95\00:33:56.01
the heaven. So
where was Satan the devil,
00:33:56.02\00:33:59.90
the enemy before he fell.
00:33:59.91\00:34:03.35
Where was he?
Heaven. He's in heaven.
00:34:03.36\00:34:06.08
How did Satan get into heaven?
00:34:06.09\00:34:10.79
How did Satan get into heaven?
00:34:10.80\00:34:13.64
Well let's go
to our screen here.
00:34:13.65\00:34:15.45
Our next reference
the fifth text in this
00:34:15.46\00:34:18.12
great controversy
study is Ezekiel 28
00:34:18.13\00:34:21.68
verses 11 through
18. Ezekiel 28 verses
00:34:21.69\00:34:24.96
11 through 18. So we're in Luke,
00:34:24.97\00:34:28.53
for those of you
that are at home,
00:34:28.54\00:34:29.62
that are just
learning, just like us here
00:34:29.63\00:34:31.12
in the classroom.
Luke is to the right
00:34:31.13\00:34:34.22
of where we're going.
00:34:34.23\00:34:35.64
We're going to
Ezekiel, so you need to turn
00:34:35.65\00:34:37.21
to the left. So
we'll turn to the left.
00:34:37.22\00:34:39.46
We're gonna go past Matthew and
00:34:39.47\00:34:41.64
we're gonna go oh that
is right there Ezekiel.
00:34:41.65\00:34:43.88
We're going to Ezekiel
28 if you get to Jeremiah
00:34:43.89\00:34:47.39
or Isaiah you've
gone too far then you need
00:34:47.40\00:34:49.67
a backup a little
bit to your right.
00:34:49.68\00:34:51.90
Ezekiel is right
before the Old Testament
00:34:51.91\00:34:54.15
book of Daniel.
So if you've done any
00:34:54.16\00:34:56.04
study in the Old
Testament prophetic
00:34:56.05\00:35:00.39
book then you know
exactly where Daniel is
00:35:00.40\00:35:02.70
and then you
just turn to the left.
00:35:02.71\00:35:04.19
So we're in
Ezekiel chapter 28 verse,
00:35:04.20\00:35:08.16
verses 11 through
to 18. And I'm going to
00:35:08.17\00:35:13.24
interrupt you
quite a bit when we go
00:35:13.25\00:35:15.03
through this
Roberto. Is that alright?
00:35:15.04\00:35:16.77
I'll interrupt you
quite a bit, so let's go
00:35:16.78\00:35:18.92
ahead and starting reading there
00:35:18.93\00:35:20.09
Ezekiel 28 verse
11. Moreover the word
00:35:20.10\00:35:25.59
of the LORD come to me saying,
00:35:25.60\00:35:28.73
Son of man,
take up a lamentation
00:35:28.74\00:35:32.19
for the King of
Tyre, and say to him,
00:35:32.20\00:35:37.00
Thus saith the Lord God;
00:35:37.01\00:35:39.76
You were the seal of perfection,
00:35:39.77\00:35:43.14
full of wisdom,
and perfect in beauty.
00:35:43.15\00:35:46.86
You were in Eden,
the garden of God.
00:35:46.87\00:35:51.47
Okay Roberto stop right there.
00:35:51.48\00:35:53.45
Was the King of Tyre
himself literally in Eden,
00:35:53.46\00:35:59.06
the garden of God?
No. He wasn't himself
00:35:59.07\00:36:02.31
literally there, so
here the King of Tyre,
00:36:02.32\00:36:05.25
the King of Tyrus is
a representation of a
00:36:05.26\00:36:09.57
created being
that was in the seal of
00:36:09.58\00:36:11.64
perfection there
in verse 10 that was
00:36:11.65\00:36:13.65
full of wisdom
and perfect in beauty
00:36:13.66\00:36:17.13
and which was in the Eden,
00:36:17.14\00:36:19.04
the garden of
God. Keep going there.
00:36:19.05\00:36:21.60
Every precious
stone was your covering,
00:36:21.61\00:36:26.87
the sardius, topaz, and diamond.
00:36:26.88\00:36:30.34
Beryl, onyx, and
jasper. Sapphire, turquoise,
00:36:30.35\00:36:37.01
that's right, and
emerald with gold.
00:36:37.02\00:36:40.25
The workmanship of your timbrels
00:36:40.26\00:36:43.29
and pipes was prepared for you
00:36:43.30\00:36:46.55
on the day you were created.
00:36:46.56\00:36:50.99
Okay stop right there Roberto.
00:36:51.00\00:36:52.64
In speaking of this
being that fell from heaven.
00:36:52.65\00:36:59.66
It says you were in
Eden, the garden of God,
00:36:59.67\00:37:02.12
every precious
stone was your covering,
00:37:02.13\00:37:03.92
you were the seal of perfection.
00:37:03.93\00:37:06.31
You're perfect in
beauty and it says
00:37:06.32\00:37:09.95
there in verse 13.
Was prepared for you on
00:37:09.96\00:37:14.21
the day you were
what? Created. Created.
00:37:14.22\00:37:18.02
This being that falls
from heaven was created.
00:37:18.03\00:37:22.42
How was that being created.
00:37:22.43\00:37:25.27
Perfect isn't that what
it says there in verse 13.
00:37:25.28\00:37:28.80
It says you were,
in the Eden of God lets
00:37:28.81\00:37:31.56
see verse 12
says. You were the seal
00:37:31.57\00:37:34.21
of perfection, full
of wisdom and perfect
00:37:34.22\00:37:37.56
in beauty. So here
we see that when God
00:37:37.57\00:37:40.44
created this angel.
God creates this angel how?
00:37:40.45\00:37:45.65
What was, what
word would you use in
00:37:45.66\00:37:49.41
Genesis chapter 1?
Good. Good when God creates
00:37:49.42\00:37:53.24
His angels, He
creates it good, oh very good.
00:37:53.25\00:37:56.19
That's right
Shalita. So now let's go
00:37:56.20\00:37:57.80
to verse 14. We're
gonna find out what
00:37:57.81\00:37:59.95
this angel's job
was in heaven prior to
00:37:59.96\00:38:03.74
this angel
falling. Roberto just keep
00:38:03.75\00:38:07.19
going that verse 14.
You were the anointed
00:38:07.20\00:38:10.38
cherub who
covers; I established you.
00:38:10.39\00:38:14.20
You were on the
holy mountain of God;
00:38:14.21\00:38:17.08
you walked back
and forth in the midst
00:38:17.09\00:38:20.79
of the fiery
stones. Okay so right there
00:38:20.80\00:38:24.07
Roberto we see
sanctuary language.
00:38:24.08\00:38:26.86
The Bible says in the
very beginning of verse 14.
00:38:26.87\00:38:29.63
It says you were
the anointed cherub
00:38:29.64\00:38:33.45
who covers. Does
anybody know what
00:38:33.46\00:38:35.08
a cherub is. It's an
angel, its not a short
00:38:35.09\00:38:37.92
fat little angel that
looks like a child with
00:38:37.93\00:38:39.94
itty bitty wings.
This here says that this,
00:38:39.95\00:38:43.86
this angel that
falls from heaven was the
00:38:43.87\00:38:47.42
anointed cherub
who covers, in the
00:38:47.43\00:38:49.86
Old Testament
sanctuary and we'll see this
00:38:49.87\00:38:53.44
further on in our studies.
00:38:53.45\00:38:55.18
In the Old
Testament Sanctuary there
00:38:55.19\00:38:56.99
was a box in the
most Holy place called
00:38:57.00\00:38:59.77
the Ark of the Covenant.
00:38:59.78\00:39:01.38
There was a lid on
top of that box and that
00:39:01.39\00:39:05.54
lid was made of
gold and it was called
00:39:05.55\00:39:08.56
the mercy seat.
On the either side of
00:39:08.57\00:39:12.73
that lid there was an angel.
00:39:12.74\00:39:15.44
And the angels wings went up
00:39:15.45\00:39:17.75
and touched at the top.
00:39:17.76\00:39:19.90
These where the two angels that
00:39:19.91\00:39:22.85
were
representative of the two angels
00:39:22.86\00:39:25.71
in the heavenly
sanctuary, that stood
00:39:25.72\00:39:29.72
right there
beside God the Father,
00:39:29.73\00:39:32.00
God the Son, God
the Holy Spirit and
00:39:32.01\00:39:34.59
covered them. The
Bible tells us that
00:39:34.60\00:39:37.50
this angel that
falls from the heaven
00:39:37.51\00:39:40.09
was from the
throne room of God itself.
00:39:40.10\00:39:45.99
He was created perfect.
00:39:46.00\00:39:49.14
And then the
Bible says something
00:39:49.15\00:39:51.89
very interesting in verse 15 can
00:39:51.90\00:39:54.24
you read that for us Roberto?
00:39:54.25\00:39:56.00
You were perfect
in your ways from
00:39:56.01\00:39:58.64
the day you were
created, till iniquity
00:39:58.65\00:40:02.75
was found in
you. You were perfect
00:40:02.76\00:40:06.28
in your ways from
the day you were what?
00:40:06.29\00:40:09.46
Created, and so
using the language of
00:40:09.47\00:40:12.07
Genesis chapter 1.
This angel would have
00:40:12.08\00:40:14.06
been created
good. Good, you were
00:40:14.07\00:40:16.56
perfect in your
ways from the day
00:40:16.57\00:40:18.24
that you were
created until iniquity was
00:40:18.25\00:40:23.45
found in you. Now
if you and I could find
00:40:23.46\00:40:29.19
an explanation or
a reason as to why an
00:40:29.20\00:40:36.27
angel who stood in
the presence of God,
00:40:36.28\00:40:38.79
became full of iniquity
and we could excuse sin.
00:40:38.80\00:40:43.95
But there is
absolutely no good reason,
00:40:43.96\00:40:47.57
no good reason at
all, why a perfect angel
00:40:47.58\00:40:51.63
who stood in the presence of God
00:40:51.64\00:40:54.07
became full of
iniquity. You were perfect
00:40:54.08\00:40:57.69
in your ways from the day that
00:40:57.70\00:40:58.80
you were created
until iniquity was
00:40:58.81\00:41:02.17
found in you. So
this angel was created
00:41:02.18\00:41:04.97
just like
Genesis chapter 1 says,
00:41:04.98\00:41:06.80
God creates
everything. He creates it good.
00:41:06.81\00:41:10.27
But then there
is something found
00:41:10.28\00:41:11.93
in this evil angel,
this angel that become evil,
00:41:11.94\00:41:15.13
this anointed cherub that was in
00:41:15.14\00:41:16.70
the throne room of God and that
00:41:16.71\00:41:18.57
was iniquity.
Iniquity was found in you.
00:41:18.58\00:41:21.21
Verse 16 Roberto.
Let's go to verse 16.
00:41:21.22\00:41:24.33
Ezekiel 28 verse
16. By the abundance
00:41:24.34\00:41:28.19
of your trading
you become filled with
00:41:28.20\00:41:31.18
the violence
within and you sinned.
00:41:31.19\00:41:34.80
Therefore I cast
thee as profane out
00:41:34.81\00:41:42.25
of the mountain of God:
00:41:42.26\00:41:44.43
and I destroy
you, O covering cherub,
00:41:44.44\00:41:48.77
from the midst
of the fiery stones.
00:41:48.78\00:41:51.85
Your heart was
lifted up because of
00:41:51.86\00:41:55.64
your beauty, you corrupted your
00:41:55.65\00:42:00.10
wisdom for the
sake of your splendor;
00:42:00.11\00:42:03.01
I cast you to the ground,
00:42:03.02\00:42:05.59
I laid you
before Kings, that they
00:42:05.60\00:42:09.23
might gaze at
you. Okay let's focus
00:42:09.24\00:42:11.98
there in verse 17
for just a moment.
00:42:11.99\00:42:14.07
Another one of
verses that you wanna
00:42:14.08\00:42:15.55
focus on when
you're given these Bible
00:42:15.56\00:42:16.94
studies is verse
17. Because verse 17
00:42:16.95\00:42:19.88
there says, your
heart, speaking of this
00:42:19.89\00:42:22.92
angel that iniquity is found in.
00:42:22.93\00:42:25.34
Your heart was lifted
up because of your what?
00:42:25.35\00:42:28.43
Beauty. Who was it
that made this angel
00:42:28.44\00:42:33.50
beautiful? God did.
But did God create an angel
00:42:33.51\00:42:38.94
that was proudful or
pride or full of pride.
00:42:38.95\00:42:41.89
No, He created an
angel that was humble
00:42:41.90\00:42:43.90
and was loving
God and serving God.
00:42:43.91\00:42:47.06
He says verse 17,
your heart was lifted up,
00:42:47.07\00:42:50.19
because of your
beauty. God had given this
00:42:50.20\00:42:53.81
angel the gift of
being very beautiful
00:42:53.82\00:42:56.87
and this angel had
taken that gift and
00:42:56.88\00:43:00.41
perverted it
into something evil.
00:43:00.42\00:43:04.39
Is it possible that
you and I have a gift
00:43:04.40\00:43:09.43
that God has given us.
00:43:09.44\00:43:11.45
And we're taking
that gift and we're using
00:43:11.46\00:43:14.09
it for our own self
seeking and our own service
00:43:14.10\00:43:18.38
and for our own
glory is that possible?
00:43:18.39\00:43:21.14
Its possible isn't
it. See this study just,
00:43:21.15\00:43:26.00
isn't just an
informational study.
00:43:26.01\00:43:28.93
This study is a
study that is designed
00:43:28.94\00:43:31.55
to go deeper than
just our intellect
00:43:31.56\00:43:33.33
and to enter into our heart.
00:43:33.34\00:43:34.87
Because we need a heart change.
00:43:34.88\00:43:37.29
We don't want our
heart to be like that Satan.
00:43:37.30\00:43:40.30
And verse 17 again
says, you corrupted
00:43:40.31\00:43:43.36
your wisdom for the
sake of your splendor.
00:43:43.37\00:43:47.70
You corrupted your
wisdom for the sake
00:43:47.71\00:43:51.14
of your
splendor. Does God take any
00:43:51.15\00:43:53.01
responsibility in
that passage right there,
00:43:53.02\00:43:55.58
for the corruption?
No. No, no, no God created
00:43:55.59\00:43:59.80
this angel
perfect. He was the seal
00:43:59.81\00:44:03.44
of perfection.
Perfect and beauty.
00:44:03.45\00:44:06.61
He was perfect in
His ways from the day
00:44:06.62\00:44:08.65
He was created verse 15 says.
00:44:08.66\00:44:10.48
Then God says
in verse 17, I cast
00:44:10.49\00:44:12.67
you the ground, I
laid you before Kings
00:44:12.68\00:44:15.61
that they might gaze at you.
00:44:15.62\00:44:16.75
And Roberto, can you go to us,
00:44:16.76\00:44:18.75
for verse 18. The
last verse in this
00:44:18.76\00:44:21.33
section here. Ezekiel
chapter 28 and verse 18.
00:44:21.34\00:44:26.59
You defiled your
sanctuaries by the
00:44:26.60\00:44:30.17
multitude of your iniquities,
00:44:30.18\00:44:32.67
by the iniquity of your trading;
00:44:32.68\00:44:35.78
therefore I brought
fire from your midst.
00:44:35.79\00:44:39.11
He devour you, and
I turn you to ashes
00:44:39.12\00:44:44.20
upon the earth
in the sight of all
00:44:44.21\00:44:47.62
who saw you. Notice verse 18,
00:44:47.63\00:44:51.29
it says you
defiled your sanctuaries
00:44:51.30\00:44:55.07
by the multitude
of your iniquities.
00:44:55.08\00:44:58.67
By the iniquity of your trading.
00:44:58.68\00:45:01.99
God again in this passage takes
00:45:02.00\00:45:04.68
absolutely no
responsibility for evil.
00:45:04.69\00:45:08.89
How much
responsibility does God take.
00:45:08.90\00:45:10.75
None. None,
because when God created
00:45:10.76\00:45:13.53
this angel how
did God him? Good.
00:45:13.54\00:45:15.90
Good, perfect,
that's absolutely right.
00:45:15.91\00:45:19.40
So remember you're in Ezekiel 28
00:45:19.41\00:45:22.37
the reason that you
are there is to show
00:45:22.38\00:45:24.67
that this angel
that falls from heaven
00:45:24.68\00:45:27.11
was created. He
was created perfect
00:45:27.12\00:45:30.59
until iniquity was found in him.
00:45:30.60\00:45:33.15
So when God
created this angel, now,
00:45:33.16\00:45:35.56
now why did God
an angel that had the
00:45:35.57\00:45:40.47
option of becoming evil.
00:45:40.48\00:45:42.05
Why did God create that angel?
00:45:42.06\00:45:43.79
What was that.
Because He loved him.
00:45:43.80\00:45:47.67
You remember
earlier when I pointed that
00:45:47.68\00:45:50.18
finger gun at Mrs.
Glory and said love me,
00:45:50.19\00:45:52.18
it's impossible, so
God who is love wanted
00:45:52.19\00:45:56.74
love in return and
the only way that you
00:45:56.75\00:45:58.97
can get true
service or genuine service
00:45:58.98\00:46:02.24
and genuine loyalty
when you create something
00:46:02.25\00:46:05.77
is to create that
individual or that being
00:46:05.78\00:46:09.43
with the power of
choice, and so God created
00:46:09.44\00:46:14.28
this angel with the
power of choice, because
00:46:14.29\00:46:17.19
God didn't want
the worship of a robot.
00:46:17.20\00:46:19.65
God wanted the
worship of a being that could
00:46:19.66\00:46:23.25
chose to love
Him. God wanted the
00:46:23.26\00:46:27.36
service of a being that
could chose to love Him.
00:46:27.37\00:46:31.17
And that's the service
that God wants from you.
00:46:31.18\00:46:34.95
God wants service
you, because you're a
00:46:34.96\00:46:37.84
being that can
chose to serve God.
00:46:37.85\00:46:41.76
So you'll notice
here even in the middle
00:46:41.77\00:46:43.84
of this Bible
study and we haven't gone
00:46:43.85\00:46:45.29
to the middle yet.
But in this Bible study,
00:46:45.30\00:46:48.13
I'm already
appealing to the heart.
00:46:48.14\00:46:50.86
You remember last
week in our cycle of
00:46:50.87\00:46:54.16
evangelism we
discussed that you want to gain
00:46:54.17\00:46:56.54
decisions, little
decisions all throughout your
00:46:56.55\00:46:59.17
Bible study. A
little decision near the
00:46:59.18\00:47:01.20
beginning, a little
decision further into
00:47:01.21\00:47:03.67
the study, so on
and so forth, now
00:47:03.68\00:47:05.22
when you get to the
end of our your study
00:47:05.23\00:47:06.97
and you have the
big appeal that person
00:47:06.98\00:47:09.36
has made little
decisions all the way along
00:47:09.37\00:47:11.22
and so it's easier
for that person to make
00:47:11.23\00:47:13.38
the right decision
when the big decision
00:47:13.39\00:47:15.95
needs to be made
at the end of the
00:47:15.96\00:47:17.48
Bible study,
does that make sense.
00:47:17.49\00:47:19.01
Yeah, you
remember that, don't you?
00:47:19.02\00:47:20.50
Praise the Lord. So
we're here in Ezekiel 28
00:47:20.51\00:47:24.16
to show that this
being was created perfect,
00:47:24.17\00:47:26.46
that God again takes
no responsibility for it,
00:47:26.47\00:47:29.26
because God
creating him perfect,
00:47:29.27\00:47:30.90
but then this,
this anointed cherub,
00:47:30.91\00:47:34.30
this angel that
stood in the presence
00:47:34.31\00:47:35.96
of God makes a
decision to become evil.
00:47:35.97\00:47:41.33
How does that
happen, I can't explain it.
00:47:41.34\00:47:44.53
The Bible says that
this, this being took
00:47:44.54\00:47:47.99
a gift that God had
given him and corrupt it.
00:47:48.00\00:47:52.81
It's my prayer that
none of us will do that.
00:47:54.58\00:47:58.44
So we were gonna
go now to our next
00:47:58.45\00:47:59.97
reference, so you
notice on our screen.
00:47:59.98\00:48:02.11
You notice on
our screen Isaiah 14
00:48:02.12\00:48:05.18
verses 12 through
14, that's the next
00:48:05.19\00:48:08.52
reference Isaiah 14
verses 12 through 14
00:48:08.53\00:48:12.72
and we were in
Ezekiel, so you're turning to
00:48:12.73\00:48:14.91
the left in
your Bible and you go
00:48:14.92\00:48:16.98
past Jeremiah and
then you'll go into Isaiah,
00:48:16.99\00:48:22.24
that's right.
Last mentioning the
00:48:22.25\00:48:23.87
thought there. Isaiah chapter 14
00:48:23.88\00:48:26.08
and Mike, if you
could read this for us.
00:48:26.09\00:48:27.93
Verses 12 through
14 and we're gonna
00:48:27.94\00:48:30.98
find out what the name of Satan
00:48:30.99\00:48:33.38
or the devil was
prior to his fall.
00:48:33.39\00:48:36.47
Go ahead Mike. How
art thou fallen from
00:48:36.48\00:48:39.55
heaven, O Lucifer,
son of the morning!
00:48:39.56\00:48:41.85
Stop right there
Mike. Does that language
00:48:41.86\00:48:43.85
sound familiar?
What does he sound like.
00:48:43.86\00:48:47.04
I be hell Satan fall
like lightening from heaven.
00:48:47.05\00:48:51.30
Here it says how
you're fallen from
00:48:51.31\00:48:53.85
the heaven O
Lucifer, son of the morning.
00:48:53.86\00:48:57.61
So Satan's name
prior to his fall was what.
00:48:57.62\00:49:01.25
Lucifer. Lucifer.
Okay keep reading Mike.
00:49:01.26\00:49:03.55
How art thou cut
down to the ground,
00:49:03.56\00:49:06.44
which did weaken the nations!
00:49:06.45\00:49:08.22
For thou has
said in thine heart,
00:49:08.23\00:49:10.20
I will ascend into
heaven, I will exalt
00:49:10.21\00:49:12.95
my throne above
the stars of God:
00:49:12.96\00:49:15.43
I will sit also
upon the mount of the
00:49:15.44\00:49:18.03
congregation, in
the sides of the north.
00:49:18.04\00:49:20.46
I will ascend above
the heights of the clouds;
00:49:20.47\00:49:23.48
I will be like the most High.
00:49:23.49\00:49:25.81
Notice there the
first part of verse 13 says
00:49:25.82\00:49:28.89
for you have said in your heart.
00:49:28.90\00:49:32.06
Now there are
several references in the
00:49:32.07\00:49:33.47
Old Testament
that tell us, well the
00:49:33.48\00:49:35.80
New Testament says
that as a man thinks
00:49:35.81\00:49:39.99
in his heart, so is
he. As a man thinks in
00:49:40.00\00:49:44.93
his heart so is
he. Whether that was
00:49:44.94\00:49:46.15
Old Testament or
a New Testament look
00:49:46.16\00:49:47.37
it up you'll find
exactly what Testament
00:49:47.38\00:49:48.98
that was in. As a
man thinks in his heart,
00:49:48.99\00:49:52.49
so is he and then it also says,
00:49:52.50\00:49:55.41
out of the abundance
of the heart the mouth
00:49:55.42\00:49:59.01
what? Speaks.
Speaks. Have you ever been
00:49:59.02\00:50:01.89
in a
conversation with somebody and
00:50:01.90\00:50:03.32
you're telling
yourself I can't say that.
00:50:03.33\00:50:05.48
I can't say
that, don't say that,
00:50:05.49\00:50:07.57
but you're thinking
it, your thinking it,
00:50:07.58\00:50:08.94
your thinking
it, don't say that,
00:50:08.95\00:50:10.51
I can't say that
and it just comes out.
00:50:10.52\00:50:13.95
Have you ever
been in a conversation
00:50:13.96\00:50:14.95
with somebody when that happens.
00:50:14.96\00:50:16.03
Oh yeah, you'd step in a
lot of trouble don't you.
00:50:16.04\00:50:18.04
Because you're
thinking it. It just comes out,
00:50:18.05\00:50:21.35
as a man thinks in
his heart so is he out
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of the abundance of
the heart the mouth speaks.
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And so Lucifer.
Lucifer had a loose lip problem
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didn't he? He just
had a loose lip problem.
00:50:32.10\00:50:35.67
He was thinking all of
this stuff in his heart
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and what was he
thinking there, in verse 13
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it says, For you
have said in your heart,
00:50:42.90\00:50:45.11
I will ascend into
heaven, was the anointed
00:50:45.12\00:50:49.49
cherub in heaven already? Yes.
00:50:49.50\00:50:53.37
Absolutely. Was he
content with where he was?
00:50:53.38\00:50:56.32
You know the Bible
says, First Timothy 6:6 that
00:50:56.33\00:50:59.09
contentment with
Godliness is great gain.
00:50:59.10\00:51:02.82
Contentment with
Godliness is great gain.
00:51:02.83\00:51:05.62
So here He says, I
will ascend into heaven,
00:51:05.63\00:51:08.09
but he was already there.
00:51:08.10\00:51:09.46
Then He says, I
will exalt my throne
00:51:09.47\00:51:12.85
above the stars of
God. Do you know that
00:51:12.86\00:51:17.58
in the book of the Revelation.
00:51:17.59\00:51:19.77
I believe it's the last
chapter, Jesus is called
00:51:19.78\00:51:23.38
the bright and
morning star, Lucifer wanted
00:51:23.39\00:51:28.75
to be higher than Jesus himself.
00:51:28.76\00:51:32.76
He says I, there
in verse 13 says,
00:51:32.77\00:51:36.25
I will exalt my throne
above the stars of God.
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Wasn't He already
one of the two highest
00:51:40.12\00:51:42.85
angels in heaven.
He was, but He wasn't
00:51:42.86\00:51:46.84
happy with that. I
will also sit on the mount
00:51:46.85\00:51:50.97
of the congregation,
on the farther sides
00:51:50.98\00:51:53.66
of the north. In
the earthly sanctuary
00:51:53.67\00:51:56.51
and we'll get to a
study on that in the future.
00:51:56.52\00:51:58.68
In the earthy
sanctuary we're going to learn
00:51:58.69\00:52:01.48
that God's throne
was on the North side
00:52:01.49\00:52:05.47
of the sanctuary. It
was represented there
00:52:05.48\00:52:09.32
on the Northern
side of the sanctuary
00:52:09.33\00:52:11.22
by the, the table of show bread.
00:52:11.23\00:52:13.93
Two stacks of bread
representing the bread
00:52:13.94\00:52:16.43
of life, God the
Father, God the Son.
00:52:16.44\00:52:18.40
And so we'll get to
that in a future study.
00:52:18.41\00:52:21.77
I will also sit
on the mount of the
00:52:21.78\00:52:23.90
congregation on the
further sides of the North,
00:52:23.91\00:52:26.31
wasn't He already
on the further sides
00:52:26.32\00:52:29.19
of the North.
Wasn't He already there
00:52:29.20\00:52:31.63
where God's throne is set.
00:52:31.64\00:52:33.56
The only way he could get higher
00:52:33.57\00:52:36.55
was to be
higher than God himself
00:52:36.56\00:52:38.39
and is that a
possibility? It's not, it's not.
00:52:38.40\00:52:42.46
Verse 14, I will
ascend above the heights
00:52:42.47\00:52:46.42
of the clouds; I will
be like the most High.
00:52:46.43\00:52:54.00
Lucifer wanted to be
like God in position,
00:52:54.01\00:53:01.01
in authority, but
not in disposition.
00:53:01.02\00:53:07.07
Lucifer wanted
to have the power,
00:53:07.08\00:53:12.45
the prestige, and
the worship that God
00:53:12.46\00:53:15.35
deserved. But it
wasn't going to happen.
00:53:15.36\00:53:19.89
So the Bible tells us
that was a war in heaven
00:53:19.90\00:53:23.77
and then Satan and
his angels are cast
00:53:23.78\00:53:26.88
out of heaven.
Jesus himself said,
00:53:26.89\00:53:29.81
I beheld Satan fall
like lightening from heaven.
00:53:29.82\00:53:32.68
So Satan lost the
battle, he lost the battle
00:53:32.69\00:53:36.01
in heaven and
right now he wants to win
00:53:36.02\00:53:39.86
the battle for your
life, everyone of us
00:53:39.87\00:53:44.74
struggle with
certain issues or certain
00:53:44.75\00:53:48.20
sins in our life.
Jesus says you can overcome
00:53:48.21\00:53:53.57
that, you can do
that and we'll go
00:53:53.58\00:53:55.63
for some references
later on that teach us
00:53:55.64\00:53:58.28
that we can
overcome, but Satan says I'll
00:53:58.29\00:54:00.77
just give into it,
it's too hard, your flesh
00:54:00.78\00:54:03.63
is too weak, go ahead and do it.
00:54:03.64\00:54:05.57
Satan hates you, he hates you.
00:54:05.58\00:54:09.53
Yet many of us
show Satan that we love
00:54:09.54\00:54:14.43
and worship him by
giving him what he wants,
00:54:14.44\00:54:17.72
by obeying him.
So you notice there
00:54:17.73\00:54:20.97
on your screen,
you notice there that
00:54:20.98\00:54:23.96
what we have done
is, you know what,
00:54:23.97\00:54:25.91
somebody at each
one of those tables
00:54:25.92\00:54:27.58
go ahead and
pick up a microphone
00:54:27.59\00:54:28.71
because I want you
to be ready to answer
00:54:28.72\00:54:29.87
these questions,
right as we go to them.
00:54:29.88\00:54:32.09
So our first great
controversy text was
00:54:32.10\00:54:34.57
Genesis chapter 1
and Tom, if you could
00:54:34.58\00:54:37.26
go ahead and tell
me, Tom tell me what
00:54:37.27\00:54:39.22
was the reason
that we went to Genesis
00:54:39.23\00:54:41.38
chapter 1, what
did we learn there?
00:54:41.39\00:54:43.71
We wanted to show
that when God creates
00:54:43.72\00:54:46.11
something he
always make it good.
00:54:46.12\00:54:48.27
That's right.
That's the concept of going
00:54:48.28\00:54:50.31
to Genesis chapter
1. Alright let's go over
00:54:50.32\00:54:52.56
here to Shelita,
Shelita in Matthews
00:54:52.57\00:54:55.00
chapter 13 verses 24 through 30
00:54:55.01\00:54:57.56
Jesus gives us a
parable, you remember
00:54:57.57\00:54:59.67
the parable I'm
trying to give you a lot
00:54:59.68\00:55:01.01
of clues here
to remember what we
00:55:01.02\00:55:02.23
learned. In verses
37 through 39 Jesus
00:55:02.24\00:55:04.81
explains that parable;
first of all tell me what
00:55:04.82\00:55:06.90
is a parable? A
parable is a story
00:55:06.91\00:55:09.40
with a deeper
meaning, that's right, a story
00:55:09.41\00:55:11.59
or an illustration
that has a deeper meaning.
00:55:11.60\00:55:13.53
And so Jesus tells
us story in verses 24
00:55:13.54\00:55:16.25
through 30 about
a man sowing seed
00:55:16.26\00:55:19.26
but all of a
sudden there's some tares
00:55:19.27\00:55:21.28
coming up where
that seed was sown
00:55:21.29\00:55:22.84
and those tares
were sowing by whom?
00:55:22.85\00:55:25.66
The enemy, the
devil. That's right.
00:55:25.67\00:55:28.22
Then when we get
to the explanation
00:55:28.23\00:55:30.26
of the parable,
you jumped ahead of me,
00:55:30.27\00:55:31.50
that's alright. When
we get to the explanation
00:55:31.51\00:55:33.67
of the parable
there Jesus tells us that
00:55:33.68\00:55:36.05
the enemy that
sowed the tares is who?
00:55:36.06\00:55:40.06
The devil. The devil.
So who was responsible
00:55:40.07\00:55:43.39
for the tares? Okay.
Now tell me let's see,
00:55:43.40\00:55:47.63
let's go over to
Caitlin, Caitlin,
00:55:47.64\00:55:50.43
in Luke 13:10-16
there was an illustration
00:55:50.44\00:55:54.09
of a lady that
was sick for 18 years.
00:55:54.10\00:55:56.45
Who did Jesus
say bound that lady
00:55:56.46\00:55:59.52
for 18 years? Devil. The devil.
00:55:59.53\00:56:01.97
So did Jesus claim any
responsibility for that?
00:56:01.98\00:56:04.39
No. Absolutely not.
So again God creates
00:56:04.40\00:56:07.10
something that is
that's good, good in
00:56:07.11\00:56:09.32
Genesis chapter 1.
Then we go to Matthews 13
00:56:09.33\00:56:12.03
and we see that
there is evil that comes
00:56:12.04\00:56:14.86
because of an enemy,
then we go to Luke 13
00:56:14.87\00:56:18.26
and show that
Jesus says he was not
00:56:18.27\00:56:20.31
responsible for
sickness but the devil
00:56:20.32\00:56:22.63
had bound that lady.
Then we will look into
00:56:22.64\00:56:24.79
Luke 10:18 and Mike
tell us what happened
00:56:24.80\00:56:27.15
in Luke 10:18?
Jesus said that he beheld
00:56:27.16\00:56:29.91
Satan as lightening
falling from heaven.
00:56:29.92\00:56:31.91
That's right. So
Jesus sees Satan fall like
00:56:31.92\00:56:34.51
lightening from
where? From heaven,
00:56:34.52\00:56:37.34
and then we go over to Bill,
00:56:37.35\00:56:39.19
Bill in Ezekiel
28:11-18 we see that this
00:56:39.20\00:56:44.45
Satan falls from heaven, how did
00:56:44.46\00:56:46.47
he get into
heaven. He was created.
00:56:46.48\00:56:48.53
He was created.
How was he created?
00:56:48.54\00:56:50.04
By God. He was created by God.
00:56:50.05\00:56:52.10
Perfect. Perfect. That's right.
00:56:52.11\00:56:53.89
Genesis would say
he was created oh!
00:56:53.90\00:56:57.00
Good, good that's
right, then we went
00:56:57.01\00:56:59.46
to Isaiah
14:12-14 and we see that
00:56:59.47\00:57:02.70
Satan had an I problem.
00:57:02.71\00:57:04.87
Satan had an 'I'
problem, you know
00:57:04.88\00:57:07.39
it's quite
interesting the middle letter
00:57:07.40\00:57:09.43
in sin is what,
'I', the middle letter in
00:57:09.44\00:57:12.28
pride is what? 'I'.
So maybe there are some
00:57:12.29\00:57:16.45
of us that have the
same issue that Satan had.
00:57:16.46\00:57:20.84
Maybe we have an 'I' problem.
00:57:22.83\00:57:25.07
But Jesus said, and
take heart my friend,
00:57:25.08\00:57:28.65
Jesus said that you
will overcome the world
00:57:28.66\00:57:32.50
because of him and in the second
00:57:32.51\00:57:34.75
half of this study
we're gonna over that.
00:57:34.76\00:57:36.83
Bring your friends
next time and join us
00:57:36.84\00:57:39.25
here at the Lay
Institute for Evangelism.
00:57:39.26\00:57:41.77