Participants: Scott Moore (Host)
Series Code: LOE
Program Code: LOE000004
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00:01 Harvest truly is plenteous,
00:03 but the laborers are few. 00:04 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, 00:06 that he will send forth laborers into his harvest. 00:10 Also, I heard the voice of the Lord saying, 00:13 "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" 00:17 Then said I, "Here am I. Send me, Send me!" 00:23 Life on the Edge will enable you to be 00:25 infected harvest before the Lord. 00:27 We now invite you into our 00:29 classroom to come, experience life. 00:43 We'd like to welcome you to the 00:44 Lay Institute for Evangelism we're here 00:47 in our classroom at Pine Lakes Retreat 00:49 in Groveland, Florida. We want to thank 00:52 those of you that are at home watching 00:53 for being here with us. The Bible study that 00:56 we're going to go over today. 00:57 You'll notice on your screen. 00:58 The Bible study's name is the Great Controversy. 01:02 We are going to use GC is our code for marking. 01:06 You'll recall in our first Bible study and the 01:09 introduction to this Life on the Edge class. 01:12 You'll recall that we went over how we 01:14 were going to mark our Bibles. 01:16 And so as we get into this Bible study 01:19 we're going to reiterate a lot of that, 01:21 so that you can remember how to 01:23 mark your Bible, because the important 01:25 thing of this class is that when you finish 01:28 this class you're gonna be able to take 01:29 what you've learned and you're gonna 01:31 be able to teach others exactly what 01:33 you've learned in this course. 01:35 And so we would like to direct your 01:36 attention again to the screen. 01:38 Each one of our Bible studies has a purpose 01:42 and the purpose of this Bible study is to 01:44 show that there is a cosmic conflict between 01:49 God and Satan. There is a cosmic conflict 01:54 between Jesus Christ and Satan. 01:57 And you and I want to be on the winning 01:59 side of that battle, don't we Tom? 02:01 Absolutely, you know everyone of us can 02:04 relate to this cosmic battle or this cosmic 02:06 conflict, because our parents or maybe our 02:10 spouse or maybe our Pastor will ask us to 02:13 do something and we know that it's the 02:14 right thing to do. But then we hear this 02:17 little whisper over here on our shoulder 02:19 that says, don't do it. You don't need 02:21 to pay any attention to that. 02:22 Nobody is gonna notice the details 02:24 and then over here on this side you 02:26 hear that, that famous little whisper of 02:28 you know you need to do that. 02:30 You know you need to take care of that. 02:32 That's what God would want you to do 02:34 and so we've all experienced that, 02:35 we've been in places where we have 02:38 recognized that there is a battle going 02:40 on over our life. And again the purpose 02:43 of this study is to simply show that 02:45 there is a cosmic battle between God and Satan. 02:50 Now again each one of our Bible studies 02:52 will also be centered on Jesus Christ. 02:55 And you know this is the center it on 02:57 our graphic here. God is a God of justice 03:01 who desires the service of genuine love 03:04 and genuine loyalty. We can win the battle 03:08 with evil through His Son Jesus Christ. 03:12 You and I can win the battle with the evil 03:16 as long as we have Jesus Christ on our side. 03:20 Do you agree with that? How is it that 03:22 we're gonna win this battle? 03:23 Through Jesus Christ. Through Jesus Christ 03:25 that's absolutely right Laura. 03:27 So God is a God of justice. 03:29 Do you believe that God is just? 03:31 And he, who desires the service of genuine love 03:35 and genuine loyalty. Can you imagine 03:38 someone coming up to you Mrs. Gloria 03:40 and saying love me? And they point at gun at you, 03:44 would you be able to love that person? 03:45 No. No, no she's still for a moment, 03:48 she thought about it. Well that all 03:50 depends on whether its somebody 03:51 I loved that's pointing a gun at me. 03:52 I don't know what was going on there, 03:55 but certainly you cannot force love can you? 03:58 So God is a God that desires genuine, 04:02 the service of genuine love and genuine loyalty. 04:06 And you and I can overcome in this battle 04:10 with Satan as long as we've Jesus on our side. 04:14 Now in our Bible studies if you go 04:16 back to the graphic. You will remember 04:18 that each one of our Bible studies 04:20 we've listed all of the texts that are 04:23 going to be in the study. 04:24 Now these are the texts, the references 04:26 that you mark out of the front of your Bible 04:29 or the back of your Bible. 04:31 So you will simply open up the, 04:33 I have here on the back of my Bible 04:35 is where I've started marking mine. 04:36 Let me just get to that section here. 04:39 And if you buy one of these Bibles 04:41 that has lined paper in it. 04:42 It makes it so much easier to mark the 04:44 back of your Bible and I see Mrs. Gloria 04:45 shaking her head, yeah that's right. 04:47 She wish she had line paper too, 04:49 but you there that my Bible study is 04:51 it's written in here, Great Controversy, GC. 04:54 I've got my purpose there and I've got 04:56 my Center it, there as well. 04:58 And so these texts that you see on 04:59 your screen are the texts that 05:02 you're gonna write either in front of 05:03 your Bible or the back of your Bible. 05:05 Now some of you here have already 05:07 started marking your Bibles haven't you? 05:08 You've already started marking your Bibles. 05:10 Have you found that do you have to write small 05:12 when you put this on the front of your Bible 05:14 or back of your Bible. Okay go ahead and 05:16 pick up that microphone Shalita 05:17 and tell me why you have to write small? 05:19 Why it is important for us to write small 05:21 when we're putting all these references 05:23 in the front or back of our Bible? 05:27 Well because there is a lot of more studies 05:30 to marking in there. There's a lot more 05:32 studies to mark in there that's absolutely right. 05:34 We've 24 Bibles studies in this series 05:38 called Life on Edge, so those of you at home 05:41 if you're, if you're regardless of the 05:43 method that your using to, to tune in 05:45 to us today, there's 24 of these lessons. 05:48 So you're gonna wanna mark all of 05:49 these references that you see here 05:50 on your screen. You mark those very small 05:54 in the front and back of your Bible. 05:56 So that you can fit all 24 of those in 05:58 and of course you can go to our website 06:00 www.come experiencelife.com 06:05 and you can download our handouts 06:06 that go with this and that will make it a lot 06:08 easier than just staring at a screen 06:10 that you put on pause for a little bit, 06:12 so just go to the website and download those, 06:14 those handouts. On our graphic as well 06:19 here you see that this study is divided into 06:21 three different sections. 06:23 The first section in this study over the 06:26 Great Controversy is the Source of Evil. 06:30 The second section is the Thrust of Evil 06:34 or what gives evil it's motivation and the 06:37 third section is the Cosmic Battle over you. 06:42 There is a cosmic battle that is raging behind 06:46 the scenes over your life. And you are the 06:49 one that determines who wins that battle 06:52 in your life. And this study is going to show 06:55 that we can have victory through Jesus Christ. 06:59 No matter what our temptation is, 07:01 no matter what our struggle is, 07:03 no matter what we're going through 07:05 in our lives we can have victory through Jesus. 07:09 We'll win this battle. Do you wanna be a winner? 07:11 I wanna be a winner as well. 07:13 So we're gonna go now to focusing on 07:16 the Source of Evil. And again when 07:19 we go to the next graphic up here, 07:21 you will see that our first great controversy 07:24 text is Genesis chapter 1 and then 07:26 you see all these verses 4, 10, 12, 18, 07:29 21, 25, 31 and we're going to reference 07:32 the good in these texts. 07:35 As you're marking this in your Bible 07:37 when you're in Genesis which is the text 07:39 we're in. You'll notice on the screen 07:41 you have there in a yellow circle 1GC, 07:45 now the GC stood for what? Great Controversy. 07:47 Great Controversy, that's right Mike. 07:49 So this is the first text in the Great Controversy 07:51 study and we're in Genesis chapter 1 07:54 verses 4, 10 we've already done that. 07:56 And our next reference the reference that 07:58 we're gonna go to is Matthew 13:24 08:01 through 37 and so forth. 08:03 So we're gonna go ahead and start 08:04 reading Genesis chapter 1 and we're gonna 08:07 ask Shalita to read that for us. 08:09 I'm gonna come over here before she 08:10 does that. I'm gonna come over here 08:11 and I'm gonna get my Bible, 08:12 so that I can read it with you. 08:14 So again we're going to Genesis chapter 1 08:17 and we will begin in verse 4, so can you 08:20 read that for us. I want you to read verses 08:22 1 through 4, so we get the context here. 08:25 Okay. In the beginning God created heaven 08:28 and the earth. And the earth was without form 08:31 and void and darkness was upon the face 08:33 of the deep. And the spirit of God moved 08:37 upon the face of the waters. 08:39 And God said let there be light, 08:41 and there was light. And God saw that, 08:44 God saw the light that it was good, 08:47 and God divided the light from the darkness. 08:49 Okay, so God saw the light and it was what? 08:52 Good. Now Shalita tell you me what is the 08:54 context in this verse. What, what is the 08:56 context here? Creation. Creation 09:00 that's absolutely right. 09:01 So in creation God creates or separates 09:06 the light from the darkness there and 09:08 God calls or He creates light and He calls 09:10 light what? Good. Good, we're gonna see 09:14 this theme all throughout Genesis 09:17 chapter 1 and it may seem a little redundant 09:20 as we go through it. But you have, 09:23 while I'm teaching this to you remember 09:25 the reason that your learning is that 09:26 you can go out and share it with somebody else. 09:28 So we're literally gonna go to everyone 09:30 of those references and we're gonna 09:32 reference the word good. Now when I 09:35 marked this in my Bible what I did is 09:37 at the very top of Genesis chapter 1 09:39 is where I wrote where I was gonna 1GC 09:42 in my line and where I was gonna go next, 09:44 but then I wrote above that line I wrote 09:47 talk about the good texts and then I went 09:49 through Genesis chapter 1 and circled the word 09:51 good over and over and over again, 09:53 because of the points that we're bringing out 09:55 in this reference the reason we're going 09:57 to Genesis chapter 1 is to show that when 10:00 God creates something He creates it good. 10:04 How does God create it? Good. Good, then we're 10:08 gonna go to some references further on 10:10 in this study and we're gonna see that God 10:12 takes absolutely no responsibility for 10:15 the evil that is in this world. 10:17 Because our God creates something 10:19 and according to day one He created how? 10:21 Good. Good. Well let's go to our next reference. 10:24 Our next reference is verse 10. 10:27 So in Genesis chapter 1 and verse 10 and 10:30 Laura, if you can read that for us. 10:32 Genesis chapter 1 verse 10. 10:34 Now Laura remember when you're reading 10:37 you want to make eye contact with the 10:38 people at home, because they're judging whether 10:40 or not you're able to keep their attention 10:42 when you read. And that's one of the thing 10:44 that's very important for those who at home. 10:46 When you're giving a Bible study it's very 10:48 important for you to maintain eye contact 10:52 with the people that you're giving the 10:53 study to. So let's go ahead Laura, 10:55 if you'll read for us verse 10. 10:57 And God called the dry Earth and the 11:01 gathering together of the waters called 11:03 He seas. And God saw that it was good. 11:07 Very nice, did you notice that eye contact 11:09 there at the end that was good. 11:10 I had to whisper to her eye contact. 11:12 Then she got it and you know the more, 11:15 the more you give these studies. 11:16 The more you do this, the easier it will be 11:19 to make that eye contact. 11:20 You know we have one student here in the room 11:22 that expressed to me earlier when we were 11:24 going over things last week on the cycle 11:26 of Evangelism that it was very difficult in 11:28 their culture to make eye contact with the people. 11:31 But when you're giving Bible studies you have 11:33 to remember that you are standing as 11:36 the representative of Christ to that individual 11:39 that you're giving the study to. 11:41 You're actually opening the word of God 11:43 and Jesus is the word made flesh 11:45 and you're revealing Jesus to that person 11:47 in the teaching that you are going over 11:50 in that study. So here, Laura, in 11:53 Genesis chapter 1 verse 10, it says, 11:57 And God saw that it was what? 11:58 Good. Good, so the second time God 12:01 created something here in, in Genesis. 12:05 God sees it the time and He calls it what? 12:07 Good. Good, God sees at the second time 12:10 and God calls it? Good. Good, let's go to the 12:13 next reference here. Genesis chapter 1 12:16 and verse 12. Genesis chapter 1 and Bill 12:20 is gonna read that for us. Genesis chapter 1 12:23 and verse 12. And the earth brought forth grass, 12:27 the herb that yield seed according to its kind, 12:31 and the tree that yields fruit, whose seed 12:33 is in itself according to its kind, and God saw 12:36 that it was good. So Bill God creates something 12:40 on the third day He looks at it and He sees 12:43 that it's what? Good. He sees that it's good. 12:46 So three times now God creates something 12:49 and when He looks at it, does God see anything 12:51 bad in it? Nope. God sees what? Good. 12:55 That's absolutely right. So let's go to the next 12:58 reference again. We're just going over this and 13:00 the purpose for us being in Genesis chapter 1. 13:02 Kate, I want you to pick up the microphone 13:04 and why don't you tell me the reason 13:06 that we are in Genesis chapter 1. 13:09 What's the reason that we are using 13:11 the references in Genesis chapter 1? 13:13 To show that everything God made was good. 13:17 That's absolutely right to show that everything 13:19 that God made was good, so here we are verse 18, 13:22 Caitlin why don't you go and keep that microphone 13:24 and you read for us the next good verse, 13:27 or the words that contains the word good 13:28 and that is verse 18. To rule over the day 13:32 and over the night, and to divide the light 13:34 from the darkness, and God saw that it 13:36 was good. And God that it was what? 13:40 Good. Good do you see a recovering theme here. 13:43 When God creates something, God creates it 13:46 and says that it is? Good. Good. 13:50 Let's go to our next reference which would 13:52 be verse 21. Our next reference, 13:55 so those of you at home you've got 13:56 your Bible in your lap, you're looking 13:58 these things up, you're taking notes 14:00 and we're in Genesis chapter 1 14:01 verse 21 and Mike is going to read that for us. 14:05 And God created great whales, 14:08 and every living creature that moveth, 14:10 which the waters brought forth abundantly, 14:12 after their kind, and every winged fowl 14:14 after his kind, and God saw that it was good. 14:17 And God saw that it was good. 14:21 The same theme when God creates something, 14:26 God creates that something. Good. Good. 14:30 That's right. Let's go to verse 25. 14:33 Verse 25 and we'll let Tom read this one. 14:37 Genesis chapter 1 verse 25 and again 14:39 we're just pulling up the good, good, good. 14:42 Now I'll show you exactly why when 14:43 we get to our next reference. 14:45 And God made the beast of the earth according 14:48 to its kind, cattle according to its kind, 14:51 and every thing that creeps upon the earth 14:53 according to its kind, and God saw that 14:56 it was good. So God again creates and 15:00 God says that it's what? Good. It's good. 15:02 Let's go to our next text or the last text here 15:05 in Genesis chapter 1 which is verse 31. 15:09 Genesis chapter 1 and verse 31 15:13 and we will go ahead and let Vanessa 15:15 read that for us. Genesis chapter 1 verse 31. 15:19 And God saw every thing that He had made, 15:23 and behold, it was very good. 15:25 And the evening and the morning 15:27 were the sixth day. So Vanessa, 15:30 God takes a look back at everything that 15:33 He has created and He says it's what? 15:35 What. What does He saw there? Very good. 15:37 Very good that's right. So remember you notice 15:40 how she just said good and then I say, 15:41 it says what. When you're given those 15:44 Bible studies to people. You need to make sure 15:46 that you ask questions that can be answered 15:48 right out of the text that you just read 15:51 or a previous text. You don't wanna leave 15:53 them in an uncomfortable situation where they 15:55 have no clue what the answer is. 15:56 See you always ask questions that can be 15:58 answered directly out of the reference 16:00 you're in or a reference that you've been to. 16:02 And you'll remember that what you want to do 16:05 when you're given a Bible study is you 16:06 want to take handwritten notes. 16:08 Do you remember what the reason is 16:10 you want to take a handwritten note. 16:11 We went over this last in the cycle 16:13 of Evangelism. Because people are more likely 16:18 to keep that, that's exactly right Mike 16:20 and another reason that you would take 16:22 handwritten notes is so that you could refer 16:24 back to a text that's you've already been to. 16:27 And if you've written it out and then you 16:29 place it on the table then that person can 16:30 just read the references that you've been to 16:33 before. So you want to make sure that 16:36 the answers, the questions that you 16:37 ask can be answered directly from the text 16:40 that you're in or from the previous reference 16:42 that you've already been in. Does that 16:44 make sense, alright, so we finish now with our 16:46 first reference I'm gonna come right over here 16:48 and I'm going to get my, my clicker and my 16:51 advancer that I left. You can see on the 16:54 screen there, 1GC tells us 16:56 that we're going to Matthew chapter 13 16:58 verses 24 to 30 and so on, so we'll just put 17:01 that reference up there on the screen. 17:03 So, that our second reference in the 17:07 Great Controversy Bible study on our graphic 17:10 is Matthew 13, 24 through 30 then 17:13 verses 37 through 39, but we are especially 17:17 going to focus on verses 28 and verse 39. 17:21 So you see there on the screen the text 17:25 we just came from is Genesis chapter 1 17:27 or the good text. The reference that we'll 17:30 be going to after our second text in the 17:35 Great Controversy study is Luke 13 17:37 verses 10 through 16. So here we are, 17:40 we're in Matthew 13 let me go ahead and 17:42 get there and then we will ask Danielle 17:45 to read that for us. Matthew chapter 13 17:47 and we will began in verse 24. 17:51 So if you can read verse 24 through 17:55 verse 30 for us Danielle then 17:57 we will all be there together. 18:01 Another parable put he forth unto them saying. 18:03 Okay stop right there Danielle, another what? 18:06 Parable. Parable, what is a parable? 18:10 What's a parable? It's a story with a deeper 18:14 meaning or a parable is an illustration that 18:17 has an underlying reason for giving that parable, 18:22 that story to that illustration, 18:24 does that make sense? So Jesus here is going 18:26 to give us an illustration or a story that has a 18:29 deeper meaning then just the story itself. 18:32 So keep reading there Matthew 13 verse, 18:34 you're doing great thank you for letting 18:36 me interrupt you. The kingdom of heaven 18:39 is likened unto a man which sowed 18:40 good seed in his field. Okay so what kind of 18:43 seed did he sow? Good seed. 18:45 Okay a man sowed good seed in his field. 18:47 So when we're giving this Bible study 18:48 you're just asking these questions 18:50 as you read these texts to keep those 18:52 to bring up the points that you want to 18:53 bring out to study. Go ahead Danielle. 18:55 But while men slept, his enemy came and 18:58 sowed tares among the wheat, and went 19:00 his way. But when the blade was sprung up, 19:04 and brought forth fruit, then appeared the 19:06 tares also. So the servants of the 19:08 householder came and said unto him, 19:10 Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? 19:14 From whence then hath it tares? He said 19:17 unto them, An enemy hath done this. 19:19 Okay stop right there, so who was it that 19:21 sowed the tares in the field? An enemy. 19:25 Did the good seed sower have anything 19:29 to do with the seed, the tares that were sowed. 19:32 No. No, okay you can finish reading the 19:35 reference now. The servants said unto him, 19:38 Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? 19:40 But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up 19:43 the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them. 19:46 Let both grow together until the harvest: 19:49 and in the time of harvest I will say to 19:51 the reapers, Gather ye together first 19:53 the tares, and bind them in bundles 19:55 to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn. 19:58 Okay, so remember as we read through 20:01 this reference here, the verse that 20:04 we are focusing on is especially verse 28 20:07 in this passage. When you read verses 24 20:10 through 30 we're gonna especially 20:12 focus on verse 28. And verse 28 is where the, 20:17 the land owner servant say didn't you sow 20:20 good seed and then he says there in verse 28, 20:23 he said to them, an enemy has done this. 20:27 Well the disciples later on wanted to know what 20:32 in the world that parable meant. 20:34 It maybe some of us are wondering the 20:36 same thing. If the man who owned the field 20:39 didn't sow the tares, but an enemy sow the 20:42 tares then how can tell is the enemy? 20:46 Who is the enemy? And we gonna go to 20:48 Mrs. Gloria and Mrs. Gloria if you'll 20:51 read for us verses 37 to 39. 20:55 Matthew 13 verses 37 through to 39. 21:01 He answered and said them, 21:05 He who sows the good seed is the Son of man. 21:10 Okay stop right there Mrs. Gloria, 21:11 who is it that sowed the good seed? 21:14 Son of man. The son of man. 21:15 Who do we know the son of man today. 21:18 Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ that's right. 21:20 So again Jesus told them a parable. 21:23 The parable has a deeper meaning, 21:25 the one that sowed the good seed is 21:27 Jesus that's right, now keep reading verse 38. 21:31 The field is the world; the good seeds are 21:34 the sons of the kingdom, but the tares are the 21:38 sons of the wicked one. The enemy who sowed 21:42 them is the devil; the harvest is the end 21:46 of the age; and the reapers are the angels. 21:50 So who Mrs. Gloria don't put it down yet, 21:54 who Mrs. Gloria is the enemy in this parable 21:59 that Jesus told? The devil. The devil. 22:02 Did Jesus in this parable take any responsibility 22:08 for the tares that were in the field. 22:11 No, no, no Jesus in this parable blames 22:15 the existence of the tares on who? 22:18 The enemy or the devil that's absolutely right. 22:22 So when it comes to the evil that is in this 22:25 world did God create it? No, because you 22:30 remember the reason we were in Genesis 22:32 chapter 1 is to show that God creates God 22:35 creates it how Bill? How does He create it? 22:37 Good, and then when God looks back at 22:39 everything He created, He says it is what? 22:42 Very good. Very good, so God created good, 22:46 but an enemy came along and sowed the tares 22:52 and that enemy is who? The devil. The devil. 22:57 Did Jesus take responsibility 23:00 and I'm just asking you this question 23:02 again because when you give this Bible study 23:04 this is the reason that you're in Matthew 23:06 chapter 13. Did Jesus take responsibility 23:12 for the tares that were sown. 23:14 No because Jesus sowed what kind of seed? 23:17 Good seed. Good seed, when God creates 23:18 something it is good, but an enemy came and 23:23 sowed the tares. So what we're gonna do now, 23:26 we've been to Genesis 1, everything God creates 23:29 is good. And enemy is the one that sowed 23:33 the wickedness or the evil or the tares that 23:36 are in this world. We're gonna see 23:37 another reference here in the New Testament. 23:41 We're gonna go to our third Great Controversy 23:44 text and you'll see on the graphic that the 23:47 3GC is Luke 13:10-16. You'll also notice that 23:52 3GC is in the yellow circle then we have 23:55 our line that line represents the text 23:57 that we're in, which is Luke 13. 23:59 The reference that we just came from 24:01 was Matthew 13. The reference we'll 24:04 go to after this is Luke chapter 10 verse 18. 24:08 So we're going to let, we're gonna let Laura 24:11 read for us again. We're gonna go to 24:13 Luke chapter 13, so I'm gonna turn that with you. 24:16 We're in Matthew and so when you go from 24:19 Matthew another tip here on giving Bible 24:21 studies is, it's your job as the Bible instructor, 24:25 as the person teaching someone else, 24:28 it's your job to teach that person 24:30 how to use their Bible. So we're in Matthew, 24:33 so I'm just going to teach you how to get 24:34 somebody from Matthew to Luke. 24:36 You're gonna turn to the right in your Bible. 24:38 Matthew, Mark, Luke, it's the third of the 24:42 gospels in the New Testament, 24:43 so Matthew I'm just flipping over. 24:45 But now then the John. What I do 24:47 when I get the John. I turn back to the 24:49 left that's right just one book and we're going 24:52 to Luke the 13th chapter verses 10 through 24:57 to 16. I will interrupt you probably. 25:00 Now since this is a longer passage Laura, 25:03 you're gonna wanna make sure that 25:04 you make that eye contact. 25:05 And one of the best ways to make sure 25:07 that you don't loose the eye contact 25:09 with the person when you're reading 25:10 is just to put your finger on the page. 25:13 And then when you look up then you 25:14 just look right now and I know that, 25:16 that you're a mom and you read 25:17 to your children and so, you know 25:19 what it's like to read to your children 25:21 and to look at them while you're reading. 25:23 So just do that for us today okay. 25:25 And he was teaching in one of the synagogues 25:28 on the Sabbath. And, behold, there was a 25:30 woman which had a spirit of infirmity 25:32 eighteen years, and was bowed together, 25:35 and could in no wise lift up herself. 25:38 And when Jesus saw her, He called her 25:41 to Him, and He said unto her, Woman, 25:43 thou art loosed from thine infirmity. 25:45 Okay, stop right there Laura how long had 25:48 this lady been sick? Eighteen years. 25:50 Eighteen years, what was her, 25:52 what was her condition here? 25:54 She was bent over. She was bent over 25:57 and she couldn't do what? She couldn't 25:58 straighten up. She couldn't straighten up. 25:59 Can you imagine what it would be like Laura. 26:01 If, if you were just a person that was bent 26:05 over and you couldn't even look anybody 26:06 in the eyes. Can you imagine that, 26:08 that might be pretty a hard life to live 26:10 wouldn't it. So here's this lady that probably 26:12 has very low self esteem. 26:14 She can't look people in the eyes, 26:16 because she is bent over and she's been 26:18 that way for 18 years. You think she wanted 26:22 to be free from that. I mean Jesus said, 26:24 woman you are loosed from your infirmity. 26:27 Then what happens, what happens Laura? 26:29 And he laid his hands on her and immediately 26:31 she was made straight, and glorified God. 26:34 And the ruler of the synagogue answered 26:36 with indignation, because that Jesus 26:38 had healed on the Sabbath Day, 26:40 and He said to the people, There are six 26:43 days in which men art to work: 26:45 in them therefore come and be healed, 26:47 and not on the Sabbath Day. 26:49 The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou 26:52 hypocrite, doth not each one of you on 26:55 the Sabbath loose his ox or his ass 26:57 from the stall, and lead him away to watering? 27:00 And ought not this woman, 27:02 being a daughter of Abraham, 27:04 whom Satan hath bound, lo these 27:06 eighteen years, be loosed from this 27:08 bound on the Sabbath Day? 27:10 Okay Laura according to Jesus in verse 16 27:15 who is it that was responsible for this 27:19 woman's sickness? Satan. Satan, 27:21 you remember when God creates something, 27:24 God creates it how? Good. Good and when 27:27 He looks at all Bill He said it is? Very good. 27:29 Very good, and here this lady has been sick 27:33 for 18 years. And Jesus heals her and then 27:39 He is rebuking the leaders of the day 27:41 He says, Satan bound this lady. 27:45 So was God responsible for this lady being sick? 27:49 No. Who was responsible for the evil that this 27:52 lady was going through? Satan. Satan, 27:54 now would you agree with me that God created 27:57 everything? Would you agree with that? 28:00 You know there was a professor, a biology 28:03 professor every year he would ask his class 28:06 this question. Do you, he says, he says 28:10 I know that there are some Christians here 28:11 in this room, do you believe that God created 28:14 everything and if you do stand up. 28:16 And so several students each semester 28:20 would stand up you know with fear and trepidation. 28:22 They're in a biology class at a secular university 28:25 and what do they teach there? 28:26 Evolution, they don't, they don't really care 28:28 about God too much do they. 28:30 And so these people stand up and every 28:32 year the professor would say, so then 28:35 you believe that God created evil? 28:37 Do you, what you believe that God 28:41 created everything don't you. 28:42 So then He created evil, but none of those 28:46 students could, could refute that biology 28:50 professor. But one year a very astute young 28:54 man was one of those Christians that stood 28:56 up and the professor said, now you believe 28:59 God created don't you? Yes sir, that's true. 29:02 Whether you believe God created evil 29:05 and instead of cowardly down and sitting 29:08 in the seat like all the other students have 29:11 done in the past. This young man says sir 29:13 may I ask you a few questions. 29:15 Well the biology professor this haven't happened 29:17 before, so the biology professor said, sure, 29:19 you can ask me a question. 29:21 And he says have you ever experienced 29:24 something that is cold. And of course what 29:27 do you think the professor said? 29:29 Of course I've experience somthing cold. 29:31 And he says no sir. Cold is simply a 29:34 term used to describe the absence of, 29:38 and professor finished it for him, heat. 29:40 So cold is a term used to describe the 29:43 absence of heat. He says sir have you 29:46 have ever been in the dark. Have you 29:49 ever experience the dark. 29:51 And the professor says, what do you mean 29:53 the Sun goes down every night. 29:54 He says no sir, you've not experience the dark. 29:57 Dark is a simple term used to show the absence, 30:02 and the professor finished it, of light. 30:05 Then the student look at the professor 30:08 in the eyes. And he said, have your ever 30:11 seen anything evil? The professor says 30:16 of course I've seen something evil, 30:17 don't you turn on the news at 6 O'clock 30:19 and watch the news, don't you go to 30:20 CNN.com of course I've seen evil. 30:23 And the young man says no sir. 30:25 Evil is simply a term that is used to 30:28 describe the absence of God. 30:31 So, did God create evil absolutely not. 30:35 Evil is a term that was created by an enemy 30:40 of God. But God created everything didn't he. 30:44 How then did this enemy get here. 30:49 How did this enemy get here. 30:52 So you see what we've done during the first. 30:55 This is just our third reference in this study. 30:57 What we've done in this, in these three 30:59 references is we've shown that God creates 31:02 something and it's good, good, good, 31:04 good very good. And then we go to 31:09 Matthew chapter 13 and we see that 31:11 Jesus takes no responsibility for 31:13 the evil then we go to Luke chapter 13 31:16 and we see another illustration where 31:18 Jesus says that it is Satan that is responsible 31:22 for the evil that is in this world. 31:24 Does everybody see that, because this is 31:27 what you want to communicate 31:28 when you're given this Bible study. 31:29 This is what you want people to understand. 31:32 So we'll go to our screen here. 31:35 We're gonna go to our next reference. 31:37 In our next references Luke the 10th chapter 31:40 and verse 18, you can see there in our 31:42 marking scene, at the bottom of your screen. 31:44 Screen there how it is to look once you get there 31:47 and we want to mark that in your Bibles. 31:49 So we're in Luke chapter 10 and verse 18 31:53 and we're gonna go back here to my left, 31:56 Luke chapter 10, so in order to find 31:59 Luke chapter 10. You just turn to the left 32:02 and we're gonna go to Kristin. Kristin, 32:04 if you could read that for us. 32:05 Luke chapter 10 and verse 18. 32:08 And he said to them, I saw Satan 32:10 fall like lightning from heaven. 32:12 Okay so now lets try that one more time, 32:15 if you don't mind and when you read 32:16 that make sure you give the, 32:17 the audience a little bit of eye contact, 32:20 so that they know that you're engaged 32:21 with them alright. So just read that 32:22 one more time. And he said to them, 32:24 I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. 32:28 Very nice and those of who at home 32:29 you'll see there that when she was reading 32:31 that she almost lost her place, 32:34 but she just went right back down to where 32:36 her finger was and then she kept on reading. 32:38 So you don't have to be afraid that 32:39 you're gonna lose your place, especially 32:41 if you've got a point of finger that's 32:42 in the right spot right. So the reason that 32:45 we're in this text is because we want 32:48 to know where did this enemy come from. 32:52 Where did this enemy come from. 32:55 And Kristen, where did the Bible tell us 32:58 that this enemy came from. 33:00 Where did this enemy come from? 33:01 He came from heaven. He came from the heaven. 33:04 Now the disciples here are rejoicing that 33:07 even the devils are subject to them, 33:09 but I can imagine just the pathos and 33:12 the love that Jesus has in His eyes when 33:14 He says, thou rejoice that you have power 33:19 over the devil, because I saw Satan fall like 33:22 lightening from heaven. You know we're gonna 33:26 learn that Satan was one of the angels 33:30 that stood in the very presence of God 33:33 the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. 33:37 And so when Satan fell from heaven 33:40 we're gonna find out he had another name as well. 33:43 When he fell from the heaven it was not 33:46 a joyous occasion. It was very sad and 33:51 the Bible says that Jesus says, 33:52 I saw Satan fall like lightening from 33:56 the heaven. So where was Satan the devil, 33:59 the enemy before he fell. 34:03 Where was he? Heaven. He's in heaven. 34:06 How did Satan get into heaven? 34:10 How did Satan get into heaven? 34:13 Well let's go to our screen here. 34:15 Our next reference the fifth text in this 34:18 great controversy study is Ezekiel 28 34:21 verses 11 through 18. Ezekiel 28 verses 34:24 11 through 18. So we're in Luke, 34:28 for those of you that are at home, 34:29 that are just learning, just like us here 34:31 in the classroom. Luke is to the right 34:34 of where we're going. 34:35 We're going to Ezekiel, so you need to turn 34:37 to the left. So we'll turn to the left. 34:39 We're gonna go past Matthew and 34:41 we're gonna go oh that is right there Ezekiel. 34:43 We're going to Ezekiel 28 if you get to Jeremiah 34:47 or Isaiah you've gone too far then you need 34:49 a backup a little bit to your right. 34:51 Ezekiel is right before the Old Testament 34:54 book of Daniel. So if you've done any 34:56 study in the Old Testament prophetic 35:00 book then you know exactly where Daniel is 35:02 and then you just turn to the left. 35:04 So we're in Ezekiel chapter 28 verse, 35:08 verses 11 through to 18. And I'm going to 35:13 interrupt you quite a bit when we go 35:15 through this Roberto. Is that alright? 35:16 I'll interrupt you quite a bit, so let's go 35:18 ahead and starting reading there 35:20 Ezekiel 28 verse 11. Moreover the word 35:25 of the LORD come to me saying, 35:28 Son of man, take up a lamentation 35:32 for the King of Tyre, and say to him, 35:37 Thus saith the Lord God; 35:39 You were the seal of perfection, 35:43 full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty. 35:46 You were in Eden, the garden of God. 35:51 Okay Roberto stop right there. 35:53 Was the King of Tyre himself literally in Eden, 35:59 the garden of God? No. He wasn't himself 36:02 literally there, so here the King of Tyre, 36:05 the King of Tyrus is a representation of a 36:09 created being that was in the seal of 36:11 perfection there in verse 10 that was 36:13 full of wisdom and perfect in beauty 36:17 and which was in the Eden, 36:19 the garden of God. Keep going there. 36:21 Every precious stone was your covering, 36:26 the sardius, topaz, and diamond. 36:30 Beryl, onyx, and jasper. Sapphire, turquoise, 36:37 that's right, and emerald with gold. 36:40 The workmanship of your timbrels 36:43 and pipes was prepared for you 36:46 on the day you were created. 36:51 Okay stop right there Roberto. 36:52 In speaking of this being that fell from heaven. 36:59 It says you were in Eden, the garden of God, 37:02 every precious stone was your covering, 37:03 you were the seal of perfection. 37:06 You're perfect in beauty and it says 37:09 there in verse 13. Was prepared for you on 37:14 the day you were what? Created. Created. 37:18 This being that falls from heaven was created. 37:22 How was that being created. 37:25 Perfect isn't that what it says there in verse 13. 37:28 It says you were, in the Eden of God lets 37:31 see verse 12 says. You were the seal 37:34 of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect 37:37 in beauty. So here we see that when God 37:40 created this angel. God creates this angel how? 37:45 What was, what word would you use in 37:49 Genesis chapter 1? Good. Good when God creates 37:53 His angels, He creates it good, oh very good. 37:56 That's right Shalita. So now let's go 37:57 to verse 14. We're gonna find out what 37:59 this angel's job was in heaven prior to 38:03 this angel falling. Roberto just keep 38:07 going that verse 14. You were the anointed 38:10 cherub who covers; I established you. 38:14 You were on the holy mountain of God; 38:17 you walked back and forth in the midst 38:20 of the fiery stones. Okay so right there 38:24 Roberto we see sanctuary language. 38:26 The Bible says in the very beginning of verse 14. 38:29 It says you were the anointed cherub 38:33 who covers. Does anybody know what 38:35 a cherub is. It's an angel, its not a short 38:37 fat little angel that looks like a child with 38:39 itty bitty wings. This here says that this, 38:43 this angel that falls from heaven was the 38:47 anointed cherub who covers, in the 38:49 Old Testament sanctuary and we'll see this 38:53 further on in our studies. 38:55 In the Old Testament Sanctuary there 38:57 was a box in the most Holy place called 38:59 the Ark of the Covenant. 39:01 There was a lid on top of that box and that 39:05 lid was made of gold and it was called 39:08 the mercy seat. On the either side of 39:12 that lid there was an angel. 39:15 And the angels wings went up 39:17 and touched at the top. 39:19 These where the two angels that 39:22 were representative of the two angels 39:25 in the heavenly sanctuary, that stood 39:29 right there beside God the Father, 39:32 God the Son, God the Holy Spirit and 39:34 covered them. The Bible tells us that 39:37 this angel that falls from the heaven 39:40 was from the throne room of God itself. 39:46 He was created perfect. 39:49 And then the Bible says something 39:51 very interesting in verse 15 can 39:54 you read that for us Roberto? 39:56 You were perfect in your ways from 39:58 the day you were created, till iniquity 40:02 was found in you. You were perfect 40:06 in your ways from the day you were what? 40:09 Created, and so using the language of 40:12 Genesis chapter 1. This angel would have 40:14 been created good. Good, you were 40:16 perfect in your ways from the day 40:18 that you were created until iniquity was 40:23 found in you. Now if you and I could find 40:29 an explanation or a reason as to why an 40:36 angel who stood in the presence of God, 40:38 became full of iniquity and we could excuse sin. 40:43 But there is absolutely no good reason, 40:47 no good reason at all, why a perfect angel 40:51 who stood in the presence of God 40:54 became full of iniquity. You were perfect 40:57 in your ways from the day that 40:58 you were created until iniquity was 41:02 found in you. So this angel was created 41:05 just like Genesis chapter 1 says, 41:06 God creates everything. He creates it good. 41:10 But then there is something found 41:11 in this evil angel, this angel that become evil, 41:15 this anointed cherub that was in 41:16 the throne room of God and that 41:18 was iniquity. Iniquity was found in you. 41:21 Verse 16 Roberto. Let's go to verse 16. 41:24 Ezekiel 28 verse 16. By the abundance 41:28 of your trading you become filled with 41:31 the violence within and you sinned. 41:34 Therefore I cast thee as profane out 41:42 of the mountain of God: 41:44 and I destroy you, O covering cherub, 41:48 from the midst of the fiery stones. 41:51 Your heart was lifted up because of 41:55 your beauty, you corrupted your 42:00 wisdom for the sake of your splendor; 42:03 I cast you to the ground, 42:05 I laid you before Kings, that they 42:09 might gaze at you. Okay let's focus 42:12 there in verse 17 for just a moment. 42:14 Another one of verses that you wanna 42:15 focus on when you're given these Bible 42:16 studies is verse 17. Because verse 17 42:19 there says, your heart, speaking of this 42:22 angel that iniquity is found in. 42:25 Your heart was lifted up because of your what? 42:28 Beauty. Who was it that made this angel 42:33 beautiful? God did. But did God create an angel 42:38 that was proudful or pride or full of pride. 42:41 No, He created an angel that was humble 42:43 and was loving God and serving God. 42:47 He says verse 17, your heart was lifted up, 42:50 because of your beauty. God had given this 42:53 angel the gift of being very beautiful 42:56 and this angel had taken that gift and 43:00 perverted it into something evil. 43:04 Is it possible that you and I have a gift 43:09 that God has given us. 43:11 And we're taking that gift and we're using 43:14 it for our own self seeking and our own service 43:18 and for our own glory is that possible? 43:21 Its possible isn't it. See this study just, 43:26 isn't just an informational study. 43:28 This study is a study that is designed 43:31 to go deeper than just our intellect 43:33 and to enter into our heart. 43:34 Because we need a heart change. 43:37 We don't want our heart to be like that Satan. 43:40 And verse 17 again says, you corrupted 43:43 your wisdom for the sake of your splendor. 43:47 You corrupted your wisdom for the sake 43:51 of your splendor. Does God take any 43:53 responsibility in that passage right there, 43:55 for the corruption? No. No, no, no God created 43:59 this angel perfect. He was the seal 44:03 of perfection. Perfect and beauty. 44:06 He was perfect in His ways from the day 44:08 He was created verse 15 says. 44:10 Then God says in verse 17, I cast 44:12 you the ground, I laid you before Kings 44:15 that they might gaze at you. 44:16 And Roberto, can you go to us, 44:18 for verse 18. The last verse in this 44:21 section here. Ezekiel chapter 28 and verse 18. 44:26 You defiled your sanctuaries by the 44:30 multitude of your iniquities, 44:32 by the iniquity of your trading; 44:35 therefore I brought fire from your midst. 44:39 He devour you, and I turn you to ashes 44:44 upon the earth in the sight of all 44:47 who saw you. Notice verse 18, 44:51 it says you defiled your sanctuaries 44:55 by the multitude of your iniquities. 44:58 By the iniquity of your trading. 45:02 God again in this passage takes 45:04 absolutely no responsibility for evil. 45:08 How much responsibility does God take. 45:10 None. None, because when God created 45:13 this angel how did God him? Good. 45:15 Good, perfect, that's absolutely right. 45:19 So remember you're in Ezekiel 28 45:22 the reason that you are there is to show 45:24 that this angel that falls from heaven 45:27 was created. He was created perfect 45:30 until iniquity was found in him. 45:33 So when God created this angel, now, 45:35 now why did God an angel that had the 45:40 option of becoming evil. 45:42 Why did God create that angel? 45:43 What was that. Because He loved him. 45:47 You remember earlier when I pointed that 45:50 finger gun at Mrs. Glory and said love me, 45:52 it's impossible, so God who is love wanted 45:56 love in return and the only way that you 45:59 can get true service or genuine service 46:02 and genuine loyalty when you create something 46:05 is to create that individual or that being 46:09 with the power of choice, and so God created 46:14 this angel with the power of choice, because 46:17 God didn't want the worship of a robot. 46:19 God wanted the worship of a being that could 46:23 chose to love Him. God wanted the 46:27 service of a being that could chose to love Him. 46:31 And that's the service that God wants from you. 46:34 God wants service you, because you're a 46:37 being that can chose to serve God. 46:41 So you'll notice here even in the middle 46:43 of this Bible study and we haven't gone 46:45 to the middle yet. But in this Bible study, 46:48 I'm already appealing to the heart. 46:50 You remember last week in our cycle of 46:54 evangelism we discussed that you want to gain 46:56 decisions, little decisions all throughout your 46:59 Bible study. A little decision near the 47:01 beginning, a little decision further into 47:03 the study, so on and so forth, now 47:05 when you get to the end of our your study 47:07 and you have the big appeal that person 47:09 has made little decisions all the way along 47:11 and so it's easier for that person to make 47:13 the right decision when the big decision 47:15 needs to be made at the end of the 47:17 Bible study, does that make sense. 47:19 Yeah, you remember that, don't you? 47:20 Praise the Lord. So we're here in Ezekiel 28 47:24 to show that this being was created perfect, 47:26 that God again takes no responsibility for it, 47:29 because God creating him perfect, 47:30 but then this, this anointed cherub, 47:34 this angel that stood in the presence 47:35 of God makes a decision to become evil. 47:41 How does that happen, I can't explain it. 47:44 The Bible says that this, this being took 47:48 a gift that God had given him and corrupt it. 47:54 It's my prayer that none of us will do that. 47:58 So we were gonna go now to our next 48:00 reference, so you notice on our screen. 48:02 You notice on our screen Isaiah 14 48:05 verses 12 through 14, that's the next 48:08 reference Isaiah 14 verses 12 through 14 48:12 and we were in Ezekiel, so you're turning to 48:14 the left in your Bible and you go 48:17 past Jeremiah and then you'll go into Isaiah, 48:22 that's right. Last mentioning the 48:23 thought there. Isaiah chapter 14 48:26 and Mike, if you could read this for us. 48:27 Verses 12 through 14 and we're gonna 48:31 find out what the name of Satan 48:33 or the devil was prior to his fall. 48:36 Go ahead Mike. How art thou fallen from 48:39 heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! 48:41 Stop right there Mike. Does that language 48:43 sound familiar? What does he sound like. 48:47 I be hell Satan fall like lightening from heaven. 48:51 Here it says how you're fallen from 48:53 the heaven O Lucifer, son of the morning. 48:57 So Satan's name prior to his fall was what. 49:01 Lucifer. Lucifer. Okay keep reading Mike. 49:03 How art thou cut down to the ground, 49:06 which did weaken the nations! 49:08 For thou has said in thine heart, 49:10 I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt 49:12 my throne above the stars of God: 49:15 I will sit also upon the mount of the 49:18 congregation, in the sides of the north. 49:20 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; 49:23 I will be like the most High. 49:25 Notice there the first part of verse 13 says 49:28 for you have said in your heart. 49:32 Now there are several references in the 49:33 Old Testament that tell us, well the 49:35 New Testament says that as a man thinks 49:40 in his heart, so is he. As a man thinks in 49:44 his heart so is he. Whether that was 49:46 Old Testament or a New Testament look 49:47 it up you'll find exactly what Testament 49:49 that was in. As a man thinks in his heart, 49:52 so is he and then it also says, 49:55 out of the abundance of the heart the mouth 49:59 what? Speaks. Speaks. Have you ever been 50:01 in a conversation with somebody and 50:03 you're telling yourself I can't say that. 50:05 I can't say that, don't say that, 50:07 but you're thinking it, your thinking it, 50:08 your thinking it, don't say that, 50:10 I can't say that and it just comes out. 50:13 Have you ever been in a conversation 50:15 with somebody when that happens. 50:16 Oh yeah, you'd step in a lot of trouble don't you. 50:18 Because you're thinking it. It just comes out, 50:21 as a man thinks in his heart so is he out 50:23 of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. 50:27 And so Lucifer. Lucifer had a loose lip problem 50:32 didn't he? He just had a loose lip problem. 50:35 He was thinking all of this stuff in his heart 50:39 and what was he thinking there, in verse 13 50:42 it says, For you have said in your heart, 50:45 I will ascend into heaven, was the anointed 50:49 cherub in heaven already? Yes. 50:53 Absolutely. Was he content with where he was? 50:56 You know the Bible says, First Timothy 6:6 that 50:59 contentment with Godliness is great gain. 51:02 Contentment with Godliness is great gain. 51:05 So here He says, I will ascend into heaven, 51:08 but he was already there. 51:09 Then He says, I will exalt my throne 51:12 above the stars of God. Do you know that 51:17 in the book of the Revelation. 51:19 I believe it's the last chapter, Jesus is called 51:23 the bright and morning star, Lucifer wanted 51:28 to be higher than Jesus himself. 51:32 He says I, there in verse 13 says, 51:36 I will exalt my throne above the stars of God. 51:40 Wasn't He already one of the two highest 51:42 angels in heaven. He was, but He wasn't 51:46 happy with that. I will also sit on the mount 51:51 of the congregation, on the farther sides 51:53 of the north. In the earthly sanctuary 51:56 and we'll get to a study on that in the future. 51:58 In the earthy sanctuary we're going to learn 52:01 that God's throne was on the North side 52:05 of the sanctuary. It was represented there 52:09 on the Northern side of the sanctuary 52:11 by the, the table of show bread. 52:13 Two stacks of bread representing the bread 52:16 of life, God the Father, God the Son. 52:18 And so we'll get to that in a future study. 52:21 I will also sit on the mount of the 52:23 congregation on the further sides of the North, 52:26 wasn't He already on the further sides 52:29 of the North. Wasn't He already there 52:31 where God's throne is set. 52:33 The only way he could get higher 52:36 was to be higher than God himself 52:38 and is that a possibility? It's not, it's not. 52:42 Verse 14, I will ascend above the heights 52:46 of the clouds; I will be like the most High. 52:54 Lucifer wanted to be like God in position, 53:01 in authority, but not in disposition. 53:07 Lucifer wanted to have the power, 53:12 the prestige, and the worship that God 53:15 deserved. But it wasn't going to happen. 53:19 So the Bible tells us that was a war in heaven 53:23 and then Satan and his angels are cast 53:26 out of heaven. Jesus himself said, 53:29 I beheld Satan fall like lightening from heaven. 53:32 So Satan lost the battle, he lost the battle 53:36 in heaven and right now he wants to win 53:39 the battle for your life, everyone of us 53:44 struggle with certain issues or certain 53:48 sins in our life. Jesus says you can overcome 53:53 that, you can do that and we'll go 53:55 for some references later on that teach us 53:58 that we can overcome, but Satan says I'll 54:00 just give into it, it's too hard, your flesh 54:03 is too weak, go ahead and do it. 54:05 Satan hates you, he hates you. 54:09 Yet many of us show Satan that we love 54:14 and worship him by giving him what he wants, 54:17 by obeying him. So you notice there 54:21 on your screen, you notice there that 54:23 what we have done is, you know what, 54:25 somebody at each one of those tables 54:27 go ahead and pick up a microphone 54:28 because I want you to be ready to answer 54:29 these questions, right as we go to them. 54:32 So our first great controversy text was 54:34 Genesis chapter 1 and Tom, if you could 54:37 go ahead and tell me, Tom tell me what 54:39 was the reason that we went to Genesis 54:41 chapter 1, what did we learn there? 54:43 We wanted to show that when God creates 54:46 something he always make it good. 54:48 That's right. That's the concept of going 54:50 to Genesis chapter 1. Alright let's go over 54:52 here to Shelita, Shelita in Matthews 54:55 chapter 13 verses 24 through 30 54:57 Jesus gives us a parable, you remember 54:59 the parable I'm trying to give you a lot 55:01 of clues here to remember what we 55:02 learned. In verses 37 through 39 Jesus 55:04 explains that parable; first of all tell me what 55:06 is a parable? A parable is a story 55:09 with a deeper meaning, that's right, a story 55:11 or an illustration that has a deeper meaning. 55:13 And so Jesus tells us story in verses 24 55:16 through 30 about a man sowing seed 55:19 but all of a sudden there's some tares 55:21 coming up where that seed was sown 55:22 and those tares were sowing by whom? 55:25 The enemy, the devil. That's right. 55:28 Then when we get to the explanation 55:30 of the parable, you jumped ahead of me, 55:31 that's alright. When we get to the explanation 55:33 of the parable there Jesus tells us that 55:36 the enemy that sowed the tares is who? 55:40 The devil. The devil. So who was responsible 55:43 for the tares? Okay. Now tell me let's see, 55:47 let's go over to Caitlin, Caitlin, 55:50 in Luke 13:10-16 there was an illustration 55:54 of a lady that was sick for 18 years. 55:56 Who did Jesus say bound that lady 55:59 for 18 years? Devil. The devil. 56:02 So did Jesus claim any responsibility for that? 56:04 No. Absolutely not. So again God creates 56:07 something that is that's good, good in 56:09 Genesis chapter 1. Then we go to Matthews 13 56:12 and we see that there is evil that comes 56:14 because of an enemy, then we go to Luke 13 56:18 and show that Jesus says he was not 56:20 responsible for sickness but the devil 56:22 had bound that lady. Then we will look into 56:24 Luke 10:18 and Mike tell us what happened 56:27 in Luke 10:18? Jesus said that he beheld 56:29 Satan as lightening falling from heaven. 56:31 That's right. So Jesus sees Satan fall like 56:34 lightening from where? From heaven, 56:37 and then we go over to Bill, 56:39 Bill in Ezekiel 28:11-18 we see that this 56:44 Satan falls from heaven, how did 56:46 he get into heaven. He was created. 56:48 He was created. How was he created? 56:50 By God. He was created by God. 56:52 Perfect. Perfect. That's right. 56:53 Genesis would say he was created oh! 56:57 Good, good that's right, then we went 56:59 to Isaiah 14:12-14 and we see that 57:02 Satan had an I problem. 57:04 Satan had an 'I' problem, you know 57:07 it's quite interesting the middle letter 57:09 in sin is what, 'I', the middle letter in 57:12 pride is what? 'I'. So maybe there are some 57:16 of us that have the same issue that Satan had. 57:22 Maybe we have an 'I' problem. 57:25 But Jesus said, and take heart my friend, 57:28 Jesus said that you will overcome the world 57:32 because of him and in the second 57:34 half of this study we're gonna over that. 57:36 Bring your friends next time and join us 57:39 here at the Lay Institute for Evangelism. |
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