Welcome to the 3ABN
Spring Camp Meeting:
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The Three Angels' Messages.
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Hello and welcome once again
to 3ABN Spring Camp Meeting
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2018. And Three
Angels Broadcasting Network
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has endeavored to do something
that has never been done before
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and that is to present the
three angels' messages live.
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And we are praying for
God's people all over the world
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to be blessed and that
they will hear God's loving call
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and come to Jesus.
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You're watching
or listening to 3ABN
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television or radio. This
is a ministry of divine origin.
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And what we are doing
here is historic because
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I don't think ever in
the history we have had
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a live broadcast where you study
the three angels' messages.
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We have 16 sermons on
the three angels' messages.
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And you know as we
finish these 16 sermons
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we hope that you will still
understand that there is more
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to study... more to discover.
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God has much more to show us.
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During this hour God will
bless us through His servant
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Pastor David Shin.
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Pastor David Shin is coming
to us from Anchorage, Alaska.
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He is the pastor of the
Hillside O'Malley SDA church.
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He will be presenting the
topic Worship Him Who Created.
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This is topic #6 of 16 sermons.
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And the previous topic
was by Pastor C. A. Murray
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and those of you that
were here and were blessed
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would you say Amen? Amen! Amen.
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He presented the topic The
Hour of His Judgment Has Come.
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We are continuing with
the first angel's message.
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In Revelation chapter 14
verses 6 and 7 you'll find
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the first angel's message.
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Right now we're
on verse number 7:
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Worship Him Who Created.
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Pastor David Shin
will be here in a moment
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but I'd like to
invite Sr. Stephanie Dawn
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to come forward and
take her place at the piano
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before we pray. And
she will be accompanied
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on the piano by her
father Dann Thornton.
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And we just praise the
Lord for their ministry.
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They have a ministry of music
that is bringing the gospel
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to people all
around this country.
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And we encourage you to pray
for them and also invite them
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so that they can share what God
is doing through their ministry.
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And also the music is just
wonderful. Would you say Amen?
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Amen. Amen.
Well... I would like to
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ask you to join me
standing if you are able
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and we're going to
go to the Lord in prayer
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and ask Him to
bless us during this hour.
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Let us pray together.
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Our loving heavenly Father,
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we thank you so much for Three
Angels Broadcasting Network
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and what You have done so
far through this ministry.
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During this hour,
Lord, we have a great need.
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That need is of
Your Holy Spirit.
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We pray for Your Holy Spirit
to be poured out on Your servant
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Pastor David Shin.
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Also we pray for Your Holy
Spirit to bless everyone here
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and everyone that
will listen to this message
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all over the world.
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We pray for Your Holy Spirit
to open their understanding
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that they will understand
Your message for this hour.
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And heavenly Father, we
know the devil has tried to hide
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the fact that You
are the Creator...
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that You created all things.
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We pray that You will
help us during this hour
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that of those that
listen to this message
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that prior to hearing it
were not worshiping the Creator
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will begin to
worship You... the Creator.
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We pray for a
blessing for everyone
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and we ask for these things
in the holy and blessed name
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of Jesus. Amen. Amen... Amen.
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You may take your seats.
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I leave you with the blessing
bringing you to God's throne
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of grace Sr.
Stephanie Dawn. God bless you.
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See Your servant, Lord,
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turning toward You.
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One more troubadour
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who's adored You.
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For throughout the years
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through the
silence, through the tears
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You have met me
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here.
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So hear me when I speak to You
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as I did then.
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Hear me when I speak to You
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once again.
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Lord, throughout my days
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all the things You do amaze
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You show me Your Word...
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You show me Your way.
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Now show me, I pray Thee,
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Thy glory.
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Hide me in Your hand
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and pass before me.
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How can I go on
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if You're not with me?
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So show me, I pray Thee,
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Thy glory.
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Show me, I pray Thee,
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Thy glory.
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With the fire through the cloud
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in the wilderness
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by Your presence
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You gave Your people rest.
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And I must think that now
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You will do no less.
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I need Your presence
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please grant me
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my request.
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Show me, I pray Thee,
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Thy glory.
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Hide me in Your hand
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and pass before me.
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I know I can go on
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if You'll go with me.
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So show me, I pray Thee,
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Thy glory.
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Show me,
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I pray Thee...
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Show me,
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I pray Thee...
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Show me,
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I pray Thee,
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Thy
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glory.
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Amen!
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Amen... praise His name!
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Thank you so much for
sharing that beautiful song.
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Well, good afternoon everyone.
Our topic this afternoon is
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focusing on the
phrase: "Worship Him who made
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the heavens, the earth, the
sea, and the springs of water. "
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And I invite you to bow
your heads with me as we pray.
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Father in heaven, we
thank you for this opportunity
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that we have to focus on
the three angels' message
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that You've entrusted to us.
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We pray that the Holy
Spirit would guide our thoughts
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this afternoon as we
focus on the theme of worshiping
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our Creator. We ask these things
in the precious name of Jesus,
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Amen... amen.
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I invite you to open your
Bibles to Revelation chapter 14
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verses 6 and 7 as we hone in
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on this phrase:
"Worship Him who made
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the heavens, the earth, the
sea, and the springs of water. "
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And as we noted in
an earlier presentation
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worship is going to be a central
issue in the end of time.
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We are either going to
be worshiping the beast
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or we're going to be
worshiping the Creator.
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Revelation 14:6-7
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"Then I saw another angel
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flying in the midst of heaven
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having the everlasting gospel
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to preach to those
who dwell on the earth
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to every nation,
tribe, tongue, and people
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saying with a
loud voice: 'Fear God
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and give glory to Him
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for the hour of
His judgment has come
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and worship Him who made
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the heavens, the earth, the sea,
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and the springs of water. ' "
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There are 4 distinct phrases
- 4 distinct components -
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in the first angel's message.
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And the last
component is a clarion call
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to worship the Creator.
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Scholars have
noticed that this verse,
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specifically this phrase,
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is a direct allusion to another
text in the Old Testament.
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So let's go to the
second book of the Bible
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and see which phrase,
which text this is going to
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in Exodus chapter
20 verses 8 through 11.
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In the book of Revelation
two out of every three verses
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quotes or alludes
to the Old Testament.
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Exodus 20:8-11.
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This is at the heart
of the Ten Commandments
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and it's the only commandment
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that begins with
the word remember.
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Incidentally, it's the
one commandment that everyone
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tells you that we should forget.
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It's counterintuitive
to me, isn't it?
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Exodus chapter
20 verses 8 to 11-
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the Ten Commandments
written with God's own finger
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on tablets of stone -
"Remember the Sabbath Day
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to keep it holy.
Six days you shall labor
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and do all your
work but the seventh day
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is the Sabbath of
the Lord your God.
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In it you shall do no work:
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you, nor your
son, nor your daughter,
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nor your male servant,
nor your female servant,
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nor your cattle, nor your stran-
ger who is within your gates.
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For in six days the Lord
made the heavens, the earth,
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the sea, and all that is in them
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and rested the seventh day.
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Therefore the Lord
blessed the Sabbath Day
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and hallowed it. "
Verse 11 gives the why
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or the ground or the foundation
for keeping the Sabbath
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and it goes all the
way back to creation.
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It says: "For in six days... "
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Why should we keep the
Sabbath? Because in six days
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the Lord made the
heavens, the earth, and the sea.
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On the screen you will notice
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a verbal parallel
between Exodus chapter 20
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and Revelation
chapter 14 verse 7.
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On the screen
you'll see these four words
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that are in parallel.
"For in six days the Lord
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made the heavens, the
earth, and the sea... "
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Exodus chapter 20
verse 11 which we just read.
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And Revelation 14:7
says: "Worship Him who made
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the heaven, the
earth, and the sea. "
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Do you see it? Four
words: three nouns, one verb,
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exact same order.
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This is a direct
reference to Exodus chapter 20
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verse 11.
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Now when the New
Testament authors
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quote the Old Testament
they are not only quoting
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the parts that they reference
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but the entire context.
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And you'll
notice that in verse 11
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it says: "For in... "
What does your Bible say?
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Six days! "For in six days... "
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Now Dr. John Baldwin
who's professor emeritus
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of theology from Andrews
University Theological Seminary
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indicates that the
first angel's message
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when it calls us
to worship the Creator
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it is also implying
that God created the earth
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in six literal,
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contiguous 24-hour periods
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that we experience today.
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The implication
is that God's people
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are going to be
called to give a message
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that is going to
be the laughingstock
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of the entire scientific
contemporary community.
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A six-day literal creation
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is scoffed at
and ridiculed today.
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And anyone that has
a background in science
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looks at this idea
of a six-day creation
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and thinks: "Nonsense. "
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Now just in case you
don't know what we believe
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I want to read to
you Fundamental Belief #6
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which was recently honed
down to be more specific.
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Now we always believed
this but it was honed down
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at our last
General Conference Session.
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And I want to read to
you Fundamental Belief #6.
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You can look it up online
just so you know that I'm not
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misquoting here.
Fundamental Belief #6:
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"God has revealed in scripture
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the authentic and
the historical account
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of His creative activity.
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He created the
universe and in a recent
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six-day creation the Lord
made the heavens, the earth,
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the sea and all that is in them
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and rested the seventh day.
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Thus He established the Sabbath
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as a perpetual
memorial of that work. "
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And notice this part:
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"He performed and completed
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during six literal days
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that together with the Sabbath
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constitute the same
unit of time that we call
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a week today. "
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We as a community of
faith hold to the belief that
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God created the earth in
six literal, contiguous days.
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And this
message is not to go out
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with a soft or shy voice.
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It is to go out
with a loud voice:
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a message that
is a laughingstock
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of the entire
scientific community.
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Has God ever wanted His people
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to deliver a message that
has been the laughingstock
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of the contemporary community?
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The flood.
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The cross.
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I Corinthians
chapter 1 verses 18 and 23:
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"For the message of
the cross is foolishness
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to those who are perishing,
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but to us who are being
saved it is the power of God.
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We preach Christ crucified:
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a stumbling block to the Jews
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and foolishness
to the Gentiles."
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Incidentally, as the
first angel's message
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was first being
proclaimed in the 19th century
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in July of 1844
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Charles Darwin completed a
189-page handwritten manuscript,
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in 1844,
summarizing his species theory.
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Scholars refer to it
as Darwin's 1844 Sketch.
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Thus when Darwin in
his 1844 manuscript sketch
00:19:18.55\00:19:22.42
suggests that major
biological forms developed
00:19:22.62\00:19:25.49
over millions of years
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God in the same year sends
a special message to the world
00:19:27.86\00:19:32.13
that He created basic life forms
00:19:32.33\00:19:35.74
in six literal days
00:19:35.94\00:19:38.51
not millions of years.
00:19:38.71\00:19:42.01
And here we are
proclaiming a message
00:19:43.95\00:19:49.52
that implies a recent
six-day literal contiguous
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consecutive 24-hour period.
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There's another portion to this.
00:20:01.16\00:20:02.50
Go back to
Revelation chapter 14 verse 7
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and you'll see that
there is a fascinating part
00:20:06.07\00:20:11.01
of Revelation
chapter 14 verse 7:
00:20:11.21\00:20:13.27
the last part. It
says: "Worship Him who made
00:20:13.48\00:20:16.01
the heaven, the earth,
and the springs of water. "
00:20:16.21\00:20:20.08
That last part,
the springs of water,
00:20:20.75\00:20:23.32
is a diversion or a detour
or different than what is in
00:20:23.52\00:20:29.39
Exodus chapter 20 verse 11.
00:20:29.79\00:20:32.23
Exodus 20:11 says: "For
in six days the Lord made
00:20:32.63\00:20:35.93
the heavens, the earth, the
sea and all that is in them"
00:20:36.13\00:20:39.23
but in Revelation
chapter 14 verse 7
00:20:39.43\00:20:41.74
it says: "He who made
the heavens, the earth, AND
00:20:41.94\00:20:45.31
the springs of water. "
00:20:45.51\00:20:47.24
Why didn't it say
"and all that is in them"
00:20:47.64\00:20:50.85
or say "the sea and the
springs and the lakes? "
00:20:51.01\00:20:54.25
But it says "and
the springs of water. "
00:20:54.45\00:20:58.92
It's interesting
because John Baldwin
00:20:59.45\00:21:02.62
references
Genesis chapter 7 verse 11
00:21:02.82\00:21:07.00
in which the first time the
springs of water is mentioned.
00:21:07.20\00:21:11.73
It's the flood.
Genesis chapter 7 verse 11:
00:21:12.03\00:21:14.24
"In the 600th year of
Noah's life on the 17th day
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of the second month, on that day
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all the springs or the fountains
of the deep burst forth
00:21:22.04\00:21:26.58
and the floodgates
of heaven were opened. "
00:21:26.78\00:21:30.42
Could it be that
the fountains of water,
00:21:30.82\00:21:34.42
the last part of
"Worship Him who made heavens,
00:21:34.62\00:21:37.49
earth and sea and
the fountains of water"
00:21:37.69\00:21:40.43
is calling us back to
a literal global flood
00:21:40.63\00:21:45.30
and a rational
logical explanation
00:21:46.20\00:21:49.90
for the geologic column?
00:21:50.11\00:21:52.44
John Baldwin said: "If we can
properly interpret the concept
00:21:53.21\00:21:56.98
fountains of water as
pointing to the Genesis flood,
00:21:57.18\00:22:00.95
the phrase constitutes
still another divine endorsement
00:22:01.15\00:22:06.09
of the historical
reality of the Biblical flood. "
00:22:06.29\00:22:11.49
Turn with me to
Revelation 16:13-14.
00:22:13.13\00:22:18.03
We see that three
angels in Revelation chapter 14
00:22:18.43\00:22:21.97
are giving a global message
00:22:22.17\00:22:24.24
yet in Revelation 16:13-14
00:22:24.44\00:22:27.61
we see three
unclean spirits like frogs
00:22:27.81\00:22:32.15
coming out of the
mouth of the dragon,
00:22:32.35\00:22:33.92
out of the mouth of the beast,
00:22:34.12\00:22:35.62
and out of the mouth
of the false prophet.
00:22:35.82\00:22:38.45
"For they are the spirits
of demons performing signs
00:22:38.65\00:22:42.72
which go out to the
kings of the whole world
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to gather them to the
battle of the great day
00:22:45.53\00:22:48.50
of God Almighty. "
00:22:48.70\00:22:50.37
In the end of time you have
3 angels in the midst of heaven
00:22:50.57\00:22:55.04
and yet in
Revelation chapter 16 verse 13
00:22:55.24\00:22:58.31
you see three
unclean spirits like frogs.
00:22:58.51\00:23:01.61
And in verse 14 it says
they are the spirits of what?
00:23:01.81\00:23:04.81
Demons. Now what are demons?
00:23:05.01\00:23:07.62
Demons are fallen angels.
00:23:07.98\00:23:10.79
So in the end
you have three angels
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versus three angels.
00:23:15.62\00:23:18.03
Three angels from
heaven and three fallen angels
00:23:18.43\00:23:23.16
with a different
version of the gospel.
00:23:23.37\00:23:26.63
A different version
of creation and origins.
00:23:26.84\00:23:31.84
One scholar states
that the end-time encounter
00:23:32.24\00:23:35.61
between two groups of ideas
00:23:35.81\00:23:38.11
will be the battle between
the scriptures and perception,
00:23:38.31\00:23:42.22
between reality as
experienced by the five senses
00:23:42.42\00:23:46.39
and ultimate reality as
revealed by God Himself.
00:23:46.79\00:23:52.69
The theory of evolution today
00:23:53.63\00:23:56.36
is held as the only world view
00:23:56.56\00:24:00.54
that is scientifically viable.
00:24:00.74\00:24:03.27
So much so that individuals
00:24:03.77\00:24:06.68
within the
Christian community of faith
00:24:07.08\00:24:09.84
have endeavored to meld
00:24:10.25\00:24:12.28
evolution with theism.
00:24:13.05\00:24:16.35
Theistic evolution:
00:24:17.15\00:24:20.36
the idea that
God used evolution -
00:24:20.76\00:24:25.79
the cycle of death and
the survival of the fittest -
00:24:25.99\00:24:30.17
to create. We'll come
back to this idea in a moment
00:24:30.57\00:24:36.47
but we need to recognize
that even Charles Darwin himself
00:24:37.34\00:24:42.41
had some questions
about his own theory.
00:24:43.21\00:24:46.41
In 1861, two years
after the publication
00:24:46.82\00:24:50.85
of the Origin of the Species,
00:24:51.05\00:24:52.82
Darwin wrote a letter
to his biologist Asa Gray
00:24:53.02\00:24:56.16
saying that "the eye to this
day gives me a cold shudder. "
00:24:56.36\00:25:01.26
And he says and I quote:
00:25:02.86\00:25:04.47
"To suppose that the eye
with all its contrivances
00:25:04.67\00:25:09.44
for adjusting the
focus to different distances,
00:25:09.64\00:25:13.71
for admitting
different amounts of light,
00:25:13.91\00:25:15.81
and for the correction
of spherical and chromatic
00:25:16.01\00:25:18.78
aberration could have been
formed by natural selection
00:25:18.98\00:25:22.88
seems I must freely confess
00:25:23.08\00:25:26.05
absurd in the
highest possible degree. "
00:25:26.25\00:25:30.56
"The belief that an
organ as perfect as the eye
00:25:32.53\00:25:36.67
could have been
formed by natural selection
00:25:36.87\00:25:40.24
is more than enough
to stagger anyone. "
00:25:40.44\00:25:44.81
I'm sure you don't hear
that in your biology classes.
00:25:47.24\00:25:50.35
Two years after the publication
he looks at the human eye
00:25:51.21\00:25:54.48
and says that the idea
that this came about by natural
00:25:54.68\00:25:59.12
selection is absurd in
the highest possible degree.
00:25:59.32\00:26:05.09
The Bible indicates
that we are fearfully
00:26:05.93\00:26:09.66
and wonderfully made. Amen!
00:26:09.86\00:26:12.87
So here's the question:
why is a six-day creation
00:26:13.07\00:26:18.97
essential to Adventist theology?
00:26:19.37\00:26:23.35
Some people say it's not.
00:26:24.41\00:26:26.58
Some people say that you can
believe in theistic evolution
00:26:27.08\00:26:29.95
and still be a
Seventh-day Adventist.
00:26:30.15\00:26:33.22
I want us to take a
view of how different people
00:26:35.56\00:26:39.66
have tried to incorporate
science and scripture.
00:26:39.86\00:26:42.50
I have a degree in
historical theology,
00:26:43.50\00:26:45.93
and I remember one of my
professors paused for a moment
00:26:46.33\00:26:50.01
before he began his class and
said: "For this whole semester
00:26:50.21\00:26:52.84
you're going to be
studying nothing but heresy. "
00:26:53.64\00:26:56.38
I thought to myself: "I'm
paying $3,000 for this class
00:26:58.75\00:27:01.82
to study heresy? " Well at
least he was upfront about it.
00:27:02.62\00:27:06.22
One of the individuals that
we studied was Rudolf Bultmann.
00:27:06.72\00:27:09.96
Rudolf Bultmann said this:
"We cannot use electric lights
00:27:10.36\00:27:13.46
and radios, in the event
of illness avail ourselves
00:27:13.66\00:27:16.73
of the modern
medical and clinical means
00:27:16.93\00:27:19.47
and at the same time
believe in the spirit and wonder
00:27:19.67\00:27:22.30
of the New Testament. " In
other words, we cannot live
00:27:22.50\00:27:25.14
in the scientific age and
read the Bible the same way.
00:27:25.34\00:27:27.88
So he went down the
list and went down a rational
00:27:28.28\00:27:32.45
logical conclusion. Every time
something came up in scripture
00:27:32.65\00:27:36.38
that conflicted
with science he said:
00:27:36.58\00:27:38.89
"We have to reinterpret it. "
00:27:39.09\00:27:40.72
In other words, it's a myth!
00:27:41.12\00:27:42.62
So he went to the resurrection.
00:27:43.02\00:27:44.56
Conflicts with
science... it's a myth!
00:27:44.96\00:27:47.53
The virgin birth. Conflicts
with science... it's a myth!
00:27:47.93\00:27:51.23
Every miracle in the
Bible was re-interpreted
00:27:51.43\00:27:55.07
as a myth, as an allegory.
00:27:55.27\00:27:56.81
The six literal
day creation is a myth!
00:27:57.01\00:28:00.48
Now I respectfully
disagree with Rudolf Bultmann
00:28:00.88\00:28:04.55
but at least he was consistent.
00:28:04.75\00:28:07.32
I remember in a previous con-
gregation I had an individual
00:28:08.55\00:28:11.62
that had a
problem with my sermon.
00:28:12.02\00:28:13.99
Welcome to my world.
00:28:14.62\00:28:16.09
And he approached me afterward
and said: "Pastor, I don't agree
00:28:17.76\00:28:20.13
with you... this idea of a
six literal day creation. "
00:28:20.33\00:28:23.47
And so we sat in my office
00:28:23.67\00:28:25.03
and I said: "Hey, I
want to sit down with you;
00:28:25.23\00:28:27.40
I want to dialogue. I
don't want to alienate you.
00:28:27.60\00:28:29.67
Let's sit down
and reason together. "
00:28:29.97\00:28:32.01
And he said: "Pastor, I can't
believe in a six day literal
00:28:32.21\00:28:34.58
creation. " And
I said: "Why not? "
00:28:34.78\00:28:36.11
He said: "Because of science. "
00:28:36.51\00:28:38.11
And I asked him: "Well, do you
believe in the virgin birth? "
00:28:39.81\00:28:42.65
He said: "Yes. " I
almost fell out of my chair!
00:28:44.29\00:28:46.99
I said: "On what basis? "
00:28:48.82\00:28:50.79
He said: "On the
basis of faith. "
00:28:52.86\00:28:54.66
I said: "You mean to tell me
00:28:55.26\00:28:58.53
that a virgin had a baby
00:28:59.87\00:29:04.37
and that baby is
the Son of God? "
00:29:04.77\00:29:08.41
"You want to talk about science?
00:29:09.44\00:29:11.51
Evolution is a theory.
00:29:13.05\00:29:16.15
How reproduction
happens: it's a scientific fact
00:29:17.35\00:29:22.29
and can be reproduced
00:29:23.29\00:29:24.99
over and over and over again.
00:29:25.19\00:29:29.76
Everyone knows that in
order for human life to happen
00:29:29.96\00:29:33.87
it takes sperm and egg
00:29:34.07\00:29:37.11
and you mean to believe in that
00:29:37.67\00:29:42.48
on the basis of faith? "
00:29:42.68\00:29:44.61
I said: "You
need to be consistent.
00:29:44.81\00:29:46.51
If you're going to
throw out Genesis 1
00:29:48.12\00:29:50.22
on the basis of science
00:29:50.42\00:29:52.19
you need to throw
out the virgin birth.
00:29:52.39\00:29:54.69
You need to throw
out the resurrection
00:29:55.09\00:29:57.29
and you need to throw out every
single miracle in the Bible
00:29:57.49\00:30:00.83
that conflicts with science
00:30:01.03\00:30:03.10
just like Rudolf Bultmann did.
00:30:03.30\00:30:05.83
You can't have your cake
and eat it too and be selective.
00:30:06.03\00:30:11.61
And the reason why some
evangelicals cannot go down that
00:30:12.64\00:30:17.11
route is because
they're holding on
00:30:17.31\00:30:20.45
to some heritage that
they simply cannot emotionally
00:30:20.65\00:30:25.02
deny. " Later
on, praise the Lord,
00:30:25.22\00:30:29.52
that gentleman came
back and said: "Pastor,
00:30:30.19\00:30:32.29
I suppose if
God can become human
00:30:32.49\00:30:37.07
and a virgin can have a baby
00:30:37.27\00:30:39.70
He can create the earth
in six literal days, too. "
00:30:40.10\00:30:43.64
Praise His name. Amen!
00:30:45.27\00:30:48.48
Rudolf Bultmann had this idea
and he carried it to its logical
00:30:49.04\00:30:52.51
conclusion. Pannenberg
who was a contemporary
00:30:52.71\00:30:56.69
of Rudolf Bultmann
countered Bultmann's theology
00:30:56.89\00:30:59.89
and said: "Without
the historical reality
00:31:00.09\00:31:02.59
of the resurrection the
Christian religion is not
00:31:03.06\00:31:06.19
a valid religion. "
00:31:06.39\00:31:08.40
And I'd like to do a
version of what Pannenberg said.
00:31:10.40\00:31:14.40
"Without the historical reality
of a literal, six-day creation
00:31:14.60\00:31:20.28
Adventism is not
a valid movement. "
00:31:20.68\00:31:24.75
I'm sorry... or I'm not sorry.
00:31:26.58\00:31:30.15
I make no apologies.
If you are to go down
00:31:32.22\00:31:35.46
the road of not believing
in a literal, six-day creation,
00:31:35.66\00:31:40.13
we cannot be
00:31:40.53\00:31:42.56
Seventh-day Adventists.
00:31:42.76\00:31:47.57
We're in the
wrong movement, friends.
00:31:47.97\00:31:51.44
It doesn't make any
sense to be who we are.
00:31:51.64\00:31:56.18
This strikes at the
very heart of what it means
00:31:56.58\00:32:00.02
to be a Seventh-day Adventist.
00:32:00.22\00:32:02.58
Why is a literal six-day
creation essential to Adventist
00:32:02.78\00:32:06.69
theology?
Reason #1: the Sabbath.
00:32:06.89\00:32:09.29
If you believe that the Sabbath
is a memorial to creation
00:32:10.43\00:32:15.06
which happened
in six literal days
00:32:15.46\00:32:17.87
but they are not
really six literal days,
00:32:18.07\00:32:20.27
there is no point
in keeping the Sabbath.
00:32:20.47\00:32:23.27
If it happened over
millions and billions of years,
00:32:24.01\00:32:27.14
why come every seven
days to memorialize something
00:32:27.34\00:32:31.21
that did not happen in six days?
00:32:31.41\00:32:33.35
It doesn't make any sense.
00:32:33.75\00:32:35.32
Why not keep the
Sabbath once every lifetime?
00:32:35.72\00:32:38.79
That would be more analogical
00:32:39.79\00:32:42.12
if it happened over
billions and eons of years.
00:32:42.32\00:32:45.29
Why every seven days?
00:32:45.49\00:32:47.76
There is no
logic... no reason to this.
00:32:48.16\00:32:50.87
And this is from Patriarchs
and Prophets page 111.
00:32:51.07\00:32:55.34
I encourage you to read it be-
cause the title of this chapter
00:32:55.54\00:32:59.87
gives it away. It's
entitled The Literal Week.
00:33:00.08\00:33:03.58
Read it on Sabbath afternoon.
00:33:04.28\00:33:07.18
Here it is: "Like the
Sabbath, the week originated
00:33:08.15\00:33:10.92
at creation, and it has been
preserved and brought down to us
00:33:11.12\00:33:15.59
through Bible history.
God Himself measured off
00:33:15.79\00:33:19.19
the first week as a
sample for successive weeks
00:33:19.39\00:33:23.50
to the close of time.
Like every other, it consisted
00:33:23.70\00:33:28.64
of seven literal days.
00:33:28.84\00:33:31.67
Six days were employed
in the work of creation.
00:33:32.07\00:33:34.38
Upon the seventh God rested
00:33:34.58\00:33:36.85
and He blessed this day
and set it apart as a day
00:33:37.05\00:33:40.25
of rest for man. "
00:33:40.45\00:33:42.32
And listen to this part:
00:33:42.52\00:33:43.99
"But the assumption that
the events of the first week
00:33:44.39\00:33:47.99
required thousands
upon thousands of years
00:33:48.19\00:33:51.59
strikes directly at the foun-
dation of the 4th commandment. "
00:33:51.79\00:33:57.77
There we have it. You do
away with the six-day creation
00:33:58.17\00:34:01.90
you do away with the Sabbath.
00:34:02.30\00:34:04.37
There is no memorial to creation
because it didn't happen
00:34:04.87\00:34:09.44
the way that
Genesis literally indicates.
00:34:09.64\00:34:12.98
Why is a literal
six-day creation essential?
00:34:13.82\00:34:16.82
Number one: the
Sabbath. Number two: salvation.
00:34:17.22\00:34:20.52
The whole theory of evolution
is predicated on the idea
00:34:21.42\00:34:25.86
that God used death
as a means to an end.
00:34:26.26\00:34:30.63
In other words, death was
not the consequence of sin
00:34:31.03\00:34:35.14
it is actually part of
God's creative process.
00:34:35.34\00:34:39.31
So if you believe in
the theory of evolution,
00:34:40.18\00:34:42.61
you have to believe
that death was prior to sin.
00:34:42.81\00:34:47.55
It upends the whole
narrative of the gospel story
00:34:47.95\00:34:51.89
because the Bible
indicates from a literal reading
00:34:52.09\00:34:54.99
that death was the
natural result of sin.
00:34:55.19\00:34:58.29
But evolution
teaches that sin was preceded
00:34:58.69\00:35:03.60
by death. Not only that, death
was the means through which
00:35:03.80\00:35:08.27
God created. But
Romans chapter 5 verse 12
00:35:08.47\00:35:11.97
indicates that sin caused death.
00:35:12.17\00:35:13.71
Romans chapter 8 verse
20 indicates and implies
00:35:13.91\00:35:16.68
that this is
not only human death
00:35:16.88\00:35:18.75
but all death...
animal death as well.
00:35:18.95\00:35:22.38
And I Corinthians
chapter 15 verse 21
00:35:22.58\00:35:25.55
indicates that Christ
"came to save us from death. "
00:35:25.75\00:35:29.99
So if you do away
with this whole process,
00:35:30.86\00:35:33.86
then Christ came for
nothing! That's right.
00:35:34.06\00:35:37.47
Why would He save us from death
00:35:37.67\00:35:39.43
when He used death in the first
place in the creative process?
00:35:39.63\00:35:43.17
If death is indeed God's method
in the process of creation,
00:35:46.37\00:35:49.71
then why do we
need saving from it?
00:35:49.91\00:35:52.61
One person said: "The
origin of animal death
00:35:54.55\00:35:57.42
as well as human death is
linked exclusively to human sin
00:35:57.62\00:36:01.09
which means that human and
animal death cannot be separated
00:36:01.29\00:36:05.13
as consequences of sin. "
00:36:05.33\00:36:08.00
One other person said that
"An evolutionary world view
00:36:08.90\00:36:11.30
implies that salvation cannot
mean returning to an original
00:36:11.50\00:36:14.77
state but must be
conceived as perfection
00:36:14.97\00:36:18.67
through the
process of evolution. "
00:36:18.87\00:36:21.48
Evolution assumes
that we're getting better.
00:36:21.68\00:36:24.48
Salvation and Bible history
00:36:25.71\00:36:27.98
indicates that we're getting
worse and need to be restored.
00:36:28.18\00:36:32.99
Reason #1: the
Sabbath. Reason #2: salvation.
00:36:34.79\00:36:40.20
And reason #3:
our picture of God.
00:36:40.60\00:36:44.93
If we believe
that God used death
00:36:47.47\00:36:51.94
in the creative process,
00:36:52.44\00:36:54.34
we either believe that
He's impotent or malevolent.
00:36:55.41\00:37:00.38
In other words, He
has a terrible character
00:37:00.58\00:37:03.35
or He doesn't have the
power to create instantly.
00:37:03.75\00:37:06.55
It's one of those two.
00:37:06.96\00:37:08.99
If He has the power and
yet creates through a process
00:37:09.39\00:37:13.06
of death, then we have to seri-
ously question His character.
00:37:13.26\00:37:17.50
If we believe that He's loving
but cannot create instantly,
00:37:18.33\00:37:22.60
we seriously have to
question His ability.
00:37:23.20\00:37:26.37
Holmes Rolston indicates
that the process of evolution
00:37:28.94\00:37:32.01
is extraordinarily wasteful,
00:37:32.21\00:37:34.52
cruel, filled with predation,
00:37:34.72\00:37:37.05
selfishness,
randomness, blindness,
00:37:37.25\00:37:39.85
disaster, indifference,
waste, struggle, suffering,
00:37:40.06\00:37:43.76
and death.
Phillip Clayton says this:
00:37:43.96\00:37:46.63
"A God who allows
countless billions of organisms
00:37:46.83\00:37:50.07
to suffer and die, an
entire species to be wiped out,
00:37:50.27\00:37:54.00
either does not share
the same sort of values we do
00:37:54.20\00:37:57.27
or works in a world much
more limited and indirectly
00:37:57.47\00:38:00.68
than theologians
have usually imagined.
00:38:00.88\00:38:03.18
In other words,
the geologic column
00:38:03.58\00:38:05.91
if interpreted as the
product of millions of years
00:38:06.11\00:38:09.35
of organic
evolution guided by God
00:38:09.55\00:38:11.95
actually portrays the way
Satan would develop life forms
00:38:12.15\00:38:16.02
not God. "
00:38:16.22\00:38:17.56
I had the privilege of
going to the Holocaust Museum
00:38:18.56\00:38:21.76
in Washington, D.C.
00:38:21.96\00:38:23.83
And as you go
through the Holocaust Museum
00:38:25.60\00:38:28.70
you begin to see that
not only were the Jews
00:38:29.84\00:38:33.91
the target of Hitler's genocide
00:38:34.11\00:38:37.45
it was also the physically
and the mentally handicapped.
00:38:37.95\00:38:43.92
They were deemed
as useless to society.
00:38:44.79\00:38:49.02
And Adolf Hitler
said and I quote:
00:38:49.42\00:38:52.16
"War is the best
time for the elimination
00:38:52.36\00:38:55.93
of the incurably ill
00:38:56.13\00:38:58.57
i.e. the mentally and
physically handicapped
00:38:58.77\00:39:04.11
because they are
worthless to society. "
00:39:04.31\00:39:07.98
Doomed patients were
transferred to 6 institutions
00:39:09.41\00:39:12.71
in Germany and Austria
00:39:12.91\00:39:15.75
where they were killed
in specially-constructed
00:39:15.95\00:39:18.79
gas chambers. Handicapped
infants and small children
00:39:18.99\00:39:23.29
were also killed by injection
with a deadly dose of drugs
00:39:23.49\00:39:27.66
or by starvation.
00:39:27.86\00:39:29.86
About 200,000
handicapped people were murdered
00:39:30.07\00:39:34.90
between 1940 and 1945.
00:39:35.10\00:39:38.97
From an evolutionary standpoint
00:39:41.31\00:39:44.18
what Hitler did makes sense
00:39:44.68\00:39:48.62
because evolution assumes
the survival of the fittest.
00:39:50.02\00:39:55.62
And if you're
useless to society,
00:39:56.32\00:39:58.53
if you're not the
cream of the crop,
00:39:59.53\00:40:01.86
you need to go.
00:40:03.83\00:40:06.10
And when you look at history
00:40:06.50\00:40:08.34
it's not a far
jump from Charles Darwin
00:40:08.54\00:40:11.84
to Friedrich
Nietzsche to Adolf Hitler.
00:40:12.24\00:40:15.94
In other words
Charles Darwin's ideas
00:40:17.38\00:40:20.38
are linked at
the hip to eugenics
00:40:21.05\00:40:24.45
and the idea of the master race.
00:40:24.85\00:40:28.29
And the question
is: whose, or which race
00:40:28.79\00:40:32.69
is the superior one?
00:40:32.89\00:40:35.10
Hitler had his ideas
00:40:35.30\00:40:37.23
and it led to a
political machine
00:40:37.43\00:40:40.34
that we know as the
great genocide of World War II.
00:40:40.54\00:40:45.37
The literal six-day
creation account testifies
00:40:48.18\00:40:51.18
to God's goodness
in the creative act.
00:40:51.38\00:40:55.68
Now here's the
question that individuals have:
00:40:56.28\00:40:58.69
what do I do when my
faith conflicts with science?
00:40:59.39\00:41:05.63
This is what very intelligent
individuals have asked
00:41:06.86\00:41:10.33
and we as a community of faith
00:41:10.53\00:41:12.77
are in the middle of a
struggle intellectually
00:41:12.97\00:41:16.91
as more and more
of our young people
00:41:17.11\00:41:19.91
and more and more of our members
are getting graduate degrees.
00:41:20.11\00:41:24.35
Getting PhD's...
getting Master's Degrees.
00:41:24.75\00:41:27.18
Because there is coming on
the scene even within our church
00:41:27.38\00:41:31.75
today this very
question: how do we relate
00:41:31.95\00:41:35.29
to a scientific idea
that strikes at the very heart
00:41:35.49\00:41:39.89
of what we believe as
Seventh-day Adventists?
00:41:40.10\00:41:43.23
How do we become
intellectually responsible
00:41:44.10\00:41:47.70
in believing in a
six-day literal creation
00:41:47.90\00:41:50.41
when the entire scientific
community says: "Look, that's
00:41:50.61\00:41:53.24
nonsense. There's
not enough 'evidence'
00:41:53.44\00:41:56.61
pointing in that direction. "
00:41:56.81\00:41:58.88
And some of the young
people that have engaged me
00:41:59.28\00:42:01.88
some of the millennials and
Gen Xers have said: "Pastor,
00:42:02.08\00:42:05.12
I cannot
intellectually have integrity
00:42:05.32\00:42:10.56
and hold to what
SDA's believe in Genesis 1.
00:42:12.03\00:42:16.46
Am I supposed to
turn off my brain
00:42:16.67\00:42:19.20
and just hold to this idea? "
00:42:19.70\00:42:22.37
Well, there have been
some recent developments
00:42:24.37\00:42:27.24
in the scientific dialogue
that has been taking place.
00:42:28.61\00:42:32.01
And I have a book in my library.
It's entitled: The Structure
00:42:32.21\00:42:35.55
of Scientific Revolutions.
00:42:35.75\00:42:37.65
Now this book is written
by a gentleman by the name of
00:42:38.55\00:42:42.42
Thomas Coon, who has his
graduate degree - his Ph.D. -
00:42:42.62\00:42:46.70
from Harvard University.
And he wrote this book in 1962.
00:42:46.90\00:42:51.93
And this book is esteemed -
00:42:53.64\00:42:56.60
this is a write-up
from Stanford University -
00:42:56.81\00:42:58.87
this book is esteemed as perhaps
the most influential book
00:42:59.07\00:43:03.85
of the 20th century. Now you
may not have heard of this book
00:43:04.05\00:43:07.85
but have any of you heard of
the term "a paradigm shift? "
00:43:08.05\00:43:12.62
Ah... he invented it.
00:43:13.02\00:43:15.22
He came up with the
idea in this book, and it has
00:43:16.09\00:43:18.53
pervaded society.
And his account of the
00:43:18.73\00:43:22.30
development of science held that
science enjoys stable periods
00:43:22.50\00:43:26.20
of stable growth punctuated
by revisionary revolutions.
00:43:26.40\00:43:31.84
What does that mean:
revisionary revolutions?
00:43:32.61\00:43:35.34
In other words Thomas
Coon has looked at the history
00:43:35.54\00:43:39.01
of science and
indicated that science
00:43:39.21\00:43:42.78
is not static... it's dynamic!
00:43:42.98\00:43:46.72
In other words, science itself
00:43:47.52\00:43:50.89
changes over time.
00:43:51.29\00:43:53.96
Let me give you
an example of this.
00:43:54.16\00:43:55.63
In 1686 Newton
came up with the laws
00:43:55.83\00:44:00.20
of motion which were esteemed
00:44:00.40\00:44:03.81
as THE world view,
and this held serve
00:44:04.01\00:44:07.84
for 300 years.
00:44:08.04\00:44:11.05
Newtonian physics.
00:44:11.25\00:44:12.58
Three hundred years of
domination in which no one
00:44:13.21\00:44:17.12
questioned this
idea... and if you did,
00:44:17.32\00:44:19.72
you were esteemed as a fool.
00:44:19.92\00:44:21.52
And yet in 1905 Einstein
00:44:22.39\00:44:25.86
came up with the
theory of general relativity.
00:44:26.06\00:44:29.90
And what he said was
that Newtonian physics
00:44:30.30\00:44:33.74
works on a certain level
00:44:33.94\00:44:35.74
but once you get
to the quantum level -
00:44:35.94\00:44:38.44
the fourth dimension -
you have to throw Newtonian
00:44:38.64\00:44:42.44
physics out the window.
00:44:42.64\00:44:44.11
In other words,
Newtonian physics does not work
00:44:44.31\00:44:48.08
on the atomic level!
00:44:48.48\00:44:50.55
You have to change paradigms.
00:44:50.75\00:44:53.49
Now what has just happened?
00:44:54.62\00:44:57.03
There has been a major
revolution that has said
00:44:57.76\00:45:01.96
Newtonian physics does not work
00:45:02.16\00:45:07.04
on the atomic level and
the sub-atomic world level.
00:45:08.00\00:45:12.37
Thomas Coon has
persuasively shown that
00:45:13.51\00:45:16.24
some current teachers of
science may not be correct
00:45:16.44\00:45:18.88
and that scientific paradigms
00:45:19.08\00:45:21.52
should not be
clung to too tightly
00:45:21.72\00:45:25.09
because just give
it a matter of time
00:45:25.29\00:45:27.82
and they will change.
00:45:28.22\00:45:30.19
In this book in the
preface... It was fascinating.
00:45:31.06\00:45:34.70
It was written
by another author.
00:45:34.90\00:45:36.50
And the author said even
though Thomas Coon did not
00:45:36.70\00:45:39.63
mention it the
author boldly said
00:45:39.83\00:45:42.60
"What about evolution? "
00:45:42.80\00:45:46.41
Could it be if
time lasts long enough
00:45:47.38\00:45:51.31
even if evolution holds
serve as the dominant world view
00:45:52.08\00:45:56.18
for 300 years, how do we know
00:45:56.38\00:45:59.02
that another individual
like Albert Einstein will come
00:45:59.22\00:46:02.59
on the scene and say:
"Look... there's new evidence
00:46:02.79\00:46:04.96
and it actually points to
a six-day literal creation. "
00:46:05.16\00:46:10.00
In other words,
science itself is changing.
00:46:10.40\00:46:15.17
And I believe that God
is the author of science.
00:46:15.70\00:46:19.94
Amen? Amen! And
I want to hold on
00:46:20.14\00:46:23.28
to special revelation
- specific revelation.
00:46:23.48\00:46:27.22
And look, science
may never come around
00:46:27.62\00:46:30.85
but I'm going to hold onto this
because when I get to heaven
00:46:31.05\00:46:34.39
science and scripture are
going to harmonize perfectly.
00:46:34.59\00:46:40.06
And by God's
grace, call me a fool
00:46:41.20\00:46:44.70
I'm going to
hold onto this. Amen!
00:46:45.10\00:46:48.54
I'm going to hold onto this.
00:46:48.74\00:46:50.61
Science may or
may not come along
00:46:51.57\00:46:54.18
but this is what
we are to stand on.
00:46:54.58\00:46:57.95
Coon's book spawned an
entire industry of commentary
00:47:01.45\00:47:05.29
interpretation into exegesis.
00:47:05.49\00:47:07.46
His emphasis
essentially triggered
00:47:07.66\00:47:09.62
a growth of a new
academic discipline,
00:47:09.82\00:47:12.29
the sociology of science,
in which researchers began to
00:47:12.49\00:47:15.63
examine scientific disciplines
much as anthropologists
00:47:15.83\00:47:19.23
studied exotic tribes in
which science was regarded
00:47:19.43\00:47:22.27
not as a sacred, untouchable
product of the enlightenment
00:47:22.47\00:47:25.64
but as just another subculture.
00:47:25.84\00:47:29.78
In other words what
Thomas Coon has done
00:47:29.98\00:47:32.91
is said: "Look,
science doesn't get a pass
00:47:33.21\00:47:36.32
from criticism.
00:47:36.52\00:47:37.85
Science doesn't get
a pass from scrutiny
00:47:38.02\00:47:41.36
because science itself
has changed over the years. "
00:47:41.56\00:47:46.23
The history of science shows
an incredible list of cases
00:47:46.63\00:47:49.86
where science
has changed its views
00:47:50.07\00:47:51.90
and replaced former theories.
00:47:52.10\00:47:55.20
In 1953 Crick and Watson
00:47:56.44\00:47:59.17
unraveled the
architecture of DNA.
00:47:59.37\00:48:03.28
In 1962 they would go
on to win the Nobel Prize
00:48:04.05\00:48:07.52
for physiology.
And what DNA has done
00:48:07.72\00:48:11.02
is indicate that
information was placed
00:48:11.22\00:48:16.26
in the DNA structure.
00:48:16.46\00:48:18.56
It begs to question who
put the information there.
00:48:18.96\00:48:23.53
And so this
individual by the name of Crick
00:48:24.80\00:48:28.44
believes that the bacteria
00:48:28.84\00:48:32.57
about 1 micron
wide and 2 microns long
00:48:32.77\00:48:37.85
were packaged and put aboard...
00:48:38.05\00:48:40.62
I could believe
this when I read this...
00:48:40.82\00:48:42.35
bacteria was packaged
and put aboard a space ship
00:48:44.09\00:48:48.69
and sent to earth.
00:48:50.66\00:48:52.39
That was the
genesis of how things began.
00:48:53.66\00:48:57.70
It begs to question: where
did the space ship come from?
00:48:58.90\00:49:02.90
I mean, here is an
intelligent individual -
00:49:06.51\00:49:08.64
a Nobel laureate, a scientist -
00:49:08.84\00:49:11.45
that is so allergic to a
metaphysics that includes God
00:49:11.65\00:49:17.29
they would rather believe
in a genesis that began with
00:49:17.49\00:49:21.12
a space ship that brought
bacteria to planet earth.
00:49:21.32\00:49:24.43
Now to me, that
sounds a lot like faith.
00:49:26.23\00:49:30.67
As a matter of fact it
requires a lot more faith to me.
00:49:33.67\00:49:37.14
Alvin Plantinga, a
Christian philosopher,
00:49:39.04\00:49:42.54
said this in his
reflection on evolution:
00:49:42.74\00:49:46.41
"Evolution... " And listen
to this: "has deep religious
00:49:46.61\00:49:50.75
connections. Deep connections
with how we understand ourselves
00:49:50.95\00:49:54.66
at the most fundamental level
that evolution is by no means
00:49:54.86\00:49:58.46
religiously or
theologically neutral. "
00:49:58.66\00:50:03.26
It takes faith. Now I want
to be very clear this morning...
00:50:04.37\00:50:08.74
this afternoon.
00:50:08.94\00:50:10.41
There's evidence on both sides.
00:50:13.78\00:50:17.58
There's intelligent
people on both sides.
00:50:19.05\00:50:22.78
And what it comes down to
00:50:24.22\00:50:26.09
is whose word are
you going to take.
00:50:26.49\00:50:30.76
See, God builds the
bridge of evidence out
00:50:31.36\00:50:36.80
but it doesn't
come all the way out.
00:50:37.00\00:50:39.53
But it comes far out enough
in order to make a rational
00:50:39.93\00:50:44.51
reasonable intelligent jump.
00:50:44.71\00:50:48.28
That's what faith is.
00:50:48.48\00:50:50.38
Faith is the
substance of things hoped for,
00:50:50.58\00:50:52.81
the evidence of things unseen.
00:50:53.01\00:50:56.55
God calls us to faith
that appeals to our reason.
00:50:56.75\00:51:00.26
There is evidence on both sides.
00:51:00.46\00:51:03.09
The question is: whose
word are we going to take?
00:51:03.29\00:51:07.63
In 1892
00:51:09.80\00:51:13.47
a German theologian wrote
his famous pact with science.
00:51:13.97\00:51:19.04
And he said this... his name
was Friedrich Schleiermacher.
00:51:20.31\00:51:24.55
A lot of these guys are German.
00:51:24.75\00:51:26.11
And he said: "The theologians
should let rocks do their thing
00:51:27.52\00:51:32.02
and let Christ do His thing. "
00:51:34.59\00:51:36.86
Now what he's saying is
that let science be science
00:51:38.86\00:51:42.20
and let God be God.
00:51:42.40\00:51:44.27
And I've heard this before.
00:51:44.63\00:51:46.07
People have said: "The
Bible is not a science book. "
00:51:46.27\00:51:50.31
"The Bible is not a
commentary on origins. "
00:51:51.91\00:51:55.44
"The Bible is not a
commentary on biology
00:51:55.94\00:51:58.61
and so we need to
let theology be theology
00:51:58.81\00:52:01.32
and let God be God. "
00:52:01.52\00:52:03.08
Now this is a very
convenient posture to take
00:52:04.09\00:52:07.29
because it is many
times held by individuals
00:52:07.49\00:52:10.36
that when there's a conflict
between science and scripture
00:52:10.76\00:52:13.46
they automatically go to
scripture and say: "Look,
00:52:13.66\00:52:16.13
we need to come up
with a different hermeneutic
00:52:16.33\00:52:18.57
and interpret the
Bible differently. "
00:52:18.77\00:52:21.00
And so they come to Genesis 1
00:52:21.20\00:52:22.54
and say: "It's an allegory;
it's a myth. It did not happen
00:52:22.70\00:52:26.51
literally. " Now if
we come up with this view
00:52:26.71\00:52:32.21
of every time science
conflicts with scripture
00:52:32.41\00:52:35.98
and every time assume
that it's our understanding
00:52:36.38\00:52:39.95
of scripture that is a
very tenuous position to take.
00:52:40.16\00:52:45.09
So here is the
question in the end of time:
00:52:47.50\00:52:50.27
are we going to
worship the beast
00:52:51.70\00:52:53.57
or are we going to
worship the Creator? "
00:52:53.97\00:52:57.67
It's fascinating
because in Revelation 16:13-14
00:52:58.17\00:53:02.68
it says that these three
unclean spirits like frogs
00:53:02.88\00:53:05.91
are the spirits of demons.
00:53:06.41\00:53:07.92
And the last part
of verse 14 indicates
00:53:08.12\00:53:10.72
that they are there to
gather them to the great battle
00:53:10.92\00:53:15.49
of God.
00:53:16.89\00:53:19.19
Notice that the purpose
of these three fallen angels
00:53:19.59\00:53:23.70
is to gather people together.
00:53:23.90\00:53:27.37
It's to coalesce; it's
to merge all of the world
00:53:28.17\00:53:32.67
religions together,
and we are witnessing
00:53:32.87\00:53:35.31
that convergence today.
00:53:35.51\00:53:38.01
And it's an age in
which truth is suppressed
00:53:39.81\00:53:44.59
in the name of a false unity.
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And this false unity is
forged together by a power
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that believes in
an alternate view
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of how origins came about.
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I want to read this
statement from Pope Benedict
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in July of 2007.
He's the predecessor
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to Pope Francis.
Listen to these words:
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"Currently I see in Germany
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but also in the United States
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a somewhat fierce debate
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raging between
so-called creationism
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and evolution presented...
" And listen to this:
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"as they were mutually
exclusive alternatives.
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Those who believe in the
Creator would not be able to
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conceive of evolution, and
those who support evolution
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would have to exclude God.
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This antithesis...
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antithesis...
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can't say it...
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"is absurd. " Now
notice what he's saying.
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This idea that
creation/evolution are exclusive
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is absurd
because on the one hand
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there are so many scientific
proofs in favor of evolution
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which appear to
be reality we can see
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and enriches our knowledge
of life and being as such. "
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In other words,
Pope Benedict is saying
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that we can hold to a world view
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that melds evolution
and creation together
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i.e. theistic evolution.
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That is the model
that is being held:
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a version of origins
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that God used evolution
in the creative process.
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And notice that
this power is at the helm
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of a certain
type of convergence.
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Friend, it's not by accident
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that at the same time
the beast power has a version
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of origins and a
certain view of God
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that God is calling His people
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to stand up boldly
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but humbly, in love
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and to proclaim
with a loud voice
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to worship Him
who made the heavens,
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the earth, the sea,
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and the
fountains of water. Amen!
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That in the
midst of post-modernism
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and pluralism
and every type of ism
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in the new convergence
that is taking place world wide
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that God's
people are going to give
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the trumpet a
certain sound. Amen!
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Because this is not
only talking about how God
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creates the earth
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it's also talking about
how He creates in you and me
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a clean heart. Amen! Amen?
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And I'm so glad that His
re-creative process in me
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doesn't take millions... Amen?
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and millions of years.
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And every time we
celebrate the Sabbath
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it is a memorial of that fact.
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Amen? Amen! That
God created the earth
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and God creates
in me a clean heart.
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Praise His name. Amen? Amen!
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Praise God for
His Word. Let us pray.
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Father in heaven,
we thank you so much
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for our loving Creator God
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that speaks
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worlds into existence.
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We thank you that
Your power is not impotent
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and that Your
character is not malevolent.
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We thank you that
You are a God of love
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and all power, and we thank
you that You are the author
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of science and that
when we get to heaven
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that science and scripture
will harmonize perfectly.
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Until then keep us
anchored on the Rock,
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keep us steadfast in You,
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and help us to always
be ready to speak the truth
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in love. For we ask these things
in the precious name of Jesus,
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Amen. Amen.
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