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>>HELLO FRIENDS, WELCOME
TO SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY HOUR.
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I'M DELIGHTED THAT YOU'RE
JOINING US WHEREVER YOU MIGHT BE
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- ACROSS THE COUNTRY OR AROUND
THE WORLD - TO STUDY THE BIBLE
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TOGETHER. NOW,
INSTEAD OF HAVING OUR
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REGULAR LESSON STUDY RIGHT HERE
AT THE GRANITE BAY CHURCH, WE'RE
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ACTUALLY GOING TO BE
DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
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WE'RE GOING TO BE JOINING PASTOR
DOUG BATCHELOR AND THE MEMBERS
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OF THE GRANITE BAY CHURCH AT
THE CHURCH RETREAT UP AT LEONI
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WELL, OUR STUDY FOR TODAY
IS LESSON #12 IN THE LESSON
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QUARTERLY ENTITLED:
PAUL, MISSION AND MESSAGE.
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OF THE GRANITE BAY CHURCH
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>>WELL, FRIENDS, I WANT TO
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WELCOME EVERYBODY TO OUR SABBATH
SCHOOL STUDY HOUR TODAY AND
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YOU'LL NOTICE RIGHT AWAY
THAT WE HAVE A LITTLE DIFFERENT
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ENVIRONMENT THAN WE NORMALLY
HAVE FOR OUR STUDY TIME.
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THAT'S BECAUSE WE'VE DECIDED
TO TAKE OUR SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY
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HOUR ON THE ROAD AND YOU ARE
JOINING THE GRANITE BAY CHURCH
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FOR OUR ANNUAL CHURCH RETREAT.
WE ARE UP HERE IN THE BEAUTIFUL
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MOUNTAINS OUTSIDE OF
SACRAMENTO IN THE SIERRAS.
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IT'S A BEAUTIFUL CHRISTIAN
RESORT CALLED LEONI MEADOWS AND
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WE'RE JUST SURROUNDED WITH
SOME WONDERFUL BIG TREES AND
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MEADOWS AND SORT OF AT AN
OUTDOOR AMPHITHEATER AND WE'RE
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GOING TO DO OUR
SABBATH SCHOOL TIME HERE.
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WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU CAN JOIN
US IN THE WOODS FOR THIS TIME
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TOGETHER AND FOR OUR FAMILY
RETREAT. SOME THINGS ARE GOING
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TO BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT
BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ALL OF THE
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ELECTRONIC LOGISTICS WE NORMALLY
USE IN OUR CHURCH STUDIO
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FACILITIES, BUT WE'RE GOING
TO PRESS ON WITH OUR LESSON.
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WE'RE CONTINUING WITH OUR STUDY
ON BIBLICAL MISSIONARIES AND
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TODAY WE'RE ON LESSON #12.
THIS IS ACTUALLY PART 2 ON PAUL.
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LAST WEEK WE DID PART 1 ON
PAUL AND TODAY WE'RE DOING PAUL:
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MISSION AND MESSAGE AND WE HAVE
A MEMORY VERSE AND IF YOU'VE GOT
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YOUR BIBLES - OR YOUR SABBATH
SCHOOL QUARTERLIES WITH YOU, THE
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MEMORY VERSE IS FROM PHILIPPIANS
3, VERSES 13 AND 14 -
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PHILIPPIANS 3, VERSES 13 AND
14 - AND I'LL GIVE YOU JUST A
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SECOND BECAUSE I - I LOVE TO
HAVE YOU SAY THE MEMORY VERSE
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WITH ME. ARE YOU READY?
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"BRETHREN, I DO NOT COUNT MYSELF
TO HAVE APPREHENDED; BUT ONE
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THING I DO, FORGETTING THOSE
THINGS WHICH ARE BEHIND AND
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REACHING FORWARD TO THOSE THINGS
WHICH ARE AHEAD, I PRESS TOWARD
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THE GOAL FOR THE PRIZE OF
THE UPWARD CALL OF GOD IN CHRIST
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JESUS." THAT'S JUST A WONDERFUL,
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WONDERFUL MEMORY
VERSE I'VE OFTEN QUOTED.
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SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO FORGET
THOSE THINGS THAT ARE BEHIND AND
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PRESS ON TO THOSE
THINGS THAT ARE AHEAD.
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NOW JUST AS A LITTLE RECAP,
FOR THESE LAST TWO WEEKS WE'RE
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STUDYING PROBABLY ONE OF THE
GREATEST EARLY MISSIONARIES IN
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THE BIBLE. IT
DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE OTHER
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APOSTLES DID NOT DO
GREAT MISSIONARY THINGS.
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I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS IN INDIA
YEARS AGO, I WENT TO THE - THE
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CAVE OF THOMAS. THOMAS
WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE GONE
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TO INDIA AND HE
DIED THERE AS A MARTYR.
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AND SO THEY HAD THE CAVE WHERE
THEY SAID HE HID FOR A WHILE.
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BUT HE DID A GREAT
MISSION WORK THERE.
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AND, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE ALL
THE CHRONICLES OF WHAT ALL THE
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OTHER APOSTLES DID BECAUSE LUKE
WROTE SO PROFUSELY IN THE NEW
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TESTAMENT - BOTH THE GOSPEL OF
LUKE AND THE BOOK OF ACTS - WE
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HAVE A LOT MORE
INFORMATION ON WHAT PAUL DID.
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PAUL CERTAINLY WAS ONE OF
THE GREATEST MISSIONARIES -
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EVANGELISTS - APOSTLES.
PAUL WAS BORN IN TARSUS, WHICH
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IS A CITY IN ASIA MINOR ON
THE NORTHEASTERN SHORE OF THE
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MEDITERRANEAN SEA. HIS
FATHER, AT LEAST, WAS A JEW
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AND HE ALSO WAS A ROMAN CITIZEN.
WE ASSUME THAT HIS MOTHER WAS
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JEWISH AS WELL. HE
SAID, 'I AM A PHARISEE, THE
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SON OF A PHARISEE.'
HIS FATHER WAS A PHARISEE.
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SO WHILE THEY WERE SURROUNDED
WITH THE GRECO-ROMAN CULTURE,
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PAUL STILL WAS VERY ZEALOUS
ABOUT BEING LOYAL TO THE JEWISH
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RELIGION. AND
YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN, EVEN
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IN NORTH AMERICA, THAT WE HAVE
SOME COMMUNITIES - ANY OF YOU
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EVER BEEN TO AN AMISH COMMUNITY?
I REMEMBER WE TOOK A SCHOOL TRIP
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WHEN I WAS IN NEW YORK CITY
AND WENT TO ONE OF THE AMISH
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COMMUNITIES AND THEY
SHOWED US HOW THEY MADE SOAP THE
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OLD-FASHIONED WAY AND I'LL NEVER
FORGET BUYING SOME LEMON SOAP
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THERE. AND THEY
STILL, BY HAND, CHURNED
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THEIR BUTTER AND DID A LOT OF
THINGS IN A VERY PRIMITIVE WAY.
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OR YOU MAY HAVE SEEN SOME
OF THE MENNONITE COMMUNITIES.
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SO THESE PEOPLE ARE SURROUNDED
BY A VERY MODERN, SECULAR
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CULTURE, BUT THEY REMAINED VERY
LOYAL TO THEIR TRADITIONS AND
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THEIR RELIGION. AND
THIS IS WHAT WAS HAPPENING -
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THIS WAS THE MIND SET AMONG THE
JEWS DURING THE TIME OF PAUL,
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BECAUSE THEY HAD BEEN CONQUERED
BY THESE OUTSIDE ARMIES.
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THEY SAW WHAT HAPPENED
WHEN THEY WERE CONQUERED BY THE
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BABYLONIANS AND RULED BY THE
PERSIANS, AND THEN THE GREEKS
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AND NOW THE ROMANS. AND
THEY SAID, 'IF WE'RE GOING
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TO SURVIVE, WE MUST
STAY TRUE TO THE SCRIPTURES.
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WE MUST MEET TOGETHER.
WE MUST TEACH OUR CHILDREN.'
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AND THEY HAD VERY CLOSE
COMMUNITIES. THIS IS ONE OF THE
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REASONS THAT EVEN AFTER 1900
YEARS OF BEING SCATTERED AROUND
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THE WORLD, THE JEWS HAVE
REMAINED A DISTINCT PEOPLE.
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IN FACT, I MAY HAVE MENTIONED
THIS BEFORE, THERE IS NO NATION
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THAT EVEN COMES CLOSE TO
ACCOMPLISHING WHAT'S HAPPENED
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WITH THE MIRACLE OF THE JEWISH
NATION IN THAT THREE TIMES,
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HISTORICALLY, THEY HAVE BEEN
DISPOSSESSED FROM WHAT WAS THEIR
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LAND, YET THEY REMAINED A
DISTINCT PEOPLE AND THEY CAME
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BACK AGAIN. ONCE
ABRAHAM FORETOLD THEY WOULD
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BE CARRIED AWAY AND THAT'S WHEN
THEY WENT TO EGYPT AS SLAVES -
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BUT THEY CAME BACK. THEN
THEY WERE CARRIED AWAY TO
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BABYLON 70 YEARS,
BUT THEY CAME BACK.
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AND THEN THEY WERE SCATTERED
UNDER THE ROMAN DIASPORA -
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SCATTERED AROUND EUROPE AT THAT
POINT AND THEN THEY CAME BACK
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AFTER 1900 YEARS IN 1948.
THEY HAVE THEIR OWN STATE AGAIN.
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IT'S JUST AMAZING
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT.
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SO PART OF THE REASON THEY
SURVIVED IS THERE WAS A VERY
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LOYAL COMMITMENT. WHEN
I MARRIED KAREN, YOU KNOW,
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MY MOTHER WAS JEWISH AND WHEN
I MARRIED KAREN, QUITE FRANKLY,
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THE FAMILY ON THAT
SIDE WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED.
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THEY SAID, 'DOUGIE, YOU MARRIED
A GOYIM - A GENTILE - IS WHAT
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THEY TOLD ME. AND I
SAID, 'GRANDMA, GRANDPA' -
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I SAID, 'SHE IS MORE JEWISH THAN
YOU.' I SAID, 'SHE DOESN'T EAT
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ANYTHING THAT ISN'T KOSHER
AND SHE KEEPS THE SABBATH.
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YOU GUYS ARE VERY SLOPPY ABOUT
THAT STUFF.' (LAUGHTER) AND SO
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THAT HELPED A LITTLE BIT, BUT
THAT'S BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T CARE
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THAT THEY WEREN'T PRACTICING
JUDAISM BUT THEY SAID, 'YOU'VE
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GOT TO MARRY A JEW.' THEY
WERE VERY LOYAL TO THE RELIGION.
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AND THERE ARE JEWS WHO DON'T
EVEN BELIEVE IN GOD, BUT THEY
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ARE VERY LOYAL ABOUT BEING
JEWS AND THE JEWISH PEOPLE.
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SO THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT WAS ENTRENCHED.
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SO PAUL, WHILE HE GREW UP IN A -
A GREEK CITY AND HE SPOKE GREEK
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AND HE SPOKE SOME LATIN, AT
LEAST, HE SPOKE ARAMAIC AND HE
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UNDERSTOOD CLASSIC
HEBREW - HE WAS EDUCATED.
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WE KNOW HE WAS PROBABLY THE MOST
EDUCATED AMONG THE APOSTLES,
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THAT HE WAS VERY ZEALOUS
ABOUT THE JEWISH RELIGION.
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WE'RE NOT SURE IF
HE WAS EVER MARRIED.
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WE DON'T KNOW. HE
DOESN'T COMMENT ON IT.
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WE KNOW HE WASN'T MARRIED
AT THE TIME OF HIS JOURNEYS.
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WE DON'T KNOW IF HE WAS MARRIED
- HIS WIFE DIED OR SHE LEFT HIM
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WHEN HE WAS CONVERTED.
SOME HAVE ARGUED THAT, IN ORDER
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FOR HIM TO BE PART OF THE
SANHEDRIN, THAT YOU HAD TO BE
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MARRIED. WE'RE NOT
SURE HE WAS PART OF
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THE SANHEDRIN. WE ARE
SURE HE WAS A PHARISEE.
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SO WHEN HE WAS ABOUT THIRTEEN
YEARS OLD HE WENT TO JERUSALEM
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AND HE STUDIED UNDER THE FEET OF
ONE OF THE GREAT TEACHERS BY THE
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NAME OF GAMALIEL.
THAT'S AN INTERESTING MAN.
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HE ACTUALLY APPEARS - EVEN AFTER
THE DEATH OF JESUS HE WAS STILL
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PART OF THE SANHEDRIN
THAT JUDGED THE APOSTLES.
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REMEMBER WHEN THEY WERE GOING
TO KILL THE APOSTLES OR IMPRISON
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THEM AND GAMALIEL SAID, 'SEE
THAT YOU DON'T DO ANYTHING TO
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THESE MEN BECAUSE IF THIS
IS NOT OF GOD, IT WILL FIZZLE.
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IF IT'S OF GOD, YOU MIGHT BE
FIGHTING AGAINST GOD.' THAT WAS
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THE ONE WHO HAD
BEEN THE TEACHER.
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BY HIS OWN WORDS, PAUL SAID,
'I HAVE LEARNED AT THE FEET OF
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GAMALIEL.' AND SO HE
WAS ONE OF THE GREAT RABBIS.
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FROM THAT TIME ON HE MAY
HAVE MADE A FEW TRIPS HOME.
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HE MAY HAVE BEEN GIVEN A POST AT
A SYNAGOGUE, YOU KNOW, THEY DO
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INTERN WORK. HE ALSO WORKED
AS AN APPRENTICE IN TENT MAKING.
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ALL OF THE JEWISH CHILDREN, EVEN
THE PHARISEES, EVEN IF YOU WERE
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A FULL-TIME LEVITE, YOU
ALL HAD TO BE AN EXPERT IN SOME
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PRACTICAL TRADE, WHETHER YOU
WERE A TENT MAKER OR A SMITH OR
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YOU WORKED WITH GLASS OR - THEY
ALL HAD THESE SPECIAL TRADES.
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THEY THOUGHT THAT IT WAS PART OF
GOOD RELIGION TO KNOW A TRADE.
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AND SO, THIS IS -
THIS IS WHAT PAUL WAS LIKE.
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BUT YOU NEED THAT BACKGROUND TO
UNDERSTAND SOMETHING ABOUT HIS
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MISSION AND HIS MESSAGE
- WHERE HE'S COMING FROM.
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WELL, FIRST LET'S LOOK AT - AND
HE PROBABLY WROTE NEARLY HALF OF
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THE NEW TESTAMENT, WHICH
MAKES IT ESPECIALLY SIGNIFICANT.
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FIRST, LET'S LOOK AT GREEKS
AND JEWS . AND IF YOU LOOK IN
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DEUTERONOMY CHAPTER 6, VERSE
22 IT SAYS, "AND THE LORD SHOWED
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SIGNS AND WONDERS BEFORE
OUR EYES, GREAT AND GRIEVOUS
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AGAINST EGYPT,
PHARAOH, AND ALL HIS HOUSEHOLD."
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IF YOU'RE PREACHING TO JEWS, ONE
OF THE THINGS THEY WANT TO KNOW
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- IF YOUR MESSAGE IS OF GOD
THEY'LL SAY, 'WHAT SIGN DO YOU
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GIVE US TO PROVE IT?'
WHEN GOD FIRST CALLED MOSES AND
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HE SAID, 'I WANT YOU TO GO TO
PHARAOH AND SAY, 'LET MY PEOPLE
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GO' HE SAID, 'WHAT SIGN DO I
SHOW THEM THAT THEY'RE GOING TO
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BELIEVE ME?' HOW MANY
OF YOU REMEMBER THE TWO
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SIGNS THAT GOD
GAVE MOSES? >>LEPROSY.
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>>HE PUT HIS HAND IN HIS BREAST
AND IT CAME OUT LEPROUS - THAT
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PROBABLY SCARED HIM - AND THEN
HE THREW THE ROD AND HE TOLD HIM
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THEN TO TAKE IT UP AND
TAKE IT BY THE - THE TAIL.
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BY THE WAY, THERE'S A GROUP OF,
KIND OF ZEALOUS - THEY CALL THEM
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SNAKE HANDLERS - IN SOME SMALL
CHURCHES, IF THERE'S ANY STILL
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AROUND, IN KENTUCKY AND SOME
OF THE SOUTH, AND THEY GO OUT
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LOOKING FOR SNAKES AND THEY PICK
THEM UP AND THEY HOLD THEM WHILE
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THEY'RE SUPPOSEDLY IN THE SPIRIT
AND THEY QUOTE THIS VERSE WHERE
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MOSES WAS TOLD TO
TAKE UP THE SERPENT.
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THEY SAY, 'THAT'S
HOW YOU SHOW YOUR FAITH.
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IT'S A SIGN.' AND THEN THEY
TURN TO THAT VERSE THERE IN MARK
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WHERE IT SAYS, 'AND THEY SHALL
TAKE UP SERPENTS AND NO - IF
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THEY DRINK ANYTHING DEADLY
IT WON'T HURT THEM.' AND, OF
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COURSE, GOD IS NOT
TELLING US TO DO THAT.
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SO THEN MOSES
EVEN SAID, 'WHAT SIGN?'
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AND THEN WHEN HE WENT BEFORE
PHARAOH HE DID SIGNS, BUT THE
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PHARAOH AND HIS MAGICIANS
COUNTERFEITED THEIR SIGNS.
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AND SO, FOR THE JEWS, IT'S
LIKE WHOSE SIGNS ARE BETTER?
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AND IF YOU WERE TO PROVE THAT
YOU WERE SERVING THE REAL GOD,
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WHAT SIGNS DO YOU DO?
WHAT DID THEY SAY TO JESUS?
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'WHAT SIGN DO YOU SHOW US?'
AND HE SAID - WHAT DID JESUS
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SAY? WHO REMEMBERS? 'IT
IS AN EVIL AND ADULTEROUS
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GENERATION THAT
SEEKS AFTER' - A WHAT?
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'A SIGN.' THAT'S MATTHEW CHAPTER
12. BUT THE JEWS WERE ALWAYS
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INTERESTED IN SIGNS.
DID GOD GIVE THEM SIGNS AND
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WONDERS TO PROVE
THAT IT WAS OF THE LORD?
00:11:58.68\00:12:02.98
AND SO - LET ME GIVE YOU ANOTHER
EXAMPLE OF THAT - ACTS 7:36 -
00:12:03.02\00:12:08.06
WHEN STEPHEN IS PREACHING.
IT SAYS, "HE BROUGHT THEM OUT,
00:12:08.09\00:12:11.03
AFTER HE HAD SHOWN WONDERS AND
SIGNS IN THE LAND OF EGYPT, AND
00:12:11.06\00:12:14.56
IN THE RED SEA, AND IN
THE WILDERNESS FORTY YEARS."
00:12:14.56\00:12:17.10
NOW I'M JUST GOING TO
QUIZ YOU A LITTLE BIT.
00:12:17.13\00:12:19.53
NAME SOME OF THE SIGNS THAT
HAPPENED DURING THE TIME OF -
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FROM MOSES BEING CALLED UNTIL
THEY ENTERED THE PROMISED LAND
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THAT GOD GAVE THE ISRAELITES.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THEM.
00:12:28.78\00:12:31.51
>>MANNA. >>MANNA.
00:12:31.55\00:12:33.95
>>THE CLOUD ABOVE.
>>THE SHINING CLOUD?
00:12:33.98\00:12:36.75
THE PILLAR OF
CLOUD? >>PILLAR OF FIRE.
00:12:36.79\00:12:40.29
>>YEAH, IT WAS PILLAR OF - BY
DAY - FIRE - GLOWED WITH FIRE AT
00:12:40.32\00:12:44.26
NIGHT. >>WATER OUT OF A ROCK.
00:12:44.29\00:12:46.23
>>WATER OUT OF A ROCK.
>>HE SPOKE ON MOUNT SINAI.
00:12:46.26\00:12:48.50
>>THEY HEARD HIS
VOICE - THAT'S PRETTY GOOD.
00:12:48.53\00:12:51.50
>>PARTING OF THE RED
SEA. >>PARTING OF THE RED SEA.
00:12:51.53\00:12:53.60
PARTING OF THE JORDAN. >>MARAH.
00:12:53.64\00:12:56.20
>>TURNING THE WATER THAT
WAS BITTER INTO PURE WATER.
00:12:56.24\00:13:00.68
(INAUDIBLE) WHEN THE GROUND
OPENS UP AND SWALLOWS KORAH,
00:13:00.71\00:13:08.48
DATHAN AND ABIRAM.
THAT WOULD BE A SIGN.
00:13:08.52\00:13:11.42
(INAUDIBLE) I'VE PRAYED FOR THAT
SIGN BEFORE (LAUGHTER) IN SOME
00:13:11.45\00:13:16.09
CHURCHES, JUST NOT
THIS CHURCH. (LAUGHTER)
00:13:16.12\00:13:18.63
MIRIAM IS HEALED
FROM LEPROSY. >>YEAH.
00:13:18.66\00:13:23.73
>>QUAIL. >>SNAKES.
00:13:23.77\00:13:25.67
>>OH, YOU'RE GOING TO -
WHAT? >>THE GLOWING FACE.
00:13:25.70\00:13:28.24
>>WHEN MOSES' FACE WAS GLOWING?
SOME OF YOUR FACES ARE GLOWING
00:13:28.27\00:13:31.57
RIGHT NOW. WHICH ONE?
>>AARON'S ROD THAT BUDDED.
00:13:31.61\00:13:34.58
>>AARON'S ROD THAT BUDDED
AND GOT - BORE ALMONDS AND -
00:13:34.61\00:13:37.21
>>YEAH. >>THE QUAIL.
00:13:37.25\00:13:39.08
>>THE QUAIL CAME SEVERAL FEET
DEEP AND ALL AROUND THE CAMP FOR
00:13:39.11\00:13:41.42
A DAYS' JOURNEY.
>>EGYPT'S ARMY DIED IN THE SEA.
00:13:41.45\00:13:44.59
>>WELL THAT WAS THE RED SEA
CLOSING UP AFTER IT OPENED UP.
00:13:44.62\00:13:46.76
THEY JUST WERE IN THE
WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME.
00:13:46.79\00:13:49.36
>>THE SNAKES. >>WHEN
HE LIFTED UP THE SERPENT
00:13:49.39\00:13:52.36
AND THEY WERE HEALED. SO I'M
- WE - THIS ISN'T ALL OF THEM.
00:13:52.39\00:13:56.16
THERE WERE MANY, MANY SIGNS THAT
HE GAVE THEM AND, OF COURSE,
00:13:56.20\00:14:00.27
ENTERING THE PROMISED LAND,
THE SUN STANDING STILL, WALLS OF
00:14:00.30\00:14:03.10
JERICHO - I MEAN, YOU
SHOUT AND THE WALLS FALL DOWN.
00:14:03.14\00:14:05.91
AND SO, THIS IS THEIR HISTORY
- THE JEWISH HISTORY WAS FILLED
00:14:05.94\00:14:09.04
WITH SIGNS. AND
EVEN WHEN RAHAB SAID,
00:14:09.08\00:14:12.35
'I KNOW THAT YOUR GOD IS A GOD
BECAUSE WE HEARD OF THE SIGNS
00:14:12.38\00:14:15.15
AND WONDERS.' SO WHEN PAUL
STARTS PREACHING TO THE JEWS,
00:14:15.18\00:14:18.85
THEY WANT TO KNOW
'WHAT ARE THE SIGNS?'
00:14:18.89\00:14:22.12
AND YOU KNOW WHAT ONE OF
THE PRINCIPLE SIGNS IS THAT PAUL
00:14:22.16\00:14:24.39
TALKS ABOUT? HE
SAID, 'JESUS ROSE FROM THE
00:14:24.43\00:14:27.60
DEAD AND WE HAVE A LOT OF
WITNESSES OF THIS.' AND THEN HE
00:14:27.60\00:14:31.20
TALKED ABOUT HOW HE WENT ABOUT
DOING GOOD, HEALING ALL THOSE
00:14:31.23\00:14:34.17
THAT WERE SICK AND AFFLICTED
BY THE DEVIL, AND CASTING OUT
00:14:34.20\00:14:36.97
DEVILS, AND - AND SO THEY TALKED
ABOUT THE SIGNS AND THE WONDERS
00:14:37.01\00:14:39.84
AND THE MIRACLES OF JESUS.
SO WHEN PAUL WAS PREACHING TO
00:14:39.87\00:14:42.38
THE JEWS, IT WAS
ABOUT SIGNS AND WONDERS.
00:14:42.41\00:14:44.58
LET ME GIVE YOU
ANOTHER ONE HERE.
00:14:44.61\00:14:46.08
1 CORINTHIANS 1:22, "FOR JEWS
REQUEST A SIGN, AND GREEKS SEEK
00:14:46.11\00:14:50.75
AFTER WISDOM; BUT WE PREACH"
- NOW, SO YOU SEE THE DIFFERENCE
00:14:50.79\00:14:55.59
BETWEEN WHEN HE'S PREACHING
TO THE JEWS AND THE GREEKS?
00:14:55.62\00:14:57.63
BY THE WAY, WHEN PAUL SAYS, 'THE
GREEKS,' HE DOESN'T JUST MEAN
00:14:57.66\00:15:01.03
GREEK PEOPLE.
GREEK WAS SORT OF AN
00:15:01.06\00:15:03.70
ALL-ENCOMPASSING
WORD THAT MEANT GENTILES .
00:15:03.73\00:15:06.40
THEY CLASSIFIED EVERYBODY AS
EITHER A JEW OR A GREEK - YOU'LL
00:15:06.43\00:15:10.11
SEE ALL THROUGH PAUL'S WRITINGS
- THAT DOESN'T MEAN THE GREEKS -
00:15:10.14\00:15:12.81
ACTUALLY, THE ROMANS WERE RULING
EVERYTHING, NOT THE GREEKS, BUT
00:15:12.84\00:15:15.94
THE GREEK CULTURE - IT WAS
CALLED HELLENIZATION - THROUGH
00:15:15.98\00:15:19.75
ALEXANDER THE GREAT, HAD SPREAD
ALL THROUGH THE ROMAN EMPIRE.
00:15:19.78\00:15:21.95
SO PEOPLE WERE
EITHER JEWS OR GENTILES.
00:15:21.98\00:15:24.89
ANOTHER WAY THEY SAID IT WAS
'JEWS OR GREEKS.' SO HE SAYS,
00:15:24.92\00:15:28.29
"FOR THE JEWS REQUEST A SIGN,
AND GREEKS" - THE PHILOSOPHERS -
00:15:28.32\00:15:31.69
"SEEK AFTER WISDOM; BUT WE
PREACH CHRIST CRUCIFIED, TO THE
00:15:31.73\00:15:35.90
JEWS A STUMBLING BLOCK AND TO
THE GREEKS FOOLISHNESS, BUT TO
00:15:35.93\00:15:39.80
THOSE WHO ARE CALLED, BOTH JEWS
AND GREEKS, CHRIST THE POWER OF
00:15:39.83\00:15:43.84
GOD AND THE WISDOM OF GOD."
SO WHEN PAUL WAS TALKING TO THE
00:15:43.87\00:15:48.94
JEWS HE WOULD OFTEN
REFERENCE THE HISTORY OF ISRAEL.
00:15:48.98\00:15:52.55
YOU CAN READ IN ACTS
13:16, "THEN PAUL STOOD UP, AND
00:15:52.58\00:15:56.89
MOTIONING WITH HIS HAND SAID,
'MEN OF ISRAEL, AND YOU WHO FEAR
00:15:56.92\00:16:00.62
GOD, LISTEN: THE GOD OF THIS
PEOPLE ISRAEL CHOSE OUR FATHERS,
00:16:00.66\00:16:04.56
AND EXALTED THE PEOPLE WHEN THEY
DWELT AS STRANGERS IN THE LAND
00:16:04.59\00:16:08.53
OF EGYPT, AND WITH AN UPLIFTED
ARM HE BROUGHT THEM OUT OF IT.'"
00:16:08.56\00:16:11.93
SO HE'S SAYING, 'LOOK AT OUR
HISTORY AND HOW GOD WORKED IN A
00:16:11.97\00:16:14.54
MARVELOUS WAY USING SIGNS AND
WONDERS TO BRING THEM OUT.' GOD
00:16:14.57\00:16:18.31
OFTEN TALKS ABOUT, 'WITH
AN UPLIFTED HAND' OR THAT 'THE
00:16:18.34\00:16:25.05
LORD'S HAND IS NOT SHORTENED.'
AND WHEN IT'S TALKING ABOUT
00:16:25.08\00:16:28.18
GOD'S HAND, IN THAT RESPECT,
IT'S OFTEN TALKING ABOUT HE DID
00:16:28.22\00:16:31.12
THINGS THAT THEY COULD
SEE - SIGNS AND WONDERS.
00:16:31.15\00:16:34.22
YOU CAN ALSO READ IN ACTS 17 -
PAUL IS PREACHING HERE - AND IT
00:16:34.26\00:16:39.39
SAYS - THIS IS VERSES 1 THROUGH
3 - "NOW WHEN THEY HAD PASSED
00:16:39.43\00:16:44.43
THROUGH AMPHIPOLIS AND
APOLLONIA, THEY CAME TO
00:16:44.47\00:16:47.47
THESSALONICA, WHERE THERE
WAS A SYNAGOGUE OF THE JEWS.
00:16:47.50\00:16:50.31
THEN PAUL, AS HIS CUSTOM WAS,
WENT IN TO THEM, AND FOR THREE
00:16:50.34\00:16:55.34
SABBATHS REASONED WITH THEM
FROM SCRIPTURES, EXPLAINING AND
00:16:55.38\00:16:59.31
DEMONSTRATING THAT THE CHRIST
HAD TO SUFFER AND RISE AGAIN
00:16:59.35\00:17:02.42
FROM THE DEAD, AND SAYING, 'THIS
JESUS WHOM I PREACH TO YOU IS
00:17:02.45\00:17:05.65
THE CHRIST.'" SO WHAT WAS PAUL'S
CUSTOM WHEN HE WOULD GO TO A NEW
00:17:05.69\00:17:09.96
TOWN? WELL, THERE WAS A JEWISH
COMMUNITY IN VIRTUALLY EVERY
00:17:09.99\00:17:15.73
ROMAN CITY. EVERY
MAJOR ROMAN CITY HAD A
00:17:15.76\00:17:18.67
JEWISH COMMUNITY.
MATTER OF FACT, THEY LOOKED FOR
00:17:18.70\00:17:22.14
- THE JEWS WOULD LOOK FOR CITIES
THAT DID NOT HAVE A JEWISH
00:17:22.17\00:17:26.37
COMMUNITY AND THEY
WOULD PLANT ONE THERE.
00:17:26.41\00:17:28.54
AND, YOU KNOW, I WAS TALKING TO
A YOUNG LADY YESTERDAY, MATTER
00:17:28.58\00:17:34.58
OF FACT, IT'S A FRIEND THAT
DANIELLE WAS TELLING ME ABOUT,
00:17:34.62\00:17:38.69
THAT SHE'S INTERESTED IN JOINING
THE CHURCH AND BEING BAPTIZED
00:17:38.72\00:17:41.52
AND I SAID, 'WHERE DO YOU LIVE?'
AND SHE SAID, 'WELL, YOU KNOW, I
00:17:41.56\00:17:44.49
LIVE OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF
NOWHERE.' WELL IT TURNS OUT - I
00:17:44.53\00:17:46.59
SAID, 'THERE'S ADVENTIST
CHURCHES OUT THERE.' BECAUSE I
00:17:46.63\00:17:48.60
WANTED TO CONNECT
HER WITH A CHURCH.
00:17:48.63\00:17:50.57
I SAID, 'YOU'VE GOT ONE CHURCH
SEVEN MILES FROM YOU HERE.' I
00:17:50.60\00:17:52.37
WAS ONLINE AND I LOOKED. I
SAID, 'AND YOU'VE GOT ANOTHER
00:17:52.40\00:17:54.50
CHURCH TEN MILES THE OTHER
DIRECTION.' I SAID, 'THEY'RE
00:17:54.54\00:17:57.17
EVERYWHERE.' AND THAT'S THE WAY
IT WAS WITH JEWISH COMMUNITIES.
00:17:57.21\00:18:00.34
AND SO, AS HE WENT FROM TOWN TO
TOWN, THE FIRST THING PAUL WOULD
00:18:00.38\00:18:03.78
DO - IF YOU'RE GOING TO SPREAD
CHRISTIANITY, WHERE DO YOU WANT
00:18:03.81\00:18:10.95
TO START? YOU GO TO
- IF YOU'RE GOING TO
00:18:10.99\00:18:14.76
GIVE A BIBLE STUDY - YOU'RE PAUL
AND YOU WANT TO TEACH PEOPLE
00:18:14.79\00:18:18.76
ABOUT JESUS, WHAT BIBLE STUDY
IS GOING TO TAKE LONGER, A BIBLE
00:18:18.79\00:18:22.43
STUDY TO A GENTILE WHO KNOWS
NOTHING ABOUT JEWISH HISTORY AND
00:18:22.46\00:18:25.43
THE GOD OF ISRAEL, OR A
BIBLE STUDY TO A JEW THAT KNOWS
00:18:25.47\00:18:28.00
EVERYTHING EXCEPT ABOUT JESUS?
WHICH BIBLE STUDY IS GOING TO
00:18:28.04\00:18:31.07
HAVE QUICKER RESULTS?
STUDYING WITH THE JEWS.
00:18:31.11\00:18:34.11
PAUL DID NOT HAVE TO GO TO THE
JEWS AND SAY, 'LET ME TELL YOU
00:18:34.14\00:18:37.18
ABOUT THE ONE TRUE
GOD.' THEY KNEW ABOUT THAT.
00:18:37.21\00:18:40.35
HE DIDN'T HAVE TO GO TO THEM AND
SAY, 'I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT
00:18:40.38\00:18:42.72
WHAT DAY THE SABBATH IS' OR
'DON'T WORSHIP IMAGES' OR 'DON'T
00:18:42.75\00:18:45.62
COMMIT ADULTERY' OR
'DON'T LIE.' THEY ALL KNEW THAT.
00:18:45.65\00:18:47.56
HE DIDN'T HAVE TO GIVE THEM
A STUDY ABOUT CLEAN OR UNCLEAN
00:18:47.59\00:18:50.69
FOODS, THEY ALL KNEW THAT.
HE HAD TO GIVE THEM A STUDY
00:18:50.73\00:18:53.86
ABOUT WHO JESUS WAS.
NOW FOR US AS CHRISTIANS,
00:18:53.90\00:19:00.37
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS -
WHO KNOWS THE SECOND ANGEL'S
00:19:00.40\00:19:02.64
MESSAGE? >>THE JEWS.
00:19:02.67\00:19:05.01
>>COME ON, YOU GUYS OUGHT TO
JUST - OUGHT TO KNOW JUST LIKE
00:19:05.04\00:19:09.38
THAT. >>THE JEWS.
00:19:09.41\00:19:11.45
>>OUGHT TO JUST FALL
- >>COME OUT OF BABYLON.
00:19:11.48\00:19:13.55
>>BABYLON IS
FALLEN - WHO'S BABYLON?
00:19:13.58\00:19:15.62
>>ROME. >>BABYLON
AND HER DAUGHTERS -
00:19:15.65\00:19:19.42
IT'S TALKING ABOUT APOSTATE
CHRISTIANITY, WHETHER IT'S ROMAN
00:19:19.45\00:19:22.82
OR PROTESTANT, BABYLON IS
THE CONFUSION THAT HAS COME INTO
00:19:22.86\00:19:25.73
CHRISTIANITY. DOES
GOD HAVE TRUE PEOPLE IN
00:19:25.76\00:19:29.63
MANY OF THESE
OTHER PERSUASIONS? >>YES.
00:19:29.66\00:19:32.83
>>SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO
EVANGELISM, WHERE ARE YOU GOING
00:19:32.87\00:19:36.71
TO GET THE QUICKEST RESULTS?
ISN'T IT BY GOING TO THE LOST
00:19:36.74\00:19:39.94
SHEEP OF THE
HOUSE OF ISRAEL? YEAH.
00:19:39.97\00:19:42.94
SO THAT'S WHY YOU'LL OFTEN
SEE THAT EVANGELISTS WILL DO A
00:19:42.98\00:19:46.82
HANDBILL THAT WILL SAY 'PROPHECY
SEMINAR.' WHO DO YOU THINK COMES
00:19:46.85\00:19:49.52
TO A PROPHECY SEMINAR?
PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALREADY SOME
00:19:49.55\00:19:53.15
BACKGROUND OR INTEREST IN BIBLE
PROPHECY AND THAT - YOU DO A
00:19:53.19\00:19:57.13
SURVEY AND YOU'LL FIND OUT
THAT THAT - OPENING NIGHT OF THE
00:19:57.16\00:20:01.80
SEMINAR YOU'VE GOT A WHOLE
LOT OF PEOPLE THERE FROM OTHER
00:20:01.83\00:20:04.27
CHURCHES AND THEY ARE,
SOMETIMES, YOUR BEST CONTACTS.
00:20:04.30\00:20:07.07
WHEN WE HAVE - YOU KNOW, WHEN I
GO TO CHINA AND I DO EVANGELISM
00:20:07.10\00:20:10.64
IT'S GOT TO BE A
LITTLE DIFFERENT THERE.
00:20:10.67\00:20:12.71
OF COURSE, THEY'VE GOT A
BIG GROWING CHURCH IN CHINA NOW,
00:20:12.74\00:20:15.38
TOO, BUT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING
TO BUDDHISTS - WHEN KAREN AND I
00:20:15.41\00:20:17.85
MADE OUR FIRST TRIP TO CHINA WE
HAD A TOUR GUIDE AND HE WAS AN
00:20:17.88\00:20:20.65
ATHEIST. WE STARTED
TALKING TO HIM ABOUT JESUS.
00:20:20.68\00:20:22.98
HE DIDN'T KNOW - 'WHAT?
JESUS?' - HE KNEW NOTHING.
00:20:23.02\00:20:25.15
IT WAS AMAZING TO ME THERE
WAS SOMEONE IN THE WORLD WHO WAS
00:20:25.19\00:20:27.36
EDUCATED THAT KNEW
NOTHING ABOUT JESUS.
00:20:27.39\00:20:29.49
BUT IN THE COMMUNIST SCHOOLS
THEY NEVER TALKED ABOUT JESUS AT
00:20:29.52\00:20:31.93
ALL AND HE HAD NO COMPREHENSION
OF WHO JESUS WAS OR WHAT HE WAS
00:20:31.96\00:20:35.76
AND - YOUR BIBLE STUDIES HAVE TO
BE VERY ELEMENTARY BACK THERE.
00:20:35.80\00:20:39.97
YOU'VE GOT TO START
FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.
00:20:40.00\00:20:43.10
SO PAUL, HE WOULD NATURALLY
GO TO THE SYNAGOGUES FIRST.
00:20:43.14\00:20:46.84
AND HE WOULD REACH AS
MANY PEOPLE - AND WHAT WOULD HE
00:20:46.88\00:20:50.61
PREACH WHEN HE
WAS IN THE SYNAGOGUES?
00:20:50.65\00:20:52.58
HE'D TALK ABOUT JESUS. HE
WOULD TALK - NOW IF YOU'RE
00:20:52.61\00:20:55.15
PAUL AND YOU'RE GOING TO A
JEWISH SYNAGOGUE, WHAT ARE YOU
00:20:55.18\00:20:57.45
GOING TO SAY AS
YOUR OPENING SERMON?
00:20:57.49\00:20:59.25
YOU KNOW WHERE I'D GO?
I'D GO ISAIAH 53 - PROPHECY
00:20:59.29\00:21:05.16
ABOUT THE SUFFERING SERVANT
AND HE SUFFERED FOR OUR SORROWS.
00:21:05.19\00:21:09.26
BECAUSE THEY ALL THOUGHT THAT
THE MESSIAH WAS GOING TO COME
00:21:09.30\00:21:11.60
LIKE A CONQUERING KING
AND OVERTHROW THE ROMANS.
00:21:11.63\00:21:13.97
THEY GOT THE FIRST COMING AND
THE SECOND COMING OF THE MESSIAH
00:21:14.00\00:21:17.04
MIXED UP AND, YOU KNOW, THE
FIRST TIME HE COMES LIKE A LAMB,
00:21:17.07\00:21:20.14
THE SECOND TIME
HE COMES LIKE A LION.
00:21:20.18\00:21:22.04
THEY THOUGHT HE WAS
COMING LIKE A LION NEXT.
00:21:22.08\00:21:23.71
AND SO WHEN JESUS CAME TO SUFFER
- PAUL WOULD THEN TAKE THEM TO
00:21:23.75\00:21:27.35
PSALM 22, "THEY
PIERCED MY HANDS AND MY FEET."
00:21:27.38\00:21:30.79
AND HE WOULD TAKE THEM TO PSALM
69 AND HE WOULD TAKE THEM TO
00:21:30.82\00:21:33.56
THESE PASSAGES THAT TALKED ABOUT
HOW THE MESSIAH WOULD COME AND
00:21:33.59\00:21:37.26
SUFFER AND - TALKED ABOUT JOSEPH
BEING SOLD BY HIS BROTHERS AND
00:21:37.29\00:21:42.00
THE ONE THAT - AND, BY THE WAY,
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT STEPHEN DID
00:21:42.03\00:21:45.83
IN HIS SERMON. HE
TALKED ABOUT MOSES, THE ONE
00:21:45.87\00:21:50.31
WHO THEY SAID, 'WHO MADE YOU
A RULER AND A PRINCE OVER US?'
00:21:50.34\00:21:52.81
ENDED UP BEING RULER AND PRINCE,
WHICH IS WHAT THE JEWS SAID TO
00:21:52.84\00:21:55.74
JESUS. SO THEY
TOOK THESE OLD TESTAMENT
00:21:55.78\00:21:57.71
STORIES AND THEY WOULD PROVE
THIS IS HOW THE MESSIAH WAS
00:21:57.75\00:22:00.78
SUPPOSED TO COME. AND
SO THOSE WERE HIS SERMONS.
00:22:00.82\00:22:03.18
BUT WHEN PAUL WAS TALKING TO
GENTILES IT WOULD BE DIFFERENT.
00:22:03.22\00:22:07.42
NOW LET ME GIVE
YOU AN EXAMPLE OF THAT.
00:22:07.46\00:22:09.22
IN ACTS 17, VERSE 20, "'FOR YOU
ARE BRINGING SOME STRANGE THINGS
00:22:09.26\00:22:15.83
TO OUR EARS.
THEREFORE WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT
00:22:15.86\00:22:19.27
THESE THINGS MEAN.' FOR ALL THE
ATHENIANS AND THE FOREIGNERS WHO
00:22:19.30\00:22:22.97
WERE THERE SPENT THEIR TIME IN
NOTHING ELSE BUT EITHER TO TELL
00:22:23.00\00:22:26.27
OR TO HEAR SOME NEW THING."
IN THE GREEK CULTURE AND IN THE
00:22:26.31\00:22:30.75
GRECO-ROMAN WORLD IT WAS ALL
ABOUT PHILOSOPHY AND THERE WERE
00:22:30.78\00:22:35.02
SO MANY DIFFERENT GODS, PAUL ONE
TIME - THEY JUST - THEY HAD MORE
00:22:35.05\00:22:38.79
GODS THAN PEOPLE IN ROME
BACK IN THE TIME OF PAUL.
00:22:38.82\00:22:42.39
SO THEY WOULD - THEY SAW ALL
THESE DIFFERENT GODS AND THEY
00:22:42.42\00:22:46.73
HAD ONE PEDESTAL THAT WAS
DEDICATED TO THE UNKNOWN GOD AND
00:22:46.76\00:22:49.33
PAUL WAS VERY SMART. HE
WENT INTO THE THEATER AND HE
00:22:49.36\00:22:51.30
SAID, 'BRETHREN, I DETERMINED
THAT YOU'RE VERY SUPERSTITIOUS.
00:22:51.33\00:22:56.81
YOU'VE GOT ALL THESE GODS
DEDICATED' - HE SAID, 'YOU'VE
00:22:56.84\00:22:59.91
EVEN GOT A DEDICATION TO AN
UNKNOWN GOD.' HE SAYS, 'WELL
00:22:59.94\00:23:02.88
THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING HERE.
I'M GOING TO TELL YOU ABOUT THAT
00:23:02.91\00:23:04.45
GOD THAT YOU DON'T KNOW.' AND
SO, WHAT A CLEVER WAY TO START.
00:23:04.48\00:23:07.78
AND THEY SAID, 'YEAH, WE WERE
ALWAYS WONDERING ABOUT THAT.'
00:23:07.82\00:23:09.52
YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE WE'VE GOT
THE TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER,
00:23:09.55\00:23:11.42
THEY HAD THE
STATUE TO THE UNKNOWN GOD.
00:23:11.45\00:23:13.29
THEY SAID, 'THIS IS THE
GOD THAT MADE EVERYTHING.
00:23:13.32\00:23:15.42
THAT'S THE ONE
THAT YOU DON'T KNOW.
00:23:15.46\00:23:17.23
I'M GOING TO DECLARE HIM TO
YOU.' AND SO HE - PAUL KNEW HOW
00:23:17.26\00:23:21.00
TO REASON WITH THE GREEKS
BECAUSE HE HAD LIVED AMONG THEM.
00:23:21.03\00:23:23.87
AND SO THEY USED LOGIC AND THEY
USED REASON AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN
00:23:23.90\00:23:28.37
PAUL PREACHED TO THE JEWS
DID IT ALWAYS WORK OR DID THEY
00:23:28.40\00:23:31.27
SOMETIMES TRY TO STONE
HIM? (LAUGHTER) SOME BELIEVED.
00:23:31.31\00:23:34.48
SOME TOOK HIM OUT OF
THE CITY AND STONED HIM.
00:23:34.51\00:23:38.38
ONCE THEY THOUGHT
THEY STONED HIM TO DEATH.
00:23:38.41\00:23:40.95
AND A LOT OF THE RIOTS WERE
ACTUALLY STARTED BY THE JEWS WHO
00:23:40.98\00:23:43.95
WOULD STIR PEOPLE UP. AND
THEN - THEN HE'D GO AND HE'D
00:23:43.99\00:23:48.62
TALK TO THE BEREANS AND IT SAID
THEY WERE MORE NOBLE THAN THOSE
00:23:48.66\00:23:52.06
OF THESSALONICA BECAUSE 'THEY
SEARCHED THE SCRIPTURES DAILY TO
00:23:52.09\00:23:54.66
DETERMINE WHETHER
THOSE THINGS WERE SO.'
00:23:54.73\00:23:56.83
THEY SAID, 'LET'S FIND OUT -
IT SOUNDS LIKE IT COULD BE TRUE.
00:23:56.87\00:23:59.60
LET'S - IF HE'S GOT BIBLICAL
REASONS LET'S FIND OUT.' AND
00:23:59.63\00:24:03.04
THEY'D GO BACK AND FORTH
AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO,
00:24:03.07\00:24:05.94
RIGHT? BE LIKE THE BEREANS.
AND THEN HE GOT INTO HOT WATER
00:24:05.97\00:24:10.18
WITH THE GREEKS BECAUSE HIS
PREACHING WAS SO SUCCESSFUL THAT
00:24:10.21\00:24:17.39
THE IDOL SALES IN EPHESUS
WENT - THE STOCK MARKET CRASHED.
00:24:17.42\00:24:21.16
ALL THE TOURISTS THAT CAME TO
EPHESUS, THEY SOLD - THEIR BIG
00:24:21.19\00:24:24.99
THING WAS SELLING THESE LITTLE
STATUES OF THE GODDESS OF -
00:24:25.03\00:24:29.03
WHAT'S HER NAME? >>DIANA.
00:24:29.06\00:24:31.57
>>DIANA, THAT CAME
DOWN FROM THE HEAVEN.
00:24:31.60\00:24:33.60
THEY SAID 'THE ORIGINAL' - AND
THAT 'THESE ARE ALL CLONES OF
00:24:33.64\00:24:35.90
THE ORIGINAL GOD GAVE US.'
OF COURSE YOU KNOW HOW TRUE THAT
00:24:35.94\00:24:38.74
PROBABLY IS. AND
- BUT WHEN PAUL WAS
00:24:38.77\00:24:41.64
PREACHING ABOUT JESUS, HE ALSO
TALKED ABOUT IDOLATRY AND THEY
00:24:41.68\00:24:45.55
STOPPED BUYING IDOLS OR THEY -
THEY STARTED SELLING THEIR IDOLS
00:24:45.58\00:24:49.08
CHEAP TO GET RID OF THEM AND THE
VALUE OF IDOLS REALLY DROPPED
00:24:49.12\00:24:51.82
AND THE SILVERSMITHS
ALL BECAME VERY THREATENED.
00:24:51.85\00:24:55.06
THEY STARTED A RIOT. DO
YOU REMEMBER THAT STORY?
00:24:55.09\00:24:57.43
THAT WAS A PROBLEM WITH
THE GENTILES THAT HE HAD.
00:24:57.46\00:25:00.53
ANY OF YOU EVER HEARD OF
THE EVANGELIST BILLY SUNDAY?
00:25:00.56\00:25:04.77
I REMEMBER HAVING A MEMBER THAT
ACTUALLY HEARD HIM PREACH WHEN
00:25:04.80\00:25:09.87
HE WAS A YOUNG MAN.
00:25:09.90\00:25:11.74
AND HE WAS VERY - IT WOULD NEVER
GO IN THE ADVENTIST CHURCH -
00:25:11.77\00:25:16.71
BILLY SUNDAY WAS EXTREMELY
DRAMATIC, LIKE WHEN BILLY SUNDAY
00:25:16.75\00:25:20.68
WOULD TALK ABOUT NEBUCHADNEZZAR
GETTING - GOING MAD, HE WOULD
00:25:20.72\00:25:23.08
GET DOWN ON ALL FOURS ON THE
STAGE AND GROVEL AROUND AND HE'D
00:25:23.12\00:25:25.92
BE SHOUTING - NO MICROPHONES
BACK THEN - HE'D BE CRAWLING
00:25:25.95\00:25:30.09
BACK AND FORTH ON THE STAGE -
'AND HE WAS OUT OF HIS MIND' AND
00:25:30.13\00:25:32.66
SO HE WAS - HE USED TO BE A
BASEBALL PLAYER AND SO WHEN HE
00:25:32.69\00:25:36.03
BECAME A PREACHER HE WAS VERY
DEMONSTRATIVE, BUT HE HAD GREAT
00:25:36.06\00:25:38.87
CROWDS AND HE PREACHED -
THE FAVORITE THING BILLY SUNDAY
00:25:38.90\00:25:41.20
PREACHED AGAINST WAS ALCOHOL.
00:25:41.24\00:25:42.87
AND HE HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH
PROHIBITION BECAUSE HE'D GET
00:25:42.90\00:25:47.31
DONE DOING A REVIVAL SERIES IN A
TOWN - ALL THE BARS WOULD CLOSE
00:25:47.34\00:25:51.18
AND THERE WOULD BE THESE
GREAT BATTLES BETWEEN THE SALOON
00:25:51.21\00:25:54.92
OWNERS AND BILLY SUNDAY AND
SOMETIMES THEY THREATENED HIS
00:25:54.95\00:26:00.36
LIFE BECAUSE IT MEANT THEIR
LIVELIHOOD - HE'D COME INTO A
00:26:00.39\00:26:02.96
TOWN AND START PREACHING -
THEY'D BECOME SO ANGRY BECAUSE
00:26:02.99\00:26:04.83
THEIR INCOME JUST STOPPED
THERE WOULD BE SUCH A REVIVAL.
00:26:04.86\00:26:09.06
WELL THAT'S WHAT WAS HAPPENING
WHEN PAUL WENT TO SOME OF THESE
00:26:09.10\00:26:11.50
GREEK CITIES, IT WAS
JUST TOTALLY MESSING UP THEIR
00:26:11.53\00:26:13.67
IDOLATRY AND THEIR RELIGION.
AND, BY THE WAY, THAT'S THAT
00:26:13.70\00:26:17.44
VERSE IN ACTS 17 - "PAUL STOOD"
- AND THIS IS VERSE 22 - "STOOD
00:26:17.47\00:26:21.44
IN THE MIDST OF THE AREOPAGUS
AND SAID, 'MEN OF ATHENS, I
00:26:21.48\00:26:24.91
PERCEIVE IN ALL THINGS YOU
ARE VERY RELIGIOUS; FOR AS I WAS
00:26:24.95\00:26:27.58
PASSING THROUGH AND CONSIDERING
THE OBJECTS OF YOUR WORSHIP, I
00:26:27.62\00:26:30.29
EVEN FOUND AN ALTAR WITH THIS
INSCRIPTION: TO THE UNKNOWN GOD
00:26:30.32\00:26:33.05
. THEREFORE, THE ONE WHOM YOU
WORSHIP WITHOUT KNOWING, HIM I
00:26:33.09\00:26:35.19
PROCLAIM TO YOU.'" ACTS 14:14,
"BUT WHEN THE APOSTLES BARNABAS
00:26:35.22\00:26:41.90
AND PAUL HEARD THIS, THEY TORE
THEIR CLOTHES AND RAN IN AMONG
00:26:41.93\00:26:45.70
THE MULTITUDE, CRYING OUT AND
SAYING, 'MEN, WHY ARE YOU DOING
00:26:45.73\00:26:48.70
THESE THINGS?'" - OH,
I'VE GOT TO GIVE YOU THE
00:26:48.74\00:26:50.37
BACKGROUND OF THAT.
THEY HEALED A MAN AND AFTER
00:26:50.41\00:26:56.75
WORKING A MIRACLE THE GENTILES
THOUGHT THEY MUST BE GODS,
00:26:56.78\00:26:59.55
BECAUSE ALL THE GENTILES, THEY
WORSHIPED GODS THAT WERE - THEY
00:26:59.58\00:27:03.99
HAD, LIKE, THESE HUMAN-LIKE
QUALITIES AND SO, WHEN PAUL AND
00:27:04.02\00:27:07.32
BARNABAS HEALED THIS MAN, THEY
WANTED - THEY WERE PREPARING AN
00:27:07.36\00:27:10.16
OXEN AND, YOU KNOW,
OFFER SACRIFICE TO THEM.
00:27:10.19\00:27:12.99
NOW, FOR A JEW, THAT IS
BLASPHEMY AND ONE OF THE WORSE
00:27:13.03\00:27:16.73
THINGS THAT COULD HAPPEN IS, IF
YOU'RE A JEW, IF SOMEONE'S GOING
00:27:16.77\00:27:19.20
TO WORSHIP YOU AS GOD, YOU'RE
AFRAID A CURSE IS GOING TO COME
00:27:19.23\00:27:22.24
UPON YOU AND YOU, RIGHT AWAY,
REND YOUR GARMENTS AND SAY, 'NO!
00:27:22.27\00:27:25.34
DON'T DO THIS!' - YOU STOP IT.
00:27:25.37\00:27:27.01
AND THAT'S WHAT PAUL DID.
HOW MANY OF YOU REMEMBER SOMEONE
00:27:27.04\00:27:29.24
IN THE BIBLE WHO DID NOT TAKE
THAT APPROACH WHEN HE WAS CALLED
00:27:29.28\00:27:31.81
A GOD? >>HEROD.
00:27:31.85\00:27:34.05
>>HEROD IN ACTS CHAPTER 12 -
AT THE END THEY SAID, 'IT'S THE
00:27:34.08\00:27:37.09
VOICE OF A GOD AND NOT OF A
MAN.' AND INSTEAD OF REBUKING
00:27:37.12\00:27:38.95
THEM AND SAYING THAT'S
BLASPHEMY, HE TOOK A BREATH AND
00:27:38.99\00:27:42.06
SAID, 'THAT'S RIGHT.' AND
IT SAYS THE ANGEL OF THE LORD
00:27:42.09\00:27:45.96
STRUCK HIM AND HE
WAS EATEN OF WORMS.
00:27:45.99\00:27:48.03
AND JOSEPHUS SAYS 'HE DIED
IN GREAT DISEASES.' SO WHEN THEY
00:27:48.06\00:27:51.97
STARTED TELLING PAUL AND
BARNABAS, 'YOU'RE GODS', THE
00:27:52.00\00:27:56.44
JEWS SAY THAT'S
BLASPHEMY - DON'T DO THAT.
00:27:56.47\00:27:59.37
SO HE GOES ON TO SAY HERE - PAUL
ALSO TAUGHT IN THE CONTEXT OF
00:27:59.41\00:28:06.45
SOLDIERS AND ATHLETES.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT FOR A
00:28:06.48\00:28:10.15
MINUTE. IN 1
TIMOTHY 6:12, HE SAYS,
00:28:10.19\00:28:12.99
"FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT OF FAITH,
LAY HOLD ON ETERNAL LIFE, TO
00:28:13.02\00:28:16.96
WHICH YOU WERE ALSO CALLED
AND HAVE CONFESSED THE GOOD
00:28:16.99\00:28:20.66
CONFESSION IN THE
PRESENCE OF MANY WITNESSES."
00:28:20.70\00:28:22.90
AND THEN 2 TIMOTHY 2:3, "YOU
THEREFORE MUST ENDURE HARDSHIP
00:28:22.93\00:28:27.50
AS A GOOD
SOLDIER OF JESUS CHRIST.
00:28:27.54\00:28:29.84
NO ONE ENGAGED IN WARFARE
ENTANGLES HIMSELF WITH THE
00:28:29.87\00:28:33.01
AFFAIRS OF THIS LIFE, THAT HE
MAY PLEASE HIM WHO ENLISTED HIM
00:28:33.04\00:28:36.04
AS A SOLDIER." DID
THEY SEE VERY MANY SOLDIERS
00:28:36.08\00:28:39.35
IN PAUL'S DAY? >>YES.
00:28:39.38\00:28:41.72
>>DO YOU REMEMBER SOLDIERS
COMING TO JOHN THE BAPTIST AND
00:28:41.75\00:28:46.62
THEY SAID, 'WHAT SHOULD WE DO?'
WERE THERE CENTURIONS BY THE
00:28:46.65\00:28:51.29
CROSS? >>YES.
00:28:51.33\00:28:53.83
>>DID JESUS COMMEND
THE FAITH OF A CENTURION?
00:28:53.86\00:28:55.46
AND THERE WAS A CENTURION
THAT WAS THE FIRST GENTILE - A
00:28:55.50\00:29:00.20
SOLDIER - THE FIRST GENTILE?
WAS THERE A SOLDIER NAMED NAAMAN
00:29:00.24\00:29:04.01
THAT WAS HEALED
OF LEPROSY? >>YES.
00:29:04.04\00:29:06.74
>>SO YOU'VE GOT THESE SOLDIERS
THAT APPEAR ALL THROUGH BIBLE
00:29:06.78\00:29:09.18
HISTORY. PAUL WAS ESPECIALLY
ACQUAINTED WITH SOLDIERS.
00:29:09.21\00:29:13.42
MATTER OF FACT, A LOT MORE THAN
MOST PEOPLE WOULD WANT TO BE.
00:29:13.45\00:29:16.52
PAUL SPENT TIME
HANDCUFFED TO SOLDIERS.
00:29:16.55\00:29:19.55
HE MAY HAVE SPENT
YEARS HANDCUFFED TO SOLDIERS.
00:29:19.59\00:29:22.62
HE WAS ESCORTED BY SOLDIERS
ACROSS THE MEDITERRANEAN.
00:29:22.66\00:29:26.73
HE WAS IN PRISON, FED
DAILY BY SOLDIERS, IN JERUSALEM.
00:29:26.76\00:29:31.83
HE WAS IMPRISONED IN ROME,
ATTENDED TO BY SOLDIERS THAT
00:29:31.87\00:29:35.84
GUARDED HIM. HE
HAD - SOME OF THEM HE
00:29:35.87\00:29:39.67
MENTIONS BY NAME. HOW
MANY OF YOU REMEMBER JULIUS?
00:29:39.71\00:29:42.44
JULIUS - ANY OF YOU EVER
HAD AN ORANGE JULIUS BEFORE?
00:29:42.48\00:29:45.91
(LAUGHTER) GETS ITS NAME
FROM JULIUS, THE SOLDIER - NO, I
00:29:45.95\00:29:49.58
DON'T KNOW THAT, BUT -
(LAUGHTER) - SO PAUL WAS
00:29:49.62\00:29:53.25
SURROUNDED BY THE - IF YOU LIVED
IN ROME BACK THEN, THE REASON
00:29:53.29\00:29:56.69
THAT ROME HAD WHAT THEY CALLED
PAX ROMANA - THE ROMAN PEACE -
00:29:56.73\00:30:00.50
WAS BECAUSE THEY
RULED WITH A HEAVY HAND.
00:30:00.53\00:30:03.13
THE WERE CALLED
THE IRON MONARCHY .
00:30:03.16\00:30:04.67
THEY HAD - YOU THINK AMERICA HAD
A BIG MILITARY - ROME HAD A VERY
00:30:04.70\00:30:07.90
BIG MILITARY AND
THEY WEREN'T ALL ITALIANS.
00:30:07.94\00:30:10.74
THEY KNEW HOW TO PRESS
INTO SERVICE - WHENEVER THEY
00:30:10.77\00:30:13.98
CONQUERED PEOPLE THEY WOULD
PRESS PEOPLE INTO SERVICE AND IT
00:30:14.01\00:30:16.75
WAS THE ROMAN SOLDIERS THAT
WOULD COMPEL YOU TO CARRY THEIR
00:30:16.78\00:30:19.45
GEAR FOR A MILE. AND
JESUS SAID, 'IF YOU WANT TO
00:30:19.48\00:30:21.25
SHOW CHRISTIANITY, CARRY IT TWO
MILES AND THAT'LL SHOCK THEM.'
00:30:21.28\00:30:23.89
AND SO THERE WAS A
LOT OF MILITARY INFLUENCE.
00:30:23.92\00:30:27.72
SO PAUL, IN HIS WRITINGS,
REFERENCES A LOT ABOUT MILITARY
00:30:27.76\00:30:30.93
FIGHTING, BECAUSE IT WAS
THE CONTEXT OF THEIR LIFE.
00:30:30.96\00:30:34.36
2 CORINTHIANS 10, VERSE 3, "FOR
THOUGH WE WALK IN THE FLESH, WE
00:30:34.36\00:30:40.77
DO NOT WAR
ACCORDING TO THE FLESH.
00:30:40.80\00:30:43.30
FOR THE WEAPONS OF OUR WARFARE
ARE NOT CARNAL BUT MIGHTY IN GOD
00:30:43.34\00:30:49.34
FOR PULLING DOWN STRONGHOLDS,
CASTING DOWN ARGUMENTS AND EVERY
00:30:49.38\00:30:52.11
HIGH THING THAT EXALTS ITSELF
AGAINST THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD,
00:30:52.15\00:30:55.95
BRINGING EVERY THOUGHT INTO
CAPTIVITY TO THE OBEDIENCE OF
00:30:55.98\00:30:58.95
CHRIST." HAVE ANY
OF YOU EVER FELT LIKE
00:30:58.99\00:31:03.39
YOU'RE IN A WAR? YOU
KNOW, YOU CAN WAKE UP -
00:31:03.43\00:31:07.10
YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN - YOU CAN
WAKE UP IN THE MORNING AND KNOW
00:31:07.13\00:31:10.73
BREAKFAST IS IN
THE REFRIGERATOR.
00:31:10.77\00:31:12.40
YOU CAN KNOW
THERE'S MONEY IN THE BANK.
00:31:12.43\00:31:14.70
YOU CAN FEEL NO ACHES AND PAINS
IN YOUR BODY AND KNOW YOU HAVE A
00:31:14.74\00:31:18.04
JOB WAITING FOR YOU. YOU
CAN BE WITH A FAMILY WHERE
00:31:18.07\00:31:22.11
YOU HAVE NO
OUTSTANDING QUARREL OR STRIFE.
00:31:22.14\00:31:25.61
AND IF YOU'RE TRYING TO BE A
CHRISTIAN, YOU WILL FEEL A WAR
00:31:25.65\00:31:28.35
THAT DAY, BECAUSE EVERY SINGLE
DAY YOU WANT TO BE A CHRISTIAN,
00:31:28.38\00:31:33.05
YOU ARE GOING TO FEEL A
WAR BETWEEN THE SPIRIT AND THE
00:31:33.09\00:31:36.49
FLESH. THERE IS
THE SPIRITUAL NATURE OF
00:31:36.52\00:31:39.43
WHAT YOU KNOW IS RIGHT AND
THERE IS THE CARNAL NATURE.
00:31:39.46\00:31:41.93
THERE IS THE LOVE MOTIVE, WHICH
IS GOD, AND THERE IS THE SELFISH
00:31:41.96\00:31:46.53
MOTIVE, WHICH WE ALL
GRAVITATE TO VERY NATURALLY.
00:31:46.57\00:31:49.20
DON'T WE FIND IT VERY EASY
TO THINK OF OURSELVES FIRST?
00:31:49.24\00:31:52.71
MAYBE I'M THE ONLY ONE.
THAT'S VERY EASY FOR ME TO THINK
00:31:52.74\00:31:55.84
OF MYSELF FIRST. IT'S
THE CONTEXT OF MY LIFE, YOU
00:31:55.88\00:31:59.25
KNOW, I'M THE MIDDLE OF MY WORLD
AND I JUST AM ALWAYS THINKING
00:31:59.28\00:32:03.05
ABOUT ME. AND SO
YOU'VE GOT TO WAR AGAINST
00:32:03.08\00:32:05.12
THAT OR THAT BECOMES THE
GOVERNING INFLUENCE OF ALL YOU
00:32:05.15\00:32:09.26
DO - ME, MYSELF, AND I - HOW
WILL THIS - AND YOU CAN DO NICE
00:32:09.29\00:32:12.79
THINGS BECAUSE YOU'RE
THINKING ABOUT YOURSELF.
00:32:12.83\00:32:14.63
AND YOU CAN BE VERY NICE
AND SOPHISTICATED AND KIND AND
00:32:14.66\00:32:17.87
GRACIOUS TO PEOPLE AND STILL
JUST BE THINKING ABOUT YOURSELF.
00:32:17.90\00:32:20.80
YOU DO IT TO BE ACCEPTED.
YOU DO IT TO FIT IN, AND YOU CAN
00:32:20.84\00:32:24.47
STILL BE A HUNDRED
PERCENT MOTIVATED BY SELF.
00:32:24.51\00:32:27.64
AND SO THE WAR YOU FIGHT
AS A CHRISTIAN IS TO EVALUATE
00:32:27.68\00:32:31.01
YOURSELF. 'LET
EVERY MAN EXAMINE HIMSELF
00:32:31.05\00:32:33.01
WHETHER HE BE IN THE FAITH.'
AM I BEING MOTIVATED BY LOVE OR
00:32:33.05\00:32:35.88
SELFISHNESS? SO THAT
WAR DOESN'T MEAN A WAR
00:32:35.92\00:32:39.42
AGAINST THE TRIALS OF LIFE.
YEAH, THERE ARE TRIALS, AND HOW
00:32:39.45\00:32:44.03
YOU RESPOND TO
THOSE, THAT'S AN ISSUE.
00:32:44.06\00:32:46.36
BUT IT'S REALLY A WAR ABOUT
'DO I HAVE THE MIND OF CHRIST?'
00:32:46.39\00:32:49.90
EPHESIANS 6:10 - PAUL,
AGAIN, USING THESE WAR CONCEPTS,
00:32:49.93\00:32:52.77
"FINALLY, MY BRETHREN, BE STRONG
IN THE LORD AND IN THE POWER OF
00:32:52.80\00:32:58.34
HIS MIGHT. PUT ON
THE WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD,
00:32:58.37\00:33:01.48
THAT YOU MAY BE ABLE TO STAND
AGAINST THE WILES OF THE DEVIL.
00:33:01.51\00:33:05.18
FOR WE DO NOT WRESTLE AGAINST
FLESH AND BLOOD, BUT AGAINST
00:33:05.21\00:33:09.18
PRINCIPALITIES, AGAINST POWERS,
AGAINST THE RULERS OF THE
00:33:09.22\00:33:12.82
DARKNESS OF THIS AGE, AGAINST
SPIRITUAL HOSTS OF WICKEDNESS IN
00:33:12.85\00:33:15.56
THE HEAVENLY PLACES."
HE SAYS, 'WE WAR.' AND SO,
00:33:15.59\00:33:19.53
BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT THAT
WAR, YOU NEED TO PUT ON ARMOR.
00:33:19.56\00:33:22.86
I'M GOING TO JUST GO TO THAT
REAL QUICK. I DIDN'T PUT THAT
00:33:22.90\00:33:25.60
ALL IN MY NOTES HERE. AND
SO, "THEREFORE" - VERSE 13 -
00:33:25.63\00:33:30.14
"TAKE UP THE WHOLE ARMOR OF
GOD, THAT YOU MAY BE ABLE TO
00:33:30.17\00:33:33.04
WITHSTAND IN THE EVIL DAY,
AND HAVING DONE ALL, TO STAND."
00:33:33.07\00:33:36.85
SO YOU NOTICE ONE
THING HE TELLS US?
00:33:36.88\00:33:38.95
DO YOU KNOW WHEN YOU HAVE ARMOR
ON, YOU'RE PROTECTED, BUT IT'S
00:33:38.98\00:33:42.52
HARDER GETTING UP WITH
ARMOR IF YOU FALL DOWN.
00:33:42.55\00:33:45.12
SOME OF THOSE OLD - ANY OF YOU
EVER BEEN TO ENGLAND OR FRANCE
00:33:45.15\00:33:48.96
AND SEEN SOME OF THE MEDIEVAL
ARMOR THAT THEY USED TO WEAR?
00:33:48.99\00:33:52.16
SOME OF THAT STUFF THEY WORE - I
KNOW WE'VE GOT - BOB'S ON CAMERA
00:33:52.19\00:33:55.60
HERE. HE USED TO MAKE
SOME OF THAT - THAT ARMOR.
00:33:55.63\00:33:58.70
AND WHAT DID A FULL SUIT
OF ARMOR WEIGH BACK THEN?
00:33:58.73\00:34:00.74
HOW MUCH COULD IT WEIGH?
>>ANYWHERE UP TO 50 TO 60
00:34:00.77\00:34:03.27
POUNDS. >>50 TO 60 POUNDS.
00:34:03.30\00:34:04.97
YEAH, FALL DOWN WITH
THAT AND TRY AND JUMP UP.
00:34:05.01\00:34:08.14
AND SO WHAT YOU'D TRY AND DO
IF YOU WERE FIGHTING, LIKE SIR
00:34:08.18\00:34:10.88
LANCELOT OR ONE OF THOSE GUYS,
YOU'D JUST KICK THEM OVER - TRIP
00:34:10.91\00:34:14.48
THEM - AND THEN IT WAS HARD TO
GET THEM BACK UP AGAIN WITH ALL
00:34:14.52\00:34:17.25
THAT ARMOR ON.
>>IT'S LIKE BEING PREGNANT.
00:34:17.29\00:34:19.72
>>IT'S KIND OF LIKE BEING
PREGNANT - BUT I WOULDN'T KNOW!
00:34:19.75\00:34:22.36
(LAUGHTER) SO -
I'VE OBSERVED THAT.
00:34:22.39\00:34:24.93
BUT THAT'S WHY HE SAYS, 'STAND,
STAND, STAND.' BECAUSE YOU DON'T
00:34:24.96\00:34:30.47
WANT TO FALL. YOU CAN
GET UP, BUT IT'S HARDER.
00:34:30.50\00:34:33.10
IT SAYS, "HAVING
DONE ALL TO STAND."
00:34:33.13\00:34:35.44
BUT AS A CHRISTIAN, DON'T
WE NEED TO STAND FOR SOMETHING?
00:34:35.47\00:34:37.21
>>AMEN. >>IF YOU DON'T STAND FOR
00:34:37.24\00:34:39.07
SOMETHING, YOU'LL
FALL FOR ANYTHING.
00:34:39.11\00:34:41.11
IT SAYS IN VERSE 14, "STAND
THEREFORE, HAVING GIRDED YOUR
00:34:41.14\00:34:43.85
WAIST WITH TRUTH, HAVING" -
THAT'S THE BELT OF TRUTH - PUTS
00:34:43.88\00:34:47.95
- HOLDS EVERYTHING TOGETHER -
"HAVING PUT ON THE BREASTPLATE
00:34:47.98\00:34:50.69
OF RIGHTEOUSNESS" - ALL THE
VITAL ORGANS ARE PROTECTED IN
00:34:50.72\00:34:54.62
HERE - "AND HAVING SHOD YOUR
FEET WITH THE PREPARATION OF THE
00:34:54.66\00:34:58.29
GOSPEL OF PEACE;" - YOU
KNOW, IT SAYS IN ISAIAH 52, 'HOW
00:34:58.33\00:35:00.86
BEAUTIFUL UPON THE MOUNTAINS
ARE THE FEET OF THOSE THAT BRING
00:35:00.90\00:35:03.73
GOOD NEWS.' - "ABOVE ALL, TAKING
THE SHIELD OF FAITH" - NOW THE
00:35:03.77\00:35:08.30
SHIELD IS INTERESTING, IT'S A
DEFENSIVE WEAPON - WELL, SEVERAL
00:35:08.34\00:35:12.44
OF THESE THINGS ARE, ACTUALLY -
BUT WHAT THE SHIELD IS DOING IS
00:35:12.47\00:35:15.98
IT'S DEFLECTING THE FIERY DARTS
OF THE ENEMY SO THEY DON'T MAKE
00:35:16.01\00:35:18.58
CONTACT. SO AS A
CHRISTIAN, YOU WANT TO
00:35:18.61\00:35:21.08
STAY AS FAR AWAY FROM TEMPTATION
AND THE ASSAULTS AND USE THIS
00:35:21.12\00:35:23.55
SHIELD OF FAITH TO
AVOID A LOT OF TROUBLE.
00:35:23.59\00:35:26.29
"...THE SHIELD OF FAITH WITH
WHICH YOU WILL BE ABLE TO QUENCH
00:35:26.32\00:35:29.76
ALL THE FIERY
DARTS OF THE WICKED ONE.
00:35:29.79\00:35:31.66
AND TAKE THE HELMET OF
SALVATION" - NOW, YOU CAN BE IN
00:35:31.69\00:35:36.26
BATTLE AND GET YOUR ARM CUT OR
YOUR LEG CUT - YOU CAN EVEN GET
00:35:36.30\00:35:39.70
AN ABDOMINAL WOUND AND YOU CAN
SURVIVE, BUT IF YOU LOSE YOUR
00:35:39.73\00:35:42.80
HEAD, YOU'RE IN TROUBLE.
AND SO, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING
00:35:42.84\00:35:46.07
IS PROTECTING YOUR NOGGIN.
AND, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE
00:35:46.11\00:35:51.75
TROUBLE WE HAVE AS CHRISTIANS,
BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE HELMET
00:35:51.78\00:35:54.22
OF SALVATION, WHAT COMES IN
THROUGH YOUR SENSES - I ALWAYS
00:35:54.25\00:35:57.92
THINK OF THE HELMET OF SALVATION
KIND OF LIKE WHAT AN ASTRONAUT
00:35:57.95\00:36:01.29
WEARS, BECAUSE IT JUST GIVES
YOU A WHOLE NEW ATMOSPHERE.
00:36:01.32\00:36:05.13
AND IF YOU DON'T - YOU LOSE YOUR
HELMET AND YOU'RE AN ASTRONAUT
00:36:05.16\00:36:08.73
OUT IN SPACE - THEY
SAY IT ISN'T PRETTY.
00:36:08.76\00:36:12.93
BUT AS A CHRISTIAN, YOU
WANT TO HAVE THAT ATMOSPHERE.
00:36:12.97\00:36:17.01
YOU KNOW WHERE WE GET INTO
TROUBLE? YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE
00:36:17.04\00:36:20.88
SAYS IF YOUR RIGHT HAND
OFFENDS YOU, CUT IT OFF.
00:36:20.91\00:36:22.74
YOUR RIGHT HAND USUALLY DOESN'T
RUN OFF BY ITSELF WITHOUT YOU
00:36:22.78\00:36:24.61
KNOWING IT. HAVE
YOU NOTICED THAT?
00:36:24.65\00:36:26.58
YOU EVER WAKE UP AND
SAY, 'WHERE DID THAT HAND GO?'
00:36:26.61\00:36:28.38
GETTING IN TROUBLE - 'I WOULDN'T
HAVE DONE IT, BUT MY HAND DID
00:36:28.42\00:36:31.89
IT.' NO, WHEN JESUS SAID 'IF
YOUR RIGHT HANDS OFFENDS YOU' -
00:36:31.92\00:36:34.46
IT STARTS HERE, DOESN'T IT?
OR IF YOUR FOOT OFFENDS YOU, OR
00:36:34.49\00:36:37.03
YOUR EYE OFFENDS YOU.
YOUR SENSES WHERE YOU TAKE IN
00:36:37.06\00:36:41.06
INFORMATION THROUGH YOUR EARS,
YOUR MOUTH, YOUR EYES, IT'S ALL
00:36:41.10\00:36:44.97
WHERE THAT HELMET PROTECTS.
ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS WE
00:36:45.00\00:36:48.80
DO AS CHRISTIANS IS
MAKE DECISIONS EVERY DAY.
00:36:48.84\00:36:51.37
BE CAREFUL, LITTLE
EYES, WHAT YOU SEE.
00:36:51.41\00:36:53.94
BE CAREFUL LITTLE
EARS, WHAT YOU HEAR.
00:36:53.98\00:36:57.08
AND, ESPECIALLY IN OUR CULTURE,
THERE'S SO MUCH TO HEAR AND TO
00:36:57.11\00:36:59.58
SEE AND TO LISTEN TO AND TO EAT
THAT CAN GET US INTO TROUBLE,
00:36:59.61\00:37:03.42
THAT WE NEED THAT HELMET
ON. AND HE GOES ON AND HE TALKS
00:37:03.45\00:37:08.56
ABOUT THE HELMET OF SALVATION
AND THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT THAT
00:37:08.59\00:37:13.96
IS THE WORD OF GOD. THIS
IS THE THIRD PLACE WHERE HE
00:37:14.00\00:37:15.76
TALKS ABOUT THE WORD
BEING A SWORD, IN THE BIBLE.
00:37:15.80\00:37:18.27
"PRAYING ALWAYS WITH ALL PRAYER
AND SUPPLICATION IN THE SPIRIT,
00:37:18.30\00:37:22.60
BEING WATCHFUL TO THIS
END WITH ALL PERSEVERANCE AND
00:37:22.64\00:37:25.04
SUPPLICATION FOR ALL THE SAINTS"
- ALL PRAYER, ALL PERSEVERANCE,
00:37:25.07\00:37:28.38
ALL THE SAINTS - SO THERE IS A
REAL SPIRITUAL ARMOR THAT WE PUT
00:37:28.41\00:37:34.45
ON IN LIVING THE CHRISTIAN LIFE
AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT SHOULD
00:37:34.48\00:37:38.29
BE DONE DAILY - AND
IT'S THE ONLY WAY TO STAND.
00:37:38.32\00:37:40.89
IT'S NOT OUR ARMOR, HE SAID,
'PUT ON THE ARMOR OF GOD.' I
00:37:40.92\00:37:44.43
USED TO WONDER - WHEN SAUL KNEW
DAVID WAS GOING TO FIGHT GOLIATH
00:37:44.46\00:37:48.26
HE SAID, 'HERE, LET ME GIVE YOU
MY ARMOR.' DAVID DIDN'T WANT TO
00:37:48.30\00:37:51.77
BE RUDE - HE SAID, 'OKAY.'
HE NEVER USED THE ARMOR BEFORE.
00:37:51.80\00:37:55.90
HE PUT IT ON AND HE THOUGHT,
'I'M AS GOOD AS DEAD IF I GO OUT
00:37:55.94\00:37:58.27
THERE TRYING TO USE THIS.' AND
WITHOUT WANTING TO INSULT THE
00:37:58.31\00:38:00.84
KING HE SAID, 'YOUR
MAJESTY, I'VE NOT PROVED THIS.
00:38:00.88\00:38:03.75
I'VE NOT TESTED -
I'M NOT USED TO IT.
00:38:03.78\00:38:05.65
I'M IN TROUBLE IF I TRY AND WEAR
IT.' NOT ONLY THAT, SAUL WAS A
00:38:05.68\00:38:07.78
HEAD AND SHOULDERS TALLER THAN
EVERYBODY ELSE SO DAVID PROBABLY
00:38:07.82\00:38:10.65
LOOKED OUT THE NECK HOLE,
LIKE THIS, IN SAUL'S ARMOR.
00:38:10.69\00:38:14.22
IT JUST WASN'T GOING TO WORK.
SO IT'S NOT PUTTING ON SAUL'S
00:38:14.26\00:38:19.96
ARMOR, IT'S
PUTTING ON GOD'S ARMOR.
00:38:20.00\00:38:21.83
PUT ON THEREFORE
THE ARMOR OF GOD.
00:38:21.86\00:38:24.43
SO PAUL OFTEN
WROTE IN THIS CONTEXT.
00:38:24.47\00:38:27.20
AND THEN HE ALSO
TALKED ABOUT THE SPORTS.
00:38:27.24\00:38:30.67
NOW WE'VE GOT A VERY FAMOUS
INTERNATIONAL SPORTS EVENT IN
00:38:30.71\00:38:33.81
THE WORLD TODAY -
WHAT DO THEY CALL THAT?
00:38:33.84\00:38:35.98
>>THE OLYMPICS. >>THE OLYMPICS.
00:38:36.01\00:38:37.95
DO YOU KNOW THE OLYMPICS WERE
ALREADY OLD WHEN PAUL LIVED, AND
00:38:37.98\00:38:42.25
HE'S LIVING IN A GREEK WORLD AND
THEY HAD OLYMPICS NOT JUST EVERY
00:38:42.28\00:38:47.26
FOUR YEARS - THEY HAD THE
BIG EVENT - BUT THEY HAD SPORTS
00:38:47.29\00:38:49.52
MEETS LEADING UP TO THE OLYMPICS
MANY TIMES A YEAR IN DIFFERENT
00:38:49.56\00:38:53.36
CITIES. AND THEY WERE VERY
INTERESTING. THE ATHLETES -
00:38:53.40\00:38:57.23
IT DIDN'T MATTER WHAT YOUR
LANGUAGE WAS, WHAT YOUR NATION
00:38:57.27\00:39:00.60
WAS, IN THE ROMAN CULTURE -
EVEN GLADIATORS WERE SET FREE.
00:39:00.64\00:39:03.74
THEY WERE SLAVES, BUT IF THEY
DID WELL IN THEIR GAMES, THEY
00:39:03.77\00:39:06.34
WERE MADE HEROES
AND THEY SET THEM FREE.
00:39:06.37\00:39:09.91
AND SO ANYBODY COULD COMPETE
IN THE VARIOUS SPORTS EVENTS AND
00:39:09.94\00:39:14.02
YOU COULD OFTEN, IF YOU WERE
WALKING UP AND DOWN THE STREETS,
00:39:14.05\00:39:18.49
NOT ONLY IN A ROMAN CITY OR A
GREEK CITY, BUT IF YOU WERE IN
00:39:18.52\00:39:22.72
JERUSALEM, THEY EVEN HAD PLACES
WHERE THE ROMANS HAD GYMNASIUMS.
00:39:22.76\00:39:27.23
THEY WEREN'T ALWAYS THE MOST
MODEST PLACES, IF YOU'VE LOOKED
00:39:27.23\00:39:30.57
AT ANY ANCIENT GREEK POTTERY.
DIDN'T WEAR MUCH WHEN THEY
00:39:30.60\00:39:34.27
PRACTICED, BUT THEY OFTEN
SAW PEOPLE RUNNING, PEOPLE
00:39:34.30\00:39:38.07
WRESTLING, PEOPLE FIGHTING.
AND SO PAUL WRITES IN THE
00:39:38.11\00:39:42.61
CHRISTIAN LIFE USING
THE SPORTS VERNACULAR.
00:39:42.64\00:39:45.85
THAT'S NOT TALKING ABOUT THE
THEME OF COMPETITION THERE, HE'S
00:39:45.88\00:39:50.32
TALKING ABOUT THE THEME OF
PERSISTENCE - NOT GIVING UP EASY
00:39:50.35\00:39:53.15
- THAT THEY OFTEN SAW.
AFTER PEOPLE WERE ALREADY
00:39:53.19\00:39:56.29
EXHAUSTED, THEY KEPT GOING.
AND WHEN PEOPLE WERE WANTING TO
00:39:56.32\00:39:59.26
SUCCEED, THEY TRAINED EVERY
DAY. DO WE TRAIN WITH OUR BIBLES
00:39:59.29\00:40:03.40
GETTING READY
FOR THE FINAL EXAM?
00:40:03.43\00:40:05.43
YEAH, YOU KNOW, IF YOUR TASTE IS
- IF YOUR FAITH IS GOING TO BE
00:40:05.47\00:40:09.30
TESTED, YOU CAN'T WAIT TO - TIL
THE DEVIL TEMPTS YOU LIKE HE DID
00:40:09.34\00:40:15.14
JESUS AND THEN SAY, 'WELL, LET
ME FIND MY BIBLE.' YOU WANT TO
00:40:15.18\00:40:17.68
BE STORING SCRIPTURE
AWAY SO YOU'RE READY WHEN THAT
00:40:17.71\00:40:19.88
TEMPTATION COMES.
JESUS, RIGHT AWAY, KNEW WHAT TO
00:40:19.91\00:40:22.95
SAY TO THE DEVIL, BECAUSE HE HAD
THE SCRIPTURES AT HIS COMMAND
00:40:22.98\00:40:25.19
THROUGH ALL OF
THE EARLIER STUDY.
00:40:25.22\00:40:28.56
1 CORINTHIANS 9:24, "DO YOU
NOT KNOW THAT THOSE WHO RUN IN A
00:40:28.59\00:40:34.86
RACE ALL RUN, BUT
ONE RECEIVES THE PRIZE?
00:40:34.93\00:40:37.83
RUN IN SUCH A WAY
THAT YOU MAY OBTAIN IT."
00:40:37.87\00:40:40.74
PAUL IS SAYING, 'RUN LIKE YOU'VE
GOT YOUR EYE ON THE PRIZE.' "AND
00:40:40.77\00:40:44.07
EVERYONE WHO COMPETES FOR
THE PRIZE IS TEMPERATE IN ALL
00:40:44.11\00:40:47.64
THINGS." - IF
YOU'RE GETTING READY FOR A
00:40:47.68\00:40:50.05
BIG RACE, EVEN BACK IN BIBLE
TIMES THEY UNDERSTOOD YOU NEED
00:40:50.08\00:40:52.61
TO BE EATING CAREFULLY, YOU NEED
TO BE RESTING CAREFULLY, YOU
00:40:52.65\00:40:58.22
NEED TO BE TAKING CARE OF
YOURSELF. DON'T GET AN INJURY.
00:40:58.25\00:41:00.96
THEY WOULD MANAGE THEIR BODIES
VERY CAREFULLY SO THAT THEY
00:41:00.99\00:41:05.99
COULD WIN THAT RACE. IT
SAYS, 'HE THAT IS GOING TO
00:41:06.03\00:41:09.33
WIN THAT PRIZE MUST BE TEMPERATE
IN ALL THINGS.' - EVEN GOOD
00:41:09.36\00:41:12.63
THINGS YOU CAN DO TOO MUCH
OF - "NOW THEY DO IT TO OBTAIN A
00:41:12.67\00:41:15.30
PERISHABLE CROWN, BUT WE
FOR AN IMPERISHABLE CROWN."
00:41:15.34\00:41:19.41
PAUL'S LOGIC HERE IS 'LOOK
AT WHAT THE ATHLETES DO TO WIN A
00:41:19.44\00:41:23.98
RACE.' YOU KNOW, I - I
JUST - KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME
00:41:24.01\00:41:28.62
ATHLETES - THEY DON'T EVEN
BELIEVE IN GOD, BUT THE GOAL IN
00:41:28.65\00:41:32.95
THEIR LIFE IS TO WIN A RACE AND
THEY WILL TRAIN AND THEY, YOU
00:41:32.99\00:41:38.43
KNOW, TAKE ALL THESE VITAMINS,
AND THEY'RE VERY METICULOUS AND
00:41:38.46\00:41:42.00
THEY'LL CHECK THEIR PULSE
AND THEY EAT VERY CAREFULLY AT
00:41:42.03\00:41:45.77
CERTAIN TIMES AND - LET'S JUST
FACE IT, SOME GREAT ATHLETES ARE
00:41:45.80\00:41:50.01
DOWNRIGHT ECCENTRIC IN THEIR
LIFESTYLE BECAUSE THEY KNOW
00:41:50.04\00:41:54.38
THEIR BODIES AND THEY KNOW WHAT
THEY'VE GOT TO DO TO WIN THE
00:41:54.41\00:41:57.68
RACE. AND PAUL IS SAYING, 'THEY
DO ALL OF THOSE THINGS - THEY
00:41:57.71\00:42:00.22
HAVE SO MUCH SELF-CONTROL, THEY
HAVE SO MUCH DISCIPLINE - AND
00:42:00.25\00:42:02.25
THEY'RE GOING TO DO IT FOR A
PERISHABLE CROWN.' YOU KNOW WHAT
00:42:02.28\00:42:06.12
THEY WOULD GIVE THEM? A WREATH
OF LEAVES. OR EVEN IF THEY GAVE
00:42:06.15\00:42:10.49
THEM MORE THAN THAT, THEY GAVE
THEM A MEDAL, THAT'S PERISHABLE.
00:42:10.53\00:42:13.70
PAUL IS SAYING, 'IF THE ATHLETES
IN THE WORLD GO THROUGH ALL THE
00:42:13.73\00:42:18.23
RIGORS OF TRAINING FOR A
PERISHABLE CROWN, THEN WHAT
00:42:18.27\00:42:22.90
SHOULD CHRISTIANS BE DOING
FOR AN IMPERISHABLE CROWN?'
00:42:22.94\00:42:27.01
THEY GET CARRIED AROUND ON
EVERYONE'S SHOULDERS AND THEY
00:42:27.04\00:42:29.88
GET THEIR FIVE MINUTES OF FAME,
BUT WHAT IF YOU GET ETERNAL
00:42:29.91\00:42:32.11
GLORY? IS IT
WORTH THE DISCIPLINE AND
00:42:32.15\00:42:35.18
THE SELF-CONTROL THAT WE
MIGHT OBTAIN THAT ETERNAL CROWN?
00:42:35.22\00:42:39.15
SO HE'S USING THE
SPORTS ILLUSTRATIONS.
00:42:39.19\00:42:42.42
LET ME GIVE YOU
ANOTHER ONE HERE.
00:42:42.46\00:42:44.19
HE SAYS - OH, I'M STILL IN 1
CORINTHIANS 9:27 - OH, NO, I'LL
00:42:44.23\00:42:49.53
GO TO VERSE 26, "THEREFORE I
RUN THUS: NOT WITH UNCERTAINTY.
00:42:49.56\00:42:52.90
THUS I FIGHT:" - AND THAT WORD
FIGHT THERE IS THE WORD TO BEAT
00:42:52.93\00:42:54.94
WITH THE HANDS OR
FISTS - IT'S BOXING .
00:42:54.97\00:42:59.14
BOXING GOES BACK QUITE A
WAYS AND THEY DIDN'T WEAR GLOVES
00:42:59.17\00:43:02.58
EITHER - "NOT AS ONE WHO BEATS
THE AIR. BUT I DISCIPLINE MY
00:43:02.61\00:43:05.68
BODY AND BRING IT INTO
SUBJECTION, LEST, WHEN I HAVE
00:43:05.71\00:43:09.88
PREACHED TO OTHERS, I MYSELF
SHOULD BECOME DISQUALIFIED."
00:43:09.92\00:43:12.89
SO PAUL SAID EVEN FOR A
CHRISTIAN WE NEED TO MAINTAIN
00:43:12.92\00:43:16.93
SELF-CONTROL.
GALATIANS 5:7, "YOU RAN WELL.
00:43:16.96\00:43:21.06
WHO HINDERED YOU
FROM OBEYING THE TRUTH?"
00:43:21.10\00:43:24.03
WHAT IS PAUL TALKING ABOUT, 'YOU
RAN WELL'? HE'S USING THE RACE.
00:43:24.07\00:43:27.17
2 TIMOTHY 2:5 - THESE ARE
SOME OF THE FINAL WORDS OF PAUL
00:43:27.20\00:43:30.94
BEFORE HE DIED. HE'S
IN PRISON WHEN HE WRITES,
00:43:30.97\00:43:32.94
"AND ALSO IF ANYONE COMPETES
IN ATHLETICS, HE IS NOT CROWNED
00:43:32.97\00:43:37.01
UNLESS HE COMPETES ACCORDING
TO THE RULES. THE HARDWORKING
00:43:37.05\00:43:41.05
FARMER" - AND THEN HE JUMPS OVER
TO - AND HE TALKS ABOUT NOT ONLY
00:43:41.08\00:43:44.02
SOLDIERS AND SPORTS, NOW
HE'S TALKING ABOUT AGRICULTURE.
00:43:44.05\00:43:49.76
"THE HARDWORKING FARMER MUST BE
FIRST TO PARTAKE OF THE CROPS."
00:43:49.79\00:43:52.93
AND GOING TO 2 TIMOTHY 4:7 -
THESE ARE SOME OF HIS CLOSING
00:43:52.96\00:43:58.13
WORDS - "I HAVE FOUGHT THE GOOD
FIGHT, I HAVE FINISHED THE RACE,
00:43:58.17\00:44:01.04
I HAVE KEPT THE FAITH."
SO PAUL, TALKING TO THE JEWS.
00:44:01.07\00:44:04.77
HE TALKED ABOUT SIGNS
AND WONDERS TO THE GREEKS.
00:44:04.81\00:44:07.88
HE TALKED ABOUT
SPORTS AND SOLDIERS.
00:44:07.91\00:44:10.78
AND THEN YOU'VE GOT PAUL AND THE
LAW: ROMANS 3:31, "DO WE THEN
00:44:10.81\00:44:16.55
MAKE VOID THE LAW
THROUGH FAITH? CERTAINLY NOT!
00:44:16.58\00:44:19.99
ON THE CONTRARY,
WE ESTABLISH THE LAW."
00:44:20.02\00:44:22.69
NOW HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OTHER
CHRISTIANS SAY THAT - BIBLE
00:44:22.72\00:44:26.76
CHRISTIANS - BECAUSE OF
FAITH WE DON'T NEED TO KEEP THE
00:44:26.80\00:44:28.90
COMMANDMENTS? ANY OF
YOU HEARD THAT BEFORE?
00:44:28.93\00:44:30.77
>>YES. >>WHOSE
WRITINGS DO THEY POINT
00:44:30.80\00:44:33.87
TO TO MAKE THOSE
ARGUMENTS? >>PAUL'S.
00:44:33.90\00:44:36.60
>>A HUNDRED PERCENT PAUL.
YOU WILL NEVER HEAR THEM POINT
00:44:36.64\00:44:41.14
TO JAMES OR PETER OR
JOHN TO MAKE THOSE ARGUMENTS.
00:44:41.18\00:44:45.25
THEY DON'T USE MATTHEW,
THEY DON'T USE MARK, IT'S ALWAYS
00:44:45.28\00:44:48.68
GOING TO BE THE WRITINGS OF PAUL
THAT ARE BEING MISUNDERSTOOD.
00:44:48.72\00:44:51.65
MATTER OF FACT, IF YOU LOOK IN 2
PETER - 2 PETER CHAPTER 3, VERSE
00:44:51.69\00:44:55.79
15, 'AND COUNT THE PATIENCE OF
OUR LORD AS SALVATION - JUST AS
00:44:55.82\00:45:00.26
OUR BELOVED BROTHER PAUL, ALSO
WROTE TO YOU ACCORDING TO THE
00:45:00.30\00:45:03.67
WISDOM GIVEN TO HIM, AS HE
DOES IN ALL HIS LETTERS, WHEN HE
00:45:03.70\00:45:06.63
SPEAKS OF THESE MATTERS."
- NOTICE - "THERE ARE SOME
00:45:06.67\00:45:09.64
THINGS IN THEM THAT ARE HARD TO
UNDERSTAND, WHICH THE IGNORANT
00:45:09.67\00:45:13.24
AND UNSTABLE TWIST TO THEIR OWN
DESTRUCTION, AS THEY DO OTHER
00:45:13.27\00:45:18.08
SCRIPTURES.' THIS
IS VERY IMPORTANT.
00:45:18.11\00:45:20.58
FOR ONE THING, PETER IS CALLING
PAUL'S WRITING SCRIPTURE.
00:45:20.62\00:45:23.72
IT SAYS THEY'RE TWISTING
THE WRITINGS OF PAUL AS THEY DO
00:45:23.75\00:45:25.95
OTHER SCRIPTURE
. YOU NOTICE THAT?
00:45:25.99\00:45:28.36
AND IT - NOTICE
HOW THEY TWIST THEM.
00:45:28.39\00:45:31.69
'YOU THEREFORE, BELOVED, KNOWING
THIS BEFOREHAND, TAKE CARE THAT
00:45:31.73\00:45:34.96
YOU ARE NOT CARRIED AWAY WITH
THE ERROR OF THE LAWLESS AND
00:45:35.00\00:45:37.57
LOSE YOUR OWN STABILITY.' THE
PROBLEMS THEY WERE MAKING WITH
00:45:37.60\00:45:42.47
THE WRITINGS OF PAUL
HAD TO DO WITH LAWLESSNESS.
00:45:42.50\00:45:46.27
AND SO, WHAT DOES
LAWLESSNESS MEAN? WELL, LAW.
00:45:46.31\00:45:48.64
SO THEY WOULD MISAPPLY THE
WRITINGS OF PAUL. NOW WHEN PAUL
00:45:48.68\00:45:53.05
WOULD SAY, 'WE'RE NOT UNDER
THE LAW, BUT WE'RE UNDER FAITH'
00:45:53.08\00:45:56.45
WHAT DID HE MEAN? DID HE MEAN
WE'RE NOT UNDER AN OBLIGATION
00:45:56.48\00:46:00.36
ANYMORE TO KEEP THE LAW? >>NO.
00:46:00.39\00:46:02.79
>>OR DID HE MEAN BECAUSE WE WERE
UNDER THE DEATH PENALTY BECAUSE
00:46:02.82\00:46:06.23
WE BROKE THE LAW, THROUGH CHRIST
WE ARE NOT UNDER THE DEATH
00:46:06.26\00:46:09.63
PENALTY ANYMORE, WE ARE
NOW COVERED BY HIS GRACE.
00:46:09.66\00:46:12.63
BUT DO WE THEN MAKE
VOID THE LAW BY FAITH?
00:46:12.67\00:46:17.31
AND THESE - THIS IS - YOU KNOW,
PAUL MAKES IT VERY CLEAR IN
00:46:17.34\00:46:20.54
ROMANS 3:31, "DO WE THEN
MAKE VOID THE LAW THROUGH FAITH?
00:46:20.58\00:46:25.21
CERTAINLY NOT! GOD FORBID.
00:46:25.25\00:46:26.92
ON THE CONTRARY,
WE ESTABLISH THE LAW."
00:46:26.95\00:46:29.22
PEOPLE DON'T LIKE THOSE VERSES
WHEN THEY'RE TRYING TO GET RID
00:46:29.25\00:46:32.02
OF THE LAW.
ROMANS 6:15, "WHAT THEN?
00:46:32.05\00:46:34.62
SHALL WE SIN BECAUSE WE ARE NOT
UNDER LAW BUT UNDER GRACE?" -
00:46:34.66\00:46:37.29
GO FORBID! - "CERTAINLY NOT!"
00:46:37.33\00:46:40.26
AND WHAT IS SIN?
BREAKING OF THE LAW.
00:46:40.30\00:46:42.40
IT SAYS 'DO WE SIN BECAUSE WE'RE
NOT UNDER THE PENALTY OF THE
00:46:42.43\00:46:44.67
LAW? OF COURSE NOT!
00:46:44.70\00:46:46.87
GOD FORBID.' AND YOU CAN READ -
AND THIS, TO ME IS, AS THEY SAY,
00:46:46.90\00:46:50.07
A SLAM-DUNK VERSE - ROMANS
2:13 - PAUL SAID, "(FOR NOT THE
00:46:50.11\00:46:54.28
HEARERS OF THE LAW ARE JUST IN
THE SIGHT OF GOD, BUT THE DOERS
00:46:54.31\00:46:59.61
OF THE LAW WILL BE
JUSTIFIED;" WHO'S JUSTIFIED?
00:46:59.65\00:47:03.02
NOT THE HEARERS OF THE
LAW, BUT THE DOERS OF THE LAW.
00:47:03.05\00:47:07.02
I DON'T HEAR THEM
QUOTE THAT ONE VERY OFTEN.
00:47:07.06\00:47:09.16
AND THEN, OF COURSE, YOU READ
WHERE JOHN SAYS IF WE SAY THAT
00:47:09.19\00:47:12.93
WE LOVE HIM AND WE KEEP NOT
HIS COMMANDMENTS WE'RE A LIAR.
00:47:12.96\00:47:14.93
'BLESSED ARE THOSE THAT DO
HIS COMMANDMENTS THAT THEY MIGHT
00:47:14.96\00:47:18.37
ENTER THROUGH THE GATES OF THE
CITY AND EAT FROM THE TREE OF
00:47:18.40\00:47:20.64
LIFE.' AND 'THE DRAGON IS
WROTH WITH THOSE THAT KEEP THE
00:47:20.67\00:47:24.11
COMMANDMENTS OF GOD AND
HAVE THE FAITH OF JESUS.'
00:47:24.14\00:47:26.81
AND YOU CAN GO JUST ON
AND ON DOWN THE LINE HOW MUCH
00:47:26.84\00:47:28.58
THE BIBLE SAYS
ABOUT THE COMMANDMENTS.
00:47:28.61\00:47:30.81
JESUS SAID, 'NOT EVERYONE THAT
SAYS 'LORD, LORD' BUT HE THAT
00:47:30.85\00:47:34.05
DOES THE WILL OF MY FATHER.'
'THINK NOT THAT I'VE COME TO
00:47:34.08\00:47:36.18
DESTROY THE LAW. I'VE
NOT COME TO DESTROY BUT TO
00:47:36.22\00:47:38.45
FULFILL' - AND THAT MEANS
IN HIS LIFE HE FULFILLED IT.
00:47:38.49\00:47:42.22
JESUS WASN'T SAYING, 'I DIDN'T
COME TO DESTROY IT BUT TO DO
00:47:42.26\00:47:44.86
AWAY WITH IT.' THAT
WOULDN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.
00:47:44.89\00:47:48.13
AND SO, ALL THROUGH THE NEW
TESTAMENT IT TELLS US THE LAW IS
00:47:48.16\00:47:51.23
INTACT. PAUL IS
SIMPLY SAYING THAT WE'RE
00:47:51.27\00:47:53.13
NOT UNDER THE
PENALTY OF THE LAW.
00:47:53.17\00:47:55.57
THEN OTHER STATEMENTS PAUL USES
- KEEP IN MIND, THE WORD LAW IN
00:47:55.60\00:47:58.87
THE HEBREW IS USED LIKE WE WOULD
USE THE WORD CODE IN ENGLISH.
00:47:58.91\00:48:06.21
YOU COULD HAVE MORSE CODE, YOU
COULD HAVE A FEDERAL CODE, YOU
00:48:06.25\00:48:09.98
COULD HAVE A CITY CODE, YOU
COULD HAVE A STATE CODE, YOU
00:48:10.02\00:48:12.55
COULD HAVE A CORPORATE CODE.
THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF CODES.
00:48:12.59\00:48:15.72
THEY HAD THE MORAL LAW,
CEREMONIAL LAW, THEY HAD CIVIL
00:48:15.76\00:48:21.23
LAW, THERE'S A
LOT OF DIFFERENT LAW.
00:48:21.26\00:48:23.73
SOMETIMES PAUL, LIKE IN
GALATIANS, HE'S TALKING ABOUT
00:48:23.77\00:48:26.97
WE'RE NO LONGER
UNDER THE CEREMONIAL LAWS
00:48:27.00\00:48:31.17
- WHEN IT COMES TO THE
CEREMONIAL SABBATHS - ABOUT -
00:48:31.21\00:48:34.51
AND THE FEAST DAYS
- THE ANNUAL FEASTS.
00:48:34.54\00:48:37.81
AND SO WHEN HE MAKES THAT
STATEMENT HE USES THE WORD LAW
00:48:37.85\00:48:40.98
SORT OF GENERICALLY, BUT HE
DOESN'T SAY YOU DON'T HAVE TO
00:48:41.02\00:48:44.55
KEEP THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.
AND EVERYONE SORT OF KNOWS THAT
00:48:44.59\00:48:46.96
INHERENTLY. YOU
NOTICE THE CHRISTIANS THAT
00:48:46.99\00:48:49.02
SAY 'YOU DON'T NEED TO WORRY
ABOUT THE LAW', IF YOU WERE TO
00:48:49.06\00:48:52.36
ASK THEM 'IS IT OKAY
TO LIE?' OF COURSE NOT.
00:48:52.39\00:48:55.26
'CAN YOU STEAL?'
'NO.' 'WORSHIP IDOLS?'
00:48:55.30\00:48:58.70
'NO.' 'COMMIT ADULTERY?'
'NO.' 'GOD'S NAME IN VAIN?'
00:48:58.73\00:49:02.27
'NO.' GO THROUGH ALL NINE
COMMANDMENTS AND THEY SAY, 'OF
00:49:02.30\00:49:07.08
COURSE NOT.' 'REMEMBER THE
SABBATH.' 'WE'RE NOT UNDER THE
00:49:07.11\00:49:10.65
LAW, WE'RE UNDER GRACE.' SO THE
ONLY REASON YOU HEAR THESE VERY
00:49:10.68\00:49:14.88
CREATIVE DISCOURSES ABOUT NOT
BEING UNDER THE LAW IS BECAUSE
00:49:14.92\00:49:17.99
ONE COMMANDMENT THAT IS AN
ANNOYANCE. WHICH ONE IS THAT?
00:49:18.02\00:49:21.82
IT'S THE SABBATH. ISN'T IT
OBVIOUS? I HEARD ONE PASTOR
00:49:21.86\00:49:26.49
PUT IT THIS WAY - THEY GOT
A FINGER THAT BOTHERS THEM SO
00:49:26.53\00:49:31.37
THEY CUT OFF TEN OF THEM AND TRY
AND SEW THE OTHER NINE BACK ON
00:49:31.40\00:49:34.50
TO JUST GET RID OF THAT
ONE. AND IT DOESN'T WORK.
00:49:34.54\00:49:40.18
AND THE ONE THEY TRY TO GET RID
OF - THE ONE COMMANDMENT THAT IS
00:49:40.21\00:49:42.84
AN ANNOYANCE IS THE ONE
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LAW.
00:49:42.88\00:49:45.98
IT IS THE LONGEST OF
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.
00:49:46.01\00:49:48.62
AND IT'S THE ONLY COMMANDMENT
THAT BEGINS WITH THE WORD
00:49:48.65\00:49:51.39
REMEMBER - AND THAT'S THE ONE
THEY WANT EVERYONE TO FORGET.
00:49:51.42\00:49:54.82
SO IT'S JUST - THAT, OF COURSE,
JUST DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.
00:49:54.86\00:49:58.69
AND THEN, FINALLY, I
THINK THIS'LL HAVE TO BE MY LAST
00:49:58.73\00:50:01.66
THOUGHT, IS THE
CROSS AND RESURRECTION.
00:50:01.70\00:50:04.60
THESE WERE THE CENTRAL
THEMES OF PAUL'S TEACHING.
00:50:04.63\00:50:07.70
1 CORINTHIANS 2:2, "FOR I
DETERMINED NOT TO KNOW ANYTHING
00:50:07.74\00:50:11.37
AMONG YOU EXCEPT JESUS
CHRIST AND HIM CRUCIFIED."
00:50:11.41\00:50:15.14
NOW THIS DIDN'T MATTER WHETHER
YOU WERE A JEW OR GENTILE, THE
00:50:15.18\00:50:17.85
CROSS WAS THE
CENTRAL THEME TO PAUL. WHY?
00:50:17.88\00:50:20.85
WHEN JESUS SAID - WHAT WERE THE
FIRST WORDS OF JESUS TO PAUL?
00:50:20.88\00:50:27.52
'I AM JESUS WHO YOU
PERSECUTE.' CAN I REPHRASE THAT?
00:50:27.56\00:50:33.66
'I AM JESUS WHO YOU CRUCIFIED.'
IN PAUL'S KILLING CHRISTIANS,
00:50:33.70\00:50:39.67
JESUS SAID, 'AS MUCH AS YOU'VE
DONE IT TO THEM, YOU'VE DONE IT
00:50:39.70\00:50:41.74
TO ME.' THE CROSS
WAS REALLY CENTRAL.
00:50:41.77\00:50:43.84
THAT JESUS WOULD - WHEN JESUS,
ON THE CROSS, SAID, 'FATHER,
00:50:43.87\00:50:47.34
FORGIVE THEM' - PAUL, THAT WAS
VERY PERSONAL TO HIM - THAT HE
00:50:47.38\00:50:50.18
WAS PRAYING FOR
THAT FORGIVENESS.
00:50:50.21\00:50:52.01
'I AM DETERMINED NOT TO
KNOW ANYTHING BUT JESUS AND HIM
00:50:52.05\00:50:56.05
CRUCIFIED.' 1 CORINTHIANS 1:22,
"FOR JEWS REQUEST A SIGN, AND
00:50:56.08\00:50:59.89
GREEKS SEEK AFTER WISDOM; BUT WE
PREACH CHRIST CRUCIFIED, TO THE
00:50:59.92\00:51:04.49
JEWS A STUMBLING BLOCK AND
TO THE GREEKS FOOLISHNESS" -
00:51:04.53\00:51:08.06
(SQUIRRELS CHATTERING LOUDLY)
00:51:08.10\00:51:09.00
WILL YOU GUYS CUT IT
OUT? WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
00:51:09.03\00:51:11.27
(LAUGHTER) YOU GOT
SOME BABIES - SHOW OFFS.
00:51:11.30\00:51:16.17
KAREN AND I USED TO
HAVE A PET SQUIRREL.
00:51:16.20\00:51:19.81
THEY'RE REALLY CUTE. AND
SO HE SAID, "FOR THE JEWS
00:51:19.84\00:51:26.21
REQUEST A SIGN, AND GREEKS
SEEK AFTER WISDOM; BUT WE PREACH
00:51:26.25\00:51:29.08
CHRIST CRUCIFIED."
WE QUOTED THIS FIRST.
00:51:29.12\00:51:31.85
JESUS CRUCIFIED WAS THE CENTRAL
THEME FOR PAUL BECAUSE IT REALLY
00:51:31.89\00:51:36.93
WAS EVERYTHING. AND
THEN, FINALLY, THE RISEN
00:51:36.96\00:51:39.93
HOPE OF THE  CHRISTIAN IS THE
RESURRECTION - THE RISEN - THE
00:51:39.96\00:51:44.83
RESURRECTION OF CHRIST IS
THE HOPE FOR THE CHRISTIAN.
00:51:44.87\00:51:48.10
1 CORINTHIANS 15 - LET ME JUST
READ THIS TO YOU IN CLOSING.
00:51:48.14\00:51:51.47
"NOW, IF CHRIST IS PREACHED
THAT HE HAS BEEN RAISED FROM THE
00:51:51.51\00:51:55.91
DEAD, HOW DO SOME AMONG YOU SAY
THAT THERE IS NO RESURRECTION OF
00:51:55.94\00:51:57.61
THE DEAD? BUT IF THERE IS
NO RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD,
00:51:57.65\00:52:00.55
THEN CHRIST IS NOT RISEN.
AND IF CHRIST IS NOT RISEN, THEN
00:52:00.58\00:52:02.82
OUR PREACHING IS EMPTY
AND YOUR FAITH IS ALSO EMPTY.
00:52:02.85\00:52:05.12
YES, AND WE ARE FOUND TO BE
FALSE WITNESSES OF GOD, BECAUSE
00:52:05.15\00:52:08.06
WE HAVE TESTIFIED OF GOD THAT
HE RAISED UP CHRIST, WHOM HE DID
00:52:08.09\00:52:10.86
NOT RAISE UP - IF IN
FACT THE DEAD DO NOT RISE.
00:52:10.89\00:52:13.26
FOR IF THE DEAD DO NOT
RISE, THEN CHRIST IS NOT RISEN.
00:52:13.29\00:52:15.76
AND IF CHRIST IS NOT RISEN, YOUR
FAITH IS FUTILE; YOU ARE STILL
00:52:15.80\00:52:18.63
IN YOUR SINS! THEN ALSO
THOSE WHO HAVE FALLEN ASLEEP IN
00:52:18.67\00:52:21.24
CHRIST HAVE PERISHED."
- THERE'S NO HOPE FOR A
00:52:21.27\00:52:23.17
RESURRECTION - "IF IN THIS LIFE
ONLY WE HAVE HOPE IN CHRIST, WE
00:52:23.20\00:52:25.57
ARE OF ALL MEN
THE MOST PITIABLE."
00:52:25.61\00:52:27.98
- MOST MISERABLE - "BUT NOW
CHRIST IS RISEN FROM THE DEAD,
00:52:28.01\00:52:31.48
AND HAS BECOME THE FIRSTFRUITS
OF THOSE WHO HAVE FALLEN ASLEEP.
00:52:31.51\00:52:34.75
FOR SINCE BY MAN CAME DEATH,
BY MAN (JESUS) ALSO CAME THE
00:52:34.78\00:52:38.75
RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD.
FOR AS IN ADAM ALL DIE, EVEN SO
00:52:38.79\00:52:41.59
IN CHRIST ALL
SHALL BE MADE ALIVE.
00:52:41.62\00:52:44.49
BUT EACH ONE IN HIS OWN ORDER:"
- THIS IS IMPORTANT - "CHRIST
00:52:44.53\00:52:46.80
THE FIRSTFRUITS, AFTERWARD THOSE
WHO ARE CHRIST'S" - AS SOON AS
00:52:46.83\00:52:50.47
THEY DIE? NO - "AT HIS COMING."
00:52:50.50\00:52:53.64
WHEN DO THE DEAD
RISE? AT HIS COMING.
00:52:53.67\00:52:56.54
THIS IS A VERY, VERY CLEAR VERSE
ABOUT WHEN THE RESURRECTION
00:52:56.57\00:52:59.61
TAKES PLACE. SO THE CROSS AND
THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS WERE
00:52:59.64\00:53:03.04
CENTRAL THEMES
OF PAUL'S TEACHING.
00:53:03.08\00:53:05.48
ANYWAY, I THINK THAT
WE'VE RUN OUT OF TIME.
00:53:05.51\00:53:07.38
I WANT TO THANK THOSE WHO
HAVE JOINED US FOR THIS SPECIAL
00:53:07.42\00:53:09.75
SESSION OF OUR
SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY HOUR.
00:53:09.78\00:53:12.25
YOU'VE BEEN JOINING THE
GRANITE BAY CHURCH UP HERE AT A
00:53:12.29\00:53:15.29
CHRISTIAN RETREAT CALLED LEONI
MEADOWS AND WE JUST THOUGHT WE'D
00:53:15.32\00:53:19.19
BRING YOU ALONG WITH US.
GOD BLESS UNTIL WE STUDY HIS
00:53:19.23\00:53:21.46
WORD TOGETHER AGAIN NEXT WEEK.
>>AMAZING FACTS CHANGED LIVES.
00:53:21.50\00:53:36.98
>>WE WERE GOING TO
CHURCH EVERY OTHER WEEK.
00:53:37.01\00:53:38.78
AT ABOUT 19 YEARS OLD THINGS
REALLY START TO MAKE SENSE FOR
00:53:38.81\00:53:42.18
ME. I START TO GO TO CHURCH FOR
MYSELF AND THE PASTOR WANTED TO
00:53:42.22\00:53:45.55
STUDY WITH ME. WHEN WE
CAME TO THE STUDY ABOUT
00:53:45.59\00:53:50.16
BAPTISM, I KIND OF JUST SHRUGGED
AND PUT MY HEAD DOWN. I SAID,
00:53:50.19\00:53:53.90
'I'M NOT READY.' HE LOOKED ME IN
THE EYE AND SAID, 'JASON, YOU'LL
00:53:53.93\00:53:57.40
NEVER MAKE YOURSELF READY. THIS
IS SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO DO.'
00:53:57.43\00:54:03.94
I PUT A LOT OF THINGS
BEHIND ME - DRINKING AND SMOKING
00:54:03.97\00:54:07.24
AND ALL THAT STUFF STOPPED.
ALL THROUGHOUT THE TIME I'D BEEN
00:54:07.28\00:54:10.11
LEARNING ABOUT GOD, IT WAS JUST
ME AND GOD. IT COMES AROUND UP
00:54:10.15\00:54:14.25
TO ABOUT AUGUST AND I MEET THIS
GIRL. ABOUT TWO YEARS INTO THE
00:54:14.28\00:54:19.79
RELATIONSHIP WE WERE TALKING
ABOUT MARRIAGE AND EVERYTHING.
00:54:19.82\00:54:22.59
WE DIDN'T PRAY. WE
DIDN'T STUDY TOGETHER.
00:54:22.62\00:54:24.89
WE WERE ARGUING A
LOT BUT WE WERE ENGAGED.
00:54:24.93\00:54:30.77
I STARTED DRINKING AGAIN
AND THEN IT WAS A SLOW DOWNWARD
00:54:30.80\00:54:34.40
SPIRAL INTO DIFFERENT THINGS
AND MY DEVOTIONAL LIFE STARTED
00:54:34.44\00:54:36.71
REALLY WEASELING
AWAY. WE BROKE UP IN 2008.
00:54:36.74\00:54:40.28
IT WAS HEAVY FOR ME BECAUSE,
AGAIN, BEING WITH SOMEBODY FOR
00:54:40.31\00:54:43.95
THAT LONG, IT'S
ALMOST LIKE A DIVORCE.
00:54:43.98\00:54:46.55
I STARTED TO FALL BACK AWAY EVEN
MORE. I REMEMBER LOOKING IN THE
00:54:46.58\00:54:52.82
MIRROR - JUST LOOKING AT MYSELF
AND SAYING, 'WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
00:54:52.85\00:54:55.49
HOW CAN YOU DO THIS TO
GOD WHO'S BROUGHT YOU SO FAR?'
00:54:55.52\00:54:59.73
AND, YOU KNOW, GOD
REALLY HEARD MY CRY.
00:54:59.76\00:55:03.63
THERE WAS A TESTIMONY TELLING AT
MY CHURCH AND THERE WAS A CALL
00:55:03.67\00:55:11.74
AND KIDS STARTED GETTING
UP. A BUNCH OF HIGH SCHOOL KIDS
00:55:11.77\00:55:13.88
STARTED GETTING UP
FOR CALLS OF BAPTISM.
00:55:13.91\00:55:15.68
I'M BACK DOING THE PA SYSTEM AT
THIS TIME AND I FEEL JUST LIKE
00:55:15.71\00:55:18.75
THIS URGE - LIKE MY HEART JUST
STARTED RIPPING OUT OF MY CHEST
00:55:18.78\00:55:21.62
AND I JUST HAD THIS
FEELING JUST TO GO UP.
00:55:21.65\00:55:25.39
I GET UP TO THE FRONT AND I
MEET THE PASTOR IN OPEN ARMS.
00:55:25.42\00:55:28.89
I REALIZED THAT THERE'S SO MUCH
MORE TO LIFE THAN JUST LIVING
00:55:28.92\00:55:34.36
LIFE FOR MYSELF AND, YOU
KNOW, FALLING AWAY - IT'S NOT A
00:55:34.40\00:55:38.50
NECESSITY, BUT GOD CAN WORK
THROUGH ANYTHING IN THE BAD TO
00:55:38.53\00:55:43.84
MAKE IT THE GOOD.
THAT'S A PROMISE HE MAKES.
00:55:43.87\00:55:57.75
>>TOGETHER WE HAVE SPREAD THE
GOSPEL MUCH FARTHER THAN EVER
00:55:57.79\00:56:01.39
BEFORE. THANK
YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
00:56:01.42\00:56:10.33
>>SOMEONE ONCE SAID, 'PICK YOUR
HEROES VERY CAREFULLY FOR YOU
00:56:10.37\00:56:13.47
MIGHT BECOME LIKE THEM.
SADLY, MOST PEOPLE TODAY ADMIRE
00:56:13.50\00:56:16.71
THE WRONG CLASS OF HEROES -
STRONG ATHLETES, TALENTED ACTORS
00:56:16.74\00:56:20.78
OR SINGERS - WHOSE PERSONAL
LIVES ARE OFTEN EXPOSED FOR
00:56:20.81\00:56:23.81
VIOLENCE, DRUGS, OR
IMMORALITY. THIS IS NOT NEW.
00:56:23.85\00:56:27.45
THE WORLD WILL TYPICALLY
CHOOSE THE WRONG HEROES.
00:56:27.48\00:56:30.45
REMEMBER, THE PEOPLE
CHOSE BARABBAS INSTEAD OF JESUS.
00:56:30.49\00:56:33.69
WELL, IF YOU'RE READY TO MEET
A NEW GROUP OF POSITIVE ROLE
00:56:33.72\00:56:37.16
MODELS, I'D LIKE TO INVITE YOU
TO PARTICIPATE IN AN INSPIRING
00:56:37.19\00:56:39.93
NEW SERIES OF MEETINGS THAT'LL
BE BROADCAST LIVE FROM LANSING,
00:56:39.96\00:56:43.03
MICHIGAN THIS OCTOBER.
IT'S CALLED HEROES OF FAITH .
00:56:43.06\00:56:47.94
THIS NEW EVANGELISM SERIES FOR
THE WHOLE FAMILY WILL HIGHLIGHT
00:56:47.97\00:56:51.41
SOME OF THE REAL
HEROES OF THE BIBLE.
00:56:51.44\00:56:53.51
PLAN NOW TO ATTEND WITH YOUR
FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND LEARN
00:56:53.54\00:56:57.01
FROM THE PAST HOW WE CAN
BE HEROES OF FAITH TODAY.
00:56:57.05\00:57:00.28
TO FIND OUT MORE OR REGISTER
YOUR HOME OR CHURCH, THEN GO TO
00:57:00.32\00:57:03.65
THEHEROESOFFAITH.COM . BE A HERO
AND BRING SOMEONE TO CHRIST.
00:57:03.69\00:57:10.56
>>(BIRDS SQUAWKING) >>DID YOU
KNOW THIS BOAT COULD SHARE THE
00:57:10.59\00:57:12.96
GOSPEL WITH 20,000 PEOPLE?
OR A CAR LIKE THIS ONE COULD
00:57:12.99\00:57:16.33
REACH 10,000 SOULS SEEKING HOPE
IN JESUS. IF YOU HAVE A VEHICLE
00:57:16.36\00:57:21.04
YOU'RE NOT USING AND WOULD LIKE
TO REACH HEARTS FOR THE KINGDOM
00:57:21.07\00:57:23.84
OF GOD, PRAYERFULLY CONSIDER
DONATING YOUR VEHICLE TO
00:57:23.87\00:57:26.94
AMAZING FACTS TODAY. IT'S
EASY TO TURN YOUR UNNEEDED
00:57:26.98\00:57:30.71
CAR, BOAT, RV, MOTORCYCLE,
EVEN ATVS AND JET SKIS INTO A
00:57:30.75\00:57:36.22
SOUL-WINNING VEHICLE FOR
CHRIST AND GET A TAX DEDUCTION.
00:57:36.25\00:57:40.36
AMAZING FACTS WILL ARRANGE TO
PICK UP YOUR VEHICLE AND PROVIDE
00:57:40.39\00:57:43.99
YOU WITH A
TAX-DEDUCTIBLE RECEIPT.
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THE PROCEEDS FROM THE RESALE
WILL BE USED TO SHARE GOD'S
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TRUTH WITH MILLIONS OF
PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD.
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DON'T LEAVE YOUR VEHICLE IN THE
GARAGE COLLECTING DUST; USE IT
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TO TRANSFORM LIVES
THROUGH AMAZING FACTS.
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CONTACT US TODAY AND LET US
HELP TURN YOUR CAR, BOAT, RV, OR
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MOTORCYCLE INTO
LIVES SAVED FOR CHRIST.
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