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00:40 >>GOOD MORNING, FRIENDS AND WELCOME AGAIN TO 00:41 SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY HOUR. A VERY WARM WELCOME TO OUR 00:44 FRIENDS JOINING US ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD 00:47 - OUR EXTENDED SABBATH SCHOOL CLASS - AND WE'RE GOING TO BE 00:49 STUDYING LESSON #3 IN OUR LESSON QUARTERLY, DEALING WITH 00:53 THE THEME OF REBELLION AND REDEMPTION. 00:56 LESSON #3 IS ENTITLED GLOBAL REBELLION AND THE PATRIARCHS . 01:00 I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO WELCOME THE MEMBERS OF THE GRANITE BAY 01:02 CHURCH AND THOSE WHO ARE VISITING. 01:04 A VERY WARM WELCOME TO YOU AS WELL, ON A CHILLY SABBATH 01:07 MORNING HERE IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. 01:10 WE DO HAVE A FREE OFFER THAT WE'D LIKE TO LET YOU HERE AT 01:12 GRANITE BAY KNOW ABOUT. MOST OF OUR FRIENDS ARE WATCHING 01:15 AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEND THAT TO ANYONE IN NORTH AMERICA. 01:18 YOU WILL JUST NEED TO CALL OUR TOLL-FREE NUMBER HERE - OUR 01:21 RESOURCE LINE - 866-788-3966. AGAIN, THE NUMBER IS 01:27 866-788-3966 AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO SEND THAT TO YOU. 01:32 THOSE WATCHING OUTSIDE OF NORTH AMERICA, YOU CAN GO TO THE 01:35 AMAZING FACTS WEBSITE - JUST AMAZINGFACTS.ORG - CLICK ON THE 01:39 LINK THAT SAYS FREE LIBRARY AND YOU CAN READ THE BOOK FOR FREE 01:43 RIGHT THERE ONLINE. WELL, BEFORE WE GET TO OUR 01:45 LESSON, AS USUAL, WE LIKE TO BEGIN OUR TIME WITH 01:48 MOMENTS OF PRAISE AND SONG. SO WE'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR SONG 01:52 LEADERS TO COME FORWARD AND THEY'LL LEAD US 01:54 TOGETHER AS WE SING. >>THANK YOU, PASTOR ROSS. 02:00 WE KNOW THAT YOU ENJOY SINGING WITH US AS MUCH AS WE LIKE TO 02:04 SING HERE SO I INVITE YOU TO TAKE OUT YOUR HYMNALS - HYMN 02:07 #470 - THERE'S SUNSHINE IN MY SOUL TODAY . 02:10 WE'RE GOING TO BE SINGING ABOUT GOD'S JOY AND THE PEACE THAT HE 02:14 BRINGS TO US WHEN HE LIVES IN OUR HEARTS. 02:16 WE WILL SING THE FIRST, THE THIRD, AND THE LAST VERSES OF 02:19 #470 - THERE'S SUNSHINE IN MY SOUL TODAY . 02:22 (MUSIC) 02:34 >>THERE'S SUNSHINE IN MY SOUL TODAY, MORE GLORIOUS AND 02:42 BRIGHT THAN GLOWS IN ANY EARTHLY SKY, FOR JESUS IS MY 02:50 LIGHT. O THERE'S SUNSHINE, BLESSED 02:56 SUNSHINE, WHEN THE PEACEFUL, HAPPY MOMENTS ROLL; WHEN JESUS 03:04 SHOWS HIS SMILING FACE THERE IS SUNSHINE IN THE SOUL. 03:12 THERE'S SPRINGTIME IN MY SOUL TODAY, FOR WHEN THE LORD IS 03:19 NEAR, THE DOVE OF PEACE SPEAKS IN MY HEART, THE FLOWERS OF 03:27 GRACE APPEAR. O THERE'S SUNSHINE, BLESSED 03:34 SUNSHINE, WHEN THE PEACEFUL, HAPPY MOMENTS ROLL; WHEN JESUS 03:42 SHOWS HIS SMILING FACE THERE IS SUNSHINE IN THE SOUL. 03:50 THERE'S GLADNESS IN MY SOUL TODAY, AND HOPE, AND PRAISE, AND 03:58 LOVE, FOR BLESSINGS WHICH HE GIVES ME NOW, FOR JOYS "LAID UP" 04:06 ABOVE. O THERE'S SUNSHINE, BLESSED 04:13 SUNSHINE, WHEN THE PEACEFUL, HAPPY MOMENTS ROLL; WHEN JESUS 04:21 SHOWS HIS SMILING FACE THERE IS SUNSHINE IN THE SOUL. 04:31 >>IT IS HARD TO SING WITH A FROWN ON YOUR FACE WHEN YOU SING 04:34 ABOUT JESUS BEING OUR SUNSHINE. ONE PAGE BACK - HYMN #469 - 04:39 LEANING ON THE EVERLASTING ARMS . OUR PRAYER IS THAT IS WHERE YOU 04:44 ARE FOUND TODAY, IS LEANING ON HIS EVERLASTING ARMS THAT WILL 04:48 CONTINUALLY SUSTAIN YOU TO THE VERY END AND THROUGH ETERNITY. 04:52 WE'RE GOING TO SING ALL THREE VERSES OF #469 - 04:55 LEANING ON THE EVERLASTING ARMS . 05:09 >>WHAT A FELLOWSHIP, WHAT A JOY DIVINE, LEANING ON THE 05:15 EVERLASTING ARMS; WHAT A BLESSEDNESS, WHAT A PEACE IS 05:22 MINE, LEANING ON THE EVERLASTING ARMS. 05:27 LEANING, LEANING, SAFE AND SECURE FROM ALL ALARMS; LEANING, 05:38 LEANING, LEANING ON THE EVERLASTING ARMS. 05:45 O HOW SWEET TO WALK IN THIS PILGRIM WAY, LEANING ON THE 05:52 EVERLASTING ARMS; O HOW BRIGHT THE PATH GROWS FROM DAY TO DAY, 05:59 LEANING ON THE EVERLASTING ARMS. 06:03 LEANING, LEANING, SAFE AND SECURE FROM ALL ALARMS; LEANING, 06:14 LEANING, LEANING ON THE EVERLASTING ARMS. 06:22 WHAT HAVE I TO DREAD, WHAT HAVE I TO FEAR, LEANING ON THE 06:29 EVERLASTING ARMS; I HAVE BLESSED PEACE WITH MY LORD SO 06:35 NEAR, LEANING ON THE EVERLASTING ARMS. 06:41 LEANING, LEANING, SAFE AND SECURE FROM ALL ALARMS; LEANING, 06:52 LEANING, LEANING ON THE EVERLASTING ARMS. 07:02 >>AT THIS TIME, PASTOR ROSS WILL LEAD US IN PRAYER. 07:07 >>I INVITE YOU TO BOW YOUR HEADS AS WE PRAY TOGETHER THIS 07:09 MORNING. DEAR FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE THANK 07:11 YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO OPEN UP YOUR WORD AND WE ASK FOR YOUR 07:14 HOLY SPIRIT, ONCE AGAIN, TO COME AND GUIDE OUR MINDS - 07:17 OUR HEARTS. LORD, HELP US TO BE SENSITIVE TO 07:19 THE PROMPTINGS OF THE SPIRIT AND MAY WE LEARN THE LESSON THAT WE 07:23 FIND IN SCRIPTURE TODAY, FOR WE ASK THIS IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. 07:28 OUR LESSON TODAY WILL BE BROUGHT TO US BY THE SENIOR PASTOR HERE 07:31 OF THE GRANITE BAY CHURCH, PASTOR DOUG BATCHELOR. 07:37 >>THANK YOU, PASTOR ROSS. 07:38 WELCOME, FRIENDS, TO SABBATH SCHOOL. 07:41 I WANT TO WELCOME THOSE WHO WE KNOW ARE WATCHING - EITHER 07:43 STREAMING LIVE OR YOU'RE WATCHING THE RECORDED VERSION 07:46 VIA THE SATELLITE OR A TELEVISION INTERNET. 07:50 AND WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE MANY REGULAR VIEWERS AS WELL AS SOME 07:52 OF YOU ARE PART OF OUR ONLINE MEMBERSHIP. 07:56 THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE SCATTERED AROUND THE GLOBE WHO 07:58 ARE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE - THEY'RE BELIEVERS - THEY'RE 08:01 MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE A LOCAL CHURCH THEY 08:04 CAN ATTEND, EITHER BECAUSE OF GEOGRAPHY OR INFIRMITY OR SOME 08:07 REASON. IF YOU'D LIKE TO KNOW HOW CAN 08:09 YOU BECOME A MEMBER OF THE GRANITE BAY CHURCH, YOU CAN JUST 08:12 CONTACT US AT THE GRANITE BAY WEBSITE - GRANITEBAYSDA.ORG - 08:18 AND THERE'S MORE INFORMATION THERE. 08:19 WE'RE CONTINUING WITH OUR LESSON DEALING WITH THE SUBJECT OF 08:23 REBELLION AND REDEMPTION AND WE'RE JUST NOW IN LESSON #3 AND 08:28 THE TITLE FOR TODAY'S LESSON IS GLOBAL REBELLION AND THE 08:31 PATRIARCHS . NOW, IN THE FIRST COUPLE OF 08:34 STUDIES WE TALKED ABOUT THE FALL IN HEAVEN. 08:40 LAST WEEK WE DEALT WITH THE FALL IN EDEN. 08:45 AND NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE FALL AMONG THE PATRIARCHS. 08:48 AND WE HAVE A MEMORY VERSE. 08:50 THE MEMORY VERSE IS FROM GENESIS 28, VERSE 15. 08:54 IF YOU WANT TO SAY IT WITH ME, IT'S IN THE NEW KING JAMES 08:56 VERSION HERE IN YOUR STUDY GUIDE. 08:58 GENESIS 28, VERSE 15 AND - ARE YOU READY? 09:03 "BEHOLD, I AM WITH YOU AND WILL KEEP YOU WHEREVER YOU GO, AND 09:08 WILL BRING YOU BACK TO THIS LAND; FOR I WILL NOT LEAVE YOU 09:12 UNTIL I HAVE DONE WHAT I HAVE SPOKEN TO YOU." 09:16 THIS IS NOT ONLY WHAT THE LORD SAYS TO JACOB, IT'S WHAT HE 09:19 TELLS ALSO MOSES AND HE - JESUS, HE SAID, 'BEHOLD, I AM WITH YOU 09:25 TO THE END OF THE WORLD.' AND SO THE LORD HAS PROMISED TO BE WITH 09:28 US. NOW WE'VE GOT A LOT TO COVER 09:31 TODAY AND THE FIRST SECTION IS DEALING WITH CAIN AND ABEL. 09:35 WHY DON'T YOU TURN THERE WITH ME? 09:36 CAIN AND ABEL AND WE'RE GOING TO READ THIS. 09:41 YOU CAN FIND THIS IN GENESIS 4 AND IF YOU LOOK IN - SOMEONE'S 09:45 GOING TO BE READING A MEMORY VERSE FOR ME IN GENESIS 4:9 - 09:49 OKAY, HAFDIS'LL HAVE THAT IN JUST A MOMENT. 09:51 AND IF YOU LOOK IN GENESIS 4, LET'S JUST READ THIS TOGETHER. 09:56 "NOW ADAM KNEW EVE HIS WIFE, AND SHE CONCEIVED AND BORE CAIN, AND 10:01 SAID, 'I HAVE ACQUIRED A MAN FROM THE LORD.'" NOW I 10:04 UNDERSTAND THAT THAT CAN BE TRANSLATED, LITERALLY, FROM THE 10:08 HEBREW, 'I HAVE A MAN' OR 'I'VE GIVEN BIRTH TO A MAN, THE LORD, 10:13 YAHWEH.' AND IT'S ALMOST LIKE SHE THOUGHT - THEY KNEW THAT THE 10:17 SAVIOR WAS COMING - THE MESSIAH WOULD COME SOMEDAY. 10:20 THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHEN AND SHE THOUGHT 'THIS IS HIM'. 10:23 HOW DISAPPOINTED SHE WAS GOING TO BE - CAIN WAS ANYTHING BUT 10:26 THE SAVIOR. BUT, YOU KNOW, BIRTH MUST HAVE 10:29 BEEN SUCH A MIRACLE FOR THEM. THIS WAS THE FIRST BIRTH. 10:33 THEY'D NEVER EXPERIENCED THAT BEFORE AND EVERYONE ELSE HAD 10:36 BEEN CREATED AND ADAM AND EVE WERE GIVEN THE ABILITY - LIKE 10:40 GOD - NOT ONLY WERE THEY GIVEN DOMINION OF THE WORLD, THEY WERE 10:44 MADE IN GOD'S IMAGE IN THAT THEY COULD PROCREATE IN THEIR OWN 10:47 IMAGE THROUGH AN ACT OF LOVE. AND IT GOES ON TO SAY, "THEN 10:53 SHE BORE AGAIN, THIS TIME HIS BROTHER ABEL. 10:56 NOW ABEL WAS A KEEPER OF SHEEP, BUT CAIN WAS A TILLER OF THE 11:00 GROUND." SO RIGHT OFF YOU SEE THAT 11:01 THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEM. 11:05 "AND IN THE PROCESS OF TIME, IT CAME TO PASS THAT CAIN BROUGHT 11:09 AN OFFERING OF THE FRUIT OF THE GROUND TO THE LORD. 11:12 ABEL ALSO BROUGHT OF THE FIRSTBORN OF HIS FLOCK AND OF 11:15 THEIR FAT. AND THE LORD HAD RESPECT TO ABEL 11:18 AND HIS OFFERING, BUT HE DID NOT RESPECT CAIN AND HIS OFFERING. 11:22 AND CAIN WAS VERY ANGRY, AND HIS COUNTENANCE FELL." 11:25 NOW WHAT WAS WRONG WITH CAIN'S OFFERING? 11:27 I MEAN, YOU KNOW, YOU THINK YOU'D JUST BE THANKFUL FOR ANY 11:29 OFFERING YOU GET. BUT HAD GOD SPECIFIED THAT 11:33 WITHOUT THE SHEDDING OF BLOOD THERE WAS NO FORGIVENESS OF SIN? 11:36 THE SACRIFICIAL SYSTEM WAS EXPLAINED TO ADAM AND EVE. 11:39 THAT'S WHY GOD CLOTHED THEM WITH ROBES OF SKIN. 11:44 SOMETHING HAD TO DIE TO INITIALLY COVER THEM. 11:46 AS THEY LEFT THE GARDEN OF EDEN, THEY PROBABLY BROUGHT THEIR 11:49 SACRIFICES THERE SOMEWHERE NEAR THE GATE WHERE THE ANGEL WAS 11:52 STILL GUARDING THE WAY. IT WAS AS CLOSE AS THEY COULD 11:55 GET TO THE PLACE WHERE GOD HAD WALKED AMONG THEM AND CAIN 11:59 THOUGHT, 'WELL, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A - ABEL, I COULD SEE WHY HE 12:03 WOULD GIVE AN OFFERING OF THE SHEEP, BUT I'M A TILLER OF THE 12:07 GROUND AND HE'LL GIVE WHAT HIS WORKS ARE AND I'LL GIVE WHAT MY 12:11 WORKS ARE.' BUT IT SAYS THAT HIS OFFERING WASN'T ACCEPTED. 12:16 NOW, YOU REMEMBER, WHEN GOD ACCEPTED THE OFFERING OF ELIJAH 12:21 AND NOT THE OFFERING OF BAAL, WHAT WAS THE SIGN THAT GOD HAD 12:23 ACCEPTED ELIJAH'S OFFERING? >>FIRE FROM HEAVEN. 12:26 >>FIRE FROM HEAVEN. WHEN DAVID MADE AN OFFERING ON 12:31 THE THRESHING FLOOR OF ORNAN, TO STOP A PLAGUE, WHAT HAPPENED? 12:35 >>FIRE. >>FIRE CAME DOWN. 12:37 WHEN SOLOMON DEDICATED THE TEMPLE - NOW YOU FIND THIS, I 12:40 BELIEVE, IN CHRONICLES, BUT NOT IN THE VERSION IN KINGS - BUT IN 12:44 CHRONICLES IT SAYS THE FIRE OF GOD CAME DOWN. 12:48 THE GLORY OF THE LORD SO FILLED THE PLACE THEY COULDN'T MINISTER 12:50 THERE. AND IT WAS A SIGN OF APPROVAL 12:53 WHEN THEY BUILT THE TABERNACLE IN THE WILDERNESS, THE 12:55 FIRE OF GOD CAME DOWN. AND SO, WHEN CAIN AND ABEL 12:59 BROUGHT THEIR OFFERINGS, AT LEAST BACK THEN, GOD SHOWED HIS 13:02 APPROVAL BY HE WOULD CONSUME IT. BUT THE ONLY THING THAT GATHERED 13:06 ON CAIN'S OFFERING WAS FRUIT FLIES. 13:09 AND THE FIRE OF GOD CAME DOWN AND GOD HAD ACCEPTED ABEL'S 13:13 OFFERING. AND SO THAT REALLY BOTHERED THE OLDER BROTHER. 13:20 AND IT - YOU CAN READ ABOUT IT HERE. IT SAYS THAT CAIN WAS 13:25 ANGRY - HIS COUNTENANCE FELL. HE BEGAN TO BROOD. 13:29 "SO THE LORD SAID TO CAIN, 'WHY ARE YOU ANGRY? 13:31 AND WHY HAS YOUR COUNTENANCE FALLEN? 13:34 IF YOU DO WELL, WILL YOU NOT BE ACCEPTED?'" NOW THERE'S A LAW 13:37 OF LIFE - "'IF YOU DO WELL, WILL YOU NOT BE ACCEPTED? 13:41 AND IF YOU DO NOT DO WELL, SIN LIES AT THE DOOR. 13:46 AND ITS DESIRE IS FOR YOU'" - THE DESIRE OF SIN IS FOR YOU 13:49 - "'BUT YOU SHOULD RULE OVER IT.'" - YOU SHOULD HAVE THE 13:51 MASTERY OVER IT. DO NOT LET IT CONTROL YOU. 13:54 WHATEVER CONTROLS YOU, YOU ARE THE SERVANT OF THE ONE THAT 13:56 CONTROLS YOU. BUT CAIN WAS BEING CONTROLLED 14:01 AND CONSUMED BY HIS PRIDE AND HE WOULDN'T LISTEN. 14:05 AND THEN IT TELLS US THAT IT WENT FROM BAD TO WORSE. 14:07 "NOW CAIN TALKED WITH ABEL HIS BROTHER; AND IT CAME TO PASS, 14:11 WHEN THEY WERE IN THE FIELD, THAT CAIN ROSE UP AGAINST ABEL 14:14 HIS BROTHER AND KILLED HIM." NOW DID THEY NOT THINK THAT 14:19 GOD SAW WHAT WAS HAPPENING? GO AHEAD, WE'RE GOING TO READ 14:23 VERSE 9 - WHY DON'T YOU READ THAT FOR US? 14:27 >>"THEN THE LORD SAID TO CAIN, 'WHERE IS ABEL YOUR BROTHER?' 14:32 HE SAID, 'I DO NOT KNOW. AM I MY BROTHER'S KEEPER?'" 14:37 >>NOW WHEN GOD CONFRONTED ADAM AND SAID, 'WHERE ARE YOU?' 14:42 ADAM DEMONSTRATED A VERY DIFFERENT ATTITUDE THAN THAT OF 14:45 CAIN. HE SHOWED THAT HE WAS ASHAMED. HE WAS CONFUSED. BUT 14:52 CAIN IS DEFIANT. HE'S CYNICAL. HE'S NOT HUMBLING HIMSELF. 14:59 AND THE SARCASM - AM I MY BROTHER'S - HE TOOK CARE OF 15:03 SHEEP - IT SOUNDS LIKE CAIN HAD DISDAIN FOR SHEEP. 15:06 'I'M NOT GOING TO BRING A SHEEP. 15:08 WHAT DOES TAKING SMELLY ANIMALS - I'M GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THE 15:11 FRUIT OF THE GROUND. MY - I'LL BE SAVED BY MY WORKS. I MADE 15:16 THESE ZUCCHINI AND I'M GOING TO OFFER THEM TO THE LORD.' 15:19 SEE, IT WAS JUST A WHOLE - ONE WAS RIGHTEOUSNESS BY WORKS AND 15:22 ONE WAS RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH. 15:24 AND VERY DIFFERENT ATTITUDES THAT THEY HAD. 15:28 AND THE IDEA THAT HE COULD HIDE FROM GOD. 15:32 DID JONAH THINK HE COULD RUN FROM THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD? 15:35 ADAM AND EVE RAN FROM THE PRESENCE OF GOD - IT SAYS IN - 15:38 WHAT IS IT, PSALM 137? - 'WHERE SHALL I FLEE 15:42 FROM YOUR PRESENCE?' YOU CAN'T RUN FROM 15:45 THE PRESENCE OF GOD. AND THEN THE CURSE FELL ON CAIN. 15:49 YOU'LL NOTICE, RIGHT HERE, THAT THERE IS A DIVISION. 15:52 SIN ENTERED THIS FAMILY AND - OH, HOW BROKEN HEARTED WERE ADAM 15:55 AND EVE WHEN YOU'VE GOT ONE BROTHER KILLS THE OTHER BROTHER 15:59 AND ONE BECOMES AN OUTCAST? 16:02 DO SOME OF YOU REMEMBER A STORY IN THE BIBLE WHERE A WOMAN COMES 16:07 TO KING DAVID AND AT THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF JOAB SHE 16:10 CONCOCTS THIS STORY ABOUT THIS WIDOW THAT HAD ONLY TWO SONS. 16:15 AND THEY HAD AN ARGUMENT IN THE FIELD AND ONE SLEW THE OTHER AND 16:22 NOW THEY WERE GOING TO EXECUTE THE LIVING SON WHO HAD SLAIN HIS 16:25 BROTHER AND SHE WOULD HAVE NO HEIR AND NO ONE TO TAKE CARE OF 16:29 HER. ANY OF YOU REMEMBER THAT STORY? 16:31 THIS IS SOMETHING LIKE WHAT HAPPENED IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN. 16:34 THIS IS - CAIN WAS THE FIRST BIRTH AND HE WAS ALSO THE FIRST 16:37 MURDERER. THE FIRST DEATH, AND WE 16:40 MENTIONED THIS BEFORE, THE FIRST DEATH WAS ABEL - ACTUALLY, THE 16:45 FIRST DEATH WAS A LAMB - A SHEEP - AND THEN THE - THE FIRST 16:49 HUMAN TO DIE WAS A SHEPHERD. SO YOU'VE GOT A SHEEP AND A 16:53 SHEPHERD WERE THE FIRST TO DIE. AND SO, THIS WAS VERY SAD AND IT 16:58 TELLS US ABOUT WHERE SIN ENTERS THE WORLD. 17:02 NOW, YOU FIND A LOT OF EXAMPLES HERE OF SEPARATION THAT ARE 17:09 TAKING PLACE. YOU CAN READ WHERE, BECAUSE OF 17:14 THE SIN OF LUCIFER, HE'S CAST OUT OF HEAVEN. 17:18 BECAUSE OF THE SIN OF ADAM AND EVE, THEY'RE CAST OUT OF THE 17:22 GARDEN. BECAUSE OF THE SIN OF CAIN, HE 17:25 GOES OFF FROM THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD, EASTWARD OF 17:28 EDEN, AND BUILDS A CITY. AND YOU WILL FIND SOME OTHER 17:33 EXAMPLES OF THAT AS WE READ ON HERE. 17:35 AND SO, CAIN AND ABEL REPRESENT TWO GREAT CLASSES. 17:38 NOW THE BIBLE BEGINS - DON'T MISS THIS VERY IMPORTANT POINT - 17:41 WHAT'S PART OF THE CURSE? THE GROUND IS CURSED BECAUSE 17:44 OF WHAT CAIN HAS DONE. IT'S NOT GOING TO YIELD - THE 17:46 THING HE LOVED THE MOST WAS THE SOIL AND HIS WORK IN THE 17:50 SOIL WOULD BE CURSED. >>THAT WAS ADAM'S CURSE TOO. 17:54 >>AND BEYOND THAT, IT SAYS A MARK IS PLACED UPON CAIN. 17:59 NOW DO YOU FIND THAT HAPPENING IN THE LAST PART OF THE BIBLE? 18:03 HERE IN THE LAST PART OF THE BIBLE YOU'VE GOT ONE WHO 18:06 WORSHIPS GOD THE WAY THE LORD SAYS, ANOTHER GROUP WHO WORSHIPS 18:11 THEIR OWN WAY. THE ONES WHO WORSHIP THE BEAST 18:14 AND ARE DOING IT THEIR OWN WAY BY WORKS, PERSECUTE AND SEEK TO 18:18 KILL THE ONES WHO DO IT GOD'S WAY. 18:21 AND SO YOU'VE GOT TWO CATEGORIES - THE SAME TWO CATEGORIES THAT 18:24 YOU HAVE AT THE BEGINNING IN THE WORLD - RIGHT AFTER THEY LEFT 18:27 EDEN - YOU HAVE THOSE SAME TWO CATEGORIES AGAIN AT THE END OF 18:30 TIME. IT'S THE SAME REBELLION AND 18:33 REDEMPTION THAT YOU FIND ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE BIBLE 18:35 - SIN AND SALVATION. ALRIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO JUMP - 18:37 WE'VE GOT A LOT TO COVER HERE - WE'RE GOING TO JUMP OVER - ONTO 18:40 THE NEXT SECTION THAT'S DEALING WITH THE STORY OF THE FLOOD. 18:44 AND TURN IN YOUR BIBLE TO GENESIS 6. 18:47 THIS IS A PASSAGE THAT HAS CONFUSED A LOT OF PEOPLE. 18:51 GENESIS 6 - AND IT SAYS IN VERSE 1, "NOW IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN 18:56 MEN BEGAN TO MULTIPLY ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH, AND DAUGHTERS 19:02 WERE BORN TO THEM, THAT THE SONS OF GOD SAW THE DAUGHTERS OF MEN, 19:06 THAT THEY WERE BEAUTIFUL; AND THEY TOOK WIVES FOR THEMSELVES 19:09 OF ALL WHOM THEY CHOSE." ALRIGHT, EVERY JANUARY AT 19:16 THE BIBLE ANSWERS LIVE RADIO PROGRAM, WE GET A LOT OF 19:20 QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS. YOU KNOW WHY? 19:22 A FEW THINGS HAPPEN IN JANUARY: HEALTH CLUB MEMBERSHIPS SPIKE IN 19:27 JANUARY AND PEOPLE ALSO MAKE NEW YEAR'S COMMITMENTS THEY'RE GOING 19:33 TO READ THROUGH THEIR BIBLES IN JANUARY. 19:35 AND SO PEOPLE GET TO GENESIS 6 AND THEY READ 'SONS OF GOD SAW 19:39 THE DAUGHTERS OF MEN AND THEY TOOK WIVES' AND THEN IT GOES ON 19:44 AND SAYS, 'AND THERE WERE GIANTS ON THE EARTH' - IN VERSE 4 - 'IN 19:47 THOSE DAYS, AND AFTERWARD, WHEN THE SONS OF GOD CAME IN TO THE 19:50 DAUGHTERS OF MEN - THEY WERE MIGHTY MEN - MEN OF OLD' - SO 19:55 THESE SONS OF GOD HAVE RELATIONS WITH THE DAUGHTERS OF MEN AND 19:59 THEY HAVE THESE SUPERNATURAL CREATURES. 20:02 WHAT COULD THAT MEAN? AND THERE ARE ACTUALLY SOME 20:04 BIBLE VERSIONS THAT SAY, 'WHEN THESE FALLEN ANGELS SAW THE 20:08 DAUGHTERS OF MEN WERE BEAUTIFUL, THEY HAD INTIMATE RELATIONS WITH 20:11 THEM AND THEN THE CHILDREN WERE GIANTS.' IS THAT WHAT IT MEANS? 20:15 HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD THIS BEFORE? 20:19 THAT IS A TERRIBLE DISTORTION. OR OTHERS HAVE SAID THESE ARE 20:22 CREATURES FROM OTHER PLANETS - THE SONS OF GOD. 20:25 YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A DAY WHEN THE SONS OF GOD CAME TO GATHER 20:27 BEFORE THE LORD - IN THE BOOK OF JOB - AND IT TALKS ABOUT ANGELS 20:30 OR RULERS OF OTHER WORLDS. AND SO 'THESE ALIENS HAD 20:35 INTIMATE RELATIONS WITH HUMANS AND THEY HAD THESE SUPER-GIANT 20:38 CHILDREN' - AND THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT SPINS ON THIS. 20:42 NO, FRIENDS, THAT'S NOT WHAT IT'S SAYING. 20:45 WHO ARE THE SONS OF GOD? BY THE WAY, THIS IS WHY OUR 20:47 SPECIAL OFFER FOR THIS LESSON - AND WE HOPE YOU ASK FOR IT - THE 20:50 SPECIAL OFFER FOR TODAY'S LESSON - YOU CAN CALL THE PHONE NUMBER 20:53 ON YOUR SCREEN AND ASK FOR THAT AND THEY'LL SEND 20:55 YOU A FREE COPY. OR YOU CAN READ IT ONLINE. 20:57 THE BIBLE TELLS US WHO THE SONS OF GOD ARE. 21:00 FIRST OF ALL, SOMEONE'S GOING TO READ GALATIANS 3:26 IN JUST A 21:03 MOMENT. GET READY FOR THAT. 21:05 YOU CAN READ MATTHEW 5:9, "BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS, 21:09 FOR THEY" - ARE WHAT? >>SONS OF GOD. 21:12 >>THEY ARE THE CHILDREN OF GOD AND IT SAYS THEY ARE THE SONS OF 21:14 GOD. SO WHO ARE THE SONS OF GOD? THE ONES WHO SERVE THE LORD. 21:19 ROMANS 8:14, "FOR AS MANY AS ARE LED BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD, THESE 21:23 ARE SONS OF GOD." AND THEN YOU CAN READ IN 1 JOHN 21:28 CHAPTER 3, "BEHOLD WHAT MANNER OF LOVE THE FATHER HAS BESTOWED 21:31 ON US, THAT WE SHOULD BE CALLED SONS OF GOD!" 21:34 SO THE SONS OF GOD ARE THE ONES WHO ARE IN THE WORLD, FOLLOWING 21:38 ADAM AND EVE, WHO STILL SERVE THE LORD. 21:40 CAIN TOOK HIS WIFE, AND EVERYONE'S GOING TO SAY, 21:43 'WHERE'D HE GET HIS WIFE?' 21:44 YOU READ IN GENESIS 5, ADAM AND EVE HAD MANY SONS AND DAUGHTERS 21:48 BESIDES CAIN AND ABEL. THEY LIVED HUNDREDS OF YEARS. 21:51 ADAM - 930 YEARS - THEY WERE PROBABLY - TODAY, THE BEARING 21:59 WINDOW, BECAUSE OUR LIVES ARE SHORT, THE FERTILITY OF A 22:02 MARRIED COUPLE IS GOING TO BE THIRTY YEARS. BUT BACK IN THE 22:07 DAYS OF ADAM AND EVE IT COULD HAVE BEEN FOUR HUNDRED YEARS IF 22:11 YOU JUST PUT THEIR LIFE SPAN UP AGAINST THE SAME RATIO. 22:15 IF YOU WERE IN PERFECT HEALTH AND YOU'RE MARRIED AND GOD SAYS, 22:19 'BE FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY' AND YOUR BEARING YEARS ARE FOUR 22:22 HUNDRED YEARS, HOW MANY CHILDREN DO YOU THINK THEY HAD? 22:29 THERE WERE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE - THERE MAY 22:32 HAVE BEEN MILLIONS OF PEOPLE BY THE TIME THE FLOOD CAME. 22:34 ANYWAY, SO - AND IT SAYS CAIN TOOK HIS WIFE - HE TOOK ONE OF 22:37 HIS SISTERS. ADAM, TECHNICALLY, MARRIED HIS SISTER. 22:42 IT WASN'T A SIN. THERE WERE NO GENETIC DEFECTS IF 22:45 YOU MARRIED CLOSE TO THE FAMILY TREE BACK THEN, IT WAS JUST AS 22:47 TIME WENT BY, BY THE TIME OF MOSES IT WAS FROWNED ON. 22:51 THINK ABOUT IT, JACOB MARRIED HIS FIRST COUSIN, DIDN'T HE? 22:54 ABRAHAM MARRIED HIS HALF SISTER SARAH. 22:59 EVEN IN SONG OF SOLOMON IT SAYS, 'MY SISTER, MY SPOUSE.' IT'S 23:02 KIND OF WEIRD, ISN'T IT? BUT YOU - YOU'VE GOT - 23:08 WHO IS THE OTHER ONE? JACOB - ISAAC MARRIED HIS FIRST COUSIN. 23:11 SO IT WASN'T A PROBLEM. BY THE TIME OF MOSES THEY 23:13 DISCOURAGED IT BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE THE GENETIC VITALITY. 23:17 SO WHY DOES IT SAY 'WHEN THE SONS OF GOD, THE CHILDREN OF 23:20 SETH - THE CHILDREN OF ADAM AND EVE THAT WERE FAITHFUL TO GOD - 23:24 MORE SPECIFICALLY, THE CHILDREN OF SETH. 23:26 YOU REMEMBER WHEN ADAM AND EVE HAD SETH IT SAYS, 'THEN MEN 23:31 BEGAN TO CALL ON THE NAME OF THE LORD. 23:33 AFTER SETH WAS BORN IT SAYS, 'THEN THEY BEGAN TO CALL ON THE 23:35 NAME OF THE LORD. SETH AND HIS FAMILY, THEY SAID, 23:38 'WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE THE MISTAKE OF CAIN AND HIS FAMILY.' 23:42 THEY WERE TWO COMPLETE, SEPARATE, DISTINCT PEOPLES AND 23:45 AS LONG AS THEY STAYED SEPARATE, THEY MAINTAINED THEIR HOLINESS. 23:49 BUT, YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE SAYS IF WE'RE UNEQUALLY YOKED - WHEN THE 23:52 SONS OF GOD BEGAN TO LOOK ON THE DAUGHTERS OF MEN AND SAY, 'OH, 23:55 YOU KNOW, BUT THEY'RE FAIR. THEY'RE PRETTY AND THEY'RE NICE. 23:58 EVEN THOUGH THEY DON'T WORSHIP GOD, WHO CARES?' 24:01 AND THEY BEGAN TO INTERMARRY WITH THE DAUGHTERS OF MEN - THE 24:03 DAUGHTERS OF CAIN AND THEN THE HOLINESS WAS LOST. 24:08 THAT'S WHY IT SAYS THEN THE THOUGHTS OF MEN'S HEARTS WERE 24:09 ONLY EVIL CONTINUALLY. SO THE SONS OF GOD WERE WHO? 24:14 >>DESCENDANTS OF SETH. >>DESCENDANTS OF SETH WHO WERE 24:16 FAITHFUL TO GOD - THE BELIEVERS. THEY BEGAN TO INTERMARRY WITH 24:20 THE DAUGHTERS OF MEN WHO WERE WHO? 24:22 DESCENDENTS OF CAIN THAT HAD TURNED THEIR BACK ON GOD. 24:28 BUT WHY DOES IT SAY THEIR CHILDREN WERE GIANTS? 24:34 THIS IS SOMETHING VERY SIMPLE CALLED GENETIC VITALITY. 24:37 IT IS A RULE OF LIFE THAT WHEN YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE THAT ARE 24:40 SEPARATED FOR A COUPLE OF GENERATIONS, WHEN THEY 24:42 INTERMARRY AND THEY GET FRESH GENES CO-MINGLING, YOU CAN HAVE 24:46 VERY STRONG SPECIES. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU 24:49 CROSS A HORSE AND A DONKEY? WHAT DO YOU GET? 24:51 >>A MULE. >>A MULE. 24:54 IS A MULE GOING TO BE BIGGER THAN A DONKEY? TYPICALLY. 24:57 MATTER OF FACT, THE MULE CAN BE BIGGER THAN THE FATHER HORSE AND 25:01 THE MOTHER DONKEY. DO YOU KNOW YOU CAN CROSS A LION 25:04 AND A TIGER AND YOU KNOW WHAT YOU GET? 25:07 >>A LIGER. >>A LIGER. 25:08 IT'S TRUE - ABSOLUTELY TRUE. AND DID YOU KNOW THE LIGER WILL 25:11 BE BIGGER THAN THE LION AND THE TIGER. 25:14 AND THIS IS CALLED GENETIC VITALITY. SOME OF YOU HAVE SEEN 25:18 MY FRIEND JOHN LOMACANG. I ALWAYS TEASE HIM AND USE 25:21 HIM AS AN EXHIBIT OF THIS. JOHN'S MOTHER, WHO I MET, WAS A 25:26 FILIPINO JUST PUSHING PAST FOUR FEET. 25:30 HIS FATHER, AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN - NEITHER WERE AS TALL AS JOHN 25:34 WHO'S LIKE SIX-THREE - THAT'S CALLED GENETIC VITALITY. 25:39 IT'S A COMMON SCIENCE AND SO IT WASN'T THAT ALIENS OR FALLEN 25:44 ANGELS - DO ANGELS INTERMARRY WITH HUMANS? 25:48 NO, THE BIBLE'S VERY CLEAR ON THAT. 25:50 IT SAYS THEY NEITHER MARRY NOR ARE GIVEN IN MARRIAGE. 25:53 ANGELS DO NOT PROCREATE. AND SO, DON'T BELIEVE SOME OF 25:57 THESE STRANGE INTERPRETATIONS. ANYWAY, SO AS A RESULT OF THIS 26:02 INTERMARRIAGE, THE BIBLE SAYS THAT THEY WERE TO 26:05 MAINTAIN A SEPARATION. NOW CHRISTIANS ARE TO BE IN THE 26:08 WORLD, TO BE SEPARATE FROM THE WORLD, AND YET KNOW HOW TO 26:11 MINGLE ENOUGH TO WITNESS TO THE WORLD - VERY CAREFUL BALANCE. 26:14 DO NOT FOLLOW THE WAYS OF THE WORLD. 26:17 DO NOT WALK IN THE - HAVE YOU READ THE FIRST PSALM? 26:21 BLESSED IS THE MAN THAT WALKS NOT IN THE WAY OF THE UNGODLY OR 26:23 STANDS IN THE SEAT - OR WHAT IS IT? 26:26 SITS IN THE SEAT OF THE SCORNFUL. 26:28 STANDS IN THE WAY OF SINNERS - BECAUSE YOU START WALKING THEN 26:31 YOU STAND AND THEN YOU SIT AND YOU BECOME ONE OF THEM. 26:34 YOU NEED TO KNOW HOW TO BE A WITNESS WITHOUT BECOMING ONE OF 26:36 THEM. AND THAT'S THE CHALLENGE. 26:38 WELL, WHEN THE SONS OF GOD BEGAN TO MARRY THE DAUGHTERS OF MEN 26:43 AND THEY GOT TOGETHER FOR HOLIDAYS AND THEN PRETTY SOON 26:45 THEY STARTED LIVING IN THE VALLEYS WITH THE DAUGHTERS OF 26:46 CAIN AND THE PEOPLE AND PRETTY SOON THEIR HOLY DISTINCTION WAS 26:50 LOST. THEY BEGAN - IF YOU GET A BELIEVER THAT MARRIES AN 26:53 UNBELIEVER, SOMETIMES THE BELIEVER WILL INFLUENCE THE 26:57 UNBELIEVER TO BECOME A BELIEVER. BUT HOW DOES IT USUALLY WORK? 27:03 DOES GRAVITY MAKE YOU FALL UP OR DOWN? 27:05 >>DOWN. 27:07 >>PEOPLE DON'T SAY, 'WELL, I FELL UP.' YOU CAN JUMP UP BUT IT 27:10 TAKES MORE EFFORT AND SO THE NATURAL TENDENCY IS WHEN A 27:14 BELIEVER AND AN UNBELIEVER GET TOGETHER, THE BELIEVER BECOMES 27:17 THE ONE WHO COMPROMISES, AT SOME POINT. 27:21 AND THEY WHOLE WORLD BEGAN TO COMPROMISE THEIR FAITH. 27:24 AND IT SAYS GOD WAS GRIEVED THAT HE MADE MAN. 27:27 ALL THE THOUGHTS OF THEIR HEARTS WERE ONLY EVIL CONTINUALLY. 27:32 SO DID I HAVE YOU READ - YEAH, YOU READ GALATIANS 3:26. 27:39 YOU DIDN'T READ IT YET? OH, GO AHEAD, READ THAT. 27:42 THAT'S ANOTHER GOOD ONE. >>FOR YOU ARE ALL SONS OF GOD 27:46 THROUGH FAITH IN CHRIST JESUS. >>THAT'S VERY CLEAR. 27:49 THROUGH THE SPIRIT WE'RE SONS OF GOD, THROUGH FAITH IN CHRIST 27:51 JESUS WE'RE SONS OF GOD, AND SO THE SONS OF GOD WERE THE 27:54 DESCENDANTS OF SETH. I KNOW I RODE THAT A LONG TIME, 27:57 BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU DIDN'T GET CONFUSED ON IT. 28:00 SO THE RESULT WAS WICKEDNESS ON THE EARTH, BUT WHAT DOES GOD DO 28:05 THEN? YOU CAN READ IN GENESIS 6, VERSE 28:08 6, "THE LORD WAS SORRY THAT HE MADE MAN," - THAT'S SO SAD THAT 28:12 GOD WAS SORRY - "...AND HE WAS GRIEVED IN HIS HEART." 28:15 THINK ABOUT THAT - GOD'S GRIEVED - SORRY. 28:19 THE LORD LOOKS DOWN AND SAYS, "I WILL DESTROY MAN WHOM I HAVE 28:22 CREATED FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH, BOTH MAN AND BEAST, 28:24 CREEPING THING AND BIRDS OF THE AIR, FOR I AM SORRY THAT I HAVE 28:26 MADE THEM." THEN, RIGHT THERE, IT SAYS - 28:30 THIS IS THE GENEALOGY OR THIS IS THE GENERATION OF NOAH. 28:33 "NOAH WAS A JUST MAN, PERFECT IN HIS GENERATIONS." 28:36 WE'VE GOT TO PAUSE RIGHT THERE. 28:38 WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT CHRISTIAN PERFECTION, I MIGHT NOT KNOW 28:41 EVERYTHING INVOLVED OR WHAT THAT MEANS, BUT I KNOW THAT THE BIBLE 28:45 SAYS THERE WAS A PERSON NAMED NOAH. 28:47 THERE WAS A PERSON NAMED ZACHARIAH - AND ELIZABETH - IT 28:50 SAYS, 'THAT WALKED IN ALL THE COMMANDMENTS OF THE LORD.' THERE 28:52 WAS A PERSON NAMED JOB. AND GOD CALLS US TO 28:54 LIVE HOLY LIVES, RIGHT? >>AMEN. 28:57 >>AND BECAUSE OF THAT, HE FOUND GRACE IN THE EYES OF THE LORD. 29:01 NOAH WALKED WITH GOD AS ENOCH WALKED WITH GOD. 29:05 AND THEN HE WAS GOING TO SEPARATE. 29:08 HE BRINGS THIS FLOOD. NOW THE FLOOD IS THE CULMINATION 29:12 OF CREATION IN REVERSE. YOU'LL NOTICE THAT IN CREATION, 29:18 GOD SEPARATES THE WATERS ABOVE FROM THE WATERS BELOW. 29:21 WHEN THE FLOOD COMES, THEY BECOME CONFUSED. 29:23 IN THE CREATION, GOD SEPARATES THE BIRDS AND THE FISH. 29:26 IN THE FLOOD, YOU'VE GOT A BIG HASH - A STEW - 29:29 OF THE WHOLE WORLD. 29:31 ALL THE SEPARATIONS THAT GOD CREATED DURING CREATION THAT 29:35 WERE GOOD SEPARATIONS, DURING THE PUNISHMENT AND THE FLOOD, IT 29:38 JUST BECOMES A CACOPHONY OF CONFUSION. 29:44 BUT GOD BRINGS OUT A REMNANT. GOD SAVED ADAM AND EVE. 29:50 THEN HE SAVED SETH AND HIS FAMILY. 29:53 AND WHEN THE WORLD WAS CORRUPT, THEN HE SAVES NOAH AND 29:57 REPOPULATES THE WORLD. YOU NOTICE A REMNANT KEEPS BEING 30:00 TAKEN OFF. AND THEN AT THE TOWER OF BABEL, THEY DIDN'T BELIEVE 30:04 GOD - GENESIS 11 - AND MAN IS GOING TO SAVE HIMSELF. 30:12 GOD SAID, 'GO, DISPERSE, BE FRUITFUL, MULTIPLY.' THEY DIDN'T 30:14 WANT TO DISPERSE. 'WHAT IF THERE'S A FLOOD? 30:15 LET'S MAKE A NAME FOR OURSELVES.' AND THEY REFUSED - 30:19 THEY SAID, 'AND JUST IN CASE GOD DOES FLOOD THE WORLD AGAIN, WE 30:22 CAN SAVE OURSELVES. WE'LL BUILD A TOWER. WE'LL RUN TO THIS 30:24 TOWER, GET ABOVE THE WATERS...' AND GOD CONFOUNDED THEIR 30:28 LANGUAGES AND THERE WAS A GREAT SEPARATION AGAIN. 30:32 AND, THROUGH THE CONFUSION OF TONGUES, THEY ALL SCATTERED. 30:35 AND THEN YOU'VE GOT ABRAHAM AND THE CALL OF ABRAHAM . 30:38 NOW, IF YOU GO TO GENESIS CHAPTER 12 - AND SOMEONE'S GOING 30:41 TO READ FOR ME, IN A MOMENT, GENESIS 13:8. 30:46 IF YOU GO TO GENESIS 12, VERSES 1 THROUGH 3, "NOW THE LORD HAD 30:50 SAID UNTO ABRAM: 'GET THEE OUT OF THY COUNTRY, AND FROM THY 30:53 KINDRED, AND FROM THY FATHER'S HOUSES, UNTO A LAND THAT I WILL 30:56 SHEW THEE:'" - WHY IS HE TELLING THEM TO GET OUT? 30:59 GOD SEPARATED NOAH BECAUSE THE WHOLE WORLD WAS CORRUPT. 31:04 AS LONG AS SETH AND HIS FAMILY WERE SEPARATED, THEY WERE THE 31:07 SONS OF GOD. GOD SEPARATED NOAH TO SAVE THE WORLD. 31:12 NOW GOD HAS TO SEPARATE ABRAHAM FROM THE TOWER OF BABEL. WHY? 31:16 IT SAYS THAT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE EUPHRATES, THE LAND OF 31:19 MESOPOTAMIA, THEY BEGAN TO SERVE IDOLS AGAIN. 31:22 SO GOD IS GOING TO CALL OUT ABRAHAM. 31:24 AGAIN YOU HAVE THAT SEPARATION HAPPENING. 31:26 "'GET THEE OUT OF THY COUNTRY, AND FROM THY KINDRED, AND FROM 31:29 THY FATHER'S HOUSES, UNTO A LAND THAT I WILL SHEW THEE: AND I 31:33 WILL MAKE OF THEE A GREAT NATION, AND I WILL BLESS THEE, 31:36 AND MAKE THY NAME GREAT;'" - THIS IS DIFFICULT FOR ABRAHAM, 31:39 ON A COUPLE OF FRONTS. FIRST OF ALL, IS IT HARD 31:44 TO LEAVE YOUR FAMILY? DOESN'T JESUS SAY, 'UNLESS YOU 31:49 LOVE ME MORE THAN YOUR FATHER, MOTHER, SISTER, BROTHER, 31:52 HUSBAND, WIFE, YOU'RE NOT WORTHY OF ME'? 31:54 SO HE'S CALLING ABRAHAM TO SEPARATE FROM HIS FAMILY. 31:57 AND FAMILY, BACK IN BIBLE TIMES, WERE PROBABLY CLOSE - CLOSER 32:02 TOGETHER THAN WE ARE IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY WHERE 32:06 PEOPLE JUST, YOU KNOW, RIP SNORT AROUND THE WORLD AND DO THEIR 32:09 OWN THING. THEY GREW UP - FAMILIES 32:12 WERE VERY CLOSE. SO THAT WAS ONE HARD THING. 32:17 THE OTHER HARD THING WAS HE'S GOING TO A PLACE HE'S NEVER 32:20 BEEN. NOW, IF I WAS GOING TO TRAVEL TO ANOTHER COUNTRY, I'D 32:22 GET ONLINE. I'D FIND OUT WHAT I COULD. 32:24 I'D FIGURE OUT HOW TO PACK. I'D LEARN ABOUT THE CUSTOMS AND 32:26 SEE WHAT THE CLIMATE WAS LIKE AND - ABRAHAM COULDN'T DO THAT. 32:30 GOD'S SENDING HIM TO A COUNTRY HE'S NEVER SEEN. 32:31 HE CAN'T SEE - LOOK AT A PICTURE OF IT. 32:33 HE HAS TO GO BY FAITH. HE'S GOING ON A JOURNEY 32:35 HE'S NEVER BEEN ON BEFORE. BUT HE GIVES HIM A PROMISE. 32:39 HE SAYS, "'I WILL MAKE YOU A GREAT NATION; I WILL BLESS YOU 32:42 AND MAKE YOUR NAME GREAT.'" - NOW, HE AND SARAH HAVE NO 32:44 CHILDREN, AND GOD IS SAYING, 'IF YOU GO OUT, I'M GOING TO BLESS 32:46 YOU.' SO THEY SAY, 'WE'LL GO.' - "'AND I WILL BLESS THOSE WHO 32:50 BLESS YOU, AND I WILL CURSE HIM WHO CURSES YOU;'" - AND THEN THE 32:52 GREATEST PROMISE THAT CAN BE GIVEN TO ANY FAMILY IS GIVEN TO 32:54 THEM: - "'AND IN YOU" - THROUGH YOUR SEED - "'ALL THE FAMILIES 32:58 OF THE EARTH SHALL BE BLESSED.'" - 'IT'LL HAPPEN THROUGH YOU.' 33:01 ALRIGHT, SOMEONE'S GOING TO READ FOR ME GENESIS 13:8 - AND ARE 33:07 YOU READY FOR THAT? GO AHEAD, TIM. 33:09 >>"SO ABRAHAM SAID TO LOT, 'PLEASE LET THERE BE NO STRIFE 33:14 BETWEEN YOU AND ME, AND BETWEEN MY HERDSMEN AND YOUR HERDSMEN; 33:18 FOR WE ARE BRETHREN." >>ALRIGHT, SO AFTER ABRAHAM 33:21 COMES INTO THE PROMISED LAND - HE DOES TAKE PART OF 33:23 HIS FAMILY WITH HIM. HE'S GOT HIS NEPHEW, BECAUSE 33:24 LOT'S FATHER HAD DIED. HE SORT OF ADOPTS HIM. 33:28 BUT GOD BLESSED LOT AND HE BLESSED ABRAHAM WITH SO MANY 33:30 FLOCKS AND HERDS - THEY ALL HAD THEIR OWN SHEPHERDS AND THEY 33:35 BEGAN TO FIGHT. AND ABRAHAM SAYS, LOOK, WE'RE BROTHERS. 33:42 IT'S BETTER THAT WE SEPARATE.' I THINK ABRAHAM ALSO KNEW LOT'S 33:45 WIFE DIDN'T SHARE THE SAME LOVE FOR GOD THAT SARAH HAD AND 33:51 THAT THINGS WERE HAPPENING DIFFERENT. 33:53 AND HE SAID, 'LOOK, YOU GO TO THE RIGHT, I'LL GO TO THE LEFT. 33:56 YOU PICK FIRST.' WHERE DOES LOT CHOOSE TO GO? 33:58 >>TO SODOM. >>DOWN TO SODOM. 34:01 THEY START OUT CAMPING - PITCHING THEIR TENT BY SODOM. 34:04 BY THE TIME THE ANGELS COME, THEY'RE NOT IN A TENT ANYMORE, 34:06 THEY'RE LIVING IN TOWN IN A HOUSE. DID YOU EVER NOTICE THAT? 34:10 HE STARTS OUT DOING THE SHEPHERDS - HE'S JUST ON THE 34:12 OUTSKIRTS, BUT AS YOU GET CLOSER AND CLOSER TO EVIL, PRETTY SOON 34:14 YOU'RE CAMPING DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. 34:18 GOD SAYS - 2 CORINTHIANS 6:17 - YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THIS ALL 34:21 THROUGH OUR LESSON TODAY - "THEREFORE 'COME OUT FROM AMONG 34:24 THEM AND BE SEPARATE,' SAYS THE LORD. 34:27 'DO NOT TOUCH WHAT IS UNCLEAN, AND I WILL RECEIVE YOU. 34:30 I WILL BE A FATHER TO YOU, AND YOU SHALL BE MY SONS AND 34:33 DAUGHTERS,'" - THERE YOU HAVE SONS AND DAUGHTERS AGAIN, RIGHT? 34:36 WHO ARE THE ONES THAT ARE THE SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF GOD? 34:38 THE ONES WHO COME OUT AND ARE SEPARATE. 34:40 SO THERE'S A SEPARATION THAT HAPPENS FROM ABRAHAM FROM UR OF 34:45 THE CHALDEES - AND THEN THERE'S A SEPARATION THAT HAPPENS FROM 34:47 ABRAHAM FROM LOT - DON'T HAVE TIME TO COVER IT TODAY, BUT WHEN 34:52 HAGAR AND ISHMAEL - YOU REMEMBER SARAH - I'VE GOT TO COVER A LOT 34:55 OF PATRIARCHS TODAY, SO FORGIVE ME, I'M GOING QUICK. 34:57 I'VE GOT TO GET ALL THE WAY TO JOSEPH FROM CAIN. 35:01 AND SO WHEN - WHEN, AT THE URGING OF SARAH, HE TAKES HAGAR 35:07 - HAS A SON WITH HER - GOD SAYS, 'I DIDN'T TELL YOU TO DO THAT. 35:10 THAT WAS A LACK OF FAITH. THAT WASN'T MY PLAN. 35:11 HE DOES SOMETHING THAT IS VERY DIFFICULT. 35:15 HOW OFTEN DOES GOD RECOMMEND DIVORCE IN THE BIBLE? 35:18 BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT HE DID WITH HAGAR. 35:21 IT SAYS, 'PUT HER AWAY - SEPARATE'. 35:24 HE GAVE THEM A GIFT AND HE SAID, 'YOU CAN'T STAY. 35:27 THERE'S GOING TO - IT'S GOING TO RUIN THE FAITH.' HAGAR WAS AN 35:31 EGYPTIAN AND IT WAS GOING TO CORRUPT THE INFLUENCE. 35:34 THE FATHER AND MOTHER OF ISAAC NEEDED TO BE BOTH BELIEVERS IN 35:39 JEHOVAH. AND SO THERE'S ANOTHER 35:41 SEPARATION THAT HAPPENS THERE. AND SO YOU JUST SEE THIS. 35:44 GOD IS SAYING TO HIS PEOPLE, 'SOMETIMES YOU'VE GOT TO BE 35:46 SEPARATE FROM THE WORLD. TOUCH NOT THE UNCLEAN THING. 35:49 COME OUT FROM AMONG THEM.' FINALLY ABRAHAM GETS THE 35:52 ULTIMATE TEST AND HE SAYS - AFTER HE SEPARATED - YOU GO TO 35:58 GENESIS 13 - THIS IS IN YOUR LESSON - GENESIS 13:14, "AND THE 36:04 LORD SAID TO ABRAM, AFTER LOT HAD SEPARATED FROM HIM: 'LIFT 36:08 YOUR EYES NOW AND LOOK FROM THE PLACE WHERE YOU ARE - NORTHWARD, 36:12 SOUTHWARD, EASTWARD, AND WESTWARD; FOR ALL THE LAND WHICH 36:15 YOU SEE I GIVE TO YOU AND YOUR DESCENDANTS FOREVER. 36:18 AND I WILL MAKE YOUR DESCENDANTS AS THE DUST OF THE EARTH; SO 36:21 THAT IF A MAN COULD NUMBER THE DUST OF THE EARTH, THEN YOUR 36:23 DESCENDANTS ALSO COULD BE NUMBERED.'" SO HE SAID, 36:26 'COME OUT. BE SEPARATE. DON'T WORRY, I'M 36:28 GOING TO BLESS YOU. EVEN THOUGH YOU - LOOKS LIKE LOT 36:30 TOOK THE BEST OF THE LAND, I'M SAVING THE BEST FOR YOU AND I'LL 36:34 MULTIPLY YOUR DESCENDANTS.' THEN YOU GET TO GENESIS CHAPTER 21, 36:40 22 AND HE ASKS HIM TO MAKE A VERY DIFFICULT DECISION. 36:44 HE SAYS, 'TAKE YOUR SON - YOUR ONLY SON WHO YOU LOVE AND BRING 36:50 HIM TO THE MOUNTAINS' - AND IT'S ACTUALLY GENESIS 22 - AND OFFER 36:54 HIM THERE.' NOW WHY DID GOD ASK ABRAHAM TO OFFER ISAAC? 36:58 THERE'S AN INTERESTING COMMENT ON THIS IN PATRIARCHS AND 37:01 PROPHETS, 154 AND 155 - AND I'M JUST TAKING SEGMENTS OF THIS TO 37:06 SAVE SOME TIME, "IT WAS TO IMPRESS ABRAHAM'S MIND WITH THE 37:11 REALITY OF THE GOSPEL, AS WELL AS TO TEST HIS FAITH, THAT GOD 37:15 COMMANDED HIM TO SLAY HIS SON. THE AGONY WHICH HE ENDURED 37:19 DURING THE DARK DAYS OF THAT FEARFUL TRIAL" - WHEN HE HAD 37:21 TO GO FROM HEBRON DOWN TO THE MOUNTAINS OF MORIAH - "WAS 37:27 PERMITTED THAT HE MIGHT UNDERSTAND, FROM HIS OWN 37:29 EXPERIENCE, SOMETHING OF THE GREATNESS OF THE SACRIFICE MADE 37:32 BY THE INFINITE GOD FOR MAN'S REDEMPTION. 37:35 THE SACRIFICE REQUIRED OF ABRAHAM WAS NOT ALONE FOR HIS 37:39 OWN GOOD, NOR SOLELY FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCCEEDING 37:41 GENERATIONS, BUT IT WAS ALSO FOR THE INSTRUCTION OF SINLESS 37:45 INTELLIGENCES OF HEAVEN AND OTHER WORLDS." 37:49 SO ONE OF THE REASONS GOD ASKED ABRAHAM TO DO WHAT HE DID WAS 37:52 FOR THE INSTRUCTION OF UNFALLEN CREATURES - ANGELS - EVEN 37:57 INTELLIGENCES OF OTHER WORLDS. WHY? 37:59 BECAUSE ABRAHAM HAD SHOWN A LACK OF FAITH IN GOD'S PROMISES WITH 38:03 WHAT HE DID WITH SARAH AND - HAGAR, RATHER - HE DIDN'T TRUST 38:07 - HE HAD TO GO THE SECOND STEP NOW AND SHOW 'I REALLY HAVE 38:10 LEARNED TO HAVE FAITH IN GOD, SO MUCH SO THAT, NOW THAT YOU'VE 38:14 GIVEN ME THIS PROMISED SON, I AM WILLING TO EVEN PUT HIM ON THE 38:17 ALTAR - PUT EVERYTHING ON THE ALTAR FOR GOD.' HE DEMONSTRATED 38:21 THIS ALMOST SUPERNATURAL FAITH - BELIEVING GOD COULD EVEN RAISE 38:24 HIM UP. "BECAUSE HE'D SHOWN THIS LACK OF 38:28 FAITH IN GOD'S PROMISES, SATAN HAD ACCUSED HIM, BEFORE ANGELS 38:31 AND BEFORE GOD, OF HAVING FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE CONDITIONS 38:35 OF THE COVENANT AND AS BEING UNWORTHY OF ITS BLESSINGS. 38:38 GOD DESIRED TO PROVE HIS LOYALTY - THE LOYALTY OF THIS SERVANT 38:41 BEFORE ALL OF HEAVEN TO DEMONSTRATE THAT NOTHING LESS 38:45 THAN PERFECT OBEDIENCE CAN BE ACCEPTED AND TO OPEN, MORE FULLY 38:48 BEFORE THEM, THE PLAN OF SALVATION." 38:50 DID ABRAHAM UNDERSTAND THE PLAN OF SALVATION IN A NEW WAY WHEN 38:54 GOD ASKED HIM TO OFFER HIS SON? 38:57 YES, NOTHING COULD BE MORE DIFFICULT THAN THAT. 39:01 ALRIGHT, JACOB AND ESAU - JUMPING ON HERE. 39:05 YOU KNOW, IN GENESIS 25 - SOMEONE'S GOING TO READ GENESIS 39:09 31:24 IN JUST A MOMENT - IN GENESIS 25 IT SAYS THAT WHEN 39:15 RACHEL WAS - I'M SORRY - WHEN REBEKAH WAS PREGNANT, IT SAYS, 39:20 'THE CHILDREN STRUGGLED WITHIN HER.' 39:22 NOW WHO WAS STRUGGLING WITHIN HER? 39:27 >>JACOB - >>JACOB AND ESAU. 39:28 JACOB IS A SYMBOL FOR THE SPIRIT AND FAITH. 39:33 ESAU WAS A SYMBOL FOR THE CARNAL NATURE AND THE FLESH. 39:37 JACOB WANTED THE BIRTHRIGHT. ESAU WANTED THE POTTAGE. 39:42 WHAT DOES A WOMAN REPRESENT? >>CHURCH. 39:45 >>ISN'T THE CHURCH FILLED WITH PEOPLE WHO FEEL A STRUGGLE 39:47 BETWEEN THE SPIRIT AND THE FLESH INSIDE? 39:50 YEAH, WE'VE GOT BOTH. YOU CAN READ IN HEBREWS 12:16, 39:54 "LEST THERE BE ANY FORNICATOR OR PROFANE PERSON LIKE ESAU, WHO 39:59 FOR ONE MORSEL OF FOOD SOLD HIS BIRTHRIGHT." 40:02 DO PEOPLE STILL, TODAY, SOMETIMES SELL THEIR ETERNAL 40:04 BIRTHRIGHT BECAUSE OF TEMPORARY PASSING PLEASURE? YEAH. 40:11 GENESIS 25:33, "THEN JACOB SAID, 'SWEAR TO ME AS OF THIS DAY.'" - 40:16 HE SAID, 'YOU WANT SOME OF MY PORRIDGE? SWEAR TO ME. 40:19 MAKE A COVENANT.' - "AND SOLD HIS BIRTHRIGHT TO JACOB. 40:22 AND JACOB GAVE ESAU BREAD AND STEW OF LENTILS; THEN HE ATE 40:26 AND DRANK, AROSE, AND WENT HIS WAY. 40:28 THUS ESAU DESPISED HIS BIRTHRIGHT." 40:31 HOW DID EVE AND ADAM GET INTO TROUBLE WITH SIN? 40:35 DID IT HAVE TO DO WITH EATING A FORBIDDEN MEAL? 40:38 HOW DID ESAU LOSE HIS BIRTHRIGHT? HE JUST GOT SO 40:43 HUNGRY HE WAS READY TO SELL IT. WHAT IS THE DEVIL GOING TO DO IN 40:46 THE LAST DAYS WHEN PEOPLE CAN'T BUY AND SELL? 40:50 WILL THERE BE OTHER PEOPLE, YOU THINK, IN THE FUTURE, WHO WILL 40:53 BE WILLING TO SACRIFICE THEIR OBEDIENCE TO GOD FOR A MEAL? 41:00 AND IF WE CAN'T EVEN CONTROL WHAT WE EAT AND WHEN WE EAT NOW, 41:05 WHAT ARE THE ODDS WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DENY OURSELVES AND 41:08 FAST FOR OUR FAITH WHEN WE'RE TESTED? 41:12 ESAU WAS CONTROLLED BY HIS STOMACH AND HE SOLD HIS 41:15 BIRTHRIGHT. NOW, HE DID IT TWICE. 41:19 JACOB WANTED THE BIRTHRIGHT - THE BIRTHRIGHT - AND HE - I 41:25 ALWAYS THINK ABOUT ELMER FUDD, 'YOU WASCALLY WABBITS' - 41:28 SOMETIMES I HAVE TROUBLE SAYING 'THE BIRTHWHITE'. 41:30 (LAUGHTER) AND HE - HE WANTED THE - THE BIRTHRIGHT, BUT HE 41:35 WASN'T SURE THAT HE WAS GOING TO KEEP HIS FIRST PROMISE SO, WHEN 41:37 ISAAC GOT OLD AND HE'S BLIND AND HE WAS GOING TO BLESS HIS SONS, 41:41 AND HE SAID, 'ESAU, GO GET VENISON LIKE I LOVE. 41:44 YOU KNOW HOW I LOVE IT. AND GO OUT AND HUNT AND FIND 41:46 THAT WILD DEER AND MAKE IT FOR ME AND I'LL EAT THAT - THAT MEAL 41:50 AND THEN I'LL BLESS YOU WITH THE BLESSING BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW 41:52 HOW MUCH LONGER I'M GOING TO LIVE AND I NEED TO LAY HANDS 41:53 ON YOU AND BLESS YOU WITH THE INSPIRED BLESSING OF THE FIRST 41:56 BORN.' AND SO ESAU, HE SAID, 'WELL, I KNOW I SOLD IT TO MY 42:01 BROTHER, BUT WHO'S GOING TO REMEMBER THAT?' 42:04 AND HE GOES OUT TO GO HUNTING - RACHEL OVERHEAD - ISAAC WAS 42:08 BLIND - HE DIDN'T KNOW HIS WIFE WAS LISTENING. 42:10 REBEKAH - I'M SORRY - OVERHEARD WHAT ISAAC HAD SAID. 42:15 SHE TELLS JACOB, 'DON'T ARGUE WITH ME. 42:17 YOU NEED TO GET THE BLESSING. THERE'S A SPIRITUAL BLESSING. 42:20 WHEN HE LAYS HANDS ON YOU, THAT'S GOING TO SEAL THE DEAL. 42:22 YOU'VE GOT TO GET THE BLESSING OF THE FIRSTBORN. 42:25 HERE'S WHAT YOU DO. PUT ON YOUR BROTHER'S CLOTHES. 42:29 HE'S A HAIRY MAN. I'M GOING TO SACRIFICE TWO KIDS. 42:33 ONE WILL BE A MEAL, THE OTHER WILL COVER YOU. 42:36 AND YOU'VE GOT TO PUT THE FUR ON YOUR HANDS AND BEHIND YOUR NECK 42:41 AND YOU BRING IN THIS MEAL TO HIM AND YOU TAKE THE NAME OF 42:44 YOUR BROTHER AND YOU'RE GOING TO GET THE BLESSING OF THE FIRST 42:48 BORN BECAUSE YOUR FATHER WILL CLOSE HIS EYES AND HE WILL SMELL 42:51 YOU AND HE WILL FEEL YOU AND EVEN THOUGH YOUR VOICE SOUNDS A 42:57 LITTLE DIFFERENT, YOU'RE GOING TO GET THE BLESSING OF THE 42:59 ELDEST BROTHER.' NOW, DO YOU KNOW, IN THAT STORY - Y'ALL KNOW 43:02 THE STORY OF JACOB? IN THAT STORY YOU'VE GOT THE GOSPEL. 43:07 A LAMB DIES AND COVERS HIS HANDS. 43:09 SO INSTEAD OF BEING THE HANDS OF JACOB, WHO DOESN'T DESERVE THE 43:11 BLESSING, HE FEELS THE OLDER BROTHER. 43:13 DOES THE FATHER SEE US ROBED WITH CHRIST? 43:18 SHE PUT THE ROBES - THE BEST ROBES OF ESAU - ON JACOB AND IT 43:24 - HE SMELLED THE FIELD WHERE ESAU LIKED TO HUNT. 43:28 YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A SACRIFICE - THE SMELL USED TO GO FROM THE 43:31 SACRIFICE INTO THE PRESENCE OF GOD, IT SAYS. 43:34 AND SO HE SAYS, 'THE VOICE IS LIKE THE VOICE OF JACOB, BUT 43:37 YOU'VE GOT THE HANDS.' DOES JESUS HAVE MARKS ON HIS HANDS 43:41 THAT THE FATHER SEES? THE HANDS AND THE NECK - THE 43:45 BACK OF THE NECK - HE FEELS THEM. HE SMELLS HIM. 43:47 HE SAYS, 'I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THE BLESSING OF THE FIRSTBORN.' 43:51 HE EATS THE SACRIFICE. THE SACRIFICE IS ACCEPTED. 43:55 HE GIVES HIM THE BLESSING OF THE FIRST BORN, EVEN THOUGH HE IS 43:57 NOT. THAT'S A WONDERFUL ILLUSTRATION OF THE PLAN OF 44:00 SALVATION. SO HERE YOU FIND THESE BROTHERS, AGAIN, JACOB AND 44:03 ESAU. NOW HOW DOES ESAU RESPOND? HE'S NOT VERY HAPPY. 44:07 YOU GO TO GENESIS 40 - 27, VERSE 41 - WHEN ESAU FINDS OUT HE 44:12 "...HATED JACOB BECAUSE OF THE BLESSING WITH WHICH HIS FATHER 44:15 BLESSED HIM, AND ESAU SAID IN HIS HEART, 'THE DAYS OF MOURNING 44:18 FOR MY FATHER ARE AT HAND;'" - HE SAID, 'HE WON'T LIVE MUCH 44:20 LONGER' - "'THEN I WILL KILL MY BROTHER JACOB.'" WHAT DID CAIN 44:24 DO? 'I WILL KILL MY BROTHER.' ALRIGHT, YOU CAN SEE IT 44:29 HAPPENING ALL THIS TIME. NOW JACOB, THE DECEPTION THAT HE 44:34 PRACTICED KIND OF BACKFIRES ON HIM. 44:36 HE GETS TO EXPERIENCE THE SAME THING. 44:38 GO AHEAD, READ GENESIS 31:24 FOR US, CAROL. 44:42 >>"BUT GOD HAD COME TO LABAN THE SYRIAN IN A DREAM BY NIGHT, AND 44:46 SAID TO HIM, 'BE CAREFUL THAT YOU SPEAK TO JACOB NEITHER GOOD 44:50 NOR BAD.'" >>SO AFTER JACOB HE GOES TO 44:53 MARRY A GIRL THAT BELIEVES IN JEHOVAH. HE LEAVES TOWN BECAUSE 44:57 THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO GOD. WE LEARNED FROM GENESIS 6. 45:01 LABAN COMES CHASING AFTER HIM BUT GOD STOPS LABAN IN A DREAM. 45:05 HE SAYS, 'DON'T SPEAK TO HIM GOOD OR EVIL.' AND WHAT HE MEANT 45:07 WAS EVERY TIME LABAN SPOKE GOOD HE WAS LYING. 45:10 HE'D MAKE ALL KINDS OF NICE PROMISES, BUT HE DIDN'T KEEP 45:12 THEM. JACOB SAYS, 'YOU'VE CHANGED 45:13 MY WAGES TEN TIMES.' HE SAID, 'DON'T SPEAK EVIL. 45:15 DON'T SPEAK GOOD.' HE SAYS, 'YOU DON'T HARM HIM. 45:18 DON'T MAKE PROMISES TO HIM. HE'S MINE.' GOD TOLD JACOB AND 45:23 HIS FAMILY TO SEPARATE FROM LABAN. 45:25 DID LABAN HAVE IDOLS IN HIS FAMILY? 45:28 DID IT AFFECT HIS DAUGHTER? REMEMBER, RACHEL STOLE 45:30 HER FATHER'S IDOLS? AND SO YOU SEE THE SAME THING - 45:33 'SEPARATE AGAIN - I'M CALLING YOU OUT TO BE SEPARATE.' 45:37 JACOB COMES IN THE PROMISED LAND, BUT 45:40 NOW YOU'VE GOT JOSEPH AND HIS BROTHERS. 45:42 THEY DIDN'T LIKE JOSEPH VERY MUCH. 45:44 FIRST OF ALL, JACOB PUTS A BEAUTIFUL ROBE ON JOSEPH. 45:49 HE FAVORS JOSEPH BECAUSE THE OLDEST WAS NORMALLY WHO? REUBEN. 45:56 BUT REUBEN, IF YOU READ IT, REUBEN HAD A FORBIDDEN INTERLUDE 45:59 WITH HIS STEP-MOTHER AND JACOB SAID. 46:01 'BECAUSE OF THAT, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET THE BLESSING OF THE 46:03 FIRST BORN AND EVERYONE'S WONDERING, 46:04 'WHO'S GOING TO GET IT?' AND WHEN THEY SAW JACOB PUT THIS 46:07 BEAUTIFUL COAT ON JOSEPH, THE BROTHERS BECAME JEALOUS. 46:10 'JOSEPH, HE'S SECOND TO THE YOUNGEST. 46:12 YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE HIM THE FIRST BORN?' 46:15 AND THEN JOSEPH STARTED HAVING DREAMS. 46:16 'I DREAMT YOU'RE ALL GOING TO BOW DOWN TO ME.' 'I DREAMT' - I 46:19 WOULDN'T HAVE SHARED THOSE DREAMS THE WAY THEY WERE ACTING. 46:21 BUT HE COULDN'T HELP IT. HE SAID, 'THEY'RE DIVINE. 46:23 DON'T YOU WANT TO HEAR IT?' HIS BROTHERS HATED HIM 46:26 AND WHAT DOES IT SAY? YOU CAN READ IN GENESIS 37:19, 46:34 "THEN THEY SAID TO ONE ANOTHER, 'LOOK, THIS DREAMER IS COMING!'" 46:36 - HE COMES LOOKING FOR HIS BROTHERS - TO SEEK THEM - HE 46:38 COMES FROM THE FATHER SEEKING HIS LOST BROTHERS. 46:41 DID JESUS - WAS JESUS SENT FROM THE FATHER TO SEEK HIS LOST 46:44 CHILDREN? AND WHAT DID THEY SAY 46:46 WHEN THEY SAW THEM? 'HERE'S THE HEIR. 46:49 LET US KILL HIM ADD THE INHERITANCE IS OURS. 46:52 YOU REMEMBER THE PARABLE JESUS TOLD? 46:53 'THIS IS THE HEIR. LET US KILL HIM AND 46:55 THE INHERITANCE IS OURS.' AND WHAT DID THE BROTHERS SAY? 46:57 I'M READING IN GENESIS CHAPTER 37, VERSE 19, "'COME THEREFORE, 47:02 LET US NOW KILL HIM" - WAS HE THEIR BROTHER? 47:04 - "AND CAST HIM INTO SOME PIT; AND WE SHALL SAY 'SOME WILD 47:07 BEAST HAS DEVOURED HIM.' WE SHALL SEE WHAT WILL BECOME OF 47:09 HIS DREAMS!'" - 'THAT HE'LL RULE OVER US.' 47:11 NOW DO YOU SEE A PATTERN HERE? OF FAMILY FEUDS? 47:15 OF BROTHERS - RIVALRY BETWEEN BROTHERS - THERE'S A RIVALRY 47:18 BETWEEN CAIN AND ABEL - BETWEEN JACOB AND ESAU - BETWEEN JOSEPH 47:22 AND HIS BROTHERS. AND YOU CAN SEE IT GOING ON 47:26 SEVERAL OTHER PLACES THROUGH THE BIBLE. 47:28 YOU'VE GOT THIS SIBLING RIVALRY. YOU KNOW WHAT JESUS SAYS? 47:31 MATTHEW 10:21 - MATTHEW 10:21 - "NOW BROTHER WILL DELIVER UP 47:36 BROTHER TO DEATH, AND A FATHER HIS CHILD; AND CHILDREN WILL 47:40 RISE UP AGAINST PARENTS AND CAUSE THEM TO BE PUT TO DEATH. 47:43 AND YOU WILL BE HATED BY ALL FOR MY NAME'S SAKE. 47:47 BUT HE WHO ENDURES TO THE END WILL BE SAVED." 47:50 CHRIST SAID, 'MAN'S FOES WILL BE THOSE OF HIS OWN HOUSE.' READ 47:54 JOHN 16:2, "THEY WILL PUT YOU OUT OF THE SYNAGOGUES;" - IT'S 47:58 TALKING ABOUT FRIENDLY FIRE. HE'S SAYING, 'YOU COULD BE PUT 48:00 OUT OF THE CHURCH.' FOR THE DISCIPLES, IT MEANT PUT 48:03 OUT OF THE SYNAGOGUE. FOR US TODAY, YOU MIGHT BE 48:05 KICKED OUT OF THE CHURCH BECAUSE OF YOUR FAITH, BEFORE IT'S OVER. 48:09 'YES, THE TIME IS COMING THAT WHOEVER KILLS YOU WILL THINK 48:12 THAT HE'S OFFERING SERVICE TO GOD.' BROTHER KILLING BROTHER. 48:17 YOU EVER READ ABOUT ABIMELECH - WHO KILLED ALL OF HIS BROTHERS 48:21 AND ONE ESCAPES? AND ATHELIAH TRIES TO KILL ALL 48:25 OF THE SONS OF DAVID - BUT ONE ESCAPES. THERE'S A REMNANT. 48:29 GOD CONTINUES TO PRESERVE A REMNANT. 48:32 AND JOSEPH, THEY THOUGHT THEY KILLED HIM, BUT HE SURVIVED AND 48:36 LO AND BEHOLD, THEY DID. YOU KNOW, THE STORY OF JOSEPH'S 48:39 PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST STORIES IN THE BIBLE THAT OUTLINES 48:41 THE PLAN OF SALVATION. HERE THEY SELL THEIR BROTHER 48:44 FOR THE PRICE OF A SLAVE - FOR SILVER. 48:46 NOW WITH JESUS IT'S THIRTY PIECES. 48:48 WITH JOSEPH IT'S TWENTY PIECES, BUT THAT WAS A THOUSAND YEARS 48:50 LATER AND THERE'S INFLATION FOR A SLAVE. 48:52 (LAUGHTER) THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED BACK THEN. 48:54 AND THEY TAKE HIS ROBE AND THEY COVER IT WITH BLOOD. 48:57 THEY PRESENT IT TO THE FATHER TO COVER THEIR SIN. 49:00 A BLOOD-STAINED ROBE IS PRESENTED TO THE FATHER TO COVER 49:03 THEIR SIN. THEY COME TO THEIR BROTHER 49:06 SEEKING BREAD AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHO HE IS. 49:08 JESUS SAID, 'I AM THE BREAD OF LIFE.' EVERYONE HAS TO GO TO 49:11 JOSEPH FOR BREAD. JOSEPH KNOWS THEM BUT 49:14 THEY DON'T KNOW HIM. 'HE CAME UNTO HIS OWN; HIS 49:16 OWN DIDN'T EVEN KNOW.' JOSEPH FORGIVES HIS BROTHERS. 49:21 HE FINALLY REVEALS HIMSELF TO HIS BROTHERS. 49:23 JOSEPH IS SEPARATED FROM HIS FATHER FOR MANY YEARS BECAUSE OF 49:26 HIS BROTHERS' TREACHERY. JESUS IS SEPARATED FROM THE 49:30 FATHER BECAUSE HE CAME INTO THIS WORLD TO SAVE MUCH LIFE. 49:33 THE STORY OF JOSEPH IS JUST ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL ALLEGORIES 49:36 OF THE LIFE OF JESUS AND HIS SAVING US. 49:40 JOSEPH'S IN JAIL - WAS CHRIST IN PRISON? 49:44 JOSEPH'S IN JAIL AND HE'S SURROUNDED ON THE RIGHT AND THE 49:46 LEFT BY TWO MEN THAT ARE CONDEMNED. 49:50 AND JOSEPH TELLS THEM, 'ONE OF YOU WILL LIVE AND ONE OF YOU 49:53 WILL DIE.' JESUS IS ON THE CROSS BETWEEN TWO THIEVES, HE SAYS, 49:56 'ONE OF YOU LIVES. ONE OF YOU DIES.' 49:58 ONE HAD FAITH. ONE DID NOT. 50:00 YOU JUST GO THROUGH THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE OF JOSEPH AND YOU CAN 50:02 SEE THE WHOLE GOSPEL THERE. DO YOU SEE IT? 50:04 OR DO I - AM I THE ONLY ONE HAVING THESE HALLUCINATIONS? 50:08 SO ALL THROUGH THE BIBLE YOU CAN SEE THIS PATTERN WHERE GOD IS 50:12 SEPARATING - HE'S SEPARATING HIS PEOPLE AND HE KEEPS CALLING OUT 50:18 A REMNANT TO SAVE THEM AND THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE IN 50:22 THE STORY OF GENESIS 6, WHERE HE SAID, 'WHEN THE SONS OF GOD SAW 50:26 THE DAUGHTERS OF MEN THEY TOOK THEM WIVES OF ALL THEY CHOSE.' 50:30 WHAT GOT SAMSON INTO TROUBLE? I DON'T WANT TO TAKE - 50:34 PASTOR ROSS IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT JUDGES NEXT WEEK. 50:36 I DON'T WANT TO STEAL HIS THUNDER, BUT HE SAID TO HIS 50:38 PARENTS - HE SAID, 'I WANT A PHILISTINE.' THEY SAID, 'CAN'T 50:41 YOU FIND A GIRL FROM YOUR OWN PEOPLE?' 50:43 'OH, GET HER FOR ME. SHE'S BEAUTIFUL. 50:44 SHE PLEASETH ME WELL.' AND INSTEAD OF THINKING WITH HIS 50:48 SPIRIT, HE WAS THINKING CARNALLY. 50:52 AND THE LORD TELLS US THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE A SEPARATION WHERE 50:54 GOD STAYS FIRST - A BATTLE BETWEEN THE SPIRIT AND THE FLESH 50:57 ALL THROUGH THE BIBLE. ANYWAY, I HOPE YOU LEARNED 50:59 SOMETHING TODAY. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, FRIENDS. 51:01 DON'T FORGET THE FREE OFFER IS ALIENS - I'M SORRY - ANGELS, 51:06 ALIENS, OR ADOPTED? WHO ARE THE SONS OF GOD? 51:08 - WHO ARE THE SONS OF GOD - CALL THE NUMBER THAT YOU SEE ON THE 51:11 SCREEN AND WE'LL SEND YOU THAT OFFER FOR FREE AND YOU'LL SEE 51:15 THE OFFER NUMBER THERE ON THE SCREEN AS WELL. 51:17 GOD BLESS YOU. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY 51:19 FOR OUR SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY HOUR. 51:22 (MUSIC) >>AMAZING FACTS - CHANGED LIVES. 51:33 >>I GREW UP HERE IN NEW YORK, CITY. 51:35 I GUESS DEALING WITH ALL THE TEMPTATIONS YOU WOULD HAVE IN A 51:39 BIG CITY - EVERYTHING THAT YOU COULD IMAGINE THAT YOU COULD RUN 51:42 INTO: DRUGS, CRIME - WAS ALWAYS HERE. 51:48 WHEN I WAS AT A YOUNG AGE I ACTUALLY GOT INTO TROUBLE WITH 51:51 THE LAW AND MY ONLY OUT WAS TO JOIN THE MILITARY, AT THE TIME, 51:55 IN ORDER NOT TO DO TIME. 51:58 SO I LEFT NEW YORK AND TRAVELED THE WORLD A LITTLE BIT WHILE I 52:02 WAS IN THE MILITARY. EVENTUALLY I CAME BACK. 52:06 HAVING GROWN UP AS A HIP-HOP KID, I EVENTUALLY FOUND MYSELF 52:09 WORKING IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS, ACTUALLY. 52:12 I WORKED AT A COUPLE OF MAJOR RADIO STATIONS - HIP-HOP, 52:15 REGGAE. I WAS AT ALL THE BIG 52:16 REGGAE SHOWS WORKING THEM. NO MATTER WHAT I DID TO TRY AND 52:19 SATISFY MYSELF, NOTHING REALLY WORKED. 52:24 I REMEMBER I USED TO PLAY AT THIS ONE CLUB IN MANHATTAN. 52:27 WE USED TO PLAY THERE EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT. 52:30 SO I CAME HOME ONE SATURDAY MORNING AFTER LEAVING THE CLUB 52:34 AND I TURNED ON THE VIDEO CHANNEL LIKE I USUALLY DO. 52:37 THERE WAS THIS GUY ON THE VIDEO CHANNEL TALKING AND HE WAS 52:39 DEFINITELY OUT OF PLACE, BUT THE THINGS THAT HE WAS SAYING JUST 52:44 TOTALLY AMAZED ME. I HAD NEVER HEARD ANYONE SPEAK 52:47 ABOUT THE BIBLE LIKE THIS BEFORE. 52:50 SO I STARTED COMING HOME EARLY ON SATURDAY MORNINGS JUST TO 52:53 CATCH THIS SHOW. I FOUND THE THINGS THAT HE WAS 52:55 SAYING ABSOLUTELY AMAZING, TO THE POINT WHERE IT LITERALLY 53:01 MADE ME STOP AND START TO THINK ABOUT HOW I WAS LIVING MY LIFE. 53:06 SO I FOUND THAT ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT I HAD BEEN DOING TO 53:08 TRY AND FIND HAPPINESS WERE ACTUALLY NOT MAKING ME HAPPY AT 53:12 ALL BUT WERE REALLY JUST LEAVING ME EMPTY INSIDE. 53:16 WHEN I STARTED READING THE BIBLE AND IT STARTED TO MAKE SENSE, I 53:19 STARTED TO MAKE CHANGES. I EVEN TRIED TO KEEP THE 53:23 SABBATH, WHICH I FAILED AT MISERABLY. 53:26 SO I WAS ACTUALLY INVITED BY AMAZING FACTS TO GO TO SEE A 53:30 LIVE SERIES AT ONE OF THE LOCAL CHURCHES, BUT AFTER GOING THE 53:34 FIRST NIGHT, I ENDED UP GOING ANOTHER NIGHT AND ANOTHER NIGHT. 53:38 I STAYED FOR THE ENTIRE SERIES. THAT WAS THE DAY THAT I MADE A 53:41 DECISION THAT CHANGED THE REST OF MY LIFE FOREVER. I GAVE MY 53:44 LIFE TO CHRIST AND EVERYTHING WAS DIFFERENT AFTER THAT. 53:48 I MADE A DECISION TO GIVE UP THE MUSIC BUSINESS, STOP HANGING OUT 53:50 AT ALL OF THE CLUBS - I MADE A DECISION THAT WAS ETERNAL FOR ME 53:54 AND FOR MY FAMILY. I STARTED GOING TO CHURCH. 53:59 I GOT A POSITION IN CHURCH WHERE I WAS ACTUALLY IN CHARGE OF THE 54:03 PERSONAL MINISTRIES DEPARTMENT AND THE SAME AMAZING FACTS 54:07 STUDIES THAT CHANGED MY LIFE, I ACTUALLY GOT TO SHARE THEM WITH 54:11 PEOPLE AND SIT DOWN WITH THEM AND TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 54:16 (MUSIC) 54:32 >>YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD THE EXPRESSION BEFORE, 'IF YOU 54:33 DON'T LIKE THE WEATHER IN TEXAS, JUST WAIT; IT'LL CHANGE.' AND 54:37 YOU'VE ALSO HEARD, 'EVERYTHING IS BIGGER IN TEXAS - THE 54:40 RANCHES, THE BELT BUCKLES, THE COWBOY HATS...' BUT THE MOST 54:44 FAMOUS SLOGAN ABOUT TEXAS IS 'REMEMBER THE ALAMO!' 54:52 THE VIOLENT BATTLES AND BRAVERY OF ICONIC HEROES, HAVE BEEN THE 54:55 STUFF OF LEGENDS, THROUGHOUT WHICH ENTIRE CULTURES OFTEN DRAW 54:58 THEIR IDENTITY AND PRIDE, EVEN LONG AFTER CENTURIES ARE PAST. 55:02 AND IN TEXAS, THE STORY OF THE ALAMO HAS BEEN A RALLYING CRY OF 55:06 TEXAS INDEPENDENCE FOR 200 YEARS. 55:09 ONE REASON THAT TEXANS LOVE TO BRAG THAT EVERYTHING IS BIGGER 55:12 IN TEXAS IS, OF COURSE, BECAUSE TEXAS IS THE LARGEST OF THE 55:15 LOWER 48 U.S. STATES. IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THIS 55:19 MASSIVE STATE GOT ITS BEGINNING IN A VERY SMALL CHRISTIAN 55:23 MISSION DURING THE BATTLE OF THE ALAMO. 55:26 EVERY YEAR THIS FAMOUS MISSION MUSEUM RECEIVES OVER TWO AND A 55:29 HALF MILLION VISITORS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE PLANET, THAT ARE 55:32 EAGER TO GET A GOOD LOOK AT THIS LEGENDARY SITE. 55:36 THE ALAMO PLAYED A CRITICAL ROLE IN THE TEXAS REVOLUTION. 55:40 IN DECEMBER 1835, TEXANS AND TEJANO VOLUNTEERS BATTLED 55:44 MEXICAN TROOPS QUARTERED IN THE CITY, FORCING GENERAL MARTIN 55:47 PERFECTO DE COS TO SURRENDER. THE VICTORIOUS VOLUNTEERS 55:51 THEN OCCUPIED THE ALAMO AND STRENGTHENED ITS DEFENSES. 55:54 FAMOUS AMERICANS LIKE DAVY CROCKETT, JIM BOWIE, AND COLONEL 55:58 WILLIAM TRAVIS MADE THIS LOCATION - THIS ANCIENT MISSION 56:02 - THE BEACHHEAD - THE LAST STAND IN AN EPIC BATTLE TO WIN 56:06 INDEPENDENCE OF TEXAS FROM MEXICO. 56:09 ON FEBRUARY 23, 1836, THE ARRIVAL OF GENERAL ANTONIO LOPEZ 56:14 SANTA ANA NEARLY CAUGHT THEM BY SURPRISE. UNDAUNTED, THE 56:18 TEXANS AND TEJANOS PREPARED TO DEFEND THE ALAMO. 56:22 FOR THIS SMALL RAG-TAG GROUP OF REBELS, THE YOUNGEST OF WHOM WAS 56:25 ABOUT SIXTEEN AND THE OLDEST SEVENTY-FIVE, WAS AGAINST THE 56:28 WELL-TRAINED AND ORGANIZED MEXICAN ARMY OF SIX 56:30 THOUSAND-PLUS SOLDIERS. IT WAS A FIERCE AND LOPSIDED 56:34 BATTLE, YET THE SMALL FORCE OF REBELS WAS ABLE TO REPEL THE 56:37 TROOPS FOR THIRTEEN DAYS. LEGEND HOLDS THAT WITH THE 56:42 POSSIBILITY OF ADDITIONAL HELP FADING, COLONEL TRAVIS DREW A 56:45 LINE IN THE GROUND WITH A SWORD AND ASKED ANY MAN WILLING TO 56:49 STAY AND FIGHT TO STEP OVER THE LINE. 56:52 ALL EXCEPT ONE CROSSED OVER. 56:55 THE FINAL ASSAULT CAME BEFORE DAYBREAK. 56:57 ON THE MORNING OF MARCH 6, 1836, THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF THE SIEGE, 57:02 CANON AND SMALL ARMS FIRE FROM INSIDE THE ALAMO BEAT BACK 57:05 SEVERAL MEXICAN ATTACKS. REGROUPING, SANTA ANA'S SOLDIERS 57:10 SCALED THE WALLS AND RUSHED INTO THE COMPOUND. THE DESPERATE 57:14 STRUGGLE CONTINUED UNTIL THE DEFENDERS WERE OVERWHELMED. 57:17 BY SUNRISE, THE BATTLE HAD ENDED AND THE GARRISON WAS SLAIN. 57:21 YOU KNOW, HISTORIANS MAY DEBATE SOME OF THE DETAILS REGARDING 57:24 THE BATTLE OF THE ALAMO, BUT NONE OF THEM QUESTION THE 57:27 INCREDIBLE SACRIFICE THAT WAS MADE AND THE COURAGE THAT WAS 57:29 DISPLAYED DURING THAT INTENSE CONFLICT. THEY MADE THE ULTIMATE 57:34 SACRIFICE - GIVING THEIR LIVES - AND THIS IS WHY THE STORY OF THE 57:37 ALAMO IS SO INSPIRING AND SO ENCOURAGING. YOU KNOW 57:41 AND THAT'S WHY THE BIBLE IS SO INSPIRING, FRIENDS, BECAUSE 57:43 SOMEONE WAS WILLING TO MAKE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE AND GIVE HIS 57:46 LIFE SO YOU COULD HAVE FREEDOM AND ETERNAL LIFE. 57:49 DON'T YOU THINK YOU COULD TRUST YOUR LIFE TO A FRIEND LIKE THAT, 57:52 THAT WOULD GIVE EVERYTHING? 57:54 THE STORY OF THE GOSPEL IS A STORY OF COURAGE AND HOPE. 57:57 IT'S THE STORY OF GOD WHO WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU WITHOUT DEFENSE 57:59 AND SUPPORT. JESUS IS THE GOOD NEWS AND 58:03 THE GOSPEL IS A STORY WORTH REMEMBERING. 58:06 (MUSIC) >>FOR LIFE-CHANGING 58:14 CHRISTIAN RESOURCES, VISIT AFBOOKSTORE.COM . 58:19 (MUSIC) |
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